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VOLUME I.
GREENVIIJaE, N. C, WEDNEL DAY, AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22; 1917
NUMBER 59
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS
ABOUT OVER
I By United Press)
RICHMOND Halting as inexpli
, . 1 1 . i - .is it broke out. the infantile
p.iv.ihsis epidemic in Northwester
nuim:i today had come to an appar
nlMiipt end. after claiming nearly
,,iic h'lndred victims during its swift
I in- i- iol weather is believed by-the-;)iitiii.i
-ities to be responsible for the
Km up of the epidemic.
NEGRO KILLS
GOLDSBORO
(i'I IishoRO. Uvison Jones, a
v.uni white man of this city, was shot
.hi. I iihunvt instantly killed at lO'o'clock
., -n i.l.iy morning by a negro known J
,t- -Viz" Austin. The tragedy occurred
in ra stern section of the city and
ih. -p. hit many rumors current as to
Mi. 1 1 i i i for the crime, but as far as
. p. i.e learned, the men exchanged a
uu h.iih words, resulting' in the ne--r..
iuliinir a pistol from his pocket and
tirin- two shots into the man's body,
1... i h entering the left side.
l ii.- iicirto made his escape, but was
it;-T ruptured by Sheriff Edwards and
GERMAN PICKED
TROOPS FAILTO
MAKE A GAIN
PARIS
Merman picked troops were
WHITE MAN IN
ii"lmilly hut vainlv against four " "llillu ur- -premier ami
f the French fighting line last the idt1 of French-Canadians of the
the War office announces. I province of Quebec. A brilliant speak-
l.r. e places on the Chemin desier and a master,y Politician Laurier is
r.-....t special ' Stosstruphen" or I Ending every effort to bring to his
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I-., the French grip around Ver- j
, im. ivt.nn s filter rpnnispH ail1
H--u;)!rs.. ami hv their ground.
HOGS SELLING
STILL HIGHER
Py I'nited Press)
' HP'Ai;n.- Hogs sold for $20.00 per
!'Mn.t,, p.mnds here today, being
" !i!lier than yesterday's price.
NGLISH LABOR
RTY DECIDES
TO TAKE PART
i By Fnited Press)
F."M,.VBy a vote of 1,234,00 to
: ! not i the Labor Party members de
1,1 1 '" participate in the Stockholm
' 1 "iifercnce the last of the
nth
MBKRTY SEELS IT HIGH
1 !" i" " Liberty Brick had its sale
' mihI ti.bacco brought from $2.00
5... on per hundred more than
'"-i f it yesterday. The splendid
't't in- farjjij(s and our ample floor
'"' i i i tr J 1 1 us many new customers
"Mil ion to all of our old stanl-bys.
" '' ie all highly pleased with the
Hi'! will brius us thei rnext load.
" i" i onyht to come here and hear
11 "H auction tobacco, too. Hft will
; 'i'hi until he has the highest dol
1 ""I that is what the farmer needs.
'.nil look for you soon with a load.
I.I ISKKTY W A REHOUSE.
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PROGRAM
White's Theatre7
TONIGHT
"VERA, THE MEDIUM,"
I Vaturing Kitty Gordon
Thursday
"HER STRANGE WEDDING'
Featuring Fannie Ward
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JOHN H.
(United JessSta
5?H THE ALI A MIES AFIELD.
Austria's terrible toll: of casualties is increasing
rapidly as the Italian advance continues; The
killed and wounded have reached 35,000, accord
ing to the headquarters' statement ,
. The Italians have swept the enemy, from the.
yillages cttescla, Brit, Canole, Bombrez and Riga
all of which were left burning heaps of ruins by
the retreating Austrians. Artillery fire by the
fleeing Austriahs had shattered pracrically, all of
tl e remaining buildings in these towns r: ;
Gabriel D'Ahnunzio, the Italian poet, is among
the hundred or more aviators participating in the
offensive.
Political and I-Iilitary
Situation in Canada
(United Press)
OTTAWA, Canada, Canada is Fac
ing its first crisis since the opening of
the European war.
A general election is to be called
bp Premier Berden within the next
few weeks for early in the fall. The
life of the present Conservative gov
ernment expires on October 7th. This
will be the first opportunity the peo
ple of Canada have had to pass upon
the war policies of the Berden gov
ernment since the Dominions plunged
into the great conflict.
The government has been split wide
open on the issue of conscription. Brit
ish " Canada, generally speaking, sup
ports conscription. French Canada is
almost solidly opposed. The bitter
est and most exciting political campaign
in Dominion history is in prospect.
Upon te result depends the continuance
in power of the present conservative
government and the enforcement of
Leading the Liberal
opposition- In
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standard a11 the elements in Canada
disaffected with the Berden regime.
Already however, he has had to face
the refusal of twenty-two non-French
I Canadian Liberals in the House from
: Ontario and the western provinces to
, follow him in his anti-conscription bat
tle. What strength those conscription
. ist Liberal party 'belters' can take with
j them to the polls has become one of the
I big question marks of the
campaign. ,
i In its answer may lie the final decision, j
On the part of the Conservatives they
have had to face minor but very signi
ficant desertions from French-Canadians.
Canada has 406,000 enlisted men. Her
overseas force is made up of five
divisions. Four of these is in France
and one is held in England as a re
serve division. Since the desperate,
bloody day at Vimy Ridge, heavy drafts
have been made on this reserve. Can
ada must provide more men or soon
Dominion troops will be left without
reserves. This would mean the elimi
nation of Canada as a fighting factor
at the front. Canada must raise 100,
000 more men and do it quick.
Voluntary recruiting is a thing of the
past. Canada has no great wealth of
man power. Eight million people is her
top. Already the 400,000 men who so
freely gave themselves to service have
seriously tightened the labor market in
places Farmers are ia straits for help.
In many cities clerks and municipal
employees are given half holidays from
their regular employment in order that
they may go into the fields. This
shortage is emphasized by the anti-con-scriptionists.
Conservatives declare
that there are hundreds of "slackers
in the cities who could be spared and
assert that thesw ari the men they
want to get under the law.
Intricate as is this problem alone, it
is intermixed with the racial question,
an alien enemy tangle, a tremendously
difficult financial situation, involving
the nationalization of 7,000 miles of
railroads and millions of dollars in ad
vance to others, and a line of hoary
but still virulent political amnesties
which stirred together offer the Cana
dian voter a political salad unlike any
thing previous in his entire political
experience.
The next few weeks will see stirring
times across the border.
GERMAN ARMY FLOODED
WITH IRON CROSSES
AMSTERDAM. Deputy Marquardt,
of the German Reichstag, recently pro
posed that a more extensive distribu
tion of iron crosses be made. Emperor
William has caused to be published the
fact that 2,250,000 crosses of the second
class had been distribute lipto June
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HEARLY,
Sec. Redfield
Denounces the
Peace Moves
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON. The first formal
utterance from any cabinet member or
other high official of the government
since the Eope's peace proposal, came
today in a scathing denunciation by
Secretary Redfield of the peace move
recently launched in this country.
Elect G. A. R
Officers Today
(By United Press)
BOSTON The general business
meeting and election of officers of the
G. A. R., national reunion are sched
uled for today.
This evening the Grand Campfire
will take place in Mechanics' Build
ing. Trooping of the oolors, a cere-
dier, will be one of the features of the
evening.
The principal speakers will be Gov.
McCall. Mayor Curley of Boston and
Win. J. . Patterson, Commander-in-Chief
of the Grand Army. Others who
take prominent parts in the program
are Senior vice Commander-in-Chief
W. H. Worstead of Kansas City, Mo.,
and Junior vice Commander-in-Chief
E. A. Russ of New Orleans, La.
NOTICE.
There will be a meeting of the tem
prary chairmans for the thirteen town
ships of Pitt county in the Graded
School building, on Friday afternoon
at four o'clock. The object of this meet
ing is to form a woman's committee
for national defense work. Every
woman in . the town oe in the county
who is interested is urged to be present.
MRS. MARK QUINERLY.
Temp. Chairman for Pitt county.
Spanish Unrest
is Explained
(By United Press)
MADRID. (By Mail). The move
ment of unrest which has been making
itself more and more felt in Spain dur
ing the last two months, is due to three
factors: the agitation in military cir
cles, the discontent of the Democratic
party (which includes socialists, re
publicans and reformists ) and the un
rest of the working classes, due to the
privations of the economic crisis.
.The dissatisfaction in the army is
due to what is held to be" favoritism,
certain officers receiving advancement
through court influence. It is claim
ed by the Officers', Committee that the
King is aiming to form a personal par
ty in the army on which he can rely
for events. A second reason for dis
content is the insufficiency of officers'
pay and the need for technical reor
ganization in the army.
As important is the agitation of the
democratic group, which is daily grow
ing more dissatisfied with the govern
ment's attitude toward the belligerents
and lack of firmness with regard to
the Central Empires. This group
which comprises the various anti-constitutional
parties and has been sup
porting the government forms what is
called the "Block of the Left," is work
ing with combined energies to give
Spanish, neutrality a frankly Entento
phile character. One of the ends in
view is a diplomatic rupture with the
Central Empire, the pretext for which
would be the German submarine ex
ploits against Spanish shipping.
The third, factor, the unrest in the
working'Clisses if -entirely due -to, the
economic. crisis. .-Sympathy for one or
the other group of belligerents varies
according to the different regions.
The main object of the democratic
party is, to turn' both the military and
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Some of first lot to be called
made it neceajy to call more men up
for: Same Time
LONDON. Canadian troops around
Iens launched f another attack on the
Western environment of the French
mining city at if :30 o'clock this morn
ing, reports th Renter correspondent
from the British headquarters in
France. The attftclif developed into one
of the most desperate hand-to-hand bat
tles of hte war'v -
When the Cafiadiaus went over the
top they saw massebf gray figures ad
vancing towardaf them in the thick haze.
Both sides haatpuined the attack at
the same moment
Fifteen minntei;after the clash the
Germans were
their last stand
on the parapet-of their trench,
then retreated pidljf.;
They
enfi cwnmon direction.
As regards the military malcontents
this appears quite feasible, in view of
the fact that so far the army has con
cerned itself very little with the ac
tuai form of the government. There
fore if the "Block to the Left" can
persuade the dissatisfied military ele
ments that their aims are shared by
the Democratic group, they will not
hesitate to make common cause with
them.
The democratic group is likewise
counting on turning the labor unrest
to its advantage. If a general strike
is proclaimed, which seems quite like
ly, and another cabinet crisis is the re
sult, the workmen will not object if the
radical party gain the upper hand in
the government. This party is there
fore watching intently every phrase
of the labor unrest, as well as the de
velopment of the military movement,
ready to exploit both whenever the oc
casion offers itself.
On the other hand the declaration
signed by the leaders of the three poli
tical parties which fused to form the
"Block to the Left" leaves no doubt
that this group contemplates vigorous
action, even independently of the army
and labor movements.
$700,000,000 Worth
Supplies for Russia
- . (United Press)
WAHTfThe United States
will supply Russia with 2,500 loco
motives and 4,000 cars during the next
twelve months, it was authoratatively
stated here today to satisfy the one re
commendation of the Root commis
sion. These supplies will cost a total
of $700,000,000.
Baseball Tactics.
Stealing third is, as a general prop
osition, a bad play, though It comes in
handy now and then. I would suggest
that all young players avoid it If the
man is thrown out trying to steal third
you have tossed away a possible chance
for a run, and If lie succeeds he hasn't
improved hi scoring chances very
much, because he would go home from
second on a clean single anyway.
My personal opinion is that there is
entirely too much changing of pitchers
In professional baseball. The custom
is so prevalent in certain clubs that
every man that starts a game does so
In fear, trembling lest he be removed
as soon as he allows a couple of hits
or is a little wild. He is prone to be
come nervous "under these conditions
and begins to fume and fret as soon
as he gets In a hole. On the other
hand, If he were assured before the
game started that he would be allowed
tck. finish, it. be would In many cases
worVoulrMi'own- salvation. A;pitcher
learns through being beaten,- and. if he
is taken out as. soon as he has any
trouble he wilLnever get the right kind
of experience to develop his mind and
his courage-wTy . Cobb In American
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before an xemption board. The surprising number of exemptions claimed
before the board in many more districts in country than originally planned.
FRENCHMEN FIRED WITH ZEAL
IN THEIR VICTORIOUS ADVANCE
BY HENRY WOOD,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES AFIELD.
Fired with the zeal that made their charges utter
ly irresistable, the French soldiers who won the
notable victory in the great battle at Verdun yes
terday, petitioned their commanders for permis
sion not to be limited to specific obj jectives in their
advance. The "poilus" want to keep going, and
fretted yesterday at the stern orders limitinc:
Germans just ahead that they felt that they could
easily have captured.
Dead Man's Hill, which has been blackened
with the blood of thousands of men of both sides,
with its slopes a gaunt spectre of naked ground,
was in French hands today, and the myriad de
fenses upon which the Crown Prince spent months
are leveled into mere crumbles of dust. The Hill
will ever remain a gigantic monument to lost
hopes. '
It took the Germans months to capture, months
to fortify, and still longer for them to hold it. To
day the French captured it in the first morning's
advance.
THIRTEEN THOUSAND PRISONERS
AND IMMENSE BOOTY TO ITALIANS
(By United Press)
ROME. The prisoners of Italy's offensive have
reached a total of more than 13,000 men and 311
officers, the War Office announced this afternoon.
30 guns and a great quantity of war booty were
also captured.
COMBINED ALLIED OFFENSIVE
STILL CONTIINUES UNABATED
(By United Press)
LONDON. The war's greatest concerted of
fensive went on fiercely today without any abate
ment, with continued gains for the Allies. The
French appeared to have made the most rapid
strides forward in fighting of the most sanguin
ary kind. The German horde that once clutched
Verdun to the point of suffocation were driven
back still further.
On the bloody slopes of Cote Loie, the villages
of Regneville and Samogneux, with, the interven
ing fortifications, were all swept clean of the ene
myThe counter attacks last night, made with the
desperation of the German war lords who knew
that this was only the beginning of the French of
fensive, brought the enemy nothing but heavy
The next greatest violence in the fighting was
the great battle along the entire-Austro-German
front. Rome reports continued success of Gener
al Cadorna's drive.
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DESTROYED
2DRFU. One-nuarter M the TSer-Jt:
scity of Mojiastir has been destroy-
' -i , 4- i c l.: . w..,.
aa'mounces. The number of victims has
not been ascertained.
The statement says that tn Satur
day the Buglarians bombarded the city
Tnore-'violently than ever, firing some
2,000 shells. There was no reason for
the bombardment, as no fighting was-.
in progress. Men, -women and chid-;
ren who fled in all directions, have
been collected and sent to the rear.
Coal Had Dropped
Some Already
(By United Press)
CHICAGO. The retail price of coal
dropped from $1 to $1.50 per ton here
following the announcement of the
President's price-fixing of coal, at the
"mouth of pit."
Carpentier, French
in
(By United Press)
ATLANTIC PORT. Georges Car
pentier, French pugilistic' champion,
Pugilist Champion
This Country
arrived here today aboard a French ;
liner. It is believed here that his com-
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ing is for, the purpose of stimulating 'vj
aviation enlistments ny nis scneauiea
I appearance in all parts of the country.
but it is also understood that Tex
Rickard, the famous fight promoter,
will try to induce him to box Jess Wil
lard for the heavyweight champion
ship. Enemy Aeroplanes
Bombard Dover
(By United Press)
LONDON.-r-Ten enemy aeroplanes
bombarded the east coast of England
today, dropping bombs on Dover ami
Margot. The raid took place at 10
o'clock this morning, the admiralty an
nounces. None were killed at Jffargot, but 1L
were killed and 13 injured at Dover.
None were killed at Ramsgate, but a
number were injured and many houses
were damaged.
New Regulations
for Swimming Pool
The swimming pool in the High
School will lie open to boys only, Thurs
days and Saturdays, and to girls only
Fridays. HOY TAYLOR,
Superintendent.
Greenville Schools
Open September 12
The Board of Trustees of the Green
ville Graded Schools and the Pitt Co.,
Board of Education, have concluded an
arrangement to allow high school pupils
residing anywhere in Pitt county to
attend Greenville High School next
year free of tuition. This arrange
ment applies just to the high school
department, grades 8 to 11.
The regular tuition rates will be
charged in all grades below the 8th.
I hope a large number of the boys
and girls of the County will take ad
vantage of this opportunity to get a
high school education without cost. -
The Graded School will open Wed
nesday, September 12.
HOY TAYLOR, Supt.
Excursion Train
is Wrecked Near
Columbus, 0.
(By United Press)
TOLEDO. An excursion train,
crowded with retail merchants from
Columbus and other cities and towns,
was wrecked near Lime City, ten miles
from here, today. One is known to
be dead and the injured may reach
forty.
Japan Glimpses
America at Var
By United Press) - r
WASH INGTON Japan receivefl its Ll
first close-up glimpse of America at . .f
war today when the Japanese Commis--
sion were in the war capitol for a con-
ference with the Japanese ambassa-
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