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HIGH POINT-DfTERFRlSS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 16, 1917. 1 ft f FBECII tMTEFOLi FOR TO.. S. i Thank American Women For the Aid Circa to the French S3-1 on. FrencV Front, July l.--( Correspond rnc of Associated : Pre.l Doxen of diriiou of the French army now aivrp underground ia comparative comfort, mi ja. the front line whea the Her man pre hurling -tens of thousand of shells on the ground above them, thanks ,to the work of tie companies of exea Yatora formed ince the beginning of the war."'" The awn chosen to construct the shelters, which have preserved so many thounaails of lives, are soldiers whose age varies between forty -five and fifty and who would been uufit to take part in the active operations of mod em battles, where quickness of move ment and lithenea of limb are abso Jute necessities. No matter what the Mature of the sofl, whether hard rock, quicksand, chalk or marshy land, these veterans have overcome all the difficul ties and have succeeding in constructing formidable bomb-proof shelters all1 along the tine of the front from the North Sea to the Swies frontier until at tbe present moment any fishing unit arriving at almost any part of the line finds a habitable dug out awaiting it. The correspondent of The Associated Press has seen and been inside dozen of these subterranean cities for trncli they may be tanned at many places, and, even where all the natural condi tions are difficult, has found the shel ters commodious, well-drained and well ventilated. In some cases a battalion finds accommodation in a single shelter, anud each man lodged in it is provided with a simple bed consisting of a wire setting foundation supported by wood n uprights. On this the soldier lays his (regulation bundle of Straw and, cover ing himself with his army blanket and great coat, can sleep with freedom from anxiety as to any bombardment in prog resa outside. -The shelters are provided generally with electric light or aeety fcne lamps, sanitary conveniences, and, in some cases, with complete shower baths. .-- First aid posts and dressing stations with all modern surgical appliances are also to hand, so that the surgeon . attaclitd to the unit may attend im mediately to any wounded men brought ia from the Beat-by battlefields. - 80 - well are ' the shelters protected from tbe view of the enemy that, at though in many instances the under ground lodging covers an area of 3,000 square yards, not once ia the course of tiiii past year has one of then keen destroyed by the enemy' fire. They hare many exits, the plan being to provide one for each section or quarter eompaay, so that in case one exit should 1 . be hit mad blocked, the men inside may escape through another opening. At the beginning of tbe war the sol ' dim actually in tbe fighting line made their owa shelters, which were just holes -dug ia the ground and covered with tree trunks and earth and affording very lit tie protection, besides taking up much of the time of the soldiers and costing very much labor and money for trans porting the necessary timber. it was then decided to utilise the older classes of the reserve of the tor ritorial army who had been called to the colors and who, despite their provi- ous miliary raining, had been found un aide to bear the strain of campaigning Several companies of them were formed and they were first given the task of constructing shelters in the Somme dis triet around Verdun. Their officers were chosen from the engineering corps and from men who in civil life were engaged in similiar undertakings, such as build ers and miners. Most of the men were "peasants used to digging in the fields nud their work' wa very satisfactory, frnt this kind of excavating work wax different-annd. they sucered considera- Hy from unusual motion of having to throw the earth upward, or wheeling ft in barrows up steep inclines. One of the officers overcome this try jog difficulty by inventing an apparatus for carrying loosened earth or roek to the surface 4y use of electric power. iBy this arrangement two -men can do the work formerly done by ten. When the earth has reached the surface it falls into barrows and is wheeled away along the level and distributed about in mil a manner as not to attract the at tention of the enemy's airmen always flying about the lines to observe what is gouig on la the opposing position. ; ' Special , army , ; aa wmills have been ctarted to provide the props and plank : ing for th shelters and everything is .done at minimum cost. v The veterans so emplovod have sus tained losses -when working in exposed positions)' but no danger appear to daunt them and they continue their job is though they ; werei working In -the elds at iioma.' They have adapted them , aclve to the use rf tlti most modern , tools, and although tbtt great majority j of them had no previous' experience of electric drills annd borer ..they now use l tlx as well as practiced miner. - TaU - Tti . tot CU3i rt vera. '. Malaria. - I ;- For a mala r1.it eonaitlon with cbills, i fever and aweaKMiko oy "Xinsr 1 of Malaria". Chill Toni It' combine the virtues of quinine, w:t!;pt 1 unpleas- taste, with strong, "pifrifying ' and ( c 1 ropen ics of iron. II, f res am. ALLIED DM; ins TO BESPEAKERS They Will Represent the Allies At the Southern Conunercial Congress . ,Xew York, Aug. 13. The diplomatic representatives - df the - countries bow the allies in the war of the United States will be the guest of honor at the banquet to. be given by the South ern Commercial Congress at the Hotel Astor. October I. during th annual convention of the congress, the func tion falling on the eightieth anniversary of th inception of the organization. Hob. Oscar Straus, general chairman of the New York , committee, Senator Duncan U.. Fletcher,'' president of the Southern Commercial congress, Clarence J. Owens, managing director of the con grrss and William 1L Saunders, resident director, called on the diplomats in Washington ami extended invitations to them on behalf of tbe congTess, The theme of the response and the address for tbe banquet will be inter national reconstruction. An invitation will be extended to the President of the United States and to ex-Presiednt Taft who is president of the League to En force Feaee, to epeak for America. The responses for the representatives of the Allies will be made by Ambassador Jusserand of France, the dean of the diplomatic corps. Arngement will be completed for fifteen hundred covers. Senator Fletcher will deliver the in troductory remarks and Oscar Strauss will act as toastmastcr. The occasion will be one of the most notable ever held in the country, and will be significant through the interpre tation of the ideals that actuate the At lies, and in tbe utterance of diplomats in marking an epoch in Aemrica's rela tion to the world war. The Southern Commercial Congress will assemble in New York over twenty thousand representatives, including the governors of state?, other state officials. members of the cabinet, heads of im portant government bureaus and com missions, and executives ot municipali ties and civic commercial organizations. The guests of honor list for the ban quet includes the following: Mr. J. J. Jusserand, ambassador ex traordinary and plenipotentiary, ol France. Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Kite, ambas sador extraordinary -and plenipotentiary. of- lirrat Britain. Count V. Macchi de Cellare, ambas sador extraordinary und plenipotenti ary, of Italy. Mr. Aiuiaro Sato, Ambassador extra ordinary and plenipotentiary, of Japan Mr. Geo. Baknmcteff, master of im perial court, ambiifsadw extraordinary and plnipotontiary, of Russia. Viscount de Alte, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, of ol'r tugal Phya Prabna Karavbngne, euvoy ex traordinary and minister plenipotenti ary, of Warn. Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedcn, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo tentiary, of Cuba. Senor l)r. Don Belisario Porras, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten tiary, of Panama. Mtf, Lioubomir Mii-hailuvilch, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten tiary, of Serbia. Mr. E. Havenith, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, of Bel gium. Mr. A. Youros, charge d'affaira ad in terim, of Oreecc. STATE FAUt EXHIBITS BEST. State Board of Health Plans to Get in Some Good Health Work This Fall The North Carolina Agricultural Fairs will be made the media of more health pdopoganda than, ever before, if plans of the State Board of Health work out as present indications point. Instead of one demonstrator accom panying exhibits this yea rtherc will be two anud possibly Hire or even four. Four new, sets of exhibits are now be ing prepared on a scale more elaborate anud more effective than has been at- tenmpted thus far. From the last week in September to the closing of h last fair in Novmber, the educational .work will go on in the perfectly worthy ef fort to utilize the drawing power of the sawdust midway and sideshow at tractions for the dissemination of the doctrine of right living and dsease pre teuton. Three and perhaps four, fair each week will be reached iin the round,, A number of county fair organiza tions already bav requested the ex hibit of the Board, while others have been written to be the State Board of Health to learn their atiudo on hhis subjec. - t Boatoa Ready for G. A. S. Boston Mass., Aug. 10. With the date for , thpoeening of the national encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Republic only a few days distant, the local com mittees are patting the finishing touches t othe elaborate preparation for the re, ception and entertainment of the thous ands of old soldiers and other Visitor who will be the guests of Boston during the coming week. The applications for accommodations indicate that . the at tmdsncrwin 1 tip to-th grwf re cent years. While the money originally subscribed for decorations has been do nated to patriotic pirrpoRes, the general program of btjsinpps and 'entertainment Death of Husband Sbnt New York, Aug. 1. (By Associated Fret.) It was J hi death of b r Iiu.Ua ml which prompted noign Vera Bntrhareff to enlist in the Russian army and event ually to organise the WoneB' Legion of Death, of which she is conjander and whkh achieved fame In a4 recent battle with the Germans, according to facta re ceived by the Russian Information' Bu rrau here. According to this informa tion, Vera Butchkareff is a young eoun-J try woman who went to Petrograd from her native village tu the provinc of Tomsk. . ' Having learned in May, 1913, that her hu&baud was dead on the German fron tier, she made up her mind to contiuu the t.tsk which her husband began, and ruiisted lu the 25th Reserve Corp of Tomsk. ' . " ' - f After a comparatively short training, she went to the front with a company that was to fill the Tanks. Colonel Stubindorf enlisted her as a regular iu tbe 28th Polotzk Keginieat, 2nd Army. For three months. Vera Butchkareff foueht with a rifle and on March 8 191C, was wounded in the leg under hea vy artillery fire iu a battle which took place on Lake Naroch. The wound not withstanding, she remained at the front with her comrades who captured two lines of trenches and one thousand pris oners. On 'March. 0, after the conwnander and No Market System Holds Back State Development (Special to The Enterprise.) Raleigh, Aug. 16.That th agricultur al development and the prosperity of North Carolina are being held hack by the hick of an ailequule and fair system of markets for corn, wheat, oats, hay, beans and other staple food and feed htuir is a striking declaration in a state, ment issued by the State Food Conner ration Commission to the supply mer chants, hankers and other business men of the state. The food commission for several weeks has recognized the great economic im portance of adequate markets, not only as a fiieans of meeting the present emergency but as a necessity under nor mal conditions. "We cannot expect our fanners to diversify their agriculture ami raise a surplus of corn, wheat, oats, hay and other crops uules they can sell these products at fair and equitable prices," says the statement "In spite of this very evident fact, however, it ia a notorious fact that in the majority of cities and towns iu this state the mer chants have been prone to take advan tage of the absence of such markets and purchase the smalr amount of products offered on a long margin instead of of fering fair prices and finding a market themselves for the vastly increased amount of products that would result from such a course. This is a shortsight ed policy, and the prosperity not only of our rural sections but of our cities aud towns as well is being throttled by its operation. "The big .essentials are t "First, a disposition to give the farm er a square deal, to give him preference over th farmers of the Central West, and, "Second, warehouse space and equip ment for shelling corn, grading and cleaning corn, wheat, oats, beans,, peas and other products and for baling hay.. "Merchants have excused themselves for their failure to develop a market in the past by the statement that Hi farm er did not have his corn, for instance, properly graded, or even shelled, per haps. The farmer who has a surplus of only 25 to 200 or 300 bushels of corn can not afford to purchase shellers and gra ders for so small an amount, yet the posibilities of production lie with the farmers of thm class. The merchant must provide the shellcr and graders. ' "The fact that the farmers will ap preciate mid Utilize a fair and adequate market has been demonstrated, even in the south, too often tw be questioned. Gainesville, Fla ., is a fair example. Here a market was established by a North Carol wiaA. by the wy,and was able to purchase f rcm the farmer of the com munity three carloads of corn and two the first year. , The second year Hie far carload of bogs, among other things, niiiiiiYiiiiiiiimuiuiiuiiiiinniimniiiifn ' 4 vf R. E. ANDREWS Contracting faintln? and Decorating. loiinifliiiiiiiiiuniiniiiiiiiiiniiii! DO YOU WANT ;-: !,' ''v...-. Eoneit Scxvtc at reason able cost If o, tet tea do your wuk and. ou get it. v '.'i-f'...'' : V, .:. . m u si fox Rooms s t YTachovia Dank EuilJing M a Girl to the Front the captain were Ivilled, she led the sol dier in an attack which resulted in vic tory for the Russians. ' ' j Afterward she went to the Austrian front, and was wounded iu hep ; arm, while taking, part In a eounter-charge near the IWubov Korchma. Nevcrthe loss, she retained bar position in the army, l'.ut I "atlte next charge she was wounded severely by a fragment of a shell. hhe was taken to the hospital where slie remained for fotur months. Ira mediately upon recovery she .went to Petrograd and siw M. Rodzianko, of tbe Duma, to ask permission to orj;auire a company of women. ' " , . In a recent interview,. Vera Butckka reff said. 1 saw the president of the Duma and obtained permission to form a woman's company which ia.to leave for the front at once..., We will set an example to the men soldiers, many of whom misunder stood the - meanina of liberty, ' It is to the fraternisation and to all the unde sirable. phenomena that are responsible for the disorganization of our forces. wiil sacrifice my life for my eountry and I am sure that I will find followers enough to point out to the desertions, among women. Woman's mission is not only to give Jife to man but it ia also up to us women, to teach men how to defend the new-born freedom." nicrs of the community produced and sold 20 carloads of corn and 19 carloads 0 of hogs. That was hist year. This year an increase of more than 100 per een above these figures is loked for. What was done at Gainesville, Fla., can be du plicated at almost any couuty scat in North Carolina while large markets should be normal development in Wil mington, Charlotte, Raleigh, Aaheville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro and possibly a few other of the larger business cen ters of the state." Director B. W. Kilgore of the Agricul tural Extension Service, lias addressed a letter to 3,000 bankers and merchants of the state, calling attention to, and em bracing the statement of -the 'food com mission. Confidence is expressed that these men will rise to the situation and see to it that better markets arc pro vided than have heretofore been avail able. s ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING "AN OR DINANCE DEFINING AND DESCRIB ING THE TAXES AND LICENSES ON PROPERTY TOLlS, SUBJECTS, TRADES AND PROFESSIONS ' IN THE CITY OF HIGH POINT, N. C., FOR THE YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 191 8." BE IT OI! DA IX ED 'BY THE -CNTV COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGH POLS' T: "That Section (a) of Schedule "A" of the above ordinance be amended so aa to read as follows: .' On each taxable poll, or male person, between the ages of 21 and 5(JF years, residing in the city of High Poiiit on the first day of May, 19 1J, a tdf of i.00, to I be ; applied io the tayrflent -of :the current expense of the cil government and the interest 0 nthended indebt idnesi of; t e city, fcxcetj on the .$.4), 000 school 1 mds, datet and' issued July 1, 1013 and one dollj? and fifty cents to be applici to te perises of the city graded 'Who Is and JThe payment of In terest on .tie $50Jp school bnds, dat-: ed annd isJied Jy I, 1913, making a ttal of tin fe doljm ami fifty cents on each ikHI. e That 8eJionbV of said Schedule "A' be amende sof s to read' as follows: 5 On ever, on hundred dollar value of real estate wiiin the corporate limits of the city 0 nigh 'point fcifd im all per sonal prq p,y owned by residents - of said city, including money' n hand,: sol vent credits, investment in bonds, Imiiik stock, railrontf stotk and 5 all other stock, and upon allothcr mibjwts tav ttd by the Gencrnl Assembly idvaiorem, a tax of one dollar on every hundred dol lar vulue thereof;-ftr the jpayment of the general expense of the city gov ernment and the interest 4n the bomf ed indebtedness of " the city,; except on (he 4$."p,000 school bonds, lated and is sued July 1, 1013, making total of one dollar and fifty cent 01$ the one hun dred dollar valuation. I ' By Order of the BLuncil, -.. THOMAS J.piUItPnY, 8-15-lt S ' ' ' W1 Manager,.-.: Charlotte. aLC.uly 20, 1917. $500, REWARD,, paid by thM Houlhern lnil?y System . Five hiired dollar jWard. will be forllie arrest and conviion of the per son1 or persons who remofrcl ipikes, bolt and anle bars, resulting in derailment of paD"iiger train No. 2tij near Hunlers ville, X' C Tuesday ntofnir' July 17, AlJ. conimunicationa,. pert 'iitiiug to this subiect 'shottW be tadiii- ml t JnW, Connelly, Cltlcf Ppecial 'ent, Southern Eatlvviiy System, 'Cltarl ie, N. C: , : If arrested, wire b' . or Sherift N.'W. Wal1iH'vn:-vtot! -orth Cnrolinrt. ; ... x. FoinTAT-rr. Will ContinueUhtil? August20tK U ' . . .! .,ww 1 nniiWf. ing low, prices Goods1, such; as we are selling is daily advancing so that it will probably ;e" tha,t we will not . bV , able, t handle much of the, goqds that we are actually selling today.7 Take advantage of his opportunity and buy yourj all shoes and clothing', djess your boys up for school and save a pile of money. Remember you have until Saturday night to get values from H. Harris & Bro. you will never get again If t- ." ''. -;':'':'"' - ' -' , t-.iV': c.a INSURE PURCHASERS THAT THEY WILL RE ?l ICE AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE AND AS PROMPTLY AS OUR GREAT DEI iV rilYjSYSTEM CAN GET IT TO THEM. Tbe tcikcts ma be purchased from the office br from df'fcrs and die saying effected is a tidy one. Get our prices and remember the tickets are sold' in a var - ry of qu&nuties. There's a book for the user of a little ice and another for the wholesale purchaser. '1 , ' -' ''''-i-':''-'' -.;i .,'.....'...'. ,. , .. ,., r . , i ... ' j. ! ' ' " " 1 '- . Is just as pure and as perfect in quality as modern methods can make it It is manufactured in an ideal plant from dtstQIed Water and every care is taken to see that it reaches you PURE. Ice Isa Necessity And when one saves on a necessity, it is that much money earned. lition TODAY, fiMCTIG - 109 - Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., m ' V' . " 'Agents. ' ' ' '' 1 'f TNSURANCEt SERVICE f SUPREME V J. Gurney tnsgt, Mgr. NiceFreshMieat IFor Saturday Henderson & Cos Market, for-, mrly"the Bennett Mitfket, offers exceptionally tine meM ior oai urday. Fresh Fish. " Fresh and Cured Meats. Dressed FowL Our market is strictly sanitary. All ! meats are kept in.' the finest cold I stoi-ase plant in the citr-y y ,Your Patronage Scllcilcd. . VI ,m. Wit are offeringyyou the ad vantage oF our exceed- s l Ero. nam "The House of Kuppenheimer" 0 .'s,: 1 I, , - 1 ICE & COffi - Both Telephones 109, "it- These i"- W Are seriou3 times far us as at. :. individually. We MUST win Riis war. : f We can all help ; by growing all the foodstuffs possibl0; ' by avoiding all extravagances and. waste; by close at tention to our. business and by saving our money. OUR Bank i9 a Safe place for YOUR Money. : " - ' .-.' -v-.;- . ; , i ; ;BAWK:GF COMMERCE': T.A. IIH,LISt Caliict. ; 0. E, K2ARNS, Fsidt. J. H. ADAMS, Vice-President. A. M. RANKIN, Vice-President " G. A. POLLOCK. Asst. Cashier, ' PA f m i s ? 4 57. Investigate the Ice Ticket Propo Uf'v v .", mm. a Nation and for each of us eo i ' !:.,--- ' t-.l v'fal Try it will not be curtailed on account of th -n TTG TOOTH
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