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(By Utited Press)
PETROGRAD, Dec. 15.Generals Kalendine
and Trotsky and both of their staffs have been ar
rested by the Bolsheviki forces, it has been offi
cially announced. .
The Bolsheviki now hold, the towns of Rostoff,
Xantichevano and Laganrou.
Southern Minister
Delivers Sermons
By Telephone
(By United Press)
SITKEV7EPORT, LA. Religion by
tvi ; ti iie is being dispensed successful
U h re by the Rev. M. E. Dodd, pas
: . f the First Baptist Church.
lr. Dodd has had a desk phone in.
:.,!lc.i on his platform and when he
. atlies at night the receiver is taken
'-?. Members of h's church who are ill
or friends who cannot attend the ser
vie s cm get the sermon at their home
L.y calling the munber of the chareh.
An unlimited number of persons can
be connected with the telephone at the
same time, and a double audience can
get the benefit of thi sermon.
Songs of the Sammies
By J. W. PEGT43R
i United Tress Staff Correspojadent)
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI.
TinXARY ARMY, FRANCE. (By
Mailt You're all right as lng as
you ain't hit.' said the Denver mule
skinner. safe and sound in his billet-
aMi!i arier a Turn at i nc irpat.
That's the way I had" 'it ' figured' j
wl;en I got blow off that ration wag-j
on twice in one trip. You see we have !
to bv'iv; the rations up to the trench?s
ar ni,'ht an 1 whoa ! you hay-burning)38 Pairs of wristlets to Headquarters;
i urn Mark!" The last was address- i to be distributed by the field directors!
-l to a l..p-earud wagon-mule f rom j of the Red Cross as they are needed.
wins'
-ides the Sammy was scraping
;. hiycr of battle-field mud. The mule
v, !i l and the speaker resumed his
Rations have to come up at night
be-:iu-e in lh day time the enmey can
spot us from the trenches as the wag-
iti i'Mino r.r.ir Hio Viills A f- nifht
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iii only cro bv the soun
us 01 tne wneeisT
! sometimes he can't hear even that
because our guns are going. So he just
.-'-.! rrt-rs h.'lls along the registerel
ro.i is trnstfngto luck to hit a ration
ua'..n or an ambulance.
-v. we trust to luck that they
von"; iiit us. Some of them sheJis
'line mighty close. The mules would
jump sMewavs at the noise and flash
te! sometimes thev'd be splashed with tion $575-
! wh,-,, a ,h,ll hit close. I E- Hellen to G' T' Gardner, Grif-
Hut it doesn't hurt vou to have a ' ton township, consideration $1000.
i- 11 hit close if it doesn't hit you. On ' A. J. Tyson to W. J. Hardee, Beaver
fbN night one landed just along-side Dam township, consideration $2,-
ration wagon. The mules jumped 630.96.
H I tumbled on mv face in the mud. I Lhcinda Manning to W. A. Winstead.
J'.m I wasn't hit so" I just climed on Falkland township, consideration $4,-ii-ain
ami got slammed onto the ground 000.
'-'a in m ten minutes.
It's all in the game.
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Fh-lls don't '
lou t unless they hit you get over Mol.
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h, Pitt County Chapter will be at Perkins. Greenville township, consid
' -!-y Brothers office for next week, eratibn $1,000.
OFSSA
DRIVEN
TO ATTPS IT
(By United Preje) " 1
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES;, Dee, 15. The
Austro-German troops were driven to attack the
Italians. This is according to a statement made
bv the prisoners who have been capturedty the
Diaz forces. They declare that the lpgtheir
ranks have been increased in proportions that are
staggering". This was accomplished' they state,
by throwing the artillery under orders, which
but a curtain of fire mbving behind the waves for
the purpose of forcing the4mttee.
Austro-German troops are now being torched
with the promise of better fdod if they succeed in
reaching the rich Italian plains.
The enemy is, now making an effort to concen-
THE BOLSHElfllil
Must be Returned
Within SeveuDays
The Pitt County Exemption Board
has been notified to issue question
naires to five per cent of the county's
entire registration, which is 3,620, ex
cepting the men that are already in
the service and "slackers" that have
been certified up by the War Depart
ment to the local board. These ques
tionnaires are to be returned within
seven days from the date of their mail
ing service of the Immanuel Baptist
who fail to make prompt returns. This
five per cent continues from day to
day until every registrant has a ques
tionnaire. Good For Nothing Husband
While the audience was not a large
I one, due no doubt to the extreme cold
j weather, those attending the White's
Theatre last night were more than
pleased with the comely-lrama, "A
Good For Nothing Husbanl."
The entire cast was ahead of the
average and the audience showed their
appreciation by repeatel applause.
Th3re was not a dull moment luring
the entire performance. Nd" attrac
tion of the season presented in Green-
" " luivcu ""ic mrmavij. iuc
wnny'la k strong one. "
Th? local Red Cross Chapter has
shipped today 38 sweaters, 38 muffler,
British Regain
Part of Trench
LONDON. Th? British troops, in
their local fighting around Polderenot
yesteruay evening, regaineu a consiu-
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erable part of the British trench which
the enemy succeeded in penetrating
during the morning.
DEEDS OF TRANSFER
J. J. Ford to J. J. Carson, Bethel
township, consideration $10,000.
N. O. Warren, Tr. to E. H. Shel
burn and wife, Greenville, considera
W. A. W instead anu wire to iienry
Smith and wife, Falkland township,
consideration $3,500.
J. H. Cobb to W. H. Elks, Jr., Green,
ville township, consideration $6,484.
. A IT! i T T
Y THEY WERE
ALANS
Full Telegraphic R e o o r t s o i t Ire U n i t e d Press
AMERICAN3 AMBULANCE UNIT TAKEN
if vt felTv 1 Fl4l fir UWk
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This photograph shows the Norton-Ilarjes ambulance unit, one of the first American contingents to see service
In France. It has Just been taken over by the American army under General Pershing. The unit performed
heroic work In aiding the wounded, and many of its members were awarded the Croix de Guerre for their bravery.
BOLSHEVIKI REVOTS FORECASTED
BY U. P. STAFF CORRESPONDENT
William G. Shepherd, Late Representative of the
United Press at Petrograd, Who is Now in This
Country, Vividly Describes Scenes Leading up
to Bloody Events of Five Weeks Ago. Keren
sky a Man of Grim and Fearless Demeanor.
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
NEW YORK. Kerensky's gravest
nistake in addition to refusing to put
he iron hand on both the radicals and
the aristocrats, was that he never paid
sufficient attention to the food question
in Russia.
As soon as the revolution was ac-
compli:h-'d Kerensky bean to try to
pur on the Russian army to activity.
While he was doing this the working
nen. including the railroads were strik-
ing for shorter hou'-s and for increases
in pay that amounted, in some cases,
to .'U0 per c?nt, The railroads de-
creased in deficiency; wood cutting, on
which the railroads are dependent, fell
c. The wood-boats on th? Neva, that
cirry fuel to the various railroad cen-
ters, became ruore and more inefficient
and food become less and less in Petro-
rad ami the great centers, while in
the rural districts, where food was
)lenty, shoes and clothes became scarec
for the same reason.
A hungry and poorly clad, and un-
happy civil population was growing
behind the lines, while Kerensky, at
the front, was making speeches and
telling the Russian army that thev
must fight. At last he got that pitiful
little drive at Halitch, when an army
composed in considerable parts of. Letts
why had once been In the German ar
my and had been taken prisoner by the
Russians, attacked a portion of the
front on which there were Letts on the
enemy's side, many of whom were will
ing enough to surrener. That was a
staged drive, and it was all the Keren
sky ever got out of his month3 of
work. '
Gentry and Gormans Market Report
The sales have been small this week.
The market sold 131,554 lbs. of
which Gorman's sold 80,472 lbs..
wu. yo,c3 CxC MiiMaui, lOjjj- ,s this citizt.u vvith a gun whose
our customers and about like they were
the wjeek before.
Tfre- niaket will close on j he '21st for
the holidays and will reopen
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an. 8th.
s Theatre
SATUDBAY . . V ' "
The Mystery of -toe Double ;
Cross" featuring, Mollie King.
"Mutt and Jeff". Also two reels
of good comedy.
Russia knows now that, if Kerensky
had spent those months in tranqulliz
ing the workingmen and peasants of
Russia and had organized the fuel sup.
ply and the railroads, he might have
solved the food problem of Russia, to
an appreciable extent, and then, with
a contended civil population behind
him, he might have turned to the army
and spurred it on to battle.
The plain facts about Russia today
is that the people in the big cities are
hungry anl the people in tha villages
are suffering for the lack of shoes, cloth
es and other manufacturers,
i Lenine and Trotsky could never have
succeeded in Petrograd if the civil war
population had not been hungry.' Last
July their attempt to take the city,
they failed, because th? civilian popu-
lation was against them,
! Tbls November, with black winter
hefore th ;m and with food growing
scarcer and the bread lines growing
longer, with shoes anl clothes almost
impossible to purchase, the civilian
j population took guns and went into the
streets to help the Bolshefeiki. The
hungry Russians were willing to agree
to any change of government, even to
a Bolsheveiki government, In the des-
i perate hope that they might, In some
mysterious way, get food and clothes
and fuel for the winter.
Keresky, with all his talk and his
ideals, jbiad not secured for them the
necessities of life. After four months
of mystery he had done nothing but stir
the army to a disastrous activity, and
feed them on oratory and preleipts.
The army was against Kerensky for
the same reason.
The 20,000,00 soldiers of Russia are
not all soldiers. Putting a peasant or
a working man into a soldiers uniform
and giving him a gun has not made
j hlui :t military uan ; he remains the
nu. peasant or th same workingman.
wUh the Serence that now he is a
Leasant or a workingman with a gun.
family is hungry, who has overthrown
T'en-nky. This citizen who fears that
th" hi;. ' :)?y be divided while he is at
.') lai: l laay be divided while he
i tie fnMt, lio knews that his wife
and children are going about either
poorly clothed of hungry and that their
sufferings -this winter will be greater
than ever before, has turned on' Ker
ensky.' -.The .Bolsheveiki promise him
bread and peace.
We- have Cabbage, Cetery, Lettuce',
Onions, Ruta Beggars, Irish Potatoes,
Sweet Potatoes, Cranberries, .Black
Eye Peas, Navy Bcanst Lima Beans.
4ip nd Bpur Picyles.. lellies ."and
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Gov. Bickett to
Speak Sunday
Greenville and Pitt County today i
feel highly honored, as they have for
th?ir guest. His Excellency, Governor (
Thomas W. Bickett, who arrived ycs
terday afternoon from Raleigh.
The Governor addressed the agricul
tural clubs of Piti Co)tyrat be East
Carolina Training scWtoday
Tomorrow afternoon, (Sunday) Gov.
Bickett will make -an address in Jar
vis Memorial M. E. Church to the Pitt
County Red Cross Society and also the
Associated Charities organization. The
entire citizenship of Greenville has a
most cordial Invitation to hear this dis-
tinguished North Carolinian. This is
ov- iett s nrst visit to tnis city
since hls inauguration. Hear him to
morrow afternoon at the Methodist
Church.
The Missionary Society of the Pres
byterian Church will meet with Mrs.
S. K. Philips Monday afternoon at 3 :30
o'clock. All the ladies of the church are
cordially invited to attend.
TEN MILLION MEMBERS FOR THE
RED CROSS; 1,200 FROM PITT CO.
Ten Million new members in a week !
1200 from Pitt county.
That is the goal the American RJ
Cross has set for itself in Its Christ
mas membership campaign that is to
be launched December 16. Throughout
the United States Red Cross chapters
are preparing for the enrollment of the
new army which is to stand as the or
ganized support of the boys in the
trenches.
No man is more deeply concerned
in the world war than President Wil
son who Is also president of the
Red Cross nad this is his proclama
tion :
To the People of the United States
Ten million Americans are - invited
to join the American Red Cross di r
ing the week ending with Christmas
Eve. The times require that every
branch of our great national effort
shall be loyally upheld, and it is pe
culiarly fitting that at the Christmas
season the Red Cross should be the
branch through which your willing
ness to help Is expressed.
You should join the American Red
Cross, because it alone can carry the
pledges of Christmas good will to those
who are bearing f or ns ths real bur
dens of the world war, both in our own
army and navy and in the nations up
on whose territory the issues of the
world war are being fought out. Your
evidence of faith in this work is neces
sary for their heartening and cheer.
You should join th? Red Cross be
cause this arm of the National Service
Is steadily and efficiently maintaining
its overseas relief in every suffering
Land, administering our millions wise
ly' and well and awakening the grati
tude of every people. - . .
Our consciences will not let us enjoy
the Chrishmas season if this pledge of
support to our cause and the world's
weal if left unfilled. Red Cross mem
bership ;Ls the Christmas spirit in the
term .of action.' -
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. 15. Kaiser
Wilhelm's Christmas message to the German
people will contain his final peace off ex. ,
This is according to unofficial reporault
received here from Berlin.
Pensions Here
jQj iJiq v0nCuS
Clerk of th3Superidr Court, J. D.
Coy, has Just received the pension for
the old soldiers and widows of soldiers
and if those entitled to receive them
will call at the clek's office they will
be given their check.
There are two classes or soldiers who
receive pensions from the state. Chose
of the fourth class and those of the
third class
There is only one ex-Con-
NORTH CAROLINA DAY CELEBRATED
AT TRAINING SCHOOL YESTERDAY
Yesterday the Training School gave
one period to the celebration of North
Carolina Day. One, section, pthe Ser
iorior Class, tinder the direction of
Miss Davis and in connection with
their work In history had charge of the
exercises and presented an interesting
I program. The state uepartment or
Education sent out to th3 schools of the
State an attractive pamphlet contain-
! insr mntprinl for the nroerum to he used
in the schools. The central idea In this
was the war and one purpose of the
program was for the dissemination of
war Information and n&triotie Rnirit.
"Make, Save, Serve" was the- motto
of the day.
Conservation, Thrift were the three
parts of th? program. The Seniors
followed the program, adopting and
cutting parts ;tnd supplementing the
material.
Miss Estelle Moore, president of the
class, stated the purpose of the exer
cises and the explained the significance
of the day and the program. The
school sang "The Star-Spangle Ban
ner " Miss Ethel Stanfield read a
ELEVEN CENTS FOR
FIXED BY FOODD
Eleven cents is the price fixed by the
Food Administration for sugar in
North Carolina and anyone paying
more than this shoull notify the Fed
eral Food Administration at Raleigh.
It has been reported that some con
sumers ere buying more flour than
usual to hoard. It is just as much a
gainst the law for consumers to buy
more than their usual needs as it is
for any speculator.
Buying more than needed violates the
law and they who do it are subject to
A SPLIT AKONG
nOMOTITIirMT ncc&MM M PAIIOrC
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(By United Press) tlKrM??".-'.
PEROGRAD, Dec. 15. The Bolsheviki Have
split on account cf he treatment of the Constit
uent Assembly. Lunacharsky , has tendered his
resignation as a member of the Maximalist cabi
net, declaring hat they should not support Lenine
in any measure o repression ain the Congress
irlch was summoned by the K-;s '.-m people. It
is believed that a number of leadir-K I.Tayimalist3
are supporting him. :
Trotskv. Lenine and others, comnosin. che 'in
ner, ring,, maptin
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Mail EDITION
NUMBER 156
Press)
federate soldier in Pitt Cotmty
I longs to the third clals. His annual
1 . A 0" - v nil V-Vm Bf
f the 8idiers are membera f
lourtn ciass anu receive eatu u;u.
nual pension of $45.00.
NEW ORGANIZATION
Comrades in Service, an organization
of the young ladies of Immanuel?l$ap
tist Church, will hold a service ' Snri
day night in honor of the church mem
bers who are now in the trenches. Tbe
whole church is interested in "Our
Living Links on the Battle Field."
message from Dr. J. Y. Joyner.
"America" was sung by the schooL
A short pageant of Liberty and Her Al
lies was presented, with - Miss Willie
Jackson as Liberty. When Liberty
came out with the flag the school rose
and gave the the salute to the flag.
Miss Huldah Barnes read "An Invo
cation" by Walter Nesbit.
"The .Reasons we are at War," a
catechism prepared by Mr. R. W.
Connor was given by a group of AbdUt
1 25 girls, one leader askingjftle
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A series of fine posters.. senL lout hi
the United States Food Administraia ' '
were displayed, and were explained Tby
Miss Camille Rovinson. Miss Eliza
beth Hathaway read Frank L.rSta
ton's poem "She's There Old Glory,
"Carolina" was sung by the schiKrt.
At the close the famous Liberty speech
by Patrick Henry was given on th
Victrola.
The class gave as a benediction the
lines form Kipling's poem, "Lord; Gof
of Hosts. Be with us yet, ' -
Lest we forget".
SUGAR PRICE
ADMINISTRATE
have it confiscated and are liable to
prosecution. . ' 1
The producer is allowed to hold his
own products, but when any article of
food has once been in the channels of .
trade the law regulates prices 'and
quantities applies.
There is a plenty of fl,'-sugyBJ
other food in sight, but hoafSsftBOTr -y
will subject anyone who practices It
to confiscation and prosecution. It Is '
raising of prices, starving the Allies
and .fighting for Germany. vUten there
plenty of food for 'aLL j,
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