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VOLUME II.
Greenville, N; C, Monday Afiernoon, AugustStK, Wlfc
NUMBER 43
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ENBURG HAS ENGAGED ON
U ION FORTYFOUR THOUSAND
MEN i THE PRESENT OFFENSIVE
and March
Hotly Deny Humor
WASHINGTON. Widely published
reports that General March, chief of
staff, had told the Senate Military
Committee that General Pershing es
timated the Amfencan casualties at
(United Press War Expert)
PARIS, Noon.-The French troops have met Z
the German resistance everywhere north of thesis.
'pUp tViP FvAnnh War nfW annnimPPfi TncrVif1 Not onlv did GeneTai March hotly
French elements have crossed the Vesle. I
There is nothing new to report from the battle witn him- as well also declared he
front at the time of this meeting. ' i " BZr , . ,, ,
paper correspondents and the commit
tee on public information denounced
the reports. When the Senators at
JLheir weekly conference, asked the
Casualties
PershkCaDles
The War Dept.
(By The Uuitld Press T
WASHINGTON (general Pershing
reports to the War jbepartment four
12,000, not only grossly misinformed Lundred and seven ctialties for today
deny that he had made auy such state
ment but the Senators who conferred
Allies Capture Much Booty.
PARIS. The Allied troops have established
two strong brideres on the north bank of the Vesle chief of .ff of he had ay estimate
at Bazoces which is three miles west of Fismes Bi- tlToZZTT "
so at Joncherry, which is six miles east of Fismes. that he had not.
The German losses are severe. Included in the! Later in his semi wwkly conference
, . -, . i ji - a i-i i it i iwith the Washington correspondents
material captured the Allies have taken one mil- the chief of staff was asked.
ion hve hundred thousand shells ot seventv-sev- "Have you any estimate as to the
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en millimeters calibre since July 15.
Inspe
ctprs Are
Tightening Up
On the Dealers
RALEIGH. The activity of the In
spectors who are covering the State of
tration, and the purpose of the Food!
Administration to tighten up on all i
dealers in foodstuffs is reflected in an
CHAMBER
i B!L!li
LfllfJVJILL
INTRODUCE
ONDAYWHICHMAKESTHE
AFT AGES EIGHTEEN TO 45
divided as follows: f
Two hundred and tKree killed in ac
tion. Thirty-seven died ffom wounds.
Niue' from disease. f
One from aeroplane accident.
Six from accident apd other casuses.
"Forty-eight wounded, severely.
One-hundred, degree undetermined.
Missing in action three.
,Charles A. McDonajjd of Aberdeen, N.
C, Eyerette McAllistei of Mount Pleas
ant, N. C, W. H. Millar of New London, jPwson. A blackslist order has been
N. C., Riley G. CopelBamborg, S. C, ' ' ued against this concern, effective Au
killed in. action. j which means that this store
Dolpbus C. Coopefof Jacksonville, wiI g out of business, in so f:ir as
s. C, Luther W. Fislr of Lone Moun- food and feedstuffs are concerned, as
tain, Va., and Jam& M. Foldeu of soou as its Present stock is exhausted.
(By The United Press '
Washington, August 3rd Eighteen to forty-
auouncement made today of Food Ad- five draft age limits will be fixed in the new man-
ministrator ienry A. Page's decision i n j l j. j i ji n . ht t
in a number of cases where violations power bill to be introduced m the Senate Monday
of rules and regulations of the Admin-j by Senator Chamberlain.
1SThemo8t drastic penalty as a.imin- j The President will be given the discretion to call
tered to the united states cash store those below twenty-one f or training purposes in
ro. a $40,000 concern at Marshviiie, thi country 0r call them last if it becomes neces-
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sary to use inem overseas.
Bedford, Va., died frbni wounds.
Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has engaged ; whatev
number of casualties?"
General March's reply
was "None
eighty-seven divisions, (one million and forty four
thousand men) including forty-seven divisions
(five hundred--and eighty four thousand men )-in pities already reportwas and that!
the Marne pocket.
General March and the Senators who
conferred with him explained that he
had been asked what the total of cas,-
WILSON'S SPEECH HAS DONE MUCH
PE OUT DISTRUST AND FRICTION
the general had replied between 12,000
and 14,000. This number is the sum
total of the War Department's total
official daily lists and is published in
many newspapers throughout the coun
try. It makes no account of the Ma
rine fighting. General March's reply
was distorted into representing him as
saying General ,Pershing estimated the
, The United Pressl jcost of the Marine battle at that num-
ber.
WASHINGTON. President Wilson favors the! The real situation as to the casu
union of minds the purpose of which shall lead to t.LT
an abiding peace and friendly cooperation among the number or begin sending hte names
Americans because the wounded are scattered
He has written President Molendez of San Sal-! If sut!LreT wintf alTi? haTlSn
vador answering the latter s suggestion that Pres- jphysicaiiy impossible to essembie an ac
ident Wilson continue proposals for internation- curate, af . c7lete llst-
i , . , n j o -xt n i ever, is being done as ra
This, how-
rapidly as pos-
al Convention Cemetmg the natlOnS OI NOSth and sible, but Secretary Baker and General
i March are determined that the coun-
The United Cash Store Company had
flgarantly disregarded Food Adminis
tration rules and regulations govern
ing the safes of sugar and flour. The
invetigatiou was made by Inspector M.
W. Nash of Hamlet.
Harvey Boiley, prominent produce
dealer and shipper of Rose Hill, N. C.
and Blackville, S. C. has had his li
cense revoked, effective August 5th,
lxcause of "uufair practice" in shipp
ing fresh vegetables not equal to grade
called for in the contract of sale. In
tilling an order for "extra fancy, long
green cucumbers", Boney had shipped
10 to 25 per cent immature, 10 to 15
pe rceut decayed and 35 per cent blem
ished. TE. Hashagen Company, Wilming
ton, had violated rules by selling a
whole barrel of flour to consumer and
another rule by selling the flour with-
j.uit cereal substitute. Hashagen claim
Purchasers of War Savings Stamps that the sale was made for the ac-
Only Ten Hanne
Casualties For
Sunday, Report
(F.y The Uggtea Press)
WASHINGTON' The Mamie casu
alties as reported by the Navy depart
ment today number ten divided as
follows :
Nine killed in action.
One died from wounds.
There were no Southerners.
HUNS BURNING VILLAGES IN THEIR
FLIGHT LARGE FIRES OB!
SERVED
My United Press)
Stamp Purchasers
(By The United Press)
LONDON, Aug. 3. (1:30 P. M.) The German
troops are reported retiring on the east bank of
the Ancre river between Aveluy wood and Albert
according to battle front dispatches, m
This represents a retirement on the front of
about three miles.
South America.
PresidenfeIeledez-dSKlared that President TlZll ill
Wilson hasdone much m his recent sneech to wine iwm needed to be corrected later
out the district between he United States and Lat
in America.
LIED LOSSES ARE CERTAINLY
LESS THAN THE GERMANS
THE UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATES
IS
The list will be brought to the United
States at the eariiest possible mo
ment. v
HELEN
EDDY AFFECTS
THE "DUTCH
CUT'
LONDON. The German losses since July 15th,
this being- the date when the Crown Prince began
his last drive, are unofficially estimated f rom L
three hundred to three hundred and fifty thou- tration the morning that Miss Eddy
sad, of which forty thousand are prisoners.
The Allied losses are certainly much less.
In order to effectively denytB;per
sistent reports that she is. ari" Italian,'
Helen Eddy, who plays opposite George
iBeban in- most of that distinguished
Italian impersonator's productions, has
cut her long brown hair to an ungainly
variation of the "Dutch cut" as worn
by her Ave year old sister.
It is rumored that Mr. Beban was
riven to the verge of nervous pros-
appeared, shorn like the lamb, at the
studios. He has recovered now, hew
ever, to the extent of commencing a
scarario in which both himself and
Mnrp qiiwpqtfnl Raiffc Miss Eddy win appear and in wbU"h
T T lWOre UCCe&blUI XWUUb the loss of.her hair will play an im-
LONDON. There were successful raids near portant part as one of the incidents.
Arras where German artillery activity has been 1 "Lost in Transit,- Mr. Beban-s latest
r,ff. i A . , ni4xlj. Paramount picture, in which he is sup-
staged. A few prisoners were captured last night ;ported by Miss E(ldy and an nnnBUally
at Neuville and Vitasse Southeast of Arras the effective cast, wm be shown at whites
enemy artillery was active along the Labasse ca-j T7"o
nu at Bethune and also at different points be newest Paramount picturfe was written
tween Sazerrouk Yores or nim by tne talented actress-author-
" less, Kathlyn Williams and contains a
The morning papers carried a report on the ar- number of unusual incidents. The cast
if t of Travis, Joseph and Green, which read m;SStTS21."S:
PSlt as folloWS: IBeban's leading lady for most of his
"E. L. Travis of Halifaxx, N. C., former chair-j and"ttl?,ifb White:;wh"
mnv, . . 7 . . 7 -xt 'is just two and a half years old and
ij''tn oi trie corporation commission ot JNortn uar
" has already apperaed in two big pro-
hn a and a leader of politics in that state, and two! dction ging every indication of
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tested in a Washington hotel tonight by Federal
authorities charged with conspiracy to obtain a
contract illegally from the Shipping Board for a
ew Jersey concern.
WANTED TO BORROW A BABY
about year old, for the Greenville
Motion Picture Romance. Information-
at White's Music Store.
2tC-lstp.
and Thrift Stamps on August 3rd.
WHITE
D. J. Whichard.
Marcellus Fleming.
Mrs. H. B. Smith.
Mrs. Willie Fleming?
Miss Mary Ruth Fleinnig.
Miss Hazel Fleming.
Miss Arley V. Moore.
C. B. Whichard.
William H. Telson Jr.
Felix Labaki.
Sam Quinerly.
Miss Edith Quinerly.
Miss Deanie Boon Haskett.
Robert Ernest Pittman Jr.
Mrs. Lucy H. Pittman.
John Wrf4X.urriage.
COLORED
Elvira, FJch.
Mr' jirylar
Edward McDanielT
Olivia Northern.
F"lora Johnon.
Lula Tucker.
Carrie Tucker.
Ella Wilson.
Emma Peebles. v
Haywood Tucker.
Ella Elks.
Amos J. Elks.
Warren Williams.
Etob Obey.
Lula Hopkins.
John Hopkins.
Belle Johnson.
. Harry Watson.
Roswell Johnson.
Alvania Watson.
Will Obey.
Laura Z. Shelby.
Walter Nettles.
R. M. Beatty.
Cornelius Forbes.
S. P. Jphnson.
Pinkie A. Forbes.
John Vines.
Annie L. Jmes.
Geroge Telfair.
Louise Telfair.
Hattie Daniels.
J. D. Daniels.
Jennie Daniels.
Elizabeth Mayo.
Margaret Outterbridge.
Robert Grimes.
Slade Erknis.
David hivers.
Sam Shivers.
Mollie Locke,
V'iu tof Brooklyn Grocery Company, an
; other Wilmington concern. The Has
j hagen Company has paid $100 to the
I Red Cross and the Brooklyn Grocery
; Company has contributed $25 in lieu of
more drastic punishment.
' The New York Cafe of Charlotte
made a false statement to the Sugar
Division as to the quailtity of sugar
it had on hamliuiy 4thamcntti
BamtT-HBewisrftrore tnan nw'are was
entitled to. Mr. Arthur Lampros, man
ager, claim! that it was an innocent
error, but has surrendered the surplus
sugar to County Food Administrator
Plummer Stewart, and has contributed
'$100 to the Charlotte chapter of the
Red Cross.
Other merchants who have been al
lowed to make contributions ot their
local Chapters of the Red Cross, and
in some iodances to close their stores
for a day or more, with appropriate
signs posted on their doors in lieu of
more drastic punishment for violations
are as follows :
W. A. Woody, Bether Hill, who sold
excessive quantities of sugar; J. W.
Clayton. Roxboro, who falied to keep
accurate records of his sale of sugar :
Hertford Hotel, Hertford, which had
more sugar on hand than was reported
in its statement ; J. Frank Pickford,
Chapel Hill, who showed gross care
lessness in keeping record of sugar
sales ; T. M. Hall, Thomasville, who
sold to much flour to one customer ;
Snow Smith and J. J. Brown of Reids
ville and White Star Grocery Company
and W. R. Stephens of Leaksville, all
of whom had disregarded rules and
regulations of the Food Administration,
relative to the sales of sugar and flour
Huns Burning Villages.
LONDON, Aug. 3. (1:27 P. M.) French caval
ry are reported to have reach the south bank of
the Vesle river at Jonchery Champigny.
All the bridges across the Vesle river have been
destroyed. The Germans are burning villages
north of the river in their flight.
Fourteen large fires have been observed in that
region, it is reported.
Allied Are Advancing Everywhere.
London. The French have progressed along
the south bank of the Aisne river between Fam
ieres and Venizel, it is learned authoritatively this
Allied troops have advanced along the northern
edge of the plateau from Venizel to Draisne.
Further east the Allied advance continues.
Dormans wood is now occupied.
Fismes Under Fire of American Guns.
With the American Army in France, August 3.
Fismes has been brought within range of the Am
erican artillery.
Chanery, where Quentin Roosetllfcpehis
death, according to a German statenientisnow
in the hands of American troops. The Americans
are searching for Roosevelt's grave. .
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Funeral of Mr Andrews
A large numbr of corrowing friends
attended the funeral services of the
late Mr. J. A. Andrews at St. Paul's
Episcopal Church Sundhy afternono
at 4:30 o'clock. The services were
conducted by Rev. M. C. Daughtrey,
Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
The choir rendered appropriate hymns.
The interment was in Cherry Hill
Cemetery.
SURVIVORS OF SUNKEN VESS
LANDED ON COAST OF MAiKEr
SUBMARINE DID THE SB
J. M. Reuss of Ayden, was a Green
ville visitor yesterday.
(By The United Press)
Washington, August 3. The sinking of a
schooner thirty-five miles off Briar Island, on the
Nova Scotia coas.t, was revealed when nine men
in a dory landed at Jannet Rock Light, off the
coast of Maine, the Navy Department states.
Is Better.
The friends of Mrs. W. H. Dail, Sr.,
in Greenville, will be pleased to learn
that her condition is better today.
Mrs. Dail on last Thursday night
was taken quite ill at lier home in
Snow Hill. While her condition is stDJ
Somewhere In France.
June 27, 1918.
Dear Mr. Mayo:
I received a Daily News this moralmj
adn I want to let you all know that it
was highly apreeiated by me as itf was
the first paper that I had . seen from
Rev. Mr. Sodler of the Atlantic .precarious strong hopes .are entertain- Amerfc. and it being a home paper,
Christian College, Wilson, who preach- pd for her recovery. Mrs. Dail is the, made it more valuable. We are all
ed in the Christian Church here Sun- mother of Mrs. Charles O'H Laughing-, weu naa m tne oest oi neaun. nope
Jenkins of Washington, was day morning and evening has returned house and Mr. W. H. Dail, Jr of this you all the same.
" city I " AjfretJiivme. xMy.
H. M
in the city Saturday afternoon,
to his home.
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