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"Yarf!ees Whip Prussian Guards,"
we tread in the headlines, without any
surprise whatever. Tihe Yankees were
6ent over to whip Prussians alnd this
fchiey are doing1 and this they will do
until the last son of a gun of them
lay down their 'arms and surrender.
The lofc of brutes and breasts must fin
ally surrender to real ihiuanan beings,
mctni and soldiers, and the coming of
the Yalnikee is (hastening that good
day and blessed hour.
No Aanerican ought for one moment
entertain anything except a whiote,
ocmplete, cinccnditional surrender on
the I7lart erf tlbe Huns. Nothing less
than a crusihing defeat followed by a
complete, unconditional surrender
must be considered. There must be
no more chance for Prussia (breaking
out aigain than for a snake that has
bitten a chdlid being fawned and ipat
ted (by a motibter of such a child. Civ
ilization Would not be .worth & penny,
rnd the "whole horrible sacrifice in this
horrible war would be wasted if the
wfrJole lot of Prussian beasts is not
stamped out for all time. Americans
must insist that the leaders Ibe hang
ed, the militarism stripped, the whole
fighting power of Germany wiped
away and1 the people themselves
brought to reoentamce whdicihi shall last
for years and years.
If there is a single drou of this vile
thi'ng called Prussian aniilitarism left
the frgfht will have to come again in
later years, and this generation would
he cowiards and miscreants if such a
I thing were (permitted. For the day
v of settlement Atm erica (must foe pre
pared and it mrost be with stern faces
that to meet the hour and its condi-
t'"ans orfd as one man we must de-
I mand that Prussia pay tfcle price and
tihiat human (reoiole be freed from their
j Jiellish grasp this canncit be done un-
less the life cf the vile IbounlJs is ipaid
as a price.
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r. lAnother thing "that Americans
J nuffibt to ihfjve laid heAviliy on their
own peopie are taxiing aavaijjtage cu
the present conditions to graft and
roib, esipecially tihe soldiers' we are
; serdinr out. It is enough to make
the blood of any American boil to
watch tihe igraffcinig ainrl goutring eoing
on at tihe expense of these soldiers.
The government ought to stop it. if it
takes the; whole army to do iit. It is a
shame wim a disgrace a crime that
ought to c?.use Americans to hang
tiheir'iSsad in shume. All O'-or this
land thK)se who can and feel disposed j ibetween ,Soissons and Rheims..
to do so are charging criminal prices The attacked the allied
for things they hold up the soldiers lineg on the heights Bligny, south-
or- west 0:f Rheims T.uesdaiy night but
. I were repulsed,
A young off.-cer ipassmg thjrough T(he methlods adqpted by the Ger
this citv some days ago. no dwt go- mans since the Tetreat from the
ing to France to face the terrible or- -. e ibein5, followed bv
deal. ,perhi3ios death, ordered: two
chicketnl sandwiches in Charlotte. He
naid the rafter for these two small
Mndwicfctes $3.00 $1 m per. What
should 'America do with such a man?
Oueht selfish profiteers be (permitted
to leaioh on the soldiers of Aimeraca ?
Ts it rmrrfrt?
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This is ibut one instanifle
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wrsc in itlis icase tnn m owners.
.this icase than
Oharlotte is but one place of many
wVre the men are held ui"?fcr .all they
(Willi pay.
Fm wep-ks i-eo a voulnq, officer re-
igted his cxpenemce in a uiatranooga
Vtool. He pnd a friend askd for a
hei. One npll rfmm was offered to
them for $8 .00. They refused to be
so held vn airii returned to camp at
preat dis?mfort and inconvenience.
OrA pive America from snjch Ameri
cans. Let us not think that one or
two isolated cases comiprise the whole
story. Tbe '?ame .is being played ev
erywhere. It is especially notorious
in matters of food and lodsrmg.
Thincrs are high, naturally so. Prices
vr hlh. as might ibe expected, but
thre is a limit. U to a reasonalle
point it is a master iaf "nlonest doiling,
!hut etaross that ltoe it is: nothing more
cctmimon, ordinary, everyday
stealing. The iman who deliberately
holds t'ese men, robs ithem, is a
porry rascal, and he ou
ghtt to be sent
jT the (penitentiary.
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It makes no dlifferenc
on in Salisbury, in Charlotte. Cbatta
nooigii or any other town, in the north, j
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te south, t!Ne east or the west, it is
the s'9me. disreufcaible, crimiSoial, dis
honest larii-i; disloval. America is worth
fighiring for, but thils lot of selfish
"rafters iwho are (holding up the pub
lic, especially the soldiers, are, not
worth walking r.icross he street to
save from Prussian slavery. God pity
the -mall lomt -tihio is so contemlptible
as t- graft on iin American soldier
on his way to the front to fight for
!Vs country.
We need not shut our eves to the
f net that it is going on. It is going
on all aver the state, the south aind
I roubles
TURNING IV
Franco-Americans May Compel a
German Retirement Over Wide
Sector East Fere en Tardenois
OUTFLANKING GERMANS
' TO SOUTH THE OBJECT
On the British Front the Huns
Have Been Very Active With
Artillery and Heavy Bombing
(By Associated Press.)
American and French troops have
begium a turning mojviement that, if
successful, will compel a German re
tirement over a wide sector east of
Fere en Tairdepois, att the center of
the SaissonsPJhleiims salient.
They have attacf ited over a frot of
over three miles on each, side of the
village Nesles, the apex of tihe allied
wediges north of the Ouijcq. Their
grreatest ladsvanoe was tofward the east
where the Americans pushed on some
distance from the town of Sergy and
approached Ohamery.
lAJtihougih the annuontced purpose of
the attack is the straightening oast f
the line between Scringes and Oierges
this is really secondary to tihe out-
flanking-of. (the CteOrtsana (to the outfe
The enemy is holfling (very strong
positions at Romchteres and St. Geno
me, rwhere his line is still less than
fhree miles from the Maine, and a
continued ad vance between Nesles 'and
, (Merges would force him to fall back
; to s?a(pe being out off from the rear.
I This seems to be the only sector
' where the allies are attacking with
i infantry.
! (Reports from tihe front tell of very
the enemy along the line of hardest
figfnting. Machine ranners for the
.i t rnv
mo.v- part man trie imes. inis may
fadic&te a further retirement of the
j GeTmanSt fj. machine gunners ha-ve
; borne the brant of the TOar
, fii,tirilC. dwrin? tihe last tiwo weeks.
I mmiR ihave ben verv active with ar-
Unw nr htrv Horn hard ment. eswe-
I on th,e north aide o tbe picaray
salient and j nt,ve neighborhood of
Meteren and Meris on the west side of
the Lys sect? -.
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, rt OCK CERTIFICATES
WERE OVERSUBSCRIBED
The 8500,000,000 Issue Goes Nearly
a Hundred Million Over the Mark
Set at the Outset.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 1 The $500,
000,000 block certificates of indebt
edness, the subscriptions to which
closed two days ago, was oversub
scribed $84,750,000, making the to
tal of certificates now outstanding,
in anticipation of the fourth liberty
loan, $2,183,835,000.
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Nadine, the two-month-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Barrier,
died at their home in East Spencer
' 'ast ni?nt bout midnight. The fu-
I nerai win lane piace tomorrow irom
j the home and the interment will be
. in Chestunt Hill cemetery.
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It has just about gotton so in this
country that playing pool 13 one of
our most hazirdoirj indoor sports.
the nation. It is a crying1 shame and
people of this nation ought to stand
uip and demand tihat it stop. Law is
going to give alway to disorder if such
is penmitted to run its laourse. A lot
of these little narrow souled grafters
are going to be held responsible. But
the sad part of it is that the people,
the great lAimerician people do not
seem to care. They stand: far it and
they stand for amythdnig. They take
, these things a a matter of course and
forget them-at once.
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AMERICANS TRAP SPENCEIlf "'
ICHED HUNS AT SERtNGES , ATTEHDTUNERAL
After Three Days Hand to Hand
Fighting Through the Village
Decided to Bring It to End
RETIRE AS IF LEAVING;
MAKE SURPRISE RETURN
Prussian Guard Voted Not to Sur
render and the Americans Were
Filled With' Same Spirit.
London, Wednesday, Ju
ly. 31. Yesterday was a
day of sheer hard in and
out fighting on the Ameri
can front, telegraphs a Reu
ter's correspondent on the
Iront north of the Marne,
who says the final capture
of Seringes by the Ameri
cans was- an especially cred
itable achievement.
After the Americans took
the village Monday the Ger
mans made no infantry at
tack on the, place but kept
aCflkJIattt: ax&lleand
machine -gun fire to drive
them out. This continued
all day Tuesday and toward
evening the enemy seemed
to think the spirit of the
defenders might be broken
and then began to emerge
from Nesles forest in a way
that seemed to forecast a
fresh attempt to take the
village. Of the
which ensued the
pondent writes:
fighting
corres-
The Americans after three days
Ward, to and fro (fighting ithrough vil
lages, had learned subtlety and were
determined to have a real fight to a
finish. They consequently withdrew
as if retiring from Seringes and the
Germans crept down from the high
ground, convinced they had their oppo
nents beaten. Additional German
troops came pouring in until (the town
wis occupied as never before.
"Put a3 the new occupants began to
organize their defense they found bul
lets appeared to ibe coiminsg from three
s3des of the village, and it was not
long before tlbey discovered that the
Americans, while withdrawing from
the front of the town had commenced
aln encircling molvment on jxrtlh: sides,
thus forming a ring completely around
it.
"Then caime the tragic fighting. The
Prussian gnaaird had voted not to sur
render and their opponents were just
as anxious to see the thing through.
It was an aff air of small arms hut the
Americans proved the ibetter Shots and
slowly took off men here and there.
"Then the Americans began to ad
vance adn slowly their encircling
ring closed about the village. As the
ring drew closer on the defenders
saw their doom approaching and they
redoubled their fire but still the
Americans came on unfalteringly
like a storm or unavoidable stroke of
fate.
"When the Americans reached the
precepts of the town the fire ceased
and with one wild yell they clashed
with the foe. The furious uproar sud
denly gave ' place to a strange silence
as man grappled with man."
TODArTCASUALir LIS!
Washington, Aug. 1. The army
casualty list Shows:
Killed in action, 12.
Died of woufnds, 23.
iDded of disease, 11.
Wounded taverely, 61.
Wounded, degree undetermined, 2.
Missing, 3.
Prisoners, 1.
Total, 120.
The list 'included Lieutenant Wvlie
Bassett, of New Bern, killed in action.
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Large Number ent to Lunch-
burg to Attend; Funeral of
Engineer Elmore.
BROTHERHOODS SEND A
DELEGATION TO BURIAL
Spencer to Be Represented At . the
Firemen's Tournament at
Wrigfttsriiie.
(By A. W. Hicks)
Spencer, August l.AA large delega
tion of railroad mea went from Spen
cer to Lynchburg today to attend the
funeral of EngineerSam Elmore and
Fireman Tyree -who mere killed in a
wreck af Dermid Tuesday afternoon.
The body of Br&keman Dick Hoskins,
killed in the same wreck, was brought
to his home in Eas.t-Spencer Wednes
day night and was removed ' today ;o
his, old home at Gretna,Va., for burial.
Ajl three of the- Ittetfwho met death
when the monster"locoiiadtive 5054
turned turtle were 'ite popular here.
The body of th'edt engineer was
taken to his old, hotne near Hinton,
W. Va., for the funeral, while Fire
man Sam Tyreewasuried in Lynch
burg. Amongjthosewho-wen't from
Spencer to - epreplrt ? 4he four
brothehoods && thfunerals were
ArrNewtHtr O. ! HrMilteff Af
Brady, W. D. Hutchison, W. H.
Myers, J. S. Stout, E. W. King and
others. The funeral of Engineer El
more was with the honors of the B.
of L. E. of which he was an esteemed
member.
Spencer will be represented at the
State Firemen's Tournament at
Wrightsville Beach August 12th by J.
W. Crowell and W. G. Burton who
were elected by the department. No
contest will be entered by Spencer
which for several years held the
world's record for fast time. The
firemen are now testing out all hy
drants in town to see that the plant
is ir. good working order.
The three-months-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. Barrier died at
the home on Third street in Spencer
last night after a few days illness.
The funeral and burial will take place
from the home Friday at 11 a. m., be
ing conductd by Rev. C. M. Pickens
and the body will be buried at Chest
nut Hill cemetery.
The Master Car and Locomotive
Convention set to be held in Chicago
September 10th, including all rail
Sweeney, E. W. Craddock, R. L.
has been postponed indefinitely on
account of the war. Tre postpone
ment was effected by a majority vote
taken by postal cards sent to all mem
bers in America.
At an aucton sale of farm land
near Spencer Wednesday the Greens
boro Realty and Auction Company
sold $30,000 worth of valuable land
to a dozen different buyers and the
sale was considered a big success. -
Spencer Division G. I. A. has ar
ranged for a play "The Old Peabdy
Pew," to be given Friday night at the
school aduitovium by Salisbury tal
ent. A good crowd is expected as the
proceeds will go to buy War Savings
Stamps.
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Federal Employment Bureau Today
Took Carge of the Recruiting of
This Class of Workmen.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, August 1. A shortage
of 500,000 unskilled workers in war
industries was shown in the incom
plete reports to the department of la
bor by the Federal Employment Ser
vice which today took over recruiting
of this class of labor for war indus
tries employing a maximum force of
one hundred or more persons.
Final reports, it is announced, are
expected to show a shortage of 1,
000,000 workers.
MILLED
LABOR
SHORTAGE
NOW
WAY OVER 500.000
GeriMiy
ALLIED ATTACKS
French and Americans Carry Out
Small Operations in Order to
Get Lines Straightened.
GERMANS ACTIVE AGAINST
BRITISH IN FLANDERS
Artillery Directed Against the
British at Several Points on
the Flanders Line.
(By Associated: Press.)
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Martne front, TThiursday, 8 A. M.
The Franjco-American forces on the
main battle line on yesterday proceed
ed to straighten out their line. They
succeeded in this effort, the Aimericans
pushing (beyond Sergy and within two
kilometers of Chavry.
The allied forces effected their pro
gress against stubborn resistance.
Gharery (the town the Aimericans are
now aprormichinig, marks the spot
where Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt
fell to Ihfo death recently from his air
plane. Germans Attack in Neighborhood of
Bligny.
Paris, Aug. 1. The Germans this
morning rnade an attack on the French
WSft of .Rheims. 'The attack was
war off ifce ainnounoed this morning.
Line Straightened Out.
With the American Army on the
Marne. IWatMngton, Aug. 1. lAmer
ican and French troops launched 'an
pittack on Wednesday and the attack
ing front troops extended from Se
ringes to Oirges, on the center of the
Marne front. The attack was made to
straighten out their lines land jbo de
molish the barbed wire entanglements
which the Germans had laid down
through the forest, over the (Mils and
in the otpen plaices.
German duns Active Against British.
lLondon, Aiug. 1 German guns were
active last night in the Somrne region
in the vicinity of Vdllers Brettonneux,
the war office announces today. Ac
tivity rwas also displayed by the ene
my "artillery further north, near Buc
ouoy and in Flanders in the neighbor
hood of the Marris-Mieterelii sector.
Serious IRiots in Ukraine Districts.
London. Aug. 1. Serious riots are
reported from tihe country districts in
the 'Ukraine, according to a Kiev dis
patch to a newspaper of Hamburg to
the Exchange Telef graph correspond
ent at Copenhagen. Peasants are of
fering organized resistance to tihe
"iGermian usurpers" as they are char
acterized. Germans Plan Withdrawal to New
Positions.
With the American Army on the
Ainse-Marne Front, Aug. 1. Noon.
The Germans used less artillery
late yesterday against the attacking
forces on this front, depending more
upon machine gunners for defending
their lines. This fact coupled with
stories of prisoners and deserters
tends to strengthen the belief that
they are planning a withdrawal to
new positions along the river Vesle.
A deserter who came into the
lines last night declared orders had
been issued for a series of retro
grade movements until Fesmes on
the Vesle had been reached.
Except for minor engagements
there was only artillery fire along
the line up to noon, and that was
comparatively light. 5
Germans Using a New Gas.
With the American Army on the
Ainse-Marne Front, Wednesday, Ju
ly 31. The Germans Wednesday
used a new gas having a white
flame and smoke.
Berlin Sending Out Loss Reports.
Amsterdam, Aug.. 1. The semi
official Wolff Bureau of Berlin is
sending out reports of heavy losses
inflicted on the American troops
fighting on the Marne front.
Feeling Bitter Against Germany.
Amsterdam, Aug. 1,'Feeling in
Russia eTerywhere is . very bitter
against the Germans," as the sur
prisingly frank statement by a spe
cial commissioner of the Tageblatt
of Berlin who peadhedl Moscow re
cently and reports from that city on
conversations he. had with business
men, officials and peasants regard
ing -internal conditions in Russia.
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EMPEROR WILLIAM IS
Tells the German People That the
Coming of the Americans Need Not
Worry Them, "Our Submarines'
Are Attacking Them.
(By (Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Aug. 1. The coming
of the American army to France and
Americans superiority on the part of
the allies do no tfrighten Germany,
judging by itJhe address which Emperor
William has addressed to the army
and navy.
"Vixal fofflees which are streaming
across tjhe seas to the enemy," he
said, "are (being attacked by our sub
marines which are certain of success."
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Movement Started in Clevelanii, Ohio,
to Turn Resources of Masonry the
World Over to Helping Disabled
iMen.
. (Bjy.iAsociaited Press.)
this cMTav&Tift?.&$lt "
and the sanction of the higher Mason
ic bodies tihrouglhiout tihe world will
be used to assist soldiers and sailors
disahled on the "battlefields of Europe,
undarva (mctvtement; launched here last
night at a meeting of representatives
of every hrairich of Masonry rotfien the
War .League for Masonic Service was
tentatively farmed. .
The efforts of the fraternity will be
to assist disabled men in making
themselves self-srasbaiining before, dur
ing and after vocational training given
by (the govehntment.
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THIRTY SIX COLORED MEN GO.
Entrain This Afternoon at 2:40
O'clock, in Charge of Frank Holt as
Captain.
Thirty-six colored men reported to
tihe local board this morning and en
trained on No. 45 at 2:40 o'clock this
afternoon for Camp Greene, Char
lotte. They assembled as usual and
were inducted into military service
and were then at leisure until shortly
after noon. The next Rowan contin
gent to leave will be Monday, when
25 white men go to Camp Hancock,
Augusta, Ga.
The following is a list of colored
men entrained for Camp Greene,
Charlotte, at 2:40 this afternoon by
the local board for Rowan county:
Francis Holt, Captain.
First Squad.
Richard Chambers, Lieutenant.
Wm. Alex. Bailey.
Fate Holmes.
John H. Phifer.
Will Weathers.
Sam Witherspoon.
Washington Hill.
Clyde Bennett.
Mason Reed,
Second Squad.
Willie James Taylor, Lieutenant.
Isaiah Allen.
Will Mills.
Wille White.
Sam Wiggins Lyerly.
Leroy Goshia.
Jerry Lumpkins.
Cecil B. Noble.
Francis C. Chambers.
Third Squad.
John McCain, Lieutenant.
Frazier Alexander.
Clarance Alexan er.
Ernest Hampton. '
John White,
Spurgeon Belle.
Jim Sloop.
Earl Williams.
'Napoleon Scott.
Fourth Squad.
John Baxter McConnaughey, Lieu
tenant.
Mitchell Carr.
Claude Hairston.
Ernest Cowan.
Arthur Harris.
Cicero Harris Clement.
Robert Summers.
Robert Harris.
A MONSTROUS LIAR
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RESOURCES
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SHOW A DECLINE
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Mtnth 8 ReP0rt Based 00
July Report Indicates Loss of
1,706,000 Bales on Estimate.
DRY WEATHER IN BELT
INDICATES LOSS OF CROP
Conditions Not Near So Favorable
as They Were When Last
Report Was Made.
By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 1. The loss of
1,706,000 bales on (the crop prospects,
due to droughty conditions in the cot
ton belt, especially in the western belt,
was shown an tihe report mtade by the
department of agriculture today in tjie
Anlgust (production, forecast, placing:
the crop att 13,618,000, equivalent 500
pound bales, which camfpiaires with tha
last estimarte of 15,325,000 bales.
The estimaiis .basedcin the con
dition on July" 5 which was 73.6 of a
normal crottv " '
The ' canddtions by states included,
Virginia, 75 per cent. f
Nortlh Carolina, 87 per cent.
(South Carolina, 87 (per cent .
A wave f buying took; place on tW
market he in5aifewfnutes after
the Su&fi&tion of, Je JIrnment" re-
nort. Near tjositioni.
heartiei tradiiwr T4ia.matiie4'Temained:f
steady after the advance,
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WITH THE UKRAINES
j The Killing of the Commanding Gen
( eral at Kiev the Other Day is Lead
ing Consideration of Breaking With
J the Government.
(iBy Associated Press.)
I London, Aug. 1. Germany is con
sidering the recall of Ambassador von
Mumvm, from tihle Ukrainus and the
handing! of passports to the represen
tatives of that country at Berlin,
pending a (clearing uip of the situation
in the Ukraines, according to a dis
patcfi' from Aimsterdam under date of
Wednesday.
Foreign Minister von Hintze, the
message says, had a long interview
with the minister from the Ukraines
on Wednesday iamd then follow in-jr held
another with the Austrian ambassa
dor iwith a view of sending reinforce
ments to the Ukraines.
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SALISBURY COTTON MARKET
Cotton Opening.
New York, Au. 1. The cotton
market opening today was as fol
lows :
October 24.95
December 24.35
January 24.17
March 24.12
Cotton Slightly Steadier.
New York, Aug.' 1. The cotton
market was a little steadier at- the
opening today, first prices .showing
to to 13 points decline, ;which car
ried October under '25 cents.' Cables
were easier, Liverpool sold, the tem
perature in the Southwest was cool
er and there was further evening up
before the report. Subsequently, Oc
tober sold at 24.96 and December at
24.31 or 4 to 12 points net lower.
LOCAL COTTON 30.00
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Close of Cotton.
New York, August 1. Cotton
closed as follows:
October 25.81
December 25.19
January 25.00
March 24.95
May 25.00
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Miss Alma Peeler, of Trading Ford,
has entered the Whitehead-Stokes
sanatorium for treatment.
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Miss .Mamie White, of Rockingham,
a trained nurse, is a guest of her aunt,
Mrs. W. M. White, in Spencer, -
GERMANY MAY
BREAK.
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