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Commonwealth. VOLUME XXXIV. TWICE A WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY ,APRIL 13, 1917. TELEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 42 Common Labor Five Hundred "Studente C7MMStP!ailt w t i nri i Drill Daily at..' Chapel Hill iJSSCl 111 I T6I1C06S (BY UNITED PBESS) lof &H A Qfrfr French Gaine Several Trenches Near St. Quentm DRIVE CONTINUES JNABAITED (BY UNITED PRESS) At British Front, France, April, 13. Latest oris state that tin1 lh itisli have captured another mile of the Hindenbn. ine, south east of Conjeul River. From captures of prisoners made today it is discovered that the Germans are using transport drivers, barmen, chauffeurs and other laborers, in the trenches in an attempt to stop the British drive. (BY UNITED PRESS) ' ""Paris, April 13. The French official report states that the French armies have captured several lines of German trenches south of St. Quentin. V M k 0 r r M.9 SG A to Help ion R w ar money (BY UNITED PRESS) Detroit, April 13. The Y. M. C. A., has abandoned its prospec tive $1,000,000 campaign to build seven branches here and will use it committee instead to help the government raise its $5,000,000,000 bond issue. . inganan socialists -... lesoivei (BY UNITED PBESS) Chapel Hill, N. -C., April 13. Five hundred students are drill ing- at the University daily.. Recruits are now using guiis for the first time. Thesruns are the civil war tvre. secure! frnm fliPon1mrn r-o.. eently. ;;" Professor P. II. Daggett is giving instructions in wireless work to a dozen men in the signal corps. V. , Commission Appointed to Work Out F To Farm Canvass Virginia 1 Averag e Hundre D any (BY UNITED PRESS) Richmond, April 13 One hundred applications daily are reach ing governor Stuart for service in any -capacity in war with Germany. A Hampton minister asked for a chaplaincy but added "I am ready to carjy a rifle along with other men.'' Women are offering to drive autos and ambulances and for Red Cross work. ; Tredegar Munition: Works r lave snares (BY UNITED PRESS) Richmond, April 13. Guard on the Tredegar ammunition fae tory here at work on an Entente order, today was increased, follow ing the Eddystone disaster. Richmond April 13. Nearly every, house in the modern resi dence section flings a flag to the breeze. That every nine out of ten buildings bears aloft the Stars and Stripes is a conservative cstimat Com 1 paiiies Add ; (BY UNITED PRESS) Amsterdam, Holland, April 13. Budapest dispatches state that Hungarian Soeilaists have adopted resolutions urging peace. M. VI 'VM 0fr M tf JO. 4fck 4" M V aise (BY UNITED PRESS) "Washington, April 13. The seven billion dollar bond issue bill has been brought to the floor of the house today by Kitchin. I Wax (BY Ulf ITED "PRESS ) NEW YORK, April 13. "War riders are being attached to life In snran en nolieies bv nearlv all life insurance companies. Some of these cancel policies immediately on information that the insured ha joined the navy or army for war service ; others specify an additional premium, with restrictions of payment in event of the death of the insured . The Aetna stipulates that if the insured engages in any aero nautics or submarine expedition within two years of the riders datt the policy shall immediately become void. Naval or army . service outside the United States in war time Avill sell for an additional pre mium. The Travelers will revoke the clause relating to permanent to tal disability if the insured engages in war service in any time withii 10 years of the rider's date. (BY UNITED PRESS) New York, April 13. Suffragists threaten to post sentinels at 'the city clerks office to discourage from marrying "slackers" attempting to avoid draft. Richmond, April 13. A home defense league for emergency and patrol duties is being organized here. .5? Guns arm 171, ACR 17 (BY UNITED PRESS) Raleigh, N. C, April 13. The mobilizMtmn ml i.nn; every idle acre in North Carolina for the production of food Supplies "iiiaim oy governor 1 . W. Bickott in the ajiointment, an- "Mluctd veanesaay, ot a i'ood Conservation Coi,;.,;,,,, n,- 41.;,, step, the first plans are made for a State-wide ramnim win... ',; 1-' pected to make city back yards as well as rural stubble ground rh'h n the production of food for man and beast. The commission is composed of Governor Picket!. M,:,i,.infm . or V. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture; Dr. P. W, Kilgore. Director of the Experiment station; Prof. W. V. Riddick, President of the State College of Agriculture and Engineering; C P. Hudson. estate demonstration Agent; J. Paul Lucas, President of the St;.te Farmers Convention ; Dr. II. Q. Alexander, President of the State Far mers Union. Ihe hrst meeting is called for three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, April 17. Sub-commissions will be appointed in each conn ty ot the State so that immediately a farm-to-farm canvass of the en tire State may be made. "We have here," says Governor Pickett making the appoint ment "a plain and pressing duty which gives to ail alike the oppor tunity for a great and patriotic service. The haunting speetre of loosened belts, of hungry women and children should impel us to act speedily and with determination." ty N nliste ewiy n If 311 (BY UNITED PRESS) Cincinnati, April 13. Recruiting officers look for a big rush to the colors today. Three pretty actresses v. ill kbs the first ten men who volunteer to enlist. " The Boy Scoots Signed To Help Feed Nation (BY UNITED PRESS) New York, April 13. An army of 210,000 boy scouts is signet up today to raise gardens and distribute information Tor garden rais ers to help feed the nations at war. New York, April 13. Fifteen thousand applicants seek jobs as deputy sheriffs for Avar. Sheriff Smith will select a reserve armv of 10,000. SINGLE MEN WANTED Richmond, Ya., April l.. Wives and children and mothers are not to suffer any more than possible in tliis great wa !. This wss the official interpretation here 0f the Avar department that reilia tiamon with dependents must he mus tered out. -nvoethoarts however are to be hard It is to he young unmarried men and ha.-ht-lors who make up the first expe ditionary forces. At present Uncle Sam isn't ready to fti'c for the entire civil population and Ul)tii ho is heads of homes a. re to be left at homy to care for their flocks. The number of marriage licenses is sued here doubled in the week ending April 7 over those issued the week be o:t. Whether it was the usual big crop of Eastertide marriages or a de- ward the city folks are practicing a ' ' back-to-the-soil-movement " that leaves many stiff backs but gives prom ises of eatables this . summer at small expenditure. Housewives figure it necessary to hold the vegetable cost to a minimum in order to be able to have meat at its present enormous cost. With J. Ogden Armour predicting as great a food shortage in this country as in Europe unless the nation adopts two meatless days a week, many a 1' tir ed business man" goes home from his office to take up his daily fight for bread this time in the back yard. One storekeeper in his garden was heard to mutter: "War is hell on my back." "Alien Enemy Captured in Cleveland (BY UNITED PRESS) Cleveland, April 13. Federal officials announced another "alien enemy" raid in this city, in which they confiscated 46 guns of the type used in the Austrian and Swiss armies, and several sabres. They refused to say whether arrests were made. ew Hampshire Is Now In The Dry Column (BY UNITED PRESS) Concord, X. II., April 13. Now Hampshire has ajrain returned to the "dry column". The Senate passed the Lewi prohibition hiil and it was sent to the governor's office for signature. It is effective May 1, 1918. istna wins Alter Ihe War (BY UNITED PRESS) LOXDOX, April 13. Emperor Karl of Austria will follow Kaiser Wilhelm's anonunccment of liberal, internal reform promises according- to a Rome dispatch to the Evening Star. Among other con cessions the dispatch said semi-autonomy will be granted to the prin cipal Austro-Hungarian provinces, including Trieste. Ihe Austrian Minister W lij eauesE (BY UNITED PEE3S) rasspo rts Kinston, April 13. Pledge of their all, even their lives, of the Kinston sno tn o, -i 14.- , :f negroes today was on record, lollowmg V1 to avoid selective conscription 11 6 . . , , '!.m-ess passes such a measure could nt be determined absolutely Sardner. With food prices soaring sky- such action by the entire colored po pulation of the city here last night. Endorsement of President Wilson and Congress for declaring war on German were also adopted. This was the Kinston Negroes 1 ans- Chicago Men Like The Aviation Corps Best, (BY UNITED PRESS) Chicago, April 13. Aviation is the branch of war service most in favor with Chicago's young men. In one day two hundred and ( thirty signed up for instruction. Rio de Janeiro, Apvii lo. It is i;rt ol today that the Ans- i trian ministers has requested passports for himself and staff, tints j cognizing a break of diplomatic relations in accord whh icnnaiiy. m ! formation received states that the Brazilian minister and his siaft' Jms I been ordered to leave Germany. iDain Wants Indemnity For Loss of Their Ships BACK TO THE SOIL Richmond, April 13. Almost every bo,1y in Richmond who had a back Jard he can call his own has turnediwer to Gorman attempts in the South to incite the blacks to rebellion. Russia Will Control All The Grain And Flour PETROGR AD, April 13. The Duma voted for Government control of the entire trade in grains and flou. (BY UNITED PRESS) Madrid, April 13. The cabinet lias approved the note to ht sent to Germany demanding indemnity for the submarined Spanish ship. (BY UNITED PRESS) Chicago, April 13. The federal bureau of investigation hns employed a special telephone operator to receive "spy tips." Th?y come in at the average of one every five minutes.
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