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Settlement of Estates.
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und Burial Pobes,
Princeton, - North Carolina
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World's War Summarized *
Under Many Topical Heads ?
* Great Drives and Battle*
| of the Armies In 1916.
^ Thirteen Nations
+ In the Field
i
WEST FRONT.
JANUARY.
?. G*rm?m sprang a heavy attack on a |
five mile front near Tahure, tn the
Champagne, on ground the French !
captured in September, 1915.
FEBRUARY.
28. Germans began a heavy attack on
th? Verdun salient along a 25 mile
front; gains at ' some points were 3j
miles deep.
Giant armored French fort Douau
mont, 4 mi lea from Verdun city and
one of Us permanent fortifications,
captured by Brandenburg Germans.
28. Germans captured 6 fortified French
villages in the Verdun saltent, with
7.000 prisoners.
29. Germans had intrenched on a 12 mile
front of ground captured before Ver
dun.
MARCH.
13. Germany's captures to date at Verdun
were 36,000 prisoners, 41 cannon and
232 machine guns.
17. French repelled five German attacks
at Vaux, near Verdun.
30. Germans captured Malancourt, in the
Verdun area, but were repulsed at
Dead Man's hill, according to French
report.
APRIL,.
S. In an offensive on a 13 mile front at
Verdun the Germans captured 500
yards of trenches on hill 295, near
Dead Man's hill. No. 304. Assailants
used liquid Are.
MAT.
11. French line held firm and drove back
Germans around Vaux. Germans
claimed repulse of 2 French attacks
near Dead Man s hill.
JUNE.
7. Germans captured Fort Vaux. called
the "key to Verdun," with its garri
son of 700: also captured Rooge. in
Belgium, making Verdun advance sinca
June 1 nearly 2 miles wide.
21. Germans resumed vigorous attacks at
Verdun on both Fides of the Meuse.
SO. French recaptured Thiaumon't (held
by Germans since June 23), but were
driven out by nightfall.
JULY.
1. French retook Thiaumout: lost it at
3 p. m. and regained it at 4:30 p. in.
Concerted French and British drive be
gun on the north and south banks of
the Bomme river; villages and towns
and even miles of trenches captured
on a 25 mile front
France reported
754 French town?
and commune.',
destroyed by
war. 551 towns
captured V>y
Cermanx, 1B.6K
houses destroy
ed and 1~>,'ju4
damaged.
British attack,
led by Gen.
Photo by American Hai;t, centered
Press Association. around La Bois
,, .. selle. aiming foi
Gen. Haig. b a p a u in e .
French continued attacks toward Pe
ronne. Allies claimed 12,000 prisoners.
4. Germans retook Fort Thiaumont.
5 Germans mi'de counterattacks on the
Somme. but were repulsed; also near
LuncviUc, Lorraine. Fiviu li and Brit
ish were also repulsed at Hardecourt
and on the La Boiseelle front.
11. Hritish attack on the Sum me covered
S mile front, including La Boisseile,
Contalinaison. Wood of Mametz and
Trones woods.
12. British captured Co?talmaison. G<t
nians repulsed French south of the
Somme.
IS. Germans launched heavy attack on
the British new positions east of Ba
zentin and recaptured Delville wood
and Longueval. British attacked at
Ovillers and Foziercs.
20. Allies attacked along the front of 1<
miles on the Somme with LOO.OOo men
iGerman estimate). At one point the
German first line was pressed back kOC
yards and the salient at Ycrinandovil
lers penetrated: elsewhere repulsed.
SEPTEMBER.
26. Angio - French forces captured
Comhles, on the Somme front.
OCTOBER.
24. French attacked on a 1 1-3 miles front
at Vefdun, capturing n fort of Douau
mont and 3,5<X> prisoners. (German."
captured Douaumont May 2', 131C).
NOVEMBER.
] 3. French reoccupied Fort Vaux, Verdun.
13. British launched new drive on the
Ancre line 5 miles wid
lliSCEMUER.
ti. After prolonged bombiirduieiit and suc
cessive attacks at Verdun the Germans
captured the summit of hill 304.
WAR ON THE SEA.
'ANl'AHT.
7. Germany agreed ihat survivors on
liners torpedoed would not bo sent
adrift in open lion Is and that tha
would pay lor lives lost on t!.<f Bu
sltania.
MARCH.
5. German sea raider Moewe. after
mont!i.c of cruisins in South African
waters, during which she captured the
British ship Appam and sank lo mer
chantmen, reached home port laden
with prisoners a 'id gold*.
-4. British steamer Sussex torpedoed and
sunk in the English channel: m deaths.
MA?.
3. Germany agreed to modify submarine
warfare on merchant ships.
31. German high seas fleet and a heavy
squadron of the British Krand fleet
fought several hours off the coast ot
Jutland. The Germans reported loss
of & cruisers. 1 battleship end 6 de
stroyers. British lost 0 warships and
S destroyers with 2 I :>ttlesliips in
doubt. British loss of life about (i.(XW>:
German, about 4.000.
OCTOBER.
K. Submarine U-C3 sank three British,
one Dutch and one Norwegian ships
off Nantucket shoals. All on board
were saved.1
RUSSIAN FRONT.
JANCART.
I. Now Busslan drive in Bukowina cen
tered in battle for Czernowitz.
mar or
!7 Russian attack checked at Dvinsk,
with "enormous lorn*" to the assail
ants.
JUNE.
7. Russia reported that (Jen. BrusiloJTt
offensive In Volhynia, Bukowina aid
GalM.i had netted 4". WO prisoners. 71
guns, 101 machine guns and ?;? mor
tars besides arms and equipment.
Greatest Naval Battle of
the War? -Land Combats
Numerous, Fierce
and Deadly
10. Russians ruptured Duhno, Volhynla;
33,0m) prisoners claimed In the day's
lighting and ''booty In enormous quan
tities "
17. After a long campaign against Cser
nowltz. Austrian capital of Bukowlna.
the Russians entered the city. It had
changoil hands many times since 1914
JULY.
29. Russians broke Austro-Geirnan line
northwest of Lutsk, forcing abandon
ment of positions beyond river Stok
liod. which Russians crossed.
NOVEMBER.
11 AuPtro-Gernui is broke through the
Russian lines in the Hallo section.
'?X. Gen. liiusUoffs Russian armies began
a drive southward across the Carpa
thians to succor the Roumanians in
Wallachia.
NSPEHIBKR.
7. Russian advance across the Carpa
thians southward checked by small
reverses l!i Moldavia.
SOUTH AND BALKAN FRONT.
J ANT7 ART.
7. Allies evacuated the Galllpoli peninsu
la. iea\lng to the Turks enormous
plunder. Brlthiii los,n in the campaign
150.000.
FRBRtTART.
15. Rufcstr.ns captured Erxerura, with 13,
000 Turks anil 3.3 guns.
MARCH.
8. British attack on Tigris front repulsed
by counterattack of Turks. British
lost 6.000 killed and wounded.
APKIl..
1J. Austrian.'; in great force attacked Ital
ian positions In the Rlezzo basin, Tren
tino, and were repulsed, according to
Italian report. Italians recaptured po
sition on Monte Sperone, which the
A'jstrlans captuied on tho 11th.
15. Russians c;:ptured Trebizond, an im
portant Turkish town on the Black
sea, by a land und aea attack.
ZV British under (Jen. Townshend sur
rendered Kut-cl-Amara, Mesopotamia,
t'_> the Turks, with about 10,<l0ti troops,
after prolonged siege.
MAT.
24. Italians continued retreat in Trentino.
Austria claimed L3,OUO prisoners in the
Tyrol campaign.
JUNE.
I. Italians opened n counter offensive
in the zone of Austria's maximum
effort. May 30 ud 31. Result reported
"disastrous to the invaders."
25. Italians begun an offensive movement
in Trentino. Austrians leported in
general retreat.
AUGUST.
!?. Italians captured Goritz, the supposed
key to Trieste. Prisoners reported.
10,000. The town had been under fire
over a year.
II. Allies from Saloniki began an offen
sive northward through Macedonia.
16. Roumania entered the war and attack
ed Austria in the Carpathians, aiming
to inva.lc Transylvania. Germany de
clared war on Roumania.
ro. Roumanians foiceil three mountain
pasjrs into Hvns.'ry and captured
Kronstadt. north of Vulcan pass and
an industrial center
31. Turkey and Bulgaria declared war on
Roumania.
snTTnjiuER.
5 Bulbars and Germans captured bridge
head of Tutraknn, on the Panube, 50
miles from Rukharcst.
14. Teutonic allies defeated Russians at
Dobric, in Dobrudja.
29. Von Kalkenhayn'.s column surrounded
tho Roumanians near Red Tower pass
and destroyed their army.
OCTOBKR.
S. Teutons roc. ptured Kronsludt, Hun
gary, which Roumanians look Aug. 30.
-1 Constanza. on tho Black sea. Rouma
nian chief port, captured by Germans
and Bulbars.
-i. Roumanians evacuated Cernavoda, on
the nanube.
2ti. Danube bridge at Cernavoda was
blown up to check invading army.
28. Roumania moved capital to J assy.
NOVEHDEP.
18. Franco-Servians captured hill 1212, in
front of Mona.-tir Bulgars evacuated
Monastic.
21. Austro-Ocrinans captured Craiova
Rout'ianla. with heavy booty.
24. F.il l;e ri h y n'a
array recaptured
Orsova and
rcnclieil Alt riv
er. Von VacU
ent>en's i roups
croysetl I lie Dan
ube above Ctr
navoda.
'Ji. Austro-CJorman
col um ? i of Pal
kenl.ayn and I'a,.kemIAYN.
liulKar- 1 urkisli
(iennaa column, movln ; S' utlieast and
northwest, respectively, met in Rou
ir.ania G?> niilca west oi Ilvkharest.
I'ECKMCEIl.
4. German (furs plielled Buk inrest.
6. Teutonic al'.ies captured l.ukharest,
former capital of Houmania.
7. Gen. Sarruii's column checked by Ger
mans in northern Grcece. Germans
and Bulfturs won counterattacks in
the Monastir scction. Teutonic allies
captured lS.OlH) Roumanians in Walla
chia.
MISCELLANEOUS.
M ARCH .
31. British orders in council sanctioned
the capture of neutral ships destined
for a nonbloe'.:aded port.
MAY.
2t?. L'nited States demanded that England
cease illegal seizurt-s of neutral mails
at sea.
AUGUST
3. Sit Roger Casement. alleged German
ag<:nt In the Irtsh revolution. hanged
Rt London.
FEPYUBEK.
21. Grteks In Crete revoked a?ainnt King
Constantine's rule.
OCTOBEK.
18. Allien recognized t'ie (.reek rebel gov
ernment
NOVEMDKII
6. Germany and Austria proclaimed new
kingdom of Poland.
22. Archduke Charles Francis, Austro
Hungarian commander in the Held, as
sumed the reins an < nipcror and kin*;.
25. Provisional (rebel) Greek H'lvernnw-nt
declared war on Dul^irki
DBCEilREr.
9. United States i ro'i st t<> Germany
againr* deportation of |t<1g ans made
public
10. New British war c?iun?il unnm" '
Tailors and Cloth'.ers Prosperous.
Although weather conditions up to
recently have not been favorable for
the best results in the men's cloth
ing trades, the consensus of reports
is to the effect that results for the
season to date, on the whole, have
been quite satisfactory, and that the
advent of low temperatures in nearly
every section of the country has stim
ulated demand to more than normal
proportions.
Many complaints have been made
regarding the scarcity of certain fab
rics and the rise in prices of almost
all kinds of materials, but these in
creases have been passed along to the
consumer, whose purchasing power
appears to be greater than ever be
fore. Merchant tailors report that
higher costs have no perceptible ef
fect 011 demand, and that the finan
cial position of many men who bought
only moderately the two previous
season# is so improved that they are
ordering with great liberality.
The prosperity that prevails in
many quarters is reflected in a gener
ally increased preference for the more
expensive fabrics, and the fact that
the majority of buyers realize that
this is an era of high prices and pay
the advances asked without undue
complaint.
Manufacturers and dealers in ready
made clothing state that fall trade has
opened up very asupiciously, in spite
of somewhat unfavorable weather, and
now that seasonable temperatures
have appeared, demand for heavy ov
ercoats and suits exceeds expecta
tions in many quarters.
There is a growing belief that prices
of woolens, worsteds and other ma
terials entering into the manufacture
of men's and boys' clothing have not
by any means reached their maximum,
owing to the steady advances in wages
at mill centers and the remarkable
strength of wool, but the confidence
that prevails in the future is clearly
shown by the active endeavors on the
part of jobbers and manufacturers to
cover next season' s requirements,
orders for both immediate and spring
delivery being as large as producers
care to accept. ? Dun's Review.
Helping Boys to Be Boys.
How many of the men who are tak
ing such a deep interest in the boys
of today recall with clear vision their
own boyhood? It is necessary to do
this, or their efforts are likely to be
misdirected. The normal boy is not
only possessed of the germ of tre
mendous possibilities, as the potential
man of the future, but he is also a
compound of contradictions, a store
house of energy, and his untutored
mind is bent to experimentation as
sparks fly upward. He must have an
outlet, and if this is denied him one
way, he will find it in another. And
this is why such a movement as the
Boy Scouts is of service. Here an
effort has been made to unite in a
practical way the training that i?
useful with the opportunity for rea
sonable display of animal spirits; ten
dencies that might become destruc
tive are turned to service, 'and the
boy is helped to be a" boy while bein#
taught things good for him to know
when he comes to manhood. His mind
and his body are brought into co-or
dinated activity, he finds latent fac
ulties awakened and dormant powers
brought to life and development. Dis
cipline of word and act trains him to
control of thought and impulse, and
without hindrance of natural desires
he is shown how fun may be had in
ways that harm none and may help
many. ? Omaha Bee.
More Money and Time for Brain
Food.
Keep preaching it, that every one
hone farmer oujrht to take $5 worth
of papers, every two-horse farmer
$10 worth, every three-horse farmei
$15 worth. Southern farmers spend
$50,000,000 a year to fertilize theii
lands. If we'd spend about $l,000,00c
more a year to fertilize our brains
would profits likely be doubled? And
have you ever noticed it that the mar
who is "too poor to take a paper" is
not too poor to buy whiskey to stunl
what God-given brain he has? Hall
the money the South has spent foi
whiskey would jrive a librrry and a
perpetual newspaper subscription t(
every home in the South. ? The Pro
gressive Farmer.
War's Effects on Toyniaking.
In the last peace year Germany's
toy trade amounted to $85,000,000, ol
which more than $25,000,000 was ex
port business, mostly to the United
States. Since the war this figure ha;
dropped nearly two-thirds. Befon
the war 100,000 Germans -vere em
ployed in toy-making. Iry 1913 ex
ports of toys to the United States
amounted to $10,000,000, the volume
has now declined to less than $2,500,
000. Allies are making toys and 1,50(
kinds of German toys are now be>
inp manufactured in England, whih
one factory in France has manufact
ured $1,000,000 worth of dolls. Jap
anese competition, too, in the Ameri.
can market is expected. ? Indianapolis
News.
Sium has resumed the cultivatior
of cotton, once a leading industry ir
that country.
He ? I always fall into conversation
when I'm out anywhere!
She ? And I suppose you keep it
shallow, so you won't get over your
head. ? Judge.
H 11 11
"Say, old man, can you lend me a
few dollars?"
"Impossible. I've tried to several
times, but you invariably look upon
the amount as a Rift."- -Boston
Transcript.
H u n
Wife ? I don't understand how you
men can spend the whole evenings at
the club.
Hub? Then you talk an awful lot
about something you don't under
stand. ? Boston Transcript.
1! 11 11
Mr. Neverwed ? Does your wife
treat you the same as she did before
you were married?
Mr. Peck ? Not exactly. Before we
were married when I displeased her
she refused to speak to me. ? Boston
Globe.
? ?i ?i
II II II
Scene ? Police court during: dispute
over eight-day clock.
Magistrate ? I award the clock to
the plaintiff.
Defendant ? Then what do I get?
Magistrate ? I'll give you the eight
days. ? Stray Stories.
If U IF
Jones ? And have they fix??d the
blame on any special person for that
last railroad smash?
Brown ? Why, the railroad officials
are trying to fix the blame on James
Watt for first discovering the motive
power of steam! ? Life.
H 11 u
Teachcr ? Robert, how is it you
haven't your lesson? It couldn't have
been so very hard to learn.
Bobby ? No, please, teachcr; it
wasn't because it was so hard tc
loam, but because it was so easy tc
forget. ? Boston Transcript.
1IH
"You once kept a cook for a wholt
month, you say?"
"Yes."
"Remarkable; how did you man
age."
"We were cruising on a houseboai
and she couldn't swim." ? Pittsburgh
Chroniclc-Tele>graph.
* ? ?
Its Resemblance.
"That labor union proceeds lik?
clockwork."
"Why, I thought it rather disorgan.
ized."
"But it strikes regularly." ? Balti
more American.
HI!
The Universal Gratitude.
"How thankful I am that I have s
home."
"Ah, yes, to shelter your deal
ones."
"No; to mortgage for an automo
bile." ? Exchange.
* * *
"Do you believe that egotism an<
genius go together?"
"Not always. There would be ;
lot more genius if they did." ? Bostoi
Transcript.
? * * *
Recruit ? If you was to put the lit
on, you wouldn't pet so much dus
in the soup.
Cook ? See here, me lad, your bus
iness is to serve your country.
Recruit ? Yus, but not to eat it.?
London Opinion.
* * *
Willis ? What do you think is th<
significance of the confusion o
tongues in the Tower of Babel inci
dent.
Gillis ? No doubt it was the fellow
who had mortgages on it clamorinj
for their interest. ? Judge.
? * *
Little Willie came to his mothe
with the following query:
"Mother, what would you do i
! someone broke the large vase in thi
, parlor?"
"I would whip him," responde<
i mother.
After a few seconds elapsed Willie
with a broad grin, said:
"Well, you'd better get ready. Pap:
broke it." ? London Saturday Journal
Half of a Great Broadside.
An attractive illustration in thi
January Popular Mechanics Maga
zinc gives a view on the deck of thi
"Pennsylvania," showing six of th<
twelve 14-inch guns composing thi
dreadnuught's great broadside. Thi
1 caliber of these rifles is exceeded b;
' those on some of the newest vessel
of England and Grmany, which ar
1 equipped with 15-inch guns, but be
cause of the fact that this ship am
its sister ship, the "Arizona," eacl
possesses 12 of these powerful gun
these two dreadnaughts rank amoni
the most powerful of all fighting ma
1 chines afloat in respect to thei
broadside.
i A project has been started at Win
i nipeg, Canada, for the manufactur
of ,;tarch from potatoes.
ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 19.
1916, my young pointer bird dog
was carried away from Smithfield.
He has slick and glossy hair, is
white all over, except his ears, left
ear and about half of right lemon
color. Answers to name of "Jeff."
Any information leading to his re
turn will be liberally rewarded.
H. M. Barnes, Smithfield, N. C.
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r New series of shares now open.
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e also a few poor heifers and cows.
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