f
VOixXIX.No. iC3
KmsTON, n. (k SAiuniMy, sept:::
::: n, isisi
I :u ..!A .j L'. y..:lJ:Jjij. L ......
iw 3z immmiate uoiem
mum unar ommanaeiijim i"
. i urn
. I I F L I I '
i
1
J;
Assric: s AteceSsTeraI -KLfor.clers':n Ccmparatively Narrow! Frcct Pc2ss As
sictr ;ca Pctb Flanks Great Gere; Fortress Will Test tlett of. Expeditionary
t Fcrc: UisdStatesOwn BaUlsr-f'anderrm-Chief Khse! Directs Eftcrt
Ehi;, t Rc-te to Gernany's K-istriJ Centers Villages Take) ar.d Enlhsiastic
1 .
s Apparently Are Bent ca ueaking Thrcsgh Ten!, V here a Great Many
5
Frontier first
itlsh Conduct Sac-
by A:
'.-crctc-r;
.. of St. i.
tanks d.
screen.
r.V::: :s Jfavellcbilizcd, Base for fampaiga Front Fellows
. Am:? 1 cads Off Tanks b Action VtServ Ccncentratioa I
ceccf:' "'insr Operations to North f ch Gives Retreating Foe p Rest; One Great
: E;'3j :r2 04 Another is Starting-Ho '.Lcrrarae All Eyes Llave Been Turned
V fcr II lbs Ilay Be the . Great Heurjat Last
1 M (E'y tho United tres8) Ji . '
; In t e drive with the Americans pn " the " Metz
J Front,' 'ept 12. The Americans and French also at-;
'tacked 'a-i the Western side of ' St U. Mel today and I
" are put' ing the enemy back iathe rer on of Presnes. ,
northe: ) base of the salient. This 'Action is on a
frcri c 12 kilenseters, ' The French 1 :e on the peak
cf t!:o !!cnt, kecr'r;? pace with l!:e Americans
cans aided in smashing th powerful con
. forced first line of.the enenti in the region
aussant, 12 miles east of St Mihiel. fThe,i J
jve forward at sunrise behind a dense smoke
The town of Montsec, ; sever.? miles east of :
. St.. Jihy 1, was kept shrouded in smce all morning 1 ;
lo prevc t German observation. The feather is ideal
; ' for th pensive. The Allies have complete suprem- ,
acy in i 2 air. " ; ; ; -
Londo j Sept, 12.An; American off (jisive was begun
on the Me, se and Moselle at 5 this morning. This region
, is on the i put front before the impoint fortress of
. MetztaX Jrmari Lorraine, a point wheie the American
concentrat pn has been on for months. the American
"'line is wit Jin two or three miles of theGerman bprder
and ' at so ie points actually touches1 th ; Lorraine luxe,
The battle front is aDDroximately 15 miles from'Metz;
The Amer ban objective; Metz, is a poingat which it has
tbeen pred ted the Americans might strile a blow aimed
to drive tc Vard the Khine, this being thl shortest route
tQ'the gre f industrial valley.
The at ack'is beincr carrif
under diri command of General Persl,ing, the French
assisting jward the right and left. Ten villages have
been capt red. The Americans .have advanced several
' kilometen )n a 15-kilometer front (about CO miles), Tanks
are in act' n. The greatest numbers of -American troops
uuu uxuxjl y yet onvoivea m a simiie or erauuu are ai'
c v r
mil inn ti:,;e
Etoeton, I Sept.l 12. The - Boston
Afflsricansf took j the- sixth game of
the world',' writ i from the Chicago
Nationals .We "i estorday - afternoon.
It was thCJourt:v VKtory for the Red
Sox. Thl" score waa 2 to 1, Tho
game mai ed th gliehingf o profes
sional fca: ball )r the j duration of
the war, 2sMays ' pitched for Boston,
and Tyle- aml,. I pndxf of Chicago.
The-tte lance vis 'little, more than
JIS.OOQ. tjFive"' t ines the Sox have
been wottl's eh npions, s ,,
cc mm
Hi to Register
.
'Jll SERVICE
Ketwccn
3,5 ) and ,4,000
in Dcmocr cy's : New ,
. , Leg! ns ; ' ..
MX
1:11
I" 3.
i 1 ! -
FEU FLAGS
Kinston Reg
FLY HERE
trants
gaged in
FRENCH
STATEMKN1
, Paris, Sei
Ailette a su
French todaj
ers. In the
Frosnes ther
In the Chan
surprise enen
ed, the war -
, BRITISU '
ADVANCE J
London, Sc
and Vendeltei
ID
Tiiio I.
trc-!; Fr
FlcycJ in
fere Fr:
to th? p
'tl:zn r.-
f:rocr
r --..1
i ...
If
attack.
12. flrorth of the
rise , attack by the
aptured some prison
ffion of Rheims and
vas artillery activity,
gne and Vosges two
I attacks "were repul
"ice announced.
POINTS. . '
12. Ittillv.
orthwest of St. Quen-
tin, have been captured by the Brit
ish, General Kiig reported today.
"We crossed 1 e Canal Du Nord,
northwest of Eavrincourt and estab
lished ourselves; to the west bank of
the canal east ail north of Meouvrea,
During the nig it we attacked and
capture4 a atrot ;ly fortified position
known as a ra ray triangle south
west of LaBass ), taking a' number
of prisoners and machineguns."
JOCKEYING l ; . .
FOR POSITION, j
London, Sept. 1 J. Determined Ger-
lEGISlMlOU IIEflE : EFFECT
ti(; EfJFLOYES TO f cT
J , (Daily - Free Press Sept. 1:
r registration here will go L.
iy. ; It i3 Lr.rjir.tcnt uj:cn c
instcn to procure a card frc
nfcht. Every employer r:
o the number cf men he er
2 will begin this wc to tc
Irrsmcdiat "bfoseci:
enrr-ye to register with I.;
! e re; ::t. Heavy rcr.-!li
;;c3 cf IS cr.J Zj ere :
Cuect at day
T person cm
the police be
- secure cards
'ys. Reports
net later
n will fellow
c!?ye cr cn
; are rrcviJjJ.
. , .
man resii ance is taking - the lorra
of sharp I counter-attacks at certain
points. Itiji assaults on positions
before th Hindenburg line are re
ported inlvar office statements, The
fighting. only light,' sharing' with
manoueverng for position, as ' com
pared wit J the heavy battles of the
The Br "ish are still pushing for
ward, rep lsing enemy attacks west
of Gouxea tcourt,' while on the Cam-. J
braf f""' ' f"frmftn nrtillnrt' ii fe.-
veioping uiuvi-uule activity, Oenl
eral Haig. loday said, Ifi Flanders '
the Britis.1 have ' further improved (
their positf ' ns. '. (At JLaffaux and Cel- j
les-Snr-Ai! je- Jtlhe Allies,- including I
Americansf ii menfilce Cheman-Doa
Domes n(Hthe enemy's Aisne River
oa.itions Horn the iwesteSrn flank.
t . - ,
Fanners'1 .re Gviag ,
: Ubc aHy to Red '
I rcss Tobacco Fund
1 j.
.The tobaRo farmers who have sold
their prodilt on the Kinston market
1 91-3 , . a. . .1 tA.. V 1
nave respt juea most jcreuimuiy ui
the appeal fr the Red Cross, accord
ing to Cha man E. V. Webb of the
Red Cross Committee of the Tobac
60, Board o Trade. ,, He is very hope
ful that tl full amount set as the
goal for tj'is fund will-br realized
(Mr. We has had some inquiries
from farmed 'of - adjoining counties
about giu.jg through their local
Red Cross fommittees. He authorises-the
( Jement that any farmer
who tring his tobacco here can by
telling th 'warehouseman that he
wants the oceeds from W P'lo con
tributed tof .he Red Cross to go to
his county f pmmittee have such dis
position mf e of, the money. The
contributor' limply, has to designate
through wh jn he wishes the contri
bution to pa f and it will be so handl
ed. ' '
j , !j
TELLING 1 1 TO BILL;
WE'RE V DMING TO GET
Y 4UR WILLIAM GOAT.
' "One-eighf $ four-fivq!" the fire
alarm whis s ... at the municipal
electric, plan? ; said early Thursday
morning. ' f blasts, repeated over
and over, liered in Registration
Day.', "Eigt een, 45!" the whistle
sounded, anf t was a siren's ' dirge
for Kultur. 5 v ; : ,
. . , ; , -. - -
Ranis Dc: is This;
0;
frails Mzzr lU
St Paul, S
to be the Ka'
emit has en I
ia Jafes He
farmer from
"I want to
of Potsdam,
home town.'
bad scented
and met lo.
t. 1L Tears are soon
r's due. A strong .re
ed in the marines. He
ert Onions, a young
"arden City, la.
ve WiThelm, the pirate
gcod whiff from my
&id Onions after re
r-r, k fight';-? r
'( ?y the United Press)
THE CA UALTIES.
r- : m f , 1 . ,
inu may ajiormng,
killed. Corp. ITenfy A. Moore,
CharK te. waswounded severely.
Privad s Way cr -U F 3. Burnett,
Chamr on, N. -i Tom B. Clialm-.
era, R cigh, af 1 John W, Moody,
Harvii N. '., were wounded
Ffivori ', T' vday-i afternoon,
Boone, pray, N,3D was wound-
t ed sev ely. Private John nartifl, ,
North! Charlotte, , was wounded
severe i ' ; , .
WANTS FREIGHT RAISE.
- Waf tngton, r Sept.; 12. The
, Atlant t Coast Line has filed an
-applic Jon with the T Interstate
Commr-e Commission for In-
crease freight rates on petrole-
um . d petroleum, products.
The ti I sought is 1-2 cents a :
hnudr f pounds over the rate in
- effect Jay 25. It affects traffic
. betw Virginia cities and rail -and
rif T points in North Caro
Una.; J ( f . - . i
WORST j 3 OVER.
, Mart ester,s Sept'12.-Preficr
' Lloyd J porge declared here to-
; day lb t the "worst Is over. The r
hews I s definitely good really
good. Jlie tunnel is long and
there I re some steep ' gradients
still to e climbed, but it is get.
ting sE irter." He added that the
' casual s in the late advance '
were I 's than one-fifth the total
suffer' 'in the advance of 1916.
V. ; ..
PINK I ZL HIGH SCHOOL
Hol lay
ous But. Perfectly
ins
Frills Mor
Eliibles ,
Sen-Will-
Without
Than 3,500
- TAHwecn -' 3,500 j hd 4,000' Lenoir
County men betw? tho ages -of 18
and AT, excluding ose who register
ed in previous rcjrf ti-ation and those
who volunteered f .V armed service,
enrolled Thursda for ' possible in
duction into the i. my, navy or, Mai
rine Corps. It is .fe to assume that
a large per cent, t .them will be call
ed, since few pora is seriously antici
pate such a silts .ion in Europe as
Will
next
dispense wif
year, ' The.
"o t the trainir
the draft beforo
irst of them will
camps in Oct 1 -r.
Na GccJ-Lc:'
.Has H:r;
' ' ' "Fxar.: :
"The Americans
to whip ther Huns
and that quickly, :
Drew S. Harper,
man in France. ','1 1
to have a long-drs
assorts in letters t
tenant Harper-was .
geon before jhe wen'
he finds delight in
boasta of th Frencl
well bred,-and we i;
1,000 pounds,' lie f
average fairm fcbr
will barely weigh ' 1,
cattle of th French
small horses, he fin-
(French and Belg.
American f;rmer in
ing and Jn jlivestocl.
here do not know.
fertilizer- is' -The
farmer , till i froi
acres, xiuves more '
nnimals ,"c;in't .hf
has seen none of i
whom other s6W!'
e a.l,n'its"t1iat
P"
I!:r::s
e either going
pet whipped,"
;rAi to Lieut','
Ci'roi'o County
. iire not going
i out war," ho
relative. Lieu-
-W.'i'i; u-y sur-
t 1 v, t, and
I...; t' e farm
. ! . i-s are
r. aiit 1,(500, t
while - the
"Ink home"
i I'liun-In. The
i 1 ,!'Ke' 9
Tlie I'Dglish,
; i-: s the
. " i f furm
- f iniiers
t it. su I'rcial
. ,1'nch
to eight
"heir.'
pper
of
,h
('
10.'
" ('iily Free ,1
Thurs.l.iy wi ie h:i
naires tcgetlier wi
quest innnnirvs w
turnt-,1 to t'.e 1
setcn.d.iy m
That is to sy, t'
turning tho qw.
IFriu. y, Scptoml
Letr.,1, Advisory .
; T: ,.l.o:i, 1 "i
Stat. . ,
H-!pt. 12)
Lenoir , C,ounty
iod ihcir quostion- -i
their canls.' The
i have to be re-,
al board '"withipi
ie clay of receipt,
lu test .day fjor re
ionnaires twill bo
20," Mates tha
nrd.-' -
os . the following
t
,"T''n r.liing on of these question- '
naires will ho a ' sk of great magni
tude, ami the L' al Advisory Board
earrii !y roiju. j each r registrant
who is t.Lli! to i! o ta x;tmin care
fully his, (jnr l.t, mire and if ho can
to f.ll tlm s i" ut himself, If ev
eryone w:i do t : who .can, then it
is the hopn i f i e board t6 be able
to a.wist every. needing assistanca .
durir.t the s vc days allotted
"l. oivl.T U accommodate those
reentrants wlx- are not -able to fill
out t iiir um quest ionnaires tho'
brd henby ( --.ignates.- the follow-
in; d ;.ys .win i ia services of those
h ' rt.-r-r... 1 will be . avlviluhla 1
to '' "i ' . r assistance: '
1 , r..- .,ber 3. ' I-''-
' . . icmlior 14. A . :
nbfT 15.' -''
iihc
17.
VS FOR "TERM JtfONDAY.
ak Hill State High School
L' Monday.' The faculty in-
. n J tt , .
The I
will ope
eludes I iss rearl ilollaway, prin
cipal, wiy is a graduate of the State
Normal f ollege at Greensboro and
has . hadj "Several years experience
teaching" JMiss Kathljeen - Jones - of
Gulf port! Miss., a graduate of the
Mississirt l State Normal College at
Jackson; I iss Lola Outland of Wood
land, wh will have charge ' of the
primary j fades, and Miss Morris of
Rocky - unt, music director,? Pa
trons arq )eing urged by the school
officials 1 1 enroll their children as
eany as-, possioie, vne cay loss
can . neve! . be regained,",, they point
out, and
one shou
Uon. klt, was kej
chants and fac
ness . was , trans'
market was clol
demonstration.
were visible on
.tci o by jnany inor
ies. ;J Little hml
ted. .The tobacco
.1. Tliere was na
(Only three ' flags
AiiAnn , Rtroftf and
one of these the ovrrnment required
to be flown atf ho postoffice. ( At
many points in t( i: country the regis
trants paraded lad there were pa
triotic band coferts and big dis
play s of the- A lerican and Allied
colors.
Perfectly WHHn
But while Lei
"kick-up" patr,
patriotism was
;r County did not
jcally, ;the Are of
rrning in thousands
of nondemonstif pive hearts. : Cast
ing aside, the! ftmouflage, ".Lenoir
County has exl eded the j .task set
for it in every ( 'Jtxt movement,
,.The ' War Dtjartmenfc : sayr the
county's totalj ;fo.bet available Fri-
aay, snouw m yween a.zuv ana a,
300. All local t timates place: the
number hundrekVhigher. '
AH Degrees anf 'Shadea. ; ;
At the Courts s use and the Eagle
Warehouse , herf A; and at polling
places througho fthe county , Thurs
day rich men,, p .men, white . mon,
black men rubbl elbows and offer-
ed their brains 4 bodies to Ameri
ca, not ' as cani n rodder But as
prospective cmsl.ers ready to "ven-i
ture forth to SfV civilisation and
avenge the wonj? and children of
v ranee, wno a -pretty mucn me
same women an ,'hudren aa Lenoir
County's own. 1
if ii i Sir k i .i.i, ' : .'-
FIFTEEN DOC"
4
RS-
10LATED LAWS.
The State Boaf ,of Health during
August caused I e indictment and
Drosecution of 15 f orth Carolina phy-i
sicians because I f violation of ithe
State laws. One! failed to report a
is Is a time "when everv-l birth and the ttl fe 14 failed to re-
( strive for aa education."! port communicabli diseases. '
Sail Mm Line ;WLl Run
Illi, 11
An
iterp tc V-i.ietz
(By the United Press)
Paris A Sept.' 12. The Germans are co
new Une of defense freni Antwerp to Metz,
advices j day. The forts at Antwerp are 1
and.imu Jve'd. Completed, the new defend
know ; as tht Parr .if al I;ne a line of
3 middle! IM-;: to Ilctz, ipo:
T, o 1"
aci
(,'crr.
to
structing a
according to
:ncr restored
system will
fer."2 run--.1
fortress
by N
war as it is y o i 01 i.
his" next thought is, 5 "Show mo the
place and let m ife in the game."
Hi: ''impressions hav changedt ma
terially." . The people1 '"call a spade
a spaieahd are fraslb; about every
thing. f Wej expect t see the PresU
dent of France here rp is artonio.m,
and as this will he meet unusual- for
most of as i we are Voicing forward
to his coming with ml.ch interest"
Farmers ito Ben:3 , ,
i"' I? ' ' "V -!'
cw ACTc:aem;
Ccttdfrecd Prices
; (' k- : ,
The Food Administfntion at Ral
eigh and th State Cqttf nseed Crush
ers' Association have entered into an
agreement by which farmers will be
paid 'the carlot rate Ir cottonseed
when lots o 10 .tons camera are de
Kvered; by contract .wfthiii a period
of five days, Pooling If farmers will
be encouraged. s . The jarlot rate; is
$3 per ton, higher than the wagon
rate. 1 When farmers cirry seed to
mills instead of to rail , stations they
wfll be paid the Jreigh thus ? saved
except in cases wher; Us mill is near
er than. a sUUon.''-.vf''vV.'; ;,';''; 'j-
sist .n-fcl ...
questionnaires i t s. u- r
townships, at ia tespective
designated: ' ; i
"City of I
Township Tin'
From 10 a. m
jiectivo
places .
nston and Kinston
Courthouse. Time:
to 1 p. m. and from
2 p. m. to 5 J !. m', (The names of
those who wij fill in: the question,
naires will be 'lublished later.)
Moseley 1 ill Township Place,
K. E. Suttoni' office at LaGrange.
K. E. Sutton, .airman, C. P. Har
row, Geo. L. 1 iylor, B. C. Creech, J.
F. Peele, D.j i. M. Fields, D. W.
Wood, R. M. I irper, Jno. P. Walters,
Floyd., BamU-f J. W. Stanton, Fred
Isler, Ralph I nsey, E. B. Wooten. '
"Pink Hillj Township -Place, Wil-lard-Sraith
CT jipany'8 store. G. S.
jman; Thad. Turner,
usee J-Smith, L. P,
Willard.-chii
Ivey -SmitJh,
Tyndall.
"Institute "ownship Place, Tan
W. Taylor's 1 'xre. . Dart W. Taylor,
chairman; L' t W. Brothers, 'A. T.
Dawson, H. ,T. Pate,. Will ' Gray,
HughBryane, ' j1-',,.'
; Contentnea? f Neck t Township
Place, J. R. I ields' residence. J. R.
JF!(is, chab ant Stephen Gilbert,
J. E. Camero, '
"Vance T Wnship-riace," J. IL
Mewborne's I ore . J. H. Mewborne,
chairman; f T. Harper, Carr Carra
way, WilliaW .Kilpatrick,
; '"Trent T wnship Place, Oscar
Hardy's rei lence. Oscar Hardy,
chairman; II W. Davis, J.' G. Whit-
. (Conti? cl on page three)
3,(30 SOLDIERS if yPEDViIIEN
TORPEDO Si RUCK XRQQP.SIiP; BfACHED
(By the UnrUi Press)
Washington, Sept. ; 12. Twenty-
eight hundred Ameru' n soldiers went
down the sides of t transport Per
sic by means of rop i to the decks of
waiting destroyers ,i ' en the ship was
torpedoed 200 mile from the British
coast September C. Not a man was
lost, it is report
which struck in t
engineroom, failed
anyone. .
The troopship
though it seemed i
was doomed. '.
The torpedo
vicinity of the
o kill or injure
is beached, al
a time that she
-T c
The Persic, in i
troulle and la,
trouMe repaired,
speeding to rejrai
t1 . tfir;'. ' i can'i'.
tl to t'.J d. 1.3 i.
oy, had engine
1 behind. T'.e
tran -rt was
o c v v 1 -i
' i
ship. - Admi ible discipline., was ex
hibited.' - Tt 1 sea was comparatively
. . B T
smootn.
l Sit 11
Baw 1 s
j.wa it
Probably
A depth?
for the
they saw
of the i
it. , Officer
destroyed, f
In Englan
(The resc
rest camp
Departmer
Washinp
marine w!
troopsh;i
i board v i
the Hun.
mb probably, accounted!
narine. Many men say
craft leap almost rat
when the bomb- struck
arefconildent.it waa
1 men were taken to a
1 England..
Reticent.
, Sept. 12. The s-.b-
i torpedoed tha Erithh
rsic w'!.h, A'-Tii :it