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VOLUME XXIII
(Tuesday)
WARIIENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1918
(Friday)
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k Yaixly Storm
Americans Victorioni
In Thrilling Air Battle-Three German
Planes Were Destroyed.
PRIVATE ERNEST E. DAVIS
Hurling themselves at the tip of
the salient driven into the allied line
bv the Germans late in May, the
Americans and French have won im
portant ground near Chateau Thierry.
The attack was local in character, but
its success may prove important in
the future operations in that part of
the battlefront nearest Paris.
Carry Vaux By Storm And Take 500
Prisioners
The assault was aimed at the ham
let of Vaux, which is situated on the
south side of the Chateau Thierry
Paris road and on the northern slopes
of Hill 204. Vaux is about two miles
from Chateau Thierry. This was car
ried by the rush of the French and
Americans, who also occupied two
small patches of woods in the immer-
iate vicinity.
The Germans almost immediately
began counter attacks in an attempt
to regain the lost positions, but their
nffftl.ta fnilpd in everv instance. In
the initial attack and in their repeated !
assaults against the new lines held
by the allies, the Germans have suf
fered very heavy losses, at least 500
prisioners having been taken by the.
French and Americans. One entire
German regiment is officially reported
to have been virtually annihilated in
the battle.
Americans Victorious In Thrilling Air
Battle.
A thrilling air battle between nine
Americans airplanes and an equal
number of German machines is re
ported in the Chateau Thierry sector.
At least three German planes were
distroyed., while two Amrican ma
chines have failed to return from the
encounter.
On June 7 the French reported that
they had recaptured Hill 204, a height
dominating the city of Chateau Thier
ry. It appears, however, that tue
Germans have been holding at least
part of the height, or that they have
bv an attack which has not been re
ported succeeded in ociupying the hill
onie more. The allied attaik on the
north side will tend to make the en
emy's position on the hill less secure
and may force the Germans to relo
cate their line from the Marne north
ward to Torcy, where the Americans
have been successful in several fights
and won important ground.
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ITALIANS GAINING
IMPORTANT GROUND
British forces northwest of Albert
have been forced to fight hard to hold
positions they took from the Germans
Sunday night. A determnied attach
by the enemy at that point threaten
ed to wrest the captured groun d from
the British, but heavy attacks flung
the enemy out of all excepting one
trench he had occupied.
The French front west of the Oise
and east of Rheims has been the
scene of considerable local fighting in
which prisioners were taken by t2ie
allied forces. The French have rec2
cupied the villiage of St. Pierre Aigle,
southwest of Soissons, which they lost
three weeks ago.
Italian forces which have been gain
ing important ground on the eastern
side of the Asiago plateau have sud
denly shifted their attack to the
Monte Grappa region, east of the,
I Brenta river. Important Austrian j
positions have been carried and near
ly 600 prisioners captured by the Ital-,
ians. Czecho Slovak troops fighting
under the Italian flag, have taken parj
in the struggles of the last few days
in the mountains. (
American, British and French forces,!
which have been landed at Kola, on.
the Murmansk coast, to protect vast 0
termnied counter attacks by the Ger
mans, who sought to oust the Ameri
cans from their new positions. That
the Germans have tried desperately to
reverse the decision in the battle is an
indication that the occupation of Vaux
is viewed as important by the enemy
commanders.
Over the lines held by General Per
shing's men there have been bursting
a storm of steel from the German can
non, high explosive and gas shells be
ing intermingled in the projectiles
hurled by the foe's cannon. The
Americans, however, have not yielded
a foot of ground, and, when the ene
my has attacked, he has been permit
ted to approach close to the American
lines before a storm of bullets has
cut through his ranks and broke his
attack.
As the result of these assaults the
Germans have lost very heavily, the
ground being covered with their dead
and wounded. They have, in addition,
lost many prisioners. The battle is
still being fiercely waged.
French units are said to be engaged
in the region of Vaux, but it is proba
ble that they are not very numerous.
The battle at Vaux has seemingly
absorbed the most of the activity on
the western side of the salient run
ning north from the Marne, but far
up toward the Oise river, at Moulin-
Souis-Touvent, a little village east of
the De Laigne forest, the French
have stuck thhe German line over a
front of nearly two miles and have
penetrated to a depth of approximate
ly half a mile. Prisoners to the num
ber of 457 have been reported captur
ed.
The British were unable to retain
theh positions they seized on Sunday
near Bouzincourt, north of Albert
After a terrible bombardment, the
Germans succeeded in recapturing the
ground. On the north side of Picardy
sector at Boyelles and Moyenneville,
and in the Lys sector, at Merris, the
British have taken prisioners in raid
ing operations.
TVip Italians have aerain shifted
their attacks and this time have chos
en the Piave front for a demonstration
of their strength After a bombard
ment which reached drumfire intensi
ty, theh Italians crossed the Piave
northeast of Capo Sile. In spite of
the flooded areas before them, they
made some progress, which is adm?
ted by Vienna, and captured 1,000
prisioners as well as taking valuable
"war material. Austrian counter at
tacks in the Grappa region, east of
the Brenta, have been repulsed.
American air fighters have partici
pated in combats during the fighting
at Vaux and are credited unofficially
with destroying seven German ma
chines. In the fighting on Tuesday,
tjieh. British destroyed thirteen enemy
airplanes and iorcea nine moie w
descend out of control.
The Ukraine government, which was
et up by the German military "authori
ties, there is tottering to its fall, it
is reported. The alleged attitude of
the government toward the peasants
is said to be the cause of the impend
ing crisis.
W.S.S.
An Expression of Thanks
We avail ourselves of the opportun
ity kindly accorded us by the editor
of the Warren Record to express our
nPPrs o-ratitude to our many friends
both white and colored whose helpful
sympathy cheered and comforted us
in our recent bereavement.
Aaron Hendrick and Family
W.S.S.
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Son of Mr. W. E. Davis, of Creek,
who enlisted at the age of eighteen
in Atlanta last June. He is a mem
ber of Engineer Section Company E.
17th Regiment, and has been serving
"somewhere in France since Octo
ber. He's doing his all and cheerfully
for Uncle Sam.
1,019,115 U.S. SOL
DIERS IN FRANCE
FACTS GIVEN OUT BY OFF1-
CIALS SHOW OVER ONE
Million American Soldiers Now
In France, and Many More to
Follow: Letters From Presi
dent Wilson and Sec. Bakes.
PRIVATE LUTHER D. BALL
In Need Of Skilled
White Workmen
The following wire from the office
of the Provost Marshal General is
published for the information and
guidance of registrants, coming to
this office from the Warren County
Local Board:
'Washington, D. C, July 1 The
Engineer Corps is in need of certain
skilled men. Only white men qualifi
ed for general military service may
be accepted under this call. No man
who is needed to fill the July calls
already announced should be allowed
to volunteer for this service. Volun
teers may be accepted from the 1918
class provided the registrant- waives
all time limits for classification and
examination.
"The following types of men are
desired: Auto Repairmen, Axemen,
Concrete workers, Electricians, Horse
shoers, Photographers, Riggers Tai
lors, Topographers, Blacksmiths, Cab
inet makers, Construction foremen,
Gas enginemen, Lithographers, Plum
bers, Saddlers, Teamsters, Boatmen.
Caulkers, Cooks, Stationary engine
men, Machinists, Powdermen, Shoe
makers, Telephone operators, Bridge
carpenters, Concrete foremen, Drafts
men, Farriers, Buglers, Quarrymen,
Surveyors, Timbermen.
"Please give the widest publicum
to this matter using the "Nation a
Want Column" method and urging
qualified registrants to present them
selves to their Local Board for list-
hg. If a sufficient numbers of vol
unteers are not secured, involuntary
inductions will be used Regis
trants are not to be inducted unui
orders are received as to allotments
and that no men needed to fill the
July calls already announced shall
be permitted to volunteer. Volunteers
for this service shall not be released
to the Navy or Marine Corps or to
withdraw their application prior to
August 1st. (Signed) CROWDER.
The Presidents statement, with the
letter from Secretary Baker and his
reply follows:
"I have today received the follow
ing letter from the secretary of war
which seems to me to contain certain
information which will be satisfactory
to the country that its publication wiii
be welcomed and will give additional
zest to our national celebration of the
Fourth of July:
" 'War Department,
" 'Washington, July 1, 1918.
" 'My Dear Mr. President:
" 'More than one million American
soldiers have sailed from the ports in
this country to participate in the war
in France. In reporting this fact to
you, I feel that you will be interested
in a few data showing the progress cf
our overseas military effort.
" 'The first effort carrying military
personnel sailed May 8, 1917, having
having on board base hospital No. 4
and members of the reserve nurses
corps.
" 'General Pershing and his staff
sailed May 20, 1917. The embarka
tions in the months from May, 1917,
to and including June, 1918, are as fo.-
lows :
Monthly Movements
"'1917 May, 1,718; June, 12,261;
July, 12,988; August, 18,323; Septem
ber, 32,523; October, 38,259; Novem
ber ,: 23,016; December, 48,840.
" '1918. January, 46,776; February.
48,027; March, 83,811; April, 117,212;
May, 244,345; June, 276,372; marines.
14,644; aggregating-4,019,115
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HAWTREE PEOPLE
RESPOND GLADLY
TO WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN
ASSURING THEIR QUOTA
Intensive Canvassing Done With
Good Results in Drive; VTise
Wins Thrift Prize; Election of
B. Y. P. U. Officers.
Who led his community as a volur-
The people of Hawtree responded
very willingly and gladly in the re-
icent War Savings drive and hardly a
person remains who is unenlisted. The
townships apportionment was about
$43,000 Of this $37,000 has been pur
I chased and pledged and the commit-
To Germany Crime
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ter. He enlisted in H. Company' or tee is connaent mat xne remaining
July 25 and was trained with the $6000 will be purchased before the
home company at Camp Jackson. He year is out, since many of the farmers
is now with Warren's Company '11 who pledged 5luU expressed a win-
France. He hails .from the Embro ingness to double or treble their pled
section where he has many friends ges provided a good crop was made,
who wish him the best o' good luck. Mr. Coley Perkinson, the township
chairman, wishes to express his ap
preciation to all those who rendered
any assitance in the accomplishment
of the task. He wishes especially co
tlmnt C. W PpTlcinson. Mr. J. L.
kOfllv Rplicrinfl King and Mr Evans Coleman who
lIIlj lVCllglUil gave their time and energy and the
use of their automobiles for the week.
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Kipling's Portrayal Of A Nation e wisnes also to express nis appre-
Of Thugs To Whom Crime Is A catlon to f oowmg solicitors lor
the unselfish service rendered: ,
Religion TVfvo TVT TT Wovoa Mica T,ra Whit.ft
Miss Emma Dunn, Miss May Sally
(By Rudyard Kipling.) Perkinson, Miss Pearl King, Miss Lal-
Once upon a time, a hundred years Perkinson, Miss Mary Perkinson
ago, there was a large and highly or- and Mrs. Charlotte S. Perkinson
ganized community in India who liv- The schoolhouse meeting held on
ed by assasination and robbery. They Friday the 28th was a success and
were educated to it from their in- $1200 was subscribed at that time,
fancy; they followed it as a profes- Rev. E. W. Baxter made an instruc-
sion, and it was also their religion, tive and interesting address on trie
They were called Thugs. Their meth- war, and his talk was much enjoyed
od was to disguise themselves as pil- by all. The chairman is grateful to
grims, travelers or merchants and to Mr. Baxter for the patriotic service
ioin with parties of pilgrims, travel- so graciously rendered.
ers and merchants moving about In- - The prize of $15which was-otterea
Quaker Oats Cookies New Recipe
Wo flrfi indebted to Mrs. J.'H. Duke
of Creek, for the following recipe. It
.aves flour and makes a good, paiata-
H-rri: "1 cud of sugar, 2 eggs,
stores transported there before tne a noonsf ul of baking powder, 1
collapse of Russia as a factor in the tabespoon butter, 1 teaspoon of va-
war, probably will be caliea upon w 3 . Quaker Oats uncooKeu;
face a serious attack soon Dispatches- J ' Kl.ftpr anA sugar. Add yolk
from Christiania say that German anIof egg Quaker Oats to which baking
Finnish troops are pushing northword 2 1 ' , been added, add vanilla
toward the coast. Ivat white of egg stiff and add last
American troops standing at Vaux J Drop on buttered . tins with a tea
northwest of Chateau Thierry hav 1 spoon, but very little or teach
completely smashed repeated and de-they spread. tfaKe in a u
" 'The total number of troops re-fdia. They got into the confidence ol by the County Chairman has been
turned from abroad, lost at sea, and
casualties, is 8,165, and of these by
reason of the superbly efficient pro
tection which the navy has given our
transport system, only 291 have been
lost at sea.
" 'The supplies and equipment in
France for all troops sent is, by our
latest reports, adequate, and the out
put of our war industries in this coun
try is showing marked improvement
in practically all lines of necessary
equipment and supply.
" Respectfully yours,
" 'NEWTON D. BAKER.' "
W.S.S.
"Uncle Charles' Fain
Buried Last Sunday
-W.S.S.-
Exchange Of Liberty
Bonds Provided For
Holders of First And Second Is-ute-s
Can Get Now 4 "-2 Per Cent. Bc;i?s
Washington, June 30. Holders of
first and second Liberty Bonds may
convert them into bonds of the third
loan, bearing 4 1-2 per cent interest,
tomorrow ir any time up to next No
vember 9 by presenting them to most
banks and filling out application
blanks which have been furnished
4ihe banks. Interest at the higher
rate will be allowed from June 15 on
first and from May 15 on second
bonds. '
Conversion binds to be issued in ex
change will bear the same terms as
those of the third Liberty Loan, ex
cept that their maturity dates, per
iods for payments of interest and
terms of redemption are to remain
the same as those of the bonds for
which they are given.
On last Saturday Charles Fain, col
ored, familiarly called by his large
circle of friends "Uncle Charless",
passed from the scenes of earth where
he spent about 83 years, into the
realities of eternity. For several
months his health had been declin
ing, but he continued to work almost
up to the last day of his life.
He was born on the plantation of
the late John Fain who lived about
-fmir mil north of Manson. The
plantations of Mr. Fain and the fath
er of the late William H. Burwell, Sr.
adjoined each other. Mr. William H.
Burwell and "Uncle Charles" were
born in 1835, and grew up as boys
together on neighboring plantations.
Mr. Burwell had a very high regard
for "Uncle Charles" which was re
turned with compound interest, which
was indicated by the affectionate way
in which he always spoke of Mr. Bur
well.
-About fifty-five years ago Charles
Fain and Jennie Hendrick were unit
ed in marriage, and for fifty-three
years walked the path of life together
Two vears ago she passed over and
now he has followed her into the
'Land o' the Leal." These two were
consistent members of the Methodist
church.
"Uncle Charless' was an exceeding
ly industrious man. He was highly
exteemed by all who knew him, and
enjoyed the friendship of both white
and colored among whom ne uvea
He was devoted to his family; and la
bored to promote the welfare of his
,;i,iT-on nnri crand children. Many
LilAVtX VIA O
are sad because he is gone.
T. J. TAYLOR.
Rochelle.
heir victims, found out what they awarded the Wise School for selling
had on. them and in due time after the most Thrift and War Saving
weeks or months of acquaintance Stamps and manifesting the greatest
they killed them by giving them poi- interest in the plan. This school had
soned foods sweetmeats for cnoice to compete with Vaughan, Areola and
or by ' strangling them from behind. Churchill.
as they sat over the fire of an even- There will be a canning demonstra-
ing, with a knotted towel or a spec- tion and meeting of the Betterment
ially prepared piece of rope. They Association at the schoolhouse next
then stripped the corpse of all valu- Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m. Tho
ables, threw it down a well or buried pr0gram will be in charge of Miss
it and went on to the next jub. At Lena White, chairman of Home Le
ast things got so bad that the Gov- on0mics. Mrs. Connell will give the
ernment of India had to interfere, demonstration. Come and bring some
ike all governments, it created a de- thinff to can. You are but doing your
partment the Department of Thug- patriQtic duty in learning to conserve
gee to deal with the situation. Un- what wouid otherwise be wasted. Let
ike most departments, this depart- there be a iarre attendance.
ment worked well, and after many rpy,. nftWinp. officers have been
years of tracking down and hanging elected to serVe the B. Y. P. U. for
up the actual murders and imprison- the next gix months: .
ing their spies and confederates, who president, Mr. Frank Dunn; Vice-
mcmaea an ranKs 01 society, it pux, ident Mrs. M. H. Hayes; Quiz
an edtJ Whle busineSS f Thug" Leader, Mrs. Charlotte S. Perkinson;
gee Qonrofarv Treasurer. Miss Cliffie Wil-
Even now there are people in Eng- Group riders, Miss Zela New
nd who find it hard to realize that M . WaW!, anH c, w Kintr.
the Hun has been educated by the I ' May gaUy Perkinson and Mr.
otate irom ins untu i-u iuur upuu as
sassination . and robbery, . embellished
with every treachery and abomina
tion that the mind of man can labor
iously think of, as a perfectly legiti
mate means to the national ends of
his country. He is not shocked by
these things. . He has been taught
that it his business to perform them,
his duty to support them and his re
ligion to justify them. They are, and
for a long time past have been, as
legitimate in his eyes as
in ours.
This, remember, was as true of the
German in 1914 as it is now. People
who have been brought up to make
organized eveil in every form their
surpreme good because they believe
that evil will pay them are not going
to change their belief till it is proved
that evil does not pay. So far the
Hun believes that evil has paid him
in the past and ' will pay him in the
future. He has had a good start.
Like-the Thug, the Hun knew exactly
what he meant to do before he open
ed his campaign against mankind.
As we have proof now, his poisoned
sweetmeats and knotted towels were
prepared years beforehand, and his
spies have given him the fullest in
formation about all the people he in
tended to attack. So he is doing what
is right in his own eyes. He thought
out the hell he wished to create; he
built it up seriously' and scientifically
News Of Interest
From Afton Section
Mr and Mrs. Henry Williams and
the ballot I children of Battlesboro, N. C, visited
his brother Mr. D. C. Williams Sunday.
Mr. Boyd Reams spent Sunday with
relatives near Norlina. .
Mr. F. W. Hunter spent a few days
this week with his sister in Durham,
N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Pinnell and chil
dren spent Sunday with parents, Mr.
s.nd Mrs. F. P. Bowden, near Axtell.
Miss Emma J. Hunter is spending
a few days with friends in Warrenton
Mrs. Frank Newell and daughter, of
Warrenton, visited Mrs. H. B. Hunter
Tuesday.
Miss W. Y. Wilson attended the
Union meeting at Norlina Sunday.
Messrs. Edd Fuller and Leon Ay-
cock spent Sunday in Norlina, N. C.
Mr. Sam Brunnette and family spent
Sunday in the home of Mr. L. L. Ful
ler. W.S.6
Another Cotton Bloom Reported
TnViT-inio rovis n rY!nrfd citizen of
with his best hands and brains; ha near Warrenton, brought to this office
(Continued On Fourth Page) 'a red and white bloom Wednesday.