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PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914.
NO. 11.
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FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES
ON EVERY HAND IN ALL EUROPE
BATTLES ARE WAGED
WITH LITTLE CHANGE
Allies Said to Have Checked the Germans
Who are at the Very Door of Paris Town
of Maubeuge Held by French With Assis
tance, of British William Sees Germans
Attack Forts at Nancy.
The Allied armies defending the
road to Paris again have come into
contact with the German right wing
on the banks of the River Grand Mo
in which runs East and West, some
what South of the Paris line.
An official statement issued by the
French War Office says the Allies' ad
vance troops came into touch with the
German forces, which seem to be
-covering on the River Ourcq towards
the Southwest, the movement of the
main body of the German right wing
and a small engagement resulted in
an advantage to the French.
The town of Maubeuge, where it Is
reported British troops are assisting
the French garrison, is said still to be
resisting German assault.
From Berlin by way of Amsterdam
comes a report that the Germans are
attacking the forts at Nancy and that
Emperor William and the General
Staff are watching the operations.
The British official war information
bureau has issued a long general sur
vey of operations of the British army
during the past week and in addition
a list of British casualties which shows
a total of more than 15,000 men up to
September 1.
The statement, which is based on
.a report from Field Marshal Sir John
GERMANS LEAVE
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Last of the Germans marching out
they sacked and burned.
French, commander of the British
forces at the front, speak highly of
the spirit of the British soldiers and
their achievements. It declares that
while the British losses are heavy
they are not one-third of the losses in
flicted by the British troops on the
Germans.
The statement closes with a call for
more men.
Berlin reports that . 3,000 British
prisones have reached Doheritz.
A bombardment has begun of the
fortifications at Cattaro, an Austro-
Hungarian seaport, by the French
fleet, and advices from Cettinje credit
.."i yjq MnntPTip?rin troona witn me ae-
bite. :vt of tne Austrians at Boljanitz.
o-'y-'Hv Trvnnr-o 1r cnlline ftut 11.915 recruits
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f 7- . -and in this way will add 250,000 men
tij o iier iorces wumu iew uiuum.
The German Reichstag, represented
"by members of all parties, has prom
ised its full support to whatever
-measures , the Minister of Marine
-deems necessary. Appropriations will
be made for the replacement of ships
lost and to carry out the program of
construction already arranged.
Almost total silence is being main
tained regarding happenings in
France, neither the British nor French
governments vouchsafing detailed in
formation as to the positions of the
armies facing each other a few miles
from Paris.
Fifteen British trawlers have been
sunk in the North Sea by German
-warships.
Russian official announcements de
scribe a fctrone offensive movement
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against the Austrians on September 4.
The Forty-fifth Austrian Regiment of
infantry surrendered, 1,600 men be
ing taken. German troops, marching
to the aid of the Austrians, were at
tacked but the result of these opera
tions has not been made known. A
German official statement says the
Allied troops are in retreat between
Paris and Verdun and that the Ger
man troops are pursuing them. It
adds that in the eastern theater of
war the Austrian attack on Lublin
continues and that-the Austrians are'
engaged in dispersing the Russians.
Late advices say train service be
tween Paris and Dieppe has been sus
pended. Reports are current in London mili
tary quarters that a portion of the
British expeditionary force is at Mau
beuge, a French fortress of the first
class in Nord, assisting the French
garrison in the defense, which It is
said, is being strongly maintained.
The Belgian town of Dendermonde
(Termonde) in East Flanders, has
been taken by Germans, according to
an official report from Berlin and
newspaper dispatches from Ostend.
The latter advices add that the in
habitants of the district have opened
the dykes and arc flooding the coun-
M0ULAND IN RUINS
of Mouland, on of the Belgian towns
try. German troops are reported to
have been caught by the waters and
have suffered severely from shelling.
The French premier explains that
the sessions of Parliament at Paris
were brought to a close in order that
the parliament might be reconvened
at Bordeaux, if necessary.
An agreement has been signed by
Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, and the
French and Russians Ambassadors at
London, in behalf of their respective
governments, that peace shall not be
concluded separately during the pres
ent war by any one of the three allies
and that no one of the allies will de
mand conditions of peace without the
previous agreement of the others.
The British government has issued
an official denial of the use of dum
dum bulletin by Brltishvof French, as
charged by Germany.
While official announcements made
by the British and French authorities
were to the affect that there had been
no change in the situation of the bel
ligerent armies, unofficial reports said
that the German right wing had been
checked acd forced to retire on St.
Quentin, cn the river Somme, 30 miles
northwest of Laon.
The British official press bureau in
its statement said a German move
ment was developing in an eastward
and south-eastward direction. The
direct geographical location of thi9
movement was om!tted.
Further confirmation was received
in New York that many thousands of
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Russian troops had gone into France
to join the allies against the Germans.
Their number was estimated at be
tween 70,000 and 80,000.
That another naval engagement in
the North Sea has occurred seems
possible from a statement issued by
the London official press. It said
seven German torpedo-boat destroy
ers had arrived at Kiel in a damag
ed condition and that others were un
derstood to have been sunk "in the
vicinity of the Kiel Canal."
In some quarters, however, it was
suggested that the vessels may be
long to the German force that was en
gaged in the recent fight with the
British off Heligoland.
" The official Russian, statement con
cerning the capture of Lemberg,
Capital of Calicia, says that it is the
remnant of the Austrian army left
after the Russian attack no longer is
of military value. Besides the thou
sands of men killed, wounded or
made prisoners, the Russians report
that they took 200 guns from the Aus
trians. Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian
commander-in-chief has ordered the
captured territory in Austria-Hungary
administered by the Russian general
in command in that country.
The Bulgarian minister to Greece
declares that Bulgaria has decided to
maintain her neutrality until the end
of the war.
A German aeroplane which tried
to approach Paris is reported to have
been smashed by the guns of two
French aviators in an aerial battle.
So far as the public is concerned
little actually is known as to how the
armies in the field are faring. Most
of the information made public from
official quarters is of a negative char
acter as for instance, the announce
ment of the French war office that
there has been no contact with the
German forces In the region of Com
plegne and Senslis for three days,
and that the (situation in the Northeast
has not changed.
The two towns are respectively 45
miles and 32 miles northeast of the
French Capital and they appear to
mark the points nearest Paris to which
the Gerrman advance guards have ap
proached. As lines around Paris tighten and
the German forces draw closer to the
French Capital, the official statements
regarding the progress of the war
grow briefer and are more and more
lacking in details.
With the removal of the Govern
ment to Bordeaux all efforts around
Paris have been directed to prepara
tions for tr-e threatened investment
of the Capital by the Germans. In ad
dition the French authorities have
ordered aeroplane patrols to guard
against any further raids by German
aviatoTS. A number of French aero
planes are continually flying in the
neighborhood of Paris and others
kept in readiness to attack any of the
German airmen who appear in the
sky.
Newspaper reports to London said
the Germans were operating in the
district between Alost and Termonde,
Belgium, and that the latter town
was being bombarded.
The attitude of Turkey is awaited
with anxiety and a Petrograd (St.
Petersburg) dispatch says she Is mo
bilizing in the Perrsian boundary but
slowly.
Another list of British causualtles,
officially reported at London, numbers
casualties at 5,228, of whom 470 are
killed and wounded, and 4,758 are
missing. The list shows a large pre
centage of officers.
GERMANS ARE ADVANCING.
The messages as received at Say
ville, L. I., were garbled and could
not be fully read. The intelligible
portions read as follows:
"The Austrian center completely
defeated the Russians, taking 160
guns. The Austrian right wing near
Lemberg, struggling against superior
Russian troops, was relieved.
"All French forts in Northern
BELGIANS ENTERING THE BATTLE OF HAELEN
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EARL KITCHENER
Earl Kitchener, who was recalled to
London as he was leaving England for
Egypt and appointed secretary of state
for war.
)France were taken without a fight.
IDnly Maubeuge holds out. German
Icavalry and artillery make rides
J(probably raids as far as Paris. The
JGerman army has crossed the Aisne
and is advancing on the Marne, where
already siege guns arrived. French
nlarmy retreating behind Marne near
Verdun.
"The victory of General Hintin
iburg's army is increasing every day.
JNumber of Russian prisoners now
90,000.
"A memorial of the German Cath
Jolic Cardinals to the Conclave at
jRome attacks foreign lines about the
jGerman army. Germany is at war,
Jnot for conquest, but Russia was a
real aggressor and a Russian victory
would do the greatest harm to Cath
olics in Russian Poland.
"The town nan at L.ouyam was not
hurt, likewise St. Peter's Church and
all treasures were saved."
NO SACRIFICE TO OGREAT FOR
GERMANS FOR SUCCESS.
The departure of Emperor William
"in the direction of Mayence" (that is
as much as the press was permitted to
know or report about it) may be said
to mark the beginning of this great
European war, so far as Germany is
concerned.
As in 1870, the more important of
the Emperor's advisers went to the
front with him. The party included
Chanvellor von Bethmann-Hollwegg,
Secretary of State von Jagow. War
Minister von Falkenhayn and other
high governmental and army officials.
The plan of campaign is that
thought out many years ago and never
since departed from to bend all ener
gies at the very outset to the smashing
of German's Western neighbor. Rus
sia is to be left to Austria until France
shall have been disposed of.
No one can come in daily contact
with the officers of the general staff
without being impressed with their
confidence in an eventual and abso
lute victory.
That the cost will be high is not
for a moment doubted, but the men
in charge of operations are determin
ed to make any racrifice, no matter
how appalling.
The people are inclined to under
rate the size of the task before the
German arms. They are, however,
ready to pay the cost of victoryf how
ever great it may be.
HEAVY FIGHTING GOING ON.
London. A dispatch to Reutert
Telegraph Company from Ostend,
timed 7:45 p. m., said:
"At this moment there is heavy
fighting going on between Alost and
Termonde, Belgium. The railway near
Alost has been blown up. Travelers
from Brussels were obliged to pass
Ithrough NIneove and Alost and then
to return south to Denderlecuw,
whence they proceeded by the way of
Gottegem and Ghent to Ostend.
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ALLIES VIGIOHS
AT PRECY-SUR-D1SE
GERMAN RIGHT GIVES GROUND
BEFORE FORCES OF THE
ALLIES.
RUSSIA DRIVES AUSTRIANS
Center of Skirmish East of Paris Re
mains Unchanged Fighting of
German Left Proceed With
No Advantage.
Apart from the announcement that
the German forces have fallen back
before offensive tactics of the allies
On the line from Nanteuil-Le-Haudo-
uin to Verdun, the most interesting
report contained in a dispatch to
The London Evening News from
Boulogne in which the French com
mander, General Pau is given as au
thority for the statement that the
allies have won a victory at Precy-Sur-Oise
in which the Imperial
Guard, under the crown prince of Ger
many, is alleged to have bene annihil
ated by a British force.
The British official bureau says
that the plans of French Commander-in-Chief,
General Joffre, are being car
ried out steadily and that the allies
have succeeded in forcing back in
northastern direction the German
forces opposed to them.
Paris officially reports that the
allies have advanced their left wing
without energetic opposition by the
Germans and that several engage
ments on the Ourq river have favored
the French-British.
The Russian army operating in Ga
licia is reported still to be driving
back the Austrians.
The casualty list as a result of the
blowing up of the British cruiser
Pathfinder by a mine in the North Sea
comprises four men killed, 13 wound
ed and 242 missing.
The Evening News dispatch:
"A telegram has been received
from General Pau , announcing a vic
tory by the allied forces under Field
Marshal Sir John French, command
ing the British and General D'Ammade
at Precy-Sur-Oise, about 25 miles
north of Paris.
The allies were drawn across the
northern line with the center at
Precy. The English troops were on
the left and the French on the right.
The former had in front of them the
Imperial Guard under Crown Prince
Frederick William.
"On both wings, it is reported, the
allies were successful.
"The German left was held by the
French and retired to the North.
"The Imperial Guard, who were or
dered to surrender, were annihilated
by the British. It is reported that the
Crown Prince was in their midst."
The British official bureau has re
ceived no confirmation of this mes
sage. German Losses 350,000 Men.
London. A Post correspondent
wiring from a point not given in the
dispatch has seen a letter from a high
German officer invalided home in
which he states:
"The war is not going quite as we
expected and the resistance of the al
lied forces is extraordinary. We are
beginning to feel nervous as to re
sults. , "The German losses are terrible, so
terrible that the emperor has forbid
den their disclosure. Our generals
have been wantonly wasteful with our
men, who have been mowed down in
thousands.
"While it is impossible to say what
our losses are, I estimate them at be
tween 350,000 and 400,000. If they
continue at this rate, we shall be
quite unable to meet Russia with any
hope of success."
French Force Advantage.
Paris. In the 'fighting which is go
ing on to the east and northeast of
Paris, the German forces have their
backs -toward the CapitaL French
troops are harassing their march.
From time to time the Germans turn
and engage the French at their back.
French shells fall continually In the
German rear.
Captured Czernowitz.
Petrograd, via London. A dispatch
from Bucharest via Odessa announces
the entry of Russian troops Into Czer
nowitz. An earlier dispatch from
London reported that the Russians had
entered Czernowitz unopposed.
Lert 3,000 Dead.
London. A Reuter dispatch from
Antwerp confirms earlier dispatches
of a German repulse Friday at Chap-
pelle-Au-Bois and says they left 3,000
dead on the field. Many Gormans, the
dispatch adds, returned to Brussels.
SAVE COTll CROP
CATAWBA WILL MAKE BIG EP
FORT TO SAVE HER SMALL
. CROPS.
DISCUSSED AT A MEETING
Hickory Sends Committee to Char-lotte-Newton.Meeting
to Get In
formation on Their Plans.
Hickory. Although Catawba coun
ty does not produce as great a bulk'
of cotton as some of the other coun
ties of the state, yet with a great
many of our farmers it is the princi
pal money crop, and with some of the
larger farmers, whose crops are
more diversified it constitutes a rank
ing crop when the value of it is taken,
into consideration. As with cotton;
farmers everywhere In the South the
war in Europe will have a detriment
al effect on the exportation and con
sequently lowering of the price, Ca
tawba farmers realize this and are
starting a movement loking to the
establishment of a bonded warehouse-
for the storing of the cotton raised in
the county.
At a meeting of representative far
mers, business men and bankers and
manufacturers held here the matter
was discussed quite freely from the
various standpoints, including the cost
of storing, the number of bales
likely to be stored, location of ware
house, character of building and
means by which the farmer could se
cure an advance on his cotton, Mr. A.
C. Shuford, who has been visiting
among the farmers of the county for
several weeks getting their opinions
on the feasibllty of having euch aj
warehouse was present and said he
was convinced the greater number of
the cotton growers would take advan
tage of the warehouse if they wer
given an opportunity, and many of
them, he believed, would take stock
in such an undertaking.
A oommittee consisting of A. C. Shu
ford, chairman; J. D. Elliott, K. C.
Menzies, W. B. Gaither and T. F Con
nor was appointed to go to Charlotte
and see how Mecklenburg county han
dled the warehouse there. A mas3
meeting was called to be held In
Newton Saturday at which time the
committee will make their report
Haywood Offers Big Fair.
Waynesville. The Haywood Coun
ty Fair, which is to be held October
6, 7, 8and S, bids to ba the. most
successful In the history of the asso
ciation, not only In the attractions for
tho midway and races, but in an edu
cational and social way as well. Ac
cording to information given out by
the secretary, special strero wi'l be
placed upon tue livestock exhibits, as
tuis feature Iius been eliminated from
t'-.o Western North Car ni.n Fa!r,
which is held at Asheville, making the
Ilaj'wood Fair the only oae. in western
Ncrth Carolina having & livestock
show. This means a material increase
for the Haywood Fair in the showing
of horses, mules, sheep, cattle and
swine.
Off to Fort Worth.
Charlotte. Messrs. T. B. Parker of
Wake, J. R.. Reeves of Lee, W. J. Shu
ford of Catawba, E. S. Millsaps of Ire
dell, J. F. Cameron of Kinston and
Dr. R. L. Gidney of Cleveland left
recently for Fort Worth Texas, to at
tend the annual convention of the Far
mers' Union as representatives of the
North Carolina division. President H.
Q. Alexander could not attend owing
to the press of business in the state
as a result of the conference in Ral
eigh on the price of cotton and hence
he sent his alternate, Mr. Cameron.
Worm Damages Tobacco.
Newbern. Reports reaching New
bern from Pamlico County, where
considerable tobacco Is being grown
this season, are to the eeffct that a
worm which very much resembles the
well-known tobacco worm, has of late
caused considerable damage to the
growing crop. This worm, it is said,
not only devours the young leaves and
sheets but also the larger and bettor
developed leaves.
110 Freshmen at Davidson.
Davidson. The fall term of college
has begun, with the formal assemblage
of students and professors at chapel
and the assigning of regular class
work according to the printed sched
ule. All of the professors were In
place except Dr. Thomas W. Lingle,
who has a fairly good excuse.
The old students have been return
ing quite promptly and the new men
have come in very rapidly. The en
rollment of new students now reaches
the number of 115, about 110 of these
beics freshiren.
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