VOLUME XXXV.
LOED DERBY SAYS THE QUICKC
STRIKES THE SOONER END
ALLIES RELYING
by Lowell Mellett
(iVitcl Press Staf C'o'-res)Oinle)it)
London. May 18. "This war is
not over until the weight of Am
erica is thrown into the scales,
and this will not be until America
1,0,. ins to make war as though
SK. alone laced Germany, the pos
sibility of predicting the end of
the v;ar will come'
So spoke Lord Derby, Englands
secretary or state, formerly war
secretary, and Lord Kitchener's
successor adding "the bigger
blow America is able to deliver,
and the sooner she delivers it the
quicker will the war end, and a
new order of things assured."
London, May IS Unable to
shake the allied hold on the Hin
(lenlmrg line Germany seems b
be preparing for another "r.
egy retreat".
From the French front came the
word that the enemy is adopting
precisely the same tactics m cov
ering in destroying towns and vii- i
, . p j
la-es and transferring forces as
was proceeded over the formei
famous retreat.
AMFHIf h I V hJW I
i!iEfiifl Lf-irliiu j
(By UNITED PRESS)
Washington, May 18 Ameri
ca's mission- to prosecute a vigor
ous war against German has cre
ated an increasing desire on the
part of Japan not to be outdone
in this respect, according to mfor-1
mation received today
by the
United States from well inform
ed circles.
Japan, the United Press inform
ant stated, has undergone a com
plete change of front.
It is stated that the chief reason
the British Admiralty permitted
me puhiieation oi uiu
me American aesinneLs m j
north sea, even beiore tne auici
iean naval authorities wanted it
known, so that this news would
precede the announcement today
t' Japanese gunboats in the bar
red zone.
W
JL TO
(By UNITED PRESS)
VVashington, May 18. Presi
dent Wilson will sign the selective
service bill today after Yice-pres-i,Lnt
Marshall and Speaker
t'hamp Clark have signed, and he
will then issue the proclamation
ellaing the youth of the nation to
i-
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Places on a day fixed and sign
cards from which the process of
S(-'lctioii can be deduced.
ns wniHQ THF QfAIFQ WEDNESDAY IS GERMAN TORCH IfHAIfTAITftUA P? km
mnlme wka "MA" DAY s leu
HI JLllbj H lol I lilLl Five Thousand Dollars for High- Fires And Explosions Illumine iMMImLJ UlF 111 1 IL x31K jij
est Mileage on Gas Economy The British j y
AY
WEATHER REPORT FOR North Carolina; Fair
Co
AFTERNOON DAILY
J!' 'Wr TTT!R AMERICA
OF WAR IS A&ov-
UPON AMERICA
(By United Press)
Washington, Kay 18. Careful
military observers of the Russian
situation expressed their views
that Russia may be able to hold
together though reiterated what
they had often predicted that
Russia, as an important factor,
an be counted out for at least two
years, as it is not believed that,
even with more solid civil govern
ment, the slavs can be inspired
to real offensive work or even
more than half hearted defensive
efforts.
NORTH CAROLINA LOSS
IN FOOD WASTE
Raleigh, May 18. Experts of
flip I)fiiMi'tninnt of A(yrinnltnrp nf
. f.
Washington have estimated that
j if just one ounce of edible meat
! or fat is wasted by each of the
i 20,000,000 families in the United
States each day it means a total
Wastc f 1'250'000 Pomids per day
or the staggering total of 465,000,-
COO pounds ir. a yiar, tne equal o
.4?
S75,000 steers or 3,000,000 hots.
If one ounce of bread is wasted
by each family each day it leans
the throwing away of 375,000 lbs.
of flour each day, or 1,. 100.000
barrels each year sufficient dour
with which to make 365,000,000
loaves of bread. Stated in terms
q -?000 000 lmshels.
Spprotarv T,lt,as of thft Nortll
' Carolina Food Conservation Com
mission has figured out North
Carolina's part of such a waste.
There are approximately 600,000
families in the State. An ounce
of meat or fat and an ounce of
bread wasted each day menas in
a year's time in this State a loss
of 13 c&0,000 pounds of meat, the
cqllivaieilt Gf 90,000 hogs, and 10,
950,000 loaves of bread, or 210,
bushels of wheat.
"These figures simply show,"
stated Mr. Lucas, "what a very
small waste amounts to in the ag
jrrcate. As a matter of fact an
ounce a day of wheat and bread
(does not begin to approximate
waht we destroy of those two pro
ducts, to say nothing of the waste
in vegetables, milk, poultry pro
ducts and other edibles. North
Carolina's part of the national
waste is approximately $20,000,
000. A very great part of this
waste is unnecessary and prevent
able. COTTON MARKET
Open. High. Low.
May .00 20.42 .00
July 20.22 20.46 20.22
Oct. 19.99 20.15 39.99
Dee. 19.98 20.2.3 19.9S
Jan.' 20.03 20.23 20 03
Local Market 19 l-Z.
Close.
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Oil
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' FACT0R1N WAR
tonight and Saturday, and probably Sunday; Little chan
MM0NWEAI
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY,. MAY 18, 1917
Johnson-Smith Motor Car Com
pany has received from the Max
well Motor Sales Corporation an
announcement that Wednesday
next, May 23, has been set apart
to be known as National Maxwell
Gasoline Economy Proof Day,
and prizes totalling $5,000 will be
given away for the highest mile
age obtained from a measured al
lowance of gasoline.
The cars of two local men wili
be used for the run, and in each
car must be taken three official
observers. The cars must be
stock models, and the two cars
11111,1 UWL" iUli luullu:M1A hiiil(lin T one in.,v
over the same route.
The Maxwell people are ship
ping the local company two one
gallon gasoline cans. These aie.to
be attached to the windshield, and
from there to the carburetor.
The above cover all the require
ments for the local company to
enter the contest, and they have
accepted the proposition, so on
Wednesday the cars will start
from some given point, which will
be announced later, as will the f
ficial observers that it is neces
sary to take in each car.
Miss Bessie Gray, wholi as been hi
Tarboro in business for the past few
months has returned here to spend the
summer.
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Washington, May 18. The Na- service,
tional Guard is called into Feder- It is expected to put these
al service in three series, the first troops into war condition within
on July -fifteenth, the .second two months,
group on July 25th., and the third ; Virginia, North and South Gar
on August 5th. This order af- olina are called in the second
f ects those not now in the federal group.
a Bl&'K I U ll II HI Kim K -fi II E I TO II
ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO ANOTHER STRAGETICAL
BACKWARD MOVE
EVIDENCED ON
oucion,
Iav
ing news that Russia has seUled
her domestic troubles, and that
the Kussian army s po er is
, no means lost, gave rise to the be -
- ,n- n
lief that the allies could soon
count on Russia bearing her part
of the onslaught on Germany,
r, . I
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(BY united press) j
With the British Afield, Mav IS !
'
The-city of Lens, the great coal
cityV of France, was ablaze last.
night, being set aflame by tires;
and? explosions, which were plain-!
ly yisible from the British lines.:
throughout last night.
The Germans plainly know the
danger they are running now as
the -British sweep will close the!'
circle about the city will trap
them there. ;
In line with previous conclns-
ion's of both British and French
I ,70711 an dors tho destruction
of
cafe a speedy withdrawal from
the citv.
This total destruction of cities
and towns, by explosions and fire
is the same program that has been
followed b" the Germans., in eve.y
city and town they have been for-
ced to evacuate.
Rain during the past few davs
has; turned the battlefield from;
dust to mud: I
Only minor operations and '
slTtSirocnss "lin.s" been record-
ed durino- the day around Bulk-
court, which has just been taken
I bv the British.
Quiet reigns north of the Searpe
river, the mud being so thick no
infantry operations are possible.
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BOTH
ilUn I O
(BY UNITED PRESS)
18. Encourag-i It is predicted that Germany
might soon find it necessary to
hurry back to Russian front some
of the men who have bbeh-Tccently
! e
i transferred to the western front
j r
j to protect the Hmdenburg line m
I. . -r-t -1-4 x?1 Jf'
j the great r ranco-riusn uhvl.
ge in temperature; General Shifting Winds.
TELEGRAPH SERVICE
FIVE DAYS OF PLEASING INSTRUCTION AND ENTEUTAIN-
MENT OF THE
NOTED MEN TO
ALYTAKE
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Rome, May 18. Austria order
1 all civilians to evacuate the L
onze section in which the Italian
troons are steadily foiMvino- sdiend
TV
1 nests is panic stricken at thei'l!
appearance of the Italians.
The banks are closed, and the
government offices and leading
shipped all their records to Yien
business houses have hurriedl v
ua
I
OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE
BREEDING SHEEP
WestRaleigh, N. C, May 18,
Returning-from a heep and. wool
inference held at Philadelphia
recently Mr. R. S. Curtis, Animal
Husbandman, North Carolina Ex
periment Station says that farm
ers of the South now have an op
1 portunity to purchase western
j range breeding ewes at a very re
I asonable price. These will be dis
tributed by car load lots due to
5 an -arrangement made with west
! ern breeders bv the Philadelphia
Wool and Textile Association.
The great value of the western
ranjie animal is the eomparat iv"
freedom from stomach worm,;
which, as all farmers know, is one
of the most serious pests effecting
the sheep industry of North Caro
lina. Air. Curtis states that these e
wes are also valuable breede.-s.
and woulld do well under North
Carolina conditions. The meet
ing at Philadelphia was largely
attended by sheep and wool men
from over the entire i'uited
States and il Aas agreed that the
western range ewe
mid
u 1 1
an .'
our conditions better than
other. Mr, Curtis would be ir!.:d
to have all men interested in the
matter of sheep raising to write
j him at once so that arranue.ne;.; s
j may be made to have a .Mpm :t
of the animals made to this sU.ie.
U.S. MEDICAL
UNITS LANDED
J (By United Press)
! London, May 18. The first eoii-
: tingent of the American armv inc
dical unit arrived in England to-
i
aay
-i
REPULSE OF
GERMAN ATTACK
(By UNITED TfcESS)
Paris, May 18. The persistent
NUMBER 18
HIGHEST CLASS
BE OUR CJJFST
U1X VJUJC-O 1 O
The ChM-taiHjiia plans ;ire be
ginning to ;o-:unno form.
Advertising will soon ho dis
tributed tli! ( uulomt tin city and
country iihei-t, and it is believed
this will he JS most delightful and
most important event in liie sum
mer's activities.
Patriotic dav
wh ieh is t he firsr
1 I;l.v f the session, will hrii
m
i jrivat maov irom ih,. ,.oi.;,i i
plans the management are
to make th Patriotic day pro
gram one t! at will onr H.
niendiei-e;!.
The nu sle o ft he day, by the
Mendels-.-. Sextette, will he pa
triotic in ehai-acter. and the prin
cipal spt-al v :, ex-( Jovei-noi- A. (
j Shallenbergc
i' Xebraska, will
talk o n"i!o True Pal riot ism. 1 "
Mr. Shalh p erer will speak at
I lie night si1 situs.
-Music, wiii h i h't r tVature of
l the week. A
different musical
company appear on eaeh of
lie five d; ; . . These iiielude, le
sides the I vlcdelssohns, the p,OS
1on Music;-! Entertainers, the T.se
haikowsky (Quartet, Hie Royal
III T T
i.tue Jiu-;-;- II.iikI and Ihe h
Kit!-
fir Singiiit, l;os.
A hi-
lH'e feature
of the
is Jame h. hiiox, lecturer oi.
!u-
siness suhjevts.
That Mr. Knox may not com"
here unheralded our issue tomor
row will e: t:yn a historv of what
this man !
acco
iplislied
a wonde
ly
l"-il
dieer hart- . ork and
prsonahiy.
lie is not the usual dry statis
tical spea!: ? nor is he a politicir-ni
of well roj.M'ded phi-ases, hut ie is
;i log-ical b, iness man. who jells
t tacts. a :J !o-s no1 niincc his
words in t! e t 1 1 i 1 1 .
LIGHTER LOSS
ROM U-BOATS
::rn:n !,i;kss)
:y Is. Only tlirc;
'ioiinaen have Jje-'t,
marines for the wc-lc
l'llli. 'i'h is is a great
''rein-:; ; ( ;
iMlk by s; ;
nding M'-.".
h's
seniie
of io.s y subjliarill'
oi
Fi
'(nci
oat;
REPEAL CHILD LABOR LAV
(Br united vm::s)
New
i or::. Muv Is Thf v...
pal of tl ( uatiouai .-hil l labor
1 . IT- ... J. , I'll.
. .-I . I - I f i I I' I ('
'onhl re
1 T j; ( v r
jlac
the ? ! -aj!eo'
would be pr-at it e-ii1:e as a,.y
'ommittj-d (-lirin the .tmtlh-t, is
the statf-i-.u-nt made by .Mr--. Car
rie Catt. president of thy national
woman sr ft rage aessoejatiori. to
the ("nited Press today.
German r-tt; cks northeast of (.'r-4-anne
have been repulsed accord
ing to a late dispatch received t -
day.