<» MO. 2J THRIFT CAMPAIGN FOR SURRY COUNTY A N«w War-Tatk for *11 A mar To the ClUaan* of Surry County: The glory of America and the Mr tIm of humanity la calling th* man ot average mean* into action. Hi* powar ia th* conquering and un conconquarabl* powar of tha American Matian. Big capital, big buaina**, th* big man of tha country have already boon called into service. Their reapon** wan prompt, and they have entered heartily upon the big taaka a**ignod them. By tha new plan pat into operation this month by the United tftotea Gov arnment the power of the a mall wiv ing., th* ■mall buslne**, the average cituen, ia to be employed for winning a great victory over German plan* and intrigue. The new plan a(Ul be welcomed wherever it become* known. The announcement of It ha* arou*ed «nthu»ia*m, and in tae moet populous cantor* of the country, great throng* are In evidence at Poat Offices and other place* where WAR SAVINGS STAMPS are for aale. It la a plan for all tha hundred million fraa citi zen* of America. The taak aaaigned to each ia vary aa*y, but very great In its effect upon the xuccesiful pro aecution of the war and upon the fu ture welfare of America. The performance at the task brings immediate profit to every person who does his or her part. The Government i pays a higher rate for it than for the ( service of big capital. Liberty Bond* are fceyond the reach j of many whoa* patriotism is real, and their savings from day to day and], from week to week, alt in small , amounts. , The Government has devised WAB , SAVINGS CERTIFICATES AND UNITED STATES THRIFT CARDS, | to enable these people to invest some of their savings profitably in securi ties of their own Government. A War-Savings Certificate ha. twenty spaces, upon each one of which * Government stamp costing {4.12, if purchased before Feb. 1st, 1918, may_ be aflxed. These stamps inert— in value at the rate of 4 per cent com pounded quarterly, so that in 5 years, at maturity, they will be worth $5.00 each. The full certiflcata, costing $82.40 will be redeemed in five years by the United States Government for $100.00 in CASH. ft But any on* 01 tne aiamp«, or any part of any incompletely filled certi ficate. will be rcdeemed^n CASH, at any time, on ten days notice, for ori ginal cost together with accrued in terest at «ny money Poet OfBce in the United States. The stamps are better than the CASH. For example, if you were to carry a Five Dollar bill in your pock et for It months, it would be worth just <5.00, no more and no less, at the end of the 12 months. But if you carry in your pocket a War-Savings Stamp, or a War-Savings Certificate with stamps afflxt, it is increasing in value every moment of time you have, it in your possession, and you can use It as money any time you wish. The United State* Thrift Card* are planned en the same principle as the War-Paving* Certificate. The whole plan is simplicity, con venient. profit and service to the high est degree. It gives to every clas< of Americans, even thoae of small means, the oppor tunity to save money, and thus to I serve themselv** and V-nmnnty at large in the largest possible way. It bring* to every man, w«r»i*n and child a strong inducement to econo mise la food, dothii.*, and personal fedulfeace and It aee their saving* to toerea** their own fortune, to strengthen their Government, and to support the gallant anldlera and «all or*, many of whom ara Surry fount) ami North Carolina boya, who ara a*' crlAcInf by AfkUnf lor iu all. avan U tha point of giving their own livaa. War-Savings Cartlftratea, United States Thrift Card*, and tha War , Saving* Stamp* to All them. will h« ! on aala at all Monay Orilar Poat Off cea In tha Nation and by tha Rural ranram, by all Hanka and paihapa at othar places, announcement of which will ha mad* latar. Kull information will ha avatlabla avarywhara. Every facility In buying tham will ha given. No ona will hava reason for overlooking or neglecting tham. Thay will not ha dumpad on l)»e mar kit without raalrirtion howavar, thay ara too good for that. .No ona aub acrlbar will ba allowad to own mora than 1100. worth of War-Saving* Car tiflcataa. Thay ara non-taxable. An educational campaign of graat magnituda la being inaugurated in Sorry County, through all tha newa papara, achool and othar agencies. Wa muat raach avary homa in Surry and inform tllfcm aa to tha taak bafora tha Amarican people to serve both Man and, aa I believe, (jod, in light ing Pruaaian Autocracy, and for tha Freedom of man. Tha community that can ba induced ■o practice tha moat rigid economy, by ilimination of tha non-aaaantiala in >ur manner and mathuda of living, ind to aubacriba to tha graataat imount of theM profit bearing WAR 1AVING CERTIFICATES, will vary oon be the moat prosperous, and the itizenahip will hava the conaciousneaa >f having dona their duty by a great auaa, and to our boya who are light ng for ua. In tha beginning of the work ton-Salem, N. C., 1 moat aameetly lead for tha hearty co-operation of vary patriotic man, woman, boy and firl in Surry county. With kind regards and beat wishes, am. Sincerely yours, A. V. WEST, Chairman, iurry County War-Savinga Comittee. I 'Its only i Question of our Keeping Cool" Amsterdam, Dec. IB.—The German lewspapers contain lengthy account* tt the speech of Grand Admiral von rirpits before the Hamburg branch >f the Fatherland party, in wlvich the tdmiral said: "Up to the present in this war Great Britain has won, rather than lost. Peace based on the status quo ante or an renunciation, therefore is oat of the question for Germany." With reference to the rumor that Germany would give up Zebrugge and Ostend if the British evacuated Calais, von Tirpitz said: "The exacuation of Calais would never be equivalent to the loss of such first class security. Moreover, the Channel tunnel will become a fact af ter the war, for real security, we should have besides Flanders and Ant werp, Calais and Boulonge. The ru m r in question is a wreen behind which the question of Flanders might I be permitted to disappear. "The pretext that we cannot coerce Great Britain and America falls to the ground when wo consider thel growing scarcity of the cargo space of our ruthless arch-enemy. The time for Anal decision will come when real distress begins to take the place of merely threatening dintrees. That time will come. It is only a question of our keeping cool." Chamberlain's Tahleta. Chamberlain's Tablets are intended >.ill. for stomach trouble" bili ousness and coiistip«:i<.ti, ...id have with much u^-e»s in th« treat ment of thone diseases. People who : Uave sw-.'trtk! for years with stomach trouble and have been unable to { obtain any permanent relief have been completely cured by the use of these tablets. Chamberlain's Tahleta are also of great value for billiooaness. I Chronic uunilipation mat he perman ently cored by taking Chamberlain's I Tablets and ofcaerving the plain print lad directions with each bottle. A Christmas Sermon. By Rev. Tom P. .Jitnixon. And on earth peace, good will to ward man. St. Luke 2:14. Tha none of Ola heavenly hoat on that epochal night whan Jaaua lay In tha manger waa prophetic. It berald ad forth God'a attWurfe toward man, and suggested that by raaaon of hia infinite Gift, It would ultimately be come man'* attitude toward eachather. Jaaua did not rou»e to brine imme diate peace. It could not be. Ha cam* to "bring a ■word," to tend "fire" and to let membera of the uma hooaefcold "at variance one with another." Ifcat waa the inevitable and iriepraealbla conflict between a in and righteousness. Tha progreaa of rigfetaoasnaaa haa ever been attended by tremendoua up heavals and disturbances. Sin la ter ribly intrenched and tha legiona of Lucifer fight to the laat ditch. They make no "strategic retreata." But righteousneea wina. Muat win. Peace followa. That la the dominant note in the New Teatament. A few Mlated prelate* are still proclaiming :hat God is trying to snatch a few >rands from the horning and take hem to glory in aaase far off place 'out beyond the confines of aatrono nical apace," and abandon tha balance in tha borders of Limbo; but it ia lot so. Ha ia creating a new heaven md a new earth wherein dwelleth end to haatan tha final victory. I. "Peace on earth!" Sounds like i nere mockery now in the midst of all i his wreckage and carnage and strife. Ind yet this is but a conflict between ight and darkness on a more gigantic «ale than we have ever seen before, t ia a supreme teat as to whether ight or might shall rule. A nation WHY ARE WE GERMANS 1 SO DISLIKED ABROAD? Berlin, Germany (vim Zurich)—i •w*y •re at Germans so disliked ■broad V was the question which Pro fessor Kraemer of the University of Stuttgart, recently discussed before a meeting of the Mannheim Merchants Association. "The greatest failing of individual Germans,* said the professor, "as well as of the whole nation, is that we arc no psychologists. This explains exact ly why foreigners And us so disagree able, it is because we have ao psycho logical comprehension and do not esti mate the effect of our words and our manners upon strangers, otherwise we should be careful to act more in ac cordance with the ideas of foreigners, and not behave ourselves when abroad as though we were at home; yet on the other hand, we should not sink all our particular German qualities out of a mistaken regard for foreign manners. "Our unpopularity with the English is due to our material and intellectual advancement, which awakens dislike and jealousy. England feels her de cline approaching and wants to over throw her ambitieua opponent. In Franca matters were going much bet ter in the last few years, until the malevolent influence of England I touch', about a rw rude sconce of the old hatred. The Itatians have a spe cial dislike of all foreigners. It is true they have a great respect for our •ansa of order, and a very cool re i spect alto for our ability, but their ' artistic sensibilities cause them t"> And , a lack of repose and gracious nets in the German manner. The Russians ( have mostly knewn the Germaiu. as instructors and that has not filled | them with love for us. The Swiss li can run amuck u wall a* an imiividu al. 0 ana any ha* dona that. Sha li an international pariah with all tha worat qualities of Napoleon, Alaxan dar, Hannibal, Atilla, Norn, and Ju daa lacariot. Sha ban preached tlx doctrina that might makaa right until aba haa bacoma drunk with Inat for power. Tha tima of reckoning ban arrivad. "Iniquity having playad it* part, Vengenance haa laapad upon tha »taga." Sha haa diggad a pit and fal lan in it, haa hid a trap and raught har own foot. But wa muat not cronh har and leave har by tha road side to dia. Wa muat, aftar this conflict Is over, halp har out of tha pit and aaa to it that thia raving demoniac ia ciothad and in har right mind. No naad to undertake it though until tha devils have been caat out and driven into tha »ea. Thui all men muat learn that might ia not right, but that right ia almighty. Then will we learn war no mora. Put the Golden Age will not dawn when war* have reaaed. Nor will it dawn until there la "good will to ward men" in every heart. However t will come. "He must reign until he lath put all enemiea under bis feet." Politics will have to be cleansed of topinjays and pismirea; industry muat ind selfishness; society muat be pall id out of the miasmic marshes of »in ind "washed with the laver of regen iration." Greed and graft, lying and ust. injustice, oppression, envy, ma ice, jealousy, hatred, strife, and all >f hell's unclean brood muat be driven Trom God's domain, the earth. Then ■veil hear the angels again. fundamentally friendly to Germany, ^ but h« ia accustomed to use the French ^ and Italian tongue, rather than that of ( the German Empire. It irritate* him that we >o easily forget abroad the political frontiers and are constantly boasting of how much better we do things at home. "In the Latin nations, the old ro matic spirit ia nourished in the schools, but in Germany the children are taught that history begins in Ger man nationalism. To these races, the romantic ideal seems to (^threatened by the spirit of work, of exertion, and of force, and excel'ejice, of the Ger mans, which the;- deem carried to ex cess. Our development in intellectual and economic relations is felt by our enemies as a gloomy threatening of old privilege*. When they speak of our militarism, they mean the rigidity in the form of our whole national life. The short harsh tone of command is hated abroad; it is said of us also, that we eat and drink too much and make altogether too much noise in the world." Seventeen Enlisted men Are Miaaing in Action. Wa.-huigUui Dec, 16.— Seventeen en listed men of the United States army engineer corps were imported missing in action by General Perishing in a dispatch today to the war department' They were mis-ing on November SO, i the day uf the German turning move I ment at Oair>»r*l and are believed to' ' have fallen into the hands of the Ger i mans while fighting valiantly with the engineer contingent which distinguish ed itself helping the British to check the attack. The men were all from New York, New Jetaey and New England points. | VLLIE5 CAIN ADVANTAGE. I SpiU of PrrpoadcTMit Ma jority of CorawM Dfrviaiooa tho Britiah tad F ranch H**o T«ri> Washington, Dec. 1(1.—"No ele ment in the military aituation nhould lead ua to conclude that the initiative in tha want ha* paaaad from tha allien to tha aftemy," ayi Secretary Baker in hia weekly review of military opar ationa, made public tonight and devot ed largely to tha German advartiaing of an impending great offensive. "During tha period of tha review (week ending yeiterday) tha general Military aitoatlon in tha waat haa re mained unchanged." tha review aaya: "Rumor* of graat preparation on tha part of tha German*, with a view to achiaving noma major utrategic *uc ceaa in the waat, continue to reach ua. "Report* of maaaad hoatila concen tration* in thoae aactor* where tha enemy propose* to break through tha French front and roll bark tha allied Una on a broad icala, are numerous. "The German higher cnnftimand aaeki peace through victory. The enemy ia apparently very eager to have *uch a victory. "For the past two year* the Gar- 1 mana have bean on the dafenaive in ' tha waat. Tha bold advartiaing of an impoeing offensive on the part of the enemy, which while in the realm ' of poaaibility and therefore should not 1 be neglected or overlooked, mutt in 1 no wise be interpreted to nAan that ' the increased strength of the hostile " force* will result in any permanent 1 strategic advantage to the German*. "Surveying tha outlinea of the gen- u n on tha.' "The central powers have taken the initiative in the eastern and Italian 1 haatere the allies along the major ■ front in the west, in Palestine, Me*o- * potamia, and East Africa. "The enemy has confined his efforts ® to advancing hi* lin-s along the Rus- ' aian front, reeulting In the capture of ' Riga, and then by a well-conducted of- 2 fenaive in Italy, with tha asaiatance of I an intensive political drive, gainad a marked atrategic aweas in this aec- ' tor. "The allies in the principal theater >f operations, the west, have been able to record an honest uninterrupted ' icries of tactical advantages, and in ' ipite of the concentration of a pre ponderant majority of the efficient jerman divisioni have gained consid irable terrain and taken a large quota >f prisoner*. "In the outlying a rva < of Mesopo tamia and Palestine th«> British have iriven the enemy before, and their j(Tensive culminated during the week in the capture of Jerusalem. "Though the capture of the holy city rannot be held a principal military ob jective of the campaign to vigorously pursued by General Allenby in tihs theater, the conqest of Jerusalem will have a wide influence through the Turkish empire. • • • And will go far towards reaffirming the pre stige of the allied powers through the orient. "Germany realixea the danger at tendant upon the waning of her in fluence in the east and will therefore be more anxious than ever to con clude a speedy peace before the 'war, map' incomes less favorable. • ♦ • "The raiding of German towns in. ti>« interior, more especially the indus trial centers of the f.tiineland, by al lies aircraft, as reprisals for the re peated bombardment of open towns in France and (Jmt Britain by the, German", has been successfully ini tiated. "Reports of observers recently out ( of Germany who were preeent dar ing previous air raids, sate that these raid* have had a eery depressing ef fect on the civilian population and have heightened the growing diacoo tent among the German people. whe now for the flr»t time are lirougfct face to (m with it«I w»r conditio**. • » • "The armmtica concluded by the Rum tans with the enemy now mrludee the entire eaetem front from lha Bel 'tttothi Black ms. Negotiations are not proceeding smoothly. Tha Gar man demand* an reported to ua, • paci fy, among other point*, tha immediate opening up of ■ hanuela of commenciel mtarrouraa between Run'ia an4 Car many." _ FOOD, FUEL, SUPPLIES FOR GOVERNMENT FIRST General Priority Order IhimJ Giving These Things Prefer ential Shipment Wa«hington, Dae. 7.— A raneral priority order, giving preferential ■hipment to food, fuel and govern ment supplies wai iaaued today by Robert S. I-ovett, government dicta tor of priority transportation. The order legalises action already taken by tha aaatam operating com modities preference in movement. Officials believe It will go far toward* ■elieving the eaiitarn freight conges ion which haa threatened to cloaa lown war industriee and public utfll iea. The order saya: • "On and after th« 12th day of Da ember, 1917, and until further order 11 common carrier* by railroad in lie United States ahall give prefer nce and priority in car supply and ia lovement to the following commodi iea and in the order numbered: "1.—Steam railway fuel for currant Has when conaigned direct to the nited State* government or the *B lorized ofllccrs of the United Statea rmy, navy or shipping board or te te allies or the proper representa ven thereof, destined to any canton lent, post or encampment^ to any oint of export for movement thence a Europe, to any arsenal or navy ard. or material to any shipbuilding ilant under contract to the United Itates shipping board for the sola lurpose of constructing veascla for hat board. "(B) Other shipments for the Jnited States government u the UIM nay be authorized from time to tin* >y the undersigned as nece. sary as in larHcular case*, but only upon re juest of the United States army, Unit id State* navy or United States ship >ing board, through • designated offi cer or representative of the respec Irt departments located in Washing mi; "4.—Coal to and for by product cook ng plants and not subject to recon lignment; and "5.—Preference and priority ia ■ovement only to real for current use tot not for storage, consigned direct (and not subject to rensignment) to Hospitals, schools and other public in stitutions, retailers of coal for use ia ■ upplying domestic consumers only; ind to coal, coke and raw material* For current use, but not for storage, :oasigned direct (and not subject to reconsignment) to blast furnaces, foundries, iron and steel mills, smel ters. manufacturers engaged in work For the United States government or its allies, public utilities (including street and intonirban railways, elee try power and lighting pieftta, gas nlants. water and sewer srorfca), Cour mill*, sugar factories, fertiliser fac tories and shipbuilders; also ship ments of paper, petroleum and petro leum products." TRANSFER UNEL ! will operate a passengi-r transfer between Dobeon and Mount Airy hi the future. Charges reasonable. IW me at new Court House. Service day or night P1>one Hoi-man's teallM Dobeoa, N. C. A. L. NORMAN.