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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