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ENEM
HMil
Y REAR GUARD PUi'JSIIED
(By Cnlted ,Fxm)
LONDON. There; was steady advances made
by the British and French troops last night is the
statements issued togay from both the London
and Paris war offices.
Field Marshal Haig reports continued British
progress on the battle field between Peronne and
the Senhee river reaching the general line at
Beaumetsles, Cambrai, Baralls, Rumacourt and
Leciuer. .
The German rear guard is defected and has
oeen neavny punisned with several losses.
Tlie Haue-German main headquarters have
peen transterred trom Spa, Belgium, to Verviers
in me liege province, Belgium, according to the
newspaper Les Nouvellers. :
Soil
British Hold Dercourt
LONDON. The British crossed the 1
unord at HautaDainiestwo miles north of Pp-
i !rme, it is authoritatively learned and
Croix Dubae. They bold.Baimasicaurtstsoutb
f f Ecourt St. Quentin.
hichy En Artois has also been captured. The
i s itisn also noid Dercourt and Hermies.
J
The following item from the Raleigh
News and Observer willprove of in
terest to the readers of this paper :
, "Lieut. Col. Charles O'Hagan Langh
inghouse has been ssiged to com
mand of Base Hospital Unit No. 85
and sails shortly with that unit for
service in France. Colonel Laughing
house is a native of Greenville, a mem-
ber of the State Board of Health, and
one of the best-known physicians of
Aorth Carolina. He volunteered his
services early in the beginning of the
war and was appointed a captain in
the Medical Recruiting" Corps. He has
since been promoted twice, to major
and recently to lieutenant colonel. For
some months he has been assigned to
Fort Sam Houston, Texas."
Mrs. Laughinghouse and daughter.
Miss Helen, have gone to New York
for the purpose of bidding Dr. Laugh
inghouse good-bye prior to his sailing
for France.
lonyOf
"Four Minute"
Speakers Have
Been Announced
in 'h i!!,.-s -Four Minute Men"
I""1'!- stress the selective ser-
vi''" 'Ini'r which takes place on Thurs
iiv. Scjiri'inix-r I2tli, whom every man
if pa-Mil his 18th birthday and
" !-'';,r,,i his 46th birthday must
'-'i-'it unless K is in the class al
''"'"!' I' -'i' red between 21 and 31.
Ti:v" on 1 1 lis subject that ef-j
i - '".I'l'.v lii.iii li;ii!e to sers'ice have
' ' i i !cr..i f,,r in White's Theatre,
,!"' v,i".'kt and dates being as fol
1 M:iv..r Alhidii Dunn. Thursday
''i-lif. -"Mi: supt. h. G. Swanson, Sat-h-'hy
nijrht. 7th: Senator F. C. Hard-M,,i!-'iiy
night. 9th.. There may
iiiK.ih. i- speaker for Wednes-ni-'lit.
lith. notice being given lat-this.
Ii
FARM; LOAN BANKS
EXEMPT FROM BILL
WASHINGTON The war revenue
jbill which the house ways and means
committee will report to the house to
morrow with a view of beginning con
sideration of the bill in the house next
Friday exempts federal farm loan
banks from the new tax law, it was
learned today.
STAB
WAREHOUSE
HIGH SALE REPORT
We had the highest sale today, Sep
tember 4th, since the market opened.
Everybody' was highly pleased and
went home with more money than they
expected. We have fi;t sale Thurs
day, third sale Friday, first sale Mon
day, second sale Tuesday and first sale
Wednesday.
Bring us your tobacco. We will
please yon.
SMITH & SUGG
DaHy News Now
Running An Ad
Boosting City
(By The United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Th Exemption of
nremen . and policemen- -wilt be more
Jioeral in the new draft?. Provost
Marshal General Crowjfcr has issued
regulations that they need to only file
statements from their, chief that their
removal will be detriment l tn.
public safety. :
'
First Game fOf
Vorld Series
Is Postponed
(By United Press.)
"WASHINGTON. Thelfirst game in
the world's series of baseball between
the Boston Americans ajri-the Chicago
nationals was postpone 6n account
Another Large
Tobacco Sale
Local Market
SIflCED BY BdlTISI! TflOOPS,
HUN HOUSNESS COlfi
Between two hundred and fifty and
three hundred thousand pounds ojC to
bacco was sold on the local market!
7ZZaZJT. 11"?. (By War Expert Simms.
w "-"fe uajr were -p T - -
had by the farmp.u I r A K.I S 1 ornhvui' "Pk.,-, . J t i '
bacco hpr. t:rL :::z YVUttl: ailu ens toaay are
Pitt and adTolimgti advancing British.
prices are stiii soaring daily, aii the AS tnis is ca Died the Canadians, English and
farmers are delighted with the prices SCOtS are Within Tlinfi mi'loa -P PUn," j t
d they irhvla -t-U T i. r , ., , , ?
j -u wurL-vueant switcn and the Hin
denburg line has been smashed and left far behind.
"uu-u -ey- are receiving and they
state Greenville for them the balance
of the season.
of rain.
Bank's Condition
Through the efforts of Miss Maud
U?e, secretary of theGreenville Mer
chant's Association, this paper is now
running a "booster" advertisement for
fhe town pf Greenville. This adver
tisement will appear in these columns
every other day during the next few
weeks and will be for the purpose of
presenting to the outside world the
many advantages which the town of
fers. In Monday's issue the Green-1 i
omp.
(By United Press;)
WASHINGTON. The comptroller of
the currency today issued a-caU for
a statement of the tonUtftf f3m
national bank. at.the .IrispAiN "S .
TODAY MARKS ANNIVERSARY
Of FIRST CASUALTIES IN
U. S. TROOPS IN FRANCE
WASHINGTON. The War Depart
ment in a formal statement last night
called attention to the fact that today,
September 4th, marks the anniversary
of the first casualties in the American
Expeditionary Forces, resulting from a
ruthless attack by German aviators on
a group of British hospitals at Dannes
Camiers, two of which were
iruieu ny .united .States .hosmtal
units.. Four American men, including
one lieutenant, were killed and nine
wonnded.
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I II M1
IIUES'rtO UPTOGETOIANY
Stroke of Twelve
Was Witnessed By
A Large House
Unofficially yesterday it was reported that Lens
had been captured. An official atamt
by Field Marshal Haig mentioned only a slight
i vauce ui wie British on the out posts on the out
skirts of that place.
L,ens is being- more and more pinched and mav
g-ive way at any time. Genprjil M
have reached the edee of Vanxaillnn (m -
Si and a half east of the Allied Knes above Soissons)
"uu -" si iiuuaiiy pressing- towards Chemin
pes Dames. ' . .
Guns have been move beyond Juvigny and '
are shelling th enemy positions in the NeavfTlW
The enemy continues to show iWrPw nov
byjvousness along the Vesle river as the French push
ville tobacco market was discussed and
it was shown that this market here
last season made one of the highest
average sales of any market in North
Carolina. Today the dry goods mer
chants and what they have to offer is
presented. X.o town anywhere has
better variety of dry goods stores than
Greenville. This season they are well
stocked with goods in the dry good
line that will compare favorably with
those of cities much larger. As to the
price no town can compete with Green-
uie. fortunate are the hnvprs if
hey come to Greenville to purchase
dry goods.
ICANS LANDED ON
v,0
OH SOILDURI
10 SAIUESlOKf
INSiBllA
ALLIED FORCES NOW CONNECT
FROM VOLGA TO VLADIVOSTOK
(By The United Presai :. .
WASHINGTON. The arrival bf Major Gen
e;.aGraves, the American commander itf Siberia,
with forty three officers and one : thousand - End
ehty-eight men on September 2nd is today an
nnced by Chief of Staff General March. V
General Graves will immediately "assume the
command of the American .units now totaling
cl(?e to four thousand in Siberia. :
ne total embarkation for all fronts passed one
The Irre-est number of the estimated number
1 w-oons that have been landed any single month
b ravce is 285,000. More than 250,000 is the es-
--tied Augnst total.. ' - -
.general March estimated that the thirtieth divi
vhich assisted in the Mont.Kemmel fighting.
Car'i- of Tennessee, North Carolina and South
orv na troops which were taken across under the
P,.,om:ln(1 of General Reed. Brigadier General
u, 1?; ?ow temporarily in command of the eiKh
S formed in is country with arieuclus of iegu-.
LONDON. According to the Daily
Mail's correspondent Allied forces'
have established uninterrupted con
nection between their foes across So
beria from Volga to Vladivostok.
The dispatch wiich is JtedUMnday
jvening, says the" vSliguarf of ' the
fasecho-Slovak forces from Verkni-
Udinsk, eighty miles ast of Lake Bai
kal, have joined hands with General
Semenoff's forces on the Onon river
and General -Diedrics. thp C'Zffhn
commander at Vladivostok already is
in .telephonie connection with fhe
trans-Baikal Czechos.
"From Pensa on the Volga to Vlad
ivostok," the correspondent adds.
there ,is now an uninterrupted chain
of Allied-troops."
The long looked for Greenville
Movie Romance. "Tho si
Twelve," was seen at White's Theatre
ast night and it will be presented
again tnis evening. This picture was
witnessed by a capacity house and
those present were simply delighted
with the Production. Mr. Ben Stras-
i managing director of the
Aame Film Co., who had the production
in charge, is the subject of numerous
congratulations today as well as those
who took part. The acting of the
characters, they being some home folk,
would make the old-timers sit up and
take notice for they were there with
and many other signs of preparations for a with-
ii awai rapicuy when it becomes necessary are exhibited.
is that The Stroke of Twelve" was a under international iw
fnnsn nnnno .j . .. . I -"nw.cu.
wu.y.vuuuo uwesa uiiu iHKes its place
beside movies that cost thousands of
dollas to produce.
The leading lady was Miss Bessie
Ricks., She showed histrionic abilitv
right in the beginning and acted in a
way to make a Veteran movie star en
vious. She did "her part without an
error and came in for merited applause
from the large audience. Howard
Hooker, who assumed the role of the
" x x jr iuji . xne seizure
Snain of nnp nf tha. n-
interned in a Spanish port, while not11- Observation balloons have been nullpd hnolr
-7 v v o hxicycu as a
fact and is commended on as an act
that will disclose whether Germany
can avoid declaring warwn Spain.
Officials here differentiate on the
act of the United States in utilizing
the vessels of neutrals for war pur
poses, and the act of Spain, which is
obviously an angry retaliatory meas
ure against Germany, which may
lead at any moment to a declaration
of war.
It was stated today by a diplomat
01 nit; mgnest rank that a number
of ships which Spain may seize is
beside the question. The main point
is, (hat one has been seized. It is
believed that there are mor than a
hundrd valuable German ships in the
Spanish pprts which may be seized,
iS5"d.'; avenge any future
Two Car Loads
Horses a!td Utiles
fat
rt;
Wini
Allies Cross Vesle Rivr
.rAJST"n.wfs, announced by the war office
today that Allied detachments along the Vesle
fronthave crossed the river at several points;
e , .lncIind Americans are now in the western
outskirts 01 Coucy Le Chateau. A
American advance in the Noyon-Soissons region
continues.
More than fifteen hundred prisoners have been
captured in this region.
Rupprecht Has
Gone To Front
Says DispSfch
WHO MUST REGISTER
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12TII
lover, was not l-nUn- w v 111 ai tx' "S
' ucKiuium- .Snn's FpuI Ool ,1 tt .1 o,. , .
tion or vim mon v,,-c ck I1 auu unnge otawes
All males IS years old and who are
not 46 years old on Thursday, Septem
ber 12th.
If you were born before midnight on
September 12th, 1900, you must reg
ister. - '
If you were born- after inidnight on
morning of Seotember I3th. 1872
j.- .c I - - - - - - ' -
A Daily News ronnf.Hm nmst register
When his sweetheart Ho-1 . . . .
- I.Mr ,'ri v a fhi -i - .
mnnrlwl nf w i v,. iouna
uu mwuic a ouiuicr vai r- t
LIBERTY WAREHOUSE
Yesterday was a great day at the
Liberty Warehouse for the tobacco
farmer for those selling their tobacco
on the floor of this warehouse received,
as tney usually do, the very highest
price and all went back to their re
spective homes more than pleased. Not
a single complaint has been heard from
any source as -to the prices being re-
Lceived at the Liberty. For years the
Liberty has always stood in the fore
front where both fair treatment and
iigh prices prevail , and this season
this old reliable Is holding its own-in
this respect. The farmers could place
their product on no better floor for sale
than the Liberty. Bring this ware
house your next-load of tobacco and
see if you are not perfectly satisfied
with the outcome.
Prices are still cllmblne a nd- th
has the - lead : in ; this' respect:
Old Sellable jand bexJonvincedV
the stroke of twelve he came to . the
mark on time dressed in a uniform of
Uncle Sam. His part was acted
superbly.
Miss Nancy King came in for a share
of the applause which she justly de
served, as did Miss Brownie Browne,
who with Mr. Strasser, have been here
for the past month getting up the pic
ture. Miss Browne is a most clever
little actress and last night she was
received heartily by every one present.
She looked jnore than attractive dressed
in the national colors.
The scenic effects of the production
were everything that" could be desired
and the picture taken-as a whole has
Been highly complimented- "The
Stroke of Twelve" is a catchy, attrac-L
tive aad pleasing movie and every one
in Greenville should not fail to see it
tonight at White's Theatre.
, SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARIES
COLUMBIA, -S C Nearly 100,000
votes have been reported in the race
for, the Senate in the South Carolina
primary. Nat B. Dial continues to
maintain his majority over Cole L.
Blease and I. ;F. Rice, Increasing his
lead' over Mr. Blease to 22,903 . votes.
The last report showed Mr. Dial 57,-Mr;-
Blease 34,795, aild-Mr. Rice
VYingate busy as a bee
showing a large number of farmers
his two car loads of horses and mules
which have just arrived from western
markets. Mr. Wingate has anything in
horse and mule flesh from a Shetland
pony to a 1,400 pound mule. No finer
stock has ever been exhibited at any
stable in Greenville and the prospective
buyers are flocking to the Wingate
stables eager to purchase "what they
consider the best in the horse and mule
line. Mr. Wingate personally 'selected
this shipment , and he states that everv
horse, and mule in his stables is sound
as a dollar. Fpom outside appearances
Lthey are beauties and must be seen to
be appreciated. .
Mr. Wingate has only recently re
modeled his stables so as to afford
every convenience for the housing of
stockTand too the convenience of the.
prospective buyer. No better arranged
stables can be found anywhere. Every
thing is neat and well appointed. Read
what this enterprising firm has to say
in this48sue. - - . ..
You must give date of m
year you were born, so
forehand. .
Men "who jarfifc
in ine armyirjn
mm
(By United Press.)
AMSTERDAM. A semi-official dis
patch to ttheMunich announces that
Prince Rurecht of Brlahas re-
ifeflfflaaaSehff Sft fronts -
;5'J.5S YZ.' .JT '
&0jtrWiA;ehida time
O. J. Itock, of Washington, was
here this morning meeting his many
friends.
jt was. rtnn he wouhf be super-
r:commaJKi-Dy a Jfrussian gep.-
- - - -J -
- -
LfHt8. J. Walker and J.? H
Watdrop, who'nave heen Visiting in the
city for the past few days, left this
morning for Camp Gordon, Ga.
EVERYIMRE ON M FRONT N017
-
-
IS BEING BATTERED BY ALLIES
f-H'Z H SLreBt'&t' Rocky t Moiait," ig
In the city on. bnsiiress. : ' - ' - '
HIGH SALE BULLETIN -
, OF STAR WAREHOUSE
We are having more new customers
on our floor than ever before; Read our
ad, on page two in this issue showing
some of our sales. , , n.
We have, not the spaee ta publish
them alL -Bring ur your tobaeeo.We
will please jro. i"-rT
1 -i 1 x . l
r r-K
4 (By War Expert Mellett. Y f ; ;
Evidences are piling up that the Germans are
retiring from Wytschaete and Messines ridges in
Flanders between rYpres and;Arrnentiefes, which
was the scene of the most deserateff ighting in
the German drive of last April. .. -
Everywhere on therf ront now is beins: battered
by the Allies and the Germans are seeking- shelter
behind the Hindenburg line.
Notwithstanding:. the fact that the line itself is
seriously broken the German Ihierh commahd is ? . 5' v'
sacrificing thousands of precious man units in an : ;
effort to reach it. ,-:r: 7- :::zZ -i-v '
This bids f aigj rVTk
tcx uuj ui. wic . co tuna u . ; ; Wll ; TlUmDSr
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