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Not Help The Enemy.
J#ew York Times.
? At oetr Atlantic ports there are now
ssvstity-f ve Dutch ships. The fifteen
fat BmrUmoro are loaded with 9.000.
#t# hushets of grain. A majority of
dfty at New York have cargoes |
wheat, oora. oilcake, lard, and
At\ these ships are waiting
for esfoit licenses, which our govern
aaent thus) far has withheld. Prob?
ably they have on hoard more than
1S.0OC 000 eushels of wheat and
core. A Dutch Commission appoint
sd to aitk for release of this food
will sooe arrive in this country. A
memtx r of It says that the enforced
Idleness of so many of his nation's
ships U " a greet disadvantage to the
allies, la view of the shortage of
carriers." Bat If they should be per?
mitted to cross the Atlantic under the
prote-tton cf our licenses and Brit?
ish letters of assurance, they would
not assist the allies. And ths dis?
advantage due to their Idloness Is
slight la comparison with the disad?
vantage and loss which the allies, and
the United gtates. would suffer If
these supplied or a considerable part
?f them should In some form go to
Oer man/. The commissioners will
so asked to explain why their coun?
try, which la exporting to Germany
a patt ef what Its sc vernment recent?
ly onllei a "sup?rsbundance" of
feodstuffs. now needs the cargoes of
seven'or-A v? ships. l>o they expect
the American people to believe that
these Imports are tequired for Hol?
land alone"
Dr. Nsnsen. the chairman of Nor?
way's commission, nays his country
must have 16.SOO.000 bushels of our
grain, aad will not permit the ship?
ment of any part of this quantity to
Germany. He asset ts that the Ger?
mans sre getting nothing but fish
front Norway, and that this food Is
curried In their own ships. "It would
he Inadvisable to provent German
Ships from coming to our ports."
Does hs remember thst the work
Ingmen ef Norwsy recently asked
oseigress to exclude German ships
from those ports bees use they wore
taking grain and other food which
the people needed? Norway, he con?
tinues, could only protest against the
sinking of 637 ships and the murder
of 600 sailors. There arc some on
this side of the Atlantic who think
shs might and should have done
something more. "We think." he
say*, "thst the whole world is mad."
Cntll a few weeks ago Norway was
supplying Germanv with the nickel
used in making the torpedoes by
which Germany was sinking Nor?
wegian ships. Were there signs of
madness or Insanity In this? And were
the submarine commanders insane
when, a few days ago. they attack
ed snd sank the boats of Norwegians
who were catching flsh for the Gor?
man people? Was another protest
suggested by this act?
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Mtrlct Middling 26 1-9.
Middling 26.
Strict IsffJ Middling 24 2-4.
lx?w Middling 24 3-8.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET
Yesrdys
Open High Low Close Close
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Dec . . 14.76 26.7 1 NJINil 11 11
Jsn. . .24.76 26.67 24.76 26.67 24.60
New York spots, 27 80.
Mrs. J. R. Vuughsn snd son.
Hugh, have returned to their home
In St. Augustine. Fla . after | visit
to tho family of Mr. P. W. Vaughn a.
TO COMMANDEER SHIPS.
BOARD DECIDES TO TAKE STEP
AT ONCE.
To Hasten roust nu t Ion of Million mid
I Ulf Tons Now in Process of Com?
pletion.
Washington, Aug. 3.--Immediute
commandeering of most of the vessels
under construction in American ship?
building plants was decided on today
by the shipping board. The step is
preliminary to tho requisitioning oC
American tonnage already on the seas
and will be taken to speed construc?
tion so that the yards may be cleared1,
for building purposes for which the
government has let contracts.
There are building in the yards of
the country about 700 ships totalling
more than 1.600,000 in tonnage, most
of It for foreign accounts. Hulls and
contracts both will be taker, over, the
final disposition of tho foreign craft
to be left to negotiations between the
United States and the governments
concerned. The completed American
ships will be retained by the board
for operation.
Commandeering of tonnage building
was one of the features of the pro?
gram for shipbuilding announced by
Major General Ooethals Just before he i
resigned as manager of the fleet cor
poration. Chairman Denman's block?
ing of this program was one of the
thins* that led to Mr. Denman's re?
moval by the president.
General Ooethals' plan for construc?
ting two great government-owned (
ship-yards for building fabricated
steel ships will be taken up by the
board later. It Is understood Rear Ad- j
mlral Capps. now manager of the
fleet corporation. Is opposed to the j
form of contracts propsed by the '?
general for this work and that tho
whole scheme may be abandoned. In j
that event the fabricated ships will r>e
built In private yards for government
account
BlUTfttlt HOLD HOLLEBEK E.
Fire of Opposing Artillery Shakes
Ground for Miles Around. Gain by l
Canadian:*.
British Headquarters in France, and i
Belgium, Aug. & (By the Associated
Press).?The Oer mans at 6 o'clock
this morning launched a heavy attack
against Hcllebcke and the British
post just north of the Ypres-Cominos
Canal in ar attempt to regain the
important positions which they lost in
the opening day of the battle In Flan?
ders. The latest reports concerning
the fighting Indicate that the British i
are holding out strongly against tho 1
onslaughts. 1
This attack and the advance of the
Canadians along a thousand yard I
front before Lens, which took them I
into the environs of the town, the out?
standing feature of the most recent 1
activity along tho British front.
In the operations at Lens last night
the Canadians pushed forward to a <
depth of about 200 yards to a line be
tween the Lens-Orenay Railway and
the cite du Moulin, directly south, and <
since have consolidated their positions I
among the buildings. t
Tho rain which has lasted since
Tuesday evening ceased during the
night and the dense, low lying clouds I
which for days have blanketed the l
country began to lift. By noon the .
sun was shining brightly and the
roads und marshy battle ground began
to dry out rapidly, making observa?
tion work and the movement of troops
much easier.
GERMANS ACTIVE.
Attuck on Both French und British
Fronts.
A tremendous bombardment took
place on the Flanders front yesterday
followed last night by two German
attempts to break the British hold oil
newly won positions. Both failed, ac?
cording to London reports. Near
Hollebeko the Germans did not even
get to the British lines. Later the
Germans laid down a barrage at
Westhoek but failed In the infantry
attack under Its cover. The Germans
also were active on the French front,
attacking at Dovllle, Avocourt Wood
and Alsace. Purls says the French
guns were able to cope with each at?
tack.
Attorney General Starts Investigation.
Washington, Aug. K.- -Attorney Gon
eral Gregory has begun a personal
consideration of the anti-draft agita?
tion, reports received from Oklahoma,
North Carolina and other States.
These reports do not deal with la?
test phases. Fuller ones are awaited.
Investigators are still carefully study?
ing the situation.
RuhhIsii <.? ii< ral to lie Shot for
IMsoIm ylng Oilers.
London, Aug. ?>.? Gen. Maeovisky,
commander of the guard corps which
h? ail' ?| trie Kassian retr? at has been
ordered shot nftOI < Otiri martial
which was ordered to be held for
non-eompiianco with Instruction! to
shoot desterters, according to ? news
dispatch from Petrograd.
HEFLIN DENOUNCES TRAITORS.
scoHKs ALLBOKD slacker ac?
tivities OF congressmen.
Alabamlun's Speech So Strong that
House Expunge* Part of it From
Record.
Washington, Aug. 3.?A denuncia?
tion in the house today by Represen?
tative Iletlin of Alabama of Repre?
sentatives Mason and Britten of Illi?
nois for their attitude toward the
conscription law became so personal
that Mr. Hellin's words were expunged
from the record.
Representative Miller of Minnesota
asked if Mr. Heflin was aware the
two members ho was attacking were
ahsent. Mr. Hetlin replied affirm?
atively and added: "I think they are
out stirring up opposition to the war
and to the selective draft and in get?
ting Germans to hold meetings and
ask that they be exempted from ser- J
vice." I
Immediately Representative Stafford !
of Wisconsin moved the words be ex?
punged and when the demand was re?
fused on a viva voce vote a roll call
was demanded.
Mr. Rellin said he was . perfectly
willing that the house should vote on
whether they should be expunged,
whereupon Mr. Stafford's motion was
adopted. 190 to 122.
"The people back home are getting
weary of the Way one branch of con?
gress is trying up legislation," Mr.
Heflin told tho house during the
Bpeech which led up to the expunging
action, "and 1 think we ought to make
it clear and plain that this branch is
not a responsible body but that an?
other body is responsible for the de?
lay for holding back these important
war measures. Here the other day,
one member in another body of con?
gress, by his objections, held up for
ten days the airplane bill of the Unit?
ed States. Would Germany have
asked any more? Another one prais?
ed the slackers and the traitors of
Canada for resisting the selective
draft. Would the kaiser have ask?d
more? Another has tried to discredit
Herbert c. Hoover before the country.
They have belittled him, they have
besmirched him as much as they
could. Would the kaiser have asked
more? And on yesterday one intro?
duced a bill to have a referendum a*
to whether or not the commander \n
chief should send men out upon the
ocean or beyond the ocean to fight for
tho honor and the liberty of thh?
country. Would the kaiser have had
him change his tactics? And ,in this
house a member from Illinois Intro
iuccd a bill, a::d it is now pending and
the German spy system is having pe?
tition* sent to members asking- that
tho selective draft be repealed, the
law under which we aro forming an
irmy to defend the life of this na?
tion from the dangers that threaten
t
"Another gentleman from Illinois,
Mr. Britten, Introduced a bill to ex
>rnpt all men of German blood fron:
responsibility in this war and from
Igl.tlng for the flag. What will that
io? Why, the kaiser says to them
:he people of the United States ar.;
If*, with the president, the Germans
won't light against the fatherland;
llritten has a bill which speaks that
Tact. Mason is going to undo th ?
jclectlve draft and they will have no
u my, and the senator from Georgia
has introduced a bill to get every
man's consent as to whether ho will
light or not. On my responsibiity a*
\ Southerner and as an American
loyal to that Hag, I repudiate the ac
tlon of every Southerner who is not
loyal to the president in this war.
"It is true that Mason docs not
speak the views of the people, that
Britten does not speak the views of
the German people in I?'nois and
nowhere else in the country. It is a
reflection upon all of them. There
are a few anarchists and a few trait?
ors. Emma Goldman has been ar?
rested and Berk man has been arrest?
ed. If I were president I would point
out some others who belong in that
class with them."
"You are aware that the two gen?
tlemen from Illinois, Mr. Mason and
Mr. Britten, are not In the cham?
ber?" asked Itepresentative Miller of
Minnesota.
"I want to tell him where I think
the two members are and let them
OOme and defend themselves," replied
Mr. Hetlin. "I think they are out
Stirring up opposition to the war. to
the Selective draft and getting Ger?
mans to hohl meetings and ask that
they be exempted from service."
Mr. Stafford then made the point of
order which resulted in expunging
the last remark.
\
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to 0a? and
Night Call?.
At 0. J. CRAIQ Old Stand, N. Main.
Phones: 8&S8,
RESIST SELECTIVE DRAFT.
LAWLESS MEN MAKE TROUBLE
IN OKLAHOMA.
Authorities Plan stops to Disperse
Gangs Which Spread Terror in
State.
Oklahoma City, Aug. 3.?Heavily
armed posses were being rushed to?
night to Seminole and several adjoin?
ing counties in southern Oklahoma in
an effort to cheek anti-draft demon?
strations which, according to reports
received here, threaten to develop into
a serious outbreak. Clashes between
the rioters and sheriff's deputies are
reported to have occurred at several
points but because of an interruption
in wire communication to some sec?
tions of the uffected territory verill
cation of the reports was lacking at
a late hour.
Near the town of Allen a posse of
25 citizens, headed by the sheriff, is
said to have dispersed a gathering of
>>i) men and released 11 persons who
had been taken prisoner. The men
tied without offering resistance. An?
other report was that about 150 men
had gathered at Hock Crossing on the
South Canadian Hiver, the boundary
between Seminole and Hughes Coun?
ties, with the announced intention of
resisting the selective draft law, and
others were reported assembled at va?
rious points in Seminole, Potontoc and
Hughes Counties.
Adjutant General Earp stated at
midnight that his reports did not in?
dicate the gathering of the demon
str?nts in force in any one section and
expressed the opinion that with the
arrival of civilian posses early tomor?
row to reinforce local officers the sit?
uation would be quickly in hand.
The most urgent of the appeals for
assistance received here came from
the towns of Holdenville and Semi?
nole.
A representative from the govern?
or's office, who has just returned
from the district where the various
bands are operating, recommends the
latter plan. The affected counties are
Seminole, Hughes and Pontotoc and
the sheriffs and prosecuting attorneys
from each of them are forming posses
in an effort to forestall the rioters.
The bands are organized into sev?
eral bodies, the strongest of which is
known as "The Working Class Union'
whose membership Is said to number
about 300. This organization is sup?
plemented by I. W. W. agitators and
a smaller group known as the "Jones
Family." Seminole County seems to
be the heart of the chaos ridden re?
gion, where trouble has been brew?
ing since the passage of the draft law.
Four suspects have been arrested
and arc in jail at Sallisaw.
A report received here tonight was
that about 1,000 citizens of Seminole
and other affected counties had as?
sembled and were arming themselves
with the intention of dispersing a
crowd of several hundred men who
were reported to have gathered near
tho town of Sasakawa, for the pur?
pose of resisting the draft. It was
expected that an attack on the men
would be made at daybreak tomor?
row.
Because of the isolated section in
which the disorder is reported and
interruption of wire communication
to some points, authentic information
is difficult to Main.
TAKES TEN PRISONERS.
Ada, Okla.. Aug. 3.?Sheriff Bob
Duncan of Pototoc County, previously
reported captured by draft resisters
at Seminole, returned to Ada late to?
night with ten prisoners, captured j
five miles northwest of Sasakawa.
There were about M? persons in
that particular gathering, Sheriff Dun- j
can said, who wore dispersed for the'
i
time being by a posse of LT? citizens.
The rioters Red without bring a shot.
The officers re leased 11 prisoners held
j by the men dispersed.
Two thousand or more citizens in
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tion to apprehend the draft violators!
who are threatening death and de
struction throughout Potontoc County.
A committee of 14 was sppolned to,
act with the authorities. The plans
decided upon will he known only to
the officers.
Three hundred rioters are reported
in a well fortified rendezvous near
Konowa.
The British Army.
From the Washington Post.
Great Britain now lias in the field
or in training approximately 5,000,000
soldiers, remarked Lieut. White, on i
English officer, at the Willard. "There ;
ire about 100 regiments each with a !
distinctive name and for the most part |
with a distinctive uniform. These reg- |
iments are old institutions pregnant |
with tradition, such as the Royal
BCOtS, the Fussiliers, the Coldstream
guards and the Gordon Highlanders.
Each regiment has great numbers of
battalions. You see, the military unit
In England is entirely different from j
this country. For instance, a battal
Ion in America comprises perhaps 400 j
men and a regiment at the minimum,
say, 2,000. In England it is entirely
different. A battalion has 1.000 men
and a regiment may consist of any
number of battalions. The Fussiliers,
for instance, comprises 3S battalions,
tn each battalion there arc four com?
panies of 250 men with two captains.
"At the beginning of the war the
standing army of Great Britain did
not exceed 250.000 men. Every regi
ment lias been recruited and rere
cruited, and 1 venturre to say that
there is not a regiment in the army
that has Kit) of its men left who went
into service at the beginning.
"While the English people several
months ago really believed that it
would be better for the Allies if the
United States were to maintain its
neutrality, they have exi>eriencccl a
change of mind, and now everybody is
heartily glad that Amcrida has come
Into the war, believing that it will
hasten the end. Nobody in England
has any doubt about the outcome of
the war, but all realize that it Is a big
task and that progress necessarily
must be slow."
Marriage Lhvn.se Record.
j Onl: two marriage licensee have
j been issued lately by the Clerk of
Court." Yesterday one was secured by
Ia M. Allen, Jr., and Miss Lillian L.
ECoeneche, of Bumtcr.
A license has also been issued to
Ben Osborne and Christine Oaborse,
colored, of Hagood.
ZIMMERMANN OUT.
Berlin has officially announced that
live ministers of State? including For?
eign f.'ecretary Zimmermann and four
secretaries of state, including Finance
Minister LentS have* resigned. Dr.
Richard Kuehlman succeeds Zimmer*
man.
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Clarendon and Lee Counties to grow
their own food. We tut our money
in a flour mill to encourage the plant?
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Mill to our plant to help the situation.
We feel that the people appr ciate
our efforts in this direction.
We now beg to announce that we
have arranged to install with least pos?
sible delay, an additional Flour Mill of
100 barrels capacity, to take care of
our trade.
We are turning cut the finest flour
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Bring us your wheat, rice and corn,
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