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VOL 23. No. ICS.
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERN OON, MARCH 28, 1918.
Member Associated FV;
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BY AHACieS
Comparatively Scant
Gain Rewards Numer
ous Attempts to Break
; Allied Jine-iiu Last
' 24 Hours.
Engagement With the
French Develops An
Unheard of Ferocity,
Paris ReportsBritish
Take Prisoners. "
Lond6n, March 28. In the
last 24 hours the Germans have
made but one comparatively trif
ling gain as the result of numer
ous attacks along the whole front,
says Reuters', correspondent atj
"BiitistTheadquarters.
For the British there may be
claimed several distinct local suc
cesses either in repelling x enemy
blows or wresting back ground
won by counter attacks.
Huns bombard Trenches.
London, March 28. Prisoners and ma
chine guns have been captured by the
British, the war office announce. The
fighting continue fiercely on both bank
of the Soinme.
Thia morning the enemy opened . s
heavy bombardment on the trenches ot
our defensive sector east of Arras. An
attack is developing in this sector.
Repeated attacks, were made by the
enemy along the valley of the iSomme
in the neighborhodo of Beaumont-Ha-mel,
Puisicux and Moyenneville. They
were repulsed.
.The statement follows:
"Severe fighting took place again
yesterday evening and during tlifl night
ant ride the Sonime, northward from
Albert to Boyelles. Repeated attacks
were made by the enemy along the val
ley of the Sonime and in the neigh
borhood of Beaumont-Hamel, Pulsleux
and Moyenneville. They were repulsed
"We captured a number of prison
. on and a number of machine guns.
"The fighting is continuing fiercely
on both banks of the Somme. Thin
morning the enemy opened a heavy bom
bardmeht."
French Block Germans.
Paris. March 28. Blocked .on, the
Lassigncy and Noyon fronts and on the
left banks of (he Oise the Germans last
night threw forward important forces in
the region of Mente Dedier, the war of
flee announced today: Here the fight
ing too on extraordinary ferocity. Trench
regiments fouirht band to hand with
the enemy and inflicted heavy losses
Finally the French fell back to the
heitrhta immediately to the west of
Monte Didier.--' . .
The text sayst
v ;"Tlie battle was fought with sustained
violence veaterday evening and last
night The Germans, blocked by va
liant French troops and cruelly punished
before the Lassigney and Noyon1 fronts
on the left bank of the river Oise, con
centrated all their efforts and threw for
- ward important forces in the region of
( Monte Dedier. ; " " , ,
"At thia point the, negagement c
developed an unheard of ferocity. French
regiments, fighting hand to hand, inflict
ed heavy losse upon their assailants
...... ... , ... r .. . "., :. ":.:.'
and finally they were withdrawn In or
der to the heights immediately west of
. Monte Dedier. ' . ' '
"There has been intermittent fighting
'on the remainder of ; the front." -
MORE SELLING ON
COTTON MARKET TODAY
; New YdrkL March 28. Reports of
rain in the southwest, or better pros
pects for rain caused some selling in the
cotton market during today'a early
trading. The opening was steady at a
decline of I to 8 points and . active
months sold about 12 to 16 points ne
lower after the call with JuJy touching
31.D0 and October 30.80. ;
Cotton futures opened s'teday. . May
32J0; July, 32.41$ October; 30.5)2$ De
.i
cember; 30.113. ',-.
Entire Force Destroyed.
London, March 28. The entire Turk
ih force In the Hit arta in Messapotania
,wlias.beco Ruptured or .degtroynd by the
British, the war oelre announces. Tlirce
thouxiind prisoners were taken.
NEW-KlliD OF TIME
TO BE PUT HI USE
Schools and Churches Will Open
at Usual Hours "By the Clock"
After This Week.
: "The city schols will open Tues
day morning st 8.30 by the clock,"
said Superintendent W. M. Marr this
morning. The movement forward
of the hands of the clock for one
hour becomes a law at 2 o'clock Sun
day morning, but the same purpose
ia accomplished if the residents will
move the clock hands forward an
lionr when they . retire Saturday
night. Recently there has been a re
port that the school teachers were
thinking of asking the school author
ities not to put the daylight saving
bil in effect in the school as it
would occasion some inconvenience,
but Mr. Marr stated today that
the teachers, as a whole, were in en
lire accord with the purpose and
intent of the bill and that the
schools would oien promptly at 8.30
Tuesday morning. The pupils are
given a holiday on Friday and Mon
day for Easter, f
The churches of the city will hold
services at the usual time, as the
following announcement, issued to
day, shows:
"The national daylight Baving bill,
becoming effective at 2 o'clock a. m.
next Sunday, all of the churches of
the city, in conformity lo the spirit
and purpose of said bill, will meet at
their usual hours. This means that
all Sunday school and church attend
ants will be compelled to begin
Sundays as well as week-days an
hour earlier. The High Point Minis
ters' association is zealous that the
public be correctly informed in this
matter so that there be no confu
sion." -
ARE READY 10 CO
Local Board - Expets to En tram
Full Quota for Camp Grant
Saturday Morning.
Since' it has been assured that the
negro selectmen will be entrained for
Camp Grant, Kockford, 111., Saturday
morning at GAS o'clock members of the
local exemption hoard and leading ne
0 citizens who have ' been interested
in seeing a full quota of 24 men for
warded feel that there is little chance
f confifsion arising and expect the full
quota of selectmen to report for in-
I tut ion into service at the office of the
.local board tomrorow, Friday, afternoon
it 4 o'clock. Follow inn thn brief
eremony, the negroes will really be in
the employ of Uncle Sam, earning the
,av of fliihters, and will, of course, be
subject to their flrst tastes of military
discipline.
The drafted negroes have been W
receipt of many courtesies from the
members of their race since early in thi
'all of 1017 when it became assured that
they would sooner or later be sent tf
camp. And to the credit of those eligi
'le for service it should be stated that
i very small percentage, in fact almost
negligible, have shown any disposition
to evade Service. The first bunch of ne
,ro selectmen, forming the last inere-
nont of the first draft quota, will be
x flue set of physical specimens, nearly
111 having been passed by tbe more
itriet regulations which governed ;;: the
first examinations.
: Those' Composing the party of negroe
will bet , - .......
' Ben Worthy, James V.-Ashe", Caleb A
Ingram, Fred B. King, William Richard
on,' Robert Potts, James Ilanipton
Walter Capple, Roy McKinley Alford,
Council : Reid, Commodore Williamson
Charles W. Brooks, Johnnie Jenkins, Hi
ram A. Williams,' Booker T. Reld, Cai
ther Oannaway, John Pennington, (lies
ter Oray Edward Whitaker, Allen Kv
ans, Roy Craig, Burnie Oannaway, James
Ellis, llosie Starr, John Stuart,' Wil
Ham Florence, James Fred Hart, Tom
Joyner Robert Sweeaey, Lee nines. Per
vis Simpson, ArmUtead Burringer, Frank
Hines, Herman Byerly, i
Third of Series of
Holy, Vcek' Services
at Lutheran Church
The third, of the Holy week services
wil! be held this evening at the Luth
eran church, at 7.30 o'clock. Last night
Rev. J. B. Moose preached an excellent
sermon and the' devotional spirit of the
service was splendid., Tonight and to
morrow -igh-the Tmstor'wllr-reach.
The public is crodiully invited to attend
these services. .-. : . '
CITY MOVES
(IP AN HOUR
Go to Church, Go to
Work and Go to Bed
60 Minutes Earlier
Than Heretofore to
Save Daylight
Clocks Should Be Ad
vanced an Hour When
Householder Retires
Saturday Night and
Left for Six Months.
High Point, progressive city that it
is, will move forward an hour in many
and divers ways with the coming of the
dawn next Sunday,; when the daylight
savings bill .recently passed by Congress
as a wise., need v., wholesome and eg-
ential war measure,' becomes a law and
is put into force in every city, town,
village and hamlet in the United States.
Trains will run an hour earlier,
hurch bells will ring at what used to
be lt.45 o'clock, on the following Tues
day, Monday being a holiday, the
schools will open just 00 minutes earlier
than has been the practice, the business
life of the city will awaken and begin
work an hour earlier and quit an hour
earlier in the afternoon.
The daylight saving measure is a
war measure in every sense of the word.
Furthermore it is going to do much to
wards , winning the war. One of the
prince objects, according to the men
who drew it up, is to provide an addi
tional hour of daylight, which is to be
utilized by citizens in working in gar
dens and thus aiding the farmers in
producing a mammoth food crop, and
to enable school children to do little odd
jobs here and there by which they can
earn . money to invest in war savings
stamps, .
All government businesses will be
operated according to the new law.
Governmental offices will open an hour
earlier, the routine of military troops
will be adjusted so as to conform strict
ly to the provisions of the ordinance;
factories doing work for the govern
ment will begin work an hour earlier
and quit 00 minutes sooner in the aft
ernoon. , i
The law will be valid for six months,
t goes into effect the last day of this
month and becomes null and void the
last of October. So when the Hkh
Pointed prepares to retire Saturday
night, should the hour be 11 o'clock, let
him turn the hands of the dock up to
Then he can go ahead and sleep the
sleep of the blessed and think no more
of daylight saving until the last . of
October, when tbe process should be re
verse ana the clocK turned back an
hour. ,
Little inconvenience is going to result.
It is going to seem strange to eat the
midday meul at what Used to be 11
o'clock and it will be a litle difficult to
get to the factory by 6 o'clock each
noming, but this inconvenience will be
short-lived and of little1 moment. Of
course 11 o'clock and 6 o'clock will be
12 o'clock and 7 o'clock after next Sat
urday night.
A report has been circulated in High
Point that many citizens are under the
impression that they are to turn their
clocks ahead each morn ing and back
again at night. This is not the case.
Such a system could not prove succesa-
iu1,' whereas the one adopted, and which
will be followed, can not prove other
wise. Also there ia some ' misunder
standing here as just when the measure
becomes a law. Some are of the opin
ion that the hands of the cfock are to
be turned up at 2 o'clock Saturday aft
ernono. Of course, no harm would, re
sult from this, however, it is entirely
unnecessary to touch the clock . until
bedtime that night. Then, if it is for
gotten, the householder will oversleep
ah hour Sunday morning, according to
Hoyle, or rather the clock,
While the life of the bill is six months
only, it ia possible to extend it to cover
sny period desired by the introduction
of proper legislation. ( ' ;
INCREASE OF 21 PER
CENT IN FOOD IN YEAR
'Washington, March 28. Food prices
took anohter jump of one per cent from
January 15 to February 15, making a
total increase of 21 per cent for the
year ending on the latter date, the bu
reau of labor statistics announces. -t)niynhree"6f"I0slanaard"articles
failed to advance while eldit increased
and five did not change.
Argentine May SeverAll
Diplomatic Relations
; With Gercany
t
BeunoA Aire. March 28. Argen- ,
tine is i.n thoreve of another diplo- .
matic crinia with Germany, more .
critical than asy of the former ones. '
This Is the general opinion in po
litical circles and is based on the
torpedoing of the Argentine steamer '
Ministro-lrriendo in the Mediterra
nean. January 2fl.
It is believed that if it shown the
steamer wastprHdoed the govern
ment will have little choice but to
break off diplomatic relations in
View of the past exchanges of sub
marine warfare. The crisis is ex
ported to reach a climax immedi
ately after the Easter holidays.
iraericans Fought Like Best
Veterans In Battle of
Somme, Says French
PariR, March 2S "Entirely new in
this warfare .the Americans work
ed like the best veterans in the bat
tle ofthe Somme," says a wounded
French captain, who has been
brought hack from the front, accord
ing to La Liberie.
Two of the American officers who
were wounded were brought hack
with the captain, a member of the
Dragoons. Each American wore a
French war eros"s conferred on the
battlefield.
The French captain refused atten
tion until the Americans had been
served. e
"They are the ones who should
be congratulated," he said, calling
upon the women of the Red Cross
to look aftert he Americans.
OELAY IN AIR IS
They Are Operating in Curtis
Plant, Senator Overman Tells
. .the Senate. '.
. Washington, '.March.- Mr-Charges tha'
German spies were reHpoiisible for thi
country's failure to keep np in its air
plane program were made in the senate
today by Senator Overamn of North
Carolina. He also charged that there
were spies in the Curtis plant.
Officials Summoned.
Washington, Maroh Stirred by
charges in the senate of delays In th
aircraft program the senate militan
committee today summoned Major Gen
eral Squire and Colonel Deeds of the
signal corps in charge of aircraft pro
duction and Howard Coffin, chnirman of
the aircraft boardf, to appear immed
ately. ;
HUNS CONTINUE TO
REPLENISH RESERVES
Fresh Troops Being Brought Up From
Near and Near in Preparation for a
Continuation of Drive,
London, March 28.-AllhouKh the
Germans continue to use their infan
try with ruthless prodigality the gen
eral pressure long the front is for the
moment left determined, This may be
attributed to the enemy waltimr to
bring up artillery prepartory to an
other great effort and partly to exhaus
t!on, Reuter's corespondent at British
headquarters, reports.
Nothing can be learned as the appear
ance of enemy tanks on the British
front while those left by the retreating
British were systematically destroyed.
The enemy continues to bring troops
from far and near to replenish his re
serves and along wide stretches the
German front Is held bv a screen of
troops.
POPULATION OF MINSK
INCENSED AT GERMANS
Mos'W, Tuesday, March 2(1. (By Th
Associated l'rcsH.)-A.1 American who
escaped from Minsk two days after the
Germans occupied the city has reacht
Miscow and reports the local popu'ation
there much incensed acainst the in
vnders ; Polish ; troops who assisted
enpturfnj Minsk wro atiiuzed and dis
gi.eted two days tf ter the tx.Yiipation
the fieriniMi seize I 'their armored' motor
cars and ' announce 1 tint the llermnns
alone wo d police s I he city. ;? Ail mohir
carls and wagons were conrnmniideerei
bv the Germans.
4STH VICTIM OF AIR IS
DEAD AT FLYING .FIELD
Fort Worth, Tex., March 28. A ca
dot of the Royal lying Corps was
killed at noon today at Denbrook, a Brit
Tsh avlaTion ritld.wHe8iriei3thavIa
1 tor to meet death since the fields Were
opened here in October.
ALLIESilfltDiMOS
11L1THE i
Several German Attacks
Were Repulsed and
British Have Situation I
Well in Hand, Reports
Indicate.
Germans Continue to
Rush Troops From
Every Area to This
Sector in Preparation
for Another Drive.
Washington, March 28.
American staff officers studying
losely developments l appearing
in dispatches from the front, are
of the opinion that developments
of moment-will -begin to show
themselves today or tomorrow.
Hard Fighting in Progress.
British Army Headquarters in North
ern France, March 2:1. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) News received from the
extreme right wing is that the allies are
ho'ding well. (This refers to the seetn
Where the French have been falling
back.)
Near Beanmont-Hanici the army at-
acked heavily. Severe fighting follow-
d. This morning it appeared that the
illage virtually was No Man's Land.
ith tl.e coi .ending lines drawn c'ose on
ither side.
Hard fighting occurred at several
mints along the battle front during the
ight in the face of enemy attacks. Tbe
atest reports indicate that the British
have kept the situation well in hand..
The German artil'ery thia morning put
lown an intense bombardment along the
ront between Acheyille and the Sou
hev diver (south of Lens) but up to
the time of tiling this dispatch (10 a
n.) no infantry action has been reported
The Germans made several assaults
near Rosslgnol wood but on each oeca
l were driven back. Near Schilly-
Laurette a sharp engagement occurred
wd here also the British ' 'maintained
hemsolves and secured prisoners.
The Germans are continuing to bring
ip artillery and rush in new troops
roth various parts of the line in pre-
laration for a continuance of the drive
TO PLAN PATRIOTIC
MEETINGSIN CITY
Committee of Citizens to Meet at
Commercial Club for That Pur.
pose Tonight.
The committee of citizens appointed
last Sunday following the patriotic
nass meeting at the high school audito
rium for the, purpose of formulating
plans for future gatherings of the kind
will meet this evening at the Commer-
ial club, it is stated. At this meet
ing a. permanent organization will be
formed, the duty of which will be to ar
range for speakers and programs for fu
ture patriotic meetings.
The committee is composed of Dr.
Gilbert, T, Rowe, W, M. Marr,. A, K.
Tate, A. T. Wishart, Uurney Kearns,
W. L. Stamey, Fred N. Tate, Dr. Dm!
Peacock, W. T. Parker, Frank Ogburn,
J. P. Rawley, Rev. James A. Clarke,
ieorge W, Denny, S. L. Davis, Robert
Brisket t. Sr., J. Allen Austin, Mrs. Hen
ry A. White, Miss Clara I. Cox, Mr. S.
L. Davis, Mrs. Benjamin E. Moore, and
Mrs. Robert Brockett.
The members are urged to attend
promptly tonight so that the, business
may be completed as qiickly as possible.
LONG AMBULANCE TRAIN
WENDING WAY TO GERMANY
Amsterdam, Mawh 28. Enormously
long ambulani'S " train are ; passing
through Liege and Kamur, : Belgium, on
their way toAix La-Cliapel'e and other
parts of-Germany with wounded men
from the French Oattle front, according
to the Telegraf frontier correspondent.
Many of the wounded have been de
trained at Noraour, says he correspond
ent, who add that' the hospitals in
-horthciirTrancriiaVtrriorimc1Henrfte-
eommwlations for the great , stream oi
sufferers.
V
Teams Representing -Winston-Salem
and Reidsville to Meet
, Here Local Teams Leave.
The teams representing the Winston
Salem anil Reidsville high schools in the
triangular debate between the schools
of High Point, Reidsville and Winston-
Sttlrm' "win oontet at t1,p vx M'hooi
side or tlic query, ''Hesolveu: liiat there
at 8 o'clock, SuHrintendent Weaver M.
Marr stated thia morning, - Winston
Salem's debaters will have the negative
side ofthe query, "Resolved: That there
should be compulsory arbitration of
labor disputes," i while Reidsville will
have tlie affirmative.
High Point's debaters will visit Win-stcn-Salein
; and ! Reidsville tomorrow
evening. The affrmative team from the
lorn I school, composed of James Lyon
and Howell Albertson,' will go to Win
ston Salem to meet tbe Reidsville nega
tives and the High Point negative team,
Carlton Kirkman and Mis Blanche Crid
dtebaugh, will go to Reidsville to de
late the WinKton-Snetn affirmatives..;'
The officials of the local schools are
anxious to have a large gathering to
morrow evening, for it ia felt that the
local representatives will be faced by
attentive audiences at Winston-Salem
and Reidsville. Then, too, the query is
one of great interest to all people who
are interested in the success of the al
lied arms in the great War, for the la
bor problem has more than once served
to stop work on greatly needed ships.
The High Point debaters are well pre
pared and are expected to give an ex
cellent account of themselves.
L
SESSIilS ENDED
Commencement Exercises Are
Held at the Mechanicsville
Graded School. V
A most successful session of the Me
chanicsville school came to a close yes
terday when- the usual commencement
exereiss were held." The program was
very interesting and pupils of the pri
mary and intermediate grades partici
pated. Recitations, songs and drills
predominated, the, recitations being
given in three divisions; classed as one,
two and three. Madge Idol won in the
first, Paul Yokeley in tbe Second and
Geraldine Staley in the third. Books
were given the winners and Cleo
Brown, Pearl Teague, Carrie Bell Hucks,
Kdith Ritchie, Beatrice Farringtaon,
Troy Vestal and Pauline Brown were
awarded special diplomas' ' for neither
being absent nor , tardy during the ses
sion. .; 'l
The faculty of the Mechanicsville
school was composed of Miss Daisy L.
Ogburn, ' principal ; Mrs. Percy Payne,
Miss Emma Ridge, Miss Kstelle Fen
tress and Miss Kate Nance.
BRITISH WOUNDED FROM .
FRONT ARRIVE IN PARIS
Paris, March 28. The flrst lot oJ
Britsi hwounded from the' battle front
reached Paris on hospital trains Tues
day. They were distributed among
Paris hospital's. This is the first time
Rritish woiwided have been sent here,
althugh number passed through Pari;
during the early months of th ewar.
ONLY SIX FRENCH SHIPS
SUNK DURING WEEK
Paris, March 28. The French ship
ping losses for the week ending March
2.') by mine or submarine : were one
merchantment of over l,tMH) and five
merchantmen under that tonnage. Two
vessels were uiisiKveHsfully attacked..
TRINITY PARK SCHOOL WON '
FROM LIBERTY-PIEDMONT
t . .
Durham, March 28. Trinity Park
liascliall team defeated Liberty-Piel-mont
institute here by a score of 3 to
2. Liberty-Piedmont hud Trinity. 2 to
1 until 'the ninth inning, when Massey
singled with two men on. Lilierty-l'ied-
mont scored twice in the first iiinhKf,
when Pulliain singled wtih two men on
Mrs. Steele III
Mrs. Edward Douglas Steele; is seri-
ouslv ill with gastritis, it was 'reported
Thursday!- Physicians have hope for
her recovery.
Meet at Capital.
rrtahlutgrr,--?.iirri'W.frcrr'on
ti i- prodwvrs of fn'm product fr.
ii tatw met hero IikI.iv.
SPLENDID
SCHOO
BOCIIES DS SE
WW
Striking With Unexam
pled Fury They Force
French Out of Monto
Didier-British Ad
vance Positions.
Fighting Valiantly,the
French Prevent Baby
Killers ; From Getting
Opening at Other
Points on Front.
.. . I :
Striking with almost unexam
pled fury against the allied front
near the point where the British
and French lines connect, the Ger
mans yesterday ' and last night
drove a deep wedge and forced
the French out of Monte Didicr.
The town, which lies 19 miles
south of Amiens, one of the Ger-
man objectives, is 10 miles west
of Roye, which the Germans took '
on Tuesday.
The threat against ' Amiens in th '
north seems to be well held , by the
British along their front north of the
Somme, where they have maintained
their line firmly at all pointsand even,
is indicated by today's official reports,
have advanced it in places,. I
In Noyon and Lass igney regions and
along the Oise to the east the French
are likewise preventing , the Gentians
from getting an opening. The forca of
their drive was thus diverted to tha
west of the Roye region and the forward
1. - ' ' J -1 3 , t.LI.
fiercest Jlghtjng, in the. present battle.
Paris characterizes the fighting as ot
unhesrd of letocity The French reg
iments, however, fought with their ac
customed bravery and made the' Ger-
mans pay dearly, for every bit of ground l
they covered in the desperate push for s
an outlet, the French finally retiring"
........ t Ik. v u V
west of Monte Didier. Xews dispatches '
from the front this morning reported j
the line in this sector to be holding welL .'
While this effort to drive in between )
the British and French armies was be: "(
ing carried out in th esouth, the Ger-'
mans, apparently worried ; by the sa-i
lient they were creating, and wishing to
protect their right wing from a flanking,
.. . i .. t
StiacK, nave ueveiopeu a inrcai mi me
extreme north of the present front ia
the region of Arras. London reports
the beginning this morning of a' heavy
bombardment. . -
The possibility is not lost sight of
that this attack so far on the north
may, herald au extension of the active
fighting front along the , lines to tha
horth in the development of a German
push for the channel port. Seemingly
towever, the enemy has all he can take .
aire of in the way of opposition . la .
the present field of offensive and the
prhoability points to the Arras front
proving a prospective rather than s new
offensive movement. - -s. ' -
Meanwhile the German line, is being
extended to an apparently dangerous
extent on the northern front, where k -;
flanking operation has been pointed to
as most likely to prove effectivs. . '
REVIVAL SERVICES
AT
Evangelistic Meetings to Start
Sunday and Continue Through
cut Next Week,
Evangelistic "meeting will be held at
,he Friends chimh throughout ixt
vteky the pator, Rev. Sy vetir New
is announced today. The ervke will
egin Sunday evening st H o'chsk villi
the preaching done by Rev. wU V.
MeFar'and, a man very well Itnusttt hi
the ity, HKsUted by lt v;. Phillip M
,if Winstoiu Salem, who will 'wil 1 1.
jning.
Memliers of the Friend .church i t
the people of the city g-ner.ij arc 1
ing forward to the mrc!int"
terest and litrj;" con;;n- i i
pcrted. Kvery perm i.t i
invited to atlcnd ti "1 ft
will be extra.!-. 1 I ,
ran:,;
FRIENDS CHURCH