Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
Johnston County .Made a Start Sunday
by Getting Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollirs of Her Quota Pledged. Mr.
V. O. Parker, of Raleigh, Made Fine
Talk at Methodist Church.
A meting was held in the Methodist
church in Smithfield Sunday to launch
thccampaign to raise $3,500 for the
Y. M. C. A. army work from Johnston
County people. The State is asked
for $:>00,000 and this amount has been
divided amopg the several counties and
every county is expected to do its part
in providing funds to carry on the Y.
M. C. A. work in the army canton
ments trr.d behind the trenches at the
front in France and Italy and other
places where it is most needed.
Representatives were present from
Benson, Selma, Ciayton, Wilson's
Mills, and other places in the county.
The meeting was called to order in
the Methodist church at three o'clock
by Mr. N. E. Edgerton, of Selma,
County Chairman. ,After the singing
of America, Rev. A. C. Hamby, of
Clayton, led in a fervent prayer for the
success of the work and for the speedy
termination of the war.
Aftej^ the singing of "All Hail the
Power of Jesus' Name," Mr. Edgerton
stated the ojjject of the meeting and
introduced Mr. V. O. Parker, Chair
man of the Fourth District committee,'
who made a fine address telling of the
groat work of the Y. M. C. A. in the
army camps and cantonments and ap
pealed to the people to raise the
amount asked for. Mr. Parker's talk
showed that his heart was in the work
and many who heard him got a clcarer
vision of what the great Y. M. C. A.
is doing for the soldier boys, and the
great need for the work. Several peo
ple made short talks and then the
towns were called on to say what they
would raise toward" this fund.
Selma pledged $1,000 of the amount;
Benson $500, Clayton $500 and Smith
"ficld $500. The balance of Jghnston's
quota, $1,000, is to be raised from the
other towns and rural districts of the
County. Some member of -the County
Committee will visit Four Oaks,
Princeton, Pine Level, Kenly and Wil
son's Mills this week and try to feet
these live places to take a part in the
raising of this fund which is to help to
take care of our own boys, those who
have gone from Johnston County and
the other places.
Not only will the towns be visited
but some country placos will be visited
by some of the speakers who will try
to get the farmers to come across and
have a hand in this big work. Every
body should have a part in this work.
It touches every community in the
county and many of the homes. The
boys aro writing home from the army
cantonments and telling .of what a
grcr.t friend the Y. M. C. A. is to them.
YlTis great organization cannot curry
on this work without funds and the
only way they can get the funds is
to go to the people and ask them to
#ive of their abundance.
Many of the bent youn^ men of
Jolinr.ton County have prone into the
army. Many of these pave up their
homes and their home t4es when the
first call for men came. Others were
called out under the draft law and are
now serving their country in the camps
and cantonments, and may soon be
serving in the trenches in Frrnce.
Some of our boys are already in
France and many more will be there
before Spring-time. If they can give
up their homes and friends and per
haps their lives, it should be an easy
thing: for those left behind to give
up their money to make their lots
easier r.nd more pleasant in the army
camp3 and cantonments. The matter
is before the people of Johnston
County. They never have been slack
ers and they will not be slackers now.
However, there are many who ought to
have a hand in this work who will not
be seen personally by the Committee.
To those who are minded to give
something: to this worthy cause they
mny send the same to the Treasurer
of the Committee, Mr. T. C. Evans,
Smithfield, N. C. A complete list of
all those who send in contributions in
this way will be published in The
Herald.
The fund must be raised by next
Monday night. Others will raise their
part by then and Johnston will do hers
also. But every man who has a little
money that he can spare should send
in his contribution and have a part in
this work.
THE GREAT WAR
1)AV BY DAY.
(Associated Press Summary.)
FRIDAY'S WAR NEWS.
The Italian armies continue -their
retreat r.cross the Venetian plains to
ward the Piave river where it is ex
pected a stand shortly will be made by
them, aided by large reinforcements
from the British- and French armies
and unJer a newly-formed military
command which is to work in conjunc
tion with a permanent inter-allied con
ference of military officers.
General Cadorna has been removed
from supreme command of the Italian
armies and given a post on the inter
allied conference, Jhe other members
of which will be the noted French iren
ernl Foch, and General Wilson, sub
chief of the British general staff. Gen
eral Diaz has beenp laced in chief com
mand of the Italians.
There has been little activity on the
western front in France and Belgium
except in the nature of reciprocal
bombardments and small raiding ope
rations.
In Palestine the British forces have
rained a notable victory over the
Turks, who are in retreat along the
entire front with British and Grench
war vessels harassing them from the
Mediterranean and arimen bombing
their fleeing columns. Mere than 40
fguns have been taken from the enemy.
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SATURDAY'S WAR NEWS.
With the opposing armies lined up
along a 30-mile reach of the Piave
river in its lower course and in fighting
touch with each other on a wide front
stretching westward through the hills
to the Venetian plain, a real test of
strength seems in prospect for the
first time since the Italian armies jn
northeastern It^ly began their retreat
from the Isonzo.
Hithorto, the main force of the Aus
tro-Genrnan thrust into Italy in this
campaign has been from the north
east. With their left standing along
the east bank of the lower Piave, how
ever, the Teutonic armies apparently
have now begun to exert their chief
pressure with their right wing from
sharply the north, along the line
bending sharpely west from Susegana,
30 miles from the Adriatic on the
Piave.
Austro-Hungarian forces, Berlin an
nounced on Saturday, are pressing for
ward in the Sugana valley, as well as
in the upper Piave. The Trentino re
gion virtually begins at the Susegana.
Thus there is being developed in this
district the predicted flanking attack
on the Italian left, which has been rec
ognized as probably the most serious
threat to the Italian line which the
Teutonic command could bring to bear.
Upon successful resistance to this
drive from the north depends the sta
bility of the whole Italian front to the
east as well as continued protection of
Venice and what remains of the north
ern neck of Italy.
Just what line the Italian command
had chosen for resistance to the flank
ing operation is not apparent, but if it
ran north of Asiago, 20 miles west of
Sur.egana, it is apparent that the in
vading armies already have gained a
decided advantage, for Berlin reports
the capture of Asiago, after hard
fighting in the streets. It is nearly a
dozerT miles, however, from Asaiga to
the Venetian plains, the Austro-fier
man objective, with the route running
through a hilly country leading itself
admirably to. defense, ars was shown
in the Austrian offensive of 1916, when
the cjiemy was halted in the Asaigo
region.
In Flanders the British have won
another decided success in enlarging
the salient in the Passchendaele re
gion. Attacking early Saturday on a
2,500 yard front, they pushed forward
along the ridge and in the marshy
district to the northwest to a maxi
mum depth of about half a mile, cap
turin? many strongly fortified posit
ions in brilliant style.
British forces in Palestine are con
tinuing their northward march follow
ing up the retreating Turks. They
have now advanced nearly 20 miles in
the coast region since their capture of
Gaza recently and have nearly attained
the latitude of Jerusalem. That city is
more than 40 miles inland, however,
and the interior British column, mov
ing from Beereheba. appearently has
made less progress than the coastal
force.
The British have taken more than
70 guns and inflicted estimated casual
tics of 10,000, upon the Turks exclu
sive of prisoners.
Germany shows signs of continuing
her ag^ri ssive moves i ti northern Rus
sian waters. Following upon advices
that German troops had landed on the
Aland Islands, on the Gulf of Bothnia,
between Finland and Sweeden, came a
report from Stockholm that German
forces had entered llolsingfores, capi
tal of Finland. The move is considered
rs probably having both political and
military objects, the former in taking
advantage of Finnish discontent and
desire for independence from Russia
and the latter in the threat that is pre
sented of interference with communi
cations with Russia from the west
through Finland and Sweeden. ?
Advices from Petrograd under cur
rent date were entirely lacking during
the day on Saturday and thus no ad
ditional light was thrown upon the sit
uation there by the Blosheviki seizure
of power. Dispatches filed on Friday
unofficially reported the formation of
a cabinet with Nikolai Lenine as
premier and Leon Trotzky, foreign
minister.
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Sunday's War News.
Apparently the Bolsheviki uprising
in Petrograd is nearing its er\jl and
Premier Kerensky may soon agair l>e
in power.
s Late advices from Petrograd are to
the effcct that the revolutionists have
been defeated in Moscow and at
Tsarskoe-Selo and from the litter
town which is 15 miles from Petro
grad, are retreating a disorderly mob,
toward the capital.
In Petrograd street fighting has tak
en place with the Cossacks and other
loyalists having the better of the Bol
sheviki element, while Kerensky with
200,000 men is on his way from Gat
china to reinforce the loyalists. To
stay his progress however, the rails
of the Petrograd-Gatchina railway
have been torn up and large forces of
theh Bolsheviki are said to have gone
out to give battle.
To add to the troubles of the Ke
rensky government a state of war has
been proclaimed in Finland and the
governor-general dismissed, his place
having been taken by a sailor.
The Diet has voted to elect a state
'directorate which will have supremo
power in the province.
On the Italian front the Italian line
in the north has stiffened under rein
forcements it has received from the
British and French. Even the German
official communication does not men
tion any further retirement by the
Italians, but on the contrary admits
that east of Asiago where the Austro
Germans made gains las# week, the
Italians in strong force attacked the
invaders and recaptured lost position.^
The Italians took about 100 prisoners.
In the Sugana valley an enemy ad
vance guard was captured.
Along the middle and Southern
reaches of the Piave the Italians are
holding their line tenaciously, al
though they have been forced to give
up the Vigor bridgehead, northeast of
Treviso after having fought a delay
ing battle in which they had time to
blow up the bridge crossing the
stream. - I _
Ihe Germans Sunday made no at
tempts to lecapture the ground taken
from them by the British last week in
the regin of Pnsschendaele content
ing themselves merely with the bom
bardme?it of the newly won line .A
heavy minfall prevented the British
from extending tlicir gain. Bombprd
ments and minor attacks have predom
inated or. the remainder of the west
ern front, except near Hartmannswe
ilerkopf in the Vosges mountains
where in a violent battle the French
completely repulsed the Germans. At
one point the Germans succeeded in
entering the French observation line,
but in a hand-to-hand encounter they
were almost immediately driven out.
The German official communfaction
says that 37 French Chasseurs were
made prisoners by them during the
fighting.
In Palestine the British forces un
der General Allenby continue to make
progress aeainst the Turks who arc
"bei*r adied by German and Austrian
gunners. During the latter part of
last week several additional towns and
villages were captured on the COO
square mile battlefield in addition to
numerous guns and many prisoners.
East of Gaza a large enemy force was
defeated after a violent fitrht and
twelve guns, three machine guns and
a hundred prisoners were captured.
Austrian gunners serving the guns
were killed or wounded.
NEW DRAFT PLAN IN MOTION.
Sixty Days Will Do Required to Or
ganize and Classify Nine Million
Regist rants. Next Call for Men
May He About >*iddle of February.
Washington, Nov. 10. ? President
Wilson formally put the new machi-N
nery for the carrying (Ait of the se.
lective draft bill into operation to
night with the publication cf the fore
word ho baa written to the regula
tions under which the second c^ll will
be made. The regulations themselves
and the que.rtionaires which more
| than 9,000,000 registrants will be re
| quired to till out, are being forwarded,
to local boards, but have not yet been
made public.
War department officials estimate
that the whole proccss can be com
pleted v i^hin GO days. This means
that no second cull will be made upon
the draft forces between now and iho
middie of next February, as the .period
of classification will not begin until
December 15th.
The president describes the new plan
of dividing all registred men not al
ready mobilized into five classes, sub
ject to military service by classes, as
being intended to produce "a moro
pei feet organization of our man
power." '
"The selective principle must be car
ried to its logical conclusion," the
President said, and he addod that
there must b'x mode a complete inven
tory of the qualifications cf each reg
istrant in order to determine "the
place in the military, industrial or
agricultural ranks of the nation in
which his experience : nd training can
best" be made to serve the common
good." . '
The inquiry projected in the ques
tionnaire will go deep into the quali
fications of each of nearly 10,000,000
men. Thr success of the plan and its
completion within the estimated time
rests absolutely upon the wholeheart
ed support given by the people, espec
ially by the doctors and lawyers of
each community.
Th" President's f:?rcwoid follows:
"The task of selecting and mobiliz
ing the first contingent of the na
tional army is nearing completion. The
expedition and accuracy, of its ac
complishment were a most gratifying
demonstration of the efficiency of our
democratic institutions. The swift
ness wii^i which the machinery for its
execution had to be assembled, how
ever, left room for adjustment and
improvement. New regulations put
ting these improvements into effect
are, therefore, being published today.
There is no change in the essential
obligation of men subject to selection.
This first draft must strnd unaffected
by the provisions of the new regula
tions. There can be given no retro
active effect.
/' The time has come for a more per
fect organization of our nn\n-power.
The selective principle must be car
ried to its logical conclusion. We
must make a complete inventory of
the qualifications of all registrants
in order to determine, as to each man
not already selected for duty with the
colors, Lhe place in the military, indus-*>
trial or agricultural ranks of the na
tion in which his experience and train
ing can best be made to serve the
common good. This project involves
an inquiry l>y the selection boards into
the domestic, industrial and education
al qualifications of nearly ten million
men.
"Members of these boards have ren
dered a conspicious service. The work
was dont without regard to personal
convenience and under a pressure of
immediate necessity which imposed
great sacrifices. Yet the service of
jnen trrincd by the experience of the
first draft must of necessity be re
trained and the selection board must
provide the directing mechanism for
the new classification. The thing they
have done is scarcely one-tenth the
magnitude of the thing that remains
to be done. * * * An estimate of the
time necessary for the work, leads to
the conclusion that "it can be accom
plished in sixty days; but only if this
great marshalling of our resources of
men is regarded by all as a national
war undertaking of such significance
as to challenge the attention and com
pel the assistane of every American.
? "I, call upon ajl citizens, therefore,
to assist local and district boards by
proffering such service and such ma
terial conveniences as they can MTer
and by appearing before the bor.rds,
either upon summons or upon their
own init&tive, to give such informa
tion as will be useful in classifying
TURLINGTON GRADED 5*
SCHOOL NOTKS. *
1
Carrie Brodie Sanders, Editor. *
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The Voimont Literary Society met
on Tuesday night at the school build
ing. On account of so few members 1
bein r present, the regular program 1
was suspended until a later date, and
an impromptu debate, "Reiolved,
That women are mentally inferior to
men," was entered into, with much ,
spirit. Margaret I'ou and John Elling
ton, Jr., upheld th-> affirmative, and
Carrie Brodie Sanders and Mr. Mar- ,
were strongly for the negative. ]
The judges were Miss McKachern, j
Miss Sheppard and Miss Puckett.
They rendered the decision in favor of l<
the negative, Immediately after the
society adjourned, Mr. Marrow invited. (
the members^down town to "refresh i
themselves" with drinks from one of
our popular drug stores. ? C. B. S.
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On Tuesday afternoon ut 3:0t)
o'clock, the student body from the ,
fourth through the eleventh grades, ?
marched up to the middle of Market
and Third streets where the Red Cross ]
Flag was raised. The students sang .
"America" and the "*Marsellaise." ]
Then six children from the lower ,
grades raised the flag. After the band i
played the "Star Spangled Banner"
the crowd dispersed. ? M. L. A. (
Monday morning, Rev. Mr. Morrison, i
Rector of the Episcopal church, made a j
talk for us on the origin of the Flag., \
This talk was enjoyed very much by (
the entire student body. ? G. Y. R.
The Domestic Science equipment,
which has been delayed for some time
by the war situation, has arrived. The i
floor of the laboratory is now being \
completed. Until that is finished, the i
class will study food values. This is '
the most important part of the course. <
Especially at this time should every :
housewife know the value of all the
foods which she uses, so that she may
know what and how much to prepare
to avoid waste. ,
The following recipes are good meat
substitutes, and are recommended for!
use on Wednesday, the meatless day:
Corn* Roast ? One cup com, one- (
fourth cup cream, three-fourths cup ,
milk, one and one-half cups wasted ,
bread crumbs, one pound grated on
ion, two eggs, one teaspoonful salt.
Beat egg slightly, add milk, cream,
corn, salt and crumbs. Let stand fif
teen minutes. Turn into buttered pan
and bake forty minutes in moderate
oven. Serve with cream or white
sauce.
Calorie in Recipe: Protein, 223; Fat,
287; Carbo-hydrates, 899, Total, 1409.
Calorie in Serving: (2 3-4 oz.)
Protein, 23; Fat, 32; Carbo-hydrates,
Total 108.
Rice Pattie ? One cup rice, two eggs,
two cups water, two pounds butter, one
teaspoonful salt, one-fourth cup dry
bread crumbs. Cook rice in two cups
salted water for one hour. Stir in but
ter and eggs. When slightly cooked,
mold into pattie. Roll in dry crumbs
and bake until brown.
Calorie in Recipe: Protein, 154; Fat,
308; Carbo-hydrates, 938; Tot^l, 1390.
Calorie in Serving: (2 1-2 oz.) Pro
tein, 17, Fat, 35; Carbo-hydrates, 107;
Total, 159.? R. Y. J.
registrants. I drge men of the legal
profession to offer themselves as as
sociate members of the legal advisory
boards to be provided in each com
munity for the purpose of advising
registrants of their rights and obliga
tions and of assisting them in the
preparation of their answers to the
questions which all men subject to
draft are required to submit, I ask
that doctors of the country identify
themselves with the medical advisory
boards which are to be constituted in
the various districts throughout the
United States for the purpose of mak
ing a systematic physical examination
of the registrants. It is important
also tTtUt police officials of every grade
and class should be informed of their
duty under selective service law and
regulations, to search for persons who
do not respond promptly and to serve
the summons of local and district
boards. Newspapers can be of very
great assistance in giving wide public
ity to the requirements of the law nnd
regulations and to the numbers and
names of those who are called to
present themselves to their local
boards from day to day. Finally, I ask
that during the time hereafter to be
specified as marking the 60 day period
BIGGEST WHITE POTATO CROP.
Will Appropriate 453 Million liushfla.
Will Require 730,000 Cars to Move
Crop.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 10. ? Fair
fax Harrison, chairman of the Rail
roads' War Hoard, authorizes the fol
lowing:
The railroads are now moving what
promises to be the biggest potato crop
in the history of the country. This
crop, which is estimated will total ap
proximately 15o billion bushels or half
ugr.in as much as last year, has been
jn the way since the middle of Septem
ber. The movmcnt of it will continue
until s^bout April 1st next year. Re
ports received by the Commission on
Car Service indicate that even with
intensive loading more than 750,000
?ars will be needed to handle the po
tato crop. -
Speaking at Mill Creek Church.
The leaders of the Y. M. C. A.
campaign in Johnston County are
anxious to get in touch with as many
people as possible and are planning to
hold several meetings in the several
sections. Plans are already made to
have a meeting at Mill Creek church
next Sunday at eleven o'clock to bring
the Y. M. C. A. work before the peo
ple. Mr. W. W. Cole and perhaps
;>ther speakers will be present to talk
?n this great work. Let the people of
that section turn out to hear Mr. Cole
md take part in the work of raising
the fund for the work in the army
campa. ?
Teachers' Meeting Saturday.
This was one of the best attended
meetings that \ve have had for somo
time, more than one hundred and
twenty-five teachers being present.
The meeting began with devotional
exercises by the Rev. A. S. Ander
son, then a few remarks were made by
the County Superintendent, after
which organization took place.
Prof. M. B. Andrews, of Kenly was
elected President of the meeting, with
Mr. II. B. Marrow as Vice-President
and Miss Julia Passmore, of Selma,
as Secretary. Prof. Andrews took
charge of the meeting, making a few
appropriate remarks about the work
of the past and future. Judge Brooks
gave us a splendid talk on food con
servation and asked the support of all
the teachers by signing up the pledge
cards that have been sent out in tho
County. The entire body pledged its
support in this work. Miss Elizabeth
Kelly explained the work among the
illiterates, as outlined by the State
Department. Prof. Moser talked to
the teachers about the value of Tests
in School. Mr. Andrews told them
the uses of libraries and gave some
very practical helps. Mr. A. M. John
son, the Farm Demonstrator of the
County, talked to the teachers on Ag
riculture in Schools, and asked for
their cooperation in the work. v
After some general remarks by the
County Supt. in regard to the com
pulsory attendance, new books and
other things about school work, camo
an intermission of thirty minutes. At
this time a lunch was served to the
teachers by Messrs. W. L. Woodall
and sons. This wjis much enjoyed and
appreciated by the teachers.
After this, the teachers were di
vided into three groups; the Primary
teachers and those at the head of one
teacher schools were presided over by
Miss Elizabeth Hyraan, of Selma.
Those teaching High School subjects
were presided over by Prof. Moser,
and all the others by Miss Willie Hall,
of Clayton. In these different groups,
subjects were discussed that were pe
culiarly fitted to each one. ? R.
Whiskey Back of the Sad Story.
Last Friday, J. A. Terry, a white
man from Guilford County, who hiyl
passed his three score years, took a
seat in his chair of death at the State
penitentiary and gave his life a forfeit
to the State for the murder of hia
neighbor John R. Stewart. During the \
week he had the comforting presence
of Rev. S. L. Mercer with him as his
spiritual adviser and made a confes
sion to him, saying whiskey drove him
to do the awful deed that pave him ,]
a last seat in the chair of death.
of the classification, all citizens givo
attention to the task in hand in order
that the process may proceed to a con
clusion witfi swiftness and yet with
even and considerate justice to all.*