North Carolina Newspapers

PUBLISHED VOLUME XXXIII. C wiMLTY LIST GROWS ( IS THE ARMY OVERSEAS ; jiunday's List of 223 Names the .; Longest Since Americans J Reached France. j Heavy fighting along the Aisne and ! TMarne m "iiiiV-iiVj" " , vnve narticipated, has begun to show! t-e casualty' lists issued by the ! department. Sunday's list of I --, names is the longest to be given American units maae tneir oranc3 0n the hattlefront. casualties iii tiie cii my itiiu corps overseas increased 1.- j anarme i .--.i'l during tne weeu comparea wiui ; Js the previous week, an aggregate I 13,766 with inclusion ot Saturday's . ny? list of 2 2o. In the 13,768 casualties, total -t n A i 1 J. J , . i . 1 . . N. I J . -. . . i V i. 1U -fh inciucang zyi men iosl at sea --n Iiilled in action, dead of wounds me accident and other causes, rubbered 5,493 army . men, 4,783; 710. The wounded aggre- nt 7.5 5 3 o army men, 6,340; ma- t 1 02 Those missing includ- inc prisoners, total 741 army men, f,o liuumco, . marines, 84. , ii i After all the casualty list is small ; considering that 10,000 natural . deaths occur annually m a 1,000.000 ; ropuiation. THE AMERICANS IN ITALY NOW America Now Has Million and a Quarter Men on the Other Side ishington Special.) American fighting trcps now are in Italy. They have arrived in force Iron: France. The war department as yet has no information as to their numbers nor the points where they will be used. This announcement Avas made Saturday by General Pey ton C. March, chief of staff. Fighting Strength. There are now 1,253,000 American fighters overseas, . General. - March. told the senate military-"affairs 'com-I mittee. Last week 53,000 were : transported which is below the 9 0, (00 weekly average maintained re- cently. This however was due to unusually lare shipments of supplies - abroad during the same period. THE CURING OF TOBACCO IS NOW IN PROGRESS Wives and Children Will Do Their Bit This Curing Season. In ten days or two weeks the .far mers of Granville will experience the most stienuous period of the year. The tobacco crop is heavy and the laborers are scarce. Many farmers VI T-;n no doubt spend many sleepless nights, nodding beside the "live' barns. The spirit of co-operation is mani fest in many places in the count', j It is proposed that neighbors assist neighbors until the round of neigh- borhood has been made. ' Farmers' and tenants', wives and children will do their bit this cur-1 in season, and many town dwellers have been "invited" to spend a week or so on the plantations. Quite a j number have patriotically accepted. WITH GOD, FOR THE EMPEROR, RILL TOLD TROOPS IN ATTACK (Amsterdam Special.) Emperor William, who, according to his favorite correspondent, Karl Ressner, watched the battle of Rheiins from a tower which gave him a god view of a wide sector of the front sent his troops from this vantage point, Ressner says, the fol lowing message: "His Majesty informs his troops that he has arrived be hind the front of the attack and shall watch the battle from a tower. His Majesty's good wish es shall accompany. " 'With God, for the Emperor and the Emmre.V GRANVILLE CO. DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM. MEETING Will Re Held In the Court House Saturday, August 3rd. There will be a meeting of the emocratic Executive Committee of Granville county in the Court House 5a Oxford at 12 o'clock noon Satur day, August 3rd. Every member of each precinct committee is , urged to present. Matters of importance vm be considered at said meeting. A. A. HICKS, Chairman. :X&LY-TWN AND OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY STUDENT RESERVE NEEDED: AN APPEAL TO YOUND WOMEN Registration Opens Wednesday, July 30, at the Store of Mr. J. Robt. Wood. Beginning next Wednesday, July CVCiy morning and all dav Sq.tr r. day untu Allrnqt 1n ' , I unU1 AuSust 11, a committee of representing the Council of Rational Defense, the Red Cross and tiie curses Training School will be a t ivir. Robt. Wood s between 10 a.m, and 12:30 p.m. to recruit nur- ses from Granville county oranviiio to the Front The State of North Carolina is ask ed for 460 nurses and Granvllio do her share. The chairman of Wo men's Committee has sent letters to the county unit chairman asking their cooperation in"" their respective communities. ''Those who are in charge of the registration in the town are, Miss May White, chief recruit ing agent; Misses Mary Royail Han- i cock, Julia Cooper,- Mary Shaw, and Sallie Webb. ne government is cfillinp- frT or 000 younS women to join the United states Student Nurse Reserve and hold themselves in readiness to train for service as nursPR Demands For Nurses. The war is creating an unprece dented demand for trained nurses. Only those who have taken the full training course are eligible for ser vice with our forces overseas. These nurses are being drawn largely from our hospitals at home.. Their places must be filled by the student nurses enrolled for the full training course of from two to three years. Every young woman who enrolls in the U nited States Student Nurse Reserve is releasing a nurse for service at the front and swelling the army which we must rely on to act as our sec ond line of hospital defense. Upon the. health of the American people I will depend the spirit of their fight- ing forces. The call is for women between the ages of 21 to 35 and unmarried wo men of good education and sound health are wanted the pick of the country.' A college education is a val uable asset, and many hospitals will be given for a special scientific equip ment or for preliminary training in nursing such as that given in special courses now being given by the var ious, colleges and schools, Some schools, on the . other hand, do not require a high school education. Two Classes- of Registrants. The enrollment card will indicate two classes of registrants preferred and deferred. The preferred class will be those who are ready to accept assignment to whatever hospital they direct them, although they may state what training school they prefer to be sent. Those who register in the preferred class will be assigned first all possible consideration will be giv en to the preference as stated. The deferred class is composd of those who limit their pledge of service that is, who will not engage to go ex IJ-LCL 1 Ikl) IV"" .- ' " J noT-tin iTORnitals. This class ! is intended largely for those who, for family reasons, cannot accept train ing at a distancefrom their homes. Those who 'register in the deferred class will be assigned Only after the preferred class is exhausted. The government relies on the pa triotism of those who enroll to fill out preferred cards if they possibly 'can thus volunteering to go where they are most needed. ROBESON COUNTY FARMERS ARE SELLING MUCH TOBACCO Good Tobacco Is Selling for $48 the Hundred. Lumberton, July 29. Robeson to bacco growers are smiling as they never smiled before. There's a rea son Thev are selling tobacco for the highest price in the history of to bacco growing in this section. Good tobacco is selling for up to $48 the hundred and tobacco that a few years ago would not hae sold for more than from one to five cents the pound is now selling for from 15 to 35 cents the pound. Much tobacco is being sold on the Lumberton market and thousands of dollars. is being paid out daily. Late arrival of jewelry received by the Oxford Jewelry Company. The prices are right. See announcement elsewhere in this paper. COUNTY OFFER BRILLI AN FRANCO-A31ERICAN FORCES ENTER SUPPLY RASE IN OFF EX SU E ZONE ! Pershing's BIen Hold Their Own Face of Enemy Artillery Fire of Great Proportions. ini -A The Fran tinning theh (Associated Press.) nco-American troops, con - their presure on the Gpro, m retreat from the Marne e ' mation ven out hy General Peyton j 10:30 a.m. reached and crossed the Ourcq river f C BScrcls' cIlicf of staff. Mrs' Vaughn, who has a national and penetrated the town of Fere-Er-1 . In addition to these seven divis- j reputation as a Domestic Science wo Tardehois, one of the great Germ- j ions Vthich have ben in the thick of j man, and whose' demonstrations, in supply bases for the enemy troops ' fishtin another division of reg- Raleigh about two years ago attract inside the Soissons-Rheims salient j lliars; six' national guard divisions j ed so much attention, is well known Twelve MiXe Drive. " " j and our national army divisions are ! to North Carolina housekeepers by Under the battering: tac4"cc of tv i in hs p:aie hattie line and rady reputation, if not personally and we I Americans and Frenchmen th niri man line on the south has r,OF Kppr, driven back more than twely e miles j-iuiii trie point soutn of HahtPsn of Thierry, .where the allied trorm lorK ods lock ed the door to Paris against the ene gainst the ee- m-v Tnlir tO .1 4-1 i -"r ---, auu. tiicixiseives oecame the aggressors in what has ti turned out to be one of the greptet hqtip' of the war. Hun Resistance Broken Resistance of the enemy between the Marne and the Ourcq river has been broken down and. American troops with those of the allies are in pursuit. General Pershing annuonc ed in his communique to the war de partment Sunday. The text of the statement follows: bection A. Between the , Ourcn and the Marne the enemy's resistance has broken down. Our troops,, with those of the allies, are in pursuit." Allies Capture Supplies. While the enemy loss in men may not be great, the Allies probably will capture many guns and machine suns in auuiuuu to applies ana mu- nitions which the Germans have- been unable to destroy or move away. Al lied losses have been kept at a mini mum by the most extensive use of tanks. r r ... vAeaii ,.JP lesii-. ojiiu.s. The wounds received by the Amer ican soldiers have not been serious as a rule on account of the failure of the Germans to use artillery. A great majority of the wounds were clean flesh wounds, made by bullets from machine guns and rifles. Turkey Severs Alliance. Unofficial advice are to the effect that discord has arisen between Ger many and Turkey and that relations between the two countries have been severed. VALUE TO FRANCE OF LIVE FRENCHMEN AND DEAD GERMANS GREA Will Not Emulate the Reckless Dar ing of the American Soldiers. Comparing the worry of the French and American troops, in the battle now going on, Reurer-s correspon dent at American headquarters in France writes: 'The French have had four years of hard study and the lesson most laid to heart is the value to France of live Frenchmen and dead Germans4 When sacrifices are required they are cuite ready to make them, but tneir " . 1-4.J.1 I'll nridft is to kill and pay little tor ku. iag. They admire the reckless valor of rho Americans, but their own meth ods are somewhat slower and more suitable. Each gets to his objective, but the French leave fewer men be hind." FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. D.rive to Be Put on September 2Sth. Washington, Jnly 28. The treasury virtually has decided to hold the fourth Liberty loan campaign in the three weeks period between Saturday, Sep tember 28 and Saturday, Octo ber 19. SHORTAGE OF VEGETABLES TS REPORTED FROM BERLIN Pound of Lima Beans Cost 34 Marks. New York, July 3 0. Describing the condition of the public market of Berlin the Berlin Vorwaerts says: ne stands were almost empty, but here were many seeking food. For a. head of a cauliflower of the size f rotate-1 marks was charged nd fTr a Pound of lima beans six marks Kohlrabi, young carrots and marKSr rorrP and enormously turnips were scarce ana konlrabi, high in price, Ffeiae cos t small and with much foliage, three to four marks. T OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME JULY 31, 1918 GRANVILLE MEN ARE IN THE THICK OF BATTLE j Col. Minor, Major Stem, Capt. Fuller AiL. t. Koyster, Jr., And Their j men iire In the Battle Line. 1 Some North Carolina troobs are in I the thick of the fighting in the biff i i-u - iwv3ims-&o:ssons salient 1 and others are in the lines ready f or I mstant cal1 according . to the infor- actlon wneileve.r called upon. I lhe tnirtieth division is among these. That includes national guard! troops from North Carolina, South ' Carolina ana Tennessee, and was for- I Rler' stationed at Camp Sevier for training. The 60th brigade of -this ; division includes the 119th infantry, y k60011" -fcorth Carolina In - lanry; I20th Infantry, formerly! the i Tnird North Carolina Infantry, and I the 115th Machine Gun Battalion, I formerlF three troops of North Caro lina Cavalry. The Fifty-fifth brigade of Field Artillery in this division also includ es the 118th Field Artillery, organiz ed in this State and commanded by Col. Albert L.. Cox, of Raleigh. Major Thad G. Stem and Bev. S. iVfetei aie on 0i- f sian. PUT HALF OF NEW MEN IN CLASS ONE Crowder Tells State Officials To "Scrutinize" Boards That Do N6c. Provost Marshal General Crowrier last week informed state draft ex2 cutives that more than half of the 744,500 registrants in the 1918 class are expected to be placed in Class 1 as physically qualified for general military, service and instructed them to give special scrutiny to any local board which fails to classify this per centage. The estimate, General Crowder said, is based upon a close investiga tion of the general draft classes. ''The national average should much higher than fifty per cent, cause industrial agricultural and de ferrments should be much lower," General Crowder said. GROWING SEASON OF THIS SECTION IS 220 DAYS The length of the growing season in this section of the Carolinas is 220 days, states a bulletin giving data on weather conditions. While there are 200 days during which products will grow in this sec tion, the lensrth of the season at Ashe ville and vicinity is only 186 days, it is, 221 in Atlanta, Ga., and 324 in the extreme southern part of the country 195 in the District of Columbia, 197 in Kansas and 174 in Davenport, Io wa. EVERY AMERICAN LOOKS LIKE TEN MEN TO HUN. A German prosmer capturea oy tq n baker in New York city and Lebanon Pa., when asked what the j German 0ldiers thought about the t Americans said "The Germans a few days ago, con eluded that the announcement that a million Americans were in France was false; but rumors among the Germans now on this front are that there are 10,000,000 Americans in France." K. J. REYONLDS DEAD. Winston-Salem's Leading Citizen and Business Man. Winston-Salem, N. C, July 29. Richard Joshua Reynolds, president of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany, after a year's illness, passed away early this morning at his mag nificent country estate, Reynolds, his age -being 68 years. His passing means an irreparable loss to Winston Salem. Meeting at Mt. Zion Closed. The Mt. Zion Baptist church at Berea, has just closed a very fruit ful revival. The pastor was assist ed by Pastor W. A. Ayers, of Temple Baptist church, Durham. Between forty and fifty new members were ad ded to the church. Evangelist Fred N. Day came upon the secene Satur day ad preached three-very accepta ble sermons. PRINT. NUMBER 60 MRS. KATE BREW VAUGHN COMING TO OXFORD I Women of the County Should Hear j the Distinguished Lecturer Next Friday. The ..housekeepers of Granville county are going to have' the oppcr- ; lunuy ot Hearing Mrs. Kate Ilrew I Vaughn lecture and demonstrate in Oxford this Friday, August 2nd at feel that the people of our county j vill appreciate this unusual eppor- tunity that is. being offered to them. Mrs. Vaughn's lectures are sp much J in demand at present that she is giv- j ing only a short time to the Home Demonstration workers of the State, j and as she goes to only a few places 1 in the State, we are particularly for- j tunate to have her here. Housekeep j ers will recall her recipes that appear ! ed in the News and Observer at the ! time she gave a special course for the Raleigh housekeepers. At that ! time, in addition to all kinds of good things to eat, she made beautiful cakes and decorative icings that were wonderful from an artistic stand point. Now she gives wheat and su gar substitutes and all kinds of war cookery, but what ever she demon strates you may be sure it will be something worth while and none of us can afford to miss it. Bring pen cil and note book so you may take as much information home with you as possible. DfV Hobgood, of oxford College, has kindly allowed us the privilege of having the demonstration in the j well equipped Domestic Science room of the College. Should we find that our crowd promises to be too large for this room we will announce the place "of meeting on posters in the store windows later on. The meeting is held under the aus pices of the Woman's Committee of the Council of Defence and the Home Department of the Woman's Club of Oxford. We hope that women from L'et&y- section of the county will at- tena. MRS. LILLIAN W. CAPEHART. County Chairman Home Economics. APPROACHING REVIVAL AT OXFORD METHODIST CHURCH Strong Preacher From Western North Carolina Conference Will Be Here. Dr. Willis,pastor, of the i Oxford Methodist church, announced Sunday from the pulpit th.t a . protracted meeting will be held in his' church beginning the third Sunday in Au- gust A strong minister from the west ern part of the State will assist Dr. Willis. This will probably be the only re vival held in Oxford this fall, and the good people of all denominations are praying for its success. Dr. Willis, j who at all times has been instant in i prayer, will have the hearty co-op- j eration of all the Oxford ministers. I HQW TO WEAit niuuLiiSKx A Black Band With Gold Stars Worn on the Left Arm for Rela tives. In order to eliminate the waste in discarding clothing by putting, on black as mourning for the relatives lost in the war, the Council of Na tional Defense has suggested an in signia which has been endorsed by President Wilson. Relatives of men lost in the great war may wear a black band with a gold star for' each one sacrificed. The President endorses adoption of this insignia, to be worn on the left arm. The band should te three inches wide with a star either of gold of metal cloth. The badge will not be patented or commercialized, the Council of National Defense an nounces. LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD CALLS FOR TWO MEN Thefoliowing registrants have fail ed to file their questinoaires, viz. : LEONARD HUNT. CHARLES LEE. WILLIAMS, Any one who knows these men please report to this board. The reg istrants also are requested to report at once and avoid trouble. GRANVILLE CO. EXM. BOARD.