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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO, THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917; VOL; XXII NO. 1 cQinFNT REJtUlb P0PESPEACE PLANS folly to Take the Path of Peace the Pope Proposes Won't Lead to Goal Sought. Washington, Aug. fSPresi-. aent Wilson has rejected the popes la&note dispatched last night W made public here tonight, the President says that while every ieartnot blinded and hardened by the terrible war must be touched by the moving appeal of His Holi es, it would be folly to take the pth of peace he points out if it Ioqs not in fact lead to theoal he proposes. To deal with such a power asthe present rulers of Germany upon Pope Benedict's plan, declares the President, would involve a recu peration of the strength andre cewal of the world domination policy of that power, now balked bat not defeated after sweeping a continent with the blood of inno cent women and children and the helpless poor as well as of soldiers. Permanent peace must be based upon the faith of all the peoples and upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind, he adds, and 14 we cannot take the word of the present rulers of Ger many as a guarantee of any thing that is to endure, unless explicitly supported by such cbrichisive; dence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting." No Second Draft Soon. - Drafted men who have not been reached in the first call have the ''comfortable hope" that they will not be called before next spring. Provost Marshal Crowder says the call for the second draft has not been considered and he bas no information of any action by the President or Secretary of War. The training facilities already are taxed to make ready for the front laen now available and it is regard- Was Vfirv nnlilralTT tVaf. nrfro'hi'TQ.f a h-An i T;. , " iwu ui an annitiona ftiiii. n mi mpn ofthe national army can begin un til the earlv snrW nf 1918 -NAifh- , 1 r quarters nor personnel, to train the men are available. A full statistical report on the operation of the draft law will: be Prepared by the provost marshal general's office as soon as the .mo bilization of the first increment of 87,000 men has been completed, onetime early in October. Pend the preparation of the report &d careful analysis of conditions disclosed, no step towards call lDg a second increment to the col 0rs will be taken. -. ' i? Equalities of an inevitable na e will be shown in the report. I .ere wil1 be some amended- regu aons based on actual experiences ltQ the first increment and some ndments of the law will be ght of Congress. It is thought thr n that a cnage be made so at aH the sons Ana'riw t "-' wuq xauiujr mill Jtaken. Still another is the of married men. ' r Til ' ' - : " ' ndl?n ritisb. FrencWIltaiians 180 issia?s have captured 1 167 ChePer& incefpriH tccft:"6 17 campaign opened, ft Au.lug to a Statement, iccnprl Yixr British War Department. , TrlTCounty Central H ighway Asso ; v ciipn .Formed Tourist, Black Mountain. v ' 7 Argood crowd attended the CJen tral Highway celebration at Ridge crest Tuesday and the meeting was a pronounced success in the way of stimulating interest in this high wayand the good roads movement in general. 7 ? , TheTmost important result of the celebration doubtles's was the for mation of the Tri-County Central Highway Association, comprising Buncombe, McDowell and Madison counties. Officers chosen were P. H. Mashburn, of Old Fort, presi dent; Senator C. B. Mashburn, of Marshall, vice-president; N. Buck ner, of Asheviile, secretary-treasurer. Board of Governors, W. E. Johnson, of Asheviile, J. JL. Nich ols, of Marion, and the chairman of the county commissioners of McDowell county. Dr. D. M. Mc intosh, of Old Fort, H. B. Craven, of Bidgecrest, Dr. C. YReynolds, of Asheviile, w: M. Gilkey, of Marion, and two others to be se lected from Madison county. Speeches were made by Dr. D. M. Mcintosh; Senator C. B. -Mashburn, W. E. Johnson, J. L. Nich ols, J. D. Eckles, N. Buckner and J. B. Freeman. H. B. Craven acted as toastraaster and introduced the speakers. .VThe meeting was opened at 10. o'clock by singin g -'America," followed by prayer by A force of convicts who are working on the final stretch of the road at Bidgecrest were allowed the privilege of hearing the after noon talks. V A meeting of the newly formed organization will be held at Dome, near Bat Cave sometime during the next three weeks.. Patriotic Day. - Pursuant to the proclamation of the Governor of North Carolina, the Council of Defense for Mc Dowell County, aided by the La dies, will give to our drafted boys a patriotic demonstration at the court house in Marion on next - ' ,- , .1 -i . Monday, beptemoer tne dra., an 1 1 n'rrnir i nrnura iti win ri r- . . , . :n 1 ranged including patriotic band music, songs and speaking. l)in- j uiuuui -.- f w&- - - r ner will be served to the drafted men, the whites at the court house and the -colored at a place to be se lected. We1 desire to show our boys, who are soon to go into" the service of pur country, that we are with them, and will follow their career with pride. A great day is at hand when one hundred of our boys will go We call upon every citizen of. McDowell County to come to this celebration and take part in showing them where we stand. We want every Confeder ate Soldier, who can, to come and mingle with the young soldiers. No greater inspiration can be given to them than that your presence will lend. No greater god-speed can be given our sons in joining the conflict than the : heritage of your patriotism, bravery and cour- age.;V .' . r-. r Let's make this a red letter day in McDowell County. : We can do it. Monday is declared a holiday by the.GoVeibr. .Make it such, and at the same time do Jiomage to our boysi Every body is urged to- comef - -ftc? ZW' 5- :;lfl ' r&cm:--oxirs to serve,' By J. Wv Winborne, Chairman. NEWS FROM THE COUNTY B rief M entioru of Som e of the H ap penings in McDoweli County- : Items About .Home People. , ' ; ' . DYSAItTVILLE Dysartville. Aug. 27" Mrs. J. S. Cow an and Children 'of Marion are spending some time here with relatives. Miss Lela and Florence Dizpn of Qas tonia visited relatives and friends here last week. Miss Lizzie Bright of Glen Alpine will return home thi week after spend ing two months with her nephew, Char lie Daves. Mrs. H. C. Daves and children re turned home Friday after -spending three weeks with her mother at Henry. Eugene Upton motored to Statesville one day last week. Mrs. Judie Clayton of Spartanburg, S. C, is Visiting relatives here. " Miss Estelle Logan, principal of Glen wood school, John Goforth and Miss Mamie Goforth spent the week here. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cook and bahy of Salisbury spent the week-end here with relatives and friends. B. B. Price and Sheriff John Laugh ridge spent the week-end here with re latives. W. C. Raburn and son,"Tom, of Vein Mountain spent Sunday here. - ' The revival at the x Baptist church closed, today. God was with his people and many souls were born into His kingdom. Rev. Mr. Bennett of Char' lotte did the preaching and it was splendid MissAddie Dave3 of Thermal City spent some. time here with relatives. Mrs. Mattie McCurry and daughters, Attended the funeral of Mrs. McCurry's daughter, Mrs. L. F. Arrowood, at Vein f MountainJaafr week - - v . Miss Ethel Morrison of Bridge water is spending several days with her grand mother, Mrs. Harriet Taylor. Mrs. C. E. Prestwood of Bloomington, Alabama, is visiting relatives here. . R. H. Cowan had the misfortune to day ot losiDg the end of one finger in getting it fastened in a log chain. Carrie Carswell has been very sick but is better. NEALSVILLE Nealsville, Aue:. 27 rGlen wood school has. been in session five weeks and now has an enrollment of 137. It was neces sary to have another teacher in the pri mary department and Miss Alma Mc Curry now has the first grade. A reyival has just closed at the Meth- odist church. There were about thirty converspns. Rev. J. A. Frye, assisted by Rev.vPyatt, held the meeting. Thomas Upton died at the Rutherford Hospital Wednesday, Aug. 22nd, and the remains were brought here for burial Thursday. " Rev. M. W Mann of Spruce Pine, a former pastor, was a visitor here the past week. We are glad to hear that Mrs. Abe Gardin is imprpying after a short illness. T. W. Wilson and daughter, Mildred, attended quarterly meeting at Provi dence church Sunday. Miss Vina Ravburn has . entered .the Rutherford Hospital for training. HARMONY GROVE N ebo, Aug. 27. Miss Irene Guess of Raleigh has been Visiting her friend, Miss Hessie Simmons, here for the past week? -Ceph Pyatt and family of Altapass are visiting relatives here. J. L.; Lawing and daughters, Sue, and Bertie, were in Marion Saturday. W. J. Snipes made a business trip to Nebo, Saturday. . Mrs. F. W. Bradley; spent last week with homefolks here. " x v - Robert Sisk was a visitor herb Sun day. - ' ."-.V " " . Mrs. J.- Ij. Lawing is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. N. Pruitt, at Qasar. -Miss Lonnie Snipes is at home V for a few days. ' 'y:'1 fA large crowd ofthe young folks 'en joyed a singing ! at the : homer of Miss Hessie Simmons Sunday af ternoon. ' ; ' Mrs Dan -Andersony is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ro Daniels, at Raleigh. ' -Mr. and Mrs. L C." Crawley and child ren spent Saturday, aid . Sunday with relatives at Bridgewater. v.;-. "-- J. ' SEVIER - ; ; -y"r Seyierr Am? - 27, Mrs. J.Ha. Good and two children, "Garland and Mildred visited relatives in; Rather ford ton last Wek.: ;, ;c:V: , Rev. McMahan has closed a success f ul revival service at Wpodlawn, As" a result of the services, nine persons will be baptist,next Sunday. . I J , " ' t' Mrs. Charles Huskinsr was shopping in Marion last Saturday. Mrs. Biggins of Hankins visited Mrs. C. F. Barnes, Saturday. M. L. Good was in Marion Monday on business. " JANKINS. Hankins, Aug. ; 27. Mr. and ; Mrs; Gkrdon Erwin and family of Erwin, Tenn., are visiting relatives and friends here. ? .- . ' ' '" - . Mrs. J. Y. Firiley of Marion is visiting her brother, R; D. BarnesT Mrs. J. B. Higgins spent last Sunday at Sevier with her daughter, Mrs. C. F. Barnes. N J WC Biddlx of Marion visited R.' Dr Barnes last week. . Miss Donnie Browning was shopping in Marion last Saturday. There will be a box supper at Hankins school house next Saturday night for the benefit 6f the. Sunda school. Everybody c6rdially invited. " A Proclamation by The Governor. North Carolina is about to send twenty-five thousand men into bat tle; These fmen are making the supreme sacrifice that forever here after the wisdom of the many shall determine the decrees of nations. They go to make war-on": war. They go to destroy with the sword the government that maintains that t h e s wo rd li7 andM) f Tigfi t ought to be, the final arbiter of a nation's rights. - ' When the government thatde fies war shall perish in war then war will come no more upon the earth. It is fit that these guarantors of the world's peace should be sus tained by the love and prayers of all good men: Nor, Therefore, I, Thomas Wal A ter Bickett, Governor of Norto Carolina, do request the people of the State: A , First, to assemble on Saturday, the first day of September, in township and scliool district meet ings, and hold patriotic exercises in honor of the men we are send ing to the front; . -Second, on Sunday, September 2nd, let special religious services be held in all the churches in the State, ancl let all good men pray for thevsafety and success of the men who are going into battle that lasting. peace may-come upon " the land; - v v ' Third, That on 'Labor )ay, September 3rd, appropriate oatrio tic exercises be held in'every coun ty seat in the State and let the men who have been drafted into the public service be N the guests of honor at these exercises. - " Done at our city 6f Raleigh this the twenty-fifth day of August, in the year xf our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ' seventeen, and in the one hundred and forty-second year of our 'American Inde pendence. "V . - T. W. Bickett, Governor. to subscribers; The date on label of your'paperJ shows date to whiclj your subscrip tion is paid;- Please look the mat ter xx p and if you are due TnE Peogbess Sany thing kindly send m the amount at once. " Id view of the high, prices of every thing; credit cannot beVextended- indefi-. SOME NEW RULINGS " 0N DRAFT MEASURE Orders for. Mobilization of First In- .... ' r- p r cremerit.Ch - ed Men Wiil'Be taken First." Washington. At "the . direct sugsesi tion of President' Wilson.. ProTOst Marshal .General Crowder telephoned to. all governors a supplemental ex planation of regulations governing the status or merried men under the draft law. No" change in V regulation la . made, and the purpose. of the state inent- is to, clear up misunderstand , lags. ; . . , .V- 2 - '' In a letter to Secretary, Baker, . quoted by. General Crowder, President WOson states his opinion " that the regulation direcfrng, local boards" tol establish the fact of dependents "in addition to the fact of marriage ought no to be abrogated. Thls leaves the regulations, as they -are and the supplementary, statement' Is" designed merely to make the application of the rules uniform."- - -. While the statement regarding, mar ried men .was in preparation orders were Issued changing entirely- thQ mobilization arrangements previously madei Congestion of rail traffic and the necessity of making better, pro vision . for receiving the - men at the. cantonments dictated the-changes. Under the new orders, five per cent of - the white men, preferably : those with . military experience, from each local area, will be started forward ta the camps ' September 5 Instead ot thirty per-cent. They will go In fivo daily detachments of equal size and form skeleton company, organization and set up. a going concern into which the remander-of. the total quota can be absorbed without confusion as they reach the, contonments v . .,- The next forty per cent of .the quota wingo29rwa,d September 19, .when- , the" second thirtyTper "cerit brigin"aUy was ;' scheduled - to go ; a second forty -percent will go forward October 3 instead of the third thirty per cent and "the remaining fifteen per cent : will be called up as soon thereafter as practicable. ; ' :; , Local boards are directed to disre gard order of liability numbers to some -extent in selecting tlie first five per cent as men of experience" such as : cooks and former soldiers are desired at that time. Warning is given" against getting into this levy by reas. on ot his experience, - any man who might' get otherwise have been Include edin the first increment otthe dis. trlct at all. v- GREAT VICTORY CROWNS ITALY'S NEW OFFENSIVE With Austrian Line Broken Italians . Pursue Enemyt ! " . The battle along the Isonzo has de veloped further brilliant successes' far the Italians, who It is now plain era making one, of their greatest efforts of the war thus far. ; ; ; - General Cadorna's.men, .who at the beginning of the off ensiTe-effected a new crossing. of the xiyer north" of Gor, rizla,at a point wherethe,:Austrians believed such a feat was" Impossible, have won anotherepectacular victory by scaling Monte Sano, 2,245 feet high and placing "their flag there. Farther south, on the Carso, fight ing continues violently and incessant ly. Austrian efforts to win back lost positions were defeated. - - - . New gains have been made by the , French In the -Verdun front,' rounding out the victory-won in the .offensive begun on Monday. The French ad vanced last night north of Hill 204, Paris announces, and captured three fortified forts near Bethlncourt, " the official German statement however, says French attacks, between Malan court and Bethlncourt, as well as near Hill. 204, east of the Mens e, were re pulsed. . '. " ; k " - COULDNT. LOCATE LAND PEARY SAYS HE FOUND, Sydney. N. S. Donald .B. MacH MUian's Arctic ; expedition, arrived here after.xfour years spent In the polar 1 regions. ; MacMillan. who was one of Rear Admiral Peary's . Uentsn-i I-anU.on his successful dash for. the North ; pole, conflnned , : dispatcher1 that there was no.Crockerland ach as has . been reported by ! Peary. Peary's mistake was due to a mirage so real that the MacMillan party hSLd been deceived by" It -for four days.