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wcjkly NEW.SPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION, N. C, THURSDAYDECEMBER 13, 1917. VOL. XXII NO: 16 JERUSALEM TAKEN BY BRITISH TROOPS Capital5 of Palestine is Wrestled from Possession of Turkish Government. London. Andraw Bonar Law, chan cellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons that Jersualem after being surrounded on all sides, by British troops, Kad surrendered. The chancellor said British, , French and Mohammedan representatives were on the way to Jersualem to safe guard the holy placeB. General Allenby reported that od Saturday he attacked the enemy's, po sitions south and west of Jerusalem, the chancellor said Welsh and home county troops, advancing from the di rection of Bethlehem, drove back the enemy and, passing Jerusalem on the east, establishing themselves on same time, London infantry and dis-1 mounted yeomanry attacked the strong enemy positions west and northwest of Jerusalem and placed themselves astride the Jnisalem-Shchem road. The holy city, being thus isolated, sur rendered to General Allenby. The chancellor said General Allen- by entered Jerusalem officially, accom- and Brititsh forces. The capture of Jersualem by the British forces marks the end, with two brief interludes, of more than 1,200 years possession of the seat of the . Christian religion by the Mohamme dans. For 756 years the eholy city has been in-undisputed possession of Mohammedans, the last Christian ruler of Jersualem beeing the German emperor, Frederick II, whose short-lived dominations lasted from 1229 to 1244. ' - : r- v-'- The Turks have heldisway in Jeru salem since 1517 when they overcame the Mammelukes. ' Apart from its connection with the campaign being waged against Tur key by the British in Mesopotamia, the fall of Jersualem marks the defi nite collapse of the long protracted efforts of the Turks to capture the Suez canal and invade Egypt. ' ANOTHER STORM HITS GRIEF STRICKEN HALIFAX. Roaring Blizzard Drives Relief Work ers From Task. Halifax, N. S. A roaring blizzard, the third to strike this sorely afflicted city since the blast from the explod ing munitions steamer made 25,000 persons homeless four days ago, burst from the northeast. Raging with all t&e fury for which these northern winter storms are noted, it all1 but crushed the hearts of the brave band of workers struggling against over whelming odds to alleviate suffering. For a while the contingent? of the Canadian army, stationed here toiled doggedly amid the .ice-shrouded ruins for the unrecovered dead, but when the wind veered suddenly to the south east and blew with redoubled force, the soldiers were obliged to withdraw. Pungs bearing hospital -supplies and food to the numerous relief stations were storm-bound. The crippled light ing system broke down ttgain, leaving the city in darkness. Burial parties who had volunteered their services were driven , to , cover. From the devastated area of two and a half square miles; hundreds of men and women patiently seeking their dead gave up their task for still an other day and sought shelter. Relief trains bringing workers and supplies reached the city in the heights of the, blizzard, but those so eager to help 'found 'themselves help less and knew not which way to turn n the confusion of the storm, the un dented city and the wreckage. unification of all RAILROADS DURING WAR "Washington. President Wilson will so to Congress for special legislation to bring about unification, of the. rail roads during the war. That .the Pre s ident has decided definitely on such a move became known' after he had gone over the whole' transportation situation with ' Senator' Newlandsr chairman of the senate interstate'' commerce committee. ' He probably ill ask for the legislation in an ad dress before Christmas holidays. : , . - Selective Cfassification 'Begins on Saturday, December 15th. We desire to call Attention to all persons registered under the Se lective Draft law and to the public that the Selective Service regula tions, governing the classification of men, goes into effect on Decem ber 15th On the above date, all discharges and exemptions heretofore granted by this local board or the district board will become null and void. Every registered man, except those who have failed to appear for ex amination and those who have been sent to the mobilization camp and there accepted, will be recalled as well as all those who have not yet been called. To each will be sub- mltted a Questional. These ques A.. - w 1 "W 1 - tionaifes will be mailed, beginning December 15th and continuing for twenty days, until the complete list has been exhausted. Every registrant will have seven days from the day on which the -ques- kionaire is mailed in which to fill out and return same to the local board. Failure to so return, is constituted a misdemeanor and punishable by one year in prison. The authority to extend time for returning questionaire has been largely curtailed. The local board will have no authority to extend time, except in cases of extreme hardship. Therefore, it is neces sary that every. -registrant furnish this board immediately any change in his address. It also becomes the duty of those interested in any registrant, who may be absent from his address given on the registra tion card, to watch the mails and see that the questionaire reaches him in time to make the return within seven daysfrom the mailing' The local board gives this notice so that no man may be taken un aware, and to the end that the board may not be forced, through the failure to return the question eire, to make report to the Adju tant General as it is required to do immediately after the expira tion of the seven days. On the questionaire each regis trant, will assert any claim for de ferred classification he may have. Failure to so assert it is constitut ed a waiver and in such event he will be classified under the first class, The President has request- , ed the services of the legal profes sion throughout the United States to assist, without compensation, registrants in properly preparing the questionaire. The failure to receive a question aire does not relieve the registrant of the duty to file it, as a notice will be posted at the office of the local board of the order numbers of those to whom questionaires are each day mailed, and this is notice. The office of the local board will in the future be in the store room the second door above the Marian na Hotel on Main street in Marion. Local Board for McDowell County. The enlisted men at Camps Se vier and Jackson are to have the opportunity to win commissions through examinations soon' to be given, which will win for- the suc cessful competi tors admission to the third officers' training camp. This encampment is due' to start on January 5. U. S, DESTROYER IS -SUNK IN WAR ZONE Germar U-Boat Torpedoes and Sinks American Destroyer: Most of Crew Lost. Washington. Lieutenant Command er David Worth Bagley and Lieutenant Norman Scott were among tne surviv ors rescued after the sinking of the American destroyer, Jacob Jones, by a German submarine in the war zone last Thursday night. The navy de partment was so advised by Vice Ad miral Sims. These two officers, two warranf of ficers, and two enlisted men were named in the admiral's dispatch as survivors in addition to the 37 pre viously reported saved. It is now es tablished that the five line officers on the destroyer were rescued. Gunner Harry R. Hood and 63 men are miss ing. Admiral Sims' report said that Com mander Bagley and the five other men saved with him got away in a motor boat and were picked up and landed uninjured at the Scilly islands. The 'other four survivors reported besides Commander Bagley and Lieu tenant Scott were: Chief Boatswain's Mate Clarence McBride, wife Florence McBride, Syracuse, N. Y. Coxswain Ben Nunnery, father Fred A. Nunnery, Edgemoor, S. C. Fireman Joseph Kroneniecky, moth er Anna Krozeniecky, Suvive, Russia. Vice Admiral Sims up to a late hour had been able to supply, only meager details in reply to urgent messages from Secretary Daniels, whose brother-in-law, Lieutenant Commander Da vid W. Bagley, commanded the lost vessel, and was first reported among" the missing. Three officers and 34 menwere. piekedl jap i Jlother , vessels frthllffe rafts to which they clung, but the names of only ten of these had been transmitted to Washington. The Jacob Jones, one of the largest and newest American destroyers oper ating in the Atlantic, was the first American warship to fall victim to a German submarine, but was the sec ond American destroyer to be lost In foreign waters. The Chauncey sank with her commander, Lieutenant Com mander Walter E. Reno, two other officers, and 18 enlisted men, after be ing cut in two by the transport Rose early on the morning 'of Novem ber 20. NO ATTEMPT TO CHECK UP LIST OF HALIFAX DEAD Morgue Officials Hold to Estimate of Four Thousand. Halifax, N. S. No official attempt was made here to check up or revise the long list of dead and injured re sulting from Thursday's disaster when a munitions ship's cargo exploded in the harbor. The morgue officials held to their estimate of 4,000 dead, but other ob servers said that estimate was too great by half. A joint appeal by the mayors of Halifax and Dartmouth was made o the Canadian' public for money for the relief of thehomeless and the recon struction of that part of the city which is In ruins. It was said that between $20,000,000 and $25,000,000 would be required. A heavy rainstorm Interrupted the systematic search for bodies, but by night 95 additional bodies had been placed In the morgue. Several deaths occurred among the Injured. The task confronting the relief com mittees seemed almost hopeless but later In the day the skies cleard and cheering word came from the physi cians in charge of the tents in which 600 of the homeless had found shelter. The tents had withstood the storm and the occupants were as comfortable as could be pxpected. GERMAN TROOPS ARE RUSHED TO CAMBRAI Geneva, Friday, Dec. 7. Both Field Marshal von Hlndenburg and Gen. von Ludendorff are on the Cambral front. according to a dispatch from Strass- burg today. Railway . traffic through the Rhine towns has been congested from this source, owing to the flow of troops and artillery being rushed through to this front. No civilians are permitted to travel along the Rhine and, the" German frontier remains closed. Hemphlll-Watiers. The following account from the Charlotte Observer of the wedding of Mr. Fred H. Hemphill, of this place, and Miss Marie Louise Wat tiers, of New York, which took place in Charlotte last Thursday, will be of interest to friends here: "It was not until Rev. John S. Wood announced the customary of the Presbyterian weddiqg cere mony did' the Shriners at the cere monial in the city auditorium last night realize that the marriage ceremony that was taking place was 'a really truly wedding.' "Just before the completion of the first section of the ceremonial Potentate Cameron announced that a wedding would take plade before the work would proceed. It was thought by the thousand Shriners present that it was just another of the 'stunts' the patrol was pulling off. 44Then the strains of the wed ding march sounded from the piano, under the direction of Prof.- Robert Lee Keesler, and from the doorway appeared Miss "Marie Louise Wattiers, of New York city, , on the arm of Noble O. B. Hobinson, and from the wingcame Noble Fred' IJ. Hemphill, a mem ber of Oasis temple, formerly of Marion, N. C, but now of New York city. They met in front of the stage and faced Rev. Dr. Wood, pastor of the Presby terian -church of --Forest . City, JN C., another member' of Oasis temole. "With the impressive ceremony of the Presbyterian church he united them in marriage, and im mediately, in the name of the tem ple Dr. J. H. Way, of Waynes ville, a captain in the United States army and a member of Oasis tem ple, presented the bride with a magnificent silver vase, and fol lowing that were other presenta tions, of which it is not permitted to write. "Miss Wattiers came from New York city, arriving this morning for the special purpose of wedding Noble Hemphill here tonight, and Potentate Cameron was . approach ed with a request that the cere mony occur at the ceremonial, in courtesy to Noble Hemphill. This was readily secured and the wed ding was the result. "It was one of the most inter esting features of an unusually in teresting .ceremonial and the hap py pair left the hall. to the plaudits of the assembled Shriners, taking with them every good wish for a happy, prosperous, and long life.'? Mr. and Mrs.-Hempbiir arrived here the latter part of the week and are stopping with Mrs. Maude Kirby. They will, spend some time here before returning to New York City where Mr. Hemphill will be engaged in business. Weather Seven Above Zezo. The first snow of the season fell here last Saturday measuring 21 inches and this was followed by a deeper one on Tuesday evening, 6$ inches. The thermometer reg istered; seven degrees above zero on the 9tb, 10th andl2tb, thecold est weather so far this winter. -A cold wave has covered almost the.entire country. Much suffer ing has been ' reported f rom the cities. - . . li ; Services at St. John's next Sari day at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. NEWS FROM THE COUNTY Brief Mention of Some of the Hap- penings in McDowell Couoty- ItemsAbout Home People. ; CHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, Dec 10. Mr Zack Davis was happily married to Mrs- ' Jan a Aired of this place, yesterday, Rev. Burton Mashburn officiating, lira. Aired W. many friends here who wish her & long and happy wedded life. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Davis left Sunday for Thermal City -where they will mate their home. Mrs. Henry Don can and children ct Granite Falls visited her sister, Mrs. Reias Huffman, the latter part., of tha week. Clarence Mason and family of Nebo are spending a few days with Mrs Mason's mother, Mrs. Mrs, & D. Wa caser. Mrs. Wacasers t sister, Mrs. Morgan, is also here on a visit. : Frank White is spending some tima with bis daughter. Mrs. John Parker. - - Miss Nora Huffman left Stinday for Granite Falls where she has accepted a position. We hope to celebrate North Carolina Day next Friday. A program will be given by the school in' the afternoon and we hope to seenre a good speaker for the occasion. Everybody is invited to attend j A short program will be given by the school on Thnrsday night beforeChrist mas Everybody invited. Following is the school honor. roll: First grade, James Poteet and Bena Bright; third grade, Thelma Holland and Frank Proctor; fonrth- grade,' Flor ence Corpening, Bertha Huffman and Laura Bright. Mather of obcii nisters Pass esr-- Mrs. Belzorah Stamey, who died at the home of her daughter at. Pilot Mountain on' November 1st at the age of 86, had the distinc tion of being the mother of four ministers of the gospel who, with, her husband, the late Rev. Alex ander Stamey of the Baptist church of Virginia, made five ministers in. the family out of six boys; the late Rev. P. F. W. Stamey, who was presiding elder of the Higji Point district of the Western North Caro lina M. E. Conference when ha died in High Point in 1890; the late Rev. Whiteford Stamey, of Galax, Va.; the late S, D. Scameyv and Enoch L. Stamey, now physi slcian in charge of Keeley Institute. He is the only living minister doctor of the family. 'Five other children survive. There are a large number of grand children, great grand children and . great great grand children livingv Thegrandk children who reside in High Point savs The Review, are WV I. Stam ey, Mrs. Harry Huffman, Mrs, J. Li. Kirkman and Mrs. . W. R, Wix and "others. of the immediate family are Mrs. O. H. BQmgarner and Mrs. Ad Gilkey.of Marion. At a big reunion held in Winston " four years ago there were five generations represented. Mrs. Stamey was born in Lin coln county, and was a girl ennm of Mrs. Stonewall Jackson. Her people were of French.desccDt. Red Cross Stamps. The sale of Red Cross Christmas stamps deserves to be large and wo hope all of our readers who havo an opportunity will boy a number of the stickers. . . Rev. A. T.. Graham, D. D., a Presbyterian minister and former ly pastor at Davidson College, died Friday night at the home of a re- iative in Charlotte of B right's dis eased He was CO years old and a native of Winchester, Va. I' f i- - .
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