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WEATHER REPORT: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Warmer in est. Northwest winds. AFTERNOON DAILY " ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL ' VOLUME FIVE AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., TUESDAY AUGUST 20, 1918 TELEGRAPH SERVICE. NUMBER 24 GYdM SMELL BY mm mm mim YARDS OF LASSIGNY AND RO YE PRACTICALLY WITHIN THE OF ALLIES WITH RETREAT OF ENEMY CONFIN ED TO A NARROW OUTLET AT GUISCARD PETROGRAD NOW FACES CIVIL WAR o (By United Press) Amsterdam Aug. 20. One him dred persons were killed and woun GRASP ded in the food riot which are underway in Petrogad, according to dispatches received from Ber lin. Workmen have lieen without wmm m .m.. , bread for two days and parad.ed FRENCH CONSOLIDATE ALL RECENT GAINS the street, sw4 aWay with the Germans . They encounter ed the Lettish guards in front of the Smolny institutute and a reg ular battle insued. Martial law was immediately proclaimed. The populace is demanding as sistance against the Bolsheviki, according to the latest dispatches O 275 CASUALTIES NONE FROM N. C. 3,600 REGISTER ON SATURDAY o - f "Washington Aug. 20. North Carolina registrants on Saturday are expected to number three thou sand six hundred. In South Carolina 2,258 are ex pected to register and in Virginia 3,249. 1YWM TRdd IIM9 WLUi o (By United Press) Paris Aug. 20. (4 p. m.) Gener ill Dlangin's army has been attack ing over a wide front between the Oise and the Aisne this morning driving a wedge into the most vital point of the west front. German positions at the south ern end of the Picardy front, on W. S. S. DRIVE POSTPONED O The final drive to obtain the state, county and different town- the western edge of the Soissons-j stamps? which had.been set to Rhcims salient is in danger of be- Monday next August 26, has mg outflanked. j been postpoiied according to ad 1 he enemy lias been lorcecl to received here todav from the county chairman. The date of the drive will be withdraw his heavy artillery be hind Noyon, according to le Hure. German positions in the Noyon region of the Oise valley are ex pected to fall, the hill commanding the Aisne and Ailette valley have been taken and the Audincourt ravine has been competely turned. O Paris Aug 20. (1:30 p. m.) French troops are attacking over l ten mile front this morning be tween the Oise and the Aisne and had advanced a maximum depth of two miles at nine o 'clock accord s MEASURE MAKING THE DRAFT AGES FROM EIGHTEEN TO FORTY FIVE TO BE REPORTED TO CONGRESS TONIGHT. NEW DIVISION AT CAMP JACKSON o A letter received from Private Lafayettpi. Drapter, who by fthe way has been transferred to quar termasters Storage warehouse no 5 Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C, should any of his friends wish to write him, states that preparations are being made for the formation of a new division to be known as the 20th, .and it looks like this new division will be ready very soon. Lafayette wants his friends to him as most of 1 3 YEAR MEN TO BE LAST CELLED -O O (By United Press) . Washington Aug 20. The new man-nower bill, malum? the drafts ' ages. 18 to 45 is expected to be re ported to the house late todav or ! tnm nrrnw o The quota of $1,000 for Scotland ! The house leaders hope to get Neck for the Jewish War Relief the measure through by the end Fund has been obtained, the bal-'.of the week ance being subscribed on the first JEWISH RELIEF QUOTA OBTAINED day of the drive. of Members of the house military committee declare that Secretary T his augurs well of the people ; Baker's statement that men of this section in that they arc j eighteen would be taken into the army only when necessary and af- alive to the necessities of the peo drafted re O (By United Press) t VVae nnnrtftti Alio1 V.I I hp war ... - . . . -. to to write li lm as most oi the other rues oi the world, and are readv i,ir. tv, 1,0,1 wn department releases casualties list q,,, mv 1. nUuJ,, Ti.. . ' , . ., , , , i oouuaiiu mcjv muvo cue cunci m wiiu uicii nauua auu ucai is iu ha 5AVfnt nwav tnp lasT Vestlfft v,i v xiiiu txa xutvA u" F1" mJ w 11 Lllll UCi. 11 111 lil all iJ U 111C11, II vJ 1U yJX. T-l i e t -i 1 I 1 ! -1 i f . , ,1 i . . ' ' 1 v"'TTft sflATs th'at. he o-ets thie naner ''liave' ' felt " tfie ' lieavvTiand of theWmit nlnn"" Of this number 147 are report- regularly which makes up for the . oppressor. " j Q . ea Kinea in action, seven aiea 01 j receivins letters from desease, one died of. wounds, four home, but not quite. from accident and other causes 109 q wounded to a degree undetermin- 1 time will be allowed to give the. whom are from North Carolina people opportunity to prepare for same. Desperate Soldier Never Gives Up 0 (By United Press) By Lowell Mellett With the American Army in With these sentiments in the hearts of the people of America we can look forward earnestly to The impression which the Aracr th endins- of the war. knowing Z3 - . wounde dto a degree undetermin- icans m France seem to make up ed, two missing in action. on the allies reminds us of Kipling O description of the American :- A cablegram received this morn "He turns a keen, untroubled The attack is continuing satisfae! France' Au- 20The young lieu- aWy overseas. ing by ' Mrs. Alec Madry stated that Guthrie Madry had arrived face Home to things the 5 7 instant need of tory to the French. The advance tenant, having had 12 days and anA 4.1 i i n t J nights ofi scarceely interrupted endangers the whole German line J & . , V. fighting in the region of the Ger man push, was in a pretty bad way for clothes. The uniform he wore was that of a private and it didn't fit him. Only the silver bar on his shoul ders indicated his rank. Before he volunteered, as a private, he had been somewhat careful as to aong the ;Ais:ie from Soissons eastward. It would cause 110 surprise should the Germans withdraw to the Ch-3 mm des Dames line. Over five hundred prisoners were taken in this new advance. O LasSioTTo' in Allied Hands Paris Aug 20. (10:10 A. m.) The' his clothes ; his natural inclination French continue to extend and con running that way and his business soiidate their gains on both sides as a bond broker m Newark re oV Xoyon. " ! quiring it. But he didn't worry T1 ' 1 4? 1 4.n ' much on the subject, saying if the vaird Roye and Lassigny, the lat- i 01 J A L j .fill . R that we are readv for the new era I of civilization which must neces sarily be the outcome of the wiping out of militarism and national greed. Bv Maxwell Gorman i which-it is alleged-he used more Raleigh Aug 20. The republi-j money than the law allows, cans used to exploit the assertion j Must Tread German Soil that the natoiial democratic party j It will enlighten Candidate Moo could be depended on to do the ; rehead, and all other who incline wrong thing at the right time to to the idea advanced at the meet JAPS LANDED AT Nil 'JUi o tor town being virtually occupied. The Germans are furiously bomb arding the entire region, while the French are shelling Noyon from) two directions. French troops are firmly in pos session of the Lassigny and Carle Pont plateaus, the two gateposts t the Oise, and thev are threaten- colonel could get along in a pri vate's uniform, he could. 1 1 However," he said, ' 1 I'll have to have a new hanky pretty soon ing Saturday near Morganton, to read the letter of Major Bryan, a Tar-heel officer in the war, writ ing iufAire its defieat. But the boot has certainly shift ed to the other foot this year. John Motley Moorhead and Char-; ten to Senator Simmons and print- ley Jonas gathered a crowd of , ed yesterday in the News and Ob some five hundred voters at a server. Major Bryan depicts the point near Morgantown last Sat-'hellish cruelty of the Germans and : , ."',,! 3 i : i. . 4- 4-1-. With a rin and a blush that'urday under the pretext or a pa-, ueejaies mneiA per uj. me f Lpllnw hnnH salesmen ! triotic rally, but in reality to fur- j American boys in France are dead ever had seen on his face, he pull-lther their candidacies for senator opposed to any and all "peace" ed from his pocket an irregular ! and ninth district congressman, overtures until tne amea troops p 4.- t: 1 ennrtond Simmnns nnrl Yates ; tread German soil and win the ciuu iaj;gv.u "H"' v (By United Press i London Aug 20 Japanese troops w-ere landed at Nikolai Esk to pro tect allied citizens, according to dispatches received here. Nikolai Esk is situated south of the Amur river, seven hundred and fifty miles north of Vladivos tok. O $600,000."?! TOTAL 9. S.S. " Where M I get it? Well, we Noyon, being within nine thou- j stopped for a few hours in an sand yards (five, miles) of that town. abandoned farm house and some Webb. If they did not drop their pol- full fruits of victory. Tank Camp At Raleigh itical cake when they denounced This city- is practically certain i-ryi 1 4- 4.! , A ! nanuvn Tl Ck 1 rr for r n Q TY1 T IaPH- of us didn't have any .. handker- the vvnson auauon T V 7 llp rpape' t.ion. advices trom wafininfirton . . - - Tl 4? 4- U 4-'l KHUf iVJJ. ClAJ. uunuvuuiv r- 7 From the south General Mangin chiefs ana, wen, one tu "-j- . nffprft1 thk writer ! state, and five thousand men will' arf;ii., - 1 1 inwQ1 fnnnd a lodv s merhtie ana a " : ... ,i "'UU lery is sweeping all this ter- i .t '.t i;U onrl ' ennn ho in VQl'nintr hprp Wltll theSl1 i-it..... . ...4.1 -x 4. I mn U nr and made us some i ?reday iuistdjvc tuc . . ..... 3 uns except a narrow outiei iu-rr . " " I fibre of western North Carolinian big machines 1 1 1 1 1 lit rT Trio fiiriJ'ivn.i----'-' 1 nannKercxiieis. "c 04. 1.44 Wards Guiscard. t. o French Capture Vassens Village Paris Aug 20. French troops advanced further last night, be- ween the Oise and the Aisne cap- ..-4i z'u, a omhrrndpf-i manhood goim, .-r - state Board After Him. ed initial on it. -0- Br'er Abernathy is having a YAj in Viio pffortS Mrs C A. G. Thomas was called "f. x".7 , . r IZit. on ac to land the third district seat m v xC vjm auu uie , iv i, PftWOTww, The latest-attack'-on lurmg- the village of Vassens. the 'count ofi a message-wn-ren stateu. - . ! ,1-1 4. i QT.,,-:'iim comes at tne iuswuw uiuuc her mother had. a stroke- of part, 0 state Doaru. ui. eieuuuua ouuuv, . k7 7ar office announces. Artillery fighting over a six mile lysis. ; front between "Lassifrnv and Dres- i t lineom. io 4.a i'TiT. a French air raid at Nancy Congressman Ed Pou and Senator Simmons were O (By United Press) Washing-ton Aug 20. American citizens have sunk nearly $300,000 J 000 down in their jeans by way of. i War Savings and Thrift Stamps, the treasury department reports. . The per capita of savings in the country shown by the figures giv en out has been increased by five dollars and seventy four cents as a result of the thrift stamp idea. The per capita of North Caro- EMPEROR CARL REFUSES MEN FOR WEST FRONT o (By United Press) Zurich Aug 20. Emperor Carl lias refused to. send Austrian sol diers to the west fr;nt, according to a rumor current in Vienna. Unconfirmed reports recently stated that one Austrian division was observed behind the German lines on the west fivnt The minimum assistance deman ded by the Kaiser from Austria was fifteen divisions of the dual empires best troops. o NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS O ALL MALE PERSONS WHO HAVE REACHED THEIR 21 BIRTHDAY SINCE JUNE 5, 1918, AND ON AND BE FORE AUGUST 24, 1918, MUST REGISTER ON AUG UST 24, 1918. THESE MEN SHOULD CON SULT WITH THEIR LOCAL DRAFT. BOARD IN WEL DON AS TO HOW AND WHERE THEY SHOULD REGISTER? especially active in landing the Una is ana tnis state is mo camp in North Carolina.. ! third among the southern states - It will be of interest to nearest j with nearly ten million dollars as relatives- of soldiers to learn that I & total subscription, white V irgm- the new plan adopted" yesrd ay of announcing casualties will not U-BOAT SUNK OFF VIRGINIA o (By United Press) : Washington Aug 20 A German i ehan ge the present .' arrangement -! served with !a summons by a New-1 of 'direct personal notice to the! rjbern.magistrate toput the'X-ray families of soldiers by the U. S.( :a has a per capita of$3.03 and submarine was rammed and pro South Carolina " $2.23. bably sunk by an American steam (V . er at 9:30 p. m. near Winter quar ?r rePrted- . I?..a ll" .7,:ZZ'j:: . .. t ..for, --wear authorities in ease '"-rman raid west of Jla.son m the ..orrame, rc-uu ... o . ;n wounds of the soldiers. reti ciunug Liic ictui im., t Piety sleeps on working day.3, ter Shoals, off the Virginian coast Like Sundav pants in pawn; They the navy department announces I a t M I 4l-J 4k a II ' 1 : - f i I 4 Tf III Mininfl - nnt of hock on a caturaay out uoes mn m- - e Champagne was unsuccessful victims. I ni"ht and go in on a Monday men ming awirtental or intentional
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