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HUN BATTLE FROP
With the French Army in Franceeounter-barrage was so thin as hardly
August 2tn :su p. m. ine nrsi
French army, after beating the Ger
mans in their battle positions before
Roye, took the town today and now
is pursuing the Germans, who are in
retreat on a line extending from Hal
lu to the region south of Roye.
The French encircling tactics over
came the new German system of de
fences by the profuse use of machine
guns. Strongly protected and heavi
ly armed positions were turned one
aiter the other until the enemy was
obliged to abandon the first and then
the second line of defenses of 1914,
upon which he fell back after being
driven out of Montdidier.
The Germans are relying on their
aviation to protect their retreat. Their
airplanes were out in great numbers
today, attacking the pursuing columns
end engaging the French squadrons
of observation and pursuit planes.
The final break in the German se
cond line came this morning when af
ter repulsing a counter-attack upon
St. Mard, the French infantry resum
ed the offensive. They completely en
circled Koye and threw 'the enemy
back several miles east of the town.
In spite of fatigue from the long,
hard campaign, Gen. Deberoey's men
are going ahead with the ardor and
enthusiasm of fresh . troops.
Several Towns Captured
Paris, August 27 In an advance
reaciring two and a half miles at cer
tain points on a twelve- and a half
rrile front today, the Frernch captured
Roye and seven villages, according to
. i a c s mi a
the war office announcement tonight. J
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British Continue Advances
With the British Army in France,
August 27 Having been still further
extended by attacks launched north of
the river Scarpe, the battle today was
raging along a field almost forty-five
nnles long, and the British, with re
newed vigor, were rolling up the. Bo
che before them and sweeping con
stantly eastward.
Nearly in the center of the battle
field hard fighting has been in pro
gress along the old Hindenburgv line
in the neighborhood of Croisilles, !Fon-taine-Les-Croisilles
and Bullecouri,and
once through the Germans' strong de
fences in this locality, open tfresh
ground remains beyond.
The Hindenburg line has acfiually
been pierced at one place, east of Hen
inel, and the weaker portion of it,
northwest of Montaine-Les-Croisilles,
has been captured and mopped up.
During today's fighting the British
captured high ground from which thery
can overlook the country occupied ' bj 7
the enemy for miles around, and hav
thus attained a great advantage.
Bapaume having .been almost sur-
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xuunaea, has been entered by British
patrols, and they have been fighting
in the streets. The town, therefore
is a sort of No Man's Land for the?
foment, but its complete captureli
seems only a matter of hours
the Germans are exhibiting still! i
greater anxiety to get away from the 4
advancing British and even the mo-'
rale of the enemv machine erunnersr
seems to be diminishing, as they ared
net holding to their posts with as
much determination. !
Towns Taken I
After an all-nigt fight Wancourf
t:wer and town, south of the Scarpe,
were taken and the important Heninel
Ridge, as well as Heninel village, also 1
vere captured.
Most of the operations south of the
aomme have been carried cut by a
comparatively "peaceful penetration,"
J the Germans in this territory are
onering hardly any resistance, and the 3
Australians are simr.lv nnshvc ahead .3
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tne tormidable organized attack.
TnnnlaUnched by the British on an;l
;,U00 yard front this morning, andVj
as this that has caused; good re--'
"its in ground gaining. AH the Brit- -4
Hint J
"ve Deen moved up.
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QCe the battle began but the enemy J
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARREN COUNTY
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to deserve the name. Obviously the
Germans are trying to save as many
guns as possible. But despite this,
they lost a considerable 'number t -day.
One small British formation
alone captured two complete 77-Ger-man
field batteries since yesterday.
The enemy machine gunners have
shown a similar spirit, their principal
idea apparently now being to save
themselves, if that is possible.
German Soldiers Insult Officers
German soldiers also have begun to
exhibit the greatest contempt for their
own officers aud are carrying their
feeling's right - into the prisoners'
cages. In a number of cages, into
which thousands are pouring, the
German soldiers haye gone out of their
way to be extremely insolent to their
officers, jeering at them and loudly
proclaiming their views in no uncer- j
tain manner.
Going to ' such lengths would un
doubtedly result in court martials and
firing squads in Germany, and it is
gathered from the prisoners that they
go as far as they dare, even on their
side of the line. All the prisoners,
men and officers, express their long
ing for peace by agreement.
The German 214th division is the
latest to meet with disaster. One of
its batalion commanders, his adjutant
and what remained of the staff were
captured, while the unit itself was
virtually wiped out.
The Canadians in their operations
yesterday south of the- Scarpe
took
they
imore than 2,000 prisoners and
continued their work of capturing
large nurnbers today.
From present indications, it seems
that at least on the southern end ol
the battlefield, the Boche is slowly but
surely going back over the Somme.
The capture of Roye by the French
will help the movement, while be
tween there and the Somme there is
every sign that the Germans have had
enough. As a matter of fact the ac
tion in this locality began to develop
into resistance by rear guards alone
three niehts aero. Since then the.
British have had less and less diffi-
culty in getting on. Continued suc
cess north of the Scarpe would soon
leave the Germans farther north in a
continually deepening salient, which
it would be difficult for them to hold.
On the Western Frovt, Aug 28
The Germans facing the Allied forces
from Arras to Soissons everywhere
are in dire peril.
On almost every sector of the bat
tle front the enemy nile continued to
crumble before the Allied attack, not
withstanding the violence born of de
speration of the ccutor-offcnsive tac
tics. .
Near Arras the old Hindenburg line
now is well outflanked ; from the
ooy.to n Somme the ho
tile line
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' i,n-.T ;c faiMrtv hack while from
..u r nmmp to Soissons
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the .enemy front has literally been
r.mas
T,td and the German nosts ap
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parently
nrP PaUrht in two distinct
traps, escape from
hpaw losses in men
which
without
made prisoners
Mnd jruns and material captured,seems ,
1 Imost impossible of achievement.
Scores of additional towns have been
ptured by the British, French and
ca
Am0ri,nn troons. the Americans hav
ing entered the fray with the French
northwest of Soissons,
the old German salients in the Allied
lines now have been flattened out and
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Uhe Allies themselves have dug Deep
ly into the enemy's terrain.
How Enemy Is Trapped
The first trap in which the enemy
r himself is the triangle formed by
the sharp curve of the Somme river ,
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with Peronne its apex and witn L,unu
on the somme auu
ly its northern and southern bases.
This triangle is a little more than
three miles deep and six miles wide,
md in it the Germans are fighting
with their backs toward the Somme
kv. fba north and the east.
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Desperate resistance is being offer-
i-der that his men
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WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAY AUGUST 30, 1918
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may have time to reach a haven of
safety across the stream, but -the
Brtish are hard after their quarry,
and with the French almost up to the
river to aid them by an outflanking
movement, it would seem that the
odds are heavily against the Germans.
It was the French troops who
sprang the other trap. With the fab
of Chaulnes the French forces routed
the enemy over a front of about nine
teen miles and penetrated the region
to a depth at some points of nearly
seven miles.
The Americans are fighting with
the French northwest of Soissons in
the operation which has in view the
blotting out of the Noyon sector and
the outflanking of the Aisne and the
old'Chemin des Dames positions. Of
ficial reports have the Americans and
French fighting violently with the en
emy around Juvigny and Chavigny,
where they have gained some ground.
The Americans have successfully sus
tained several heavy enemy counter
attacks in this region.
The Americans and the Germans
also are engaged in bitter battles
around Bazooches and Fismette.
(Continued On Fourth Page)
Chamb. Of Commerce
Met Wednesday Night
The Chamber ofT Commerce' dealt
with two questions of great import at
their meeting here Wednesday night.
The first of these was brought be
fore the, body by Mr. Walter Boyd and
was in reference to the co-opration
of the Chamber of Commerce in se
curing a road from Afton to Alert,
following the present right of way
except where a better grade was to
be procured. Mr. Boyd stated that
the County should be able to secure
half the cost of building such road
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placad the motion that a committee
be appointed to go to Raleigh, inves
tigate the question and report. His
motion was carried and Messrs. T. D
Peck, Haywood Aycock, W. B. Boyd,
and Mr. Jones, of Shocco township,
were appointed. It was estimated that
the road could be cheaply built. The
course of travel is good to Sulphur
Springs church and with a little width
and soiling could be placed in splen
did condition. The remaining five
to six miles to the Franklin county
line is in bad condition but Messrs.
J. K. and W. J. Pinnell and Haywood
and Jim Aycock stated that a good
grade could be procured over this
stretch. The expenses of the inves
tigation committee to Raleigh were
ordered to be paid upon carried mo
tion of W. G. Rogers.
The second item before the Cham-
ber was in reference to the Norfolk
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resident Jrec. rcau x icitci xiwui
Col. Benehan Cameron
stating that
if desired the Pathfinders would be
in Warrenton on September 4th, fol
lowing dinner in Henderson, The
matter was discussed and the Presi
dent ordered to send a telegram to
Col. Cameron extending a welcome to
Warrenton. A committee of three is
to be later designated by the President
to meet the Party in Henderson as
representatives of the Warrenton
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1 Chamber of Commerce and to accom-
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pany tnem nere. it was urgea mat
as many as possible meet the party
in cars. It was moved, carried and
the President empowered to appoint'
an entertainment committee to serve
light refreshments to the party in
the Court House. All citizens of
the town and county were invited to
be present Wednesday.
The party is expected here around
4 o'clock, from here they go to Ma
con, Littleton and on to Norfolk.
A later meeting of the body was
proposed and will be called in the
1 judgment of President Peck.
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18 TO 45 BILL YOUK SOlDIElLki WHEAT
is
BOTH HOUSES PASS MAN
POWER BILL BY BIG VOTE
Goes To Conference Between
House and Senate With Imme
diate Action Assured; Presi
dent's Signature Expected Be
fore. Sunday and Early Regis
tration Day Is To Come
Washington, August 27th The man
power bill bringing within the army
draft all men from 18 to 45 years old,
was passed late today by the Senate
ith a modified work or fight clause.
All efforts to change the age limits
or to direct separate classification of
youths under twenty-one failed, and
the measure now goes to conference
between the House and Senate with
no difference for serious controversy
except the work or fight provisions.
The Senate Was recorded unanimous
ly for the bill. Senator Gore, of Okla
homa, who cast the only negative vote
on the roll-call, withdrew it and was
excused from voting. There were sev
enty-five affirmative votes.
The final vote in the Senate was
recorded amid unchecked applause
from the gallaries filled with specta
tors, who attended today's session to
witness final Congressional action on
the measure that will add approxi
mately 13,000,000 men to the potential
military strength of the nation and
provide, in the opinion of Wax Depart
ment chiefs, the army that will enable
the Allies to defeat Germany next
year.
In conference the differences in the
draft of the bill as passed today by
the Senate and as enacted Saturday
by v the House by a vote 01 o3b to 2
are expected to be compromised speed
ily; and the bill in its final form trans
mitted to the President for his signa
ture late this week. Preparations be
ing made - by Provost Marshall Gen
eral Crowd er to carry out the provis
ions of the measure are expected to
insure the registration of all men
within the ages of 18 and 21 and 31
and 45 within a week or ten days
after tht. President attaches his sig
nature W.S.S.
Given By Philatliea
Class, Baptist Church
Twelve Infants' Layettes for Franco
Belgian Refugee babies are finished
and ready for overseas, given by the
Philathea Class of the Warrenton Bap
tist church.
Each Layette consists of the follow
ing garments: 2 dresses, 1 cape with
hood, 1 jacket and 2 pairs of bootees
of outing, 3 flannel and 3 cotton shirts,
3 flannel and 3 cotton binders, 12 dia
pers, 1 bag of sundries soap, powder,
needles, thimble, cotton, safety pins,
old linen, 2 washcloths, and 1 towel.
Besides the 12 Layettes, there is a
package consisting of 2 dresses, 3
jackets, 1 flannel shirt, 2 washcloths
and 1 towel.
In the same box ' is a package of
great interest: garments beautifully
made and contributed by Mrs. Henry
Williams composed of 1 dress, 1 cape
with hood, 4 saques, and. 3 pairs of
bootees of outing.
The materials alone for Layettes
cost about $70.00 and the box which
is sent through the Southern Division
of the American Red Cross is valued
according to work as well as materials.
The Philatheas wish to thank Miss
Mamie Gardner's Sunday school class
for their work and also many in the
community some of other churches
as well as their own: for the sympa
thy and aid given them in their work
to alleviate human suffering.
Let us not be weary in well-doing
remembering that it was the Christ
who said: "Inasmuch as ye have done
it unto the least of these my brethren
ye have done it unto me."
Mrs. V. L. PENDLETON, Teacher.
W.S.S.-
Senator Ollie M. James, of Kentucky,
strong friend of the Administration,
passed away Wednesday in Baltimore.
He was 47 years old.
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(Friday) , .-oiriy - Number 80
EN FRANCE
LETTER
ARE
TELLS THAT BOYS
PLAYING TRUE
When They Go Into the Army
Do Not Become , a "Reckless
Lot" But Prove True To The
Test and Play the Part of Men
The Following True Letter Is
Open, Read:
Mr. Frank Thompson of the Mon
roe Advertiser, Forsyth, Ga., writes
to the Manufacturers Record as fol
lows in connection with 'a clipping
which he sends: "Knowing your desire
to do everything possible for your
country and efforts to offset the least
thing that can tsnd to demoralize the
people in regard to the glorious ef
forts of our boys 'over there,' I am
sending you a letter I clipped from a
little Georgia weekly from Lieut Ti
mon Bowden. I consider it a pretty
strong refutation of the charge that
the morals of our soldiers are left with
their old clothes when the join tne
army and that they are a God-forgetting
bunch when they are thrown toge
ther in large numbers. If any man
can read this letter through without
a tear showing in his ees he is either
stronger or more heartless than I. The
expressions are noble, and come fro...
a heart and soul full of God-fearing
patriotism.' If you have room for it
aind think it worthy, publish it, for it
may comfort many a poor father and
mother who are fearful lest their 'boy'
may never give the higher things 01
life a thought in battle."
The letter from Lieutenant Bowden
to his father is indeed calculated . to
touch . e very hearts and -hring tears- ta
the eyes of every lover of our beloved
men "over there." May God bless the
writer of that letter and every other
man "over there" who is seeking to
do his duty to God and mankind.
Omitting the little personal family
touches, the letter is as follows: Eai
tor Manufacturers Record.
France, Sunday, July 7.
My Dear Papa:
Late yesterday afternoon I walk
ed up the road a few miles toward the
front to a little village that the Ger
mans had ravaged some time ago.
And under a grove of trees were a
group of American troops resting, on
theirw ay back from the front, and
they were singing: r
"Abide with me,
Fast falls the eventide,
The darkness deepens,
Lord with me abide."
The last time I heard this was back
in McDonough; this time it was
"somewhere in France' My ears,
still warm' from the thunder of battle,
eagerly drank in soft cadences of the
old familiar hymn. The major com
manding the column, his officers by
his side, stood just where. I was on
the fringe of the gathering, in the
darker shadows, but dimly seen. Many
of the townspeople were collected,
scarce understanding, yet held in a
spell by the soft sweetness of the
music. And never before in alien land
had come back to me as in that twi
light hour.
For a moment or two the singing
ceased; the hymn was ended. The
roll v of the guns but a mile or two
away seemed strangely unusual; even
they were silent. A few low, croon
ing notes scarce a whisper, like the
sighs of the night wind in the tree
tops and then came to those who
had listened:
"Lead, Kindly Light,
Amid the encircling gloom."
Who in this world to whom these
lines were familiar could have remain
ed silent? Many had been content
only to listen to the previous nymn,
butrwiththe gray shadows deepening
around us until all was indistinct no
mortal so dulled but stretched out
its being to the great God of battle.
Over the old square lined with high
pitched gables, its quaint old church
tower a shapeless blot on the sky,
against which the lurid light of battle
stabbed the darkness, the plea for gui
dance rolled on and upward to the very
gates of Heaven. No rank or file
there, but one great appeal from the
very human souls of that wayside
(Continued On Fourth Page)
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EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST
COMPELS USE OF CORN
Consumers Required To Obtain
Flour Substitutes In Equal
Amount With Flour; Strikes
Source of Abuse of Former
Rulings. Every Miller Asked
To Read Mr. Page's Letter
The request for publication of the
following letter has come from County
Food Administrator W. G. Rogers and
its importance is urged by him:
To all Corn Millers in North Carolina:
Effective September 1st, retailers
and other dealers are forbidden to sell
wheat flour to farmers or other con
sumers except:
1. In combination with an equal
quantity of corn meal, corn flour, grits
dry hominy, oat meal, rice flour, buck
wheat flour, potato flour, or other ce
real: substitutes allowed for this pur
pose, or
2. Upon the presentation of a pro
perly executed miller's certificate,
showing the possession of corn meal
or other cereal substitutes in any
amount equivalent to the quantity of
flour to be purchased. Copy of cer
tificate form can be secured from the
Food Administration, Raleigh, N. C.
3. Jobbers, wholesalers and millers
are forbidden to sell wheat flour to
retailers except (a) in combination
with equal quantities of cereal substi
tutes; (b) upon satisfying themselves
by sworn statement or otherwise that
the retailer has purchased the required
cereal substitutes from other sources,
or (c) upon presentation by the re
tailer, of corn ; millers' -certificates-for
the quantity of wheat flour purchased.
The old form of pledge or certificate
upon which producers of corn meal
or other cereal substitutes have been
able to secure wheat flour without ce
real substitutes has been abolished.
This old pledge or certificate merely
stated that the signer "has produced
and is consuming corn meal and other
cereal substitutes in equal quantities
with wheat flour."
Under the ew certificate form, the
certificate must be signed by the corn
miller and nius.tsb.pw the actual grind
ing and possession of the corn meal.
This certificate, it is thought, will
not be subject to the abuses to which
the old pledge has been subject.
The Food Administration will not
have the new corn millers certificates
printed, but will secure bids from a
number of printing houses, and will
making the lowest bid. The form of
refer millers to the printing house
the certificate will be furnished to
corn millers or others desiring them.
Every retailer is required to make
an inventory of his supply of flour
and cereal substitutes on hand Septem
ber 1, such inventory to be held sub
ject to examination by Food Adminis
tration Inspectors.
Every retailer is required to keep
an accurate record of all purchases of
flour and cereal substitutes delivered
to him after September 1, the same
to be subject to examination and in
spection by the Food AdministraiSon
Inspectors and County Food Adminis
trators. Very truly yours,
HENRY A. PAGE,
Food Administrator for North Car.
W.S.S.
Miss Emma Ball
Is Doing Her Bit
In meeting the labor shortage wom
en of the County must fill positions
made vacant by men called to the col
ors. In this phase of activity Warren
has already gone ahead and Miss
Emma Ball is carrying the mail on
the Warrenton-Alert Star route.
She and her 'Johnnie' have been at
the task for sometime, and citizens
along this route testify to her prompt
ness and efficiency.
. W.S.S.
Only the leaders of a people appre
ciate the heritage of freedom.
. How many War Savings Stamps
have you bought this week ?
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