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- x "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEJ&IS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT r THE ' MON JOURNA PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.23. No. 102. MONROE, N.O, FRIDAY, FEBFUARY 1, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. ROE EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS FLOUR TO BE RETURNED TO MERCHANTS. The Redistribution Plan Among Neighbors No Longer Permitted No Flour Can Be Sold Unlewt Equal Amount of Other Cereals Bought Mr. Griffin to Go to Ral eigh to Attend Meeting of Food Administration. All flour In excess of one barrel bought since September 1 must be re turned to the merchant from whom it was purchased. Is the latest ruling cotulnjj from County Food Adminis trator Lee Griffin. Heretofore, when large holdings have been discovered, Mr. Griffin has been ordering the owner to distribute It among . his neighbors as they needed It, but new instruction from the Food Adminis tration orders this to be stopped, and the flour returned to merchants. . This ruling must be obeyed to the letter, states the County Food Ad ministrator. No matter what dispo sition was ordered made in the past, new orders change the situation en tirely. If a man has 100 sacks of flour, or any amount in excess of one barrel, it must be returned to the merchant, who will refund the mon ey paid for it in full. Hoover's Monday orders, which provide that no flour be sold unless the purchaser buys an equal amount of corn meal or cereals, must be obeyed In Union county, orders Mr. firiffln. A telecram received from State Fod Administrator Page yes terday morning said mat exception could be made to the ruling, but this message was followed later by a cor rection sating that the order must be obeyed to the fullest extent. The or der reads: "Lee Griffin, "Food Administrator, "Monroe. N. C. "Notify all merchants through your local papers that no exceptions can be made to the new Food Ad ministration ruling; forbidding the sale of wheat flour except in eombl nation with equal amounts of other cereals, including corn meal, hominy, grits, oat meal, rice, barley flour, ea ible wheat shorts, middlings, corn flour, corn starch, and soy bean flour, 'HENRY A. PAGE." GOES TO RALEIGH A telegram was received this morn ing by Mr. Griffin requesting him to meet with other Food Administrators in Raleigh. Wednesday, Feb. 6. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss plans whereby food production can be further stimulated, ana more con servatton practiced. Mr. Griffin will attend. Ocasional violations of food laws are still reported, but before Mr Griffin can get into action the viola tors run to shelter. A party was in town recently to report that a neigh bor. who had twenty sacks of flour, and claimed to be a merchant, re fused to let him have a barrel. The Food Administrator promptly ordered the man to go back and tell the would-be merchant that If he refused to let him have flour, he (Mr. Griffin) would promptly confiscate the entire lot of twenty sacks. In a few hours the man reported back that he got his flour. This pretended-merchant will have to dispose of the remaining . eight barrels. Mr. Griffin is kept busy answering questions about the food laws, and countless numbers of merchants call every day by telephone from a dis tance. All express a willingness to aid in the Food Conservation pro gram, and make it a point to get a ruling from Mr. Griffin before they make any transaction looking the least bit shady. The order regarding the sale of flour in the future means in many cases that families will substitute corn. Rural residents, having plenty of corn on hand, will of course not care to purchase additional supplies along with the flour. Rather than ao this, it Is aid. they won't buy at all. But this, It is claimed, was the situa tion that it was hoped the order 'would bring about. PRESIDENT WILSON SENDS MESSAGE TO THE FARMERS Thin Year Must Determine the Wur, the Chief Executive Says, and Culls Upon Agriculturists to Aid. Washington, Jan. 81. President Wilson, in a message to the farmers of the country, said: "I need not tell you, for I am sure vnn realize as keenly as I do. that we are as a nation in the presence of a great task which demands supreme axriAi-n and endAavor of every ODe of us. .We can give everything that is needed wttn me greater wimng dmi and even satisfaction, because the object of the war in which we are engaged is tne greatest mat nee men have ever undertaken. It Is to Ik, Ufa nt the wnrld from be ing determined and the fortunes of men everywhere . anectea oy smaii mnM nf military masters who seek givuya v - v - their own interest and the selfish do minion throughout the world of the governments they unhappily for the moment control, lou win noi neea to be convinced that It was necessary for us as a free people to take part tn th war. . The rulera of Germany had sought to exercise their nnwer in such a war as to shut off ah Aiinllnm ( Ufa an far aa our inter course with Europe waa concerned, and to confine our people within the western hemisphere while they ac complished purposes which they have permanently iznpairea ana imjioueu every process of our national life and have put the fortunes of America at the mercy of the imperial govern ment of Germany. This was no threat. It has become a reality. Their hand of violence had been laid upon our own people and our own proper ty in flagrant violation not only of Justice but of the well-recognized and long standing covenants of interna tional law and treaty. We are fight ing, therefore, as truly for the liber ty and self-government of the United States as if the war of our own revo lution had to be fought over again; and every man in every business in the United States must know by this time that his whole future fortune lies In the balance. Our national life and our whole economic development will pass under the sinister Influences of foreign control if we do not win. We must win, therefore, and we shall win. I need not ask you to pledge your lives and fortunes with those of the rest of the nation to the accom plishments of that great end. "You will realize, as I think states men on both sides of the water real ize, that the culminating crisis of the struggle has come and that the achievements of this year on the one side or the other must determine the issue. It has turned out that the forces that fight for freedom de pend upon us In an extraordinary and unexpected degree for sustenance, for the supply of the materials by which men are to live and to fight, and it will be our glory when the war Is over that we have supplied those materials and supplied them abundantly, and it will be all the more glory because in supplying them we have made our supreme ef fort and sacrifice. "In the field of agriculture we have agencies and instrumentalities, fortunately, such as no other gov ernment In the world can show. The deoartment of agriculture is un doubtedly the greatest practical and scientific organization in the world. The banking legislation of the last two or three years has given the far mers access to the great lendable cap ital of the country . Both by direct purchases of nitrates and by the establishment of plants to pro duce nitrates, the government is do ing Its utmost to assist in the proo leni of fertilization. The department of agriculture and other agencies are actively assisting the farmers to lo cate, safeguard, and secure at cost an adeauate supply of Bound seed. The department has $2,500,000 available for tbli purpose, now ana has asked the congress for $6,000,- 1)00 more. "The labor problem Is one of great difficulty and Borne of the best agen cies of the nation are addressing themselves to the task of solving It, so far as it is possible to solve It. "And let me say that the stimula tion of the agencies I have enumera ted has been responded to by tne farmers in splendid fashion. Last s-nring their Dlantlng exceeded by 12 000.000 acres the largest planting oi any previous year, and the yields from the crops were record-breaking vlelds. In the fall of 1917 a wheat acreage of 42,17U,uuu was pianieu, which was one million larger man for any preceding year, three mil lions greater than the next largest and seven millions greater than the nrpredlnir five-year average. "But 1 ought to say to you that It la not only necessary that mese achievements should be repeated, but that they should be exceeded. "I will not appeal to you to con tinue and renew and Increase your efforts. I do not believe that Is is necessary for me to do so. I believe that you will do it without any word or appeal from me, because you un derstand as well as 1 ao tne neeas ana opportunities of this great hour when the fortunes of mankind everywhere seem about to be determined ana when America has the greatest op Dortunlty she has ever had to make good her own freedom and in mak ing it good to lend a neiping nanu to men struggling for their freedom everywhere. You remember that it was farmers from whom came the first shots at Lexington, that set aflame the revolution that made America free. I hope and believe that the farmers of America will wllllngiy and conspicuously stand by to wn thi war also. The foresight, the self-sacrifice, and devotion of the far mers of America will, I believe, bring to a triumphant conclusion this great last war for the emancipation of men from the control of arbitrary govern ment and the selfishness of class leg iBlation and control, and then, when the end has come, we may look each other In the face and be glad that we are Americans and have the pri vilege to play such a part." Exemption Refused. Samuel Horowitz, who wanted an exemption from military service upon the ground that he is a vegetarian, aM that the officials of his local board had told him that he wouldn't have to "eat the Germans," but "fight them." Isaac T. Flatto, chairman' of lha onmmittee tn which his PPeal was referred, found this answer of the local officials oulte fair and rec ommended that it be affirmed. New York Evening Sun. A spinster who Bays that she Is glad of it may make everyooay oe- lieve It but herself. , You might almost suspect that Cu pid carries household furiture as a side line. , Tha hero rldea about the country In a boxcar while waiting for his ship to arrive. BUY WAR EATINGS 8TAMP3. SPIKED OYSTERS! GOON, MAN, WHO EVER HEARD pi All That Talk About the Farmers Un ion Stew Arouses Suspicion In the, Mind of Our Correspondent. Correspondence of The Journal. Wingate. January 31. Our people are taking the wheatiess and meat less days pretty well. We- do not know how many of them are observ ing them, but from what we can learn several are trying their beat to do what Mr. Hoover wants us to. Hon. H. L. Laughbaum spoke here last night. The bad weather kept many away from the speaking, but several went despite the rain and mud. Mr. Laughbaum is from Okla homa, a noted lawyer, and one of the strongest prohibitionists In the coun try. He claims that we are not econ omizing as we should. The country is full of German brewers who use malt, which is made of barley, grits, rice, sugar, and syrup by the ton. I think his contention is right Why allow such an industry in our own land. Why call upon people to econ omize when so much good food stuff is being wasted in the manufacture of beers? It is nonsense indeed. Let every honorable citizen sign a peti tion and send it right into Washing ton to Wood row Wilson to cut out this beer business. Mrs. Marshall Stewart is sick this week. She has been unwell for sev eral days. Mr. W. P. Griffin is very sick now. He has some kind of disease similar to erysipelas. We hope that he may soon be out again. Mrs. Carroll was called to Freder icksburg, Va., yesterday on account of her sister being sick. We hope that she may find her better when she arrives. Mrs. B. Y. Tyner is the one she went to visit. Mr. J. L. Hartsell of Concord visit ed his father. Mr. Jonah Hartsell, Monday evening. Mr. Hartsell is one of the leading stockholders in tne Young-Hartsell Mill at Concord. Mr. Rufus Huneycutt missed a siae of pork the other night. He is not sure as to the thief. It may have been dne. or it may have been a man. Mrs. Collie Meigs and ner litue girl. Dorothy, have a full fledged case of the measels. They are getting on nrettv well, and seem to be over the worst of it. The country Is full of measles now. Mr. Brady Gaddy is all smiles now, and It la quite a question as to wheth er Jia woulcU shave- a,-inow-Tr-not. He Is a little independent mese aays. For the first time in all of his extend ed life he is called papa. A new girl arrived at his house Monday. Artls Smith, one of our school boys here from Stanly county, was caiiea home vesterday to attend the funeral of his brother. Lawrence, wno aiea at Camp Sevier last Monday. This is one of the saddest things we nave learned lately. Mr. George Smith, the father of these boys, raised a large family and this Is the first one to die. We expected to auena me funeral, but could not on account of the bad weather. The mother of this hov is a daughter of the late Garri son Blggers of this county, and is a first cousin of our townsman, Mr. J. Rlprprs. so much has been said about the oyster stew the Farmers Union boys had here that we are geiung a mm suspicious about the thing. We did nnt know of it until we found out by reading the Marshville Home. Uncle Zeb keeps on the Job sure to find out things we did not know and yet they took place right at us. Well, this much we have to Bay: If there is an other stew and they do not let us know it in time to prepare to go, we intend to raise a row about it suie These oysters that the Farmers Union folks have are an extra Kinu suic T7nM 7.eh savs that one fellow down about Gilboa carried an extra bowl about three miles to be sure that be nn hia nort. Kow. there must be anmpthlnir more than mere oysters or the boys would not be so anxious about them. Say boys, was there any thing in it but soup? Are you sure that it is not spiked with something? Well, you had better let us know ahmit thA next one. or well, we will not say. Glenalpine. BUFORD MAN CAUGHT WITH WHISKEY IN COLUMBIA, 8. C E. It. Griffin, Coming Home From Florida with a Little Joy-Ktller in Possession, Nabbed by Uncle Sam's Officers. Being down in Florida, where the saloons are open every day, Mr. b. it. Griffin of Buiord township, decided to bring back a little whiskey for his own ennsumntlon. He managed to get clear of Florida points, but Fed eral officers nabbed him Monday in Columbia. He was given a hearing before a United States commissioner a short while after his apprehenslon, and was bound over to the next term of South Carolina court, which con venes the first of next May, under a $300 bond. Mr. Griffin, like a number of other Union county people have done In re cent weeks, was bringing the whiskey here for his own use probably being under the impression that it was not unlawful to carry it from one State into another on his person. The amount of whiskey Mr. Griffin had was not learned. The Columbia United States com missioner wired Esq. M. L. Flow, who is United States commlsloner for this county, to arrange for Mr. Griffin's bond. This was very readily done. No amount Is too small Thrift Cardi care for all! Buy War-Saving Stamps! i . . . : WANT HOGS BACK TO BEAT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING Petition Going the Rounds to Help Poor Folks Meet High Pork Prices By Being Allowed to Raise 11gs. Shall the hogs be allowed to re turn? That's the question the Alder men will be called upon to decide Monday night it Frank Hill persists in pushing the issue. Already nearly a hundred citizens have signed for the hog, and before Monday the num ber Is expected to be considerably in creased. High price meat is the argument used to gain signers for the hog peti tion. These be war times, Mr. Hill argues, and poor folks can't stand the pressure unless Borne form of relief is In sight. He believes if the city fathers will let down the bars most families will raise one or two pork ers, which would about supply them with meat and lard for the year. Mr. R. A. Morrow heads the list on the hog-return petition. Dr. H. D. Stewart, who has always been a greac stickler for sanitary and good health conditions, hesitated not to sign the petition, thus giving it the appearance of being sanctioned by the guardians of our physical selves. No preachers have signed, but the omission might be traced to the daddy of the move ment, who probably feels that they would not care to take sides on such an issue. Mr. Lee Griffin, the county food ad ministrator, signed for the hogs be cause he Is Interested in increasing food production. There is going to be the greatest shortage of meat and lard this summer America has ever known, he declared. People by rais ing hogs would be performing a pa triotic service. Uncle Sam Is crying for meat for himself and his allies. The hog isn't such a dirty animal, claims the Food Administrator. Its pen doesn't breed flies, which is some thing that can't be said for horses. Not a single disease, according to Mr. Griffin, is traceable to the hog! The odor coming from the pen is the only tblng to be said against the Swine. ; OPPOSITION DEVELOPING The hogs won't come back without a fight, however. Opposition has al ready developed, and there Is talk or circulating a petition opposing the demands for their return. Several Aldermen are said to be bitterly against revoking the hog ordinance, fcM. fxotn . .report- the- fnshave -. slight lead in the votes. A doctor is quoted as saying we had just as well have the Germans here as to bring the hogs back. Another M. D. bitter ly rejects the Idea, stating that we had better be getting rid of some oth er nuisance instead of bringing back another one to add to the sum total. The supporters of the movement couldn't have secured a better time to "pull it over." The weather is so bad that meetings of the Woman's club, and other civic societies cannot be held. These organizations, especi ally the Woman's club, are certain to protest. They would probably rather banish hog meat from their tables than again put up with the unsightly pens and bad odors. THE PETITION AND SIGNERS The petition being circulated reads: "Whereas, in former times there was doubt in the minds of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Monroe as to the sentiment of the citizens of said city on the question of permitting hogs to be kept within the corporate limits of said City, and, to detrmine the popular will said Board Bubmitted the question to the voters of said City and as a result of this referendum, passed an ordinance prohibiting the keeping of hogs in said City, and, "Whereas, in these times of eco nomic and financial stringency we feel it the duty of every man, wheth er he lives in town or in the country, to produce and save all food-stuffs possible, and "Whereas, we believe that your honorable body has the wisdom to permit hogs to be kept within the cor porate limits of the City of Monroe, with such regulatory ordinances as to cleaning pens etc., as to prevent their being kept from becoming a menace to the public health and a public nui sance, "Now, therefore, we the undersign ed citizens of Monroe, N. C, do re spectfully petition that from motives of economy and patriotism you do your bit toward meeting the needs of the times by temporarily suspending the operation of the present ordi nance, and permitting people of the city to keep hogs in the corporate limits, outside of the fire-limits and business section of the city and that you safeguard public health and de cency by enacting and having the po lice of the city enforce reasonable sanitary ordinances pertaining to the maintenance of hog pens in the city." The following have affixed their names to the petition: R. A. Morrow. Lee Griffin, Wm. Mc Cauley, C. H. Griffin, Fred Huntley, Luther Williams, Geo. Hart, J. R. Shute, J. M. Beaty. C. D. Meacham, A. T. Harrlll. C W. A.vscue. C. E. Hill. H. M. Presson. J. B. Nash, T. P. Smith George McCorkle, Brown McCorkle, S. B. Hart. Joel W. Griffin. N. S. Matthews. S. A. Warlick, C. H. Helms W. W. Carroll, J. S. Meacham, R. E. Gardner, W. Frank Benton, L. G. Helms, P. O. Whltaker, Culpepper C. Slkes, R. R. Brewer. Guy Vickory, W. H. Austin, Will Funderburk. G. L. Hinson, W. T. Margin. L. W. Col lins. J. V. Griffith. J. L. Everette, O. D. Hawn, V. D. Slkes, Vann Funder burk. S. R. Doster, D. H. Holmes, J. A. Marshall, W. C. Sanders, J. W. Broom, E. G. Stegall, E. P. Stegall, R. F. Knight, Bob Massey, A. J. Greene, J..W. Lathan, J. C. M. Vann, J. J. LockharJ, H. D. Stewart, Code D. Morgan, Thos. B. Young. H. A. Shute. E. Barrett F. J. Carroll. F. M. Morgan, Green Whitley, J. A. Lin gle, A. A. Heath, Gilmer Joyce, W. R. Wiggs. W. T. Whitfield, W. J. Rudge. W. C. Helms. G. B. McClel lan. H. T. Pate. C. G. Shaw, Herman McCall, L. E. Griggs. J. H. McCall. A. W. McCall. E. Z. Sell, J. L. Win chester, Jack Hernig, W. E. Lock hart. E. H. Austin, M. Waller, H. A. Shepherd. J. D. Therrell, M. E. Mc- fanlAV J K. Ffird. J. F. fnrrell. J. P. Kesiah. E. H. Johnson. W. M. Rog ers, O. V. Surratt. S. S. Kezlah. P. P. W. Plyler. E. C. Carpenter, W. W. Hargett, L. R. Helms, J. A. Williams, H. B. Billingsby. G. M. Tucker. P. H. Johnson. S. R. Helms. John Griffith, J. C. Helms, J. C. Smith. W. VanKeu ren, A. F. Thompson, A. C. Penegar. A. G. McNeely, H. E. Copple. L. C. Smith, G. M. McGinnis, G. H. Clontz, J. F. Hill, J. T. Shute, W. D. Fulen wider, R. F. Parker, J. G. Stroud, T. E. Curlee, Z. V. Murphrey, M. C. Long, S. B. Griffin, and D. A. Simp son. THE ANTIS AT WORK. Not onlv are the women folks rais ing "Hail Columbia" about the pro- nnsal tn hrln? the hnpq hnrk. hut rpv- , ' v - CJ - 13 , " eral of the masculine tribe are work ing overtime against the proposition. Mr. A. M Sperest In circulating a ne- tition, which is being signed by many. his paper reaas as ronows: "We hA nnriprsienpri pitizpna of the city of Monroe, believing that It would be a menace to me neaitn oi our citizens, that the present very poor sanitary conditions of our city would be made a great deal worse than It Is at this time and that It would reach the danger point in the aiimmpr Reason and that the food con ditions would not be improved; we, mereiore, respecuuny pennon your Honorable Board not to repeal the present ordinance prohibiting the keeping of HOGS within the incorpo rate limits of the city of Monroe." The following are the signers: "F. G. Henderson, A. M. Secrest, W. B. Love, W. S. Blakeney, Har grove Bowles, R. G. Laney, J. W. Fowler, E. A. Helms, George S. Lee, Edward S. Wood, D. B. Snyder, R. H. Wolfe. L. H. Medlln, E. O. Bivens, A. A. Scales, S. C. Snyder, T. B. La nev. Fred Williams. Secrest Motor Co. Plvler-Funderburk Co.. V. C. Red- wine, J. M. Fairley, J. H. Benton. J. B. Williams. M. C. Howie, R. W. Hor ton. G. M. Smith, Union Drug Co.. C. FrCadleu.'O. M. Beasley, C. B. Bar den. M. K. Lee. R. C. Williams. W. E. Wallace, L. M. Query, J. E. Col lins, W. H. Wolfe, E. B. Stack, D. W. Waters, M. L. Flow, w. C. Heatn, vv. S. Lee, W. J. Holloway, George Nas alff Frank NaRRiff. G. H. Clontz. T. F. Griffith. H. H. Wolfe. W. A. Lane, B. C. Ashcraft, Ashcrart Bros., w. c Correll, J. G. Rogers, Monroe Hard ware Co.. Jag. A. Stewart. H. H. Mil ton, Gilmer Joyce, Townley Stevens, T. P. Dillon. T. P. Dillon. Jr.. S. O r i r f.. a. Faust, s. a. Stevens. J. W. Neal, J. M. Blair, J. E. Llles, E. S. Green, Archie Levy, C. M. Red fern. F. B. Ashcraft. G. B. Nance, .Tnhn A. Wrav. W. J. Hudson. M. Y Threatt, Fred Maness, J. J. Parker, H. D. Browning, E. C. Laney, H. h. niolr .T F. Aahcraft. Julian Griffin. Maude Nixon. A. A. secrest, u. w Kochtitzky, J. T. Hoiioway, a. vv. mc roil r H. Cunningham, and D. H. Middleton. GERMAN EMPIRE APPARENTLY IX THROES LABOR UPHEAVAL Thousands l"lon Thousands of Work ing Classes on Strike, and Nearly 500,000 Reported Idle in Berlin. TranRrpndine In interest even the prent vlrtorv of the Italians over the Austrians on the northern Italian but tle front Is the political and economic situation in Germany. Were, nnnarentlv. a large Oart of the country is in the throes of a p eat labor upheaval, due to dissatisfaction by the working classes over the prog ress of the peace negotiations and over internal political conamons gen erally. Throughout the country ihou- canria nnnn fhnimanris nf the W0rkill2 classes both men and women have struck and many of the great man ufactories and industries are affected. In Berlin alone nearly half a mil lion persons are reported on strike, and hourly those who have quit work are receiving reinforcements. Like wise, the Kiel, the great shipyard cen ter, at the Hamburg Iron works, and in the Rhenish Westphalian mine re gion workers have thrown down their tools and left their Jobs. LED BY SOCIALISTS. T.padpra nf the socialists both of the independent and the majority fac tions evidently are in control oi me movement and for their pains a num ber of the independents have been ordered imprisoned. Hugo Haase. of the independents, and Philipp Scheldemann, majority socialist lead er In the relchstag, are leading their respective followers. Advices received by way of Switzer land are to the effect that the social ists have delivered an ultimatum to the government demanding the con clusion of a general peace without indemnities or annexations, participa tion by the workmen In peace discus sions, amelioration of the food situa tion, the right of public assembly, the release of all political prisoners and the introduction of equal electoral suffrage by direct secret ballot. News concerning Internal conditions in Austria still is scant, owing to the strict censorship. The latest Infor mation received from Vienna Is that there has been a great conflagration in the grain warehouses and that rev olutionaries are suspected of having started it. GERMANS RAIDED TRENCH HELD BY THE AMERICANS Two Were Killed, Four Wounded. and - One Missing as Result of Fierce Teutonic Onslought. With the American Army in. France. Wednesday, Jan. 30. (By the Associated Press.) An Ameri can position on a certain section of the French Trent was raiaea auring a heavv fog shortly after daybreak this morning. The attack was pre ceded by a violent artillery barrage. Two Americans were killed ana fnur wnnndt-il One soldier Is miss ing and is believed to have been cap tured by the enemy. Casualt es have been occurring al most daily for several days on this sector. It is now permitted to dis close that all the recent casualties given out from Washington occurred in this sector. The deaths were caus ed by shell fire, mostly shrapnel. Last night was fairly quiet throughout the American sector. The usual number of shells came over do ing no damage, and there were tne customary sporadic outburst or ma chine gun fiie from both sides at points where the opposing lines are nearest. At Hnvhroak this morning the heavy fog has been enveloping the whole nos t on and me country ior miles around for several days be came still thicker, blotting out an except the nearest enemy position. At 7 o'clock three muffled reports ttmmrleri thinill'h the fog. There were three whistles, followed quickly by three shell bursts. The projectiles exploded on three sides or an Amerr- onn listen ne iost lust outsiae me wire with 45 feet of an enemy listen ing post. "Then hell broke loose." said one of the men there. For fifteen minutes iha enemv hrnke hundreds of nign explosive 77s around the post and the surrounding grouna, cutting on men there. Two of them were killed In the first few minutes. Another ran nrhn WBR nt the POSt told the' correspondent later, as he was lying on a cot In a field hospital that he saw fnur Germans approacnins oui of the fog as the barrage lifted. He Kmuirht hia automatic rifle into play and saw two of the Germans fall. He- kept on firing until shell spiiniors hit him In the head and arm. ,v . "The last I remember in the time' -before I reached the hospital," said another wounded man, "Is seeing, something moving through the fog. I determined to get some Germans and put my rifle to my shoulder, but never pulled the trigger. There was a deafning explosion behind. Frozen earth, ice, stones and shell splinters came my way." . Inspection of the scene of the raid showed that the ground was plough ed up by the explosion of shells. One of the men wounded wa3 hit by a sniper's bullet. He fell in a t-ench fil'i-d with v.r.'.e; and almost drowned before he was rescued by his companions. Several of the wound ed had been IWted as accidental woundings. These were mostly wounds on the hands. It Is certain that tin enemy casual ties from the Ameilcau cannon and machine gunfire has been as great or greater than ours. The casualties given out in Wash ington recently occurred over a cer tain period. The (lend were buried vi.Lin the sound and range of the fcu.s. One man was Vwn to pieces by jhoi! In a regimental headquarters' town as he was following his colonel luto a dugout. Tl iee men wers Hl'el by one snelt which fell in a trench and another died of wounds in a hospital. Quite a few of the men sent, to hospitals were wounded in the upper part of the body or on the head from shrap nel. Down In Jackson. (From the Waxhaw Enterprise.) while we are worrying over taxes imposed by the government let us not forget the king of them all, the an nual mud tax. Mrs. H. v. Houston leaves una i ternoon for Monroe and will go from there tomorrow to Florida for an ex tended trip. Mr. F. H. Cunningham or uasionia spent Saturday night and Sunday here with his parents, Mr. ana Mrs O. E. Cunningham. Mr. Mack Starnes of Camp Sevier, Greenville, is here on furlough. MiRR Pparl Rodman returned nome this week from an extended visit to. Lancaster and Chester. A mad dog ran amuck in th lower end of this township one day last week. Several dogs were bitten but It Is thought that everyone bitten was killed. Capt. C. M. McMurray of Camp Greene spent Sunday here with his grandmother, Mrs. M. J. McCain. Mrs. McMurray and little son have been here for a week or two. Mr. J. D. Davis returned home from; the hospital at Chester Sunday after noon. Mr. Davis Is very greatly im proved and is still gaining strength rapidly. For a time his condition showed little prospect of Improve ment and his many friends will re joice at his recovery. He Is now at his home on Providence street. People usally have the blues after skimming the milk of human kind ness. Speaking of love a man ahould look before he leaps otherwise he may fall ln. . Patience is a slow-going virtue, but tLote whorfmc It wia la a w&lk.
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