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THE EEVIBW COVERS BOCKINGIIAII LIKE THE MORNING DEW AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES LIKE THE SUNSHINE ON A CLEAR DAY Iffc Of u urn I V W M I Mi reidsville, n. a, ( Friday, nov 2, 1917 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS 'VOLUME XXX No. 66 THOUSAND MILES OF ITALY IS OVERRUN ,A SUMMARY OF THE WORLD WAR EVENTS OF GREAT IM PORTANCE THAT HAVE TRAN SPIRED SINCE OUR LAST JS SUE.' TUESDAY From the bead of the Gulf of Trieste northward (along the Iaonzo from to" beyond Tolmino and thenca westward through the Carnic Alps re. gion to th Floecken pass, forming the eastern and northeastern boun daries of the Austro-ItaUan war front, the Grman and Austro-Huugarian tioops are operating swiftly and strongly against the Italians in an endeavor to crush the forces of Gen era) Cadorna. Already the Germans, according to the German official communication, are standing before the town of Udine the former grand headquarters, of the Italian army, having been driven on past Cividale. In the pross west ward from Goriza th Germans have captured the town of Cormona, ten miles to the southwest of Udine, and the entire Italian line southward to the head of te Adriatic is reported to jt in retreat. In addition to the wedges driven Into the Italian front on the east ana northeat, the Teutonic allies have started a third wedge in the north lllruuu l ut) riuovoou kfo, ""t evidently oeing to cui ou m roirei .of: the greater portion of General Ca- doina's armies moving west ana southwest. The Italian com'mander inhit, however, reports that his men are checking the advance in th i rec-inn. Evidently the weakness among the Italians Ties been entirely over come, as Cadorna says mat ail move ments ordered by the general staff , now are being carried out in. regular order and that the Italians are ful JMing their duty "by keeping in check the enemy a advance wio me piams. Meanwhile in order to aid the Ital ians in their nour or u-uudiw,, urew. Britain and France are preparing to lend immediate aid, and the ipossibiil-" Ity 5s that already troops are being hastened across the western imnu .ni ani hv wav of Turin and Ml- ian to me oauio nvm m As a result of the Teutonic allied offensive, internal conditions in Italy are declared to have been unified, the preponderinig Idea of the entire pop- : ulaUon" now being to abolish party lines in order to meet the situation In the best interest of the country. Even the cabinet crisis is expected to be solved with comparatively tew changes lu portfolios. On the western front, in France and Belgium, little fighting has taken place except in. the nature of bom bardments, although on the Verdun fronts the Germans in an attack near Chaume wood captured a portion of a French trench. Later, however, they were driven out from the most of it, On that, portion of the line held by ;the Americans the first German pris oner taken has died of wounds sus- .tained in ."No-Man's Land" when he tailed to obeyi a command to halt, r Thee Americans dally are shelling the 'Germans, with the Germans answering their fire. Snow has fallen In the region where the Americans :are entrenched. On the Russian front the Germans In their continued evacuation have .withdrawn from the entire Werder peninsula, projecting Into Moon sound In the Gulf of Riga. The possibility is that their ilk-success in landing : further forces last week caused the 1 decl&ioa to withdraw the troops. WEDNESDAY .The drive of the German and Aus tro-Hungarlan armies, begun a week : ago against the eastern and north- ; theater, continues unabated, but with '. the Italian cavalry fighting rear guard i actions to cover the retreat of the . Italians to positions chosen for a stand and the Teutonic allies also being Impeded by the flooded condl : taoa of the Tagliamento river. i Udine, former headquarters of the 'Italian army in eastern Venetia, has : been captured by the invaders who also are pressing the Italians west ward from the Isonzo front and In vading Italian territory from the -north through passes in the Carnic .Alps. The Invasion of the province of Venetia from the 'east, with Udine - the apex of tbe drive, already Is . . an 11 I J - I I aooui i) in new, qui u jti uu ueuoito information is at hand from which it is possible to Judge the extent of the advance of the Teutons in the other districts. If the movement from the north keeps pace with that from the northeast and the tast, how. ever, the predicament of General Ca Jorna's forces necessarily will be a serious one and it Is not beyond the realms of possibility that unless the eastern armies are able to make a stand on the plains of Friulla fur ther considerable numbers of the Italians will be captured. Nothing has been vouchsafed in either the Italian, German or Austrian official communications to indicate what the situation is in the Trentino sector, which lies to the northwest of the present zone of activity, but it is not probable that If, as unofficial advices have stated, the Austro-Swiss frontier has been dosed; reinforce ments both from Germany and Aus tria, are being hurried up for an of fensive of great magnitude in this re gion. The driving back of the Ital ias southward in this region might seriously affect the plans of the en tente allies to eend relief to General Cadorna If the route chosen for this purpose were acioss the Frinco-lta!-Han border and eastward by rail. In the retreat of the Italians, the British artillery units which early in the spring were sent to the Isonzo front to aid the Italians in their drive toward Trieste saved all their guns, but f&e men suffered severely from cold, the inclement weather and lack of food. THURSDAY Virtually one thousand square miles of Itaffian territory have been over run, more than 120,000 Italians have been made prisoners and in excess of 1,000 guns nave been captured by the German and Austro-Hungarian armies In their eight days' drive from the Isonzo and Garnlc Alps fronts of the Austro-Italian iwar theater. ".From the east the enemy ivaslon on the center of the battle front now is wiell within gun range of the Taglia mente river, where It has been pre sumed that General Cadorna would turn and make a stand. The Italian commander-in-chief, however, has not yet brought his troops about to face the enemy, but is continuing Ms re treat with the rear guards harassing the advance. ; Just where , Cadorna purposes to give battle has not be come apparent. Neither is it known how weal the northern and southern flanks of his army tare keeping pace with the retirement in the center. .' According to the latest Berlin offi cial communication announcing the heavy losses to the Italians in men and guns, engagements successful for the Teutons have taken place on I the Tagfllamento plain, while the itome communication announces that there has been fighting on the hills of St, Daniele Del Fruili, along the Ledra canal, at points northwest of Udine and from four to five miles east of the Tagliamento. Meanwhile preparations to aid the Italians in their hour of extremity are being rushed by all the allies. Jules Cambon, general secretary of the French ministry of foreign agairs, In a statement has expressed the con viction that the Italians will be able to stem the tide of the invasion with the aid of French and British troops sent to reinforce them. The Ameri can government Is to waive all export restrictions in favor of Italy, (permit ting that country to take whatever Materials she requires, regardless of prospective shortages here. A large amount of shipping also is to be giv en Italy to work in conjunction with her own merchant marine in taking supplies overseas. The nw Italian premier in a mes sage to General Cadorna has assured the commander-in-chief that all class es of the populace of Italy are with him, in hour of trial and will stand by him and the army until victory rests with them. A similar message was sent by the (British prime minis ter. . SUM another mutiny among the Ger mans is reported. This time it was among the troops in Belgium, who are declared to have refused to go to the front and even to have fred on their officers, several of whom were wound ed. FARMER NEAR REIDSVILLE , HAS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE "I dont think anybody ever suffer ed more pain than I have. Twice I was operatedn for gall stones and a third operation was advised. A friend in Iowa wrote me how he was cured by taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. I took a bottle "On his advice with good results and have also taken the full course). My pains are all gone nd I feel I am permanently cured. It removes the catarrhal mucous from the Intestinal tract, and allays the tnflamation which cause practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ail ments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refund ed. A new serial, "The Gray Ghost," starts at the Grande Friday. I SIGN PLEDGE CARDS A special to The Review from Ral eigh says: The office of the Food Adminlstratior hene estimates that no less than 100,000 food pledge cards were signed in 100 contles of North Carolina during the first three work lng days of the great nation-wide food pledge campaign.' Requests for add! tlonal food pledge cards and home instruction cards are being received every hour by State Food" Adimrastra tor Henry, A. Page. Mr. Page is now confident that the Qlarge organization which he has built up in North Caroli na will handle the campaign in most effective manner. Mr. Page this morning received a ringing telegram from Herbert Hoov er, United States Food Administrator, congratulating him and the workers in the organization uvon the effective n ess of their work and calling atten tion anew to the vital importance of conservation. Mr. Hoover's telegram was as follows: "As finally) enrollment week opens wish to expi ess to you and the thousands of volunteer workers help ing you in your State my congratu lations for the effectiveness of pre liminary preparations and our grati fication over the prospects of the im mense success of the pledge card cam paign in all parts of the Nation, Please assure them that in my opinion no effort exceeds them in patriotism or In efiectlveness for world civili zation of our success and for our Allies in War or for our own National welfare.' ' . "Every day brings added evidence of the truth that food will win the war, and of the dire need of our Al lies for food. If we Americans by voluntary democratic -efforts, all as individuals doing our part under Gov- err anient direction to save this food to ship, we shall assure., victory for wortd diermocracy against autocracy; be in position to ameliorate price conditions in the United States, and prepare ourseves to cope successfully with :tha laeriUJMa " economic " pres sure that will follow peace." , Smaller Cigarette Passages A new style package of cigarettes will make its appearance on the mar ket in the next few weeks to do away with the 1, 2 and 3 cents extra which is now helng charged. This will con tain a smaller number of cigarettes and will be in multiplies of five as be fore the revenue war bill went into effect. ; Under the new arrangement the consumer, however will not only pay the tax, but will pass over a ntat sum in addition. Brands which have been packed in tens will be packed in eights ; twenty will cut to sixteen This will eMow the dealers to sell then at 5. 10, 15 and other figures which do not add 1 cent or 2 or 3 to the nickel. , A large number of dealers have ad vanced their prices beyond a sum necessary to absorb the tax, and this new package will cut the ertra profit for this class of dealer. They have been charging 18 cents for a 15 cent package of cigarettes containing, ten, whereas the tax, even on goods pur chased since the law went into effect would only be four-fifths of a cent on a (package. For twenty cigarettes the tax, at 80 cents a thousand, Is only 1 3-5 cents a package and the dealers who raised their price to 18 cents absorbed the difference. The increase to 18 cents was not general in this city, and an effort was made by some dealers to discourage the charging of 18 cents. Authority for the manufacturers to get out the new style packages is con tained in the law which says that they may, pack cigarettes and. small cigars weighing not more than three pounds per thousand in packages of five, eight, ten, twelve, fifteen, srjx teeen, twenty, twenty-four, forty, fif ty, eighty or one hundred. The 15-oent packages or sixteen cigarettes at the old rate, with war tax added will be worth only 13 7-25 a package. The consumer, according ly, beside paying the war tax, will pay 1 18-25 cents additional. The 6 cent packages of eight cigarettes, at the old rate, will be worth only 6 16-25 cents per package, eo that the con sumer will pay 9-25 cent extra in ad dition to me war tax. The 15-cent packages of eight cigarettes, at the obi rate, with war tax added, will be worth onTy 12 16-25 cents, so that the user will pay 2 9-25 cents extra ta addition to the tax. Richmond Spe cial. Cut Out Useless Complaints. The time wasted lu complaining be cause the job Is hard would often be more than sufficient to pat that Job fia the list of "has beens." A HUNDRED AND O DO oooooooooooo O ;,NEW SUBSCRIBERS O ,V AND RENEWALS O OUR LAST ISSUE O i . O . J. W. Roberts, L. L. French, O Rev. D. W. Overby, W. F. O i Glass, Mrs. L. D. Siddle, C. P. O 'Soyars, J. W. French, Wm. V. O 'iOranda, Miss Margaret Boyd, , D. I. Cummings, Wm. Stokes, O Miss Margaret Hancock, Mrs. O , Mollie Hubbard. G. W. Martin, O W; L. Cole, J. H. Evans, T. G. O ' Evans, Mtea Effle Bangle, J. O " II. Varner, Mrs. R. L. DibreU, O T.f H. Smothers G. W. Smith. O S,'f M. Hopper, J. F. Durham, O Miss Sue Willis, H. W. McGe O hie, B..M. Hitchcock, Win O , I&Iey, Mrs.M. A. White, R. L. O Perkln4 F. L. Johnston, S. O ; F,, Taylor, Pari Williamson, L. O ;' S. Overman, Roy Mayes, Al O bert WUHamson, Mrs. C. W. O, Blnghjam, Samuel Nal, Mis. W. O I It Nelson, Dr. Harvey Robln O son, A. G. Simmons, Pritchard O CJummings, E. H. Mathwson, O Boot. Halrston, A. Hamlin, J. -O A. Tally, Cabell Davis. FELIX MILES' STORE BURGLAR t IZED ON TUESDAY NIGHT 1 BurgJars entered the clothing store of Felix Miles on Gilmer Street Tues day night and carried fiS about $200 worth of goods. They broke the thick plate glass In one of the front doors and opened the door from the inside. Five suits of clothing, a number of rain eoats, sweaters, some underwear a watch and some Jewelry and many other articles were carried off. Dr. Eaton, who passed tbe building about 1:30 o'clock saw a man ad boy coming out the front door, but did not suspect them of being burglars. JHelner's Store on Scales street was entered from the rear by thieves Sat urday night. They carried off a small quanSity! of merchandise. No clues to the burglars in either case have been secured by the (police. "'Sural Carrier Examination The United States Civil "Service Commission has announced an exam ination for the County of Rockingham, N, C, to "be held at Martinsville, Va., and Reid'sville, on December 8, 1917, to fill the position of rural carrier at Stoneville, N. C. and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from other post offices in the above-mentioned county. The examination will be open only to male citizens who are actually domiciled in the terri tory of a post office In the county) and who meet the other requirements set forth in Form No. 1977. " The vacancy for which this exami nation is announced U caused by the entfistmlent of the carrier formerly employed on the route. Upon his honorable discbarge from the mili tary Bervlce of the Government he will be. entitled to reinstatement to his formr position as carrier on this route In accordance with the statute approved July 28, 1916. However, any person appointed to this position may, in the discretion of the Post Office Department, be assigned to other parts of the postal service; or transferred to other branches of the classified service for which he is eligible. PRITCHETT-LAUTEN Tie home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A Pritchett of near Reidsvile, was the scene of a beautiful home wedding when Miss Lucie May Pritchett be came the bride of Mr. F. C. Lauten, Promptly at 4 o'clock in the pres ence of scores of friends, the bride atid groom met before Rev. Carl B. Cra and plighted thir faith in mar riage vow. The bride was becomingly attired in a blue cloth suit and ac cessories to match. The house was beautlfuly decorat ed with chrysantemums, autumn leaves and ferns. After the ceremony the bride and groom left for their future home near Stoneville. The bride is a pretty and attractive young lady and has a host of friends in Reidsville. The groom is the eon of Mr. L. Lauten and is a promising young, planter of the StonoviHe community. Besides a host of friends in the community the following out of town guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wall Miss Lauten, Mr. Lau ten, Mr. Sam Williams and Mr. RobL Wan, all of Stoneville. Experience In thousands of homes has proved that the MAJESTIC is the one range that gives real satis faction and cuts down the cost of living. An expert from the MAJES TIC factory wlD be at cur store dur ing the week commencing October 29, and will show you why the MA JESTIC 13 the only range for you. PATHFINDERS TO REACH REIDSVILLEON MONDAY The Bankhead Highway patnfind ers will traverse the Reldsville-Dan-vfflle-Lynchburg road next week. The scout cars will leave Greensboro Monday morning the 5th Inst., 1st 9 o'clock. They will arrive at Relds vllle at 10:30 a. m. and remain here tor 15 mil nut es, leaving for Danville at 10:45. A number of our citizens will meet the party at the Guilford line and es cort them through the county. Ow ing to the brief stop in Reidsvitte the reception here will an informal affair, A cordlaH Invitation is extended ev eryone who will do so to Join with the local Bankhead Highway and the Piedmont Highway Associations in meeting the Pathfinders at the Gull- ford county Qine and escorting them through Reidsville to the Virginia line.'. v".'V ;; The pathfinders are scheduled to arrive in Washington, D. C. Nov. 9th A meeting of the local Bankhead Highway Association is called for to night . (Thursday) at 7:30 sharp In the C. & A. rooms. Some Important matters are to be taken up in con nection with the coming of the Path finders next Monday, and full at tendance Is urged. Red Cross Tobacco Several farmers at Pinnlx's Ware house Tuesday donated 10 pounds of tobacco for the Red Cross which sold at $35 per hundred, $3.50. The following farmers have donated piles of tobacco which were recently sold at Watt's Warehouse: Dell Bros., ;5 pounds, sold for $36; total $1.80. W. R. Saunders, Jr., 9 pounds, sold for $30.00; total $2.70. J. W. Brande, 25 pounds, sold for $41.00; $10.25. : C. L. Turner, 12 ipounds, so'd for $34.00; total $4.03. ,t It O. Gamble, 38 pounds, sold for $35.00; total $13.30. For benefit of the Summerfleld- Chapter; ; ' ?Tfeei foUowine pas .ctbuttoM were made by farmers to the Red .Cross fund on October 31. J. H. Walker $2.50 . 2.00 2.00 .1.00 1.00 . , 1.00 , 1.00 1.00 , 1.00 . 1.00 ; loo , 1.00 . .25 .25 G. F. French .. F. L. Simpson . Joe T. Gardner ; J. E. Hudson John Wjilson . Chas. Pruitt . . . Garfield Pruitt . John Pruitt . . . M. W. McAllister R. IB. Courts .. A. A. Walker .. It. L. Carter . . . . F.H. Turner .. Sold at Watt's Warehouse on Octo ber 31st for benefit of Red Cross: J. A. Tally, 12 pounds for $30.00; total $3.60. R. M. Jones, 10 pounds for $28.00; total $2.80. Watlington; & Co., 10 pounds for $30.00; total $3.00, Tedder & Williams, 20 -bunds for $35.00; total $7.00. Porter Garrison, 5 pounds for $30; total $1.50. Sold at Pinnlx's Warehouse same day: B. L. McKlnney, 26 pounds $19.50; total $5.07. the for ST. THOMAS GUILD WILL GIVE ANNUAL SUPPER On the evening of the 6th of De cember the women of the Guild of St. Thomas Parifh will give a supper at the home of Mrs. George Lee Irvla. In connection with it there will be a sale of fancy articles at reasonable prices. Those who attended the sup per last January given by the Guild will remember it as well worth at tending and will keep the date in mind. Don't Forget The Coming of Tupper The citizens of nearby towns and in the country should avail them selves the chance of hearing Dr. Tupper next week in Reidsville. He has filled the brst Baptist church in Denver, Philadelphia and New York. In te pulpit and on the Chautauqua platform, it is conceded, he has no superior in America. On Sunday at 11 a. m. he will speak in the Main street M. E. church on "A Beautiful Portrait of Christ-" At 7:30 p. m. he will speak In the Baptist church on "Gates of Golden Opportunity.' Every evening including Friday he will lecture in the Methodist churrh on the Bible. These lectures are free. Let everybody come! , World's Oldest Observatory. Fekin has the oldest astronomical observatory In the world. It was es tablished in 1270, and it contains seY eral Instruments - i were placed ther cpon ': . CITY LOCAL NEWS IN A CONDENSED FORM Born, to Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Mc Gehee, on October 30, a son. L Mrs, C. H. Denny of Greensboro visited relatives here this week. Mrs. J. N. Watt Is attending the State Red Cross convention at Ral eigh. . Mias Pearl Cotten attended th Elk's Minstrel In Greensboro Wed nesday. Mrs. Dora Mi lis has gone to Seneca, S. C, to spend some time with her son, Mr. WJilliamson Mills. Mrs. Sterling Hubbard left Sunday for Nashville, Tenn., after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hubbar 1. Mr. W. T. Wootton is In Memphis, Tenn., with his daughter, Mrs. Glena Jones, who is quite sick in a hospital there. Mrs. W. P. Hodnettof Martinsville Va., has returned to her home after a visit :o her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hubbard. Dr. D. I. Craig, Mr. Francis Worn ack and Rev. Carl B. Craig are at tending the Synod of North Carolina held in Fayetteville this week. iMxs. Annie Johnston and Miss Louise Johnston and Miss Elizabeth Johnston have returned from Phlla delpla,. Atlantic City and New York. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Calahan are now residing in Lynchburg, where Mr. Callahan has a position with an elec trical concern. Mrs. Calahan came over Tuesday to see to the shipping of their furniture, etc M-m ' A T UnnW- 1 n 1 moved Into the home they recently bought on Lawsonvitle aveneue. Mr. Will Stocks and family are occupy ing the apartments vacated by them in the McGehee building. Mr. J. R. Lewey of near Ruffin has bought out the Rorer restaurant on Gilmer street, formerly run by W. S. Mitchell, and assumed charge yester day. Mr. Lewey will move his fam ily to Reidsville in a few days. Captain W. B. Millner has resigned as commanideir of tbiei 22nd Company Reserve MBliitia. Hs successor wilt be elected on Friday frlgnt. Afl manv hera of, ttoeucompanjl-ar rwiuwrted to be at the C. & A. Hal at 7:30 p. m. ... -.-. : -: Mr. Will Wall, aged 29, died at his home on Pond street Wednesday night, after a lingering illness from tuberculosis. lie leaves a wife and three small children. His remains were interred at Greenview cemetery yesterday afternoon. Three-cent letter postage goes into effect on all letters dropped in the Reidsville office after 9 o'clock to night. The new rate on postal cards is 2c each. Drop letters and letters going on the six R. F. D. routes from Reidsville requite only 2 cent stamps. Mrs. Debortuh Knox Livingston of Bangor, Maine, will Jeoture in the Mala street M. E. church Nov. 7th in the interest of the Women's ObJrls tlan TVanporance Union. Mrs. Livings- ton baa national reputation and we fee.! that there Is a'treat in store for our people. Capt. Gordon Watt of U. S. S. Mich igan is spending a tew days here with relatives. Capt. Watt has been transferred to Quantlco, Va., the mo bilization point for troops on the eve of departure; for France. His many friends are delighted that he hat quite recently been promoted from lieutenant to captain. The State Food Adminstrator has roquested all County Food Adminis trators to send in dally reports of all Food Pledge Cards as Lost as they are signed. Therefore all committees and teachers in this county are ur gently requested to send in daily re ports to me so that I may report dadly to Mr. Henry A. Page ?t Raleigh. Robt Hairston, County Food Admin istrator. The Boy Scouts end others are ta king Food Conservation Literature to every home in Reidsville. On Thurs day afternoon they took a member ship card which the people are urged to sign that they may become a part in our nation-wide campaign. This is a very real and vital work in win ning tbe war, and it is hoped that all patriotic Reidsvlllians will co-op erate with County Food Administrator Mr. Robt Hairston, and pledge them selves to conserve food. Major Chas. M. S ted man spent Tuesday in Reidsville. He came over Intending to go to Yanceyville, but the rain storm caused him to give up the trip and he spent the day here instead. The Major is the picture of ruddy health and looks to be younger and more active than be did ten years ago. He Is well informed on the European war and talks very entertainingly about It. He does not think the recent Italian reveraes will have a bad effect on the cause of the Allies and predicts big things for Pershing's rmy when It gets Into action
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