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R AO Druggists yjjjj 81010 CUDS i MIL MUD SOLDIER MAIL IN FRANCE TO BE RESHIPPED TO DEAD LET TER OFFICE HERE. BUME THE WAR DEPARTMENT Te Improve Condition* a Force oi Experienced Mall Clerka May Ba Sent to Make Deliveries. „ Waahlnfton —dTrom eight t oirn car i load* of mall (or American eoldleri an ' k undelivered In Fiance, Second Aunt ( ant Poatmaater General Prwjvr loU the aenate poetofflce rommKtee. uat "Utouaanda and probably mllUona" u . let t era addrouad to the men ovrreeai wIU arrive in Now York *oon to b« ! aent to tbe dead letter office wtieri | lan attempt will be made to returi I **•' Fertilizer with Personality Roysters Fertilizers are the life-work of one man; F. S. ROYSTER. Their excellence is the result of 33 years of con tinuous effort to perfect a plant food especially for Southern crops and Southern Soils. Is the knowledge and experience of a life-time worth anything to you? Then ask for ROYSTER'S FERTILIZER TRAOB MARK RKOISTCRtO. Order Early and Avoid Disappointment F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Va. Richmond. Va. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Washington, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga. Columbus, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. - . Baltimore, Md. Toledo, 0. * *\ Nha «o~ the writers. Blame for toe failure to dellvet thlj mail tu placed on the war do partment by Mr. Praeger, who agali : explained that the army authoritiei .handle all soldiers' mall in France the poetoffce department delivering; outgoing mall at Hoboken and receiv I ing returning mall at the French ports Mr. Praeger said one way to Ira | prove conditions overseas would be U send a force of experienced mail clerks to France to deliver the mat. to too soldiers, Mr. Praeger told the committee thai one reason for the'confuHion in thi delivery of mall to soldlprs was tin : failure of the war department to keej i up Its index system. This same causo J he declared, also wa» responsible foi the department's delay In sending oui allotments to soldiers and In reportini j casualties. THIRTIETH DIVISION TO BAIL FOR HOME JANUARY 20 TO 21 Washington—From eight to ten car sail from Brest between January 2t and 25 and will reach America ii seven to ten days, barring mishap. While the war department ia no l ready to make official anouncement It Is stated that tho division will l'an ( at Hoboken, N J.. rather than Nor | folk. The entire division will he rush j er directly Into various ramps aboui New York, including Camp Dlx, Cami Totten and others about Oovernor'i Island. The men will.be kept In cami eight days to two 'weeks, under obser vatlon or quarantine, and will then l>« sent to one of tho Southern camps presumably Camp Sevier or Camp Gor don and there' will be mustered out They will be given new clothing and back pay on leaving New York. OLD WAY GOOD ENOUGH FOR BECYB GLASS AND BURLESON Kashlngton—Secretary of the Treas j ury Glass and Postmaster General Bur leson prefer the time-honored horse drawn vehicle to the automobile and it deference to their wishes tho house appropriations committee amended tin legislative bill so as to provide car | rlages for their personal use Instead ol | automobiles which will be furnished j other members of tho cabinet. W. J. BRYAN IN CONFERENCE WITH WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS Raleigh. With William Jennlngi Bryan as tho special guest, the North Carolina suffrage league mm In spe | clal conference and agreed upon b program of legislation to seek at the hands of this general assembly, elect ed officers for the next year, and Join ed a great crowd at the city audito rium where the great commoner wai the speaker and suffrage his special theme. The legislative agreement reached by the suffragists was to ask of this legislature simply the enact ment of a provision that will give the women the right to vote In the party primaries, so that they may have s voice at least In tho selection of the candidates for the offices of the state and county. Mr. Bryun first discussed national prohibition as an accomplished fart and the great part democracy has had In its accomplishment. TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF MINORITY NATIONALITIES Paris.—Presdent Wilson Is giving considerable attention to the problem of safeguarding the rights of minority nationalities in the peace treaty; The territories In question aro occupied by mixed races. The rare having an evldeet majority will. In principle, de termine the future of the regions In queatlon. hut when that is done the pesre settlement. It Is held, must also Include complete guarantees for the protection of minority races. TWENTY-SIX TONS INSURANCE RECORDS ARE RECEIVED HERE Washington-Twenty-six tons of In surance records from the Amerraln expeditionary forces were received In Washington by the bureau of war risk Insurance of the treasury department. ■ ■■■■■ ■ i ' ■ ■■ ■ 1 ! They reprei«t sl,B6o,B>o,R>o of gov ernment Insurance written on Ameri can soldiers overseas. The records will be merged with the , other regards on flic, representing a I gre.nd total of more than $.18,000,000,- I 000 of Insurance. AMERICAN DELEGATEB ABE NOT IDLE WHILE WAITING! Paris.—While awaiting the a^lral of tho entente premiers and'olher officials who are necessary to Insure ! a full meeting of the supreme pea;« 1 council, the American delegates are j making every effort to comp'ete the | projects they expect to submit or to I discuss before the peace conference Itself. Attention was chiefly given to the Important subject of a league of nations. Secretary Lansing and Colonel I House were closeted for s°me time with Lord Robert Cecil, and It Is bo ' lleved a comparison was being made l of the plans prepared separately by i the American and Brtlsh specialist! en this subject. BOLBHEVIKI CAPTURE VILNA, DRIVING OUT POLIBH TROOPS 1 j . 1 ' Warsaw.—Vllna has fallen Into the ' hands of the bolshevik army, aeevral ' thousand strong, 'which drove out the ' Polish mllltla. A massacre of cvlll ' Inns began at once/partly because the Poles had offered resistance and had 1 arrested or shot the members of the | local bolshevik committees. The Polish trops. who had no can I non and only a few cartridges to tho rifle and were command of Gen eral Voltko, retired to Langovarova. FOYERS IN FRANCE. Four department* of tho French Government-have asked the American Y. W. (A. to open social und rocreu j Hon centers for girts employed by them—Flounce, Commerce, War and Labor. j Lieutenant l'oncet of the Ministry I of Labor recently requested tliat this I Y. W. f". A. work be begun for girls lo his ofllces after seeing the social and recreation centers which had been opened ut the request of tho Ministry of War. Sixteen centers of this kind arc operated In nix cities In France. Three of them aro In Paris. The lust of these Foyers des All locs is for girls who are working In the De partment of Labor. It Is far down the Seine, under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, and overlooks the Qual d'Orsay. The rooms ore bright and cheerful, with chintz hangings and cushions, comfortable chairs, reading and writ ing tables and a fireplace. A kitchen has equipment so that girls can pre pare meals for themselves. They go to the foyer for their two hour lunch eon time, for soclat evenings and for classes In Kngllsh. 400,000 YANKS ARE Y. W. C. A. VISITORS Four hundred thousand persons and more served In the cafeteria In one year Is the record of the Y. W. O.' A. Hostess House ut Camp Lewis, Atner- I lean Ijtke, Wash. The majority of the 400,000 diners were mothers, wives, sweethenrta and i friends who went to the camp to visit their soldiers. Tho remainder were soldiers themselves who broke the mo notony of "chow" with home cooked meals. In addition to all these guests, i2, r ),000 little children were cared for In I the nursery and the rest room served ! 70,000 tired wives and molhers, Tho workers at the Information ' desk received and answered 97,000 (questions varying from how to get the best connections to a destination clear ncross the continent, the rates of sol dlers' Insurance nnd the kind of cre tonne n girl bride should have In her living room now that Private John Is coming home from France. Eleven thousand of these queries required tel ephone conversations with various company commanders relative to hunt ing up u soldier whose parents had ar rived unexpectedly. PEACE kUNFERENCE UNO THEN IEH / GREATER PROBLEMB MUST BE GIVEN PRECEDENCE OVER LEAGUE OF NATIONS. DEATH [ECREEO THE KAISER Repudiation of Germany's War Debt and Payment of Entire Cost of War by Germany Demanded. Washington.—Speeches advocating postponement of consideration of the league of nations proposal until after the peace conference were made In the Kenate by Senators Sterling, of South Dakota,, Republican, and Myers, of Montana, Democrat. Both Insisted that problems of the peace conference should not be com-1 plicated by this plan. Senator Sterling contended that ex-1 Istlng relations between America, ' Great Britain, France and Italy made a league of nations to enforce peace unnecessary. Senator Myers advocat ed establishing a restricted league later, without Impairing the sover eignly of Its members, and with the central powers barred at least for this generation. Death for the former kaiser, life Imprisonment of Von Bernstorff and others, Senator Myers said, should be provision! of the final peace treaty. He also argued for repudiation of Ger many's war debt and payment of the entire cost of the war by the Ger mans; for confiscation of the kaiser's I I Yes, The Bargains ARE HERE I • ■ ■ ~ 1 > ~ 1 • ■ •>-.. ' . • i Wc arc going tp sell every coat, every skirt, every | dress, at removal sale prices, so we beg you to wait and ' come to this sale—a sale that will long be remembered, ■ a Sale that will help the rich and poor—a Sale that will \ live forever—so read over our prices on each page and \ mark the date and come. \ —: — ; READ AND COME '■ { ' . , : . f ■ I All sls ladies' dresses, removal sale 9.98 » i $22.50 and 24.00 A dresses in beautiful styles, all sizes 13.98 [ All $lB ladies' coats, all styles, sale price 10.89 ' $7:50, ladies' skirts, nice styles, all sizes, 4.48 , I •' v • t' All SIO.OO and 12.50 skirts, all newest styles, all sizes, 6.98 ~ $18.50 and 20.00 serge dresses, all sizes, 12.98. .. , j , -~ - * All S3O ladies' dresses in serges and silks, sale price 16.98 _ , $22.50 ladies' coats this season styles, all sizes, 13.48 $8.50 ladies' skirts, poplins, all sizes, only 5.48 T ~.. _ » • . - One lot sls skirts, all samples,'no two alike/ all nice 1 v styles, 8.50 each \ All $22.50, 25.00, 27.50 and 30.00 ladies' coats, all beauti r ful coats, to close out while they last at 15.48 each , ■ So mark the date oi this Big Coming Event Just 10 ' Days Only and no longer—look for the sign "REMOVAL • SALE" Entire stock must go. Sale commences Friday , morning, January 17, at 9:00 a. m. sharp. FAIR DEPT. STORE Graham, N. C. ► - personal fortune ana retention by the victors of both the *tr snd merchant - marine fleets of Germany. MORE THAN $200400.000 OF AMERICAN PROPERTY SEIZED Chrlstlanla.—More than $400,000,000 worth of American'property was seis ed by the German government. This Is the estimate of John Henry Cooney, manager and custodian of all the properties of the International Harvester Company In Germany dur ing the war. 'lt was a year ago," he said, "that the Imperial German gov ernment served notice on him that It would begin "supervision" of the I. H. C. factories and offices. On Jan uary 4, 1118, the properties were for mally confiscated, and on July i the 32 office workers In the Hamburg cen tral branch were notified they must leave the offices, and stay away. "No attempt to take our properties wan made until the American govern ment began seizure of enemy alien properties In America. It appeared that from time to time the German government was endeavoring to matrti ' each move of the American govern ment as a reprisal. NURSES PRODUCE WILD WEST PICTURE SHOW Entertain Roumanian Countess at American Bhow In France. Picture shows lire being put on In France without cameras, scenery or nny of the necessary properties, oc- j cording to reports reaching the Na tional Y. W. C. A. from a Y. W. C. A. nurses' hut In a Base Hospital. Having no film or camera, the nurses at Base decided to put on a living plctnre show ami Invited n ; group of nurses from a nearby hos- j. pltnl to be the audience. It was a real thriller, one of the wild and wool- ly west variety, with bucking bron choes and wild rides on broom "tod mop horses. Imagination supplied the scebery, with the exception of placards, which announced "the sun" when It was sup posed to be shining or "cacti" when the cow punchers rode across the desert Countess Vacaresca of Ronmanla, who had been talking to the nurses on conditions In the German courts at the time she was lad.v-ln-waitlng to the Queen of Ronmanla, was the most ap preciative of all the guests. , i INSIGNIA, CURTAINS, If*- MADE FROM SKIRTS Blue broadcloth skirts used for or ganization Insignia and ftlald summer dresses reconstructed Into window cur tains are after war economies of the ' nine Y. W. C. A. secretaries In Arch angel, Russia. These secretaries have Just succeed ed, In the face of food and cloth sh6rt ages, in opening a Y. W. C. A. Hostess House for American troops stationed In Archangel, a town behind the allied lines. It was necessary to hunt up a voile summer dress which one of the secretaries had discarded for heavy winter clothes In order to have cur tuJns at the windows. They live on | regulation army rations. ! Archangel la the fourth city In Rus sia where the'Y. W. C. A. has estab flshed work. Centers were opened first In Petrograd and Moscow and then In Samara, 000 miles eastward i from Moscow. I Miss Elizabeth Boies, head of Rus sian work and one of the few Ameri cans who remained In that country throughout the revolution, Is en route to America by way of England to re | crult workers for Russia. [ Huh relieved in 20 minute* by Woodtord's Ba'.itary Lotion Neve; fails Hold h* Graham Driiif Co. Children Cry for Fletcher's WfcWiMM The thj You Am Always Bought, and which has been in oso for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per- SV r J/sonal supervision since its Infancy. Vm*c7Z fC**4& Allow no one to deceive you in this. an Counterfeits, Imitations and ? Jhst-as-good" are but- Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of T«rf«n« mM Children —Experience against Experiment. 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