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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST; &F THE - PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY: ESTABLISHED 1896. . MARION, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918. i . ''rr. VOL. XXn NO. A MORE MEN ARE CALLED 4 , ' . 'Call issued for 36 White Men to Report July 4th for Service . Re-Classifications. , The countv exemption board has has called 3G white men to report here July 4tb at 4 p. m. for en trainment next day to Camp Green ieaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The Claade Weeks, Roscoe Shuford, Fred Craig, Marion Maxwell Mor ris, John Gibson Danny Roy Min- isb, Virgil W. Schism, John Bled- soe, Floyd Worth Lawing, Charles Head, Frank Carson Biggerstaff, Wiley 'Coodry, Lee Morris, Robt. Delvert Taylor, John Calvin Pad gett, Kelton Norman Snipes, Robt. W inters, . Ely is Tomer, George Hunter, Arthur Gordon-Laughter, Mark Parkeri Josepb C. Green, John Jacob Cansler, tZacbary Owensby, Don Mashburn, Ralph Hensley, Jobn Stanley Hunter, Zollie Crawford Worley, Troy M. Brooks, Lyda Gorman, Zeb Vance , Snipes, Benjamin Young Jordan, Amos Flinn, Romie White, ISos- coe Hop pis. -; . - - Alternates: William Logan Bradley,1 Giola ; Winey Dalton, Edgar Cansler Price, Larkin Chil ders, Ed. Brown, Bryant Eugene Upton, Alonzo Elcain Davis." s ...... The district exemption board has called up and reclassified the following men, deferred on account of .agricnltarahMTOrk -changing them to Class 1 r v John Earnsworth Williams Ma rion; Thomas Upton, Dysartsville; Ersie Will Huskins, Sevier; John Fletcher Marlow, .Fairview; t Ab , t i it ' i -rvlljr ' morgao xteei, , ianariua; xrcu aiur ris, Nealsville; William Horace Ledbetter, Dome; Perry Campbell Ward,1 Vein Mountain; Julius F. Upton, Dysartsville; Lee Laven der, Old Fort; and Robert Baity McNeely, Nebo. - The local board announces that the following men, newly weds"; have been placed in Class One, . on reclassification of the new draft regulations: . ' , f Forest Edwin La wing, William Bruce Seamon. John West Stroud, Jesse Lindsey, (col.) Edward Sisk, Wyatt McCoy "3IcNairy, Arthur Elliott Edgar Morgan, Mont. A. McNeely, Thomas Garfield Rhine hart, William LutberToteet, Lon 20 Smith and Luther Floyd Lytle. Call Issued for 4,247 Men In uonn oaronna. A call upon North Carolina for 4 17 mrn KaQ hppn issnprl hx? . tht war deparfment, Adjutant General 'Young announced Friday. , One thousand men qualified for general service will be sent between July 5 and 10 to CampGreenleaf, Ogle thorpe, Ga.; 247 men of grammar school education having experience as blacksmiths, carpenters and me chanics will bo sent to Clemson College, S. C, July 15; 1,700 others- will go later to Camp Meade, Md., and-1,200 negroes will go to Camp Dix, Md. Chairman D.T. Harris states that good progress is feeing made in War Saving campaign, and a de termined' cfTort will ' bo made to put the coanty over the top by tho end of the wesk. McDowell's al lotment is $207,816.00. - Hew, Ruling Relative to Grinding : New Wheat Crop. ' r Raleigh, June 21. North Caro lina farmers who have this year raised their owd wheat will be al lowed to have an entire season sup ply ground, according to announce ment made tiis evening by State Food Administrator Henry. A. Page. The only rajTrkement is that while wheat is still new and conseauently in poor milling con dition a supply; sufficient to last only to October 1, shall be ground. Oa and after October. 1, the re quirements of a farmer for hjs household and for tenants or otherJ dependents whom he customarily supplies until the next harvest may be ground. 4 ; : . All wheat producers as jwell as other consumers are requested to coiitinae to observe the prese'nt conservation program of the food administration which calls for . the ose of as much corn meal and other cereals substitutes as of .wheat flour; The maximum measure of con sumption of flour from new crop wheat will be 12"pounds per person per month" instead of ;.the present requested voluntary rationing "of six pounds. N Three Pounds of5,ugar per Month, Drastic restrictions on sugar con sumption are announced by the food administration. They include: Reduction of home -consumption to three pounds a person a month. " Reduction ofl ess essential manu- factnred products, including sweet drinks, to 50 per cent, of their normal sugar requirements; cut ting the ice cream manufactures to 75 er cent, of their normal a- mount of sugar. Food administration officials are working on details of a ration card by which they will enforce the three pounds a month rale. Only the following products will get their full amount of sugar un der the' new rule: Canped fruits, canned vegetables, meats, catsups, chille sauce, drugs! for medical purposes, apple butter, packers.pf preserved fruits, mince meats,, glycerine, insecticides, cap sules and ant-poison. ' , Soda fountains are hit hard by the new regulations. They are cut to 50 per. cent. Ice cream has for merly been allowed unlimited .use of sugar, but after July 1 only 75 per cent.; will be allowed and where ice cream is manufactured on the promise of any ; dispenser it will come undf r the 50 per cent, limita tion. - . . , A Hospital Train. One hundred and twenty:fQur men were brought to the . United States General Hospital No. 12 (Kenil worth) Asheyille, last Week, from Camp Lee, Va. .The Citizen says the men are suffering- from empyema," a disease which follows pneumonia and; which causes ab- sesses on tne Jungs in many in stances. That climate was ad- judged the best for their recupera tion, and for this reason they were brought to Asheville . " J .The Citizen says the men - were brought to Asjeville in a" hospital tram," one of the most complete of its kind. .The train of six coaches is provided with everything to be found in -a- modern hospital . and the most serious operations can be performed., . ' ' : ' AUSTRIAN FORGES ROUTED I nvad ers Defeated at Every Tu rn With Appalling Losses Austrians Driven Hard. , Washington, , J une 25. -A: dis patch to the Italian embassy from Rome ' today confirmed the an nouncement yesterday that prison ers taken .by the Italians in the fighting - at the Piave ; numbered 45,000. This includes some twelve or fifteen thousand captured ' dur ing the past week before the Aus trian offensive was turned into t rout, -1 . . x " ; ; Austria's armies again are be ybhd the Piave and the river line Once more bars 'the enemy from Venetian plains. , 'The crushed Austrian forces not only were pur sued to the river bat the Italians at points have occupied strong bridgeheads on the eastern bank. , Mow thorough the Italian vic tory has been is not yet clear as every hour brings reports of in creating Austrian, losses. Many thousands of invaders were killed in their attempt to regain the east ern bank of the river and the latest announcement irom General Diaz places the number' of prisoners alone at 40,000. "One report places the Austrian casualties at 200,000 men. In addition the enemy lost large stores of munitions and sup plies and many guns. Piave Cleared of -Austrians. The Italians at last have cleared the. remaining Austrian rear guards from the west bank of the Piave river and now are in possession-of the en tire r: river front , from the Montello olateau to the sea. At last accounts their forces which cjossed the stream in pursuit of the retreating Austrians were still harassing .them. Inflicting heavy casualties and forcing the enemy to continue his disorderly retreat. . A Paris dispatch says tbe Aus trian losses to taf 200,000 men, ac cording to the Secolb of Milan; H. F. Little Elected Vice President. At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the IJirst National Bank of Marion MrX Hugh F. Little, assistanttreasurer and gen eral manager of the Marion - and Clincnfield mills, was elected vice presidentfof the bank to succeed the late B. B. Price- Mr. R. H. Bennett was elected a member of the board of directors to fill the vacancy caused by the death ; of Mr. Price. v I McDowell Sends Soldiers to War. . In response to the ; government's call for soldiers the local board in ducted into service 45 of. Mc Dowell's choice' sons, andr started them on their way to camp on the morning train Tuesday. " f The line of march was started from the of fice of the local board beaded by G: .C. Conley and J. W. Win- borne, followed by the sturdy sol diers. - Quite a crowd of , friends and relatives accompanied the boys to the station. : ' ' . The" yoimg men presented a most cheerful attitude.- Seemingly the v were anxious to get to camp, doh the uniform and get down to train ing. Every man - called "reported to roll call. - v-., r- - V . Buy war Savings Stamps. Circiis Train Wrecked and More , ; .v Than 60Terish. As the result of the wreck f of ma circusTtfain six miles west of Gary, Iod.,f early Saturday morning, at least 62 persons were killed and: it is oeuevea ine aeatn- list may go to 85, as the wreck' caught fire and was burned and the exact i number of dead lias not been I determined. The injured are listed at 179. , A tram carrying the Wallace Hagenbeck circus, composed 'k of four sleepers,, five stock cars, 15 flat cars and a 'caboose, pulled part away into a switch aod stalled there ooVccount of ar bot box. Tbe flag "man .went back on the main track and set fuses as a warning of dan ger, it is said. The circus train was in this position when a troop train of empty cars struck the cir cus train in the rear plowed into me sleepers, reo ucing tnem to a pile of tangled steel and : timbers. Fire broke out in the circds trai6 almost immediately, and when res cuers teached the scene ihe entire wreckage was in flames, Nearly A Million Men in France; Washington, J une ... 22. Nine hundred thousand men have been shipped across the seas, General March- told ne wspaper corres pond ents at the weekly conference to day. These . include the - troops shipped from all American ports of embarkation. ; v , The United States today is five months ahead of , its prbgrai for placing an army - in France, Gen era! March' said - - - ? : he figii res. on : American f troop shipments- are - significapt,- since -General March . at his conference last week fixed the number at 800,r 000, the addition of 106,000 dur ing the week showing, the rate of progress that is being made. V' While: the general " battle situa tion looks good today .General March said that: the present - lull on the western front means only that German combat divisions are being formed for another" drive ; -Political Policy This Year. Greensboro DaUy News.; , " It is extremely dimcult this year for the people of Nortb Carolina to' become interested in politics. Republican candidates are claiming to stand with ' the President, and sbany criticism of Congress that they may indulge in will necessari ly be weakened.'-; Democratic cah- didates, however, ma,y expect to be closely watched as to their; rec ords. They, will be judged mainly by 4-heir reputation for supporting or opposing the Preside t. V y - v There can be only one policy for any party; this; year, and that is wholehearted support of :r every thing Joofing" to, the . successful prosecution 1 of ;' the - war. There may be open questions as to ' wt is fightbul the i ielectionbf new men to ' congressional ."positions when their ideas are confessed over those things" now "paramount ; will be an easy task. The men . worth while for all' of the nation's jobs will be those inen .who . have, al ready shown their ability to think clearly as to present dayproblems and to act without regard to the effect of their acts politically. The times demand men of great hearts, strong minds,' and willing hands. Such men will be the ones sought after rather than those among the Eceliers after honor and political preferment. : L-. ;v . . - ..;- STATE NEWS OFTHE VEEtC Items Concerning Events of In ;teresttand Importance Through- -out the State. :;TheConfed arate veteran statue was unveiled at Morganton Satur day.. .Chief Justice Clark was the orator; '; , V 1 i Chas. W.Clonihger former .as sistant cashier of a Hickory bank, has been appointed assistant 'State Bank examiner.7 ApprQximately $85,000 damage, partially covered by $74,000 iri surance,'; was caused v by the firo which, early Friday' morning de stroyed the building r ofceupied by the Myers' , department stores at Winston-Salem. ' - ' . " Y Guilfprdr county Democ ratio., committee i .has resolved that no political speeches should be ma'de in that county this year.V Patriotic meetings . may be held 'at which formal announcements of candi dates may beinade. ; r , L. ,L Mathews,; superintendent of the schools of Sampson coiintv. was found dead in a bath tub at his home at .Clinton Sunday. Tt was evident that be took his ownv iife, as the door to the bath 'room.- was locked and had to be battered down; AV razor which had severed his jugular vein was found on. a shelf beside the bath tub. " r About 500 carpenters 'employed on the government tubercular hos pital at Azalea quit, work last week after demanding increase in pay of , $ljper day. .Theirdemands had; eneferreixtoWashingtoo-bat'''' they quit before an answer was re ceived. Later an agreement was reachect ; by which the men returned to work, pending a1; settlement- of me aemana. - , -s - xne mayor ana ministers or iMew, ( - . . -- . , . . . . . . .... - mi. - .... . a 0 "r Rftrnft hftVR annp.&lfid to" thft np.nnlft of that city to pause jast a moment each afternoon at ooclock and ask d i vine blessings on the cause for which the nations-arraigned against Germany are fighting. $"ine stro kes of thexourt house bell will be the signal and. everyone is asked to pause just a :. moment for. prayer, . regardless of wherethey are and what they are doing.': . Crowder Issues Call forMore Men. ; A e .. f nrt. Kot c'fon Sn nurrxrinrr out the war department's plan to have 3,O0O;000 men under arms oix August liPrbvost i Marshal General - v Crbwder has called on Jthe gover nors of all states for the mobiliza tion between July 22 and. 25 for 220,000 ; white draft registrants qualified for general military ser- vice. North Caolina'sT quota is 3;000, to CampHancock, Georgia. -i-t y-r- r-it .'-:. . Express Rates.lncreased. 1 Ten per cent increase in: express rates has beeh approved by tho Inter-State Commerce Commission and wilfadd about $22,000,000 to the. gross annual revenues of the American Railway Express Com pany i : the consolidated , concern which takes over the intcr-Stata express transportation businecs of the country July 1. v - If you want to see a lively and interesting picture, one that is euro to please you, see .William Euc-ll in The Midnight Trr.il,'A; at tho Grand Thcitre next Monday. '
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