VOL.7
KIkin.N. C, Thursday, August 8, 1918
No. 10
ALLIES ADVANCE;
TAM TOWNS
With the American Army on
the Aisne Maine Front, August
3, 10 p. in American t n h j i s en
tered tht! southern partof Fismes
today, w hile other forces of the
Allies hold lli" southern banks of
the A t n and Yeslc rivers from
Soissoii to Fisuic.
Eastwsi d il it almost a straight
line thronfh ('.urn Id, tus
court, Cui celle hii I Clumpig
ny. Thi advance of tin whole army
was along a front of almost forty
five mile.
To tli ;k1 of Soissoiih tli.- ex j
tension of this line northward
along the Aisne, at well us tin'
extension of tin general line,
makes it probable, in tin opinion
of military eierts, that the Ger
mans will hesitate before concen
trating themselves f. r a stand
along the plateau to tin- east be
tween tlu Aisne ami the f1,
as the branch railroad from Ser
moi to the north, now is domi
nated by the Allied gun.
The broad field covered by the
advance today include at least
fifty small town and villages.
7 p. m.- Information reaching
the American army com sn inders
indicates tint the German arc
ergige.1 in removing a I.iro a
part of their supplies front Fi
UleS as fsissible. Smoke clou, I,
and detonations roulirm in for
iiiation, that large quantities of
ammunition ate being destroye 1.
At different places behind the
German lines the effects of the
destruction of ammunition could
be seen today.
It is not ex(M-cted that the Ger
mans w ill give up the advantag
eous terrain along the Ves'e with
out a renewal of the struggle. It
Is believed probable that the Ger
mans, realizing the difficulty of
maintaining Fumes an a supply
point, in view of the case will
h
w hich the guns of the Allies can
Umibard it, have decided to es
tablisb a new base far to the rear
but hot to yield the line of w hit h
Fume is an integral p,, j
1 1 is beheied mssiblc. the Ger
man strategists may have as
sumed tint the French ami Am
el leans, ow-r exhilarated by Frit
ish triumphs might plunge for
ward into Fismcs, where they
could be terribly punished by
the German i'uiu
Fefuro evacuating Sajninay the
Germans desperately cndeawitcd
1.1 rcri,..lk.tairl I . 1
, , , , Hi-' r iilivavs are itleu d vvith
railway cars, winch, tuiiilv, theyl
,, , . . ', , , ' ammunition, wagons and dead
weif c.ms-ied to leave behind 1 .
T, i , I horses, some of them with their
I he r ri-ncli and Anient an l.e.ny'
i ,, l''"'cr. as they f.-il when struck
f " 'l IMtl nrtl'irtl Hit-
railway lunn ng iituth fiom San
o)y and the Get mailt weie una
ble t- make repairs ow mg ti tin
fOlllillUed sheliing
Sanopay and the district
tending t. Fete F.n Tardenois
forum an important railway ecu
tr, of which the Germans ma le
much Use until tlie Aloe I guns
cut the line. When the French
filtered Sanopay on Fiidiy they
found two locomotive vhi, h the
Germaii had attempted to de
troy when they discovered that
the railro.id ha. I Ivecn severed,
and the rail way yard also had
lieeii datimged by German pi
pltislve.
Friday was the first day Fere
Kit Tardenois w a not under Ger
man artillery since the Germans
evacuated the village. The Am
erican and French already have
aUrled to restore the shell swept
tillage. A, group of American
engineer under a lieutenant
from North Carolina today
worked side by side with French
engineers, repairing the roads
and atreets, and other detach
ment were busy burying the
German dead.
Previous to eval uating Fere
F.nTardenoi the German do
atroyed virtually everything that
could be made use of, Including
mirrors, beda and furniture.
There was not a single house
which had not been ahellwl or
djnuaiited. Most of the stone
Newsom is Sentenced to
Thirty Years in Prison
Winston Salem, Aug. 4. Thii
ty year in the state prison was
lb sentence imposed upon lien
lT. Newsom by Judge Ioie at
l.'lOthi morning, after the jury
had returned a verdictof murder
in the second degree for the lull
ingofC. G. Ingram in this city
last March. In accepting the
verJict Judge fyine told the jury
that they would have been jusli
tied had they made their verdict
li 1st decree.
The case was given the jury at
l'-MlD o'cl.s k thii morning, but a
d"cisiei was lint leached until M
o'clock. Counsel f,,c ..mho
i'ave notice of appeal to tin' su
pre me cou i t.
After ,J udge Line finished his
charge to the jury in the Newsom
case last night he itnjMised a sen
tence of 1j years in the state
prison upon George Atwood,
convicted l ist week of murder in
the second degree, for killing
Kdward liege a few weeks ago
just south of the city. Notice of
appeal to the supreme court was
also given in thi.s rase.
houses are mere shells, with
gaping holes in the roofs and
side. Some houses were totally
demolished and the church no
stands with many large holes in
the roof and side. Virtually the
only things in Fere Iv Tardenois
that ate nearly in tut are th.
we.itherciM ii.on the c hurch stee
ple and the cobblestone of the
streets
The trees in the village square
weie twisted as if by a cyclone
by the fareucil shells of the Ger
mans. A large sign in German at the
entrance of the church reads:
"Kemovo your h its un enter
ing." Down the street a Ger
man sign, stretched across the
roadway, leads: "Captured
arms and loot must be stored
here." The sign bears a hand
pointing to where a house. owe
stood The building now is a
mass of ruins, the result of dy
namite or some other explosive
us.-d by the retreating Germans.
From Fere Ivi Taideiiois a v al
ley stieU'hes lioithwcsllo S.im
nay and beyond, and Hie valley
on Friday was a great battle
licld. At one place m ar Sa
nay, at a cross roa Is, jj tio sad.
died horses, apparently killed by
the same shell. Hi-side two of
the hoi sen hy dead German
j jjst as they fe.i from their s,d
Idles
tij the big shells of the Franco
American allies Many of the
wheal tie! U are pirtiy hirveslej
with the wheat stacked, the Ger
mans having relied what the
Freiitii peasants had planted.
II-re an I theie tints can be seen
from the roadway, indicating
where some German dropped.
At one place a German killed by
shrapnel bail fallen bead tirst into
a shell hole fi'led by a down pour
of rain.
1 1 w as into this valley of death
that the French infantry came
Friday morning. a the Gorman
withdrew through the valley
north of S.qtonay. The French
and American shell followed the
German as they went. From
the hill to the west of northw est
of Saponay the French came
from woods hi a rainstorm from
cloud so low that the tree top
and cloud seemed to meet, and
under their barrage the French
marched into Saponay.
To the northeast the Ameri
can are advancing virtually un
der the same condition, to the
woods cast of the forest of Nes
le ami to the valley running
north of Ka;onay. Il was here
that the French and Ain-ricans
met, anil side by side, continued
their progress northward.
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FIX DRAFT AGES
FROH 18 TO 45
Washington, August Draft
ages of from Is to ', years v. i l
be recommended to Congress in
the bill embodying the war de
partment's new man po.vcr pro
gram which will be inltoduccd in
loth hou-es (.f Congress Monday
aiitlt Xi'tliled bycoinmitlees with
a view to prompt consideration
when rcgalar sessions of the
senate and house are resumed
late this month.
After formally announcing the
new draft nges Pwlay, Secrctarj
Haker said all the p4w-.it.le com hi
nations of age limits were care
fully studied and it was found
that in order to get the men into
class one for the program pro
posed, Is to 4T was iiH'CShary.
He said, however, that tie bill as
recommended to Congress will
contain a provision authorizing
the President to call men out of
class one by classes according to
ages, so Hi it f it is f i ill ltd p-ossi-
ble the men between Is an. I l'J
Will Ih ciilletl out laUT than the
oltler men who ari' found eligible
to class one.
The war department program,
the war sccietary spd, is purely
a military one and cannot be call
ed a conscription id labor, al
though il li ilu laity ui l hive the
effect of putting ul Useful lilmr
cr m the army i'! aM- Im..i,..
men within the age ha its asth-y
tinally will be lined bv Congress.
In recommending tins eUcn
sion of the nge bouts, Mr Hiker
continu'd, the tlepartmeist hid it
in mind sto-piy to g.-t for th.
ai my the u n in )m-r of men which
il believed necessary to defeat
Gcrmii'j. The secittaiy was
not prepared to sny how many
thai wti.il.l Im n-r t give any es
timate a to the pnijmrliDit of
male between the ages of Is t,,
Je, inclusive, which would be
found eligible.
In making up the list and
classes, the same rule will 1m f !
lowed that has governed in the
first draft, Willi the same excep
tion from tb first call of man icd
men w itli dependent ami those
engaged Inessential industries.
Mr. Maker gave it a his opin
ion that so far about l.UM.ui)
have Wen drafted out of class
one from the misting lint.
There has been considerable
opposition in Congress to lower
ing the minimum age, many
members being reluctant to draft
youth before they attain their
majority and Ceuie Into full citi
reuship. Senator Chamberlain,
chairman of the senate, military
committee, said today that he ex
fiecled opposition on that score,
but expressed tho opinion that
there would not be unusual delay
in passing the bill.
Some members of Congress
believe that the man power bill
will be taken up immediately
afU;r Congress resume regular
sessions and disposed of Itefore
the new war revenue legislation
is considered.
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Vmi Itavr imUi-eil tin li nllli llmt Drw
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tlx- t.nrl.i-r ttii'l pl.tisil o conk iv-r
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Forntr 0ntr Celt Famous Doj
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I .1 t-. .;.i' i f 'tO' Mr V(,mrr m.lil
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Mrs. ir.'-.T I ft- l'l ill i'-.t ; li ain
t. r. I irt- ! l!i- I its Pr! usnt-r
At'tnti" War Tractort Hf'p
tl ret.lie- 'I'-ll tiOt III. llil-'M t
f.l -r-i' ' in. i" tlie t'l,!i Kill?
.1 .in Itowll I') nil" r"!t. It ! Ml
t.relitii! in-"1 llnil n nr re.t'
.,iM tif ll.is lit. n ix' Ills I" t il lliinte
l..i.l.e li) Hit- litiirist.M i if Aiui-rl
i toi i; ni'.r liHrl.ir sii.-t tht- lu kiiiti'm
(,f f.t i aiiipslit In Ntot iiil't-r
Little American
Outwits German
la.n.lon, Aug A littleAmcr-it-.iti,
"t siirmip i f . ui.ii)," out
wilted a huge German in a deadly
grapple on the Marr.e baltletield,
says Keutet correspondent at
A me i lean Itea.bpiai ter.
The German w as about tj fin
ish the American with his bayo
net. The A merit an grabbed a
grenade from his belt, fumbled
with hi finger till ho loosened
the safety catch and then thrust
tho grenade into the German"
pocUvl. Willi sudden terror the
German realized the American's
intention but before ho could
counter it wa too late.
There was not enough left of
hi equipment, the correspon
dent adds, to prlvide the quick
thinking little American will) a
souvenir.
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I'uIkiiIiiii, Kiik'luuii, a fully equipped
TO SURRY CITIZENS
Mr. Flitor:-
1 wish through your columns
to explain to your reader and all
the M-i-pleof Surry county home
of the cloii.gs of our township
piimary and County Convention.
I would rot write thi letter,
bul for the hypocrisy and dupli
city of two men in the County.
A I Norman, our "Ganitor" id
our new court house, v as the
rirg'a ring master of our pri
mary wl it li was held here on the
th of July. It was charged
that he Used liquor freely on that
day to debauch ami inlluence ll.e
voters, and I have not seen as
muc h drinking on any one day
in Dobson tdnce the Primary of
l'.'ts, during the g-xnl oldtiu.es
when liquor was p'entiful. This
man Norinan has been taken with
proceedings in arrest and bail
fur the alleged debauching of
John Coe'. seventeen year old
daughter. It is freely rc-rted
that he spirited her away in the
night time to some secluded
place, unknown to her parci ts,
ami their hearts are now bleed
ing fof the fate of their little
daughter, lie is also charged
with having been a blmkadcr. I
beard a county ofl'.cvr say that
Norman and another mar. kept
their oquor in tho basement of
the new cou it house It is a
shame on the Cuuniy and a d.s
grace to the Ijejiubiit an party to
hive sut h a mm jnu'. -r fr our
magnificent ten, j 'enf j-astice.
As to the Other matter I w ish
to mention will say that list
prirg I had decided p, fi e appij
cation and make the race fur the
State Senate, ar I had soetpress
ed myself, but before the tue
for entry ejtpiusl. Andrew dark
son came to me oie morning .md
statetl to me that the leu ler in
Mount Airy had In 1 1 a confer
ence and decided to run me for
the house. I ty!d h.m that if
that was the wish o' the I-ad- rs
I had just a soon run for the
House as for th Senate, ami that
the arrangement w as satisfactory
to me. A few day liter l. G.
Helton came to me and told me
the same story. I informed Mr.
Helton that Mr. Jackson ha I told
mo of thi and that it w as satis
factory to me. Same three or
four week later, several promin
ent men came to me and tcl 1 me
the ring was against uic. I could
not believe it, but I had another
conference with Mr. Jackson,
anJ to!J him what I had heard.
He looked Innocent and claimed
that he did not know anything
about It. A few days later Mr.
Helton carue to Dobson, took me
to one side and assured me again
that he waa for me, but the Con
vention and Primary showed
plairdy w here each of these men
stood. I want to warn our coun
ty oflicer that In the future the
Ilepublicans will expect them to
dist barge Uiedutie of their of
fice. honestly and faithfully bq1
not use tho prestige and owcr
of their offices to form a ring for
the purpose of controlline, :mtl se
lecting their successors jn ollii 0.
If that is allowed, the rm' u il
become an endless c hain to con
trot the :trly machinerv and no
man, however capable and wm
thy, n-'cd apply for ollice unless
he has the (). K. of the i mg.
Tho next, matter for considera
tion is little Warren Davis Mr.
HoMoh'm chief deputy, whom I
have stood by loyally for twenty
two years, and never swerved in
the least from being his most
faithful friend. Six years ago, I
did more to mould sentiment in
his favor am' secure his minima
lion for sheriff thin any fifty
leaders in Su rry ( 'ouiit.v, and yet,
I understand that under the di
lec tion of his "boss," he did
more to defeat my nomination
than an.v. body in Surry County.
Such treachery and base ingrati
tude i to be; condemned by all
honest K'ople. In two year
after Wesley York and C. N.
ltodeiiheiiin r did all they could
to nominate Davis for Sheriff, he,
by his treac hery, defeated them
for cleik, and in four years there
after, on account of hi treachery
to Vestal Taylor, Taylor with-
I re w from the race for Sheriff
against V. G. Helton.
In Hue, out of the 115 men in
Dobson township who uported
Warren Divi for sheriff in the
piin.ari, al least K) voted against
M. Davis, for tdieriff at the
election and thu defeated him,
and Guy Carter said late in the
evening of election day that all of
Warren Davis' friend were vot
ing for C II. llayncH, and that
Warren Davis had done i.othing
all day to prevent it, and that he
be lieved Warren davis endorsed
whit they were doing Yet Ves
ta! Taylor and I were (barged
with disloyalty to the tic ki t that
year.
Thirty-two years ago this coun
ty was apparently hopelessly
Democratic, but in thu K
publican elected one county of!i-
ci.il. that wa myself, and 1 have
been trying all these year to
build up a strong, healthy party,
and I ihi not wish at Ibis late day
to destroy what I have hel il to
reel. I shall continue to do in
my feeble way what I can tokeep
the puty strong. I have ho
complaint to make nguiist Mr.
Maguue because the ring sup
sirted him. So far a 1 know he
i a gentleman and I should like
to see every llepublican in Surry
County vote for him, but what I
do object to, is ring jM-rpetuitie
and deception practised by those
who try to boss the parly. It
would have bis-n inure manly and
more honorable for these men to
have tol 1 me that they were for
tho oilier c andidate or ! have
id liothii.g. 1 1 look Uotv hke
their main ttjtvt was to keep me
out of the Sfi.afol i..l r.u'e.
I am proud of the Hepublic an
who supimrted me in the pri
mary. I love every one of jou
from the very depths' of my
heart I hope the Iod will
pros per jou w bile "you live in thi
troublesome world, and when lie
eaiUyou tocros over the river
of death, I ho every one of you
wi!' ce admitted up higher, and
enter through thu pearly gates
w here there w ill be no more pain,
sorrow cannot come, death can
tiercr enter, and jioiiticai rasc ali
ty is unknown.
With much and abiding love to
all my friend.,, I am,
Very truly yours,
W. W. HAM ITU N
Dobson, N. C, Aug. 2, lel-v
Adv.
.i'Cil.' Per, lout Tk.
fin,' i f lit" l! rll'inj mid ItiiMiril'tsis
.!lii V I II It '.Mill tillli f:ll'S til l'l
tut ef c nne i(ri itii'l viiiM-n In
iniiinii. ii. ii.-t it i.l..ii nf t'it' Weit Is
ttt e:tl'll Hilt t-lW'eil' lies!, full tlielll
ttf llielr I Mnl pi-. Imps filto !hi
ittiiii j'h". .i I'tipnltir Sfis-lmn-
If SI: L-ii? IIP. Tl.e peril t.f tilt" ttt
nrf nt nil pnfi wlit-n, wUli a rnix
l:nili-r nr y I'lln-r pns itrimis niesii.
In1 Ihis iisti-nifisl nr t.-si iii)in to th
in lit1. fir tln n tin liitni'li r ttni"t fie
lliti -. erf ill Krttn hlriln if clnf
rnlnTi'. Mel nflili wlifll In' cntllHU t-
f fii.i littiisttf tit iitlfiiitii;t'. Vlif
st art her fur tin lefiy tit-.is li f. i!
II. Mt the fuung Aft nr Mily clnjs tilj,
rso teenme dirpnbly sggrtiilv.
GERMAN RETREAT
CONTINUES UNA
BATEyjRSUED (H.V the Associated Hres.)
Tin! German retreat cor.tiriues
unabated, with the allies every
where in hot pursuit.
Apparently tho situation now
ha resolved itself into a race for
the northern bank of the Aisne
river by the Germans, who have
been evicted from strategic po
sition along the Vesle liver, in
the center of the line and direct,
ly east of KhHins, which seein
ingly renders neces,.lty t j a t
they put the Aisne betweeu
them.selves and their pursueis
a quickly as )ossible In order to
eseapi? further largo looses of
men made prisoner.
Just how largo thi bag of cap
live is at present cannot Le
reckoned, but unofllcial advices
from I'aris assort that when the
figure aro made public they will
thrill the allied world. General
Pershing in his communique
says tho Americans alone have
taken ,-100 prisoners and, lu ml-
dition, 2311 guns.
After hard lighting the Ameri
cans and Kreuch have succeeded
m taking from the German, tho
iuijiortant town, of rami's, ones
Germany's great ammunition
and supply deiot, midway of the
railway between Soisson and
Kheims, while to tho east at a
number of places along the Vesi?
river the French have creased
the stream, driving the ecersy
northe ast ward. h!at r.f Sois
son allied troops hat i.pf-otiat
ed the passage of ttei Aisr.e to
the northei n bank of thu Rtreaiii,
whrre they are in a jsisilion to
harras the enemy a Iih endbiv
or to straighten out hi liim in
conformity with that runr in?
northwestward.
So fast ha b'S-n the ret i Cut of
the German in tho center that
already some elements ,f their
forces have sum Pdd in leach
ing the northern bank of the
Aisne and getting numbois of
their big guns across n it It them.
All through the sih.-i.t town are
still abl.ue behind ll.e retreating
Germans, and even corn Ce.'d
have been set atire io erder to
prevent the allied Iroop fpjci
gathering th riwiieJ crcp.
The lighting along the Vesla
river w as of a nanguir.trjr elm
h terns long as it lasted
With the liver at ffest.el aijj
the German unable to ford It,
they stotsl with their back le it
and gave battle for their hvi
A majority of them were killed
ami lho icmainder were nude
prisoner I hie of Hie most im
sol.u.l maneuver iiortb of tli
Ves'e was tho jn-netiation by the
l-'rench to the village of laNeu
viiit tie which n leases tin1 Ger
man hold on the northern out
skills of Hheiin and seemingly
delivers the rathedral city from
the (Serman menace.
Willi Uio German now thor
oughly vanquished thus far on
the Soisson Kheim salit-nl,
eyes are being turned U the f
gion in the northwest on both
side of Amiens Merit tho
French and Hrltish arc keeping
up their hard pressure against
the armies of Crown Prtnco Hup
prccht of Havariaand have forced
them on two highly Important
sector U retreat.
bc'0thnt of Amion tn tlieold
Montdidier nector, the German
have fallen back across the Avr
river over a wide front, whild
corlhcaat of Amiens, in there
gioti of Albert, a fclmiljr retro
grade movement has been made
acros the Ancre. The German
oiheial communication io admit
Jmg the withdrawal m ar Albert
declare the maneuver w as car
ried out without Interference by
tho Hritish.
Just what bearing these Daw
offensives will have on the fight
ing front to which the German
ultimately retreat for a stand in
the Aisne region cannot yet b
forecast, but should thn allied
troops be able to pros back the
line for any material sin east
ward His not improbable that it
would dislocate; tho eiiliro Ger
man line in the south.
There again ha been consider
able activity on the Italian moun
tain front, whore at several
Hjiuts tho Italians have attacked
and defeated the Austrian:.