ft HE EEVIEW. EEIDSVILL E. N. C.
PAGE FIVE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TTT, 191S
GERMAN-LINES CONJINUE
CRUMBLE VtRY RAPIDLY
(Continued From Page 1.)
ed from the east of Arras on tbe
Bcarpe river and southward to the
Cojeul. All along the front the
British pressed forward, - at some
places to a depth ofmore than two
miles and captured a half dozen or
more villages, among thm Monchy '
Le-Preux, Guemappe and Wancourt,
Across the Cojeul, the new British
attacks on the old battle front
brought them to the villages of Mory
and St. Lever, and farther So-tth the
fimall town of Favreuil, one and a
half miles northeast of Bapaume.
from which the British pressed on
Eastward about a mile. Farther
south the British are reported unof
ficially to have reached the western
outskirts of Thilloy in the nipper
movement they are carrying out
against Bapanime. With Haig's men
standing well within gun range of the
town it seems likely that the Ger- ,
mans will be forced to evacuate Ba- I
paume in short order.
Additional gains also have been
made by the British east of Albert
and on both sides of the Somme riv
er. In fact, notwithstanding the
efforts of the Germans through the
use of large reinforcements to hold
them in check, the British and French
ail ttiuilg liie line num niuci i
Soissons have materially bettered
their positions and carried further
forward their plan of making the Pi
cardy battleground -untenable for the,
enemy.
The French again are hammering
away at the environs of Roye, one
of the strong points of the Somme
Oise front, the capture of whicr
doubtless would cause the giving up
the enemy or the capture of towns
and roads running eastward , adds
greatly to ibis already serious predic
anient from the standpoint of stra
Ugy.
Numerous towns, villages and
biMnlets luive fallen into the hands of
the British and French, in the conlin
wition of the fighting, and scarcely
amywhere along the battle front have
the Germans been able to do more
than delay the allieB when they
knock for admittance to the German
line, wear guard actions also are
serving merely to keep the allied ad
vauice slowed down as. far as possible
while the main German bodies make
"their way eastward in retreat to
ward new positions.
m the region ardttmd Arras the
Bntis-h now are well astride the
roads leading to Douat and Cambai
end further south along the Somme
1'biey have pressed forward until they
6 re almost at the gates of Peronne.
Between tee Somme and the Oise
1he French have broken the backbone
of -the German resistance at Roye,
reipnarmg this pivotal point to an
invasion eastward of the plains of
Plcardy and advancing their lines
north and south of the town over a
front of about 12 1-2 miles to a
uepw or more than two and a half
miles at ceratin points. '
North of Soisson8 the French , al
inougn uie irermans are fighting
Ihem bitterly, again have advanced
jfclightly their line in the oMtflankinn-
Hiovrmiient Doth against the Cehmin-Des-Dames
region and the Noyon
sector.
Everywhere the Germans have lost
heavily in men killed or made pri
soner and addition the allied
"troops again have captured numer
ous guns, machine gUns and war
slores . The prisoners
vll-
by the enemy of the entire salient -British from last Wednesday to Mon
day or the present week aggregated
21,000. In the fighting Tuesday
ar ound St . Mard , west of Roye . the
Frtncb secured 1,100 captives.
The Canadian troops are fighting
ju uveiy .iasmion between the Sensee
and Scarpe rivers, and to them have
jauen numerous German-held
Jages and many prisoners.
Bapaume, one of the strategic
waits over wnicn there has been
mucn n.eavy fighting, is still held hv
In Germans, but the British are so
nearly aroupd it that possibly few of
toe enemy remain inside the shell--torn
town. The British on the west
ere in the outskirts of the place and
aououess it soon will be nipped out
From the Somme in the north to Noy
on, Fresnoy-Les-Roye,' to the north,
and St, Mard to the south of Roye,
both have fceen captured by thj
French, despite the desperate resis
tance of the Germans, and Roye,
like Bapaume in the north, apparent
ly is in danger of being pinched out
of the line in an enveloping move
ment. More than 600 prisoners were
taken by the French In the operation.
The Germans have thrown further
heavy counter aTlacks against the
French in the "region north of Sois
sons, where the French continue
their pressure northward, in maneu
vers which seriously threaten to out
flank the Chemis Des Dames and
Laon sectors and to put the entire cl me attle line in the ninoer mow.
tferaian lfne from Ypres to Rheimt Lhat is heiH employed against
In the north the British already
ere across the .upper ".end of the old
Hindemburg line, and if their pro
gress contin'ues they soon will b?
able to operate to the east of the
line on unscarred ground on which
tenks and cavalry can be brought in
to the fray with good results.
Behind the lines everywhere
l'Temcn and British airmen are ha
rassing the Germans in retreat, but
in this work they are being met by
large forces of enemy airmen who
are fighting hard.
Qa the Vesle front the Americans
ej)d Germans are in a rather bitter
fight in the towns of Fismette and
Bazduches . The Americans started
the trouble at Bazouches and the
Germans reciprocated with an attack
on Fismette. At last accounts the
Americans .had the upper hand at
both places.
in jeopardy. All the attacks have
been sustained by General Mangin's
forces and the French even have
pushed the Germans beyond the
points from which they started. The
famous Prussian guard has been
thrown into the battle to check the
French ,' but, as In their efforts
asrainst the French and Americans in
the Vesle sector, they met with de
feat. . .
The operations of the British on
the northern part of the front from
the cast of Arras to the region of
Bulleconrt have brought them vir
tually upon or very near the bid Hin
denWujg line.
There Is still considerable activity
on the eastern part of the battle front
In the Vosges where forces of Amer
icans recently have been fighting.
The operations, however, continue of
the nature of raids and small surprise
attacks. Several of the latter ma .
neuvers have been put down by the
French .
There has been an increase in the
activity of the Albanian theater.
Here the Austrians twice attacked
the Franco -Italian troops bint were
repulsed. Later the French slightly
Withdrew their line in order to main
tain liaison with the Italians
WEDNESDAY. Frenzied counter-attacks by the
foe have failed to hold back the Brit
ish and French armies who are hard
B.fter the Germans on the 75-mile
battle front from the north of Arras
to the region of Sotssons.
Ail along the front the German
line has given way before the pres
sure of the British and French troops
nt points, where the falling back of
They're Dying for You!
Boys from your county are on the
Western front giving their lives for
you and your home. You are still
here with friends and loved ones
living in comfort, happiness and
peace.
In the War Savings Campaign,
June 23 to 28, this county failed to
raise it? quota. We can not afford to
and MUST not let the boys over
there hear of this. Therefore, an
other winl-wp drive to put this coun
ty in the right place will be con
ducted during the period, Sept. 9
to 14.
an ou think of a cheaper price to
pay than mere money? Get ready for
the canvassers and pledge all you
can for your boys over there.
we sen war savings stamps ana
will be glad to supply your wants.
Our -stock dL" feedstuff s, groceries,
seed, etc. , is complete.
Farmers should sow plenty of grass
seed as our coupity has fallen badly
oehind this ear in tie hay crop.
R. M GILLIE
West Market Street
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION:
NON-FOOD CROPS HERE
(T. D, Stokes in University Social
(and Economic. -Ey
non-food crops' the censu?
means crops that do not serve as
lood for man or beast. The male
crop of this sort in Rockingham is to
bacco. Tobacco is the most impor.
taut single source of revenue to the
Rockingham farmer, and its import
ance is increasing year by year.
The value Of the tobacco produced
in Rockingham in 1910 was 54 per
cent of the total crop wealth pro
duced in the county in that year .
Only '34 counties produced" larger ra-t-os
of non-food crops; which is tu
say, Only 5 counties prod' .wed
smaller ratios of food crops wheat,
corn, hay forage, and the like.
Tobacco production has been stead
ily increasing in Rockingham since
(lie War Between the States. Dur
ing this period tobacco culture has
steadily moved Southeastwardlv!
across the cotton belt into Wilson,
Pitt, Greene, and Lenoir, and along
the cotton belt into Sampson and
Robeson. The main tobacco pro
ducirig counties of this State were
once the counties bordering on the
Virginia line from Surry Eastward to
Warren. Tobacco still has a large
place in the production of farm
wealth in Rockingham and othe
counties in this portion of the State.
Rockingham once lead -the State in
tobacco production. In 1910 Pitt was
in the lead with Rockingham second.
In 1860 we produced 3,158,333
pounds. In 1879 we produced 4,
341,259 pounds, and in 1909 we pro
duced 8,279,194 pounds. In thirty
years we nearly doubled our produc
tion of tobacco, you see.
There can be no doubt that the
farmers of Rockingham have profited
by raising tobacco. This non -food
crop serves as an important source
of cash income. D-i(t it Is tolly for a
farmer to raise tobacco to the neglect
of food and feed crops . Tobacco re
wards the farmer .when it -la pro
duced on a Ibread 4and-meat basis,
and not otherwise. We have tried
for half a century to get rich buying
farm supplies with tobacco money
Mun for man, the farmers of 86
other counties are richer in farrt
properties.
We do not urge or advocate any
neglect of tobacco, but we do urge
the wisdom of greater attention to
food and feed crops and to livestock.
As a policy of sensible self.defense
if not profits, our tfarmels today wl'l
do well to employ their Idle hours
and Idle acres in the production or
food and feed suppplies, instead of
importing these over a thousand
miles of railway and 1 through the
hands of countless middlemen, each
of whom must add to the consumers
bill because each must have his pro
fit. It would be foolish to neglect the
present mopey crop; but it is also
ioolish to neglect bread-and-mcal
crops and to spend practically all of
our tobacco money year by year.
buying food and food to raise tobac
co, it is a vicious circle, ana going
the round of it year in year out keepa
our farmers poor.
The man that raises food and feed
along with his tobacco is invariably
In a better financial condition than
his neighbor who raises tobacco and
buys food and feed. The reason
this is so is evident. Experiments
made by the government has proved
that hay, forage, corn, pork, and
beef can be produced in the South
ft the farmer raises his own staple
today more cheaply than m the West.
supplies he saves the middleman's
profit and increases the size of his
pocketbook and bank account. And
clearly he is wise to do so when he
can produce these supplies for lesa
money than they tj cost him in the
stores. '
There was a time Just after the
war when it paid him to buy from the
West because they farmed extensive
ly with labor-saving machinery and
produced food stfitffs more cheaplp
than we could. But that day has long
since passed, apparently never to re
turn. We can now produce bread
and meat more cheaply than the
Western 'farmers can. We must raise
tobacco, but also we mf-iet use the
extra hours and the idle acres for the
purpose of producing farm supplies
at home. It is a sure way to pro
duce fat pocketbooks. The farmer
that cannot or will not convert into
gold the opportunity now offered by
the war-time prices of food supplies
is missing the greatest chance he
has ever had m the South in her
whole history.
uon beitz, tne business manager
of the New York World , and the
best known man of his profession in
the country, gave the editors of North
Carolina at their institute here at
the University a year ago some
sound advice along this line. He
said once he had an editor to ask
him why his town did not grow and
prosper as the other towns did. Mr.
Seitz said he found duit from a bank
er that this man's town sent out of
its territory $150,000 a year for food
and feed supplies bought with money
made from cash sales c non -food
products. He told the editors th3
trouble and the editors told the peo
ple. Matters were adjusted, food
and feed were raised at home, and
the town began to prosper by leaps
and bowflids. Why? Because the
$150,000 remained at home to enrich
the community in which it was made,
as before it had been going to enrich
other places that had produced what
could be produced at home.
It is impracticable or even impos
sible for any farmer or community
to be wholly self-supporting, but it
shcAifld be self-supporting in so far as
economic advantage favors it. Mr
Don Seitz, of the New York World,
says that people argue to him that
railroads won't prosper if the people
live at home.
"Well," says he, "what interest
have you In the railroads or what in
terest have they in you except in so
far as they can enrich their coffers
your expense? We have too long sup
ported the railroads at our loss, and
in many ways they are becoming an
unnecessary nuisance." If the ad
vice of Mr. Seitz and a vast number
of economists is followed, Rockinc.
ham as well as the South will make
more rapid progress in the 'future
than in the past.
Our 1918 motto ought to be: "Food
feed, and fertility first; and then all
the tobacco we have time to raise. '
lifter of Emphasis.
If a man wishes to give absolute em
phasis to a negative he is quite likely
to say, "No. a thousHnd times no.''
What he really means Is that his nega
tive resolution is so firm that he would
he willing to repeat It an indefinite
number of times. So far as his mean
ing is concerned he might as well say.
"a million times, no." But only a man
of some habitual violence of speech
would say this. It gives an impressiun
of wild extravagance. 'Thousand.'
while being comparatively moderate
somehow seems more forcefuL
Garrison Flag.
The g7lson flag of the United
States army is made of bunting, with
30 feet fly and 20 feet hoist, 13 stripes,
and in the upper quarter next the staff
Is the field or "union" of stars, equal
to the number of states, on blue fitid,
over one-third length of flag, extend
ing to the lower edge of the fourth red
etripe from the top.
IT'S WAR TIME; WASTE IS EVIL
Traly Great Vakaes!
LOW PRICES ARE OUR MAIN SELLING POINTS.
INER
SoHE
CO,
27 SCALES STREET
REIDSVILLE, N. C.
; COMPARISON WILL
CONVINCE YOU.
ALL DRESS GOODS,
GINGHAMS,
SILKS,
DOMESTICS
. AND OUTINGS
UNDERPRICED
MEN'S AND BOY'S SUITS
We are prepared with an Extraordi
nary line of Men s and Boys suits al
woolen goods, in a variety oi styles and
patterns, worsted and serges, at so low
a price that you will be surprised. We
bought before goods went up so high, and
our friends and customers will benefit by it.
-WE HAVE BOYS SUITS-
From $2.45 to $9.50.
WYll worth $5.00 to $12.50.
WE HAVE MENS SUITS
, From $7.50 to $27.50.
Well worth $10.00 to $40.00.
Don't Buy your Fall Suit before seeing our showing and com
paring quality and prices.
Ladies' Suits Coats. Skirts and Dresses
The Greatest Fall Line of Coats, Suits, Skirts and Dresses
are now on display on our Racks Stunning Models, Beau
tifully cut and Trimmed to pleiise the most exacting customers-PRICED
EXTREME LY LOW FOR THESE
TIMES.
N. it..
NEW FALL SUIT PRICES $10 to $25, WTorth $15 to $40.
New Fall Coats Priced $6.50 to $25; Worth $10 to. $40
Ladies Skirts Priced $1.39 to $6.75 ; Worth $2 to $10
Pretty Dresses Priced $1.88 to $11; Worth 2.50 to $18
VALUE AND SERVICE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGE MEASURE
OF SUCCESS THAT HAS CROWDED OUR EFFORT IN THE PAST AND IT
IS OUR MOTTO NOW.
SHOE
BARGAINS:
EVERY DAY SHOES
DRESS SHOES
DEPENDABLE SHOES
In all conceivable Leathers an
d Styles for Men, .
Women and Children.
ERY
WE HAVE ENOUGH GOOD SHOES TO SUPPLY EV
MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
Mens and Boys Shoes
$1.95 to $6.50; Worth $3 to $10
Ladies Shoes
$2.25 to $5 ; Worth $3 to $18
Children Shoes
98c to $3; Worth 1.50 to $4.
Better Shoes;
Lower Prices.
Waste is Evil. To pay $1 to $5 more
for a garment and get less is a crime
against yourself and the Government
s.
HEINER &
CO.
27 Scales Street.
Adjoining Brittain's Drug St
MT. CARMEL.
Farmers are ver bu?y at present
cutting and curing tobacco. About
one-fourtli of the crop has been cut
and cured. The crov 6eeras to be
curing up with good color and body.
The farmer of this section need
help in saving the crop, but It seems (
very diffidujt to find any one to hire, j
Mrs. G. D. Ellington and her son,
O. D.. Jr., Visited friends and rela
tives near Schoolfield, Va. , Sunday.
Little iMissea Jettie and Ruby El
lington and Alice Wall visited Muis
Louvenia Strader on Route 3 Sunday.
Mr. J. M. VaJJtghn of Nance visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. Edd Dix Sunday.
ReidsvUle Saturday and Sunday.
J, Vaughn of Lauders
and Mrs. Edd Dix SJfl-
Mr. W.
visited Mr
day.
Mr. R. H. Ellington and family vis
ited iilr. and Mrs. T. Z. Sparks near
Lauders Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. C. B. Evans and family visit
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. French near Bethlehom Sunday.
Mr. J. It. Ad kins la on the sick
list, his many friends will regret to
learn .
Madame Rumor says the wedding
bells will soon ring In this section.
Rev. C. R. Allison filled hi regru-
Mr. George Strader and famly of 4i-"" i mi. wrau aim-
nanvllle vieited rriends and relatives , aay 11111 a crowa greeted him
in tills section the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Dix visited
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Craddock In
The Review Want Ada Will Bring
Results.
The Allotted Span. "
The "allotted span" ,.f ilfe Is, offl
cinllv, threescore years and ten. We
knew n doctor who declared that If
we 11 ed sensil.ly we should not dl
till w. were 1,"0. Unfo'tunntely, how.
ever, vn cannot refer you to this gen
tleman (rsonally for his prescription,
ns he di tf : natural death two years
atro, at the a.-.- of thirty-six. Londoa
Tit-Bits. - '
. '
Strange Bequest. "" "
A etrange bequest was made by X
retired soap manufacturer recently.
He left the sum of a llttk more thaa
eleven hundred dollars, to found a
home for homeless cats and dogs,"
but stipulated that the money is not to
be touched until the year by
when the donor estimates It win have
increased to two hundred million dol-