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X v V The ti-ading Public Progressive Merchants RAP Um The Graphic Advertising Column For Result f t l ; Ub rally Patronlx Mfrchatrt Who KarchaisuWlM " f ' Bid I-or The Trad It -Reaches The-People Watch For The Bidders ASIIVILLE, North Carolina, August 22nd, 1918. VOL XXIV. N0.3IJ. 0 "j- 1 V I BacH vOf This Bank's .) -- Success ;W --.V has always prevailed hard .and conscientious work on the part of its Officers and Directors -a .Will ingness to aid and advise with its depositors, , also the necessary principle of SAFETY in each transaction. .. , r " 'If without a banking home, we'll welcome - ' ;. ' your account, , . ' The, First National, Bank Rocky Mount,' PLC , . .-Safest For Saving- THE NATIONAL BANK OF ROCKY MOUNT ROCKY" MOUNT, N..C. Capital and Surplus $200,000.00 ' .Compounded Quarterly. On ' , Savings. ;"V Your Business Solicited. .' Tos. H. Battle, President. R. H. Ricks, Vice-President S. L. Arrington, - Vice-President. Frank F. Fagan, - -' Cashier. W. G. Robbing, - Asst. Ca-hier.' Visitors From Nashville "When in Rocky Mount ; v' Stop it -laerf&t JAMESON HOTEL " ; AND CAFE ..' . For Ladies and Gentlemen"; European Plan. ' HOMEICOOK1NG.. '' GOOD SERVICE. - v 246 S. Main St. . . ' Central Lncatioa. Steam Heat and Running WaHee in Every Room. , (MOT GLOVER A WcsderM So3-Isprover! Abo Makes Excellent Win ter and Spring Grazing, the Best of arly Green Food ' or a Good Hay Crop. The high prices of fertilizer makes It especially desirable fop farmers to sow all the soil-Improving crops possible, and CRIMSON CLOVER la unquestionably One of the best of soil-Improving crops, making wonderful Inoreasee In the yields of Corn, Cotton and other erope whloh follow It ' Write for prices, and WOOD'S FALL CATALOG, whloh gives full Information about CRIM80N CLOV ER, ALFALFA and all Seade for Fall' Sowing. Mailed free on request 1 TV W. WOOD & SONS, seedsmen, - Hicnmono, Vs. Wood's Seeds. Everybody Was Perfectly Amazed At The High Pnces V Paid For All Grades Of Tobacco' At 1 i EIIEfill EVACUATES ID POSITIONS GENERAL INTEREST CENTERS IN SITUATION ON THE PL CARDY FRONT. ALEERT IS . STRONGLY HELD K. Inorsaalng Artllery Activity Continue Along New Somme Battle v., 1 " ." Front : '- ' ' ' , With the Britain Army In France. General Interest In tbo situation along the Ploardy battle front has shitted ; to the nertbward. where it is connrm ed that , the Germans are evacuating some of theirUorward positions. Beau-mont-Hamal, 8erre, Bucquoy and Puialeux-au-Mont have been abandon ed. British patrols crossed the Ancre at Authullle -and Aveluy, north of Albert, and went sdlne distance be for they were fired upon. Albert is still held strongly by the Germans. 'British patrols, on entering the town, were fired on from the Al bert cathedral.-' ,; ; ' , - It will be remembered that the Ger man retirement In February, 1917,, to the Hlndenburg line was Immediate ly preceded! by slight local retire ments such as nave been made north of Albert. The mystery now Is wheth er some such plan Is being carried out by the enemy. v ' . Along the new Somme battlefront quiet still continues except for rather Increased artillery activity at several points. i PLANS SET IN MOTION TO . REGISTER 13,000,000 MEN Washington. Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder announced that plans already have been made for register ing the 18,000,000 additional men which he estimates will be brought under the selective service law when Con- . gress enacts the pending bill extend ing the ege limits to Include men be tween it and 45 years. . From this ' number -approximately 1,000,000 qualt- Lled or full military service are ex- jpeciea.10 d jeeureq; - -fio urgenris the need Tor additional manpower General ' Crowder said, that the draft machinery Is being put Into shape, tor the great task ahead without waiting , for .final action by Congress. Men of the new draft will be needed by October t and in order to get them, registration day will have to be held not later than September 15 and if possible September 5 will be fixed as the day.' When the 13,000 men, are' enrolled nearly $25,000,000 will have been reg istered since the United States enter ed the war. There were pome 10,000, 000 enrolled on the first registration day, June 5, HIT, another 600.000 last June 5, and several hunred thousand more are expected to be enrolled Aug. net 25. ' 2,000,000 IS FIGURE 8ET ; :. ., , AS PROBABLE IN CLASS 1 .On the basis of actual figures from Insurance companies,' census compu tations and. theeiperlence of this 'of fice . In the previous registration. It has been estimated , that the required number of men for class one mar ba had only by . Including f within thel draft age limits men between 82 and 45 and between 18 and 20. That Is to 4ay, approximately 13,000,000 -men muat be added to the list of , regis trants in order that, with all exemp tions allowed at least 2,000,009 men will remain in class one. '. t)ATE OF REGISTRATION . ' ' ' . EARLY IN SEPTEMBER - - Assurance having been given that the legislation winreceive immediate consideration upon the assembling of the house and of the senate, this of fice, - in . Us preliminary Instructions set out to draft . executives in the various States, hag proceeded on the asstmntion that the new registration might be held earl yin September. NMER'S -"VAaEHOUSE;' ; ' Wo rind h'br break arid our sales have top-notch p;Ij. GEN. TASKER H. BLISS try A..A-a ,, I,... ... . ; Gtn. Tatk.r H. Bliss, American rep. resentatlve at the rupreme war coun cil, has b..n given ths Grand Cross of tbe Ord.r of 6t Mlcltael and St Gsopob by the British gov.mm.nt CAPTURE lASSIGNY RUMORED HUN FRONT LINE TRENCHES ARE MADE UNTENABLE BY THE ALLIE8. Germans Apparently Successful In Holding Back British and French From Somme to Olae. North and south of the Somme the Germans hav lost, further Important ground. In . the former region they have evacuated their positions over a five-mile front to the British north of Albert, while In the latter they have been beaten back in the hill ant wooded district Just ndrth of the Olse river by the French. German front line trenches at Beau mont HameL Serre, ' Puislexau-Mont and Bucquoy have been found unten able by the enemy In tbe face of the recent activity by the British all along the line from Albert to Arras, while the French have persevered in their violent attacks against the Germans on the sector, which dominates the lower portion of the Picardy plain and the Olse valley, and have en croached further upon the Lassigny massif and .the Thiescourt plateau and further south have captured the inn mas t tmmvatrr ' Unofficial reports have announced the capture of Lassigny by the French and 'of all the German positions be tween the western outskirts of Bray-Sur-Somme and Etlnehem by the Australians. There 'is, however, no official confirmation of them. From the Somme to the Olse, except In 'the latter region, where the French have made further gains, the . Ger mans seemingly have had further suo cessln holding back the allied troops and still are in possession of Chaul nes and Boye, upon the capture of Which the efforts of, the British and French have been centered. FREEING REGION BETWEEN THE OISE AND SOMME The . capture of Rlbecourt by the French, marks an Important epoch in the offensive, which has for Its imme diate purpose the treeing ot the region between the Somme and the' Olse of the enemy. ! As a gain from the strate gic standpoint it ranks with the tak ing by the French of the forest and hill positions between the Mats and the Olse, which' has brought the . French almost to the gates of Lassigny. Through Rlbecourt lies an open route up the Olse valley to Noyon a route by -fall,, and the big national thoroughfare,- not to mention the ' canal which parallels the roadways for the greater part of the way. Noyon la only a little more than six miles north east of Rlbecourt.' iipi? -ivVtf W Although they are still encountering Violent resistance, the French are con tinuing to make progress through the wooded and hilly country bet wear the Mats and the; Olse, where the' Ger mans, from recesses In the forests, on spurs and In the canyons, are using machine guns Innumerable. - Gas also is being loosed in great quantities by the enemy. - Almost entire control ot the Thiescourt plateau and the other high1 ground on this sector is now In the hands of the French. . ON OUR OPENING DAY Get a le:.d ready and OVER THE LAND OF THE LONGJLEAF PINE SliOItT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLTMANS. ' 4 - Granite Falls. frits Barlow, a young man about 18 years old, emplov ed by tbe Granite Falls Manufacturing Company, was drowned In the com pany's pond.."- . " il ' Greensboro. Fire today destroyed the Blandwood, a. large boarding house In the center of the city, caus ing a loss of $10,001, partly covered by tasurance. Durham. Mr. William D. Carml chael Jr., known to his friends as "Billy," left about ten days ago for Washington, D. C, where he success fully passed examinations for the avi ation corps, - Ashevllle. Joseph Meyers, a mer chant of West AshevllLe was serious ly injured when a Ford truck he was driving got! beyond control on v Jef ferson drive as he was passing a wag on, and hurled Itself and driver down a 30-foot bank. N Winston-Salem. The amount left by the late R. J. Reynolds for the col ored hospital here is $120,000, Instead of $12,00 as printed in a dispatch from here, due evidently to an error In transmission. The total ot bequests Is $240,000. Raleigh. Flfty-eix markets in North Carolina sold a total ot 249,033,374 pounds ot tobacco during the fiscal year ending July 31,' 1818, according to the annual report Just released by the Commissioner of Agriculture. This Is a gain over 1917 of 54,694,150 pounds. Gastonla. The division of tour min ute men of the federal committee oa publication Is to be actively represent ed In Gastonla and that Immediately, according, to ' an announcement by Leake Carraway, ot Charlotte, district chairman ot the four minute men for this section. Wake Forest The warehouse of W, C. Brewer sV Co.,- of this- place, was burned. The building contained gen eral merchandise. The loss Is esti mated at $2,000, partially covered by LiaeuranceWJJsriJhiwM-i-w. . . Morganton. Heavy . damage has been done In Burke the past tew days by hall and windstorms. In many places the corn has been leveled to the' ground and many fields of alfalfa and other crops have suffered severe ly. This is a - rather hard blow to Burke after a shortage In wheat Gastonla, Robert Manning , and Thomas Shelton, white boys apparent ly 18 or 19 years ot age and claiming Charlotte as their home, ere in the city Jail charged with burglary and the police officers are on the lookout for two other youths who were with them at the time the crime they are charged with was committed. - ' Charlotte. Overcome by the heat S. E. v Corbett, a .. traveling salesman, whose home was said to be In Greens boro, fell unconscious on the sidewalk In' front 'of the Western Unllon Tele graph office. He was removed to ths Selwyn . hotel. ; His condition was re ported as favorable, and it was said he would recover. '?;!'.' I - 'y ' Raleigh. About two hours after the home of Mr. E. G. Richardson, of 318 South Person street, was entered and robbed, Robert Allen, a negro, was ar rested upon the charge ' of burglary when Officer Nichols' two bloodhounds carried officers from the scene of the burglary to the negro's home. f, Gastonla Miss 'i OlIve'fvRatchford, who has been a student nurse at the City Hospital training school for nurses, was graduated recently and is now taking a brief vacation at her home in Gaston - county. Miss Ivs Lineberger will be graduated from the same school soon. She will go to her home In Clover S. C route 4, for the present. Both Miss Lineberger and Miss ' Ratchford are planning to enter the Red Cross overseas nursing force in the fall. steadily incrcnccd bring it on.. We'll UAJ. PAUL T. DESSE2 Ths splendid work of MJ. Paul T. Deasea of Washington, a regimental surgeon with the AmerteM 'army at ths Frenoti front, has eooaslonea' epeelal story about Mm frem one of the eerreependente In the war sooe. Wounded Amerleaa) and French swW dlere oevertd the Moor ef a barn la whloh he was working, an4 during the height or hie labors he waa burled by shollflre. Digging himself out he went right on operating. . BOYE 11 NOYON IN PERIL CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY PLAY ED ON PART OF FRENCH AND AMERICAN FORCES. Retreat of Foe Along Olae Valley May Cause Entire' Enemy Line te Break In Unison, Fresh' reinforcements and ' large number ot guns have been brought up by the enemy to aid him in his endeavors to hold tbe line, which Is essential to the safety ot the German armies now In the pocket described by the Somme on' the north and east, and on the Olse on tbe south. Notwithstanding the enemy's efforts .however, Chaulnes Is receiving a mighty visitation of shells from the ialUed gu&ara4 JUy-ha-en-e en croached upon that it Is now under a heavy crossfire from both the north and south, and seemingly both towns ultimately must be . evacuated. An added danger to Roye Is the fact that the French in their operations are knocking at the door of Lassigny, about seven miles to the south, and also are pressing forward eastward to ward Noyon In a .wedge-driving ma. neuver, which not only is outflank ing Roye; but bringing Noyon daily nearer the range of the big guns. ' .-Unofficial reports are to the effect that the-Germans, tearing capture In (he pocket between Roye -and Olse, al ready are rerouting along the Olse valley toward .Noyon, and It the state ments should prove true It Is not un likely, that the eatlro German battle line to the north will give way In uni son, and that even there may be a re adjustment, of the enemy front from Soissons to Rhelms. , " ' ; Far to the north from Tpres to A! ber tthere has ben considerable ac tivity on the part of the British and French forces against the Germans. The latest German communication as serts that all the attacks were .re pulsed. - -''I' On the Vesle river the German in attacks against Flsmett, which is held by the Americans and French are de clared to have driven the allies to the southern bnk of the river. . A coutner ttack, however, resulted in the reoccu pation of Flsmett. These successes render Imposlble any rupture of the line which would separate the French armies ot the I center, from those to the east, or a rupture of the Junction between the French and British. - lie most dis astrous consequence to the Germans aside from tbe heavy losses they sus tained in men and material, Is the collapse of their plan to drive wedges into the allied lines and the substan tial wldentni and lolnlnr which finva 1 threatened general dislocation . Rocky and there has been I i. do the rcpt arid, z end you he:;:. I. GEfflSfflllO RESr BY ALLIES FAMOUS LYS SALIENT IS ORADU. ALLY GIVING WAY UNDER PRESSURE HOLDING ALONG THE VESLE Foe Given Ne Root Along the Somme; Harassed by Pranee-Amerlcans Vesle and Lorraine. Gradually the famous Lys salient In the region west of Armentleres Is giv ing way under the preesure of the British. Again Field Marshal Haig's forces have compelled the enemy to seek ground to the eastward where he will be more secure from the shells of the big guns that for several weeks have been firing criss-cross over the entire salient, working havoc among the defender! of the Insecure Una. Likewise the Germans are being given no rest by the Franco-British forces north and, south of the Somme, and the French and Americans along the Vesle and Americana la Lorraine, also are harassing them by artillery fire and local attacks. Nowhere has the enemy had the beter of any en counter. Over a front of tour miles between Balllelu and Vieux Rerquln on the Lys sector, (he British have forced back the Germans to a depth rangmg from 1.000 to 2,000 yards, taking In the maneuver the village of Outter steen and 400 prisoners. While, a a whole.tthe German line between the Somme and the Oise riv ers are still holding, notwithstanding the terrific pounding It is receiving from the allied guns, the British have drawn nearer the road leading from Chaulnee to Roye between Chilly and Farnsart, placing Roye In greater Jeopardy by attack from the north. At the same time to the south of Roye, over the tour-mile front between Beuvralgnea and Canny-Surmats, a violent artilery duel Is raging between tbe French and Germans. It Is In this region that the French are en-doavoriur-and hi their initial efforts they have met with considerable suc cessto carry forward their two-fold purpose of outflanking both Roye and Lassigny by a drive eastwaad. , Along the Vesle river front, where the Americans and French are hold ing the line against the Germans, there has been considerable recipro cal artillery shelling. " : . AMERICAN TROOPS' REAOH VLADIVOSTOK FROM MANILA ' . Valdlvostok. The transport carry ing the first contingent of American troops arrived here after an Unevent ful voyage of seven and a half days from Manila.' The men were -In sp cellent spirit and crowded the rail and rigging, cheering and being ch ear ed by the men of the allied warship in the harbor. " SPIRIT OF AMERICAN FORCES , RAISES MORALE OF ALLIES New York. The spirit of Amerleaa forces oversea has raised the morale ef the allied troops to the highest pitch, according to Dr. E. W. Buckley, of 8t. Paul, Minn.; who has Just .re turned from a tour ot the western front. : . -' . -' "The keenest Impression of anyone who has the opportunity t'o visit the' American front is that our boys have brought the spirit of victory over seas with them," Dr. Buckley declar ed. "They are out to win, the French know It, the British know ft, and what Is more Important, the Germans know 1L" COFERENCE ON WAR ' ' -PRI8ONER8 PUT OFF Parte. At the request ot the Ger man government, the Fenian-American conference regarding war prison er ha been postponed, acordig to a Geeva dispatch,., published in , the Echo de Paris: ,l Moun'v no let-up in p FIGIITINGinEUROPE SELF-PRKERVATllON as well m V patriot irm demHmU that our far . mers shall plentifully feed our fight ers. When Germany proclaimed the set. ' closed to American merchant vessel r and entered upon herprogram nf wnoiesaie ocean timnage destruc tion, she was aiming a blow directly . at the American Fanner. For lack or proper marketing' and i shipping facilities Australia today has three crops unsold and millions of tons of (train spoiled or destroyed either hy weather or rodents. Upon our success in this war de- ' pends not only life and liberty but livelihood. 4 , Planters Nation'l Bank Rocky Mount, N. C. ... Every Citizen of Nash County is Invited : to Visit NASH COUNTY'S New Bcink Has recently installed its new fixtures and awaits with pleasure to show you its Complete Banking Equip ment. ' Farmers & Merchants Bank. .. Roc ley Mount. T.tf. Thornk. ".. - President. M. O.' Blount, . VicejPres. T. A.Avera, - Vice-Pres. W. W.AVEHA. Cashier. A. Fincn; Wilson. ' Laon T. Vices s Nasbvm. FINCH & VAUGHAN, ' Attorayes And Counse!Iors-it-Law Prompt attention given to all matters entrusted to our care: Office in New Law Building , DR. J. I. WEEKS. VETERINARY SURGEON. Rocky Mount, N, C. Office at Kentucky Horse & Mule , Exchange. Prompt attention given to all Calls. T. O. COPPEDGE ' Physician and Surgeon - Office in Grand Jury Building PHONE 14 ' Nashville,' N. C. ' V 8. F. Austin ' LU Davenport AUSTIN & DAVENPORT . ' LAWYERS S , Prompt attention given toaft matters Not associoted in any 1 Recorder's Court Practice. T.T. ROSS. Dentist. g Spring Hop. N. C. Office in New Finch Culldintx Inursday. Friday and Saturday . of each week. Nashville Office at Residence Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week.' ! 1
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