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PUBLISHED TJ7ICE A 7I2EIM7EDNE8DAYS AND SATUUDAYt
,VOL. XXIX-No. 99
:. KINSTON.N. X WEDNESDAY, ; SEPTEMBER"! 11 1918' 7
RICE BTVECE1JT3
Quentin;
BRITISH ATTACKING
SOilEAST
ARTILLERY
Occupation of LaFere. Probable Huns Making Every
Preparation to Defend St. Quentin and Laon Former
Successfully Held Against
......
Parked North of Craonne ITaig's Patrols Continue
to Advance Artilleryin
Ti-..- i
and Elsewhere Hostile
Vermand and ycndelles
(By the United Press)
With the British Armies, Sept 9. The French are at
the gates f LaFere, which is still in flames. The fall of
this bastion of theHindenburg line, which the Allies were
TIDE FLOVVS STEADILY.
London, Sept. 9 (12:50 p.
ing Gouzeacourt, on the Hindenburg line southeast of
Havrincouri: wood. Patrol?, have occupied Vermand, six
miles riorlhwest of St Quentin, andVendelles, north of
Vermand. The British have reached the western and
northwestern edges of Epehy, four miles south of Glouz-
eacourt. Patrols are reported to have passed through the
village. .TheFrench'are now only four miles from St.
Quentin. Cavaliy patrols
Canal for practically its whole length.
HUNS PREPARE TO STAND. ,
London, Sept. 9. The Germans
. .are making every preparation to de
fend St. Quentin and JLaon , against
J the advancing Allies. ; French troops
' are arrivinjg within striking distance
of. St Quentin. .They are reported
. close to JLaFere, strong point, on the
1 Hindenburg line defense system. A
German concentration of heavy guns
has been , observed north of Craonne
(on the line .between Rheims, and La-
. on and just above . Chemin-Des-
v Dames),, t v x A j :'
LaFERE DOOMED. '
. .Paris, Sept. 9 French forces have
xeecjhed, positions, , close to LaFere,
one of the principal Allied objectives.
, Occupation of the city : is probable,
according to front advices.
) HAIG'S REPORT.
; .London, Sept. 9 Artillery fight
ing on the Arras-Cambrai road and
at several 4 other , places along , the
, front Is. reported by General Haig.
-, "A . hostile . raiding party was suc
' cessfuHy . repulsed last night, north
. of , Arleaux' (between Cambrai and
, Douai) With the exception of ar
i tillery activit. at .different . locali
ties, being mutual, particularly in the
neighborhood 'of , the. Arras-Cambrai
road and LaBasiee and Ypres, there
ts oth,ing else to report.!!
ALLIED PROGRESS DETAILED.
' Paris, Sept 9. North of the. Som
me,,the French, have .enlarged rtheir
possession! eastward of Avesne, to
ward dastres hey are occupying
notably LaMotte farm. Southwest
tit St Quentin they have crossed the
Canal Crozat Opposite , Liez, west
;: of LaiFere, and between- the Oiae and
Aisne during -the night there was 1
CZECHS HOLD TWO
RAILROAD SIBERIA?
" ' (By the United Press)
Vladivostok, Sept 9. Two battalions of Ameri
can troops have joined the Japanese and Czechs on
j tEelfront line beyond Nikolisk. i . . v i V . 0 ;
Vladivostok, Sept 9. Czecho-SJovak forces hold
2,000 miles of rrilway from' Olovyanna to Penza, it was
learned today. This indicates the penetration of more
important areas of Russia. The Czechs are loosening
the Bolshevik grip. ' . . - ,
Washington, Sept ; 9. American artillery, according
to Stite Department advices, is lending aid to the Rus
sians west of the Volga from Penza toithe north of Ka
zan. If unofficial reports that thejcAre probably re
taken ,Smara. are true this means to rcf renburg, Sim
' tick and Kazan arc in immediate darrgV
rife 4 MiZes From
LINK
W00D;IIEAVy
Allies Last Year Big Guns
on Arras-Cambrai Highway
i - ..-.-;::.;...'..'.'.'.
Raid Repelled by French
Taken
1
m.) The British are attack
close to LaFere hold trozat
violent German artillery and infan
try reaction,, . Two r strong counter
attacks in tbej;egion olJLaF.ere and
northeast of Soissona were repulsed.
Eisrhty prisoners, belonging to five
different regiments, were taken in
the Champagne. The French made
raids in the region ,pf Mont Sansnom,
taking piisoners. West of iAuberive
a' German raid was unsuccessful.
BRrrrsH attack. ,
. ; With the American Armies, Sept,
9 South , of Gouzeaucourt the Brit
ish have advanced to Guarde and at
tacked. ' At noon the assault was go
ing well. v m
AS BAD AS GERMAN
BUTCHERS EVER DID
(By the United Press)
iPetrogniji, Sept." 9. So far 612
revolutionaries have keen shot in re
prisal, for - the murder of Moses
Uritski, commissary of the interior
in the Petrograd district A list of
fl21 names has been published, of
persons who will be killed if more
Dolshekivi are shot Many high; of
ficials and notables are included in
the list At Smolensk 34 landown
ers were shot in reprisal for the. at
tack "on OLenine. , '
?A xib n
THOUSAND EIILES OF
U. S. OUNS AREBUSY
(tit
HlfBURG
CONCENTRATED BY GERMANS
11 & Share AliLc
Hold Crozai
LOCAL RED CROSS
(j CHAPTER IS
ii (Bf D. T. Edwards)
The attendance at the Red Cross
surgical dressings room for the past
week has' been quite satisfactory.
The special allotment of 5,000 pads
has been completed on time and the
emergency under.; which our ladies
have been laboring has been reliev
The next job to which they will de
vote their attention will be repair
work; and while It will be still nec
essary to have as many workers as
possible present themselves at the
workrooms, a large part of the work
can be done at .home and wlU .be
distributed with that end in view.
5,000 Socks to Para.
To darn 6,000 socks within . a
month's time is the next call. This
call too is urgent and will demand
a measure of self-sacrifice, just as
all Red Cross work does.
But what does the workroom pa
triot care about 6elf-sarlflce? Sacri-j
nee Is the order of the day; and the
man or woman who Is devoid of this
virtue has scant claim to recognition
amongst us, and is In fact, what one !
ui vur ex-preaiuenw designates as
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an "undesirable citizen."
For those who have not been ac
customed to darning socks this ex
perience will be an illuminating task;
for after patriotically performing it
as they will workers will then be
In a position to enter upon a larger
sphere of usefulness at home. Right
ly considered Red Cross work aside
from Its eatlsfactlon of war needs
and aside rem ita vxnression of
trioiic devotion is nothing short of
an excellent-training for higher and
better standards of living.
Financial Matters Shaping Up.
But not only are there workroom
patriots plenty of, them within the
jurisdiction of thia chapter; there are
also , farmer patriots who by dona
tions of tobacco on the warehouse
floors are materially boosting the fi
nance of the chapter. Every , day
brings In handsome ' returns from
this source and these men and
many of the donors are women are
doing a big bit toward binding up
the bruised and broken-hearted and
brightening the dirk, spota where
now grim devastation Teigns.
-Last Saturday night a highly ap
preciated contribution in. the shape
of - about f7$ caroa into the : Red
CrOHs' treasury from Rev. Mr. . Lld-
dell'a evangelistic tent meeting.. Mr.
Liddell prefaced bis evening's ser
mon by an ; eloquent and compre
hensive appeal for the Red Cross and
earnestly commended Us wide scope
of humanitarian work. At its con
clusion it was evident that the Red
Cross spirit was substantially
strengthened among his hearers and
the response was Indeed good. . -.
u. s.
,(By the Uait Frwt) ;
Washington, Sept 9. The tor
pedoing of the Mount Vernon, ad
vices in regard to which show that
35 are dead though it was at flrBt
supposed the entire crew was saved,
s believed to have come out of Ger
many's desperation at the growing
menace of the American forces. It
is thought Germany ia about to
plunge intd ' a venturesome attempt
to
"get", American transports. r: ,
TALIAN FORCE IS
LANDED IN RUSSIA
, (By the United Press)
Rome, Sept 9. Italian troops
have arrived on the Murman coast
it is semi-offlcially announced.
Bsj Thrift Stezpj
TROOPSHIPS
St
Ganal
HAS FULL SHARE OF
MEETING THE TEST
Recognising, that the American
Red Cross today stands as the most
complete exponent of Americanism
a determined effort has been launch
ed tq enroll .every' true American
white and black under the sign of
the oross that thus Americanism may
f?o forth and "conquer the world. '
At the- head of this movement in
the local chapter la Rev. B. P, Smith.
Mr. Smith has the county well or
ganized with permanent committees
In each section whose aim it shall
be to make Red Croes members of
all Lenoir County folk. They are to
take the names as fast as they can
get them ' and issue memberships
holding good until January 1, 1920.
In other words members will be en
rolled now as ;of January 1. 1919.
and the weeks from now until that
date will be thrown In for good
measure. .
fcf finmiMAn Ta. tit . ' t '
Comradeship." .
Speaking of this great movement
President Wilson says, "I summon
yo 10 the comradeship." Last
year's Christmas drive resulted in
an enrollment that placed 22,000,000
Americans under the sign of the
cross. Thlsgreat enlistment most
be materially Enlarged. It can be
done. It raustbe . done. Let the lo
cal committee, work without "stint
or limit' and lot the people respond
to the presidential call! - .' i
: Registration
12th;
A
By
Governor
America has taken her place with
the Allies of humanity. Her ideals,
proclaimed by our President and
hailed by the civilized world as a
new charter of liberty, have been
hallowed and consecrated by the
blood of her sons shed on the sacred
soil of France, ; In order that these
ideals may be sustained and the prin
ciples of liberty and humanity which
we share with our Allies made se
cure, the full military man power of
the Nation le called to the colors. Un
challenged freedom is to be achieved
for the world by the unlimited pow
er of American manhood. ; ; , , .
. Declaring that we, "solemnly pur
pose a decisive victory of arms," the
President of the United States, by
virtue of authority imposed in him
by Congress, has by proclamation
called upon all men of America be
tween the ages of IS and 45, inclus
ive, to register on Thursday, the
12th day of September, .1918. On that
day all men who have reached their
18th birthday and have not reached
their 46th, birthday, are required to
register, unless they ar already
registered for military service. The
usual precinct voting places will be
the places of registration. The hours
for registration will be from 7 a. m.
to 9 p. Hk 4 t
North Carolina will not lag in the
performance of this duty. Nearly a
hundred thousand of her eons are
now in the service, and back of these
stands a loyal and united Common
wealth eager to serve. When the
first call for military registration was
made IS months ago, more than two
hundred thousand North Carolinians
registered for service. In the com
ing registration it is estimated that
260,000 men will register in thjs
State. In order to handle so large
a registration, more than 1,000 men
have cheerfully responded to the call
to serve as registrars In the various
precincts of th State. The propor
tion as well a the purpose of this
occasion challenges and compels the
loyal support and cooperation of
every citlten. ;
; Now therefore, I, Thomas Walter
Bickett, Governor of North Carolina,
do hereby call upon every man in the
State who has reached the age of
BULLETINS
(By the United rreee) ,
KAPLAN WOMAN. EXECUTED..
Zurich, Sept. 9. Dora Kaplan,
who shot and seriously Injured
Lenine, was executed Wednesday,
It was reported here today. -
GINNING REPORT., . ,, ,
: Washington, Sept 9. A cen
sus cotton: report aays 1,039,
620 bales were ginned from the
1918 crop to September 1.
PRINCE KILLED.
. London, Sept 9 According to
Hhe Cologne Gaaette Prince Fer
dinand of Hohonlehe haa bN'n
killed in action at the front
:'V i'-'Hy 'k'lSv 'ihssBsasssissisM '' '''
THE CASUALTIES, o,
Sunday, 24 J 21 killed In ac
tion. Corp. James B. Anderson,
Wilson, was severely wounded.
Corp. W. F. Jones, rJlunn,"was
wounded ; aeverely. , ; Private .
James I. ( Jenrett Ash, . was
pounded to degree undetermined.
Monday morning, 30427 ' kill
ed. Private Robert Collins, Hen
dersonville, was missing in ac-,
tion, Monday afternoon, 288
17 killed. Private Frederick P.
Vtn'vm, Genelss, waa wounded .
severely.. Lieut Barley B. Gas
ton, Lowell, was wounded to de
gree undetermined. Private
Robert J. Batson, . Vista. , was,
wounded to degree undetermined.
Private .John Midgett Lowland, l
was wounded to degree nndeter.
mined. '
(Monday's - breaks approximated
350,000 pounds, according to early
afternoon estimates. Itha guesses
were rough. , Prices appeared to be
ruling well, v ,
Day. Sept
Bickett
18, and has not reached the age of
40 on Thursday, ' September 12th,
1918, and who lias not heretofore
registered for military service, to
present himself on that day at his
voting precinct for registration in
accordance with the act of Congress
and the proclamation of the Presi
dent. I earnestly hope that not even
by mistake will any North Carolin
ian on this epoch-making day fall
to do his full duty.
, Upon the whole citizenry of the
State I also call for a proper recog
nition and observance of this day.
Let every civic, moral and religious
agency and Institution Join in mak
ing this a day in which full obedience
to the letter and spirit of the law
shall be at once a duty and a glory.
The press of the State, with Its usual
seat and loyalty, can render inval
uable assistance in getting fully and
clearly before all the people the pun
poses and requirements" of this reg
istration day. Preachers and church
leaders, teachers' and public officials
should count it a duty and a prlvl
.ege to help In making effective this
registration; and businessmen, em
ployers of ; labor, should offer every
facility for the registration of their
employees. Red Cross societies and
other women's organisations will be
able to perform innumerable ser
vices that will count In making the
day a success. : 1
It is our privilege as citizens of
the great State and Nation to partici
pate In the events of this day, which
historians will mark as epochal. May
the spirit of our boys at the front,
the flaming zeal of those who flaunt
democracy's bsnner In the face of
mankind's common foe, inspire all of
us to a glad performance of a glori
ous duty. ' ; -
. Done at our city of Raleigh, this
the 6th day of September, in the
year of oar Lord one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen, and in the one
hundred and forty-third year of our
American Independence. V
T. W. BICKE7TT,
" Governor.
(SEAL) ...
By the Governor: , '
" SANTFORp MARTIN,
: frhfale1 secretary. V,
Proclamation
FOR
TERM OF 1918-M9;
HERS
t
Three Additional on Force,
; Probable That Enroll-
ment Will Be Larger
Than Last Year's To
Work Tuesday N
Daily Free ! Press Sept 9)
The City Schools opened ' Monday
w?th an ; enrollnfent approximating
that at last year's opening. - The to
tal was not available.
A significant thing waa the en
rollment of an ' unusual number of
children from the country." The ru
ral precincts voted down last spring's
special tax election. ;
There are three additional teach
ers this year. ;
New teachers are Prof. John C
Boyd, Charlotte j Miss Virginia Leg
gett, Scotland -Neck; Miss Isabella
MacXenzie, Chadbourn. and Miss
Mary (Crandjard1, Iurham, ' High'
School; Miss Lenora Ketter, Grwer;
Miss Hallie Baklwin, Durham; Miss
Mamie Meeks, New Bern; Mias Eliza,
beth SheH, Henderson; Miss Ethel
Everette, Palmyra; Miss Nell John
son, Aberdeen; Miss Nellie ' Ray,
Franklin ton; Miss IMary Mackenzie,
Chadbourn; Miss Annie Laura Lang,
Farmville; Miss Julia Black, Carth
age; Miss Anna Pridgen, KinstonJ
Miss Jettie MUler; Miss. Angelyu
Alexander, Enfield; Miss Lucille Dix
on, Kinston; Miss Blanche Lancaster,
(Battleboro; Mrs. .Victor Fair, Lln
colnton, elementary. One or two f
these taught here in former years
and have returned after a lapse of
several years. i
Even, should there be no increase
In enrollment, and there probably
will be, the schools would benefit
from having more teachers, A:Thei
would be fewer pupils to the room,
Classes will fee started Tuesday.
The interior of the Lewi Building,
Peyton Avbnae, has been repainted
and presents a pleasing appearance;:
EAST CAROLINA FARMERS
PREPARING GROW WHEAT.
Eastern Carolina farmers are go
ing ahead with plans to grow suf
ficient wheat to bread themselves
next year. Inasmuch as Western
North Carolina already grows a
large acreage of wheat eastern far
mers will be looked to for most of
the Increase of 116,000 acres, which
Is 10 per cent, over last year,
Reports of the preparation i being
made for ' sowing wheat are dally
reaching the extension service. Dis
trict Agent It. W. Freeman of Wilson
says that much Interest is shown in
all eastern counties from Wilson to
Dare 1 and ' from ; Northampton to
Brunswick. County agents are busy
making arrangements : to ' provide
good seed wheat so that it will be
easily accessible to farmers. -
DRY ZONES AROUND
MINES AND PLANTS
Washington, Sept. 9. The House
today unanimously adopted the Kel
logg resolutions empowering j the
President to establish dry ; zones
around mines, shipyards and muni
tion plants. u
cohon
Futures quotations Monday were:
i Open.- Close
January ......... 33.74
34.00
83.77
83.40
34.72
IMarch S3.71
May . 83.69
October 34.35
December
3170 84.07
BAKER GOES ACROSS
SCHOOLS OPEN
P.IANY NEW TEAC
MM OF FOUR MILLION NEXT SIEMER
, . (Dy the United Press) : . ; '
Washington, Sept 9.- Secretary of War Baker's se
ond trip abroad i3 believed to mean improvement and
enlargement of the aero, medical and transportation ser
vices, with a view to carrying out, the plan to have an
army 01 4,000,000 m trance
TELLS THIS
CITY AND L'ORAfifiE
OF WHITE PROSPECT
SooK Whole, Nation'U Be
Like Snow, on the Map,
Says Superintendent
STUFF IS BILLY'S. ALLY
America Shortly ' to' ? top
Putting Wheat, Sugar,
Etc1., Into Jugs Into
Soldier's Haversacks In
stead, i ;
Rev, R. L. Davia, superintendent
of the North . Carolina . Anti-Saloon
League, spoke to Several hundred
persons representing . number " of
denominations- at the First Baptist
Church Sunday night : His general
subject was "Prohibition.? The con
gregation was large considering that
it was a rainy night." ' "
; Mr. Davis told of the progress of
prohibition in the Nation, and the
campaign , now , in progress to make
the entire United States complete
ly "dry." The superintendent waxed
enthusiastic. Thirty-six 'states muBt
ratify the proposed amendment and
Mr, Davis showed how one after an
other has joined the 'Vhite", army
until the end is even now in sight
Liquor Mr. Davia described as an
enemy within the Nation in ' this
time of war. - America is fighting
the Kaiser abroad and his ally at
home, he asserted. ,- j
On the platform were Rev, W. M.
Craig, pastor of the First Baptist
Church," who presided; Rev. M. H.
Tuttle; pastor of queen Street Meth
odist Church, and Rev.' B. P. Smith
of Gordon Street Christian- Church.
Scores of TWsctples; Methodist 'and
members of other chuches were in
the ' congregation'.' ; A collection,
amounting to a fair sum, waa taken.
Mrs. arl Boyd and Mrs. Dan. Quin-
erly sang a duet Miss Essie Which
ard of Greenville sang a solo. ; .
Sunday morning Mr. Davis spoke
at LaGrange, where he had a large
congregation. , . . '
,;; . : ; '"'J -; , f: 's :
TYPHOID PREVALENT "
, ,u IN STATE LAST MONTH.
Final reports from all counties of
the State to the State Board of
Health show a total of 1,249 cases of
typhoid fever in North- Carolina dur
ing the month of August This is an
increase of more" than 400 cases over
the record for July, and more than
double the number reported in June.
August Is the worst month ot the
year. . ( vv' fK??'--
The alarming prevalence " ot the -disease
In the State has resulted in
preventive measures being taken In '
a number of the counties. Anti-typhoid
vaccination campaigns - have ,
beeln Inaugurated during the month :
In 11 counties.' ' ' '
WEEKLY 'WEATHER ' FORECAST.
Issued by the Weather; Bureau
Washington, for the period Septem
ber 9 to September 14 inclusive: - '
,; For South Atlantic and East Gulf
States: Fair with return to normal
temperatures. . . K , ,
IH'roiMfOSES HGIIT
YlmVi YOU Potato ? I
'1 I .
1 til , 1
TO PREPARE FOR
early in the summer 01 m'J,
DAVIS
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