HENDERSON DAILY DISPATCH
TOTAL CASUALTIES 'AMERICAN MODESTY
UP TO DATE 35,586 SURPRISES BIflTON
Of These 7,031 Are Killed 'Englishman in Kansas City
In Action, and 18,682 Sees Absence of Usual
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MR. T. B. WEST KILLED
IN ACTION IN FRANCE
One Granville County Man Killed
and Another Wounded Visit
ors and Other News.
Are Wounded
TODAY'S LIST 798
Eight Are Tar Heels, Six Bein
Wounded Severely, One Miss
mg in Action, Another
Died of Wounds.
Boastfulness
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 30. The
casualty list today, issued in two
sections, shows:
Section 1. "
Killed in action 3 ? ; when the Americans had their first
Missing in action ........... 17 i big afFair'" he writes. "I anticipated
Wounded severely 5qn'an ullPrecedented burst of patriotism
---- - ; i ,j i . . .
Hiui-u wuuiu urouauiv exaeeeraie
what had been accomplished by the
(By the Associated Press.)
London, Sept. 28. One English
man writes from Kansas City to a
London newspaper to express his sur
prise because Americans are not
boasting over the achievements of
the American soldiers in the war.
Before the Americans began to
fight he was much impressed by evi
dences of great enthusiasm for the
war and little realization of the
sacrifices involved.
"I -wondered what would happen
Died from wounds 22
Died from accident and other
causes 3
Died of disease 6
Wounded, degree undetermined. 2
Total V. 377
Included in the list were the fol
lowing: Sergeant George E. Craig, Lenoir,
N. C, wounded severely.
Private Edgar Beam, Ellenboro,
N. C, wounded severely.
Private Perry V. Reitzel, Newton,
N. C, wounded severely.
Private Leslie Walston, Stantons
burg, N. C, wounded severely.
Private Ellis Tyner, Buies, N. C,
missing in action.
Section 2.
Killed in action 37
Missing in action 20
Wounded severely -. 289
Died of .disease 15
Died of accident and other causes 5
Died from wounds 21
Prisoner r 1
Total 388
The following were given in the
list:
Private Junius C." Ashworth, Dur
ham, N. C, wounded severely.
Private Larkin Greer, Apple
Grove, N. C, wounded severely.
The Marine Corps List.
Killed in action
Died of wounds
Wounded severely 19
Wounded slightly
Wounded, degree undetermined. 1
In hands of enemy 3
American troops.
The German drive started, and
the reports came in of the way the
oys had held the line and stood
firm, and, in fact had done all that
their home folks had expected of
them. There seemed to be an omi
nous calm when the news arrived. I
began to look for the uproar, for the
enthusiasm which my previous ex
perience had led me to expect.
Now come the enigma. The calm
continued. One man said, "We're
getting a lot of credit. I wonder if
it's true.' Women, whom I had
heard again and again making re
marks to the effect that 'the boys
would show them how to fight, were
absolutely subdued. Not a single
boastful expression have I heard. On
all sides people are wearing a quiet
smile. The external enthusiasm
seems to have vanished right into
their hears, and today the United
States is realizing with quiet pride
the seriousness and tremendous pos
sibilities of the cause it has under
taken. "When I read in dispatches from
England of the impression the Amer
icans were making by their modesty
and'their quiet way of accomplishing
things, I wras inclined to be skepti
cal. I am no longer skeptical. The
past few weeks of the war seem to
have changed everything, and I now
know more of the United States as a
nation than I could have learned
had I lived here for thirty years of
peace time."
Oxford, Sept. 2S. The Home Ser
vice Conference of Granville county
convened here yesterday. Miss
Thompson, of Greensboro, made an
address on the importance and neces
sity for training workers and officers
In the Home Service work.
The Trophy Train, bearing sol
diers and trophies from France, is
expected here Sunday.
A telegram to Mrs. T. B. West, of
Stovall, announced that her husband
was killed in action In France.
Letters from Lieut. Blllle Land Is
give the information that he is in a
hospital in France, being treated for
a slight wound.
Luther Davis, who was wounded
in France, is now in a hospital in
this country and will return here as
soon as he can leave the hospital.
Mr. B. M. Berry, manager of the
Oxford office of the Carolina Power
and Light Company has been pro
moted and transferred to Henderson.
Mr. Sam It. Cozart who has been
taking military training at Platts
burg, N. Y., spent the week-end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Co
zart. He has recently been commis
sioned second lieutenant and left
Tuesday for Camp Grant, 111.
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." Miners Reported Killed.
Murfreesboro, 111., Sept. 28.
Twenty-five men are reported to have
been killed at 5 o'clock this morning
in an explosion in the north mine of
the Franklin Coal and Coke com
pany at Itoyalton, 111.
Fair AVeather Next Week.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 28. Fair
weather in the Southeastern States
was forecast today except In the east
gulf states. Monday will be slight
ly cooler, while temperatures will re
turn to nearly normal later in the
week.
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There was a touch of winter in the air a week ago.
Then you didn't get your new stove.
Toward the shank of the afternoon in early Oct you'll need
a fire. We have stoves and stove pipe. A hint is sufficient to the
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Member Chamber of Commerce.
Home Builders1
COMPASS ESSENTIAL
FOR ALL
Total . . 33
The name of Corporal Allison M.
Page, of Aberdeen, N. C, died of
wounds received in action, was in
cluded in the list.
Sunday's Casualty List.
Killed in action 27
Missing in action ............ 38
Z?lni?LlL 12o It Is a Delicate Affair and
xjit;u iiuiu v uuiiua ........... i l
Une or aarest riaces in
AIRPLANES
and other
Died from accident
causes 1
Died of disease 5
Wounded, degree undetermined. 2
Wounded slightly 1
Prisoners 4
Cockpit Is Given For It
(By the Associated Press.)
An American Aerodrome in' Eng
land, Sept. 28.: One of the safest
m-x-i 9na places in the airplane cockpit is
"UU . . . . m , . I
given 10 me compass, lor wuuuui us
aid the airman who is flying over sea
or land on a misty day is hopelessly
lost. Great attention is paid by
American pilots training in England
to the problem presented by "drift."
If an airplane starts to fly from one
point to another due east, and there
is a wind blowing fifteen miles an
hour northeast, he must take that
element into consideration by alter
ing his compass course, before as
cending, according to the total dist
ance of the journey.
Many difficulties had to be over-
Total to date 6 35,56. """"- " " v r i f
. tory compass for aerial work. Chief
Killed in action
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Total To Date.
The total number of casualties to
date, including those up through
Sunday, shows the following sum
mary: Killed in action (including
291 at sea) 7,031
Died of wounds 2,260
Died of disease 1,882
Died from accident and other
causes 906
Wounded in action 18,682
Missing in action (including
prisoners) 4,805
among these was the problem, of
neutralizing the magnetism of the
Wounded, degree undetermined. 2
trifugal force which tends to cause
Total 39
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Missing in action : 1 1 ,fQ a nf North1
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when the airplane is banking on a
turn. These difficulties, however,
hnvfi nil bppTi surmounted and the
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IS HELD AT CAMP LEE planes is a fairly satisfactory Instru
ment. It 13 said to be far superior
Soldier in Quarantine to go Overseas I to anything which the Germans have
Marries Girl Who Stands Fif
teen Paces Away.
(By the Associated Press.)
Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., Sept
28. An unusual wedding ceremony,
in which the bride and officiating
clergyman could not approach with
in fifteen paces of the bridegroom
was solemnized here recently, when
Private Leon Wellriver, of the In
fantry Replacement Camp, and Miss
Mary Smith, both of Wyoming, Pa.,1
were married.
Wellriver was under quarantine
-which will extend until time for his
regiment to depart for France, so
the ceremony was performed from a
distance of fifteen paces of the sol
dier. The minister wrote the ques
tions to be asked the groom, and a
lieutenant, who acted as intermedi
ary, read them to Wellriver, who
yet been able to evolve.
The airman's next most important
instrument is his aneroid, or height
indicator. This is fitted with an ad
justable dial which can be moved
round so that on leaving any given n
aorndrnmn the. readine is zero, what- H
ever the height of that aerodrome
above sea level may be.
An American pilot left his aero
drome for a cross country flight re
cently on a very misty day, carefully
setting his ameroid at zero. After
flying for two hours by compass he
though he must be nearing his desti
nation. He could see nothing below
and so descended to 500 feet. He
flew at this height for five minutes
and decided to land. He was about
to volplane down into the mist when
suddenly the mist cleared and he
saw the ground immediately under
neath him, about ten feet below. His j
aneroid still insisted that he was 500
feet high. The explanation lay in
the fact that the plane he was about
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER UNDER DATE OF SEPTEMBER 21st GIVES THE
i FOLLOWING GOOD ADVICE , L
With cotton, peanuts and tobacco, the South's great
cash crops, selling at record prices, Southern farmers, both
landowners and tenants, have an opportunity to save some
money, to get ahead, such as may never come again. In
future years, many a farmer can probably point back to
3 918 as the year that he saved enough to buy a farm or to
equip one already bought or to pay off a mortgage; or the
year, on the other hand, when he failed to save his surplus
earnings and thus let slip a golden opportunity.
James J. Hill once said: "If you want to know whether
you are destined to be a success or failure in life, you can
easily find out: are you able to save money? If not, drop
out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose
as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you."
Of course we do not mean that you should save money
merely for money's sake, to hoard it; but that we should
save it to buy a farm or to equip one, to build and furnish
a home, to educate the children in a word, use it to make
country life in the South better worth living. Doing this
requires money, and this in turns calls for thrift saving
for productive purposes, rather tHan squandering our cot
ton, peanut and tobacco money on non-essentials.
Landowner, tenant, farm laborer, opportunity is knock
ing at your door knocking as it may never knock again.
It is for many a man for you, perhaps to choose be
tween, independence and dependence for the rest of his
days.
To every man who can, we say, save some money this
fall!
WE INVITE YOU TO CALL TO SEE US AS WE CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE JO YOU
signalled "yes" by raising hi3 right to land on was 500 feet higher above
hand. Miss Smith stood by the side sea level than his own aeroarome.
TK Citizen.
Hervdersorv, N. C.
"The Leading Bank in This Section.
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of the clergyman and answered the
necessary questions.
TRY THE WANT ADS IT PAYS.