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Number 53.
VOLUME XXIII
WARRENTON, Ni c7 TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1918
(Tuesday)
(Friday)
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
5c A COPY
DRIVE FOR WAR
CORP. CLINTON EGERTON
Italians Push Successes;
Attack Expected In West
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SAVINGS CONTINUES
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Washington, June 27 Nearly 800,
000 young men of 21 who registered
military service last June 5 had
Tir I"der in the draft classes fixed
! day by a second national draft lot
tery held with formal ceremony at
L Senate office building.
Just 1,2000 numbered slips rolled
into capsules enough to cover the
r t of new registrants in the largest
local district in the country, were
drawn from a big glass bowl and the
numbers recorded in serial order. Un
der the law all the new registrants go
at the bottom of the classes to which
in which the number appearingetac
they may be assigned. .
The first number represents liabil
ity for service; the second is the
number under which the men registered:
1 10 Jurell Townes, C. Macon
2 29 Wm. L. Bell, Col., Wise
3 17 Herbert Ed. Edmonds,
white, Warrenton
4 74 Arthur Davis, col. Nor-
lina- " i
5 136 Wm. Eomerville, col.,
Warrenton.
C 145 Willie Perry, col. Alston
7 57 Perry Jones Harton, wh.
Norlina. . ,
8 76 Clement Rivers, w. Wise.
9 78 Jack Tally, col., Ridge-
way.
10 122 Thomas S
Vaughan.
11 87 Percy L.
Ridgeway.
12 4 Percy Wilber Davis, col.
Areola.
13130 Peter Jas. Williams, col.,
Shnrrn.
14 70 McKinly Webb, col., Ar- ; Ridgeway.
Walker, wh.,
Bullock, col.,
Shocco.
50 143 Willie C. Cheek, colored
Henderson.
51 54 Leonidas Rice, colored,
Elams.
52 81 Jessie P. T. Harris, white
Vaughan.
. 53 88 Joseph W. Shearin, white
Macon.
54 114 John Boyd Burchette,
white, Norlina.
55 39 j. T. Watkins, white,
Manson.
56 30 Richard A. Ayscue, white
Manson.
57 119 Fred B. Burgess, colored,
Littleton.
58 98 James H. Williams, col
ored, Littleton.
59 49 Joe Pitchford, colored,
Elberon.
eo 25 Henry Alston, colored,
Ivtai'maduke.
01 L8 John W. Hudson, white,
Littleton.
62 . 12 Watson Falkener, color
ed, Wise.
63 34 Willie Joe Hunter, white
Norlina.
64 149 Ben Robinson, colored,
Mkcon.
65 112 Mark
Warrenton.
06 2 James
white, Macon.
67 95 Ashly
Afton. .
77 Thomas Parrish, colored,
Vaughan.
69 46 Elijah O. Plummer, col
ored, Inez.
70 8 Clarence Boyd Harris,
colored, Wise.
7; 107 John Cheek, colored, Inez
72 93 John G. Killian, white,
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EVERY ONE URGED TO EX
ERT SPECIAL EFFORT
Campaign Resulted In Pledging"
of Over $200,000 Worth of
Stamps; Drive Will Not Hold
Up Until Success Comes.
Attacking the Austro-Himgarian
lines on the Asiago plateau the Ital
ians have wrested Monte di Valbella
from the enemy, capturing 409 pris
oners and held their new positions
Vienna, via London, July 1. The
Austrian war office today admits, the
complete evacuation by the Austrian
forces of the two important strategic
positions of Col del Rosso and Monts
Corporal Clinton Egerton is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Egerton, of Als
ton. He is 22 years old anfi was
among the first seven Warren county
selectment sent to Camp Jackson last
September. He was later transferred
to Camp Sevier and is now serving in
Boston, preparing to give a good ac
count' of himself upon the fields of
France. Clinton is a good, solid, de
pendable boy and his friends are many.
The county's quota of $445,852 of
War Saving's Has been about 63 per
cent, subscribed in the drive to date.
The township chairman will continue
tie drive enthusiastically until the
4th of July and. will throughout the
r.gainst repeated counter attacks, jdi Val Bella, on the western end o.
This sudden turn from the defen- '.the Italian front.
sive to the offensive came as a nu:-
prise to the laymen of the allied
Rome, July 1st. Heavy attacks
world for it had believed that General ) launched against Monte di Val Bella
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Diaz, the Italian commander, would by the Austrians were repuisea dj
be content to hold his lines in tha ( the Italians, "the enemy masses bein?
mountains against a great, new of- mowed down by our artillery fl,re,',
fpnsive intended bv the Austrians an '1 i according to the official communica-
Germans to take away the sting cf tion from headquarters. More than
year endeavor to carry the townships j d f t of the Austrians along the 2,000 prisioners were taken by the
over the top, urges Chairman uraham. , flyn Italians. .
Nor was the Italian attack limited
Jones, colored,
Russell Palmer,
Davis, colored.
Newell, colored,
C. Carter,
ed, Manson.
. 108 110 Mack
Marmaduke.
109104 Meek Mack
colored, Vaughan.
110 31 Benny T. King, white,
Norlina.
Ill 96 Garret Douglas Palmer,
colored, Macon. ;
112 124 Percy Reid, white, Grove
Hill.
113 53 Lonnie Lloyd, white, Hen
derson.
114 43 John Russell, colored.
Warren Plains.
115 142 William Thomas, color
ed, Macon.
116 106 Eddie Bolton, colored,
Manson.
117 134 Joseph Alston, colored.
The campaign beginning June 2
has resulted in the pledge and pur
chase of over two hundred thousand
dollars worth of stamps and this with
stamps already earned brings the
county's total to 278,739 or an aver
age of $12.40 for every man, woman
and child, white and colored, in Warren.
As a continuation of this work every
township is to strive faithfully to
bring the total to the figures sent out
from State Headquarters that of
$20.00 per capita. The tabulated re
sults of the drive follow as submitted
to date:
Assessment Raised
Warrenton Township. .82,148 "S4,785
W. N. Boyd, Chmn.
Judkins 41,030 13,220
W. R. Vaughan, Chmn.
to the positions on Monte di Valbella j Success has apparently crowned the
Farther east, on the left bank of the effort of the Italians in the mountains
Erenta river, they captured the heigh:' north of the Venetian plains. Launch-
of Sasso Rossojust north of the vi!- ed on Saturday, the attacK on tne au
laee of Valstagna
Carried the Fight to the Foe
trian lines has gained rugged heights
whare the enemv was strongly e;-
These two actions, while local in I trenched, and the fighting is still go
r'VmvsiH-r mnv pxnlain the failure of iing on. Vienna admits a retirement
the Italians to pursue the Austrians 1 to "prepared positions" which is the
expression used in omciai stateraencs
to mean that an enemy blow has gain
ed important ground.
Italians Gain Ground.
After three days of struggling in
situation. In attacking there him
self, he has carried the fight to the
Six Pound.:.. 36,894 25,580 pointg and broken up some of the
J. M. Coleman, Chmn. nrenarations made by the enemy for
Fork 29.810 17,05 j
across the Piaye when, on June 23.
the enemy fled from the west bank
with a haste that indicated something
of demoralization.
fjnval Diaz nrobablv has exDect-
ed the heaviest enemy blow to . be ! the mountains, the Italians are still
launched along the mountain front, (hammering hard at the most poweriui
wWh i thP Icev to the whole Italian' and threatening positions of the ene
my. They have not only gained ground
but have held it against desperate
counter attacks by the Austro-Hun-garian
forces, which were mown down
-Carey Jackson, col., War-
W. Taylor, col.,
cola.'
15108
l enton.
16 28 Geo.
Norlina.
17 89 Louis O'Neal, wh. El
beron. 18 151 Nash Williams, colored,
Ridgeway.
19 90 Carly Cheek, col., Hen
derson. 20 65 Macy Taylor Pridgen,
wbHe, Creek.
21 175 Arhur King Perry, col
Inez. 22 b5 Charlie Field, col., El-
b?i n.
23 72
' 73 99 Fletcher Richardson; col-"
ored, Areola.
74 131 Plum Foster, colored,
Manson.
75 i?3 William Rar.4all Brown,
white, Vaughan.
76 120 Richard Thornton, col
ored. Wise. -
77 150 Alvah Jack Johnson, col
ored Macon. . ,
78 94 James W. Phillips, whit
Norlina.
79 148 Charlie Williams, color
ed, Mscon.
80 67 George Carter, colorer?.
Littleton. ,. ... . . - .
Cj 40 Arthur Lee Holloway,
R. E. Williams, Chmn.
Sandy Creek.. 32,186 18,575
R. J. Stewart, Chmn.
Hawtree .43,956 37,000
Coley Perkinson, Chmn.
Shocco 27,478 5,045
F. F. Limer, Chmn.
River ....43,384
J. M. Millard, Chmn.
I Fishing Creek . 33,154
r -Tir-iv Jutfi ' -Matthew Dukey Chmn;
'.itqJ: an Wavrv M. Williams, white
. Roanoke ............. 8,910
Inez.
119 127 Eugene R. Walker, white
Warren Plains.
120 101 Wilson Williams, color
ed, Littleton.
121 144 George Crute,
18,368
19,756
colored,
H. L. Wall, Chmn.
Nutbush ....31,966
Jake Kimball, Chmn. .
Simth Creek ....34,936
T. Alex. Baxter, Chmn,
'4,800
18,415
15,645
preparations made by the enemy for
an offensive in that quarter.
General Diaz's Objective.
It is hardly to be believed that Gen
eral Diaz plans to go further than
local objectives, but if he should
make much progress on the Asiago
plateau, he could be able to take un
der his artillery fi're the railroad par
alleling the battle line and running
along the Brenta river east of Lake
Caldojiazso This line t is ...the con
necting link between the Piave and
Adige fronts and if the Italians could
dominate it, the Austrian system of
communications would be seriously
Impared.
-Otis Green, colored,
-Nathan Jones, colored,
K. Smiley, white,
Si
Jones, colored,
Jones, colored,
Matthews Davis, Colored, while, Manson. . . ,
. , c: ss William iayior, tuiwu,
Areola. !
oa iok jnmpc Eaton , Wavrenton.
It-InSd P- Skillman, wh. I f 3- 7George Perl Mushaw, col
"'"l-Win E.vi Goode; Man.ir1 Barnes Grey Kidd, white,
inn i ""J f
27 51 Robert H. Ellington, wh.,
Vaughan. ;;
28 63 Phil. Williams, col., War
renton. 29 41 Elige Workman, colored.
Norlina.
30 84 Joseph W. Wilson, col
ored, Manson. ; . .
31 32 Henry N. Mangum, white
Norlina.
32 66 John Henry Green, col
c ed, Macon.
33 16 George Leon Aycock,
white, Elberon.
34 82 Anthony Townes, color
ed, Macon. V
35147 Nat Davis, colored, Creek
gClemmy B. Moses,white,
Norlina.
37 56 Washington Brown, col
ored, Macon,
381 02 Ernest West, colored,
Areola.
1 39 48 Albert B. Paschall, col
ored, Ridgeway.
40 13 George Alston, colored,
Inez. .. -
41 3 John H. Williams, color
ed, Manson.
12 64 Hurley Davis, colored,
Shocco.
-David C. Evans, white,
43 137
Henderson.
44 11
Hacon.
45 69
Norlina.
4G 3g John Henry Williams,
colored, Elberon. ' "
47 113 John Boyd Davis, Jr.
Vhits, Alston.
48- 62 Willie Turner Roberts,
vhite, Inez,
49
-Horace Banks, colored,
-Arthur Davis, colored,
1 Daniei
Manson.
26 52 Willie
ribsron. -
87 G John W. Judkins, colored
Wavren Plains.
8 14 Nathaniel Valentine, col
ored, Ridgeway.
9 .71 John Wesley Tarry, col
ored, Manson.
90 19 William li. Anarews,
ored, Ridgeway.
iA 59
92 37 Branch Richardson, col
ored, Warrenton.
93 36 A. P. Watkins, white,
Manson. ,
94 GS Walter Baskett, colored,
Warren Plains.
05 85 Sam Davis, colored, Mar
maduke.
03 83 Jerman Drake, colored,
Macon, .
07 44-Vance Zeb Neal, wnite,
Littleton.
j 8 116 John A. Goehegan, wmte,
Creek.
99 1S8 Oscar Lynch, colored.
".Inez. ...... . . . ,
100 92 Thomas Richardson, col
ored, Manson.
101 140 John B. Thrower, color
ed, Macon.
iro io Ravwood M. Ayscue,
white, Manson. . , ,
1C3 103 William J. StajnDacK.cwi-
ored, Warrenton.
104 79 Isaac Alston, colored,
Marmaduke.
105 15 John D. Holtzman, white,
Afton.
122 23
Creek.
123 22
Manson.
124 21 Ed
Grove Hill.
125 75 Wesley Lee Bizzell, white
Norlina.
126 50 Willie J. Alston, colored,
Inez.
127 47 James G. Davis, colored,
Elberon.
128 126 Percy Lee Hinton, color
ed, Macon.
129 86 Matthew Hunt, colored,
Wise.
130 60 Major Pope Powell, white
Alston.
131 129 A Russell King, white,
Macon.
132 73 James Somerville,' Jr..
colored, Warren Plains.
133 111 Madison M. Burnett, col
ored, Warrenton.
134 146 Archibald D. Williams,
white, Warrenton.
135 20 Dallas Ward Harton,
white, Wise.
136 100 John Nat Cheek, colored,
Henderson.
137 115 Seth Perry, colored, War
renton. 138 109 Sam Peter Jones, color
ed, Warrenton.
139 5 John M. Killian, white,
Ridgeway.
140 117 John Bignall Alston, col
ored, Littleton.
141 139 Peter James Williams,
colored, Shocco.
142 133 Joe Person, colored, Hen
derson.
143 105 Vernon Mabry, colored,
Elberon.
144 42 Joseph H. Boyd, colored.
Embro.
145 121 Robert Macon Cole,white
Manson.
146 132 Willie Meadows, colored,
Macon.
147 H8- Boyd Russell, colored,
Norlina.
148 97 McKinley Wright, color
ed, Littleton. , .
149 9 Lazarus B. Reavis, col
ored, Warrenton.
150 Willie King, white, War-
Total. .445,852 278,739
The stamps were bought generally,
but in many cases not to the degree
which purchaser was able.
The campaign will continue until
January 1, 1919, and with good prices
for cotton and tobacco and the ac
tive work of the township chairmen
the outlook for the county's quota
looms bright. '
W.S.S.
Corporal Baugham
Gets Hun Machine
With the Britisn Army in France,
Intense enemy artillery fire last night
and this morning rocked 'the British
line with its sinister detonations, and
awaiting it with grim determination
this front appears to have increased.
But the German offensive still re
mains merely in the boiling up stage.
Field Marshal von Hnidenburg has
maintained such a distribution of his
! effectives as would permit a blow on
any part of the front. One thing
seems certain when the enemy does
strike he will hit hard. It is pre
dicted that there will be more terrific
fighting than has yet developed this
year. At any moment the storm may J o
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breaKi Ana tne a,ihu troops aie
by artillery fire and completely check
ed by the Italian infantry.
Detail maps of the area in which
the fighting is going on do not show
distinctly some of the places mention
ed in the official statements. The
Vienna admission that the new Aus
trian line runs through "Stempla
wood" is, tfieref ore, without signifi
cance, but as the positions held by the
Austrians before the Italian attack be
gan.,., were, above, the, forest line, it
seems that the enemy has been oust
ed from the higher ground he former
ly held and thus placed at a disad
vantage in the fighting to come.
London, July 1. Twenty-two Ger
man airplanes were shot down, ten
were driven down out of control and
two German balloons were destroyed
during the air fighting Sunday.
Paris, July 1 The French airmen
have played their part in the increas
ed aerial activity which has been dis
played along the front in the last f e v
days. Yesterday they brought down
or put out of action twenty-one Ger
man planes and set on fire six captive
balloons, according to the war office
announcement tonight.
Manson. t Plains.
106-141-Willie Hicks, coioreu, , -51 joe gpeed Williams, col-
' A 1 io7!l 6Albert Henderson, color- iored, Inez.
I ig James Alston, colored, 107 ,b Aiue
The following from the Washington
(N. C.) .Daily News is of interst.
Corporal Pilot Baugham was a stud
ent at the Graham High School sev
eral years ago and is pleasantly re
membered here:
Jim BaXieham "got" his first Hun
aeroplane recently. In iecognition of
his services he has been awarded the
French crcix de guerre, or cross of
war, which is awarded by the French
government for bravery in action.
The news of Corporal Pilot Baugh
am's spectacular feat was received
here today in a letter from Lieut. W.
E. Baugham, who is now in France.
Lieutant Baugham stated that he was
in receipt of a card from "Jim in
which the latter stated that he had j
been successful in sending an enemy
plane to the ground and that the
French had awarded him the croix de
guerre.
In addition to the Croix de Guerre,
Jim also had the palm bestowed upon
him, a special recognition of bravery
and valor in action.
Jim has been in France over a
1 . ' fit. Xi.- T -rS4-4- S
year, rle leit nere wren me uay,
Escadrille, volunteering his services.
He took considerable training over
here and followed this up with special
instructions in France. He has been
employed along various sectors of
the front, spending considerable time
in the Vosges mountains. Since then
he has been transferred to other sec
tions.
The news of his feat was receive'
here today with the greatest enthus
iasm and his mother, Mrs. W. if. uau
Washington, July 1 Resumption of
the Germany offensive on the we.it
front is now expected momentarily by
rmv officials here. General Persh-
A. f?-wm Vi nn
- - lings reports s w en cio a
the tension which has existed along ' British a(jvices from the front have
and confidence. . shown increasing enemy activity day
by- day, indicating that the Germans
With the American Forces on the I for another assault.
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Marne, June 30. Excessive move
ments of troops and materials north
of Chateau Thierry, together with the
increased artillery and aerial activity,
form the basis of the belief that
American forces in this locality may
be called upon to defend themselves
in the near future.
Long streams of enmy troops and
wagon trains have been observed in
tlie neighborhood of the Bonnes wood.
There have been more than fifty en
emy aerial flights over the American
lines northwest of Chateau Thierry
in the last twenty-four hours. One
German machine was shot down by
our anti-aircraft guns.
;The American artillery has heavily
shelled many vital and active spots
within the enemy lines, once obtain
ing a direct hit in a detachment of
marching Germans.
Stung By Recent Defeat.
For days the Americans have been
expecting that the enemy, stung by
the defeat administered to him re
cently on this front, would make a
vigorous assault upon the American
forces, and it was partly for this rea
son that the American operations in
the Belleau section were carried out.
With these operations completed, the
Americans now have the country for
several miles in front of them under
their eyes and guns and can see what
is developing. In consequence, when
TKre.is great stir and movement
am - n g; the Germans before the Amer
ican lines around Chateau Thierry.
Part of the drive may be directed
against this front in a renewal of the
thrust at Paris through the Compeigne
gateway. If so, an army corps of
American troops stands shoulder to
shoulder with the French again to
block the road.
W.S.S.
Red Cross Rally
At Palmer Springs
the expected blow comes, they whl
"i, abie eon- ibe that much better prepa-ed to meet
Viv. enn PVT1 1 flL. 11..
gratuiaiiuiis upuu i
Where's you going my pretty maid,
To the Red Cress Rally, sir, she said
And may I go, my pretty maid?
Smiling, "come along" sir, she said
To Palmer Springs, July Fourth
For joy, barbecue and so forth!
That enough to carry you if you
see the pretty maid, but in case you
den't, just want to let you know that
vou had better get in range of sun
shine and smiles on the glorious four
th and help the Red Cross of the Pal
mer Springs neighborhoods.
And listen to this: floats typifying
national and historic scences, for
these who love the beautiful; bruns
wick stew for vegitarians; barbecue
for octogenarians and joy from ten to
ninety. Come all day and don't mis-s
the dinner a feed fit for a king and
for a cause of universal mercy.