North Carolina Newspapers

YAUK.1K V ail,;, ttHiKAUI., SALISBURY, N. C, SEPT. 24; 1918. We will win this war Nothing else really matters until we do! The Flapqr Lasts SPANISH INFLUENZA IS STILL SPREADING. Today's Reports Indicate a Number of New Cases and Some Death From the. Disease at Army Camps! -Washington, Sept. 25. Spanish in fluenza has spread over the country so rapidly that officials of the public health service, the war and navy de partments and the Red Cross confer red today on measures to help local communities in combatting the dis ease. (Jails tor assistance already have been received from several cities, ano m one instance, Wilmington, lN.j C, the public healh stervice hospital was opened for treatment of persons suffering with the disease. Surgeon General Rupert Blue, of the public health service, said tonight that latest reports showed that the malady has made its appearance in 26 states from the Atlantic to the Paci fic. The disease is epidemic in ;New England, where it first made itsap-; pearance, and officials in that section are considering drastic steps to curb its spread, including the prevention of public gatherings. Influenza has- appeared on the Paci fic coast, in Washington and Califor l.ia, but is not yet epidemic there. It also has been reported in Minnesota and Iowa, but with few cases. East of the Mississippi, however, ir.ere are few states where it has not been four.u. The disease continued to spread to ray in army camps, 5,324 new cases being reported to the office of the sur geon general of the army up. to 'noon today. No new camps were added, to the list, it was announced, and" there are 15 camps find stations free from influenza. The total reported from the camps today was the largest in any one day, rnd broght the total of all camps to 29,002 cases. The number of pjaeu monia cases reported among the sol diers sinfce te outbreak of the influ enza epedemic September 13 is 2,313, and the number 'of . deaths since that 'ii.te is 530, with 155 reported today. For the first time since the out break the number now cases reported Chamerblain's Cough Remedy. This is not only one of the best and most efficient medicines for coughs, colds, crfO'Uip and whooping cought, but is also pleasant to take, which is im portant when a medicine musttbe p.iyeoi to young cfhfldiren. Chamber lain's Couiglh' (Remedy .Ihus jbeen in use for many years and Was met with rrirah favteo wherever its good quial-i-ies Wave become Iknclwh. Many mo thsrs Wave given it itUvedr unqualified endorsement. Wm, . tScruby; Ohillico t!yj, iMo., iwriites, "I 'haye raised three children, Wave always 's"Ohain(ber kjjLn's Cough Remedy and found it to 1 a the besit.for cougha, colds jamd for -c-pup. It is pleasant to take. Both results and dhildren like it My wife crj j I always lhave felt safe , from 'iwp witft it in the house." CSmm berftun's Cough Remedy contains no opium or other narcotic. from Camp Devens, Mass., was lower than the number .reported from an other camp. The new cases at Camp Devens numbered 399, making the total 11,715. Hoboken reported the greatest number, 1.025. This, howev- i er, included several camps ana de pots. Camp Lee, Va., had 393 new cases; Sevier, S. C, 106; Gordon, Ga., 213; Humphreys, Va., 106; Jackson, S. C, 268; Taylor, Ky., 43. At Devens 342 new cases of pneu- monia were reponeo. toaay witn it i a i rt- deaths. Camp Dix reported 41 new '-aoca ui pncuinuma mu omii ic Pneumonia cases also were reported ; by 23 other camps. W 3 S ITEMS FROM FAITH. Some News.Item From the Hustling Little Town Gathered and Put in ' Shape for Post Readers By Venus We saw a train load of soldier boys at . the station in Salisbury. All were fine looking fellows. Several pretty .-oung ladies were giving them some thing to eat. If the people of the county would take apples, pears and Trapes, peanuts and flowers and give h.hem to the young ladies they would ee that it was given to the soldier boys. Suth gifts would be appreciat ed and do much good. An old Indian woman has told - us what would relieve rheumatism. : We will tell anyone what it is for nine cents in postage stamps We met C. A. Wagoner in Salisbury Monday. He formerly lived at Faith. : John C. Goodmafty of Fort Monroe, Va., is in on a two weeks' furlough to visit his people. ? Whoever has" the first corn shuck ing please let Venus know. He wants to make an item about it. . We heard a preacher oititfce streets in Salisbury Monday make a right good talk. His liame JVfas Wright Matthews. Everybody seemed to be pleased with what lie had to say. Th? collection was a littleer ope dollar. John Arey, of SaTnjbury.'fs hauling granite from the kFAith Quarries to Salisbury on his auto truck to repair his residence. ' Miss Sadie' Kluttz at Granite Quar ry depot is still holding her place. The company is so well pleased with her work that they-have raised her wage3. She is knitting a fine wool sweater for one of the soldier boys who is now at colelge and who is her brother. The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist hurch of .Granite Quarry of each individual ENLIGHTENED wal have an ice cream supper SatUr-' FIDELITY joined to GENUINE PA day night, September ' 28th, near he TRIOTISM. Craven Kluttz: Bflrlie LvTv VlnA I SeaforJ and Jij;; Peeler, OLof Gran- ite Quarry, are tfttendinar school at Sutterford college.- tw -r-i, ...I.. ? Miss Verdie Josey, and who has been living at Raleigh and in Virginia sev eral years has just moved' back to Sal isbury Mr. Sifford runs on the rail road. ' LOOK TO SHIPS TO WIN THE WAR (Continued from Page One.) but it is certain that when the war ends Britain will need its ships to bring home its own armies from wide ly separated quarters .of the world, and to re-establish its commercial .re lations everywhere. No mater how willing the , British martime authorities may be to con hoir assistance to the United sary that the United States provide for its own homeward troop move ment in much greater proportion tha.i it has provided for the outward move ment. 4 Mil. ' ..-l Wl IVT I liacK oi cne impressive uuhh" SmpQ Roard has iust issued is the convic- tmn in the board's mind that tha irOVnlrlino- nrop-ramme will be vital- ly important to the world for many years after the war. Chairman Hur ley has indicated, after a thorough study, that the utmost effort will be necessary if, in ten years after peace is restored, the world's shipping is put back where it would have stood if j 'therehad been no war. l hat means TI1HI omenta anu xitxtw.., v great chip-producing countries, will have to maintain their effort at war time's emergency gait for a decade. Some near-sighted people have been worrying about what use we will make of our great fleet when the war ends. They would not worry if they could hear the analysis of the ship ping future which Chairman Hurley recently gave in an informal talk. Besides the task of providing for the armies until they can be brought home, there will be pressing demand from every continent and country for supplies of all kinds. The world has skinned its public utilities, emp tied its warehouses, scrapped its rail roads, pulled down and used the sup plies on its shelves. It wil go in for restocking at a rate which will insure employment for labor and capital and ships for many years. Mr. Hurley is not a prophet; but he is not among those who regard the industrial and business future prs simistically. He believes this world will be a busier workshop for many years after the war than it ever was before. It is common knowledge that practically every industry in the coun try could right now take contracts for vast deals, goods to be delivered as soon as possible after peace re turns. While the shipbuilding plants are straining every nerve to meet war requirements, the Fleet Corporation could make contracts for millions of tons for countries that have not here tofore been regarded as factors in shipping. They all want ships for the future, and if they can raise the money and get the construction done there will be such a dissemination of maritime interest as has not yet been" dreamed of. Ships in short, will be the key to the situation after the war as they are the key to the military problem oi tne war. uermany win not oe a large factor in providing them, be I cause Germany is going to lose so lart,e a share of its coal an(1 iro th. it will not soon be able to resume shipbuilding on a great scale. France, recovering- its teritories lost in th (old Franco-German war. will in tim take the place lately held by Germany as a shipbuilding country. W S S COTTON AND Cotton Futures Opened Firm. New York, .Sept. 26. Cotton fu tures opened firm. October 32.75 33.00 becember 32.35 January 31.15 32.35 March 32.10 May 32.00 Liverpool iShows Sharp Advance. (New York, (Sept. 26. The cotton market today' showed the stimulating influence of yesterday's late state ments concerning the ipiolicy of the committee on distribution ajni proba bilit yof price fixing would be unnec- essarv- Liverpool showed a sharp ad vance and Che market mere started from: an advance of 52 to 97 points. Closing of Cotton. New York, Sept. 26. Cotton clos ed as follows: October 32.75 December 32.16 January 31.99 March 31.95 May 31.90 LOCAL COTTON 32.00 SALISBURY WHOLESALE PRODUCE MARKET. Corrected Daily By C. P. Suping, Wfest Innes Street. Hens, each 60 to $0 Eggs, dozen 30 to 35 Potatoes 90 to 1.00 Onions 1.00 Chic'cens 25 to 30 Butter . . . . 35 to 40 Ducks, each . 25 to 0 W S S The conservation of food demands fll IYQ If IV m Htad ot ehest Wl.r btat treated NEW PRICES- 30c, $0c, $1,20 VICTORY LOAN BY PEOPLE The, Huns Are Subscribing to Their Ninth Victory Loan Whether or Not It is a Victory Loan Depends ; Us at Heme in America. . - - : (By Associated Press.) Washington, Sept. 26-Germans are ?bo to subscribe to their ninth Vic $ory loan. Wither it will be a Vic tory loan depends in some measure on how the Amerjcan peqle accept the new war taxes now being framed by Congress. 11.13 liermin loan ooen3 Sent. 23, just fire days bef ore ths United states starts on. itsv fourth Liberty loan, and for the next four weeks Americans and 5errnns .practically will be -enswgei xin i-ra;e to drop the'r dollars into the hopper of the war mill. , The amount of the German loan is Aot known here, but it is known it will be in the form of bonds -at five per cent interest nd treasury notes, both securities to be issued at 98, which is about the average of all the German War loans Crave been float ed. It is through the war loan- a series of tiiem in fact that the German empire has financed its part of the world struggle. Taxation has been resorted to, of course, tout as compar ed tortile taxation in England and France or . in the United Staes, the extra tax burden Which has fallen to the lot of the German people has been light indeed. Before the war, Germany 'had adopted some rather stringent laws for taxation. The war once a real ity, they decided to meet actual ex penses iby loans and impose only extra taxes enough to meet the in terest on tlje loans. But as it fell out Germany was building her hopes on a poor foundation. It was- believed by the German ipeople that the war wftuld be over in a few months; that Germa ny, by means of the tremendous mili tary machine which she had ben build 'ng tSVoUighout the years would crush 'ier (iTDonents before the end of the vear 1914. Belgium, France and England were to pay 'heavy indemni ties to, recouo the German treasury. Had this rolan materialized the Ger man idea of wa,r finance would have worked; but the war went on; it is still (going on, and the German debt is niling higher. Present day Germany is worrying little over the financial traits in which the nation finds itself. "'osterity must (pay fche penalty. Today the German public debt is $27,757,000 000, about $1.000 000,000 'ess than that of Great Britain and "17,000,000,000 more than that of the Uni.ted States. Austria has a public debt of $12, 782,000,000 wfhiile the debt of France lespite the fact that th country has 'ieen most torn by the actual fighting 'ias contracted about $6 000,000.000 'ess than that of Germany. Beforo the var Germany had a publ'u.' debt of jnly a little over $1 000.000.000, h?3s "y a narrow margin, than that of the United States. Actual figures as to the amounts of the various German war loans are unavailable, but it is generally known Miat they have been larger than those of Great Britain The total English expenditure at the end of March 1918, has been 7,000,000,000. Through her (present method of tax ation Germany cannot even hope to pay 'the interest on her war loans. The attempt to levy an increased tax met with stern opposition on the part of the federal states and a tax on in comes was then resorted to, while an id valoren levy was made upon all ;:Toperty. Incomes were then capital ized and taxed, and an excess prof its tax similar, in a way, to that in vogue in the United States, was adopted. The personal property tax called for certain exemptions. Among these, jewels were included, and the German financiers made huge invest ments in pearls and other precious stones. These were taxed in turn, but other means of tax dodging were discovered. The German will freely lay down his life for the -Fatherland, but he will not lay down his money unless it is reasonably secured and a fair rate of interest. Public sentiment in the German war loans have been stimulated by Ameri can publicity methods. When it was discovered during the early loans that the farming class was not buying bonds to the extent ex pected, an educational campaign was inaugurated for their especial benefit. 1 he thnd and fourth loans were de- signed for the special benefit of the The number of Turkish prisoners tak laboring classes. Bonds as low as $25 in Palestine now aggregate 42,000 ac were placed on the market and me: cording to the latest advices reaching with ready , sale. The last loans have Paris. been for the big investors . and since J Attack On Wide Front, the bonds sold at 97-12 to 98 1-2 it has With the French Army in France, not been difficult for the government Sept. 26.-9:10 a .m. The attack by to find plentjr of buyers. the French which was launched at , The "banks have -given great aid. in 5:30 this morning was along a wide the disposition of the bonds. For their share in disposing of the bonds they were given fat commissions, a method periods of the American Civil War. Municipalities as such, made heavy investments in bonds. the public i treasuriesi of the municipalities, being . compelled to' borow money with which - to make the purchases. , Educational (Campaigns have been an important means of stimulating m - terest in the war loans but coercion in one form or ither has also been true J m the case if soldiers. If they did' NEW FALL SKIRTS. ; We call special attention to our new Plaid Skirts. We have a very nice selection and the prices are moderate considering present conditions. SWEATERS. Now is the time to buy sweaters. We have a nice se lection for women, children and boys. If you expect to get a sweater we suggest that you buy now. We believe that sweaters will be scarce as the government has tak en over all wool and woolen, yarns. MILLINERY. All of our newest Fall Hats are now on display. Come in and see the new styles. not buy bonds leave of absence was denied, disagreeable duties were forced upon them and they were nev er in line for promotion. German leaders have offered many ' solutions of the post-belum problem which confronts their country. Future enerations have been saddled with a debt which they can scarcely hope to clear off even by drastic means until the vitality' of the country has been sapped. The government control of tobacco and other luxuries may be ex pected. In short, if there is a German gov- emment after the war it is probable the state will dominate all industry and the profits, thus earned by the state, will be used to wipe off the debt which Germany has placed upon her people. W S S AMERICANS-FRENCH LAUNCH AN ATTACK ( Continued from Page One.) ruhe and Kaiser slaugern, between j and French armies, after hard fight Met7 and Mongiheim have ibeen bom- ing, have drawn more closely their barded by british independent air lines is the investment of the town, ! forces, it is officially announced. ! British Continue to Press Germans. London, Sept. 26. Northwest of St. Quentin Britisl.i. tropos continue their pressure against the German de- - . fenses and 'hav?e captured the enemy strong points in the neighborhood of Selency and Grkourt, Field Marshal Haig reports today. In Flanders the iBritish line likewise has adv.ance.-t. nroress having Kppti made in the sector north of LaBassee ! f or from the British forces and , tin, but the French troops were or. north of Grkourt on the St. Quentin ; fnerdly tribesmen who are closing in j them irt successive waves so quickly sector. The British (repulsed a German i "pon S6 ? he "V6r rdan; ! that they could nob, carry out the or counter attadk I ' More than 40'000 Prisoners and 265 i der of the commanding general, von Prilep-Veles Hoad Again Cut. London, Sept. 26. 'Reports in offi cial quarters here indicate that the Prilep-Veles road has been cut at Iz vor, isolating the first Bulgarian ar my from the main line of communi cation and placing it in a precarious position. rne nrst army is on .ure allied left. i mi n i lii Serbians Reach Ishtib Uutskirts, T .nndnn C OR S.T-Kian f7-n.-r.s "-"iuv"' -y "v"''" reached tha outskirts of Ishtib, an important Bulgarian base luesaay,- says u Serbian official statement dat ed Wednesday Elsewhere east of the Varda the Serbian made imiportant gains. The ,Setbs also have captured Grads ko station southeast of Uskub. It was defended by German, troops. An enormous quantity of supplies includ :ng 19 guns were captured by the Ser bians. Nortlh; of Prikip the .Serbians are pushing the. Bulgarians who are in complete retreat and are aproaiching Tzvor midway 'between Prilep and Veles. 42,000 Turkish Prisoners. Paris, Seipt: 26. 'Havas Agency. front, Berlin Reports Prisoners Taken. Berlin, via London, Sept 26. The capture of French and Americans in Lorraine east of Moselle is reported in today's army redquarters state- ! ment. In the fighting west of St. Quentin the French succeeded in ef- ffecting email breaches in the German ; lines between Francilly and the Som , me, the statement announces Fourth Turkish Army "All In." London. Sept. 26 The 4th Turkish army on the Palestine front is vir tually surrounded in the region ,west of the Jordan and faces annihilation by General. Allenby's forces, advices show. The total prisoners already taken were increased today to 45,000 Annihilation of the 4th army, now hoped for, would clean up the Turk ish forces in Palestine, accounting for about 80,000. The precarious posi tion of the 4th army may be seen fromythe fact that Arab cavalry anS i infantry is on the north of it; Arab and British forces on the east and British troops to the south. All oi these are pressing intoward the en- j emy, while the Jordan with its crossings is in the hands of the allies. W S S Enemy Still in Retreat Before Allied Forces. (By. the Associated Press) The Teutonic allied forces in Mace donia and Turkey 'still are in flight civilians from Metz and other places t . t A . 1 ail. before the armies of the entente, while on the highly important St. i Quentin sector in France the British on the northwest, west and south. The I stuborh resistance of the Germans, in defense and in counter attacks, has been unavailing except to impede the i progress of the men of the army of t ' 11 If 1 1 11 " J y-i , T - Field Marshal Haig and General De- beney. In Macedonia the Bulgarian and German troops are still faced with disaster; in Palestine the remaining ; Turks seem to have scarcely a chance i gu"s nfv D,tne "n and yet General Allenby's opp;nic for further emouments for his hard campaign has not been satiated. Gauged by the swiftness of the strokes Allenby is delivering, it is his purpose absolutely to overwhelm the Ottomans. And the fulfilment of hie plang geems apprciably near. I In on less critical situaton ar the Germans and Bulgarians in the TVTncp- ' . . . i acr.a tneatre. ; diateIy on the Bulgarian frontier, where the mountainous country gives them ground for strong resistance to the invasion of Bulgarian territory through the passes, the Bulgarians and Germans everywhere are in rapid retreat before the Italians, Seoians, Greeks and British. Rent in twain at.: severaLpoints the enemy forces are bewildered and operating as separate units. Respectively on the western and eastern flanks the Italians and the Greeks and British are fast throwing forward their lines in endeavors to envelop the enemy, while in the cen ter, where the Serbs have driven theii sharp wedge toward Ishtip, there ii no laggins", notwithstanding ehe d1 ficult territory that is being encoun tered. Rear guards of the enemy, armed with machines, are bat little delaying the men whose tasV it is to reclaim their kingdom. As yet there is now news of great activity in Albania, but a resumption of operations there in conjunction with those in the east apparently cannot long be delayed. On the French front the British have taken the village of Selency, a scant two miles from the western en virons of St. Quentin, and both the British and French troops north and south of this line have driven further wedges into the Germarf front. More than a thousand perisoners and many I machine guns have beenjtaken by the I T?Tl fiaVi irt ftiAOA AmntMtlAnx XT.- strong counter attacks were delivered by the enemy, both at Selency and atJ Griercourt, but Haig's men put all of them down, with heavy losses to the Germans. The Germans have also reattacked strongly in the region lying west of the Chemin des Dames, endeavoring to regain the territory held by the French as a menace against both the Chemin des Dames and the Laon sec tors. Here also the enemy was beaten off. Good weather has returned to the American sector on the Lorraine front but nothing has occurred there except the usual reciprocal bombardments and a resumption of the aerial activ ity on a great scale. Advices from Berlin are to the effect that there is much perturbation in Germany over the long distance guns of the Ameri cans, which are shelling the cTjsls be hbd the German lines. The advices say that preparations are being made for i he expeditious evacuation of the it:iin range when such a move be- comes necessary. Germans Told to Hold to the Last Drop or Bio-d. With the French Army in France, Sept. 25. (By the Associated Press) i General Debenev's troops in their lat- esf advance toward St. Quentin. took j a position at Dallon which the 221st ; German division had been ordered to ; "hold to the last drop of blood. Ten German officers and more than 500 men were prevented from making the supreme sacrifice demanded of them. , They fought well under the protection of a curtain of fire from their artillerv nosted around St Ouen , La Chevallerie, except by committing i suiciflc. ne alternative ot cantivitv appeared acceptable to them. The Germans suffered there from lack of appreciation of the resource fulness and suppleness of the French tactices. General Debeney's men having approached the position to within proper distance for an assault, abandoned the method of infiltration Lrv, v, i.. : i .i.. s : x u.ui uas uuhicu uie uptiauun around St. Quentin and made a reso lute frontal attack, which the nature of the obstacle necessitated. In the first bound they took the central point of resistance at Fran-cilly-Selency, and the crossroads 5Qf) yards to the east. Keeping close up with the creeping barrage which their artillery main tained with splendid precision,-the at tacking waves went on, sweeping tlie enemy, passingthrough and beyond Marjorin wood and taking the village of IEpine de Dallon by assault. Meanwhile German reinforcements coming up through the ravines from the region of St. Quentin were caught under the fire of the French guns. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 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