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VOL. XXIV.
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depositors, also the 1 necessary
principle of SAFETY In each
transaction.
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Safest For Saving-
THE NATIONAL BANK
OF ROCKY MOUNT
ROCKY MOUNT. N. C.
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: ilo :
Compounded Quarterly On
Savings.-
Your Business Solicited.
Tpo8. H. Battle, President. ,
R. H.liickB, - Vice-President
S. L. Arrington. - Vice-President.
Frank F. Fagan, - - A Cashier.
W. G. Robbing, Asst. Cashier.
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Attorney-at-laivi
Nashvtlle, N. C.
Special attention given to
Administrations.'
Office In Bank of Nashville Building.
0. B. MOSS.
Attorney and Counsellor-At-Uw,
Spring Hope, N. C!
Office In Citizens Bank. ' .
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Practice in the Courts of V.'on and
llr- H, r"i wherever ?-rvie is
GEft' Q. T. M. BRIDGES
ay.
...,.' J.- !, . : J;r ' Mia i'H
jr
Lieut Oen. 0. T. M. Bridge of tha
British army, who It head of all Brit,
lah war miction In thla country. Qan
tral Bridge waa here with tha mia
alon headsd by Mr. Balfour. Upon
hi return to England ha waa placed
In command of tha Nineteenth division
en tha Flandera front HI leg waa
amputated lat September aa tha con
eequenc of a wound received at tha
front
THRILLING BATTLE IN THE AIR
AN ENTIRE GERMAN REGIMENT
x VIRTUALLY ANNIHILATED IN
FIERCE ATTACK.
Three Enemy Airplane Ar Destroyed
In Recent Aerial Fight Between :
v Americana and Germans.
With the American Force on the
Marne (By the Aasoclated Press), r
An entire Oerman regiment haa been
Tlrtually annihilated . In the fighting
west of Hill 204, according to official
Jnjpmatlpo
The attack by the American on the
Vaux position was o terriflo that
they swept right through tha enemy
lines and had their obect been to
continue the advance, they could have
done 10 with the greatest ease, - aa
virtually everything before them had'
been cleared. So great waa the en
thusiasm of the men, the officers In
some cases had to look sharp to keep
them from' going beyond the et ob
jective. -
' It la not Improbable that the Oer
man are planning another counter
attack for the coming dark hours, but
preparations have been made to meet
them. ; ' " , ' T .
A vaat quantity , ot material, con
sidering the size of the operation, is
being taken, to the rear, but probably
win not; be tabulated for several days.
In the lighting west of Vaux-. the
Americans stormed ., several enemy
nests and killed or captured the occu
pants; then turned the guns the other
way. Using them effectively against
the enemy rear areas. -;: , '
The Americans - penetrated the
enemy's lines to a depth of about a
kilometer and a half on a total front
of about four kilometers. All day the
troops' In tha front, line have been
subjected to a heavy shell flrel They
had aome ahelter in one patch of woods
which they occupied, but' those who
did not enter the wood have only the
protection which they : had ' provided
far themselves with their entrenching
tools or by taking cover in shell holes.
From one crater slightly In advance
of the line, but on it, from a techni
cal point of view,. American soldiers
let their comrades know ivhere they
were when one of their party leaned
Oyer, the lip of the crater and waved .
his 'helmeVv,i?
The prisoners taken Jn the German
counter attack say that they marched
for three hours as fast as they could
when word reached the commander of
an enemy battalion in the rear of
Vaux, which town is on. the right of
the American, attack. Observers - re
ported that the Germans were appar
ently harrying to bring up reinforce
ments behind their line. , , ?
AH the "prisoners Questioned -expressed
their relief at being captured.
One speaking excellent English said
to. the correspondent) tf-7 j
."Thank the Lord, Tm out of there.
The American artillery smothered us
more thai -once and the" infantrymen
fight lik wild. devil without a single
fear, but when' the 'fight' is finished
they are gentlemen. 'One" could have
killed me, but did not, and I gave him
my iron cross for iny; thanks. ' .
GERMAN WILD BEAST t: X
: i : ''- MUST BE DESTROYED
, London. Aridrew Bonar Law, chan
cellor ofthe exchequer, speaking In
the hquee of commons, said that one
would have thought that nothing new
as regards German brutality could
have happened, but the sinking of the
Canadian . hcspltal ship was an -unspeakable
owr?e.- "The wild beaat
h at larr." 'sr.ld Mr. Bonar Law.
"Thb.p ,s no mi sruing or retsrm
I ..' !-.' ! t ft. Ti-j c:r.y thh's to i Is
A
IS
STORM CENTER
GERMAN RBPULSIO IN ATTEMPT
TO RITAKK VILLAQI OF
HAMBL AND WOODS.
ITALIANS STEADY ADVANCE
Oparatlons In Lowland Naar Mouth
of Plave Ara Progreeelng and
Lin Haa Baan Kxtandad.'
The British front east of Amtena, on
each side of the Avre and along the
8omme river, seems to b the storm
center of the battle front In France.
Bere the Australians, assisted by
American detachments, surged for
ward on July 4 and drove the Oermani
out of the village of Hamel and the
Valre and Hamel woods, to the south,
at the same time launching a second
ary attack on the German positions
north of the Bomme. Since that time
the lines before Amiens have Tieeu
very active.
The Germans have been repulsed In
attempt to retake the village of Hamel
and the wooded positions of the Aus
tralians further south. The British
official report aaya that the enemy
waa atopped easily but the Germans
claim to have checked the British
forcea east of Hamel and to hate
thrown them back to their original
lines at VIUers-Bretonneux.
With the exception ef aerial com
bats the American front haa been
calm.
The German official statement tells
Of British attack In the Tpres region,
adding that these assaults were re
pulsed. Heavy artillery fire in this
neighborhood reported from London,
don.
In the meantime the French have
been contest to hold and consolidate
their new positions near Moulln-Soua-Totent
and Autreches, northwest of
Bolssons, where In two recent French
attacks the Germans suffered severe
casualties and lost many prisoners.
.The French war office says that dar-
. lag the past day, there -baa been
heavy ' artillery firing in- the neigh
which Is on the front southwest of
SoUsons, where the- French won
ground by a dashing attack last week.
Italian forces operating la the. low
lands near the mouth of the Piave
are making steady progress, accord
ing to the statement Issued by the
war office today. In the 'mountain
section of the front the statement
says that the Italians have extended
their lines'at the head of Caloino val
ley and have held the ground thus
gained In spite of heavy counter-attacks
by the Austro Hungarlans. ,
ARMY-. TRANSPORT SUNK AND
SIX MEN ARE MI8SINQ
' Washington. The American . army
transport Covington, homeward bound
after landing several thousand soldiers
In France,.- was torpedoed and sunk
In the war tone recently.' Six mem
bers of the crew are missing, but all
the other men, with the ship's officers,
have been landed at a French .port.
No army personnel or passengers were
aboard. The missing men are:
Ernest C. Anderson, fireman, Lynn,
Mass.; Joseph P. Bowdea, seaman,
Mountain Lake, N. J.J - Ambrose. C.
Ford, fireman, Somervllle, Mass.; Wil
liam Henry Lynch, Jr., flflreman, Man
chester, N. H.J Albert 8. Payne, sea
man, States Island, N. T.: Lloyd H.
Bllvernail, seaman, Balnbrldge, N. T.
U. 8. SHIPBUILDERS WENT
BEYOND THEIR OBJECTIVE
' Washington. The. shipping "board
announced that the workmen started
out with fthe expectation j of the
launching Of 439,888 deadweight tons,
but late reports to the board showed
that 747,464 tons had - been gotten
ready to- be put overboard. The ac
tual number o ships launched was
82. ' The lauchlng of 11 others was
held up by a freshet la the Columbia
river while two others stuck on the
ways. - They, are expected to be re
leased without great, delay. , ,
PRESIDENT'1 CARUTON WANT f
, HIS POLICY CONTINUED
New' York. While asserting - that
he did not wish through any act of
his "to add an hour's delay to., the
nation's ; telegraph service,1 ; New
comb Carlton, president of the West
era Union Telegraph company, ' de
clared In a statement dealing with the
telegraphers' " strike scheduled for
Monday, - that it is of the "highest
Importance" that the policy his com
pany has pursued should be Contin
ued. :i';i V-;: c-'- f
EIGHT-BILLION BOND BILL'.
IS PASSED. BY CONGRESS
Washington.. 'An administration
bill authorizing Issuance of 18,000,000,
000 additional In Liberty bonds and
providing an additional fl.SOO.OOD.OOO
for loans to the allies," recently pass
ed by the bouse, was passed by the
senate without amendment. The bill
Increases to $22,000,000,000 the . au
thorizations for bond Issues mads
since (o war b?n. The new bonds
will r... p i:?: at get is; we Cti
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BRITISH
FRONT
OVER THE LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE
savssiBssatssst)
SHORT NOTES OF LNTERKST TO
CAHOLIMA.NS.
Charlotte. Tbe date for the annual
Western North Carolina Methodist
conference haa been' changed by
Bishop U. V. W. Darlington, of West
Virginia, who wilt preside, from No
vember 17 to November , It was an-
1 Charlotte. The movement looking
. to appointment of ruraf policemen for
I Mecklenburg county "was endorsed by
J. M. Matthew, eounty superintend
ent of education, and, W. E. Price,
chairman of the county school board.
Such officials, they stated, are urgent
ly needed for duty astruant officer
in the enforcement of Jbe compulsory
education law and In 'protecting the
school buildings from damage, which
results each year to. Up extent of sev
eral hundreds ot4ollas.
Charlotte. The directors of the
Fair of the Carolina, which will stage
; its annual exhibition . at the Fair
grounds at Lakewood Park since It was
transformed from th4 Charlotte Fair
Association In to the Fair of the Caro
Unas, will hare no fiteworks display
this year.
Raleigh. A telegram to Governor
Blckett's office from Ashe county au
thorities stated that tWo deserters and
five delinquents, camdf. to the county
seat and surrendered Inder the term
of clemency offered by the governor.
This makes eight deserters who have
, surrendered througluAth governor's
i speech la Ashe.
Washington. N. C-HMmhi are being
formulated for organising the farmers
of Beaufort county lato a Farmer's
Exchange for the purpose of securing
better . prices for their crops. This
plan was suggested by Mr. Attawell,
representative of the C. S. department
of agriculture, when, he visited thla
dir.
Wilmington. Byron C. Tillman, of
Fayettevllle, waa crashed to death be
neath a falling piling at the Liberty
shipyards, where he was employed
iTCemnf"tBlf" wwherr the hammer
released the chain on the pile driver.
His skull was crushed and b Hh shoul
ders and thighs wsre broken.
! Charlotte. Ten widows Of Confed
erate veteran were added to the pen
sion 11st by the county pension board
: at Its annual meeting.
. North Wllkesboro As a result from
a report made by the federal inspec
tor, the North Wllkesboro Roller mills
at this place, and Dodghten Milling
Company, six miles north of here, have
been ordered closed by the food ad
ministration until a teat run la made
and' submitted to the administration.
' Winston-Salem. Ten North Car
Una counties have raised their quotas
In the war savings drive, and forty
eight counties report a total ef 20,
000,000. The counties that have sub
scribed their apportionments in full
are: Wilson,: Martin, , Forsyth, Pitt,
Jones, Perquimans, Cabarrus, Greene,
Davie and Henderson.;
" Lexington. Ater having his little
five-year-old son bring his pistol, Adam
Z. Lanier, a young white man of this
place, turned the weapon against his
.breast and discharged it. A bullet
went entirely through his body, pierc
ing his lung. He is reported to have
thrown down the gun, but feeling he
had not done a complete Job picked up
the weapon once more when his wife
rah ittto the room and prevented his
using K again. x.'. "'-.,'. '..
Charlotte. Four aeroplanes, the ex
pected arrival of which was .recently
announced, are now at Camp Greene.
They were assembled by . the Motor
Mechanics, and are now set up and
ready for flight. Large numbers of
Interested' soldiers watched the es
sembQng of the machines, and visitors
have- been frequent in that part of
the camp where the work was being
done. 1 (, " ' .;:
) Salisbry. Revenue Officers Talbert
and Kenerly, of Salisbury, have been
scouring the woods tor the past sev.
eraLdaje and as result hare captured
a number of gallons of whiskexand
made life hard for several violators.
Raleigh. A telegram '1 earned from
the Ashe county draft board to the
executive offices of Governor Blckett,
to the effect that 1J deserters or de
linquents have reported for duty under
the terms of Governor Blckett, and
they shall' have his recommendation
tor lenient treatment
, New Bern.rFonnal demand that
another primary, be called for the se
lection of county commissioners on the
Democratic ticket "was presented to
Chairman H. ' P. Whitehurst of the
Craven board of elections, V'vj v;-
Gastonia. News reached . Gastonla
that little Saltle Thompson, five-year.
Old daughter of Mr. and Mr. Howard
R. Thompson, of Stanley, was run over
and killed at that place by a train on
the Seaboard Air Line tracks. The
chU I had been across the railroad to
-'. r store for smne s;-r ..i
NEW
DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE
UNDER SHADOW OP WASHING
TON WILSON SPEAKS FOR
WORLD FREEDOM.
CONCISECONOITIONSOFPEICE
Reign of Law Based Upon Right and
the Organled Opinion of
Mankind.
Washington. From the shadow of
Washington's tomb. President Wilson
offered America Declaration of
Independence to tho people of the
world, with a plertgo that tho United
States and Its allies will not sheathe
the sword jn the war against the cen
tral powers until there is settled
"once for all" for the world what was
settled for America in 1776.
Foreign-born cltlzons of the United
States of 33 rationalities who had
placed wreaths of palms on the tomb
In token of fealty to the principles
laid down by the father of this coun
try, iried their approval of his words
In many lnnguagcn pud then stood with
reverently bared heads while the voice
of John McCormack. soared over tha
hallowed ground in the notes of the
"Star-Spangled Banner."
"Washington and his associate,
like the barons at Runnymede, spoke
and acted, not for a class, but for a
people,"- the President aald. "It has
been left for us to see to It that it
shall be understood that they apoke
and acted, not for a single person
only, but for all mankind.
"These are the ends for which the
associated peoples of the world are
fighting and which must be conced
ed them before there can be peace:
"I. The destruction of every arbi
trary power anywhere that can sep
arately, secretly, and of its single
choice disturb the peace of the
world; or, It it cannot be presently
destroyed, at the least Its reduction
to virtual impotence.
"II. The settlement of every ques
tion, whether of territory, of sover
eignty, of economic arrangement, or
of political relationship, upon the ba
sis of the free acceptance of that set
tlement by' the people immediately
concerned, and not upon the basis of
the material interest or advantage of
any other nation or people which may
desire a different settlement for the
sake of its own exterior Influence or
mastery.
HI. The consent of all nations to
be governed in their conduct towards
each other by the same principles of
honor and of respect for the common
law of civilized society that govern the
Individual citizens of sll modern states
in their relatione with one another;
to the end that all promises and cov
enants may he sacredly observed, no
private plots or conspiracies hatched,
no selfish Injuries wrought with Impu
nity, and a mutual trust established
upon the handsome foundation of a
mutual respect for right.
"IV. The establishment of an or
ganization of peace which shall make
tt certain that the combined power of
free nations will check everyy Inva
sion of right and serve to make peace
and Justice the more secure by afford
ing a definite tribunal of opinion to
which all must submit and by which
every international readjustment that
cannot be amicably agreed upon by
the people directly concerned shall be
sanctioned.
"These great objects can be put into
a single sentence. What we seek is
the reign of law, baced upon the con
sent offhe governed and sustained by
the organized opinion of mankind."
CONTINUED 8UCCESS OF
AMERICANS IN THE AIR
With the "American Army in France.
During recent aerial fighting four
more enemy machines werebrought
down, Victories are claimed for Lieu
tenants J. H. Stephens, New York; K.
L. Porter, Dowaglac, Mich.; Ralph
O'Neill, Denver, and Maxwell Perry,
Indianapolis. All told the patrols from
American! pursuit squadrons In this
sector engaged In about 2Q combats.
TILLMAN'S BODY RESTS IN
FAMILY BURYING GROUND
" 'Washington. Accompanied by com
mittee rom" the senate and house,
the body of Senator Benjamin R. Till
man Of South. Carolina, who died
here, left Waahlnton tor Trenton, B.
C where funeral services were helf.
Services were conducted at the Pres
byterian church, where the body lay
In state from the time of its arrival
early in the afternoon. : , ' -
I In observing a request ', of Senator
Tillman, the services were simple.
AU8TRLIAN TROO 'S CLEBRATI 4
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
- By surest surpr If S attack on the
German lines, plannei especially as a
celebration of American Independence
day, Australian tree pa have wrested
from the German! the vilage of "Ham
el, east of Amtena. occupied Valre and
Uanel woods, south of the Tillage and
captured more than 1,500 , prisoners.
The Australians advanced under the
cover ofa smoke barrage and were
led by tanks. The attack penetrate, i
out: eud half Into Curmaa f " y
- ' "Z,z i ?
CORPORAL A. W. DE VARILA
Corporal A. W. tfe Varlla ef Com
pany C, Sixth Field artillery, was the
man who fired the first shot from the
American lines over to Frits. Corporal
do Varlla waa eent home to help In
the Liberty Loan campaign.
rWELVE NURSES DROWNED
8HIP ATTACKED WITHOUT WARN
ING AND MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED LIVE8 LOST.
One Boat Containing Twelve Female
Nursee Capsized and All
Were Drowned.
London. A German submarine 70
miles from the Irish coast on the night
of June 27 torpedoed the 11,000-ton
hospitat ship Llandovery Castle,
which had been chartered by the Ca
nadian government and had been in
the service of carrying wounded and
sick from England to Canada for many
months past. The ship was then on
her way to England. She had on
board 2S8 persons,, including 80 men
of the Canadian army medical corps
and 14 female nurses.
Up to the latest reports only 24
of those on board, Including the cap
tain have survived the treacherous
attack, which came without warning.
The submarine commander who or
dered the captain of the Llandovery
Castle, several of his officers, and
Major T. Lyon, of the medical corps
aboard declared that he had sunk the
ship because she was carrying Ameri
can aviation officers and others in the
fighting service of the allies. He added
to this later by asserting that the ves
sel was carrying munition stores, be
cause of an explosion which had oc
curred aft.
All lights were burning when the
Llandovery Castle was torpedoed.
These Included a huge electric cross
over the bridge and strings of white
and green lights on either side. Tire
red crosses on the sides of the vessel
were also illumined by electric
lights.
According to Red Cross information,
many men were killed in the engine
rooms. As the enginemen were either
killed or left their posts, there was
no one to shut off the powewr, and the
ship kept on her way, notwithstanding
the great holes torn by the torpedo,
not beginning to slow down until the
water rushed Into the boiler-rooms ex
tinguishing the fires. : - "
One of the boats containing 1
nursing sisters, was seen to capsize,
according to latest information. The
sisters wwere drowned.
NAVAL BA8E ON FRENCH COAST
TO BECOME PORT OF EUROPE
Paris. A naval base on the French
coast used by the Americans in their
transport traffic is destined after the
war to become the European marine
terminus of a five-day New York to
Paris route. "It is the port Of Europe
how la It you have not found that
out for yourselves the writer re
cords the Americans as saying, "The
new liners we will build after the war,
amrwlll put Paris w4thin five days gj
Nw York will use It." :
SUCCESS CROWNS ALLIES
; IN MOUNTAIN REGION
Success has apparently crowned the
Of 'enstve of the Italians In the moun
tains uorta of the Venetian plains,
the attack on the Austrian lines has
gained rugged heights where the en
emy waa strongly entrenched, and the
fighting la still going on. .Vienna' ad
mits a retirement to "prepared posi
tions," 'which is the expression used
In official statements to mean that an
eenmy blow has gained ta-rt'-t
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New Bank:
Farmers & Merchants
Bank.
Rocky Mount.
Has recently installed its
new fixtures and awaits with
pleasure to show you it s
Complete Banking 'Equip-'
ment.
T. T. Thorne,
M. O Blount,
T. A. A.VERA,
W. W. A VERA,
Presidet't.
VioeVrrt.
Cashier.
JAMES W. KEEL.
Attorney and Counselor at-Law
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
Practice In All Courts. All Matters
Given Prompt Attention.
DR. J. I. WEEKS,
VETERINARY SURGEON.
Rocky Mount, N. C.
Office at Kentucky Horse & Mule
Exchange.
Prompt attention given to all Calls.
T. O. COPPED6E
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Grand Jury Building
PHONE 14
Nashville, N. C.
T. T, ROSS. Dentist.
"Spring Hope. N. C.
Office In New Finch Building
Thurxky. Friday and Saturday
of each week.
Mashville Office at Residence
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
of each week.
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