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A WEEKLY : NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST 'OF THE PEOPLE OF, McDO WELL COUNTY.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1918
VOL. -XXIII NO. 4
A.'
- FI N E WO R K OF AMERICANS
WithAid of v Fre n chi TK ey I esnvil )
v St.'Mihlel Sector, and Captiire,:
; More Than 20.000 Prisbnersr ;
-1 A';r . 'x--.v A-f ;.---j::'v' - s'-. J
: -seems to have been in the natare of
- several local pushesand not a bij?
. forward move. The situation is
; muchx tbaroej-as itpwas The
been;reacting very vio
on ( the French- front. He
tnado several counter-attacks al
though na has not recovered any
. oi his lost ground, he is 'holding
? up theFrench Ispme hatHftS-
.The American first army under
General Pershing Th arsday began
an offensive against the Germans
and captured entire - St Mihiel
salient, ; reducing the . front from
40 miles to a little ; less than 20
f miles jQrman
13,300 were captured and many
J guns and machine guns and great
quantities of ammunition and other
"war stores.' A -: i -: ' .
littlem
, not only had - the work been iac
complished: butHGreneral Pershing's
. men had all the important townsi
villages and strategic: positions in
the sector withiii their v hands - and
were, standing on the banks 'of , the
v Moselle river , at y Pagny, looking
iacross the stream into German ter
ritory. And the (southern v outer
fortifications ? of Metz,: the great
".German stronghold ; inJCtorraiqe;
were IvfouTtnUesdist
-TifonHstionviilta
ncross the salien t "eastward to T?ag-
ny vthe rvAmericans ? .closed te
- mouth bi tKe lng
: tended southwardly VS J Mhiel,
trapping wi thiii vl t by their fast
; advance all the enemy force who
failed to: take refuge in flight when
thejgreat bombardment of Thurs-
: day . morning heralded tne ' ap-
p roach of the offensive. ' v
; -, Triaddition, ' along the eastern
side of the heights north ;.of HaK
tonvjlle the Americans debouched
fromthe hill iegion arid astride
1 thejrailroad runxiihgi f romHCom
mercy ttoJVerd unS3 Li kewiseythe
ThiacQjirt-Me tz ind . N ancy-Met
railroads are in American habds. f
. Beginning i n the northwest and
crossing the salient eastward, Fres-
nesilLes , EpargeslHattonyillev
; Preny and Pagny and all the grdund
' ly ihgv bet ween them changed , to
' American hands.l The towns of
Vigneuiles.Iontsec the dominat
ing height in the center; of the
r salient and from, which much trou-
ble had been eipected, fell without
nerhtmff. : Among tne numerous
prisoners taken vwerjiJAustrcHuct-
It requirecLjust 27 hours f or the
, American troops and their support
. ing French divisions to, reduce the
St Mihiel salientrfiswasis
closed by General Pershing's com
munique received at the--War ,De-
' partmehtl GeneralPerlsning said
that besides liberating-15() square"
miles of territory and Vtakingl5-
A OOOprisoners, the Americans . cap
tured -more than :,100 guns of all
- calibresnd.
' guns andVtrencb mortarsilJv'i-
. A partial examination of the
battlefield, the American comman
der edded, shows that great Quan
tities of ammunitionV telegrapli ahd
v railroad matenalsvrolling?:stbci:
clothing - and equipment was aban-
L doncd by the enemy. This was in
addition to the large stores burned
by the Germans during their hasty
retreat.--' - r';' ; , :
; According to Sunday afternoon's
news, lieneral ire rshing's army is
makip; fine progress, advancing
from Saturdays to Sunday from1
two to three miles : on a 33-mile
front. V ' -t v : - v.- :.
Despite the efforts that are be-
ingmade by the. press ofGermany
to'minimize the importance of the
American victory in the St Mihiel
salient, it isTkhown that a ; portion
of the truth has reached the Ger
man people and the greatest de
pression is evident mall .."circles.-"-
It is now believed ' that the total
of German prisbners taken will go
well above 20,000. As showing
the' complete demoralization which
seized the German forces when the
Americans attacked, it is ; stated
that one entire regiment with com-
mander and officers surrendered to
the Americans :-' . v;
: Marshal Foch, pursuing hisypol-
icy;of giving the Germans never a
minuted rest, followed up the in-
cisive stroKe or tna Americans,
which wiped' out the St.'. Mihiel
salient in two days time By launch
ing an offensive Saturday morning
on the French front along the bend
in the line around JJaon.
The blow took immediate effect
on the German lines, pushing them
back J. rom t one to twoV miles at
points in Hhis 11 i m por tan t sec to r,
where it is well-pigh vital for the
Germans to hold fast if ,they hope
tdaitf ctrblof llntconsdeW
able part of JNorthrn -b ranee dur-
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ing the coming winter. ,
British Steamer is Torpedoed and
yi Over 100 Lives Are Lost;
v London, Sept. 13. -The BritisW
steamer Galway ' Castle, f of T,988Tbeen called upon ai;ain! to .collect
tons gross; as-torpedoed and sunk
this mornmg? She had 989 per
sons on board, of .whom more than
S(50 were repbr ted saved.
The missing from the torpedoed
Gal way Castle numbar 189 They
include 120 x passengers, thirty-six
naval and military officers and men,
and thirty-thVee of the crew.
Ttfevpassengers included 300 wo
menand children. The bodies of
three of thechildren who had dipd,
were brought ashore. The captain
and several of the officers are re
ported to have been still on board
the-ship when sheL was .last seen
and sinking." " Many of ther passen
gers -weredischarged 'soldiers ; re-
iicuoweii 5 tnroumentvho
Registration tday passed off very
quietey here and in the county.
The report of the local exemption
Jboard shows that 1697 men en
rolled irittie: county for;military
service, of which 1,467 .were white
and 23tf ereVnegrbes. The - total
registration for- Marion Was692
o68wbiie men andJ114"negroes
' Yesterday the local board begun
sending out the first questionaires
for : the men who registered on
September 12. "Ten per cent a day
will be mailed out to : the men from
nineteen to? thirty-six, inclusive.
The men will have seven: days; t
fill ou( the questionnaires and
turn them to the board. '
J. V? Winborne has rt signed
Es secretary to the local esemption
board and J. W. Streetman has
been appointed to succeed Mr,
Wipborne: : - " v'i'"'''v7"' .
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief M ention of Some; of the Hap
penings in'McDowelLCounty
-v.-. Items About Home People. .
?NEBO - ;V ;
.Nebo; Sept. 17.Rer. J. A. Fry. has
been engaged in a series of meetings at
Bethel for the past week. r
- Miss Maggie Taylor left Monday for
Elon College where she will finish np
her conrse this year.:' . '. . : ,
? Miss Mamie. Goforth spent Friday
here -with her sister, Mrs. G. D. Taylor.
Mrs. M. C Sigmon spent today with
her daughter, Mrs. M. L. ' Hildehrand,
in Bridgewaterr ' - ': s , . -'
- T. J. Hemphill has retnrned home
from Canton, Ohioafter spendingsome
time with-his daughter there. " i '
: MIsa Pearl Padgett will leave Wed
nesday for Asheville where she will en
ter school at the Normal there. " ?
Rev. A. "V. Reese, a well known evan
gelist, and Walter B. Scoldfield, eyange-
listlc singer, will be at Nebo Baptist
church on Sept. 22', to begin a series' of
meetings. Rev. Reese ia a strong
preacher of The Word. Everybody is
cordially invited to attend these services.
H1NKINS -
Hankins, Sept. 17. Mr. and Mrs. E.
D. Cannpn and children spent Sunday
in Marion. - - . v
Misses Wilson and Ford of Nprwin,
Tenn.7 were the guests " of Mrs! A. D.
Erwin the latter part of the week. -
Jir. ,and Mrs. Rudolph McColloch and
children of Greenlee spent the week-end
with the latter'8 parents, Mr. and Mrs
John McNeely. " .
.Mr David Frazier is .very,. ill with
pneumonia.- . . ,
C. A. 'Henaley of Nebo was i a visitor
here one day last week. ;
Miss Gtertrude Barnes ia visiting her
brother," C. F Barnes, . at Morgan ton
Mrs. Thomas Hall 'was shopping in
Marion last week.
Rev. M. W. Mann preached ail inter
esting sermon at Capernumlast Sunday.
AipAppeai for Spare Clothing.
- VThe American Red Cross has
clothing for the destitute : of Bel
gium and Northern France. There
are ten million imprisoned people
in occupied Belgium and France
that are facing shame, suffering,
disease, and some of the death,
for lack of clothing this winter
They must be helped, and the Red
Cross will undertake a renewed
campaign to obtain, this clothing
Lin America. - The date set for this
campaign is Sept.. 23?30 ,
Every kind of garment, for. all
ages and both sexes; is ; urgently
needed In addition, piece- goods
r-light, warm canton flannel and
other kinds of cloth from which to
make garments for ' new born- ba
bies, ticking, sheeting and blank
ets, woolen goods of any kind
and' shoes of every size are asked
AH who have any spare clothing
to contribute for :this purpose are
requested to bring, their gifts to
the vacant room in the Merchants
&Farmers Bant" building, where
they, will be received by members
of the Red Cross.
u The allotment for the Marion
phapter is 1734 pounds. Tne need
is great, and it is certain the- peo
ple of .Marion and McDowell will
respond generously to this urgent
appeal. ' . . V ,
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he Catowba County -Fair As
sociation has issued a very, attrac
tive premium list for' the fair to
be held at Hickory October 8, ; 9,
10 and 11. A number of high class
amusement features have been con
tracted for and a splendid program
has been arranged for the occasion.
; Tate-Griffith f4arriage. -
The fol!owingilipping f rotnThe
Banner, Nashville, Ten., will be
of -interest to Mr. Tate's many
friends throughout the countv: ,
The marriage of Miss- Ssllie
Morrow Griffith; and the Rev.
Thomas Greenlee Tate was cele
brated last evening at 8 o'clock at
the. Glen Leven - Presbyterian
church: in the presence of a large
number of relatives and friends.
Dr.W. C. Alexander, pastor of
the church, officiated, assisted, by
the Rev., a Waters SMcGill and
Dr. John R. Weber, director of
the Y. M. C. A. war work at Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C.
-The church was artistically dec
orated with sta'nds of palms, ferns,
similax and whitexut flowers. Be
fore the ceremony a grouo of love
lyrics was sung 6y Mrs! .Matthew
Bensoo. of Atlanta and Miss Ella
D. Hogan, with Mrs.: George Par
rish accompanist.
AtThe bridal party was led by
the groomsmen,' : Messrs. C. W.
Beasley and John T.iHolt, Charles
Griffith and Thomas C. MtCor
mick, who came in at opposite en
trances V They 4 were ; followed by
the maid of honor, Miss Juliet Al
exander, and bridesmaid, Miss Mat
tie Tate, of Old Ft, N. C. The
matron of honor;-. Id rsThdmai ,C
McCormick, of Columbia entered
alone, followed by the ring-bearer,
little Margare t Martin Griffi n, who
carried the ring concealed in the
heart of a lily. - The flower girls;
little ElieTiriablt aodMarga:ret
Beasley, preceded the bride, who
was joined at the -chancel by the
groom and best man' Mr.1 Robert
Greenleeof Marion, N. O.; Z p.
The bride was beautiful.in her
wedding go wnof white georgette
crepe, combined with crepe-de-chine
and ; trimmed with duchess
lace from her" mother's wedding
gown. Jler veil ,was adjusted with
a spray, of orange blossoms, and
her shower bouquet-was of bride's
roses and lilies of the valley. She
is the daughter of Mrs." Charles
Griffith, imp! by a charming dis
position has endeared herself to a
large circle of friends, who will re
gret her departure to another cFty
to live. - fc
, JThe groom is the sot) of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A: Tate of Old Fort,
N. C.Vnd is engaged in Y.XM. C.
A. war work at Camo Jackson,
Columbia, S. C -'i
:; Immediately after the ceremony
the bride and groom left for a bri
dal trip to. the mountains of North
Carolina, and will visit his parents
at Old Fort, N. C, while en route
to Columbia; S. C.; where they
will be located." ' ; V V
The United States has uncondi
tionally rejected Germany's peace
feeler. In doing so. the govern
ment has spoken for all the co
belligerents, v" :'v --
Ii GOVERNMENT ORDERS NEWSPAPERSUBSCRIPTIONS
7 V TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE. r.
According to a recent government order all subscription to
i this newspaper, not paid in advance, must be discontinced cn
lOctober 1st, 198.' ; -
- - The order cannot be evaded. We must obey it or the Gor
, ernment will kput us out'of business. ' "
' r Not a few of bur good friends and subscribers have, dreedy
t complied with the Government's order. It is hoped and cxpeet
! ed the rest will do likewise in the near future.
STATE NBVS OFTHEWEEIC
Items Concerning Events cf In
terest and Importance Thrcugh-
out the State.
1 Ten sons of Mr. and Mrs, Z. T.
Payne of Bessemer City, Gtston
county, have registered under tia
selective service act Fire regis
tered under the first call and fire
Thursday. '
The seven-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. -Parley Hendrix of -BilU
more was run over and- killed by
an autbmoble driven by & ccro
chauffeur Friday. The negro wls
committed to jail.
, The State Board of Health dur
ing the month of August caused
the indictment and prosecution cf
fifteen North Carolina physician:
because of violations of the Stata
laws. . Fines were imposed rack
ing from a penny and costs to $20.
A dispatch from Washington
says fifteen hundred lumber work
ers from Arizona have been al lot
ted Jonathan Kerr for ; catting crcra
ties in North Carolina, Sooth Caro
lina and Georgia. Mr. Kerr re
cently, acquired large, tracts of for
est land in these states. The great
er part is in western North Caro
Unai The men will be brought to
NortTT Carolina on two special
trains.
Weaver Introduces Bill for rich
v ;, ; , r Hatchery, .
V Washington, Sept IS. An cp-
Ipropriation of $50,000 for tbc- es
tablishment of 'a fish hatchery in
North Carolina is authorized by a
bill introduced today by Rep res en
tative Weaver of-North Carclir. -,
which was referred to the" sh: r ! z
committee. Mr, Weaver f
bill was approved by the conaru::
sioner of fisheries., ; It is planned
he said, to locate the .hatchery in.'
the" western part of the state nnd
stock moiintain streanis yitb tront
and other fish. , The site would ba
selected by tbe"commissioner after
the state - legislature had granted
authority to him ,to conduct tha
station without regard to state lar?
limitations. "
The re' has been some inquiry re
lative to-the date when the time
pieces of the United States will hz
turned back one hour to norrz!
time. The event will take vlzzz
at midnight the -last Sunday in
October, that is October fTT. The
impression . seems ! to prevail ia
some quarters that the clocks nra
to be turned back on the first Sen
day in October, but this is a mis-
takeiv . " 1 , -:
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' Eugene W Debs of Clevclmd,
Ohio, convicted of violation of the
espionage act on three counts, Tree
sentenced to serve 10 years on cech
count in MounBsville, W. Ya.,
penitentiary. He appealed end
gave $10,000 bond.