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KEEP YOUR EYES ON ELKIN-THE BEST LITTLE T^WN IN NORTH CAROLINA. WATCHiS^iv'uKOW! THE ELKIN fRIBUNE Kriptinn i« nlmut tn rxpltr, and *111 b.- diM-oDllnued il Dol irocvtO »I (Ilia 3l> da,\«. VOL. 6 Rlkin, N. Ch Thurtdar, 8«pt> 6.1917 No. 23 orroRnnoTY period of campaign ISALLTHATTHENAnEIMPUES PIrot Period Not Up to Expectations. Few Candidates Did Their Best. Good Chance lor Live Wires to ‘’Cinch" Chevrolet in One Week. Votes Reduced Further Alter September 8th The t»!riiHl of tlic Au- Uiinohile an1 prizt* caiiii'.iiun will ckne 8ll) at iiino |i in. Durlni; tliiit iwiiol those u-lio have (lone little totdalc will have the chance to (ilaro tliomsolvcs aiuoiiK tlio leaders (luriUK this week, as the iiuinlicr of votes given has been nnl.r slightly rc «luceI. The next reduction be a UarKcr one, and it is no . U) the candidates who want to be among tlio prize winners on Oct. Snd to make ft good showing foi tills |>orlo(l. Itefur to the vote schedule In the ad. lod.iy The iioriod just closed fell far short of Uic ext>ectations of the Csmimign Mnnagor, and tlio ftv erage amount of money turned In b.v candidates is very low Probably tills was due largely to the foot that Some candidates do not realize their opi>>rtunitius and others do not seem to ro.ilize that the vote schedule decreases as time passes on. But. it Is nut yet too late to enter. Alive and determined candidate will start now and by Saturday night be in the lead. Subscription.s will never again eounl for as inucli n at present. This (xirlod will probably de elde who Is'rcally in Iho cam (laign to win; a candidate wlx; wants the Chevrolet can “cinch' it by Saturday night. Those who mean business wit! not let Opimrlunily Period slip by and leuvo them behind in the W^_jac4._I>li. YOU illCAN UUSI. KRSSr PIES AS RESULT OP FATAL DRINK. Charlotte, Septembers.—Allen AlUlon, of Caiitim, Ohio, died Sa urda.v uftei'iioon near six o'clock in tlio Presbyterian hospital where he wasliurricd Thursday afternoon near tlie same liour after lie had taken two swallows of aniline oil, a deadly ixiisoi He never recovered consclou; ness, except at rare intorvalwand then only partially so. Mr. Alllton, who lived at 20(1 South Cedar street, with his wife, renting rooms from U. W. Hol brook, was an ex|>urt rubber tire man working for thcJ.it; D.Tire company. Mrs. Alliton liad been away on a visit to relatives in Olib ami re- (urne«l Thursday. .Mr. Alliton, who is a sulTercr fmm asthma, hod been in the lialni of taking u drink of whiskey e.ach afternoon when ho returned from work. He had brought a botlloofaniliue oil home for oxperimeuta! pur poses, the oil being used iii the manufacture of the tiros. The wblskey bottle wus moved by Kfn. Alliton in the eloscst and when Mr. Alliton went to get a drink he got hold of tho bottle containing the aniline- instead of the whiskey bottle. He took two swallows of the Iluid beforo he discovore) the mistake. Rc immediately collapsed Into s chair and told Ills wife whalliad happened. Mrs. Alliton, who is a trained nurse, gave him copious drinksof salt watcrand also some whiskey. She tried to get a phv sielan but failing called fur an ambulance and within half an hour had her husband in the hos pital. Physicians worked heroically to save blm. On yesterday, when it was seen that he wus sinking, the transfusion of blood was giv en, Mrs. Alliton supplying more than a quart of her own blood in an effort to revive the failing strength of her husband. He rallied only temporarily and died witliout having regained con- Bciouaness, being uriconscious when ho arrived at the hospital. He was thirty-five years old. The deceased is survived by his wife, his mother, who lives in Canton, Ohio, and two slaters. No srrsngRmsnts have been made for tho funeral, but tba remains' will be sent to Canton. KAISER'S PLAN TO CRUSH AMERICA Tlioso who try to comfort lliom.selves with the Uiouglit that liic United States is no dan gor from Germany ovcrluok great body of fftcLs wliicli ought to bo kept bofuro tlioir eyes. In ISkW the kaiser inndo ipecci) lit ft seoi-ot eouncit held in PoUdani ill which heelearl, lined his purjioso to destroy his enemies in Hurn|>c and then full ui>nu the United Slates—“and with. Ihu United States at tny mercy, I .shall set a new course to the destinies of the world. The text of this siieecli cabled to this country by W. Hamilton liliodcs, the well known London correspondent, and pub lished in American nowspaixn March H. 1015, It was r publislied in these columns c April G of this year, but so many requests have been received for copies of the article that we pro duce it again fur the benefit of • leaders; A'es^, gentiomon, Germany ’voryihing in llie world, first iKiwor on earth iioth in ]>eae.e and war, that is tlio place which I have been ordered by God Jo coniiuor for her with the help of the Almighty, This is my In-c- oeablo decision. At present, llianlcs to our airships, we are in inciblo and can carry at will war' into the enemy's country goes without saying that if wo want to maintain our su|>ei'lory and n.se it !o4>^t ai^aiitcge wo 'annul iiosliioiic necessary ac tion much longer. “It is too early yet to tlx the exact date when tlio blow shall be struck, bull will say this; That wo shall strike as soon ns I have Ificicnll.v large llect of zep- iwlins at my dlsiwsal. “You dcsiro to know how the outbreak of hostilities will be brought about. I can assure on this ]>oint. Certainly shall nut have to go far to find a just cause fur war. My armies of spies scattered over Great Britain and France, as tliey are over Nortli and South America, ve' as all other parts of the Id, whore German interests may come to clash with a foreign liovver, will take good care of that. I liave issued already some lime since, secret orders that will at the proper moment nc- 'omplish wliut we desire. “Hvon now I rule supreme In tlio United Htates, where almost hair of the iMpulalion is eith er of German birth or German descent, and where three million Gormrn voters do my bidding at presidential elections. No Am erican could reinaiii in iwwer against tho will of tho German voters, who control the destinies of the vast republic beyond the sens. ‘ While our oiwrations arc go ing on In Knginnd and t'l-ance, Russia will be lield in check by: .‘\ustiia-Hungnry. Wo have no- real causa to fear Russia. After t will be time to set things riglu in America, and to teach my fi-iciidsover there that 1 iiavG not forgotten liio object lesson which Admiral Dewey saw fit to give me soino yca's since wlicn we had that little alterca tion with Castro. “If God will help us, as I am confident He will, I trust that at the end of the coming year the Uxirial treasury will be filled to erfiowing with the gold of the BrIUsIi and French war indem nities. Then but not before—the moment will come to talk of dis armament and arbitration. With -Great Britain and France in the dnst, with Russia and tlieUnited States at my mercy, I shall set a new. course to tliu destinies of ttie world—a course that will en sure to Germany for uU lime to comon leading part among the nation.s of Uio globe.”—Macon •News. 1—New plian>(ra|ih ■( Jolin W. Oarmr of inililtn^^rr. Jun noailnntetl ininiHier o Hit- Neiherlsndi aol Laxen- bur(. 2—IJmt. P. Oncnnioyoh (Bwiutiful Stimntnlii), n full.l)IK»an| Mohawk.aad 1>1» company of CanniUan Indians SOW traliiliiK la EnzIaoJ for active service on the wesiem front. S—Battle fta** carried hy Bpauleh war veleniiii ta the Orand Amy parado in Boaton. Washington, Sept. 2.—Peace talk goes on, but the din of work smothers it. That is about os closely n.s the American ends of tho peace idea can bn de.sci-ib- al. Peace talk, as Washington lews it, is chiefly peace gossip. The President hears all soru of tilings about peace, but nothing thatlii tho least degree changes the situation that was created when he wrote his answer to the l>ope. He hears that the |tO]>e is pU ning to .send another peace note soon o-s the replies uf all the allies have been written, hears that the German rcichstag is trying to cook up some sort uf ]>cace scheme that will bear ihc stamp of public approval, through }>dr)inmcntnry re p rcscnlation. He hears also tivat Garmuii cur.ti ment so larns it is ;ierinittcd to pressed, resents his at tempted line of demarcation bo- tweeu the Hohenzollcriisand ilic lieopic. He hears feeble and robuious l>cacc preachings at homo, He hears stories about the Stock holm coiitei'ei.co and the rciwrl cd (leacc activities uf neutral countries in Kuroiw. Tn nddi tion to all this, he hears various interprctalloiis of his reply to Poi>e Benedict, with cfTorls to read into itnllsortsof line shades of meaning some iKoplo -declar ing the door to be shut and lock ed, others contending that It still wideo(>cn. Bulthe fact remains tliati>cacc so far as tho United Slates is concerned is purely a inattcr for academic discussion at this time, while war itself is a solid and substantial thing. President Wilson has no illusions concern ing the Imminence of|>eact>. He is ready to welcome itwheii there is a chance to obtain the kind of peace for which the country fighting, but he is not taking u low hours oft to chat about the pro.spects. Thoro is a lot of peace talk in Gongress, not on tho fioor but among members in private convoraations. Thcro is prisingly wide impression Uml peace is not far off. Tlie.ro are few members who think the light will be over before the vast revenue measure now pending reuebes the American |>eo- pie in the formof taxatim. Just| why this impression exists no body seems to know. Bat this kind of peaco talk is making no impression whatever upon tlie administration. The purpose of the President and bis lieutenants U just as clear today it was before Po|>e Benedict wrote bis note. There can bo no peace with a German autocracy whose promise is not worth even scrap of paper. And condi tions 80 far as this country is concerned are just tho same to day as they were before the pope’s proposals. The government, however, Is voting money and selling more bonds for war. Naval activities growing day by d.xy. Step by step the government is apply ing to civic and industi-inl life the most rigid war time regulation.s. Mon for tho first national army will bo in camp wiiliin a few days. A $11,000,00(1,UOO bond bill will be presented to house witliin ten day.s and senate with p.-iss a gi gantic revenue bill. )iiii3'uesd'>v tlie Presideiiland both houses of Congress will m^rchin a war pa- nide. Tliose arc some of the things that every American citizen should bear in mind if lie wants to uiidersland4he attitude of his government townril peace talk for tliey are tho things that count. They ix'preseul exactly what the United Slates i.i doing instead of wlmtalotof |M>opleare •Hiug and talking about. "The vornuient cannot 'of one iw- but must on the conti-I stantly haslcn uiul increase it. Washington i.s sti-k-tly on a '.vai basis and not on a peace basis, Tiiero is no real Iioimi here atr far as the admiuistraiiun is concern- od that the time is near when the German people will tlirow autocracy. The President in his note to the Pope drew a line be tween the Gcnnaii |>eoplo and their guvernineut, as lie did i: the i>ast, and Siimpiy for tlio pui IKise of keeping clearly before the world the reasons tlialani mate Lite United State.s in m.iking . was not that M r. Wilson had any idea that the wedgi copld be driven home in the iui mediate future. He will bo one of the first to welcome a basis for true )>oace, but in the meantime he will coii- linuetobeonc of the leaders in tho war against Gormany. The ndmiuistrntion is dealing almost exclmsively with war facta and only incidentally with the peace hopes, It is not counting uiion a change of heart within Gormauy or a ciiauge of government. Nor is it counting on the iKJasibillly uf a collapse of the Cvrman war machine. The one big ihiugJl la counting upon today is a military and naval campaign backed by au embargo and a blockade that will overwiiclin Germany If m the meantime an oesiergoal pre-.sents itself and proves practical so much the better. But that is ro- garded as merely a contingency. A high otllcer of the government ily oday ago asiccinctli' ex pressed the Americanview. He discussing the iwssibdity of an iiilerDationai trade wai after the present war Is over. “That can come only in tbe event of a stalemate,’’ he said but there will be no stalemate in F.urope.” This man si>oke the determina tion of the President, stale mate that will leave Goemany in thossme governmenLil slate as she is today can be reached so long as thu''Uulte(l State.a is a war factor. A non-lcakablo gaaolino tank hn.s been i>erfocted, wpat W needed is a non-oxiiauatAblu i Morganton, Sept. 1.—The late Dr. P. G. Murphy, superinten dent of the state hospital from its foundation until his death, was one uf the best known pli.vsiclans in liie entire country and spent his life building up what is recog nized os one of the best institu tions in this country. His many friends will be inter ested to know tlmthisentire fam ily lius volunteered to go to Prance. The first logo was Miss Mae, who went from New York as a Red Cross nurse, and next her two brothers, Drs. Alex, and James, both proinjnont pbysi clans associeted with large lios pitals. Now the third brother, Robert, Im volunteered. With all her children in France or n»"dV .sail. has arranged to go as inati’oii in charge of a base hospital for the Red Cross.. Thus like Doctor Murphy, who gave hi.s life to the inlerest'of the unfortunates, the entire family follows his footsteps and gives its service to the country and in oocticase, the members of this real family have gone at great sacrifices, each giving up prom ising prosnecis. PORTO RICAN OFFICERS TO TRAIN AT HOME. San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 25. —JCorrusiiondcnce of the Asso ciated Press.)—The Porto Rican training camp of the oQlcers’ re serve corps to develop ofiicers to command tho brigade of Porto Rican trooi>8, will bo held at Henry Barracks, Cayey, begin ning Aug. 27. Orders were sent out today to the accepted candi dates to be at Cayey early on the morning of tho twenty-seventh and prepared to undergo Uiree months’ training. The contingent of 245 men or dered to report at the camp will include forty-five non-commis sioned officers of tbe Porto Rican regiment who will enterthecamp to prepare lor commissions. Two lieutenants from the Porto Rican ■oglmcnts have been detailed as instructors at the camp while other officer instructors, who will later take command of the bri gade, areexpectedlo arrive from the United Stales a few daj’s be fore the camp opens. Officers to man the Porto Rican brigade are to be trained hero in- steadof in thetraiulng camps in States partly at tneir own re quest and partly because of tbe speifial requirements necessary for them to officer tbe local troops. A thorough knowledge of both Sivauish and English is required of all student officers entering tbe training camp. No site has yet been selected I a camp for tbe brigade which Is to be drafted as soon as tho student officers have completed Uieir training. Before you start to abasing the neighborhood, hadn't you better take a little inventory and see what kind of a neighbor you FAnrNCEUROEb UFON AHEIICANS BY OEH. PEintlNC Paris, Sept, y:—Major Gener a1 Pershing, who tiaa rotnained in Paris clearing up riio work at his old hoadquftrtcrH, and who is not going to field headquarters until Sniiduy or Monday declared today ill connection with p'sns fiT the coming winter that tlic Americsn |>eot>tc must learn the meaning and value of pa tience, and not exjicct that the ox|)cditionary forces landed In France can be rushed immedi ately to the front line li-cnclios. Toputnn inadequate, insuffi ciently suppled force Into actual combat, ho said, would merely make a mlstuke, which the Gcr mans unquestionably have ho|>ed and exi>eo.ted the United Stales would make. It is the deiermi nation, rather th.al when Ameri ca (loos take her place In the line shoulder to shoulder with the other Allies next year, slie will be fully prepared to through the summer campaign and make the Germans feel the full weight of her military pow- 'Tliose of us who have fully studied and who know what is necessary to be done,” said Gen eral Pershing to the Associated Press, “are anxlona that the peo ple nt home shall strive to realize imonsity of the task in which we are engaged aud shall, through patience and confidence, help us to accomplish that task ill the shortest (lOssible time. Everything is going well with us both as a nation and ns an army. tVe are making giant strides day after day, but we are just start ed. "We came into the war with out an army, so now we must build an entire new organizati .and build It so big and so strong Uiat we can take our place along Av'Uli AJiL*,.«riio^niadyliava had three years' time and cx)>er- ience. “I realize how very difficult it for Uic people at homo to visu alize the war, to visualize the ef fort that lies behind the war. Our problems uro greater than any France or Great Britain had to solve, but wc are solving them and will continue to do so. It is imiiosslblc to create n vast fighting machine merely by the wave of a wand. I wish that it were possible to do so and that wc might be fighting the Gorman government Uiis minute. W'e know that the only way to defeat tho German army is to hammer il and keep on hammering it. That is what wo cxi>ect to be do ing with all oui* strength and en thusiasm during ne.xt year’s camiMign.” CERHAN CHILDREN REST IN SWITZ ERLAND Geneva. SwlUerlatid, Sept. 1. Arrangements have l>een com pleted by the Swiss Red Gross whereby tbousanda of German and Austrian children will be brought t-j Switzerland for a short summer vacation in the Alps. The first contingent of 500 German children and 420 Austrian children arrived recent ly from Berliu and Vienna. They were in a pitiful slate when they crossed the frontier plainly show ing the effects of privation and iffering. They were thin, pale, nervous and hungry, snatching at all food offered them. After a few weeks’holiday they will be sent back and other.s brought in their places. The Swiss govcriiuient also has arranged to bringcbildrenof Swiss parents residing in Ger many to the Alps for the sum mer, payiug ail expenses and providing a temporary home here for those who are too ill to re turn to Germany because of the lack of nourishment and other wise. Wo have no objections to the president appoiatlug Mr. Tail a Major General, but wo do tliink he should have considered the shortage of khaki. Purls, Sept. 2—It Is a pity that so iiiucli b*iMid li.is been shed in ruin" A Gorman offloPi-. liikcn pris oner In thtj recent French ad vauoe imrUi of Verdun, is thus quolwl by the Echo la Rochelln and ft staff uffiri'i-wli I intcrog it- cd tlie German is giv.vii as author Ity for the inlei view The Ger man iiald lioiniige to the horolc- courage of the Frennli soldiers, but tried til ili'couruiic tlic idea that liel|) Would lie fnrtiicnming from tile Unilcd States. ‘‘Whyslelude ymirscIvoK willi cliimcricnl liofics and thus pro long the inunloroiis struggle'r'j he went on. “You ox|>oct irro- slslablo aid from the United States. They promise It, but they will never give it. We 'anow perfectly in Germany what toex- peel as to the Intentions of Preai- dent Wil.son. He is playing wiili you; he will temiwrlze without ever going whole-heartediy Into the conflict. “When you are hoiieloasly beaten, ho will be the arbiter of the situation and will ini|tosc a l>oare that will be advnntagcoLs to no one but the United Skites of America. He wilt never com promise the Stars and 8tri|ies in an adventure bn the frrnt.” French officers vainly informed tbe prisoner timt thousands of American .soldiers ha* e landed in France and Rnglaiul and had inarehed through tho streets of Paris and London, that n divis ion of American troops were pro- l>aring service nt the froul; that other contingents, more im - portant, would arrive beforo tlie end of the yclr and (hat the Unit ed States was urming millions ol Tliesu^e only adroit uinneuv- deslJned to keep up the spir its of 4-R^^)mb«tar>*«,'' r®plL.'-l_ the prisoiicX The Frencliofficer tlicn said: “Wo wtll convince you; yon shall be conducted before Gener al Pershing, the commander in chief of the American expedition ary forces in France, now here on the Verdun front. You can question him yourself and you will lean) wlicllior it is tlie Ger man iMiopIc or us who are being deceived by those who govern.” When the escort came to con duct the'prisoner before Gener al Pershing, big tears rolled down Ills check.s and ho remarked sad - ly:; “Since this is the case, it is ii'i over. We are lost.” TAKING AWAY OP CHURCH BELLS HARKED BY PATHETIC EVENT Amstenlain, Netherlaiid.s, Sep tember 1,—“Tile last chimes uf thochurch bells” lx the subjrat of many pathetic valedictory ar ticles in the German papers. Before the bells were taken down to be sent to the munitions foun dries the clergy in many Gorman villages celebrated special church services commemorating the his tory aud record of the boils, many of which are centuries old, the church organ meanwhile playing appropriate music, The next day the villagers as sembled to witness the taking down of their beloved bells on which a final blessing was be stowed by the prie-st or pastor. Then the village maidens decked tliem witli flowers and foliago after which the bells were liolat- 1 tbe carts that were to take them to the nearest railroad sta tion or place of embarkation, tho village choir slowly following the procession chanting hymns and prayers. Turin, Sept. 2.—Five Itallso aviators have returned from a successful flight over Vienna. Leaving tbe Italian- front the machines passed over the Aus trian lines unobserved und flew straight to the Austrian capital where tbe aviators dropped pamphlets informing tbe iieople of the city of the great Italian victory.
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