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VOLUME 37
THE SMITHFIELD HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1918.
Number 84
PROGRESS OF WAR
ON WEDNESDAY
Allied Forces Driving Invader Out of
Belgium—Great Progress Being
Made on French Front—British
Cavalry Sweeping Onward in Pales
tine—Allies Driving Wedge East
ward Along Flanders Front.
Associated Press Summary.)
Hostilities ar eproceeding without
cessation and as in days past, the
forces of the allies everywhere are de
feating the enemy. In Belgian Flan
ders, the British, Belgian and French
troops under King Albert are sweep
ing forward for further material
gains in the process of driving the in
vader from Belgian soil. On the
front in France the British, French
and Americans are hard after the Ger
mans and are making progress, al
though slowly, notwithstanding the
strenuous defense that is being of
fered.
Both in Serbia and Albania the En
tente troops are ridding the invaded
districts of the Austro-Hungarian and
German contingents, in Albania being
well to the north of Durazzo on the
Adriatic sea and in Serbia considera
ble distance beyond Nish with the en
emy falling back toward the frontier
of Austria-Hungary.
In the Palestine theatre the Brit
ish cavalry has driven far to the north
and northwest of Damascus, having
reached Tripoli near the Mediterra
nean coast, 45 miles north of Beirut
and Homs, 85 miles north of Damas
cus. By this maneuver there seem
ingly is created for the Ottoman forces
the menace of again being caught be
tween General Allenby’s armies and
crushed as was the case in the early
days of the offensive in the region
north of Jerusalem. The maneuver
also may forecast a new drive by the
British from the Bagdad region to
form a junction with General Allenby
at Aleppo and thus take the Holy Land
in its entirety from the Turks. The
great wedge of the Allies in Flanders
is being gradually extended eastward
all along the front of attack. Thou
rout, at the head of the railway lead
ing to Brugges and numerous villages
to the south, have been taken, while
Courtrai, the junction point of the
railway to Ghent, is almost entirely
surounded. Large numbers of prison
ers and many additoinal guns have
been captured by the Belgian, French
and British troops who are carrying
out the operation.
To the south of this region the Brit
ish continue successfully their maneu
ver which has as its main objective
the capture of Douai and Lille and
the blotting out of the big salient
which is barring the way to Valen
cennes and the German defense line in
that vilinity. Here the Germans are
continuing to withdraw, closely follow
ed by the British who are within two
and a half miles and three and three
quarters miles of Lille respectively
southwest and west of the city.
In the Champagne region where the
French and Americans are driving
their way northward further good
gains have been made notwithstanding
the furious efforts of the Germans to
hold their line. Rethel, the important
junction point for the railways run
ning to Mezieres and other points in
side the enemy-held territory is all but
captured by the French. Eastward
the Americans also have again press
ed slightly forward.
TAR HEELS NOW HAVE
64 PER CENT OF QUOTA.
Investment of SI7 to S20 Per Capita
By People in Liberty Bonds.
Richmond Does Well.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 16.—When
three aviators from Bolin field flew
over the city this afternoon, Richmond
people came across to the extent of
$1,557,200 in purchasing fourth Lib
erty loan bonds. This brought the to
tal for the city up to $18,926,350, or
about a million short of the quota.
Figures announced by Governor
Seay show that 8,000,000 people in the
fifth reserve district have failed to
subscribe. Of this number 1.350,000
are in Maryland, 314,000 in the Dis
trict of Columbia, 2,970,000 in Vir
ginia, 1,207,000 in West Virginia, 2,
340,000 in North Carolina, and 1,561,
000 in South Carolina. These States
have reported on the quotas as fol
lows: Maryland 54 per cent; District
of Columbuia, 63 per eent; Virginia,
57 per cent; West Virginia 38 per
cent; North Carolina, 64 per cent;
South Carolina, 50 per cent. An aver
age of $31,730,000 will have to be rais
ed daily this week in order to meet
the quota. On a per capita basis, the
figures show Maryland has bought
$32 per capita, Virginia, $18; West
Virginia, North and South Carolina,
$17 to $20, and the District of Colum
bia, $17.
DEATH OF MR. HUGH COATS.
Came Home From Camp Hancock Two
Weeks Ago—Was Stricken With
Influenza the Next Day and Died
Tuesday—Several Cases of Influ
enza Around Clayton—Other Clay
ton News.
Clayton, Oct. 16.—Miss Barbara
Gulley came home Monday from Ox
ford College for two weeks as the
school was suspended on account of
Spanish influenza.
Mr. Carl Smith, a member of the
merchant marine now stationed at
Norfolk, is at home spending some
time with his parents.
Miss Mildred Gulley left Tuesday
for her home at Brookhaven, Mass.,
after spending most of the summer
here with her sister, Mrs. D. E. Austin.
Mr. Sipley Atkinson, of Camp
Wadsworth, was here on a visit one
day last week.
Mrs. M. E. Gattis went to Four
Oaks last week to assist her daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Austin, as Dr. Austin, Mrs.
Austin and three children were sick
with influenza. Mrs. Gattis is very
sick now with the “flu” but it is hoped
she will soon be well again.
Miss Telza Barnes, who came home
from the Durham Conservatory a few
days ago sick, is very much improved
and able to be out.
The friends of Mrs. A. B. Hollowell
sympathize with her deeply in the sad
news she received a few days ago tell
ing of the death of her brother in
France.
About two weeks ago Mr. Hugh
Coats came home from Camp Hancock
on a ten days’ furlough. The next day
he was taken with influenza, which
resulted in a severe case of pneumonia
and his death Tuesday morning of this
week at 11:15, at his home about five
miles from town. Mr. Coates was
married to Miss Cloie Sturdivant just
before he was called into service a few
months ago. He has made his home
here all of his life and has many
friends besides a number of loved ones
to mourn. He had gone out as brave
as any boy here and was willing to die
in his country’s cause. He was a faith
ful, true and loyal soldier. He will be
buried today at Mount Moriah church.
The “flu” is as bad as ever here now.
All the physicians have their hands
full. It is hoped it will decrease and
very soon.
Mr. A. V. Gulley went back to
Smithfield Tuesday to assist in the to
bacco market.
To the Quarantine Officers.
The State is. now absolutely de
pendent upon the help of the Red Cross
and the United States Public Health
Service for assistance in dealing with
the epidemic of influenza in this State.
The Public Health Service is ren
dering to the State of North Carolina,
having supplied, at their expense, a
number of emergency physicians and
also a number of emergency nurses.
In return the United State Public
Health Service asks you if the disease
is prevalent in your county, to please
wire, collect, government rate, imme
diately a night letter to the Public
Health Service, Washington, D. C., of
the number of cases in the county and
the number of deaths from influenza
and pneumonia, by days, for the last
ten days, and wire the Public Health
Service the same information each day
following the receipt of this letter.
Very truly yours,
W. S. RANKIN,
Secretary.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 15, 1918.
Unless every doctor in the lounty
keeps Mrs. Thel Hooks, County Quar
antine Officer, informed daily as to the
number of cases of influenza and
pneumonia, she will be unable to make
the report is called for above. This is
a time when all should respond to the
calls made on them.
All undertakers and coffin dealers
are requested to report all deaths
promptly to Mrs. Thel Hooks, Smith
field.
NO COUNTY FAIR NEXT WEEK.
County Board at Meeting Wednesday
C alls Off All Public Meetings for
Another Week.
The County Board of Health held a
meeting here Wednesday afternoon to
consider the influenza epidemic. After
making a thorough canvass of the sit
uation in this county it was decided
to call off all public gatherings, and
keep all schools, Sunday Schools and
churches closed for another week. This
action of the Board means that the
Johnston County Fair will not be held
next week.
Death of William Holmes.
We regret to learn of the death of
Mr. William Holmes, a worthy young
man of Benson, who died there last
Monday night of influenza. He was in
the store at work Saturday.
REPORTS IN STATE
MORE FAVORABLE
Worst of Influenza Over Is the Hope
of State Board of Health—Normal
Life in Fortnight or Two—Wilming
ton Will Probably Allow Churches
to Open Sunday, Schools on Monday.
(News and Observer, 17th.)
Save in a few communities the crest
of the influenza epidemic in North
Carolina seems to have been reached
and the State Board of Health enter
tains high hopes that North Carolina
will be able to return to normal life
within the next fortnight or two. The
situation in Eastern Carolina seems
to be abating a good deal and the west,
evidently, has taken time by the fore
lock and busied itself waging a pre
vention campaign.
Reports yesterday received at the
State Board of Health indicated the
formation of logical organizations to
aid in the care of those affected'as
well as for the purpose of taking ad
vantage of all available precautionary
measures. Locally the situation seems
to be improving except at Camp Polk,
where several new cases were reported
yesterday.
Calls for assistance yesterday de
creased and the State Board of Health
feels that there is reason for the hope
that the height of the epidemic has
been reached.
Several additional doctors and nurs
es are being placed in answer to press
ing calls. Additional doctors and
nurses are being released from com
munities that have passed the worst
stage of the epidemic and are becom
ing available for service elsewhere.
Wilmington Passes Epidemic Stage.
Col. Charles W. Stiles, of the Public
Health Service, today advised the
mayor of Wilmington, subject to the
approval of the board of health of
that city, to allow churches to resume
services Sunday and the schools on
Monday. Bankers and other business
men are advised to return to normal
immediately except that the sale of
soft drinks and ice cream from other
than paper cups or direct from tht
bottle is advised against. Wilming
ton was the worst stricken city in the
State from influenza, but has now
reached a point well beyond the epi
demic stage.
Situation Still Acute.
While the situation in the State as a
whole is much brighter there contin
ues much danger. A number of com
munities are yet in an acute stage, and
the warning is given that generally
there should be no relaxation of ail
possible efforts both to combat the fur
ther spread of the disease and also for
the local care of the affected.
For this purpose the State Board
of Health strongly urges that doctors,
nurses and other attendants upon the
sick, and patients also, make use of
face masks, and careful hand disinfec
tion. The exercise of the utmost care
will mean the saving of many lives
from pneumonia, this disease follow
ing influenza being of a highly conta
gious nature.
Preventive eMasures.
Careful experiments have proven
that duiing ordinary or loud speech in
fection material from the mouth is
sprayed from a distance of from one
to four feet. During coughing infect
ed material is projected from the
mouth for a distance of ten feet.
Masks over the face prevent the in
fectious material from being projected
at all. Masks over the face protect
those wearing them from being in
fected by the sick who are not masked.
Therefore the State Board of Health
urges that both classes should as a
preventive measure wear masks.
The type made according to the Red
Cross regulations is excellent and is
inexpensive. It should contain four
layers of buttercloth, be about five by
eight inches in size, a ndhave tapes for
fastening. Masks may be sterilized
by boiling and used over and over,
but they should be marked on one
side and the same side worn next to
the face.
ALLIES WIN GREAT VICTORY.
They Have Forced Germans to Begin
Retreat—They Are Nearing the
Ghent-Bruges Canal.
With the Allied Armies in Belgium,
Oct. 16.—(By the Associated Press.—
4:30 p. m.)—The Germans have start
ed a retreat on a tremendous scale
from northern Belgium. French cav
alry is approaching Thielt, seven miles
from the banks of the Ghent-Bruges
canal. The canal itself is only 10 miles
from the border of Holland. So fast is
the enemy retreating that the French,
British and Belgian infantry, at least
in the center of the battlefront, have
lost touch entirely with the enemy.
The Belgians advancing astride the
Thourout Bruges and Thourout-Ost
end roads, have defeated the Germans,,
who are retreating rapidly.
NEARLY 13,000,000 MEN
ENROLLED FOR SERVICE.
Are 187,836 September Registrants in
Excess of the Estimated Number.
Others Still to Come.
Washington, Oct. 16.—Final returns
from all States show that 12,966,594
men registered for military service
September 12. This was 187,836 in
excess of the estimate of 12,778,758,
made by experts in the office of Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder, based
on projections from census figures.
Texas was the last State to report.
Its registration as announced tonight
by General Crowder was 521,474
against the origimal estimate of 546,
187.
The total announced today does not
include registrations received by mail
by local boards after September 12,
nor belated enrollments by men who
were absent from the country that
day. Including such cases, it is be
lieved the actual figures will be 13,
000,000. This will be still further in
creased by the registrations of Alaska,
Porto Rico and Hawaii which are to
be held on later dates recently fixed
by the President.
With the figures*compiled today the
total number of men who have been
registered in the reservoir of the se
lective service since the United States
entered the war, including those regis
tered June 5, 1917, June 5, 1918, and
August 24, and September 12, 23,456,
021.
BIG EFFORT NEEDED TO
MAKE LOAN A SUCCESS
Nearly $3,000,000,000 Must Be Gath
ered in Three Remaining Days
of the Drive.
Washington, Oct. 16.—In the face of
figures still showing the fourth Lib
erty Loan only a little more than half
raised up to $3,269,001,500—the chief
source of hope tonight lay in assur
ances of campaign managers for each
of the 12 districts that their respect
ive fields would prove up when final
retur* are counted.
Supporting this attitude was the ad
dition of $315,000,000 today to the to
tal, the biggest single day’s subscrip
ts*. This still left $2,730,000,000 to
gathered tomorrow, Friday and Satur
day—three days—$900,000,000 a day.
Officials do not expect tat big rate to
appear in official reports, at least un
til Saturday. They believe a billion
or more will be counted up after the
campaign has closed Saturday night
from the flood of last minute subscrip
tions. But they fear that unless the
official tabulated total runs considera
bly above the four billion mark on the
latest reports Saturday, the loan may
fail to reach its goal.
When the third loan campaign had
but three days to run, the official fig
ures stood at $2,579,000,000, and in
creased to $3,006,000,000 by the final
night. The post-campaign tabulations
added $1,171,000,000, making the act
ual subscriptions $4,176,000,000.
Official reports do not show any fed
eral reserve district above 100 per
cent.
Richmond district reports $153,080,
200 subscriptions, 54 per cent of its
quota.
Much Sickness at Center Ridge.
A correspondent writes us from the
Center Ridge church section as fol
lows:
“Six families in this neighborhood
are down sick. Mr. Pat Brannan and
two of his daughters; Mr. A. R. Stan
cil and family; Mr. H. A. Stancil, his
wife and eight children; three are
sick at Mr. Henry Stancil's; Mr. Rufus
Starling’s wife and seven children are
down; Mr. J. A. Stancil’s wife and
seven children are sick. Some in all
these families are improving and some
are still very sick. Cotton patches
are getting white at the homes of
these people and no one to pick it. It
takes all the well ones to wait on the
sick ones. Some people are afraid of
the influenza and do not go to see
them, but they will cook for them if
the food is sent to them. We are
thankful of that much.
“Mr. G. I. Stancil and daughter, Ef
fie, attended the burial of Mr. Elbert
Stancil’s wife last Saturday after
noon. She was buried at the Freeman
Harrell family graveyard in Wilson
conuty.”
While our correspondent did not say
they were sick of influenza, it is pre
sumed that this is what has afflicted
them.
The people should be very careful
about visiting, but should do their duty
and try to care for the sick. Put a
mask over your mouth when you go
into a room where there is influenza
and use every precaution.
Absence diminishes little passions
and develops great ones, as the wind
extinguishes candles and fans a fire.—
La Rochefoucauld.
INFLUENZA RAD IN BOON HILL.
Several Deaths and Other People Seri
ously Sick—Others News of Interest
in Princeton.
Princeton, Oct. 16.—Mr. W. L. Hast
ings from the Battleship Maine, in the
U. S. Navy, is visiting his parents for
a few days.
Mr. Oscar Eason went to Spicer Hos
pital. Goldsboro last Saturday. It was
feared that he would have pneumonia.
Wo are informed that it is a pretty
good case of “flu” and it is now hoped
that the worst stages of the case are
past and that he will spedily recover.
Mr. Ira Talton, one of Uncle Sam’s
navy boys, is spending a few days with
his uncle, Mr. Roger Pearce.
Miss Lena Woodard, of Sanford,
spent Sunday at home.
A young man named Dixon had his
hand mashed off in the cotton press at
Mr. Dan Williams’ cotton gin four
miles from town Tuesday.
Mr. C. W. Eason, the druggist, is
confined to his home with the “flu.”
Miss Lissie Woodard is very serious
ly ill with the “flu” at Penniman, Va.
Mies Rochelle Hinton is also very sick
and has been in the hospital two j
weeks at the same place. Miss Lila |
Stuckey, another Princeton girl at the
same place, is expected to come home
any day.
Miss Tempie Hood, a young lady
near Neuse river section, died Tuesday
with the “flu.” She was only recently
graduated at a female school and re
turned home. She was only 20 years
of age.
Mr. Harry Pearce died at Camp
Humphrey, Va., a few days ago. His
body arrived here yesterday. He was
a son of Mr. Jesse Pearce, living ten
miles from town, on Neuse river. His
death was caused by “flu.”
Mrs. Ivey Peele and another one of
her children died yesterday at the
home of Mrs. Mollie Raines, four miles
north of town. There were fourteen
children in bed with the flu at this
home on Monday, all of them grand
children of Mrs. Rains. Her daughter,
Mrs. Peele, and two of these children
are dead.
The many friends and relatives of
Miss Aggie Blackman will regret to
learn that she has a very severe case
of pnemonia and is not expected to
survive.
Mr. Harvey Gurley has returned
home from Trinity School, on partial
recovery of the “flu.”
Mrs. Ida Evans, of Pine Level, and
a daughter Mrs. . Brown, is very dan
gerously ill with “flu” here in town.
Malton Baker has returned home
from Trinity School at Durham.
Dr. Person, the noted physician of
Selma, was in town yesterday a short
time, on his way to visit Dr. Eason at
the hospital in Goldsboro.
Mrs. Dr. Eason and the trained
nurse Miss Mallison, went to Golds
boro Saturday to assist in the attend
ance upon Dr. Eason at the hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Smith, Jr.,
were in town Monday on their way to
their home, seven miles west of town.
They were marired only a few days
ago.
Henry Massey has returned home
from the camp at Cincinnati. He made
the entire trip through the country on
a Ford car in four days.
TOTAL OF 527 LIVES LOST
IN THE OTRANTO DISASTER
Islay, Scotland, Sunday, Oct. 12.—
By Associated Press.)—According to
figures compiled here today and check
ed with army records, the total loss of
life as a result of the disaster to the
transport Otranto is 527.
These figures represent one Ameri
can officer, Second Lieutenant Bernie
H. Coffman, of Robinson, Illi., 356 Am
erican troops, 164 of the Otranto’s of
ficers and crew and six members of the
crew of a French fishing boat.
Up to tonight 266 bodies had been
recovered. Only two were found to
day as the result of a change in the
wind, which now is blowing strongly
off shore and, according to seafaring
men, may sweep the bodies far out to
sea. The two bodies found today were
of an American soldier and a chief
petty officer of the Otranto. The un
identified include two Asiatics.
The work of recovering the remain
ing bodies of victims of the disaster
washed up on the shore of Islay island
is extremely difficult, owing to the
rufff?6d coast and the tons of wreckage
which fills every crevice in the rocks.
Still Two Billion Short.
The report from the Fourth Liberty
Loan is that the bond issue is still
two billion short of the six billion. The
Richmond district has reported only
59 per cent of its quota. A billion dol
lars will have to be raised each day,
today and tomorrow, if the full quota
is reached for the country. Every fifty
dollar bond helps. Maybe there are
many in Johnston county who can take
just a little more.
HOW THE COUNTIES
STAND INW.S.S. SALES
Greene is at Top of Honor List With
a Percentage of 128—Guilford is
kuled at 82—Johnston is Also Rated
at 82.
Winston-Salem, Oct. 16.—A rating
<>f the counties, of the State, showing
the standing each has made in the war
savings campaign has just been com
pleted at State headquarters and given
out for publication. The 19 100 per
cent counties head the list. These are
listed according to the percentages of
their war savings allotment raised.
1'hey are: Greene, 128; Forsyth, 120;
Wilson, 119; Gates, 117; Martin, 108;
Jones, 108; Pitt, 107; Anson. 105;
Franklin, 102; Edgecombe, 102; Hen
derson, 102; Chowan, 102; Mecklen
burg, 101; Nash, Union, Lenoir, rredcll
and Perquimans, 100.
1 he counties rated as having raised
90 per cent of their quotas are: Ons
low, 96; Bertie, 93; and Beaufort, 90.
Jackson and Northampton are next,
having raised 89 per cent each of their
allotment. The counties having raised
80 per cent and over are: Alamance
87; Haywood, 85; Lee, 83; Stokes. 83;
Buncombe, 83; Wayne, 82; Guilford,
Gaston, Durham, Johnston and Hyde,
82; Scotland and Rockingham, 81, and
Surry, 80. The following counties
have raised between 75 and 80 per
cent of their quotas: Wake, 79; David
son, Burke and Camden, 78; Halifax,
Stanly, Tyrrell, Orange, Catawba, Al
IeghaYiy and Cleveland, 77, and Vance
76.
Brunswick county holds the one-hun
dredth or bottom place on the list and
has raised only 9 per cent of her quota.
Wilkes is second, having raised 18;
Clay is third, having raised 20; Dare,
23; Bladen, 25; Sampson. 31: Watau
ga, 33; Ashe, 34; Columbus, 35; Gra
ham, 39; Caldwell, 39; Currituck and
Duplin, 41; Hoke, 43; Cumberland, 44;
Yancey, 45; Cherokee and Moore, 47;
Caswell, 38; and Rutherford, 49. All
remaining counties have raised be
tween 50 and 75 per cent of their
quotas.
Your War-Savings Pledge is a
Solemn Obligation.
Remember that your pledge to buy a
certain number of War-Saving before
January 1, 1919, is a solemn, sacred
obligation which you made your gov
ernment and which it is counting on
you to meet. You may buy Liberty
Bonds, and should buy them—all that
you can pay for by the strictest kind
of economy—but this should not cause
you to fail to buy the number of War
Savings Stamps for which you have
already subscribed. One is as much
an obligation to the government as the
other. For the reason that you have
obligated yourself to the War Savings
Campaign is reason enough that you
should buy War Savings Stamps first.
Only when you have done both to the
limit of your ability have you dona
your duty.
HOPE TO HOLD FAIR LATER,
The Johnston County Fair Directors
Met Here Wednesday.
The directors of the Johnston Coun
ty Fair held a meeting Wednesday
and, in accordance with the action of
the County Board of Health, post
poned the holding of the Fair until
a later date. As soon as the epidemic
of influenza is over the directors hope
to hold the Fair.
Those who were planning to have
exhibits here are asked to have them
in readiness for the Fair and look out
for the date which will be announced
in due season.
ASKED TO USE BIGGER STAMPS.
Postmasters to Encourage Use of
High Denomination Stamps.
As a measure of economy postmas
ters and postoffice employes are di
rected to encourage the public to use
stamps of the highest denomination
suited to the amount of postage re
quired on all mail. For example, a
three-cent stamp instead of three one
cont stamps should be affixed to let
ters needing three cents postage; and
a ten-cent stamp instead of five two
cent stamps should be attached to par
cels requiring ten cents postage. Co
operation between postoffice employes
and the public in the sale and use of
stamps of the higher denominations
will effect a large saving to the gov
ernment in the cost of producing,
transporting, and cancelling them,
and will benefit the public in mini
mizing the number of stamps handled
and affixed to mail. This benefit will
be especially important to business
concerns mailing large quantities of
letters and parcels, and postmasters
are directed to bring the suggestion
particularly to their notice.