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SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FORE
vil AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK.
VOLUME FOUR.
AFTERNOON DAILY
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TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
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NUMBER 24
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THIS IS THE FIRST MAIN GEO GRAPHICAL OBJECTIVE OF
THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN FLANDERS DRIVE
TO FALL
(This win be registered every
day to indicate the amount
raised as the drive "progresses
towards the honor mark of
$50,000.)
ENDANGERS BRITISH POSITIONS; AT YPRES
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(By United Press)
With the British armies in
Vvitp Anril 1. The Germans,
arc in Bailleul.
Von Stennin's fresh troops at
tacked from the south while Von '
Carlowitz hurled his strun troops
northward, simultaneously assaul
ting le Raivesburg heights.
Several division were swept a
painst Bailleul itself.
SECTY BAKER
REACHES PORT
(By TJived Press)
Washington, April 16. Secre
tary of War Baker returned to
this country after hjs tour of; in
spection in France, landing this
morning at an Atlantic Port.
Loiuum, Apiu u, Baker notified officials here by
most important stragetic point on long distance of his safe return
onrl
Tnenoi-ineiixpuxtx He plang tQ Tetnrn tQ Washing
ers
alicnt has been captured by i
the Germans according to report
to hand from General Haig, in the
folowing cablegram;
ton soon.
At an Atlantic Port, April 16.
-"I have a feeling of pride and
"We have falen back north of confidence in the American army
Ballieu. Wulverghem and Ballieu ' and its acheivements in France"
are in the enemy's hands." ( Secretary Baker said today aftei
Bailleu was the scene of the he had landed from the ship tha;
most desperate fighting in the en- brought him back from France,
tire Flanders drive. It was the; " Things I have seen on the
stronghold from which the British other side would justify one in
hurled ther attack against ithe making: trips to France. Wf
nfiiiiitiis xiuiii me liunuciu cukc lauaeu iiere lius luuniiiiir alter it
of the Flanders salient. It guard- quiet and uneventful voyage."
ed the entire ipres salient from, . Baker spoke highly of the
the south. morale of the French forces. He
Tt fall endangers British ncsi-i was abroad when the big; offen
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tions in Ypres. on the Messines sive began
ridpre and in Sonnebeke.
Raillieul is the first main geo
graphical objective of. the German ,
drive to fal. It is located on the i
Hazebrouck
TEN GERMAN
TRAWLERS SUNK
mam Armentiores
railway.
Fresh German attacks were
made in the neighborhood of' London, April 16. Ten German
AVythchaete, four miles south of trawlers were sunk by British
Ypres, and southwest of Vieuf warships in the Cattegat yester
Berquin, four miles southwest of, the British admirfilty an-
Baillieul, and the same distance ounces.
clue north of Mervile, were re- The Cattegat was swept Mon
pulsed in minor operatonis last the statement said, and ten
niffht south east of Robecqq, a German trawlers were sunk by
mile and a half south of St. gunfire. The crews were all
sb,ooo. -
& 49,000. -48,000.
-47,000.
-46,000.
-
45,000. -
44,000. -43,000.
-42,000.
-41,000.
-
40,000. -
39,000. -38,000.
-37,000.
-36,000.
-
35,000. -
34,000.
33,000. -32,000.
31,000. -
30,000. -
29,000. -28,000.
-27,000.
-26,000.
-
25,000. -
24,000. -23,000.
22,000. -21,000.
-
20,000. -
19,000,
18,000.
17,000.
16,000.
15,000. -
14,000.
13,000.
12,000.
11,000.
10,000. -
9,000.
8,000.
7,000.
6,000.
5,000. -
4,odo.
3,000.
2,000.
1,000.
ml
Paris April 16. Material loss-.
es by fire which destroyed the
aircraft factories at Friederich
'shaff on Saturday night were en
ormous, including thirty squard- l
rons of airplanes reserved for use
against the American air fleet. '
I One hundred and forty persons
were killed and two hundred in-'
'jured.
LOCAL COMMITTEES WENT OUT TO ALL SECTIONS OP THE
SUBURBS TO INTEREST THE FARMERS AND OUT
SIDE BUSINESS MEN
DE A TO A
EXPECT TO WIND UP WORK THIS WEEK
LIBERTY LOAN
MITDlr A nJilm SSRIC DII MAK1
li. mV.rt UHL DILMUl
-0 The several committees got
busy this morning and went forth
enthuiasticaly to do their "bit"
i? i
ior me government in gathering
into an organization the entire
available list of men who are able
and should, contribute to the
-The third Liberty Loan,
will The work had been nernared
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At an Atlantic Port, April 16. 1 Washington, April 16.
The first- German prisoners of war Liberty Loan subscription
arrived in the United States to- pass the first bilion dollars today, by the addresses made Sundav
day. They are the members of according to the figures received last in four parts of the distirct
the crew of submarine U-58 which from the twelve federal reserve and it is anticipated that the
was sunk by an American des-' districts, which showed a total of work of the committee wil not be
troyer . $806,465,250 at close of business so difficult, since this third loan
: The prisoners will be interned. ( yesterday. is meeting with more instant fav-
The exact number has not been j N official reports have been or than the. two former ones.
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out though it is - believed I received irom me Minneapolis -ine supreme object is to have
given
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there are about twenty.
Baraca Philathia
Convene Apr. 26.
Rocky Mount Apr. 16 Armies
j of young men and women, mem
ibers of Baraca and Philathea
! classes in North Carolina, are
mobilizing for their eighth annual
; convention here beginning Friday
evening April 26th; vxjontimiing
through Saturday and Sunday,
1 closing with an impressive con
secration service for greater devo
tion to their cause.
I There are now more than 2,200
' classes in the state, representing
' mere than 75,000 young people of
more than a dozen different de
nominations, the whole scheme be
ing nothing more nor less than a
plan of class organization for in
' creasing interest in Bible Study
i and the Church as universal in
its use as is the Sunday school
, -plan itself.
district, where the
opened yesterday.
campaign
even though
HOTELS
MOST
rsrsi
TO
if
ft
Ven at.
t
CZERNIN HEADS
AUSTRO BRIGADE
saved by the British ships. There
were no British casualities.
U. S. TROOPS
DEFEAT ENEMY
'MATTY" V!S?TS CM3 SHERIDAN
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Copenhagen. Anril Count!
Czernin. who resigned yesterday j At the American front in Fran
as Austrian foreign minister, has APril 16. Details of Sunday
l'en appointed to the command morning's battle, on. the bank of
of an Austrian brigrade on the the Meuse proves the American
Italian front. I armv more than masters of the
There was a sharp conflict of Germans in the matter of person
opinions when Czernin conferred al fighting.
with Emperor Karl on Sunday ' The Boches used ther best
moniins. Later the emneror re-, 'storm troops in their attack upon
eeived Count Tkza and Wekerle. the Americans,
tlw Hungarian minister.
COTTON MARKET
May
July
CM.
J),.,..
Jan.
Open
28.50
28.00
28.05
26.70
26.60
High
29.00
28.60
27.53
27.10
27,06
Low
28.50
28.00
2.7.05
26.70
6.60
!-al Market Nominal.
which numbers
I naturalized Italians, Poles, Irish,
jEnglish,, aiid Scandmvian, who
were in the' American forces, and
; which, with knock out blows, re
pulsed the Germans.
The enemv came on in two
i
Close waVe formations. After the ,'bar-
2d.00 rage tne storm troops led the at-28-60
tack. After three hours of fight
27.53 ng four hundred Germans were
27-10 httrled back, after losing sixty
27.06 f our dead, eleven prisoners and
twenty two mitrailluses.
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Raleigh, April 16. The hotel
and restaurnats men of North
Carolina who rave not been ob
serving the conservation program
of the Food Administration will
be required to walk a chalk -line.
from now on.
A number of North
hotel men, with several hundred
other important hotel men of the
country, have pledged themselves
to banish wheat products from
their bills of fare until the next
harvest. The Food Administra
tion does not think that it is fair
to the hotels and restaurants that
are co-operating to the housedolds bein
that are co-operating, and least Flag of
of all fair to our soldiers and the
soldiers of our Allies in Europe
to allow any unpatriotic, self-in-
every take a bond,
(it be but fifty dollars, for that
; event the people will have shown
to the government that it is bo
ding 'supported by the whole community.
Roanoke Rapids, our sister
town, has raised her quota, the
first, after Hobgood, to do so, and
following celebrations is to take
place on Saturday in that place,
Scotland Neck being asUed to be
prepared t announce that she al
so is in the honor list at that
time.
April 16, 191 S.
I am todnv in vpi-int nf thQ
Carolina lowing letter from Mr. C. A. Wyclio,.
the County Chan man, which is s'
explanatory.
Kor.noKe KapMs, N.
April If 1018.
Mr. J. H. Alexander,
Scotland Neck, N. (J.
My dear Sir:-
On Saturday of this week we in
tend to have a Liberty Loan celebra
tion in Roanoke Rapids, the occasion
the raising of the First Honor
North Carolina. ' Cbairmait
Brown of Raleigh wil be here and ho
is trying to arrange to have Governor
Bicket with us. I t M ould be a vei v
gard the wheat-saving program,
.and State Food Administrator
TIenary A. Page has addressed a
frank, vigorous letter to the hotels
and restaurants in the State
which is designed to secure their
immediate and rigid .observance
of the entire
conservation pro
gram.
WISCONSIN WAR
CROP CAMPAIGN
Christopher Mathewson the gr at baseball pitcher and baseball
player known to all as Matty, p lid an unexpected call on the
boys in training at Camp Sherdian, Montgomery, Ala. He dined
soldier fasion with the boys and after mess washed and dried his
own dishes.
fine tliinsr if wo Tould announce at thi
terested, establishments to disre- meeting, that Halifax Coimtv had ex
ceeded its allotment to the Third
Liberty Loan. Wont you please help
workers to make an extra effort tfiN
week to raise your quota.
Halifax County is now about $100,
000.00 behind its allotment, and I am
quite sure that this amount can be
raised easily by Saturday, if all ot
our workers will go after the subscrip
tions with enthusiasm and determina
tion. T feel sure. t'c: T an cornt upon
your co-operation. a;d I would thank
you to phone me as f.oon, as your com
mittee has reported a full subscription.
! Very truly yours,
Apleeton, Wis., April 16. Out- j C. A. WYCHE Ghairman..
agamie County has started in on ; In connection T wish to state that
a vigorous war garden drive this , h is the 'lesire of 'our ,0, al Commit
. ., tee to place a Bond in Eevry Home in-
vear. The Countv Council oi De-; t. . x, . , , ....
7 - ; Scotland Aeck and Coniimimtv. Will
fense is distributing 5,000 copies j you h-,!p ,1S t0 do this? Wont you
of the war vegetable gardening! lend your influence to this great work?"
orimer from the National War j We have a corps of solicitors and co.
anrvW PnmmiQdnn Wabbio-frnT i Workers, who are doing a great work.
to heln all the citv farmers in i
this 'section who are out to in
crease the nation's food supply
through the back yard and va
cant lot. The indications are that
there will be little "slacker land"
around here this spring and summer
Wm. H. Zuehlke, secretary of a iord. B-y K" w! Put Scotland
County Council of Defense, . is Neck on the JSSSS
, . x, a it AND WE WILL OVERSUBSCRIBE
pushing the campaign and calling , QJTR jjqtment.
on everyone to get busy with the j. H. ALEXANDER, Jr.
I hoe and the spade. j Local Chairman
! oe we need t:;c- unUmiteii ninl unstn.
ted work of everv. individual in this
community and unless you are helping
in someWav cu are not doing vour
M'blt" Wont vov then -alI at either of
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i the banks and secure Idanks .itmT eo out
1 and sell bonds ,for YOUR GOVERX.
i MENT?
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Either of the banks are offering
i terms under which every one can own
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