North Carolina Newspapers

V'; '".V. J PrEKINE INTEREST 'OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY. i ; ESTABLISHED 1896. MARION N. ; CTHURSDAY, N0V. 7, i 1918 VOL. XXIII NO. 11 ' --- 4 TJ..'- 4 i v AUSTRIA SURRENDERS; I Arniistice Signed Sunday by Itariah Cpmrnandet: Puti AuriaOutYO !: GorifticlGertta The terms of the; armistice witti the Austro-HaDgarian government ; made known Monday, include com ; plete demobilization of all Aus- trian forces, surrender one-half " of all military : and artillery equip ment, the bccupationby American tind allied forces of such strategic places as may' later be selected the use of Austrian railways for oper- ation' against. Germany v the evacu: ation of all invaded territory, leav ing behind of all equipment and i supplies, including coal, the sur Y; rend er of a portion o f the Austrian surface and submarine fleet and the T -disarmament of ; tbe others J under American and allied control, the . surrender of Y al 1 German subma rines in Austrian waters, and re . piration of allied American prison ers without reciprocity: Y Before the Austrians could qnit ? jon scheduledtime, Monday morn ing at 9 o'clock, more than 300,000 YY were captured. . - '. Y " r YTermsof armistice to offer .Ger many was unanimously agreed . on Monday Xby the .allied governments Yy nd they correspond with what has ; been accepted with Turkey and Austria, meaning complete sur- ':renaer.YYYY"YY '.rV ' : , The first Y American - army;; has ; -captured minating heigHts Yfrb ni : - the Germans northwest of Verdun t :and brought under fire of its heavy : guns the . imnortant - railway at lYMontmeHy, Ylibnguyon and Con- Y flail Si General Pershi ng reports in YY his Sunday evening communique. Y fannouncing . ata advance -for the Y y first army .of 12 miles on an eight- ; mile front in three days. YPrispn- : ers captured number, more than 5,- 000 and guns more than 100. . In " the - past three months ; the Uriusn iorces ia j; .raoce.ua vo ianeu 172,659 prisoners and 2,378 guns . .from the Germans, according to an official communication from' Field Marshal HaigY D uring th e month of October the British forces fight ing in France captured 49,000 pris- oners and 925 gans. Y According to a Havas dispatch from Paris, since" the" great; offehr"i sive began on the western front on Jnlr l5. last, the allied armies have captured 362,355 prisoners. including 7,990 officers, as well as 6,217 canon; 38,622 machine guns and 3,907 mine-throwers." The al lies during the month of , October captured 108,343 prisoners, includ ing 2,472 officers, as well as 2,064 "cannon ; 13,639 machine guns , and 1,193 mine-throwers. -: r ' . The British ; casualties reported during the month of October total 158,825 officers and men; The board of Ytrustees j of Ytne University, of North Carolina has elected Dean M. H. Stacy : chair man of tne faculty to per f ornr the duties of President,, vacant by the death of President Graham. ;Thero will be only one service at the several churches -in YMarion next Sunday, at 11 a. m. Watch the label on you paper end if your subscription has ex pired, pleaso renew it. For Congress, 10th District: :. i ZBBULON WEAVER, D; . 1 JAMES J. BRUT, B Y r For Solicitor: . ' f - MICHAEL SCHENCK, D ; FRED D. HAMRICK, R ' For Senators. 3;Jrd Senatorial District: J.. WILLIAM PLESS, D . , - JOSEPH F. SPAINHOUR, D - Y EDWARD F. WAKEFIELD, R Y T, ORYID TEAQUE; R For Member Honse of Representatives: ' WYW. NEALDl h Y - WILLIAM J. SOUTHER, R v For Clerk of Superior Court : THOMAS MORRIS, D WILLIAM H, HAWKINS, R For Sheriff: . D. THURSTON HARRIS, D . JOS. M. MASHBURN, R - For Register of Deeds: ALBERT W. GRAYSON, D THOMAS L. EPLEY, R . For County Treasurer: . MILLARD G. POTEAT, D WM. ARTfiUR McCALL, R For Surveyor: f " LOUIS A H ANEY, D Y. JOHN M, HOUCK, R - For Coroner: DR. JOHN B. JOHNSON, D DR JAMES REYNOLDS, R For Commissioners: WILLIAM H. TAYLOlt, D WILLIAM C. MORRIS, D JAMES M. GIBSON, D LEANDER W, GETTYS, R Y tsaac W; Davis, r y i j ROBERT J. LONON, R Winning Candidates. Tne figures shown in the table of tabulation on the first pace were sent to. this ofiice by our special teportefsYTbisra official but we think will be found accu rate. An examination of the fig ures shows the winning candidates' majorities as follows: Weaver 14, Schenck i2, Pless 16, Spainhour 13, Neal 28 A Hawkins 51, Mash burn 135, Epley 1, Poteet H7, Haney 25, and Johnson 64.- : . According to the figures in the table the following are elected commissioners:' Jas. M. Gibson, Democrat; L, W Getty s, Repub lican,. and I. W. Davis; Eepubli can. ; . . . . It is hot expected that tha . ofil ciaV count will show any variation from the figures as published. From the latest reports :to. this office, J: W. Pless and J. F. Soain hourj Democratic candidates for the jState Senate, have been .de feated by slight margins. Weaver has carried ;the d istrict by approximately, 935 majority, r..; Schools and Churches to Re-open. ' " At -a meeting of fe"; the 8 county board of health on last Monday it was decided to permit schools to re-open on Monday next in those rural districts' in which there is not on this date a case of influenza and in which there- has not been ' a case one week prior to the same dateYY Y5rtY.YY :S x, , .; Y YYY: - ChurcEes may Y bold morning, or eachin g service inly for a pe riod of iwo; weeks when they may open for all services, provided the health conditions improve to the extent that it is considered safe.- r! T : If the i epidemic should Yrow worse it will be -necessaryV for all schools and churches to close again. The public is warned that the danger is. not over.Y It. wiir be necessary that "the people . observe the same precautions ts -to; health as have been offered by the' physi cians and authortics if t the malady is to be kept under control. " . - s ' " 'i ' - " ' '" ' . ' ' j; .- fr Subccribo to Tne Peoqeecs. :el.l - J- . , - ' ' ' i s. s I ' 5 ' " I " ' : " Y'-..- '- I a; I t . 1 -s I i 'fi '1 1 1 a-' : t: 3 m s ? 5 o is, . I s a 525 3 h 55 oS o a O . 235 225 50 T 28 , 34' 70 108 4 22 45 85 202 51 56 1172 127 207 57 ' 29 . 20 91 53 61 26 98 88 218 88 45 1158 229 224 53 7 28 85 69 108 4 , 22 44 85 205 53 57 1178 ' 132 208 55 29 . 20 90 64 62 26 93 89 216 87 45 1161 t -s 231 228 53 7 28 34 69 103 3 -22 43 85 208 51 55 1170 228 227 53 7 28 84 69 107 4 22 43 85 202 52 '66 1167 128 203 55 29 20 90 54 62 26 98 89 217 87 45 1153- Y 131 203 55 29 20 90 54 62 26 93 89 215 37 45 1154 : - - - - s - ' - ' " . 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Conserve The Nut Crop for The r Boys in France. It seems that some do not under stand what kind of nut shells and pits me government is asttiu iui to make gas masks and the follow ing, is' the kind they want: Peach stones apricots pits, prune pits, plum pits, olive pits, dateyseeds, cherry pits, butternut shells, Bra zil nut sHelta and hickory nut shells. AH fruit pits and seeds shou'd be thoroughly dried in the oven or the eun before delivering. Drying is very important before shipping and all individuals who can dry them are urged to do so. Iam receiving from two to three requests. each week from the head quarter urging that we do all in our power to secure as many of these nut shells as possible, as the gas defense division is badly in need of these shells to make gas masks. I appeal, to every individ ual in the county, young as well as the old, to commence saving these shells at once. 1 , J. Q Gilkey, Chairman American Red Cross. - Jesse C. Goforth. Jesse C. Goforth, son of Mr. and Mrs., E- G-. Goforth,, of "Nealsville, died "at Camp Hnmphreys, Va., on October 9th, of' pneumonia following infinenza. . He was called by the local board of Mc Dowell on June" 24 last, . and sent to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. There he was7 discharged from military ser vice on account of weak eyes, and - on September 5, 1918, was sent to Camp Humphreys for limited service, where he was placed in Co.. 4, 1st Recruit Ba t aliion,' 7th E. T . B. He was taken 111 October r and carried to the base hos pital on October 4. "; He" passed : away oh the morning ot the 9 th without a struggle. Y .-"Y;: ' Yv: ':Y:vvT,- A '--- Y Private Goforth was a patriotic sol dier, always ready to do his: bit.C He was a quiet, honest boy and a boy that loved home. I The deceased was 28 years old and is survived by his. parents and six brothers and six sisters. A ? - Y The body arrived at his home at Glenwood on October 14 and the fun eral services was Conducted at the Bap tist church by- RewAlonzo Sorrels and Bev. James ;Brown '"Interment was made at Glenwood cemetery. - . . - , , - ' . ' v 'X- COUNTY - 4 290j773 Men Called to Camp This Month. ; Washington, Nov. 2 Draft calls forthemobilizAtionof 290,73 ad ditional men at array training camps before November llrind 15, it was anriounced, 25,335 white men -physically quilified for general military service will entrain, mak ing the -largest single call issued under the selective service act. The remainder of the November total, so far as announced,- will be made up by negroes for entrain ment November 19 to 21. With the assembling of the men provided in these calls at camp, the total number of men inddcted mto military service under the draft will have passed the 2,000,000 mark and the numbejcbf men in the Unit ed States army, in the field or in training, will tbtal more than 4, 000,000. ' - Men who registered September 12, under the act extending draft age limits will make up the largest proportion of the November 'mo bilization as "the eligible list re maining from previous registra tions largely was exhausted b the October calls, the October calls were suspended. because of the in fluenza epidemic, ; nearly all have been reissued duriDg the last three weeks. In states where the calls have tibt been re-tissued, men called for camp in October will leave with the men called- for. this month. Calls for additional men to entrain later this month are in prepara tion, it was said today at the office of the provost marshal general: For this Ycall North Carolina sends 107 white to Camp Greene, Charlotte, and 1,000 to Fort Cas well; 2,500 snecro registrants to Camp Greene", Charlotte, 1,600 v to Camp Humphreys, Va. " - , , Owners of the first Liberty bonds converted, and . second Lib erty bonds', bearing 4 per cent. wbo wish to ' exchanfre them ; for bonds bearing 4 1-4 per cent, must d6 so before next Saturday," Nov. 9, vhen the conversion privilege by law expires; Y ; W. SVS.' CONFERENCE 14th . - - War Savings Workers from State 'Headquarters and District Will ; , -Attend Meeting in Marion. The Marion . District War Sav ings' conference will be held at Marion, Thursday, November 11. The' counties of Avery, Burke, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford and Yancey comprise the Marion district and will be represented at this conference 'by. their county and township War Savings chair men, newspaper men, represents tives-elect to legislataremercbant representatives and "other, enthu siastic war workers. The conference will be held by representative from State head quarters at the court house at 11 o'clock." The purpose of the. con fere nee is to get before the work ers of this district the plans and" nstructions for putting on a wind- up drive in jJecember tnat will ge all War Savings pledges re deemed and enough additional sales to complete the State's War -Savings quota. Tliis amount is $11,500,000; - : iThis final drive is ; made at tha. request of Secretary McAdoo who says that the War Savings cam paign, must be made a success .as. has been done for each of - the Liberty Loan campaigns. Erery county and State is therefore ex pected to redeem, all of its' War "Saving jleSges, "complete its'salcs and make a 100 per cent record before December 31. Y 1 The Marion district is one of the best in the State. Its chances for securing all of its pledges and completing its sales by December 31 are most favorable. The .six counties have subscribed 60.80 per cent of their quotas, leaving 39.19 per cent yet 'to "be subscribed. McDowell has subscribed $189, 235, leaving $103,605 to be sab scribed, i ' Allowance of Sugar Increased. The sugar allowance of two pounds monthly a person for householders was increased to three pounds monthlv Thursday by Food Administrator Hoover, effective November l.V The sugar regula tions also are revised to permit the purchase ofhe entire month's sup ply for a family at one time. The relaxation of the restrictions placed on the use of sugar four months ago, was, made possible, Mr. Hoover's statement said through the rapid manufacture of the beet sugar crop in the west. the new cane crop in the south, reductions of consumption in man ufacturing, freer transportation' conditions and patriotic conserva tion by the public. , : ' The executive committee of the State teachers' assembly at a meet ing in Raleigh Saturday unani mously agreed to postponement of the annual Thanksgiving conven tion and named . Ealeigb and Thanksgiving, 1919, for 'the meet ing. This step was taken" on ac count of lost time caused by the influenza epidemic. " ; Captain Bost, of the.' Southern Railway company, reports thst ca kst Friday, morning the mountdn peaks visible from Srrannncs end Blzzt Moantoin were covered with