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VOL 0
i;!kin,N. C, Thursday, Harch 28, 1018
No. 52
APPALLING SLAUGHTER WROUGHT
AMONG THE TEUTON INFANTRY BY
HACIIINEJM AND RIFLE FIRE
Withdrawal ol British Forces in Event of German At
tack in Great Force Hunned Long in Advance Asso
ciated Press Correspondent Describes Withdrawal as
Masterly Operation and Says Unquestionably Is to Let
the Enemy Wear Himsell Out Against Powerful De
fense. . -
TIlH withdrawal of till! British
force along the. battle front in
France was long ago planned in
tli event df the German attack
ing in great force. Thin an
nnuiK'cncnt come from tli"
British front through Hi" Asso
ciated Press corre -.p')!id"ut, who
describes llu oM'r;tlioii f tin
Aritish army a a inastrly with
drawals, made possible by gallant
shock troops in tlm front linen,
w ho cheeked tlx' advance of the
Germans, while artillery , ma
chine gun anil rille lire worked
uppalling slaughter among 1 1
masse of Cermu infantry as
.'4licy were Bent fm .'ard, this en
abling th" main Imdy of the Brit
ish to fall back deliberately and
without confusion.
Thin army, it it dec I a red, hat
been conserved, and up to tliu
present very few counter attack
havi; been made ng ilnst tin; Ger
main. Where the 1 tritinli have
stormed the Germans' newly ac
quired positions they have driven
them back. But each mile of ad
vance makes the lrini nU UP
supplies to the German artillery
and infantry more and more dif
ficult, aiul unquestionably Hie
Brilito strategy, at denionslrat
d since the lcgiiinir.g of the
Ureal attack, it to let the enemy,
Kof.tr at ho may, wear himself
i'Ut ngalnst a powerful defense.
Both British and French fore
en. whore their liar meet south
of St. (jueiilin, are watching
events with optimistic eyes.
On tlie hatt'e line in France the
sanguinary struirgltf t ' T it gy
iniron, with the British troopt
on mott of the sector apparent
ly holding their , hnt with
tlm Germans at salient point
Mill pressing forward.
The town of Chauny, south
west of St. uentin, situated on
the road to Compiegne, the gate
way to Pari, ha been occupied
bv thu Germans and, according
to the Berlin official ouitinunica
lion 4, everywhere between the
Souiii.e and Oiso liver the Ger
man are pressing their advant
age. Throughout S-iday along the
entire SO mile l-i'tle front the
lighting never ceased for a mo
ment, and where Field Marshal
Haig's men were unable to with,
stand the terrific onnluue.hu de
livered by greatly supeiior fore-
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w.iyt In orderly fashion.
It now hat been definitely as
certained that considerably more
than a million Germans have
been brought to the western
front in an endeavor to crush the
I'riti.sli army huldioe; the line
fro ii the iciiMi of Arrat to the
south of St. (Juciitin, but it daily
becomes increasingly evident
that tin enemy in hit drive hat
met w ilh opjof.ition not counted
Uhin ami been unable to le.iliw
to the full hit objectives.
In addition toChauny, the(Jer
mans are claiming the capture of
both 1 'e rim mt and Ham, and have
increas rd the number of prison
ers taken to more than :;o,(xx), in
addition to MK) uunn and larc
stores of war materials.
It is claimed also by the Ger
man that American and French
regiments which weie brought
up to reinforce tlm Hrilish have
been defeated, but no further in
formation than tl.i. mere tate
inent ha been vouchsafed.
In their retirement, according
to Iterlin, the Mritish are burn
ing towns and villages behind
them. This statement, however,
seemingly, is capable of beintf re-ceivs-d
whh fytcrvo, nt the (Jr
mans themselves, in their fam
ous "strategic iptin'nient left
litlle standing in the territory
they evacuated, even denuding
the country of tree.
One of the mysteri: of the of
fentive which now has been
solved is that the shelling of
liris it being done by a long
range German gun. This state
ment is contained in the lterliu
ortlcial communication, m,d a
Fan dispatch says that one ofl
the gun lias been located near
Ijioii, about TO miles from the
center of 1'ari.t. Throughout
Sunday morning and Into the
mid afternoon shells were dropp
ed in I'ari.t at intervals of from
1- to L") minutes.
h Already tin? spirit of hmttfut-
r.ess which jn'rva les the German
army in tunes of success is being
strong'y manifested. Field Mar
shal von Ilindenburg has compli
mented the German cmjeror on
the "initial nuccess" and'the lat
est German ollicial communica
lion it loud in its plaudits of the
German troops, declaring that
the attacking hpii It f the infan
try could not have been exceed
ed." On the other battle fronts the
fighting activity continues com
paratively blight, except for reci
procal bombardment and trench
raiding oHrutions. Along the
Aisne front and in Champagne
the artillery duel between fie
French and the Germans lia.e
been somewhat violent. The
Americans on their sectors, es
pecially northwest of Tiul, are
daily keeping up their artillery
practice, with visibly ginnl re
sulUs, nyainst Hie German ixisi
tion.s in front of them and now
and then carrying out successful
raids.
In the Italian theater the .snow-
on tho ground nnd the freshet
in the valleys continue to liirdei
the operation on a largo scale
but from tho preparatory artil
lery activity and the hkirmishes
that are being carried oat, it be
come inereasiiiKly evident' that
this theater Hhortly is to be the
ficeno of a sai guinary encounter
Washington, March '24. V'io
lent iihting between the British
and Germans were continuing
at2:P)0 oclock this morning be
tween Croisellea and Tergnier
un onicial dispatch from Paris to
' U. S. MACHINE GUN
A nut t-liou.i.- rM.i nf
U. S. CRUISKK BRINCINC CAPTURED
CFKMAN RAIDER
A Facitie i'ort. March !-'.
With what it declared to be a
captured German raider in tow,
a United States cruiter w ex
pected to reach this port next
Sunday or Monday, according to
information given out today by
navl o"icers lie re.
Wireless messages from the
commander of the cruiser said
that the captured vessel is the
Alexander Agassiz, for several
year ill the service of tb bio
igieal institute at Li Joll.t, Cat.
TIn f apture wat made latt Tues
day off Mazttlaft, .Mexico.
The Agas:z, accordit-.g to the
warship's messages, carries an
all German crew and was outfitt
ed for service as a raider of com
merce.
The Agassi, according to fed-
era! officials, has been a source
of much trouble for sometime,
and ha been under suspicion
since last clearing from San
Diego, .January 27, l'.UT.
SIXTEEN DEATHS AFTER COLLISION
Washington, March 22.- Two
additional death as a result of
the collision between the destroy
er Manlev and a Hntish man of
war on March FJ were announc
ed today by the navy depart
ment.
This brought II e deatli list to
sixteen. John C, Holme, car
penter's mate, of Itoston, asor
of the twelve men reported kill
od today. The names of tho II
others have not been received.
. It was announced nN"th:Ut,n
men not reporUnl were injured.
All of these hurt were reported
doing well.
Isaac liggs. mess attendant
No. 2('i, Cleveland street, Norfolk,
was among the Injured landed
and sent to a hospital.
Tho navy department today an-1
nounced that tho name of uii
Cohen, boatswain's mate, pre
viously reported kiiU.I, should
Ihj corrected to read Iaw is Cohen
and that hit loldress should be
Haiti more.
Kichard P. Gallman, seiioiisly
injured, wat Kielmrd F.. GalUiun.
Hi emergency address was
Trough, S. C.
day announced. Tin Germans
are usir.g . division, of troops
and their losse are heavy. The
Hrilish resistance is declared to
be "efficient."
London, March 21. "North of
Peronno." say thooftlcial state
ment from ItriU.-di headqnai te:-
in France, "enemy attacks worn
directed with the greatest vio
lence against the line of the Uivcr
Tortille (a tributary of the
Sommc). Our troops vn this
IHirtion of the battle front have
been withdrawn and are fighting
on new ixsitions.
"Further north repeated as
vaults by largo bodies of German
infantry have been repulsed with
heavy loss tot lie enemy. In this
fighting the wcnteentli and for
tieth divisions greatly distin
guished themselves, beating olT
many hostile attacks,"
HELPS KEEP BOCHES
AliM-l li 'ill I i;irliliii" i-ilU Mtlml In Mi l lull
TAX SLACKERS
"Tax slacker veill be prose
cuted at vigorously and relent
lessly under the war revenue act
as draft slacker were prosecut
ed under tlm selective service
act- The aid of all good citizens
i invoked in bringing to justice
the man who deliberately seek
to ea le his just share of the war
burden."
This wa the statement today
of Commissioner of I uternal Kev
enuo !anlelC. Kojs'r. With on
ly day left in which to file In
come war tax returns, ho has
practically completed the organi
zation of n huge dragnet for
bringing into camp all suons
who fail to file return by April
1. Ueveiiue oEhcer in every sec
tion of the country are checking
up return with a view to bring
ing prosecution against tax
dodgers. Tho word ha gone
forth tiiat such offender need
exeet no leniency.
"Through its educational cam
paign the Bureau of Internal
Revenue has endeavored to cover
the field so thoroughly that ig
norance of the law cannot be con
sistently o.Tered a an excuse,"
said Commissioner lioin;r today.
'The press, the four minute men,
the State and County Council of
National Defense, the CelJ force
of the Departmentof Agriculture
and other government Ndoparl
tnoi.ts, banks, post oftiees and
hundred of volunteer agencies
have cooperated In bringing home
to the taxpa.vt-r hi duty.
"The man w ho failed to regis
ter under the selective service
act was regarded by tho War
Department a a slacker and
prosecuted a such. The man
who fail to tile hi income tax
will be regarded as a "money
slacker," and when discovered,
as ho w ill be, w ill be made to suf-
for full n:i!tio of the law
"To tho credit of the Nation it
may be said that I have gratify
ing and conclusive evidence that
these taxes will A to paid by the
great majority of the American
people cheerfully and willingly.
Hut the duty of tho honest uun
does not -end with the payment
of hi own tax. lco.ll upon him
to aid in bringing into camp the
tax dodger. A man so niggardly
as to seek to evade w hat hi rev
r,osontatlve in Congress havo do
dared to bo his just share of a
tax imjMised for the support of
our arms is deserving of no con
hideration and w ill receive none.
"Congress has distributed this
tax justly and equitably. The
rate i fixed so that the rich man
and the men of moderate means
aie assessed each according to
hU income. No man can offer
tho excuse that hi neighbor es
cape what he is made to pay.
There fere, it is incumbent upon
all good citizens to aid in carrying
out the intent and spirit of the
law, which I that tha burden of
J
the war tax be evenly distributed
and every man compiled to pay
is just quota."
AT BAY IN FRANCF
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"imhiich lnT- In Kmiic."
AIRCRAFT PLAYS WORTANT PART
Indon, March 22. British
aircraft during the fighting along
the front in France Thursday
aided materially the infantry
forces below, killing or w ounding
many Germans with the machine
gun while flying atlowaltitudes,
according to a British ofiicial
communication- issued tonight
dealing with aviation.
In. addition British aircraft
bombed important military ig
nitions behind tho lino and avia
tor accounted fur numerous
German airmen in battle in the
air. The text of ttie communica
tion follows:
"The mist over the whole
front Thursday morning cleared
locally later, but at most places
the weather wa unsuitable for
low flying. The enemy' attack
ing troop and rein for cement son
the battle front offered excellent
'argetstothe pilots of our low
flying machines, whirl? Hiured
many thousand of round into
them, causing innumerable cas
ualties. "Our bombing machines also
attacked these targets, in addi
tion to bombing imHrUnt rail
way station on the battl1) front,
over 100 bomb being droped.
"A great deal of fightin, oc
curred at low altitudes, in w hich
lit hostile machine were downed
and six driven dow n out of con
trol. A hostile balloon wa de
stroyed by one of our pilots.
One of the enemy's low-flying
airplane wa shot down in our
lines by infautry. Three of our
machine are missing.
"During the night night flying
squadrons in the southern area
o! the front were unable to leave
tho ground, owing to the mist.
In tho northern area, where the
weather was clear, our airplaues
dropped three and a half ton of
bombs on tho dockyard at Brug
es and three and a half ton of
bombs on rest billets northwest
of'fournai. All of our machines
returned." .
MEN WHO COTOCArtP FROM
SURRY COUNTY
The following list of men have
been named by the Surry county
exemption board to leave for
training on the tirst of April;
Davis S. Jones, Mt, Airy; .John
Deo Jessup, Brim; James LMgar
Needhaui, Pilot Mountain; Chas.
O. Robertson, White Plains; El
bert G. Younce, Uound Peuk; Al
bert G rover Draught), Rusk;
Caleb Haynes Allred, Mt. Airy;
Jesse Isaacs, Mt. Airy; Arthur
F. Jones, Mt. Airy; Klmer E.
Mounco, Rusk; Jesse Martin,
Pilot Mountain; Kendriclc B.
Wilmoth, Thurmond; Wm. Mat
thews Beasley, Mt. Airy.
The following is tho list of col
ored men who leave Surry county
March 29 to take training:
Walter Gwyn, Joseph Gray,
Klsmere Headen, JohnMitchell,
Thackston Tucker, McKinley
Doss, Clyde Allen, Lcroy John
Kelly, Roy Johnson, Fred Doug
las Davis, Thos. S. Sattertield, of
Mt. Airy; Julius Hampton, of
Klkin; Noby Parkfi, of Shoals;
Wesley Franco, of Brim. t
Uf.'AV Y I IGIITINC WITH AIRPLANES
Iunion, March 21'. An official
statement of the net ial operatiuis
Issued toni;'ht says:
"A thick morning mist on FH
day prevent our airplane from
leaving the ground during the
early part of the day. When the
mist cleared thefo wa much ae
tivily in the nil on one haltle
front. Trie enemy's low Hying
machines were particularly ac
curate engaging our forward
group.Vw ith machine yun.
"The enemy' massed troops
aain offered good targets for
our low flying airplanes. The lo
cation and range of !odies of hos
tile troops and transports were
reported to our artillery nnd sue
cessfuly engaged.
"Might and a half tons of bombs
were dropped on hostile railway
stations in the rear of the battle
front and also on the enemy's
billets, high velocity gun, troops
and transM)it. Tho lighting in
tho air was very heavy, almost
all the combats taking place be
tween Arra and St. Quentin.
Twenty seven enemy machine
were brought down and twenty
were diiven out of control. Two
hostile machines were shot down
in our lines by anti aircraft gun
and another by the infantry.
Eight of our machine are miss
ing. "During the night our squad
rons dropped over fourteen tons
of bomb on hostile billets, am
munition dump nnd arras in
which the enemy's attacking
troop were concentrated. All
our machine returned."
TIRST dXylichtraidon pasis
Paris, March 2:1. The lirstday
light air raid on Paris came to
day, which wa ono of orfect
sunshine. The people of Pari
refused to immur themselves in
cellars ami other subterranean
shelters and tho street always
had a great number of people in
them watching for an nerial bat
tie.
A tho day passed and the "all
clear" signal was not given, the
feelitfg grew that something new
In the way of a raid wa expected.
This wa not explained until an
ofiicial statement was issued, say
ing that the delay was due to the
bombardment by long distance
cannon.
Piece of tho shells on exami
nation, were found to bear rilling
marks, which proved that they
had not ix-on drop;ed, but had
been tired from a gun.
This left a greater mystery
than ever.
Another thing which turned
tho thought of the ofiicial to tho
Msibility that a cannon was be
ing used was the regularity with
w hich the bomb fell, ono every
1.1 minute.
Paris. March 2:5.-Pari re
ceived a third warning of an at
l.u;k within 2i hours with un
shaken nerve tonight when an
alarm wa given at U o'clock. The
"all clear" signal wa given nt
10.20, before the population could
learn whether the warning was
against an airplane raid, or
whether the long distance Ger
man canno'i had resumed oiera
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hahiiMi:nt or war
Ciiii.idian I li-Miii iiiitci s iii
l',raiicc. 'I'hursday, Manli
While G'-rmau nnd Hrilish troops
wore strngglinp, far to the south,
in the ojicning clash of the spring
campaign, the greatest projector
gas bombardment of the wnr
wa carried out by theCanadiai.
tonight against enemy position
between lnw nnd Hill To.
At II o'clock a signal rocket
was sent up A"' moment later
more Lhan TlIhiii drums of lethal
gas. simiiltani oiisly relemcd
from projectors, were hurled Into
enemy territory from the out
skirts of l ns to fit St. Augustn
and Hois Dedix 1 1 u it. From his
front lines and strong point fav
oring winds carried the poison
on clouds back uon the enemy's
dugouts, supports, reserves nr..l
assembly areas. The whole front
wa lit by enemy Hare which
could be seen through the heavy
mist, while the enemy'. gas
alarm and cries of distress could
be heard from the hostile
t rem lies.
Nine minute later the Cana
dian Held artillery hiipKrted by
heavy guns and trench mortars,
0tcncd up with n slow bombard
ment, increasing in violence until
10 minute later, the enemy po
sitions were swept with a bhort.
inten-Jve creeping barrage, w hich
raked his forward and rear areas
with high explosive.
Caught by the gas without a
moment's warning and caught
again a they were emerging
from their shelters, by gunfire.
tho Germans' casualties must
have Iwen very heavy, for tho ef
feetivene of smaller gas opera
tion had been emphatically
proved by the evidence of prison
crs, and tonight'M bombardment
wa three time greater than
any thing of its kind ever at
tempted by the Canadian on tho
western front, nnd much greater
than anything ever launched by
tho Germans.
STILL PRESENT A S0UD TR0NT
British Army Headquarters in
France, March 21. (By the As-six-ialed
Press )-The British,
gallantly lighting, are still pre
sonting a solid front to the fierce
ly attacking Germans, although
tho defensive troops havo w ith
drawn their lines in certain plac
es for strategic reasons. All day
yesterday nnd much of last night
tho conflict continued to rage
with increasing violence, a fre-h
German division wore hurled in
to the fray hi an attempt to smash
through tho British defense.
The operation I vast and is
changing with kaleidoscopic rap
idity.
Forty i German division
havo been identi tied thus far on
the battle front. Some esti
mate place tho number of Ger
man division engaged a high a
ninety, but it I itnpossiblotosay
if this i nccurate.
Certainly the German are put
ting all their available strength
into the assault nnd fresh troop,
are constantly appearing,
.The fighting yesterday was c.
tho most sanguinary character
and the enemy continued to lose
great numbers of men through
hi system of massed attacks.
That docs net fiicar? that the Brit
ish havo not suffered casualties
They necessarily have, but their
losses are much smaller than
those of thf ir opponents.
Tho visability became excellent ,
late yesterday and tho wtiGlob.it
tie front was turned into ft vorlti
ble hell with tho artillery action,
as the unprecedented concent ra
lion of guns on both sides c;
loosa their freight of death
Men who fought through M ,.
great battles of the Somj.
Flanders and Arras, s.iyf t
they never before havo seen s -thing
to approach the nwfur r
fire 'of tho present cor
There Is not even nn intVjt
spaco between the cxrlo v
thousands of gun of a!l
work to their fullest cnp.u ... (
Especially bitter fignl ; ,
curred last night in the 1
of Roinel, Mory, Moohv (M,--
les?) and Bcauioctz.
The British air tier vice
been doirg valuable work -,. '
machine ' guns ag.linst thu
vancing enemy.