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VOL.24. No. 61
MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
WHEN THE VXITED STATES
RED CROSS ALLOTMENT FOR
POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL OF
FOOD IN A I STRIA IS
FRANCO-AMERICANS ADVANCE
NEGROES HAVE SHOOTING
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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT
Story of Army of Autos Drawn up
Brigade and Regiment Over There
Ammunition, Tank Cars ;.im! Oil
Trucks and Every Conceivable
Kind of Motor Vehicle for the Ac
ti titles of War. .
American Port, Western France,
Sept. 3. There are all kinds or am
ies these war days, and today we sa
an arm of automobile drawn ud '
brigades and regiments, every e
relvahln kind of motor Vehicle f
ror
rarrvine on the many war activities
Thpue were ammunition can", tank
cars for carrying gasoline, steel trucks
by the hundred, ambulance- cars
the wounded, signal service cars w
cnuinlete wireless outfit and all
for
tith
the
equipment for field signally, recogoi
zance cars on which 18 men mane
recoknizance into eneiuy country
battalion after battalion of touring
eara for headauarters and o'.her
branches of the service, and motor
rvi-lea far the disDatch bearers. 1
was like half a dozen big automobile
expositions rolled Into one, ana an ue
votd to the one business of carrying
on tl'O war.
The rommandant led the w
through Wilson avenue of the hu
ulant. and then turned into Kt;osev
ge
Vflt
avmue. Cn one side stretched away
a half aule square of motor vehicles
in such a vast array a to be fairly
bewildering, but all lined up in reg
lar formation like soldiers ready
move forward to the front. On the
other aide stretched awav acre aitc
acre of buildings for the innumerable
branches or this work, ana between
them nn the mien FDace3 armies of
soldiers in overalls setting up all
kinds of motor cars. Everywnere
wero stacked the masses of knocl
down parts just arrived from the Un
tod States- moutains of wheels an
sides, motors, batteries, radi'itor?, and
block after block of huge crates con
taining the big chassies or me man
types of war cars.
As the commandant passed alon
he summed ud the magn'tudo of th
work. Sixty-two complete trucks
and cars have been turned out In one
dav. This is the record at the start
with a monthly output of 1,200 ears
and BOO motorcycles, ana a niucn
rreater production when the organ
cation eeta under way. In theoty
these are all standard Win which
naori nnlv tft h fitted toeetheX.
an
easy task apparently as most of th
nrellmlnarv construction is done i
the fartories In America. But In fact
so say those who do the work, these
parts do not fit; they nave to oe
Khnned and fitted after arrival. 1 hen
them are many factories sendin
manv kinds of parts. Some facto
ries send complete equipment, such
as bolts and the heavy wooden sills
for trucks. But other factories d
nut send the bolts or sills.
There is no time to wait for
the mlsslne Darts, for war is going
on and cars are being moboll.ed like
men. What is not here- must be
made. And from this has grown
hnira industry of eoverniiifnt war
rirnchirtion. with bie workshops and
machinery for making bolts and Bills
and all the various parts, and for test
ing and making over dynamos and
venerators, and even for constructing
the trim bodies and frames and thus
turnine- nut nractlcallv an entire car
A Innt line of ovens was passed
in which we Baw some of tho dn)ieate
parts of the mechanism being baked
and dried to cure tnem rrom trie
dampness of the sea Journey. The
ir nlavs manv tricks on thete
parts. We saw the field winding3 of
generators covered with sea rust ana
green mould. All of these have to be
baked and made over. Fiber is con
sidered In America as one of the best
non-conductors for automobile con
struction. But on the sea Journey
this fiber swells and becomes almost
useless. Radiators also suffer much
on board ship.
In the workshops long lines of "al
lied machinery" Indicated how the
war wa hrinelne nations together In
industrial nroductlon. Each lathe
nnrf mechanical tool bore this allied
mark, with the flags of the allied na
tions entwined and the marks or far
Is, Turin, Petrograd and the centers of
roof wnrM nrnductlon. But below
the casting showed the allied machin
ery came from Waynesboro, ra., iin-
o nnati and tne otner centers ui
American nroductlon.
Over section four of the big shops
waved a large American flag.
"That represents something more
than patriotism," said the command
ant. "The section that makes the
kiiirMi mtiiiit haa the honor of carry
ing the flag for a week, and if there
is slack time mere is a nay on a a
bonus.
"WTaoa the big German offensive
began there was a tremendous de
mand for trucks to ret our material
forward. We called the men together
and gave them a little talk on the part
they were to play In the crisis. Eery
man was k ?en io do his part. The
flag was maJe the prize for turning
out the most work, iierore mat cay
closed we had turned out 61 com
plete trucks. These are the- things
which are helping to win the war. and
they show how the men behind the
lines are doing their share of the
fighting."
Just now scores of ambulances are
being turned out daily. They come
from America crated In huge boxes,
IS feet long and six feet across, as
large as a good slied room; usually
In three parts, wheels, body and chas
sis. Cranes from huge beams reach
down and lift the parts Into place,
the chassis on the wheels and the
body on the chasls, until coon one
Mrs. Lane Request Worker to Meet
Next Tuesday in Order to Complete
the September Allotment of 360
Operating Gown an Early a Poa-
Mble Auxiliaries Asked to Call for
Sample a Soon After Tuesday aa
Possible.
Mrs. W. A. Lane, Director of the
Monroe Red Cross Chapter, received
today the chapter allotment of work
for September, consisting of 360 op
erating gowns, with the request that
it be completed with all posible haste
as the need for these garments Is u
gent. In view of this fart the Red
Cross officials will appreciate very
much if the workers will meet next
Tuesday at the work room to com
plete the Monroe allotment, which
will be used as samples for the auxil
ary branches.
Mrs. Lane urges the following aux
iliaries to call for their allotment as
early after Tuesday as possible. In or
der to prevent any loss of time
completing this month's work:
Weddington. 18; Wingate, 20
Waxhaw, 30; Marshvllle, 36; Rock
Rest, 15; Indian Trail, 15; Pleasant
Hill, 10; Macedonia 12; College Hill
10; Philadelphia. 18; Union 12; Min
eral Springs. 36; Siler, 30; Plsgah
15; Unionville. 15; Corrinth. 1
Jackson Forest, 12; Monroe, 4 4.
GREAT KIRKS SET BY ALLIED
AIRMEN BEHIND FOES LINES
Americans Aiding Brltsh Drop
15
Tons of Bombs on Munition Work
Scattered Over Rhine I'roviucea.
London, sept. 3. American an
British airmen In an air raid on the
German airdome at Vesenauere, ac
cording to announcemnt made here to
day. A gasoline and oil dump was
set on fire, and this, in turn, ignited
an ammunition dump and also 6'.
rentier oipianes. two other nu
chines were destroyed by direct hits
by bombs, and a large Gothat hanger
was completely burned.
The pilot of a Brltsh two-seater
was attacked by seven hostile in a
chines. The enemy fired explosiv
bullets and the pilot was nit flv
times in the left leg. Although h!
leg was almost severed, the pilot suc
ceeded in landing hie machine tch'nd
the British lines.
The British Independent Air Force
within the past twenty-four hours has
dropped fifteen tons of bombs on
German military wuiks in the Rhine
provinces.
THREE HANGERS DEMOLISHED
Three raids were made on the Ger
man airdrome at Buhl (south of Ba
den). Three hangars were demo!
ihed and direct hits were obtained
on niimy others.
the railways at Ehrang, fou
tiii-es northeast o' Treves, were at
tackeu from a height of 900 feet, and
every bomb scored a hit.
At Sarrhreucken, forty miles outh
east of Treves, the Burbach work
an drailways were bombeC.
The Air Ministry this evening Is-
sued the followed statement deal'n?
with recent aerial operation.":
'In addition to the attack already
reported on the hostile airdome at
Huhl on the morning of the 2nd Inst.
our squadrons on the afternoon of the
2nd Inst, again attacked the same
objective. Very good results were ob
tained. More hangars were hit, and
a fire was started. All our machine
returned safely.
AIRDOME IS BOMBED
"On the night of Sept. 2-3nl our
squadrons dropped a total of seven
teen tons of bombs. The Buhl air
drome was again heavily attacked
and the following targets bombed:
The Burbach works and th railways
at Saarbrucken and Ehrang, and the
Boulay Airdome. Several fires weie
started. At Buhl three hangars were
demolished an direct hits were ob
tained on many others. The attack
Was carried out at an altitude from
300 to 900 feet. More than fifteen
tons of bombs were dropped on this
airdrome, in twenty-four hours.
"The railways at Ehrang were at
tacked from a height of 900 feet and
every bomb obtained a direct hit. A
fire was started In the Burbach
Works (Sarrbrucken) and very good
bursts were obtained.
nlon County Y. M. C. A. PoMNined.
At the meeting of the- Y. M. C. A.
committee Thursday evening at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms it was
derided by the committee, on account
of the new draft regulations, to post
pone the work of the Y. M. C. A. or
ganiiatlon. It was the consensus of
opinion that later on the organisation
would be put through.
of the new type of ambulances taken
torn out of the mass of boxes and
material. We saw these growing
from the rough up to the finished
product. But it was not all a matter
of fitting together, for there Is much
to be supplied here.
The new ambulance does away with
the bulky medical cabinet which took
uch room just back of the drivers
seat. All the Interior Is now given to
the wounded. If the wounded are
ble to sit up six can sit abreast. If
the cases are on stretchers the seat
folds down and the stretchers slide
on grooves, with two wounded lying
above and two below. Wood Is no
longer used for the side of the am
bulances as It Is easily shattered by
shell fire, and a composition Is sub
it
stituted for the wood.
Views of I'. S. Military Officers at
Washington on the War Situatloa
Today A Decided Gap Cut In EV
cry IJne Americana Seemingly
Preparing for Attack. (
Washington, Sept 5.
Reports
from the British front today indica-
ted to officers that the German re-
tirement heretofore conducted wltn
utmost military skill, was getting oat
of hand. Under the terrific pressure
of the British and French armies all
along the line from Ypres to Soissons
the enemy apparently is being forced
to a more precipitate withdrawal, par-
ticularly on the old Drocourt-Queapt
front, where Marshal Haig's men
hammered forward Irre3itably again
today.
The official announcement from
London that more than 10,000 pris-
oners have been taken in two days of
fighting on this front in itself indi-
cates, it is said, that there is growing
disorganization in the German ranks.
With this in mind, there was wide Russian prisoners, although early
speculation among officers today as to application was made to the military
what new developments of the battle authorities for soldiers to work in
arc to be expected. the fields and also as carpenters.
It was clearly evident that observ- blacksmiths and saddlers In the
era believe the time Is fast approach- privinces ravaged by Russian invad
ing when Gen. Pershing's first field ers The Vienna waiters and ck-rks
army will participate in the battle on are utterly incapable of farm work,
the theory that Gen. Foch has been .""Where peasants own most of the
withholding this new and vigorous land,; I saw entire districts in which
force or a decisive blow when the the meagre harvest lies rotting in
time was ripe. As to where or when the fields because the unhappy owners
that blow would be delivered, howev- have no horses or carts to carry it
er, there was wide variance of opin
ion.
DECIDED GAP IN ENEMY LINE
The British now have broken a de
cided gap in the old German fortified
line and the fall of Cambral, Douai,
St. Quentin and several other rail
and road centers upon which the Hln -
denburg line depended seems Imnrl-
nent. If the enemy intended to fall
back upon this line when he was fore-
ed into a general withdrawal along
his whole front from Rheims to
Ypres, his chances are rapidly dwind -
ling as the British lines surge forward
at the very center of the great battle
front. "
Marshal Haig's forces are moving
on Cambral, the key to a large sec-
tion of the old line, and If that place
Is taken It appears to officers that the
enemy will be quickly forced to evac-
uate the salient in which he Is rap-
idly being pocketed by the French and
American advance on the Oise-AM-
ette lines In the south and the British
through thrusts eastward from Pe-
ronne to the north.
MAY FORCE HUN TO RHINE
So evident Is the growing disorgan-
.uuu "owu'u
.nnn.t, r.nn. Ik. Yjatltlnt. ....... , Iknl
some omcers are inclined to minx it
possible that the enemy will be forced
to a withdrawal to the Rhine this
year. Others, however, feel that the
skill the German leaders have dis
played does not warrant any antiripa
tion of an early collapse of the mill
tary machine
AMERICAN FIELD ARMY
On all sides it Is evident here that
announcement of the formation of the
first American field army and the fact
that many American units which had
Deen origaued with the French or
British for final training have been
withdrawn to be added to it, have
been taken to mean that the Anieri-
cans would attacK during the pres
ent year
Ample time remains, it is said, for
the organisation of the force to be
completed and the asault launched
before winter Interferes. The Anier-I
lean army Is a picked force composed
of the prime fighting manhood of the
nation and filled with ardor for the
battle. It forms, officers here believe,
an Ideal instrument with which Gen.
Foch will be able to deliver a real of-
fensive coup when he deems the field
ready. The present fighting In this
view, is preparatory to the delivery or I
such a blow and It now appears prob-
able to many observers that It will be
delivered soon and probably In a re-1
gion to the east of Rheims or of Ver-
dun, where the concentration of en
emy reserves to meet It will be the
most difficult because of the bitter
fighting In Flanders and Plcardy.
GREAT WASTE OF MEN
In connection with the evidences of
weakness noted In the German war I
machlne In the last few days, an of-
nclal dispatch today from France
quoting captured German documents I
showing the great wastage of men in
the enemy's ranks was received with
peculiar Interest. According to these
papers a typical German Infantry bat-1
taiion in March, 1918, when the Ger-
man drive was launched, consisted of
80 men. On July 1 this had been
reduced to 880 and a telegram from I
German headquarters dated July 30, 1
requests opinion from line officers as
to further reduction.
n Need to Worry About Treatment
of Our Soldier.
(From Marshvllle Home.)
"Nobody need to worry about the
treatment we are getting," writes a
Marshvllle boy who recently went to
Camp Wadsworth. "We are under
discipline and that's worse than the
free life we have always lived. The
only trouble we get is an occasional
cussing from a non-commissioned of
ficer, which doesn't amount to any
thing. As for our eats, we are fed
good substantial food, but of course
s different from what we get at
home. All the same, everybody eats La
It. If anybody says that a boy In the ,t
(( ilUCJl its JUBfc I
vuuiuiuu everua pi u-uei man lie,
- j. n ii.
Heavy Rain and Lack of Labor Have
Ruined Crops Fanner from Lenl-
burg Infonna Corre.Knxlent Hun
gary Refuse Grain Being Obliged
lo Import.
Zurich, Sept. 6. "August brought
to tht Austrian agriculturist directly,
and to all Austrians indirectly, an
immeasurable catastrophe because
climatic conditions are at the helm
of government there."
. SoVaid to the World correspondent
today' an Austrian just arrived from
Lemberg.
"Today in Austria you would
vainly seek winter sowings which
have not been ruined by rain and
neglert," he continued, "while there
is not enough barley or oats for the
farmers to sow, let alone feed the
people. Besides, the floods of the
last six weeks and the lack of labor
have contributed to the catastrophe,
"The Brest-LItovsk peace deprived
I the Austrian farmers of the labor of
away. But the large landed proprie
tors are worst off, for they ran ge:
labor only in return for grain, the
laborers refusing money.
."Besides this, the rotting crops
have ; brought an .unprecedented
plague of mice, which the farmers are
1 bravely trying to stamp out
"Ninety percent of the farmers
even lack granaries, for the govern
roenthas not yet sent wood and work
nuq to rebuild those destroyed in the
invasion. Last spring came too early
land the winter and spring sowings
with the clover, all flowered together
Then followed torrential rains. Com
I bine tbls with the lack of labor, gran
aries and machinery and you have a
fair picture of the disaster. Austria
Is .-utterly Incapable of feeding her
population even to the extent of last
year, while Hungary refuses to help,
says he has only enough grain for
her okn army and must import it for
tier civilians.' Even potatoes, although
they looked well, are beginning
to
rot
"The coming year promises to be
fraught with horrors for the Austrian
people unless the government finds
moana in avert rilanaf erhiit ur a Innff
since lost hope of action by the gov-
I -
MAJOR FRANCIS BALL AD
DRESSES LARGE AUDIENCE
Speaks in the Highest Term of the
Work of Y. M. C. A. British Of
llrera Look Alter Their Men Cure
fully, and are Adored by Their Sub
ordinate- Officers For Allied As.
MH-iutloii Elected.
At the meeting in the Chamber of
Commerce rooms last night a commit
tee composed of Dr. H. E. Guiney
chairman; Mr. T. L. Riddle, secretary
und Mr. Fred Huntley, treasurer, was
elected to direct the campaign for
funds for the Army Y. M. C. A. and
allied associations in Union county
which opens directly after the Fourth
Liberty Loan closes. Messrs. John C
Sikes, G. B. Caldwell and S. O. Blair
were elected alternates to serve In the
respective offices in case any of the
men first named could not serve,
The meeting was presided over by
Dr. H. E. Gurney and addressed by
several men of note connected with
the Y. M. C. A. organization. The
principal speech of the evening was
delivered by Major Francis Ball, late
of the famous Princess Pat Canadian
regiment,
Major Ball spoke in the highest
terms of the work of the Y. M. C. A
and traced Its work In his own experi
ence from the training ramp at Mon
treal, Canada, to London, and from
London to the training ramn In
France, and from there to the hut
just behind and sometimes In the flr-
ing line. Major Ball declared that If
he were called upon to award the Vic-
toria cross upon some one next to the
heroic nurses who serve In the clear-
ing dressing stations he would
award it to the Y. M. C. A. and allied
organisation worker who tends his
hut near the line. When the call
comes for stretcher bearers and more
stretcher bearers, he said, the Y. M
C. A. secretary and his assistant leave
their hut, sometimes, and In Instan-
Ices penetrate Into No Man s Land to
bring In some wounded soldier.
Talking of a British officer's regard
for the soldier under his care, he de
clared that it was something marvel
ous. No inexperienced soldier Is
rushed Into the front line trenches the
first shot out of the box. he declared.
He traced the different stages In the
training of the soldier which prepare
him for duty In the front line. He
told how he was informed how best
to protect himself and how the first
few days he was under the personal
supervision of some seasoned soldier
and the officers. A British officer
would rather give up his own life than
rush his men Into unnecessary and
hazardous places, he Informed his au
dience. The officers Id turn are ador-
by their men. and as they express
.We woula g0 throuCti Hell for
wnu "
(ermano Hate Been Driven ArnwK
Hie AUne Over Eight-Mile Front
Are Being Radily Cleared From
Southern Picardy -giving Ground
Before British Everywhere.
( By the Associated Press. ) "
The French and Americans are fast
driving the Germans out of their po
sitions In southern Picardy and In the
section between the Vesle and Aisne
rivers. So rapid has been the prog
ress of the allies the French In Pic
ardy and the Americans and French
from Soissons eastward toward
Rheims that the retirement of the
enemy has the appearance of the be
ginning almost of a rout.
Meanwhile Field Marshal Haig in
the north, from Peronne to Ypres, has
been almost as busily engaged with
his troops In carrying out successful
maneuvers which are only In slightly
less degree of rapidity forcing the
Germans everywhere to give ground.
Haig's men again have made the Ger
mans taste bitter defeat on numerous
sectors and the end of the punishment
seems for them not yet in sight.
In the latest fighting in the region
extending from the old Noyon sector
to Soissons the French have reclaim
ed 30 villages from the Germans;
have crossed the Somme canal at sev
eral points and are standing only a
short distance from the Important
junction of Ham with its roads lead
ing to St. Quentin and La Fete. On
the south they have made further
crossing of the Allette river and are
fast skirting the great wooded region
which acts as a barrier to direct at
tack on Laon, the Chemln-Des-Dames
and the western Aisne defenses of the
enemy.
PIERCE HINDENBURG LINE
Seemingly at the present rate of
progress this barrier shortly will have
been overcome and, indeed, the en
tire salient northwest of Soissons ob
literated. Already the French south
of Fresnes, on the fringe of the high
forest of Coucy, have penetrated the
old Hindenburg line.
All behind the lines northeast of
Noyon great conflagrations are to be
seen, particularly around Jussy and
LaFere, which apparently Indicates
that the Germans intend to fall back
as fast as they can to the old German
lines running southeastward from St.
Quentin.
The French and -Americans .are
hard after the Germans between the
Velse river and the Alnse and for
more than eight miles, extending
from Conde to II-Arcy, they have
driven the enemy across the Aisne
an dare standing on the southern
bank of the river. Eastward toward
Rheims, almost up to the gates of the
cathedral city, the German line is fall
ing back northward. At the anchor
points of the line in the vicinity of
KheiniH, however, the Germans seem
to be holding, evidently realizing that
a retrograde movement here would
necessitate a straightening of their
line perhaps us far eastward as Ver
dun.
In the initial maneuver to the re
treat along the Vesle front the Amer
ican and French captured both Ba
zorhe and Flsmette. From Bazochea
they moved six miles northward to
Vll-Arcy, while from Flsmette they
have penetrated more than three
miles northward to Hatbonval, which
i only a little more lhan a mile south
of the Aisne.
In Flanders the British have taken
the town of Ploegsteert and positions
southwest of Messines and northeast
of Wulverghem and repulsed strong
counter-attacks launched agalns
them.
soutneast or Arras all the way-
down the line to the south of the
Somme below Peronne, the British
have dug more deeply into the ene
my s iront on various sectors, espe
cially toward Cambral and Immediate
ly north and south of PePronne, In the
latter region having driven In the
enemy's rear guards for considerable
distances.
The Germans have been violently
bombarding the Americans at Fra
pelle on the eastern end of the battle
front In Lorraine, but have attempted
no infantry attacks. More than 3
000 shells, many of them gas pro
jectiles, have been sent Into the
American lines by the enemy.
OCR ARMY IS BEING PRE
PARED FOR SWIFT ADVANCE
One Million Emergency Rations Or-
lered For I ae of Americans in
France ;Thls Ration is Packed in
Small Air-tight, Gas-proof Contain
er and Will Maintain One Man For
tine Day.
Washington, Sept. 5. One million
emergency rations have been ordered
by the Subsistence Division of the
Quarterniaster Corps for the Ameri
can expeditionary force) to use when
they go over the top with mu-h a rush
that they breach connection with the
supply line.
This ration, which corresponds to
the British "iron ration." is packed
In a small air-tight, gas-proof con
tainer, and will maintain a man one
day. It is composed of ground mea:
and wheat compressed Into a cake and
block of sweet chocolate. The
bread and wheat component may be
eaten dry or stirred Into cold water
or boiled for five minutes and made
Into a very palatable soup. When
boiled in a pint of water five minutes
It makes a porridge. It also may be
sliced and fried.
The chocolate component may be
eaten dry or nude Into hot chocolate.
Brothers of Bride-to-Be Clwrged With
Assaulting Mahlem Cutlibertson
CuthbertMon Fined 5u and Cost
For Carrying Concealed Weapon
Couple Mkk to Their Derlsluu
ami are Married in Spite of the
Blood and Disturbance.
Wednesday morning Register or
Deeds M. C. Long issutd a marriaee
license to a young negro by the name V
or Mahlen Cuthbertson. In this li
cense it was specified that Avey Simp
son, colored, was the willing woman.
Wednesday afternoon Cuthbertson
journeyed to the home of his bride-t-be,
about three miles northeast f
Monroe. Testifiying on the witness
stand in Judge Lemmond's court this
morning he stated that upon his ar
rival there he sat down upon the
front porch. The mother or the bride-to-be
came out and enjoyed a socia
ble chat with him but when the fu
ture bride put in her appearance the
mother very properly withdrew.
Directly they concluded that they
needed a drink of water and so start
ed upon a lover's stroll to the well
which was about a quarter of a mile
from the house.
The end or their pleasant walk
had almost been reached when sud
denly from behind the voice of Ben
Simpson, brother to the bride, boom
ed out a command for that nigger
with his sister to get away and that V
quick. Cuthbertson said that lie 2
wheeled and saw Ben with a shot tfi
In his hand. Concluding that he was '
In no hurry to make himself Bcarce '
in those parts he did not obey the
command. Whereupon Simpson liavr-j;-
bered up and fired the gun at hint, vs
I'laying the part of a heroine, tft
Simpson girl Jumped In front of har
man with the marriage license in
pocket. She received a number of
the shot in her face, arm and breast.
Cuthbertson was also shot In the face
But his wounds not being serious, he
dodged behind the well and taking a.,
email cannon out of his pocket he be-, '
gan a counter attack. The Simpson - i'
negro fired again and then his anumi-i 1
nition running low, he began a strate- . .
gleal retreat to the house for rein-.'
forcements and more ammunition as
Cuthbertson took another crack at
him.
Meeting his brother coming with
another shot gun, Simpson was eup
plied.wltb more ammunition And. to-e.
gether they began another onda&glif j
upon the enemy.
Meanwhile Cuthbertson with . Jila.
bleeding fiancee was hitting the high
spots in the direction of Mr. Hamp
Taylor's residence, where he expected
aid and protection. Just as tfiiv ar
rived in sight of the haven oXfVfuge
Fred Simpson appeared In a (jjtimp of
woods and let drive, several T-bf the
shot taking effect In CuthbErtson's
back. .
The bleeding negroes then Mlered
the home of Mr. Hamp Taylor." "MT-7
Taylor's family became fr!KiruriTeTaT"'"
the sight of the negroes and the shots
ami fled from the house screauilnTfr!
Air. J ay lor nail pone up the tj4 t
p thewiM t
sheri Its onie'e
Investigate.
Some one phoned t lie
and when Deputy Sheri
Fowler appeared on the sc nt- he '
found the two Simpson negroes doini; '
sentry duly not far from Mr.'Ta.vIor's j
home. All the negroes were loaded
into the automobile and brought to
Monroe. ' ' '
Alter arriving at the sheriffs office .;
her, Cuthbertson and his fiancee were '
still firm in their Intention to get mar
ried. So Esq. M. L. Flot was sum- j
moned and although both contracting i
parties were rather bloody the words J
were soon said that iiiadeltkeift man
and wife. The Squire states that the j
blood did not prevent thei.fruiif si)
ing the words "I will" in a ririirvoictT
In the Recorder's court yesterday ., j
morning Judge Lemmond fined the
groom, Mahlen Cuthbertson, 50-anoV-T '
costs for carrying a concealed weapon
and the costs for the cJa ge, of at-!2
saulting Ben Simpson fiitj j'aHitbl.M
On a charge of assaultaikl hii istetdri :?
with a deadly weapon Ben SinTtrson
was fined the costs in the case oi 30
days on the roads. For assaulting
Cuthbertson with the shift giua he wave
sentenced to five monthson tffTlf( H
to be void upon conditio thafctie1 pity '
a fine of $100 and the cost. On the
charge of assaulting Cuthbjrlson Fred
Mmpson was sentenced to pay a fine
of $75 and costs or serve a ierju .ojf.
four months on the roads. ' f"
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ANSON TO RAISE liKM A'MK,K
OF ALLOTMENT THIS, VEEK-vv"
Only Half Way Over tb TeK--jrft-not
Afford to Fall Behind fVlon
If Men Like Mr. Morrow .Ire Buck
of the Drive Anson Oiuiuiit ijfW
(From Marshville Home.)
Anson county is engaged In a drive
this week to raise the remainder of
her allotment in the War Savinirs
Stamp campaign. Our ndgabor ria
only hair way over the top. but she
will doubtless make - the - final leap
this week. Union went $11,000 bA
er her allotment and Anson cslnhot
aflord to fall under, for An-son la a pa
triotic county and has not failed to do
her full duty in any of the nrevloiia
drive. The Home does not know any
thing about the managers of Ansdrt
campaign, but if men of the txpe of
R. A. Morrow, chalrmaa'cflhe' fnloti
county War Stamp committee, are be
hind the movement, fJDwnkt, f Jjil.
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