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Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-19
COMPANY K
RECEPTION
Committee Planning For
Monday.
THE PROGRAM.
Everybody Enthusiastic For the
Purse and Reception For
Our Soldier Boys.

Company K, Cumberland County's
Soldier boy organization, will realize
on Monday afternoon next, that they
are i'll the public mind, that the men.
women and children of this commun.
ity are following them with the great
est possible interest, and that as thev
are prepared to leave their homes,
families and friends they will have
ringing in their ears from thousands
of tongues. Good Bye, Good Luck.
Coo Bless YOU
Last night the committee of Bridge
ton, Millville and Vineland, who are
working out the details of the recep-
tion, held a meeting here, and there
were reports made and plans worked
out for the demonstration of Mon
day afternoon.
1t was indicated tht Monday after
noon will be practically a holiday
here. Several of the industrial plants
are arranging to close down and prac-
tically every business house will close
their doors after three O'Clock in the
afternoon
FiEeland had members of its COM
mittee here last night, and they were
enthusiastic with their report. The
Vineland BOY Scouts will come here
| in a body and there will be a very
| large delegation of Vineland people
to come here and participate in the
demonstration. The committee also
| reported that the funds contributed
by Vineland people for the Company
X purse would be substantial sum-
Mlllville reported the greatest pos
sible interest in the reception and
purse funds. Hundreds of Millville
people will be here to join in the dem
onstration. All of the Millville Boy
Scouts will come here and it is also
likely that the Millville Home Guards
may come to Bridgeton as an organi-
Zation.
There was some discussion last
night relative to the securing of funds
for the Company K purse. There have
been made applications to the COM
mittee to have solicitors sent out in
certain places for funds. After fully
considering this request it was decid-
ed that the free will contributions
will be continued. 1t was stated that
the soldier boys would be better
pleased with a lesser amount of mon
ey that was generously and freely
contributed.
The people will make contributions
if they think to appear where the
contribution books are placed. This
should be given attention and people
can readily find a book for they have
been placed practically in every sec
ton
The program for Monday afternoon
has been definitely determined upon.
Those yho are to participate have not
been wholly selected, and the full an
nouncement will be made later in the
week.
At half last three o'clock there will
be concert by the City Concert Band.
The short exercises will follow the
concert.
In the meantime everyone should
make the greatest effort to get the
contributions to the Company Purse
and swell the fund to a large amount
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-19

Rev. Sherman G. Pitt was summoned
to New Brunswick this morning. The
condition of Mrs. Pitts mother, who
has been ill, is much more serious.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-19
ROSTER OF
co. K BOYS
Cumberland County Lads
Who Will Leave for
War Service.
over IN FRANCE
Those Who Feel Certain that They
Will Very Shortly Be Moving
Forward to the Trenches.

Forward to the Trenches.
The Pioneer today prints complete.
the roster of Company X, Third Regi-
ment Infantry, National Guard, New
Jersey. The authentic list follows:
Captain, Leonidas Coyle, Bridgeton
1st Lieutenant, Clarenue B. Wilson,
Bridgeton.
I'd Lieutenant, Ralph E. Shoemaker
Bridgeton.
LIST Sergeant, James G. Turner,
Bridgeton.
I'd Sergeant, Reuben H. Hustled,
Bridgeton.
Act Miss. Sergeant, Clifford Mixner,
Millville
Act. Sergeant, Frank Reed, Bridge
ton.
Z Acting Sergeant, Joseph P. Louns-
bury, Bridgeton.
Acting Sergeant, Edward S. Sutton,
Bridgeton.
Acting Sergeant, Olin M. Sunfeld,
Bridgeton.
Acting Sergeant, Heber F. Weeks,
Bridgeton.
Acting Sergeant, Paul Gilman, Shi-
lob. 4..el
Acting Sergeant, William L. Scull,
Bridgeton.
Acting Sergeant, Wilmer H. CARL,
| Bridgeton.
Acting COrporals
George S. Elder, Millville
William S. Hall, Vineland.
Il Maurice Champion, Millville
u George Garrison, Roadstown.
Nataniel Liebman, Vineland
BENJAMIN F. Krieg, Bridgeton
Leroy S. Butterley, Bridgeton
Leslie R. Charlesworth, Bridgeton
Irving 1. Osborne, Vineland
n Leon Carman, Bridgeton
\ Frank L. Peterson, Bridgeton
n Ralph Hotaling, Vineland
Z Arch H. Poeppel, Roadstown
4 Thomas J. Donaghay, Bridgeton
~ Gilbert S. Donne, Bridgeton
n Alonzo c. Murphy, Millville
III Robert M. Graul, Millville
H Cooks
II Robert Duffield Bridgeton
ii Lorin Dilks, Millville
Charles S. Sanders, Bridgeton
II Musicians
Harry Bell, Bridgeton
II Adam Paturcity, Bridgeton
Mechanics
" rLeon c.. Abbott, Bridgeton
4X Aioltha L. Donnelly, Bridgeton
Privates
i Ellis L. Anderson, Bridgeton
Db John D. Andrews, Millville
~ Edgar o. Ayars, Bridgeton
M Job L. Bacon, Millville
4 Harold G. Bailey, Dividing Creek
Walter Barber, Vineland
M Howard " Barraclough, Port Norris
IN Russell Berry, Millville
Russell G. Biddle, Salem
Herbert c. Bittle, Millville
Luther Bozearth, Bridgeton
Il Benton Bradford, Bridgeton
III Charles Brown, Rosenrayn
MI Charles A. Burkett, Millville
N Allan S. Clark, Millville
Belford Collins, Mil1ville
William Conley, Millville
tAF Harry G. Fox, Millville
~ Joseph G. Creamer, Millville
IE Leonard Grim, Deerfeld
AN George Dangler, Bridgeton
- Foster Dilts, Stow Creek
IA Charles H. Duffield, Vineland
James E. Dunham, Millville
ri Clarence E. Edward, Vineland
Il John E. Elliot, Elmer
h Abram C. Evans, Friesburg
Et Joseph A. Evan, Dutch Neck
IA Frank Elaine, Vineland
Edward C. Flanagan, Millville
II Joseph Flanagan, Greenwich
William c. Candy, Bridgeton
T. John F. Cant, Bridgeton 80
Joel l.. Garrison, Bridgeton
John F. Garron, Bridgeton
EnS Jack F. Gaskill, Bridgeton
IS Roy B. Glaspey, Bridgeton
Charles B. Goodfellow. Newfeld
John Griner, Millville
George E. Haas, Vineland 3
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
Mrs. Catherine MeUary.

"a Friend" in the IAnOir Topic
pays this beautiful tribute to the
memory Of Mrs. Catherine McRa-
ry, mother of Mrs. Ii. j. Hardin,
)f Boone, who recently passed to
ner reward in that town:
"She lived on the sunny side OF
life, and now she has gone to live
where the flowers bloom forever.
She was a good example OF the
dnest type OF christian. Heart
felt religion cleared away the
clouds from the sky Of her declil. =
ing day, and brought her a SUI .
set filled with peacefulglories. A
light was on her face that had
never shone on land or sea. 1t
was a reflection OF the simmer
ing rainbow which arched the
throne OF her Lord. In the deep
1uiet of her eventide, she heard
faint echoes Of the songs which
are sung by the choir invisible.
She caught the fragrance from
the flowers OF Paradise. She was
a saint. God has called his child
home at the close OF the day.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
GERMAN UNpERsEA BOATS MADE
ATTACK ON THE TRANS
Il PORTS.
ONE SUBMARINE IS SUNK
Last Units Of the American Expedl
tIonary Forces Have Arrived In
France.-Not a Life Was Lost Dur
Ing tho transportation.

Washington.-American Destroyer
conveying transports with troops fol
France fought off two submarine at
tacks. The first news of the fights
was given out by the committee or
public information, with formal an
nouncoment OF the safe arrival Of the
last of the transports with their con
voys.
At least one submarine was sunk
Both Of the attacks were made IN
force, showing that the Germans had
information Of the coming OF the
transports and planned to get them.
This announcement was issued:
"The navy department at five
O'Clock this afternoon received word
Of the safe arrival at French port
OF the last contingent Of General
Pershing's expeditionary force. At the
same time information was released
that the transports were twice attack
ed by submarines on the way across.
mo ship was hit, not an American
life was lost, aud while the navy gun.
ners report the sinking Of one sub
marine only there Is reason to believe
that others were destroyed in the firs
night attack"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
PERPLExiNG PROBLEMS THAT
MUST BE MET IN STAMPING
OUT EVIL.
representatives OF ALLIES
Have Come to America In Effort to
Run Down German .Agents.-Many
Schemes Set on Foot by Detectives.

Washington. complete and
efficient cooperation Of United States
secret service agents with those OF
its European allies is recognized as
the great problem that must be met
in stamping out the spy evil.
While 1t was stated that operatives
of the state, war, navy, and justice
departments are cooperating with
good results In running down active
alien enemies, It was strongly indicat.
ed that much remained to be accom-.
plished in relationships with the ser.
vices of foreign countries.
Representatives of the allies al.
ready are In this country, 1t Is under.
stood. and are working to bring about
the desired cooperative action. This
work, for obvious reasons. could not
be considered seriously before the
United States entered the war, and
the working out Of the ramifications
Of a coordination scheme require un.
usual discussion, as well as time for
setting the actual machinery In mo.
ton.
The secret service of the United
States was confronted at the entrance
Of America into the war with pro-
gram Of discOuraging magnitude. The
machinery Of the departments, built
up almost entirely for the handling
Of domestic problems, was suddenly
required to shoulder the immense bur
dent Of coping with thousands Of plot.
ters and spies.
Many schemes set on foot by enemy
plotters have been thwarted and 1t Is
said that the archives Of the depart
ments contain records Of activities,
which would. II made known, be Of
startling nature.
That the attacks upon American
transports we're the result Of the work
Of spies is accepted generally In
Washington without surprise. The
sailing Of transports, although not
mentioned by the newspapers, was
known to large number Of persons.
who witnessed the transfer OF troops
from points In the United States and
their departure.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
CELEBRATES FOURTH OF JULY
United States Soldiers Center Of Ceis.
bratIon In France,

United States Soldiers Center Of ceIs
bratIon In France.
American Independence day was eel
ebrated enthusiastically in England
and France as well as on the battle
fronts. In Paris, a battalion OF the
first American expeditionary force on
Its way to the front was the center
OF the celebration. The soldiers OF
revolutionary Russia maintained their
attempts to break through the Aus
tro-German lines In eastern Galicia
Cheered by the results OF the fighting
during the first three days Of July,
General BrussilOff's men continue their
efforts, especially in the region OF
Brzezany and are throwing fresh forces
against the Teuton positions.
During Sunday ana Eionday the
first two days Of the new drive, the
Russians captured 300 officers and
$4,000 men, and on Tuesday and Wed.
nesday probably added several more
thousands to the total Twenty.nine
guns and thirty-three machine guns
were taken from the Austro-G Germans.
Violent artillery duels have been IN
progress on the Koniuchk-Ziochoff
sector. on the Stokhod, In Volhynia
and at Brody, on the Galician.Vol.
hynian border.
In the Champagne on the western
front the German crown prince has
made another desperate and fruit.
less effort to break the French lines
northwest OF Rheims. Attacking in
force along an eleven-mile front, the
Germans made especially strong ef.
forts around Cerny and Allies and
against the Californian .Plateou. The
French repulsed all attacks with
losses
After checking the Germans the
French took the iniative In a strate.
&c operation east Of Cerny and cap.
tured a strong German salient. Ger.
man attacks on the left bank of the
Mouse were repulsed.
Raids and patrol engagements nave
occupied the German and British fur.
ther north. Several Austrian attacks
on the Carso south Of Gorizia were
checked by the Italians, Rome reports.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
MAJOR GENERAL WOOD
INSPECTS CHARLOTTE SITES
During Ono Days Stay He Visits
Three Sites and Delivers Two
Addresses.


Charlotte. Leopard Wood,
commander Of the United States army,
department Of the southeast, spent
Thursday. July s, in Charlotte, and n
was busy day for the distinguished
soldier and citizen.
In addition to inspecting three pos.
sible sites for an army camp which
II is hoped will be located at Char.
lotte, he found time to deliver two
addresses. one to an audience Of
thousands on the First Presbyterian
church lawn at six o'clock In the
evening, and the other following the
banquet served at the Selwyn hotel
In his honor at $3.50 o'clock. For no
matter how busy the general Is, and
In these stirring times Of preparation
that America may do her part In the
world.struggle for democracy no man
is buster. he always finds time to
preach the doctrine Of preparedness"
and never loses an opportunity to say
a word, wherever he may be. that will
help to stir the American public to a
realization Of the gravity Of the crisis
with which the American nation is
confronted.
In his rather blunt but direct and
soldierly way, General Wood told
North Carolinians a good many things
they had probably not heard or
thought Of before, and II is not to be
questioned that he went away from
Charlotte leaving the people Of this
city deeper sense Of duty and obli.
cation that falls upon every citizen
In this time Of national peril.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
kERENSkY LEADS RUSSIAN
TROOPS IN BRILLIANT VICTORY.
Thousands Of Prisoners Taken and
Many Guns,


Petrograd.-The brilliant Russian
advance, the news of which has sent
q wave Of rejoicing through the en-.
tire country, was led by War Minis.
ter Kerensky in person.
For the last four days the war min.
lister has been continuously at the
front, spending every effort to urge
the troops to advance. He finally
rode to the front line trenches and
placing himself at the head Of the
troops gave the order to advance.
The spectacle Of the popular war
minister on the firing line accom-.
plished what oratory had failed to
do and the Russian line swept for.
ward into the German trenches.
The Russians have captured Kon.
luchy, on the Galician front, together
with 164 officers and S,400 men, the
war Office announced.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
nolIl. WEsTERN BATTERY OF FIELD Ar,
1nlERY.
10 The esys Of Wataugs County.

~ Nv VvyS ~ "ssss6S Svs"J'
Governor Beckett has conferr-
ed q great boon and q great hon.
or upon our part OF North Caro-
lima by assigning one OF the bat
teries OF our new artillery regi-
ment to Caldwell and adjoining
counties. Men to whom the serl.
GUS business OF War is new and
strange, cannot fully appreciate
how much this means to the com
munity. 1t means to the Boys
service under the most favored
conditions. Instead ofbeiug scat
tered abroad into every part OF
the world among strangers; it
means service with friends and
neighbors, and under officers in
teested in the welfare and CON-
fort of every individual man. 1t
means that every man in the bat
terry will be treated as a man,
and not as a cog in a machine.
1t will mean that back h 0me,
there are loving hearts to feel for
you, and loving hands to do for
you. 1t means cheer and sympa-
thy in time OF health, and COM
forts and loving care when sick-
ness or wounds come. 1t will
mean that those at home will be
kept in constant touch with the
boys at the front. for every day
some OF them will write home and
give the news of the Others. 1t
will mean that there will be no
long, heartbreaking, uncertain
silences. Absences will not break
the chains that binds those at
home to those in the ranks. The
fathers and mothers and sisters
and sweethearts will know where
their loved ones are and how
they are faring.
Ii this battery is raised, it will
be OUR BATTERY, and around
it the hopes, the pride and the
love of a great patriotic commu-
nifty will center.
To me, light artillery is t h e
most desirable branch of the SER
vice. There is a dash, an eXhiler-
alton, a Joy of movement about
field artillery that ls not afford
ed by any other arm OF the SER
vice.
Boys, many OF you will have
togo to war whetheryOu want to
or not, and you know not where
or among whom. For your own
sakes, for the sake of those left
behind, for the credit and honor
of fiyour section, let an old SOL
dier, who has commanded boys
from Watauga, appeal to you to
go with your friends and neigh.
bors where your fortunes can he
followed and your welfare provi.
ded for.
Take this opportunity. 1t will
not come again. Ii you do, many
of you will stare in the face the
grim realities OF a draft. l wish l
could make every one of you see
how important this is. You will
be cared for as soldiers never
were cared for before. Every man
in the battery will be splendidly
mounted by the government,
and the pay will be twice as much
ms soldiers ever received before
Send in your names, ages AMI
postoffice address to B. F. Will
Jams, Lenoir, N. e., or send to
him for regular enlistment
blanks. The ranks are filling rap
idly; don't get left! As you al
know, l have a warm place ir
my heart for the people of Wa
tauga, and want them to have
every advantage.
lam too old myself to go with
you, but if l could shake twenty
years from my shoulders, | woult
gladly offer to lead you, anC
would now be entering my thirt
war.
EDMUND JONES.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
MOB FIRES HOMES or NEGROES
AND SHOOT OCCUPANTS As
THEY FLEH.
MARTIAL Law IS DECLARED
Twelve Companies Of National Guard
on Duty.-Estlmates on Number
Killed During Day Of Rlotins Run %
High az $50.

East st. Louis, Ill.-An estimate ol
the dead in the race riot and fire rang
cd from fifteen to seventy.hve, oi
whom two were white men.
Buildings were still burning at -four
different points in the city.
The property loss was estimated by
City Attorney Fekete at $4,000. 900.
Forty injured negroes and six injur
white men in one hospital and almost
an equal number in another. .
Colonel Trtpp, assistant ndtltant
general, stated shortly before mid
night that the rioting crowds had for
the most part dispersed.
At least fifteen negroes were shot
and killed by mobs here as they hed
from their burning homes which had
been set on fire by white mobs. The
exact number who perished in the
burning houses, II any, is unknown
and will not be ascertained until the
ruins are searched.
Military rule was proclaimed and q
the same time 800 white men were ar
rested and locked up at police head
quarters. Negro quarters in various
parts Of the city are on fire and the
flames recah the very edge Of the
business district.
Estimates Of the number Of negroe.
who perlshed in the fire ran as high
as 100, but there was nothing authen
tic on which to base these estimates
except that hundreds Of whites stood
around the edges Of the burning dis
tricts and fired at the negroes as they
fed from their homes.
States Attorney Schaumloeffel, o.
st. Clair county. drove through thu
riot-swept district with Police Inspec
tor Walsh. Of st. Louis, Mo. The
states attorney estimated that tn,
dead negroes would number 25O. AL
estimates, however, are cOnjectural.
The mayor Of East st. Louis sem
TOR Fire Chief Swingley Of st. Louis
Mo-, to assist in fighting the flames
which threatened to destroy a larg,
part Of the city. A company of thu
st. Louis fire department started t
East st. Louis but was ordered bach
by Chief Swingley.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
DISCLOSE CONSPIRACY TO
DESTROY LAKE SHIPPING.

Washington.-Secret Investigation
by government agents has disclosed
the existence Of a conspiracy to de-
stroy or hinder shipping on the Great
Lakes and thereby delay the organi'
zation of American war armies and
check the flow of food and munitions
material from the west to the east.
No conspirators have been captured
and the identity Of none. has been
made public, but state, navy and JUS
tice departments are cooperating to
bring the offenders to punishment.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
Best Remedy For Whooping
Cough.

"Last winter when my little
boy had the whooping cough ]
gave him Chamberlains Cougl.
Rememy," writer Mrs j. B. Rob.
erts, East st. Louis, III, III
kept bis cough loose and relieved
him of those dreadful cougine
spells. 1t is the only cough med.
irine [ keep ~ tue bonse lrcause
| haye hr mort confidence in it" !"
This rs n'dy II also good fol
colds q I'd Group.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
Get Rid OF Your Kbeuma tiem.

Uet N1u UI TOUT Nneum6 tltm.
Now ia the time To get rid OF
your rheumatism. Won will find
hamberlain's Liniment q great
help. The relief which it affords
il alone worth many times its
cost.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
PERI CAPITA WEALTH IN
UNITED STATES NOW S45.o0

Washington.-The average man in
the United States is $11.51 richer than
he was three years ago. Total money
in circulation. shown in a chart in
the July federal reserve bulletin, has
risen from s3,4sO, 100000 on June 1,
1914, to $4,742,OOO.O 900 on June 1, 1917.
The circulation wealth. per capita in
1914 was 334.35; In 1915 1854; In
1916 $39.29 and In June 1917 was over
$4586.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-07-12
Brown Mountain Light.

H.C, Martin in Statesville Landmark
l wish to thank you torso ably
defending "home talent" at all
times and particularly for your
kindly references to my efforts
to fathom the myster y OF the
Brown Mountain Light. For a
long time ! thought the singular
phenomenon a myth, but when
persons of unQuestioned veracity
told me they had seen it, | be.
came interested, and q little
mole than a year ago, with the
assistance of DR.. L.. H. Coffey,
county physician of Caldwell, or
yanized an expedition OF invrsti.
cation.
We had about a dozen men in
our party and established five
camps, two on Adams Knob,
three miles from Adako, in Cald-
we'll county, and three on Brown
Mountain. These mountains ar
separated by Wilson Greek val.
ley aud gorge and the camps on
Adams, Knob were from one to
three miles distant from those on
Brown Mountain, air line. The
loOkouts at each camp were sup.
piled with pistols at the first ap.
pearance OF the light the watcher
who first saw it fired q number
Of shots, thus notifying the 9TH
er camps.
During our night-watching we
saw fourappearances..of the light,
one by those on Adams Knob
and three by those on Brown
Mountain.
Strange to say, however, when
the light was visable to those on
the mountain it was not visible
to those on the other.
We did not arrive at any def
mite theory as to what the light
really is or what produces it. We
did find, however, that it is not
the light from a mountain cab
in; neither is it the light of a
moonshine distiIlery, nor is 1t
The headlight OF alocomotive, as
l so.called government expert,
who visited she mountain some
years ago, pronounced it.
have seen the light on sever.
al occasions from different place g
and am still on the hunt for a Sc
luton of the mystery. | am now
inclined to believe it is produced
"y mirage. | hope to be able to
meet the government represen-
tative who is to make an inves-
tigation soon. Understand and
trust the mystery may be solved.
The light is so excentric in it..
movements and appears at so
many different points about the
mountain, which is six mil e s
long, that l think considerable
time and expense will be involv'
ID in making anythinglike a sat
isfactory investigation OF it.
Blowing Rock, July 1,