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A SUMMARY OF THE WORLD
WAR EVENTS OF GREAT IM
PORTANCE THAT HAVE TRAN
SPIRED SINCE OUR LAST IS
SUE. , SATURDAY
' Notwithstanding untoward occur
rences, the allied forces in . their tww
fape against the cJ$al power are
making steady progress toward vic
tory, and peace proposals to Germa
n's militaristic patty which at pres
ent is drunk with boastfulness, would
be a bebrayaAcf the trust.
Thus in forceful form the British
premier, David Lloyd George lit a
marized the situation in the world
war. from the viewpoint of himself as
head of the British government and
of his ctollleagiuea. . .
The premier filaid it was folly to
exaggerate the situation created by
the vents in Russia and the possibil
ity -of the release) of hundreds of
thousands of the enemy to attack
Great Briiain, France and Italy but
that if Russia, toad decided to aban
don the struggle the American de
mocracy was malting It up. uermany,
he 'added, was (gambling on the
failure of the United states to trans
port her rmy to Europe and the fu
ture the world depended on the
" -efforts Great Britain and the Uni
ted 'States to Increase their output
of -ships next year.
On the fighting fronts there has
been everywhere a great decrease, in
the activity of the infantry but ar
tillery duels of huge proportions con
tinue beWen the British and
French and this Germans In France
nd the Italians and the Austro Hun,
garians on una iiaiiswi
To tbe fast of Ypres the Germans
In a local attack bajve captured Brit,
tsh front Unta (trenches on a front of
-300 yards, white he Germans, ac--cordtnfc
to thef Berlin official
IcatdX awe repulsed a British ntr
tack to "the qambraJ sector east of
Buuecolurt, launched In an endeavor
to reqalptme lost positions. The
Grmana we earring out m heavy
.bombardment in the lattjer region.
The bfe guns are doing moist of the
Tv-ork on the Italian front, wherto the
Italians still fire barring the way of
the Teutonic allies toward the pllataa,
In Thursday's fighting the enemy to
attacks between the Brenta and Pi
.Bve rivers again rofrdean Insignificant
gpin but as on previous occasions,
only under huge sacrifices
TWe" situation InRussila, where the
Bolshevik! Btod coainrtr-revotionary
forces arte arratfad agatasejach oth
er Is still obscure, unofficial dis
patches reporting successes for each
eide. ,
Negotiations for an annistlde con
tinue between the Teutonic aUie
and the Bolsheviki. Many unofflcla
dYldes attribute M the1 Bolsheviki
nietfvr tihe announoemlents
that if fcin aaimiBUce is signed the
Russian ' delegates have Wees empow
ered jo entjer into peace mefeotiiations.
SUNDAY
I rormer Czar MchoUs, reported
to haviei escaped from Siberian exile.
' Berlin reports kaiser in "Chrtet-
message will make finlal peace of
fering." - t . ,
Charles S. Smith, of St. Louis,
rwf American railway com
mission to Russia reported to have
been (arrested by Bolsheviki govern
ment says arrest if true, is mistake;
orders release. .
Russia and central powers -virtually
at peace.
General Kaledines nd staff report
ed captured by the Bolsheviki Who
take three more towns.
Teutons make slight gains in new
mountain battle, but IU41an main
line holds firm.
British regain part of lost trench
at Ypres.
- Count von Luxbuxg, dismissed Ger
man minister to Argentine, lauthor of
"spurlos ve-rsoakt" messages, re-
- ported insane.
-In Palestine the British have scoiwd
a further advanqe northeast of Je
. rusalem. ,
In making known the sinking of
two more Norwe-igian steamiers the
V-wrx-W(trf f crrwdrntmemt ASiTUuniCeS
ntO"" O v
"that 5,000 Nprweigflan sailors have
'been lost during: the war.
Two airshrps of tha non-rigid
type have ,b en lost by the British,
one of which was sunk by a set-plane
In the North sea while on patrol
and the ottr being compelled to
descend in territory because of en
gine trotable.
Tto British admiralty also n
noanoes the sinking of a British de
stroyer through a collision, all but
two of "those on board being saved.
MONDAY
Notwithstanding the terrible losses
they have susained, the German and
Austro-Hun&arian ermles in the
mountainous region of northern"' Italy
continue their efforts to break the
rtsUm lime and open a passageway
to the plains bolow. In France and
Belgium there la little military ac
tivity, except for smi3l engagements
by outposts and raiding conlngents
and lartlllery duels. The ne ilest ap
proach to a' tacks in force were made
by the Germiins Saturday night in
the Champagne region of Fp-oice, and
to the north of the Ohmin-Des-Dames.
In both of thbee the Germans were
worsted by the French. A small
Britlslh maneuver Bouth of Cambrai
iosulted in the capture of HI few Ger
man prisonelrs and a machine gun.
Between tfcb Brenta and. Piave riv
ers in the l)ta,Uan! 'ighlajnds lh!:-d
figrhting continues without dassation.
The agreement for an lErmistice
between thb Bolsheviki government
In Russia and the Teutonic allies has
been tlgried. It will run until January
14, and then will continue in force
arJtomi tlcally, unless seven days no
tice of . its discontinuaoicw Is givlen
On : the signing of an armistice,
peace negotiations are to begdii. r
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St. Thomas Church Notes
Chrlstmae music will be sung thta
Sunday before Christmas Day. Thiers
will be Morning Prayer; Anti-Communion
iwibh is'ermon eleven o'clock
Followinig selection of muialc will be
sung:
Processional, (Christians Awake)
No. 56. ;
Venite .. .. .. .. .. .. Robinson
Te Deum .. .. .. .. .. .. Foster
Jubliat Dea .... .... . . Nevtn
Hymn .. .. No. 58
Anthem (There VJetre Shepherds)
Rdade. '
Reoelssionail, (Adeste Fedieles) No. 49
. Evening Service
Christmas Oairol Service. Metaxbers
of the church r especially urgled
to attend this . servtQel. A .beautiful
little play "White Gifts tar the King."
a (lesson in the! consecration of sell
Service land Self Substamce to the
Kings of Kb whose! birthday . we
celebrate, will be given, by the Sun
day School. Service starts 7:45 p.
m. All are invited to with 'us in
this service.
- Christmas Eve
Early Ohratimas morning the Girl'
Frietaday Class will heriald the birth
of Christ by sineinia Christimas
Hymns to different sections of the
city. Lutein for thlem.
SAUNDERS-DURHAM
A betaiutiful but quilet luarriaigie wa,
solemnised at noon 011 Saiturday, the
15th foist, at GHUam's Academy in
the, preBence of friends and relatives,
when Miss Mary Francis Durham be-
booa,n the bride of Mr. Charles K.
Saunders. , Rev. J. W. Gilliam offi
ciated.. Immediately after the mariagle the
bridal parity! w-Ce invited to the din
ing room at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Gilliam where a most delightful
luncheon was served. The bridal
party left at 2:30 p. m. for Greens
boro.'..' Thjo 'groom is a son of W. R. Saun
ders, Sr., land the bride ai daughter of
Mrs. Mary A. Durham, all of this
county. Tfoe bride and groom are
both -well known in social circles.
Mr. amd Mrs. Saundlars wil for the
present reside iat Lawsonville. The
bast wishes of their fritemds iare theirs
for a Merry Christmas, a bright and
Hatppy New Year, and ai long life of
wedded bliss.
' ' . t-i. l i . - i - '
GASTON B. MEANS ACQUITTED
OF MURDER OF MRS. KING
The Jury rendered a verdict Sun
day morning at 10 o'clock acquitting
Gaston B. Means of the murder of
Mrs. Maude A. Klnjt near Concord
last August and the prisoner was re
leased from custody. The trial has
been In progress In Concord for the
past three weeks nd has attracted
nation-wide attention. "
The verdict of acquittal was gen
erally expected.
An effort will be nude to extradite
Means for trial for fraud and embez
zlement in New York City. '
Directed film to Gold.
Chen Waung, a Chinese cook of
Eosebnrg, Ore, recently found $200 In
gold In the house of Hop Lee. He
says that the ghost of his murdered
friend directed him to the trensrre.
The money was found In a paper baa
in plain sight of all who entered a
room that . had DTez been occupied
since the murder.
! Child Killed by Savage Bulldog.
John T. IQehel, Jr, aged four yers,
was set trpon and killed by a bulldog
jn his uncle's yard In New Orleans.
His cncle attacked the dog with a
hammer and killed It, but not before
jha clJlJ was ddadt
REIDSVILLE, N.
TIONAI
NOW BEINGSENT OUT
ROCKINGHAM MEN ARE NOW
GETTING THIS LIST OF COM
PLICATED QUESTION S ATTO Ri
NEYS WILL HELP MEN FILL
BLANKS OUT.
Thje local exemption board is send
ing out tho quleetioniatlres to every
rebrlstrant In. Rockingham, county,
who te not now la the service of the
Unl'.3d States. These qAas-tlonaires
will be sent to five per cent, of the
men every day until the list Is ex
hausted. Every man will gjat these,
and they must be re.uir.?d to the ex
emption bOi?rd .filled ov.f rnd in prop
er shape within slave.! uays after they
are received.
The following "notice to regis
trant'' which heads the pamphlet in
dicaiti3B the sieriousnets of not com
pUjing with his demand:
"You re required by law to return
this questionlalre fiMtd out in accord
ance with instructions contained here
in within seven days from the date
of this notice. Failure1 to do so Js
a misdemeanor punfehsble by fine or
imiprisoniment for one year land may
flesuit hi the loss of valuable rights
pnd immediate indiuction Into mili
tary service."
The man who gets out of
the first draft on claims of exemption
will get them just las does the man
whose number has ntolt yet been teled.
Exemptions, which have' been granted
count as nauOht, and every man will
have to go through the whoje busi
ness (again.
The quleetionaire Is a pamphlet of
sdxitteen pages the size of ah un
abridged dtotJomia.y, and is designed
to find out everything there is to
know Bibout jai man from bis birth to)
the present time. Tha registrant's
whole life history and his hopes Dor
this; future will be crowded into these
sixteen pages when they are properly
filled out The war department wants
to know everything there is to know
about its prospective soldiers from
A to Izzard.
The man who has cherished the
fond delusion that he1 was a law unto
himself, so fair las his personal rela
tions to ordinary mortals was con
cerned, is doomed to al sad awaken
ing when he opens the pamphlet and
finds thatt the w?air department makes
such a command as this one: "Give
ISHSHWOH3HMHaWH
THE DUES
RES ARE
What the Red Cross
Service Flag Means
Almost everywhere in this broad land, in the
humblest home or Fifth Avenue mansion, you
will see this. Sign of Service. Like the National
Service Flag with its stars standing, for every
member of the family "called to the colors," the
Red Cross Service Flag, with its crosses, stands
for another kind of National Service a Service
of Mercy.
President Wilson saysf
"Red Cross Membership is the Christ
mas spirit in terms of action."
A Red Cros3 Service Flag in your window says
to the world: "There is a true American home."
It is a true American home because Red Cross
Membership-Dollars help supply our Army, our
Navy and our Allies with the comforts, the hos
pital supplies and the dressings thafmust be had
if we are to win this war.
Display a Red Cros3 Service Flag in your home
it will be supplied by your nearest Red Cross
Chapter the instant you become a member. En
roll every member in your household not only
Bobby and Betty, but every servant or helper in
the household. Make yours a Red Cross home
this Christmas. Will you do it? Go to your Red
Cross Chapter now TODAY.
"Ten Million New Member by Chrutmas''
0., TUESDAY, DEO. 18, 1917
beldw all the occupations ait which
you fbave worked diolrtnig the last ten
years." And on the next page some
comtplaaent young man win be con
fronted with such ai question ae this:
"Are you ndw .confined in Prison or
reformatory?" The atveriage claim for
exemption on account of dependency
wll not go flhla titm'e'. The simple
statement that a mjan is moirrVd Is
not ats much as the questiouaire
wants to know. That patflar asks
whore and when,and what the wife's
maiden name was, and what minister
or Justice, of the peacf? performed the
cerenxmy. It Is Iso designed to find
out whether the man Is supporting
his w iBet or whether his wife is sup
porting him. It wants to know how
much montey he furnishes 'her for
support every month. And if he is
claiming exemption beoaius'e of a de
pendent wifle he muist have at support
ing affidavit thlt his answers are co
red. The personal liberty lover is likely
t ofind his set of questions very irk
some, but not 'bJaJf so troublesome bb
will be the failure to answer them.
The nature of the questions and the
language In which they are stated are
such that it wiill require the sjetvictes
of attorneys 'to get them filkd out
properly.-'
:Bht no lawyer's flo(?s will be charg
ed for thiese services, for a commit
tee hais been appointed by GovieTnor
Bicklett .to see that every man who
wsnts :hiell can get that hUlp free of
charge. The Rockingham committee
Is composed of Mjefcsrs. J. R. Joyce
and J. M. Sharp of Reddsvlllje and
Hunter K. Penn of StonteviHid. These
men will make arrangements to be
at some place, or to have other law
yers avafHaibTel jnight and day to as
sist the youniy men In getting the
blalnks properly filled out
Attorneys who have volumtje(ered
their services for this work are:
H. R. Sccrtit, A. J. Burton, E. B. Ware
E. H. Wrenzu Jr., W. R. Dolton R.
R. Boyd, Major T. Smith, Rteidsvillei;
J. L. Roberts, J. C. Brown, Maid toon;
C. O. McMichaeL Wentworth; U. Do
land Stanford, StonevHIe; A. W.
Dunn, C. M. Land, LeaksviUe; P. T,
Hatzllp, Spray.
Must Develop Higher Tendencies,
Every evil tendency la childhood
must finally be conquered, not by force
or punishment, but through the culti
vation of a higher tendency. The good
man or woman is one whose life has
been slowly organized to act upon his
good impulses and to restrain his evil
ones. There is a thief or a robber in
as all, but fortunately for the. major
ity of us, he has become too weak
through Inaction to be able to do us
any harm. Chicago American.
ISSUED
10
28
MANY WILL LEAVE HERE DUR
ING NEXT FEW DAYS SEVENTY-FIVE
ARE NOTIFIED TO
LEAVE FOR CAMP JACKSON
CERTIFIED LIST GIVEN.
The following-named men are here
by ordered to report for military duty
the Local Board for military duty
end for transportation to a mobili
zation damp. The time hey must re
port is 9:30 a. m. on December 28th
1917. Willful failure to report with
Intention to evade military service
constitutes dewertion, which is a cap
ital offensa in time of war.
Robert Hughes liuteinan, Spray.
James V. McManus, Draper.
Thomas Lemons, Stoneville.
Jatoiiee T. Goard, Mayodan.
Geo. W. FJauctettJe, ReidsviUe.
WiilWlaliu II. Harris, Draper.
Walter Carter, StonevUle.
Geo. A. S. Gann, Mjayodan, Route 1
Russell E. Roberts, Stoneville.
William Peris, Mayodan, Rfd.
SterMng Lee Hubbard, Reidsville.
Thomas A. WalL Stoneville.
Willie Hunter, Draper.
Emewt Clifton, Reidsville, Route 1.
Robert G. Webster, StotesdaFle.
Sidney Adlison Stscks, Spray.
Wklter Wray, Mayodan.
P. S. Tuggle, Mayodan.
WUlie Albert King, Reidsville. i
Jas Floyd MoorH Reidsville.
Jas. F. Kallam, Madison Route 1.
Win. J. Sharon, Stokeadale.
Wm." Bennett Martin, white; Mayo
dan. Wnx Norton Snead, white, Stokea
dale.
John G. Wlare, wthite, Madison
Claude E. llagleeton, white, Spray.
Sam EUinbton, white, Wentworth
R, IF, DarnelL white, Spray.
Root. Hand, white, Leaksvllle.
John W. Wallker, white, Leaksvfllle.
Rufus Vernon, white, Mayodan.
Samuel Ad kins, white, Mayodan.
W. E. Williams, white, Reidsville.
Jullua C. Fry, iwhfte, Rockingham
Jeese Shelton, white Spray.
John W. Saunders white, Mclver.
Harry S. Lee. Reidsville, Route 6
Lemjuel A. Michael, white. Glbson-
vtlle.
Charles Wi, Purgeson, white. Mad
ison, Route 2.
Albert Powell, white, Draper.
Mack Overby, whtte, Draper.
Walter N. Reynolds, white. Draper.
Hairy Lee Jolyce, white, RWgeway.
Va., Route 3.
Chester L. Price, white, Stoneville.
ville. . .'
John F. Adams, white, Leaksvllle.
Bethel J. Trent, wjhtte, Leakeville.
Jdhin C. Ware, white Madison.
Route 6. )
Claude S. Eggleston, white, Spray.
James P. Carter, white, Wentworth
Ernest Clay McBrlde, white, Dra
per. .
Howard Bafham, white. Summer-
field, Route 1.
Robert D. Hipp, white, Ruffln.
Waiter F. Martin, white, Mayodan.
James W. Bowman, white, Reids
ville, Route 5.
Ernest Snow, white, Reidsville.
Ernest L. Fuloher, white, Leaks
vllle. Robert II. Draper, white, Benaja.
Will Stacks, white, Spray.
James H. Chambers, white, Reids
viUe.
Robert L. Purdy, white, Madison.
Robert Price, white, Rldgeway.
Paul G. Withers, white, Yancey-
vllle, Route 1.
Wilbur C. Worsham, white, Ruffln.
Chink Murphy, white, Spray.
Weldon A. Saunders, white, Reids
ville.'-,
William E. Jones, white, Reids ville
Route 1.
William P. Smith, white, Draper.
Elbert E. Shelton, white, Madison.
Robert W. Holland, white, Madi
son. :
James C. Worsham, white, Ruffln.
Julius E. Vaughn, white, Stokes-
dale. .
Robert H. Black, white, RoidsviUe.
Albert L. Manley, white, Spray.
Ernest Raymond Vaughn, white,
RufQn, Route 2.
The following lis 1 of men, called
for military service by the Local
Board of Rockingham County have
been duly passed upon by the prop
er Local and District Board and are
hereby certified as selected for mil
itary service and not exempted 'or
discharged.
TtobL Hi Batkmcm, white, Spray.
Neal Galloway, coloiej, Leaksvllle.
James W. MoMianus, white. Draper.
Themas Lemons, white, Stoneville.
James L. Shelton, white, Reidsville
Ernest Thacker, colored, R-Ids villa
Robert Richmond, colored, Reids
GOING
MBA
CAMP
DECEMBER
TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
CITY LOCAL NEWS IN
A CONDENSED FORE!
Hon. J. L. Roberts of Madison 1
spending a few days hen
Mrs. Murray Jones and son are th
guests of Mrs. C. C. Butter.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Fetzer of Buf
falo, N. Y., are here to spend the
holidays. .
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Jackson of
Canton, N. C, are jrucfets of rln
Uvea here. .. .
Mrs nd Mrs., Gray Broome of
Winston-Salem are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Hutcherson.
Miss Edith Pipkin who teaches
school In Tennessee la' with her Bar
ents here during the holidays.
Miss Wilson Watlington, who has
ben tachlTi,H- mn.si! at Won.l1l hi..
w . i.vA.n, una
retunied home for the holidays.
Messrs. John D. and Marlon Wlatt
end Robert Richardson of Davidson
Coll'Ofee are at home for Chrisibmaa.
Mies Blacli1 Venable.member of
the FitimkJin Street graded school.
has returned from a Richmond hos
pital. " .
u Mr. Roy TunKtr, who recently was."
operated on for appendicitis at a.
Greenalboro hospital, has returned
homja.
One Rleddsville housewife has af
firmed that advice about food con
servation is as free as advice about
raising a child.
Every time a Reidsville man looks
at the coal bin he is thanltful that
all the minens in he country are not
on a strike the ssme time.
Priv!8.tie iBert' Price of ColamibilaL
wiho has been 111 ait the homiei of Judge
Humpreys, is now recovering at the
home of his mothjer at Prlqet
Tho local Red Cross Chapter re-
OUOstjl that all ImimtMl fl.rfV.lAa ha
sent to Mrs. W. H. Foy at once. They
eire to be a( jit to Camp Sevier Wed
nesday.
Thoee Red Cross Seal workers
want to eell you a few sejals. Buy,
If only a dozen; help the great
cause in which these! willing) womea
workers are enlisted.
Blutebtrd Pdaitiui Tuesday , featur
ing Little Zo Rae. Paramount fea
ture Wednosdialy, "Out of the Drift,"
featuring; Mairguj'rittle ClarK. Thurs
day la Bu(tterfly Day.
Mr. John D. Hufflnes, Jr., of Rich
mond, is visiting his parents here.
He has reoentjly enlisted iaa twirte
lesa operator and is awad ting orders
to proceed to Philadelphia.
Messrs. R. L. Paylor, Hunter Mob
ley and Ambrose Powell leave today
for Norfolk, havinlgl recently entered
the U. S. navy. iMr. Jess Claiybrook
failed to pass the physical exaonl
nialtion. ; .V, ;; .
Mr. Joseph. . J. Blackna4L who
ca,me to ReidsvSEe several months
ago with the A. T. Co. cigarette fac
tory left Friday for New York where
he expects to enlist In thu United
States Navy.
The regular monthly meeting of
the local chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy will meet with Mrs. E.
F. Hall on Wednsday afternoon, he
19th at 3 p. m. This will bwl a very
Important meeting and every mem
tior Is lurged to be present.
Miss Mattle Stalllngs dawglhter of
the late A. J. StalUnga, died at the
home of hbr brothefr, Mr. Ben S tail
ings on Lawsonville Avenue yester
day morning, Efld 25. Her death
was caused by paralyste. She will
be buried at Mizpah church today.
Mrs. W. H. Foy, ohairman of th
knitting committee, urges all who
have articles finished to send them
to her at bneb as thd box is to be
shipped Wednesday. Every piece
that can be possibly sent should bo
stnt in at once as the need la very
gieat
ville.
James T. Goard. white, Mayodan.
George W. Faucette, white, Reids
ville. William HHarrta, white, Draper.
James Cheeks, colored, Reidsville.
Walter Carter, white, StoneviXHe.
George S. Gunn, white, Mayodan,
Route 1.
. Doe Mosele, colored, Reidsville.
- Russell E. Roberts, white, Stone
ville James Lessure, colored, Leaksvllle
Thomas S. Martin, colored, Lehks
ville. -
John Dal ton, cokred, StonevHia.
William Ferris, white, Madison,
Rfd.
Robert Herbin, colored, Mclver.
Sterling L. Hubbard, white, Reid
vllle. Albert Barnes, colored, Reidsville.
Henry SUkes, colored, Reidsville.
Thom-s A. Wall, white, Stoneville.
Edgar Wright, colored, ReilsvCJe.
Willie Hunter, white. Draper.
Ernest C2fon, white, Price. Rfd. L
Robert G. Webster, white, Stoke3
dale. 4. t
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