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WASHINGTON. July 24.-Hurley and Colby, two prominent democrats have been nominated by the President on the shipping board to fill the vacan- cies created by the resignations of Denman and Capt White.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24
GREECE AT WAR WITH
 THE CENTRAL POWERS
 ATLAST SAYS DISPATCH

WASHINGTON. D. (. July 9+--The uncertainty zs 70 ths status of Greece II ne Eo-.t var has been cleared z~zy w.th .1s receipt ot o1eizi iato-- ma,soa mat -he Greek government has -c: o1sy severed relations with all .o-- cszt-a, Yo=e-s- bg, Iha, actually s-z.e os 7-z. exists tetsea2 it and -r--
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24

NE WTORE. July 24-Har6cu1=d together and guarded by federal az =-Es = Germans. elassed ty he Gov --s-- ss dangerous allen enemies. H=-a stared from E.1-s .s-aRd 10 rhe per-a1e2- detention camp a- F3-- 0g- e,hcrp- Ga yesterday
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24
ARTILLERY BATTLE
 ON NIGHT AND DAY
{ Associated Press)

BERLIN, July 24.-Artillery battle on with an intensity unparalleled since the beginning of the war has been rag ing the last two days and nights inces- sanity in Flanders.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24

fsneau. Thane, Perseverance and Tualin combined have contributed fs129.58 to the Red Cross a8snd h addition has taken in more tsssn 1000 frosn Iaembessaips iu the orfaa.,
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24
76 REGISTERED IN DOUGLAS

Tt1s far 76 men have registered in Dogglas for military service. About .z5 have registered at TreadWell-Doug- iss News.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24
LIS SES OF MEN ON kANSAN. SUNK BY 4
 U-BOAT INSURED

Secretary McAt0o has issued the fol- -oE-1g s-zten=l-
 T1s steamer Ea1szn. whose s:uE:-g was ==po--@t 5y the Nary Department July 19 ~zs -ae s-s- veszel los, car E-Ig :-l Insurance for is master. ot- 1cs-s and c-=w under -he order os June ls. making s1ca Insurance com 2alsorE for sil Tesse,s sailing 70 -he ~a- zone and after June zs. This or 5@r wzs i@s-ed by authority q he ac, 1t Jz-e F. lst-
 7oH1y of ss2z5o Written
 pc,icT ot st2s54. written 5y -te 8ur=4u st War Risk Insurance of the Tr@zz-ry Department for the Arneri. cal fia~aiiao Steamship Co. covered --e --ss-er. : officers. and 4s members 2s -Ae crew q -his vessel Premiums to- s=a1ea's insurance arg paid by o1-1=-s U yesse,s.
 Az q r@s1i- the estates q he four I@1 rho los chei- lives Nll recorer su-as aggegzttag s7.Z99- h addfrio. to tais loss ot life. the compulsory ID- 51Ee1c@ ~-iii protect any members ot t1e cre~ Ina, may have beea injured.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24

The szagway Chapter Of the Red c1osa has z1s members and has rals ed S2G7.75 for the Red Cross fund.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24

The Wraugen Chapter Of the Red cross nov numbers 525 members.
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STEAMER NEWS

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s.txa has contributed the sum Of 55zzss to the Red Cross Fund
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24

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The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24

The miners sr Lztogche have con sributed the sun Of s510 U the Amer jean Red Cross Fund.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24
UNITED STATES NAVY LEAGUE EXPERTS
 BELIEVE U.BOATS LOSING THEIR EFFICIENCY

WASHINGTON, July 24.-There is reason 10 believe that the German tor pedo supply is weakening, says state ment issued at the Navy League head quarters today.
 The increasing frequency with which press dispatches report merchant ships ss successfully lodging German tor oadoes, says the statement, suggests 70 the technically trained mind that he German torpedo is deteriorating
 T speed and hence in accuracy of fire a, long range.
 At the outset, the statement contin- ues. the Germans were extremely care
 ally to conserve their torpedoes. Merchant ships were sunk by gunfre wherever possible But the arming of archant ships and the constant i'm gH9Yement in the Allies system of defense against submarine attack has driven the ibmarines under water and they Q, LOW forced to use tor oedoes in a.4lost every attack. The increase in the number of submarines has further added to the strain upon the German stock Of torpedoes. An analysis Of reports on submarine attacks now indicates that this unpre- eedentcd expenditure of torpedoes is ginning 10 tell upon the effectiveness
 J the T. boat warfare. The Germans are pressing their submarine campaign 1ith all possible yigor and the number Of attacks on merchant ships appear .o be increasing. Also the zone Of subs marine operations is constantly widenS ing. Yet this increased furyowit4
 nhich the U-boat warfare kebAinDwaA
 sa has failed to insraasG tba aimbe{ q ansepYs susk. The Germaa
 pparentl7 ss kshasy4fsSN consta tIy greater efoA to asAaA their aS
 craze Of sinklngs and even 50 are lipping back slightly. M
 The explanation of thM1Aed M ,saSain naval experK IM9t thSSpet Hsns are being go &N .S,spAs ! @ 'S%sr%S : < ..s!$sS::'sss;
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MOVEMENTS OF BOATS
 SOUTHBOUND.

Pr.nc=ss Alice Wsd-es6zy z l- Spokane F-idzy. E1- ooid- Friday Eor-tEsrsyL Friday
 EORTHBOUND. AdEi-zi E-z1s : ? ' .otzT. P-.-1s C7oEg- Te61s55zy. Alzskz "Wednesday Princess Sophia Friday. C.,y of ss@1k Tresy.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24

the construction of torpedoes that they can no longer maintain their speed and their accuracy of fire. It is estimated that the German torpedo has lost near. | ly ten knots in speed from tho stand. ard torpedo used at the outset of the raw.
 | It takes normally six months to con.
 struct torpedo and costs many thou. sands of dollars. There Is also
 chance of Germany running short in some materials esential in their manu-
 facture. Whether this has occurred Is
 not known but the conclusion has been
 reached that the individual German
 torpedo is losing in efficiency. The U-boat warfare as now being waged, 1t Is said, was undoubtedly not
 thought out and prepared for by Ger
 many before the war. Therefore the
 stock of torpedoes was not sufficient
 for the purpose. The deficiency has
 been made up by increasing the output
 of torpedoes. But with the tremend-
 ous land operations she has essayed,
 Germany could not have devoted a
 maximum of labor or materials to tho |
 this it is not doubted she could have
 kept up the supply. But sacrifices in
 the torpedo supply were made to sat isfy the folly of the Crown Prince at Verdun. | Naval experts are rightly continu. ing to stress the vital importance of the
 tempting to destroy the power of the
 submarine by sonne4 ne4ne44E6syelopme
 in naval strategy.5 NS aeef detsssM
 ipration in the enstH TT HIa1SA torpedo attack wcIS 8&AN,/SM ! !!!:|;|;:>:|:<N'';,,<;;>''eSVI|'|{;: 2: : t>.tM ~ MN d SAV
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-07-24
ONE MILLION INSTEAD
 FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND

. WASHINGTON. July 2t.-An l . American army ot one million !
 men for service at once abroad in- !
 . stead ot five hundred thousand as !
 |. contemplated from the frs, draft < is torsshatowed. according 10 an ! . oiEcial here ! . <
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01

with one of the most richly radiantly
beautiful sunsets 1 haze ever seen, even
in this LAM of rare sunsets. And I'll
hearts were full Of the beauty and
glory of it all. And a minute later
our hearts were full Of something else,
"a great sorrow and rage, for there.
against that glorious horizon. was what
had formerly been a picturesque cross
roads collection of homes, but now
clearly outlined against the vivid
background were a few jagged walls,
and here and there a piece OF roof pre-
c~ariously hanging on and a chimney
or two, looming up above a mass OF
debris like the arms of a dying man,
held up to the heavens in mortal
agony and petition to the ave to
right the foul wrong.
Words, Words. The grim fact re-
mains. And those walls are not ten
minutes from here. and others like
them. much closer. And in the mean
time the three-quarters of an hour
available for this letter have more
than passed, and I must stop for to-
night, not having told you a tenth OF
the things 1 had planned.
1t looks as though we r going to
have things finely set up here. The
General was great. Treated me like
an old friend almost and yet was all
business. keen and clear-visioned and
active. Very sympathetic with our
work and glad to help. At my sugges-
ton has turned over two large build
ings for Y. NJ. and more later. Fine
French colonel and officers also.
Good night, folkses dear, and may
you all be as happy as 1 am. Mother
and Dad and all the rest of you, when
the North Star changes to the east,
count that you no longer have the
daily growing love and affection of,
Your Boy and Brother, DON.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01
READ A NEWSPAPER
OR YOU'RE A STACKER.

"The man or woman who in these
critical times fails to read a good
newspaper regularly is a Stacker" de-
clared Prof. Willard G. Bleyer, head of
h Department Of Journalism at the
University of Wisconsin, in addressing
the students Of the Library School last
week.
1T is the patriotic duty of every
person in this country to keep informed
IN regard to the epoch-making events
and utterances that are reported in the
press from day to day." he continued.
The food Of opinion is the news of.
the day. as President Wilson has well
said. and it behooves every Citizen not
only to read the news, but to form in
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01
THE GOVERNOR TALKS PLAIN.

Shortly after he had been indicted
into Office Gov. Thomas w. Beckett
named DR.. H. @. Alexander, president
of the State Farmers Union, as a mem
Der Of the State Board of Agriculture.
Lately the doctor has been saying
things about the seIective draft that
dlspleased His Excellency and the lat
ter took occasion a few, days ago to
lay his appointee lin the shade" for
unpatriotic utterances. And when
Governor Beckett goes after a man. or
anything else, he seldom comes back
empty-handed. The Governor is in
teasely American in this war and the
people are with him. Doctor Alexan-
der may entertain fairly correct views
on some things, but he is not on speak
ing terms with the Governor. when
ka1ser1sm is to be considered. Re-
Gently the Governor designated Doctor
Alexander as a delegate to the Farm
er's Commercial Congress and the let
ter construed the appointment as an
endorsement of his course in speaking
against the policy of the Government
relative to the war. But the Governor
or says may verify Pauline" Here is
his letter, in part, to the Dear Doc
tor"
"Your views on economic questions
are as unsound, and in my opinion. al
most as hurtful as your views upon
the war. Instead of devoting your
splendid energies to constructive pol
1c1es, tending to improve living condi-
lions among our population, the result
OF your speeches is to create bitterness
and strife instead of a spirit of mutual
sympathy and h~elpfulness between the
farmers and other citizens of the State.
Indeed, you seem to have fallen COM
pletely under the influence of those IA
natics. Tom Watson and La Toilette,
and in this way have destroyed your
power to effectively help the people
whose interest you have at heart"
This is tolerably plain talk. If DR..
Alexander ever really entertained the
idea that Governor Beckett condoned
his utterances relative to the war pol
1cies of President Wilson and the Com
gress, he is doubtless ~undeceived. The
~"sIackers"5 in North Carolina are few
IN number and weak in influence and
not many tears will be shed on%acccont
OF the fact that Governor Beckett has
called DR.. Alexander Feto books" He
did it none too soon.-News.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01
The People Continue to Respond

The subscriptions to the first Liberty
Loan reached the stupendous sum OF
$3,035,226,850, of ifty-two per cent III
excess of the two billions asked for by
the first installment of bonds sold lot
the purpose of meeting the emergent!
expenses created by the enforced break
with Germany. 1t was the IargeS'
and most popular loan the Nation eVef
attempted and the Government oflclaN
were naturally pleased with SUCH ul,
mistakable evidence of the peoples
sympathy and support in this tatelu
crisis. It was a splendid tribute "
American patriotism and American IL
dustry. -,
The second loan, has also met WIZ
signal success. Three billions "e4s
asked for and the American patllO"
have exceeded that by far. which cGu w.
stftutes another eloqent and c0nclu,
sive reply to the enemies OF the OI4 tba
States who have been claiming tnat ~
heart of America was not in the Wai
The big uccess which has crow" Ior
the second effort to finance tn@ oo,mI
means that loyal citizens OF ln5 "hits
try are determined to DO tnen - the
and that those who do not ~ oriv.
front are willing to pay 1or InG :, n,oreI
lege of remaining at home IL he;
evidence that American mannoo uotion
again been spurred to decisive
by German atrocities. +onnt-
1t is said that Kaiser Wllneim state,
ed Ambassador Gerard with tne a. Ger.
ment that latter this wal Is osor the
many will have no. nonsense ! :n4andd
United States.oa He evidently lnt0I CT
to convey the impression INA 1as
mania the w~orId-empire he lau sitfe5
dreamed about, would be ac9 o.
across this contry with the Wass
San Francisco and the A Oh ~ %
ington City. But it shall NO. or'ar b
This Christian land, presided w. wv cs9
a God-fearing ruler, has hearu In D
to service and answered the ";11 nd
emphatic terms. "Germania" e" Cote
include any part of the United y"
News.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01

MANY anxious and sorroWlng races
though great military preparations n
movements are to be seen on all sides,
great ~cama1aged transport trains,
huge pieces of artillery. masses OF
French troops and all the rest, yet such
is the spirit Of the good people and,
such the peaceful harvest time aspect
of this smiling countryside nat de-
spite ''all these things" l often mo It
hard to realize that a FEY miles away
the war cloud is breaking black n
men are Staying one another because
a few low ambitious souls seized a
high occasion and dragged it into the
mire with them to safe the repulse
lusts of their greedy cravings Tor
wor1d-domination. and because many
blind souls t~ragically visiOnless auto
matous followed as the mice liz the
Red Piper of Hamelin, who was a
worthier leader in a worthier u
forsooth.
Yes, it is hard to realize, even with
all the fotsome and jetsome cast back
here and left by the receding tide OF
wharf.-the armless and the legless, the
eyeless. the almost bodiless who yet
remain. But there are other things
which perhaps because of their novelty,
strike me have been striking me these
last few days, with the poignant pity,
the titanic tragedy of it all. These
last three days, I have followed three
routes between here and Paris, all
different-one by auto two by train,
all wonderfully interesting and pictur-
all sharing in the poignant
touches here and theer-the remains
of hastily constructed, shallow
trenches, like jagged, livid. ugly par
TALLY healed scars across a face for.
merly smiling and fair, the frequent
little military burying grounds where
lie the bodies of the heroes of those
gallant, tragic hopeless early days of
the France at bay-bodies whose souls.
reincarnated in thousands and millions
Of other herO-hearts, go marching on
to victory. 1t seems a CHASTITY. incon-
gruous thing to see the smiling coun-
dotted with these little groups
of graves, each with its cross on which
some loving hand or other has
hung a wreath or a handful of flowers,
and each of which seems to be pro-
claiming those wonderful words of the
Master, so full of meaning and hope
hese days: 81 am the Resurrection and
he Life" And those nude little wood
en- military crosses seem to me a SYM
Dol of the vicarious suffering of man,
innocent man. to atone in beautiful
brave sacrifice for man, guilty bloody
nan, after the example of Him, whose
sacrifice symbol rests over the heads
IF the fallen. beacon crosses of the
message that it is good to
have died for others.
And then there is another grim re-
that the iron boots of Mars
have tramp1ed out the vintage of the
Lord, that comes as a shock here and
here in the midst of harvest scenes.
as though in a gallery of rare and fair
pictures. suddenly one comes to a hid
eous, %repulsive nightmare. This to
which I refer is the occasional cross
roads group of houses, no longer
but masses of ruined stones.
Day before yesterday as we approach
ID this village. after a r%ainstorm of no
proportions, the West vas aflame
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01
SUPPORT FOOD ADMINISTRA-
TION, PRESIDENT URGES
Makes Appeal to Every Home and Pub
lie Eating Place-EVerybOdy i'm the
Country Asked to Cooperate for
Conservation of Food Supplies.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-President Will
son in q statement issued today urged
every home and public eating place in
the United States to pledge its sup
port to the food administration and to
comply with it's requests. His appeal
marked the inauguration of family
enrolment" during which everybody
i n the country will beasked to become
a member of the food administration
in order to assure nationwide cooper
alton in food conservation.
The President said that in no other
way than through the cooperation of
the people al the nation accomplish
its object in the The statement
follows:
"The chief part of the burden of
finding food supplies for the peoples
associated with us in wal falls for the
present upon the American people,
and the drain Upon supplies on such a
scale necessarily affects the prices of
our necessaries of life.
Our country. however. is blessed
with an abundance of f~oodstuffs, and
If u people will economic in their
use of food, providently combining
themselves to the quantities required
80 SS I'll AOd1LU LII
strength; if they will eliminate waste.
and if they will make use of those
commodities Of which We have a sur
plus and thus free for export a
proportion of those required by the
world now dependent upon us, we
Shall lot only be able to accomplish
our obligations to them, but we shall
obtain and establish reasonable prices
| at home tn nrnUiHo on observation-disclosures
ply of food both for our own soldiers
on the other side of the seas and for
the civil. populations and the armies OF
the allies is one of our first and fore
most obligations; for if we are to main
tain their constancy in this struggle
for the Independence of all nations,
we must first maintain their health
and strength. The solution of our
problems. therefore, is dependent upon
the Individual service Of every man.
woman and child in the United States.
The great voluntary effort in this di-
rection which has been initiated and
organized by the food administration
under my direction offers an opportun-
ity of service in the war which is open
to every individal and by which every
individual may serve both his w peo-
pie and the peoples of the world.
w cannot accomplish our objects
in this great war without sacrifice and
deviation, and in no direction can that
sacrifice and devotion be shown more
h a by each home and public eating
place in the country pledging its sup
port to the food administration and
complying with it's requests.
CSigned WOODROW WILSON"
+
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01
JURY LIST DRAWN.
The Following is a Compete List of
the Jurymen to Serve This Month.

The Following is a Compete List of
the Jurymen to Serve This Month.
Sheriff Allard Case and his deputies
have been busy summoning tho jury
men for the two weeks court which
convenes were Monday. November II
he following are names Of the citi-
Zens drawn:
First Week.
M. L. Pace, v. P. Garren, M. A.
Rhodes, A. v. Galloway, James McCar-
son, c. P. Barnett, j. D. SittOn. S. E.
Johnson, ]. P. Whitaker, r. A. McMur-
ray. r. M. Pryor, w. P. Ward. w. P.
Bane, W. K. Maxwell, J. M. Dermid, J..
E. Garland, D. P. Moss, F. G. Blackwell,
A. F. Pace. J. s. Hefner, billiard Tabor,
P. J. Morgan, j. T. Beddingfield. ST.. c.
v. Freeman. =. :
Second Week.
S. K. Justus, H. T. Justus, J. M. Max
well, ]. R. Rhodes. Frank Waldrop. w.
A. Slattery, o. E. Corpening, T. H. Liv-
erett, A. L. Mccall, J. N. B. Lanning, I.
J. Moore, A. J. Beddingield, H. V.
Caps, M. A. Barnwell, G. o. Johnson,
J. A. Ballard, Z. Laughter, G. M. Brit
ton.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-11-01
DON DEMOREST, A FRIEND
OF DIR. MOREY WRITES.
Gives Insight of Horrors OF France
From. American Eye.

Gives Insight Of Horrors OF France
From. American Eye.
Don Demorest, son of Prof. and Mrs.
L. B. Demorest. of Marysville, Ohio,
and a personal friend of DR.. A. H.
Morey of this city writes a very in
~teresting letter to his parents from
back in France where he is busy doing
Y. M. G.. A work among the soldiers
and war prisoners.
The following letter is taken from a
recent copy of the MarysV1lle. o., Til
bune:
Dear Folks O'Mine:-
Here I am in a big fine clean room
in a little hotel in the military zone,
Somewhere in France" | first ar
rived here night before last, with
Rusty Dyer, who will be attached here,
yesterday had a long fine conference
with Gen., about getting the Y. M.
c. A. going here before the arrival of
troops which will come in a few days,
caught the late afternoon train for
Paris. had a conference this morning
there with the bosses, brought two
more men back, stopped two hours at
the nearest big town and gobbled up
some big supply of opportunities, got
here this evening. had a fine big din
ner, and here I am. with only a few
minutes time to write before its time
to 'hit the hay" a knockout blow for
eight hours of the right out from the
shoulder kind of nooze
This sketch of my movements, the
past two days is typical of them for the
past three weeks or so, they have been
strenuous ones and among the hap
piest of my life, buoyed up by big OPP
portunities experiences among soldiers
and men, rare unfOrgettable sights,
and the sence of a tremendous worth
Whileness about it all that all tOgeth-
er have made them aluable and prec-
1ous.
We've seen some very picturesque
parts of wonderfully picturesque
France, the famous chateau region,
the cave-dweller region, billy country,
level land. forest and plains, and o
here I am for a few days in a, land
which three years ago wa in the claws
of the Hun, whose stomach was full OF
wines from it's cellars and head full of
arrogant boasting and heart full of
lust and black savagery. But today !
tu1uSS are uI19T0uL. Tic Wal ClOuu Has
rolled far away, it is no longer here a
land of death n winter in summer,
but once again La Belle France, smil-
ing France. triumphant, glowing, great
hearted France.
In these days black things happened
to these good people here. and perhaps
In this very room was billeted a Bosch,
perhaps even one of those very Boschs
who today are biIleted here in another
kind of hotel de luxe, within the barb
wire enclosures, and helping France
beat their fellows. This indeed would
be irony of Fate, but these guests" of
France certainly seem like a contented
lot, almost happy. because here and
well fed rather than being on the other
side of No Mans Land.
Though I sometimes imagine 1 hear
the far away rumble Of war here, in
more than a f~gurative sense, and
though I "a read cruel tragedies in