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AFTERNOON DAILY
ALL THE NEWS IN A NUT SHELL "
VOLUME FIVE
AFTERNOON DAILY
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 1918.
TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
NUMBER 30
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APAUME CITY
BRITISH LAUNCH NEW ATTACK SOUTH OF B APAUME &
LITERALLY SURROUND THE CITY AND COM-
MAND EASTWARD.
GERMANS HAVE USED SEVENTY DIVISIONS
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(By United Press)
With the American armies in
iFranee Aug 27. (Noon). The
British launched new attacks sou
th of Bapaume at 4 :45 this .morning-,
with every prospect of making
the situation below that city more
precarious than above, ivhere the;
line is actuary beyond the city.
The New Zealanders are on the
northern out skirts of Bapaume,
NORWAY MAY
SEIZE INTERNED
GERMAN SHIPS
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. (By United Press)
Christiana Aug 27. Repaying to
Norway's protest against sinking
HUN BATTALION
REFUSES ORDERS
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(By United Press)
Amsterdam Aug 27. A German
battalion, ordered to the front,
unaimously refused to go, accord
ing to dispatches from the front
and published in the Telegraph.
Every tenth man was shot and the
remainder surrendered.
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MISTAKE PATROL
FOR SUBMARINE
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(By United Press)
At an Atlantic seaport Aug 27.
The American patrol boat No 20:) had greatly profiteered by charg
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was fired on and sunk today by ! ing a margin, of forty to sixty per
SPAIN WINS
OVER GER
Q
(By United Press)
Santander, Spain Aug 27. Ger
many accepts al condition contain
ed in the Spanish note regarding
submarine warfare.
German shipping interned in
Spanish ports will be voluntarily
turned over to Spain to replace
any further losses from U-boats
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BIG MERCHANT
IS BLACKLISTED
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Raleigh t Aug 27. Because it
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GERMAN DEFENSE
BIG DRIVE HAS STARTED ALONG THE ENTIRE WESTERN
FRONT, ALL THE ALLIES PRESSING THE ENEMY
CLOSE
MANGIN WINS COMMANDING POSITIONS
having taken Beaugnatre during of her ships outskle the dangei.
zone Germany offers compensa
tion where that the ship was sunk
without warning.
Norwegian newspapers advo
cate the seizure of equivalent Ger
man tonnage such as Spain forced
upon German j
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SAY THE WAR
DEPT. HOLDS
INFORMATION
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(By United Press)
Washington Aug 27 Republi
can senators charge the adminis
tration will trj-ing to keep certain
information from all the Ameri
can peaple, and that the war de7
partment is seeking to run the war
in executive sessions.
the night- They captured priso
ners from three battalions, includ
ing the battalion commander.
At the same time the British sol
diers are moving eastward along
the Scarpe highland oh" the north
and the Canadians on the south
fire taking advantage of yesterday
gains.
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Paris Aug 27. Le Matin decW
es at noon todav that not a Hun
line is remaining in Bapaume.
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London Aug 27. Since August
8 the Germans have used seventy
divisions on the west front be
tween the Scarpe and the Aisne,
according to a dispatch received
from the British front.
Canadians Advance on Guemaphe
London Aug 27 The Canadians
troops after capturing Wancourt,
took their line east of Guemaphe,
General Haig reports.
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Heavy counter attacks forced
the British back from Longuevil
to Banzentin le Grand and High
Avood- These counter attacks
were broken up at that point and
the British positions restored east
of High wood.
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a Merchant vessel which mistook
her for a submarine, it was report
ed here this afternoon when a des
toyer brought eight of the rescued
crew into port.
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EV
IN CASUALTIES
cent on flour, meat lard compound
amc-lnol asses, J. L- Thompson Com
pany of Ixlmn, has been severely
censured bv state food administrat
or and put out of business, inso
far as the handling of food and
feedstuffs is concerned for the
duration of the war. Mr J L Thorn
pson representing the company,
was given a hearing before Mr
Page severa1 days ago, and Mr
Page's decision was announced to j
day.
In announcing his decision Mr.
COLOGNE NEWSPAPERS
DECLARES FOR FREEDOM
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Zurich Aug 27. "We how fight
for Ufe and death ",declared the
JOolosrnb Vmlks Zeitung. "The
war will determine the future ex
istance of Germany, and the ques
tion is to known whether our peo
pie can have political economy
and freedom
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ARMY OFFICER ARRESTED
JN SUPPLY SCANDAL CHARGE
French Gain Commanding Position
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(By "United Press)
Washington Aug 27 The North
Carolina to11 of the 341 losses is- Page stated that the Dunn concern
sued today by the war and navy which is among the largest time
department was seven men from merchants in Eastern Carolina was
widely scattered parts of the state guilty of the rankestprofiteering
three of whom were killed in ac- that has yet been uncovered in
tion these being Lieut Paul C. Yen North Carolina.
abe of Durham; Sergt Karl M.
Hooker of Salisbury and Private eluded in the marine casualties
jOman Mcrgan of Andrews which" numbered 34.
Private Carson B Chascn of Lum In total 91 Avere killed in acc'ion
ber Bridge died of wounds while 35 are missing in action, 173 sever
the following- three were severely Jy wounded, 24 died of wounds, 9
wounded f Privates Curtis II. Page wennded to a degree undeterrain
of Wade and Linzie R Pate of Roc 4 died of accident and other cans
kinham and mechanic John D. A- es three died of desease, one died
dams of Wilson. from .aeroplane accident and wour,
No North Carorrans were 'led slightly.
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Paris Aug 27. (10:00 A. M.).
General Iangin has won posess
ion of the high ground south of
Crecyaumont, from where the Hun
positions, nortli and east of Soi
sshis are being heavily shelled.
The positions are subjei-t to a don
ble fire as they are also being slieU
ed from the French line along the
Aisrie, east of Soissons.
Along the Avhole of the active
front the French continue to se
cure jumping off places for fu
ture operation.
French Took 1100 Hun Prisoners
Paris Aug 27. "The French
troops are advancing toAvard Rove
this morning after repulsing sever
al counter-attacks in that region
the war office announces.
The French advanced three quar
ters of a mi! f.ist of Bagneux yes
terday, repassing all counter-attacks
west of ( havigny.
Artillery fighting continued last
night between the Aisne and Ai
lette. The French took eleven hundred
prisoners vest -'day.
South of the Avre this morning
the French accentuated British
progress in the region of St Mard
after several German counter at
tacks Avere repulsed-
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Amsterdam Aug 27. Serious
counter revolutionary disorders
have broken out near Moscow, ac-'
cording to a dispatch from thati
city dated Sunday and received
via Berlin.
The decision to support the coun
tor revolution has been reached
at many Jabor meetings, the dis
patch states.
The clash resulted between the
workmen and Bolsheviki over a
trooper of the latter setting fire
a number of villages near Mcs
coav Ahere the "'counter revolution
ar"ies had taken refuge.
WILL MAKE WAR
TO THE DEATH"
(By United Press)
Rome Aug 27. The recent Aui.
tro-German conference at general
headquarters to decide upon peace
efforts is useless unless the Cen
tral Powers acknowledge defeat,
according to a report from Aus1
trian sources received by the E
poca The conference thereupon declar
ed in favor of more intensified war
fare on al1 fronts and upon land
and sea, and further agreed that
no concessions be made to the al
lies. -
"We will make war to the dea
th", is the, statement accredited
to high German officials, "We will
conquer or perish together".
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Golden wheat and golden glow
arid golden sunsets are the order
of the day.
SACRIFICING YOUTH TO SAVE KAISEIUSM
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TOBACCO SELLS
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The opening of tbe tolacco mar
kets of Enfield rind Tarboi-o last
Aveek naturally incline s -me to
think that on opening dr. ys the
rices would be higher tinra 'ater
on, but this has not been the case,
for Avhen M' P. E. Pov:e;l of the
Enfield Warehouse, v:-r in town
yesterday he made the following
statement.
"Tobacco sold hetiven"1: c:"T
$3 per hundred higher to-lay on
my warehouse fhor than it did
last week. Most of the farmers
Avith good grades of tobacco aTy
averaging $-12 to $45 xer hun
dred." This proves that it is not nec
cessary to carry tobacco to Rocky
Mount to get good prices. These
new markets are doing al1 for the
'farmers that the ohl ones can do,
j and perhaps, because they are neAV
and striving for your business, are
doing better for you than Rocky
Mount has done.