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VOLUME XXIII
(Tuesday)
WARRENTON, N. C, FRIDAYToCTOBER 11, 1918
(Friday)
$1.50 A YEAR
Number 92
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ENERHY'DEFEMSES ffiEllE BE- WMraioOir
FORE ' IBflPACT JIF Mil! ABBflSl S L0S!? S0M; KED
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Cambrai- St. Quentin
Une Entirely Wiped Out
Americans and
French Chase
Huns Back
Over There, October 9th The for
midable German defense system be
tween Cambrai and St Quentin has
been utterly demolished and British,
American and French troops are out
in the open country eastward in pur
suit of the retreating enemy.
Cambrai, the pivot of the former
line and over which there has been so
much bitter righting, is in British
hands; numerous villages and hamlets
to the south have been overrun by the
Allies, and thousands of Germans have
been made prisoners and hundreds of
their guns captured.
The victory seemingly is a complete
one, and with Gen. Foch's strategy
working smoothly in bending back the
German line in one great converging
movement, the Germans apparently j
are in a serious predicament. From
the region northwest of Rheims to the
Meuse river, north of Verdun the
French and Americans are slowly but
surely pushing the Germans backward
toward the Belgian border.
TURKS ON THE RUN
In Macedonia and Asiatic Turkey,
the troops of the entente still have
the enemy on the run. Nowhere is
the enemy able to do more than fignr
retarding battles, giving ground when
the pressure becomes too strong., .
Under the avalanche of steel hurled
against them on the Cambrai-St. Quen
tin sector the Germans could not live
and were forced to flee eastward.
Heavy casualties were inflicted on
those of the enemy who had the tem
despatched a peace note to the allies
through the Spanish government.
Allies Hold Railway
. London, October 9 (7 p. m.) For all
practcal purposes the . allied troops
now hold the Cambrai-St. Quentin rail
road. The maximum advance at 2 o'
clock this afternoon was five miles,
at Betry, four miles southeast of Le
Catau.
Cambrai In British Hands
London, October 9 The whole of
Cambrai is in British possession, Field
German Troops
In Full Flight
On 2 O-Mile
Front In
France
With the British Army on the Cam.
brai-St. Quentin Front, Oct. 9 (4:30
p. m.) The German troops on a
twenty-mile front have been put ttt
full flight and the British cavalry is
reported to be pursuing them, the in-
Marshal Haig reports tonight from f antry marching in colunms of four
1 1 M m m m-m .
enty to endeavor to make a stand.
On the other hand the casualties of
the allies are declared to have been
rlatively small, those of the Ameri
cans being less than half of the num
ber of prisoners taken by them.
Where the enem y purposes to make
his next stand cannot be f ortold, but
probably an effort for a tunrabout
will be attempted along the Valencien
nes-Sedan front. After this line the
enly known German defensive posi-
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ncauquarters. xne Canadians were
the i.rst to enter the town.
In the great defeat inflicted on the
Germans yesterday 10,000 prisoners
and from 100 to 200 guns were cap
tured. .- .
Germans Burn Villages
London October 9 4:40 p. m. The
German retreat from the Scarpe river
southward to below St. Quentin ena
bled the British easily to advance from
two to three miles this morning.
The Germans started backward las
night. The British have met with lit
tle resistance today, as they have not
been in contact with the German main
line.
The weather is bad, otherwise it is
believed the British would have ad
vanced further.
The Germans are burning villages.
This retreat lengthens the line which
the Teutons so long have been trying
to shorten, and the situation opens
many possibilities of retreats else
where. Italians Victorious
Rome, October 9th Italian troops
pressing northward in Albania entered
the city of Elbasan on Monday after
crushing stubborn Austro-Hungarian
resistance, the Italian war office an
nounced today. The Italians are con
tinuing their advance.
The text of the statement reaus:
"On Sunday after enemy covering
parties had been repulsed and numer
ous prisoners taken, one of our col
umns occupied theheights east of Mu
rikians. "On Monday after crushing the stub
born resistance of enemy rear guards
we entered the city of El Basan. Our
advance is continuing.
After dispersing the enemy on the
v -"xcac .neignts nortnwest oi iyusnne river we
nver. The Americans already are continued our march on the road to
threatening to make this line untena . Kavaya, coming again in contact with
we having started an advance up the.the enemy at Gramshi."
valley on the eastern side of the Berlin, via London, Oct. 9-Report-stream
toward Sedan. ' iing the great battle in the Cambrai-
Ihe maneuvers of the French north- St. Quentin sector general headquar
west of Rheims are cutting more deep- 'ters today admit breaches in the Ger-
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serious resistance that is being offer
ed by the enemy to postpone the fall
of the great St. Gobian Massif and
the high important strategic positions
f Laon and La Fere, which seeming
V are likely to be pinched out of the
battle front by the successful opera
tions around St. Quentin and Berry-AuBac.
Strong resistance also is being im- j FAIR PRICE LIST FOR WARREN
through vilages hastily abandoned by
the enemy.
Cambrai has fallen and the British
are now well to the east.
The deepsst gain some hours ago
was at least nine miles on this section
and there are no signs of the advance
slowing up. On the contrary it is
going faster every hour, with clear
ground ahead.
Everything that could be burned
had been set afire by the enemy be
fore he began what virtually amounts
to the rout of no less than thirty di
visions, the smashing of which was
continued, furiously today.
North of Cambrai the Canadians at
tacked and penetrated deeply also,
The British marched through Bertry
without opposition. They reached the
outskirts of Troisvillers and hold Mau
rois and Honnechy.
Large forces of the enemy have beta
seen from the air fleeing well to the
east of Le Cateau.
Maretz fell early and the British
reached Busignay and passed quickly
through Bohain. These are only a
few of more than a score of towns
captured.
Many thousands of prisoners and
quantities of field and machine guns
were taken, as well as vast stores of
other booty, which the enemy did not
have time to blow up or set afire.
W.S.S.
Not Over 15
Percent Profit
The only colored commissioned of
ficer from Warren County son of
Washington Harris, local barber. He
won a commission at Fort Des Moines,
la., October 12th, 1917, was later or
J 1 - M . a a.
aerea io Jbt. SHI, Okla for a two
months course in Machine gun study.
Now serving With the 365 Infantry
"Over There," fighting in the cause
dear to the hearts of all.
man lines on both sides of the Roman
road towards Le Cateau and also a
German withdrawal to Frosnoy-Le-Grand.
"On the battle front between Cam
brai and St. Quentin we occupied po
sitions to the rear, thereby giving
up Cambrai," says the headquarters
announcement tonight.
W.S.S.-
Posed by the Germans against further
uvances by the French and Ameri
cans m the Champagne and east of
ne Argonne forest. Particularly
eavy counter attacks have been be
gun by the enemy on various posi-
ns, but without results others than
"1(-reasine hi onn.i
Along the
COUNTY, OCTOBER THE 12TH.
The following is the official price
list for the purchases guidance com
piled by the Food Administration:
Standard wheat flour, 48 lb sk $3.25
Graham or whole wheat flour,
24 pound sack
Standard wheat flour, 24 lb sk
1.60
1.65
5 1-2
Plate meat 27 1-2 to 28
Fat backs 30 to 32 1-2
Breakfast bacon, sliced, per lb 65c
-i J 1 1 OQ n 3fl
west of the
uLans hflvo ri; xi - , K , j Ar
v. uuven tneir une iorwara uneese, cream, per pounu. . . .
region of
, where they have effcted a junc- ' Can corn, no 2 20 to 25c
but LT1T tllG ?8htins is furious-Corn meal, per pound...
ttalc f ncn nave been aDle to
StfvK rther crssings of the stream,
etienne has changed hands several
ss m bitter combats.
County Food Administrator Walter
G. Rogers calls attention to the fol
lowing letter addressed to County
Food Administrators and Inspectors
under date of October 9th. The letter:
Announcement is made that, effec
tive October 10th, the Food Adminis-,
tration in North Carolina will regard
anything above 15 percent as an ex
cessive profit on any mixed feed other
than pure wheat mill feeds, margins
on which haveh eretofore been fixed.
Heretofore proper margins on feed
stuffs have been stated merely as
"pre-war margins.' This indefinite
understanding has not been satisfac
tory and there has been gross profit
eering on the part of some dealers on
mixed feeds of various kinds. The an
nouncement above is to put an end to
this profiteering, and you are request
ed to check up feed prices at every
opportunity henceforth and to report
to this office any violations of the mar
gin above fixed.
The 15 per cent margin allowed
must cover all cost ; of handling.
W.S.S.-
Mail Serif ice
To Be Changed
Though the petition circulated two
weeks ago to change the hours of
mail delivery me't with hearty endorse
ment from a majority of Warrenton's
citizens yet a sufficient amount of op
position developed against the change
as for the Local office to let the matttr
drop.
Since, however, the Post Office De
partment at Washington has seen fit,
without any requests from the War
renton office, to . make the following
changes which become effective Octo
ber 14th. The changes are virtually
the same as asked f or in thepetition,
and will work to the advantage of the
general public:
The schedule:
Leave Warrenton daily, except Sun
day, at 12:45 p. m., 4:00 p. m. and
8:00 p. m.
Arrive at Norlina by 1:15 p. m., 4:30
p. m. and 8:30 p. m.
Leave Norlina, daily except Sunday,
on receipt of mail from trains due at
6:55 a. m., 1:15 p. m. and 4:30 p. m.,
but not later than 8:00 a. m., 2:00 p.
m. and 5:00 p. m.
Arrive at Warrenton in 30 minutes.
Leave Warrenton Sunday at 8:00 p. m.
Arrive at Norlina by 8:30 p. m.
Leave Norlina Sunday on receipt of
mail from train due at 6:55 a. m. but
not later than 8:00 a. m.
Arrive at: Warrenton in 30 minutes.1-
W.S.S.
JOHN D.: HARRIS PASSES DONATIONS OF TOBACCO A
AWAY AT PENSICOLA. GREAT FINANCIAL AID.
Entire Town Mourns Loss Which Farmers Perform A Service To
Strikes All; Death Came Wed- l Humanity In -ContrfhnMno. t
nesday Morning Following
Pneumonia; First Warrenton
Boy To Die For Cause of World
Freedom.
World Wide Relief Organiza
tion; Every Farmer Asked To
Give A Stick From Every
Load.
a
Ihis popular Warrenton soldier fell ; The Red Cross gives out the follow-
victim to influenza, followed by mg names as Deraons whn o-nV fKa.
Pneumonia, at 3:30 on the morning of co last week:
the 9th of October, 1918, at Pensicola. Nathan Clanton. Town i a
Florida. , j T. Ponmnn tt r rr
He was in the Aviation corps of Ernest Lyons. James Drako. Jmo it
the United States Navy... He was un- Alston, Amos Coleman, Charlie Jones!
der flying orders, and would soon have Polk & Kearnev. E. M. Bridtreforri
received his commission as flyer. Thomas Russell, Richard Bullock. J.
John Harris was born on the 27th M. Russell. Nelson Venahlp. .T. w
day of April, 1895; and was; therefore, Myrick, N. R. Alexander, Y. R. Wil
n the 24th year of his age at the liams, Harriss & Milam, Andrew In
time of his death. . . v eram. Alfred r.-mM v. n tapf.
He was bom and reared in Warren- J. H. Copley, Park Bryant, Paul Kear
on, and up to the time of entering ney, L. H. Henderson. Cela WilH
the service of his country had snent Mattm Alston. Par, xr a n
. . J- I : . i 0, U. VI.
he whole Of his life, in .the town of Allen, Kelly Baltrip, James Carroll.
ais birth. .HeVwas, a genial, whole- L. F. Hawkins. Peebles & Strang
souled younsr man. and made muinv R. Vmicrlian tt t a t t t .
riends, who sincerely .-mourn Hi3 ter, Kearnev Thomnson. Clav T-pwi
death. He was a social favorite.
his vocal powers made him popular W. W. Dunston George Smiley, Gen-
as a singer. He was also popular in eral Davis, Willie Hawkins, R. M. Ay
business, and the Department Store cock, Gid Alston, G. .S. Hedgepeth,
sadly missed him, when he went into John H. Newell. Mvrick & Falkpnpr.
.LI- TT . . - ' t
me army, ne.was among the very Spmerville & Falkener, Alston & Da
first to volunteer his service after the vis, J. T. Hunt, John Fleming, Willie
declaration of war with' Germany, and Mills,' J. H. Hunt, Eugene Walker,
was popular with his mates in the Howard Mustian, M. C. Duke, Jones
nayy- , ... v & Short, Walter Davis, Gilliam Wil-
In his boyhood John made a prof es- son, Harriett B. Williams, Crews &
sion of religion and united with . the Pitt, Nick Richardson, Palmer & Kear-
Baptist church in Warrenton; and died ney; Rogei. Richardson,- William Rich- "
in full fellowship with that body. ardson, S. Y. Spain, Robert Falkener,
The body cannot arrive before Sat- 75c, Adams & Weaver, W. B. Rod-
urday, and the time of the funeral well, Joe Davis. E. F. Reavis. Weldon
cannot now be fixed; but announcement Davis, W. B. Smith, Sol Aycock, H.
will be made later. , y. Williams, H. T. Alston, James Als-
The soldier that dies with disease ton, Matthew Richardson, 50c, Nathan
just as truly dies for his country as Clanton, F. Hi Stricfcland, Jimmie
the one who falls on the battle front. Field, Willie Jordan, Ben Davis, J. D.
Both alike are entitled to the praises Moss, Tom Frazier, W. R. Ransom
and tears of their countrymen. Let J L. Williams, Ollie Stevenson, W. S.
us keep their memory green. Jerman, G. R. Frazier, Henry Pinnell,
The heartfelt sympathy of the whole and Mrs. S. E. Loyd. .
insight Char
acter Of Fooh
community is extended the bereaved
family in this hour of bereavement.
T. J. TAYLOR.
-W.S.S.-
lf Outside Aid
Is No w Desired
Charirman Board of County Com
missioners, and Moyor of
County Towns.
tion
0nWlth the Jl
'SlV fhp At- r.
ali;i , -suune iorest will be m
" nands,
Cfle Meu
On the eastern side of
linp Jnd, also straightened out their
v w r i inir
Jse the Americans have ad-
Ger
man
was being enfiladed by the
Win -C , i
. ilum ine east.
cabinet PGrSist that the Turkish
Grand fallen and that the new
hose , 1Zl6r wil1 be Tewfik sha,
&o-MhP?mes are declared to be
or ai. rf er than Pro-German. Ru
aiS0 has it that the Turks have
Country butter
Creamery butter
Eggs
Young chicken, per lb
Lima beans, per lb
Rice, per lb
Oat meal, 1 1-4 package
Grits, 1 1-4 package
Irish potatoes, per. peck
Sweet potatoes, per peck .
Shipstuff, per sack $2.25
40 to 50c
60 to 65c
40c doz.
35
20c
15c
15c
15c
70c
40c
Hay, per bale . . ,
Oats, per bushel.
Sugar, not over. .
$2.00
1.15
11 c
TJ. S. Food Administration.
Arter de wise ol' owl spit on de
"bait he say, sez ee "I gwino ter
sprize you all wld a mess er fishes
'cause you alls mus' save de meat
en eat sumpin' else instid en jes git
out dat ol game bag en make it
work, too," sez ee. Den he kotch
a big: fish and say, sez ee, "t-lioot
t-lioot t-suft-sti-toot," sez ee. Wen
he say dat he means dat when you
alls make riz biscuits jes don't make
'em use corn meal ter save wheat
flour fer de sojers.
The following story is going the
rounds of the newpapers in Italy:
The Italians-influenced by devil-
made ruwors- were still retreating be-
ore their German-Austrain kamerads.
The British and French troops pour
ed into Italy commanded by Foch.
.At once the Iatlians began o make
some sort of a stand.
An Italian boy soldier, loaded down
with a heavy bag of supples, was
climbing a steep path. No horse or
automobile could make it; everything
must go on men's backs.
The young Italian was very tired.
The load was too much for him, but
he kept on plugging ahead.
He heard a footstep. A brisk old
man, dressed in the horizon blue Of
France, came up beside him.
"Preety heavy load for you, son,"
said the old Frenchman, speaking
Italian. . . .. Vr
. "Let me ' give "you a hand," said the
old French soldier, and he seized the
heeavy bag and threw it over his own
shouider, and the sons of the Latin
nation kept climbing. After a time the
man in the horizon blue said "Let us
rest a minuteVand they sat down be
side the path.
Soon some Italian general staff of
ficers appeared-one of them being on
the king's personal staff. Of course
the two soldiers by the roadside came
o their feet to salute the
cers.
But the Italian officers stopped.
The one who belonged to the king's
personal staff ejaculated one word:
"Forch."
That,s who it was--Forch , "Le
highjgffi-
Patron," which is French for the "big
boss."
He has ben caught acting like a
common ..human. being. But, he didn't!
leaze him. He didn't forget that he
is Le Patron. He saluted the Italian
high officers stiffly, threw the bag Gentlemen:
on his shoulder again, and with the Arrangements have been per-
Italian soldier beside him protesting fected wih the United States Public
volubly, those two started up the path. Health Service and with the Red Cross
Pretty safe sOrt of a man, Foch eh? fcy which our State may secure phy-
Pretty good sort to have charge of sicians and nurses to meet emergen-
our boys who go over there," Rome $y calls.
Dispatch.
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the event a county needs additional
fnedical or nursing ! assistance, some
responsible officer of the county,
Death of Alfred Alston Williams
The f ollowine: notice causes nain to
many , friends of. Mr. Williams here. ?ither the chairman of the board of
Greensboro,, Oct. 9. Corporal Al- commissioners of the county quaran
fred A. Williams of Greensboro died tine officer, and in town, the mayor
at Langley Field, Va., this morning. of the tmwn call on the Secretary
He was training for aviation service.- of the State Board of Health, stating
Pneumonia following influenza caused their needs and such pertinent infor
his death. He was a son of Dr. and m&tion as it is necessary to use in
Mrs. B. B. Williams. ' The funeral will securing a f ovorable consideration of
be held here.
-W.S
TJ. S. Food Administration.
Baking powder biscuits, co'n
bread, muffins, brown, bread, grid
dle i cakes en' waffles- is wot dey
call "quick breads."
You all makes 'em wid one cup
er wheat flour ter two cups er
substitute flour to save all de
wheat dat kin be saved fer de
sojers. Some folks kin git er'long"
widout any wheat at all and are
glad to do it ter help win de war.
Dat ain't bad zned'eine to take.
fo who's, gwine tu'n up his nose
our request for doctors or nurses. By
this I mean that the officer of the
county, or the officer of the town.
;should be able to state opproximately
(1) Population of the town or
section affected,
(2) Number of cases of influenza,
(3) Number of doctors available,
i(4) Nearest available doctors,
(5) Number of nurses available.
' Persons interested in securing
State and Federal assistance in
dealing with the epidemic will kindly
take notice and make their requests
through their official and responsi
ble spokemen.
The State Board of Health will
deeply appreciate the publication of
this letter in your county paper.
Very respectfully yours,
W. S. Rankin
SECRETARY.
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How much is your neck worth ?
we mean, if you place the valuation.
Something like the value of several
Liberty Bonds, we wager. Keep the
at rood co'n bread er biscuits er Germans oil the neck of free people
flapjacks! , and protect individuality.
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