jJarrento n Wo Boom s Governor Bickett and County Citizens V VOLUME XXIII $1.50 A YEAR IMJ1 mm otto 1 U UBB Tide Of Victory SlowBy But Surely Sweeping Onward From Soissons to the Belgian bor- I river where American and French are der the German armies in various im j facing the Hun. rjoiiant J"-''""' " x-.. k hp French and British. And it is a test that seemingly bodies ill for the Teutonic arms, and nowhere that seemingly boides ill for the Teu tonic arms, for nownere have thvy heen able to sustain the shocks. Northwest of Soissons, from the Aisne to the Olise, north of the Oise to the region around Roye, in the Ar ras sector and northward on the fa mous Lys salient the Germans every where have been compelled to fall back under the pressure of the French aid British troops. Gen. Mangln's New Offensive In a new offensive launched by the,frontg bringing them to positions Trench General Manager over a num of approximately fifteen and a half miles from Bailly on the Oise to the Aisne near Soissons, the French in bitter fighting have carried forward their line to an average depth of tw.vj Farther to the northj between Al and a half miles and in the first jbert anJ Arras Field Marshal Haig phases of the battle had returned to jhas followed up his SUCCesses of pre Jrench possession numerous enemy vious days by a new-offensive over a held villages and farms, In addition front of aDOut ten miles and driven more than 8,000 Germans had been ! f orward his troops for splendid gains herded behind the line, prisoner. Joyer the entire line, capturing a num- At last reports Mangin s men were still hard after the enemy, ana unom- .i n 1- IX I cuuiii-o r- - i iiTi-a T-ii o cft tnp hrencn o'i ' various sectors well in advance of tne positions outlined in the French orfi- cial communication. j still farther north, in the famous Along the scarpe river east of Ar- jLyg sector a general eastward ad ias Field Marshal Haig's forces also vance on a f ront Qf more than four .have kept up their harassing tactics miles lias been made by the British, aigaint the enemy, who has been com !wno have brought their positions ap plied to fall back eastward along the 1 neargr e cid 1916 battle Scarpe river, lhe Uermans lesistea vigorously but all to no purpose and the British brought up their lines to the east of the village ofEampou A.1- thdue-h Haier claimed only a slight forwarded movement here, particular- ! .signifcance attaches to it by reason j of the fact that the Germans have Icon driven back until they are vir tually upop the old battle line as it stood in December, 1017. Lys Salient Narrowed Down Northward the Lys salient -again has been narrowed down by the oper ations of the British who, north of Merville, have taken the villages of Vierhcok and La Couronne and also cached the hamlet of L'Epinette. This Kaio represents a forward movement r f about a mile and a half and places trshe British astride the road running f:;utheastward to Estaires. New Victories All Important Ones Taken all in all the new victories of the Allied troops are highly im port. ones. The advanco ot tne French northwest of Soissons, taken in conjunction with the successful man euvers I'm .the Lassigny sector and south of the Roye, where Beuvraig nes has I'een captured, seemingly means that5 the unemy" forces from the Somme t the pise soon must give up their positions find retreat east ward. Indeed it seems not improba ble now that iSoyon is vrel outflanked on the south Sind southeast and the German line is' none too secure north of Soissons, that the enemy will be under the necessity of moving his trooips northward from the .Vesle to ward, if not across, the Aisne. Germans Fall Back The Germans :?till are stubbornly contesting with the British, points of vantage on the line' south of the Some near Chanlnes and north of Roye. which are still in German hands and which nre the kevstones to the enemy defense line. With the capture of n., : u.. 11. i.anVi bowever, fcuviaignes uy 111c x- Roye apparently is on the eve ot tail ing and with its fall doubtless the en tire line northward to the Somme wil: r.lso give away. The Germans in the Merville sectoi cf the Lys salient everywnere are- be ing closely followed by the British as they give up positions under attack and at last accounts they were show ing no indication that an immediate halt is in mind. On the Lys front al though the G ermans are showing some resistance, they are not putting their wonted hearts into their work. . There has been little along the Vesle (Tuesday) A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTER II II II II II II II II El 1 i I I SW-tWS-tH il li II mm II II f i II m Kl mi 4 . -' : ';--.: x 's-. . ; s ' ' 1 With the Allied Armies in France Aug. 21 The defeat tide surges heav ily against the German armies in France and Flanders. On four im portant sectors French and British arms again have been served, and the entire German front from Ypres in Belgium to Soisons, on the Aisne, now is more seriously menaced than before. French troops of Gen. Mangin, op erating from the region two miles northwest of Soissons to the Oise river and those of Gen Humbert, fight ing between the Oise and the Matz, have materially pushed forward their which threaten the immediate evacua tion of the entire Somme-Oise salient from Braye to Noyon. Between Albert and Arras . of viliage' taking prisoners and , inflictme. heavv casualties on the enemy. Advance of Over Four Miles ijnerunning east "of Armentieres Numerous additional villages have been liberated by the French-north east of Soissons and positions have been captured on both sides of the 0- which seemingly make un- tentaDie f or occupation by the enemy the impovtant town of Noyon, whit,. is now outflanked on the southeast and dominated by the French guns from the south and west. On the south the French are standing in Sempigny, a mile and a half distant, while on the west they have captured the important pivotal town of Lassigny, the key po sition to Noyon and the plains to the north. Drive Along 120-Mile Front What is to be the effect of the al lied drives along the 120 mile battle line from Ypres to Soissons cannot be foretold at present but it seems highly probable that this entire front soon must be realigned. This partic ular menace to the Germans, aside from that in the territory between th Scmme and the Oise, appears to be ion. tne sector aiong me vcaic x. from Soissons to Rheims, which from the war maps looks to be untenable. Even the Aisne and the Chemin des Dames o'not appear to be any too safe for a defense line if Gen.-Mangin presses much further northwest of Soissons. President Wilson Again At It Washington, August 20 President Wslp.m put .in a busy day aftc re turning here this morning from Man chester. Mass., where he spent a brief vacation near the summer home of Col. E. M. House. The President re mained in his study during the morn ing and in the afternoon presided at a lengthy Cabinet meeting. To far he received a committee on aliens and followed this with a walk , . . War and Navy Building jwhere he conferred for more than a L , , jju ciorvef.arv. Baker. The nail noux mm matters discussed at the Cabinet meet ing and with the War Secretary were not discussed. W.S.S. Canteen To Serve Sandwiches Just a word to tell all the folks who come here Saturday to bring their appetites along. The Canteen Service of the County will sell sandwiches, ice cream, and other good things to eat. lie sure am your'sister Miss Virgie Duke were pleasant your -PPet;f'.fJattt0s0ldier boys callers at J. A. Cheek's Sunday af patron the Canteen. . Wo, FARMER. and be here, aon i xuxSc WARRENTON, N. C, W. E. THOMPSON Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomp son, of Franklin county. He volun teered July 26, 1917. He is now with Company Co., 120 Infantry, "soine where in France.' He is 24 years old and a brave soldier doing his duty for his country. He hails from the Sandy Crt ik secaons ai.d has many friends in that section of Warren, where he was raised. Governor Bickett With Us Tomorrow People in large numbers from all f ense of the Fatherland in the pres over Warren are expected here to- ent . war. His Majesty is immensely morrow to greet Governor Bickett in ) gratified at the fact, and in recogni- his presentation of individual duty in time of war, Governor Bickett is an orator. He knows his subject, he is conversant with the State's problems and its duty in time of War, and he clothes the fine common sense of his re marks in eloquence. Every citizen is assured a forceful talk, - - - . The Governor's first address vyill be made at 11 o'clock in the Court House to the white citizens of the County. His second will be made at 3:30 in the Court House to the colored citizens of the County and if the crowd is such that all cannot hear him in these two talks a third will be made. -W.S.S. SUGAR MUSI EE tcaspoonful mcJK nothind. You. say; Yet a. lieapinp teaspoorutO. saved each, meal fox IIO days for each, of the 100.000 000 persons in. tha United States mokes a pile, as ng as the botworfk biiUdinmnota to supply Use. entire armed. -W.S.S. Items Of Interest From Buffalo Section Watermelons, curing tobacco, hoi weather, gocjd seasons and going to Protracted meeting seems to be1 in full sway. It is real August. Mr. R. P. Davis and daughter Miss Mable, who have beeA spending some time in and around Buffalo has re turned to their home in Newport News accompanied by little Miss Ag nes Cheek who will spend some time with relatives in the city. Mr. Willis Neal and wife spent5 the night with J. A. Cheek's family Sun day was called to the House recently. Bliss Frank Newell and wife made a short call in Buffalo Monday. Miss Pattie Cullom seems to be hav ing a happy time visiting Miss Fan n ift Fern Davis. Mr. A. S. Bugg took his wife to Henderson Sunday to the Hospital, Her friends rejoice to know that sue is steadily improving. Mrs. Welda Powell, of Spencer ,with her two bright little children also her mm. Ok uvz nanoiv 5 msssiss'ss FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918 ESTS OF WARRENTON AND WAR THE KAISER'S SYM PATHY LETTER GIVES INSIGHT INTO GER MAN NATIONAL LIFE Contrast Vivid Between His- and President Lincoln's Letter of Sympathy; Every Citizen of America Should Read: The following from the Literary Digest we take pleasure in publishing for it c;aiiy show the two types strug gling for mastery in the world of tomorrow: One word in the Kaiser's letter; to Frau Meter after she -had lpst nine sons in the war strikes the majority of non-Germans with amazement. It has been often asserted by our ene mies that the world outside their bor ders does not think as do the Germans, and the rebuke is accepted as praise, but when the Kaiser writes the be reaved mother that he is "gratified" by the extent of her sacrifice there is. seen to be a depth yet unplumbed in the Emperpr's psychology. Americans instinctively place alongside this strange message of sympathy the let ter that Lincoln wrote to Mrs. Bixby, ana x,ie two men seem to stana our in a clearer lignt: The Kaiser's Letter ''His Majesty the Kaiser hears that , . you have sacrificed nine sons in de tion is pleased to send you his photo graph, with frame and autograph sig nature." Lincoln's Letter "Dear Madam I have been shown in the files of the War Department $ statement of the Adjutant-Cteneral of Massachusetts that. 'you-are. the moth er 1F five 'sons who have died glorious ly on the field of battle. I feel how Weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to be guile you from the grief of a loss so, overwhelming. But I can not refrain from tendering to you the consola tion that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereave ment and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and ilie solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom." . It .will be recalled that the Kaiser in one of his recent speeches spoke of the war as a struggle between two world ideals, and his letter, together with the act that it signalizes, must be taken as tribute $0 the ideal that possesses the soul of William. As editorial writers East and West view the contrasting letters, "the spirit of autocracy and the spirit of democracy are here contrasted beyond the power of any commentary to it." The Kan sas City Star observes: "Only a humane man, a man of the loftiest as well as the tenderst of feel ings, could have written the letter to Mrs. Bixby. Only a surpreme egotist could have written the letter to Frau Meter. Yet it would be a mistake to assume that Lincoln, because he felt his heart melt at the grief of an Aper iean mother, had not the sternesVof purpose to persevere in his task of. saving democracy en this ' continent. The other word for German efficiency is cruelty. To be thorough, in the German theory, is to be unfeeling. The Kaiser, therefore, was 'gratified' that nine sons of a German mother1 had died to preserve his autocracy, lo him it was merely evidence that his system was still working, and he con gratulated himself. That is the mean ing of his letter. It could not con vey any other and be German. "Lincoln could lay the balm of a noble sympathy on a mother's aching heart, but he would not have restored her sons to her even if he could have done so at the sacrifice of the cause in which they died. He was a man of the gentlest nature, but he was not a sentimentalist. He knew that the war must go on and that mother's sons must die before it could end in j the establishment of the right. He did not assume that he could square the account with them by sending them his pictured autographed or by expressing gratification. Mr3. Bixby's consolation must be in 'the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altpr of freedom.'. I I i i I I Y U v. ' ' (Friday) REN COUNTY WILLIE P. KING 1 1 kna Private Willie P. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. King, of Areola, vol unteered and enlisted in H. Company May 24, 1917 being among the first who volunteered from Warren county j Willie is a cabinet of good qualities and is well liked hy all. He is now doing his bit with the men of War ren in France, "There was a purpose here as firm as the Kaiser's is cruel. He was gen tle, but not weak. It was the purpose of the Gettysburg address -again ex prest that these dead shall not have rtierl in vain. There could be no coine' u, from th rie.hteous al beeau - - men had perished. Rather there must be renewed determination to press on. These are things to be remembered when the letter to Mrs. Bixby is brought up to illustrate Lincoln's gen tleness and sympathy. He had these attributes, but they did not constitute weakness in the structure of his de votion to a human cause." One commentary is supplied by the New ork Times in warning us that tho report has it that "Frau Meter has now joined the street-beggars in Delmenhorst-Oldenburg to get a liv- Hng," before viewing the Kaiser's let- ter "with laughter and - scorn, it is well to remember that the recipient may have viewed it exactly as did the giver." For "If she helieved, as she presumably does, in the divine right of kings, it. ; may be that she was appreciably com forted in her bereavement, and, at any rate, it can be assumed that the Kai ser honestly thought she would be. "Lincoln, naturally, did not send his photograph to the mother who had lost five sons, and he admitted that no words of his could mitigate her sor row. All he felt that he could do was to thank her in behalf of the Republic her sons had died to save, and to re--mind her of the pride she had a right ! to feel who had 'laid so costly a sa crifice upon the altar of f ieedom.' "So speaks the representative of autocracy, and so the exponent of de mocracy! Each of the letters is a characteristic product of the country in which it originated, as of the man who wrote it. Today the two exem plify the causes for which so many men are dying on both sides of the line between the Central Powers and their confederated opponents." Celebrates Her Seventy-Eighth Birthday On Friday, August 16th, the old Colonial home of Mr. and Mrs. How ard Palmer, of Six Pound, was the scene of much pleasure, the occasion being the seventy-eighth birthday of Mrs. Sarah F. Twitty. The spacious parlor and halls were beautifully decorated with golden rod, ferns and flags. The color scheme of red, white and blue was carried out in the dining room, where a large' number of children and grand chil dren gathered around the board. The birthday cake, decorated with white icing and tiny red candles, stood on a large gl(ass salon around which eight circles of red, white and blue candles were arranged. While the I candles burned, velvet cream and na biseos were served. As the last of the candles burned out, the cake was cut by the grandmother, assisted by her little grand daughter Lalla" Fitts Pal mer, The singing of old fashioned songs vas an enjoyable feature of the af ternoon. As the evening came to a close Miss Fern Scott, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Miss Sue Palmer accompanied by Mr. Russell Palmer, sweetly sang Mother Macree. Wishing the grandmother many joyful and happy returns of the day, the party dispersed. fx; - , - I Tomorrow Number 78 5c A COPY A CALL TO THE YOUNG WOMEN WARREN COUNTY ASKED TO FURNISH FIVE NURSES To Work In American Hospitals Releasing Trained Nurses For Overseas Duty WThere They Are Much Needed. To the Young Women of America. Across the sea, from France, with every closing day of the heroic struggle of our fighting men, thera comes a more imperative call to the women of America to assume their full share of responsibility in winning this world war for the right of men, women, and nations to live their own lives and determine their own for- tunes There exists now an extreme need for at least 25,000 women of charac ter, intelligence, and education to fill the gaps in our hospital staffs caused by the calling of many thousands of skilled nurses to the fighting front. There is only one way to fill these gaps: By keeping our hospital train ing schools supplied with students, who are not only preparing for ser vice abroad and at home at the end of their course and at the same time are equipping themselves to earn their living in one of the noblest of pro fessions, but from the very outset of their course are serving their country as well as learning. The service which we are asking1 calls for the best that the womanhood of America can oifer in courage, de votion, and resourcefulness. We can not go forward to victory oversea ir the wives and families of our fighters are not sustained in health and streng th, if wTe can not protect our workers against the hazards of war industries, if we can not defeat accident and dis 1 ease, our enemies at home. Upon the health of ., the American people will depend the spirit of their forces in the field. Acting on the urgency of the need the undersigned have asked the State divisions of the Woman's Committee, of the Council of National Defense, through their local units, to enroll the 25,000 women needed. We ask the women of America to support us in our further effort not to lower Amer ican hospital standards, and to give us the practical assurance of , their support by going to the nearest recruit ing station established by the Womans Committee of the Council of National Defense and enrolling in the United States Student Nurse Reserve. ANNA HOWARD SHAW, Chairman, Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense. W. C. GORGAS Surgeon General, LT. S. Army. RUPERT BLUE, Sttgeon General, United States Public Health Service. H. P. DAVISSON, Chairman, War Council, Amer ican Red Cresa. DR. FRANKLIN MARTIN, Chairman, General Medical Board Council of National Defense- This appeal is designed to be direct to the young womanhood of America and to the young womanhood of North Carolina in particular. This appeal is made on the basis that every day of a student nurse's training represents a double patriotic service, in that while she is preparing for military or civil duty later if needed, she im mediately releases a graduate nurse for military duty and herself cares for the civilian population. Warren county is asked for five nurses. Applicants must be between 19 and 35 years of age. Application should be made to or information re ceived from Mrs. Kate P. Arrington, chairman, Woman's Division, Council of National Defense for Warren. W.S.S. Bob Wanted Copper-toed Teeth The admiration which Bob felt for his Aunt Margaret included all her "I don't care much for plain teeth like mine, aunt Margaret," said Bob, one day, after a long silence, during which he had watched her in laughing conversation with his mother. "I wish I had some copper-toed ones like yours." Biblical Recorder. W.S.S. We raised a good crop in Warren this year, now let us invest heavily in War Stamps and help our boys in !the task of "raising H-ll for Germany"

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