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North Carolina: Pair tonight andWednesday, probable rains in N. E. portion, warmer today i K. E. portion. Odder Wednesday. Gentle Wind s. U3MMOMWE A ,TH ' - s- AFTFRNnON TVAH v SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOEEACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHEE FOR SCOTLAND NECK. guMETWO AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917 TELEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 88 pRiTIS R if US S AID SAN MAW SUBMARINE ATTACKED TWO GERMAN DREADNAUGHTS AND SUNK ENEMY TRANSPORT IN RECENT BATTLE AT RIGA. FIRST NEWS OF BRITISH PARTICIPATION o- Saij f pnujer JTnr itrrr-ua 3ln Arms MEETING FOR TOBACCO MKT. (By UNITED PRESS- London, Oct. 23 British naval p.id was lent to the sorely pressed Russian fleet and aided in a re markable escape of the .Russian Riga Bay fleet from under the very guns of the great German warships in Moon Island sound. The first intimation that Brit vessels were in action with the Russian ships was contained in official announcement from retrnsrrad that a British subma rine had fired two torpedoes at two German dreadnaughts in the Gulf of Riga, presumably injur- iijjt m uujs 7"" j buiidings have been carefully ap suiiK a Transport which cilkxuxv.. it. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE : every hour of trial, to the end! UNITED STATES A PROC- J that the great aims to which our LAMATION : fathers dedicated our power as a ' w. 1 x. i people may not perish among; V hereas, the Congress of the , , . , . . A . tt'a ci 4. -u . men, but be always asserted and United States by concurrent res- , o A A , , -, ; T a. j xi n -. defended, with fresh ardor and olution adopted on the fourth day -. ' , , A1 .... i PATRIOTISM, of. the present month of October, Vt x x i x Al ' , blessings, set at last upon an en- . , A , , ; during foundation for the bene - tion into the vast and awful war : a m , , . A , ht ot ali the tree people of the which noAv affects the greater eartn part of the world, has requested: XT f T j , . x i - . , , Now therefore, I, v oodrow me to set apart by official procla-;wilson ; es;dellt of 4 nation a day upon which our peo-j8tateg gladIy nd to fte pc huliili uc uaueu upon xo oi,- 3 t xi t ' " , , p t ' expressed by the Congress, do ap-! fer conserted prayer to Al- j nt 0ctobcr 28 being the last J IDUDTV DAMfl mighty God for His divine aid m Sunday f the nt m j lA&Lji I D fill ' j day of supplication and prayer Whereas, it behooves a greai ;for an the people of the nation, free people, nurtured as we have" honestly exhorting all mv coun- been in the eternal principals of jtrymen to observe the appointed! justice and right, a nation which day, according to their several 1 has sought from its earliest days faiths, in solemn prayer that '"to take bonds UNIMBELLISHED, BRINGS LEADERS TO GETHER IN SUBSCRIBING WHOLE AMOUNT AL LOTTED TO SCOTLAND NECK. SECOND LIBERTY LOAN GOING STRONG -u XMAS. Come one, come all. Tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock, in the farmers and merchants will be J lt".efMt"nee,t.0 be edient to God's blessings may rest upon th3. r. held XO lUClVllttUljO XXX KIJ xl . J x - T I'll . (Oil fl TIO' to complete arrangements i Ae .d, ""S8 W . high task which is laid upon us, j j. --x.j.j wx ui txie .Kuu inai xne cause ioi for the establishment of a tobacco market in Scotland Neck for next year. The plans have been clearly outlined, and the cost of the liberties, to turn always to the which w.e give our lives and treas- Supreme Master and cast them-'ure may-triumph and our efforts i selves m faith at His feet, pray- to be blessed with high achieve ing for His aid and succor in ment. (By William Bibbs McAdoo.) (United Press Staff Corr.ipoi'deait.) Washington, Oct. 23. "There c-ould not be a more appropriate is gift for 1917 than an "Let this ! United States Liberty Bond. i every patriotic American Pride should glow in all faces of the people of Scotland Neck that twenty of. the leading men IF,,! tlie commuility should vblim--ill lij - tarr .come forward and subscibe j their names1 binding them to take a - fj;04,.atrf part of seventy five thousand dollars worth of the second issue of Liberty Loan Bonds. Hereunder given the pied.g-3 they have signed, and the names of the men who have stood spon sor for this great amount, and this action should -be remembered for many a year as-one of the most SIP MY S proximated, so that the essential (details can be quickly . settled at . , . the meeting tomorrow and then the temporary organization can be made permanent, and directors and officers elected to handle the tedious work o building and establishment. Farmers should welcome this Tt iv the desire ot the Govern- move, tor itis m direct line Oj. ment that Wednesday, Octobd progress, and convenience, which 24th. be known as Liberty Day. ' all farmers now welcome. Don't In view of this fact, the call has stay away because you do not come from Washington that Lib- want to invest. There are plenty erty Bonfires be smarted in every . of others who will do that. What ii l il. . n TUT' Mtv tmm mir vi la&re or tiie is "vvanrea is vour eooa wm, lvir. COUNTER ATTACK AGAINST B (By UNITED PRESS) London, Oct. 23. German troops made a successful counter MB AUSTRIAN ARI vear determine tl at they will ! waste no money for Christmas i jrif ts. on no value trifts, that j would merely indulge the appetite patriotic acts of the' leading men ifor vanity. ot thls community. iow win come the time to nnd. Jim-J&mnelr ' -i 1,0'V lnuch thb Uas beeu (United 'trees ' Staff Correspondent.) prefeialM by the sums applied for j Washington, Oct. 23. Liberty by the people of the town and sur i Bonds of Clwistmas presents is a rounding country, in order that splendid idea. ,al1 maY ,lave share iii this nat- Tt oombines the snirit of Christ- ion-wide movement. " w "X - (By United Prcss.N Washington, Oct. 23. Several ! I Austrian munition depots have;mas the spirit of American pa-; We, the undersigned 'subscrib shortage, Rome cables state. blow against one of the new Brit-1 been blown up recently by civil-! triotism as nothing else could. ers to the second Liberty-Loan of lans rendered desperate by tood r In m estimation there could he United states of America, m be no more fitting gift between consideration of mutual promises, friends and families. (1 hereby severally agree to, and The plan will keep many, many, '.with each other, that wo will take, of our sadly needed dollars from and do hereby subscribe to the disappearing and from useless said second Liberty Loan for our ish posts in. the southern portion, south of Oulst woods, forcing the British to fall back a short dis tance, General Haig reports Jthis morning. United States, on Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, as near 7 o'clock in the even ing as is possible. The Government also requests Farmer, and' co-operation in a plan that is meant as much for you as for the town. The several committees will be that dead leaves, old papers, or ready to report at this meeting any other non-usuabbs material j and it is anticipated that the Ve utilized in order to avoid alf. j business will go through with a needless waste of fuel. If you j rush. Don't forget the hour and can secure historic bits of wood1, place. Mayor's office, Scotland of local interest, this will make j Neck, Wednesday (tomorrow) af the occasion more impressive. "The j ternoon at 3:30. State Chairman asks that speci-; " BOY AIRMAN TAKES AIRSHIP MC ADOO SPEAKS IN NASHVILLE mens of such wood be sent to Ra leigh and to Washington for the State and National fires on Oct. 23rd FRANCO-BRIT NTINUf 0 in ii (By UNITED IlESS") Paris, Oct. 23. Premier Pain love found himself without a cabi net after two futile efforts to dis suade his ministers f,rom resign- in o- ALLIES ARRIVE f BY UNITED PRESS) London, ' Oct. 23. Another combined general offensive of the British and French, beyond what was. formerly the Ypres sector, , forecasts the first of two prelimi nary steps to such conserted ac tion, designed to widen the edge of the wedge which General Haig has been steadily pushing through the German lines since July 31. The British wedge now rests near Passchendaele. (By W. J. Pegler.) (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Bourbonne les Bains, Oct. 23. A twenty one year old French airman, single handed, forced a German Zeppelin, L-49, to de scend on French soil, and at the point of his revolver captured the dirigibles crew of more than a score, before they could destroy the airship. An American officer wTas the first person to come to his assist ance. ' (By United Press.) Nashville, Oct. 23. Secretary ,of the Treasury, W. G. McAdoo, 4 spoke here today in the interest of the Liberty Loan subscription. fripperies. I cannot too strongly endorse Liberty Bonds for Christmas presents. 3 WARPLANE OYER NEW Y0R1 WH BEGIN BIG I Rf (By United Press.) Paris, Oct. 23. French troops Lsi-ibeiraii a bir drive in the Aisne 'sector with initial victories. (By United Press.) " After several days bombard- Minneola, N. Y., Oct. 23. A 'ment we attacked the powerful big Caproni warplane which flew ! lines of the enemy between Alle- " is the an war office, here from Newport News will man and Malmaison, soar over New York tomorrow "nouncement of the states ' . . i dropping Liberty Loan paper which further that the bombs. (By UNITED PRESS) Washington, Oct. 23. French aild British reinforcements arriving ANOTHER LOAN TO FRANCE SEPARATE PEACE GERMANY PLAN BULGARIA IS FRIGHTENED French troops are progressing sat isfactorilv over a wide front. Washington, Oct. 24. Germ-1 any's new Russian smashes mean i chiefly that she is trying to gain a separate Russian peace, while, j at the same time trying to cheer ; the flagging spirits of her people. (By United Press.) Washington, Oct. 23. Bul- own garia, frightened at the "hand writing on the wall" is conduct- HEAVY TOLL OF GERMAN NAVY!, pro-rata share of $75,000.00, said $75,000.00 being the amount sub scribed for us by the Planters and Commercial Bank and the Scot land Neck Bank jointly; provided however, the individual liabilitv shall not exceed one-twentieth of the said .$75,000.00. This list of twenty names is only a part of the final list of guarantors who will sign the ap plication for the seventy five thousand dollars of bonds, and we go to press too soon to get the final list of names, and the 'entire list will appear tomorrow. S. A. Dunn, T. B. Whaler, J. IT. Alexander, Jr., Cbiu le KK-h-in, O. J. Moore, Henry T. Clark, W. II. McDowell, W. E. Smith, Frank P. Shields, Hugh Johnson, A. McDowell. N. B. Josev. G. Hoffman. Sam Hoffman, Mannie ! Hoffman, J. E. Bowers. Planters land Commercial Bank, Scotland .'Neck Bank, James A. Pittman, C. j Frank Burroughs. dreadnaughts, a cruiser, twelve That is the view taken by Sec- ing a . separate peace propaganda torpedo boats and a transport, as on't forget the mass meeting the Mayor's office tomorrow - i afternoon on the Tobacco Ware- (By United Press.) i house proposition. A big crowd Petrograd, Oct. 23. Two expected. It will be bigger if you come. retary of war, Baker, but Russian through her. envoy here, accord-well' as numerous mine sweepers IfAfTflM JiiIADm7T (diplomats are assured that there 'ing to the Greek minister, Rossos ! were put out of action, or lost, IVlnLlYlVLi I i' "ii l ii nnrsn if Viiln lvv-vci ! iitoc Vi Ck 'frill ft orm n ir titoc? fn-wrtai 1 Will ue UO sejJaiaiC pcavic, uu ucuigua. iSpftretarv Baker also declared as In an i r I was the toll 'Germany wTas forced j the; to pay for her occupation of, Dec. are I Washington,. Oct. interview given it lengthened the Teutonic line of United Press he expressed his j Oesal, Moon and the Dago islands, ; Jan. 23. The communications in this German opinion that Bulgaria had already . with the adajcent bit of coast at Mar. advances made plans for eventualities in Werder, according to a review of May dailv on Via Italian VvAncnrv flfvrm rtment announced a eastern drive, these frnt, Rome cables reeeivpd here i further loan of $20,000,000 to would ultimately tend to an allied; eonnectionwith the crushing Ger- the Russian operations just made July 27.3.' 27.02 26.7S 26.67 26.52 27.60 27.23 26.9.J 26.86 26.77 27.33 27.02 26.78 26.C7 26 3? 27.6.7. "27.2.1 26.9.' 26.8G 6.77 tod man defeat. public. Local market 274 cents. ay indicate. France. victory. I
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