VOLUME XXIII (Tuesday) WARRENTON. N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918 (Friday) Number 62. $1.50 A YEAR A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY Kc A COPY 53 COLORED MEN WILLIAM T. FELTS, JR. WAR LESSONS OF APPOINTS LABOR RESERVE HEADS TO CAMP GREENE FRENCH PEOPLE . r ' mmmmmtm GUECA E th After Two Weeks of Hard Fighting On Rheims-Soissons Battle Front Allies Advance Line And Retain New New Ground In Face German Counter-Attacks. PARIS, July 30. Northeast of Fere En Tardenois the Allied troops in local fighting Tuesday advanced their line and also retained the ground cap tured in the region of Sergy, notwith standing several German counter-attacks, according to tte French official communication issued this evening.. Attempts by the Germans to re-take the village of St. Eupraise, southwest of Rheims, failed, although the enemy made a slight advance to the west of the village. Australian Success Southwest of Ypres. LONDON, July 30. Australian troops have captured the village of Merris, southwest of Ypres, according to Field Marshal Haig's report from British headquarters tonight. Germans Claim Repulse of Attacks by Allies. BERLIN, Via, London, July 30. The German official communication of today, dealing with the fighting north of the Ourcq and southwest of Rheims Monday, says the Allied forces, in cluding French, British and Americans attacked in strength, but were thrown back with the heaviest of losses over the entire battle line. The communication says the heav iest of attacks were launched against the Hartenness-Fere-En-Tardeners front, but that the assaulting waves broke down at or before the German lines and sometimes under counter-attacks. From Fere-En-Tardenois east ward the Allied thrusts likewise were unsuccessful, while repeated attacks southwest of Rheims were everywhere repulsed with heavy losses. BERLIN, July 30. After his defeat of yesterday the enemy has remained quiet," says the German official com munication issued this evening. Americans Cut Divisions of Germany's Picked Troops to Pieces and Hold Sergy Against Desperate Counter-Attacks. American troops fighting north of the Ourca river in the Soissons- Rheims salient have enlarged their brilliant victory of Monday at Sergy, where they cut to pieces divisions of Germanv'k nicked troons and took ' and held the villae-e ae-ainst counter- j attacks. Notwithstand continued heavy op- ' position by guns, machine guns and large numbers of the enemy, soldiers from the Middle Western and Eastern states drove their lines northward from Sergy Tuesday for a distance of about two miles and were resting at night on the slopes approaching the woods beyond the town of Nesles. Where they stood at last accounts, the Americans formed the apex of the Jng line running across the salient. French Also Made Material Progress. While the bitter fighting was in Progress between the Americans and Germans, the French troops on both Slles of the fighting front also moved forward for goodly gains northeast of 1 ere En Tardenois and east of Sergy iciiueauis ana east ujl oeig. In the Nesles forest the Germans holding strong positions, from vnich they are shelling, but thus far mecectively, the menacing allied line before them. S. Troops Whip Prussians Again. Prussian guards and Bavarians were J the thick of the fighting throughout Tuesday, but again they were -out-maneuvered and out-fought by the mencans and again sucered heavy casualties. AWvhe Frnt' J-ly 31' Wednesday Whether as a result of wearness af- b6er two weeks of incessant fighting or cause of the greatly increased -length in man power, and positions f the enemy forces before them, the allied arm loo j-i o - ti ; have noticeable decreased their 1 efforts to clear the salient of Ger mans. If the pause in the offensive is at tributable to wearness the armies of the German Crown Prince also must be worn out by the pressure they have been under for the fortnight for, not withstanding the fact that huge rein forcements were sent to them in their hour of dire peril, they have lacked the hardiness to endeavor to throw back their antagonists and recoup their losses. The fourteenth day of the great al lied offensive which has resulted in driving back the Germans from the Marne region northward across the Ourcq river and in matetrially bend ing in the eastern and western side of the great pocket wich its mouth running cross country 36 miles from Soissons to Rheims saw little activity on the part of either of the contending forces except in the nature of re ciprocal bombardments. Violent Attempts By Germans. Tuesday night witnessed violent at tempts by the Germans to expel the Americans and French from the valu able positions they hold north of the Ourcq in the region of Fere-En-Tardenois and along the western side of the salient near Oulchy Le Chateau where Scottish troops are holding with the French the wedge that has been driv en eastward into the enemy line. Thase efforts were entirely fruitless. A watchful eye is being kept by the Germans on the Americans standing at the apex of the , battle, line-, near . Fere-en-Tardenois, and the . enemy j guns are showering their positions with great quantities of high explos ives and gas shells. The enemy also continues jealously to guard with huge effectives the extreme eastern and western flanks of the salient to ward off surprise attacks. W.S.S. Six White Men Who Entrain August 8th The Local Board announces the fol lowing men who are to report here next Thursday, August 8th, and en train for Camp Wadswcrth, Spartan burg, S. C: Thomas Samuel Walker, Vaughan. Lucious O'neil, Elberon. George Leon Aycock, Elberon. Willie King, Warren Plains. H&ywood Morton Ayscue, Manson. Percy Reid, Grove Hill. These men come from the class of 1918 class I, the white men of Class I of the 1917 registration having been eshausted. -W.S.S.- Colored Institute Here Monday The colored Teachers Institute con venes here Monday for a two-week sezsion. Prof. P. W. Moore, princi pal of Elizabeth City Normal School in charge. W.S.S. Marines Fire Youthful Hatred Cincinnati, O., Aug. 1 Exit the Boche daschund from the society of Cincinnati dogdom. No longer1 will the lengthy canines which tradition has associated with linV sausages find company with de- TT pnrnl. cent fidoes. A. U. S Marine Corps poster was response i o;ii viotnisp here. man aoggie bu-. - The poster depicts an American bull dog chasing a German daschund with the words, "Teufel Hunden (Devil Dogs), German nickname for U. S. Marines." . Since the appearance of the Marine poster, the local daschunds, of which there are a great number, have led a miserable existence, as small boys have "sicced" bulldogs, terriers hounds and every other breed of canine upon the poor "Fritzes," until at last they have been practically driven off the streets of Cincinnati. W.S.S. The cost' of the U. S. Food Admin istration for its first year's work was less than 2-cents per capita. LEFT WEDNESDAY IN BEST SPIRITS TO DO THEIR BIT Final Instructions Given Regis trants By Chairman Ward At Centre Warehouse; Numbers bers of Friends Here. With Salmon P. Thornton, of War renton, in charge the following color ed registrants entrained for Camp Greene, Charlotte, here Wednesday: Frank Jones, Littleton. Lewis Boyd Jr., Elberon. Matthew Thomas, Washington, D. C. John Wesley Stamper, Inez. Jack Jones, Manson, Route 1. James Williams, Elberon. Fred Williams, Grove Hill. Alphonza Davis, Littleton. John W. Alston, Inez. Jesse Somerville, Macon. Pryor James Williams, Embro. George Johnston, Littleton. Henry Davis, Inez. Colonel Walter Goode, Macon, Rl. Ollie Harrison, Merchant, Va. Willie Gus Williams, Alston. Clarence Kearney, Henderson, R2. Emmett Davis, Manson, Rl. Philip Aikins, Macon. Frederick D. Branch, Elberon. King Perry, Warrenton. Sam Edmund Alston, Inez. George Twitty, Warrenton. Morris Pettiford, Warrenton. Salmon P. Thornton, Warrenton. Doctor JEsax Jones, Manson. Henry Wiley Richardson, Essex, Rl. Alsey Dunston, Inez. Theopilus H. Hawkins, Manson, Rl. George F. Davis, Elberon. William Henry Shearin, Macon, Ra. Lively Richardson, Essex. Whitty Hicks, a Littleton. , .s...il,.'v Junius Bullock, Ridgeway, Johnnie Gregory, Littleton. John Henry Hunter, Henny Coat, Va. Walter Boyd, Macon. Arome Boyd, Macon. Brinel Alston, Inez. George Daniel, Warrenton. Blake Yellity, Littleton, R4. Alonzo Bowles, Henderson, R6. Henry Davis, Macon, Rl. Robert Williams, Afton. Nathaniel W. Davis, Elberon. Charlie L. Davis, , Ridgeway. Nelson Williams, Areola. Samuel -Boyd, Elberon. Boyd Richardson, Ridgeway. John Williams, Warrenton. Thomas Thrower, Elams. Edward Davis, Elberon. Seneca Dent, Inez. David Kearney Williams, Alston. William Meade, Littleton. Charles Hayes, Henderson. Lewis Green Jefferson, Ridgeway. Henderson Williams, Inez. Before entrainment the new soldier:- gathered in the Centre Warehouse for final instructions from Chairman V. F. Ward. Here also Red Cross com fort bags were distributed and sever al short talks made by colored citi zens of town and county. The men were in good spirits and left deter mined to "get the kaiser!" W.S.S. PLANS FOR NEW LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN Washington, Aug 1 Plans for the em i 1 n t t -i campaign lor tne iourtn liberty Loan today began to take definite form following announcement by Sec retary McAdoo that $he campaign will open September 28 and continue three weeks, ending October 19t. Pre vious campaigns have extended over a period of four weeks, but it is be lieved by treasury officials that a shorter campaign will bring forth a more intensified effort with even more satisfactory results. Posters and advertising for the new loan will be issued shortly, it was learned today. Official announcement as to the size of the fourth loan has not yet been made, but it has been indicated that the government will attempt to raise $6,000,000,000 by the sale of bonds which will bear four and a fourth per cent interest. W.S.S. COTTON CROP FORECAST OF 13,619,000 BALES Washington August 1 A coton crop of 13,619,000 equivalent 500 pound bales was forecast today by the Department of Agriculture bas ing its estimate on the condition of he crop July 25 which was 73.6 per l cent of normal. . :vX X-x-:-S -. 3 . 'I j; Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Felts, of Warren Plains. He volunteered as Railway Firemen and left May the 17th for Fort Benjamin Harrison, In dia no po is, where he is now in train ing, lie is LL years old and will do his duty wherever placed. 58 Colored Men To Leave Here Saturday The Warren County Local Board has received orders to entrain under Call 1012 for Camp Greene. Char lotte, the following men who are or dered to appear here Saturday, Au gust 3rd: Manuel Andrews, Ridgeway, Rl. John Shearin, Macon, R3. Mansfield Alston, Inez. Benj. Arthur Williams, Areola. Robert Lee Williams, Areola. John Baptist Arrington, Marmaduke. Albert Taylor, Littleton. John' Williams, "Littleton, R5. " Frank Fitts, Littleton. f Walter James Perry, Marmaduke. Stephen Davis, Macon, R3. Harley Mosley, Manson. Isaiah Hicks, Littleton. Plummer Williams, Inez. Roy Williams, Shocco, Roy Branch, Alston. Joe Bazemore Williams, Areola. Ervin Carr Kearney, Afton. Alston Coplin, Areola. McKinley Hedgepeth, Elams. James Rudd, Afton. Jim Towns, Macon, Rl. Joseph Roger Stark, Elams. Elijah Davis, Elberon. Henry Lee Hilliard, Ridgeway. Robert Stovall, Littleton, R4. Moses Marshal, Manson, R2. Howard Monroe Fitts, Littleton. Vernon Jones, Afton. Peter K. Davis, Afton. Sividous Vaden Stark, Elams. Peter Dortch, - Ridgeway. Nathaniel Cheek, New Haven, Conn. Thaddeus Carter, Littleton, R3. Ernest Richardson, Essex. Jessie Seward, Ridgeway, Rl. John Peet, Macon. George Kearney, Alston. Jonas Davis, Jr., Alston. , Sandy Williams, Inez. William S. Hudgins, Macon. Frank Lewis Alston, Creek. Charlie Midder, Norlina. George Carter, Littleton. Joe Falcon, Littleton. Jake Town?, Elberon. Tommie Williams, Littleton, R5. Samuel Jack Nicholson, Alston. Burrell Harris, Essex, Rl. Swep Richardson, Areola. Osborn Boyd, Afton. . Plummer Wortham Harris, Essex. Henry Green, Littleton. Milton Jeffreys, Warrenton. Joseph Davis, Shocco. Washington Williams, Inez. Christopher Columbus Bullock, Afton. Dew Tealie Brown, Shocco. Robert Drake, Littleton, R2. Henry- Alston, Warrenton. Horace Whitty Brown, Macon, R3. David Carroll, Manson, Rl. John H. Nicholson, Embro. Sandy Davis, Elberon. Benj. Adams Harrison, Elams. Alston Harris, Macon. George Williams, Elberon. James N. Alston, Inez. W.S.S. Farmers Loan Association To Meet On the 10th day of August at 10 o'clock a. m. at the Court House in Warrenton the Farm Loan Associa tion for Warren county will meet. All who desire loans will please be pres ent. F. B. NEWELL, Secretary and Treasurer., AMERICA CAN LEARN MUCH FROM COMMANDMENTS As Given Out By Patriotic So ciety and Endorsed By Feder al Reserve Bank; Learn A Les son Here. PARIS, July 21. The economic and social section of the League of Pa triots, with headquarters in Paris, 4 Rue Ste. Anne, has distributed a leaf let, urging the French to endure with out complaint the restrictions imposed upon them in the interest of their country. The following is a copy: (1), Do not forget that we are at war. In your smallest expenditures never lose sight of the interests of the native land. (2). Economize on the products necessary Jl or the life of the country: coal, bread, meat, milk,, sugar, wine, butter, beans, cloths, leather, oil. Ac cept rations. Ration yourself as to food, clothing, amusements. "(3). Save the products of French soil, lest some day you deprive your Father, your son, your husband, who are shedding their blood to defend you. "(4). Save the products that France must buy from foreign coun tries. Lo not dram reserves of gold, which are indispensable to victory. "(5). Waste nothing. All waste is a crime which imperils the national defense prolongs the war. "(6). Buy only according to your needs. Do not hoard provisions; your selfishness raises prices and deprives those, of smaller means of thine-s in- in dispensable to existence. "(7). Do not travel unnecessarily. Reflect that om-, trains i are, before all destined for the transportation of the troops, the feeding of the population, the needs of our national production. "8). Do not remain idle. Accord ing to your age and your ability, work for your country. Do not consume without producing. Idleness is de sertion. "(9). Accept without murmuring the privations which are imposed upon you. Reflect upon the sucerings of those who are fighting for you, upon the martyrdom of the population whose hearths have been devastated by the enemy. "(10): Remember that victory be longs to those who can hold out a quarter of an hour the longest. "That France may live, she must be victorious." : Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond. -W.S.S.- REMIDIES FOR RED SPIDER ON COTTON Raleigh, N. C, July 29. Damage in cotton by Red Spider is more wide spread in the State this year than at any time since the establishment of the Division of Entomology!; accord ing to Mr. Franklin Shearmin, Chief in Entomology. Nearly a hundred specific complaints have been answer ed by the Division, these coming by letters, telegraph, telephone, and per sonal callers. The area of the worst infestation extends directly across the middle of our cotton belt, extending almost to the northwestern limit of cotton cul ture, but not entirely to the. coast. The measures recommended for the control of this pest are as follows: To prevent itts start in cotton by destruction of weeds around edges of ootton fields, especially the pokeweed, as this often starts it. Destroy the first stalk affected while in small area, and prevent spread lengthwise the rows by taking out a few stalks ahead of its spread in each row, making a gap which it cannot easily cross. Gather visibly affected leaves from stalks slightly infested, placing them in an oil-soaked sack, and burn. Then, if practicable, spray the slightly infested plants, and a few beyond, with the ready-made lime-sulphur solution which is used on fruit trees, using it at the rats of one gal lon to fifty gallons of water. Mr. Sherman has assurance that many are putting one or more of these measures into effect. As a matter of information, he adds that r airly weath er has a strong tendency to check out- breaks of this insect. HON. T. O. RODWELL NAMES AIDS IN THIS WORK Labor of Nation To Be Classified and Every County To Have Labor Committee; Farm La bor Not To Suffer By Ruling. Hon. T. O. Rodwell, chairman Fed eral Labor Reserve for Warren, has appointed the following representa tive citizens to the membership of the County's labor reserve recently form ed over America: Hawtree .C. W. Perkinson Six Pound. ; j. t. Haithcock River- T. J. Miles Smith Creek W. C. Mabry Nutbush ,. .j. w. Dowlim? Sandy Creek... T. H. Aycock Warrenton N. M. Palmer Shocco J. W. Burroughs ork W. E. Davis Fishing Creek... .R. L. Capps Judkins J. v. Shearin Roanoke . . ., H. L. Wall This organization reflects in War ren the action of the Government to place the Nation's labor problem un der regulations. In each county of America 'there is to be a Labor Re serve Board of three men and it is to confer with this Board, Judge Rod well, chairman, and to function in the working of the Committee's plan that' these gentlemen are appointed. At a later date these township rep resentatives will be called here for . conference and the' "most drastic and far reaching plan since the draft law" will receive their intelligent attention. W.S.S. News Happenings From Areola Section Crops are looking well and the nice rains are helpfuu. Miss Nolley, of Norfolk, Va., is spending some time with her friend, Miss Lizzie Davis. Mrs. Bobbie Shearine and children, of Rocky Mount, recently visited her people here. Mrs. Tom Tharrington and daughter Miss Sallie Vel, visited relatives here and attended the meeting at Bethle hem M. E. church. Miss Mary Tharrington, of near Rocky Mount, is visiting relatives here Mrs. Reuben Clark and brother Mr. Edgar Wood, of Macon, attended the meeting here and visited relatives. They were accompanied by Miss Em ma Mae Daniel who visited her friend Miss Ethel King. Mrs. S. W. Duke and son Roy have leturned from a business and pleasure trip to Norfolk and Petersburg. Mrs. Joe Hunter is expected home this week from a hospital in Rocky Mount where she successfully under went an operation some time ago. Misses Lucy Perry Burt, of Louis burg, Rebecca Cooper and Master Thomas Cooper, of Rocky Mount, are spending the summer with their people here. , Mr. Bruce King, of Petersburg, Va., is on a visit here, he will return this week taking his parents and their family to make Petersburg their home. Miss Lizzie Warren has returned from a visit to Rocky Mount. Mr. Walter Duke anddaughters? Misses Eva and Emma; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Duke, Mrs. S. W. Duke and daughter, IMiss Myrtle; Messrs. R. Robert Rarford, R. L. Capps, W. T. and Willie Robertson attended the funeral of Rev. G. M. Duke, brother of Mr. Walter Duke, last week. Misses Mamie and Camilla Alston have returned from a delightful visit to ttheir grandfather Chapells, near Nashville. Miss Hattie King spent the past week-end with Miss Myrtle Duke. Miss Alma Scull is taking treat ment under a specialist in Rocky Mt. Miss Agnes Hunter is with Miss Scull and Mrs. Hunter. Little Edna Radford is slowly re covering from a severe illness. Rev. Mr. Pattishall did some sound, forceful, gospel preaching during the meeting here. Good results are visi- ble. We shall be glad to have him among us again. (Continued On Fourth Page)

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