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TA
RAIHPEfiSKRI
GEiMN TREACHER HUNS ARE
POUR G 1 REEFMCEfMS
( By The United Press)
STOCKHOLM, v Ukraine is now in a state of
country-wide revolution, according to dispatches
just received here.
The Germans are pouring in reenforcements,
which total probably four hundred and twenty
thousand men.
The peasants have several small armies of fif
teen and twenty thousand troops each, which are
well-armed with both artillery and machine guns,
rvUr, c,4-CT ,11
mcac yxxoaiiijo cue u.cxciiuni Uic viiiclgCO 111
several sections trom trenches.
The fight is not of a political character, but is
due chiefly to the surrender of land by the Ger
mans back to landlords.
Iomestead sections for fifty versts (33 miles)
have been completely wiped out.
soemfp
rtmis
(By The United Pressj
AMSTERDAM. Social revolutionaries are
still barricaded in the municipal theatre in Mos
cow, and they are desperately defending the place
savs a dispatch-from Berlin.
The Social revolutionaries, many of whom were
arrested following the assassination of Count Mir
bach, the German ambassador, started a revolt in
iU"owvv agdinoi, laic uuioucvmi. a Civilized League what bys dead flies.
The later recently issued an official statement! They bought ten dollars worth and
saying that the Social revolutionaries had beenyou kow theVas bS i them;
, , , , i i i i 'cause flies is cheap. Teddy Roosevelt
aeieatea, ana mat nunareas were 'unaer arrest,
and the few not taken had fled from the city.
FRANCO - BRITISH SUCCESSFUL
IN ACTION YESTERDAY1 FOB
CAPTURE THE VILLAGE OF CORCY
(By The United Press)
PARIS. French troops have enlarged their
gains between the Aisne and the Marne, taking
the village of Corey, the French war office an
nounces. :
On the borders of the Rettz forest, the French
enlarged their gains, taking the village of Corey,
the station and castle, and St. Pauljarin. Fifty
prisoners, including one officer, were captured.
Two raids in the region of Maison, Champagne
and Mont Sansnom netted ten prisoners, v
(By United Press)
LONDON. According to Field Marshal Haig,
British troops advanced south of the Somme, im
proving their positions east of Villers-Breton-neaux
last last. It was at this point that the Aus
tralians and Americans advanced on the Fourth
of July.
"The enemy artillery,' - wired Haig, "directed
our positions on both sides of the Somme.
"Our troops made successful raids yesterday af
ternoon and during the night near Merris Festu
bert (Flanders), capturing prisoners and ma
chine guns.
Resumes Position.
Allie Estelle Greene, the effi-
Miss
-'iit clerk in the local exemption board
"ffice, who has leen indisposed in her
homo n Third street for the past few
'".vs. has recovered sufficiently to re
sume her position much to the gritifi
Htion of her many friends.
LUT10MIESM
G UP STIFF RESISTANCE
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Will Return Today.
H. T. Bozenran left this' morning
for Ahoskie to accompany his wife,
who is recovering from a 'recent oper-
ation at Norfolk, back home. Mrs.
Bozeman has been spending a week at community made during the War Sav
Ahoskie with relatives. Her many, ings . Drive is one to be proud of, and
friends are glad to have her honWjespeeially. the record made by the col-
again.
Beware of Flies;
ContribteiJ)
They are no longer considered harm
!less. They are dirty, dangerous, dis-
ease carriers. Many people are killed solve the temporary restraining order
each year in India by tigers and the, against theState Boar of Elections se
forces of town and state are enlisted cured by Charles t Abernethy -4n his
to kill tho H CtfFft Within tha Inal" pfTorf"s tr' win tho lW3kj1nTa r-vr- lv n .
decade we have learned that the com-
mon households pest the fliesi by ! against W. T. Dortch the regurlarly de
tfieif united work, destroy far more 1 clared nominee. In io doin, Judge Cal.
lives in the United States every year i vert gave the Abenhy forces the sur-
than all the tigers in India. They car-1
ry all sorts of disease germs, abun
dant in filth, to the food we eat, to
the milk we drink.
Modern Science at once "issues her
warning DESTROY THB FLIES.
This result can be accomplished more
j" tlHUi th destruction f mosqui-
I108 tlre swampy jungles rf Panama.
Before many years a
large number
of diseases will almost disappear in
civilized communities because the fly
will have been virtually eradicated.
Chief among the reasons why hte
housefly is getting into such, bad re
pute is because we
know him better.
are. Deginning to
The more we know about, him, the case tried in a couVt before the elec
niore anxious we are to get rid of j tion. Had the injunction been con
him. How shall we do this? tinued until the-ta4iriji2. thre wonld
Instead of thinking of him as mere-
ly a loathsome pest, we know him to be
a carrier of filth, a spewer and a
of "the VTlest and dealiest
poison and disease germs. We base
one of our main objections to him upon
the fact that his digestive tract is so
simple and his digestive so weak that
germs eaten by him pass out an hour
or two later, unchanged, and are de
posited frequently in a liquid and in
visible form on baby's lips, face and
hands.
An extract from the heart, of Aunt
Mandy Ann will give us a little in-
sight of what she thinks about flies :
"It's curious bout flies. Miss Marthy ;
says flies is poison, but they's sumpin j
here 'mongst the white folks called
killed fifteen cents wuth. It didn't
bother me none, cause there was plenty
left. Now what do you reckon the Civi
lized League wanted with dead flies?
t r 1.1 a a xi j m . n
urmjr WHUU:u n,e cu.oju muks ; sulted the authorities. He iinmedlatel
to get one of the civilized things, but ly called upon. the attornevs in tne
dis new generation o' niggers is 'strav- j case for &rgnment on this poillt This
agant nuff 'thouten buying flies. They-j was . followed by two hours of speech
've been killing whole passels of 'em j making and the courfs announcement
round these quarters jest the same, and j meut that he wouW dissolve the ln.
we,aint got as many as usual."
A great deal can be done by proper:
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means of cleanliness around the breed-;,
. . .I
ing places toward controlling and re-
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ducing a number of flies.
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Colored People
of Falkland Did
Fine for Stamps
Among the visitors to Greenville" this
morning" was jG.vH. Mayo of Bfalktand,
who during the drive for War Savings
Stamns was the efficient and hustling
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chairman for the Falkland district.
Mr. Mayo gives a glowing, account
of what the colored citizens of his sec
tion did in the campaign
m tne campaign. He states
tnat tne negroes around Falkland bud-
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scrioea to $o,cso.uu wortn or stamps,
one colored citizen nurchasine $1,030
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worth alone. They not only pledged
to- buy the above amount of stamps, but
did it willingly and cheerfully.
In the campaign among the colored :
citizens in and around Falkland? Mr.
Mayo was assisted in his canvass by;
Pete Gorham and Horace Smith, both;
colored citizens held sln high esteem in j
that community The white citizens;
in the Falkland district, said Mr. Mayo, .
subscribed $25,135.00 for War Savings 1
Stamps and the colored citizens $6,-,
885.00.
Falkland district was apportioned
$28,000 for War Sayings Stamps and
when the campaign closed the returns
showed that the . district subscribed
$32,020 going over the top $4,020.
. The record i that the citizens in that
weu-auioiB.
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U'MJt'
ises
Before Calvert
DALEIGH, N. C.-Judge T. H. Cal
vert In Wake county court yesterday
morning anounced . fiat he would dis-
j tion for Congress ins t&e Third District
prise of their lives. fThey had antici-
pated from remarksat the close of the
hearing Tuesday afternoon that Judge
Calvert continue their injunction.
Last night Mr. Abernethy had given
no indication of leaving the fight, on
the other hand he gave out this state-
trtr
tMUU" i (lows: ,
"It is my purpose to continue thei Killed in action. 13.
: contest notwithstanding the ruling of
the court dissolving Judge W. P. Stacy's
i injunction. Two Jttdees have indicted
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that I was entitled d -relief, and there
uniicu v iciin, axiu mere
a foruM to giv a remedy.
denied frelief by the State'
U 1 M A. - .f t
uuuiu ueuua luruia iq eiv a remeav.
i nave Deen aeniea reiier dv tne state
, oara or Elections j and now it seems
J as if it is difficult or me to get the
have been no question about its being
tried in time to be! determined before
thjNovemb.elec. Notwitb8tan4
ing the dissolution of the injunction, if
the defendants will join with me in
asking a speedy determination of the
cause, it can be settled and determin
ed before the election. There is no
doubt but that I am the legal nominee
of the eDmocratic party in the Third
Congressional District, and a trial on
the matter will cleaTly demonstrate
this."
Judge Calvert s decision yesterday i
morning was based on the general
proposition tha tno injunction will lie?"t the open and fight the way the rstanburv . CoIeate bv
against the election board restraining I -loughboys do. This haircut exposes!' ; ' wr
it from the performance of its duties
linder th(k ,w T,lis nrnnnsiHnn
advanced by Mr. James H. Pou, coun
sel for Mr. Dortch Tuesday afternoon
just at the close of the bearing.
When Judge Calvert appared in
court yesterday morning, he had stud
ied the question thoroughly, spending
a guuu pan ui me ingiiL ifiur in me
supreme court Library where he con-
innolion
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Judge Calvert stated that when he
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hkd in timated likelihood of continuing
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the injunction Tuesday, he was under
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the impression that this would not tie
I the hands of the State Board of Elec
itiong in getting out the ballots in suf
1 ficient time.
Col. Wilson G. Lamb, chairman oi
the State Board of Election, had stated
in open court that to print and issue
the ballots in time, work would have
to be begun immediately. Consequent
ly Judge Calvert reasoned that if the
Board of Elections should not be re
strained, and Col. Dqptch's name should
be nrintPd nn ticket nnH rUatrihntorl
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woma sustain injury, in tne event tnati
the ultimate decision i nthe main casewhich win neCe8ititate great expense
should give him the nomination. On and Convenience on , the part of nec-
the other hand, he felt that if the1
M . .. . rftstrained Mr. nnrt(,h
s
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I name should he held from the tickets
I and Mr. Dortch's nnminoHnn shnnirl
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,oe connrmea Dy tne court,. Mr. Dortch
War Retrospective
July 11, 1917.
- German drive through the British
lines north of Nieuport, on the Bel
gian coast. Gain 600 yards on a
nile front.
July 11, 1916.
British announce capture of 7,500
prisoners and first line German de
fenses on -eight-mile front. Also
recapture of most of Trones wood. -
July 11, 1915.
German offensive in the west
breaks down, and troops are report
sd as being moved from this front
tq .the east. Italians advance near
rrfetiey - . '.
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HJJURI
Are 1
Satisfactory
(By United Press)'
WASHINGTON. The war depart
ment announces that the healtn " condf1
tions among the' troops in this coun
try continues satisfactory.
The departmen tcites figures to back
up this conclusion.
Marines Losses
Thirty-Five Men
(By The United Press)
WASHINGTON Marine casualties
reported by the navy department t-
( day totals thirty-five, divided as fol-
Died of wounds. 4
Wounded severely, 18.
. lllfl IIH IV It! I 1 M IIIIHI . in - 1,
was
killed in action.
mrt T.iont- cu tt
Yarborough of
luniitnc
C, was severely wounded.
Close Haircut Most
Popular with Boys
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY INq
FRANCE jjtjne 17( Bjn Mail ) -Sho
hair-cuts are all the rage Vith "'the
boys in France now. J "Shorter the bet
ter," is the rule. Everywhere you see
company barbers working th eclippers
overtime, under trees or in trenches or
behind ruins,' out of rifle-shot.
There are three general styles in
vogue. They are:
The "anti-camouflage" haircut. It
involves removal of every hair with
close-cutting clippers. It sure routs
the "cooties," for no "cootie" will stand
wha t a
man has in the way of a
dome.
Then there's "strong point" hair cut.
The company barber runs the close
cutting clippers over the top of your
head. It makes a man look like a
Japanese priest, when his hat is off,
but the boys say, "There's no girls.
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aoouc iooks :
Last, there is a sort of "rah rah
type of haircut, clipping the hair short. the almost unanimous sentiment of the
around the edges and leaving it long on ,ftrger Colleges aQd universi ties toward
top. Fellows who sport this haircut igoing forward witn footbaM for this
are a little looked down upon by thejyear Wfllter Camp irGS:(led '
rest -ney re not regular soiuiers k
yet," explained one chap with a head
as clan as. a billiard ball.
would likewise suffer injury. There
fore, since Mr. Dortch has been regu
larly declared the nominee, with the
presumption of law in his favor, he
reasoned that the greater equity lay in
the directions of dissolving the injunc
tion. . -
Although" Mr. Pou for his cfient had ,
waived the question of venue at the
hearing Tuesday, Judge Calyert recall
ed it yesterday. While he did not
finally commit himself on the place for
the final determination of the action,
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ntJ 1 1 it i it vi i ti i i iihl iitr win uul lavuiuuiv
consraer tne trial oi tne cose in rne
:Wake county court .away from the ori-'
nf tyio niiao nf ntion in rnnrtv
essary witnesses to appear. This mat-".
ter however, he has left open.
Judee Briees aDDearing for Mr. Aber-
, . , . A,
I n?'ny, am not nesuate to inioim me
court that its dissolution of the injunc
tion would work irreparable injury
to his client's candidacy and win mili
tate against a sveedy discriminitlon
of. the main cwuse. '
Army Casualties
Total 68 Names
WASHINGTON. Casualties tox.
the army reported by General Persh-
j ing, total sixty-eight divided as follows:
Killed in action, 5.
Died of. wounds, 10.
Died of disease, 2.
Died of accidents, and other causes,
Wounded severely, 26.
Slightly wounded, 1.
Missing in action, 23.
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fTALIAN TROOPS ARE SWEEPING
BULGARIAN 1
(By The United Press) : '
LONDON. Italian forces, aided by the French
Albanians, together with the British naval Units,
are sweeping across practically the entire width
of Albania in what may be one of the most impor
tant military and political off ff ensives of the war.
According to latest dispatches received here,
allied troops, in addition to making important
gains on a 60-mile front between the Adriatic and
the Devol river, the threatening the Bulgarian
right wing in the vicinity, of Monastir, which is
one hundred and fifteen miles from the sea.
Plenty of College
Football This Fall
By H. C. HAMILTON,
(Unird Press Staff Correspondent)
NEW YORK. That the major .col
leges and universities of the country,
with the notable exceptions of Har
vard, Yale and Princeton, will support
VBqf noatage a. ItorHts. X)Ejnt
infercoBkite- football teams this tall
'"gia'te" alhletics " was pretty clearly
shown in a meeting held in Philadel
phia recently. At this meeting Penn
sylvania was represented by Coach
"Bob" Folwell; Pittsburg by Coach
"Pop" Warner and Graduate Manager
K. E. Davis ; Dartmuoth by Graduate
Manager Pender ; Syracuse by Graduate
Manager W. S. Smith; Penn State
by Coach Harlow ; Brown by Director
Marvel ; West Virginia by Director
Graduate Man
ager Jones ; Rutgers by Coach Sanford
and Director Blake ; Washington and
Jefferson by Coach Morrow ; Georgia
Tech by Coach Heisman; Lehigh by
Director Reiter and Cornell, Lafayette
Swarthmore and a dozen other less
prominent institutions had representa
tives at the meeting.
While this meeting was callel pi 5
warily
to agree oi official for the
major games to be played this flail,
it was most interesting, as it expressed
Woman's Face
Has Appeared
on Monument
GOLDSBORO. A large crowd of
Wayne county people are visiting the
i old family graveyard of the late Jaraes
Deans, a Mexican war veteran, three
and a half miles north of Joldsbor6r
near Belfast, on the A. C. L. road. Tn
this graveyard is buried Frank Davis,
who has been dead for eleven years
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. uver ms grave a nice uiuuum w
erected a number of years ago v
. Within the past month a strange
! tnitfg has on jhe "jonnment
Ha Wman 8 t&C tf ? h&t v""
engraved by the stone cutter, but no
one has cut the picture.
People are flocking to the grave-
WAR LABOR BOARD PREPARING
TO GIVE OUT WAGE INCREASES
(By The United Vresai
WASHINGTON. The National War Labor
Board is now preparing to hand down wage in
crease, awards. In the
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the board is expected to set a basic rate considered
to be a living wage, probably fifty cents per hour.
In addition, higher rates will be allowed Inex
perienced car men. ' y
The claim that higher wages are imp.sibl
without higher fares, it
ence the board's decision.
JMBER 22
M THREATENED
Six Townships
Report on Drive
The chairmen of the respective town
ships in - Pitt county for the .recent
War Savings Samp' campaign ''met in
conference with county chairman R.
H. Wright here this morning for., the
purpo "paalreturnr"
vvniie tnere are tnirtesm'townsnips in
the county, only .-star were' represented
at the meeting. Below is publihed the
report of each township's allotment
and the amount raised for stamps :
Greenville township, allotment $188,-.
276; subscribed $232,350. . 2
Beaver Dam township, , allotment
$21,832; subscribed $23,235.
Falkland towship, allotment $28,
479 ; subscribed $32,020.
Swift Creek township, allotment
$67,254; subscribed $77,675. :,, -.. .
Farmville township, . allotment "$67,
584 ; subscribed $87,600.
Pactolus township, allotment $42,
790; subscribed $23,570.
Chairman Wright announces that as
soon as he hears "frosi the other town
ships in the county he will publish the
returns.
rawers
are
! W A- r- t.
Lucky Suit D
Congratulated
" Tm?re are three happy teen rgc -yille
today. These happy bays are none
other , than Church L. Perkins, Lewi3
A. Clay tor and R. EarL, Sellers, who
Claude Tunstall's store for the three
'posited their names in the box at
suits of clothes, valued at $10 each,
which were given away absolutely
free. There were between five andJ.:
seven hundred names, all eager aniL .
anxious to get the suits, but the aboVe "
three came out under the -wire ahead; j;
Mr, Tunstall states that onx next
Monday, Tuesday and . Wednesday, , t .
Johnnie Krause will be here at his , , ,
store with a full line of ' fall -samples; ' -and
that he will giva away on next 'a:
Wednesday three $10 suits free. AU 1
you have to do is place youi" name in
the box and watch rhat comes your. ? v.
way. ,
yard to see the wonder. A large ntn
ber of Goldsboro peopfe haye visited
the graveyard and vouch for the truth
of this strange sight. '
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case of street car cpmpa-
is. expected, will hofeinflu
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