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. V" 'I SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOREACH OTHER AND ALL TO GETHEit FOR SCOTLAND NECK. - V0LUB1E THREE. AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, IT. 0. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 19 17. i Jr. LEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 8 Weatter Eepo,. or North Cloudy tonlgUt and Wednesday, probably rain moderate north east winds. vi Common we a if ra 1- - , S AV IP 'FliRWAD TO SMTSIIR AY THE ENEMY CHANGES Y 'TICS ALONG THE LINE, YTD THE HEAVY GUN FIRING. REINFORCEMENTS REACHING TEUTONS (By Webb Miller.) (Unite-l Press Staff Correspondent Lntuion, Nov. 20. Dispatches from Italian headquarters state thev may possibly have to aban donee Piave river line to resume the offensive. The press urges the people to be conservative. The Italians will resume the of- With the Italian Armies, Nov." 0. The Austro-Germans have chaiifi-ocl their tactics alter oeing balked in their day sweep on the piave line. Tiny are concentrating trem- ending pressure m spots along the halian line, and are not fol lowing their usual program of constantly hammering the entire line. German field guns have been Iron-lit into action and Teutonic reinforcements are arriving. The Austrians yesterday ach ieved some progress at critical corners of the Piave line near Querou. Br, Nov. -O-ii-j-e nrui- dred and six prisoners Avere cap- on I flro maphinPi mills ill the oontimuation of the Italian lUICV-l ClllVL " O" - count or oirensive. ivu umcitti port irom trie iuenetie .1 TtfllJJ.- region states that four massed enemy at tacks Avre driven back from arnnnrl Montofera. Fierce fight- ....... a TTfMiin mg is reporieti aiuiuiu i-'j" Tomha and Montefera. UN mm h ST WEAPON fp,v UNITED press With the French Armies Afield, Xov. 4i). The rvresent Arar has x 'fi i rovci! the machine-gun, the ' greatest defensive Aveapon yet de- velop KMl A single one can easily hold up an entire battalion, and nnfjor iMvorable circumstances an entire regiment. . The full value of the machine- gim v,i!s annarentlv appreciated! '.v(n,:fmy before the Avar began " a mi! -h greater extent than by a"y of the other European armies. Vith Hie outbreak o f hostilities itcli ;p-tive p.jifl reserve reerimcnt ' ' -.r.-.. - C7 the ;rman army had six ma-1 qihine runs with ample in reserve I H' :'.(' lt;t:iC! ii)cc then Germany has main- j ailied i steadv nrocram of in- rease in their number. Towards j O the end nf iqj.f; fiormanvlifld mi - -a kj 1 v. mniii.j tak.n to equip every unit en- ?aged 01! the front Avith machine- the number of these to eaeh regiment had been increased frm six to nine. A little latter the timber was again increased to 12. Allowing the French attack in in PaLMie nf Sent em her. 1915. every (Jerman battalion was eippc.l with six machine-guns tacl1 increasing thus the total of eaeh regiment to 18. ow Germany is rapidly com- via? 11 II f f TO ASSAULTS IN SPOTS LOCAL TALENT AT THE DDQ Friday night a local talent en tertainment will be given at the Dixie theatre for the benefit of the Thompson Orphanage, under the auspices of the ladies of the town. A special feature, of about six reels, will be first shown, the title of. which will be announced to morrow. Following this will be a farce entitled winning a wid ow, ? ' in which Miss Lillian Harrell and Mr. Allison McDowell will star. Several of the ladies will also contribute with some vocal music, and the evening will be wound up with tea and sandwiches being served by a bevy of young ladies. . ' , p . .. , ... OI taxing soldiers, sut fering fron-rshell-shock and over wrought nerves, by color vibra tions is being made in McCaul's Hospital. The test is the idea of H. Kemp Prosser, a famous color expert 'Shell-shock is a disease of the tissues of the brain," he said. "The correct plan to do aA-ay Avith the sense of confinement Avhich affects the nerves by intro ducing the color vibrations of out-of-doors. I paint the ceiling the color of the sky, the Avails lemn yelloAv, the color of sunlight and use a feAV touches of green, the color of bursting ,buds. As the tmi pauciit ucuuiuca suuugci x n 111- troduce stronger vibrations such as vi0iet an(j orange'." One of the wards in the hospi- tai is now being decorated under tne direction of Prof essor Prosser, for tests upon .shell-shocked of- ficers. ' : pieting a program that will, give each regiment 24 machine-guns. Before infantrymen leap over the trenches" thousands of, cannon "vi net to in r linn rircif& r All Ill Cl-O j X CA.AJ.-L U7 VV ll ll UilUl vu wivju- sands of shells on every inch of tne gr0und to be attacked until rt f i . I r linn c; a t s s 1 where a machine-gun might re- main hirMen AliH - lAi ' With the artillery preparation 1 v,' tt'.o. VVlilUil LUG i liaC j thev have demonstrated that it is! matheniaticallv nossible to wiDel out every machine-gun before a j single infantryman shows his head. With the French method and with sufficient guns and shells, j American infantry can face the rioT - min ' rawr m n nln in p-crnn nhn- I centration with practical immun-; ity. ' I But it means 4hat America jinust have thousands of guns and millions of shells. COLOR CURE : SHOCKED NERVES London, Nov. 20. A hovel ex- (By W. J. Pegler.) (United Press Staff Correspondent.) American Field Headquarters, in France, Nov. 200 American soldier waw viiioi morning on "no mans land7 it .. . while-fighting against an enemy patrol. No details were received. (By H. C. Hamilton. - (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Nov, 20. Jess Wil lard has not retired but at the same time is not crazy to " fight J Picks Georges Carpenter, who is , a worthy rival. (By United Press) Paris, Nov. 20 Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholiavitch has been put in command of General Kail ediesn' cossacks in a plan pro posed to restore the monarchy in Russia according to dispatches from Vienna printed in today .'s information. y' The general gave the duke Jom- mand of the cossacks and pj$m-j ised to restore the monarchyhdX proclaim the grand duke regent, j according to the Vienna version. j I D SaUlIeS DefeflCe . Demeilt 13. Md.t6 'na,,i Minneola, N. J., Nov. 20. "De- mentia materna" is the plea of, the defense in" the de Saulles trial iioav in progress of selecting the J J' Both sides are wary of traps, the state .fighting on the defen sive in the selection of jurors. The state expects the defense to OVER BATTLE RUSSIA MAY 4 CHARGE AGAINST HAVE MONARCHY STEEL TRUST expose deSaulles' secret life Avith of agricultural and industrial dis summoning stage celebreties. . ' charges. PRESIDENT'S INTERALLIED COUNCIL STATEMENT MAKE PLAIN ANNO UN CEMENT OF WAR AIMS MEETS WI TH FAVOR. MAKE WORLD SAFE (By Ed L. Keene.) (United Press Staff Correspondent.) London, Nov. 20. The direct- unequivocal, statement to the Avorld allies on Arar aims is the ob- . jective behind President -WiiSOn 's advocacy of the interallied Avar council. America's aim is to induce the allied nations to throAv every card on the table and state every demand" of. those present and every claim in the war. " TTVnm tna pntlfft lot. tTlPTI lie SG- lected those 'which are basic and predicated along the broad lines of humanitarianism Jthat Avould justify the allies to claim them - selves as champions of the rights RETURNS SAFE (BY -UNITED PRESS) Washington, Nov. 20. Gabriele de Annunaio, Italy's famous pet !avi1LU1 saieiy noma over the Austro-German lines official Rome cables. The. Italians and enemies .are both displaying great activity. VENICE CITY (By United Press) Rome, Nov. 20. Germany and 'Austria have notified the Pope that they will not damage Venice, nor remove the priceless art treas- ures if the, city is evacuated. Buffalo, Nov. 20. The Ameri can Federation of Labor charges' the lake carriers association and the steel trust as deliberately blocking America 's shipbuilding program, states Andrew Furuseth, president of the seamans union, in session here today. AUNCY SUNK "iriTif ntn .1 win irzrwi fBy United Press.) Washington, Nov. 20. Twenty i one Americans are believed to have been lost wnen the smallj United States destroyer, Chaun-! c'ey sullk following a collision AAThile natrollino- forei en waters orr Monday Seventy officers and men of the creAv are said to have been seved. j The nationality of the ship in i collision has not yet been determ- ined. TomorroAV will be published athe district boards construction TO FOR DEMOCRACY of the small nations, AA-hich are aimed at- freeing civilization from the menace of militarism', Avhich, , if truth, AArould be calculated to make the world safe for demoe- j racy. j Further that the plans and ideas of the entire allied council be proclaimed to the entire world, This move is calculated to dem- ( ocratize allied war making mach . inery and deal a telling blow to jOerman morale. Allied diDlom3.tS . St&t tllftt President Wilson, by reason of '' America 's peculiar position and j vitally valuable resources, holds j the balance of power among allied lep.prs. t i WON'T DAMAGE I TUETONIC PROPAGANDA WORKING CONTRARY TO EX- PECTATIONS AND MAY BRING ON WAR WITH SOUTH AMERICA. ARGENTINE WAR DECISION EXPECTED SOON -o (By UNITED PRESS Petrograd, Nov. 19. (delay ed.) Five hundred casualties have occurred in the fighting around Tashkent. The Bolsheviki negociates Avith the socialists looking to the form ation of a coalition goAernment. The 4 chances of agreement are slight. Petrograd city is orderly, al most normal. Since the food situation has be come so acute, the very greatest problem confronting the retail grocers of America has been tli3 j REVOLUTIONISTS MAY NEGOCiATE i - (ttieliverysystet; riui c:Ullish--- J grocers throughout this land have ed behind the French front by I abolished the svstem entirely. A American women under the diree- good many others have put the limit of purchases to TWO, THREE a-d FOUR DOLLARS to be delivered. Still others are de - ! Uvering only during the mornng. Noav, aa"C, tne unuersignea re - .1 1 1 tail grocers of Scotland rseck, i have given this matter consider- ! able thought and haAe discussed it in all its phases, realizing that it is absolutely impossible to con tinue it as Ave have, since the prof its on foodstuffs have become so very small, labor scarce, bicycles and repairs a good deal more ex pensive, horse feed, buggy and AA agon repairs AAell-night out of reach, and Avages for delivery boys higher than ever before, to say nothing of the approaching winter, which renders it difficult to deliver. At a meeting of the Retail Gro- crs of Scotland Neck, on Nov. 19, it Avas decided that to discontinue delivering altogether would work too great a handicap and incon- venience on our very best friend, the houseAA'ife; so Ave decided, af ter carefully discussing the mat ter, to reduce the service to reas onable limits, both as to purchases and time in which to deliver, re alizing that our customers and friends would not only be willing, but ANXIOUS, to co-operate Avith us in making it possible to continue 'delivering groceries in ; Scotland Neck. Therefore, Ave, the unclersignea Retail Grocery Dealers, are forced -. -1 to limit our deliveries as folloAvs From eiht o'clock in the morn - ring to twelve o'clock noon. From three o 'clock in the after noon to six o'clock in the evening. No package can be delivered, the total of Avhich amounts to less than fifty cents. This takes effect Monday, Nov. 26, 1917. - We made this regulation for the mutual interest of our customers lA'e. in order to make it By UNITED RESS) "Washington, Nov. 20. Ecuad or is bordering on a revolution. The handsome government build ing has been burned. The people have been impress- ' ed bv Berlin advWs wivWo v " . V V following the government refusal to alloAv a Teuton envoy safe haven. Officials believe that the reso lution in Ecuador and troubles in other South American countries is the work of German propagan da. It is thought that Evuador will break Avith Germany and side Avith the allies. Argentine's Avar decision if pected shortly. ex- MEN FIGHT IR1Y GR0U( (Py Uniit cl Press ) Washington,, Nov..'0. The n'ew tion of Mrs. Win. K. VHiiderliilt 'are a grand success, cables to the Red Cross today. ! The great Army Grouch Ava -i one of the Avorst diseases Franc, I r. A 4-. ,... 4- .1 .M i!l A ... .. - . 'wu lu cumam wiin mmi ivmer lea entered the Avar. It began Avith the soldiers in the trenches; They carried it home Avith them 011 leaA'e, and it threatened to be come a natio lal affair. So the "Ameican women estab lished Grouch Exterminators on. the AAay from forty miles from nowhere, in France. They call--them canteens, but really they're Grouch Exterminators. And thi-4 is Adiat today's cable said about them. "The first of the line of Red Cross canteens, for French troops traAelling on leaA'e, has just been opened. ! "An average of 2,000 men daily 'have been given an opportunity of obtaining proper hot meals and a comfortable place for eating and; ! recreation while aAvaiting change of trains. Arrangements for an (Continued on Page Six.) COTTON MARKET Dec. Jelh.. Mar. May July $8.57 7.79 27.45 2 7.3:s 27.15 23.63 28 27.67 27.C0 28.57 27.70 27.45 27.33 97K 28..S 27.87 27.0-i 27.17 Local Market cents. ' possible to deliver at all, during this trying situation, so please do not ask us to ary from this agree ment, for Ave would be forced to polite decline to do so. W. B. STRICKLAND,. CLEE VAUGIIAN, J. W. ALLSBROOK, CASH GRO. CO., 7 N. HERRING, S. L. STRICKLAND, L. J. McKEEL. 1
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