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THE MORNING STA, WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, l9l8.
TWO
ROill'S PLIGHT IS;
EQUAL TO BEGIUSS'S
MORE MESSAGES OF
GOOD CHEER COKE
RAILROADS INSTRUCTED
TO 10VEJOAL FIRST
&bandoiiinent of Passenger Ser
vice in West Imminent
JASSY PRESENTS MANY
FEATURES OF mTEBEST
Few Cities More Profoundly Af,
fected, by the War
Y EVERY MAIL
Suffering in the Little Uountry is
at the Extreme
WANTS EVERYONE
TO KNOW HIS JOY
Americans Are Doing: Excellent Work
But Are Handicapped by Lack- ot
Supplies France and Eng
land Also Helping:. .
Continuance of Trains Depended Upon
Abatement of Storm Xat Night, i
Tariffs to Be Changed on
One Day's Notice. ;
From Municipality of Less Than 73,000
Jit Has Quickly Swelled Into a '.
City of More Than 300,
000 People.
: ; :. W f-KSHii ::iK TV
in
, Washington, Jan. 12. The railroad
administration today met the storm spondence -of the Associated Press).
that is prevailing throughout the j Few eitjes in Europe have been more
country with formal instructions to' 'J profoundly affected by the war than
v railroads to j move coal first wherever j the little city of Jassy, now the pi-ovis-j
possible and to reduce energies so as j sional capital of Rumania, From a
to keep locomotives in running order. ! quiet, tranquil municipality with pop
' High winds, low temperatures ' and j ulatipn of less than 75,000, the p.lace
snow in the middle west caused the ' has suddenly grown to such propor
- eection and; west of Chicago would j tlons that the government authorities
liave to be abandoned. have found -it difficult to provide com
A. H. Smith, director for eastern,. t,
lines, reported to the director-general i
late today that meagre advices fromf
the west indicated the continuance or
'passenger service depends of abate
ment of the storm tonight. I
In the east traffic .conditions were
I better -but .officials were worried over
the eastward movement of the storm.
-The disruption-of traffic in the west)
and south "was only temporarily seri
r.ous, it was pointed out. since conges
tion could be cleared up quickly when
normal weather is restored, but in the
east it would take weeks to eliminate
the storm's effect.
The railroad's policy of eliminating
2 !
Jiriority orders was re-affirmed today;
when officials refused the request of
jsteel and oil interests for special pref
erential .movements.
The -interstate commerce commission
todaycleared the way for railroads to
haul freight over the shortest routes
end establish new receiving or deliv
ery points, by reducing from SO days
to one day the period of notice to be
igiven before changing tariffs. ; r
LIGHTNING RODS MUST HAVE
APPROVAL OF COMMISSIONER
.All Firms - Dealing? in Protectors
Should See Insurance Department.
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, Jan. 12. In -an effort to
protect both "the citizens of the state
and the manufacturers and de alers,
Insurance Commissioner Young has
Bent the following letters to all deal
Jels in and manufacturers of lightning
rods in North Carolina:
"The general assembly of 1917
placed the licensing and .'supervision
of the lightning rod business in this
etate under the Insurance commission
er. The commissioner recognizes the
.value to the' citizens of the state of a
good lightning rod properly erected
and is anxious to have this business
placed -upon a high plane in the state,
end the manner in which it is conduct
ed recognized as fair and just.
"The statute, while incomplete in Its
provisions of machinery, yetp rovides
that each dealer selling or erecting
rods shall be licensed, that each agent
.representing a dealer shall be licensed,
and that the commissioner shall pass
upon and approve all 'brands' before
eold or offered for sale in the state.
"The commissioner believes that by
3aw, as well as its spirit, as interpre- j
-ted by his rulings all results desired i
can be obtained,' and promulgates the
following rulings:
"1. All manufacturers must file in
the department a sample and full de
scription of all rods manufactured by
them and desired to be offered for sale
In the statej with a full statement to
the make, quality, etc. Unless this is
dene no application will be considered
from any dealer to sell or offer for
Bale this "brand of rod.
"2. Samples of all brands ; of rods
must be filed . with the commissioner,
and each piece brand and a guarantee
given that the rods offered for sale
under this 'brand' will come up to the
eample filed. I
"3. All prices at which rods and fix
tures are sold by wholesale to the
dealer and retailed to the citizens of
the statemust be filed with the com
missioner for his information, such
prices to Include all charges, expenses,
etc. ' : j "
"4. A copy of all contracts under
'which rods are sold, with all condi
tions, guarantees, etc., must be. filed
twith the commissioner.
"In conclusion . the commissioner
would say that he is anxious to bring
about an improvement of the business
4n the state for the benefit of the man
ufacturers and leaders as well as the
citizens "of the state, and to this end
will b epleased to have any suges
tions from j any parties Interested
therein." z
USED BOTTLES PHEELT.
Empty Flasks Landed One Man in Hos
pital and Another in City Bastile.
A new use for bottles was discov
ered early this morning by Messrs.
H. G. Gorman, a plumber, and D. M.
Davis, a produce dealer, when they
ttiad a dispute and resorted to empty
flasks as weapons of warfare. They
were mixing up quite. lively at Second
and Dock streets, where. Davis runs a
eiore, w nen i i-a,i;roiman a. jj. Newton
sent in a hurry up call for the police
patrol wagon. : Davis was so badly
cut up thatjhe had to be sent to the
James Walker Memorial hospital for
repairs and Gorman was locked up in j
the bastile, I both men being charged
with an' affray in which deadly weap
ons were used.
BOAT SUNK NEAR BEAUFORT.
Thought Stout Enough for Ice But
Didn't Prove So.
(New Bern New Befnian) -
Passengers arriving in thisr- city this
morning . from ! Beaufort, told of the
sinking of a launch ; en route to that
place from points down east and which
was attempting to break the ice in or
der that other vessels might follow.
This boat, formerly used in transport
ing the mail from Beaufort to points to
the east, was of sturdy construction
and it was thought that it could safely
pass through the ice, but siieh did not
prove the case and the craft went down.
Two men were on the vessel at the
time. Both of these escapd with their
lives. j
Fire at San Antonio.
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 12. Fire
discovered shortly after 11 o'clock last
night In the building of the House
hold Furniture company here was still
'burning but was under control early
ths morning after causing a; loss es
timated at $100,000. The heaviest loss
was the A. B. Frank company, whose
huilding adjoins the" furniture com
pany. ' I - "
Rubber Boots Big lot just received
at
. Peterson & Rulfs., 4 v. ,
Jassy, Rumania ,Nov. 30. (Corre-
which now numbers over
300,000.
After the evacuation of Bucharest,
this modest little city became almost
over night the home of the king -and
queen and the seat- of the entire gov
ernment. Here also are located the le
gations of all friendly foreign govern
ments and the headquarters of the Rus
sian forces.
Before the war Jassy was known
chiefly as the ancient capital of the
Province of Moldavia, and as a city of
interesting churches and historic asso
ciations. It is now the center of all
nffiinl nnmrnerpial and militarv actlv-
, . unoccUDled territory of Ru-
mania. When Bucharest and the south
ern portion of the little Latin king
dom were evacuated, a large part -of
the population of that section sought
Schools, colleges, church
es, stores, barracks, and indeed any
form of structure that afforded shel
ter ,had to be converted quickly into
living quarters to provide for the great
influx of homeless. people who fled be
fore the invading Germans. . Provision
had also to be made for the various de
partments ,of the government and for
the many branches of the army.
To the American observer the 'city
presents many features of uncommon
interest. Along the main streets are
to be seen great throngs of Rumanian,
Russian and Serbian officers or soldiers
in uniforms so varied in color and pat
tern that all strict standards of uni
formity seem to be sacrificed to util
ity and comfort. Here and there an
American Red Cross officer in. his dis
tinctive garb of yellow gives added
color to the animated scene. Number
less military, automobiles bearing gen
erals, colonels or otiher officers on im
portant missions, dash back and forth
at ,feverish speed
Scores of motor lorries, laden with
the materials of war, make their lum
bering way through the streets, with
utter disregard to the comfort of pe
destrians. Now and then a Red Cross
motor ambulance, fresh from an errand
of mercy to the front, stops in front of
a hospital and discharges its burden of
sick and wounded. In a few minutes
it is off again to the rear line trenches
to gather another batch of the coun
try's crippled soldiers.
Marching up a side street, under
guard, is a large number of Austrian
and German prisoners, just in f rom the
front- - some of them raped, thin, un-
clean and disheveled, but all appar
ently happy at -being relieved from the
hardships of war. In another section
of the city, accompanied by several
armed soldiers, is a small company of
deserters or slackers, most of them de
jected and spiritless, with crowds of
curious onlookers commenting derisive
ly on! the lack of courage which made
them seek freedom from military ser
vice. !
At the railroad station a long train
of cars enters, bearing hundreds of
Rumanian Transylvanians captured by
the Russians from the Austrians and
now turned over to the Rumanian mil
itary authorities for service under the
Rumanian flag. The men seem happy
at the prospect of serving the country
of their nativity, but are conscious of
the grim fate that awaits them If tak
en prisoners by the Germans or Aus
trians; for if re-taken by the Teutonic
forces they will be summarily shot as
traitors.
' Not far from the center of the city
are the residences of the king and
queen, which in tlms of peace were
the quarters of military companies. In
keeping with the tendency of the
times, they are severely plain in all
their appointments and surroundings,
and it is difficult for the visitor to re
alize that within the plain, rude walls
are housed the sovereign heads of the
nation. The queen may be seen al
most any day setting out from the roy
al residence in an automobile, unguard
ed and attended only by o"ne of the ladies-in-waiting
from the court. The
king likewise is a familiar figure on
the streets of Jassy. He usually trav
els by motor, accompanied by one" of
his generals or military aides. The
royal family is much loved by the peo
ple, an dboth he and the queen mingle
among their subjects with a spirit of
democracy and catholicity that is deep
ly impressive to the visitor from other
countries,
In the poorer quarter of the provis
ional' capital is a large public market
place where hundreds of farmers and
peasants gather daily to dispose of
their meagre wares. Of most striking
interest perhaps is the fact that the
ordinary method of paying for goods
with money has given way in many
cases to the primitive custom 6t barter
and exchange; for in the present scarc
ity of food in Rumania money has come
to have but little value. 'At this mar
ket p.lace may be seen an itinerant
merchant trading a bushel of potatoes
for a quantity of wood, a peasant wo
man exchanging a pound of butter for
a package of sugar, or a farmer swap
ping a sucking pig for a few pieces of
leather.
While the city has many picturesque
aspects, it is not without its scenes
of sorrow and depression. Making its
way slowly along a narrow street is a
shabby, dilapidated, boxlike vehicle, so
small that It resembles a toy wagon,
which the natives generously call a
hearse, and which is bearing to final
repose the body of one of the late res
idents of the city. Drawn by a single
horse, pitifully decneplt and lame; the
hearse is followed by a young man on
foot. Then, in turn, comes a crude
grav cart, on which it seated a patrl
archal figure, bent with the weight of
years.
The spectator inquires the details of
the sombre 'spectacle and is informed
that a young woman has fallen a vie
tim of ' typhus that terrible scourge
which has claimed so many thousands
of Rumania's population; that the
young . man in the rear with bowed
head was the young woman's fiance
j and that the old man on the wagon,
who is too feeble to walk, is the last
Jassy, Rumania, Dec 1. (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press.): Only
relief measures on a scale equal to
those carried out in Belgium would
effectively meet the extreme conditions
of povert and suffering existing in Ru
mania. Nevertheless the American Red
Cross commission which has been in
Jassy since the middle of September,
although it has not adequate means to
cope fully with the situation is endeav
oring to the limit of its capabilities to
give relief at least to the hospitals
and the sick with a handful of sup
plies it has at its disposal. j
The medical unit consisting of ' 13
American doctors and 12 American
nurses is doing splendid work at (Ro
man, 60 miles from Jassy, and about 45
miles from the Austrian-Rumanian
front, where it has established the first
American hospital with a capacity of
500 beds. The chief difficulty in car
rying on the work has been the prob
lem of getting medical supplies through
Russia. i
The British Red Cross has been of
the greatest assistance to the Ameri
can commission which came here (vir
tually empty handed and waa disap
pointed by the non-arrivaf of medical
supplies shipped from New york. In
this emergency the British organiza
tion, which had been operating inRu
mania for more than a iyear, turned
over to the commission the hospital in
Roman. . :
Queen Marie of Rumania, has .taken
particular interest in the work "of the
hospital and was invited to partake of
Thanksgiving dinner with the Ameri
can staff there. The staff themselves
have felt the food privations which
prevail in Rumania and the Thanks
giving dinner was the first real sub
stantial repast they had since theiij ar
rival. The chairman and the staff eat
at army headquarters and have meat
only three times a week.
France has rendered Rumania medi
cal and military relief on a scale so
great that the common feeling here is
that this little kingdom would scarcely
exist today if it had not been for; the
generosity of her French ally. France
reorganized and revivified the Ruma
nian army. She now has here nearly
one thousand officers who have been
teaching the Rumanian soldiers mod
ern military tactics as used on the
western front.-
In medical relief the Frenoh govern
ment has sent here more than 80 doc
tors. Some of these died heroically in
the typhus scourge of last winter, oth
ers are doing fine work at the front
and in the hospitals in the small towns
and cities. France undoubtedly stands
first in the affections of the Ruma
nians; then comes the United States,
and England. French is spoken here
almost as commonly as Rumanian; in
fact, it Is almost the sole language in
government and in social circles.
In spite of the grave possibility of
Russia concluding a separate peace one
of the cabinet member has declared
that Rumania will stick with her al
lies until the last and will never make
separate terms with Germany. The
Rumanian government naturally takes
a pessimistic view of events in Russia.
If Russia, which has nearly 1,000,000
troops assisting the Rumanians irt pre
venting further invasion by the cen
tral powers, should conclude a separate
peace, by no possibility could the Ru
manian army, now numbering a little
over 300,000, hold the line against the
Germans. .
If this should happen and the Teu
tonic forces as a consequence ehould
take the remaining portions of Ruma
nia, the Rumanian ,. government and
royal family would probably go to
England or France, or possibly to Ja-.
pan, and conduct a nominal adminis
tration from there similar to the
course followed by Belgium and Ser
bia.
In the event of the evacuation of
this territory the American Red Cross
would probably work its way down to
Mesopotamia by way of Persia or pos
sibly go to England or France. Auto
mobiles are kept at hand to take the
organization out of the first real signs
of danger.
It is understood that the United
States government has given Its mil
itary attache here $10,000 to spend in
propaganda work among the Russian
soldiers. Although this is recognized
as an excellent motive, it is feared that
it has come too late to be effective, be
cause the demoralization and disaffec
tion in the Russian army has gone too
far, it is felt, befre the allied govern
ments took measures to check and
overcome it.
Turned Out Horse to Freeze.
Asheville, Jan. 12. A case under the
cruelty to animals law was precipitated
by the arrest of Claud Dodson, a dray
man living on Clayton street, who Js
charged with turning a horse out to
freeze to death.
It Is charged that JJodson drove the
horse, which was old and ill, out of the
stable and -locked the door during the
recent cold snap, when the thermome
ter was registering near zero, and that
the horse remained out for over two
hours before neighbors discovered It
and notified the police. Dodson was
warned to give the horse shelter at
once. He afterwards called the police
and wanted it shot. The police refused
to shoot the animal and forced the dray
man to feed and shelter it.
Further action In the case yesterday
resulted in the arrest of the drayman.
He will be given a hearing on the
charge of cruelty to animals, this being
the only statute under which he can
be tried.
Narrowly Escaped Electrocution. '
-Lexington, Jan. 12. Numa Beck, a
mechanician at the Foy and Shemwell
garage here, barely escaped electrocu
tion when he came in contact with : a
heavy voltage wire that had become
grounded by a cross with . another
wire. The workman was standing in
water at the time and was unable to
turn loose the wire when he touched
it accidentally. Fellow workmen were
nearby and quickly pulled the switch.
Beyond severe burns on one hand he
sufferd slight injury.
of the family of the deceased. . Scores
of military officers and soldiers bare
their heads and stand in silent atten
tion while the little procession 'makes
its way to the local cemetery.
Rubiber Boots (Big lot jusjt received
at Peterson & Rulfs,
Florence, S. C, Man Sends a Mes
sage to Those He Cannot Reach
Personally and Teils His
- Experience.
Hardly a day passes now but what
the mail brings xne or more letters to
the Peplac Medicine Company, telling
how the Peerless Tonic has brought
health an'd happiness back to a man or
woman, as the case may be.
One of the more recent echoes of
Peplac's praise c0me3 from Florence,
S. C. It reads as follows:
"f suffered from indigestion. My ap
petite was suoii that I did not care
about eating. vWhc-n I got up in the
mornings I had a bad taste in my mouth
and my tongue was coated. I was los
ing flesh right along and fell off ten
pounds in two months. In fact, I was
in a tired out, run-down condition.
"I had heard of the good work Pep
lac was doing for others but put Off
getting it until one day I met an old
frienS of mine, and was telling him of
my condition. He told me that 'he was
taking Peplac and that it was work
ing wonders for him. And knowing him
to be a highly honest man I lost no
time in getting me a bottle for he told
me just what Peplac would do.
"It may seom strange, but actually
I gained two pounds on my first bottle
of Peplac and in a short time I was
feeling like a new man. I did not have
that old taste in my mouth every morn
ing and wake up hungry. It was not
long before I had a good appetite. That
old tired feeling is gone. I am so
grateful for the good Peplac has done
me that I wish I could personally tei.
every sufferer just how much I 'think
of it.
(Signed) "R.C.SMYTH,
"Traveling Salesman,
"Florence. S. C."
Peplac, the new medicine that your
neighbors are talking about, is sold at
the Bellamy Drug Store and at all other
leading drug stores in Wilmington and
neighboring towns. A bottle bought to
day will convince you that it is all that
is claimed for It. Adv.
COUNTRY HAS COLDEST
WEATHER IN 19 YEARS
(Continued From Page One)
abount of suffering. A wind storm
$3,000 damage in the city. Five hun
dred tents were blown down at Camp
Hancock. One Y. M. C. A. hut and one
Knight of Columbus hut were demol
ished. No injuries to persons have been
reported.
SCORE OF DEATHS CAUSED
BY TORNADOES AND COLD
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12. Virtually all
sections of the southeast tonight were
in the grip of the coldest weather of
the winter, which followed in the
wake of a series of tornadoes that
swept through northeastern Alabama
and over central Georgia yesterday
causing the death, according to re
ports, of at least a score of persons
and injuries to more than fifty others.
The mercury in Atlanta today was
hovering near the zero; mark, this city
experiencing one of the coldest spells
for many years. The local weather
bureau reported zero weather would
prevail over a greater part of Central
Georgia Sunday morning. Suffering
because of a lack of fuel was intensi
fied here and elsewhere, because of the
lack of fuel.
One death was reported " in Atlanta
today from the cold and a number of
persons were injured b"y falls on the
ice-covered sidewalks.
Temperatures of from 15 to 17 de
grees were predicted by the Jackson
ville weather bureau for points as far
as 150 miles south of that city.
From scattered repors ,it appeared
that the heaviest property damage in
this state from yesterday's storms was
at Macon, where the tornado appar
ently struck in full force. Damage es-
i timated at $100,000 was Aaused by a
storm which struck Apopka. Fla., but
no loss of life was reported at that
place.
Some tents were blown down at
Camp Gordon and at the Black-Jack
mountain artillery practice grounds.
No soldiers were reported injured,
however. Several hundred tents were
reported ' blown down at Camp Han
cock. NEGRO WOMAN IS KILLED
WHEN IlvtUSE IS W RECKfch
Chester, S. C. Jan. 12. Loss of one
life and property damage estimated at
$50,000 was reported from the terri
tory surrounding Chester, as a result
of last night's storm. A negro woman
was killed when ier residence near
here was blown down. The heaviest
property damage was at Lowreyville.
THE PENNSYLVANIA PLACES
EMBARGO ON TICKET SALES
Philadelphia, Jan. 12. The Pennsyl
vania railroad announced tonight that
it had placed a temporary embargo on
the sale of tickets to all points on Its
main line between Pittsburg and Chi
cago because of the severe storm in the
Central- West.
Tickets on the Panhandle road, be
tween Pittsburg and St. Louis, and on
the Pennsj'lvania line, between Pits
burg and Cleveland, were sold subject
to delay.
The Manhattan limited, leaving New
York 5:04 p. m., for Chicago, was an
nulled and sleeping cars pn other New
York-Chicago and Washington-Chicago
trains were cancelled for the night.
Reports received by the company
said the storm was one of the worst in
years.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC WEST OF
CHICAGO MAY BE ABANDONED
Washington, Jan. 12. All passenger
traffic west of Chicago will have to be
abandoned unless the serious storm in
the west abates tonight, Director-General
McAdoo was told tonight in a re-port-from
A. H. Smith ,hls assistant in
charge of operations.
Mr. Smith told Director-General Mc
Adoo that meagre reports coming
through from the far west showed that
many trains were tied up, that wire
communication had been seriously in
terrupted and that snow, high winds
and Ice were making traffic almost Im
possible. MOVEMENT OF FREIGHT IS
STOPPED IN SEVERAL STATES
New York, Jan. 12. The terrific
storm raging in- the west and moving
eastward has made Impossible the
movement of freight in the sTiis of Il
linois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan and
in the territory between Pittsburgh,
Buffalo and St. Louis, according to a
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We have recently gone' over our Mock and found several broken lots of Ladies'
Shoes which we have assembled for convenient selection and offer them at 'remark
ably low prices to early shoppers Monday and Tuesday. ' i -
If you appreciate a
and take advantage of
them from our shelves.
REMEMBER, ONLY A
TAIN NAMED
READ CAREFULLY
One 3, one 5i, one 6. one 7
Gray Kid, high heel ; four
pairs only ..$4.89
Pat. Vamp White Buck Top,
high heel, sizes one 3, 4wo
4, and two 6. :. . .$4.48
Pearl gray Cloth Top, with
battleship gray vamp ;
high top and heel ; one 2 1 ,
one 3, one 3i, two 4, one
4i, one ; price. .$3.69
.0 &s?
128 SOUTH FRONT STREET
statement made tonight by A. H. Smith,
assistant director-general of railroads.
ALL- TliAIXS ARE TLRD UP AT
CHICAGO 20 IIOURSOR, MORE
Chicago, Jan. 12. Not a passenger or
freight train will leave Chicago termi
nals for at least 20 hours, according to
a prediction made by operating officials
of railways entering this city tonight.
The intense blizzard that for days par
alyzed all traffic of the middle west,
tonight had completely paralyzed all
its transportation lines.
FRENCH COMMISSION AT
RALEIGH ON WEDNESDAY
Anions the Visitors Will Be Daughter
of Prince de Polignuc, Who Fought
For the South.
(Special Star Correspondence)
Raleigh, Jan. 12. All is In readiness
for the visit of the distinguished
French commission to Raleigh, Wed
nesday and Thursday of the coming
week. The members of the party will
arrive here at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning. They are Marquis de Crequi
Montfort de Courtivron and Marquise
de Courtivren. Marquis de Polinac and
Madame Polinac and Dr. Charles Ed
ward Russell.,
Of special Interest is the visit of Mar
quise de Courtiyon, whose father,
Prince de Polignac, took a distinguish
ed part for the Confederacy in the Civil
War and especially requested at his
death that his daughter visit the south
ern states. He rose to the rank of
major general in the service of th
Confederacy. The 'party is traveling
under the auspices of the United States
government. Richmond, Raleigh,
Charleston, Savannah, Montgomery and
New Orleans are- the points that will
receive special visits from this party.
Immediately on the arrival of the
party at Raleigh they will be given a
luncheon by the Rotary Club. This
will apply to the gentlemen of the
party. At the same hour the ladies
will be tendered a reception and lunch
eon by the Woman's Club. At night
there will be a public meetine: at the
j city auditorium, the principal address
to be by Dr. 'Russell. Governor Bick
ett will welcome the party and there
will be brief remarks by the two
Frenchmen of the party. Thereafter
there will be a public reception at the
governor's mansion.
Thursday there wil lbe automobile
"rides about Raleigh and the surround
ing places of interest. At 4 o'clock that
afternoon the party will be entertained
at the home of Mrs. W. A. Linnehan on
Blount street.
SHERMAN .WAS RIGHT.
My Tuesdays are meatless.
My Wednesdays are wheatless, ,
Tjm getting more eatless each 'day.
My home It is heatlesa
My bed It is sheetless,
They're all sent to the Y. M. C. A.
The barrooms are treatless,
My coffee is sweetless,
Each day I get poorer and wiser.
My stockings are feetless,
My trousers are seatless.
My God! how I hate the kaiser!
Kamerad.
Rubfber Boots Big lot just received
at Peterson & Rulfs.
SPECIAL CLEAN UP 8
ODD PAIRS OF LAPSES F
DRESS SHOES
real money saving opportunity, this is the time. Come early
the extra low prices which we quote on the shoe.s to move ,
LIMITED NUMBER OF SHOES OF CER-
SIZES AT THE PRICES QUOTED.
AND GET A GOOD PAIR OF SHOES AT A
REAL SAVING
One-3i, one 4 Wing Tip,
dark mahogany Tan Eng-
lish Walking Shoe... $4.93
Pearl Gray Cloth Top -Shoe.
one 2i2, two-3 : only $3.98
One 2i, one 3i, one ; 4 j
chocolate tan English j
Walker, military heel $4.98
New arrival black Yici; mili
tary heel, 9-inch toD, size .
4 to 7 ...."..$5.48
PHONE 800-J
WOMAN SAID . TO BE 101 YEARS I
DIES IN YADKIN COUNTY j
YadkinviHe, Jan. 12. Mary Eliza
Gross, doubtless the oldest person in
Yadkin county, died at the home of
Lewis McKnight three miles south of
YadkinviHe Wednesday night. She was
101 years, eight months and five days
old and hei age is well established.
Her many years and feebleness in this
world had exhausted all her earthy
possessions .and for many months she
had been granted a monthly allowance
by the county. She had lain in one
position so long that physicians said
she would die immediately if moved
to the county poorhouse. She has one
daughter living at the same place who
is now about 70 years old and who has
not spoken a word in more than two
years and so far as observers see she
has not opened her eyes In that time. ;
RUSSIANS NEGOTIATING
FOR A SEPARATE PEACE
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j settlement that plight be reached would
be binding upon the Ukraine only if
I accepted by it, and declared the same
principle applied "to the other Russian
republics."
. Mid-winter quiet of the infantry con
tinues to "prevail on the various battle
fronts. The artillery has been active
in some sectors, notably north of Ver
dun, where, the firing was - reported
heavy between Beaumont and Bezon
vaux. The British carried out a raid
east of Loos and cap".. a few pris
oners. ..:
The British navy lost a war vessel
Wednesday morning, when the destroy
er Racoon ran on the rocks oft the
North Irish coast and sank, with all
hands.
Rub'ber Boots Big lot just received
at Peterson & Rulfs.
YOU'RE BILIOUS! LET
"CASCARETS" LIVEN
LIVER AND BOWELS
Don't stay headachy, constipated,
sick, with breath bad and
stomach sour.
Get a 10-cent box now.
You men. and women who can't get
feeling right who have headache, coat-
I ed tongue,, bad taste and foul breath,
! dizziness, can't sleep, arebilious, ner
vous and upset, bothered with a sick
gassy, disordered stomach, 'or have a
bad cold. i -
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil? ; .
Cascarets work while ,you sleep;
cleanse the stomach, , remove the sour;
undigested, fermenting food and foul
gases; take the excess bile from the
liver and carry out of the system all j
lug cunsiipaiwi wa.ie mailer ana pois
on in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning a 10-cent box from
any drug store- will keep your stom
ach sweet, liver and bowels i regular,
and head clear for months. Don't for-,
get the children. They love Cascarets
because they taste good never gripe or.
sicken. Adv. .
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ORGANIZATION OF STATE !
AUTO OWNEUS PROPOSED!
(Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, Jan. 12. W. S. V.'iison. of I
this city, is heading a movement for
the fomatIon of a state as iciiuion "of I
automobile owners that it id hopeJ
materialize ere long in the forir.atioa
of an association that will ;indl-Jo t! I
big majority of the. 60.000 i auxopis'.in
owners in the tsate. Letters are jus!
sent out asking the opinion of promi
nent auto owners on the orgamzaaoii
of such an association. I
It would give special attention n
promotion of road building and main
tenance,, enforcement of automobilf
laws, the protection of autom&b-e
owners, legislation as to automosu-
regulation and the like. It w u'A Is
fully officered and have county branch
es that would seek to enlist the inu-F-
est of every owner of a machine a.?
extend the benefits of the work of the
association to aTl. i j
Rubber!! Boots Big lot just ireceiveo
at Peterson & Rulfs. i M
Remodeling
JUST; now and
then you rip
things up and
make 'em over.
They should be thor
oughly cleansed before-the
re-making.
We remind you of
this because we want cur
service to be a household
help. You may be won
dering now if something
could ; be cleaned ana
made over. : Ask us. for
expert advice.
Telephone us.
ZjOoH for ths
Em ble m Tag;
it is your guar
antee of Mas
ter Service.
PHONE 1400
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