VOLUME XXIII (Tuesday) WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1918 (Friday) Number 60 $1.50 A YEAR tirara Ml 11 1 1 1' 1 1 AGA 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. tha . 1 a 1 a. C 1. Ho. i J - 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 A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE- INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY P5) DM MO 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 WE IniL 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 lx - cinli'atlf 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 fKS lllwfiii; 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. Selected. 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 y -.'X. 4r ' j :l, .. I PAT Ini fl la ,a . (y) ,i j, 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 CT, 4 l W UVIIIU11U XIII ' UllIVlUVU W A. Aft 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. 5c A COPY I AY PI In 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." Selected. I

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