North Carolina Newspapers

LETTER'S FROM SOLDIERS. I July 20 1013 Dear! Mr. Editor: We boys are nil seeming to like it ery well here. For the first few days there were a good many of the loys Siccniesick. hut most of them seem to 5ie rajoying themselves fine. VTe boys appreciate the large crowd that jjalbered at the depot to see us de. .jpart lor camp. It showed that our friends were nil interested In us. We arrival here between 4 and 4:30 a. m. a Tur-day. ! He had a pleasant trip. Saw csany of our friends Jn Charlotte the short time we were there. I aw the itirst Concord paper this afternoon that I have seen since leav ing Concord. f I am under quarantine oav sts well Wis the rest on 3rd Co. It. 1L I. street We have all leen ex amined and took our first" "shot" and aJsa scratched. ; - . 1 am enclosing some stamps for trhich please kend me The Daily Trib tue. Eivp the news coming to us and trust the rest to us. Let all of She boys' friends keep the letters com- 1 wa assigned a cook's position the first tiling on j Wednesday morning af ter arriving. We are on for 24 hours asd then off for 24 hours. But, bo unce aae, I have never had a hand in cookbig a large dinner as we have here hf))nc I came here. We haven't leen issued our uniforms 3t twit have been examined and had trar injrauce policies matle. You can $rint this if you care. But be sure ami send the paper until further no tice aad a different address is sent. 1IEBBEKT LESTER RITCHIE, Third Co. It. It. D. C.uup Hancock, Augusta, Ga. Somewhere in France, July 11, 1U1S. JDoaresl ' Father: A really "m-wsy" letter from Frame it th.i 'wO.i.ui' iijuio ijd.d Ov. ;t gwd thing for your paper, I know, aiiutt' -ut the 'people everywhere have. luuu i'oik here doing "their bit.' I 3ixu Hoi going (o vail this .ueli a letter, fur it is impossible for me, on account ' o the rousur jjiiid for other reasons, o lull (.vou just what is happening, u ftvfut iv.' arc doing, but 1 want to take liJiis rfppti7iffjii:y io M-n.l nouio Vvmi or lave sum rherr to ail nioiheis and wive and iaiJ(Ms especially, .from uiexr :,ons sunl i)Ubands over here." This mes ae I .si aid will not be penned with the "veords Kipling or Avery, but will ieudue -direct from the heart and exper icaoc&sjof the men. And though 1'have etsi Jbere but! a short time myself I ftxJ thai J ran tell of some of the things that go to make up this "Universitv of iUl of the men of this Division, and , there are quite; a few from home iu it, -auje-riiug along fine. It seems that all JlJriboyae duLve happened "tvith good grace tor uxj The weather has been unusually wandejrfuL It would be almost impos- si&ie tpr t!i- people of Cabarrus to un- nJemtmd jusi what kind of seasons '-tsstj liavchere- Just one thunderstorm nearly two moutus, and at night two bIajttkiLs n.e a-, ,-er uo many. This is ZSztz i'flkkia ;.. iiere, and all men .-una JtaLkmg fu:. advantage of it. The tMSkfik Conditions are good. They have -always been with this Division, and ion and cleanliness- are ever 'the -wjilrJiword of the men and officers. Xne ! f the men from Cabarrus, I find pan .hiiv&tigjfjuii, have suffered ills it iu, .and they have had a won- viiiiitfjij tfjort unity to fit themselves it her for the great work iii hand. J will send just this-word about still id Iroin "home: Make them cheer is a fact that the men here JxiL M ?uts,?5i io worry about without getting tetters xi gloom and discouragement iruto Joved ones. A man in this figiit must 3e a whole-hearted man. A half Jbearted tidier is a half beaten soldier Jind His message is sent principally to ar u-meiL They are waging a great Jjart iit this conflict. Their knittin- sxtiik Jled Crass work is hot all thev jue lining. This, in fact, is just the ..begin- sung,7 for the letter from home to the txmu here is t!ie "bread-of life," and liLa lioxnen can .make or break him by f-De -tu ki;suge -iney send. Write him (JrJl Id m everything, 'things that arisaxailj-didiot interest him will be S&nrioipt news to him here. (JIIEEU lILfESS. this ever be your watch XsquL Is. anej js nothing I can say of the ?erk here. You ail know something of it, Mid should I write pages I could jjev?r tidl you all. Each day there is twuoiejjBxsg umerent, ana it all is so big a Masterful, .so almost super-human that I j da re not try to describe it. But th 3iijJi Irom your home are "doing . their lit." ind they are doing it with the jspirir. and ieterniination that can aueaii'-jmly Victory. It is man for man lasre, joid 1 1ds life is making of weak- lios:me9 and of men still greater men. mre-alj: 'understand aiul appreciate the . i se ybu go through with. Remem-Ijer-ahrays that "no.news is good news", aaul believe nothing you hear until ic bas been authenticated. Rumors fly ' 2ast here that should we attempt to kw Tip with them, or solve them, our irould be a complete puzzle. Keep trhft herf ulness up. The men here are a& dijvrn-hearted. 'Jlitt men here have little time to Ihsnt if things to be, but it is up to Thepeople there to have things ready Xar him when he does get back. What lil&te time is spent "off duty" is de vt4el fo a givat extent to plans for the d&Tiwrev Dreams flourish in this swift 3X2 t-oday; and that half of them "will :not come true matters little to the Host who cherish them. If you are IoTra4irarted take the tip from the iilIlT. Dream some. "Dreams let the lasAthhufit, most fantastical fancies live, ftifjrs'dd the common place with glcu-y." the anen here feel that they are isziisuxxg feack. Afterwards ! This is the paaswwl to the future. Let this be j?oar password, and surely if the men Vitthe life here can look to the future, an -do so too. Of the life of the wl.Ytcr here one writer has said: "Odd ;sBodELteaiitifu1.!. ordinary and extraordi toLTj pathetic and humorous, v are tlie "dnf!nisjirtCMlay. Many are too precious tn lie roiced, others sa airy that even .Jtae dreamers smile at tljem while they tfacm'but 'each dream is something - 7ir and precious to the owner a n?tt -will o of the wisp that shines tosrwstvj -ffre dark of today." "Xet fiie ?ian know that you too are ': . ' p"2tani3.ng '"rr.'the ''luture Don't write as though all things had Mopped when he left. Imt n.ake him think that life holds nothing In the future for you both. Make his dreams even more than a "bright will o the wisp." Write and tell him what you are doing; what you are plannipg when he jdinll return, and it will add rigor and determina tion to bis being, both of which are mose essential In the winning of this -war. ' Far be it from me to act as a prophet, or advice giver, but I send this message to our women because 1 know how I have felt when I have receive! imcji letter, and they have been cheerful, nnd because I can see it in the faccj of tlu men who have not received the mesa they wanted from home. Tell the man what you think of him: be Is showing you what he thinks of you by being here. Never a day passes that all men do not think of home. They are doing their all here, and to you. mothers. wives and fathers who liave son and husbands here I send a message of lov and cheer, to tell you that "all Is weir and that the loys are doing fine. Affectionately. W. M. SHERMLL. To J. B. Sherrill. t!oncord. X. C. England. Friday,. June 21. 191S. My dearest Mother and Father: Just received your letter of Mar 31st. This leaves me well, and having the time of my life over here. Glad to know you all made a Red Cross Drive. That is a good thing. If you only could see just whpre it went it helps the sick I and wounded boys. I go to the hospital every day to see the loys. Say, mama, I just got a letter from John and Arthur, somewhere in France. They are well and having a fine time. I am sorry for them, they can't talk French. I am in England ; have been hore three months. This sure is a fine country, the finest I ever saw I don't blame the British for fighting for their country. I will get a seven day leave July ISth. I am going to spend part . of it in London. It sure is a nice place, but little old New York has it beat. . Tell my friends to write to me. I will be glad to hear from them. I met -a young man over here from Kannapolis. I sure was glad to see him. I got a pass of several days. I slept in a sure enough bed, and- it made me feel like I was at home. Well. I will stop for this time. Hope to hoar from all my friends soon. Vnd mother, write me all the good news irom concord. From your loving son. W. L. FREEZE, 137 Aero Squadron, U. S. Air Service, Eaton Place, London, England, S.- W. 1. France, July 1, 1018. Dear Mother : We are getting along fine and hav ing a big time We haven't been to the trenches yet and we dbn't know when we will go. We had an air raid last night about 11 o'clock and it is lots of fun to get out . and watch Jerry come over and see our big guns shoot at him. We brought down three German airplanes last night. .1 went over to the air drome Sunday evening and watched our, airplanes go to make a raid on the Germans. Your son. HARRY SKIDMORE. Co. A. 115 M. G. Bat. A. E. F. RUDE SHOCK FOR GERMANS People" Told That the Transport Levia than is Not Sunk. Amsterdam, July 2S. Implicit be lief in the veracity of German ad miralty reports received a rude shad ing when the German public had to be told that it, was not the American transport Leviathan (formerly the German liner Vaterland) but the White Star Liner .Tusticia which was sunk last Saturday off the north caost of Ireland. The Leviathan measures 2-, 000 gross tons more than did the Jus ticia. , 'The .Lek.il Anziger of eBrlin deems it necessary to declare that it would be. entirely wrong to jump at the con elusion that eGrman U-boat, command ers habitually overestimated the ton nage sunk. The newspaper, which treats the official report as an exceptional and tan excusable lapse, admits, however, that German figures on sinkings gen orally are based in "indications which are fallible to the trained mariner' eye as in present methods' of warfare it is, in a majority of cases, impossi ble definitely to establish a ship's iden tity." v The Lokal Anzeiger hopes, however that the "Vaterland will bo caught yet sooner or later." Other Berlin newspapers which al ready had spoken of the United States having to foot the bill for the destruc tion of -the Leviathan, refrained from comment pending the verbal report of the U-boat commander which the Ger man admiralty says must be awaited. A GIRL TAKES FOUR SLACKERS TO ARMY Men, Sentenced To Prison, Chose To Serve in the; Army. Miss Vena Connet. a clerk in draft board No. 2 offices, Kansas City, car rying a large revolver, conducted four men who had attempted to escape the draft to Camp' Funston Saturday. The men were under sentence of one year in the penitentiary at Fort Leav enworth and had been given the priv ilege of joining the army, by Fred Rob ertsoo, district attorney for Kansas. They chose the army. -Clerk P. S. Beckler asked Miss Con net if she was willing to go, men for the trip being unavailable. "I will do my bit," she replied. The trip was made without incident, it was report ed. Print Paper Case Reopened. Washington, D. C.. July 30. The Federal Trade Commission today re opens the print paper case at the re quest of the manufacturers, who ask ed that the commission take s cogni zance of the recent decision of the War Labor Board awarding an increase in wages to employes of the mills. The United States Government is in need of women ohemists. MAN AND WOMAN CONVICTED ON CHARGES OF IDLENESS Couple Ilaring Automobile, In WbJtlt WblAkey-StiU Worm Was Found. WJ1 Serve Road and Jail Terms. Charlotte Olrrrer. Convicted of -strolling about it Idleness having no fixed place of abode and being able to -work and not workiug." Walter Hill, n white mait. arretted Saturday, morning, with hi wife, Mary IIU1. while camping tear Shopton. In Steel Creek township, m fined $.V by Sjulre J. V. Ci!o Teste. - day morning. Being unable to pay i fine he was sent to the cuuuty roaJ. His wife convicted on a lmi!ar charge was sentenced to V) days In jalL The two Mere arreted by IVputy Sheriff V. i Fwfperman and Conta- tde J. E. Garrison Satunlay moniiu; on complaint of residents of the Shop- ton, neighborhood Tliey were trareltiii in an automobile and. when brought Saturday before Squire Cobb, they claimed their machine broke down ai.. that thev were forced to siend the night by the 'road ide. The Justice of peace ordered. the uachine h?ld for In vestigation and release! the couple. i Saturday aftenujon. however, per- 4m f sons resiumg m im dikrou fcnon saw the man and woman at 'the auto mobile again Saturday aftemom. it having been left there by the county officials when the two were arrested. Constable Freeland. of Steel Creek township, was notified -at once and he rearrested the couple, and searched the w Vf.l a 1 car. in ir ne iounu a wuisev sun worm and about two bushels of meal. As a result of finding these in the cai the man , and woman were phiml "In jail and brought again lefore Stndre Cobb yestenlay morning. At the trial they-claimed they did not knew the worm was In the niachin and accused tfiat someone else -placed it there, without their knowledge. A Platform of Taxation Reform. The Progressive Farmer. The following is a nummary of the reforms we believe are needed in the matter of 'taxation. 1. The Government ought to do more for the people than it now does. It should provide school books for tlw poor. It should provide old-age pensions tor the aged and mothers' pensions for needy and worthy mothers. It should provide hospital facilities for the poor who are now (and have always been: unable to get for themselves and their stricken, little ones that expert1 help which money summons to restore health, or save 'life for the rich. And the gov ernment should also provide a vastly better and more efficient system of education and. do vastly more for. the social welfare. All this means that the Government should have more moneys than now. 2. All this extra money, however, should be .raised, as a larger part of our present tax money should be .rais ed, by levying on the unneeded surplus of the rich rather than on the hard won living of the poor. 3. The justest and least injurious tax the world knows is the Inheritance tax and every state in the South should adopt (and enforce) the Arkansas law on this subject, after first doubling the exemptions and then doubling the rate. On inheritance received by persons in Class B as indicated later in this ar ticle. 4. Income taxes should be levied. but only on the surplus above . the amounts required to support a family comfortably; and even then the in heritance tax is less objectionable than the income tax.. H. The poll tax should be abolished. 6. Instead of taxing a man on $100 to $300 worth of property lie doesn't own, as the pooll tax does, we should exempt $300 in tools, equipment, furni ture, he does own. 7. The tax rate on the firsf $1,000 woith of homestead (that is, to say, home or farm occupied, by the' owner). hould be only one-half the rate levied on the surplus beyond $1,000. This would tend to encourage home owner ship, and tend to discourage large hold ings and abstentee landlordism. To the same end a graduated tax should le levied on unused land. We shall not argue the wisdom or unwisdom of a graduated tax on cultivated land. But certainly in the case of large holdings of unused laud lands held out of use to the detriment of the people and for the benefit of land speculators -a graduated tax should be levied for the purpose of putting these lands into the hands of producers and home-owners. 8. The buildings and like improve ments on all land should be assessed for taxation separately from the land itself and. then all land assessments should be published so to let the people judge as to the righteousness of the as sessed values. In the case of farm lands the rate per aereNon each tract should be published, listing together all the farms, say in a school district. In the case of town lots, the rate per front foot should be given, all lots on the same street listed together in order. By adopting this plan favorism would be exposed, and the present infamous would ho exofqaleivdemetnsdioarneio tendency to assess large holdings at a lower rate than small holdings largely remedied. HAS GERMAN r?FREAT REACHED ITS LIMIT? The Firmness of the Fighting Monday, It is Believed in Paris." Is a Sign That This Is the Case. Paris, July 30. The 'fierceness of the fighting Monday it is believed here, is a sign that the German retreat has reached its limit, and that the enemy will make a stand with its right win on the plateau south of the Crise. and with, his left on the hills south of th Ardre, For the defense of this line it is held the Germans will devote aT of Gen. von Boem's army and the reserve divisions taken from Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Rowan County Woman To Be Mission- ary to Japan. Salisbury, July 20. At an - impres sive service at St. John's Lutheran church Sunday morning, Miss Maud Olena Powlas, of Rowan county, was commissioned a foreign missionary for the Lutheran church. Miss Powlas'' field of labor will be in Japan and she leaves for that country August 15 CNITEI STATTS MARINE Fonzxr City Xditor or Toe Tribune is Hark in His Old Hcne Town Ap pesan; for Recruit. Scrr nt John M. Osfrby, sjstinr corps putdicity Krgant for tine recruit- Uiz district vt A irgtaia. with aeacanar tcr In U chmood. fonarly Hty eii;or I of The Tribune, arrived in the cry Tuesdar 3Dorniug from irin : Aiuc riii'. Iliciory atid'h.3r!oftt la tht iu tret ff Marine Corp taMicil rvTUlting; The Marice are.nmr in the niidi of the greatest recruiting drive Iu th hUtory of tl taom organization. The trartb of the Corp w a recent ly increased to 73.0UO emmi and th re cruiting organization of the xrrappy Sea Soldier I pnttlus forth vigorcu efforts to secure sufildeut u?a tt fill the nnv raoa. Men in the Marine Corps, which I the oldest military orgaUlntioa la Am erica, serve on both laud and Ma. Af ter a recrnit finiitbni the training camp at Iarl I?dand, he then ! aligned to duty, which incindrs jrrlee in the Philippines. Haiti. Cuba San Ikmiiogo, Panamas Virgin Islands, on board the larger resseln of the navy, at navy yards and fn France., It Is a Mrvlcf of action ami through all its long period of history Ithe Marim Corp, on land and sea, lias upheld the finest tradi tions of America fighting forces With the large Increase a minder of commissioned ami non commissioned officers will be selected. 1 All . officers will come from the ranks, "according. to1 announcement by the major general commandant.. By this system of se lecting officers. Marine recruiters point out, every man is placed on an eqnal basi4 for advancement and his progress is '.determined solely upon the record -be Jnnkes and the qualities of leadership he displays. The standard of the Corp is high, its personnel ' nmnU'rs hundreds of America's finest J young men the type of militate or-1 ganlzation and service, in fact, that! should make a particular appeal to ibei real, red-blwded. upstanding Ameri- can men.- j There is i Marine recruiting station in the old dint building in Charlotte. All postmasters are designated Marine! recruiters And the district recruiting i station is in Richmond. Any young! man between the ages of IS and ''. who is interested in the service, may secure full information by communi- eating with i any of the recruiting sta- tions. MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN IS ATTACKED BY SOLDIER Man in Uniform Wearing Mask Se verely Bruises and Cliokes Wcman vin Thomasboro. . Charlotte Observer. A woman alout 50 years old was se verely bruised and choked when at tacked by a masked soldier in thej Thomasborq section, west of the- city, ; yesterday morning about 11 ocolck. A report of the attempted' assault was made at once to the provost marshal here. No trace of the assailant was found. j She was walking near a patch of woods, about a hundred yards from her home, when the soldu?r darted from some j underbrush, seizing her and throwing her to the ground. Ills fingers clenched her throat, and it is alleged he' beat her in the face. In trying to resist the assault of the man in uniform the woman grasped his face and her fingers slipped into bis mouth; He bit them, the print of his teeth bearing deep into the skin. In the scuffle the hands of the sol dier slipped from the woman's throat, and she screamed. Apparently afraid to continue his attacks upon her ow ing to the alarm- she - had given, he dashed away. The woman went to her home, and j relatives notified lieutenant Ham- j inond, the provost marshal. He imme diately dispatched provost guards foj the scene ami that section of the coun- try was scoured for the soldier. But no trace of him could le found. It was said that tlie mask 'carefully conceal (ed his face, and the woman said" It would be impossible for her to Identify him. . Lieutenant 'Hammond, who ques tioned her, said she appeared to be quite badly bruised about the face, as though the assailant had used his hands and fists In a most cruel man ner. The age of the woman and the severity of the attack caused much ex citement in the Thomasboro section. The provost guards will continue a systematic search for the soldier. In the hope that possibly some informa tion may be obtained leading to his ap prehension, it was said. However, doe to the mask and the fact that he escaped through the woods, leaving no trail, little hope is entertained that he can be apprehended. A HEAVY ATTACK IN AMERICAN SECTOR Germans Drive Americans Ouf of the Village of Cierges and Also Back From Beugneux. London, July 30. The Germans have been counter attacking very heavily along virtually the entire battle front. according to news that reached Lon don shortly after noon today. Their attack was an especially heavy one in the American sector, and resulted in driving the Americans out of the vil lage of Cierges, aboot five and one-half miles southeast of Fere-en-Tardenois. Another German thrust drove t the French out of Beugneux near Grand Rozoy northwest ' of Fere-en-Tardenois. This town, however, was recaptured from the enemy. There has been some heavy fighting near Buzancy, five miles farther south. In this latter locality forty-fiv pris- oners were tatten Deiouging to three divisions of the enemy now engaged In the Marne salient: There are 71 such divisions, of which ten belong to the northern army of drown Prince Rup precht, of Bavaria. The enemy withdrawal is reported still orderly and military opinion in London discounts the possibility of any rounding up of Germans in the sa lient. " w There is a famine in laundry soap in Copenhagen and other Danish cities. 0 Ai',ViniS AS TO THK .a' rHrrrrnrcni N r rm prWdL iimtrtrr, if Toriiry U Irit.?l ts'1 cn to An Open Kttcre WshlnrtSi. July 50C N rfr ut mur tmxr- tr r-rTJ la Vs;.; arpn-i If TtjrVry td tr5 .;-?t-. - x?lt m an cptn rcptwre. am i?w U m n;r,.;itS-m' j W ' - r I The T 1 1 V1 " f TTv At r t a' ii wmmjj cpnsisted of shells to which were i;:vrn generally recognized values, own Banker. Modern Banking Faci!;:ies have kept pace with the :V iiization until todav everv self-re r. owes it to himself to have a banking w offer you every convenience knov ;. Banking. WtWf f?7 WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Are on Sale at Postoffices, Banks and Stores. Your Conscience Says BUY Obey Your Conscience. S : CONCORD MOTOR CO. vat Bargain! IMPORTANT JULY CLEARANCE SA LE ATTRMTIoV THE SUBWAY STORE July Clearance on all Bargain Basement Merchan dise, House Furnishing, China and Glassware. Joy to the housewife in thin special 00c value corn floor brooms in good quality stock, medium weight, four string ww ed, clear handles, finished . with colored tin caps and unusual big value during this July Clear ance sale, sale price 55c 2Tc values In Wooden Ware, consisting of meat boards, steak pounder, j rollin pins, vegetable cutter, small wooden bowls, salt boxes, all In this sale at 10c each wooden Bowls, sale . .-13c price Special $1.50 bowl and pitcher, sale price 89c 150 bowl and pitcher, sale price - - SL23 $2.00 Slop Jars in white, crock ery, sale price $L23 ' $L50 Double Boiler, blue white lined, sale price 93c $1.50 Stew Kettle with 'Lids, sale price 85c $1.50 Coffee Pots, large size, sale price 95c 50c value Aluminum Cake Pans, sale price $2.00 Enamel Bowl and Pitch er, Jarge size, sale price $L25 Values to and Including GSc numbers, in white and white Stewer and Sauce Pans, sale - K' tt tJ : " "' r- - , "4 ZD vmCTi U 1 First f ...l;t. ! i CONCORD, N.C. Kitchen Utensil T price One of the ' day i china war. Tea cup and ;i-.- them, ,0o pbr on then come. Kxtra Hpi.nl Z Saucer, slightly of six cup and ri -price ! - Special 40c ( :; thin war. j rt- ' , cup and iUw-r ' and wbc :'7- t 'T $1,50 valu- rc dinm-r 'plate. . i ix .:. Special lioi I 'A. dihe, value t "' only . - $1.00 value rt nr with cover, sale j ri j Special EnglUh medium weisbt. teautlful figure !-?' bud on open ri k. ; ow!n to sit an I :.4 rw pieces 12 l-2c valu. -breads and butter, quality sale price 15c Breakfast pU: stock In any quantity each - oas