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WEATHER REPORT Fair and co :Icr tonight. Saturday fair' and colder in S. W Portion Moderate N E Winds iMNW l3 AFTERNOON DAILY EALTM. VOLUME FIVE OUR LIBERTY LOAN SLOGAN FOR THE DAY "WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE GERM OUT OF GERMANY WITH ' Q a,OAN. -j ; 1 - f!& " AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. FRIDAY OCTOBER 4 1918 TELEGRAPH SERVICE. NUMBER 62 . - . . - - - - ram M1 FE TOIM - ire acihl m mm am tn v mm. u lLiiMi FRESNDT 1 GRAND' $727,383,950 LIBERTY L( AN AUSTRIAN ALBANIA AIRPLANES HAVE COMPLETE COMMAND OF THE AIR ON WEST FRONT AND REPORT BRITISH HORSEMEN ENTERING VILLAGE SLUES 4 MILES BEYOND LAST TRENCH o ' United Press"; Paris Oct 4 0 ; RUSSIAN SAVIOR MURDERED British cavalry are BY BOLSHEVIKI AT MOSCOW pouring through a breech in the Quentui and are said to nave enter, (d Fresnoy Le Grand Aeroplanes are flying almost at : will above the advancing British ; who have wirelessed headquarters' that their own horsemen have been i seen in Fresnoy le Grand which is about seven miles northeast of St Quentin and four miles beyond tJie last wire and trench strong hold in this region O London Oct 4 British troops held the high ground northwest of St. Quentin at the close of fighting vesterdav states Field Marshal Haig in his report today. s "-: Over four thousand prisoners ivof!- tnl-pn in this encasement fe during yesterday. O 1 - -iiTii, ivr:n With the allies in Champagne' ! fV. J. (iinn-n T h hflttlp Wfl.S TP, - siimed with heightened intensity j u all along the western battle front, with new attacks launched at var ''ions points and continuing pro gress is reported in Champagne. Indications are that the German 'army will make a stand in Flau tiers on Haute Deuel canal which winds from eigth to ten kilomet ers east of Lens through the Ar mentieres lime northwerd to Lille O 1 Vr7 I 5 - s 5 - a SUBSCRIPTIONS O (By United Pres..; Washington Oct 4 Over night reports of the Fourth Liberty loan campaign showed over $100,000 000 subscriptions making a total of $727,383,950.00. J O SPEEDING SHIP PRODUCTION o (By United Press) Washington Oct 4.-r-The Ameri can ship production for September added one hundred seagoing ve? sols to the American merchant ma I rine the department of commerce announces. The production in gross tons O (By United Press) London Oct 4 Austrian troops are retiring in Albania in consid erable disorder blowing up their depots aVid other supplies accord ing to information received here. U.S.S. HENRY COLLIDES AND SINKS FREIGHTER Washington Oct 4 The United States steamer George G Henry a ten thousand ton tanker collided with a six thousand ton" American freighter, Franchis, some miles off New York and the Franchis sank HASTY EXIT MHJLX M MMVD , THOUGH ADVANCE NOT A SENSATIONAL AS THE BRITISH GAINS THE FRANCO-AMERICAN DRIVE HAS GREAT ER EFFECT ON HUN MORALE MACHINE GUN NESTS CLEANED OUT , Q NEW SECRETARY FEDERAL i RESERVE BOARD OF BANKS aggregated 301.443 tons which is n seven minutes, eighteen thousand tons -more than j Forty one survivors were listed the month of August. " , ! UP according to navy advices. The outmit of the September ! 1 The only damage to the Henry production made the 1918 total of.; was that her bow was stove in. 1,358 vessels or 1,722,730 gross j . a "' - s. v -O- I. IVERSEAS 1 Kews:. jrvice ?.;cia;;ed 0-:-t Wilson has made the Women's Suf ; -p'cs'.den i if && w s ! GEM. BROSSILOFF General A. A. Brussilof f , former commander of the Russian armies who saved the nation from Ger many after Grand Duke Nicholas had been deposed, has been as sassinated, by the Bolsheviki at Moscow: Washington Oct 4 1-rte totai l frate 'Amendment one of the big of one million eight hundred p.nd forty thousand American troop-? have been sent overseas to date thet members of the house mil' tar 7 JOSEPH BRODER1CK- moves on the, war board by his re cent speech in the Senate hi which 1. . ' ' : i e. . ne empaasiu me wuy ui i,iv bcen appointed S8Cretary of the orable action because : propos:- , woa n Parl-M- AYillis. Joseph A.. Broderick, chief er miner of the Federal Board ha? committee said they were told at j tion is he says a war measure and j resigned. the war department today. -0- FINNS DESIRE AMERICAN I O Tv Associated News Service) : 17 AfflO . 1") ' By United Press) Washington Oct 4 Included in is intimatelv related to winning. The committeemen also emoted 1 the war the war department officials in the! According to-JIrs -II nvard G01 statement that 234 De Haviland Id and cicr leaders: the Wo-. planes had blm produced s.st ; men JSutirage movement tne rres week bringing the total produe ;ident's speech placed those Sena tion to 1,894. ' ; tors who are opposed to the amei The Liberty motor production dment in the class Avith war ob now totals 8,216, the committee structionists " and peace-at-any men said tbey were advised. , price advocates. O- CHURCHES CLOSE liAGAINST BESEASE o By lason New York Oct -I American and French operations m the Champa gne while not as spectacular as drives in Picardy and Flanders are developing a far greater menace to , the Germans than any other move ment along the battlefront. O By Frank J. Taylor Vith the American troops in the Argonne, Oct. 4. American ! troops are attacking east of Rheim in conjunction v;th French and have advanced three miles. The .attic is continuing. . Tins assault began at ( :30 vester day monv.ng without artnlcrv nr- "ia rations The eiPmy was taken complete Following a rolling barrage the al ! j ed tr oops6" had a n nph ill cl i mb for four kilometers but gained the days objectives before noon des pite determined resistance from the enemy who occupied a series ol machine gun nests A great number of prisoners sup plies and guns were captured Paris Oct 4 American & French troops attacking in the ('liampag ne region have entered Thiergai.s th French war offici- niouiiccs. Further progress lias been made north of St Quentin and north west of Rheims. Washington Oct 4 The capture by the American of .Mont Blane in 'hamna'gne is reported bv Gen 1 the names of 973 men in the three?, casualty lists released today by the! army and navy appear 17 of j Washington Oct 4 The people ! North Carolina's men, as follows, j of Finland although dominated j Killed in action: Lieut Thomas! 1 i at this time by German misrule J Bnllock, of Wilmington and arid intrigue are quietly seeking Privates Leslie Walston, of Stan! the assistance of the United Stat cmsburgs, Sam Shirley, of Walston cs in forming a Finnish republic burg ..and Wiilliam C Bradshaw ; which will cast its lot with the en-! of Salisbury ; tente allies J H Jasberg of Haiij Wounded severely: Sergts Eu cock Iieh one of the most promi g-ene A Hessee, of Durham and nent Finnish citizens in that state Gilbert B White, of Trinity Cor recently came to Washington to 'porals Thomas T Hamilton of Eto confer with the Committee on pub raV and Alph D K Wallace, of li- information regarding the nece Ruth Privates James H Medlin, ssity of sending food to Finland :-0J Mpncnre, Ben Oakley of Sandy ' On his first 'trip to Washington Ridge -r Jesse E Van Dyke Tf Cher with Ascar J Larson of this gov :rvville Ernest N White, of Hert ernmcnt favorable to Finland ?s : fordr; Wiley Summer, of Comvay, aspirations but it was stated' b- r Millard 'E Forbes, of Ahoskie ; Coy our officials -that if food be sent fHinson, of Lansing; Herman E to Finland now controlled by Ger Biggins of4 Smithfield, and Stuar;; many the food would be diverted F Spivey of Tabor i to the use of the soldiers of the j The total losses show that 104 Kaiser instead of being given to men were killed in action ;172 miss Min: Prisoner Gets Same Doctors as Tommie the starving Finn : O- ihg in action; 583 wounded severe lv-h:69 died :of woxLndsV' one (lied The fuel administrator gives ns 0 aeroplane accident; 6 died of detailed advice as to how we are; accident and other causes; 24 d;ed to get our coal, but he neglects to f of 'desease ; 12 wounded to a de Jr"ve r.ny information as to how grec- undetermined; 2 slightlj'. v;' are go:Tig to pay for it. wounded I fM Jit . - Wl ft. 1 - "- J O The ministers of all the churches ia Scotland Neck met yesterday afternoon together and detenrlu 1 ed that it would be a proper'; pre i veritable measure to close the Sun : day schools and church.es for the next Sunday or two in accordance : w!th the other regulations against I the gathering together of the pe ! pic po as to avoid -an .epidemic of the "Spanish Influenza", wh'eh is devastating the ountrw They j will however reopen the Sunday ; schools and churches as soon as thev feel the danger is passed. era! Periling. -0- RUSSIA MUST TERMINATE ALL HUN INTRIGUE Washington Oct 4 jjvy Ui por ta nt work of flora v in rl i Russia is!'. filial is now receiving the sY atten- d kein ii 1 (Hi of our -( tent It is necessary, military strategists say that the (ierma.!!-made. li dsheviki In this connection iMr. C. Frank be destroyed tf pretnt t)e consu burroughs., superindentent of the .Baptist Sunday School, wishes it to be known that no record o'f ab sence in regard to the' children V ntt -nrlanco at the Sunday school wili be made against them ahd thoe who are competing for the - ne and five year prizes will be considered as thiough they had been recorded as present. It has further been suggested that the parents of the school child ren would be benefitting the com :iity and their; children by let-- Oct tirg their bovs ajid girls, go out j Doc ' and pick cotton. There is quite Jj,n a good compensation from this jjar -lr Avhich is not onlv healthv A;tv but will keep the active little one c-x ployed and in safe environment matidh of .Teutonic, intrigue as to iMittel Europa Hence it-is believ ed that the United States and Ja pan will 'soon send large forces to Kusia by way of Siberia This combined army wi" be employed in wiping out the fc frmanic F(dshe viki and restoringhe equilibrium in chaotic former domains of the Czar COTTON flARKET Open High Low at 2140 3rj35 32.35 32.fr 32.05 31.93 31.93 31.67- 31.07 31.57 31.57 31.52 31.52 Loeal Ia:l:e 31.70 31.70 31.41 31.41 31 25 31.25 31.21 :il.21 31 cents Cotton Seed $1.05 T:ishel
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