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Another lot of Rowan boys are on
the eve of embarking for France. If
they have not already gone quite a
number of our own fellows are about
ready to climb aboard a transport !
and cross the '3,000 miles of water ly
ing betwen America and our fighting
soil. These men are going to join,
the vast throng already there, the
numerous Rowan men among the
American forces "over there" just as
we start out to take ship for the
fourth time on a sea of war financ-:
ing. To cross the sea is their task,
to finance them until they come back
is our task. They will perform their
full duty, will we
prform our full
duty ?
o o o o
And the Kaiser visited Briev the
other day and distributed four hun- i
dred iron crosses to his men. Four j
hundred tokens of esteem from the
ah Highest to his men wh fight for
nlTaaf his wel! PKtected Tu'1 At 5 o'clock, according to the war office state
not a one of whom has been scratch- i , ' . 9 n ,
ed yet, and not a one of whom is j meiit, made this morning, the P rench attack was
likely to be, unless the French get a launched in Champaign in co-operation with the
rope around their necks and string ; a -i i j? ,i , , i
them to the stump of a tree some I Americans who are attacking further to the east.
where in Germany and here is hop- j
ing that this will be the scratch they j
:li a T-i ... i
win yet receive, .f our hundred iron
crosses. Millions of crosses of sor-1
row this old beast and murderer has j
set up for his own people, crosses
they will bear in nguish and deep j
sorrow and humiliation for years to I
come and to the grave all that he, )
the strutting liar, may be secure in
his position as ruler over many peo
ple and extend his rule over many
more.
o o o o
Here is hoping that the chief rap
ist of the beasts may yet be buried
under a load of iron crosses, that he
will have to yoke himself up with a
cross and carry it to his death, he
and-ten thousand of the vile liars
rnd rapists whom he and his Prus
sian beasts trained. foryears to mur-
But let's chatg? the subject and
talk about something that i worthy
of human beings'cmth;a goul.to , save.
Some day the time will" come when,
Avith all such rotting in, a forgotten
grave, the people of the world can
return to things right and good and
forget if possible this chief murderer
of all history and refuse to discuss
him and his.
o o o o
It is is for us to finance these men,
this war, and in doing so we are do
ing but a small part of our work. The
men across, fighting and receiving
small salary, are also buying bonds,
perhaps more than the most of us at
home and this, in addition to the
fact that they have left all and gone
out to fight, and perhaps die. Some
of .these men who die in France, far
from home, have bought more bonds
than some selfish, selfsatisfied slack
ers here at home. Buying bonds is
a side issue with them, it is not made
a side issue with us at all. Their big
fightVs not buying bonds, but dying,
and there are a lot of selfish slackers
at home too lazy and too much slack
ers to even make an investment with
. .nd for their own country. .
o o o o
The man of means who "refuses to
buy bonds this time is going to be
noted marked. Set that down, Mr.
American slacker, you are going to
be spotted, marked, your indifference
and ' your slacking habit and action
made note of and the record will be
preserved and recalled in years to
come when the boys come home
bet your boots, and think it over.
o o o o
When the thousands of real Am
ericans go out to sell Liberty bonds
they are going to talk real Ameri
canism, straight from the shoulder.
They are going to have some things
to say and some things to write down
and preserve. What they preserve
may not look good to some bond
slacker in years to come when the
war is over and the boys come home.
This is not a threat, but just pure
unadulterated American facts, and
why not? Why should the slacker
at home not be marked ? -Why should
he not be made to show his colors,
and if "yaller" is the only color he
displays why should it not be photo
graphed for future reference, when
the war is over and the boys come
home?
o o o o
Mr. Bond ' Slacker, you are going
to have your number tagged this
time, your citizenship photopraph is
going to be taken, mounted and set
up on the wall of the American art
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IN EARLY MORNING AGA
( By Associated Press. )
Paris, Sept. 26. French and American troops
attacked this morning:
Bi Fight Opened Up On the
Champaigne Front This Morn
ing: Against the Germans.
FIRST ALLIED THRUST TO
BE MADE IN THAT SECTOR
Advance Here by Allies Would
Sever Communicating Lines
and Cut Hun Army in Two.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. . 26. French and Am
erican troops began jointattailc
-and :n tb.6 region beyond it in th eat,
today's .war office -statement announces-
..: ' ' , i: -First
Allied Thrust in This Sector.
Paris,. Sd:it. 26. The Franco-Am-
erican attack on the Champaigne !
front is the first allied thrust made
on that sector since Marshal Foch as
sumed the initiative in July 'and re
sulted in allied success in, Picardy and
driving the Germans back to of the
Hindenburg line from 'Rheims to Laon.
A drive northward in Champaigne
threatens the communicating lins in
' rear of the Hindenburg defense:
svstem where the Germans are strug
gling to iVeep the British and French
fro-m breaking through. :
While the length of the front un-'
der attack is not disclosed it is prob
able that it extends a good part of :
the way from Eheims to Verdun and ;
probably beyond. !
Military critics pointed out that ,
the Champaigne front was the logical
rlace where an allied effort intended
to destroy the effectiveness of the i
Hindenburg line would ibe made.
For some dist3nce east of Rheims !
the terrain is fairly level and open and
in advance cf some distance here
vould outflank Laon and possibly St.
Quentin. More important still, such
nn advance would sever the communi
?atinrr lines eastward from Laon, the
"tronest of the German defenses be
tween Rheims and Ypres. An allied
Vreak through might, separate tjie
German forces in the east into two
groups.
There (has been liviely raiding ac
tivity on Tooth sides of the Champaigne
front durin gthe last two weefVls.
French Troops Attack in Fog.
With the French' Army in France,
Seut. 26. 9:10 A. M. French troops
toc'jy attacked in Champaigne in a
thick fog after a period of artillery
preparation which terminated an hour
of most intense gunfire. Early re
tuorts were that the attack was pro -
rressing most favorably.
German Airdromes Bombarded. !
London, Sept. 26 German airdromes
at Buhl, 25 miles southwest of Karls
( Continued on Page 3.)
gallery for the boys to point fingers
at when they come home.
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Day after tomorrow the Liberty
loan drive begins. The proclamation
has been made, the books are opened
and the patriots who cannot cross the
waters are expected to come across
for a number of bonds, all they can
take and keep.
0 0 0 0
Be ready to buy bonds until it
helps to finance this war, end this
struggle and brings our boys home
again.
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LAUNCH ATTACK
on the Champaisrn front.
LET S ME A !
VESSEL "ROWAN"!
Competitive Scheme Worked Out
Whereby Liberty Xoan May
Bs Boosted in This State.
TEN SHIPS AND TEN
TANKS TO BE NAMED
Contest Will be Carried On " According-
to Population and the
the Points Scored.
(By Asociated Press.)
KRaJeigi.r, Seipt. 18, TheTrivileg of
ngimin tert'hipa new ibmlding -aitdj
Federal Reserve District and a 'com
petit:ive -scheme worked -out which will
add interest to the fourth Liberty
l:an drive in North Carolina for its
quota of $39,9J!),000, it was announc-
ed here today:
TT.-.3 privilege of naming one ship i
will ibe given to NortiT Carolina. South ;
Carolina, Maryland, Virginia 'and West j
Virginia each. The honor fs to be '
cc-mpeted for by states separately I
with the country for the unit, tie'
winning county to name the shiip
Each unit qualifying for competi
tion must have reached its full quota
si Ascribed. Award will be made un
der the following rules:
Largest per centage of ipopulation
subscribing counts 50 per cent; largest
per capita subscribing as applied to
population unit counts 40 per cent; j
and the largest per cent of quota sub- j
scribed counts ten per cent. !
Tie honor of naming the five .re-
maining ships may be competed for i
by any city having a population of I
?5.030 inhabitants and located in the;
5th Federal Reserve District. The i farmers are either ordering the seed f:Tes have crossed th frontier into
honor of namirrr the ten tanks wil1 j wheat directly through the county j Bulgarian Macedonia and threaten
be competed for by any incorporated j agents, or have made arrangements i tne extreme left flank. Enemy tern
town or city under 25.000 inhabitants j with some merchants to handle the ! tory was invaded at Kosturino a few
and located in the district. I seed wheat a small margin of profit, j miles sou,th of Strumitza the Bulga-
W S S ; 1 This later plan has been adopted by j rian base in he reSion north of Lake
WOMAN SUFFRAGE UP. j Je men in Wilson, Johnston, Halifax, I D-orani.
Greene nnrl T.ernlr pniintieis W S S
Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage j
A raenlment Called Up in the Sen- :
at;
Amid Crowded Galleries.
(By Associated Press.)
Wvashington, Sept. 26. Almost im
mediately after the Senate convened
today with a maximum membership
mustered and before crowded galleries
the house resolution proposing sub
mission of the Susan B. Anthony wo
man suffrage amendment was called
no 'by Ohiairman Jones of the Woman
Suffrage committee.
Plans for Vote Abandoned.
Washington, Sept. 26. Plans for a
1 vote by the Senatetoday on the Susai:
B. Anthony woman suffrage resolu
tion were abandoned. Chairman
Jones of the committee, Majority
Leader Martin and other leaders of
both factions joined in private state
ments that no vote probably would be
taken today and that the resolution
would go over until Saturday.
--WSS '
Miss Mary' Bruner Married.
Announcemenf is made today of the
marriage Tuesday evening in Waco,
Texas, of Miss Mary .M. Bruner, of
Salisbury, to Lieut. A. Yorke. Miss
Bruner is a daughter of C. H. Bruner
and Catherine McKeaxsie. They ( were
married by Rev. B. S. McKenzie, ta
kinsman of the bride. Miss Bruner
i
has a large number of relatives and
j friends in (Salisbury and Rowan wfho
(will be interested in the announcement
i of her marriage.
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U SBHW r B S ' W A :--fll M h, t U B ffJI IM V 1 . ' : ! -s ' . i , - if.
vm i i n k i. o j mi h a tt mm i.r.
w im m y u u w n Ml I I,! 111 M IS tf,
Reports Indicate'tTlt the Wheat
Acreage in the SStllte Will Be
In Excess of ast Harvest.
EASTERN SECTION IS '
ESPECIALLYITO BE NOTED
Widespread InterestWn,1a Greater
Production oft-Fd.'for Com
ing". yea. "
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( Special tojThV Post)
Raleigh, Sent. vSrReports being
circulated f rom 'vdifteient countiesof
the state by the Agricultural Exten
,ion Service indicate tl&t..the acre?
3f wheat sewn. over. North Carolina
will be greatbly iivexrs of 10 pa:-'
nt th:s fall.;j The increase is Nejspci
ally noticeable, in jiHe eastern -seetii?
A-hoM-c District "Ageiit W. JVeemafe
as been devotfiig ht ergJeS; to ihi?
wheat growing' canfpaign. andgef
!orf to canvass evey'jeounfy. t the
3tate oetore tne opesung xf the Lib-
rty Loan campaigitt'iln: Jnanv if the
nrrerent counc.es.-5Cii proposition js '
er the direction nf C'cv
:t B J
t. v ei E-uson tne cnam
,jf con:::"''
Seinsf put before ift; eio in djK Verys-actrveneth-Gefmans3iJed,
ferent ways, ail sS vMch .are crett: ? Itlsanqe.Mn tBeir defeated joffensiyfe";
-esults. In Wilsscr-;-v,j jVfor inluly 3oth;CV SX?. TA
stance, Mr. Freeman efc,its ' t c fencshl soldiers L attacked 1n. Chsusnt
M.husittesf me. frfjf? -v - tLjF-r.'
oad in the county ? nledeinc very
'artner to grow a certt'ti'jamount of
L vhea't. In lender covl under the,t"a
direction oi County Agent F. N. Mc- j
Dowell, the county commissioners are
huving such seed as are needed and
selling them- to the farmers at cost.
1 ready they have bought 600 bushels
f wheat seed, and 500 bushels of
4.bruzzi Rye. An average of $3.00
ier busheJ has beed paid for this and
the farmers are getting the seed at
ost. In Burnswick county Mr. W. B
Pace has ordered a solid car load of
"?eed wniat, and states that contrary
to sreneral opinion, Burnswick county
will sow wheat on nearly every farm
"n the county. This is also true in(
Duplin county.
Several counties have a flour mill
where the millers handle the seed
wheat for the county agents. At
Goldsboro, in Wayne county, this is
true. At Fayetteville, in Cumber-
'and county two big mills are located,,
and these are supplying the farmers
of Cumberland county, with all
the
-eed whpsfc needed. Tn othr rmmtien
It is the idea, states Mr. Freeman, !
""o make it so absolutely easy to get
eed wheat that no man will have any
excuse for not planting. The seed for
all this eastern section is cominsr
mostly from the Piedmont section of
the state where it is being bought by
"he county agents at work in these
counties, ar.d sold to the county agents
;n the eastern part of the state, or is
coming from Virginia, and from Mr.
D. R. Coker at Hartsville, in South
Carolina.
The slogan for the campaign is:
"Every farm to bread itself in 1919."
Tn other words, every farmer is asked
to phnt one-half acre for every man
on the farm. This is based on a per
capita consumption of five bushels
"er person, and the overage yield of
10 bushels per acre, which is below
the average for North Carolina.
The peonle are responding to the
call for this liberty harvest. Business
men, farmers and political aspirants
are all bending their -.energies to be
ure of obtaining the results desired,
Tn Robeson county, for instance, $100
has Wrt set aside by the county com-
missioners as prize money for the peo
ple in the wheat clubs. This money
will be handled by Mr. O. O. Dukes,!
the counjy agent, and awarded to the :
boy or h-1 making the highest yield.
, iWSS :
Returned to military duty (previ
ously reported missings in action)
Private William H. Matthews, of Kip
ling, N.C.. ;
TISH INVADE
MIAN SOIL
Enemy Territory Entered at Kos
turino and Enemy. Left Flank
is Seriously Menaced.
AMERICANS GO FORWARD ,
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY.
Bulgarian First Army on the Al
lied Left Placed in Dangerous
Position by Road Cutting.
(By Associated Press!)
French and American troops toiday
2 re storming the German positions in j
Ohampaigne and further east in what
apparently is another major ataek by
Marshal Foah. V ': .-
The new offensive is progressing fa
vorably, -according to early reports.
On the Macedonian front British
troxros ihiave invaded Bulgaria as the
iJ&ertuarts and otihaer allied armies are
purging the hard pressed Germans f
and. Bulgarians east and west cf the
yaraa w v
ThdieVr allied '.tihrusf " inHhe 4 VesV
"ones -on a iront wsucn jias nap oeen
paice'wftidh.-runs fromr'Rhelms'-eAt;
ward,(o'Afjh?Hri3 wet of Jyr$vcn-
wif-Ti if7pnrPotiiii' men.
GTatpossibilities migiht result in
suece'tfal allied advance ort the
front we si of Bhseims. as the German
cocmnvjhications would be cut and, for
midable enemy positions from Arras-
I y.3 Laon endangered with the impor
; ta:mt southern end outflanked. j
I The length of rhe attaching front isj
, not disclosed but miay possibly be
' from iRheims east past Verdun south- '
! west of Metz. i
In Macedonia the allies have ad- ;
i vanced along the 130 mile V-shaped
j front hetwene Monastir and Lake Do- ,
I rain. '
The Bulgarian first army on the al
'iGd left !h is been pilaced in a danger
ras positic:n by the cuting of tfoe Pri
; 'ep-Veles rr.ad at Izvor, while the Ser
( hians are in the outskirts of Ishtib, :
' 18 miles east of Veles and one of the '
, ases of Bulgarian second army. The '
i Veles-Is'htib line is the most formid- ;
ible for the enemy south of the Us-
anc' ;rnay prove untenable. :
i in ortneasi oi iaKe uorain oriiis.i ;
MISHL CRISIS
ON IN BULGARIA
Gomplete Change in the Bulgarian
Foreign Policy is Impending King
Ferdinand Holds Conference With
Premier Leminoff.
(Bv Associated Press.)
iParis. Sept. 26. In well informed
circles there are reports that a new
nvsvsterial crisis and a 'complete
ihange in the Bulgarian foreign policy
is impending.
Marfial law has been iproclaimed in
FTofia according to reliable news print
ed in the German press, says the Jour
nal of Zurich.
It is said the Bulgarian cabinet is in
:ontinuous session, and that King Fer
dinand had. long conferences with Pre-
i mier Leminoff yesterday.
j Pacifist manifestations were held in
i Sofia Sunday, Monday, :and Tuesday,
j it is reported.
W S S
GERMAN RELICS ARRIVE.
Washington, Sept. 26. Thirty-nine
German filed guns captured by the
Americans in France have arrived in
this country and are being distributed
to easterft cities for display during
the 4th Liberty Loan which opens Saturday.
APPORTIONMENT
LIBERTY hi) AN.
Following ii thAinoiirititd, the jAflpqr-
oil I -
Amount ofc IHanOQO,OQO;000., -
Allotmerit to FifthlfedelWserve Dis
v Strict joooopqv:. r: ;
Apportionment AWS theg)ivisionK of ;
Maryland i. $82,180,000'
District ofColuniBiw:'.:.: 27,608,000
West Virginia (iri Sth'Dist:). ..' 33,880,000
Virginia;.; . ; :. .... 63,980,000
... North Carolina ; S. .... J.; : 300,000
South Carolina .1 . ; ..: 32,452,000
TOTAtL :.r. I...: -?286,000000,
STANDARD OF APPORTIONMENT
The allotmerit is made by the Treasury
DeDartmerit and is based upon ffross bank-
t VXU resources, as iri
ijfteV
.in 1 1 f 4r,fi k - iKLiiii.u ii ii m mm i t ill t i mil i iwib'
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Turn an'hrrmrris Tn mill Ti ir in I n
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To Become a Ocsmmissioned Offi-. 4,600,000 United States Soldiers in
cer in the Army Men Must ' France in 1919 WiU Require 13,
Now Start at the Bottom, " 800,000 Tons of Shipping.
V i Bv JUDSON C. WELLIVER
THIS APPLIES TO ALL
WHO ARE IN CLASS ONE
Local Boards May Call a Man
Out of His Term and Draft
Him; Commission Later.
((By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 26. Physically
fit men between tihe ages of 18 and 45
years who are placed in class one by
le cal boa'rds or 'who would be so placed , the seagoing merchant chipping the
except for occupational deferment world possessed and neutral, countries
iv AAn. t n have been able to build since the war
cannot become .candidates for commis- , , . .
beean, and it i approximately two
sions in the army until they have been thirds the entjre tonj-lge ost by the
inducted into the service as ;privates, : allied and neutral countries in the
under a ruling of the adjutant general i war.
and which was made public today, and j . The mere statement that .such an
, .i immense tonnage will be required to
supersede previous orders on the j care for QUr amy m France and f op
subject. two or three years after the war to
Registrants who are placed in suib- j provision it and bring it home for
divisions of class one reserved for i demobilization, is enough to make ap-
limited or special service may be 'com
missioned direct from civil life and
no barrier interposed to commission
ing of men from civil life, provided
local boards have given them classi
fication on dependent grounds.
Qualification of registrants who
have applied for commissions in army
staff coijps and wiho are desired by
certain corps may have their 'cases in
vestigated and be physically examined
I by local boards and advanced on pre
sentation of certificate of the chief of
1
corps or department of the army.
In cases where it' is desired to com
mission a 'class one man he may be
inducted into the service immediately
and promoted theresfter.
t - a a. :: 4-v,;n
xo uxy i
oruer rrovosi iTixtrsnai utaeii.i blun
der today authorized lodal boards to
sxamine and classify out of .their
terms such registrants as may be af
fected by the ruling.
Local bop.rds are also authorized to
examine and classify without regard
to normal order suah men as may be
accepted by the navy and marine
corps and orders for their imnnediate
induction will be arranged.
W S S
Every sign proves that :home-can-ners
have reached the goal, 1,500.000,
OO'O quarts. This iby the way, insures
the home pantrj for the government
needs most of the commercial pack i
for the army. j
OF THE OURTfi-
f. i.
t
ine prceiunayaiu.
"(Staff Correspondent of The Globe.
; Copright, 1918, by J. C. Welliver)
! Washington, Sept. 26. When the
United States has 4,600,000 soldiers
' in France, which is scheduled to be
: accomplished by the end of 1919, it
will require 13,800,000 tons of ship
ping to maintain them, bring home
i sick and wounded, provide ammuni
' tion and food, and generally maintain
them as an independent force.
Thatis more than one-fourth of all
parent why there is a keen concern
over the performance of the "national
shipyards. The military programme,
and three things are necessary to in
sure that the military programme
will be accomplished:
1. To produce ships as fast as the
increasing demands of the growing
force in France will require them.
2. To continue effective protection
of shins from submarine attack and
make that protection increasingly ef-
i a.:. a: , i
I iclve a l"? "ne .fL A,
o. 10 inoDiiize smi runner tne
shipping rescources of the world for
war use by pressing into service every
ton of ships wherever it is. Especial
lv must neutral countries which hold
interned enemy ships be induced to
-
turn over for use, and other countries
that have embargoed their own ships
must be induced to free them.
It was never more aparent than
right now that ships will win the war.
The spectacle of America sending an
army to France at a rate above 3,000,
000 a year did pnt at first impress the
public with the fact that auch an
arrrfy must be constantly backed by
such an immenss supply of sniping.
But that fact is now realized by the
public as well as by the officials world.
British ships have thus far trans
ported about 70 per cent of the
American oldiTB sent to Europe.
How lenar the British fleet can contin
ue doing this service is not eertaln;
(Continued on Page 8.)
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