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I. W. VEST DRUG CO. MAIN STREET MOUNT AIRY. N. C. Umprisoaana—t to go With DUMMTkbU Duch*r|M. Washington, Dm. 2».—Diahonorabie disc bar ft* Horn the army which many oAeers believe have baan seised upon by atackara and objectors aa tha va hicle of escape from military service will no I on car provide auch an oppor tunity under an ordar issued today by Secretary Dakar. For several waaka tha army has baan loaing man at tha rata of 100 to 160 a day. They ehaoaa to enmmit offenses which laad to thair 1 diahonorabla discharge. In tha future. Saeratary Bakar or dar ad. auch man will get tarma of im priaonmant with thair diecharges and whanavar poaaibla aoma othar form of sentence will ba uaad. Gai'maa Laatkar Scarcity. 7. irick, Nov. fO.—Significant in part because a German newspaper, tha Constance Gazatta, publlahad tha in formation, comaa word that Garmany today possesses less than one-seventh enough leather and complatad ahoaa to aupply ita population for tha conl ine win tar. Tha figures, aaya tha newspaper, ara tha mora alarming because they ara based on a population of 50,000,000, which averages but one pair of shoes, and thraa sets of solas par year. Since certain claaaas of workets, adds tha Gazatta, must absolutely have more shoes than this, tha gravity of tha situation is increased, and it not apt to be allayed by the production, as plan ned at present, of shoes of cloth with wooden solas. • Tfee Woman's Tonic Half Million Gmrwmmm Allans t* bm Taggad Washington. Dee. 30.—The week o February 4 was Mt aside by the da part runt of Juatica today for regie trMiom of tka half-million unnatura Iliad Carman* in continental Unitei State* by polio, and postmasters ii pursuance of President Wilson's aliai enemy proclamation defining thia ae tion an a means of minimixing Uv danger from anamy .ympathiiera it the United State.. Earlier plana for adminiatermg th< registration in the eastern eitiaa first •nd gradually extending it to the ea eire country were abandoned becaust of tha fear that aoma German. mighi •»oid regiatration by moving from dia trtet to diet net. Bagutimtian wUl involve the gather "»g of detailed intormation concern •ng the buaineaa. relations and habit, of every Carman, together with hu photograph and Anger printa. Aftai regi.tering he mint carry a certificate card, and may not change hia plact of reaidence without approval of Uu police or poetmastar. Violation of Uu regulation! will be punishable by in ternment for the war. The order* do not apply to Cenaar woman, nor to any penion under 14 year* of age, became Lheae are not clasaed a. alien enemiea by law. Sub' jocta of Austria-Hungary -re not re quire to regi*ter. In announcing the regulation* todaj the department of juatice took care t< avoid creating the impreaaion that th< government look, on each Cermar with suspicion. "Registrants are not to he treate as persons of evil disposition," saic instructions to registrars, "and thi registration officer* are urged to dea with them in a courteous and friend ly manner." Police, federal marshal* and agents •nd postal authorities are expected U co-operate in the round-up during reg istration week, and to investigate ant check up oach fact reported by the re gistrant*. Certificate carda will be is «ued only after . complete verificatio, '* madr- Th* information obtainec will be of distinct value to officials it running down enemy plots and pro paganda. and in discovering what Ger mans bear cloee watching. The tea) will be greatly in cities where the Ger ">«" population is large, ,nd news p«pers and citixena will be asked U aaaist. In cities of 5.000 of more popula Hon rec°rded by the 1810 census, ( list of which is issue.? by the depart "«*nt of justice, the chief of police an< aMi,Unt» will administer the re gistration. In smaller communitia and rural districts, registration will bi conducted by the poormaster*. and th. postmaster of the larger office in th, ■<*•1 judicial dietrict in most state the equivalent of a county, will b, chief regiseration officer to gather re Ports from the other and forwar, them to the United States marshal an. tka department of juatica. In moa eittee, the work will be done by pre cincta. SUmarh TmUt u4 Couti patisiL Tkoaa who are aflicted with Mom ach trouble mod constipation shouli ntd the folio wiag. "1 have neve fo«nd anything so food for atomad thoubles and constipation aa Cham bar lain'a Tablet*. 1 have used them of and on now far the past two yean Tkajr not o nlyrgeulaet laart They not only regulate the action o the bowel* but stimulates the live and kaepa one's body in a healthy eon dition," writ«s Mrs. Benjamin Hoc pel Auburn, N. T. * EXECUTORS NOTICE. Having qualified aa executor of th last will an< testament of Formal ii i UcKirney, dee'd., I hereby n.'if. al [ persons holding claim* a^sin-t thi e»tate to prr« nt the Fame to mo fo (•aym»nt with i twelve month* f»»r the date of Ui.( notice or tin will ha pleaded in lie r of reem er •hereon; ell MtMHa indebted t il ef tat- w ill pleano rgal e imrir.liet pavment If me. lb is I)»e. f.th. 1M7. W E. MrKmne) KMCdtai ■CLOW ZIRO HEM AND NEAUSY SECTIONS. hi Ci'iiifcw Sw«Uy it wm mm Mow. Ei(kU«it lil»»r tm cm*4«i mt Briatol, tmmm. Mack Sutfariaf m K—uf* ml tkm Smrmrm W«tW Greensboro New*. Slat. The cold wave early yesterday morning, enveloping tjrccn^uuro, chaa ad the mercury to frwUr ilaptha than it hoa been driven in 1H yearn. Thia > morning th« plum ban will have mora than thay can do, for tha raporta ot hunting pipaa we re many yesterday. Tha tcmporaturo registered at tha roldoat minute for the 24 houra ending at 7 o'clock y ester (fay morning waa one degree haiow laro. Tha coldaat day in Greenaboro prior to that waa February 3. 18M, whan tha thermom eter stood at throe below. During the year, tha temperature got to tha |p«noral neighborhood nf sero, but ita lowoat waa at two abova above an February 2. wherefore that , of early Sunday morning, waa throe dogreea colder than any moment of the previoua 12 montha. Laat night the temperature had not moderated to any groat extent and there waa no In dication of decided change. Yaatar da y morning the aun ahene clear and during the hour* about noon the out of-door* waa not too froety for a full blooded pedestrian. Later in the day, however, the mercury began dropping and when the aun had gone down, the air waa biting to ear* again and the proepoeta felt good for another low point in the tube laat night. The Southern traina were behind time hour*, but whether thee old waa reaponaible altogether for thia retar dation or not waa not atated. The re port reached town that the water tank of the railroad at Hillaboro had burn ted under the freeze but the local oAcer* said nothing of the kind could occur. The company did yesterday an it sometime* does in less severe cold snap*, hitch a locomotive in full steam 1 onto the heating system of the passen ger station, and let the big fellow puff heat wave* into the radiation there. The loweat temperature recorded through the country today waa at NorthAeld, Vt., where the mercury dropped to 26 below. With 14 below, at Boston and 13 below at New York laat night, all recorda for the local bureaua at thoae cities were broken, and in the coaat atatea south of New York the cold waa aevereat aince 1880. - Snow ia forecast for the northern Miaaiaaippi valley and lake regiona Tuesday, and for the middle Atlantic atatea and New England Tueaday. i Higher temperature* will accompany | the snow. Gorga* Girei Statistic* on Death* in Army Camp* Washington, Dec. 29.—Figures con plied ti th« office of Surgeon General Gorgas and made public today show that with more than 900,000 soldiers in training in this country from Sept | ember 21 to December 14. there were only 1,391 death* from all causes, an | average rate of les* than 2 per 1,000. The record show* that the average strength of the army in the United State* during the period wa« 916.722 men. Among the {202,009 regulars there wer* 144 death* there were 49S death* in the 387,233 national army and 763 death* in the 327,480 national 1 guardsmen. And She Soon Got Back Her Strength Mew Csitle, I rid.—"Th# measles left me run down, no appetite, could not rest at night, and I took a severe cold whiih settled on my lungs, SO 1 was unable to keep *bout my home work. My dr . - ti advised me to take Vinol, and sis bottles restored my health so I do all my housework, in cluding wsthing. Vinol i* th* best nteditine I ever used."—AUc* Record, 4j' So. nth H1 M -v Cattle, Ind. We gn»r*ntee thi* wonderful cod liver snd iron tonic, Vinol, for ell weak, tun down, nervous <<■ k)ko»* I. YV. V» 1-i« DRUG t - Uttto m Gotec Mi la Major War Ttinlir ■ Aside from hiMtin r<anU and mi procal artillery duala, little ta |dii| M in (1m major theaters of the war On the French (rant Ika weather u Mill culd and thia, with Ika mow thai co*an tha rroand everywhere, la lm peding operations on a large scale. Tha Ganaana Saturday night ea M>-ad aa attack against tha British northeast of Ypraa, «;.ere for tha laat aavaral days they had bran laying down a hMvjr preparatory artlllary lira. Tha attack, howover, waa fatila for tha British, av»r on tha watch, rakad tha Germana with their (Ira and repulsed tham with conatdarabia loa Likewise, attempts by tha Gorman* to carry out raida on small French poata near St. Quentin. Rer.onvaux and Vauiuoii resulted in failure and in ad dition the enemy loat men mada pria onera. There if still considerable in termittent artillery activity along tha entire French front. In the Italian theater the infantry for the preaent ii idle but the big guns continue to carry out mutual boot bard man ta againat opoaing position* in the hill region from the Aalago plateau eaatward to tha Piave river. Thia ac tivity ia particularly prominent on the Monte Tomba sector and a few miles to the eaat on both sides of Pederobbe, near tha upper reaches of the Piava river. The British forces, under control of General Allenby, continue their vic torious march against the Turlu in Pal ee tine. Considerable fresh pro gress haa been made north and north west of Jerusalem, particularly in the occupation of Birah, about It milaa to the north, where tha Turlu offered stubborn resistance, but Anally were overcome. General Wood in Franco. Camp Funston Kan. Dec. 30—Army officials here tonight confirmed a re port that a cablegram was received saying that Major General Wood, com mander of the 89th division at Camp Funston, had arrived safely in France. General Wood and hia chief of ataff, Lieut. Col. C. E. Kilboume, have gone ahead to study war problem* at first hand, as is to be done by commanding officers of each division. Ckiabtrlaii'i Tablets. Chamberlain's Tablet! are intended especially for stomach trouble*, bili ousness and constipation, and have met with much succesa in the treat ment of those diseases. People who have suffered for year* with stomach trouble and have been unable to obtain any permanent relief have been completely cur ad by the uae of theae tablets. Chamberlain's Tablets are also of great value far billioasneas. Chronic constipation mar be perman ently cured by taking Chamberlain's Tablets and observing the plain print ed directions with each bottle. Tha |^«na«t m r>ta« ui far afcar n.hin«. but not aa a apart, lw>»« that Aa ektaa at tha iktrlu mmt t tannad and oaad aa • robatlfta ft laathar. Tka axpartmont la now undar wa] and lha man wha haa riven Unrla Hat a lag ova* tha fanca, aa it wara, la J W Kordham, a Naw London artlaai whoao Markamith »hop ia in tha »i clnity at picturaaqna Shaw'a Caw* tor in that llttla amlthy 10,000 ahar hooka wara mada in thraa aiiaa fo tha Unitad Htataa government. Htm* Mutilate Borfiaa Of Amricu SoMmti With the American Army in Franc .Dec. 29.—Carman atrocities again> American tolditrs ara ifllrially n port ad. An American nentry ha* baa found with hi* throat cut, and, it i officially declared, "ha muat have baa «o killad after capture." Information concerning derma avnjjery ha* reached the troopa I one of a aerie* of bulletin* read t them by the unit commander* an ported on the bulletin board*. Her ia what they heard: "After a raid by tiie German* o tranche* held by American troop*, Ha had * - m kilkad aftar to in tfca H»UIm*"» Anothar bullatui UlU tha (itnum In ocruptad aarttona tt Franca and Btlpua ara turning an and ehildran out of thair honaa hft. to tha mi, tha buildings bain* ti*l« livan war to aoidiara, llaraaa aod No tarial READ The State Journal A W'*hiy Mirror e/ .Vsrtfc CarWtaw Lift bauhgiI, n. a The Great Worth OmllM VmUj PnblUhed M the Mat* Capital. •too a Year. $L» tor SU Moat Ua. T™, Vi«ormi>. Qeaa, lutncum, Eat^rtainin*. Inspiring. Ma<V> for the Horn Cirri# and alae for tl» Buay Man. It** a boot your m aifair» ad four m folU TnHriL IfjM*arti«a4 it, jvm Bin tnfthirg really worth while la the political, ««—omlc and •jji iltnaal Ufa of yuat Stale. Thiea trial >aba»i»lie>, IS «M Sample copy free. Chestnut Wood Wanted! We are now ready to make contracts for Chest nut wood. Our price is higher to contractors than to those not holding contracts. We reserve the right to reject any wood that is not up to the specifi cations or accept the same at a reduced price. We also reserve the right to stop issuing contracts at any time. C C. Smoot & Sons Co. The Ford Sedan is high-class in appearance and appointment*. The mU are restful, and deeply upholstered with cloth >>f high quality. Lar/. doors give conven ient entrance on either side; plate (lass windows make it a closed ear for inclement weather, and give fresh air when open. With hi/h quality in appearance and equip ment there is the simple and safe control in driving. A woman's car—a family car for every day in the 'ear. Ford Sedan 1645 f. o. b. Detroit. CRANITE CITY MOTOR COMPANY MOUNT AIRY, N. C.
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