IT • ■ ' ‘ ^ ■ - - • I KEEP ¥OUR ON ELKIN-THE BEST LITTLE TOWN IN NORTH CAROUNA. WATCH HER GROWtJ THE ELKIN TRIBUNE voue coNPcrmvE muiot period in TIE EUHN 1RIBDWIS CAMPAIGN ENDS S.EP». 22nd, ^ NIN^Erftf Twelve Big Ballots Given to B«8t 'SSb^cHption>Getters. A Three Million Ballot for Etch of Two Leaders. Three Ballots of Two Million Votes Seven of One Million Tito pre»ent pAi-Ivl of tlic cam- palgn will be known o* Pompotl- tJ»e Ballot Peric^. anil will close Sei>teu)bci' 22nd at nine p. in. In addition to the roRolar sche dule of votes for this itertod, 12 B|>erlal votinKpertiflcalcs will bo ftiven to twelve eandidales for work done up to the close of this perlo.1. These vntinucertifc'aU's wUl beealletl eoiniielilivo hnllnlH because tliey are to he niven for eomiwtitlve work. Tjie.v will bo won b.v caiulidiiles who are realty Ic varnc.Htanil want.Ui ho one of the leaders on October 2nd. The two candidates who have to their credit the greatest total amount of money at llie close of tills period will be awarded a bal lot Rood for three million votes. This includc.s lirst and second period work as well as this per iod's work. After those ballots arc award ed three ballots for two iniltion rotos will be Riven to the three candidates atandinR ncxtaccord- InR to subscriplUm money, then seven ballots for one million votes to the next seven candi dates. Never SRaln after this iicriod will competitive ballots tm viv-cn, nor will subscriptions count for so much durinR the remainder of tim canipaiRH. Absolutely will no hartfcr votes Iw Riven. !lea«l llu‘ sclwlule of voK^s to llic end, printed in tlio ad. elsewhere In this issue. It behooves all llfosc who de sire to will a prize to RCt busy and win a comiXititive ballot. There i.s not a camlidatc in tlic list who can afford to stand aside and let the others win the bal lots if ho wants to be anywhere at the end. DUrtferd Rumors UisroRard rumors tliat may be Blurted to discouraffo yi careful of the candidate wlio tells you how few votes he lias. Also be careful of the candidate who says he lias many votes. Sever al of the Imst candidate: list arc now discourajied because they believed rumors that wore undoubtedly started just lomiiUD them quit and leavq the starter an easy victory. Wsrnini Candidates It is a safo bet tliat the win ners of the prizes will bo tliose who never divutRC llieir stand- iiiR to even tlielr best frientls, as the word often Rets to sonic competitor and put them to a biR (lisadvantaRe. There Is a candidate who Is beaten nearly twice over. Wlien he was adviseil Ui get busy and keep the ball rollioR, he merely smiled, looked wise, and tliouRht that he was not beins told the truth, because, he said, "some one has told me just how many vntes the other candidates have, ami I have more than enouRh now to win.” This class Is cited for tlie bouctit of alt. knows how many voles you have unless you tell them. A Word to tho Wiso Keep quiet—keep busy—win the BIG ballot—ride in yourown car after October 2ad. CROW HORF. WHEAT. Mr. W. M. Speed, ebairman of wheat extension of North Caro lina Council of Dofensa, lias ask- ed.u6 to cooi>erato wltli him in having the farmers of North Car olina respond to the call of the President for a wheat crop in 19ieotone blUion busliels. This amount was Rrown in 1015 and canbedoneairaln. Tlilawheatis needed for feeding of our armies, the armies of our allies, and tiie people of Ihiscountry. • Every oue wants W help In this AUSTRIA'S ATTITUDE AbARHINO TO CERKANY. H'enhaRcn. Sept, 9—Tfie NaeliiiL-hten uf Hambui-R, in discussinR the question of pc.ace, : that b'llh jAustri.-iiis and (ici-mans declare that Aus- wnuld be false luher.sclf and Ini inaiiy if slic advocated a speedy iieaci-Jhased on renmicia tion uf aiinoxailonM and imiemni lies l>y Gci'inany. Tho NiiClu icliU-ii's Vienna cor- rt*.s|)ondent assails Uio Vionna Neuc l''ioic I’rcsso. The Zeit and Tlic Sunday and Monday On zcltc, qlt of wliich liavc printed ticlcs intimating tbalGenuany is tlie great olistaclc to the con clusion of jicace and calling upon Chancellor Michaelis to put fortii a plain, unconditional statement accepting the basis of no annexa tions or indemnities and to make realstepsilo introduce n demo cratic government in Germany. I’rof. Ijammasch,--noted jurist, in the Ncuo Freic Pi'css, declares that tlic German chancellor b.v his oonditional pru|v>sal, "as in- torpi'otcd. ' withered the rcich 's iioacc resolution before it could come to fruit. Tlic Sunday and Monday Ga zette says that it is idle to deny Uint the pence question is indis solubly bound with the dcmocrati- Izalion uf Germany. This; it adds, nfCer'n promisiiiR begin ning has MOW cca.scd to progress, and nutIii''R Is being done to 'caken the acuu.satious regard- ig German evasion and German deceit on i>cacc conditions.. Tho Gazette asks why Dr. Micliaolis docs not declare with- "ifs" that Ifelgiuin will re main a fr(-c and indoi>cndent slate. a on lliu KrouhilK i>( I'niui irnenil inirisKMlnulo*. roinmniKirr nt Ihv (ire n I2-lDrh llitapi>«irlivi irun lb one ot Ai»*rlra’ waier In huio- ran*. HANY Elkin, N. C.. Thun day, Sept. 13.1917 fcrlpticVn la shouifl • Im* dlsr— not I'nowis) «ltli Hill, ilu- rn-viitly nppiivd navnl irolDlns i-smii near Kngoin. i-s ilmt :iri- ai-Png In conjouctlcm with Ilu- ■lllvs. .V-Lonl- fnno. t--Aiii*r1nin soldlm In ,ramp , in Pninvv carrylns great war, forever overthrowing Kaiscrism and Milltari.sm and e.s- tablisliing for ail lime Democracy and Liberality, and since bread Is just ns necessary .as soldiers, those of us who c.annot go to France are parmiUod to render this valuable service at home. The Departmontof Agriculture osliinat-s tho 1917 wheat crop ot North Carolina ns bcing9,lC9,000 bushels, which is 1,170,000 bush els loss than tho iDI'i crop. -atenf production the state will consume for food this ye.ar abv Jl 11,719,(100 bushels of wheat more than it produces. The President and the Defense Com mission insists thatevery farmer increase liis wheat crop tSl-S licrceut. this fall. The farmer who has been sowing ten acres should sow at least tbiriccn acres or increase on a pro rata basis Ihis.vcnr. W' must doit! We cannot afford not to answer this great call. Every farmor should examine his seebwheat carefully and pro vide himself with the beet aecd. The c.vperimcnt atations have c onducted comparative tests with more than 25 varieties of seed wheat. An average of these tests on all different tyims of soil shows tliat ill the mountains, Ijcaps Prolific, Dietz, Mediter- raoean, Purple Straw and Futz, have yielded best. It will be to your interest to c.xchange wheat with your neighbors and not put the wheat that i-ame off your own farm back in the same soil for seed. Wc are going to keep on hand some of the l>eat local wheat for seed for our customers for sale or exchange forgood wheat. We will also clean seed wheat foT anyone who wishes it. The crop should be seeded In the next 0 weeks. We are advised bymany of our customers that the early sowing last fall yielded splendidly while the late sowing was almost a failure. Lot us work together and do our very bestior tho coun try and for ourselves. ECKlN ROLLEE MILLS. Headquarters ofWomen’s Aux iliary Corini, Behind British Lines in France.—Oneof tlie rev olutions which the war has wrought in the British army lias been the admission of women cooks to tho camp kitchens every where except in the tighting lines. One of tho great troubles of the Kitchener armies in the early days of the war was the inefli ciency of the cooking arrange ments. Under the old i-egula tions cooks had to be drawn from each unit, but owing to the Jnex- ce of most of the citizen soldiers in this art. the food in fBOMt lUliis. Aliluuigb pUmliful and good, was badly cooked ar.d biidi.v served, and the kitchens fre|Ucntty dirty and slovenly. In consequence, i>t n time wlien young soldiers especially needed appetizing food to strengthen Uiem in their unwonted labors, many suffered severely from the monotonous and indigestible meals put before them. More over tliei'o was a great deal of waste. The first women cooks Hriliah army were employed in August, 1915, at n convalescent camp, and six months later the formal recruiting of women fori this work was initiated. Toiluy there are more than G.UOO cook* and waitresses in 200 camps in England alone. Women have al so taken over tho kitchen service all the Canadian and Austral ian hospitals, and women Instruc tors are being employevl in the regular army scliools of cookery. One woman who enrolled as a cook two years ago and wlio is now only 22 years old. hits risen to the rank of superintendent, and is responsible for tho whole service in a camp of 22,000 men. Tho economy resulting from the employment of women cooks ha.s been very marked. In one large officers' camp the daily messing charge was reduced ithin a few weeks from 6,'cents a day to 31 cents. Tliousands of Unqle Sam’s sol diers pnsaeil through Greens- boroduruig Sfaturday and Sun day on their way to southern camps. During yesterday sev en troop trains passed througli and on tlic day and uight before eiglit went by. A total of 22 trains were exiiectcJ to hit tmvn within two or three days and up until 0 o'clock last night, 15 hod gone througli, t(iu nthcr sci^n being expected after 111 o'clock last nighh The longest train that came lis wny Saturday carried 24 cars, of tvhU-h 17 were sleeiverff. All during the night ^rooiw were -lod tbroDBli Jlnli^^g^terdl^ Washington, Sept. B.—The doatli of FirstLieutennnt Wlltiaui Filz-simmons,' medical corps, S. A., killed Thursday when German aviators bombed hospi tals behind the lines in France, was announced in a dispatch re ceived by the war department tonight from the military attache of Uio American embassy ntLon- don. It was the tirst news thede- liarlmenthad received about the attack upon the hospitals. No mention was made in the mes- ssgeofoUier Americans reported killed in press cables. Lieutenant Fltaaimmons joined the army m^icai forces at Ksii- sas City, his home, last May, and recently ‘was attached to the British forces. He was just 20 years old and a gradnate of Kan sas university. Shortly before ontering the army he had return ^ home after spending a year doing hospital work in France. one train would iSSrdB- bo out Of sight before another came in view. The first greup of men sent through yesterday did not make a atop but the second train, which carried four companies of Pittsburg soldiers, stayed long enough at the station for tlie 521 men in the comiMinie.:; to entrain and niavcli up to the business section of tlie city and back for exerelse. The lliird train arrived shortly after 12 o'clock. No stop was made at the passenger station but a brief halt wa.s made near the freight (]o|N>t. Some pa triotic litUc girls presented ilow- ers to tlic men, which were great- l.y appreciated and caused favor able comment from i>ooplc in the crowd about the train. At a little after 1 o'clock Ollier train, which carried the IBtli regiment band ami machine gun company of Pittsburg, der the command of Colonel Kearns and Lieutenant Colonel Succop. The day’s treat for tho usual crowd at the station was given by this group. The band which rivals that of Al. G. Field, gave a rare musical treat nt the corner of Buciianon and South Elm street, the lirst selection '..eing “Dixie,” which was round ly cheered. This was fallowed by the waltz, "On the Square” and a mevlley starting witli "My Maryland” and including otlier (umiliar song.s, cams next. "5Vhere Do ^Ye Go From Here” closed the concert* Duilng a brief intemission in this song the men sang tho words, which made the music all tho prcciHled by tlie hundreds of people thnt had quickly gatlici OUIKAH BANK JANITOR t« NOT YET LOCATED. DurhdUi, Sept. 7.—Police to night had not found NathanCliap- |)cll, colored janitor for the First National bank of this city, who it is charged, entered and robbed the bank early Tiiursdny'morn ing of a som ot money left on the desk by Auditor Irvin .Muse the night .before. Cliapi>et chargml with breaking into tlie bank, as'it was }>artof his duties to sweep out early each morning. First information announced by the {wlice regarding the bciy was to the effect Uial the amount taken would run between $200 ahd $G00. The officers said that Auditor Muse gave Uiem this information. Later, how- •ver, (’"-shi^r Wr.l. Holloway de led Uie ..mount was so targ^ saying it was only $75. The isPtt lice said tliey were informed that alnable |>ai>ers had also been taken. M r. Holloway denied that any papers were taken. The negro is also charged with entering a taiioring shop in the bank building, taking with him two $35 suits of clothes. Police searched the negro jan itor’s house, but did not find him. They confiscated a trnnk from Ills i-oom that contained clothing and a large amount of stamps. Chap|)el, according to the bank officials, has been employed there for about six montlis. well recommended, and had been allowed the privilege of carrying the keys to the bank and also to the rooms in the building. Clerks busy with tirst ot the month work remained at work until near mid uight. Oneof the clerks liad been engaged in counting up some money, and os tho safe was closed, left it on the top of his desk. When he arrived thenext morning the money was gone. The negro did not put in liis ap pearance again and has not been found by iwlice. AN ARHY OP S.000.000 BY CLOBE OP IDia Washingtoi., Sent.- 8.—An' ar my of 2,000,(XX) ineii at the be> ginning of 1018. and ail army uf :i,000,030 lieforo the close of next year is Ihc program ot the war departinoi't. Ai-hievemenl o f tlieso plans will gUe iho United Stales during lillBnii army layg- lliiin the combined Union and Confederate tighting Turecs dur- Ctvll war at tlicir maxi- Ilium strengtli. Announcement that Um Unit ed Slates will liave an army of 2.000,000 by January fiO, IplB, is made un the BUlhorily of Secre ttry Raker liiiiiself. In making this siateiiieiit before a liousc cominitlee Secretai-y Raker add ed that these figures were ex clusive of the nuiiilier to be call ed out under the. .second levy of the draft. Tlie second draft levy of 500,- (lOO to be called to the colors as os the hrst 0*7,000 non' in piDcesa of mobilization, completo their training would raise tins fighting force to 2|SO0,O0O, it is considered practically - certain tliat Ibis total will have been called to the -colors before July 1, uua The third draft levy of 500,000 wliicli will be called out as sexm as it can be accommmlated, if the continues, will Kivo the tion an army of :i,000,(XW. . nouncement by Secretary Baker that the war dei>artment ex|>ects to have an army of 2.000,000 with in five months without resorting to the second draft was the first official announcemiint of the ar my’s immediate exi>aiision plans. Here is the way the force will be divided, according to the best approximation army staff officers can give: N.vtiooal army, 0*7,- 000 men; national guard, 470,000: fcgular army, 4:>0,lxKh. awxiUavss tfuops, ITC.OOf' s—>: hwolial 5)i'p3, 140,(XX) men; quartermas ter corps, HO,000 men. In addition, there are the 25,000 officers graduated at tlic first of ficers training camps and the 20.000 sfu.lent officers now training at the second camps. To Allain these totals witliout rcconrsc to the second draft vig orous rrerniting will be needed. The regular army alreadyhiis far suriiassed its old war strength of 300,000 and should make its total by voluntary enlistment. Some additional drafted men may be needed to bring tlic national fT^KUOUf SILENT. AS TO EXPOSE. ^^prtilngUin. Sept 10,—Tlio gnvsriiinenl loflax was still wall ing fov Mum li^lWihni of how Uia SwcdUli government regariNT • ; IhedlHcltMUt'i-H ,,f Uio |url taken hy its Icgaiiiin ill Rui-inui Ayres. ' Neither tin- Argentine amhn.-, siulur iir»r Swedish niiniitU-r bos iiresented nny messago from theirgovernincnU and it was In dicated that unlit one or bulli liud coiiiuiunieated witii lliesUtcde- l>arlment tills goveriinicnt would lake no step toward the dcvelo>- inent of wlMimnyJead UiajEcri- alteralKiii uf Sweden's itosl- lion among iho' neutral govern ments. At the state dep.irUnent today was made clear that there \va:> no diAIKisitlon to question Ihti good failli and honesty of Ihu Swedish iienple. The'distinctioii between tlie gnvernmentand iieo- pie was carefully ix)iiitei out. The deiiartment will taku prompt steps toward securing-ai. exiilanalkm, it Is assumed, and wpi be surprised if the Argen tine foreign office does not force the recall ofUuuntLozbui'g, who advised the sinking of ArgeiiUiiu ships “without leaving any traces" and who referred to the lietd of the foreign office as a no torious ass.” -That tlio incident has been re garded by this government as a warlike act by Sweden was ab solutely denied. What may dc- velo]) is a different thing. At present tiiere has been no change in the iwsitiuii of the two govern ments. This government has attempted no restriction u|on free communication lietween Sweden's re^resentalivos and their government and tlierc was no indication that any would bo imiKised. This government re- RsnU the entire question as a htses direct grievance of tJie al lies than q/ ihe United States. Wlietiiei* this government g\it the disjiaPdies it publirlied from its own agents or from those of one of tlie allies remained a so- cret. Kefnivnl also was made to discuss tlie question as to wlietli- er all the infurmation in lusses eion of the department ho-s boon made public. FRENCH BEUEVE PERSHING ALSATIAN DESCENT Paris, Aug. H.—The roimrt that the uncestors of Major Geo eral Perslnng, eoinuiander ot tin American forces emrd, toIdUsUBnclI. ol 10 dl- "d™ Alsdlla.. tamlly ..l.i.-h ed. Five of yesterday's troop trains carried 2,100 soldiers to Camp Hancock at .\ugOBla, Ga., and , the other two carried New York ambulance companies to Camp Wadsworth at ijparlanbnrg, S. C. At every opportunity the got off tlie train here and pur chased small articles, such as postcards, cold drinks, icecream and ’ watermelon. It seemed that the supply of everything lasted except that of [wstago the railway postoftlce was kept busy making change for cards mailed without stamps. Sever al boys sold postcards but failed to have a supply of postage. The crowd around the station was very willing to aid the sol diers in every way iiossibie. The nearby merebar ts were swamp- el with orders from the men and apparently gave entire satis faction, for they had no com plaints to make and when one train was ready to leave Uiere were lots of soldiers running with pic and other eatables in theirhands. One member of tiie ambulance companyhadadachschund dog, which had been christened 'Kais er,' and according to the soldier, closely resembled the man from whom it was named. The trains, were decorated with patriotic sIc^DS such as ‘Berlin or Bust, ‘Kan tlie Kalaer.’ and ’Good-bye Bi-oadway, Hello Spartanburg.’ From the nnanimons decision from thoae near the station yes terday who saw the soldiers that soldiers are unusually interest isions with reserve battalions. The auxiliary troops of 170,000 men include the engineer regi ments now being organized, and the aviation army which will be placed in the field. Alrcadymore than a dozen new engineer regi ments have been formed by vol untary enlistment. A dozen more will be raised. Plans to hasten the departure for Prance of men now in train ing were divulged by announce ment that the war department has started construction of two large concentration camps Newport News, Va, and in New Jersey. "These camps," cial announcement by the war deiiartment says, "are designed concentration camps and ilia proposed to assemble and eiuip from lime to time, tixiops thalare awaiting orders. F’rom these cam]>s tlie trooiis may move to whatever locality is se lected as the iwtt of detiarture.” Each camp will have, fcom 600 to 1,000 bnildtngs and will accom modate 20,000 men, an army dl vision. stamps. Tho transfer clerk atMog uion.—Greensboro Nows. ligratetl to Aiuericain 1749 lias met with immediate acceptance France, wliere the general has made a wonderful impression on all, ci.vll or iniliUry, who havo come in contact with him. A F'renchmeo’s idea of what an American general is in no way resembled Uie licad uf the Am erican cxiieditionary force and it must be admitted that F'rencii admiration and enthusiasm havo been all the greater on that ac count. AcerMin number of protest- ant families left Alsace in the 18Ui I century owing to restrictions im- liosed by Louis XIV’s goverii- menton "le free exercise of their religion. BORB RAKING PLANT U FOUND IN NEW JERSEY Hoboken, N. J., Sept.6—What appeared to bo a fully equipiied bomb making plant was disclos ed to Uie police tonight when ar exploBlon blew off the roof of a small building in Third street as two detectives were passiug. man who tied from the structure was seized by one of the officers. He gave the name of Robert'Iich- enfeldt and his age as 53 years. Hu admiued lie is of Germadjdlsordcriy person, birth. The fire which followed the ex plosion was quickly extinguished without further damage from the dangerous contents ot tlie stnio- ture, which is situated in athick- ly pptiulated section. Police resehTes romoved the bom6 making ing^ients. These S ipplics inclod^ed bottles of sul- luric acid, muriatic acid, sul phate of iron, nitroglycerine and several pans of while powder, Tl»e plant was elaborately equipped. On a ' work bench were several chemisle scales, uiurUrs for mixing purposes, a bellows and five gas jetf. The anpply of explosives was said by the (lolice to be full} u complete as that lonnd in a Bit.er street hotel early in February when Bans Schwartz and Fritz Kolh were arrested. Llchenfeldt was held under the techoicai charge of heiog a f

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