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» RAILWAY KLGIHii MS SPECIAL WORKMEN TO CARRY AMERICAN FLAG ABROAD REBUILD TORN UP LINES TIE MUST Will iMHLAtoWAK I AX SOCIALISTS OUTLINE PEACE 1 TCDMC TA TUC DI'CCIAMC TERMS TO THE KlSSIANS Nino ftaftimeiiU of Hkillod Mon He- cruitod in RnlluAj Ontom Will Be Organ food ai Once and Rnahod Co tbo Front — Transportation Ss*. problems Seriously Impair Che Allies. Nine new regiments of army engi neers, to be composed exclusively of highly trained railway men, will be the first American troops to be sent to France. They will go "at the earliest possible moment," the war department announced, for work on communication lines, but speculation hh to exactl}^ when or to \vnat points they will be sent is forbidden be cause of the submarine menace. The new forces will be volunteers, raised at nine great railway centres of the country Kneh regiment will be commanded by an engineer col onel of the regular army, aided by an adjutant All othor offlrlaln will be railway engineers or officials. The expedition will hare a total atrength of between 11,000 and 1J.- Coo men. each regiment being com posed of two battalion* of three (••tupanle* each Kvery branch of railway workera nereawary to the building or operation of linen will bn rnprvaented In thn rank* and thn war department etpsrta n rweponnn to (bn call that will permit a rarafal sn lectio* (o be atnrrlend and Insure a forew already (r aland to I ha mtnuia. an army of sapnru ta railway opara- lion Narraltiag far lb# reglmeata tba rngnlar Oeard will I aaf it te tba treaps rarrnlMM Vea fact. ( (Tontlnued from page one) * garded by the Germans as one of the most vital points on their entire line. Had thare not been eompftia confidence In Its Impregnable char acter, it would never have been used as the pivot on which von Hln- denburjt swung his line eastward. The fact thgt it was so used gave It7 additional importance. 1 The reason for this Is apparent from a brief study of the terrain. From the Channel coast to the be ginning of the plain of Douai, we have a aeries of! chalk hills which characterize all of Artois; the last of these hint, Jutting out like a verti cal promontory, is Vimy Ridge. It Is without vegetation ahd its sides are steep, making it both an excel lent observation post and a good ar tillery position, since Its fields of fire are not obscured. The ridge is a long saddle, one summit being at La Folie and; the other at what is known as Telegraph Hill. This ridge overlooks all the rountry north and east of Lens as well as the valley of the Sc&rpe and the great plain west of Douai: Rut more Important even than this Is the fact that It Ms the only point of strong natural defensive possibili ties. defending the northern pWot of the German line, or the Junction point of the old German line with the new. The retention by the Germans of the line through Arras. St. Quentin, and Laon depeods Just as much upon the maintenance of tbo northern pivot as It does upon the protection «>f the section about Imon whom the French are fighting. There ft* e«ety rwnenw to cftowM the ahftlftiy of the Ciremans to wre*c the metro! of this ridge front the Itrtl* M». Tbo eastern slope# am ntoeper by far than tbo weotom. over wblrb the Itntteh bod to mob# ibotr ad vance And It In oeneoger o gene* lion of tbe Germans bovine morbani cal enporlorKy Tbo onmbor of Itrtttab geo# oeolloMo fori 0 tbe FIRST q.ASS POSTAGE RAISED FROM 2 TO 3 CENTS MOVIES ARE ALSO TAXED (Ob# Hit ft# time Tbe win be Ailoote Ot I wale, hew House Committee Plans to liaise 91,- 800,000,000 From Pockets of the j t \ ■' People for the Conduct"of the War —Heavy Increases in Income Taxes and Tariff Doties. A 10 per cent, increase in the present tariff, an ad valorem tax of 10 per cent, upon all materials now admitted to this country free of duty and a total tax of 37 per cent, upon incomes above $500,000 a year— those are provided for in the $1,800,- 000 revenue tax bill as completed by the. House ways and means commit tee Tuesday night. It is felt in Washington *hat the House committee has virtually deter mined, as predicted, to throw the entire taxation problem Into the open house v There the debates will adjust present incongruities tempor-i arily and later the Senate committee on finance will reframe the meas ure from top to bottom. The Income tax sections of the bill which Chairman Kltchtn made public Tuesday night show vast In creases in the rates of taxation from present standards. All unmarried Individuals will he Used on 91,90° Incomes X per feat and all married mea tbe same on 92.999 Incomes. Tbe basic rate of Income tax has of 9’ per annum Tbe sur* taaee grad# from that point upward Tba normal tax of iadivi!u»;« t<> st tbe If.* of ••t •rMp 1° Semi Word to Workmen's and Soldier's Delegates About Stopping War. •^The german majority sotiallfts through M. iiorgbjerg, the Danish socialist leader, have submitted to the executive committee of the coun cil of workmen’s and soldiers' dele gates the terms upon which they con tend peace should be made. M. iiorgbjerg came to Petrograd as a delegate of tbe labor parties of Denmark, Norway and Sweden to invite the council to send dele gates to the international socialist congress to be held in Stockholm shortly. He acted at the same time as an emissary of the German ma jority socialists. The latter’s peace terms, it is stated, are based upon the right of nations to freedom and development and includes the fol lowing proposals: . v ^ Compulsory intemationararbltra- tlon. - Germany to restore all territories conquered in this war. Russian Poland, through a pleb iscite, to decide whether she brants to be independent or to be annexed either by Russia or Germany. Belgium, Serbia and Rumania to be restored to independence. Bulgaria to get back the Bulga rian districts.of Macedonia. Serbia to have access to the Adri atic by the grant of a free port on that sea. The Lorraine frontier to be recti fied by negotiation. « —- - Few wars are won by mouth or in ternal revolution. Fighting la tbe oily sure mij % and It appears that tbe British and Fieach have learned tbe art very well ‘we here i ; irf will be no ree*skewing of Americas by tbe seeding ef fuller de- months, 929. Berk* r. male pigs. 3 months. 9?. J. H. Hixson. KaliII. Routs 1, Box SO, 8. C. 1 , Huirt—Prize P«n S. (5. Rhode Island Red eggs. $1.60 per setting. Address J. C. DuR&nt, Alcolu. S. C. ■ ■ — ■ —— ■ ■ ■■ ■ ■ — Ancona Dark hens, prlie win ners. $1.25 and $5 per 15 eggs. A Miller, Red Springs, N. C. For Sal©-—’,000 bushels improved big boll Cleveland cotton seed. W. N. Coleman, Culverton, Ga. Wannamaker's Cleveland big boll.^ $1.40 bushel. S. Rothrock, Rock well, N. C. r — — — 7 Crakes assorted toilet soap, 35c postpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed. Agents wanted. Novelty Salps Agency, Mt. Groghan, S. C. For Sal©—Registered Hereford bull, Be&urell, 3 Vi years old, weight 1,- 500 pounds, kind and gentle. Price 9250. J. M. Farrell, Blackville, S. C. „ Coker’s pedigreed Webber 82 long staple unmixed, selected cotton /seed. Ginned on private gin, $2 6 bu. The Jone* Farm, Kershaw, S C. . louitry Routs 4. * oc saca, prw-' ,-4*0 each. jJuee. * <'bartons, N. cor Clays, unknowns, lions, brabbai Uuuuing Whips, Bunch Wni|_ . Whip Alixes, Velvet Beaus. Deliver anywhere. H. M. Franklin, len- uiiie, ua. ' Single Comb Reds—First pr ze win ners. Baby chickens, 12c a piece. Sitting eggs, $1 for 15. L. A. Long. Furman, S. C. Pnr© Keenan I/>ng Staple cotton seed for sale. Gins 35 pounds of lint to 100 pounds seed, 91.75 bushel. L M. Logan. Kings Mountain. N. C. lerkshlrcw for Kale—Two registered Berkshire boars, age 9 months, price 929 each. H. C Hahn. Highland Farm. Aiken. 8. C. farm. I am of a herd •» Fur Sale^-Limited quantity Harte- vilie No. ? and -Keenan <iioodaon long staple cotton soed, absolutely pure, |2 per bushel.. Send cheek with order. C. G. Timberiake^ Hartsville, S. C. 1 .. „■■■—1 ■, 11. . — Single Comb Ued»—Bred right, fed right, mated right—for winter eggs. Eggs for hatching, $1.60 per Bet ting. Rivermont Poultry Yards, Brim, N. C. White Wyandottes (Fishel strain), Wyandotte eggs. - First prixe win ner Batesburg Tri-County Pair, 91.50-$2 per 16. Dr. F. P. Byrd, Batesburg, 8. C. , lurmps! Turnips! Turnips!—Just received car Canadian rutabaga tur nips. Dealers, sepd us your orders. Bear Produce anfl Mdse. Co., Wnole- saie, Wilmington, N. C. Muiiting, pulleys, belting, hangers, pipe, boiler tubes. Large stock, quick shipment. Lombard Don Works, Augusta, Ga. ror Kale—Pore Cleveland big boll cotton seed, ginned on my o»u pri vate gin. Crop made over bate per acre last year, $1.60 htisigbt. f o. b.»l vllle, 8. C. * . llotMciea. KegMrrwd Bull ready for service. Heifer end Hell Calve*. Johnson Co.. Seed Coro, tarmeis price, lor quick sale, ©am Suliivi * eon. Culpeper. \i > fo?!SokMa lejper over uui Mfte. earn - .. •" Jfc itldeu and xrafiwdjai Offieiem ef fl evolloMo fei doily ebfte le fi Bol fto -f • pov . B C m to ii por root of Ike Tsmdeyresloroi to the pee eeo« ood Ml wm 0 ed to 91 29 po# gellso ••••••••• • i hHo ol OH9 ror op weftgli el r 199. Ui T*io 9 C 99o 9 eofo. it. lie. 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Tli<*y will be given mili tary orcsnl/atU»n only for the h.ike of g'lMtor motdllty and effleleney. TY.ev v 111 carry tYie usual arn)R and equipment of engineer troops, ritles and bayonets, but their real lighting vs ill be done w ith tlie complicated sppll antes end engines of railway operation or construction. Supplemented by labor and skill available in France, the nine regi ments represent a tremendous power of construction tint would enable the Allies to remake their lines of communication in the shortest pos sible time and lit them lor the in creasingly heavy task of supplying millions of fighting men as the bat tle lines push forward. As the German forces have been beaten back every vestige of the railway lines that have supplied 1 heir forces has been destroyed. With every mile gained both French and British have faced the task of building new railroads. Each move ment haa meant an added strain on the roads leading back to the great aupply bases and the added task for the communication line forces of preventing congestion. In the interests of speedy delivery it is understood that shell laden freight cars have beeil ferried across xhWflfffiWHtKngian^Sr^eenr rwMeMe Rlewt. e eii Ihwoflh bomB. fte| ■of id ■it* ter* ft# the oop^^h L. 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The entire ridge, which Is marked by the Cherain des Dames, with tbe exception of a small section defend ed by the fort at Malmaison. haa been carried, so that the French, controlling generally the line of the Aillette Valley, are in a position to attack the positions north of this river, which runs through *a deeply cut valley not more than six miles from T.aon. , The German reaction against this success w’as quick and hard. But the French were more fortunate than the British. In spite of'all the effort that the Germans could make, they were unable to reconquer any of the ground lost. • ^ Thus the matter stands for the week. The Germans are apparently in much greater strength on the RrMtish frotat thap^on the Frepch, and even though they have checked ted 00 the .Hirers* price. ___ • osecty ft»vrottftrill of value CI- Ireding 91* Will be foxed 5 pee i v at. Jrselry s.Tl be toxod 5 per cent, ad valorem. IMeasure boats will be taxed 5 per cent. The postage rates wifi be ad vanced as follows: The first class letter rate will lie 3 cents per ounce or a fraction there of. Hoof t. Waterloo. 8 r ’in* ofrpL fll***.-*- Y.etd i4 .t Moo t«to Less lho> df« 4 4 tea thooeeod ftwte Lmo#» ft new gfweod* fte. Z+* h49* |i>t; rnie fanr**M and irxmMrfi to know the time end Money they ran save by using the newly invent ed Lap Ring—15c each postpaid. Ask your dealer. The Durham Lap Link Co.. Ridge Springs. 8. C. The postal card istc will be two cents. The second class mail rates, will b< advaneqd $0 2 cents per pound. _____________________________ for the first and second zones of the Ukra S<MM |—Coker's pedigreed. A HMMhmhmi |*l«nt»—Cabbgge* plants. Wakefield. Succession. Flat Dutch. Potato plants, Porto Rico, Nancy Hall. Tryumph. Tomato plants. Livingston Globe Acme. Shipping daily st $1.50 per 1,000; $1.25 in .10,000 lots. Green potato vines, 10-inch cutting, $2 per 1,000. J. Q. Dorris and Co., Valdosta, Ga. present parcel post- system. 3 cents for the third and fourth, 4 cents for the fifth and sixth, 5 cents for the seventh and six cents for the eighth zones. Newspapers and periodicals Von- dt:?tcd without profit, such as relig ious periodicals, will pay a rate of 1 cents per pound universally, and newspapers distributed directly from the point of irtailing will as hereto fore 'pay a rate of only 1 cent per pound. dwarf plant filled with pods. Finest variety for home garden. Splendid for table and canning. Seed suffi cient for 5p foot row delivered to your door for 10 cents cash or stamps. Pedigreed Seed Co., Harts* yille, S. C. with the arrival in France o# the first engineer regiment. It-will not be neces&ajy to equip the engineers with the tools of their craft. France and Great Britain eon ind an forward over French railroads to '*e unloaded af the great munition cen tres near the front All the delay of transshipment has been sxvAd but it has meant added traffic problems for the French communication lines It ia to aid in such gigantic opera tions as thess. to apply American c f*rm?lng skill to the task and Anfter- 4 *-«o railway efficiency geoerally te the trms» por tat ion problems, (hot the new regiments ere to he formed ood harried to France supplemented by'additional supplies. Because of this there will be no need for delay In sending tbe engi neer troops forward. They will need little except their uniforms, arms and personal equipment before they ran he sent to the front Tha department's statsmsot fol lows , "The war depertofteot hoe eon! net vrders for the ratow as rapidly in possible of aloe oddHtool recta ef engineers which the British, have yet to check the .French. But the hardest part of the immediate French task has been completed and there is reason to hope that, with the next blow, an other advance will be recorded. 10,000,000 Plants—-10,000,000 Cab bage Plants, ^Wakefield, Succession, Flat Dutch; potato plants Porto Rico, Nancy Hall, Triumph; tomato plants, Livingston Globe, Acme shipping from our Florida farm, $1.50 per 1000; $1.25 in 10,000 lots. J. Q. Dorris, Plant Farm, Valdosta, Ga. ALLIES BUY AS ONE Sot to Enter in J of War Supplies. An International agreement, under which there will be placed In the hands of a small commission, possi bly of one man. the purchatof pow er of* vtrtaally every dollar of the billions !• he loioei toi aMm If thie government sod the additional billions which they will spend In this eoootry wot of-their own incume. ftp For Sale—One registered Percheron stallion 2 years and ten months old, weighs. 1,710 pounds in ordinary flesh, would carry 150 pounds more, and will easily weigh a ton at ma turity. Has fine style and action. AJPfllL to bo appreciated. C. Crumpack- er. Blacksburg. Va. 12.25 per 1,000, March 25; tbe delivery express; 599 for 91.99. parcel post; fall count Sweet Potato plants. Porto Rico Yam.. $199 !. O. h. 1 999. Atlaqtlc Coast Plant Company, Y’uuncs Island, Cmdi pair for 00k. ash ood poplar «4Ambe. 00 the stamp. Can handtr large or small boundaries. Address Box 129. Baltsbory. N. C. Wright's Strain ft.. C. White I^g- borne. Hatching eggs. 91.99 pet setting. Catalog, Creola Poultry Farm. Dept* M. Creola. Ala. Silver l«ecoiI WyMmlotte eggs; pure bred; 19 eggs for $1. T. 8. Coble. MocksvBle. N. C. For Kale—200 bu. Feiect l^ewls Lons Staple Cotton Seed from cotton now worth 3 4c. $2 per ou. cash f. o. b Gastonia. E. P. Lewis, Originator. Gastonia. N. C. For Sal©—Pure bred Berkshire pigs, both sexes and Cocke’s Prolific seed corn. J. P. Wimberly, BatUeboro, N. C. Poto Rico Potato Plants 1140 per 1,000; 10,000 and up, $1.25 per 1,000. J. E. Fugate, Alachua Fla. For Sale—Buff Leghorn eggs, $1 set- tingf from choice layers. A few cockerels and pullets. Thos. p. Bears, Ellenboro, N. C. : Tennessee .lacks for Sale—Also Per cheron Mares ar.d Shorthorn cattle. T. S. Burns, Washington, Ga. Selected Goodson-Keeneu seed; cot ton from which 'sold for 30 l-3o pound; $1.75 per bushel. Refer ence, First National Bank. T. L. Cannon, Hartsville; 8. C. Yokohama Velvet Beans—Plant till May 16. Bushel. $3; ten $25. Earliest of all varieties tried. Fine in conr Herbert C. White, Grower, Putney, Ga. ■inert Potato 1*1 ants—Foodstuff is high. Potato plants win be high. Can supply Porto Rico plants. $1.79 f. 9. b. 8bip promptly. Atlantic Coast Plant Co . Meggetts. 8. C. ted or Yellow Carmeau I " per pair; Krrwis \ rivet toe— t1»r bee vari ety end best y*t ihtrovtured Proli fic and twice as Urge ae the Earl H perk led. Write for lllustn booklet, t'rtab Stock Furm, Ui [Alft, ^ INtfeto l*Unt»—Porto Rico, Southern Quern, and Nortan Yam. True to variety, grown to grow. Carefully crated for shipment. $1.50 per I.00O. Write for quantity prices. E. C. Patterson. Maldne, Ca., "Dept. CicviHaJid Mortgage Lifter and Hast- ing's Cnion big boll roll n seed for sale. Free from all disease and us pure as it is possible to have. $1.50 •por bushel. Prolific corn, $2.50 bu. Luda Kay, Honea Path, S. C. Okra Seed—Coker's pedigreed. A dwarf plant filled with pods. Fin est variety for home garden. Splen did for table and canning. Seed sufficient for 50 foot row delivered to your door for, 10c cash or stamps. Pedigreed Seed Company, Harts ville, S. C. . ■ Roots and Herbs Wanted—We want Yellow Dock Root split at 8c per pound; Burdock at 12c; Timson leaves at 12c; Squaw vine at 9c; Ladies Slipper Root at 27c; Helle bore Root at 12c; Pleurisy or But terfly Root at 10c; and-all other kinds at high prices. Goods must be dry. R. T. Greer & Cq., Marion, Va. Early Maturing Cotton Seed for p«wi>ww, —Mratf* Barfy Prolific, $2.40 per bu, 20 bu. lots; 92.50 per bu. of 30 lbs. ^Cleveland Big Boll, $1.85 per bu. ( 20 bu. lots; 91.95 per bu. of 30 lbs. Cook Lnd Perry; 91.80 per bu., 20 bu. lots; $1.85 per bu of 30 lbs. Simpkins Meal. 81.80 per bu.. 39 bu. lots; 81.85 per bu. of 39 lbs. King ax Simpkins Prolific. 91.79 yer bu.,| 29 bu. lots: $1.75 per bu. of 39 lbt.< F o b Ha!- J4. C. ML A. Myall TT it Co . Raleigh N C