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. T ' -.3-:- llAiWE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. ESTABLISHED '1896. MARION, N. C; THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1918. VOL. . XXII N O. 52 a i . m - - t u - - - w i .: " - - -; s a - - - r... m i. v a- w s 3 rv SCHOOLS WELL ATTENDED dditionaleKers Ul ";pPpiBh on, September ijg- S prpm the schools) w in bperaf tibn comes the newi of increased interest among thrpeople for - bet ter schools,; In : several -instances : additional teachers are- being re- -qui red to meet the demands. Oak SaleschooU nPH otjtoriiship which has operated heretofore with P; mly Jone teacher,: having ; only small enrollment has increased its - : daily average attendance 6 more :piban :-:wa extra teacher.-: The people' of . this district.are asking for. an elec . ;r .tion to vote's pecial taxes.' for -the yipurposepf fgiving their; children . ;; adequate edacationaladvantagesr J 5 pPin J-B to wnsfii voted . special taxes' in ":.:-$T ;:nlafed so as to make room 'for " ; - an additional teacher necessarjrto gttakecarajb that comrj&ni ty f4&MMtff''i will ZM ppenTon BMonday, Sept 2, with fjQ M issannieilsach ary N, CV ;i:gas HricipallfMi : gradnate of ; Greensboro ' College -f or ; wrnenv She has taught very I :f ;gc1cessfully f of a hnmberlof years Si-iniS comes? to: McDowell :. county : with strong recommendations. : : ; " ;Th&ijlen wood Ydistrict carried Stto.itibnalJ r; DSbbnd issue fbrbuiWingpur poses ' last spring.' ; bonds have been 1 : iold"tp a local party and the erec 1 tipn of a new building" will begin r: as soon as practicable j ; ; -:MSlSrebb HiA Schoolillppen on ; J ept 2, with Mr. F. Ai : Penlahd ;been engaged in school ! work . for a .number of years.-He comes to Nebo with a strong . record behind him Hhasmade Canvass of ;,the county for students and ' states : that the prospects are ' bright fo the largest attendance in the his tory of the ; school; The Nebo folks havealsa voted more! taxes - fbr schools and a large bond "issue f or a ; modern .build ing; As yet the bonds have not been disposed ; of, but the county; board of edu- catioa hopes to be able to " effect a - sale in the near future, and to ?be . .1 able to start the erection ;bf ; the new building as soon as the money has been realized for the bonds. v Two new:state high schools have V- been added to McDowell county during: the aiarflThis gives the county four state high; schools, ; which is the maximum number aDy county may haye.toThe ap propria tibrijifromthVptate fund to McDowell coiinty; will be .r-' almost doubled thisear owing to the increase in the number of high schools. " '"': The schools of - the county have been fortunate to securelcompetent and experienced; teachers.;--There were not sufficient teachers m the county to fill all the schools, so lit ' becameuecessary to secu re a hum- be r elsewhere Owing to the in .A-'fcreaseJnlthoapprpb county beard of education for teachers' calaries Verv : little trouble has been crpsriencedin" securing suitable tcichcrsforanyi and all ' Echools.-. YTV jTa to; of Greenlee ts: a business visitor-here Tuesday. MarloiT i Gets Singing CdnventiooJ President" John C. Burnett an nounces that the next 'McDowell County -Singing convention will be held at the cou rt house in Marion on Sunday, ; September 29, this place having been agreed upon as the;; most suitable ' point; f or the convention. Mr. Burnett says it is planned to make this the bestTof all conventions and all choirs in McDowell and adjoining counties are invited to attend and take part in the singings A large , attend ance is expected,- as choirs from all parts of the county? will be in attendance r ' i v "All who can," Mr. Burnett adds, "are requested to bring a basket of dinner, as the people of Marion will not be expected to furnish dinner when they did not ask for the convention. -Let every body come and take part' in this convention."- - July Sales Largest, i July was a - recorbSbreaking month in the sale of War Savings Stamps for the whole country i and particularly for North Carolina. Her sale of stamps for the month of July, "which was over $4,000,- 000, was more than double that of any previous month. This gives her a per capita sale of $1.65 for July The State, has sold to date near ly $12,000,000 of stamps, which is bbu iV af pjjr th jof jxe r , allotment; It is believed that with the great educational campaign that is now in progress and with - the promise of unusually good crops, ; that North Carolina will byJanuary 1, 1919, sell her full quota of War Savings stamps.: ,; t Sugar Allotment Is Unchanged. Raleigh, Aug. 19--Thesugar allotment if or September:- will be the same as it was for August two pounds per person per month. Retailers of the state will receive the'same allotment of certificates as they have for this - month, the sugar division of the food ad minis tration beingT already engaged . in the large and tedious task of is suing the September certificates, all of which; it is expected; will be mailid outby September 1. ' hentireallotment of sugar for North Carolina fbr all purposes for, September is 5,518,000. : . ; P. A. Reid i: Co. : Buy Peerless. PASReid;'& Company - have purchased The " Peerless storei which means the consolidation of two large stores under one manage-: ment. t The old'stand-will be used as a laiesstore'v it is announced, Awhile the hew addition ill con tain high? grade merchandise for meinand boys exclusively. ; Inside arch- ways- will, connect the two stores which-will give Marion one of ;' the largest- department stores in Western (North ".Carolina. As sbbrf as the Peerless, stock can be arranged a-big clearance sale will be announced by P. A. Reid & Go, The date of sale will , beV given in The Progress next week : - -7 ) Ji l-Morganchairman'bf .the Republican executive committeo of McDowell county, has issued a call for a convention to be held at the court house in Marion "nest Satur day afternoon- at 1 o'clock for the purpose of nominating a candidate forUhe legislature and the various other county. ofHccs. :-Vv v.: MANGINIS MEN HIT H UNS French Push Forward on Front- of f Fifteen MUes Capturing - 2,800 Germans. ; . -London, Aug. 20. The French tenth army, commanded by Gen eral 1 Mangin, t od ay ca p tu r ed 2, 800 Germans between 7 o'clock this morning and 3 o'clock, according to the latest reports reaching Lon don from the battle front. General Mangin's forces advanc ed "today three miles at the great est depth of the front. The French troops captured the town of Cuts, two and a half miles northwest of BlerancourL - FBENCa ADVANCE. Parish Aug. 20. The French forces fighting east of the Oise on a front of about 15 1-2 miles have advanced to an average depth of about two and one-half miles and captured numerous villages, ac cording to French official com munication issued this evening. More than 8,000 prisoners have been takenT - Germans Given No Rest by Allies. Gradually the famous Ly salient fa the region west d Armentlorea Is gir Ing way, under the pressure of the British. Agala Field .Marshal Hale's forces hare compelled the enemy to leek ground to the eastward where he wHl be more secure from the shells of the big guns that for seTeral weeks hare been flrlnr criss-cross orer among the'deenders of the Insecure' line. ;' . x . " Likewise the Germans are being given no rest by the Franco-British forces, north and south of the Somme, and the French and Americans along the Vesle .and Americans In Lorraine, also are harassing them by artillery fire and local attacks. " Nowhere has the 'enemy had the beter of any en counter. Orer a front of four miles between Balllelu and Vleux Rerquin on the Lys sector, the British hare forced back the Germans to a depth ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 yards, taking la the ; maneuver the village of Outter steen and 400 prisoners. Vhile, as a whole, the German line betweenthe Somme and the Oise riv ers are still holding, notwithstanding the terrific, pounding it is receiving from the allied guns, the British have drawn nearer the road leading from Chaulnes to Roye" between Chilly, and Farnsart, placing Roye in ' greater Jeopardy by "attack from the north. At the same time to the south of Roye, . over ; the. four-mile V front between ReTrrraisrnes and Cannv-Surmats. & violent artllery duel is raging between the French and Germans. It Is in this region that the French are en deavpring-rand tn their initial efforts they have metTwith considerable sue cess to carry, forward .their, two-fold purpose of; outflanking both Roye and Lassigny by a drive eastward. 4 Along -the Vesle river front, - where the Americans and French are hold Ing the line against r the "Germans, there has been considerable recipro cal artillery shelling.- AMERICAN TROOPS REACH; . VLADIVOSTOK'FROM MANILA .Valdlvostok. The . transport carry ing the first contingent of -American troops arrived here after an unevent ful royage of seven and a half 'days from Manila. The men were In ex cellent spirits and Crowded the rails and rigjng, cheering and being cheer ed by the men'of the allied warships In ihe harbor. - r - - - v ' COFOnCNCE ON WAR - : - . : PRISONERS PUT OFF Paris. At the request "of the Ger taan government, .the Feraan-Ameri-can conference - regarding- war-prisoners has been postponed, mcordig to a dl-atch. " Dubll&hed In the Echa de Paris. :t Subscribe to The Pnoamrs, Enemy Evacuates Forward Post- ' tlonsy Artillery. Activity. 71th the Brltsih ArmVla' Frances- General interest in the situation alone the Ploardy battle front has shifted to the northward, where it Is confirm ed that the Germans are evacuating some of their forward-positions, Beaumont-Ham el, Serre. Uucuuoy and Pulsi crtxx-au-M ont have been abandon ed. British patrols crossed the Ancre at .Authuille- and Aveluy, north of Albert; and went some distance be- for they were fired upon. Albert is still held strongly by the Germans.- British patrols, on entering the town, were fired on from the Al bert cathedral. r It will be -remembered that the Ger-, man retirement la February, 1917, to the Hlndenburff line was immediate ly preceded by sUght local' retire ments such as have been made north of Albert. The mystery now" Is wheth er some such plan is being carried out by the enemy. Alone the new Somme battle treat quiet still continues except for rather increased artillery activity at several points. PLANS 8ET IN MOTION TO . REQISTER 13,000,030 MEN Washington. Provost . Marshal Gen eral Crowd er announced that plans already have been made for register ing the 11,000,000 additional men which he estimates . will be brought' under the selective service law when Con gress enacts the pending bill' extend ing the eg limits to JLn elude men be tween IS and 45 years. From .this number approximately 2.0&O.COO quali fied for full military service are ex pected to be secured- So urgent is the need for additional manpower General Crowd er said. that the draft machinery Is bela put total shape ..for th great taskahead without, waiting for final action by Congress. Men of the new draft will be needed by October 1 and la order to get them, registration day win have to be held not later than September 15 and If possible September 5 will be fixed as the day. When the 13.000 men are enrolled nearly 125,000,000 will have been reg istered since the United States enter ed the war. - There were some 10,000.- 000 enrolled on the first registration dsyJune 5, 1917, another 600.000 last June 5, and several hunred thousand more are expected to be enrolled Aug est 25. 2JDOQtQ0 ISFIGU RE SET - A8 PROBABLE IN CLASS 1 On the basis of actual figures from Insurance companies, census compu tations and theexperience of this of fice In the previous registration, It has been estimated that the required number of men for class one may be had only by Includtnr " within the draft a$e limits men between 33 and 45 and between IS and 20. That Is to say, approximately 13,000,000 men must be added to the list of regis trants in order that, with all exemp tions, allowed at least 2,000,000 men will remain in class on. ... . : DATE OF REGISTRATION 4 EARLY IN SEPTEMBER Assurance baTln . been git en that taa leitlation will recelTe imniediata conBlderatlon npon- tlw.assemblins' of the house and cf the senate, this of fice, In its preliminary Instructions set out to ,irat executlres la the Tarious itates, has' proceeded on .the assumption that the new registration misht be held earl jrin September. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE HAS " V REACHED PUBERESHKAIA Ijondon, The allied Archangel cx- pedltiocary force has rachKl Paber- eshkaia, 100 railed south of ArchaageL on the railroad toward Yolroda. Eol- sheris: forces, on retiring, are declared te hare committed eTery- form cf atrocity ujon the cirlt!na rcralaticn. Allied forces bare been landed alou the shore of Oneja .bay.; 10 miles southwest . of Archangel, for the ru Lpote of intercepanj bolshcTilt forces reurlnr from ArchuirV ... - Tho total ncrc3rro m coltiTr.c4 crota this year is 3.T per cent I greater than it was last year, ... STATE NEWS 0FTHE WEEIC Items Concerning Events cf Jn- terest and Importance Through out the State. Col. William Jermiccs Brria will deliver a leclare at Morzzzlcs. on September 10 it is acnosnccd. Bobert W, FrankHrv 21 years,. was drowDed m & rrcsIL stream while in balhinff Tbvrzdzy eteniD near Conorer. Fraktia home was about eight dies frcm Glea Alpine. He leaves a wife and several children. lightninfi: struck-th bam of A. O. Hewitt in Hickorj This afternoon borninu it to the rocad and cansed some less in f ethdstcfTs The loss is wtimsted ai $2, SCO. Another bolt hit Mr. Hewitt's house bat the damis to the build- mg was slight. A treeiatbersrd was splintered by another bolt. - Charles C Holler, aed 4G jcirs, was killed and sercn of his chlU dren, racginj; in asre from two to IS jears, were injured Sucdsj af ternooa when the car in which tby were riding wasstrcck bj a f reight train at Groter, CleTctiad coaalj. Two of the children are scricaslj injared and their recovery doibt ful. The others sas talced .calx brcise- There bate been 11 deaths frcai tjphoid ferer among the German civilians and sailors interned at Hot Sprinsrs, N. C, and IhO carea: of the disease There were reports that some of the Germans Ltd drank unfiltered river water in tha hope that illness woald preveat the government from trtasfcrric them to Fort Oglethorpe, but this was denied by camp c facials, Shal low wells are blamed for - the in fection. : Ai Ashcville Sunday afternoon rain assumed the proportion of cloudburst. Streets became rivers for the time being; says the C;ti- 2n; 500 telephones were pat cat of commission; trees were washed out bodily; one boat fell; cao stable was washed away; brocks became raging torrents in less time than it takes to tell it, and the streets of the citr were litter ed with debris ;&s a result of the storm. Nebo News, Keba Acgr CO. Mr. and Mrs Mar- thai! McLean and family cf GibrsriIIe raited the latier's ti&Ur. Mrs. M. C Sigmon, during the week. Born, to Eev. andJMra. T. A Drxks on August 17, a daughter. Ben Stacy, of Ketrr?rt Kewa, Ya, Is e jveudicg a while here with Hi mctbev Mr. J. K. Stacy. - Misses Basie HemplIIl aad Trarj S mon were ehcrplcg In Marian S-s-tur day. - MLa Margie Slnmas cf GsTafy. S. C.,rpent last w3t at the tcrre c! her xmde, Geo. D. TayUr. J. M- Tjler and little dacghtr cf Marian spent Sunday with hit tifUr, Mrs, R. O. Tibcn, H. V. YTilscu raad ahuirfr trip to BumsTille last wk. MLs Fare dTit cf Pitis ard V.lzi Lottie Wilson cf WooIIawn r;l tb TTcti-cnd Trlth hMurfa!Vs hrrf. IleV. Thaaiss VTibcn and littl err:, Herbert, cf Iowa, are rpcniir g a r-ll. with rcla tires here. ML-J Vcjm rpc'.t cf TTitc-ri.!:r.i Is at bene i: r a ttLU. i - . . , , jcun l.rr:n, cc;orca, -rr; : ralciy OYcrrc-s, nccorjir- to zz t. received by his f-t. :r, cc:.:; I Emin.
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