WEATHEE REPORT: Partly dozdy 'tonight Saturday. Probably raias. Moderate northwest utafe
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AFTERNOON DAILY
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yui,u-- - nxixj, a, tkxvax vJS 7, iyib TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
AMERICANS FORCE I
with veieran ENEMY
PUSHING BACK CRACK PRUSSIAN TROOPS MORE THAN I
TWO MILES OVER A FIVE MILE FRONT THE
MARINES CAPTURED IMPORTANT POSITIONS
SING YANKEE DOODLE
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(By United Press)
With the American armies along
;lie Maine, June 7. The Amer
icans along the Marne after hur
jjujr the Germans back from one
and a quarter to two and a half
mii.'.s ever a five mile front, north -vt--t
of Chateau Thierry, yester
,'av morning renewed the attack
: late in the evening.
The battle has been increasing
i:i Intensity, and as this dispatch
wa "i'iied violent fighting brought
the Americans the occupation of
:V!aii'es, Torcy, Bouesches Xeuil
!v wood and part of Bailleau wood
and the railway station of Boues
fhes. Fighting: began Wednesday
ridit and at 3.45 vesterdav morn
ii;: the marines began to advance
viijriag and whistling "Yankee
li'iulle," and trotted across 4 4 no
man's land", with the infantry on
their right. The marines advance
in the face of heavy fire, but in
'"s than four hours the marines
':! eleared Xeuilly wood of the
ir.y- taking more than one hun
''r"(l prisoners and ten machine
i:i m. n'.
The French infantry on the left
r fik on hundred find sixty priso
ners. '.'ontinuiug the advance the
-America r.s fought their way
tliroujrh th- crack Prussian troops
opposing thom, pushing their
v-iy j)ast Boueches. and oeeuping
i'wey, a part of Baileau wood
"ixl village and the Bouesehes
raihviiy station.
ih:1 lioiK-sches railway station
v'iis the scene of a desperate de
mise by the enemy which pre
vents the Americans from at
taining some objective, but the
attack was renewed later with
--at violence.
Paris Juno 7. Fierce fighting
is .still o-oing on northwest of Chat
eau Thieny, where the French and
An-
an troops have pushed the
(i
'"rnnuis l,ack tlu Fi-..li wm- nf.
announces.
Ai..('t o-ains of other parts of the
'I'.i KK-hidin- the recapture of
' !!y ,y the British is reported
l!0t-'''"n Ourc, and theMarne.
I-""al operations are going on
1 Virion of Xeuilly la Port-
P'(uesches where the French
r'rrssion continues.
French took Viney woods
n ? Xeuilly la Porterie'statiou
a;l;J the northern borders of that
!
r 'I-
i I'.ei
nth the Americans
'ilinl on Tow Tolli.-.iii l.rn
' 1',vnt, north of the Aisne
'!vnch positions were recti-
,:;t of iil -nL. f
T!u
'liar,.;
1 merry, where sharp
,!, Jl attacks gained hill no 204.
COTTON MARKET.
Open
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25.93
23.75
23.28
23.08
Low
25.78
23.53
23.07
23.89
21.89
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25.78
July
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23.53 :
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23.89
23.28
23.08
23.15
23.15
21.89
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WRIT
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The Commonwealth is in receipt I
of a letter from Mr- Jim Ed. Con-;
drey Jr., written from Camp Jack-,
son one week after arriving there.
and, since Jim Ed., is so populai
locally, we are taking the libertv
of publishing a personal letter,
which read as. follows:
Dear Friends :
Tr, . i: A i. i
'j iiJit ct iuw lines iu iet von Know i
I am still thinkino- of vou -ood !
folks. I hav'nt forgotten the love !
ly sendoff you people of Scotland-;
Xeck us bo3rs. I appreciate it ;
so much and the paper? which is I
almost a personal letter from Scot-1
land-Xeck, and we feead every
word in it. ' !
I look forward to evei3r train I
for mail, but The Commonwealth j
is the only news that I can depend j
upon getting and it takes the place j
of that letter we didn't get. j
Don't think for one moment thnt '
I wouldn't come back if 1 were)
offered the chance, but really I am I
getting on fine and think after;
T get things a little better liiieVl j
up T will be much better satisfied, j
This life is the most uidden !
change I have ever experienced.!
I found .that I could do so many j
things that I had no idea of, such ;
as scrub floors, do my own. wash-j
ing make up my own bed, cook ,
and so mairy other demestic du-1
ties that I know that I will make
some girl a good husband if I can
get one to take the chance. '
Regards to all of my friends and
best wishes to you.
c ncerely,
JIM ED CONDREY JR.
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BRITISH RAID
MY POSTjDUELS REPORTED
(By United Press)
London Jue 7. "We raided
a hostile post northeast of Bethune
last night inflicting heavy casual-1
ties and capturing machine guns !
our men returning without loss"
is a cable received from General
Ilaig this morning.
MAY PRODUCTION
344. 450 TONS
(By United Press)
Washington June 7. Exceed
ing the ship production of April
by one hundred and twenty two
thousand tons the Emergency
Fleet Corporation turned out 344
450 dead weight tons for Mav the
shipping board announces.
El
!Y U-BOATS
TILL ACTIV
(By United Press)
Washington June 7. Navy of-
j ficials began to believe that one
i or both of the U Boat coast raid
! ers were headed homeward but
for the fact for their participation
in the sinking which occurred fur-;
ther out at sea.
The fact that the Germans are
"ginning to use torpedoes, led to
tne Kea -that he was turning back
tO lliS base.
1
!
Washington June
7. Provost
Marshal Crowder sent orders to
the local district draft board.?; to
energetically re-examine men ex-
empted, or placed in deferred cla--.
es, to determine 'the reason for the
scarcity of class one men.
This action has been taken be
cause a number of counties in
many states fell below twentv sev-
en and eight-tenths per cent aver-
age of class one men. North Ca"-
olina is among the states in which
counties tell beloAV even ten nev
'
cent "ot the cla,t,catl011 ;h:ss
. ,
GERMAN AIRPLANE
They are standing in the shadow
ian shrine which remains unharmed
the few religious shrines in the war
'able to destroy. '
LIVELY GUN
(By UNITED PRESS
With the Americans in Lorraine
I June 7. Lively artillery duels in
this region was reported through
out yesterday, and that the Am r-
ican batteries are effectively neu
w v
tralizing the German bombard
ment. CELLARS DE LUXE
FOR THEATRES
New York June 7. Cellars de
Luxe for the use in times of Ger
man air raids are being prepared
I by the Shuberts in the basement
of one of their playhouses here.
They are preparing the base
ment so that if an air raid should
crime when the show is on the play
ers and audience can adjourn
downstairs.
Other theatres are. preparing
their cellars as places of refuge
during attacks.
Washington June
-General
! Pershing reported forty eight casu
allies to the war department today
i including seveutc.yii'! killed in ac-
iiu:-, twelve deaths from wounds (
nev.en dfithf:::m ('csoae. ;."xj
trom accident and six wounded
S. Veri'.
scji), X. (1; Silas -Trippett, of Ihm
tington Creek, X. C. ; Raymoid
E. Cuthberison, of Xebo, X. C.
and Lewis T. Strickland, of (or-
den, X. C. were among tiiose kill-
ed in action.
Brigadier General Robert E.
Myero, of Staunton, Va. is repor-!
ted as having died of desease.
Replying to this message the !
Pope, through Cardinal Gaspardie
the para! r.ceretarv. telegraphed '
Cardinal Lucon, that he shares the;
sufferings of the people of Rlieims i
and expressed anxiety regarding!
the fate of the magnificent cath-
cdral of Kheims, declaring that In
is about to petition the German an -
th(nt,cs t() sPare what remains
A tll;
U. S. OFFICERS WATCHING
of a hill, directly below a Christ-
from Hun shell fire. One of
zone that they have not been
l --rsf
EVEN HUNDRED AT-
TENDED CHAUTAUQUA
LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENT O PENS UNDER MOST FAVORA
BLE AUSPICES WITH LARGE CROWDS AT BOTH
PERFORMANC ES YESTERDAY.
WHITESIDES
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QUEEN OF HOLLAND
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emu vjiciii;ti:iy me vueen
; people.
-u?ss Kr,t ' OK,r.v' ot -tM is in
Q Jf4
..'nvn for the v,'ook-end siting frien.l j ca3unitMlt t,0 ln;,1(lKM. iu v,,;,.i,
fml vela'lives! ai:1 also takiS hi thcfTjus town has bandied the local
i rhr.utaua
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PAi
URBi
SUYS
ARMY
A postal card from Mr Earlithe afternoon will be followed by
' Statou, who left for Camp last
1 week snv- "Wrmbl fhnt ,m
; - -.v.. j
ever so much for the Common-
; wealth twice a week, if no more.
1 do thank the Red Cross so much
for the nice bag. Will alwavs re-
: member the good people of dear
' Scotland Xeck." ;
The Commonwealth is beinir
:eoi
daily to Air Staton and all
other bovs who have left, here, and ,
will conibme tlivn,hm,t th
to send them tin; home town paper.
Mr. R. L. Hardv &r.A ()
mJ
Dr. A- C. Liverman -1.00
Airs. A. AI. Riddick i.00
Air. G. Lamb $1.00
Air. F. P- Shields $1.00
Air. J. H. Alexander Jr. $5.(10
Air. Hugh Johnson $5.00
Balfour Dunn $2.50
C. Frank Burroughs $1.00
L. II. Bailey $1.00
Mr- C. A. Jones $1.09
Dr. A. C. Liverman $1.00
Air. J. P. Futrell $1.00
R. P. Byrd $2.00
T. D. Temple $1.00
L. L. Cherrv $1.00
Fveryove who has a boy in
France, or in camp, wil please send
their names and full addresses to
The Commonwealth, and any ehan
that the daily "papr may
go forward to tHem witnour a mo-
jments delay.
NUMBER 67
COMPLIMENTS S. N.
With every ont in good humor,
ready to aecept the treat in store
for them, the Chautauqua tent
filled yesterday afternoon await
ing the opening of the five day an
nual event that makes Scotland
Neck a Chautauqua community
center.
In very business like way. just
a little late however, the Chau
tauqua was opened by the intro
duction of the superintendent. Mr.
Ilarrah, by the first vice president
My. A. L. Purrington ir. a few
words and the stage was taken ov
er by the Fisher Shipp Concert Co.
who, both afternoon and
evening, entertained with high
elass vocal and instrumental mu-
j sic and sketches;
Following the night musical
Dr. Joseph Clare, who has spent
five years in Kussia snokc oon
;..i..i i. - . .
I v ujiiijy Oil I X1C leVOIUTlOll' WiliCM
t
gave all a clearer understandi1?..
j of the "difficulties through wlii i:
that eountry is passing, and he re-
iterated that America alone was
! able to nelp those untortunate neo-
l)le when tiit ru-onei- 1iii r.nm.i
JmV. i.oi'iiiL' H llte-;Ke ri'Cvi(!inf
of tin1 Chautauqua system, accom
panied Dr. (Mare to Scotland Xeck
iiu was strong m his favorabh
I affairs. lie states iliat the new?;
has gone as far as S-.iuth (Carolina
that Scotland Xeck js the only
town that required no outside as
:;'! U'-o in !;-;Mar!ir t he ( 'l:;!iit;r,i
: 'na for its opening.
rJ his af ten i)on at thirty
. and again tonight a: eight forty
five Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Win
ders will entertain with music,
i monologue e.nd mimicrv, which in
' Ydnm Caveny, with cartoon
anu clay modeling demonstration.
At the night session Albert E. Wig
n - i , ... .
am 'V1,i ",ve a" a(t(lress im Ihe
.Hfe of 1,r boys in France."
1,1 orclor that tho P('P "ave
as mm'h ,!oinfort as possible we
recommend that the ladies bring
with tI,em a eush5m for t,1('ir h
as the seats are very roughly con
structed, in fact it behooves all to
make the be f conditions, and
add their individual comforts. All
should endeavor to make themsel-
i l ( . l
j ves ai nome, ior tins is community
! work.
ERS
Ymox
MAIL GOES FREE
Washington .Juiu
merican
nr-soners of war in Germany are
entitled to receive and send, letters
money orders and valuables, and
parcel post packages weighing not
more than 11 pounds, when intend
ed for international mail, free
from all postal duties.
. Mail should be addressed to the
prisoner of war, giving his rank,
the name of the prison camp where
t he is held, if it is knowr.,followM
ny i nsoner oi wju jian, ia
New York." Ju
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