VOLUME XXIII
(Tuesday)
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918
(Friday)
Number 60
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French And Americans Are
Pressing Germans In Pocket
At the Front, July 24 Violent Ger
man counter attacks and rear-guard
actions in great strength still fail to
serve the German high command as
barriers to the advance of the Allied
troops on the Soissons-Rheims salient.
True, they have aided somewhat in
slowing down the fast pace set by the
Allies at the commencement of th of
fensive but nevertheless on the three
sides of the now U. shaped battle
front further important gains have
been made.
Driving slowly, but surely, south of
Soissons the Americans and French
troops have pushed their fronts fur
ther eastward toward that part of
the Soissons-Chateau Thierry railway
line that is still in the hands of the
enemy, and further south, along both
sides of the Ourcq river and the road
leading to Fere En Tardenois, Ger
many's great storehouse for the sup
ply of her troops to the supply of her
troops to the south, important pene
trations into enemy-held territory has
been made until the maximum point
where the Allies are fighting iear
Coincy is about ten and one-half miles
from their point of departure last
Thursday
In the Marne region north of Cha
teau Thierry the American and Fren
ch have met with the fiercest resis
tance, for here the German machine
gunners and inf antryment are striv
ing hard to stay their progress in an
endeavor to extricate large numbers
of the German forces who are in dan
ger of capture, and also to save part
of the great number, of guns : and
quantities of war materials which it
is impossible to get out except by the
high roads over the undulating and
wooded country.
With the American Armies in France
Wednesday Desperate at being forc
ed back alonsr the whole line of at
tack, th Germans now are f ortif ying !
the hills in the vicinity of Soissons, j
north of Chateau Thierry. Meanwhile
they are unleashing their great guns
far in the rear of the front lines in
tacks by newly brought peecyhe
support of the savage counter-attacks
by newly brought up shock troops.
The enemy is using an unlimited am
ount of gas and high explosives in his
attempt to delay the allied advance.
All this, however, was expected of
the Germans as inevitable.
The vigorous fight which has char
acterized the last few days may con
tinue for several davs longer. The al-
lies, however, are giving the enemy
more than he is able to send over to
us. We are able to resist the most ,
powerful thrusts the maddened Hun
is capable of ma kin sr. ,
It is known now that the German
losses have been more than one hun -
dred thousand and may amount to
twice that many. ,
Regiments Wiped Out
Prisoners which we have taken say
that enemy regiments were wiped out , t several points.
and that whole companies were anni- The expectations of those who
Mated and men were sickened at the thought that the Germans were pre
sight of the carnage in the German . paring to give up immediately the en
gines. All of them were eager to sur-
render.
American troops quickly learned
the danger of using kid glove method
in dealing with the Germans. As a
result of this they now are systema
tizing the work of slaughter, just as iCn
ey are systematizing everything j
here. Now they are conducting the 1
war for the Dumose of exterminating !
the enemy, until the rest of the Ger
mans are satisfied and ready to quit.
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French Make Important Gains In
Fght Characterized As Very Heavy
London, July 23 -Immediately south
f the river Ourcq on the Aisne-Marne
battle front, the advancing French
torces are reported to have had very
heavy fighting today. Nevertheless,
they have succeeded in reaching sev
eral places on the railroad between Ar
mentieres and Ceicy. This part of
l"e railroad is more than six miles to
th
e east of Neuilly-St. Front.
The situation along the river Marne
as unchanged today except that the
rmans apparently overwhelmed a
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number of the French troops across
the river south of Vincelles and north
of Dormans.
The French attae near Montdidier
lias progressed to the western edge of
the wood north of Sauvillers-Mongival
which means a total advance of two
miles.
This point gives the French the
heights dominating the valley of the
Avre. Twelve hundred Germans were
made prisoners.
1,800 Mere Prisoners Taken Tuesday
Paris, July 23 French, American
and British troops made considerable
advances during the day on the Aisne
Marne front, according to the war
office announcement tonight. In ad
dition to occupying several villages
they captured 1,800 prisoners or more
French Execute Brilliant Operation
With the French Army in France,
July 23 A drenching downpour over
tthe greater part of the southern bat
tlefield hindered the operations of both
the Allies and the Germans last night
and today.
Further, north, however, French
i troops executed a remarkably brilliant
minor operation between Moreuil and
Montdidier, attacking and capturing
three villages around which some very
heavy fighting occurred in March and
April. ,
Germans Still Retreating
With the American .Army on the
Aisne-Marne front, July 23 Informa
tion reaching the intelligence depart
ment of the American army tonight
indicated that the Germans were still
continuing their retreat.. . 5
Far behind their lines they are be
ing subjected to a heavy fire by both
French and American guns, which
doubtless are hampering the move
ment of their enormous supplies.
37 Enemy Plans Downed In One Day
Paris, July 23 Thirty-seven Ger
man airplanes were brought down or
put out of action by French and Brit
ish airmen yesterday. Four captive
balloons were burned and many tons
of bombs were dropped on German
concentration points. . This announce
ment is made in the official communi
cation issued by the war office tonight.
Somewhere In England
American aviators today took over
from the British one of the most
important seaplane stations on the
English coast, from which they will
do continuous patrol duty over a large
area of the sea.
All To Advantage of Allies
There has been little change in th .
past 24 hours in the appearance of the
Soissons-Rheims pocket as it appeal
t n the map What changes have been
made there are all to the advantage
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of the allies. The French and Amer-led
jicans have gained further ground in
j the bottom of the pocket. The French
also are pressing hard on the long line
south of Soissons and the map shows
advances of a thousand yards or so
.tire Soissons-Chateau I nierry-xtneims
salient and retire to the Vesle river
or-the Aisne have not yet been ful
filled. According to today's dispatch the
German is fighting his hardest to hang
to every foot of ground ne nas ana
is constantly counter-attacking witn
surprising momentum, both on the
Marne and along the west side of
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Making It Difficult For Enemy
The Germans are burning villages
and small dumps out presumably a
further prodding will be needed -to
push him back to the river Vesle.
Meanwhile the entente allies are
working without rest at the business
of making either a stand or a with
drawal difficult for the Germans.
The news received in London con
tinues to praise the work of the Am
ericans and the accounts of the cap
ture of Jaulgonne and Buzancy, indi
cate that they were clean cuteces
of offensive tactics such as the offi-
to expect from the
cers have come
American fighters.
EATON F. BOBBITf
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Sergeant Bobbitt is a son of AMr.
and Mrs. Fletcher Bobbitt and is
serving .his country in the Marine
Corps. He joined first in Norfolk,
serving- four years before coming
home; he enlisted the second time in
Richmond and is doing his air for
his country. He saw service on the
U. S. S. Utah for three years, but
now stationed at Detachment Bar
racks, Norfolk, Va. .
Rev. J. A. Hornaday
On Childrens Day
To the Editor of the Record:
May I through the columns op
your excellent paper give an account
of Children's Day exercises held with
in the bounds of my charge this year?
I prepared an account of these exer
cises and sent it to the Raleigh Chris
tian Advocate two or three weeks
ago, but it seems to have gotten lost
in the mails, so at this late date I
am asking you to kindly give space
in your paper for it. : "
- On the first Sunday in June the
Sunday school at " Macon held Chil
dren's Day exercises at 11 o'clock.
The church was well filled, the exer
cises were excellent, and the collection
amounted to $17.00 On the third Sun
day in June the eleven o'clock hour
was devoted to exercises by-- and for
the children at Hebron church. Quite
a large congregation assembled to
witness the exercises. The children
and those who trained them were in
formed that they would have to meas
ure up to a- high standard if they
wished to hold a place in the class of
the Macon exercises. A look of con
fidence could easily be seen in the
bright faces of the children as they
entered into the service Let it suf
fice to say that the exercises at He
bron would not suffer by comparison
with any we have ever witnessed. The
collection at Hebron amounted to
20.21. On the fourth Sunday in
June Warrenton Sunday school held
Children's Day exercises at the eleven
o'clock hour. The weather was favor
able, the congregation was good, and
the exercises were all that the train
ers of the children could have wished
The collection at this church amount-
to $30.00.
The last of the four
churches to hold the Children's Day
exercises was Warren Plains. The
Sunday school at this most excellent
church held the Children's exercises
at eleven o'clock on the fifth Sunday
t- rryt t l il 1.
ir June, ine cnnaren, tneir parents,
p.nd the officials of the Sunday school,
knew that splendid success had beei;
achieved at the other three churches,
but with happy, smiling faces they
entered into the service. We knew
enough about that game little church
to feel confident that the exercises
would measure up to a high standard,
but frankly we were not expecting
quite all that we enjoyed. The exer
cises were simply splendid, and the
collection amounted to $26.00. This
made a total of $93.21 for the charge.
J. A. HORNADAY.
W.S.S.
; How much lies in laughter, the ci
pher key, wherewith we decipher the
whole man. Carlyle.
W.S.S.
Strike While the Iron is Hot
Oliver Cromwell is said to have ob
served very sapiently: "It is a good
thing to strike when the iron is hot,
but it is a better thing to make the
iron hot by striking." The successftil
man is he who, to a great extent,
creates his own occasions, and in
stead of waiting: for things to turn
up, turns things up while he waits.
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GOVERNMENT TO
CONTROL LABOR
AFTER AUGUST 1ST REGU
LATES DISTRIBUTION
Judge T. O. Rod well Appointed
Chairman for Warren; Other
Members To Later Be Named
By Him To Assist.
Mr. T. L. Bland, State Director of
U. S. Public Service Reserve for North
Carolina has appointed Judge T. O.
Rodwell, chairman for Warren county
and Judge Rodwell has appointed his
Agents in each township throughout
the County who will cooperate with
him in the work of the proper distri
bution of labor.
Judge Rodwell is also Alien prop
erty custodian of the County, having
been appointed some time ago by A.
Mitchell Palmer, Custodian for the
United States.
It is the duty of all persons to re
port to him all property owned by
Alien enemies in the county.
The appointment of Judge Rodwell
as Labor Director is a step of the
War Policies Board and is the most
drastic action that the Government
has taken since the National Army
draft. On August 1, the supplying
of war industries with common labor
will be centralized in the U. S. Em
ployment Service of the Department
of Labor, and all independent recruit
ing of common labor by manufactur
ers having a payroll of more than
100 men will be diverted to the U. S.
Employment Service. This is in ac
cordance with the decision of the War
Labor Policies Board and approved by
the President on June 17.
The action was found necessary to
overcome a perilous shortage of un
skilled labor in war industries. This
shortage;was ; aggravated by an al
most universal practice of labor-stealing
and poaching.
While the restrictions against the
private employment of labor apply
only to common labor at the present
time, these restrictions will, as soon
as possible, be extended to include
A. CRINKLEY
Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Crinkley.
Now serving his Government near
Pensacola, Florida. He is in Marine
aviation. He volunteered before he
was 21 and at the time was operating
"Crinkley's Garage" in Raleigh. He
is a grandson of Mr. Matthew Duke.
skilled labor. In the meantime, recruiting-of
skilled labor for war pro
duction will be subject to federal reg
ulations now being prepared.
This drastic change in the Nation's
labor program has been found nec
essary in order to protect the employ
er and the employed, to conserve the
labor supply of the communities and
to cut down unnecessary and expen
sive labor turn-over (which, in some
cases, is as high as 100 percent a
week), and to increase the production
of essentials.
While non-essential industries will
be drawn upon to supply the necessary
labor for war work, the withdrawal
will be conducted on an equitable basis
in order to protect the individual em
ployer as -much as possible.
Under the operating methods adopt
ed, the country has been divided into
thirteen federal districts, each dis
trict in charge of a superintendent of
the U. S. Employment Service. The
States within each district are in turn
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All Churches Of Town To
Participate In The Program
Entire Warrenton especially and friends of the County are interested in
the service to be held in the Methodist Church here Sunday night at 8:80.
Any question which concerns the men who have moved among us and now
are away battling for right strikes the heartline of every patriotic son of
the County, and the unfurling of the service flag and recounting the names
of Warrenton's sons who are consecrating themselves upon their country's
altar of service will be deeply interesting and touching. The following pro
gram, participated in by representatives of all the churches, will be presented:
DOXOLOGY
Invocation. .Rev
AMERICA
Drawing the Service Flag Mrs. W. A. Graham
Presentation of Flag.... ....Miss Louise Allen
Mr W. H. Dameron, Mr. H. A. Boyd
Roll of Honor Mayor J. B. Palmer
W. A. GRAHAM
W. A. BUR WELL
R. O. B. BURWELL
W. H. BOYD
R. B. BOYD, JR.
A. J. BOYD
S. M. CONNELL
M. J. DAVIS
RICHARD B. DAVIS
WALTER A. DAVIS
L. B. HORNADAY
J. S. JONES
F. B. NEWELL Jtl.
ERNEST NEWELL
N. M. PALMER, JR.
B. C. POWELL
J. B. POWELL, JR.
A. D, ALSTON
W. F. ALSTON
STEPHEN BURROUGHS
'A. D. DANIEL
EDWARD DAVIS
H. J. WHITE "
T. HENRY WILLIAMS
HUNT MACON
FRANK SERLS, JR.
GOD SAVE OUR BOYS
Tribute to Our Boys J. Mr. John Graham
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
As this number is played, Mrs. W. J. Davis, who has four sons in the service
of their country, will draw the United States Flag.
Presentation .Mrs. W. A. Connell
UNFURL THE STARRY FLAG
Our Country's Flag Miss Amma Graham
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS
Address
Short Remarks By anyone present who wishes to speak
SEND OUT THY LIGHT
Prayer and Benediction. . Rev. E. W. Baxter
THE MARSEILLAISE
The doors of the church stand as open as loving hearts are full and may
every person of the town, and as many
this patriotic manifestation of appreciation of our men.
in charge of a State Director, who
has full control of the service within
his State.
In each community there is being
formed a local community labor board
consisting of a representative of the
U. S. Employment Service, a repre
sentative of the employers and a rep
resentative of the employed. This or
ganization will later be given the
public through the press. This board
will have jurisdiction over recruiting
and distributing labor in its locality.
It must be ' understood that farm
labor will be protected, for the in
dustrial program distinctly includes
special efforts to keep the farmer sup
plied with labor. -
When the survey of labor require
ments has been made and the aggre-
rpafa rlamati -Pvi lino Vi 1 Yrr in
war work is found, each State will
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be assigned a quota, representing the
common labor to be drawn from
among men engaged in non-essential
industries of the State.
These State quotas will in turn be
distributed among localities Within
each locality, employers in non-war
work including those who are only
partially in war work, will be asked
to distribute the local quotas from
time to time amongst themselves.
Quotas by localities and individuals
are to be accepted as readily as they
are for Liberty Loan and Red Cross
campaigns. This plan of labor quotas
is. a protection for all communities.
The object is to keep any commun
ity from being drained of labor, and
to use local supply, as far as possible,
for local demand. The situation, how
ever, is such that in certain cases
some men may have to be transported
over long distances.
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T. J. Taylor
EDWARD HALL
JOHN HALL
ERNEST JONES
J. J. MACON
M. H. PALMER
W. T. POLK
SAML. WHITE
WALTER T. WILLIAMS
W. M. DAY
E. C. PRICE, JR.
C. PRYOR ALLEN
WALTER GARDNER
RODWELL GARDNER
JOHN HARRIS
HERBERT MILES
MORTON MILES
JOHN RODGERS
W. D. RODGERS, JR.
J. R. RODWELL, JR.
ROY RODWELL
Mc&OBERT BOOTH
PRYOR DOWTIN " .
ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS
S. A. PALMER
E. T. WHITE
E. P. PRIDE
Rev. J, A. Hornaday
as may desire from the county, attend
Civil Service Exam
ination Aug. 10th
The United States Civil Service Com
mission has announced an examina
tion for the County of Warren, North
Carolina, to be held at Henderson on
August 10th, 1918, to fill the position
of rural carrier at Manson and Inez
and vacancies that may later occur on
rural routes from other post offices
in the above-mentioned county. The
examination will be open only to malo
citizens who are actually domiciled in
the territory of a post office in the
I county and who meet the other re-
I quirements set, forth in Form No.
i.y7. ihis lorm and application
blanks may be' obtained from the of
fices mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commis-
sion at Washington, D. C. Applica
tions should be forwarded to the Com
mission at Washington at the earliest
practicable date.
During the continuance of the pres
ent war the Commission will, in ac
cordance with the request of the Post
Office Department, admit women to
rural carrier examinations upon the
same conditions as men.
By direction of the Commission.
W.S.S.
There was a Japanese, way back in
1793, who was certainly a prophet, for
he made this prophecy: "When men
fly like birds, ten great rulers will
go to war against one another, and
the universe will be under arms."
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