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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED' TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
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MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT- 3L 1918
VOL. XXIII KO. 10
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PROGRESSION ALL FRONTS
S Al I les Ariel D riving"- the Austro-
-Hungarians from: Passes :To- !
In the Italian theater over a front
a S S f nearly 40 miles from the Brenta
to the middle reaches1 of the Piave
j A :M tivervh British afldltal-.-
; ' ian armies are developyijEr with suc
' V ' " cess, an offensive against the Ans
. ; r " troTHangarianSv arid are swiftly
Xzf- :'A J5vBdriyinff: thenrjf romH the f moantain
A A yA fetieKandiacrassthe plainseasV jbf
: the Piive in northern Italy. 4 Amer
Icah reserves arehind ' the lines
; prepared to. kid the allies when the
' : oppoftahe moment arrives. u ?y
M On'all ofltoibttieHbattle fronts
. V ; the allied arms; continue r to i be
: i seryedi ; Int Belginm there . has
: ; : - been little fighting, expept by a the
AA WM feartillery wings fpfB
' :r5:- rl' 5 "amiesilwhilffanthe region around
V . . Valencienhes the engagements be-
! tween theiiBritish and. the Germans
- - have savoredmore of .outpost en
. ; counters than 'pitched battles. ; In
" whatever fighting there has been,
' . .'.'-"'men' have retained the upper - hand
. and taken more prisoners and ; ad-
. ; ; : 15,000 AUSTBTS CAPTUKEJ?. . ,
'M lTtalian T lHead Quarters S on A the
1 : PiaeMondafe;d
: thusaiidrlsonelrs' hadbeehtekeri-
by the British, Italians and French
.up to late today in? the advance -a-
?cr6ss the HPiave hich for, the third
time in :one year is the scene;"of a
desperate battle. . This time how
; ever, the tables are turnedjagainsi
the Austrians who are steadily be-
S ingpreedback' f rjomhef eastern
; Ship Coes Down 343 Lives Lost
-Yahcouven: Oct.:. -26::
The 268 passengers and crew o f 75
men were lost when the steamship
Princess, Sophie foundered ; last
night, the Canadian P'acific railway
announced tod ay. Not a soul sur
vived, .according to a Juneaa wirer
less message .which' t said ktbeli ship
- 'apparently iwas picked u p by the
f gale, huried across jyiarider bii t reef
and sent to the bottom of the deep
" . waters on theotner side. : ; ; v : :
"rleavy Rains Swelled Catawba.
A dispatch from Hickory, 26tb;
says that i serious freshets -in I the
Catawba,' 'South' Fork "and ;other
t rivers 'and streams, ; caused thous
ands of dollars' damage to corri; it
was estimated, but all streams were
t receding rapidly 'and the loss may
r . not be as cirat as expected. ; Dam
igevasparticularlyfreat mxthe
fdul&rkjbpttom the
nyer overflowed and covered com
? pletely It as said'not more than
half the cropouW beavei
'Reportslf romjloir- state
8.5 inched ain iell t
S6 hurs ending at JS.m.Satur
day. withi the result that several
buildingSxwere damaged by cave
A ins. Above Lenoir: three small
railroad bridges were . washed out,
:, ;but fr Superintendent Niciols said
repairs could be niado in 4 a few
The Catawba was 18 f eet aboye
low level at Ehpdhiss, f abdut 10
V ; f cot above hear! Hickory and 35
feet hishat TcrrclUi Uwhcro ; the
-banks are unusually highi and the
stream narrow J$?;-
Committees for United War Work
Vampaign in iiicuowBiii
The great United War Work
campaign of the seven military re
lief orgrnizations 'will occur as
planned the week of November 11
to 18, ' it is Y omcially arihouncedl
ThetQ wai some thought of 5 post
poriement on account of ; influenza
but this has been dismiissejd. ; -
M North Carolina's qnota is $1,-
035,617' of the $170,000,000 to be
raised in America for the seven
national, relief organizations, the
r. m.; c: A;ir w; c. a.v Na
tional Catholic War Council, War
Camp (immunity Service, Ameri-
can ljibrary association, jewisn
Welfare" board and Salvitiori
Army i this um to be apportioned
among them in amounts to which
thev have already agreed.
Mr. Clayton C. Codrington, di
rector for this district, was here
last Thursday and at ta meeting at
the court house he outlined the
plan of the campaign," after which
the organization for McDowell was
completed; The campaigd body
is composed of John M. Tate,
county chairman; J. E. Neal,
treasurer; S.rE: Whitten, public
ity iWV.T. Morgan, -speakers' bu
reau; J. W; Wjnborhe, boys work;
Mrs. i ."Eugene ; Cross, woman's
work;".' D.' E. "Hudgiris, colored
work bureaui assisted by S. R.
Greenlee; colored, as leader,
i .Chairmen of working teams - foV
.the various pjecincts in the ;cbun-
ty with allotment for. each pre
cinct, are as follows:
Maron;lr$25,C00:, D. El' Hud-
gins, chairman.
Nebb; $300; Sut. F. A. Pen
land, chairman; Miss Mary Green
lee assistant.
T Dvsartsville, $160;. W. H. Tay
lor, chairman, J. N. Yelton and
B. E. 'Roper,1 assistants.
.Higgins, $50; Frank Withero w.
Gleriwood, $300; E. G. Gofortb,
chairman; J. M. Haney and T W.
Wilson, assistants.1
MontfordsCove, $100; J. C.
CrawfordCbr. W. M; Wilson.
Broad River, $50; Johnson Led-
better. : :'
Crookee Creek, $200; J ames'M.
Gibson, chairman, Jplius Bird
,d01d Fort, $1,250; W. P. Artz,
chairman; J; S. Bradley.
Buck Creek, $300;: J. E. Jimer
son, chairman, G. B. Woody.
Cedar Cove,"' $200; M. C. Caldwell.
Turkey Cove; $200f M. L. Good,
chairman,' R; C. -Haywood and
G. W. Conley.. ' ' ; ;
North Cove, $100; Robert Hen-.
nessee. .; ; :;, Yr ; ; .
2-BrackettSi $50; M.;P. "Flack. ;
20,000 Huns Have Been Taken by
' - AmericanSi ';:''- A' '
Washington,-' Oct 28.Inhis
communique for Saturday, delayed
in transmission, General Pershing
notes that the battle being fought
by the' first American, army north
of Yerdun entered that day upon
its second month, and reports: that
in the first month besides inflicting
heaw losses vuoon i the enemy in
killed and wounded, the Americans
there captured 20,000 prisoners,
KO crnris. nearlv 1.000 trench
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mortars ana several , thousand ma
chine guns.
'rifish casualties reported for
the week ending Monday number
ed S2;249; compared to 37,10 for
the previous week.
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
rief Mention t of Some ofihe Hap
penings in McDowell County s
- Items About Home ? People,
r - DYSABTSVILLE . ,
-DysartaTille, Oct. 23 Crawford Lan-
dia will return to Newiort News, Va.,
tomorrow, after a month's stay at home.
The Cbtmty Demonstrator, J. L. Tbur-
man, spent a few days here last week.
The Spanish Influenza epidemic has
not strnck this - community very had.
only a few cases so far .
There was a continuous downfall of
xain last Friday and all streams were
extremely high. ! Much damage was
done to corn and wheat. ; -
Elijah Fortune is reported very sick
with' pneumonia,' following an attack of
Influenza at Camp Hancock, Ga.
T.E. Satterwhlte is still in feeble
health.. We hope wben cooler weather
comes he will grow'stronger. .
An Explanation.
In the last issue of The Progress there
was a criticism made " by "Citizen" of
the poster hung in front of the Bed
Cross room during the drive for cloth
ing for the Belgians. ' It was read with
regret. The poster was made by a
young man of the town, who is intelli
gent and altogether worthy, and who.
in his zeal for the cause, gave up very
pressing work and gav his time to
make the poster. He also mounted it,
and when the mistake was noticed, it
was too late to correct it, It was hoped
that those noticing it would not 'View
It with a critic's eje, But pass the im-
perfection by, ana wo ma no? do de
terred from contributing good bun
dle of clothing to the Belgians
-Blithe critic really" think- that , the
women of the Bed Cross did not! know
the difference between Belgium and Bel
gian? It seemed a pity to wound m
warm American heart by calling es
pecial attention to the mistake through
the columns of the town papef; and we
could but wish that in the. effort to
"make wise a "preventive could have
been found before it was done.
SUBSCRIBER.
F. L. Seely Will Support Weaver.
In a letter to Congressman Zebu
Ion Weaver, F. I. Seely, of Ashe-
ville, expresses his determination
to vote for the present. congress
man in the coming election, and
incidentally commends the record
of Mr. Weaver in the present con
gress, stating that there is little or
no room for criticism of the record
made by Mr. Weaver. 1
It will be recalled that in the
last election Mr.- Seely made no
secret of the fact thathe support
ed Mr.' Britt in preference to the
present congressman, and the fact
that be will transfer his support
in the coming election will be a
source of gratmcation to air.
Weaver and his friends.
. In his - letter to Congressman
Weaver, Mr. Seely,says: 1 have
debated whether the issues of the
hour might ' not outweight every
other, and have come to the con
clusion that the support of the
president and congress is the over
shadowing issue to be' decided.
Because it has become so clear to
me that every thought must be
sweot aside in order that the pres
ent administration be as . unham
pered 'as Americans can make it.
I want to assure you of my sup
port for your seat in 'the sixty-
It is announced that the war rev
enue bill will not be reported to
the Senate until after the Novem
ber elections. By the time ' Con
gress reassemble:;, Senator" Sim
mons said, it is believed the bill
will ba ready for submission to the
President Graham of the State Uni-j
. Yersity Dies from Pneumonia,-.
Chapel Hill, Oct. 2G." Ed ward
Kidder Graham, president" of tbo
.University of North Carolina,
prominent leader in state southern
and national 'educational affairs,
died at his home hero tonight at
8:15 with pneumonia following in
fluenza. His death, although not
unexpected by those .who were ac
quainted wlthTtho nature of his ill
ness, overwhelms the. university
community .with.- grief and will
bring sadness to thousands of for
mer sludents and friends through
out the stato and nation. .
President Graham was a native
of Charlotte and was 42 years old.
He is survived by his father, one
brother and one sister, and his only
son, Edward K. Graham, Jr., aged
7, His wife died in December
1916. -; .
Registrants Who Have Failed to
Return Questionnaires, !j
The following men registered in
McDowell county and have failed
to.; return Questionnaires tor the
Local BoWd: t: r , 1 V
WhiterWiUiam Shafter lid
better, Dome; James Lincoln Brack
ett, Bridgewater; Robert Lentx,
Nebo; Richard Jackson, Old Fort;
Frederick Houck, Marion; Elbert
Franklin NanncyBIack Mountain;
James Garfield Mace, Mt, Mitch
ell or WoodlawTj; Hermati Xutber
Austin,: Nebo; Brookshire. Spor
geon 5 Led better. Dome; ISd Fer
guson,. Camp No. 2, Bridgewaten-1
ColoredWillie James Logan,
Marion; Geo. William Morgan,
OldT Fort; Geo. liewis Greenlee,
Marion, R. F. D.; Tench Alexan
der Carson Marion; Malachia
Grant Kincaid, Rt 1, Marion; Lee
Roy Johnson, Marion; LeRoy
Lang, Camp No. 2, Bridgewater.
: Local Board fob
mcdowell countt.
Winter Is Comingl What About the
Boys in the Trenches?
-Winter is coming and the boys
are still in the trenches. Oar dutyl
is to see that they have - sufficient
warm clothing, proper food and
whatever else is "necessary make
them efficient fighters.
Last winter was the coldest that
France has known in years. Many
of our. boys suffered. While they
did not complain, they felt that the j
people at home were not doing all
that they could for them, that they
were not backing them up as they
should - . . - - - t
Shall this happen again this year!
Shall those boys who are fighting
to bravely, who are driving the
Germans back in defeat, and wbo
are rapidly bringing peace to
America and the world shali they
suffer because we hold on to oar
paltry dollars, and prefer to spend
them for own comforts! .
Wo do not believe that the
American people, particularly
North Carolinians, jfili allow the
bbvs who are representing them at
the front, ; to suffer unusnal hird
ships for lack of the things they
need. Y We believe they, will give
their bottom dollars to make the
beys comfortable this . winter
War-Savincs Stamps will stand lx
tvreca tbo rigors of winter arc! the
boTS in the trenches. If erery-
bz Trould buy them, all that Ihey
'.a to buy, tho boys will n
STATE NENVSOFTHE WEEK
Items" Concerning.' Events , cf In-
- terest and Irnpcrtcncc ThrcLr'r- .
out the State.
The Transylvania division cf
the Southern is out of bcslacss be
tween Hendersonville and Toxa-
way owing to the. heavy rains cf
the past week.
, The work of 2,030 negro so!d!cni
engaged in cutting , and shippir
wood in the Pisgah timber bc-ad
ary baa been stopped by flood con
ditions. ' -
; Reports from all sections of tba
state show a diminishing pciber
of new cases of icflcenrt acd ccz
tinned .ioDroreseot er.llr.
Conditions remain critical, borr.
erer, in many sections, especially
in rural districts.
President Asks .Voters - to Ztir.i
by A d m i n I s tra Hen.
President Wilson in a 1st err. c it
Friday addressed to his "fc!!ow.
countrymen, asked them to rttura
a Democratic congress In lbs No
vember elections if they hsre -ap
proved bis leadership "in this trill-
ical time.
Failure to return a D:mr:rr..:c
msjortty to both the t::'? zzi
house of representatives, t
dent says, cot orjy wculi f ric--
ly impair his power to ain::sls::r
the jrrr-At trust aiSJCnei n:? Vr
the constitation, bt wculi b3
inter ore ted abroad a$v repuilillcn
of his leadership-
Col. Daniel Adams Prcrr.:!ei.
Mr. D. B. Hcdins is la r;t
of a letter from CoL D. W. Adams
stating that hss btttalion cn Oct
ber 0th gave the Baches an sttf-l
licking and that be was predated
to lieutenant-coIoceU and Lad been
ordered to the States to, train fi
new regiment. We coiirnt-ltt
Colonel Adams.
Furniture Restricted.
Restrictions on the nunufteicra
of furniture, climinsur.g all zzr?
patterns for the d oration cf lh
war, and curtailing adira raitere-s
50 per cnt., are announced by the
War Industries Board. Th? zrr
schedule applies U bedroom. c".e
ing room and upholstered izrzU
tore, chair, ccrUin tsl!e.s ar.1 m:r
rora. BeTclci mirrors are c!".r
cated, bedroom mirror pUt.; cur
tailed per c-e:t, and the marn
facture of dininxroom chairs ai
toilet table chairs discontinued
A Yote for Schenck !e:ns i Y;t2
, for Shlprrss. .
Mr. EL W. E w bank; Ch 1 1 nr z n
Dem ocrati c Bxecctire Cc m ml i : r ?,
Hendersonville, baa rtceircd th2
following letter from Gortrzcr
Bickctt: . .
lij dear Sir r Pleasa let it
known that a vote for Mr. S:he:
is a vote for Mr. J. ,C trh:r
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for Solicitor. Mr. Schereh is t
th e De m oc.ra tic nomic ee, b -1
his fail a re to qualify alter crci,
or upon his Qnxliiiellen izl
slticn I shall at c-ee rc-t 7 r
Mr. Shipman.
"This court 5 is z A :
and fair in order to nre tl.e t:
of soldiers who hive tlrcziy z
if- c-
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