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VOL XXXIV
PvOXBQRO, NOFt
Numbed 21
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DAMAGES OF FIRE
IN ATLANTA WILL
RUN IN MILLIONS
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Prw' rM.0o
Purely Guess-
Estimates of Losses
ork; Large Part of Devastation m From Several 0f His Strong Posi
Xoiuhhorhood of Homes of Medium ' tions
Value: Mayor Candler Convinced'
l ire Not Incendiary
Atlanta, Ga., May 21. Fire that
iru-'t
i an obscure negro" section of
at Decaur street, just east
the
!tV
street this afternoon burned
blocks of small houses clean,
sevt ra
d over five low brick buildings
small row of shacks and swept
lobstracted until -it reached the
1 A! 3 If J
residence sections, anu monaay
;iu at 8 o'clock was two blocks be
ii Ponce de Leon avenue and not
ramtro1. Th- fire fighters who line also was badly "strafed" some 6,
v hundreds of soldiers were j 000 yards of it being in the British
by an abatement of -the wind-r hands, leaving the Germans holding
no means naa masterea tne tuc icmaimug :,uuu yaras. ine nin
which many feared would not 1 denburg line between the'south'end
iuered until they burned them-! of the captured trenches and Bulle
out at the edge of Piedmont ' court is in dire danger, as it is fl'ank-
arge open space in the North j
.section of the city,
ainds of persons Monday night
hc:r,e!ess and are being fed and
;.,! in public buildings. by the
m ss and a comrnitteeof Atlanta
iietween Two and Three Millions
loss at 8o'clock was estimated
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000, but
iH isons familiar with real estate val
ik's :aied that any estimate at this
time was nothing more than guess
work. The flames did not attack the
more exclusive residential sections
but a large part of the devastation
was in neighborhoods composed larg-
.1.. . if 1 v5 l'.'rr'-
eiy oi nomes ranging in .vametrom
$2,500 to $6,000. '
Scores of pretty homes in a compa
ratively new section of the citjLMn
day night viext-Masah-mite
to stop .the$iazbiijio
of this work had not resulted in much
good. The conflagration was eating
up home after homemore slowly than
in the afternoon when driven by a
high wind, butrmoving forward relent
lessly. The dynamiting began at Boulevard
Place at about 4 o'clock, but the
fighters soon were driven back two
blocks to Ponce de Leon avenue,
where the greatest effort was made
Aided by the wide avenue, and the
slowly dying wind, soldiers, firemen
and private citizens blew up blocks of
houses. Once or twice a home on the
north side of the streeet would catch
fire, but for almost two hours these
sporadic outbreaks were stopped.
Latpr. h
a foothold on the other side of the
street, swept on a block to Vedo Way
and moved on in a northeasterly di
rection. FRENCH HAVE TAKEN
COVETED POSITIONS
Germans Driven Out After Violent
Hut Unsuccessful Counter-Attacks
With
the French Armies on the
Ir. );ch Fron, May 21. While the.
"-!Ynans were throwing masses of
11 ; against the French positiohs
the Chemin des Dames, only
uffor defeat with terrific losses,
1':
tv.
Clinch last night ejected an at4-cs
- in the Moronvilic sector and.
the Germans from some of thsir
''iwst positions. The French
;s v.ere brilliantly conceived and
' t il without a hitch. Their Qb
was most difficult: a hillv
rany
ar
filled with deen caverns af
fording shelter to hundreds of ma-chint-
guns and men, but the French
infantry stormed-the heights of Cas
W and Teton respectively 786 and
feet in height, and carried them
Wlth a rush, while other columns cap
tured the trenches lining the northern
Slope of Mount Carnillet.
The result of these operations gave
he French a commanding view on
their left. The value placed on the
Possession of these hills is shown by
the violence of the German counter
attcks in the course of the early
doming, which everywhere -broke
aovvn. They left more "than. 800 pri
ners in the
hile hundreds
strew the ground and lay
"ous shelters.
NOTICE
Tht
tQtn 1 1 1
ic Will no nvaa
on Sim ..i
hands of the' French,! would not go immediately to wasn- j wnite ana Diue nowers. -lrgbowls
of bodies of Opkfians;'mffton, but would remain in ; New of flowers were artistically "arranged
be : "F'ulf Hied Prphecie.w ; npt" a . Jefferson get yourneighborV. days in which ta listyour "state, couh-4 - VcTock: Sundayi schoolrf . that
Bro,klyn smcfstatisVcrock ''pZriiandCnotefthe' difference. See ;S:PtyM-town. taxes.-'" See .S. alker'urch will be heldat-3clbck pre-
Sub;
'ct: uSsS::iriZ&: nuji. n
PARXOF GERMAN
LINE DESTROYED
BY BRITISH GUNS
WERE ONCE CONCRETED
In Night Attack in;the Moronville
Section Thev Force thp
From a staff correspondent of the
Associated Press, British headquar
ters in France, May 21, via London.
So completely did the British artillery
do , its work beween Croissilles'and
Bullecourt that 3,000 yards of the
Hindenburg line are totally missing
This segment of the German defense
was completely wiped out!
Airplane photographs taken May 1
eVlNTTT Vvsmi4-if .-.11... J 1
oww ucauuiunj symineiricai zigzags
but the . latest picures taken contain
no trace of the trenches. The support
ed on Don Sldes by the British.
The engagement was really made
up of two attacks one in the early
morning when 70 prisoners were ta
ken, and the second late in the after
noon and the two' netting some 150
prisoners ofr the day's work in this
sector. The German artillery's res
ponse was very feeble and the coun
ter barrage durin gthe attack was
particularly weak.
The prisoners taken came mostly
from the 4Sth reserve division, which
was recruited in the region of Posen
and Breslau. It came to he west front
from Rumania in February. Three
officers were among the prisoners.
The men showed by word and acion
that they were thoroughly tired of
war. They had ben' in line 21 days
nd constantl&under the JBritish shell
seehr anytKmir like the artillery fire.
Although they were concreted, all
that remains of the captured posi
tions of the Hindenburg line are ce
ment and concrete machine gun em
placements. An underground corri
dor paralells the supporting trench 35
feet below the surface.
Several isolated posts are still
standing between the scene of the
latest smash and the Queant-Drocourt
line. TJhese include the villagesof
Reincourt and Hendecourt and t)tlrer
strong paoints, in which the Germans
are capable- of putting up strong re
sistance. Germans AreCDriven From Positions
By the French
While the Germans were throwing
masses of men againsHhe French pos
itions alon2 the Chemin des Dames,
only to suffer defeat with terrific los
sest the French Monday night effect
ed an attack in the Moronvilliers sec
tion and drove, the- Germans from
some of their .strongest positions. The
French plans were brilliantly con
ceived and executed without a hitch.
Their objective was most difficult; a
hilly range filled with deep' caverns
afforded - shelter to hundreds of men
and machine guns, but the French in
fantry stormed the heights of Casque
and" Teton, respectively 786 and 754
feet in height, and carried them with
a rush while other columns captured
the trenches lining the northern slop-
of Mount Carnillet.
The result oi the operations gives
the French a commanding view on
their left. Thk value- placed on the
possession -of these hills is shown by
the violence of the German counter
attacks in the course of he early
morning, which everywhere broke
down. They left more thtn 800 pri
soners in the hands of the French
while hundreds- of bodies of Germans
strew the ground and lay in the cav-
J-ernous shelters
Russian Commission Has Arrived in
This Country ;
New York, May 22r-Thr,ee Russian
naval officers and a civilian, repre
senting, it is said,' the new Russian
government, arrived here-Tuesday on
their way to Washington. They said j
they were on a special mission which
they declined to discuss. w
Members of the party say t they
,;is "understood have been ,on: diploma.
atfprfipldDis't Agent
in thp rav. York for some time. . All of themitall over the house, A" . " t ' I
THE REVIVAL MEEntXEHELb
FOR ROXBQR9 JAnjISONOUNtY
This meeting begins the fourth Sunday in May. - The big tent Will be lo
cated on the grounds of thetRoxbopo Graded school. The first service wilT
be 11 A. M. There will be two services a 'day. I am letting Brother Peter
Stokes and Dr. S. A. Ste4 lLyou hatsort of , a preacher we are1 expecting.
From what I hear of Mr. ChamberlainV singing you will be deligted to hear
hinl. You" wHl also be delig
lain. He uses the trombone in4ei and jiehas requested M 6
aecure two, oiarioand rhwiMtfstM
voices. . w e trust all m town -and county wno ieei tney can neip us in xne
choir wil fall in line- and join our big choir? See Hon. F. O. Carver and
enroll O. W. DOWD, Pastor. ' -: -
From Bennetsyille S. C. '
We ran for two weeks in the church, when the crowds attending seemed
-to justify, usih.the large tent owned by Brother Browning. The other
churches, for jthe most part, joined-heartily in the meeting,, and there was
a fine spirit of" unity.- Brother Browning's preaching is clear and to the
point, giving noTquarter to sin and worldiness, and the pe9ple were convicted
along the lines of-his preaching. He is intense and uncompromising, but no
ne would" think of call him fanatical,- for he gives a clear reason for his
position. His propositions are clear and when a man responds he knows just
what he is responding-to. Tfre influence and power of such ameeting will
be felt for years in any community. The visible results are probably between
150 and 200 professed conversions, and more than 80 offered for membership
in the various churches, and a goodly number promised to establish family
altars. REV. PETER STOKES.
From Columbia, S. C.
Browning is one of the finest preachers I know. That is his forte. He is
dearer than Torrey as an expositor of the word, and a much safer interpre-,
ter of the truth. ' He is a better preacher than Campbell Morgan, and Gipsy
Smith is not in his class. His speech is clean and style chaste. He is bold
in his arraingnment of sin. Dr. S. A.. Steel, Washington -St. M. E. Church.
Negro Burned To Death By a Mob
Near Memphis
Memphis, Tenn, May 22-Lell Per-
sons, negro, confessed murderer of
Antoinette Rappal several weeks ago
was burned to oeatn near tne scene oi
the crime Tuesday at 9 a. m.
A mob estimated at from 2,00 to
3,00 witnessed the death.
In preparation for burning the body
was soaked in oil and then suspended
in midair from the limb of a tree. A.
torch was , then-applied and the body
burned until the scorched flesh of the
negro fell to the ground.
Persons is said, to have repeated his
confession that he killed the child and
implicated two others. Members of
the mob set out in pursuit jof these.
When all was' in readiness, Mrs.
Minnie Woods, mother of the girl was
taken to the bridge where the prison
er was held and identified him. In a
short talk to the mob she was 'de
clared to have said she wished Per
sons -to suffer the tortures 'he dealt
his victim.
Mr. and Mrs. :,M. R.Loujg gave -a
charming bridge party, on .Tuesday ;
evening when they entertained the
members of the bridge club and a few'
additional guests. The rooms- where
tables ? were rariged ,fo ;rt
ers was lovely with a. wreath of red
After the game the hostess assisted
- at court house.
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Mr. Chamber
POINTS IN ARMY DRAFT BILL
I The War Army bill's chief provis-
ions are:
Raising of forces by the selective
draft system imposed upon all males
between the ages of 21 and 30 years,
both incltsiv6v subject to registration
and certain-exemptions from service.
"Increasing the Regular Army to
maximum war strength. .
Drafting into service of National
Guard units,
Raising o fan initial, force by con
scription of .500,000 men, with addi
tion of 500,000 if. deemed"necessary.
ncessary.
Increasing the pay of all enlisted
men. as follows: $15 additional month
ly for those now receiving less than
$21, comprising the bulk of the Army,
graduated downward to-$6 additional
monthly for those receiving $45 or
more. ,
Prohibiting, the sale of liquor at or
near army training "camp's and other
wise protecting the ; morals- of the
soldiers. .
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The -Ladies' Aid Society of Lea's
Chapel will meet with the pastor in a
called meetingon Thursday afternoon
of - this week; at 3 o'clock. ; AH the
ly. . - if. .
TheChudren'a Day prdgrani of UakJ
Grove church will be-given next Sun
day. The exerciser wiHT begin at .11
o'clock dmner: off theTjbrrnda and
ted:
.will
at
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ALLIED SOLDIERS
PLEASED WITH
THEIR GAINS
4 MEN MAKE CAPTURE
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Englishman Claims All the: Blunders
Of Gonflict Are Made By the Ger-
mans.
. London, April 30. Stirring inci
dents of the tremendous fighting on
the Arras battlefield axe related ,by
wounded officers and men who have
returned -from the British front in
France. ' 'That these men are abso
lutely satisfied with the progress the
British troops are making is quietly
evident. They are pleased with every
aspect oi the fighting. It is difficult
to extract a grumble even from- that
ihost exacting critic, the ojd soldier.
It is pointed out here that this si
tuation gives the soldiers confidence,
the surest foundation of perfect-morale
and that this backed by abundant
material leads to victory. r '
Asked if there-were no mistakes,
. oversights, checks or blunders, cne
young officer who had been wounded
in the head and left hand, with shrap
nel and whose ljfe had been saved by
j one oi tte isntisn army s so-canea
't:n hats" replied:
:Oh yes, there were, checks and
blunders all right; xmty they weren't
cn our side of the fence. They were
all on the other side of, the 'granite
wall', Mister Eindenburg's side, -you
know. I guess he will be issuing an
other order to his armies, as he did
over the Dece nbtr show at "Verdun,
demanding stricter training, and re
gretting faulty morale. All those
guns, you know, land the thousands of
unwosnded prisoners, and the German
barrage that didn't get; gojng until
our fourth wave went, oyer the para
pet,, TheyUl have to vamp up some
thing a bit more convincing, to soothe
the fatherland over this ahowf won't
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One. little"' man -who had trieHHo
make conclusion vvath a- German grer
nade and had left the. ground with 14
wounds bu. in remarkably high sr)if
its, expressed the conviction that the
German grenade was "not a bioomin'
patch on ours." He "and a comrade
told a story ,of visiting a "cave of
the dead," so circumstantial in its de
tails as to leave no doubt of ita truth.
While exploring'a huge shell crater
they discovered -a cavity leading out
of oneide of it and entering it, they
found it led to what was once an ex
ceptionally large and deep dugout
probably a battalion headquarters.
By the light, of their electric torch
es they explordrthe dugout and be
came convinced that one on the Bri
tish heavy shells must have penetrat
ed it and exploded therein. "The floor
of the dugout, they asserted, was pos
itively crowded with dead Germans of
whom a large number were officers.
None of the huddled bodies showed
any signs of a wound. The terrific
concussion of the great shell explod
ing in that, confined space apparently
had killed all of-theni. One German
had a telephone .receiver in his hand.
A Canadian corporal, whose story
was confirmedy an officer who fig
ured prominently i nthe incident, des
cribed how four mem captured 100
Germans in a dugout after the Bri
tish advance had passed beyond them.
The corporal who was wounded, first'
dropped a bomb -into the dugout and
then, hearing -no response, led the
way- down a long flight of steps to a
considerable cavern. " Hearing voices
in the darkness, they dropped a cou
ple more bombs while on the way
down," and, on entering the5 cavern,
lighted a candle. '
At this a murmur, from a group of
German huddled at the far end of the
dugout, standing with their hands
above their heads. The candle went
out "and the,' British "officer shouted
that if they moved, he would -"bomb
them all to glory " ' Tlie candle was
relighted and one of the .four. British
soldiers; wassent to the entrance of
the dugout while he -ordered the Ger
mans to advance in groups; of :three
and 'pile up their arms, warning them
that he would Jiurlja bomb, into ; the
crowd if itny 1 Wade a hostile move, .
x By, threes they-were all marched up
into: daylight and dispatched-tothe
rear, the brderlyt theLentrancekeep-J
ing atch' OTi . them ,to; see .that they
moved in the right direction' and
warning - thejn : that ihe ,would hopt
them if .they; undertobkltb .esca re In
the enit the jptiole lot of prisoner s was
safely dispatched on the road to more
certain 'captivity. : , -.""r
,1'JSIiss Floy Jokes of Sahf ori-will ar- L "A. 'A -h". ? J T: "
rive ur.Roxbcro Jhursday tVbe the'K Messrs. L. G.' Stanfield zri' l. 1
BIG HAUL OF LIOUOR
MADE IN CREAMERY
Five .Thousand -Dollars'; i Worths ofr
Spirits Seized' and Seven ; Arrests
Follow. , ' -
Danville, Va., May 22nd. The-lar
gest haul of spirits made in'Danvjlle -at
any one time , took - place TueW
day evening at 6 o'clock,, when nearly r
500 gallons of whiskey,' brandy wine," ; ,V
liquers and wines, valued at $5,00Oy C;
were confiscated on the third, flooor?"-
of theDanyille creamery onLoyatj
street. ' ...
concern, was arrested and gave $50Q
bond, E. C. Arey, a wealthy distiller;
in southern Virgina before' the state
went dry,, and vice-president of the .7
creamery, gave a similar lond, and; Wfft
R. Dance,- secretary , and treasurer,-
wasTequired to give $250. Bookkeep-'.; .
ers and other ejnployes, numbenpg v
four were arrested also and required
to give their pledge to bein court next;
Friday morning. Evn the negro firec
jnan was arrested.
The whiskey was discovered largely
through a theft. Matthew LanieiT
was caught. redhanded late on Satur--r
day night coming out of the creamery '
with 45" pounds of butter in a" sack.-i-
After he- had been sent t on to the,'
grand jury, he sent for police officers 7 -
and told them he was willing to go' V'T
to the penitentary if there was not " ZP'
at least 300 gallons of liquor in the;'
creamery. The police decided to act '-
in the afternoon and a squad of of
ficers raided r the establishment which
was running full blast. When served ' s
with the warrant Mr. Hatcher statedU -
that he had whiskey on the third floor;"
that it was his and that none of the " -T
other employees were responsible for' '
it being there. He said that it was the
the remnant of his stocky in a: salbori
which" was closed when the town went -J
dry. . .': :-
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DID YOU KNOW
ffiStTacIawn Par3y.wilhte given -
by the;OhWHni Canning Club in the
grove of 'Concord :Churclr,- Friday.;:
May 25th. Ice fcrean) -and .cake ;w3I;t'
be sold as a means -of providing for, 7"
incidental expenses of the Club-yorkr
The public Is cordially invited te:."
come at 8:00 o'clock. . '.A?--
GERMANY DETAINING :
AMERIGAN CITIZENS-' : :
Strong Prott Goes -Forward Froa-J l
State Department With Request for
Explanation
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Washington, May 22.Proteit, tv
Germany against the detention ,of
American citizens was, made byhe7vl!
State Department Tuesday through,--the
. Spanish government. The de?; I
partment has reeiyed positive infor-j:.:i
mation that Americans , are held in f.V,'
Germany and has asked for a full and j
definite statement ' of the Imeprial's'
governments attitude concerning their v,-v
departure. It is pointed out that this, 'Jt"
government always had acted j)rompt;. 1
ly on application of German subjects T 4
toMeave the United States. -.J I 'r "' .
The department's protest is, basebC
specifically upon the cases oftwo"';; '
Americans, employees, of an, electrical? '
company at Antwerp: The names have"
leen withheld. It is not believed that" '
there are more tHan 50 "or 75"Ameri-'
cans in all .Germany; if there are that
many. - ' ' .
All efforts' to 'obtain any iinforma-
tion a sto why the two inen at Ant
werp have not been allowed to depart.'
have failed. - " "1
A department Lt-tement, announc--C'
ing the protest, directs attention' to S ;:
the fact that no obstacle -has" Seen "f-.'
placed in the way of Germans wishingr, : '7"
to leave America. This generally wai j
construed as an intimation that some Y, :
measure of reprisal might be adopted
ah the event that Germany persists-'
in ignoring the fright of Americans to
leave her territory, v r
Jt is regardedas probable that 6er-;V
ninny njigm, jneau umicuiucs yictpus--'iv
ed by ilie conduct of jmilitary opera-fi
leave would W granted as - sobr as ".-.'
such inovejnenf does cno lnteriere -.with"
miMtary operations. c C" " I ' '
. . There isriothing iTthe in'foriab: ; :
reacmngne craw department tna.- , ,
indicates mistreament ; of ' Americans- ; -
Messrs: R. A. JPass, WT. Passj? . -CIssajnI).M.r;
Andrews spntT s.
esday inaleighiirheylwent to at- '. r
tend the graduating exercises of a 4
Peace -Institutes Miss Halliellone?, '
niece .pf , MessrsPass is 'a Tnetnben of .
the craduatmfff class v.V-H. 5 -
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