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WAR&ENTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1918
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Number 82
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTER ESTS OF WARRENTON AND WARJIEN COUNTY
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Washington, Sept. 4. Gener
al March announced today that
the total embarkation of Ameri
can -soldiers for all fronts, in
cluding the Siberian expedition,
had passed the" 1, 600,000 : mark
by August 31.
The Chief of Staff identified
the American unit whichjpartic
iDated in the Flanders advance
as the Thirtieth Division, Corn-1
posed of troops trom iennessee,
North Carolina and South Caro-
;
This is the "Old Hickory" di-
Vision.
III answer to a question, Gen- i
eral March said it was estimated
that more tnan ovTwv men naa 1
landed in France during August, j
The record for manthly- ship
ment, he added, was, 285,000.
General March did not know
who had been assigned by Gen
eral Pershing .to command the
Thirtieth Division which V went
oved under Major general lreo.
V. Reed, who has, since been as
signed to command 1 the fourth
army corps. I
Allies Advance On-1150 Mile Front.
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With the Allied Armies, on Western
Front, France., Wednesday, Sept. -4.
The Germans are now giving ground j
over the entire
battle front
from
Epres to Rheims.
Seemingly the question whether the
Germans will be able to hold even rel
atively their present . line , from Flan
ders to hCampagne is being answered.
And the answer apparently is in the
negative.
The strategy of Gen. Foch, which
imposed upon the Germans the neces-
and Picardy, now likewise is cocmpell
ing the enemy to withdraw. -from the
Vesle river between Soissons and
Rheims, northward toward the Aisne,
in order to avert disaster. Outtlankexi
on all defensive works along the wcst
ern part of the battle line and in'
great danger of a turning movement i
eastward from the regions of Noyons
and Soissons, the German -high, com
mand at last has been forced to begin
the retrograde movement in the Sos-sons-Rheims
sector, which the military
experts long had predicted would be
necessitated through the success of
the British, French and American
armies.
The climax to the German., maneuv
ers along the Vesle culminated when
the French virtually swept away the
last remaining portion of the old sa
lient in the region of Noyon and the
French and Americans north of, Sois
sons and along the Vesle reached po
sitions dominating the Aisne and the
Chemin des Dames and crossed to the
north side of the Vesle on a front of
nearly twenty miles.
All behind the front toward;, the
Aisne, huge fires are to be seen ..where
the enemy is making his way fast as
Possible northward, in all probability;
harassed by outpests of . French and
American troops and by, artillery fire
and the machine guns and .bombs of
the Allied aviators.
While the debacle in the south seems
complete, in the north the; Germans,
also are facing a crisis. Everywhere
from Peronne to Ypres, Field Marhal
Haig's men are keeping hard after the
enemy, whose line daily is being bent
yikk. f urther eastward, giving the
Ulitish better points of vantage from
'hich to work in their task of regain
Jne as their first objectives, St. Quen
Jjn Cambrai, Lille and Armentieres.
from Ypres to Lens additional towns
"ave hpn T-i j 1 1 11 .u
lient
11 icdpiurea arm me oiu &-
more nearly reclaimed. Lensr
the fam
city, is uiu iu nave
entirely evacuated bv the Ger-
ous coal city, is said to have
mans and the British are . only twait-J
a mm
me i
ing the dissipation of the noxious gas
3 and the 4 rendering of the city safe
from the possibility Qf the detonation
of mines in the subterranean coal
chambers to enter it.
. From Arras southward to . Per onne
English, Scottish, Welsh, Canadian
and Australian troops everywhere are
harassing: the enemy, meeting" his
yiolent machine gun fire with such ir
resistible pressure that the enemy has
been virtually nonplussed and has re-
tired at some points ' almost precipi
y- . . .
Eastward of the old Drocourt-Que-
ant line the enemy whas been pushed
across to the e&.st bank of the Canal
Dunord, where !at last accounts he was
j endeavoring to prevent by the use of
innumerable machine guns a British
fiance over the ditch- "
DAY' S WAR NEWS SUMMARY
With the Allied Armies in France,
Sept. 3. From Flanders to Soissqns
the British, French and American
forces are keeping up without cessa
tion their strong offensive tactics
against the Germans, who all along
the battle f ronti are still giving ground
althoueh at certain points not with-
jout strong resistance. Seemingly it
is the full realization of the peril he
is in that now is prompting the ene
my to5 put forth his every effort to
avert complete disaster. ' , .
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RetreaSng columns of the Germans
Jkave b8en cut to pieces by the British
artiHery from captured vantage points
before which the enemy was compell-
ied to pass unsheltered from tne nre
of the British gunners. From the re-
gi on around Arras southward td Pe
ronne the British line has moved for
ward everywhere since the famous
J Drocourt-Queant defense line was
overwhelmed and left m the rear.
Eastward of the Drocourt line the
British are nearing the Canal Dunord
and Douai, Valenciennes and Cambrai
have been further encroached upon by
English, ' Canadian and Australian
troops. East of Peronne the British
line has been steadily pushed forward.
Numerous towns and villages have fal
len into- the hands of Field Marshal
Haig's men,' notable among them
Queant, at the southern end of the
Drocourt-Queant line.
To the south the French along the
Canal Dunord are giving the enemy
no rest arid gradually are blotting out
the remaining portion of the salient
north of Noyon, while on the Soissons
sector the French and Americans now
are in control of the entire plateau
dominating the Aisne, the Chemin aes
Dames, and the roads to Laon and La
Fere.
In Flanders the British have pene
trated the outskirts of Lens, the
famous coal mining city in northern
France and farther north in the Lys
salient have taken Richebourg St.
Viiast and established themselves on
the line of LaBassee road and between
there, and Estaires, having captured
the last named place. Steenwerck
lso are in the
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British hands and thus the great sal
ient "is virtually wiped out.
Retiring to Their New Switch Line.
Unofficial dispatches say that in the
region east and southeast of Arras the
Germans are retiring to a new switch
line';
running irom dikuicics,
mi
lies southeast of Drocourt,' soutn-
vrl to Moeuvres, where it joins tne
Bindenburg line hear Graincourt. If
this should prove true trie new line
already seems menaced as Field Mar
shal Haig's men virtually are upon it
Baralle, three miles north , of Moeu-
vres.
British aviators have carried out
an intensive bombing.raid on towns m
the Rhine Province, dropping large
quantities ' of explosives on Beuhl,
Saarbrucken nd Ehrang. Heavy dam-
j a, v.n,ra Uaon dnne bv the
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missives dropped from the low flying
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planes.
SERGT. 1ILES WRITES OF
TRIP ACROSS TO FRANCE
Tells of Life With Local Organi
zation On Other Side; Several
Promotions In Company ; Men
Have Been In Front Line and
Says H4C0. Can Stand Any
thing Which Comes Up.
The f olloving letter to this paper
arrived the first of the week and we
take pleasure in giving this account
of "The Journey Across and H. Co.
In France" from the pen of Sergeant
Herbert M. Miles of Warrentonri
: : "Somewhere In France"
August 7, 1918
Dear Editor,
Guess you people at home are
wondering why some lucky member of
H. Company hasn't written of our trip
across and where we are stationed at
the present tiriie.
Thus I wilt take' this opportunity to
describe for the people back home as
much of Soldier life as the Censor will
permit. '
We left the Good Old States filled
with the determination to do away
with Kaiserim and Kultur. After
boarding one of the largest ships I
have ever seen, we started on one long,
and tiresome trip across the Atlantic
the ships complement being twenty
one hundred Sammies, including the
officers, all full of- army life and with
the good old American spirit. It was
certainly an exciting and lucky trip
for us for in the clutch of the sea
the old ship rolled as a chip. On an
choring in the harbor of an Atlantic
port, we took on coal and provisions
for three days, and then steamed out
upon the 'waves. We were provided
with one cruiser of our convoy to the
delight of all on board. On the eighth
.'morning "we "rolled from bur'hdminocks
at five o'clock the happiest lot of Sam
mies yu people can imagine because
all around our ships there were the
most daring boats that were ever con
structed and under the care of these
American Destroyers we had no fear
of the submarine.
On one morning while at sea, we
were awakened by a terrible explosion
to the top decks all went with the
speed of race horses. Here we found
out that one of our destroyers had
sent to a watery grave the U. boat
which was trying for our transports.
On several occasions we encountered
the same experience and always the
army training stood the test.
On our arrival in England on May
28th, we were glad to touch land once
more.
Now we are somewhere near the
Boches, I can't say where. Our Com
pany has been in the front line trench
es and believe me nothing is too hard
for the members of H. Company and
the brave boys of . Warren when it
comes for us to go "over the top" we
go with all the power within us. When
coming to the lines, we had several
casualties in the Battalion, two or
three from 'H. Company, but none of
Warren county.
Before coming to the lines, we were
entertained with the great old Amer
ican game of Baseball. Before the
game was over, there was great excit
ment in the air for American Aviation
was doing its stunts. While, this was
up the interest in the game slackened
but soon the aviators went away and
H. Company went after the honors
of the game. We were playing Com
pany F. and of course, we won with
the battery of Coleman Bros, of War
ren county. Under the management
of Sqt. John Carroll, of High Point,
we have a winning team and what it
takes to deliver the goods our base
ball men have it up their sleeves.
There have been several promotions
in H. Company since the arrival "over
'here." Our Top Sergeant Eric Nor-
fleet, of Roxobel, is taking a special
course of instruction for a commission,
and our pleasing platoon sergeant Ed
die E. Loyd, of Norlina, has taken
over the responsible duties of Top
Sergeant. , One of our responsible men
is Sergt. C. T. Kenyon' and with the
men of Warren and Halifax counties,
we have a Company that will outclass
any of the Regiment.
After this little scrap is over and
once again we are home it will; be
quite' funny to meet an old pal on
the street and hear him say, "Oui, Oui
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Serving! With H. Co. Jn France
je compre"i r It will be the most hap
py time of r our life, you can bet.
I hope the people and friends of
Warren, county will remember us in
their daily prayers. ; '
With good' wishes to the folks at
home, I am ybuf sincere friend,
' - v HERBERT M. MILES.
Pathfinders Ciet
Cordial Greeting
With C0I4T. D. Peck, Senator Mar
maduke Hawkins, Mayor John B, Pal
mer and DrN. M. Morton piloting the
Bankhead Pathfinders from Henderson
the party Wednesday afternoon called
a halt before the Court House in War
ren ton where a delegation' of its cit
izens greeted them.
Members f the party were: Col.
Benehan Cameron, Director of the
Bankhead Highway Association and
in charge, of the party; W. H. Fallis,
State High way. Engineer; C. M. Van
story, Vice-Chm of the Bankhead As
sociation ; J.5 A. Rountree, Secretary
of Bankhead Highway Association;
Senator HaryStubba:of NoijfcCarl
blina; D. ' M. Winslow, Government
Maintenance Engineer, and C. N; Dun
ning. After assembling in the Court room
Mr. T. D. Peck in the name of the
Chamber of Commerce and of War
ren county bade the gentlemen wel
come. Mr. Peck then called upon Hon
Tasker Polk who also heartily wel
comed members of the party. .
Col. Cameron was then introduced.
He thanked the audience for the or
ganization of a Local Bankhead Asso
ciation last April and for its votes
which helped swing the Commission to
the. Eastern route at the meeting in
Little Rock, Ark. He asked for the
continued support of the County and
assured Warrenton that it yvould have
a place upon the Norfolk Naval road
branch from Raleigh. The road would
also pass through Norlina and Col.
Cameron urged that both towns pull
together for the good of both.
State Highway Engineer Fallis told
the audience that if we had built the
bridge at Cannon's Ferry that we
would be upon the Main line "from
Washington to Los Angeles. In re
sponse to the question of Col. Peck if
it was tco late now, he stated, "No.
The route has been confirmed as to
principal cities, but the Government
Engineers will . seek the most direct
route between points ; that Raleigh and
Richmond had been awarded places
on this roadway, and that if the bridge
was built and submitted that this route
would . be taken as the most direct
from Richmond to Raleigh." . ,
Secretary Rountree told of the or
ganization of the Bankhead Associa
tion 18 months ago. The Highway
has a length of 3,500 miles in its
stretch from Washington to Los An
geles. The route ; will be free from
ferries and toll bridges its entire
length and is expected to be a forty
foot concrete and brick highway- with
grades all under 5 percent. The bill
for such construction has ' already
been introduced and five billion dollars
is on hand for such construction. The
road is primarily a military road touch
ing fourteen cantonnment from ? Wash
ington to the Pacific coast. In con
clusion Secretary Roundtree stated
that the entire State owed a vote of
thanks to Col. Cameron for his untir
ing efforts to secure the Eastern route,
in which move he had been ; ably se
conded by Engineer Fallis.
The Norfolk Extension -was propos
ed as a Naval road and is sanctionea
by the Association. The" adoption of
the route through Warrenton was con
firmed by the party. ' . V ; -
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To Do So Would Place IIo Undue Burden
Upon: German People: Such A: Policy
Necessary To Crush Militarism
(By RICHARD H. EDMONDS, Editor
Manufacturers Record, Baltimore) 1
After four years of desperate war
against overwhelming ;. odds, never
able to increase its armies to 'more
than about one-fourth of the opposing
armies, the Confederacy collapsed,
and Grant marched victoriously into
Richmond. During that four years of
struggle the South was completely cut
off from all intercourse with the: out
side world by well as from the
north and west by land. It was . shut
up to itself and within itself; it had
made no preparation for war; it had
to create over night a givernment and
an army and a fiscal system; it had
to create the industries needed forNthe
making of war supplies practically
from the foundation up. Every port
from the Chesapeake Bay to the bor
der line of Mexico was blockaded.
- For four years, despite these ap
parently insurmountable obstacles, the
South with an' army of about 600,000
as the total number engaged during
the war fought against armies four
times as great in number, backed by
the tremendous resources in money, in
foodstuffs, in munition-making facili
ties of the Union,- which had the com
merce of the world tjpen to it. More
over, the sentiment of a large part of
the world was in favor of the Union j
death of slavery, and slavery though
not the main issue, "was one of the
potent issues involved.
When the war ended the South had
los.till of,, tbe capita! whicbJtJiaLiji
vested in slavery, just . as other sec
tions had invested their wealth ih
stocks and bonds. For four years it
had been drained to maintain its arm
ies, until there was nothing left but a
hollow shell, which crumbled to pieces
when once the "far-flung battle line;
of a thin gray streak, from Virginia
to Texas, gave way.
In .this struggle the South lost all
that had been invested in slavery and
in the creation of a system of labor
upon which its prosperity had in time
past been based. It lost every dollar ; exceeded the -total of the entire coun
issued by the Confederate Government try in 1880, though the population of
and during four years for the carrying ! the whole country at that time ex
on of the war and , for all the trade
which went on at home. Not a ves
tige of capital invested in Confederate j
money or bonds or slaves was left as
a basis for credit, or as a starting
point on which to rebuild. This great
section was bankrupt beyond the
power of words to 'express; its whole
system had been disorganized; most
of its manufacturing plants had been
destroyed; its railroads were but thin
streaks of rust; its livestock had been
so completely used up to feed the
armies that, it was nearly fifty years
after the xilose of the war before the
livestock: of the South equalled m
number what the South had in 1860,
and even today the number of sheep
in the central South is far less than
it Was at the "beginning of the Civil
War.
Notwithstanding this indescribably
desperate situation, the South im
mediately began to contribute its full
proportion of the hundreds of millions,
which have since run into billions and
billions, of pensions to the soldiers of
the North, without, of course, a sin-
gle dollar of pension to its own sol-
diers, until after many years, indi
vidual States took up in part the pen
sioning of the few remaining Confed
erate veterans.
Heroically, as ail Anglo-Saxons
meet such situations, the South asked
no favors, . it sought no pensions, it
never asked that the money issued to
its people should be redeemed. ;
This brief statement of what the
South suffered, of its terrific losses, of
its incomprehensible poverty, utterly
incomprehensible to anyone who did
not live in that section during the
long years of struggle in which its
people sought to provide fori - mmed
iate needs is given here merely as tha
background for. a discussion of why
America and our .Allies should feel no
hesitation whatever, from any false
sense of pity, in imposing the heaviest j
penalties, upon. Germany; ': '
SiSH OF WMi
Is it conceivable that we should per
mit the $30,000,000,000 or more of
bonds which the German people have
gleefully taken because they expected
that success would redeem these bonds
and give them enormous financial
profit by looting the world, to be made
good by Germany, while Belgium and
France and Serbia and Italy and Eng
land have had to bear the tremendous
loss in lives and in money for keeping
these burglars, these looters, these
murderers, these destroyers of woman-
ihood and childhood, from overrunning
the world?
It. would be unspeakable folly for
the Allies to permit this at least until
Germany has paid the last farthing
of the cost of the war to our European
Allies and to -America, v.
Moreover, the criminal should be
made to pay to the families of every
soldier killed in defense of civilization
a financial remuneration, and also to
every permanently invalided in the
struggle of civilization against barba
rism. y t
' To all of this should be added an
indemnity suf"rent to restore all
property, destroyed by Germany, and
to repay every dollar spent by Amer
ica arid its Allies in this great strug-
gle. . ;' .
These terms are not harsh, when
considered in the light of the fearful
crimes committedb yjjermany in this
long-planned war for world domina
tion and worlds looting.
Even if every suggestion here made
enld. :beenJoedr4-ithelettehej;
fin?rcial condition of the German peo
ple would be far better than was the"
conditionof the South in 1865.
" Within fifty years after the war
the South rose from the depths of pov
erty, from overwhelming ruin and
wreck to triumphant prosperity, and
at the end of the first half century af
ter the close of the Civil War the
agricultural and manufacturing out
put of the South and the banking cap
ital of this section, and the amount ex-
Ipended on public school education, far
ceeded by 17,000,000 the population oi
the South, in 1880.
No one has charged the United
j States with having dealt unfairly or
I dishonorably with the conquered
j South; no one ever thought that tha
country should redeem the bonds and
j the money issued by the South for the
carrying. on of the war, and though it
seemea a great hardship upon a
section stricken to desperate poverty,
as was the South, that it should be
taxed toward the payment of the pen
sions for the men who fought against
it, yet there was never any aggressive
agatation against this hardship.
The South, though it had fought
a long and desperate war for what it
believed to be a . scared constitutional
right, accepted . the decision of the
sword and never cringingly struggled
against bearing its burden. ; ,
The South fought its war in the
highest form of civilized warfare,
typfiedviri that superb order of Gener
al Lee, when he invaded Pennsylvania,
in which he warned his soldiers
i against any violation of the laws of
civilized warfare, and required them
to protect life and property of nc.t
combatants, for said he: "We do not
war upon women or children or unarm
ed men."
As against this struggle of the
South to maintain a principle, which
it regarded as a constitutional right,
guaranteed from the foundation of our
Government, with this civilized meth
od of warfare, where the highest of
honor prevailed, there is a contrast as
wide as the distance between Heaven
and Hell, compared with the war Ger
many has made.
Germany's war was for no principle;
it is a definite, prearranged and pre
determined war for the express purpose-
of conquering and. looting the
world.
It is the most unholy war known to
mankind. Its barbarism has been the
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