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AMERICANS CALLED TO PRAYER
May the God of Battles be with us
yet.
Our Christian President, Thy ser
vant, ihas called this people together
this day for (prayer and fasting. This
nation, this people would remember
their God in this hour of trial. So
we (beseech Thee, Oh, Thou Great
Ruler of the Universe,' to lend an ear
to the supplications of Thy people this
day and draw near to them, that they
may know that Thou are with them
Ptill iand will be their stay and sup
port in the days to come.
Hear the prayers of this nation, and
grant the petitions of a (people who
fear God and trust in (His all suffi
cient strength and mercies. Teach us
to pray and enable us to come to. Thee
in the attitude of true worshippers,
and in the spirit of gentleness and
meekness and in the spirit of the
Christ. (Remember us and assure us
of Thy tender mercies and everlast
ing comfort and support.
Forgive us our sins and shortcom
ings. Keep us clean and true and
make us more diligent to keep Thy
laws and to do Thy will. Blot out the
sins of the nation and the individual,
and restore to us the joy of Thy sal
vation. Helip us to stand for truth and
for justice and righteousness and to
fight and work and (pray for the com
ing of Thy kingdom and the doing of
Thy will among the nations of earth.
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Guide and lead us and our allies.
First make us right and keep us
pure and holy, and then show us the
way to walk. 'May we trust and fear
God, fear no man or group of men and
give us the courage to go forward
unafraid and to conquer in Thy name.
Lead this nation that it may lead
others; guide this people that they
may qualify, for Christian leadership
the world over and purify us. that
we ipay be made the instruments in
Thy hand for exacting the cross of the
meek and patient Jesus.
Bless and keep our men on land' and
; sea. Let thy spirit lead them and
may they ever walk in the fear of
God and trust in Him rather than in
their own strength. Bless and keep
our gallant allies and make them to
J pow the Lord and to listen to His di
recting voice. Fit us all for what
ever Thou hast in store for us and
give us the grace and the courage to
do that which Thou would have us do.
'Why should not a nation observe
days of prayer and fasting? Why
Should not this nation, like those of
old walking under the direction of
God, vithdraw from the busy stress
and strife of life and retire for com
munion with the God who made and to
whom we owe allegiance?
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Every nation that has forgotten
God has, passed. Every people that
failed to walk with God and acknowl
edge Him fell, and this or any other
nation that refuses or neglects to do
the same will he checked and found
unworthy of life. If we fail to real
ize these things our beloved nation
is doomed. Sooner or later America
will come under the righteous indig
nation of a just God if America fails
to (know this and Iheep her place at the
footstool of the All High and All wise
God.
So today America gathers under the
advice and gpiecial command of her
Christian President to fast and to
pray. May the day be properly spent
and may it lead the nation closer to
the Lord of creation. If we would
succeed in any undertaking we must
get right with God and seek contin
ually to stay right with God. Only
thus can we hope to save and be
saved.
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Believe Fifty-Nine Cases of Trachoma
at Charlotte.
Charlotte, Ma.y 29. Fifty-nine sus
pected cases of trachoma have been
discovered among the children of
Charlotte within the past few days
by officials of the public health ser
vice, and 21 other suspected cases at
Cornelius, a small town of Mecklen
county, 16 were declared positive
cases of this disease, acocrdine to an
nouncement today by Dr. C. C. Hud
son, city health officer. Advices
from Washington said public health
specialists would be sent to aid in the
treatment of the disease.
W S S
Insuranc experts contend that a
woman who is in good health at the
age of 45 is likely to outlive a man
of the same age.
W S S
Eight of the olive trees in this his-
toric Garden of Olives, near Jerusa
lem a,re believed to be more than one
thousand years old.,
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Offeislve in Wfcidli EmeHrt Mai Pmiwes is Rem Iked
FRENCH RESERVES
GET INTO ACTION
Enemy is Finding His Progress
Increasingly Difficult in Face
of Increasing Allied Forces.
PRINCIPAL GERMAN MOVE
WAS IN CENTER OF LINE
Germans Attempt to Debouch
From Soissons But Determined
French Are Blocking the Way
(By the Associated Press)
General Foch's reserves have begun
to come into action in the fighting
against the powerful German thrust
southward from Ainse and the enemy
is finding his progress increasingly
difficult in consequence.
Again the allied flanks are stand
ing firm and while Sossions has been
lost on the west Rheims is still hold
ing out on the easterly 'edge of the
battlef ront.
The chief progress of the Germans
is revealed in today's official report
as in the center of their advance
where some, three miles of additional
ground was covered from Loupeigna
12 miles orth of Marne to Fere-en-Tardenois.'
The bottle of the advaric-
iner fjprman wed?e is shown from
FereTjtfxJeBoisvn
jriiles directly east to -Veailly -45 1-2
miles southwest of Rheims. Along
this line the Germans are about 18
miles south of the Chemin-des-Dames,
giving the ma penetration of approxi
mately that distance at the beginning
of the fifth day of their offensive.
The steadiness of the allied flanks
under heavy German pressure is one
of the outstanding indications in the
Paris official report. The Germans
for instance made attempt after at
tempt to debouch from Soissoons after
gaining that town but the determined
French in the outskirts preventd the
enemy achieving his object.
The southeast French reserves are
cominging into play and here the al
lies are resisting enemy engagements
with extreme violence along the road
from Sossions to Hartennes. through
Et-Taux 7 1-2 miles southeast of
Soissons. Fere-en-Tardeno is 8 1-2
miles southwest of Hartennes and Et
Taux apparently marks the limit of
the German advance toward the south
west, with Vezilly 10 1-2 miles east
ward but the British prevented the ex
treme southeast passage of the en
emy. From Tardenois the front ex
tends northeastward. Brouilette is
the next point mentioned in the offi
cial communique and it lies less than
3 1-2 miles north of Vezilly and only
sightly to the east north and south
line running through the latterr town.
Brouilette is 13 miles southeast of
Rheims and along a 10 mile line from
that point to Thillois, three miles
east from Rheims and thence north
ward above the cathedral city the
Franco-British defensive line is re
ported to have broken all German as
saults and maintained he French in
tact. On the Flanders front the Germans
made local attacks on British positions
northwest of Festubert in the Given
chy sector which met a complete re
pulse. The British improved the line
by an advance of gome 200 yards in
the Merris sector tc the northwest.
Still further attacks, were made
against the Americans established in
the ivillage of Cantigny, west of
Montdidier, which they recently cap
tured. The assault has bees almost
continuous, news dispatches report,
but each time were broken up by the
American stonewall of resistance.
Germans Take More Towns.
In their violent attacks on the 30
mile battle front running from Sois
sons eastward to the region northwest
of Rheims, the German armies' are
continuing to force back the French
and British forces on nearly everv
sector.
The fortified town of Soissons, the
extreme left of the allied battle line,
has been occupied by the ene,my, al
thouh the French are still holding
tenaciously to its western environs,
through whieh emerge the railway
- ! lines leading to Paris and Campeigne.
According to the German official
oommunication, 25,000 prisoners
WOMAN IS KILLED
A 1 CAN OF
Mrs. Webb Peoples Burned to Death
and Husband Badly Injured When
He Carries a Lighted Lantern in
Gasoline House.
Greensboro, May 30. Mr. and Mrs.
Webb Peoples, of near Oak Ridge,
were badly burned, Mrs. Peoples fatal
ly, Monday night at about 9 o'clock
when a tank of gasoline exploded in
close prqscimity to them. Mrs. Peo
ples died yesterday afternoon at 1
o'clock as the result of her injuries.
In a storeroom in the country near
Oak Ridge, a quantity of gasoline was
kept by Mr. Peoples. Monday night
he went into this room, acocmpanied
by Mrs. Peoples, to secure some gaso
line for his car. The light for the
room was furnished hy an oil lantern
and the can of gasoline which Mr.
Peoples held in his hand in some way
came in contact with the flames of
the lantern. At the explosion which
resulted the contents of the can were
thrown backward upon Mrs. Peoples,
who was terribly burned from her
head down. Mr. Peoples was burned
seriously on both hands and his legs
as far as the knees were badly burned.
His face suffer to some extent also
KeW out for his recov-
ery.
The- funeral services of Mrs. Peo
ples will be held today at Ai church
by her pastor, Rev. A. O. Lindley.
She was an active member of thir
church and was superintendent of the
Sabbath school.
Mrs. Peoples is survived by her hus
band, two children and one adopted
daughter, her mother and father and
six brothers, B. W. Calhoun, of this
city; Stacy Calhoun, with the Gate
City Motor Co.; J. W. Calhoun, James
Calhoun, of Washington, D. C; A. C.
Calhoun, of California, and J. C. Cal
houn, of Summerfield.
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CONFERENCE ON SHORT LINES
Director General McAdoo Will Hear
iRailroad Commissions of Number
of Southern States June 6th.
(By Associated iPress.)
Cdlumpia, S. C, May 30. Director
General McAdoo has agreed to give a
conference June 6th to representa
tives of the railroad commissions of
the states of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Ken
tucky to receive resolutions adopted
by these states urging the government
to take over control of short line rail
roads, according to announcement
here today by the South Carolina rail
road commission.
among them French and British
general, have been taken and numer
points all along the front have been
captrued.
Seemingly Rheims, like Soissons,
also is doomed to fall into the hands
of the enemy, as the French war of
fice reports that the troops covering
the famous cathedral town, which al
most daily for several years has been
the target for shells of hate from the
Geramn guns, Have been withdrawn
behind the Aisne canal northwest of
the town.
On the sector directly southeast of
Soissons the Germans now are fight
ing relatively 12 miles from where
they started their drive Monday from
Vauxaillon, while further east, near
Loupeign, and m the center in the
vicinity of Savigny, wedges have been
driven into a depth of approximately
15 miles.
ine Germans continually are
throwing fresh divisions into the bat
tle, but the British and French troops
are keeping up their attacks of giving
ground only when it is not possible
longer to hold positions under the
tremendous pressure of the enemy.
Heavy casualties are being suffered by
the army of the German crown prince,
while the Tosses of men to the allied
forces are described as relatively
light.
Although unofficial reports have
mentioned the rushing up of rein
forcements from the south, there has
as yet been no official statement that
General Foch is sending in his re-
serves.
WHEN
GASOLINE EXPLODES
Photographic Ppseof Poster
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.Miss Marguerite Frontrese, a young
contralto, and Alan Weissman, a boy
scout, posed for this picture like A.
E. Foringer's 'The Greatest Mother
of the World," the iRed Cross poster,
which, the managers of the fund for
that organization believe, had much
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SENT TO FT. OGETHORPE
Refused to Have Their Finger Prints
Taken Seven to Georgia Intern
ment Camp.
Asheville, May 30. Deputy United
Marshal John Y. Jordan left yester
day morning for Fort Oglethrope with
seven mutinous Germans from Hot
Sprins intrenment camp, the Ger
Germans being taken to the military
camp at the fort, where they will be
placed "under guard. The Germans
had refused to allow their finger
prints to be taken and to answer
questions in regard to their past his
tory, and it was deemed best to move
to the military camp.
Since the announcement that the
Germans at Hot Springs were to be
moved to other internment camps in
order to allow the Hot Springs camp
to be turned into a hospital, was made
some time ago. the Germans have
shown signs of dissatisfaction in re
gard to the order, apparently liking
the splendid mountain resort in which
they were quartered and being loathe
to leave.
With the view of keeping a better
system of identification, in case any
of the Germans should decide to es
cape, the officials decided to have all
the interned prisoners photographed
and their finger prins taking, making
a complete Tecord of each man and
thus making it more easy to indentify
him in case of escape.
This work has been in progress for
some time, and was practically com
pleted, but seven of the interned sub
jects of the kaiser refused to have
their finger prints taken and other
wise mutinied against the new rule.
As a result the officials decided to
send them to the military camp at
Fort Oglethrope and Deputy United
Marshal Jordan left yesterday morn
ing with the seven in charge.
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In Italy a government tax a spe
cial 1-cent stamps must be affixed to
all restaurant or cafe bills amounting
to more than twenty cehts.
MUTINOUS
RMANS ARE
that Won
Oariv Millions for the Red Cross Drive
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to do with raising the enormous sum
given by the public during the past
week. Ivliss Frontrese is a ivery beau
tiful young woman.. Her beauty and
her height, six feet and one and one
half inches, -caused her to be chosen
! for the picture.
DRAFT EVADERS
HIDING IN CAVES
Followers of Tom Wratson Now Giv
ing Trouble and Are Being Sought
by Officers Persuasive Measures
to Be First Invoked.
(By Associated Press.
Montgomery, Ala., May 30. Offi
cers here decided today to try per
suasive measure before attempting to
capture ten draft evaders who are en
trenched in a series of caves in Coosa
county. The men are heavily armed
and have defied arrest. They ire be
ing fed, it is said, toy nearby residents
who, it is said, are afraid to refuse
them food. The men are followers of
Thomas Watson, of Thompson, Ga.
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AMERICANS FIGHT WITH
KNIVES AND BAYONETS.
Bloody Hand-to-Hand Fighting With
the Enemy Hun Attacks on Ameri
cans Break Down.
With the American Army in France,
May 29. (By the Associated Press)
The enemy launched another heavy
attack against our troops in the Lune
ville sector early this morning and
attemptd to reach our line at three
places. They were repulsed with
camparatively heavy losses.
The first attack, made two kilome
ters southwest of Premenil, broke
down under hot machine gun fire from
the American trenches, the Germans
retreating. Both the Americans and
Germans fought in gas masks.
Soon afterward the enemy put down
a heavy barrage a kilometer to the
west , 14 Germans managed to pene
trate a trench in which the Ameri
cans on Monday were subjected to a
gas atack and who were fighting mad.
The Americans emerged from their
dugouts and hand-to-hand fighting,
which was bloody for the Germas, en
sued, the Americans going for the
enemy with knives and baynots.
The Germans had been ordered to
ea take' prisoners at any coust, but
they failed to get any.
NUMBER ALABAMA
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THE PEOPLE ASSEM
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Pracitcally All of Salisbury's Churches
Held Services at the Call of the
President Individual Company
Meetings Also.
The people of Salisbury and Spencer
this morning assembled in their re
spective places of worship in response
to a proclamation by the President of
the United States to engaged in pray
er and supplication to Almighty God,
asking his blessings and benediction
in this terrible hour of the world's
history and this supreme crisis of our
country. Business was practically
suspended throughout the city, many
of the business houses remained clos
ed all day and others closed at 11
o'clock and remained closed the re
mainder of the day, while those places
which were compelled to transact
business closed during the special
hour service, 11 to 12 o'clock. At all
the churches large congregations
turned out and appropriate services,
prayers and songs were rendered. It
was a day of real worship, prayerful
supplication was entered into with the
proper spirit.
At a number of places where it was
impossible .to Btispend'usmeas- alto
gether prayers' were' off ered? tms be
ing especially true of theBell-4ele.
phone central office where theyoung
ladies who were compelled te remain
at their switchboards joined in an in-
I dividual company service.
This afternoon the ladies of North
Mam street are holding their usual
weekly prayer service, this taking
place at the home of Mrs. James
Lyons.
! Not only in Salisbury but at num
, bers of plactes throughout the county
the people gathered in meetings for
prayer, and throughout the United
States millions of her citizens assem
bled at their places of worship in
prayer on this special occasion.
Not only in meeting places and in
community meetings but where it was
not possible for housewives to get to
services this morning the home was
the altar from which supplications
were offered.
THE POST; TOO, WAS
CLOSED AWHILE
The Post closed down for several
hours this morning attending services
I and the paper of this afternoon is
! made ud haistly and with a good, deal
left that might have been incorporat
: ed had there been a full day's work,
j We have tried to get the best of the
day's war news for the paper.
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A SISTER-IN-LAW DEAD.
Mrs. R. Lee Mahaley Goes to Greens
boro to Attend Funeral and Burial
of Mrs. C. A. Blair.
Mrs. R. Lee Mahaley went to
Greensboro this morning to attend
j the funeral and burial of her brother's
wife, Mrs. C. A. Blair, who died at
i her home in that city Wednesday af
ternoon. The Greensboro News says
of the death of Mrs. Blair, who was
, known to quite a number of Salisbury
people, having visited here:
Mrs. C. A. Blair died at her home
, on Lexington avenue yesterday after
noon at 5 o'clock after several months
of illness. She was a member of the
First Christian church of this city
, and had a wide circle of friends.
i MrS. Blair is survived by her hus-
I b nd, four daughters, Mrs. F. Hill,
Misses Bessie, Lucy and Christian
Blair, and one son, Daniel Blair, all of
this city, her father, N. B. Guntert
five sisters, Mrs. McClod, of Burling
ton; Mrs. Etta Edwards, of Asheville;
Misses Bessie, Lucy, and Edith Gun
terster, of Ramseur, and three broth
ers J. L. Gunter and Theodore Gun
ter,of Ramseur and Earle Gunter now
;n the navy.
Funeral services will be held at her
home church, Pleasant Ridge, Ran
dolph county tomorrow morning at
1 11:30 o'clock.,
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RSPECIAL
PRAYERS
DAY
INCREASED VIOLENCE
SHOWN IN FIGHTING
Germans Fighting- Against Time
and Throwing in Every Ounce
of Weight in Man Power.
SIGNS THAT ADVANCING
WAVES WILL BE STEMMED
French Reserves Are Continuing
to1 Arrive at the Front and the
Hun Advance is Contested.
(By -Associated Press.)
Paris, May 30. Increasing violence
marks the progress of the figthting to
the south of the Aisne. The Germans
are nghting against time ' and are
throwing every ounce of weight in
man power into the struggle. On the
center the enemy has again pushed
forward but his efforts broadened his
advancing front and met less success
es in his attempts.
The allied wings hisre been obliged
to give soone ground but this action .
was carried out slowly and full price
exacted from the enemy.
The Britislh, have failed back toward
Pieims but in either case the enemy
has only won a couple of miles of
territory, '. .
J&f Incompetent circles there is a quiet
confignee-tn tihe outcome' md ugus
re-notiackinig that the advancing
waves will shortly; be stemmed; Uni- ,
ty of command puts ttie aHle In bet-"
ter position than' they were ki the
jvraren offensive. On that occasion
the French reinforcements came into
action on the third dav of the drive-
and , the Germans were stopiped def
initely on the eighth day. Today
things should go more quickly.
j German Assaults Broken.
Paris, May 30. The battle along
the ifighting front continued all nLjht
with the French maintaining the wes
tern outlets of (Soissons, the war of
fice announces.
Northwest of Rheims the Franco-
, British forces broke all German as
saults and maintained defensive po
sitions. French reserves are continuing to
arrive at the front and the German
advance is being resisted with great
tenacity. The Germans made repeated
efforts to break through the defense
lines in the iSoissons region but were
' each time held up by determined
French resistance.
In the center of the German ad
vance fighting is taking place in the
mately 18 miles south of Chemin-des-Dames
where the German attack was
launched Monday.)
French Premier's Narrow Escape.
Paris, May 30. Premier Clem en -ceau
had the narrowest escape possi
ble from falling into German (hands
yesterday, according to the Petite
Journale. He left a certain point only
a few minutes before the arrival of a
party of 40 Uhlans. When the Ger
mans entered the little town the pre
mier had just quit it. . They cornered
a few French soldiers who remained,
including a general who was examin
ing a position with a field glass. The
newspaper adds that the general was
killed in an encounter.
Americans Again Repulse the Huns.
With the Britislh Army in France,
May 30. lAnotlher strong enemy at
tach against the American troops m
Cantigny sector west of Montdidier
seems to have met with a icomplete
I repulse, according to a brief report
from the South. The Americans) evi
dently have been subjected to almost
continuous attack since they stormed
their way into Cantigny. In every
I case the enemy waves have been bro
jken against the stone wall of resist
ance of the Americans.
' Allied Reserves Taking Up Positions.
With the Frendh. Army in France,
, Wednesday evening, May 29. Allied
reserves are now taking up positions
in the battle line. They are now fee
ing thrown in to strengthen the de
fending forces where they iwere the
falkest in preparation of a barrier
to further German advance.
Perching Announces Enemy Failure.
I Washington, May 30. The second
-section of General Pershing's commu
niaue for May 29th announces the
failure of the enemy to break through
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