A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST: INTEREST, OFTHE PEOPLE OF . McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION,' N. C.f THURSDAY -AUG!; 1918.
VOL. XXII NO. 49
PICKED HUNS DEFEATED
famous Prussian i and v Bavarian
Troops Cut Up By U; S. Forces
Drive Line Northward. ,
American troops fighting, nor tr
of the Qurcq river in tbeSoissons-
jTllirllM 0 Urn m ft W fc4 V V w w il w w vni m
brilliant victory ofMonday at Ser
gy, where-they cutto pieces di
visions of Germany's picked troops1
and took and held ' the village a
. gainst counter-attacks. ,y . v
. Notwithstanding. heavy opposi
tion by guns, machine guns and
large numbers of the "enemy, sol-
northward from Sergy, Tuesday,
for a .. distance of two miles and
were resting at night on the slopes
approaching the woods bey ond the
town of Nesle. Where they stood
formed the apex of the long line
Tunning ''across the salient.
: ' XVMlft fKft Wlf.Ai ficrht?ncr rone In
progress - between the Americans
and Germans, the French troops
-on Dotu sides ot tne ngnting iront
also moved " forward for goodly
-gains i 'northeast of Fere-En-Tar-denois
and east of Sergy. In the
Kesles forest, the Germans are
-holding I strong positions from
"rwhich they are shelling, but thus
far lneuectiveiy, the menacing al
lied line before them. . "
- 'Prussian Gaardsand Bavarians
throughout Tuesday, but" again
they were out-maneuvered and out
fought by the Americans and again
suffered heavy casualties. .
The Germans apparently are "on
Jthe eve of attempting to end their
re&reav xrom me ooissons-xiaeims
. . ."V -.1. n? '
frontal battle in force to the en
tente allied armies.
1 T'hft tvLTT nf rtnrt-cma.rt' nntinns
seems drawing to" a close. Violent
their antagonists' already are in
- progress by the Germans over most
of the battle front and seemingly,
for tne present at lease, tne allied
.advance has been materially slowed
. down. : "
Further gains haye been made
bv the allies, includincr the Ameri
cans, but only after the bitterest
kind of fighting. And these gains
ihave been considerably less in ex
tent than those of previous days
,perore ine uermans sunenea ineir
retreaung armies Dy . rasning nu
m3rous fresh'divisions to their aid
and adding great jy to the aggre
gate strengtn or tneir ngnting torce
!iLr it. . J! I - 1 A.
t a' " " " t-l " 1 "
Dei ween ooissons ana rneims.
As a result of 'violent counter
attacks; delivered .with huge effec
tives the Germans have been able
to force the falling : back by the
Americans and French on several
"positions, but nowhere were they
able to. find a spot wpak enough
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through which they could penetrate
the allied line . Standing firmly4
and giving ground only under ab
solute necessity,; the allied -.troops
everywhere have exacted a .huge
toll in :men killed, wounded : or
made prisoners from the Germans'
in their.effort partly ; to retrieve
their losses of ground.?vi'-.
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' It is the' duty of every Democrat
in McDowell county to, be, present
at the court house in ' Marip : at
1:30 o'clock t oh J uly 10 for the
purpose - of nominating a county
ticket. "- - - : --rA
Forty-One .Men Called for Aug. 5,
' The local exemption .board for
McDowell county has issued a call
for a lis$ of men to report for ser
vice Monday morning, August ' 5r
at 10 o'clock, for, entrainment to
Camp - Wads worth, : Spartanburg,
S. C, Monday afterpooh. ; The list
follows: . , - . . -.
Edward Sisk, Wyatt McCoy Mc
nairy, Luther Floyd Lytle, John
FIetcher,Marlow, Arthur Elliott
Abb Morgan Reel, - Fred Morris,
Mont A. McNeely, Forest Edwin
Lawing, Charlie Caldwell Moss
WilliamHorace Ledbetter, - Wil
IianTBruner Seaman, Perry Cam
bell Ward, Julius Frank Upon,
Lee Lavender, Ira Lee Knupp, Roy
Lee Curtis, Cage Smith, Bart Wil-'
liam Hunter, Clayton Davenport,
John. West Stroud, Lona Edron
Carswel), James Clayton Janes,
Will Ray McCormick, Robert Bat
ty McNeely, Ben Childers,v Harvey
Morgan, Luster Hollifield Arthur
Bledsoe, James Theodore Holland,!
Marion-Hotlifield.
NEW. CLASS ONE BEG ISTB ANTS .
George Raymond Roland, Arthur
Edwin Jordan, Isaac : Vilas Giles,
Frank Alvin Keefe, Jr., Tate
Mosses, Walter Hinton Williams,
Ralpb4 Connor, Walter Brown
Bradley, Todd McKinley Greene,
John Beard Allison.
Alternates: Fred James Lentz,
Astor,Yelton, Leon r Arthur Can
non,Blanto AutryGebrger Wat
son Wilson, Charles William Pain
teri George Washington Laughter.
Americans Find Many German Dead
The American troops advancing
along the Marne have discovered
hundreds of dead Germans. x The
victims fell before the heavy ma
chine gun fire of the Americans
during the retreat. In one horse
shoe area the ground was covered
with dead. The Americans buried
as many bodies as was possible.
It is estimated that 2,000 Germans
fell there.
Farmers along the Marne front
report having seen-the bodies of
German dead floating down the
stream. The military authorities
are planning some system by which
they can clear the river of bodies.
Three days after the Germans
exacuated Chateau - Thierry, the
Americans found a lone German
in Mont-St.. Pere, hiding in a cel
lar. The prisoner : said he was
tired of the war and was determin
ed to secrete himself, notwithstand
ing the fact' that he had no food,
and later take a chance by surren
dering to .the allies. :
i Sugar -Ration Reduced.
Tie American public is asked by
the food administration to go on a
sugar ration of two pounds per
capita monthly beginning 'August
1, to meet a worl d shortage i n this
commodity, and to care for immedi
ate demands jof 2 the alfies and
American military forces? :The
American: public at present is on a
three ; pounds' per capita o ration
monthly, under a request issued by
ttie'foodvadminlstrationva-vmontf
ago3 ; Household rationing will be
voluntary at - present, fc but public
eating'places will be required to
observe new regulations effective
August-1, permitting; the ' use " of
twa pounds of sugar forevery J 90
meals instead of three pounds Sun
der existing regulations.::
MEWS FROM THE COUNTY
"'-- i -in 'f' s- vV-
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap-
r penings in McDowell County-
Items About Home . People. " :
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Nebo, July SO. Bey. . J. A. Frye is
conducting a series of meeting at Glen
wood this week. - ;
. Mrs. S.;'Ij Buff of Wacrosse, : Ga.. is
spending a while here with her mother,
Mrs. J. K. Stacy. - - -V' ;
Mrs. J. K Cuthbertson and r children
have returned after spending :- two
months with relatives in Blue Ridge,
Ga.. . : " ' "'"'Z
Miss Tracy Bigmon has returned from
the summer school at the State Normal
College at Greensboro. ' u - ;
. W. J: Bowman has moved his family
from Hickory back to Nebcu, -t. :"-i
Mrs. E.-E, Wade of Gibsonyille, is
visiting her parents Mr and Mrs. M. C.
Siemon.' '
Watson Wilson spent a few days Ihis
week with his sister iu Asheviile,
- Mr." and Mrs. E. Sigmon and daugh
ter, Georgia, returned home Monday
after spending a week. with relatives in
Cincinnati, Ohio - ' ' T -
Jr. and Mrs. B. V. Wilson and child
ren and Mrs. J. F. Wilson spent the
week-end with relatives on Linville
HANKINS
Hanklns, July 29. Fred Barnes of
Blacksburg, Y&.t is visiting hOmefolks
here.
Mrs. Henry Johnson of Marion has
returned home after spending several
weeks with Mrs. C. McNeely.
Mrs. Wiiliard McNeely of Marion
visited her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Cannon,
last.week.- . :
Joe Hall and Virgil Morgao ; hav ; re-
turned homa from Canton - -
Miss Dollie Burnett of Marion spent
th latter part of the week with her
brother, John C. Burnett. '
J. B. McNeely made a business trip
to Marion Saturday. ,
George Hall left for Camp Hancock,
Thursday.
Virgil Morgan is yisiting his sister,
Mrs. Minnie Burnett, at Chesnee, S. C.
Marion Edwards of Carlyle, was a
visitor here Sunday. .
Mrs. C. B. Whetstile and Mrs. Wiff
Morgan were shopping in
day last week.
Marion v one
Hankins school opened Monday morn
ing with Miss Jessie Conley as teacher.
Fifty Per Cent. Expected to-Pass.
Provost Marshal tieneral Crow
der has informed state draft execu
tives that more than fifty per cent
of the 744,500 registrants in the
1918 class are expected to be placed
in Class one as physically qualified
for general military service and
instructed them to give special
scrutiny to the re port of any local
board which ails to classify this
percentaiaje.
.This estimate General Crowder
said, is based upon a study of the
operation of the draft and the only
exceptions which will be recognized
are in the case of communities hav
ing a large alien L population ' or
which have released Jarge numbers
of the i918 class to the navy; ma
rine crops, or emergency fleet. ;
-"The national average should be
much higher than jfifiy ert cent
because industrial, agricultural
and "dependency def ormants and
physical rejections should be much
lower," General ;vCrp.werVtrniesi
sage said. - t ; :
Dr.; W. li Poteat, ' president of
Wake Forest College and one of
the yers: f fojrtoostthinkere
finest orators inj the StateX willi
speak at ihe- First' Baptist church
next Sunday morning and evening.
At the same services his son, , Dr.
Hubert M Poteat will sing to the
delight of all music-lovers present
All who can should hear jthese dis-
tinguished gentlemen, i f
EfTort Being Made 'to Build "Rail
road from Hayesvilleto Andrews;
Washington, July' 29. Repeat
ed efforts by Representative Zebu
Ion Reaver and " S. A." Jones; T ot
Way nesville to have " the i railroad
administration and the war depart
ment complete and -operatei:the
railroad from Hayesville, Clay
county, to 'Andrews, or : Murphy,
Cherokee bunty; f are' seemingly
productive of results. Representa
tive Weaver todayexpressed hope
bf the railway extension,1. The
status of abrasive deposits to: the
government emphasize the mineral
advantages of Western "North Car
olina. -The , deposits consisting
chiefly of corundum, rhodolite and
red ga r n e t' a re i f d und i n: Jackson;
J Clay, and Macon .counties. Repre
sentative Weaver told the Wash
ington officials that these natural
abrasives are the finest in the
world. ; : :' -
Prior lo the war this material
ws imported in as ballast; from
Spain and South America. This
is no longer the case. The deposits'
f dd inWestern 'North Carolina
are used In polishing all guns and
machinery. ' . v , .
.'And if these mines are devel
oped they will be of great -benefit
to that section as well as the whole
country,' said the Tenth district
congressman. - y
. Tbis,-rail road-, will; open; up'; a
great'deal of virgiu territory-; rich
in.'wox&pro
ces and agricultural possibilities.
The road has already been graded
and cross ties laid along the " right
of way. . The only expense to the
government will be the cost of iron
and rolling stock.
Rev. Mr. Moore Presented With
Auto,
The following from the 1 Green
ville Daily News will be of interest
to friends here:
Rev. W. H. Moore, the popu
lar pastor of the Memorial Baptist
Church is celebrating . his forty
sixth natal day and is the recipient
of numerous congratulations and
best wishes from not only, bis par
ishioners, but others as well.
On last evening the - members
of his chur.ch, through the official
body, presented him with a $1585
Lexington ; automobile, ' the pre
sen tat ion being made by D.. J.
Whichard, chairman of the . Board
of Deacons. The gift was a token
of the highland exalted . esteem i in
which ;Mr. Moore is held by the
members of his congregation and
also for the most excellent work
he, has performed during his six
Veen months pastorate.' .
r "Mr. Moore came to- Greenville
in .response to a call frbm the
Memorial 'Baptist churcji ifrom
Marion, N; C. 16 months. ago and
since that time he has added sixty
one; members to the "church roster.
Tiis work exceeds that of; several
years previous to nis coming and
goes to sho wrthat he is a worthy
ambassador of his Xiord "and -ever
about bis Father's business. . He
is " a strong, ; convincing gospel
preacher and as a pastor Greenville
never had; a better. " Thex Daily
News 'joins - his many -friends in
wishing him many happy and ; joy
ous returns of this day.'' ; " 1
:The Y. M; C. A. Jias established
two; huts for the soldiers in Italy
above the clouds and on i the . snow
line: v:--. v ; " - t, J
STATE NEWS 0FTHEWEE C
Items Concerning Events of In
terest and .Importance Jhrouch
; " V out the, State.
Th county agent of ; Wilkes in
forms the Patriot' that not a single
car of corn has been shipped into
the county during thp present year.
; ' --Moorei aswitch'man'iii "
the Southern rail way yards " ia
Asheviile, was run over by a train
and both legs cut offf-.He'died ia
a short time. " ' 1: ? . . 1.
i .The regular conductor on a pas-
seuger irain -irom fmk Hill to
days ago and Mrs. . Belle Jones,
wha,had had some experience iir a
conducted the, train for the trip.
Richard Joshua-Reynolds, head
of the Rr J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company after a year's illness,
died at his country home at Winston-Salem,
Monday; aged 68. v He
wasone'bf the south's leading busi-:
ness men.. His estate is estimated
at $10,000,000 or more. : He is sur
vived by his' wife and i four child
ren, vfour brothers and one sister;
. 'Dr. Riddick, -president of the.
State College West Raleigh,
an-
nounaes that he has not filled -up
the cpllegequota , for Plattsbu rg.
Under a recent order.: the college
cap send fifty-five of; its students
aod-twAl teachers. - .Men who go ;
receive all expenses and army "pay r
for the time. Students "of the col
lege who wishUo go should write
or telegraph the college at once.
The final date ' for reporting at
camp is Aug. lOthZ-
Casualty List Grows- -
-jr.
Washington July 28. Heavy
fighting along the Aisne and Marne
in which American troops have
participated, ' has begun to show in
the casualty. lists issued by -the war
department. "-Todays list . of - ,225
names is the'rlongest to .be given
out - since American units ; made
their appearance on the battlef ront.
The list, howeverj it was believed,!;
gives casualties resulting-from the
present : German offensive opera-
viuua amici tuau iiulu tua ittiiicu. "
counter stroke - y . '
Total casualties in the- army and
marine corps overseas increased 1,
)50 duringthe week compared witli
98 the previous week, an aggre
gate 13,766 with ; inclusion of : to
day's army list of 225 and . the ma
rine corps list of, two. The week's
increase, also was uthe largest yet
recorded. . . - -
: In the 13,766 casualties, total
deaths, including 291 men- lost at
sea, men killed in action, dead of
wounds, disease, accident and other
causes, numbered 5493 - army
men, 4,783;; marines, 710. The v
wounded c aggregate 7,532 army
men; 6,340; marines, 1,192. Those
missing, including prisoners, total
741 army' men, 657; marines, 84.
SOjOOO Prisoners Taken byAHIes.
Paris, July 27. The number of
German prisoners captured by tho
allies sincel the 'beginning of thq
counter offensive is placed at 30,;
000 by . the Ha vas Agency.
. r Amencair troops have discovered
at Brecy, north of Chateau Thier
ry, emplacements of German supar
cannon, which bombarded tovrns
behind the front and perhaps Pcrh