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tilCKORY Daily 11! HICKORY, N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 21, 1918 PRICi: TWO CENTS i M 12 n m m mj .v. 0 LAUWUl ATTACK NORTH OF ANfRE Capture Three Villages and Make .dsfactory prc;v 3 in ew Drive Gene 5yng Starts Attack Without Artillery I reparation Early Report of the Battle. (,,.' V ' t:: 1 '' n ..;:;''' Si.; p..' ' ' r . i ;' .'. w !' i Hi- DATTir imr -An attack on a 1U I IS I I HI T UMI S L.L. L.1I1L. tho Aiutc river :., the Batish forces ,;s the oilU'ial eom . hold Marsha! llaijj. . i,..;tv' is being lv ! i say. ;-..;,l.ti the British ttaeks ,,r;u north ami south IS 1 x(,KS TAKEN r.v ! n: ' r:vr ' I r: :: ' SO W i : ; A . :y in France, v in)-.)1 of the of-7iH-i-ninr by , ; , ; f.ritish troops i::su of Ablain ,.: ;t.:.l Moycnville. . o:i a fnmt of ,) A win and Albert. ; .1 fcrni the Anetv , ... t to jact north of . l ,K ris j.nd 200 ' ) taVen ' n the .: til t hour. ; ,'!ni.us am! rf'r.ne ' ' .. lh-.noutre ridge, : 'ii 1 the Locre . ,i .,.a.'kcd by the u v.it .-o far is not : ; Achit-lo-rot:t al- ; :.- :ne LlritUh drive. m.v; i ( ('MM and B the A;..Mcia:e.l Pre?. 'l !',':'. A -I. The attack by the i:i.i;k v. m:i'!" this morning WM;.,U; ,,r:.'. iy j,.p.tr.ition. It wa. i :j. iy rucciful. ;.,. ut ;... ',; m;,do by the British thii'.i ar:.-,y v.:i :tr General Byng. I MEN WANTED 11M.C.A.1RK Chr'.. r.e;.r i A'inist M. '"Here is a i direct to the of North Car- .vtiu".'s taeir pa UT SHORT 50 MILES By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 21. As "a result of the allied successes during the past month the battle front from Scssons to Arras has been reduced 50 miles in ler.gth, General March tolL the newspaper correspondents today. When the Germans began their last advance the line stretched for 250 miles. It is now less than 200 miles. ,The success of the enlarged Amer ican program of the war department, General March said, still is depend ent upon adequate shipping " and while the shipping board is doing all it can ,the war department still has to charter many ships. DISASTROUS FIRE SWEEPS BIG PAN T By the Associated Press. Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 21. Firt originating from spontaneous corn bastion :n a car of fish scrap at 6:45 this morning spread to the E. B. Josey guano plant, located on the north East river, wiping it out com pletely, entailing a loss of $100,-00. The mercury was 52 this morning and 54 yesterday. It felt like a young winter. The Abernethy Hardware Company lrs been awarded the agency for the Packard cars in 10 counties. These ar Catawba, Caldwell, Burke, Alex ander, McDowell, Iredell, Watauga, Alleghany, Ashe and Avery. URUGUAYAN MINISTER ARRIVED IN STATES By the Associated Press. Key West, Fla., Aug. 21. Dr. Brum, minister of foreign affairs of Uruguay, accompanied by a party of distinguished officials of the South American republic, arrived here yes tarday aboard the Uruguayan cruis er Montevideo. The min ster will leave this afternoon for Washing-ten. CAPT. WILLIAM JOYNEIt IS RETURNING TO THE STATES Raleigh, Aug. 21 Capt. William Joyner, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Y. Joyner, is on the Atlantic re. turing to America, accord ng to ca blegram from Captain Joyner last night. The laconic message merely indi cated that he is unhurt and relatives and friends are left to surmise that he comes back to work with Ameri can troops training to go over. The captain is of Guilford where his father so many years taught :n the Normal. Dr. Joyner retains his cit izenship in Greensboro. Nava IB .In rursuit . i .!.!.! Hi; . .a' v.- ;r van'., wit-: ' l'( :.. r t!u-y cannot Mr. J. T. Mangum, ;-,cr.:tary for the I,, to a reporter to : rn wa. referring ;.; received from i he southeastern ;!a:;Ui, Ga. The f.)ilov.s: !'..;ur program war imperative we leadership home now to January l,j it h from your state; cm m p.-. An imme-1 ar'.cil response to; uiil save homo! ial caliber required Dy the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 21. Strong forces of swift naval patrol boats and destroyers were sent today to the north Atlantic fish'ng banks, where the trawler Triumph captured yes terf iy by a German submarine, which armed nnd manned her, has been raiding fishing fleets. Naval officers here think the capture of the trawier or her enforced destruct ion by the German crew is a certainty. P ' !'!' . :. m !! Mr. :-i ,. n,v tran,pit r'.tiu-; . . , wlfl ,;, P'Til'.iv.. Her, ." T'auiv in taf:' :.v rw:ru;t.., t Ii i ; t n , the ',v;i - trilirci; try. ma',. n i i J : ' ' f v i- r;r f I I'' , v. !i j inc h's ap ruitir.g secretary i: .i has succeeded in .. s of some of the h n been laying . i i for overseas j , M over the . !.: and holding an l as a result 1 .'..!; itpprcx mately ;-' p. ;.:: ptfd by the I !( . Some of these overseas. t;'n v.itli tne writer : d that the need n-t-iries .i as great a-s each departing a that more "Y" scc- ! il at the front. P.ut i "oer there" a im tio less so "Over e 1000 secretaries al , Italy and other bat ." percentage were 'lie home camp3. Th s, with the fact that I't.'iu t is constantly "luipment for the -''jiliers in this coun "sary a large re- men for work in the NOTES I-ntOM GUNPOWDER The Church and Sunday School conference held at Grace church, em bracing Friday, Saturday and Sun day of the past week was a decided success. The attendance was good on Friday and Saturday and Sunday there were more people than could iind room in the large church. The program of the whole meeting was very enthusiastic and nearly ev ery speaker was on hand to perform his or her part. There were several speakers of high reputation, among thern being the Rev. Dr. Hardin of Asheville, Rev. Dr. Craven of Le- no r; Rev. R. M. Courtney ot iiick ory, Mrs. Buckner of AsheviLe and Mrs. W. A. Newell of Statesyille. This conference was considered to be one of the best ever held in the Statesville district. Great good is exprcted to result therefrom. air. and Mrs. L. B. Tuttle and ch ldren and Mr. R .F. Tuttle of Greensboro came up last Friday to spend a week or so visiting relatives. We are having good seasons and the crops are looking fine. L IEUTENAN T GEITNER IS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Geitner have re ceived information that their son, Lieut. John G. H. Geitner, was wound ed in France some time before the 25 of July, the letter written by him to his wife at Bennettsville, S. C, merely stating that his ankle was fractured and he was laid up in the hospital. It is not believed the in jury is serious. He stated that his company had been in a hot fight, and it is believed he received his wound dur'n" the first ten days of the German offensive, when the en emy was stopped and sent scurrying back across the Marne. Friends of Lieutenant Geitner hope that his in jured ankle soon will be all right. FINE RECORD BY MADE OVERALL F ACTORY ! Mrs. L. E. Starnes has received a card from her son, Mr. Russe Starnes, announcing his arrvai overseas with Co. G, 322d infantry. Mi'-i C. C. Turner has received a card from her son, Private Lee Turner, announcing his arrival overseas. F residht A: 12) 1L rusn Onward h the A' aied I'ress. -French '210 th troops e !' ieW.'!i nu lrif thfi ...... i.vv " ' 1 ween the Oise and the f iM . . . , ;M""1 r advance along iron i. Jr'"!'"-t ur"l Cuts have been cap tured by the French, the statement says. After sharp fignting ground has been taken west of Lassigny by the French, the statement adds. TV.. iTTKrVrvrv Overall Comriiny, which has a contract to make 40,000 suits of overalls for the government, has shipped some 30,000 suits and f o 'ein crip p-arment nas oeen re- ianioA In thft oninion of Mr. J. JJ. J i Crow of Jacksonville, ma., govem moTi inenpntor. this is' a record of which not only the company may take pride, but in which tne wnoie community may reasonably feel an interest. , The overalls go to the soldiers m v.r. onmns nnrl pach soldier is UIC "'"1'- ,, . .,;ori uriVi t.wn suits, so tnat when he goes out to dig trenches and other works, as his comrade does in France he is provided with tne same A tools. The local com pany will complete this job about the middle of SeptemDer. nr.. rvr.nr caiH WVlcorv was a live city and he took the view of all for ward-looking citizens tnat it woum get up and hustle after the war. He ti.;ric t.Viia is a fine farming and cat tle country also and he has seen no place that appeals to mm more. MOONLIGHT PICNIC A larwA number of the members of the Senior Luther League journey ed to Sulphur (Springs last night. TMs time it was a watermelon moonlight picnic. The moon was never more beautiful and brighter, while watermelons were never sweet er. The picnickers departed in three wagons about 8 o'clock last night, but due to a l'ttle mishap one wagou was abandoned and all crowded into two vehicles. They 'arrived at th spring about t 10 o'clock and re ( Continued on page 4) GERMANS BIG FISHING VESSEL By the Associated Press. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 21 A German , submarine late yesterday seized .the big fishing trawler Tri umph. The crew who have reached shore safely said they believed the Germans intended to use the trawisr as a raider. The fishermen reported that the U-boat is "playing havoc'with the fleet of fishing vessels on the Grand Banks. The Triumph was halted on the Ashing banks and the. crew was per mitted to leave in dories. Tho Triumph was still afloat when they left. An armed guard had boarded the vossjI. This led thorn toi believo that the Germans intended to us her as a raider. The Tri umph :s owned by the Atlantic Fish eries Company and is one of its crack vessels. KEPORT OF CAPTURE FRENCH HEARING BRITISH SCORE ft V im N Ulll IIP IWBI III I Hh I tf I i I I 111 ll I 1111 ?2L I WW V SLJ iil&l I IV I Vl 1911 it VI ATTACK By the Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 21. -(Havas Agency) (French troops have reached a point not far from the"' village of Oestoise, 2 4-10 miles from Noyon, according to a Paris newspaper. Latest dispatches to newspapers indicate that the allied pressure against the Germans is unrelenting and that the village of Camelin has been taken. NO USE NOW ADVANCE r .aw Pi S f t i-i EES Four Towns Taken In First Part of Drive Which Is Over a Ten-Mile Front, and Delivered Under Cover of West French Are Also Pushing Ahead Rapidly. By the Associated Press. A -Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 21. The ste"am' trawler Triumph, fitted with two guns and wireless and manned by 16 Germans from the U boat which captured her yesterday s raiding fishing bank off the Nova Scotia coast. Crews of the schoon ers sunk by the Triumph have been landed here. TALK OF REVOLT IN GERMANY AFTER WAR conoN RATES By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 21. Existing freight rates on cotton shipped in quantity will be continued th's year, the railroad administration announc ed today. SPECIAL NOTICE By the Associated Press. British Headquarters :n Fiance, Aug. 21. An order issued by a Ger man military commander and which is more illuminating as - showing conditions in Germany says: !"Jt h(as come to my knowledge through a letter addressed to the royal Prussian ministry of war that men on leave have spoken publicly of a revolution which is to break out after the war. "I wish to impress all superior of ficers who happen to overhear such objectionable talk or who hear of it through others that they must deal with it at once and without hesita- t on. The home authorities and the director of railways have been ad vised to take measure." nViVs. Man Sloone has returned from a visit to Iredell county where she attended a brthday reunion oi her 85 year old uncle, Mr. Andy Cook. FOR SALE Ford Touring Car. See G. A. Craig at J. S. Setzer & Son Store. 8 21 It NEW YORK COTTON By the Associated Press; Mp.t Vnrlc. Anjr. 21. Report of further sho"VV3rs in Texas ana rela tive!; easy cables encouraged reac tion.", .y sentiment nt die opening of the cotfon market to.'lay and ist 2 tn 48 Doinls lowsr. Pniccs soon turned firmer on demand from Liverpool and covering on a bullish anticipation crop report. The close was steady. Open Close October 31.75 31,79 TWpmher 31.38 31.28 31.28 31.15 March , LMO May 30.95 HICKORY MARKETS. Missionary mass meeting tonight St. Paul A. M. E. Zion church Twelfth street. Mrs. Peters, one of the most not ed and celebrated missionaries in Ai rica, will be present and deliver one of her celebrated lectures on "Mis sionary Work," also "The African Work." This will be one of the grandest treats the good people of Hickory have had for a long time. A silver offering will be taken. Everybody is invited, white and colored. We assure you that all' who come will be greatly benefited and highly interested. Mrs. Peters is a g'fted speaker, convincing in ar gument and pleasing in style. TIk many thousands who have heard hei attest to this statement. Come and welcome. S. J. W. SPURGEON, D. D., Pastor. The premium list of the Catawba Fair Association is being printed by the Clay Printing Company and will be ready to deliver in two weeks. It contains the best 1st of prizes ever offered and exhibitors will note that it is twice the size of former lists. A total of $2,500 in premiums will be awarded. WJth prospects better than ever" before for record-breaking crops and the whole world interested in agri culture, the farmers who have pro ducts to exhibit at this fair will not lack for admiring spectators, to say .nothing' of ritexial manifestations of interest. There will be some difficulty in ob-. taining shows, but the people are not worrying about that. They can have a good time gathering in the big fa r grounds and inspecting the agri culture and livestock. But good amusements, including an airplane, are in prospect. W. T. Setzer, a white man, was found guilty last night of fighting his wife and was taxed with the costs by Recorder Blackwelder. The defendant is said to have fainted in the court room. Levenia Peterson was taxed with the costs for slan dering Amelia Wilson. Both are colored. , Spain Xo HICKORY SB ARE OFF FOR ASHEVILLE A carload of Shriners, members of the patrol, passed through. Hickory today en route to Asheville, where the Shriners' convention, in session there, will come to a close tonight. Mr. F. A. Henderson joined the pa trol here, and other Shriners and candidates for the degree motored through the country or caught the train. Four candidates from Hickory will take the degree tonight. They are Messrs. H. P. Williams, A. G. Kirk patrick and Geo. R. Wootten. Others attending the convention are Mr. J. D. Elliott, who vas ac companied by Mrs. Elliott and Miss Kate and Mr. Geo.. S. Watson. LOCAL COMPANY 10 HELP DRAFTED MEN Cotton. Corn -Wheat - None $2.00 . $2.20 WEATHER FORECAST In pursuance of the government's plan to give men called to the col ors evfery advantage be,fore being sent to the camps, the Hickory home guards will receive registrants for training during the period :n whicn they are waiting ' to be sent to the camps. Capt. L. F. Abernethy and Lieut. W. T. Councill have been ap pointed to invite the young men to the drills, and they are assured of a welcome. The object of the drills is to gwe the men some knowledge of the work before they go to camp; and in many cases this will be particularly valua ble, as it will enable the men to ad vance rapidly in the army. Instruction boards have been ap pointed in the various counties .0 lecture the men on wny America en tered the war, the duties of a soi dier, the necessity for liv.Hg clean, manly lives and for acquainting par ents with the benefits accruing from open air life and also the insurance and allowance features. T4- i o Vivrorl rptris trants who are soon to be called will join the local company next Tuesday night. "KILLED BY TRAIN By the Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 21. Spain has inform ed Germany that because of the se rious inroads IGeJpian submarines have made in Spanish shipping, Spain hereafter will use German ves sels. In Spanish ports in place of ves sels sunk. This statement was made after the cabinet meeting at San Sebastian. The Span li government declares that it wiU continue to maintain strict neutrality. - The statement says that 20 per cent of the Spanish mer chant marine has been sunk and more than 100 Spanish sailors killed. ONE NORTH CAROLINA LAD IN CASUALTY LIST By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 21 The sec ond section of the army casualty list issued today shows: 'Killed in action 24; missing in action, 64; wounded severely, 47. died of wounds, 9; total, 144. Died of disease, 2; wounded degree undetermined, 15; total 161. The list includes the name of one North Carolinian, Jesse William Stallings, of Gilkey, who was wound ed severely. , THE MARINE LIST The marine corps casualty list contains the names of 15 men, of whom five were killed in action, one died of wounds received in action, three wounded severely, and six wounded degree undetermined. Mr. and. Mrs. R. K. Bishop of P ttcVmro-l-i Pa.. Miss Frances Penny of Augusta, Ga., and Mi'ss Kather- me wencK 01 rieumuui, o. vj., visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. B. South- erland. Mrs. Bisnop ana iviiot. Penney are sisters of Mrs. South erland and Miss Wenck is her niece. By the Associated Press. British forces struck the Germans over a front of 10 miles on the line southwest of Arras at dawn this morn'ng. According to meagre details re ceived from the scene of the assault, the British have advanced from two to three miles. The British have captured the towns of Moyenville, Courcelles, Achiet-let-Petit and Keau-couart-Sur-Ancre, and have reached the town Achiet-le-Grand. The assault was begun under cov er of a mist vhich materially as sisted the British in their advance. There was a very br'ef artillery preparation and it would appear that it was similar to tli.'t followed in the attack south of the Aisne on July 18. Unofficial dispatches appear to in dicate that the Br'tish advance has carried the battle line throe miles irom Bapaume, an impoitart highway center, and a placj reputed to be an important Germa i base in this area. If the British drive continues to push the Germans back in the Pic ardy sector, ie situation of the Ger mans farther .south would be in a critical condition. They have been desperately holding the French back. , The new advance seems to have placed the nortnern station of the enemy's front in great danger. In the Flanders battle area the Germans also are under heavy pres sure. The British offical report says that during last night an at tack was made from Festubert, north west of Lens, to the Lawe river, a (Continued on page 4) RALPH SIGMON IS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED (For Nfarth Carolina: Fair to night and Thursday. Warmer to night in the interior, light variable winds becoming south. (Newton, Aug. 21. Mrs. W. P. Sigmon is in receipt of a letter from her son, Ralph, who is in France, saying that he was wounded oace in his hand with a shell but not enough to go to the hospital. He says he was gassed and was in the hospital for five weeks. He says he has vis ited Paris. He is now located at St. Aignan, France, in a claisifica- tion camp. Ralph says he hopes it won't be long before they can go to Berlin. Then they can think of returning to the good old U S. A. Miss Minnie Hopk r s who has been conducting a millinery busi ness here for about a year, has sold her business to Mrs. Ida Trol'-inger. She will return to her home in Char lotte. A number of cards have been re ceived by friends announcing the safe arrival overseas of Marvin Lit tle, Baxter Frazier, Russel! Sigmon, Ivey and Edgar Witherspoon. These boys belong to the 30ih en g'neers. Rev. G. P. Drum has received a letter from his son, Floyd who is in France. Mr. Drum writes that he has received two letters from home since he has been in France, although the family and friends have written him more than one hundred. Mr. Drum cabled his son on the 20th of June, reaching him on July 20th. During an e'ectric and wind storm a few days ago near Catawba a tree was blown down striking the auto mob les of R. D. and C. B. Rufty, breaking the tcp and wind shields. Members of the party had just left the cars and gone to a nearby house, when the big tree fell. Russell G. Sigmon, who has been at heme for ten days on a furlough, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Sigmon, left yesterday for Fort Wayne, Detroit, Michigan. Mrs. C. M. McCorkle and daughter returned yesterday from Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., where - they were guests of Major McCorkle for a few days. Deputy Sheriff W. J. Kennedy to day arrested C. E. Polk at Brookford, wanted in Lincoln county for se duction. He and Chief Lentz car ried Polk to Newton today and turn ed him over to Lincoln county officers who wet them there. Salisbury, Aug. 21. James Sher rill, a colored man about 70 years of age, was struck by a Southern work wa hnmp at Landis this train ncaj. 11 - - jnctsintlv killed. xie morning , . n had stepped off the track to allow a 4-; tn nacs an A had lUSt passenger uam w - 1 stepped on again when Hhe work :, tram h.t mm. n mu "7,"" property and was highly respected. , - Misses Marion and Sallie Clarkson left today to spend a week in Mor-ganton. Draft Bill Is efore House By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 21. A favorable report was voted by the house mili tary committee today on the admin istration's manpower bill, with an amendment providing that youths from 18 to 2n years of age shall be placed :n separate classifications and not used until after men from 20 to (Continued on page 4) -A