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rDCMPH r.nHTIHUE 4 flIISTRIft'S I flSSFR nil nun w-- , ll'1-' TACTICS of Coroy Serves Fur- Protect Forest of Cotterets, Bulwark Cain tHrr tO in Villers c Compeigne Defense. i - S MEN PUSH STILL FURTHER It s Along the porcy Line That the Allies Think it Probable The t ie Germans $ill Resume Offensive. . , . " w.ir Lead fjlly.the Associa 1 "! , Tiii- French continued H 1 " :..;;, ,.,.tu ;,, .;,,. nf the I r ' .. . ., ? Ill MMll.- ) ',;V Million "J. vmvj "'' r rsr. I'aiu souin last night on Maine salient. capturing the ground 1 lie forest serves still fur- of Villers ...ui! :tl . .1 ... t-;U II. 01 . ' . Tin- : !,;,,-., iHtlnnvise called .the Retz lit i forms a bulwark of the f ComiK-i-iH. the important l rt'ii' that tew ii- i in, r. i;riii-li front south of the Ki.M Marshal liaigs mianr.- .r .mvii.t! still further last night, ana :,,. Miti.iial holding ground east of vjjjw Mn toiiiicux on the ridge which ,t.)l; ;i ;ui important eastern defen t. f tli.; ,:illiHl base; at Amiens. ''iMi.ii.,.' (.iM'iationk comprise, the ..,;., i- nortioii of the activities on the ri'Ui;iii!l'i" of the allied fronts. .1 1- t- (ipcriitiiii on tne rrencn iroiu re siiltiiii' in tli' eapturfc of Corey gains 'i intcn-r in that it Represents a con tinuatioii of a series cal ait;iks on this fiont between the Ais.ii' am! I lie Marne rpfjiin on '.'Sunday. of important lo- egun by General It is along this as todays state- snows, tne rrencu sh line thiii the allies apparently count it quite probable that the Germans will ivi-mae their off nsive. Sunday's attack took the form of a drive' that carried (he French .lines forward two-thirds I of a mile oil a two mile front north of jthe Longpont re gion in this area. The gain here was extowlei oil Tuesday.) while during the dav of Wednesday the front of. opera-. . . i . . . , tions was: slutted rartner soutn and the outskirts of Lorigpont- and Corey were reached. - During last night J raent from Paris lninle L'ood their occupation of Corey, imhI drove in still further southron the line for a !-hort distance. The.net result is that the French front no wruns ill almost ;i straight line in the series of stroii!: lMedt ions for a distance of about twelve miles from the Aisne southward to lx'Vv, Corey. retH',k this and he American sec- t r t" tin- south northw'est of Chateau Thierry there is stjill a westward hnl;'e in the 'line. French pressure on the nnrtli and American on the south, hi.uevcr. .seems likely to result in the wilting (lut of this salient by the, con .ii!uiati(.n of the present entente tac tics of i,K-al plunges! in this sector if the (iVnnaiis hold- off much longer in launehLni: their expected new offensive. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY. JULY 11. 1918. THE I'UOHIIJITIONISTS WIN FIRST FIGHT Senate Refuses To Strike Amendment From Bill Washi,,,,,,, July lb supporters of national prohibition as an emergency ar measure won their first fight to '"Rht wIh-u the senate refused to sus w a ruling by Sejnator Saulsbury, ' l)'l;rvare. irresident pro tempore, F'liit the prohibition amendment to the u.iKi.oMi emergency, agricultural bill "tihl 1,. stricken from the measure " ;isr it is general .legislation. - 'toleration of the .amendment omioWh MES TO BE ENTRAINED IIEUE SOON ii White Men to Report July 22. and Cot . ored Men July 18j! White men to entrain for CamD Hancock, on July 22ndt VMS, report at the office of the local board at 9 a. m. .Henry Wesley Copeland, I Chas. W. SJ Zebolon B. Smith, Will Newson, William W. Dees, John Radford. El bert V. Russell, 5rc Boet White, Bu ford W. Blackwelder, Wiley Sander. James C. Poole, John P. Athanaeloa, Asbery B. Phillips, James B. Duke. Monroe C. McS wain, John R. Fink. Charles Grier Honeycutt" Walter II. Johnson, Samuel E. Kindley, Richard H. Hamilton, William A. Henin An drew L. Winecoff, Moses I A. Frick, Wiley Cook. J, Lester MiUer, Alonxo Isenhour, Green Paxton, Carl a Caul der, Robert P. Hoke, Charles Brown Wensil, Will Lowe, Marcus Chaney, WilHa Burley Bearer, Walter Iee Wilkinson, Cephas IL Rice. Clarence H. Petrea May Richard Broom. John Allman, Andrew B. Davis, James Ber ry Barrier, Samuel Walter Cline, No len B. Stirewalt, W. Raymond Bar bee, Cyms White, Ed Cook, Floyd Green, Lewis M. Morrison, Preston L. Torrence, Homer Sizemore,! Clyde Har ley Bowles, Will Hodges, ! Horace F. Furr, Walter F. Safrit, John Bolton, Ira Giles Bost, John H. Scnenk. Emry Workman, Allen Moose, Willie E. Moose, James C. Kiser, jH. Thomas Bost, James Felix Wallace, James Adam Thomas, William j A. Hart. Luther Greene, Alonzo G. Parson. An drew J. Ueadling, Joe Bogle.' Luther Cook Sappenfield, Marvin T. Todd, George Washington. Mullis, Joseph Martin Shinn, Dason W. Shoes, George T. Greene, Connie Walker, Fred XW. Blume, Daniel E. Earnhardt, George C. Fisher, Henry Davis Eudy, Harris James McClellan, Horace B. Ritchie, Albert D. Medlin, Jessie James Yow, John Vernon Rarnhardt. I Thomas , G. Hurlocker, Buford Bost, Jacob Schaef fer. Hough C. Petrea, Vanderbuilt Low der, Seward C. Walter, William Grady Cline, M. Luther Caglel Jessie C. Blackwelder, Elber F. White, John Stough, Clarence Homer Goodman, Eugene Forest Rodgers, Gaither M. Gray, Jesse Brown Honeycutt, J. Earl Cox. Solomon J. Page, Cornelius De Marcus, Buford James Corl, Ira R. W. Blackwelder. Robert Michal Scott, Sam W. Blackwelder, Joseph L. Hath cock, Walter Clyde Dryj Martin A. Blackwelder, Roy Franklin Cline, Ja cob . Robert Bonds, Lee Barnhardt. William M. Brines, Charle Ernest Kluttz, George ,W. Smith,! Herbert Ies ter Ritchie, Rupley Lee Cox, William E. Honeycutt; . W. Archie Caglev Mar thi L. 'Casper, Mose D. Kluttz. Sam W. Houston, Jr., James E. Eudy, Beach am Alexander Blackwelder. f . ;y -..Colored Men. v ' Colored men, to be, entrained "oh July 18th, 1918 for Camp Meade, Md., re port at jiffice of local board at. 9 a. m. Tim L. Roger, David I. Rainey, Char les Ellis, Mul D. Ingram, John M. Bowlan, Herman Reid, James White, Sam Alexander,. Ernest Eury, Will Ro ger, Archie Brewer, Atlas Morgan, Thomas Ezell Kirk, Will Winecoff, Hezekiah Pharr, Jessie Barnhardt, Lee A. Dry, Adam Johnson, Robert Roan, Robert Phifer, Richard Alexan der Moore. Robert Love,!; William Lee Gray, Arthur Hall, Chas. E. Allison, Murry Alexander. John Boyd. Edgar Bost, Mose W. Winecoff , Lee O. Pat terson. Victor Nichalson; James Bar rier. Henry Heilig, Shirley Flowe, Martin Dry, William Reed. William Parker, William Grier, Rolert Alli son Jethero Allison. Vardrey Ellis, Walter Lynn. Wash Cross, Albert Al lison, Johnie Craig. Robert Eury, Ralph H. Moore. George Monroe Cook, Will Stephenson, Frank Lineberger, James Frazier, Daniel Robinson. Odell ,Mc- Elrath, Rich Polk, George McGriff, Frank: Phifer, Charlie Stevenson, Fer ry Forney, Fred Frazier, Sylvester Bost, Oscar Swain, Hurley Mitchell. Harlie J. Leach. Lonnie Hinson, Rob ert Linri, Sam Brewer, Lester H. Par ker, Jay Howard, Jake Peay. Jule Coastin, Frank Cochran, Claud rnirer, John Alexander, Kobert a. . u nite, John Russell, Will Miller Andrew wards James L. Miller. Robert Gray. Millard Brown, Robert Ellis, Arthur Moore. Thomas Lyles, Berry Heilig, Weaver Guin. Harrison ) eddington, Howard R. Murry. WERE 250,000 OBI This Number Lost in Recent Offensive, According . to Evidence Recently Secur ed From Prisoners. POOR CROPS IN AUSTRIA Prisoners Say That Corporal Punishment of Soldiers in the Austrian Army Has Been Re-established. Italian Army Headquarters. Wednes day, July 10 (By the Associated Press) Evidence secured from Austrian prisoners indicates . that the Austro Hungarlan losses during the recent offensive were in the neighborhood of 250,000. - The prisoners say that corporal punishment in the Austrian army, which was abolished last year by Em peror Charles, has been re-established in practice. Other reports' made by the captives tend to confirm accounts of poor wheat and potato crops in Austria. The condition of these crops is said to be particularly bad in Bo hemia in the region of Pilsen. THE CASUALTY LIST Army and List Contains 68 Names Marine Corps 35. (Br Tbc Associated Press) .Washington. July 11. The army casualty list today contained CS hames, divided as follows: Killed in action o ; died of wounds 10; died of disease 2; died of accident and other causes 1; wounded severely 26 ; wounded slightly 1 ; missing in action 23. . . The list includes Charles Edward Dysart, of Sen la, NY C.,-missing Jn action. : : : " Marine Corps Casualty List. Washington, July 11. The Marine Corps casualty list' today contained 35 names, divided as follows: ; Killed in action 13 ; died of. wounds if wounded severely 18. ; r Hrii The list includes Private John Blalock, of Hamlet, 'N. Cr killed action. ' F. in AFTER TRAIN. ROBBERS IN ARKANSAS STATE ''iiimodiately with - Senator Til. 'an, of California', offering a mo- 11(111 to . . i i . rp, Mime an reierence to wine. mofu.i, Win come to a vote to w'irow and prohibition leaders expect ,., " a !l,ial vote on the amound w;iiu a few dayS imiess m0re ; iogisiation displaces the ag "ou.u lueasurei MILL HKPI DIATeItHE iiKEST-LITOVSK TREATY om' t : i 1 ' " -'n.rutn Government Proposes to Lou,;,, , Hew'si!,, c AHsoclated PreMs) July 11. The objects of the . lail 'riirornmAnl' innlnrln .. fill. : . .-."'viuicui iuv;i.iuc: xc- and ' , . BrTist'Litovsk treaty lvnm.i: '' "usument or a Kussian M'n "lie v i J U(-(-rii..l- 'uenii,,,,'. t,r 51 declaration made by a Kxi,w'v Tokio dispatch to the Daily r: ; ' 1 is "'If tl l! . IMPROVEMENT IN THE BRITISH POSITIONS J. 1 i ne new I government to a of a Japanese newspa? also proDOsed to rehabi- y and send troons Hsrainsr Hussia's national debt kiuiii,' ,v,v,luvvieugeu, Siberia as - poiisibility forjier share. ' ilshu-v Mr. 'tlZci! Man Dies SiuMnlv. I'osr. I Honeycutt, a well known Iri.l. it 1 - . llls lj(ll . ""hweiM aiea suddenly at U,illfr ;) iii town Monday afternoon, ' lu n '1 ,U'a1 a,(l death beIllS due Mtvim.y r.onble frpm which he had 1av( ' Jen a Isufferer. Deceased tamuy. The remains were aW !Idell countv. some miles in, ;,r?svlUe Monday and the in take,, tHk pfece there. In Local Operations Carried Out South of the Somme. (By The Associateflj Press.) ' London. July 11. In local opera tions carried out last night south of the Somme east of Villers Brenton- neux, the British positions were im todsrv's war office an- nouncement. . li , ThP flprmans aeain last night bom hnrrifMi hpavilv one British position east of Amiens, and on both sides of the Somme river. ' I . FRENCH CAPTURE CORCY -- ii In Addition They Took the Farm and Chateau and St. Paul. n w The Associated Press! Paris Jul v 11. French troops last ntrht eantured the town of Corey on the front soiuuwtrsi ui jwcoviio, iv, war office announced today. In addition to gaining complete pos session of Corey, including Corey rail way station, the French took the cha teau and the farm of St Paul to the south of St. Corey. j!.--. Funeral services over the remains of Mr.: Joe . MeCanless ,were-held yesterday evening at 5 o'clock from the home on Korth Church street, conduct ed by Dr. J. M. Grier, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The pall Carers are Messrs. P. M Wtop. C. F. Ritchie, W. G. Caswell. F. C. Mb lock, B. W. Means and Dr. J. T Wal laceV The1 interment was made in Oakwood 'cemetery: ' - i A Dozen Men Held up a Katy Train And Looted the Express Cars. (Br The Associated Press. Paola, Kansas, July 11. A posse of 200 men today was patrolling the banks of the Marais de Cygne river, near here, awaiting the signal to rush a large patch of timber, in which it was believed were hiding a dozen men who late last night heldup a south bound Missouri Kansas and 'lexas passenger train at Koch siding, just south of Paola, shot three person. looted the express mail cars, and made their, escape. T,he amount of money ob tained by the robbers nas not neen determined. The posse is composed of members of the county antirhorse-thief associa- ion and home guards from Osawatonne county, and other county .officials. A report reaching here early today was that the bandits closely -pursued bv the posse of men abandoned their cars, and took refuge in the- timber, which affords an excellent hiding place; . . - GGEST OF SERIES OF PffiMI MASTERY Fall of Foreign Secretary von i Kuehlmann Regarded as i i j the Introduction of Open Pan-German Regime. GERMAN PAPERS ARE DELIGHTED New Secretaryj 1$ Described as a Swashbuckler and an Intimate Friend of Admiral von Tirpitz. (Br The Aaaoeiated rretM.) London. July 11. Tlie fall of for eign secretary von Keuhlmaun was ar rangeil by Uernuiu army headiiuarten. and U regardeii in Germany as the in troduction of an open pan-Genuan re gime under t he control of the military leaders, special dispatches from Hol land say. It is descriled s the biggest of a series of pan-Genuan vlctoriej. and the pan-German J papers d not disguise their delight jover It. Report of the appointment of Admir al von Hintze as foreign secretary an acceptcxl as final by Ihe pan-ermah papers, which contend that this in volves no change of policy. This con tention, however, as well as the assur ance that von Hintze is not a pan-Ger man is false, according to the corres pondent of the Daily Hintze Is described by buckler, and an intimate and creature of Admiral von Tirpitz. I Decision Taken Monday Night. Paris. (Havas Agepcy.) July 11. The decision to accept the resignation of foreign secretary von Keuhlmaun was taken Monday night at a confer ence at German general headquarters which was attended (by the emperor. Chancellor von Hertling and Admiral von Hintze, says a Zurich dispatch to the Matin. j j It is reported the yon Hintze as foreign secretary is considered j by French! papers to le the work of the German general staff, n challenge to the majority in the relch stag, and a, deliberate insult ttfsonth- 4ern Germany.- . ; L T . ; Telegraph. Von Him as a swash- appointment of A v WHITE SOLDIER IS HANGED AT WACO Assaulted UtSGXnULCA ttN Cmsn UdJ mi ti4 Jlfv UU occBisa ua ?rrKk mrrmm Ur l4 la aa rat no la ll VlriU U-ri a taoCbrr uttlj NJ jvrs 4 x U tifkl Stast her titles USf la it clacxtirt's nrzzz t aia Xan.OXi) tLrwci!K mu alkrl fT) irtn. (V-urt ra bU ml ll tl$ of Mr. A&ta L. la S Klz will cat tfeU tn;lr.. CUd la bUtK Mrv Mary Mhla at lUm!s tatrttly to her t&htT wvrtS. Vxac;i Uoer rorrrO. 2rlrctl' ed by Probst Jc Jr Ilartsr to Irr Ins wordi at AUonrys KLa a&4 Rrkhtsan qtn-tkKJ brr. M tbc lisx of L JaCMs C Kif death. 1 was liria at tt Mrtrs hfel. Jat a hart dUtsunr- fno the home cif Mrs. At4frcu nhttv he lyinff ill," W Uxaii. ThU was itas Ibr tatr$arJ taad by ilr. RutUit thU tfri)ujx. If ttT 'were a rneo4 will Wor? Mr. Kins lratl. It was ih Srtrl that Mr. U"Un.a at mt k-irt a Utat; frt?ta thr Uurtitrr' tar. would harp U-m la a mUI4 tu kbw f It. hot lo thU tafnisr had known nothUiir f trh a wllL f the allegr-d mxjv1 nllU Mr !UMftMi testified a folUm: That he had flrt lanl tf lt will In the fatl of lOltt. Mr. Kins dtd in RMft. Tluit aw b- atlel "forptl drcumnit in 1117. lt a In a f ram nmtding a iatr nl n civcrel with clap." jaM. "I alr.l Mr. Khtg aUiut It. .e $M had not Men the tblnc fn cros eoraiuation Mr. RoMniri fixcl the time of thU ciivrrwitiofi. The time mentioned wa a dai m tlie will wa already In t!w hand of the Northern Trust coraiany. Gaston B. Mean. the drtectlvr wtwi dlwverel the alleged Mt'TJd will, trieil and acquitted of the rnurdcr of Mrs. King, renrrlred In Chlcaco today with his wife and five nmnth old taby. They will top in Oak Park, near Mrs. Mean jdter. Mm. (Iphant. He is expected to take the tand to morrow as the tar wtrw for Mr. Mary Melvin. NUMBER OF DE.VD PUCE AT 89; INJURED AT Tf 11 Year Old Girl Said Ills Punishment Was Just. (Br The Associated Press.) Waco, Texas, July 11. Nat Hoff man, a white soldier, was hanged early this morning. at Camp Arthur. He was convicted of j criminal assault on white girl last April. The court mar tial sentence was affirmed by Wash ington, j ; I - ' Hoffman was 23 years old, and from Pennsylvania. I j Last April Hoffman met the 11 year old girl iii company! with a boy about her age in a lorielyj wooded spot near the Camp jMcArthuj-. The boy was as saulted and ran away after the girl was attacked. The affair was reported by the boy to Military police who soon captured Hoffman. - His only utterance was said to be that he deserved his fate. GERMAN PAPERS PUBLISH FIGURES OF OUR SOLDIERS One German "Expert" Says That Fig ures Don't Count, AnyhW. 4ly The Associated PraV Amsterdam, July 11. Newspapers in Germany have published the figures recently given" out by Secretary of War Baker as to the number of men overseas, but heretofore they have practi?allyi refrained from making any comment on . the subject apart from some sarcastic caption like "American bluff." The only expert military voice heard so far, is that of Lieut, von Ardenne, who in a long article on Tuesday in a newspaper of Dusseldorf. comforts his German readers with stale argu ments to the effect that he' does not believe the figures, and that numbers do not count anyway. THE COTTON MARKET. Renewed Selling Today Sends Prices Down 16 to 26 Points. --.!( " ! (Br The Associated Press.) -New York, July 111. Private reports of rain in Oklahoma and talk of bear ish mid-month condition figures led to renewed selling at the opening of the cotton market today. July was 18 points higher in the absence of no tices, but other months were 10 to points lower with the tone fairly steady. Later deliveries sold about UO to 27 points under last night's clos ing. ' . i Cotton futures opened fairly steady: July 28.00; October 24.00 to 24..T3; December 23.S0; January 23.72; March 23.71. '! - Formal Investigation of Wreck at Na&hville Has Not Yet Been Start ed. Nabhevllle. Tenu July 10. Officials of the Nashville, Chattanooga 4 SL Louis-railway tonight placed the num ber, of dead as the result of a head on coll Lsion. between two paciiscr trains near lier yesrterday at 'JO and the Injured at 7SV It is believed now that most of thom? hurt will recover. Formal Investigation into the col lision has not been ntuted pending tlx arrival of George L. I)yall. anNtant to the regional director for the nouto, who lias Ueii ordered here by the railroad administration to conduct an inquiry. An inquiry conducted by officials of the road resulted in an announcement today placing blame for the colllfdmi on tne crew or tne accommodation train outbound from Nashville, which It appears failed to Mek orders as to where it should await the. Inlwnmd ex press train from Memphis., J Red Cross Picnic at Gannons MUL There will ! a Red Cro picnic at Gannons Mill Satunljy, July 13th. Refreshments will. lie conwl by the ladles of the Red Cross chapter of Midland. Quick lunch will be frtrd from twelve until one. The! prooeeda will go to the National Red Cross So ciety. Everybody come, help yourself and your country. DENNIE IL BAKER. Sec FUtlERAL TODAY OF J. PUBRDV ,1ITC!!ELL; Casket Contalninj; the Boiy Borne Through Sirtcts'cf New York While Tens cf Thousands Pay Tribute, MANY PEOPLE , WERE IN TEARS Body Placed on an Artillery t Caisson Drawn by Four Horses. Aviators Cap Rested on Flag. Nrw Vfl. 2ulf It TW t4f tf li hu P?ttj lll!rtr4J In m nx2rS calr whkfi rrtf4 tb imp wtll a a tv f U1KW iii U ?t ttnxuih il- 4 N-s. XX lu iW-tit irilul- NVs Vtniik t mil tint f f mif-t sW f,r frr f U titi. m ryrpHm UUh crvtr4 Ue sfetr U!y tnts t'ity IUU t M, Pttkia rathmlral tM-Ur frit ltt e (U half tsr-M ' tttv tUi$fTilr. AH tiw rU!r tl nntV ss ItS tfl twTad. mm; lu trrTtr 111 in h citf hall It4lrl a ft rt w Utw from tb n4utU wtm tt had Ufa la utate thnur!t tb tiiifct. fU4 ii an artlllrry riiM. drat ty fr liirei uhldl ctS3trl il It It ratt dral. an! llVrwv t VSUti Vs&e terr. - An alrpUtr rtrrli mrtbed a tb march tsrati later ! tp ycti f 4x other which flew bark fi forth fnr the route dnfiti flow era. Tb hen of their motors carried l ll rrwwt below a wrrosful iklfnlCmtjrr. ff it wa a an atUtor that Mijor Stltrtjetl dleL Hunt Kilt SO Glrif la Amholary frk. London. July! 10, tlihtUtt Wirrr Senice) In i rwnt Gcnosa raH tm tlw Ilrlgian. mr Ilia n .SO ctrl wrro killed by air tHtnts Uunrbrd eprm o ambulance park at IaPatitM. Uhitl the Yer front. AcrorttlrijC to fa cial dlfpatrh a frta Tl llart, liomifli were drtiaM In tti Ifacwtl4tp neighborhood of th ffk at4 tsMrril struck a larre tllla atmt hnlre4 yanls from the hopUal. Of the many ajfrls In te titla $-n gagwl In making !ai!ar a re pairing Until for the mitnVd. wife Instantly kll!el or dlet trna lajnt within a few minutes; InJnrwS wrr remoTMl from tte llla. of nlta -4 i later. Mines Gradually nemming In Subma rines. (Br The Assoetate4 Press.) London. July 11. Speaking in Lou don today. Sir Eric Geddes. First Lord Of the British admiralty ld that mines are gradually hemming in the submarines which now had lw free dom, and he was glad to say tlx-re were fewer of them. ' KirrnOty Is Invited To Make Tour f Amrrira. London. July 1 John jar &h metnlr of tte cmmltte -tit U no rms bl the Hial lVtwrratlr Nw of Arocfica. has telegraptit. tm lhatf f that) organization, an Invttalhm to Atexauder V. Kcrmky, is now in Paris, to tour the itritttipa! ritUii tf !w t'nltnl States. It Is planned that he Social DetnorratK W-srn will guarantee satlfactry airitoremeta for the tour. Mr. Hnargo told tlK AsrlatrI I'rr o-lay that he tsllei that Kftkf would lwlif a, reertitlon In Afisrf kw such as would Is- arwrde! fewr liflojr m-n ami hU wiatt would ts rwtwil' tif much good Uth far HaU aed tl allies. Travis' Resignation Has Not Reached the Governor. " (Br Th9 Associated Press) Raleigh, July 11. It was learned at the governor's office this afternoon that the resignation of E.. L. Travis, chair man of the North Carolina Corporation Commission has not reached Governor Bickett as yet Mr. Travis announc ed yesterday he would tender his resignation to take -effect Ausrast 1. Friends of . A. J. Maxwell, chief clerk of the Corporation Commission, be lieve he will be chosen by Governor Bickett to fill the unexpired term when Mr. Travis resignation's received. Mrs W.XN. Reynolds, and Mrs. Lind say Patterson, of Winston, Mrs, Ed win Overman and Mrs. Fletcher Smith, of Salisbury are spending the day here with MLs Jenn Coltrane. Misses Madeline Stafford and telle Petrea. of Greensboro,- are guests of "Mrs. P. M. Lafferty. Es-the A Letter From James Elliott. Somewhere in France. Sunday, June 1C 1018. Dear Mama ; . j A Just a line to let you know I am safe and well somewhere In France. The country herevis beautiful. I have never seen such j trees j and flowers bef ore There Is a small village near and I am learning to speak their language right along. Tell Miss Virginia and all I am safe and to write me. The address given. i I v Do not worry at all. I am. well look ed after, j No news from me will be good newsj for you will be notified If anything happensL Give my love to all and have j them writer I hop this will reach you ail well and happy. Will be back in the U. S. A. some time, and then can tell you more about it. This is short but the best I can do. Don't worry about me for all is welL With lota of love for alL Ii JAMES ELLIOTT. 1 German Submarine Sunk. (Br The Associated Press New York, July ll.A German sub marine which attacked the American steamer Lake Forest, L500 miles off Cape Henry, as she was returning from a recent voyage! to Europe Is believed to have been sunk by the steamer a tnins after a two' hour running fight. according to mformation received here today in marine circles. Italians Go Marrhing On. I Br The Associated Press) Washington, July 1L An officUl dispatch from Rome today report a the unchecked advance of Italian troops In Albania, with Berat as an objective. From the Voyusa the Italians have carrlel all positions to the Sinlnl In an advance of approximately 15 miles over a CO mile front The Austrian in Albania. (Br The Associated Press.) Vienna, via London, July 11. The Austrian forces In Albania are occupy ing new defensive lines which have been organized, according to today" war office report. The Matement an nounces the rejmb of a French de tachment which was advancing In the Devoli valley. Son f Ex-Ciar KlUed. Too. I (Br The Associated Press.) Loudon. July 11. SwedUb newrpa pers pnbdjh a statement by a Srle just returned frora.Moiw that Alexia lUimanoiT. of NiclKiLas Itomauotr. former RussUn emperor, had lfU killed by the BolhevlkL by mean of bomb, says a dispatch from (peahagen today. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Yost and son. of Raleigh, are the truest of 31 rs. Yot parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. I Jppard. Mavter Paul Cal dwell, of Staten Is- hiniL N. Y arrlvcnl Tuelay evening on No. 3.1 to vllt reUtire. Mr. Frank Mabry. of Richmond. U visiting relatives hpre. A Surpriae Birthday Dlmxr and rsrty. On Saturday. July c?b, Mrt, CM. W. White waa greatly orprled by a crowd of rrUtlve an! frfcrasla gallr- inr at her home nr I"otUr Trot church with loaded haidcrta ami show er tf gift to.crhvbrate hrt Cftj Uth blrtlKlay. Thoe present were f n ra r&ztrtitu. KannapolK JUh rlnt anl varloi Motions, tf Ca!rrus efotity. . ' , Dinner was served mt ttf lawn la front of the houi under lbs toide ttl a targe mult rry tree. After d!iier all enjoyed a few sririal lr sfore gt. ing home. Some of the yoong M Jjed ami others came aUit d4tk. am! a fr mre delightful hours were isrr,t on tlw lawti playing gata and tLiltluz merrily with old and few fr4tid. All enjoy ed the party. om; PIIIHNT. la Cclcnel Vandrrfard to lletraln GrmtdMra. Wahlncton. Jnly A. Altbmgh CU Ttiomas IL Vamlrrford. Ictemal rrtr- tjne a cut In rharge f the lrrrtfim dlrlbm. la l-n protaole! t at hlrti a. - i m - - . ft I . . . , . . . . bureau. It was Iranl hrt tilay that It U not propwetl to aira tV4osI Vanlerfortl to hratl-iuarters fitter thaw Grreti.toTn. He will rnaalfi la rharge f the North arxl Stb Carotlaa ter ritory, but under th i'ew cl-lrKatks ! eligible for iHal IcTrtlitir work of the bureau its any part 4 tf ontintry. Aerorilcr to preer.t luV.t lUm tb. spee'al iotettlgating trl will not take (VU4 SmimlrtfotH mmmf trrta (Srrecdjrro excepf at lfleTTat ttiA his main job will te the u. err l ioti of Vnek Sam's tax rHcrtits frtta the two Carolina . j .SSSSSSBMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMSSSSSSMSSW I)Iftrua Ihi Prire of Ccltcn Prctfti. Warhlngtou. July JL -The pUclng yf further price Gsfug rrgti?atloiL' on mauufartured cottoa product wa dls enMd restrrdaT ttf Ssater Smith, if SAuih Carolina, with Tridf.t W'lU kju. It becaor known toisy.' ' : " f
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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July 11, 1918, edition 1
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