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OiUfflEE "x A,- ISSUED WEEKLtvX volume xxxxm. "Nj. PRINCIP1ES, NOT MEN $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE r- Asaebora, North Carofciiia, Thursday, September 19, 1918 NUMBER XT BACK FROM TRENCHES LIEUT. W. A. CROSS VISITS RAN DOLPH? COUNTY WAS SLIGHT LY WOUNDED MAY 28TH LAST MADE INTERESTING TALK IN COURT HOUSE. Lieutenant W. A. Cross arrived at Franklinville a few days ago to Visit his family. Lieutenant Cross was commissioned to come to the United States as an instructor while in active warfare in France. Lieutenant Cross visited relatives in Asheboro Monday and Tuesday and he spoke in the court house Tuesday evening giving his ob servations and experiences. He has been in the army more than twenty years; he fought in the Spanish- American war. Lieutenant Cross was a member of General Pershing's troops who went to France where they had a month and a half training before beginning to light in the Chateau-Thierry sector. He says our army is wonderfully equipped; we own our railroad, freight trains in France, and the finest hos pitals in the world. The American men are wonderfully fine specimens of soldiers. They are well fed and well clothed. There are 900,000 men in the combat troops in France, he says. The remainder of the million and a half men are en gaged in construction work, and work in transportation lines. When our soldiers go into battle they carry two days' rations, then after forty-eight hours the soldiers carry food to the trenches on mule trucks called rolling kitchens. Lieutenant Cross had charge of feed ing the men in his company and said he made it a point to feed them well. In speaking of some of his experi ences he said: We went into "scrap" on the 28th day of May at Cantigny, where his regiment wa3 detailed to take that town. We began shelling the town at three o'clock a. m. and by daylight there was an awful sight of smoke, shell and splinters. Before this at tack we rehearsed day after day the part each soldier was to take in the attack and with the result that we got sweet revenge for some of the mean things the Germans had been doing to us. Our regiment then began opera tions around Chateau-Thierry where we captured a colonel and 700 men and got all the machine guns and held artillery in the vicinity. He says that th British, Canadians and Americans capture more prison era than the Frenchcolonial . troops who say it is too expensive to feed them. The French are foxy fighters. The Americans are restless to get into the thick of the fight to "see what is going on; are hard fighters, hard to stop when started the trench say. After being over there for some time and under fire, a soldier knows whether a shell is going over or is apt to fall in his vicinity, and soon leams whether to run for shelter or ignore the sound. By lying flat it is not so dangerous even though a shell fall near. By the way our men sent over five shells to the enemy's one. The army has a wonderful way of findim: things. We raid a" trench, capture as many men as possible and question them. If we cannot get a live soldier we would take a dead one ana ascertain from his uniform his identity thereby finding division fighting in front of us. All work must be done at night in order to keep the enemy airplanes from photographing our movements. When a move is made we leave wood en guns to deceive the enemy and for days and as long as a weeic me uocne shell those wooden guns. One was shelled for a week and never touched. Our bovs cet very little informa tion as to what is being done in the wr. Thev do know and appreciate the wonderful things the Red Cross, Salvation Array and Y. M. (J. A. is doinir for the bovs over there. Lieutenant Cross says when fight ing, men only knew the division on their right and the one on their left. He had a nephew from Franklinville in the Regiment next to his and found it out by accident Nearly all his reg iment was recruited from the Southern States, regular arm v. He was lavish in his praise of the French soldiers, and says every man in France is a soldier, every able- bodied inan is in uniform. The sD taker was agreeably surpris ed to find the United States so alert and doing so much to win the war. He does not want the American peo ple to think the war can be won by starring the Germans. The only way to convince a German is to kill him. They' are a loyal people to. the kaiser, and worship hhn in a way. He pre dicts the war will close next year. He says that the Americans have cap tured many thousands of German prisoners, while the German have captured but 300 of pur men. Lieutenant Crosa wai slightly wounded at Cantlgny, knocked down by shell, but only Slight! wounded under the cliln, and was all right in a short while. ' ' He was kt 8L Mihlel fighting when ; notified to come to the United States. Lieutenant Cross Jeft yesterday for ' Camp Dix, N. J., where he will re . ceive orders as to where he will go . for an instructor. ' .. ' , ' M I - l OH I- tt-IM ti. Wlih ' w r . mm " - - - - - m - - , Americans , .' ' A movement exceeding, perhaps, that of the Csecho-Stovsks, U being onranlied to form a Polish division to fight in Siberia westward to their op- re-d fstherland as integral umw n the American army. , , , NANT W. A. CROSS s- V ev RALEIGH LETTER (By Maxwell Gorman.) Raleich. Sent- Ifi .Tho Ktafe rati. vention of workers engaged in the united war work campaign, which will be held in Raleigh next Friday and Saturday, ZUth and zist, promises to be largely attended. Some 400 to 500 dplpo-afpcz are pvnprtpH to attend Plans will be mapped out for the com- Dined drive ot the i . M. u A., the X. W. C. A., Knights of Columbus ( Cath- nlipV .Tewian War T?plipf Snlvsitinn Army and American Library Associa- i- .lj: .1 :i lion woik among soicuers anu sanois. The amount these united activities wi l nslf for is SI .(W5.fi! 7. l ommit- tees are today out securing places of accommodation lor the delegates. With the coming of the big tank camp to Raleigh there is developing a rush for "homes" of every sort and de scription from the apartment house "suite" to the more modest cottages of f to pvpti 3 rooms, and a diSDOsition is already detected on the part of . . i . i ii ii i- some real estate agents ana lanaiurus to "raise rents" all along the line. A a vpt. however, the scheme has not made great headway. Ihe puDiic is against it and the real estate nrm ag itating it is down in black and white in a nromise not. to raise rents.. Onlv a small proportion of the soldiers are here yet. Later nunareas oi woiiuueu frnrn Hisst-nne will -arrive to -aid in the constrHetion work at the camp not yet named. Gen. Carr Makes Raleigh His Home flan Julian S Carr v.'lio can Ie properly tei-med "North Carolina's j first private citizen" (and who oughtj long ago) is to mane Kanega nis p:ace of Residence October 1st. In an nflflrpss here Sundav nicht at the Edenton street, M. E. church, Gen.i Carr channed his hearers with an ad-i lroa on "Hoover" and the dutv Ot i saving at every angle as long as the: war continues. He declared t.iai i .it food you waste and the amount o: surplus you use beyond that needed is the line of demarkation. Don't waste anything it is treason to do so, urged the "Confederate private" and latei commander of the veterans of North Carolina. Gen. Carr, in announcing that ht will make this city his home said: "Raleigh is the place to get Nortu Carolina by the hand," and. added that he had been out of the State so mucr. of late that he was anxious to get bacK in dose touch with his own people. Every red-blooded American is cheering President Wilson for the prompt defiance which he hurled at the eotPrHnv immediately upon VMV J J , - learning of the proposition of the ene my for a non-binding peace aiucussiun. "Force to the utmost! That righteous force which shall make right the law of the world!" replied the President, and that is the only kind of "peace' that will satisfy our soldiers and sail ors who are "in this war to win." Wounded Soldiers Pass Through Greensboro Two carloads of wounded soldiers passed through Greensboro Sunday en route to the government hospital at Waynesville. Base Hospital Unit 65 Arrives In Frsnce Dr. Long's base hospital unit No. 65 has arrived safely In France. Kaiser Looking Grsve "The kaiser looked grave and his hair is looking gray," says an Enen i..t.k lathlnr thto nnoraranre of Emperor William. The occanion of his speech at Krupp munition works. Gslwsy Ctle Torpedoed 8urvlvors of the tonwdod Galway .. I I TTl ...... L rnttlntirl V, SHI 10 reacnPU riymuuvn, Thursday. The passengers were mont- . '- . I ntl H ) tut. iy women bum chikhch, v lieved that whole families have been I0 . iwi Among the survivors were little tots scarcely able to walk, crying in vain for their parents. There seems no reason to doubt that the vessel ws torpedoed without the slightest wam- to. ' Dsrld iFaolkner, Forsser Ranoolph ,' CHUea, 1M Year OM David Faulkner, who formerly lived in Randolph county in Back Creek township, but a few. yeara ago moved to-High, Point, Guilford county, cele brated hla 100th birthday Sunday. Mr. Faulkner .Is well known through out Randolph county. ' - Is Your Subscription The War Department ha classed the paper mills as a neces sary industry and has issued the following directions as a pre caution against shortage and-to conserve the fuel supply issued to the mills: ' "THAT ALL NEWSPAPERS SHALL ON THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER DROP FROM THEIR LISTS ALL DELINQUENT SUBSCRI BERS WHO HAVE NOT PAID IN AD VANCE." This order of the government is LAW and of course the newsppers have no alternative but to obey. There are some Cou rier readers who are in arrears, and whose papers will have to be discontinued October 1 unless they renew before that time. The Courier has no choife in this. The government has is sued the order and it mttstjbe obeyed. It applies to EVERY newspaper. After October 1 too paper can be sent to a subscriber who is behind. Not only "that, but the government forbids the sending of complimentary; or jsam pie copies. We therefore urge those1 subscribers who are in arrears to renew without delay. ' ' Look at the label opposite your name. If it reads Jan-1-18, you of course know that you owe from January 1, 1918, which, to Dct. 1, would be $1.12. Add to this whatever amount you wish to pay in advance and send us., $1.50 will pay for a year, $1 for 8 months, 75 cents for 6 months, and 50 cents for 3 months. Your prompt attention to this small matter will be appreciated. Address THE COURIER, Asheboro, N. C. 4 Meeting of United War Work Cam pain g in Raleigh Friday and Sat urday of This Week. The convention of the United war workers will meet in Raleigh Friday and Saturday of this week beginning Friday morning. Some of the promi nent speakers of this country will be present to speak on the different phases of war work. It is hoped a large number of persons will be pres ent. United States Rejects Austria-Hungary's Peace Proposal The government of Austria-Hungary better known as the cat's paw ,of Germany this week offered a proposal for a non-binding conference to dis cuss peace to the allied nations The United States definitely rejecte4ithe proposal wt t:xoUowM&.woJi President Wilson. The government of the United States feels that there is only one re ply which it can make to the sug gestion of the imperial Austro-Hun-garian government. It has repeatedly and with entire candor stated the terms upon which the United States would consider peace and can and will entertain no proposal for a confer ence upon a matter concerning which it has made its position and purpose so plain. Mrs. Emily L. Pugh Died at White Oak Mrs. Emily Louisa Pugh, 73 years of ae, died Monday at White Oak, fol lowing an illness of five weeks caused by B right's disease. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Ruth Moore, of In diana; four children, Mesdames J. W. Allied, of Liberty Hill, George Hicks, ol Kamseur, U v. Park, of Greens boro, and W. D. Freeman, of White Oak. Funeral services were held from the residence after which interment fol lowed in Green Hill cemetery. Cain Pays Death Penalty for Crtaa Baxter urn, Muraerer or ADei."No conference needed to discuss Harris, both night watchmen at the Salisbury-Spencer electric railway barn, hopped oa a leg and crutch to the electric chair at Raleigh last Fri- uay morning, curled nuaseu into it and paid the penalty for his crime. Many Changes Made at UnWersity The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is undersroinir many chancres along almost every line now as the result of the establishment of a unit of the student amy training corps there this year. What was two years ago a peaceful college campus will soon be transformed into virtu ally a military camp. Some of the courxes have been discarded. Women Needed in Hospital Hut Ser vice The division headquarters of the American Red Cross has been advinrd by wire from Washington of receipt of a Paris cable at national headquar ters tfmphaslxing the importance of the hofpltul hut service in Frarlre. At least 300 high grade, attractive women for that activity must arrive from all divittions before November 1. The age limits arc 25 to 40 years. Many More Men Added To Army Fimt returns Friday to l'rnont Marshal General Crowder from the Kwond Brest mobilisation Thursday of the nation's manpower for the wnr on Germany indicated that at leaM 14, 000,000 men had been added to the army reservoir. The estimated num ber of men between 18 and 21 and 32 and 45 was 13,000,000. An Austrian airplane which flew over Valona, Albania, was brought down by two Italian chasers. The pi lot of one of them had been bathing in the tea. Ha awam ashora; donn ed a pair of pajamas and mounted to ftght the enemy aviator, who was Plaid in Advance? War Notes Within the last few davs a ereat deal has been accomplished by the al lies. Already Haig's men have a firm hold astride the line between Dauai and Cambrai. Germany is pressed very much for men. Dauai is under allied fire and the foe is withdrawing. the fct. Mihiel salient has been eliminated. The Americans took 13,300 prison ers one day the last of last week. The railroad from Verdun to Com mercy, Toul and Nancy are open to Entente Allies. A great many villages have been captured by the Americans and all in good condition. Allied airmen have intensely bomb ed the railroads at Metz. . iJPteftcb troops- - recently hutted against L&on and the foe was thrown back. The Americans are organizing their newly taken positions rapidly and are pushing forward exploitation parties. Much booty and ammunition have fall en to the Franco-American allies. The success attained by the Ameri can attack has created much joy in Paris. Americans have far outclassed the foe. London's papers highly praise Per shing's men and say that the United States should be very proud of her men. In extending an invitation to all the belligerent governments to enter into non-binding discussions at some neu tral meeting p'.ace, the Austro-Hunga-rian government states that the ob ject of the conference would be to se cure an exchange of views which would show, "whether those prerequi sites exist which would make the speedy inauguration of peace negotia tions appear promising. The allies are all of one mind about peace. None will seriously consider the proposition. President Wilson re- jecled the peace offer in two sentences. something that's already settled." I says "force to the utmost" He The Americans are now standing oa the bank of Moselle river looking into uermany. French troops have hurled aroJnnt Laon and the fee was thrown back. Another blow against German lines as our answer to the peace proposal of the centra! powers Is expected , momentarily by military official a. A small but important bulge of the Ypres salient into German territory was forced by the British troops Tues day when they attacked on a front of 2,000 yards along the Menut road and drove back the Germans for a dis tance of 500 yardi. Many guns of every type were left behind by the re treating Huns. The Americans have rushed over the e:.omy guarded by planes and tanks. The kaiser begs the Germans to go on but innisUi that he want peace He blames England for the war, and re-'snys foes are deaf J. Rsnkin AHred Not a I)eerter Mr. Millard All red was in Anheloro ycntordav anil called attention to the fart that a miatake had been made in the publication of his brothor J. Ran kin Allred ns a deserter. The truth about the matter is he is in France with Co. K making a fine record. He enlisted immediately before regmtra- tion day. in June 1917. It is to be regmttecl that The Courier ban pub lished any statement reflecting in any way upon Mr. Allred. Mr. Allred is a son of John Dirk Allred and his Im mediate family are amcng the most patriotic and bent citlsens in the com munity. Trinity Boy en Torpedoed Transport Addle Black, son of D. T. Black, of Trinity township; who is In. the navy, was on the British ship that was-torpedoed last week with 1,800 soldiers on board.' 85 of whom were killed. Young Black was rescued and is Safe. HERE AND THERE WHAT OUR FIELD CORRESPOND ENT HEARS AND THINKS ITEMS OF INTEREST PICKED LP OVER THE COUNTY How many gasoline slackers are there in and around Asheboro? If you are one ydu know it. At the present rate of retirement some of the home-sick German boys bid fair to see their mother and sweet hearts before long. If the editor of the Bulletin should happen to swallow Mike Dooganshield he would have more brains in his stom ach than he has in his head. It is said that the Republicans who had the Hurley affidavit published in The Bulletin are on the sick list. Poor fellows! They have made a mess of it and some of the good honest Repub lican voters in this county are asham ed of them. Five to one that there are not four Democratic deserters in Tabernacle township and the intelligent Republi cans who have read betas articles are getting their eyes open. They find that his articles are misleading and that Hb thinks more of a little office than he does of the soldiers in France. Messrs. E. H. and E. G. Morris, of Asheboro, spent last Saturday even ing in Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Lednum, of Lib erty Route 1, have received announce ment of the safe arrival overseas of their son, Clyde Lednum. Mr. Gurney Hoover, of Tabernacle township, was in Asheboro one day last week. A straw, which shows which way the wind is blowing: Blease set aside in South Carolina; Vardaman in Mis sissippi; Governor Phillips defeated in the Wisconsin primaries by the Re publicans of that State, and Hon. Frank Woods was defeated recently for renomination by a good majority because in the eyes of the people of his district, he had not voted right on a number of measures affecting the war. His opponent was 100 per cent loyal and was successful on this issue alone. The setting aside of Demo crats and Republicans who have not been loyal to the Government si.ow that the people are awake and the pub lic man who thought he could win fa vor from the people by being disloyal to his Government has misjudged the American people. We are not concerned with the mo tive but with, the iac'v There are con-1 unions in various sections uj, ,ivauunju county which call for serious thought on the part of all good citizens con ditions that mean more to the future of the boys and girls and the good name of this county than many of our citizens realize. The'e are scores of illicit whiskev dealers in this county and t'-ie evil of making liquor ha; reached such a staee of boldness and daring which ought to alarm and arouse all thinking people, in tnese sections are some as good citizens as are to be found anywhere, but some thing must be done to aid those good citizens to stamp out this nefarcious liquor business. Do we, as fathers and mothers and citizens realize where we are drifting? When men have no rerard for prohibition laws it is an easy step for them to disregard other laws, and by and by the integrity of our citizenship is gone ana we shall have a state of anarchy and lawless ness will exist that will be a curse to our children and our neighbors. Is is not time for good men of all politi cal parties to rise in their might and with their voices and their votes call a halt in this county ? Is there any thing of more importance than that we shall save the future of our child ren and our neighbors children ? It is tisse for all thinking people to wake no? The war has raised wages and they will never go back to their former leveL Nor wall the man ot excep tional ability snake less than .e made before. The war has made the world realise the value of the farmer. For feedinir the whole worldhe is no long er to be paid merely enough to feed himself. Of all the gifts, the best is told last. Young men of 18 are con scripted, not merely for military ser vice, but also for education. Honor to Woodrow Wilson, who taught the bovs at Princeton before wise Provi dence called him to teach the boys in Berlin. It is to Wilson the teacher, that this nation owes the supremely wine determination to educate while training them phynically the boys that the army will take in their youths. The boys will come from all parts of the UnitPt Mates, from the poor quartern of the cities, from farm with only little country schoolhouscs near. The univcroiticB of the nation will educate these boys, wh'le ofT'uen; train them. What is the value to o country "f a million boys well educat ed that but for the war would have lacked the education? Thank Wood- row Wilson for that value. It hits some about here. It will not pay any man to deceive the people and wc clip the following from 'I he Ca tawba County Newn to prove our statement : "We call the attention of our read ers to the statement copied in thin paper from a soldier boy now in the war somewhere in France. "In sneaking of the boys he says There Is now no division of opinion among these drafted men and those most sullen at the start will always despise the tr.cn they had trusted as leaders for trying to piny politics with the van They would knock any man down who would even suggest that wo should have staid out of the t LIMIT IS OCTOBER 1ST has ruled that subscriptions must be paid in advance from October 1. This rule must be adhered to strictly. Sub a scribers should see to it that J remittance reaches the office promptly as the time is draw- ing near when those in ar rears must be cut off. 4 THE COURIER. NORTH CAROLINANS WHO HAVE FALLEN IN BATTLE Reported Sept. 11. Wounded severely Walter E. 3Ju nett, Champion; Tom B. ChalmeW,? Raleigh; John W. Moody, Harvard. Reported Sept. 12: Killed in action Commie D. Wheel er, Creedmoor. Wounded severely Jesse V. Elliott, : Holton. Wounded severely in action Bacob O. Boone, Spray. Reported- Sept. 13. Wounded severely Sergeant Alvia L. Denton, Brookfield; Corporal George W. Chambley, Durham. J- Wounded severely Thomas J. El lington, Pittsboro R. F. D. o Repotred Sept 14. Killed in action Johnes W. Hunt er, Charlotte. Severely wounded Sidney G. Mc Millan, Wilmington; Floyd C. Teeter, Albemarle. Reported Sept. 16. Wounded severely Daniel W. All red, Randleman; John H. Angel, Brownsville; Tollie M. Biggers, Georgeville. Missing in action William H. Mat thews, Kipling. Reported Sept. 17. Wounded severely Sergeant Me Ghee, Raleigh; Sergeant Leslie IS. Robinson, Bryson City; Sergeant Thomas L. Settlemyer, Bridgewater; Corporal Bert F. Mash, Othello; Pri vate Jesse A. Atwood, Concord; Pri vate Donnie A. Benson, Selma. , Mnnv Soldiers KiHoA Tn Wru.V ' -" . '."( Twenty-five soldiers are reported . killed and 30 others injured in a head on collkion between a troop train and"?" a St. Louis and San Francisco freight train one mile east of Marshfield,- 4 Mo., Tuesday night. :.;- Draft Calls for More Men Draft calls announced Monday will send 181.8;iS men qualified for general' service to army camps before Octo- ' t, ber 16. All States have quotas to filL North Carolina will be asked to-fur-, r-. nish 1,374 white registrants to go taiv Camp .Sevier, S. C, Mid 2,500 colore registrants to go to Camp Greene, A.. ' C. "It will not pay at any time to de- .: ceive the people and the man who will deceive young men about this war .. and its causes will have a reward tnat , will come to him in the future that : will curse him the .balance of his day. "Woe be to the man who has deoeiv- ed these boys, when the boys coma back home. It would be well for. Mm , to have a mill .stone tied around, iua neck and be cast into the tea." 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