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State Library
Sept-2-191
VOLUME XXIII
(Tuesday)
WARRENTON, N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1918
(Friday)
Number 81
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A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND WAR REN COUNTY
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Allied Armies Poshing
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All along the western battle front shortening the German line and that
the Germans continue to give ground it was carried "out without the knowl
bet'ore the Entente Allies. Daily the 'edge of the British. Spain is to tawe
trend of events accentuate the inseeu- ; overall German ships now interned in
rity of the German lines and the ina- Spanish ports as a reprisal for the
l.ility of the German high command to sinking of Spanish vessels by Ger-
hold back the aggressors. -
Peronne and a number of other
towns have been captured. 1
Where two months ago great sal
ients projected into the Allied front
ahese have either been flattened or are
in the process of being blotted out,
and in some instances the Allies them
selves have driven in wedges that ser
iously menace the enemy.
W ith the Marne and Picardy sectors
now virtually all reclaimed the wings
of the present Allied offensive are
moving in a manner that bodes ill to
the Germans.
In the north, the wings on the Lys sal- drive b d Juvigny iast night ami
ient southwest of Ypres gradually is;today advanced about two miles and
bending under voluntary retirements ; tured nearly 600 prisoners, togeth
and the pressure of Field Marshal er with considerabIe war suppnes.
Haigr's forces. Following the fall of ; The advance from Juvigny began
iemmel the Allied line has been mov- j , . . Saturdav and thfi Ameri.
ed further forward until it now rests
almost upon the Estaires-La-Bassee ,
roaa, less tnan seven mues soumwesc
of Armentieres. By the. wiping out
i ,c u '
no riAvt o noo noon nrovrrvryio .
F-.n.h nnH mrirn . AAvnnr.
n a 0,fV, w;o. r, f
Soissons. the French and. American trench mortars. Trenches, shell holes
droops are continuing their progress ';nd the Peu "ld -were strev.n with
Jiowithstandingr the violent opposition i German dead.
of the enemy. The villages of Leury j The drive forward from the posi
and Crecy-Aug-Mont have been cap- it ions north and south of Juvigny prov
tured and, crossing the Ailette, a foot- j ed a field day for the Americans and
ing has been gained in the woods west j their Allies, the French. The artil
of Coucy-Le-Chateau, through which jlery literally blasted a way through
passed the railroad line running from , the enemy ranks, tearing down de
Chauny to Laon. Large numbers of ! fences and leveling the ground, while
prisoners have been taken in these (Allied planes maintained complete and
operations. uninterrupted connection by radio with
From Arras southward to the vicin- 'battery commanders throughout the
ity of Noyon, the British and French jengarremenc. The infantry when call
troops have made further remarkable! wpon fo- its part in the drimatic
?ains, gauged both by the extent of jv- re, r ponded like veteran troops
the territory delivered from the ene- ai.e a long period of rsc ami with
my hands and its strategic importance er.: 'r usiasti 3 j-1 cuts b2? t.. the i ursuit
for further maneuvers. o1? lhe Germans who were not :::ht
tj , , :n the terrific barrage.
Peronne, the last important town in
German hands on the Somme river has ! Infantry Goes With Tanks.
been captured by the. British, who! With the infantry went the tanks
have passed on eastward and north- ! and it was a different story from that
ward with steady strides notwith-1 when they first advanced against Juv-
standing the resistance 'of the enemy. ! igY- Two companies, thirty tanks
BonpKnvPcnoc rA Pnnnrf anrf i.m
high ground adjacient to them also are
British and Field Marshal Haig's men
have arrived at the outskirts of St. ! Americans two new German divisions
Paierre Vaast wood. j -the 238th and the 227 the fi'rst of
4. 4.u ii. i.u i which marched from Rheims and the
rarther to the north other towns)" , . .
i, , . , . , t t ii other from Mezt. Both were excellent
have been taken, including Bullecourt: . . .
u-v.;rv, 14- i u a Umjo eQ,r organizations but, like other divisions
which last week changed hands sev- . -
,ai,, .. . i . , .., mi, encountered in the past few weeks,
eral times in violent battles. The Ca- .
no ,. , . . . .t,aiwere afflicted with that mysterious
nadians and Australians were in the! , . ... , xl . ,
fnr i. e 4-u ,v, something which caused them to crack
torefront of the maneuvers through- ? & .
r, i i.i . 1, t iwhea pounded by the rejuvenated al-
on t this region and did gallant work, j vy"-u y j
Considerably more than 2,000 prison-j lies
fvs have been taken by the British,! A new variety of barrage was used
and a few guns also have been cap- ; by the Americans. Prisoners who were
tured. jbiought in, many of whom had been
French Cross Canal. j under barrages of every army opposed
Tn fV, o,4-U T-U V, T?MV, nro ;
operating against the Germans along
the Canal Dunord there have been vio
lent artillery duels. Seven miles south j"-1" uW w ,
of Peronne at Epanacourt the French rage by their own army. That, in fact,
have forced a crossing at the canal did occur in at least one instance, due
nd two miles northeast of Nesle they j doubtless to the confusion in the Ger
have captured the village of Rouy-Le- man aerial service, but ,t was not the
p0tit.
Unofficial reports are to the effect
that the British have reached the out
skirts
ui bens, tne iamous coai
.p t .1 -t :
in 4. , , . , ,
"iff town north of Arras and that con- j
filiations are Visible benhind the
in me neignoornooa oi Lens anu
L t 38 ArmentlJ.res;.
Z nf-aS a" ,"dlctlon tha 11 13
treat1 C erma?' ' t-?:
t-eat in this general region. . The
C man war office admits the relin-
Wishing of territory between Ypres
llrm? 1 1 1 1 1 m T ; J
and La Bassee, declaring that the ;
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Battle Line
man submarines.
Reports from Petrograd are to the
effect that Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshe
vik Premier, has died from wounds in
flicted by an assassin.
American troops advancing along
side the British had their first battle
on Belgian soil. They captured Voor
mezeele Sunday and joined with their
Allies ' in the important operations
which were carried out all along this
sector.
With the American Army in France,
. Srynt- 1. Thf Amprican f roons in their
had gained their objective by
nine 0,ccloijk at night Ragged points
-n the new line were smoothed out to
'day N
In addition to the 600 prisoners, two
Fces of artillery were captured and
a great number of macine guns and
ihad been detailed for the work, lhey
were light, two man French tanks.
Placed in the sector iri" front of "the
tO tile Central puweifc, umiaciiu
as "crazy fire."
Others solemnly" declared that they
jcase as a wnoie.
Barrage of Fire.
The Americans held their long range
auns on 'a line of targets beginning
""-',. , - nn a fn tuft rear
tlieiJ - l1l 1 Oft ",u"t3 "
barraffe moved on and
in a brief interval another barrage
, at the game point when the
first moving line of fire reached that of
.the long range guns they shifted and
the triple barrage was repeated. Or-
, creeping barrage
under fire M free
Pa ' q . ... nRfi thev rean-
to reappear. In this case they reap-
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Percent ac -fioures hbw the Taletiv proportion
c ttua. total cotsr
to lha con&cuuei jJo ar iaal
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1913 1914 ISK;- 1916 1917 1917 1918 (W)r
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COST TO
THE CONSUMER OF AJ
POUND LOAF OF BREAD
(Explanation of Chart)
Since 1913 farmer's have been re -
for their wheat a gradually
increasing proportion of tne price
paid by the consumer for bread. The
amount received by the wheat grower
for his contribution to the average
pound has increased from less than
1 1-2 cents per loaf in 1913 to more
than 3 1-2 cents early this year. The
proportion to the whole price is shown
by the relative length of the bladk
columns of the chart.
The middle portion of each column
shows what the miller received for his
milling costs and profit. This has
What A Wet Nation
Spells For Citizens
Hoover says:
"Brewers now use -1,500,000 bushels,
og grain per month."
This would makeFive Million Loaves
of Bread a Day.
Grain sunk by submarines last year
wasEight Million bushels. Grain used
by American brevers last year was
Sixty-Eight Million.
Brewers use Sixty-Four Million
pounds of sugar per year and yet
YOU are shart of sugar for your fam-
iiy.
General Pershing says:
"From the military point of view we
cannot tolerate alcohol among our sol
diers. War is merciless; men must
be competent; the drinkink man is a
bad soldier. The army won't stand
alcohol because it must conserve its
man power."
OUR SHIPBUILDERS, munition
makers, and food producers also need
to be kept efficient.
Dr. J. H. Kellogg says:
"The brewer and the distiller are
conspirators against the public wel
fare. Their business converts food
into poison.
Don't shut down the factories, but
shut up the breweries.
BREWERS WASTE FUEL
Breweries and saloons use mere, coal
than all schools and churches combin
ed.
Your factory, your cnurcti, your
school, had to close up for lr.ck of fuel
but the breweries and saloons stay- .
ed open.
According to 500 Pennsylvania coal
operators prohibition would increase
annual output cf coal nearly Seventy I
Million Tons.
"We are fighting three enemies-
Germany, Austria, and Drink; but the
greatest of these is drink.'' Lloyd
George. ,
.".YOU wire Congress to kill
greatest enemy NOW "Booze."
our
Your factory, business and home
need coal, while the brewers of the
country used in 1917 over 3,000,000
tons, and the saloons used probably as
much moore?
BREWERS WASTE LABOR
35,000 workmen are killed or in
jured every year as a result' of drink.
Over 300,000 men are directly em
ployed in the liquor business. These
men are needed to help the farmers,
to help build our ships, and in our big
steel and munition plants.
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LAST
HALF
FIRST
HAiJ:
HALi?
been a ( somewhat variable factor, but
js now at, the minimum (6 per cent.)
In this
6 per cent.,
the cost of
however, is in
the containers
eluded
s (bags, sacks, etc.) shown as dotted
I
area which has increased in propor-
ticn to the price, of bread itself. Bags
! now cost about 50 per cent, more than
in 1913 and 1914.
The shaded portion of the column
represents the expense of distributing
the flour, making it into bread and
getting the loaf to the consumer.
The chart shows that the farmer is
now receiving a much larger share of
the final price for his product than in
the past, and that a considerable
amount of "spread" has been taken
out of other expenses.
"The ''saloon is a rat hole to dump
wages in." Billy Sunday.
John Mitchell, Ex-Vice-Pres. A. F.
L. and Ex-Pres. United Mine Workers
of America, says4
"Almost every disturbance in the
ranksof organized labor can be traced
back to some connection with the sa
loon." Fditoial in "The Unionist" Leading
Lalterr4Tgan-ef Chicago :H 1 a. ttW . s i
"Prohibition is not the, temper
ance question, it is the labor question,
the fuel question, the food question,
and the WIN-THE-WAR question"
Free the 300,000 able-bodied men
now employed in the drink trade for
service at the front or on the farm.
Close
schools.
the calocns ar.d ccsn the
BREWERS WASTE TRANSPORTA
TION Hundreds of locomotives are kept
constantly busy hauling thousands of
cars of coal and supplies to the brew
ers. j
the same time farmers' grain!
At
rots in
the bins and on the sidetrack
lor lack of cars and engines
Liquor traffic uses up shipping equal
to a fleet of sixty 5000-ton ships.
Packages to the boys "over there"
are prevented from being shipped
while the brewers use millions of tons
cf shipping.
j Secretary Daniels says:
I "The output of ships increased at
the Mare Island Navy Yard and New-
(port Torpedo Station after the sale of
Hau0r Wil3 nrohibited"
The ton olltmit f American shu,-
x
builders in the Dry West is one and
a quarter times greater than in the
Wet East, and twice greater than
England
jSave fuel and transportation and help
i win the war. h
I STOP THE WASTE
t This matter is before Congress
'NOW!
HURRY UP!! YOUR wire
may change
the vcte and decide the
issue. -
Make your wire similar to the fol
lowing: Put the names of YOUR two sena
tors and YOUR representative in the
blank spaces in the telegram.
URGE YOUR LODGE, CLUB,
GRANGE, OR SOCIETY TO DO
LIKEWISE. V
Also write three letters demanding
War Prohibition one to each of your
two senators, and one to your repre
sentative. Address them care of Con
gress, Washington, D. C. . Then get
your friends to do likewise.
Stop waste
YOU wire . Congress and
help win the war.
ALL MEN BETWEEN 18 AND
45 INCLUSIVE CALLED
President Sets Aside Thursday,
the 12th, As Registration Day;
Over 13,000,000 Expected To
- Come Under Army Orders ;
Early Entrainment of Regis -trans
Probable. .
Washington, Aug. 31 All men from
18 to 45 years of age in the continental
Unite States except those in ;he
army or navy, or ahef.dy registered
were summoned by President Wilson
today to register for military service
en Thursday, Sept briber 12.
Machinery of the Provost Marshal
General's office was ' set in motion to
carry out the second great enrollment
under a presidential proclamation is
sued soon after the President had
signed the new man-power act extend
ing the draft ages. The bill, com
pleted in CGngress yesterday, had
been sent to the White House for the
President's signature today soon after
the House and the Senate convened
It is estimated that at least 12,778,
758 men will register this time, com
pared with nearly ten million ten mil
lion on the first registration of men
from 21 to 31 on June 5, 1917, Of
those who enrolf now it is estimated
that 2,300,000 will be called for mili
tary service, probably two-thirds of
the number coming from among the
3,500,000 or more between the ages of
18 and 21. v : t ."c '.
General March has said all regis
trants called into the army will be in
France before next June 30, swelling
the American expeditionary force to
more than rthetfomrr million menex
pected to win the war. in 1919. The
last to be called will be the youths in
! their eighteenth year, but those of
that age who desire and who have the
necessary qualifications may be in
ducted into service on October .1 for
special technical or vocational train
ing. Registration this time will be con
ducted as hertofore by the local draft
i boards. All Federal. State, county
land municipal officers are called upon
!to aid the boards in their work, top
reserve order and to round up slack
ers. All registrants will be classified
as quickly as possible under the ques
tionnaire system, and drawing will be
I held at the capitol to fix the order of
registrants in their respective classes.
The Provost Marshal Gernal's esti-
j mate today places the number of men
I under 21 now in the army at about
1 245,000 and the number of those from
32 to 45 at 165,000.
W.S.S.-
Bankhead Pathfinders
Here Wednesday Aft
President Thomas D. Peck has de
signated the following gentlemen as
a Reception Committee of the Bank
head Highway Pathfinders who are ex
pected here Wednesday a,ftemoon at
5 o'clock: Dr. H. N. Walters, H, A.
Mosley, II. F. Jones, R. B. Boyd, W.
H. Burroughs, Tasker Polk, V. F.
Ward, George Scoggin, John G. Ellis,
W. Brodie Jones, W. G. Rogers, B. B.
Williams, N M. Palmer, J. J. Tarwa
ter, R. B. Mullen, J. Palmer Scoggin,
John B. Palmer, A. D. Harris.
As many of this committee as pos
sible will motor to Henderson, greet
the party and pilot them here. A tel
ephone message from Henderson by
one of the party will tell of the depar
ture of the Pathfinders for Warrenton
and just before the scheduled time of
arrival the Court House bell will call
progressive citizens into the Court
Room where members of the Bankhead
party will make short talks and be in
troduced to the audience.
President Peck requests a large
gathering at the Court House and the
manifestation of much interest on the
part of all citizens of the town.
W.S.S.
"What kind of an alarm clock have
you, Smith?"
"Two years old, chubby, full of gin-
jger and with lungs like a fire-gong."
NO HALF-WAY PEACE IN
SETTLING WITH GERMANY
For The , Only Hope of World
Salvation From German Dam
nation Is An Overwhelming:
Military Victory of the Allies.
Only Decisive Defeat of Arms
Can Mother Democracy.
(Manufacturers Record)
In an exceedingly interesting article
in the JNew York Tima rr TTVonl.-
Bohn tells of his complete disillusion
ment, as he has now realized that
there is no hope of the German mili
tary power being overthrown by tha
vreiraan people, since they are in ei-
. i . . i
fect one and the same. Dr. Tinhr.
states that he was an incurable opti
mist, and that until recently he had
since the beginning of the war been
inclined to hold a high opinion of the
democratic forces in Germany, but af
ter studying the matter in Switzerland
these views have received a serious
setback. "Every democratic exile in
Switzerland, said he, "without one
single exception, emphasized to. me
with the greatest clearness that only
a decisive defeat of Germany's forces
could begin the work of building up a
German democracy."
Dr. Bohn then gives the substance
of careful discussions of the subject
which he had with four Germans now
in Switzerland with whom he had been
on terms of the most intimate com
panionship. For obvious reasons he
could not mention their names, but he.
describes them. One is the most dis
tinguished leaders in the industrial life
of Germany. ' That would seem to fit
either Dr. Mouhlon or Mr. Thyssen.
He spent many -.hours. -.discussing the
subject with this leader, who said:
r-iace aDsoiuteiy no nope in any par
ty, or in any class, within Germany.
There is no considerable group in
Germany which understands democra
cy. All criticism of the Government
is based entirely on the fact that there
is not enough f ooda nd clothing. But
if the German Government can pro
vide her people with the necessities of
Til -m
life as she has in the past, there is no
reason why ghe should not make vac
for fifty years. The German people
are growing. accustomed to war losses.
Losing the third or fourth sons caus
es less suffering than losing the fi'rst.
Any suggestion that war is an evil is
met by the answer: "Are we not bet
ter than the others ? Are we not fight
ing upon enemy; territory ? Have we
not won every battle?" The number
of people in German that respect any
thing but force is utterly neglible. For
20 years I have wished to join a dem
ocratic party in Germany and work
w M WA V Milt wll w y bl lllipCl L Ck 1 1 J Al I J
and republican institutions, but there
was no such party for me to join. I
would have joined even the smallest
group. But there was no group which
had the courage to organize. Upon
the masses of Germany, capitalists,
professionals and wage-workers alike,
economic success and the new-found
wealth have worked like a black curse.
The acquisition merely destroyed the
soul of Germany. Why, can you be
lieve it, the very soldiers who had been
most hospitably entertained as indi
viduals by the French women and
children of the occupied districts went
and burned down the very houses in
which they hate ate and slept before
their retreat last year. When I . tell
that to my German friends they shrug
their shoulders and say, "Such is war."
I am hopeless, utterl yhopeless, about
Germany. Only complete defeat can
give her a new beginning.
Dr. Bohn then quotes this industrial
leader as having said in reply to a
suggestion that Germany would con
fiscate his property and hang him:
"They may do that. I shall be as
happy dead." - And Dr. Bohn adds:
"The man's heart is completely bro
ken. Nothing that I could say during
the many, many hours I had with him
ever put "a smile on his lips or a joyful
note in his voice."
The second man whom he interview
ed Dr. Bohn calls a profound scholar
who has just completed the writing of
a stupendous history of philosophy, a
man possessed of wealth and married
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Movement was for the purpose or .