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OV 9 if..1 ESTABLISHED 1876 LINCOLNTON, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBE 11)18 FIVE CENTS PES COPY Lincoln's Great Week TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO WERE CASED ON BATTLE FRONT IN FRANCE AND RE TURNED HOME, WILL SPEAK TO PEOPLE OF LINCOLN COUN TY ALL OF THIS WEEK. Chairman D. C- Williams, of the Lin coln county War Savings Stamp com mittee, is being assisted this week in putting on the second War Stamp drive by Mr. R. 0. Self of the Stute headquarters. This county's quota of War Savings stamps is $370,000. The people of the county have pledged to buy stamps to date to the amount of $175,000. It is planned to get this county over the top this week. The success of the second drive depends largely upon the attitude of the peo-j pie themselves. The canvassers will solicit the people this week and en deavor to get the balance $200,000 1 pledged during this week. Lincoln county's record is at state, but she has ample opportunity this week to re deem it. War Savings Rallies will be held at the following times and places this week: j Monday night, 8:30, Sept. 9, at au- ditorium in Lincolnton. Tuesday night, 8:30, Sept. 10th, at Iron Station. Wednesday night, 8:30, Sept. 11, at Denver. i Wednesday night, Sept. 11, Lowes villc - - " Thursday night, 8;30, Sept. 12 at Reepsville. ' Thursday night, 8:30, Sept. 12val Crouse.' -.,.-.. ' Friday night, 8:30, Sept. 13, Oak View schoolhouse. Friday night, 8:30, Sept. 13th, at Laurel Hill schoolhouse. v U S. Privates Hoffer and Combs v both American soldiers of our great General Pershing, will be with us all this week, and will speak at the above named places in this county. They have seen active service on the firing line in France, haye been wounded and pronounced unfit for further duty oversea.;, but are still "doing their bit" over here. . ,". V As this is tlur first onnortumty of ' hearing real American soldiers who have fought with Gen. Pershing in the trenches, ever J citizen in - the county should take advantage of the privilege, and go out to hear these boys tell of their wonderful experi ences. " ' , Let everybody take advantage of this opportunity to see American boys who have fought in the trench es, Above meetings will be held rain or shine. - FAMILY LIMIT MEMBERS. ; The following persons in Lincoln ton township have subscribed for $1000 worth of War Savings Stamps for each member of their family, or for themselves and each of their busi- . ness interests: -r",. ' R. S. Reinhardt .. .. .. ....$5,000 D. E. Rhyne ..... ... ,......$3,000 Mr. Rhyne previously subscribed for ?2,ooo. : . J. A. Abernethy ..... ....... .$2,000 Mrs. Mae Fennel ....... ....$5,000 , COUNTY,. LIMIT MEMBERS. R C. Beattie ,...... . .1,000 F.Hrr Love.. ...3,000 ' Plato Miller ..2,000 " Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Suttle ? .-. . .VJ,4UU I). C. Williams ....... .. . K. L. Lawing ..... ..... R.-C. Goode .... .. A. P. Willis ...... 11. M. S Carpenter . . . x H. M. Smith T, O. Leonard J. C. Hoyle V. . ' Ed R. Rhodes C. L. Lynch ... ... ... Mrs. J. F. Wentz .. ... J. G. Stamey ..... ... ....2,700 . . 1,000 . . 1,000 ....1,000 ....1,000 ...$1,355 i.ooo ... 1,100 .... 1,000 ....1,000 ....1,000 .. 2,000 ..(.1.000 C.-L. Brown C. L. McCaul ... John K. .Cline . . Dixie Groc. Co. G. H. Costner . J .M. Rhodes ... H. W. Woolley . Julius Carpenter ...-1,000 ....1,000 ....1.000 ....1.0M) ....1.000 ...'.1,000 ,,1,000 P. M. Houser .... RAtwron J!i00 and $1,000 1,000 Following in this county " have bought between $50O and $1,000 in Stamps: Mrs. C. L. Lynch $900; R. a AhmPthv. f525s P. A. Thompson $515: D H. Maunev $000; L, C. Rhyne tiinn- .1 VU Si t ford 1800: 1. B. John ston $760; Mrs Elizabeth Stubbs $000;-M S. Rudisill $700; E.-H. Car penter $650; J. L. Hallman $800; J. A. Anthony $fuu; tRnn Members List of $500 members who have already invested: J. L. Lineberger, C. I). Thompson. K. L, Lawing, B.ure Mfo-. Co. Wm Costner, W A Hoke, S. H Haves, Ellis Britton. D L. Abernethy, Mrs. A. i. Abernethy: Pnlin Mfo. Co. B F. Seatrle. C S Lit tie, G H. Rhyne, J. F. Heafner, J. A Abernethy - - $1000 STAMP OWNERS The $1000 club is also to be pushed in this county. It is thought that there should be more who can buy $1000 worth of Stamps, and help the county over the ton. The following letter is being sent uf to several in hfl niintv! . "My Dear Sir: It seems that the conditions in the war zone is each day more and more in our favor. It takes money to get our boys to the front and nrovme provisuns and equipment for them, Linccln county has not raised quite all of its allotment and the under - signed citizens have been appointed committee to solicit persons- who re able to subscribe $1,000, therefore m are writing this letter to you and enclosing a card which you will please fill in to the extent of your ability and - mail the same in the enclosed self-addressed envelope early enough for uh to make our report by Mon day of next week. No postage neces sary. Watch the paper for your name after you have subscribed. With very best wishes. ' The committee D. C. Williams, C. L. Ealter, W. O. Kiser, Dr I R Self, G B. Goodson, W. H Sigmon CHAIRMEN FOR DRIVE. Chairmen for each township have been appointed who will heuil the army of solicitors, as follows: Lincolnton Township Dr. I. R. Self. Howard's Creek Dr. W. C. Kiser North Brook C L. Eaker. Irontorl G. B. Goodson Catawba Springs W II. Sigmon. National War Savings Committee ' Office of the State Director Winston-Salem, N. C. To AH Adult Citizens of Lincoln County: During North Carolina War-Sav ings Week, June 22nd to 28th some some citizens of this county failed to make a pledge to purchase War Sav ings Stamps because they were not solicited; many who were solicited, pledged too low in proportion to their means, and a few refused to pledge at all. Consequently, your County failed to subscribe its quota. v ' The record of each citizen, showing the amount of his pledge or his fail ure or refusal to pledge, soon becomes a permanent record and lest those who failed or refused to pledge adequately do themselves an injustice and bring discredit upon their county, There with, by and with the authority con ferred upon me by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, designate SEPTEMBER 9th to 14th as the period within which a second and final house-to-house canvass is to. he made to see're e'nough additional pledges to raise vour Countv's quota. This the 7th day of Sept. 1918. , 1?'. li. FKIES, State Director. NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION . ORGANIZED Fifty or 75 doctors from all parts of .theJSlate met at Greervsboro Tues day and organized the North Caroli na HospitalAssociation . The object of the association, as stated Dy Dr. John Q. Meyers, secretary and treas urer, is to standardize the hospitals of the State in order to enable them to take care of the civilian population in the absence of so many of the doc tors and nurses. Officers were elected as follows: Dr. Jacob F. Highsmith of Fayetteville, president; Dr. E. B. Glenn of Ashe ville first vice-president; Dr. L.A. Crowell of Lincolnton second vice- president: reeistered Miss Blount of Kinstori nurse, and Dr. John Q. Myers of Charlotte, secretary and treasurer. The executive committee is composed of Dr. Jacob K High smith.Dr. John Q. Myers. Dr. L. McBrayer, Miss Redwine and Dr. - D. T. Taylor, of Washington, D. C." FRENCH AND BRITISH CONTINUE TO PUSH Disnatches published today from the war zone state that the British and French armies continue to cut their way into the German lines on various sectors of the lower part of the battle line in France. Notwithstanding the weather, which has caused Pinewhat of a. slackening in the violence of the operations, Field Marshal Haig's forces have ma terially encroached upon Cambrai and St. Quentin, while farther south the French armies are pressing eastward on the old Novon sector toward La- Fere and Laon and northward from Soissons in an auxiliary maneuver with the same objectives in view. Between the Vesle an'' the Aisne rivers, "while the American troops are fighting with the French, additional ground has been trained by the allied forces." The British now are standing at Villequeq, six miles from St Quentin, ha vine carried out an advance over a 10 mile front on the general line of Epehy, Hesbecourt and Vermand. Later train brines the French with in little more than eight miles from St. Ouentin. ; , North of the Aisnc, near Soissons, the Germans are fighting hard to keep the French in cheek, realizing, that the eain bv them of much more terri torv in this rearion. in conjunction with the maneuver that is in progress around the St. Gobain forest will i place the entire German defense line eastward toward Rheims in a critical position. - During the first week of September Field Marshal Haig's forces have taken more than 19,000 prisoners and large numbers of machine guns and quantities of stores. ' . . ' - The British troops advanced Sun day, to a depth of two miles on a 20 mile front and captured the town of Roisel, about nine and a half miles northeast of St Quentin. BAKER IN FRANCE AGAIN Washington, Sept. 8.The war de partment today announced the arrival in France of Secretary Baker, accom- J anied by an official party, including ohn D. Ryan, assistant secretary in charge of aircraft, and Major General Gorgas, surgeon of the army. Mr. Baker and hit party made the trip on an army transport which car ried its usual quota of soldiers to France. Before leaving this country i tii a war secretary said the personnel I of his Dartv would make plain the purpose of his second visit to France 'and that he hoped the trip would not keep him away from the United States for a very long period. I 1 - Patriots will Register. Others must GERMANS 60 MILES FROM PARIS CITY Mow Than 90 Per Cent of Men Over seas. Under Direct Command of General Pershing. Washington, Sept. 7. Concentra tion of American troops in the Amer ican sectors in France is proceeding rapidly and General Pershing now has under his direct command more than 90 per cent of the troops who have reached the other side. This was re vealed today by General March, chief cf staff, who said that more than 90 per cent of the Americans are now in the American sectors. General March made no comment ns to the purpose of this concentra tion and added nothing that might in dicate his own opinion as to the prob ability that an ail-American drive at the German lines might be impending. He did snv, however, that the custom of brigading new divisions with the French and British forces to hasten their preparation for front line duty has not been-abandoned. f But as our men go over there pret ty well instructed." he added, "the time they stay in the training camps over there is very much less." Twenty-Seventh Division in Line. General March announced also that the Twenty-seventh division, previous ly training behind the British lines, is now in tho line in Flanders. This was interpreted to mean that the division soon would bo withdrawn to join Pershing's army. In his review of the battle situation General March pointed out that the Germans are retreating, along a 100, milo front from the Arras-Cambrai sector to Rheims with French, Brit ish and American forces in close pur suit. Official reports show that the enemy now is CO miles from Paris at his closest approach to the city .General March added, while Lhe old Hinden burg line, from which the greatest German effort of the war was launch ed last march, stands at the point of maximum distance only' ten miles be yond the present active front. BACK THE GERMANS CONTINUE TO GO Saturday war dispatches reported that the Germans continue to g;ive ground before the allied armies over the 150-mile battle front from Ypre? to Rheims. Particularly heavy defeats have been inflicted on them by the French in the old Noyffn salient and by the French and Americans in the-frgiori between" the Veste and Aisne riyers cast of Soigsons.- - . :r - To the north Field Marshal Haig'r, men have pushed their lines eastward at numerous points into the enemy held territory for important gains nnd daily are increasing the menace against the entire German line fac ing them, v In the old Noyon salient the French have captured the important junction towns of Ham and Chauny, with their railroads and high roads leading re spectively into St. Quentin and Laferc Across the Canal Du Nord thev have penetrated atvanous points to depth of exceeding' . six miles, lhe little forest of Coucy. the western portion of the great wooded sector east of Laon which haa barred a direct ad vance eastward, has been entirely taken and across the Ailette river General Mangin's forces have reoccu- pied additional points whiclw have broucth them abreast the old German defense line, outflanking the present German line in this region and that north of the Aisne which is now press- ing backward toward the Chemjn-Des-Dames. The lutest French official communi cation records that - fa thp.t - the French troops on the north bank of tho Aisne have reoccupied all their old trenches and says also that east ward the Americans have made ad ditional nrosrres . in the region of Villers-En-Prayeres and Revillion which brings their front appreciably nearer the Aisne and also gives them a position . dominating the territory southeastward toward Rheims. Much probably will depend on this dominat ing position, together with the pres sure which the French, in starting a retrograde movement by the Germans from the Rheims sector. All in all, with the old Noyon salient now virtually blotted out- with all its roads and strategic points in the hands of the French and with St. Ouention to he north seriousy men aced bv the British and the Germans in retreat from the Vesle, to the Aisne it seems apparent that the Germans soon must hurriedly re-establish their entire battle frcnt in the west North Carolinians in Casualty List. Wounded severely Private Vester L. Andrews, Piney Creek, N. C; Cor noral Willie W. Sbankle. Rocking- ham. N. C; Private Ira E. Kiser. Gas 1 i . tv..! a-- n.i j. a tt : iir:i tonia, Private Robt. A. Harrison, Wil mington. N. C. ' -Wounded ( Decree Undetermined ) Private Thos. Leete. Wise, W. U. NORTH CAROLINIANS IN CASU- ALTY LIST. The following North Carolinians were rvrted in the casualty list i- nuii v . - Die d of disease Private Roby Fct- gason. Moravian Falls. N.C. Wounded Severely Lieut Clinton Perrv. Wilminerton. Harold N. C.; Cornoral Shell B. Williams, Benaja, N. C; Private John K. Benton, F.ver preen, N. C; Private Carlos Garland, Ewart, N C. Wounded (Degree Undetermined) Sargennt Joel Canary Brown, Creu- Mont N C; Private John M. ; Mon- tague. Elm City, N. C; Private Clar- Rutherford opened today with thir ence Burleson, Bakersville, N. C; tv per cent more boys matriculating Private tarter Andrew Roberts, Creedmore. N. C. , Missing in Action Private Arthur C. Galloway, Crcsmont, N. C, ' 1 1 . Haig's army appears to be totally nnconscious of all the repulses it nut- fers in the German official bulletins, new rone world. Patriots will Register. Others must FRENCH OCCUPY - NEW GROUND They Are Standing on Ground Which Has Not Been in Allied Hands Since 1914. Allies Are Closing In. Brit ish Move . Forward at Accelerated Pace. . : .- Dispatches from the war fronts published Sunday report that Mar shal Foch's succession of ham mer blows along the German line from Reims to Arras since July 18, have now well-nigh completely flat tened out the great bulges created by the German offensives of the spring and early summer. Further still, the well co-ordinated progress of his attack has brought him to a point where he mav well be able to strike a still more disastrous blow to the German defensive system in the west.1 From Laon to Cambrai the Hinden- burg line stood ull last" year in the way of the allied armies seeking to drive back the enemy from northern v ranee and Flanders, uttle impres sion was made in' that line except temporarily in General Byng's drive belowCambrai last fait. Already in this summer's campaign,'-, however, the line has been-pierced on a wide front along its northerly stretches by the British and within he nast few hours it has been penetrated in its soutnerly reaches by tne French. It appears that. Marshal Foch's plan may prove to involve the turn ing line on both its flanks at Caiti. brai and Laon. In the north the Brit ish have been for several days in a position to deliver what" might easily provo a vital stro'ce to the west, of Cambrai, where thy have halted at ine .anai au word and mane no move toward driving home te blow which the logic of the situation points to as inevnuDie. , In the south the armies of Gene! Petain have now fought their wav to positions where.the left German flank is under their euns and- the ede-es of the defensive positions are beginning to feel the effect of lhe pounding. On the western outskirts of the bas tion of St. Gobain, defending Laon, lhe French already at Barisis are in advance of the, line they occupied in 1917 and further, south below the main bastion, are? standing on ground which had not been in allied hands since 1914. Fur&herinorth they are before la Fere, whence an eastward drive would carry them north of the St. Gobain massif. ' - ' v l The process of. a in fmvumt-tha IlmdehWg- Ilne at The ndints wfiere it had not yet been reached was con tinued rapidly yesterdav bv the French and the British. On the Aisne. there was little "hange tovards the western part of the front .where the Americans and French are on the river, facim? the Germans entrenched along the canal wnicn parallels the stream. In I' landers the British made some further headway, but found the Ger man resistance stiffening around La Bassee. The Germans apparently do net intend to give up Armentieres, in this sector, but are reported hurriedly fortifying the region defending it. EXTREMELY SHORT CROP. Cotton Report For September Shows Serious Damage Was Done in Two Months Past. A disaster unparalleled in the histo ry of the cotton-growing industry in the United States has befallen the American cotton crop this year. As the result of a severe drought in Ju ly and August, the government's Sep tember cotton report, issued Tuesday, forecast the prospective production this year at 11,137,000 equivalent 500,- pound bales, 4,(W8,()00 hales less than was forecast at the beginning of the season. Cotton growers planted this year the second largest acreage on record and prospects seemed bright for one of the largest crops ever grown. Drought during July, however, reduc ed the crop by 1,616,000 bale, and dry weather in August caused the greatest deterioration ever recorded a single month, there being a de cline of 17.9 points in the condition on August 2b as compared with July dn. The entire belt was affected, but in Texas and Oklahoma and the western part of the region, it was greater than in the east. " The extent of the depreciation amounted to 2,482,000 balest reducing? the prospective pro duction to 11,137,000 bales. A crop of that size would be slightly smaller than those of the last three years. The condition of the crop by States follows: Virginia, 84; North Carolina. 77; South Carolina. 67: Georgia. 66: Flor ida. 60; Alabama, 66; Mississippi, 67; Louisiana, -53; Texas, 43; Arkansas, 52; Tennessee, 58; Missouri, 60; Okla homa, 33; California, 92; Arizona, (i COTTON MOVES UPWARD New 'York, Sent. 7. The cotton market was much less active today but. ruled generally steady or firm, with October, contracts . selling at 84.70, or 63 points net higher and clos ing at 34.68. The general list closed steady at a .net advance of 40 to 64 points. - Nw York spot steady; middling 36.45, RUTHERFORD COLLEGE OPEN- w '-. INC.. .,-'Vv0 :. - Rutherford College. N. C Sent. 3. than on first day last year. If the ' government takes charge of military trainine there will probably be more than 100 per cent increase over the past year. Many trustees and friends were present today. Temporary ar- rangements are being made for mili- tary training while the matter is be- ,mg taken up with the government. I Patriots will Register. Others must IMPORTANT Notice To All Those Who Must Register Sept. 12 By proclamation of the President of he United States all who have reached their 18th birthday and who have not attained their 4Gth birth day must register on Sept. 12th. You must register at the voting precinct where you would vote in the regular election. The following are the voting pre cincts in Lincoln county with the chief registrar for each precinct: Lincolnton at Court House, Rev. C E. Bentley. , Southside Schoolhouse, C. S. Lit tle.' : Denver Sigmon's store, W. H. Sig mon. Triangle Nixon's store, L. C. Nixon.. Lowesville, Lowe's Store, ' R. O. Kincnid. Ore Bank Shook's store, S. L. Bollinger. - Iron Station, Goodson's store, R. F. Goodson. Crouse Heavner's store, L. Berge Beam. ' Heavner's Hoyle's store, M. II. Hoyle. Reepsvillo Killian's store, John R. Killiun. Flay Childer's store, Ceph Beam. Beams Walter Yount, Hoover Pendleton place. The registrars will be on duty from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. All men who have not already reg istered must register on Sept. 12th at one of the above precincts. Fail ure to register is punishable by one year's imprisonment in the peniten tiary in addition to depriving your self of valuable rights. Let every man in Lincoln county do his duty so that we may not have a slacker to pur discredit. H. E. RF.I1). Director of Registration. SPECIAL CASES OF REGISTRA TION. For those who cannot register in person on Seember 12, the rules are as follows: "i he sick will be register ed by person deputized to make their registration. Felons will be register ed by penitentiary wardens. Misde meanants and persons awaiting trial will be treated as absentees, except that their cardR must be obtained and filled by the jailers. Absentees, in cludini' iersonsio traiuine.. camos. colleges, schools, and similar institu tions, may secure from any local board registration cards, which will be filled out and certified, turned over to absentees, and mailed by them to t'-e local boards having jurisdiction. Absentees must see that their cards reach the local boards by Registration Day it is up te the absentees. If in doubt abou place or method of registration, refer to the nearest lo cal board, . " The Selective Service system is bas ed on honor, supported by public opin ion. The United States government expects every man within the specifi ed age limits to come forward willing ly on September 12 and register him self as a man nnd as a citizen of a free country which is fighting for life and honor. Compulsion is for those who refuse the duty which decent cit izens gladly accept. UGLY SITUATION IN COUNTY. AVERY According to the Raleigh News and Observer, reports come to the Adjutant General that twenty or more men, including deserters from Camp Jackson and slackers, have banded themselves together in Avery county, in the Brushy mountains, and are now engaged in making blockade whiskey in open defiance of the Fed eral and State authorities. Thus far, there have been no arrests, and ap parently the' county authorities are unable to cope with the situation. Governor Bickett, who is making a speaking campaign in this section of the state, is -scheduled to spenk at Newlands, Avery county, Monday. He has been informed of the situa tion from Raleigh, and a list of the names of the alleged deserters and slackers have been furnished him. Beer Making to CcaM Dec. 1. The manufacture of beer in the United States will be prohibited after next December 1. as a war measure. This announcement was made Friday from Washington by the food admin istration, which said the decision had been reached at conferences between President Wilson and representatives of the fuel, food and railroad admin istrations and the war industries board. Of course this does not ef fect this section, which has no beer at any time. . Admission to the United States of refugees from war-stricken countries would be permitted by a joint resolu tion favorably reported by the Senate immigration committee. . - The resolu tion was prepared by the State De partment and transmitted to Con gress by President Wilson with a rec ommendation that it be adopted. As was to havel been expected Chief Justice Walter Clark insists that it is a discrimination to give bovs of 18 who are prepared to enter college the privilege of enlisting in the students' training corps, while thoso not educationally qualified can't enter college. But the Chief Justice ignores the fact that the latter class will be trained in vocational sehnio r cantonments and will not be called in- to service until all the 18-year-olds are called. In other words, the 18 year-old who can't enlist in the col- lege training corps Is given the same' deterred classification, so far as en- trance into the army is concerned, as the college bov. Judee Clark's cr - ' cism is not well founded. Statesvilla utnumarK. , ' Patriots will Register. Others must ATTENTION, NEWS SUBSCRIBERS CASH IN ADVANCE. The order of the War Industries Board requiring newspapers to discontinue sending ' papers to subscribers who are not paid in advance becomes effective Sept. 15, and we understand we are given until Oct. 1 to get our list in advance. This paper will abide strictly by thia ruling. We hope every one of the Lin coln News subscribers will get their subscriptions in shape paid up and in advance by Sept. MS, if possible, and not later than Oct. 1 at the latest. We do not want to lose or cut off a single one, but we are not going to take any chances of being cut off from materials necessary to issue The News. Whatever the government . asks of us we are going to do. We nre not going to set the time ahead to which you must pay your subscription. All we are concerned about is that it be kept in advance. We are only going to print enough papers for those paid in advance. The News has a great many subscribers loyal friends y and supporters who have been ac-. customed to paying their sub scriptions in the fall or winter . for the twelve months preceding, and it has always been entirely satisfactory to us to handle the business in this way. The new ruling of the War Industries Board, requires us, however, to collect from all subscribers in ad vance, and we must insist upon any and all whose subscriptions are in arrears settling promptly, or else we will have to drop their names from our list. The address label on your pa per shows the time at which your subscription expired or 'will ex pire. With thanks to our num erous good patrons, and thanking them in advance for their prompt co-operation. Send check, money crder, by mail or call at the News office before Oct. 1." ; ' ORDER FERTILIZER EARLY. It is the utmost importance that all fertilizer to be used this fall for grain and other crops be secured at the enrliest possible moment. If this s not done it may not be secured when needed. Director W. B. Kilgore of the agricultural extension service again calls this important fact to the at tention of North Carolina farmers because of the fact that the freights are being used more and more for war purposes. It is the wish of the gov ernment, however, that farmers have the necessary supplies of fertilizer and other material for producing large crops, but it is their duty to se cure these, or at least, put in then orders for a while before the mater ials are absolutely needed. The rail road administration urges the heavier loading of freight cars and in order that the companies may load these to their capacity, plus 10 per cent as re quired by the administration, they must have all orders as early as pos sible. ROUND UP DISTILLERS. Systematic Campaign of Accomplish ment in Southern Mates. - The biggest intensive round-up of illicit whiskey distillers ever under taken bv the government has just been completed in Southern Mountain districts by revenue agents, aided by local officers, under tho direction of Commissioner Ropor, says a Wash ington dispatch. The activity or tne agents resulted in the seizure of 486 stills, arrest of 200 moonshiners, killing of five out laws and two sheriffs and wounding of a number Of government omcials, This systematic campaign of raids has been under way for two weeks, mainly in the mountains of Tennes see. Alabama. Georgia, worth uaro lina and South Carolina, all dry States and Florida, which has local option but announcement was withheld in order not to give information to moonshiners of comine events. This band, working swiftly from community to community, cleaned out nests of moonshiners who had been operating without serious- difficulty for years and left behind them follow up vigilance organizations of citizens and officers to prevent outlaws from returning. . Evidence of the success of the round-up is gathered from scores of letters received bv the revenue bu reau from scores of citizens, saying drunkenness has been eliminated for the first time in many years. Perma nent prganizations for raiding illicit stills have been formed. Territory has been laid off and a competent Federal officer has been left in com mand. More than 30.000 gallons of pale moonshine whiskey was sc zed and poured down mountain streams. Seven men employed in the United States arsenal at St. Louis, Mo., are being held by Federal authorities as the result of an investigation into thefts in the last eieht years of thou sands of dollars' worth of army sup- Plies. Three of the men. Federal of- - 1 fleers say. have confessed their com plicity in the thefts, which included army shoes, socks, shirts, underwear, j DianKeis ana otner material, - '. - l The Americans find it easier to take a French town than pronounce . it. I Patriots will Register. Others must. SHORT NEWS ITEMS The commissioners of Cabarrus county will place a bronze tablet in the court house at Concord on which will be inscribed the names of every Cabarrus county boy killed in the war. . Mr. E. W. Thornton, for eieht years first assistance chemist in the food and oil work of the State department of agriculture, has resigned to accept a position with the R. B. Davis Com- pany of Hoboken, N. J. Mr. A. K. Robertson, friend of the North Carolina farm boy and organ izer of corn and other agricultural clubs over the state, has resigned as assistant in club work for . the agri- ( cultural extension service and accept ed an offer to so to Wayne county Constantinople was bombarded on four successive nights in the latter part ot August, the admiralty an nounces. The arsenal, the dock yard, the Turkish war office, the aerodrome at Galata, the seaplane base at Gal- lipoii and l.hanak were attacked. Preston Peak. 35 miles east of Cres cent City, Cal.r burst into volcanic activity Monday. "The explosion was violent and hurled rocks and lava sev eral hundred feet into the air. Practically every, union barber shop in Mobile, Ala., was short-handed Tuesday because of a walkout of journeymen, heveral women barbers have been emnioved as strike-break ers. The men demanded 65 per cent of . the gross receipts. 1 hey now get 60 per cent. The committee of overnment offi cials which recently inspected South- Atlantic ncrts with a view to deter mining which one should be improved in order to relieve congestion at North - Atlantic ports has reported favorably on Wilmington. All of North Carolina will be espe cially interested in the statement of General March that he has identified the American unit which participated in the r landers advance as the 30th divisioncomposed of troops from Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina and known- as the "Old Hick ory" division. To regulate food prices in North Carolina to a greater uniformity a new department of the State food ad ministration will be created to scan the reports of the fair price commit tee established in the larger cities. Miss Emelh Tuttle, formerly of Ral eigh, will have charge of this depart ment. Thirty hours after he had shot and killed Simolton, a 15-year-old negro, who was escaping from the Buncombe county home, Guard W. .A. Jordan was indicted by a Buncombe grand iurv for murder. The coroner's iurv had turned the guard loose. Solicitor Swain announces that he will only ask for a verdict of manslaughter. Fred Behnkin, a guard at Hot Springs internment camp for Ger mans, has been missing since June 28 and his wife who lives in Biltmore, has not been able to find any trace of him. Behnkin left Hot Springs one morning in an automobile with two men, who said they were going to missouri. tie has not been nearo oi since. Bill Moore, wealthy Wilson county farmer, who, several months ago, kill ed Police Chief Letchworth of Foun tain, Pitt county, was found guilty ot second degree murder in the Superior court and sentenced to 25 years at hard labor in the penitentiary. His 17-years-old son. who was indicted as accesorv to the crime, was taxed with the cost in his case and liberated. J. E. Warren, charged with forging the name of his father J. S. Warren, to a check for $35 was found guilty by a jury in the corporation court at Danville, va., and was sentenced to serve 18 months in the penitentiary. Seven persons are dead and one is in a critical condition as a result oi the boiler explosion Tuesday night aboard derrick boat No. of the I'at- ton-Tully - Transportation - Company at Fox Island, on the Mississippi riv er, 4b miles irom mempnis, icnn. In the municipal court at Winston Salem Wednesday Bynum Tudor was ' bound over to court in the sum of $3, 000 on a charge of murder. The case grew out of an automobile accident on the Country Club road on June 19, in which the car he was driving was wrecked, injuring all the occupants. Miss Ruth Tyree, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Tyree was fatally injured, death Resulting before she reached the hospital. The emergency joint resolution de signed to prevent speculation in home stead rights which may be acquired under a special provision of the man power act by youths under 21 years of age who are either drafted or volun teer in the military service, was adopted by the Senate after a brief debate. It already has been passed by the House. On the ground of German owner ship, the American Trans-Atlantic company, which, until its ships were commandeered y the United States shipping board in October, 1917, oper ated in ocean trade a neet oi 1 1 steamsihps - flying the Stars and Stripes, has been .tf.ken over by A. Mitchell .Palmer, alien property cus todian.' The British government has sent a telegram to the bolshevik government at Moscow demanding reparation and prompt punishment of those culpable in the attack pn tne Britisn embassy at Petrograd on Saturday, when the embassy was sacked and captain Cromie, the British attache, was kill ed. The British government threat ens, in the event of the failure of the bolshevik government to give satis faction, or if there should be a repe tition of acts oi violence, to make tne members of the soviet government in dividually responsible and have them treated as outlaws by civilized na tions. The statement that 18 Germans interned at Hot Springs, N. C, have died as the result of tyhpoid fever epidemic in the enemy alien camp was authorized Friday by the war depart ment. The department says there have been in all 177 cases of typhoid since the outbreak of the disease early in August. i - Patriots will Register. Others must.
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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