I. V. WEST DIG CO.
MAIN STREET
MOUNT AIRY. N. C.
CEO. Ill OF HUN BLOOD
—ANCESTOR OF KAISER.
Thia war haa illustrated in tr«(l(
fashion the importance of the educa
ted ritisenahip in a democracy. When
the war with Germany came on. the
avenge educated wall - informed
Amariran at nnro threw himself heart
and aoul into the American cause.
He di>l an becauae he knew what the
war meant.
Unfortunately, however, our aver
age voter had >>1 tidied nothing about
the menace of K»i»en m. had never
even familiarized himself with the
name* of Nietzche, Bernhardt, and
Treitachke and knew nothing of tier
many'* Caesar-like plan", to make con
quest of the world. In fact, the dis
tinction between the Government of
Germany, ruled a* that country in by
a "divine right" Kaiser and hia mili
tary authority, an<t the present-day
government of England in which the
king ia only a figurehead and the
people rule aH completely as the peo
ple in the United Stules- even the se
distinction* were hardly familiar to
' the average citizen before war came
on.
In the limited instruction given u
oar public schools below the hifch
school, no mention is made' at all of
the change in English government
nine* 1776, nor are fundamental fact*
about the Revolutionary War, itself
emphasized as they should be. For
example, how many of our people
know today that the British tyrant
kins, George III who fought ua during
the Revolutionary War was of Ger
man blood, having a German father
and s German mother, and that the
preeent tyrant-Kaiser is on his moth
er's side a lineal descendant of the
same King George we fought in 1776?
Yet these are the f-cts.
Let's put these facts somewhat
more in order.
1. George III was of German fami
ly, George I being imported from Ger
many and never learning to speak
English at all, whi)« George II came
to England from Oermany when he
was 31 and married a German. Geor
ge III was a first cousin of Frederick
of Prussia and "had been especially
taught by his German mother," says
Lamed, that he must rule and not the
people of England.
2. Coming to the throne, this auto
cratic rule is what George III tried
to accomplish; and tiie war against
the American colonies was fought in
the days when the King controlled
Parliament—not the Parliament the
king as now. As Larned wrote in
his "History of England" years ago:
"It was the blind obstinacy of King
George, more than any and all state;
of feeling among his subjects, that
carried England into conflict with her
children in America, and that gave an
irreconcilable bitterness to the strife.
He managed the doings of gov
ernment in his own way."
3. Meanwhile, however, while Geor
ge III was trying to oppress America
and carry out hi* Kaiser-like idea of
making everything bow to the King'*
will (and hiring Hessian soldiers from
Germany to conquer America,) Pitt,
Burke, Fox, and other* of the greatest
i' Englishmen of the time "were against
the King and fought on many occa
sions in Parliament tn tfte interest of
the Americans" Chatham boldly de
claring in a famous speech in the
House of Commons: "If I were an
American, as I am an Englishman,
while a foreign troop wax landed in
my country. I never would lay down
Pmy arms—never, never, ncrcr."
4. The liberty-loving English peo
ple have since compelled the King to
five up one power after another un>
til he now has practically no authority
bat In Germany, as we have seen, this
idea • autocratic rale by a monarch
•zista nunpant and uncurbed.—The
Progi—aive Farmer.
BATTLE IS STILL RACING.
ExtranM Violent dominant note
of Fighting th« Fir»t Day.
With the American Army in Kranr*
\t the conclusion of the flrtt
hour* of the new buttle between Mun
tcr and the (ime, the impi" • ion
gained i« that tlw powerful German
■ nt* h h«i nut brought the enemy the
r»»ul: he <• .peeled. H.e allied line
in bent in tlie center quite iniitgniit
£«uiily und the remtance the French
We offering on the actual p » itum of
the combat* appear# to he efficacious.
Kxtrcme violence wiin the domin
ai t note of the battle on the fir I day
and ill pcate w ..aults with huge ma.«
en of troop wni likely to continue
at leu t for omc day .
With the concentration of troops
»uch a» the German* had been enabled
to bring into line at the pmnt iho. cn
for the attack, it was physically im
possible for the defenders to resist
in their advanced position*.
r.nrmjp s ummmua rngnuui.
When the manse* of German in
fantry came over entente allied troop*
spread lightly in theforward works,
fell back coolly, fighting yard by yard,
to the actual line of resistance. They
held back the enemy just sufficiently
to make hire show his strength and to
permit the main body of defenders
to make the proper disposition to meet
him.
Only at one point wax the real
French line forced to recede and that
was in the neighborhood of Ressorz
Sur-Matz.
After the German Infantry had
started four hours of the most intense
fighting had brought them only partly
across the allied advance zone. They
were battered thoroughly by the al
lied artillery, whose target was so
plain that the enemy's losses must
have been frightful with very little
to compensate him Tor h i sacrifice.
Germans I'sing Picked Divisioa*.
Some idea of the deter mined nature
of the fighting may be leathered from
the struggle on each wing. The vil
lage of Courcelles changed hands
numerous times, and, when this dis
patch was sent, was in the possession
of the allies. At the other end of the
line, Mont Renaud was still making a
magnificent defense, and reports
tihowed that Le Pltmont was yet in
allied hands.
Then renter, about Re ssons-Sur
Mctz, where the Germans made their
m..: t cb.tinate effort and formed a
pocket tending southeastward, i> the
only part of the line against which the
Uernuui-* have 1 e«*n -able ta-wwrl a
real gain. The intention is to try to
reach the bnni:s of the Oise and
threaten the allied salient which ex
tends to thu vicinity of Noyon.
The Germans knew when they open
ed the attack that their task would be
difficult. Therefore, they sent into
the fray only chosen divisions, which
had been specially trained for the as
tault. It is estimated that they en
gaged approximately 20 divisions on
the front line for the first shock, while
behind these, ready to take the place
of the exhausted divisions, there pro
bably were a similar number, perhaps
even greater.
Bowel Complaints in India.
In a lecture at one of th^ Dm
Moina, Iowa, churche* a miaxTonary
from India told of going into the in
terior of India, whore ne was taken
nick, that he had a bottle of Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Dirrhoea
Remedy with him and believed that
it saved his life. Thi* refhedy U u»ed
*urre*sfully In India both an a preven
tive and cure for cholera. You may
know from this that it can be depend
ed up for the milder form* of bowel
complaint that occur in thia country.
Obtainable everywhere.
Sydnor & Sparger
Insurance Agents
MOUNT AIRY, N. C.
Office in Mwritt Building.
WAS SAVINGS DAY MUST
' iS MAOC A BIG SUCCESS.
Tbo National War Savings Cwmit
Im. which ia carrying on, through ita
Htat* ana local coauaitUaa, a Nation
wide ram pair" to got all the paopla
on or bef or* I una a to pladg* th*n>
selvo* to sav* to tha utmoat of thair
| ability and to buy War Saving*
. .Stamp* with thair savings, baa given
out tha following statement:
"Those of a* who remain at bom*
I whila others do the lighting have an
•vor-inrrwuing number of opportuni
ties to do definite and highly inpor
Lant work for our country. We with
to do this work as an expression of
the gratitude we feel in being privi
leged to continue at our uiiual tasks.
>o enjoy the loving companionship of
'mr fcimili*". to meet mely with our
friend* and noighI«.r*, to enjoy all The
wurity of life ai d mont of the plea t
lire* aiid tlie ec ifiumic priviHge. of
peare times vlnlr other m> n who have
toil to put aside nil these things, are
fijjhling our hattlos for us an the
soil of France and on the high
icai.
"Our new opportunity to erve
■■onics aa a rofull of dwutfnatini June
' .. N'ai ...rial War Savings Day. a
■ lay "A which =.11 men ami women and
al! children of -ulHcient years to ap
prociala t!ie day's sitcni.ii-auce are
called upon to pledge themselves to
ive to the utmnft of their ability and
to conserve all possible labor and ma
terials for the Government, and to buy
War Savings Stamps with their sav
ings. Our part is to do everything
possible to make this day stand out
among the great days of this period of
the war.
"Could any ore of us tie asked to
do Ian* than this? Could any one of
us refuse to do no little a thing to win
a war for the wurld'a freedom? Could
any one of ua put aitide thu plea for
Having while all Europe is crying out
in its agony to be released from the
clutches of the monster that is befoul
ing all it touches ? Could we refuse
so simple n thing and at the same time
ask other men to give their lives that
our own precious live* be spared and
our homes be kept safe from the ter
rors of the Hun ?
"Our duty is clear, our priviledge is
great, our sacrifice is 'itLie, our work
ia important.
"National War Savings Day is to
be the great rallying day on which
everyone in our country is expected to
pledge himself or herself to save and
economize. This Having and economiz
ing will first of all leave in the mar
kets a greater supply of labor and
materials for the use of the Govern
ment with which to fight the war.
And then the money savings of the
individuals are to be invested in War
Savings Stamps.
"What the Government a A us to
do is to pledge ourselves to buy at
definite periods with our savings a
specific amount of War Saving.:
Stamps. The thing to be accomplished
is to get subscriptions which will take
i-are during the balance of the present
year of the unsold portion of the
$2,000,tw0.000 of War Saving ^tntrptf
autboi i/.cd by the Congrcsa to lie sold
during l'Jl8. , '
"When one --tops to think of the
matter, it. is really a v'mcll thing to
raise *2 000.000,000 in a country of
more than 100,000,000 people. If
everyone would do his share, it would
be necessary for each person to sub
scribe to only $20 worth of stamps.
"The duty of us at home is to see
to it that the entire amount is sub
scribed. We miist work to that end.
We must at'd to our already great
army Oi war slivfrK. We must make
more sacrifices ourselves and urge
sacrifices upon others. National War
Savings Day must be made the great
success all of us hope for."
Mormons Give up Wheat;
Storehouse* are Emptied.
Wheat storehouse* of the Mormon
church in Utah are lieinjr swept clean
for the first time in thirty yenrs to
add to the supply for American sol
diers and tie allies overseas.
The Mormons have turned over to
the food administration more than a
quarter of a million bushels of (train,
representing the great reserve store
kept up since the days of Brighsm
Young, thru contribution by church
members of one-tenth of their crops.
LESS ATTENTION NOW
TO TRENCH DIGGING
Trowpa ara B* .| Trmmmd far
Opmm Warfare and Leg
WukinftM , Jon* «. — A mar lean
troop* in training at bona tra being
rapec tally achooled now In prepare
tion for tha forward mo»a of tka aJ
I led armtaa expected to follow tha
ultimata croaking of Gaiman'a of.
fenaive powar. It waa learned today
that order* have bom laauad to di
vision com mender* to lay greater
itreea upon training for open war
fare. and reduce the time devoted to
teaching trench uperialtiea.
The men are being hardened to
lung marrhea, given target practice
without end and thoroughly tramr!
j to take rare of them«elve* in the give
| and take of open combat.
Military observer* ay thi* change
in the mid~t if the elfoit
! the Cermari general »mtf of the en
tire war 'peak/ Mgniflcantly for th«
pint of c6nfdence that pervade* the
I nuuciU am! armie.. of America an«.
|ti.- .iiIu- . Wh "i n.iin (if thi m
now m training here reach Prance
l ing marrhas and JWift maneuvering
arainst a recreating foe may well be
! the order of the day.
Why ( hin(« of Tactic*?
Influential officers returning from
the front have been insisting re<rent
i ly upon greater attention to general
| element* of warfare and less to the
j line detail* of poaition fighting in
I fixed trench line*. Theae officer* *ay
, the American »oldier takea naturally
| to training of thia sort and that he
' should be developed aa highly aa po*
: aible in all around soldiering leav
ing the detail* of treach warfare ed
I ucation to be added by a brief post
' graduate course when he reaches
I France. This view found ready *ym
i pathy here, for it ia believed the old
j stalemate of the trench line* ha* been
I broken never to be restored.
Today's news from the front added
I to the growing conviction here that
General Foch has outgeneraled the
Germans on the Aim* front in hav
ing brought them to a halt without
weakening the defenses of the chan
I nel port*. Territory has been yield
ed. but no point of stategic value,
and the Germans must try again to
draw away the supporting line* in
1 Picardy and Flanders, or face the ne
cessity of hurling their army into
the wall of man power, French, Bri
I tish and American, that now block*
the road to the channel port*.
Officers who have come from the
' front say that the American unit*
pouring into France in a steady and
growing stream despite German U
hoats at both end* of the 3,000 mile
water haul are arriving well ad
vanced in training for the business
ahead of them.
Commenting upon the high trib- j
utes paid by French and British of
ficers to the Americans it was re
marked today that while the engage-'
mj.nt-1 in which the Americans have
(seen £iv*n - chance a< yet have l>een
minor affairs proportionately alway
■ the dast has been there. One officer
recently back from the front pointed
out that while French and British
veterans are brave beyond words,
ready.for battle whenever and where
ever it may come, they are cooled by
long year* of the struggle. The Amer
icans are craving a chance to fight,
for it is all new to them.
Farming Next to fighting.
The plan adopted by Klon College
to stimulate farm work—probably the
country's greatest need at this time —
w excellent from more than one point
of view. To the student who spends
three months on the farm during the
summer of this year the College will
give a three hours' credit toward gra
duation, the course to be rated as ag
riculture. Students asking for this
credit will furnith a statement signed
by a minister, a justice of peace, and
n postmaster, saying that they spen;
three months at work on the farm this
summer.
Farming is the next most patriotic
thing to actual service in battle, ar.d
those who work honestly and faith
fully on the farm should .eel the sens*
of duty well done a* the soldier* wfco
fight courageously at the fiont.
mm CARCHNA uve TEE TOT \
n WAR SAVINGS STAMPS JUNE 28 j
Day.—Oormrmor Btcktl P—iynat— J ana 23 28 War Sat- I '
iaft WmIl—«ry Person Win Bo Aikid to Ptedfco.
TOP*
The ant M« ram pa lien that moat be pat over with tha uan ear-reee that
Mat the recent Had Cross and Liberty I-oaa drives la tha War Savings Ciu*>
paigm. Thla maat be dona, Prealdent Wllaon aaya, on or hafors Friday. Juno
U Ha baa proclaimed that day National War Savings Day aad haa calleif
at mrr man. woman and child to aabacrlha all that In hla hoaaat opinion ba
will ba able to par during tha remainder of tha rear to tha War Savings Cam
flip.
When Mr Vaaderllp aad hla aaaoclatea decided over a month ago that
tha War Savfaga Campaign should be made to go "o»« the top" now. (r»'«h4
at taking a year aad a month to do It. they aoaght a plan by which thla oakl
ba doae Tha State of Nabraaka furnlabfd the plan, for thla a tale haJ already
subscribed several mllllona dollars over Ha quota aad had ralad over IZ par
cant of Ita aaloa.
Mr Vaaderllp at once aot about to know how Nebraaha did It. H» < >Jla4
Into coafereace Mr. Ward M Burgees. State Director of War 8avlngs lav
Nebraaha. aad Mr. Klddow. Mr. Bargeaa'a right band maa. Together they
studied the plan la the light of a national plaa. aad with the experience of ft*
tww men who had worked It to a aacceaaful laaae, they obviated mlatakea aa4
each feataree aa to make It erea more thorough aad practleaaMo for other
Statee Consequently. aot only North Carolina bat other atataa of the Dnloa
hare beea asked to adopt this plaa aad put over tha War Savtnag C* rr.; >1(4
Jaao M
When Clal. T H mee. War Savtags Director of Narth Carolina, waf
called to New Tork several weeks ago. with other atata directors, to hafW
thla plaa pat before them, he waa aaked If North Carfollaa could do It jar%"
said Colonel rrlea, "what Nebraaha caa do. North Carolina can do. Welt pdfc
It ever if It takee all the buattag aad tha dags and tho drama la tha whoBP
South to do It."
With thla coaTtcttoa aad detarmlnatlon. Colonel rrlaa came back and stf
about to parfectlag the plaaa to make them moot suitable to North CaroOaS
coadltlona. These plana hare beea preeoated through conferences b»id aff
cooTenleat placee la the state to tho coaaty chairmen aad other War Barlag*
Warkera Every coaaty chalrmaa haa la hla haada a detailed copy of th«|
plana, aad he haa baea adrlaed to tallow tha laatractloaa atop by stop aa g!ia*
him to avoid confusion aad to do tha work with tho graalsat poealble <afl{
aad effldaacy.
Oaly aae tmportaat cbaaga la tho national plaa did Colonel Fries •.hla*
beat to maha for North Carollaa. That waa to make the campaign last V
weak lastead of a day. Therefore, tho week beginning Jane 0 confirming!
through Jose 11 haa beea deelgnated aa North Carollaa War Serines Weak?
The Oovernor of North Carollaa has laaued a proclamation calling for every!
citizen of tho atata to obeerve thla week as War Savings Week by subscrUb-1
lag at this time all that he will be abla to bay daring the remainder of tha
year
The week beglna oa Sunday June W, with a statewide appeal for wV
Savings la tha churches and Sunday Schools. On Monday. Tuesday. We<!nea4
day and Thursday, a house to house canvass will be made m evary townahlp la
the State to secure War Savings pledges Every taxpayer or householder will
make his pledge or give his excuse for aot doing so A record of every p«i
son's pledge will be taken aad kept. On Friday. June It. tha drive win eli
minate In a War Savings rally bald at every school bouse In the state. Tha
State Director has called on every person In the school district to atterd th e,
meeting either to C3lebrate the occaaloa of the township's subscribing Ita
qaota or if that bo not tho case, to flnleh raising Its quota. la othar wnrdot>
there Is bat one'thing for any township ta do oa that day, and that is to auk-,
scribe Its quota to the War Savtags Campaign Likewise, there Is but onai
thing for every persoa to do. and that la to do his >duty to the War Savlnggj
Campaign, which Is his utmost The Oovernmeat ekpecta no less of every
man. womaa and child In the state oa thla occasion
SAVINGS PROCLAMATION
All Citizens Asked to Plsdg *to l<vl
and Buy War Savings Stsmps
June 21
"This war la one of Nations, not of
armlea. and all of oar one hundred mil
lion people moat ba acoaomlrally and
Industrially adjaatad to war condi
tions it thla Nation la io play Its fall
part In tba conflict The problem ba
for* us Is not primarily a financial
problem, bat ratbar a problem of In
creased production of war ••senttali
aad the saving of tka materials and
the labor necessary for the support
aad equipment of our Army and Navy.
Thoughtless expenditure of money for
non-eeeentlals uses up the labor of
man. the producta of the farm, mines
and factorlea, and overburdens trant
port at Ion. all of which mast be used
to the utmost and at their best tor
war purposes.
The great results which we seek ran '
he obtained only by the participation 1
ef every member of the nation, yoang '
aad eld. In a National concerted Thrift !
movement I therefore arge that oar i
people everywhere pledge themaelvea
ae saggaested by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the praotice of Thrift, to
serve the Oorerameat to thetr utmost
hi la e? easing pradwstloa la all SeMs
■ armsry l* the atnntag e< the war,
to conaarva food »nJ fual. a-.d umU
lutirlili of nerr kind, to dayola thalr
labor oaly le tba moat r«ca«aanr
laaka. and to bay oaly thoaa
which ara aa*antUU to ladlTldoef
health and afrit lancy. and tha: tha
paopla aa eYlda&ca of thntr loyalty II
raat all that thay caa aaaa la Ubw|/
Bond* and War hilap Rtiapt. Tha
■•rurttiM laaued by tha Trraaary Da
part man t are an manj of them wltfcla
tka roach of narj oaa thai tha tear
of opportualty lo ihla mat tar la wlda
open to all of aa Tte prartlra Thrift
la paaro times la a Vlrta*. aad bringa
craat baaalt to tka MltMoal at all
tlmaa With tha daaparata aaad at
tha rlvlliaad world taday for aatar
lala aad labor with which tn aad tha
war. tha prarttoa of ladlyldual Thrift
la a patriotic daty aad a aacaaalty
"I aarnaatly appaal ta avary man,
woman and child ta pladfe thamaalvaa
an or bafara tha Murty-aighUi af Jam
to aava constantly >nd tn b#y aa ragw
larly aa poaalbla tha aeeurttlaa af tka
(avarnmtnt and ta da thia aa far aa
poaalbla through mambarahlp In War
tavlnga toeiatiaa Tha twanty-algMfa
af Juna anda thla apaoial par.ad af aa
liatmant In tha graat valuntaar inaf
af producttaa and aavlng Kara at
May thaaa ba nana uaanHatad aa
(•igaad) WOOTWW WILMN. ,
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