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VOLUME XXIII (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. C7TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918 " (Friday) NumbSr59
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penetrate German Littes
Depth Of Over Teri Miles
Over 270,000 Ameri
can Troops Engag
ed. American Sol
diers Alone Take
Over 6,000 Pris
oners. Breaking Through German Line
Allies Advance and. Take Prisoners
Witn the American Army on the
?flurne. July 21 The French and Air -tricans
have broken thiough the Ger
man l ne northw-.s: of Chateau Thier
ry. We Allied troops have taken many
pri;( hers, including three officers, who
s.iiil that they were tired of the war.
American infantrymen captured two
German 77 's. Previous to the break
ing of the German lines the Allies
lattled with the desperate machine
gunners,who were mown down as the
Allied reinforcements arrived. The
Cerman losses were terrible.
Allies Capture Town of Brasles
London, July 21 The French have
taken the town of Brasles, one mile
east of Chateau Thierry, on the north
bank of the Marne, according to ad
vices received here.
The French line includes the heights
north of Brasles, which gives the
French a good bridgehead on the north
side of the Marne.
French and Americans Continue
Paris, July 21 The Franco-American
forces continue to make progress,
repelling the enemy, who -is defending
himself obstinately, according to offi
cial statements issued by the war of
fice today.
French Troops Enter Chateau sThierry
Paris, July 21 French troops en
tered Chateau Thierry this morning,
according to an official statement is sued
by the war office. Violent com
bats continue north and south - of the
Ourcq and between the Marne and
Rheims. In spite of violent resistance
by the enemy, the French have con
tinued to advance, the statement adds.
Paris, July 21 Important gains by
the French, American,- Italian and
British troops in the territory com
prising the Soissons-Rheims salient
are reported in the ojcial communica
tion issued by the war office tonight.
The heights east of La Croix and Gris
olles have been taken, a considerable
section north of Chateau Thierry has
been cleared of the Germans and St,
Euphraise and Bouilly, southwest of
Rheims, have been captured.
Germans Still Retreating
. Victories for the Allied arms in
In
fiance continue to multiply. Over
the entire sixty-mile front ruuning
from Soissons to Rheims the Allied
troops are fighting with a determina
tion that brooks no denial of their ef
forts. And the Germans steadily arc
giving ground, though resistance is
being offered in some sectors.
Further goodly sized indentations
have been made in the German line
between Soissons and Chateau Thierry
by the American and French troops
and almost all the gains made by
tne Germans in their recent drive
suth of the Marne and toward the
vicinity of Rheims have been blotted
t under the counter-attacks of the
Americans, French, British and Ita -ans.
Chateau Thierry, which represents
phe Pint in the battle line where the
rmans had driven- their wedge
rarest to Paris, has been recaptured
v the French troops and almost -si-
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into
Simultaneously the village of Brasles,
two miles eastward and the heights
tot he north of the village, fell into
their hands.
Broke Through Enemy Lines
Acting in harmony with the move
ment on Chateau Thierry American
and French troops , northwest of the
city struck the Germans another hard
blow, broke through the German lines
and drove through at some points
more than three miles. Large num
bers of prisoners were taken and the
machine guns of the Allied troops
literally mowed down the Germans
who endeavored to stay their pro
gress. To the north, along the Ourcz
Valley, the French are making good
progress toward the important junc
tion town of Nanteuil-Notre Dame,
while the operations south and south
east of Soissons are keeping time with
those along the other parts of the
front. .
Enemy Falls Back
The entire southern bank of the
Marne having been cleared of enemy
forces, French, British and Italian
troops now are harassing those south
west of Rheims and they have been
forced to fall back in the Courton
wood, the Ardre Valley- and near St.
Euphraise, notwithstanding their des
resistance. The number of British
operating with the Allied forces in
this region is not known. The first
announcement that they were in the
action was made Saturday night and
doubtless they represent a portion of
the great reserves that everywhere
are being brought up along the battle
line in an endeavor to make secure
the victories already won and enlarge
them.
Dangerous Plight of Enemy
With the capture of Chateau Thier
ry and the fast progress of the French
and Americans eastward from the
northern sectors, the plight of the
Germans in the southwestern portion
of the Soissons-Rheims salient
comes increasingly hazardous, and it
is not improbable that when stock is
finallv taken large numbers of priso-
norc onrl nnnntit.ifso f oruns and Wat'
stores will be found to have oeen
taken by the Allied troops.
Aviators continue to lend assistance
to the troops of Gen. Foch, scouting
the back areas and harassing the re
treating Germans with their machine
guns. Notable work hos been done
by American Indians for Gen. Per
shing's men, the Aborigines taking a
prominent part in characteristic wes
tern fashion in scouting in the Marne
region.
Quiet At Other Points
In none of the other theatres ex
cept the Soissons-Rheims salient is
there any.. fighting, .of -great moment
in ; progres s. The British in North
ern France and Flanders are contin
uing their daily patrol encounters and
taking prisoners, while the guns of
hith the Germans and the Britishare
keeping up their reciprocal bombard
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tack Small Vessels
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Orelans, Mass, July 21 An enemy
submarine attacked a tow off the
eastermost point of Capo Cod today,
sr.nl: three barges, set a four -vr.d
their tug on fire and dropped four
shells on the mainland. The action
k.etod an . hour nd was u:vcl. alien ofed
except for two hydroplanes from the
Chatham aviation station which cir
cled over the U-bor.t causing her to
submerge, for only a moment, to re
appear and resume firing.
Washington, July 21 In ccntrast
to the tactics adopted by the subma
rines which last raided American wa
ters the German sea wolf, which ap
1 eared todsy off the Massachusetts
ca?t. torpedoed and shelled vessels
without giving the crews opportunity
to seek safety in small boats.
Officials plainly were surprised that
the submersible should have attacked
a tug and barges, as these vessels
were without military value and- the
fn.onetary loss was small. Some ac
cepted this waste of ammunition as
bearing out the theory of a rightful
ness" campaign for -upon no other
ground, they said, could the subma
rine commander justify such an ex
pensive attack.
Reappearance of submarines irr- Am
erican waters at this time was not
unexpected after the! finiing; of r for
eign made mines off the Long; Island
coast last week. The presence of the
sea raider was not accepted by. naval
officials as proof that it was a torpedo
that sank the armored cruier San
Diego off Fire Island, N. Y., ; last Fri
:day with a possible -loss of 62 lives.
-Most officials still hold to the theory
that a mine had destroyed the cruiser.
In their opinion the submarine strew
ed mines in the trans-Atlantic ship
line east of ,New York in the hope of
destroying transports bound to Eu
rope with American troops. This me
thod of undertaking destruction of
troop ships instead of by direct at
tack was believed to have been adopt
ed by the Germans because of the
risk of his own destruction by de
stroyers and other l war: craft convoy
ing the transports if he attacked-them.
-W.S.S.
Organ Recital Next
Thursday Night.
There will be an organ recital given
by JVliss Alice Vaiden Williams, as
sisted by Miss Hilah.Tarwater, at 9
o'clock next Thursday evening in the
Baptist church. The publiciis cordial
ly invited to attend.-
A silver offering will be taken, the
proceeds of which will be given to
the local chapter of the Red Cross.
The programme follows:
Invocation Rev. J. A, Hornaday
Pastorale Guilmant
Overture in C minor Hollins
Vocal Selection . . Miss Hilah Tarwater
Prelude in G , Mendelssohn
Spring Song Mendelssohn
Romance .Wheeldon
Pilgrims' Chorus Wagner
Benediction Rev. E. W. Baxter
A pause will be made just before
the closing number during which
request numbers may be preferred.
!l W.S.S.
MRS. GEORGE F. HARRIS
I DIES IN EMPORIA, VA.
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ItfMrs. George F. Harris, of Emporia,
Virginia, died, after a few hours ill
ness, Friday morning, July 12 th while
visiting in the home of her father Mr
J. W. Perkinson near Wylliesburg, Va
Funeral services were conducted at
her home Saturday afternoon, her
pastor Rev. C. A. Lineberger officiat
ing, burial in Wylliesburg cemetery.
Mrs. Harris is survived by her hus
band, father, two brothers and four
sisters. She was forty-nine years oi l.
and for many years had been a consis
tent member of the Baptist church.
Another hand is beckoning us,
Another call is given:
And glows once more with angel
steps
The ? path which reaches Heaven.
TO FLY ACROSS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
LIEUT. S. M. CONNELL, WAR
REN BOY, ONE OF GROUP
Flight Across Atlantic To Taki
Place As Soon As Training, Is
, Complet ed ; This Honor Comes
As Reward of Flying Merit.
We. take pleasure in -publishing the
following from the New York Times
in reference to the pratice flight of
the seven aviators who, at an early
date, are to fly across 'the Atlantic.
One of the seven birdmeh is First
Lieutenant Sam Martin Connell, son
of Mr. - and Mrs. W. v A. Connell, of
near Warren Plains. Warren-is ably
represented by Lieut. Connell and the
people back home will watch with
deep ; interest this exploit to bring
the Continent in 25 hours of America:
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Mineola, Long Island, July 17 Sev
aviators of -the - First- Provisional
WingTj who; have volunteered to fly
the first fleet of bombing machines
across the Atlantic, today hegan a
series of long-distance flights m bat
tle formation by flying to Philadelphia
f rom the army aviation field ; here.
It was their intention to fly back to
their field this afternoon, but mishaps
to two of the machines upon landing
and the bad flying weather reported
by the New York-Washington aerial
mail fliers caused the dispatch of or
ders for them to put their machines
in hangars to await better weather
Permission was also given them to
fly over Philadelphi in practice obser
vation. Most of the aviators in the Provis
ional Wing have already made several
long-distance cross-country flights,but
until today -they had not flown long
distances in battle formation. They
have been practicing in the formation
for several weeks and have flown over
New York City in their battle evolu
tions on the Fourth of July, Bastile
Day,' and over the funeral cortege of
Major Mitchell. Because of the diffi
cultyof retaining the exact formation
at great speed, the aviators have been
training slowly, and it was not until
today that the instructors here decid
ed that the men should retin their
unit formation in a long flight. In
their other flights they had taken bat
tie formation only over the city, .and
had flown to and from the field as in
dividual machines.
t A few minutes after the eight ma
chines had taken to the air at 8:10
this morning they circled arid formed
in battle lines, or in the "flying goose"
as some of them call it. Then they
sailed away with the leader, Lieuten
ant L. S. Reitenbaugh, in command,
and accompanied by Captain A, J.
Boyreven, a French pilot.
One of the secondary objects of the
flight was to enable aerial observers
in the planes to pick out sites for
landing fields for the New York to
Washington aerial mail, so that the
machines may have clear places tc
land when they had engine trouble.
The observers were ordered to make
maps and photographs during the
flight for the postal authorities direct
ing the aerial mail.
Other long flights will be taken in
a few days by the Provisional Wings
to train them for bombing expedi
tions, reconnoissance, air fighting and
patrol duty, as well as for the propos
ed Atlantic flight. Some of the
ether flights may be made in the
American-built Caproni and , other
large planes, while af ormation flight
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JOHN B. POWELL, JR.
If the old picture could talk War
renton would be bubbling with laugh
ter, for John has enough originality
and merry wit to make a wooden In
dian smile. He is now serving Uncle
Sam as a member of the 7th, Pro
visional Riving , Squadron, Aviation
Section Signal, Corps, with headquar
ters at Raymond, Washington. He is
surveying roads thru the Big Spruce
Forest there, keeping the lines open
for the heavily laden trucks rushing
out the Aeroplane timber roads con
stantly having to be , surveyed and
plank roadbeds made to support the
heavy trucks, which run on schedule
time. He is 23 years old and was of
the first six Warren county boys who
volunteered for the Spruce production
service, leaving home February 19th.
John has the happy faculty of enjoy
ing life and he'll make the blues leave
any group that congregates. Before
going into the service he was the
efficient soda puller, joy distributor,
and attraction of the Burwell Drug
Co. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John
B. Powell, of .this city, and if "good
cheer is half the battle" John will
win out wherever placed.
SERGEANT C. W. POWELL
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Powell, of
Hawtree, who is doing his bit for home
and country as a member of Co. K.
322 Infantry, Camp Sevier. He went
into service several months ago and
on May 11 won a Sergeancy. He is
a popular boy, a good soldier, and
many friends wish him well.
may be made later with the Caproni,
the huge Handley-Page bombing ma
chine that aviators from the army
fields here are studying now at Eliza
beth, N. J., with a squadron of the
smaller battleplanes as guards.
Captain Boyrerven was to alternate
with American aviators in leading the
squadron on the flight today. The
Americans who flew were: Lieuten
ants Reitenbaugh, J. P. Bovd, S. M.
Connell, II. C. King, M. B. Kellcher,
J. H. Pearson, and H. C. Garratt. Ah
of their machines were American-
built and equipped with Liberty mo
tors.
Two other aviators of the Wing
unit also left the field for a flight
to Rochester, N. Y., in tests of new
airplane apparatus, and officers at
the field said that they would return
tomorrow. They were Lieutenants " t.'.
G. Jones and J. L. Moors. It wass
reported to the field that one of the
men had descended on the Finley J. j
i-ihepard estate at Tarrytown, N. Y.,
and it was learned later that. the avia
tor was Cadet T. N. Miller, who had
been forced to the ground by a split
propeller while he was on a short
practice flight.
Lieutenant C. P. Culver came within
three minutes of the aerial mail re
cord between Philadelphia and Bel
mont Field today, carrying a passen
ger and 180 pounds of mail in a heavy
rain and thunderstorm. The record
is 42 minutes, and he flew the ninet
miles in 45 minutes; - r
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"ROLL OF OUR
FALLEN HEROES"
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE UR
GES RECORDS KEPT
Boys Who Fall In Battle or Die
While in the Service of Coun
try To Be Honored By Memo
ials.
The North Carolina Council of De
fense in addressing a letter to all
County Chairmen writes upon a sub
ject near the hearts of all. We take
pleasure in publishing Chairman D.
H. Hill's letter to County Chairman
Walter G. Rogers:
Raleigh, July 19th.
To the County Chairman:
Dear Sir:
In the dreadful fighting in
which our soldiers are now taking so
gallant a part, many of our. Nor ..a
Carolina soldiers will be killed. The
Council, of course, is desirous that
proper memorials should be kept of
these young heroes. It iss, therefore,
urging that you select a committee
of active women and with your as
& stance have this honor at present
ciccorded the memory of those men
who are slain or who die in the ser
vice: Have two Pressed and' painted white
bcavdj hung on your court-house walls
one for the men killed in battle ;
the other for the men who die in ser
vice, whenever a man from your coun
ty is slain cr dies from wounds, have
his name painted on the first of thesj
temporary tablets.. If a man dies in
service, put his name on the other
tablet, or if you prefer, put all tiu
names on one tablet. After the war
is over and the sad list completed.,
these temporary tablets will, we hope
be replaced by bronze memorial 'tab
f4ets, as an enduring memorial. These
tablets should be headed, "Roll of
Heroes."
We are assured that you will give
this matter your prompt and careful
! attention. We can do little to asuage
sorrow, but this recognition will show
that the State cherishes the memor
ies of its devoted sons.
-w.s.s.
Robinson-Cawthorne
Marriage July 16th
A host of interested friends and
relatives of the contracting parties
assembled at Zion M. E. Church on
Tuesday, July 16, at high noon, to
witness the union of Miss Nannie
Jerman Robinson and Mr. Wallace
Cawthorne, both of Warren county.
The sacred vows were administered
by Rev. Mr. Merritt of the M. B
Church, and Rev. E. W. Baxter, rector
of the Episcopal church of Warrenton.
The church was beautifully deco
rated in ferns, evergreens, and whits
flowers, while many candles added.
softness and beauty to the scene.
A hush fell upon the audience, as
Miss Sarah Robinson, accompanied by
Mi Russell Palmer, was escorted u
the organ ad sweetly sang "Believe
Me If All Those Endearing Young
Charms". Then as Mrs. J. H. May
fi'eld, grandmother of the bride, plr.yeJ
Mendelssohn's Wedding Maich, en
tered the ushers Messrs. William
Stuart, of Middleburg and George
Robinson, of Norlina, followed by the
bridesmaids Misses Kate White Wil
liam si of Warrenton and Ruth Petar
of Ridgeway, Misses Pannie Robinson
of Norlina and Mary Cawthorne, of
Warren Plains, Misses Annie Robin
son, of Littleton and Rebecca Collins
of Ridgeway, carrying graceful bou
quets of Queen Ann's lace. Next came
the groom with his brother Mr. John
Cawthorne, of Warren Plains, follow
ed by the maid of honor Miss Nannie
Wright Robinson, carrying pink roses,
then little Miss Lucy Turner May
field, of E3till, S. C, carrying the
ring in the heart of a lily. Then en
on the arm of her uncle Mr. William
J. Mayfield, of Camden, S. C, the
bride in white crepe de chine, veil and
orange blossoms, carrying white bride
roses and lillies of the valley.
The happy couple, whose populari
ty was attested by numerous presents,
left on Seaboard train number 4 for
Richmond and Washington.