VOLUME 37. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918 Number 52 AMERICANS CONTROL ALL BELLEAU WOOD Capture Prisoners and Inflict Heavy Losses in Men Killed or Mounded. Italians Cleaning up Piave Battle Front. Gathering Together The Spoils of War and Making Strag gling Austrians Prisoners. The war news has been growing more encouraging for the past few days. The Associated Press summary for Wednesday’s operations is as fol lows : While the Italians hafe been busily engaged in cleaning up the Piave battle front, gathering together the spoils of war and making straggling Austrians prisoner, the American troops stationed in the Belleau wood northwest of Chateau Thierry have been devoting their time to showing the Germans again the fighting tim ber of which they are made. In the demonstration th eAmeri cans gained control of the wood in its entirety, advanced their position ma terially northwest of the wood and made prisoner 264 of the enemy, in addition to inflicting heavy losses in men killed or wounded. The attack was launched Tuesday night with the purpose of driving out the few remaining nests of Germans in the wood—nests from which enemy parties constantly were harassing the Americans. It followed a hurricane of artillery fire, the intensity of which stunned even those of the Germans who previously had gone through the terefic drumfires of the British and French. The hammering of the guns was kept up for thirteen hours be fore the infantry set out to accomplish its task, and the havoc wrought by the American shells, many of them of high explosive, was evident from the number of enemy dead strewing the ground and the state of general demolition that prevailed. The capture of Bealleau wood is of considerable stragetie importance, owing to the fact that from it the Germans had been able to rake the Allied positions on all sides of it with their artillery. ‘ Its eastern edges al so command the railroad behind the German lines running to Chateau Thierry. All tbe positions still held by the Austrians on the lower Piave, consti tuting the Capo Sile bridgehead, have now been taken by the Italians, and the entire western bank of the Piave is clear of the enemy. Nearly 400 prisoners were taken in the enter prise Aside from this fighting there has been little activity in the south ern section of the Italian theatre. In the mountains heavy bombardments are in progress in various, and inten sive aerial operations are going on along the entire front. The Rome war office re-asserts that all the ar tillery lost by the Italians to the Aus trians in the initial stage of the fight ing has been recaptured. On the battle front in France and Flanders the operations continue of a minor character. The British both in Flanders and Picardy have carried out successfully attacks against the Germans and taken further prisoners and machine guns. Likewise, the French northwest of Montdidier have raided an enemy position, inflicted losses and taken prisoners. AMENDMENT OFFERED TO MAKE DRAFT AGE 20 TO 40 Washington, June 27.—Debate on the Fall amendment to the twelve bil lion dollar army appropriation bill providing for extension of the draft ages to 20 and 40 years was resumed in the senate today, but consideration of the measure was so delayed by the fight on the suffrage amendment res olution that a vote was not reached. Leaders tonight hoped to dispose of the amendment and possibly to pass the bill tomorrow. At the conclusion of the brief dis cussion today, Senator Fall said he ex pected that his efforts to extend the draft ages would be futile and the general opinion of senators seemed to be that the amendment would be re jected Visitors in Live Oak Section. Rev. J. G. Johnson, of Smithfield, Miss Margaret Etheredge, of Selma, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Snipes and others spent Sunday with Mrs. Sarah Peter son, in the Live Oak Section. THURSDAY IN THE GREAT WAR. No Activities on A Big: Scale Is Re ported, According to Associated Press Summary in Today’s Papers. American Regiment to Italy. With the return of almost normal conditions on the Italian front and with no indications apparent that it is the intention of Austrians in the im mediate future to launch another, stroke against General Diaz’s armies, the eyes of the world are being cen tered once more in expectancy on the battle area in France and Flanders as the possible theatre of early en counters on a large .scale. Although the infantry operations except by the Americans in the Bel leau wood, have scarcely risen in im portance above patrol encounters re cently, nevertheless the Germans are trying out with their artillery the sta bility of the British and French po sitions on various sectors from Flan ders to the region of the Marne. When or where the next offensive is to be launched cannot be foretold but it is expected that it will be started and carried out in an ambitious man ner, for it seemingly is realized that time now is working against German arms in the west and that haste is necessary. For the moment the Germans seem resigned to their loss to the Ameri cans of the Belleau wood, northwest of Chateau Thierry. No counter-at tacks have been made in an endeavor to regain the lost ground. The latest account of the Americans’ victory shows that the troops from overseas, in addition to killing and wounding many of the enemy, took 311 pris oners, 11 machine guns and 10 auto matic rifles and a large quantity of ammunition and other war stores. Announcement has been made by Secretary of War Baker that a reg iment of American troops from the expeditionary forces of General Persh ing has been ordered to the Italian front. On their arrival, which is ex pected shortly, the Austrians will have facing them men from Italy, the United States, Great Britain and F ranee. THE SUGAR SITUATION. The seriousness of the sugar situa tion has not yet been fully/understood by the people at large. State Food Administrator Page has announced that on and after July 1, certificates will be issued to all buyers of sugar with the exception of household con sumers. No sales of sugar must be made July 1 and thereafter except upon surrender of certificate issued by Food Administration except sales to household consumers. All commercial users of sugar are being required to make a new state ment of sugar on hand and in transit on July 1, and those who have more sugar than they are entitled to will be required to dispose of it under the direction of County Food Adminis trators. Since our national supply of sugar does not come from stocks, but ar rives monthly, it is of the utmost im portance that no one hoards sugar. When this is done someone fails to get his part. Commercial users or individual users will be severely pun ished who seek to provide ahead. The Food Administration will keep tab on them through the new system of in spection. CAUSES FOR RATIONING. The extension of the rationing plan for the distribution of sugar is the re sult of a number of causes that have cumulated to make the sugar situa tion more difficult than could have been anticipated even a few weeks ago, according to a statement issued by Mr. Page yesterday. On account of the shipping situation it is impossible to secure the sugar which is available in remote markets and there has been a smaller yield of sugar in the West Indies. The do mestic beet and the Louisiana crops have also fallen below anticipation. In addition to this, a considerable quantity of sugar has been lost by submarines. A household consumption of three pounds per month per person, togeth er with the special allowance for home canning, means a reduction of some 25 per cent in these branches of con sumption from normal but it is still nearly double the ration in the Allied countries and is ample for every eco nomical use. For the purpose of issuing these certificates the various users of sugar are divided into the following groups: A. Candy makers, soft drinks, soda fountains, etc. B. Commercial canners, vegetables, fruit, milk, etc. C. Hotels, restaurants, clubs, pub lic institutions and public eating places generally, in which term are included all boarding houses who take care of 25 persons or more. D. Bakers and cracker manufac turers of all kinds. E. Retail stores and others selling for direct consumption. Requirements of Dealers and Users. In addition to giving the quantities on hand the statements which will be required from dealers and manufac turers in the above groups will give the following further information upon honor. In the case of Group A, that is candy, soft drinks, etc., must show the amount of sugar used dur ing the months of July, August and September, 1917, and certificates will if the statements are correct, be based upon 50 per cent of such average use. Ice cream makers will be entitled to 75 per cent. A certificate will be issued separately for each month’s pur chases. Group B, that is, commercial can ners, etc., will be given certificates for their necessary requirements but any resale of sugar by them except under the express direction of the State Food Administrator will con stitute a violation of the regulations and subject them to closing of busi ness for the war. Any sugar in hand at the end of the season must be placed at the disposal of the Food Ad ministration. The Administration appeals to this group to economize on consumption in every direction. Group C, that is, public eating places, will be issued certificates upon the basis of three pounds for each 90 meals served. This includes all public eating places using sugar. Group E, that is, retail stores, will receive for July purchases cer tificates based upon the average of sugar sold during the combined three months, April, May and June, 3918. Retailers must not sell sugar to any of the other groups, that is, to no one except householders, without taking up the certificates of such persons. Allowances For Householders. A retailer is expected to sell not more than three pounds per person per month to householders. All householders are requested and ex pected to purchase all sugar supplies from the same grocer in so far as pos sible Householders canning and preserv ing fruits for home use will be allow ed only 25 pounds of sugar for the en tire season except upon specific auth orization from their County Food Ad ministrator to purchase an additional amount. Canning club girls and oth ers canning and preserving fruits for the market can secure certificates from the Sugar Division of the Food Administration upon filing a state ment of their requirements upon blanks which will be furnished for their purpose. It will be seen by this plan that there is no direct rationing of the householder. It would cost the Gov ernment $5,000,000 to put the house holder on a ration card and would take the services of 100,000 people to carry it out. We cannot afford the labor or money and if householders will co-operate it can be avoided. Miss Godwin Entertains. Kenly, June 26.—On last Saturday evening June 22, Miss Etta Godwin delightfully entertained a number of her friends in honor of her guests, Misses Sadie Renell, Mildred Bullock, and Hazel Finch. The crowd gather ed about nine o’clock. After playing many interesting games, delicious refreshments consisting of cream and cake were served. At a late hour the guests departed, declaring Miss Godwin a most charm ing hostess. Those present were: Misses Sadie Renell, Mildred Bullock, Hazel Finch, Clyde, Agnes, and Myrtle Watson, Lessie Gulley, Bettie and Elma Renell, Agnes, Bessie and Jessie Massey, Al berta Boyette, Nellie Hardison, and lea Godwin, Messers. Arthur Godwin, Viron Edgerton, Jesse Watson, Wayne Boyette, .Floyd Wellons, Haul Gil breth, Oscar, Edgar, and Joe Boyette, Donald'Kirby and Haywood Sasser. Save your money and thrive, or pay the price in poverty and disgrace.— Andrew Jackson. CROWDER CALLS FOR 220,000 MORE MEN formal Notice to Governors for Mo bilization of Men July 22-26. N. C. Quota 3.000 To ('snip Hancock, Ga. This Call Expected to Exhaust Men in Class One Available For Service. Washington, June 25.—As a fur ther step in carrying out the War De partment’s plan to have 3,000,000 men under arms on August 1, Provost Marshal General Crowder tonight called on the Governors of all States except Arizona and Illinois for the mobilization between July 22 and 25 of 220,OOu white draft registrants qualified for general military service. This call is expected virtually to ex haust the number of men now in class one available for active military ser vice, and when added to school requis itions of 23,436 men, brings the total calls so far announced for July to 243,436. To complete its program for the remainder of the present year the department will have to depend on the 400,000 class one registrants ex pected from the June 5 enrollment and the 250,000 or 300,000 to be ob tained through the reclassification now in progress. In the call announced tonight New York leads the list with 22,141 men. Iowa is second with 17,849 and Wis consin is third with 13,200. Virginia 3,500, Camp Lee, Va. North Carolina, 3,000, Camp Han cock, Ga. South Carolina 1,800, Camp Jack son, S. C. EDGAR TURLINGTON TO STATE DEPARTMENT. Son of Late Prof. Turlington Gets Passport Position at Washington. Douglass Ellington. Another John stonian, Gets an Appointment In The Navy Department. Washington, June 24.—Edgar Turl ington, of Chapel Hill, a member of the faculty of the University of North Carolina, today became identified with the passport division of the Depart ment of State. lie will draw a salary of $2,500 a year. Senator Lee S. Overman used his influence in behalf of the Tar Heel citizen. Mr. Turling ton is a native of Johnston County, a graduate of the State University, and Rhodes Scholar to Oxford Univer sity of England. He is rated as one of the best students that has attend ed the university with a decade. His scholarly attainments made him a fit subject to meet the requirements of the scholarship to Oxford University where he studied law. — Upon the completion of his law course in England, he returned to the United States and became a member of the faculty of the university. At the outbreak of the war he sought to enlist, but his services were rejected owing to a slight deafness. He re peatedly attempted to enlist for war duty, but was completely rejected. Mr. Turlington in his extensive trav els through England, became ac quainted with many English people, who are now fighting the war of de mocracy, which fact accentuated his anxiety to become a soldier. Edgar Turlington is widely known to Uni versity students of the past seven or eight years. Scholarly research and the mixing qualities of a prince of good fellows, evenly proportioned in his student life. Debater, Y. M. C. A. worker, a friend to the freshman, a leader of student thought—thus his college life was well rounded. Douglass D. Ellington, a native of j Clayton, N. C., but since 1916 pro fessor of architecture in the Car negie Institute of techanology, has re ceived an appointment in the Navy Department. He has a notable ed ucational career. Graduating from the Clayton High School in 1904, he took a special course in Philadelphia, pursued educational work at Randolph Macon College, obtained the degree of bachelor of science at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania in 1912, he thus paved his way for a three-years scholarship in an institution in Paris. He won the Paris prize in architec ture. Mr. Ellington in recent years has been instructor in architectural design at Columbia University, Car negie Institute, and engaged in the practice of architecture in New York City and Pittsburgh.—S. R. Winters, in News and Observer. AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER. Death of Mr. Richard B. Stevens. Death o fa Child. War Savings Drive a Success. Items of Personal Interest. Benson, June 27.—Mr. William Canaday, of Richmond, Va., is here this week at the home of his sister, Mrs. 0. A. Barbour. Miss Eloise Turley, of Clayton, is here for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lee. Misses Myrtle Ashcraft and Annie Laurie Wicker are spending a few days with Mrs. R. U. Barbour. Mr. Edgar Johnson, of Oxford, was here Sunday at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson. Mr. Elmer Lassiter, who is in the United States Navy, stationd at Nor folk, is here on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Walter Massengill. Miss Dorthy Finch, of Wilson, is here for several days visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Stevens. Mrs. J. A. Johnson returned the first of the week from a short visit to her sister woh lives near Renton ville. Mrs. C. A. Barbour ,of Raleigh, has been here for several days at the home of partnes, Mr. and Airs. C. W. An derson. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Canaday and Mrs. S. J. Duncan spent Sunday in Fayetteville with relatives. Mr. Vick Austin, of near Clayton, was here Sunday and Monday on a visit to his daughter, Mrs Jesse Mc Lamb. Rev. J. T. Stanford left; Sunday for Rich Square where his wife is spend ing sometime with relatives. Mrs. Bradley McLamb has been quite sick for the past several days at her home near tiwn. Her condition is somewhat improved at this time. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bryant and children of (ioldsboro, spent several days here recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Wheeler. Miss Annie Parker, a registered j nurse formerly of our town, is now located at a base hospital in Nash ville, Town. Mr. Ellis Thomas left yesterday for Raleigh where he will spend several days on business. Mr. Elmer Lassiter, Miss Ellie Morgan and others went down to St. Pauls today visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Barbour, and O. A. Jr., Misses Julia Canaday, Flora Canaday, Lillie Canaday and Mr. Will iam Canaday are spending the day in Angier with relatives. The 14 months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith died at their home in Elevation township Monday and was buried Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. W. B. Matthews and children, of Rocky Mount, are here for several days to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Creech. Rev. G. W. Rollins left today for Wrightsville Beach to attend the Bap tist Seaside Assembly. Mr. Richard B. Stevens, of Eleva tion, died at his home Tuesday after noon and was buried Wednesday at the family burying ground near his home. He was 55 years of age and was a highly respected citizen, having raised a family of seven children. He had been sick for several months and his death was not unexpected. His son, Mr. Arthur Stevens, was in the United States Army at Camp Jackson. Among the boys who left yesterday for Camp Jackson, was Mr. Jesse T. Morgan, a son of our townsman, Mr. J. D. Morgan. Mr. Morgan has just completed his course in pharmacy at the University *of our State. Of the -$(14,000 allotted to Banner township to be raised in the War Stamp Drive for this week about $49, 000 was subscribed for on Monday, the opening day of the campaign. The balance will be raised this week. There are about 12 limit members thus far in our township, and it is hoped that before the week is over there will be several others who will join the limit club. CALL TOTAL OF 875.000 MEN BY FIRST OF YEAR. Washington, June 26.—Chamber lain announced late today that it is proposed to call in August 300,000 draft men; in September, 150,000; in October, 150,000; in November. 150, 000, an din December, 125,000. These 875,000 men, he said, are expected to exhaust class one. Make all you can; save all you can; give all you can.—John Wesley. FIRST SOLDIERS TO FRANCE A YEAR AGO America Now Has 630,000 Actual Combatants Overseas, in Addition to 230,000 Men in Supply and Trans port Lines. Washington, June 25.—The first di vision of the American army landed in France one year ago tomorrow, 18 days after General Pershing reach ed French soil. In the 12 months that have since elapsed this division has grown to an army and by July a mil lion men will have been sent forward. Behind this million another 1,000, 000 men are equipped in camps and cantonments and a third million will rapidly fill up the gaps left at home as the divisions sail for the front. The first division has now been ex panded to a fighting force of 650,000 men, backed by an organization of the supply and transport lines that it takes 250,000 men to make effec tive. On this basis it is clear that Gen eral Pershing now has under his com mand the substqnce of the first field army, comprised of 18 infantry di visions with all necessary auxiliary troops. So far as known there has been no opportunity yet for the ac tual information of this army as a military unit, but the day probably is not far off when it will be possible for General Pershing to assemble his first army. American troops are now holding sectors in at least six places on the battle line. To meet the emergency presented by the German drive, how ever, they have been drawn away from the region formally assigned to the United States and are face to face with the enemy on the Marne, in Pi cardy and Flanders. The real American sectors, however, lie on the right flank of the great bat tle front. From within sight of the Swiss border where they stand on German soil, almost to Verdun, American troops are in the trenches. The location of the strictly Ameri can sectors makes it appear that the United States has been assigned the task of holding the right flank, as British armies holding tile left, leav ing France free to concentrate in the center along the road to Paris. JUNE 28 SHOWDOWN FOR W. S. S. Reputation of Every State in The Union at Stake. Oevr 800,000 American Soldiers Awaiting Am erica’s Answer. June 28 *is to be a showdown for the people of the Uuited States. This day the President of the United States has declared National War Savings Day, on which every man, woman and child is expected to become an investor in War Savings Stamps. The Secre tary of the Treasury who has charge of financing the war, has called on the people to observe this day. So has the Governor and War Savings Director of every State in the Union. In fact the reputation of every State is staked upon the record that will be made by its citizens on this day. The eye of the world is upon the American people on that day. The 800,000 American soldiers in France will be eager for the cablegram bear ing the news that the United States has oversubscribed her quota to the War Savings Loan, as she has done already three times for Liberty Bonds. The Kaiser and the Crown Prince, Von Hindenburg and Ludendorf, are await ing fearfully the news that the United States has once more shown its de termination to finance the war and win it. The English, the French, the Italians, and all the Allies, are wratch ing eagerly to see what will be the American people’s answer to this call of the Government. Every county, township and ward in North Carolina that subscribes its quota on or before Friday of this week, will reflect an undying credit upon itself. Just as the County’s and township’s record is being made and preserved so is the individual’s. On June 28 history will be written that can never be unwritten. Let no indi vidual, township or county have aught to regret on this day. Safe Arrival Overseas. Mr. J. D. Capps, of P;ne Level, has received a message announcing the safe arrival in Francq of his son, Junie W. Capps.

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