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i' ' . - - ' v.v- .'.. . ' r. 1 a- 1. ISSUED WEEKLY. PRINCL :ES,NOTMEN r $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE rTOLUMEpCXXXm. Asheboro, North Ci. sv .Thursday, September 5, 1918 NUMBER 15 IMEl HUNS ARE ON THE RUN PERONNE, THE LAST IMPORTANT TOWN IN GERMAN HANDS ON ' SOMMEr NOW HELD BY ALLIES r ENEMY NOT ABLE TO STOP AL- " LIES ANYWHERE The allies are dealing the Germans most serious - blows and her doom is foretold. The allies continue their rapid advance and the enemy is unable ; to stop them, t w : .. 7 In "' fans it is omciauy announce-. . that allied forces have taken 128,302 prisoners on the western front since July 15. , " . The British have penetrated the vi tally important , Drocourt- Queant switch of the Hindenburf line, accord ing to reports from the battlefront 'this week. ; The British advance along the Cam-brai-Bapaume road is continuing. On ! this road the British are approaching the village of Beugny, nearly 4 miles northeast of Bapaume. It is not yet definitely reported captured. A large number of prisoners were taken in this forward move . against stubborn resistance. The-Germans had seven divisions massed on a front of five miles in this area. The taking of He Drocourt-Queant line, in which tanks co-operated, , is . considered of. enormous importance, if the British can maintain their gains. Very heavy fighting is expected, but it will be. open fighting and considered likely to be costly for the enemy. The British not only maintained their positions but rushed still farther and captured Tuesday morning 10,000 prisoners. Perronne, the railroad center at the bend of the River Somme .taken by the Germans in their offensiw of last March, was recaptured Sunday by the forces of Field Marshall Haig. The towns of Bullecourt and Morval also were captured by the British. All along the western battle front, reports the Associated Press, the Ger mans' continue to give ground before the entente allies. Daily the trend of oventa !uwntunte the insecurity of the German lines and the inability of the ... i . i. German hign command to noia oat the aggressors, i w)mn turn mnntiia rco crpflt sali ents projected into the . allied front, tVioco ha-va oifVinr hppn flattened or are in the process of being blotted out and in .some instances the allies themselves . have driven in .wedges" that, seriously . WnsM the enemy. . '' ' -, : Wifli tVia Mnrnn and Plcardv sectors ' now virtually all reclaimed, the wings of the present allied offensive are mov ing in a manner that bodes ill to the, Germans. In, the north, the wing oft the Lys salient southwest of Ypres is . being advanced under voluntary re tirements and the pressure of Field 1 Mqio-'q fnrrPH. FollOwlnflT the fall of Kemmel, the allied line has been moved iurtner iorwara unui . now rests almost upon the Estaires 1 nRoaspp road, less than seven miles annthwpst of Annentieres. By the wiping oiit of this salient the menace a fVio pimnnnl norts has been over come. . ...... rvn fha Bnnfhpm winor. north of sois sons, the French and American troops w m xATitinnintr tVipir nrocTesa. not withstanding the violent opposition of the enemy. The villages of Leury and Crecy-auMont have been captured mA rmhinr th Ailette. a footing has ben gained in the woods west of Cou- cy-ie-cnateau, wro-gn .r the railroad line running from Chauny -to Laon. Large numbers of prisoners . have been taken In these operations.: , tw. A-, tniithwat-rf til the vicinl rty of Noyorvthe British and French - troops have made further remarkable .gain gauged both, by; the extent of the territory delivered from the ene my and its strategic Importance for : further maneuver. , . . tK lu( (mfxtrtant . town f in German hands oa.the Somme i river, has been capturea py toe onuin, wu have pwwl On eastward and north- ward w!th 'steady strides, j notwith - standing tbo r-stance of .the enemy. Bmichavtt.nec and Kancourt and the high ground f ujucent tj them also aie . BritUh, awl F'-W Marshal Haig's men i . it thm nntlVirtl of the - St. Plerr aai-t wood. I arther to the ' north otheT towns nave Deen taaen. i i.. j: t.,uM.wf . itrVi If h lajit week - IDC1UUUIK wWiwwi -- j chans-Kl hands several times In violent .battles. The Canadians and Austra- liaos were in the forefront of the man- envers throughout this region and did gallant work. Considerably more than .2,000 prisoner! have been takn by the i British nd a few guns have also been .captured. ' , ' -. , ' 'i To the south where the French are operating againut the Germans along .the. Canal du Nord there have been - violent artillery , duels. . Seven, miles sooth of Perronne at Epenancourt the French have forced another crossing ,t the canal, and two miles northeast f Nesle-they have captured the vil lage of .Kouy-le-Utlt . " ' ' -. -. -' I'nomcial reports are to the effect Rrtti.h have reached the out skirts' of Lens, the famous coal min ing town north of Arras, and that con- -flnirmtiofts are visioie v - . . . . I I. t. L i hhla(l the lines 'in the neighborhood of Una and as far . an Armentieres. inee nren -as Inrlication that It is the Intention of the Orman to retreat In this gener al ira-lon. The German war office ad mit the relinquishment -of territory twtwin Ypres and LaBasses, declar ing that the movrmetit was for the pur pia( of khortetiing the Gf rman line n i t' at it w carriod out without the Vnr. j of the British. " t trwp 'lvnHny along- t ! 't Yr t1 -"ir Prt battlP I n j r';-1 t.) HERE AND .IhtKti i WHAT OCR FIELD CORRESPOND v ENT HEARS AND THINKS ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED .UP OVER THE COUNTY , A slacker is not worthy of citizen ship. A War Savings Stamp will give the Kaiser a bump. Deep grief and enduring .pride enter American homes with the casualty lists. : ' Mr. George w Black, a good citizen of the Franklinville section, was in Asheboro a few days ago. Mr. Nathan Sheffield, of Kandleman, has purchased the Pickett farm near Worthville. Look- ud the Republican county platform for 1916 and see what it has to say about a new county home. Be in the coming election. Mr. J. L. Bray,, a good farmer, ot Ramseur Route 1, was in Asheboro last Saturday. Mr. J. A. Kusseu, of J ranlcHnvilie Route 1, was in Asheboro one day this week. Mr. P. C. Story, superintendent of the Deep River Mills, of Randleman, and Mr. A. B. Beasley, cashier of the Peoples Bank, of Randleman, were m Asheboro a few days ago on business. It is said that if as much as 1,501) acres of tobacco is planted in Randolph county next year there will be little difficulty in securing a warehouse for Asheboro. This means nothing, less than new industry for the county and one that will help every line of busi ness. In order to determine What can be done toward securing a warehouse and adequate acreage for the crop in this county it is suggested that the farmers and business men get together and discuss' the situation. It is prob able that if any organized effort is made to enlist interest in this new in, dustry it will go from the start with enthusiasm and proht. The situation now is one that needs only a little in telligent leadership to bring the far mer together and get the work start ed. There are other days coming. Poli ticians who are so active in behalf of some registrants in this county 'are only digging their political graves. Let ( us make this a community oi people with one aim and one great Duroose. to make it better, and bigcrei ueveiy,wayimate re, ligiousija If you hold a groueff against your' neighbor, lose it, spfak gently and use the soft pedal. Be a builder, not one who tears down. We are glad to see Cedar Fal!? growing so rapidly. All the house.-: in the place are full and more would be if they were available. Some building is going on and we feel much more will be done if Cedar Falls it. to grow, and we are sure the town i; awake to the necessity and opportu nity. , The Allies recently have capture;, many towns and villages' with un pronouncable names, but they soum good to us, just the same. Mrs. G. W. Cole and children huvt. returned from Snow Camp. Mr. W. R. Lassiter, a promicnt cm zen of Randleman, gave us a pieasaw. call one day last week. Mr, Clark Pugh, of Millboro Kvut. 1, was in Asheboro a few days ago. Since labor is getting so scarce mi farmers in different communities wou), do well to organize and buy tracton to do their plowing, A tractor wouh prove a good investment for any grout of fanners. ' It is Justly claimed that this shouk be an off-year in politics, as the prose cution of the war is the first duty ol every citizen;: but for all that ever candidate on the Democratic ticket should be diligent in doing quiet electioneering and see to It that hit political' fence are in. order. The State and county tickets are cbmposec of reliable men, and onr U. 8. Sena tor and Representative of the Seventh District have served well and should be returned hy very decided majorities. However, care.- should be kept lest through over-confidence of Republi can should be able to creep into the fold here and there.' This is a Demo cratic State. : a Democratic Congress ional District, and the good old county of Randolph will fall back Into the Democratic column In November. We really need a Democratic administra tion more W a timeof war than in a time of peace. Let the Democratic candidates be active and make assur ance doubly sure. . ' " - 1 Cash-ln-advance Is the enly business like method of handling subscription and, though the majority of newspa per publishers are well aware of this fact, many of them, like The Courier, have hot adhered to It rfrictly because they were not tnade tb do so. Now It becomes a necessity. The War W duntrles Board has Issued very t ex plitit orders to newspapers Jot i the conservation of newsprint.-. Weeklies are told that they must reduce their coniramptlon at least 15 per cent. AH newspapers are ordered to discontinue copies to subscribers at expiration of subscription. Failure to do so places the paper on the "black list" 'with no aMurancc of being able to buy paper, Ink of coal. There. Is no alternative either newnpapers mast obey or run chances at gHUnr supplies to ikeep running at all. The Courier experts to obey the orHn ; , . Mr. A. C. Frailer, who lives m-ar Randleman, was in Asheboro one day last week. " ' Begin to got thln-s In shape for the iwnrt Lfhwrty Loan campaign. As the man at the circus says, "have your (Con'n'iri on f""' f't:vt.) REGISTRATION DAY SEPTEMBER 12 WILSON'S DRAFT CALL PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE YOUNG SOLDIERS OF THE U. S. President Wilsoii's prodamation setting the day for the new draft reads as foilojvs: Fifteen months ago the men of the country from twpnty-one to thirty-one ysars of age registered. Three months ago and again this month those who had just reached the age of twentyrqne were added. It now re mains to include all men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five. ;. ;'-;- J - - , This is not a new policy r A century and a quarter ago it was deliberately ordaine L by those who were then re sponsible for the safety; arid defense of the Nation that the duty of military servic? should rest upon all able bodied men between the aes of eighteen and forty-five. We now accept and fulfil tl 3 'obligation which they estab lished, an obligation exrei sed in our national statutes from that time until now; , Te solemnly purpose a decisive ictory of arms and deliber itely to devote the larger part of the military man powei.of the nation to the accom plishment of that purpose. 4 i ne younger -men Jiava go. They have turmsheg Voluntary enlistments out ot all proportions to their numbt rs. Our' military authorities regard them as having . the . highest combatant qualities. Their youthful enthusiasm! their virile eagerness, their gallant spirit of daring; make them the admiration of all who see them in action. JThey covt not only the distinc tion of serving in this gret war but also the inspiring memories which hundreds oj thousands of them will cher ish through the years to cofcie of a great clay and a great service for their country and for mankind. By the men of the older fgroup now called on, the op portunity now oDened to them will be accented with the calm resolution of those wio realize to the full the deep and solemn significance of what they do Having made a place for .themselves in their ing assumed at home the graver responsibilities of life in many spheres, looking hack upon honorable records in civil and industrial life, they , will realize, as perhaps no oiners couicti flonTJce.ife J?JTr nmttQrjame-v-Qi-JJie muz tunes of -all whom they lovenare put at stake in this war for right, and will know that made render this new duty lives. They know how surely this is the Nation s war, how imperatively it demands the mobilization and mass ing of all our resources of every kind. They will regard -this call as the supreme call it accordingly. Only a portion of those I'pon to bear arms. Those be excused; those exempted hould not be relieved oi their present responsibilities; above all, those who -cannot industrial tasks at home upon which the success of our armies depends as much as But all must be registered in order that the selection for military service may be made intelligently and with full information This will be our final demonstration of loyalty, de mocracy and the will to win; our solemn notice to all the world that we stand absolutely together in a common res olution and purpose. It is the call to duty to which every true man in the country will respond with pride and with the consciousness that in doing so he plays his part in vin dication of a great cause at whose summons every trus heart offers its supreme service. RALEIGH LETTER (By Maxwell Gorman.) Raleigh. N. C, Sept.'J-The last past Sunday was featured by almost general observance here of the new order , (or suggestion) of the fuel ad ministrationto cut out Sunday Joy- rides In oil propelled cars ana "ve the gasoline to help win the war and the absence of the bedecked car and its hilarious occupants was a. notable omission of the usual Sunday "sight" in this community. ' - '. - Coming down Raleigh's principal business street after 'church services, one would think he had lost hU near- Ings and wandered Into the uihor8!c)tirchM htn on Sonday tlA mpmv "deserted village," as far as parked tiutd the MMrtlon th.t the rf automobiles wereccywniea ior my iney nrewncu n m -"f1.- building to the Ccntenial .graded schoo. building (on the s te vance iivca when be was the livd-wire War Gov- ernor? or North Carolina.; ' TheM expensive and luxurious of the church-goers; here lined the curbing on botn siues i w ' ootn sioea while the for hours, P!".'T"J churchman h1d "? if WW t thi - November elcctioa ather indigestible tth;nut the main thing Is to see that th down -nmtr rather expounded from the pulpit a , short time ago.j Ice cream, ; grape juice, ginger ale and other more or less soft drinks sold , at the cafes and dru stores apparently have a wonderful soothing effect On the elstlc conscience of some who deem it "good business" (specially when in buaines for your self) to be a ."shining light" In ths temporal church organixations. These constitute but a small perrpntage (though even th-n oftn numerous and particularly "oflWn") of the Urgef numbipr of devout and nmest mn and omfl ho rim.U;'" t'o rl urrh, tl.e fhurrh !.iru.-:3l, ft v : - -..-nnil trom the hrst been ready to respective communities, hav the very records they have the commanding duty of their of their day and will answer who register will be called who are not physically fit will by alien allegiance; those who be spared from the civil and upon the fighting at the front, jno man need dart to chargs sm with ! "Impiety" when I refuse to a class of "professional churchmen" after I have carefully taken their measure anless he craves the publication of specifications, which are ' weaunaMy handy to get at when wanted. ' But what I started to say, resuming the narrative, Is that it was a beau- digplay of patriotism on the part mtMy wnert of ,utomobD, to - bey this question of the fuel adminis tration so promptly and so generally even if there are some who wouldn't do It If they did not fear puMIc onia lon and the loss of customers at their places of business. The pastor ox one ox the leading things in general are being se ohang- a)n they werc wm ed by this war that they wui never a year BW Jn thi Lrt,,, hope the "proiMstonai ' churchman an- goes wjth the other base and bad things scheduled to depart. L chairman Warren has opened up Democratic SUte headauarters here tot the campaign. Many olllccs are to Wilson, administration is not deprived of its Senate Finance committe chair man Mr. Simmons and the ten North Carolina Congressmen Who have stood solidly by the President ' ' , T. J. Gordon, Monroe dllns dead. ; The decomposed body of mV. T. 3. Gordon, a prominent cltisen of Mon roe was found hanging to a tree In the woods eight miles from Mon roe on lnt Sunday. Mr. Gordon had l"n mfTprlng from mlncholia for c-'oml ww-ks. . Apparently this WSJ ri..!- ra-ice for iil-M. NORTH CAROLINIANS ' j ON CASUALTY LIST alty list has been reported fro mWash - incrton since last Thursday Killed in action Private Thisrpen, Hallsville. Alpha' Wounded severely Corporal Wil liam Welborn, Wilkesboro; Private Harrison W. Huffman, Gastonia. Wounded (Degree undetermined) Private Ernest Snow, Keidsvule. Died from accident and other causes Wagoner Clayton W. Starr,' Greens bord. , . August 30. Killed in action Hammet D. Har ris, Thomasville; Thomas L. Perry, Eure; Paul E. Shore, Winston-Salem. Died of accident and other causes Ephriam E. Jones, Bocky Mount. Wounded severely Murphy M. Mat thews, Kipling. One on marine corps casualty list killed in action, Augburn, D. Martin, East Bend. Killed in action J. Leslie Stilman, Andrews; Bidwell Loftin, Long Shoals, R. sr. V., 6; Paul Stallings, Beividere. Wounded severely Clarence Digli, Bostic, R. F. D.; Eugene W. Stray- horn, University. Wounded, degree undetermined- Lieut. William T. Williams, Murphy; Malcom Landon Mclver, Jonesboro, R- F. D. 2. Killed in action Roland Ha well, (private), Aulander,' Robert C ml liamson (private), Winston-Salem. Died of wounds trivate Melvin Itie- Deese, Monroe, R. F. D. 7. Died of disease ruvate Jesse Ca pers, Durham. Wounded severely Ralph L. (Jlavlt (private), Swartnanoa; Henry N. Mc- LauEhlin (private), Elease; Viriril F. Miller (private), Silvan; Eustace M. Yates (pnvatc), Merry Oaks. Wound.fl-Coip.ra; Robert b. (.meti er, Durham; in. T. liaizlip (priva:oj. Spray; Fred C. Cabe (private), Can ton. Charlie F. Ritchie (private), Knight dale R. F. D. No. 1, wounded severely. Fred L. Webb (private), Marble wounded severely. t John Wilson (cook), Charlotte, missing in action. Moody I. Kern, (private), Ether, A second casualty list reported to day is as follows: Jonathan Taylor (private), Windsor, ai.vv m wv w.w, . .... ; , .jit, - '- ' M Bend TL DC No: z, wounded' e-i ix sn o. z, wounaea -se verelv.- James Li. Cusmng (private), Rose mary, wounded severely, George Houck, (private), Baldwin, wounded severely. Clarence L. Walters (private), Wins ston-Salem, wounded severely. September 4. Killed in action Private Jonathan Tayloe, Winsdor. Wounded severely Corporal lhad M. Carlton, Woodruff; Corporal Les ter R. Wall, East Bend; Private Jas. L. Cushinc-, Rosemary; Private Walter L. Jones, Franklinville; Private George Rourk, Baldwin; Private Clarence L. Waters, Winston-Salem; Private Char lie F. Ritchie, New London; Private Howard Robertson, Knightdale; Pri vate Charlie M. Williams, North Char lotte; Private Fred L. Webb, Marble. Missing in action Private Moody I, Kerns, Ether. Wounded in action (degree undeter mined) Cook John Wilson Charlotte. Wounded severely Sergeant Lonnie C. R. Tucker, Monroe. Wounded, degree undetermined Kirby W. Hunt, Bostic. Liberty School Opens Sept. 17th Liberty public high school will open Tuesday, 2pt. 17th,. 1918. The Courier u in receipt of a copy of the handsome catalogue of the school. There are several interesting and attractive features to the nouncements for fcext seaaion, among them being the addition of the elev- eath .rrade and the Introduction ex a course la teacher-traiaiac based npoa the North Caroliaa Teachers' Reading Uurcie. rror. Holt was in town lion day and says that prospects for next year are rood despite 4he fact that many of the young men who would at tend high school will be called to the! colers soon. Sunday School Institute Greenaboee September 18, 1918. The Sunday School Inatitue of the Methodist Church of the Green-bo r District will, meet in Greensboro oa September 18th, at the Centenary Church. Prof. O. V. Weoeely, Sunday School .Secretary for the Western District of North Carolina Conference, will direct the Institute. Editorials T.M.CA. Work .The building and physical direc tors of the Y, M. C. A. of the 43 camps In the southeastern depart ment will meet at Black Mountain, N. C, from August 28 to September 20 inclusive. The conference will be in two divisions, half of the building di rectors of the .department from Aug ust 29 to September 8, and the re maining of the building directors and the amp directors from. Septembet 10 to September 20. , , . , At the same time, a school of In struction 'Will be conducted for the physical directors recently . recruited. This la the first school of Instruction In war work for physical directors ever conducted in the southeastern de partment. ' ' .-; I , Some of the most prominent In the department, experts in thir psrtiailsr fold of endeavor will H-li-r lrrtir- or conduct the courr of lnstrur! ion. If. CASH IN ADVANCE .v The United States A. ar Industries Board - ssued order placing newspapers in a preferred classto receive materials necesajTry for their publication, noviding the ' newspapers jeonf orm to cer- tain requiwients. " '' A One oL$hese requirements A , directlyJtoncerns the subscri bers of The Asheboro Cou rier, limiting the sending of thypaper only to those who keep their subscriptions paid In advance. The War Industries Board win not permit those from whom paper and other, mate- : xials necessary in the publi-.; cation of The Courier, to fur- A nish these materials unless- order of the Board is fully complied with. The order is-effective in the month of September. No fur- - ther notice will be , given to subscribers. There is a print- ed label on each subscription 1 paper that shows how each Subscriber stands; the date of this label being the date to which the subscriber has paid. Each subscriber is re- quested to pay in advance BEFORE OCTOBER 1. The Couner does not want to lose or cut off any eubscribers,but can take no chances of being cut off from materials neces-' sary'for publication of the newspaper. The Government has made this request, and the manage ment of The Courier has agreed to comply and obey without murmur every re quest of the Government - I ( The, Courier ;is .not saying Wlw;to-ri pan-in advance, but each. subscriber 0 must be kept paid in advance and there will be only enough newspapers printed ' each week to supply subscribers who have paid in advance, . and each one is asked to pay immediately and not wait un- . til the last minute to get' their subscriptions in shape. . . : . Most of The Courier suo-re scribers are paid in advance, & -and those who are not paid in ' . advance will no doubt pay promptly and without mur- mur. - These are extn.ordinary times, is the only reason The Courier offers for adopting this rule. ' The War Industries Board says every newspaper should - adopt this rule, and all will ' agree that it is the duty of , 4xery.one to conform to these ; reauirements and obey is- tniSutans. In remitting, send checks, atamps or money orders to THEXOURIER, Lock Draw vri28. Asheboro. N. C t Mr. Walter Gobei, Ramsear Boy KUlei fat France Hews, of the death of Waller Gobel Who was killed in action in Franc rs- l. wentjy reached Ramseur a few days go. .Mr. Gobel was the eon of th Cate JJen Gobel who died several yean la go. Mrs. Gobel, the young man's mother, died last-year. He enlisted in .the army soon afterward and has been in France for several months, Mrs. Gobel's grandmother, Mrs. King, of Ramseur, survives him.' He was twenty-two years of age. . " SELECTMEN SENT TO CAMPS The following men left for' Camp (Greene last Fiday for training in Uncle Sams great army: . . , Also ClifTord Williams, Seagrove.1 Albert a Frailer, Ramlleman. . larvin Robert Bean, Moffltt, ' i Carmellus Pearce, Caraway. The following left SatnrH.v tcr special training at the University cf South Carolina, at Columbia Ambrose Franklin Lowdermllk. grova. - Harrison Peace, Trinity. Wendel Rlrhardson, Sfarrove. WhiUon Elliott, Farmer. ' Wwlght Pivsnell, rairrovo. John F. Rocknt, IUn.i!rmn. Arthur Cpcil York, Kamsour. The followir.e rritrait 1, 't r onisy for Csmo Gordon. a r-' r ofTlfprs' troinina-srhof.l Rolirrt ("hnpman V ilia, T r " PbuI UY) r-.i, J '-'n' ' N (
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