PAGE TWO
TUESDAY, SEPT. 11, J91G
REIDSVILLE REVIEW REIDSVILLE, N. C.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE
Sugar refineries in San FranclBco
have cut the price of sugar 75 cents
oh the 100 pounds.
The Senate has rejected the nonii
nation of Dixon C. Williams, appoint
ed postmaster at Chicago
. Despite the unsettled conditions in
Mexico trade between that country
and the United States broke all rec
ords in the fiscal year ended June i).
Joseph JJurrows Tree, many years
superintendent of the division of
the Western Union including Virginia
and the Carolinas, died In Richmond
one day the past week, aged 8:). He
learned . telegraphy fin the first Morse
line between Washington and Laiil-more.
Suit for $1,000, non was filed by Hen
ry Ford, the Detroit manufacturer,
against the Chicago. Tribune in th"
United StatoH Court at Chicago. Mr.
Ford, asks for. 'personal damages as
compensation for an editorial printed
in the Tribune June 2.'! which It is
charged called Ford an "Anarchl-.t."
COMMENT.
ine henate adopted t.'ie con lore wo
report on the revenue hill without a
record. vote. Following disposition
the bill Senator Hughes of New .Jer
sey, provoked the anger of Sonatoi
Penrose and other Republican mem
bers' who threatened to demand the
presence of a quorum, by insisting
on reading a speech of t he lat e I 'res
ident MMvlnley favoring the eight
hour day. Senator Hughes 'declared
that the McKInloy attitude was ni
at range contrast to that of Mr. Hughes
Republican Presidential ' candidate.
Production of the f.irm crops at tiie
country was forercasted by the He
partsnunt of Agriculture from their
September, conditions or at the time
of harvest as follows: Spring wheat.
156.000,000 ' bushels; nil wheat, ..till,
000,000 bushels; corn, 2, 71 0,000. 00
bushels. The condition of spring
wheat is 48.6; corn, 71.3. Hot and ii ry
weather during August caused a less
of 6.7,000,000 bushels in the prospec
tive (production of the corn crop, 4:1,
000,000 bushels in the spring wheat
crop, 43,000,000 bushels in the oats
crop and 46,000,000 bushels in pota
toes. Tobacco production prospects
Increased 27,000,000 pounds.
The 15,000 guardsmen returned
from the border by the recont order
of the War Department, have been or
dered mustered out of the federal per
vice. The guardsmen remaining on
the border stay there for the present.
The troops affected are three regi
ments from New York, two from New
Jersey, one from Maryland, two from
Illinois, two from Missouri, one om
California, one from Oregon, one from
Washington and one from Louisiana.
The plans for mustering out the reg
iments will be executed under the
rlous departmental commanders rili
In whose jurisdiction these orgahlza
tons are placed. . In niany Instances
where there is no reason to hold ilicm
because of disease Infection th mus
tering out will bo done immediately.
Guilford's Good Roada.
The people of Guilford County have
recently joined lit a demonstrative
celebration of the opening ot tho hard
aurfaced roadway between Gr.'ins
boro and High Point. There was a
great display of decorated auDmo
biles, a large gatherng of people and
a considerable amount or happy ora
tory, and all of It was worth whll i.
One of the speakers of the duv
Judge W. P. Bynura apimared to have
been inspired with figures, fact a.ul
deduction. It was a fine record of
achievement he traced from Uio time
Guilford issued JliOO.OOO in bonds in
1903 and set to work building good
roads.; From the beginning of nctuil
constructive work in 11(04, Guilford
has completed 120 miles of macadam
roads. 150 miles of sand-clay roads
and 20 miles of concrete-asphalt road,
the latter being the highway whose
opening -was- being celebrated. Judge
liynuni turned the occasion to advan
tage in emphasizing the fact that the
good road has much more than an In
dustrial value. He attributed Guil
ford's gain in population since l'.tc.J
from 40,000 to 7,000 largely to tho
advantage growing out of the system
of good roads that had been built.
Likewise, the good roads were given
credit for the increase in taxable
values of the county from f9.9.r5,2ys
to I33.629.44S. Tho Judge did not fall
to make review of the good, roads
from another and a more Important
standpoint, aiso. This is in their con
tributlon to the comforts and advan
tages of life in the country. Thi
speakers did not dwell very much on
the matter of maintenance of tba
roads, but that was a superflous sub
ject In connection with the character
of the road whose finishing was be
Ing celebrated. It will need but little
attention from the road repairer for
years to come. It is the character of
road that is destined to come Into
general adoption by North Carolina
counties and that will probably bo of
first. extension from High Point to
Charlotte. Certainly the Guilford
County good roads' celebration was a
f.ne thing. It established a focus front
which the Infection will extend in
more or less degree throughout every
county in North Carolina. Charlotte
Observer.
Yeoman Shield.
The lack of decisive battles in
the European war is perplexing
While there have been many greater
battles than were beforre fought,
measured by loss of life, students of
this war are impressed with the fact
that neither side has been able to
pain a battle that seemed to settle
anything, or bring the end nearer.
In many wars of the past a single oat
tle has decided the issue. When the
French were driven off the field at
Waterloo, the Napoleonic wars were
ended; when Lee was defeated at
Gettysburg, and had to move nis
army Southward, that, was the begin-'
ning of the end of the Civil War. The
hattle of Verdun has lasted twenty'
weeks. More men have been killed
ind wounded in this battle than were
killed and wounded in our ennsc
four yeass' Civil War. l ei noiuu, is
lecided. The explanation is round in
the improved methods or w.iujij.
chiefest among them b ing the Irench
uul the artillery guns. Up to the time
of the British offensive a few weeks
ago, H ana ieen jjr.u:m
bio for either sido- to take a trench.
'rf. the day in the early part, ot t.ie
war when tne uei iiiann ivlucu iksu.
before 'Paris, and entrenched them
selves on the four hundred mile be
tween Switzerland and the North .Sea.
there has been little advance by eith
er army. ,
A trench Is some six feet deep, or
dinarllv. and in it the soldiers fight
uiih their bodies Protected. Fow
trenches have been captured by eli
Hide. Until the British began their
recent drive, it seemed impossible to
take a. trench except by the hand
trrennrin or eas. When a number or
grenade throwers approach clos
enough to throw their infernal exp!
sives. wnicn nave neen lgnutju jum
before throwing, into the trench, the
effect is so deadly that the trench is
eleaimd. Hut this does not h:ipen
often. When either side sends th
deadly fumes of gas Into' the trenches
or the enemy, ine uencnes are uv.u;-
ii .ted. A trench coulil not be taken
In any other manner because it -was
so well defended by a line of artillery
guns Just behind it. Imagine a .trench
twenty-five miles long, as at Verdun. INCREASE
This is the line the Germans ha;
been trying to capture for five months.
The trench is filled with French sol
diers defending, and just behind them
are the artillery field guns. Each gun
(ires two hundred shells without re
loading. Each shell is as big 'around
as your arm, and is filled wth shrap
nel. There Is a groove around tho
nose of the shell, ifnd a fuse around
the groove. As the shell leaves the
machine gun it is ignited and ex
plodes a few seconds later. Tho gun
Is on a swivel, and swings as it shoots
It Is aimed about four feet above the
ground, and as it swings from one
side of the field to the other, It rap
idly discharges its two hundred
shots. This gun is followed by an
other, and another. This Is ca'Iod a
curtain fire, because in front of the
trench where the shells are exploding
there is a vcritablel curtain in the air
of shell fire. And it through this hell
of shell fire that the German boys
have been charging at Verdun for
twenty weeks.
declared that there had been no con
sultation among the soldiers. There
had been no agreement not to charge,
Some soit of pschological influence
controlled every man. Every soldier
had doggedly determined that he
would not desecrate his dead and
wounded comrades by trampling over
their dead bodies. It was not fear ot
death -It was respect for the dead
and dying. It was heroic.
Four weeks ago, with their three
million fresh troops that had never
yet seen the battle line, England
commenced the offensive against the
German trenches just Northwest ot
Verdun. England brought a new
artillery gun to the line. At Verdun
the Germans had been unable to de
stroy the French trench with their
field guns, but the new mortar gun
used by England literally tore up the
German trenches, and battered down
ill obstacles, including breastworks.
barriers ami barb wire entanglements.
The great field guns were aimed di
rcct.lv against the first German
Irench. By signals from the air the
Mvintoiw wAuId give tho gunners the
proper distance. After a day's bom
bardment along several miles of the
first, trench, suddenly tho guns would
lie elevated and directed against th
second German trench. Immediately
the British soldiers would charge
He first trench, underneath the shell
from the artillery guns which were
bombarding tin- second trench. The
British soldiers would clean out and
capture the Germans who remained
in the first trench. Later the British
guns would be again elevated to reach
the third German trench. Then again,
underneath the shells of the artillery
guns, the British soldiers would
charge the. second trench. Then rail
way tracks would be laid across the
torn up trenches, upon which uie hug3
guns would be moved forward, and
the same process would be repeated.
This has enabled the British to drive
the Germans back some fifteen or
twenty miles in a month's fight.
Should they be able to keep this up.
however, it will take many months for
them to drive tho Germans back sev
enfy miles across France and then
entirelv across Belgium before they
reach the German frontier.
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BUSINESS
TISING.
BY ADVER
A German soldier-who. was wound
ed at Verdun, had been sent home to
Berlin and was convalescing, told the
writer the thrilling story of a battle
at Dead Man's Hill. The Gorman ar
tillery fire had been directed at the
first French trench for half a day,
Suddenly the artillery fire stopped,:
and the Germans charged right up to
the edge of the trench. They were
mowed down by the curtain lire ef
the French, and practically everv ono.
of thoiu killed or wounded. So strong
had been the German artillery fire
that It had partly filled up the 'first
French trench. The explosives would
strike In front, break down the wail,
and partly fill the trench with earth;
Ordinarily the trench is six feet deep
and the bodies of the defenders are
protected, but at this particular
trench filled wit h earth, the Front h
boys had to climb on top of tho earth
as it was battered into the bottom of
their trench, until finally about halt
of their bodies were exposed. The ;
Germans were niakng ready for an
other charge, when : t he French sol
diers gathered the dead bodies of tho
German boys that 'were lying in front
of their trench, and rimmed the trench
with them In' order .'that they might
be hotter protected. This gives a:i
idea of the state of mind to ' which
war reduces men. Men, indeed, must
be worse than the savage beasts to
attack or defend such a human breast
work. Undaunted the German sol
diers charged again, and again were
literally mower down by the French
artillery. Tho third battalion of Ger
mans were brought up, and orderod
to charge. Tho boy who told us this
story belonged to this battalion.. When
the order to charge was givtm, not :(
soldier moved. Again the order was
given, and not a soldier moved. Thi
officer demanded an explanation when
one of the sold leYs stepped out, sa
luted, and said: '."You 'know that. we
are not cowards. We are ready to
charge into the curtain flro. although
It means certain death. Our courage
has often been tested before, and you
know It has never failed. But we re
fuse now to charge 'over the dead an.1
wounded bodies of our comrades v. ho
lie In front of the French trench."
And they did not charge. The boy
Some local merchants wonder why
it is that the mail order business is
constantly increasing, when to the
mind of a man who knows the first
principles of advertising it is per
fectly plain. If local merchants, es
pecially furniture and dry goods deal-
ens, would pront ny me expei-iem-a
of the mail order houses, who nave
built up their business solely from
the proper kind of advertising, they
would have hauled away from their
stores tho car loads of furniture that
come to tne iroignc unites .
month from mail order houses.
The housewife is the one who gen
erally selects the furniture tor the
home and if she can pick up a mail
order catalogue and in a few min
utes select what she wants, it is a
settled fact that she is not going to
walk to the furniture store, or if she
lives in the country hitch up and
drive in, to look over the local man's
stock to see If he has what she
wants. Instead she is going to wrilo
out an order for the article she wants
and have it delivered to the freight
depot and all the trouble there is to
it will be to have a team stop and get
it sometime when in town.
If the local man would advertise
properly the new articles that he re
ceives nnd constantly keep the puolic
informed as to what he carries in
stock all the trouble t would bo to
the housewife when she wanted an ar
ticles would be to call the merchant
over the telephone and tell hun to
load tho article wanted on the -wagon..!
when it came to town. The wjty the
niajorlty of local merchants carry on
their business the public will never
know what they bavo in stock.
The time is coming when a man
who won't advertise will .be' consider
ed' out of tho game, or rather will
have to get out and make room for
progressive men who are building up
their business by advertising.
The above facts are true in every
line of the mercantilo business and
it is encouraging to the newspaper to
know that the majorty of the mer
chants are waking up on this ques
tion. However, there are.-those'. wi;a
are, vyond redemption and they will
be buried so deep they will never be
able to see light Of prosperity that
Will come to those who are taking ad
vantage of proper advertising meth
ods, Exchange.
Livestock Raising In North Carolina
North Carolina, with its 22.noo.ooo
acres of uncultivated land, offers un
rivalled opportunities for the raising
of cattle on; an extensive scale, 'be
cause of the mild winters, plentiful
supplly of pure fresh water; winter
pastures, peanuts, soy beans, potatoes
and corn. Pork can ; be produced in
this State at any time at a third loss
per hundred than in the middle West.
Developed and undeveloped lands
adapted to live stock may he pur.
chased at attractive prices and will
pay handsome returns on the Investment.
Consldeilng the country as i
whole, the prevalence of infantilo
paralysis has begun to diminish, ac
cording to the1 weekly bulletin of in
United States Public Health Servi-e.
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PINNiX'S WAREHOUSE
REIDSVILLE, N. C.
TO THE TOBACCO FARMERS:
Knowing that many of you have been too busy to come to town and that
you would like to hear hew tobacco is selling, I take great pleasure in tell
ing you that I have nsver seen the same grades sell quite as high since I
have been in the warehouse business, as they are selling now. I had my
opening sale on August the 15th, and Jhave a nice sale every day since. I
have averaged over $12.00 per hundred for everything I have sold consist
ing entirely of priming, and today, Sept. 6, my sale averaged $16 83. All
the buyers are on the market and are anxious for tobacco. When you get
some ready come to see me and I will make you the best sale you have had
in forty years.
JACKP1NN1X
Such
tobacco
enjoyment
as you never thought
could be is yours to
command "quick as
you buy some Prince
Albert and fire-up a
pipe or a home-made
cigarette!
Prince Albert gives
you every tobacco sat
isfaction your smoke
appetite ever hankered
for. That's because
it's made by a patented
process that curs out
bite and parch! Prince Albert has always
been sold without coupons or premiums.
We prefer to give quality 1
'NCil.il:l;vi! i . I I
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of thi tidr red tin
you will read: "Pro
ceae Patented July
30th, 1907," which
has made Arce men
moke pipes where
dim smoked before I
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iOMOBURNINOPIK AND
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MSEALBEHT
the national joy smoke
has a flavor as different as it is delightful.
And that isn 't strange, either.
You never tasted the like of it!
Bay Princ Albert every'
where tobacco is told in
toppy red bag. 5c; tidy red
tine, 10c; handsome pound
and half-pound tin humi
dor and that corking fine
pound cryital- glass humi
dor uiith sponge-moist ener
top that keeps the tobacco
in such clever trios always I
Men who think they can't smoke a pipe or roll a ciga
rette can smoke and will smoke if they use Princa
Albert. And smokers who have not yet given P. A. a try
out certainly have a big surprise and a lot of enjoyment
coming their way as soon as they invest in a supply.
Prince Albert tobacco will tell its own story 1
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO, Winston-Salem, N. C. Li
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