" f ; f """" V V .TlLlfOXJ CM. XT VOLUME XXIII (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. C7TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1918 " (Friday) NumbSr59 $1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTER ESTS OF WARRENTON AND WAR " I 5c A COPY FI !PU ijj fl BO 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- I 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 mart. rr s Pnod Administration. v. - "-rioi.'e SiiBr in de DSoSd bur-B "fatTr -lows St de only sugar he's ,Studyin' bout now-a-days is what's inde sugar bowl en hit's gwine ter stay dae folks wots doin de fishtin' mus' have sugar fust. , . , , But ef dars enny sweet nin in de gourd now'days, -rt5T?5? ter rlt tapped, 'cause dey's lookin fer lyrups en lassea en baney to ,ubstltlite, hi U IVLi W.S.S. Ml l ilullllrdi 111 L2S3 Sea Wolves t At-? tack Small Vessels - - 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. jI 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: 'A- mm is '.'y.v.&'.-y.i-'.-y. 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 liiliiillllllf ?X;:-:-:-::::-:i:::x: 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 , ftf yf. v'vf x f -s V , V v ' - $ ;-; $ y, J-; ?J "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.

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