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WEATHER REPORT -Pair tonight and Wednesday, except showers tonight in west portion. Warmer and moderate south to S. W. winds. CO! EE MMEONWEAI AFTERNOON DAILY SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOR EACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK. 4 J L JJL JLLo n P S3 jg m u El P 0 PS ra m T m r S P F$ 5 B P P P ;y S B 0 ire ith D . it VOLUME FOUR. AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.: TUESDAY MAY 7 1918. TELEGRAPH SERVICE. NUMBER 40 - - - - J i . i ii i I i I UUTCttirANK KM H- EMY I RETMIAT10N TjQ .1 ; OVERMAN BILL REPORTED OUT BOCHES THREAD EN THOUSAND SHELLS AGIANb- MUSTARD GAS HELD BY SAMMIES BUT WITHHOUT WUCH EFFECT HELLS LIKE. RAIN OF GIGANTIC BAD EGGS AVill the o v at is for 'S Gin Poi-lu teen gas si all ro the A rr. id il 01 v.'A (By United Press) the American army in May 7. The rear of man reorganization lines hed in gas as a retailation issin? the Ameriean areas. ,s roaded all night, and the threw over more than fif thniisantl Yperites mustard iclls, gassing one village and ds in the vicinity, e were, three hours of bam ent with high explosives, icrieans keeping under cov- ecmeentration of the Ger ; s nttaek wa like the rain unie tiad eggs. (By United Press) Washington, May 7 The house judiciary committee ordered the Overman bill, giving power to the president to reorganize executive and other departments, reported favorable without amendments. The bill has already passed the senate. Si S. TIDEWATER ? SINKS U-BOAT (By United Press) jWashiiion, May 7. The Ameriean steamer Tidewater dis posed of an enemy submarine on March 17 by three well placed shots, the navv department an- nounces. (GERMANS ANNOUNCE nnimi v mvmmw BERLIN PAPERS STATE THAT WITH ATTACK ON WEST AN EQUALLY HUGE OFFENSE WILL START ON ITALIAN FRONT OTP Sf OL LECT FACULTY III. . ii j ' ' " I BRITISH RAID ENEMY LINES REICHSTAG HAS BEEN ADJOURNED ALLIED GUNS STRAFFING ENEMY AREAS Hague, May, 7.- (By United Press) London, May, 7. Raiding ac tivities have been reported by General Haig, in which a few pri soners were captured and three machine guns taken in a success ful raid last night in the neighbor hood o Neuvelle Vitashe, three miles northwest of Arras. The British troops suffered slight casualties. An attempted enemy raid near Boyelles, six miles south of Arras was repulsed. HALIFAX COUNTY CALLS 160 (By United Press) -The Austrian Reichstag, the central legislative bodv, has adjourned to June 18 in order to permit Premier von Sevdler to bargain with the op position for the purpose of secur ing a working majority, according to advices received here. PRi iDUi A the Meeting of the trustees of: j raded school was held last j night for the purpose of consid-' .iinr- the election of teachers -for the next school year. The superintendent, Mr. R. D. Jenkins, was re-elected some time t ago, so tii at the applications of j the teachers were necessary to oi(1!. The following teachers were re- GENERAL HAIG Field Marshal of the English Army, y1' . . .'jf. DECORATION DAY CELEBRATION (By United Press) Washington, May 7 The house military committee today opened aii" informal inquiry of its own into aircraft production work, it : began its hearing on the one billion thirty two' million dollar siTTivnrriatinr. askert lor DV tlie V f-f S - - department for aeroplanes. Th innl PVPTTintion board has' ihe committee called Secretary received orders to call one hun- Bagerj General March, acting dr3d and sixty ite,miiiikSt MEN i i i tt i it . ..- .:: :- :-:-:.:-::::-:..:. -n 1 I I ,.im I iiiWMHWIHIt I ' il I (By United Press) Amsterdam, May 7. German j papers declared that the resump tion of the west front offensive" will be aided by a huge offensive on the Italian front, it has been learned today. "A combined effort will thus bring the longed for German suc cess, " the paper says. The beginning of the west front offensive has been dehnately fore cat ed in the German press. ekvted Thit F teao hav I the :st grade. Miss Eleanor Smith -i.nd grade, liss Wortham. ird srade. Mrs. P. E. Shields. urtii grade, liss Eva Moore, fth grade. Miss, Pitts. ix grade, Iiss Woody. venth grade , Miss Mary :e. or tlse high school Miss Irwin re-elected, but the other hers of the high school, who e been with us the past year j not apply for re-election for next year. to the camps to report from May 25 onward in small allotments. Whilst it cannot now be defin fltfdv stated how far into Class One this number will go it is the oninion o fthe board that 3200 i - - . - this rlr a ft. This Friday next, May 10. will be a . of COurse, is mere surmise until banner day tor ocoTianu inasmuch as the Daughters of the the aircraft production board, and General Kenny, chief of aeron autics, into the hearing this morn ing. GENERAL FOCH Now in supreme command of the Allied ; foree-toneeGeu, j ottre states - ne is strategist in Europe. the board has fully tabulated the numbers, when same will be an nounced in The Commonwealth. FARM HANDS Confederacy, together with the j school faculty are perparing to J o-ive an impressive ana enienam-, sing exercise on the campus of the school grounds, to which not only the veterans, but also the entire I Oil ft DIMf1 DDACITC community is requested to be pre j JjllllVlrlU 11X11 110 sent at the flag raising. j The boys scouts are to act as, ....... x w Pierre, S. D. May 7. Farmers COUUI L KJ tllV; " the precession to the grounds where the following program will WORK OF ARMY RAG PICKERS IS DANGEROUS davs of the war. Now nothing goes to waste on lie battlefield. With the grear- T 1 . li.. X' .. t .t II 1' ost and uirncuny ui mrtmumu.. ;ng war material, with the steady decrease in the world's supply of material from these things are made, France at least, sees to it that nothing falls short of serv ing the purpose for which it is made. Hardly have the troops passer p ..,i ; .-in -.itttMr-k than a se- With the British armies in France, May 7. Allied guns have been steadily straffing German areas during the past twenty four hours. This is not conducive to a quick movement of men and material across the war made desert areas around Noyon. An infantry lull continues, only raids and petty exploits being conducted. On most of the fronts there has only been ordinary mi:- 1 tual cannonading. The tcrrame is being, drenched by May show- Paris, May 7. West of Han gard en Santerre, where the. American troops are in line, a German surprise attack failed. Our local operations there result ed in taking enemy prisoners. Mutual artillery firing on both sides of the Avre is reported by the war office. IAN PAPERS UP PROFITEERS arranging By Henry Wood With the French armies, May s-l-m 1 J i W . IT In A .-a 7. Cleaning up oaiueneius uas f , . i f v,iiiv cond army, usually ot tged tei now become one ot the highly , i,-ntle- , n -t ritorials follows it onto tne naiin ,uldUUCU ailKl - fi if1 b0frins the cleaning up services of the French army process. Sometimes their compa - IT nions call them the "rag-pickers m xms way iui of the army" and sometimes tin otthe army amounts 10 nunui Rii but in the RE, UNNERS AD MEN of South Dakota are to pay their help on the profit has- ..1 ...x rV,;V. oil HT.I1S. Hie VVaiiC aiv . , , -. n 4.1, De carnea out, aiitci wmui j . ,i, o thousanas oi aonars a mumu. . 4f i 'i .,, i not ' farm hands now runs $55 a montti! ui muusauua nresent official organization or local automobiles will be request- iarm nanus no J . , , i'Tt ;R one of the most effective present omeia . ed to carry the veterans, the ; '7 "rlf-efflciencie," that the present daughters of confederacy and aS! - w fe5 1 war has produced. -4- iV- 4TV nilfl IUIIIU XI 1 ! 1,.1 1i many wi mc auuivuvv x- to the cemetery, where the graves of departed veterans will be de corated. f thf town are (By United Press") , . i A ,4--;v n aslnnctnn Ail 0 -Thft ! earnestly requested I . c ' - , v flowers for the aecora- Tr "P atyyi of inn has mart vr i Ition of the soldiers graves as pos "as made public editorial com- ... , , ment in 1 n i,a!sible ana nave mem at ui.e xx. m the berman press on the " , . delation in Poi-o- . in I house betore tne proeciun for wheat of ten bushels to the Paradoxical as it may seem acre; $60 if it goes over 15 bushels there is nothing that produces a goes tn the acre and $65. if it over 20 busfrels is being consider ed. p P ittee i connection with in- fter the eeremony ox vbi..i:... ., . , ,.,'thf crraves ai uie ucmcmij HMmuns 01 tne uainuer Moror - :l1 , ,t hk "rte. It was shown that the eranS w.x. u Wler company was earning to the store next to the market f Per cmt profit per annum, ! recently occup.ed by Me ' ",.,,,.; sworn statement where dinner will be served to Placincr tlm , v,i x i-i 4- ' the veterans. o (jiuiiisj a,b xx per cent, . .ni todwhilo 4i. I Decoration Day Program tiiv-, tumuany was eciiii-j ; -r oi-p n jnn iaa, . ... 1 Pkovok iv Tf.pv. M. Y. oeii. 2. Song, Bonnie Blue Flag. q Address. Bv Rev. Reuben CROWDER CALLS CIVIL ENGINEERS W,000.000 marV month iv exee of its peace-time profits xnreatened to reduee out more nainful impression on the occasional person who is allowed to wander over a battlefield just after an attack than the great ouantities of highly perfected war material that lie scattered about with seemingly a reckless waste imd nrofusion. The dead bodies both of the enemy and the attack I ine troops do not produce the (By 2resS) Pa!nful deSree f imPreS" Wnsh ins-ton May 7. Provost sion. M G Crntout ; There is this difference. The a call today for four thousand and ! I dead sobers have the, du , the French army they rank as a very important corps. Memphis, Teuu., May 7. Booze --I 1 1 k - smugglers a;d wjnsKey ruumu in Memphis vicinity have become real "bad men." They have been furnishing the United tates mar shals with many thrills and the odds are that a quantity of hot lead will be spilled in the very near future. Although but a year ago, th" Their work, too is often danger- fi 1 ; -nited States marshals to ous as that of the troops who , armed with automatic Hash to the assault as not oidy 1 f s for footing rifles and have thev to handle abandoned revoivers 0f heavy caliber. The exolosives of the most perilous L b forced to lo it in de- kind to touch but often enough fonse 0f their lives their work has to be carried on vvTWk i)V veek the under a terrific bombardment. But they do it as herocially, as stocmlly and as methodically as do their brother territorials who carry the hot soup up to the fight ing line through a barrage ot machinegun fire, sharpnels and high explosives. , Put signer prices were aicicu.uu. 1 r,"vi. 1 ha t..-.i: J ' 1 it. 1 1 inpp ixtv men to fill vacancies in the civil engineers and ordnance quar termaster corps. These men will be drawn trom and their role is ended. But all this material was made through lono- hours of sweat and labor, and toil to be used in saving the l(L: Tagebla 0 l,Jerai), said: Energetic action of the au- 4. 5. Song, Dixie. Song Flag of Many Lands By First Cirade 6. Song Over There. Sueh enterprises as the' 7. Address, by Mr. Ashby w. (1r fivm .. .. 4. 11 ,1 -Lr. 1T n rim (hA . 1C IIUL CUJUUC11CU jJ J-"1"" wi.. ')(ks for lnRnpction. 8 Wh j HI ' rhpep nipn will - , -.- . . . all stltes except Arizona, Beta- fatherland and here it all is lying all states eAtcpt , ,floc nnnscd about ware and Vermont. train on May 20. Thev will en- in great quantities unused about a dead battlefield, having untul G EN S. CALLED ASSUME COM. gangsters who sell booze have become more dangerous. -They have developed into a class of daredevils, far more dangerous to hunt than the bucolic moonshiner in his moun tain lair. 0 the booze-running gangs, two are especially dangerous. One of the these operate by use of "stick-up" tactics. On two notable instances this gang imper sonated United States marshals and bagged large quantities booze from -other bootleggers. Thesouthern comp assignment I filled its purpose and having serv- 5i rp as follows : Camp Humphreys, Virginia gets 248 ; Camp Hancock ed no end. It is the thought of this great Raising the Flag iw .? Jmie iraaer seuing. Song, Star Spangled Ban Gea Trdian, waste of human genuis, of human Alabama, Gets 144 Virginia, gets 267 Johnson, gets 591. Fort Myer, Camp E. J- skill, of human toil that produces the painful impression or rather that did produee it in the early (By United Press) Washington, May 7. Three ma jor generals and fourteen brigadi er generals have been assigned by the war department to their new commands. Those recently pro moted were confirmed by the senate. of COTTON MARKET. Open High Low 25.35 25.70 25.01 25.47 24.0 24.88 24.42 24.75 24.10 24.58 Local Market Normal May July Oct. Dec. Jan. 25.20 25.()0 24.ns 24.11 2:(..40 dose 25.55 25..". 24.72 24.61 23.8') must show his profits ner. nana
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