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: I V,-s I If.-.: I - - : : ;:.-.t, j'.ira a t ci:;;t .? 1. .c, band to a postal eai . 3 i 1 it will b placed in tie -s cf Lr. S. solJiers and sailor. f ' wr--ppLnj-.no address. 4' the v;ti;: Fair and warmer ton'Vit anl Tuesday; light variable winds. r,-r,o J VCL. 24. No. 239. HIGH POINT, NORTH CARP UNA, MONDAY . AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1917. Member Associated Press. immm. mm REPLY TO THE POPE LOCATE HARVARD HAS NEW "TACKLING D UMMY." ESTIMATES OF DESTROYERS TO BE SUBMITTED THIS WEEK mum here C M. Hickerson, of AsheyOle, ' Representing Concern, is Seek ing Suitable Site. a..aMll..paslhaY-Mlvymsr1 n snn n liniiiwimnmiiiiiiwiiri mii iiimiiii tiwn?'7tmmM '.'inrr'v.'a mimn(rw"Mffr''iitt' MAYBE General Petain is Holding All Ilia Gains Made About Verdun fai the Recent French Offensive There. ' - ' Germans Have , Resumed Their Fighting About , the Aisne- British Smash Aerial Bases in Belgium During Raids. fetrogrsd, Aug. a?. (British Admir alty per Tireless Press., A Austro. berman attack o Rumsniaa positions loath of Ocoa tait algbt was repulsed, the war office says. Northeast of Son re!, the Rumanian- recovered a height which had been taken from them. Berlin, Avg. 7. Today'i official re rf,f jj the Roito-Galidan front says .Wra the Divina rim region north west of Jacobstsdt on the northeasterli Iector, the Russians yielded some poi ions to the Germans. Berlin Aug. The Germane were orced out of Beaumont, on the VerduA rent, east of the Meuse, in yesterday's fighting hut Uter recaptured it, the war bffice says. The fighting here continues. London, Aug. 97. It was reported rtra Austrian army headquarters that he Austrian who were fighting north of pOrixia On the Isonio front hare now retired, says t Central News dispatch from Amsterdam. Ueueral Pot a in is holding all his gains M the great Verdun oftensive movement n the fa.3 of formidable counter at- tacks which the crown prince is deliver- The Frtwa commander reports the re- pulse lasfc'night of strong assaults on lewrjr ytirgirtr;,j;t:I-' - He announces also the recapture of ,UK) prisoners ir the fighting yesterday phen fhe French lines were carried, for ward two-thirds of a mile on , 2 mile root to the outskirts qf Beaumont Poisiblf as a diversion the Germans have resumed their attacks in the Aisne eglon, where for many days in July in I arly August they met with checks in aesperate .attempts to drive the French rom the ground on the Chemin ds- bame won in the spring. The renew! f the attempt met with no better slic es, the breaking up of the thrusts be- ng announced today by Paris. The British are continuing th.vr mashing of aviation aud other bases f large-number of bombs by -naval lehind the German lines. The dropping lirmen on the airdome of St. Dennis Vestern is announce! today. In infan ry operations the only activity reported Jt successful tiuii'h raid carried out i Osttararne. : 4 : COMPANY M A-WANTING ' . SOME GOOD RECORDS t Has ths Machine But to Date Nary a Record Has Been Donated Captain Explains the Qenersl Ides. "The general idea," said Captain Welch, of Company M, today, "is to ather up a rot of good phonograph rec ords to take along to France with us, net the machine we have to going and sorter toll the Germans over to the trenches much in the same manner as a hog la tolled, and then let loose with the little guns Uncle Sam furnishes us." ATI of which is saying that Company M still has a perfectly good phonograph but nary a record. The company is par- ticnlarly anxious to secure some records before it leaves " for the ' cantonment camp in a few days,".. Any make of disc record will be. accepted, or donations may be given and the company select its own favored tnusto. ' ; To date not a record nor donation has been made, - - . . k -; Big Order for Shirts, New York, Aug. , 27.Shirt makers will begin work, soon Upon one of the largest orders ever given in the his tory of the company. The order which calls for 600.000 dozen shorts for the men of the army and navy means the fmpToymewt of 10,000 : persons from now on until J)e(mbej 1 when it must be completed. It : wai said that the sbortmakera would be paid from $5 to 40 per day. - First American to Die. '.'. Washington, Aug. 27. The first death ff the American navy flier at the French front was announced today In ' dis-patches.-; He. was George H. Manly, of tl ' iaval aerinl corps, and was killed ly airplane- accident."- Secretary Lansing Refuses to In dicate th Nature of Reply to ; Washington. Aug. , 27. A reply to Pope Benedict's $eace proposal may be made by - the government this ; week. 8ecretar Lansing said today it would be made soon: but declined to indicate its character br'the time of dispatch. ; Bepotte1 frotn thi entenVe today indi cated that; they might be waiting for this country 'ta make tne first reply. DOCKET TODAY II Number of Cases Tried Before Judge 'All-n Austin This Mornutf. V-' ' y' Several cases Were called for trial In municipal "court this morning; the. charger ranging f rolit ' adofned drunks t Isrceny. ifeil McDowell was fined' $10 and taxed with the costs in the case charging him with being drunk and with ieavinf, kis horse Standing on th fmt. witaout-being attached to a block or post, was taxed wiUi the coots as. wasy Jonas V oak ley, charged with the same offense) a Lacy Patneroij paid the costs in the cas- chArglug hi in with speeding while Joe 8irayhoru was taxed with the i'ot in the case Iharging him with bringing about t brearh of the peace. Jessie PethfJ young negro, was eea tenced' to Serve six months on the county foSds following his conviction in a ease charging larceny while Mal colm Sfaper, negro, charged with larce ny in two case,, received 'six months for each offense, a total of a calendar. F. P. Cauble, charged with entbezaleuient, was fined $50 and taxed with the costs. He appealed and a bond of $ll)0 was named, the defendant being reeoguizejlJ Ida Beeson was adjudged guilty of ing a ooard bill but prayer for judg ment was continued until later.' THE NEWSPAPERS Also Hear Plan to Increase the Postage Rate on Letters to Thres) Cents. Washington, Aug. 27. While readers prepared for the contest over profit taxation 'the senate today began consid eration of the postage increase section of the war tax bill, with the debate on profits set for Wednesday.' ' War taxation of newspaper and mag azine, publishers was the principal sub ject of the debate today. Leaders hope to dispose of the section tomorrow or early .Wednesday, together with the provision for increasing letter postage one ccni. . v ' .C, . Beginning debate on the postage sec tions, "Senator Hardwick moved to strike out that section levying a cent increase on letters. (The proposed increase taxes, he said, is "most' unfair and unjust" while publishers rates make a postal de ficit ' ! "It would accenuate wrong," he said, "leaving second class rates ' admittedly unfair so low and raising postage paid by the masses. " i ; ' - 'j . "Not only is it in my opinion but also the postal department that it must deal with (natters of this sort that such an increase in letter rate is unnecessary as a war measure and thee Is no justifica tion for it," he said. He added "that the day is coming when great masses of business people who do not own papers but. who do own common business and who believe the pootal business should be fair will assert themselves and oppose the government giving newspapers 70 or 80 -million dollars every year while they are paying in enormous profits a a-' nually for the carry'ng . of . first-class mail. t.f . ttt . , i ,i :r . . CANADIAN CASUALTIES ARE " VE8Y HEAVY AT THE FRONT . Ottawa, Aug, 27. Results , of ' the heavy fighting on the Canadian front were reflected in the casuatity list to tailing over 1,000 for the week end. The noon list today is 327, of whom 10 were killed In action and 33 died of wounds. Miners Are Idle, r, (Butte, Montana Aug. 27. Thousand of miners are (die today because of the shutting down of the mines because of j the closing of tlie smelting plant of tbe Angronda:--ss.,..w....wa.. - C. M. Hickerson, of Asheville, repre senting an aluminum ware concern - at present operating at Canton, is spend ing several days in the city looking for a suitable .site, the firm having de cided to move to this city and to great ly. Increase Us facilities and output. Mr. HkkersoB is associated in the bv siness with T. I Gwyfi, JuJge: Welfel ly, of Asheville, and J. 0. Plottof Can ton, all reputable business men. It is the intention of himself and. associates, o Mr. Hickerson stated this morning,, to manufacture a general line of aluminum ware In this city, provided a suitable fac tory can be secured. Furthermore, Mr. Hi&mon stated that he would remain in High Point for several days, unin the needed building was found or he was convinced that a building could not be secured. The building needed will have to be at least 50 by 150 feet, of two stories high, and 100 by 150 feet if a single story building. R. B. Terry, president of the Commercial club, and Thomas J.f Gold are conducting Mr. Hickerson about the city In search of a building anud the two dub members state that they took no step until they had thoroughly investi gated the claims of the aluminum com pany and the standing of the gentle men interested in it. Likewise do Mi. Terry and "Mr. Gold state that the in vestigation has proved to them that tH addition of the aluminum warn plant to the'' great number of manufacturing ei tabtishments in the, city would be ditijinct addition, something greatly to be desired, inasmuch n it in no way pr rtflk'ti with the lines at present 'being" manufactured. The shipping advantages and the nearness fo Baden and other aluminum ;nawufacturiii3 '"enters are big items in the argument which decided" Mr. Hiek- ersoit annd associates to move ' High Poluti fhe market i large .for the prodncj'.of uch' factory "as there are llfCdllW operation, and the beat-ttrnTeitmyiijji,1! wlfwfd in tlie few arc con sidered srood by careful investors. In the event the factory is located in High Point, aluminum Will be purchased by the sheet and made into ware. The largs number of salesman traveling out of I the city could add the ware to their lines anud thus afford the new concern' great marketing opportunities. Mr. Hickerson. can be reached through either Mr. Terry or Mr. Gold during his stay in the city and is very anxious to communicate, and confer with any per son having a building that would meet with the requirements of the aluminum concern.' two false alarms - of fire Sounded DURING YESTERDAY The nortbside fire station, the habitat of the little red truck, has a new tele phone, No. 161. Formerly the fire lad dies were subject to call over No. 71, copper headquarters, but very recently the, new talking device has been In staled. Yestejcday af teroon shortly af ter "3 o'clock some nice young persons determined to see whether the new din gus was in working order and forthwith oalliut anil afatml that a fire was rairiluf out on KouUi Main street. Helter skel-1 ter dashed the truck, with the bite white one in pursuit. The telephone workedi all riffht Last night at 9 o'clock the second false wvmg n. ; ine guesis nope j.e wiu oe alarm of the day came in,, it being l , happy throughout the remainder. thofof his life as Ue was -yesterday and 7Ulill1JVA a wus - r J " " fourth ward. The firemen had a nice ride and it is probable that the joker had a laugh. Probable. '" LOOKINh FOR THE RELATIVES OF AN . INSANE WHITE MAN Chief MeUbee was in receipt of a let ter today from the chairman of the board of commissioners at Morgan ton asking for informatiofi concerning rela tives and 'friends of Rufus Davis, a white man, who is being held there. Da. vis,, according to the letter, was taken violently insane and had to be removed frpra the train some little time, ago. At that time he had a ticket from Fair mount, Ind., to High Point in his pocket. The letter stated that' the authorities of the Indiana iutane asylum at Fair mount had given the. information that ' Davis was released from that institution as cured in March, 1916,. and that the man had relatives in Guilford county. Chief McGhee is anxious to communicate with these relatives regarding some disposi tion of the man now being held at Mor ganton. . Wheat. . Chicago, Aug. ;27.--The whe&t pit was deserted today, all trading in futures J having eeaseA, , UlUMK.ll l . . Harvard's old .tackling dUmmy, which got "a terrible. mauKng every autiwn w by tbf Crimson f.rv 4 ib' gridinm. has a rival named "Fritx' the same be ing a.nipal ack stuffed with straw w luxe ml lot is to receive bayonet thrusts' from members of the Harvard O frTcers' Training' e-orps. The boys are b ein; taught the art ot ilie bayonet ly Captain 3. toslubay, the famous French fencer, At first t''ey cni'pluy fencing utieks, but lutvr receive mire-enougli rifles with hbnest-'to-goodness bayonets; E John Teague ' Injured ' When Hit ;Ln. r-ii L.. as.. ' Ben'English. ' John Teague, a well known resident cf thii city, '-suffered a dislocated hip yesterday . afternoon- whew 'struck by sni aiitismibhV driven ty Mrs Ben Knglislt, of An-ndale. Mr Teague was cros'-liis the street in front of the Mann U--iig company," it is stated, "when, t be accident ocenjr;The.injilr!d.'nja'n..was'atteK.i. id ly jdiysjcians tnV lujter-; removed to his home after tbe. swelling had b-en rcdtiied. ; ' " ' . ' ';' ' ,.' It is Stated that ihe 'ar" driven '.by,. Mrs English -was "not, being driven at a hgli ' rSte of Speed when" the accitent ccciiired', and this ,fact probably - pre vented Mr. TeagiaV'? injuries from oeihg mare serious.' ' .'' '' "';,;''.-, - CHARLIE GURLEY HAD HIMSELF A BIRTHDAY : . CELEBRATION SUNDAY Charles Gurley, the city's 'blacksmith,' and just the Bame sort of fellow that Longfellow, had in mind when he wrote the poem starting "Under the spreading qliestuut tree,"" had a birthday yesterday and celebrated H In fitting style. Char les is and was over 17 and then some' but the. celebration he arranged would have sufficed bad he been a hundred or lo. Charles gum shoed ' around, and urged different personages 53 in num berto call around to his home shortly after the noon" hour, for something was going to transpire. Time flitted, as it is wont to do, and soon the hour arrived as did the 53 guests. Charles had a dinner served that brought reminders of times long since in the past; when.meat and other arfi ch?s of food were sold , by ' the pound instead of by the carat. It was a regu spreaa, one pal even me ravenous sppetiles or those honored couta not nks disappear, Charlie had a happr I oirinaa" na: .onpiiy umiiner 01 jo- Charlie, not to be contrary, hopes the same way.' .V.r',: . ' '-,.';' Investigate Naval Disaster. Washington, Aig. 27. Progress in the investigation looking to criminal pro; ceedings against the persons guilty 'lof causing -the explosion at Mare Island, Cel., Jly 9, in which .five -persons were killed 'was discussed by Secretary Dan iels today with, the stt'M'hey 'genernt;. '. Secretary, Daniels called at the depart ment and was with the uttorney general an hour. - Negro Virtually Confesses. . ' Richmond, Vs., Aug. 27. In a letter to his mother, William H. Burgess, the negro who was landed in the Henrico County ' jail : late yesterday, tor afe keeping, after being arrested on the charge of attacking two white. women in Fairfax county, bid (farewell" to his family, the missive being 'considered as virtual' 'confession. , The negro' was brought- here to prevent a lynching. ? ; Lieutenant Was ,Here Today. ' Lieutenant Barbet, '-who' was ' personal aid to. General Morton on . the . border when tbe Katonal guard was encamped there, arfd of Clinton,' spent a few hours in the city today with Dr; H. B.' Hiatt while on his way to report for duty st.Cajnp,-eierXreepyile,S-CLM, AUTO ACCID --v"- v . ... f$W?,l : uvtPl'it'.' 111 WHISKEY TO THE SOLDIERS .1 - Ford Gentry, Young White, Ar rested . Under United States, Warrant. Ford tieiiti y, a young 'white man w ho was arrested Satin-day afternoon under a charge of -being' drunk and disorderly, now -face a' fat more'-serious' charge, that -of-giving w:hinky to -soldiers-while in uniform. Shortly after licntry was arrested under -the. civil charge-. Chief of PoKcevMetjh.ee. appeared before I'nited States Commissioner Warren A-i. Itvown -and secured, a warrant, charging the of fense, which is punishable with a fin of i not more , than fl.lWO or imjirisonflicnt of j not more than 12. months, or both. j tlmt (!an'lrv"'miv !tv to two, members of, Company M iSatiir dav afternoon. The I'nited .States, war- rant - was, not served until yesterday w hen friends of .(Ten try appeared at po lice' headquarters aud gave bond in the drunk and disorderly case. The goyern .ment warrant was then served and ien try was asked to give bond in the sum of" $300. The young man was taxed with ,the costs in the drunk and disorderly case aud was immediately sent back to jail to await the appearance .of a United I "States marshal, fn the event the mar shal does not appear in the city this afternoon and the hearing is not-held, it is stated that Gentry will likely ar range bond. REVIVAL CLOSED OH SUNDAY NIGHT Rev. Walter E. Rodgers Conclud ed Successful Engagement at Green Street Church. Hie revival which has been in pro-1 grese for the past two weeks at the j (ireen Street Baptist church, conducted j by Rev. Walter E. Rodgers. of Beau- j .mont, Tex., and who is under the direc-1 lion ' of the evangelistic department of j the home mission board of the Southern Baptist convention, came to a close last Evening with a congregation that tested the capacity of the church'. Mr. Rodg-1 ,ers "delivered one of the best appeals he has "made during the series' of sermons, j There id no doivf to those who heard him. sing at 'the First Baptist church nd those v.hri heard him preach but that be preaches cwilli. the-same vigor and enthusiasm.' He. is strong., "forceful and logical and be hits sin hard but only preaches the Bible. There is nothing in his sermons to' offend and liisv st raight appeals were made by sticking close the doctrine laid down in' the Book. . The meeting resulted in 10 additions to the church by baptism and five by letter. , -i . , NEW OFFICER OF THE ' : SALVATION ARMY HAS ARRIVED IN THE CITY Captain' C,"M. Mellis and wife, who have been located at Spartanburg, P. C, have arrived In the eity to take, com mand ofthejocal Salvation Army eta- lion, apwin mciub .. auecemis capiaiu Talbirt, who has been transferred. Tlie new captain formerly lived in North Carolina snd his "wife and three children, Si 5? rWrZArZi rjnM - Mrs. Joseph Lee Severely Injured When Struck by Passing Auto mobolie Sunday Morning. .Mrs. ,lieii l,ee. wife of the ha-al manager of I lie Arctic Ice and Coal .'onipuuy, who lives at .lamest own whs painfully if not seriously injured yes terday morning about 10 o'ci'ock when Oie wan struck by mi automobile lrivn by Mully tiray, of this city. The acci dent occurred near (lie home of Mrs. I Let. who was struck while standing aWH.v tI',"" ,h" "-pbalt roa.lwsy and on ,'' """"I'lam ioHthvay. Her inju rien consist of several bruises on the left hide, a cut jaw and a few broken j teeth .She was struck by the fender of the machine and dragged for several feet. Kye-witnesses state that the machine driven by tiray was forced to take the wrong side of the road owing to the approach of a car from the direction of Srecnshoro which was driven by Ilenan Hughes, of (iraliam and which was us ing the left hand side of the curve. The WHch'mc driven by tiray was going toward (Jreensboro, and the driver had to cnt in to the inside, or left, to avoid colliding with the Hughes machine.' Mrs .Lee had gone to the store a short distance above her home with her child who was going to Sunday school. She did not get near llie asphalt road but remained on the side. Site thought it was safe tn wiilk there but the Eng lish system of driving employed by the t driver of one car caused the other 'to. follow suit with resultant injuries to Mrs. Lee. i The injured woman was brought to WAS BADLY INJURED YESTERDAY MORNING the, city aim placed n the hospital torjthe 1)u,k ()rivategi sergeants, corporals treatment-. She rested fairly well last j ,, ,,, jUmed officer will be-urged night but i still regarded as in a dun- , jo -mMA ,iei,t." or to execute some gerotis condition HOLDS UP DECISION T Federal Judge is Expected to ; Make a Ruling on It in a Few Days. I Asheville. Aug. I'i. Federal .lodge . in Si,ppi,ii,. country near jp''!-. j here, has not yet auuoiuiccd his decis iou on tlie mot inn oi iiioma a -sou to enjoin the at- Thompson, t !a . fit in mails to In- puiiliciit ion at tornevs have tiled a bil postinasl er i iiy mg t lie t .overnnu'iit t pill'l ICUllll'n pointing out a lie olic(lionable lea toiiiHe.' in Watson's inaga.ine. Watson said to have been posing the dniit law. sliglu early Cotlon. Mew lork, Aug. 27. - A PAPER rally vas folh.wed by weaknes in cot-1 N( ,,,,, hit h 'celt. mates of on to tiHlay and prices broke into t'w l(1,m, ari ,,u.chaHl, have -been ?ir low iBr50iiit for tbe movement.. The, tllal)v Km;itUte(ti' Mor'e ,.rft;rv' markel, opened steady geneially 4 t j MAdoo and probably will be'annoumed point higher ami active, mouths sold "V s,,rt)v . ' ' to lo points above Saturday,, cbue. In. jU,m,m.rm(nt creased ofTerings were encountered and M thf lwtifli,,M rR u the. market weakened. Before t he end , . mV J of the first hour Offer was ,' selling, i arouuu mm : iiiiiimn v, ciii -or about i. to 40 points net lower. r Cotton futures opened steady. Oeto-1 ber, 2l.77j December 21 8t; January,) JI.fifi; Hsrob, 22 03May, 21 12. - i Program Now in Contemplation WM Make the United States I psder of Vorld in That Type c Ship. j $35C,GCC,C00 is the First Esti i mate Eut This May Have to Be Increased in Order to Continue the Program. Washington, Aug. 27 Secretary Dan iels expects to submit to Congress this week estimates of $350,000,000 for the great mwnber of destroyers which will make the navy the leader of the world in. that type of ships. The money wili- be used to expand ex isting shipbuilding plans, also to build additional engine and boiler factories, as the program upon which the shipbuild ers are now engaged represents the full capacity of the industry. . j Navy designer, 'are preparing plans for a standardized destroyer to facilitate the quantity of-production of this most succcssfrJ weapon against submarines."' Parts of engines will be assembled from , various factories at central 'plants and forwarded to the yard building hulls. Details of the number of destroyers now under building or the number con-' tomphited are withheld for military reasons, ' New destroyers' will be delivered so rapidly beginning early next year that supply of officers and men will be tax ed in putting them. - into commission. Means for training men will have to be extended. - The frtfO.fHMI.000 estimate, it was indi cated today, is a minknuui and may bine to be increased, i ; ' -"' J' 1 " : . ' J ' .' n:- - ' Merchants of City to Tender the. Members of Company M a Wa termelon Feast. ; - The merchants of the city will be hosts to the members '..of Company M at an occasion this evening when count less watermelons will pay the penalty of being luscious The .affair has been brewing for several days and has now fully ripened, the result 'being that the Hoiiliers are anticipating doing some thing to a whole and entire flock of melons this evening. It will be a feast The affair i giyen by the members of the High Point Merchants association and is strictly and emphatically for the soldiers and -their friends. An entire j regiment of melons has been secured and i similar movement, until the foe is van- itiishcd and the inner man sounds the ! recall. " j The watermelon feast will be staged ! at the South Main street school building : and the assembly will occur promptly at i S o'clock. LARGEST FINANCIAL BILL . War Bond and Certificate Prono- sal Bill Pending H a Stagger ing Total. ' . -. Washington. 'Aug. "-'T.- -K imsideratioa hi the largest single llnauciat bill in" i the history of the t. uited ' Statc.t, - tin . ,l b:is,!l.,t'tit) war bond and cei'tiricate oposal. was begun today by the hous3 ways uml means vommittee. Plans were, 1 to puss it this week if possible. ' - j IMaiU of -the war saving certificate , ,IIl,.-rc,T aomewlial after the Brit- , ; 14. . Mr., Merriam 111. A. E. Merriam wa recuverlm today from tha effect? of ptoroaine poiwuir. suffered last 'night. " , CONS m:.
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