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FRiCiBEAT
OLUME FOUR.
AFTERNOON DAILY
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. FRIDAY JUNE 14, 1918
TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
NUMBER 73
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LOCAL RAIDS ALTHOUGH CANNONADING OVER
TWENTY MILE FRONT IS REPORTED.
MANY HUNS TAKEN AT VARIOUS POINTS
(By United Press)
Pans -nine i. me silL111s a
Vlljr the entire Oise and Marue
battle fronts simmered down to
lo,.al actions the French war office
announces .
Gorman attack failed in the
A.-tive cannonading over a twen
tv nine iiuiu, v,w , .
tercts west of Chateau Thierry
v:as reported.
Elsewhere only raiding opera
tions were reported.
Only slight local actions took
place north of Grivenes, four miles
north of Montdidier .
A French raid north of Coureel
l.s resulted in the capture of 30
prisoners. The French progress
oil t Ferme des Loges.
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VVALILR UiUlYir
TELLS BIG
FISH STORY
Hereunder we have the pleasure
in printing a fish story received
from Walter M. Crump, and old
Scotland Neck Man, who is now
living in Florida,but who receives
The Commonwealth and keeps in
close touch with his home town
affairs.
GERMANY WILL
DECLARE DANGER
ZONE ON E. COAST
Amsterdam June 14. The Ger
man admiralty intends to declare
he east coast of the United States
rom Mexico to Canada a danger
zone, and will warn ail shipping
accordingly, reports Berlin.
SUPREME COURT
REHEARS CASE
i iruess
in tho Champaue reggion.
Washington June 14. Declar
ingthe supreme court's decision
jfn the ;TJjiiited ishow machinery
case offers an avenue for escape. I,
from the Sherman anti trust law
md again surrounds with doubt
the limitations or patent grants
of the government the court has
been petitioned to rehear the case.
30.000 WOMEN
OF AUSTRIA IN
FRONT LINES
(By United Press)
Geneva June 14. Thirty thous
and Austrian women and girls of
all ages and classes have been for
ced to join Women's Battalion,
working close to tlreMront lines
according to renorts frlmi Austria.
The women are complaining of
long hours, small pay and meagre
rations, and officials are being
bombarded with demands for their
release.
Enlistment terms provide that
they shall keep working until the
end of the war.
SUBEiAMME SIMS
- SIP OFF 1MIA
BRITISH STEAMER KEMEUSI OF NINE THOUSAND TONS
SENT OUT CALLS FOR HELP AT NINE O'CLOCK
LAST NIGHT.
NO WORD RECEIVED AS TO CREWS FATE
:
FATE DRAPER
WRITES HOME
We are always glad to pub
lish news from the boys in camp,
DUTCH TRIED TO
LYNCH GERMANS
Seffner, Fla. June 10.--
it is about time for the promised
fish storv, or rather the tale of the
largest fish ever caught, as part
A German attack failed in the hy related by its exhibitors at the
i
Anthuil region. Tampa Bay hotel docks, Tamp:
French patrols took prisoners J Florida.
it Tl ' -I 1
it Kussiares, west ot rvneims anu f- h f t f t i an(
i t i
seven or more icet irom Dottoru
to top where the dorsals fins be
gins. Its eves are not more than
dii lliC'l ill v. i a;;iL' lci ,i l?5 xiivatit a-
bout forty six inches across, plenty
large enough to swallow the larg
est man. It had no bones but in
tead a tough rubber-like substance
which when dry, was not unlike
gutta percha. The joints in its
spinal column were shaped dif
ferent someting like the octagon
discs, seen in field harrows. Its
rills too were different from all
Spanish Ships
Carry Goods
Madrid June 14. -The Spanish
ambassador to the United Slates
has received instructions that all
Spanish ships in American waters
shall transport to Spain such ma
terials as are authorized by the A
nici'iean government.
A ,
.1 11-
(By United Press)
oh of Dutch firemen, anger
ed because a German submarine
shelled the lifeboats of a fishing
smack it had sunk, tried to lynch
German airmen interned at Ymu-den.
Ml
S FALL
FOR COUNTRY'S
Wilson Supports
ihot Boards
7171
cm
mil
iUGAR
uy United Press)
Washington June 14 Sixty two
more marines are placed on inc
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iMiuinrv s Honor roil as tne result
nf the1 fifhtinir in France
Th,ii- casualty list shows eight other fish known, they consisted
f thnn killed in action, six died ()I Iour Pelbr! w"
.f wounds, fortv ei-Ut were se- llluch like the ventilator of an an
vrtvlv wounded. tomobile. These slats were about
S,r.p:i;,t a ncnittiic Wil. eight inches Avide and perhaps JO
and Pri- ilicnes lno Wltn openings between
for oxygen to pass. They seem
to need no air as they are sup
posed to exist all the time on the
bottom of the deepest part of the
ocean
This fish was caught a year ag(
by Captain Thompson off the Tela
aa r c xb - Kevs and was tainted at Aiiami,
BOrnP liflaiS where thousands viewed it. lt
weighed 30.000 lbs and took 19
barrels .of fluid to preserve it
with the aid of one of the most
expert taxidermists
Was!l5in:j'0!i June - 14.-Pi?:s
dent Wilson has come out t'latlv
in support of the National war
abor boards decision and the right
of the union organization of
(he big telegraph companies of the
country should be-adhered to.
lianas, of Asmogil, N. C.
vate Walter Harry Smith, of Win-
moii .aiem, A. t;. were among
tlldso wounded pvpvrlv in ;ition
British Down
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TO ALL TOWNSHIP POOD AD-c-.h$
IMSTRATOKS OFBAld
FAX" COUNTY:
I announce to all dealers
through !okal. papers or other
wise maximum quantities of sugar
that may be sold reduced to five
pounds' for country consumers,
two pounds to town ' consumers
twenty five pounds for canning
and preserving purposes only up
on certificate. Do not wish pre
serving and canning restricted
but desire utmost in use of sugar.
Individuals rec-uirinir more than
(By United Press)
At and Atlantic port dune 14.---Attacked
by a German submarine
the British steamer Kemeum, oj
9074 tons, is believed to have been
sunk off the Virginia coast at 9
"o'clock last night. No word has
and we are in receipt of a letter j been received as to the fate of the
from Lafayette Draper who is in ! crew.
ot ' i' -n o i -tt i
v amp oevier, vrreenvuie, o. v,. ne r a steamer arriving here from
sends us the telephone storjr bf
the Kaiser and the devil which has
already been, published in these
columns.
"I am still in South Carolina
but don't know how long. Am
expecting to go over seas at any
time? but until T notify you please
continue to send Commonwealth
here.
"We boys are (getting along
fine.
"1 would thank von to run mv
address in the paper so that I may
hear from home folks and also
from the boys in Camp Jackson
which is Co. A, Provis Batn, Camp
Sevier, Greenville S. C.
an European port reported hav
ing picked up the Kemeum 's wire
less call for help. They were
heard off Nantucket but the Ke
meum 's operator gave his ship's
position as off the Virginia coast.
CASUALTY LIST
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une 14.---Twentv one
is June 14. An explosion
at the Skoda Munition Works,
near Pilsen on May 25 killed over
300 hundred persons and injured
seven hundred others, according
in liifnv.nintlrm ro.-'plvod lim'1 b'
e Petit .Journal. The explosion
Avas heard one hundred and fifty
miles distant.
twe:;tv xivc t"?ot:tk
will be allowed to purchase more
'Phe lolfowing local citizens haVe
generously contributed to the ex
pense of postage of the papers to
the "Boys Over There", and, if
there are others who wish to do
likewise they should, send in word
what they wish to subscribe and
same will be noted in these columns.
Air. R. L. Hardy
Airs. R. C. Josey Jr.
Air. P. P. Shields
Air. J. H. Alexander Jr.
O. J. Aloore
Mr. Huirh Johnson
of County
Instruct all
only upon approval
i'o 'd Administrator.
(b a'cvs t keen accurate detailed
records of every sale of sYisrar front
airplanes and a balloon
l-i!10(!!l
lv,.,... 1 i ,
oc, roved and lour enemy
''ici-iii!!, s were driven down out
''ntro during the day and ni-
't t'iuhtino; 0f sBritish' airmen
hV'Sday and Thursday, the
war office announced.
'M,r Hritish planes are missing.
''Vri'al tons of bombs :were
'-'"pppd on enemy objectives.
in
'o-'id. A dm
stirs truly,
K. C. DUNN
Halifax County
U-boats A it ck Olf Unitrd Sirsts Coat
$5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
Airs. C, W. Dunn (Kinston)3.00
o o 0
(By UNITED
Washington .June 14. A casu
alty list of one hundred and four
teen names was published by the
war depart me-it this r.n---n:;ig i;.
eluding twenty nine killed in ac
tion, five died of 'wo rinds, six" died
of desease, three of accidents- sev
enty wounded severely, one wound
ed to m degree undetermined, and
Tive niissiug iii action.
Sergeant dames L. Woodsido,
whose next of kin is Robert R.
Woodsidc of Statesville. N. C. was
reported as one of those killed in
action.
ill
FOR HOI
SES
C. J. Shields
Balfour Dunn
R, P. Byrd
J. E. Bowers
Airs. W. H. Register
Airs. AV. AV. Alanning
B. G. Neblett
Mrs. G. K. Aloore
Dr. A. C. Livermon
Airs. A. AI. Riddick
2.50
2.50
2.00
2.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
IERICANS
BOMBED METZ
ith t ho American avmv in Lnv-
-'uue 14.--Tlie American
aiv s'ni;Hlroii carried out the first
all American bombing raids yes--f'Jay
destroying certain German
'htary establishments near Aletz.
'Iit airplanes dropped ten
'"m1)s ejH'h on contonments sup
'sheds and railroads in the vL
Clmty of Aletz and Dorancourt,
Think what a meal this fish had
aboad; a live optoptts that weigh
ed 1,500 lbs, with the corral rock
that was gasped in its tenticles.
This is a fish not a mammal, like
the whale and porpoise, that suck
le their young.
This is the place for all fisher
men to come who love the sport.
Last Friday 1 caught four fisl:
weighing nine pounds, one a four
pound trout.
I noticed in the Commonwealth
a resume of the play given twenty
five years ago in which I took part
"Ten Nights In A Bar-room" apd
I note some of the actors, AV. E
Whitmore and J. Y. Savage, who
were then quite old. They have
been here a long time; that's a!'
that ails them. May they and all
of you continue young and blessed
'etun
,,nS in perfect formation and
!Vlthout the loss of
uie
a single mach-
' 'President Wilson's address to
ongress concerning the revenue
tax sounded well to the ears of all
except the profiteers.
. ZSM&li -y yr-i
Airs. J. K. Vande (Tillery) 1XK)
Air. G. Lamb 1.00
Airs G. AY. Bryan 1.00
C. Frank Burroughs 1.00
L. II. Bailey 1.00
Air. C. A. Jones 1.00
ATr. J. P. Futrell 1.00
T. D. Temple 1.00 j
L. L. Cherry 1.00 j
Runert Allsbrook 1.00 !
L. AI. Pittman
Airs. Lawrence House
Airs. Streeter Cherry
Bessie Smith (Col) 1.00
Everyone who has a boy in
France, or in camp, wil please send
their names and full addresses to
The Commonwealth, and guy chan
ges, so that the daily papr may
go forward to them without a mo
ments delay.
(By Uritfi Press)
Washington June 14. The gas
Defense Service is now manufac
turing about 5,000 horse gas masks
per day. These are being sent
to France, and it is expected with
in a short time every horse connect
ed with the American Expedition
ary Forces will be equipped with
the new masks.
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GERMANY
(Ey United rross)
Wasl.'ington June 14. In Bar-
sank 13 American - 'esses witli a loss of af least 24 live-,
U-Boats are of crai t -pe and c-ry 4 laige size deck guns.
COTTON MARKET.
Open Hiffb liotv
July 26.00 26.23 25.77
Oct 24.34 24.18 24.20
"Dec . 23.88 24.18 23.88
Jr.n 23.75 24.06 23.75
: Alar 23.75 24.01 23.71
' Local Normal
jQQjvaria the monthly meat ration has
1 00 ' heen cut 20 per centfrom 1.000
1001 cuu gramsaccoruug to yn'v
man jnewspapers. Tlie monthly
meat ration ii Saxony lias been re
duced from 800 to 700 grams. Pub
lie officials are reported in tjte
Prussian press as discussing the
possibility of i further reduction
of the bread ration in Prussia.
A Alunich paper reports that
from the beginning of the war to
Alarch 1 J918. Barvarian ho?
Close , stocks have decreased from 2106
25.77 312 to 766,391 head. The Dan
24.20 ish hog census shows' a decrease
,ber at the beginning of the war.
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