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i;.v rV'1' --v-' -c''- ' OCIAL and PERSONAL " To Neiripaper Men Slain in Battle. J We knew them well. We watched them move unstalted be neath the spell Of trival things, industriously footing The daybook 'of the Devil and the Flesh, Punching the clock of History and . putting The frivolous old World at last to bed. But when the blood of Freedom, fierce and fresh, Called from the field of wrath unhar- vested. We saw their own blood sting the darkening cheek, We knew the road their eager feet must seek. ,nd yet, and yet When up the glacis of death's parapet They swept amid the lustral flame primeval And dauntless flung their liberating souls Full in the fangs of Tyranny and Evil Ah, to have known them then! To seize and sense The sacrificial moment that controls The destiny of Time! To feel the in tense Emancipation from the shattered clod Of sudden eagles soaring up to God! For us they died Facing their last assignment sanctified In fellowship with all things clean and Splendid. j For us they bore the muck and filth ! . of it As men on whom a gift of grace de scended. For us they wrestled with the Night of Fear , 1 And slew the black assemblage of the ! Pit. j Tet not for us, nor all the world holds ? dear, Would they one fatal footfall have withdrawn F Ere their bright, blinded spirit lit the dawn. j Sleep, friends, and rest, Sistered by France and wedded to her breast. ! Above your bivouac there the sentinel I flowers Will challenge only vagrant butter- flies ; Through the long, dreamless, summer silken hours - That weave a winding sheet of peace for you. But on mysterious eves of hushed sur mise, While ancient captains muster in re view, Among our crosses glimmering in the 'grass The Christ Himself, the Crucified, shall pass! Ralph Renaud, in New York Tribune. Miss Phoebe Lutes spent the week end with friends and relatives in Golds boro. Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Fletcher, of Rose Hill, spent the week-end with friends and relatives here. Miss Annie McDonald, who has been visiting friends in the city, will re turn to her home in Faison today. Miss Louis Price, of Greensboro, after visiting friends in the city left yester day morning for Southport, where she will spend the remainder of the week The Woman's Auxiliary of Trinity Methodist church will hold its monthly meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. E. L. Prince, Carolina Heights. ANOTHER DISAGREEABLE DAY Sleet and Fine Hominy Snow Reported During: Drizzly Dain Storm. ' The wealher man demonstrated his ability to repeat yesterday with about one of the most disagreeable days of the year, following up the preceding Sunday and Thanksgiving with about the same sort of conditions. Rain fell in drizzles almost the entire afternoon and shortly after 3 o'clock persons in different parts of the city and in the county reported that with the rain were some slight evidences of sleet and fine hominy snow. The tempera tures were down in the forties all day with the minimum at 8 o'clock last night exactly the same as the minimum was at 8 o'clock yes terday morning 42 degrees or just ten above freezing. The maxi mum during the .entire day was 50 de crees. Last night at S o'clock it was report ed to be snowing slightly in Asheville with sleet peppering down in Raleigh, which makes the average Wilmington ian not disposed to complain after all. Asheville reported a minimum 6f 26 degrees yesterday morning while Ra leigh and Charlotte were only a few degrees above freezing. An advisory storm warning was or dered hoisted at 10 o'clock last night from Savannah to Delaware Break water. There was at that time a small disturbance off the northeast Florida coast, moving northeast. Increasing strong northeast to east winds were promised for today, with probably gales and rain off the North Carolina and Virginia coasts. DEEPEX CAPE FEAR. Representative Small td Make Xew Ef forts for Channel at Bar. H. E. C. Bryant writes The Char lotte Observer from Washington as follows: "Representative Small, chairmail of the committee on rivers and harbors, said today he would make renewed efforts to have a channel cut in the lower Cape Fear, near Southport. The work is especially necessary now, in view of the larger type of ships that will sail from Wilmington. "Major General W. M. Black, chief of engineers in the war department, has recommended this , improvement in a report to Secretary Baker. This report recommends a deepening of the channel to 30 feet at cost of $398,625. "A force of engineers has gone to New Bern to look into the shipuild ing situation there." SUPERIOR COURT CONVENES. December Term Will Meet Taia Morn ing: For A Two Weeks Session. The December term of New Hanover superior court will convene this morn ing at 9 o'clock with Judge W. P. i Stacy presiding. The terms will con tinue for two weeks and will be for f the trial of civil cases only. The calen : dar for both weeks is pretty well filled up but there are no cases of unusual , importance docketed for trail. The : next criminal term meets during the early part of January, and will also . be presided ov by Judge Stacy, ', I - : FASHION HINT. This pretty and serviceable slip-on sweatee is of stone blue Shetland with white angora on collar and cuffs. (C) ynderwood & Underwood. NEWS OF THE SOLDIERS. Luther Sellers, of Wallace, has re ceived a letter from his son, Rames Sellers, who is with the American Ex peditionary forces in France: "I received three letters from you some days ago but owing to being on the move continuously have just got ten a few minutes in which to reply," he says. "Our last move was about 30 miles and I had the pleasure of walk ing 22 miles of the distance. Am now in a nice town, the largest I have vis ited since reaching France. "Our T. M. C. A. was opened today with three American girls in charge, and it certainly seems like home to be able to talk with real American girls again. We can buy our smokes at the "Y" at very reasonable prices. Today we went to the Red Cross store and were given two woolen helmets, two woolen sweaters, pair of woolen socks, pair of gloves, two handkerchiefs, a towel and most anything we asked for. This will give you some idea of what the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. are do ing for the boys. We are awaiting hot chocolate which is being made by American girls. "I would like to tell you all about the people and their customs if the censor would allow it but am sure there has already been lots of my let ter cut out. Can tell this from your letter. "The war news looks good now and in a few days I think it will look bet ter for we are expecting to launch an other offensive and I am expecting to have the honor of taking part." Mrs. J. E. Boney, of Teachey. has re ceived the following letter from her brother, Rowland T. Wells, Company B., 105th supply train, France: I have just come in from a trip to the front and after a nap and breakfast thought I would write you. I talked with some of the South Caro lina boys who are ,in the 30th divis ion and it was good to see them, al most like being at Camp Sevier. There are lots of them missing but those who are left have the real fighting spirit. "We do not get our mail very often but it is like Christmas when it does come. T had several letters from home the other days. They were written the latter part of Sptember and I was cer tainly glad to get them. "Well I guess you have learned from the papers where we are located but we are almost continuously on the go and certainly see some awful sights. I wish you could see some of the heaps of ruins which were beautiful and thriving cities before the Hun put in his devastating work. "The sound of those powerful guns of the Americans certainly listens good. I do not believe the Huns can stand the intensive fire of our boys much longer and I am expecting them to take up another hasty retreat at any time. Some of my pals are in the hospitals and some in their resting places. You, at home, have some idea how we boys long to get at the Huns after having seen some of our best friends 'knocked off' by the brutes. "There is one thing that I must say for the Y. M. C. A., and the Red Cross they are certainly our friends, and God pity us when they are gone. A friend and myself were on a long trip-4 and had not eaten for a whole day. We came to a little Y' hut by the side of the road. We jumped off our trucks, went in and I guess we were treated nice. We were served all the hot coi coa and cakes we could get on the out side of and believe me we sure did en joy the feast. Should you hear any one say that either of these organiza tions are not doing their part.'yoU em phatically deny it for me and advise them not to make such a statement to anyone of the boys who has been 'over here' for if he does he is liable to get what he does not care for." PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS E. B. Edwards. 820 Chestnut street, has gone to Manatee, Fla., to attend the funeral of his mother, the late Mrs. M. I. Edwards. James H. Bowden, of the firm of Bryan & Bowden, returned to the city yesterday morning after a business trip to Washington and. Baltimore. WAKE FOREST S. A. T. C. TO BEGIN DEMOBILIZING TODAY (Special Star Correspondence.) Wake Forest. Dec. i. In- accodrance with orders received from the war de partment demolization of the Students' Army' Training Corps will begin Mon day, Dec. 2. The- demobilization will be completed by or ..before December 15. The college work will 'continue af ter Christmas as usual. The Christmas holidays' will begin 'Dftnember 21- and extend to January. - ' , V V ' i '' :. -v ' ' ' I Picked Up Around Toton Contribute tor Orphanage. The Winter Park Baptist Sunday school yesterday made a record, for it self by contributing as its Thanksgiv ing offering for the Thomasville orph anage $76.50. The school has an en rollment, of 115, ninty-flve being pres ent yesterday, regardless of the un favorable weather. Dr. D. P. High is suprintendent of the school and C. S. Lewis, secertary and treasurer. Negroes Stage Play. A patriotic play entitled "Liberty will be presented tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the Academy of Music by local talent among the negroes of the city. The entertainment will consist of a series of tableaux representing familiar historical scenes and events. A large chorus will suport the princi pal actors, and the program includes a, number of popular musical select ions. Space will be reserved for white people. Victory Club at Delgado. The club of Victory boys and girls organized at Delgado mill school dur ing the recent united war work cam paign contributed $40, each of the eight members, seven girls and one boy, pledging $J. The boy in the club has already paid $1.00 on his pledge, having earned this sum by patriotical ly, drying dishes for his mother. The Delgado school club made a splendid record by subscribing 100 per cent., in spite of the fact that no speaker was secured by the school to arouse the pu pils' interest in the campaign. Wilmington's Man's Idea. The Washington correspondent of the Greensboro News says: "L W. Warrock, formerly of Wilmington, but now residing in Washington, has writ ten a letter to Senator Simmons sug gesting that all soldiers returning from abroad be brought back through the national capital. Thousands of these soldiers, he says, have never been to AVashington, and it is up to the national government to give them this sight-seeing trip. Senator Simmons has forwarded the suggestion, with his approval, to the secretary of war." Leaves For Virginia. Deputy Sheriff W. H. Howe left last night for Raleigh and from there, after being supplied with the necessary re quisition papers by Governor Bickett, will go to South Hill, Va., to take into custody John McKennie and Frank Cumber, two young white men who are wanted here for the alleged operation of an illicit distillery. They were ar rested there Saturday upon request of Sheriff George C. Jackson and are be ing held pending the arrival of Deputy Howe. The men are alleged to have been connected with the operation of the plant destroyed on Bonham's creek sjme days ago. WEEK OF PRAYER CLOSES. Y. W. C. A. Holds Dedleatory Service For Xew Annex on Second Street. The week of prayer held under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A. closed yes terday afternoon with vesper service at the new annex on Second street re cently remodeled by the association. This building was opened yesterday for the first time, and the vesper ser vice included dedicatory exercises. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. W. M. Shaw, and at Its close tea was served to the guests by Miss Mary Giles Bellamy, chairman of the social committee. The program included an instrumental solo by Mrs. Joel Good lett; devotional exercises; solo by Mrs. B. W. Page; dedicatory address by Mrs. C. B. Newcomb; and a resume of discussions held at preceding meetings. The list of speakers included Mrs. C. T. Hopkins, Mrs. J. H. Taylor, Misses Jane Hall, Sue Hall, and Patricia Davidson. The service closed with a duet by Mrs. M. H. Longfellow and Henry Howell, and benediction. Fol lowing the meeting, the guests were conducted on an inspection tour of the annex. The week of prayer came to a close after a series of very successful meet ings at which much inspiration for re newed effort was undoubtedly gained. 4 W. S. S. WORKERS TO MEET. Members ot Women's Committee Hold Session This MorninK. The W. S. S. committee of New Han over county will meet this morning at 10 o'clock in the chamber of com merce rooms to discuss with the wo men war workers final details of the Victory drive to be conducted Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, to complete the country's quota of $704,814 worth of. war savings stamps. The campaign will be very intensive, and will be for pledge-taking only. The W. S- r S. committee will com plete today its plan for the campaign, and the canvassers will commence taking pledges tomorrow morning. The city has been divided into districts and committees are to be assigned . to each district in order to secure the best re sults without loss of time and with the least inconvenience to canvassers and those' approached for pledges. The Rotary club will assist during the campaign, and President J. C. Wil liams and Secretary Louis T. Moore have issued a call requesting mem bers 6f the club to meet Tuesday at 9:30 in the Y. M. C. A. building to ar range for canvassing districts assign ed to Rotarians. RABBIT'BAILEY WINS HIS COMMISSION AT CAMP LEE (Special Star Telegram) Washington, Dec. 1.5 The war de partment today announced the roster of second lieutenants of infantry, re serve corps, commissioned at Central Officers Training School at Camp Lee, Va., on November 15. The name of Karl Braswell Bailey, of Elm City, Wilson county, is the only represen tative apearing in the roster from North Carolina. Students of the University of North Carolina, and especially the followers of the national pastime, ' will -recall "Rabbit" Bailey, once captain of the baseball team and nine innings to the game a batsmen who brought homo the bacon. When "Rabbit" Bailey went to the bat, Carolina ' students visualized a clean sweep of the bases and a home run for the captain of the team. So it would seem, that in war-time preparations that he has scored, a home run again. Watch Japan Growl Tokio. Nov. 30. Japan's population is increasing at the rate of 800,000 a year according to official statistics. Until a few years ago the rate of In crease was a little over half a million yearly. , The population on November 31, 1917 was estimated at 57.998,373. This did not include Korea, Formosa 'or Sag haliem. .. : v Aadies and . A ten day event, which begins this morning1 at 9 a. m. j One month's business in ten days. That's our problem to make up for lost time. All sales are the results of miscalculations. We figured on big business in October, we bought heavily, now for the unloading at prices that you might expect in February. We ask that you make your selections with care, as there will positively be nothing exchanged or taken back. Mail orders cannot be filled unless someone personally se lects the garments under the above provision. Women who know the Bon Marche's reputation for selling quality apparel will at tend, but, we want the woman who has her doubts to come also. For the best way we can convince you is in the everlasting satisfaction you get from wearing good clothes, and we hope by this event to enlarge our circle of satisfied customers, as well as clear the cabinets before inventory. Ladies Suits, Coats, Dresses, Hats, Waists, Kimonas, Bath Robes, Children's Coats, Serge one piece Dresses and Hats are under priced for our biggest December sale. Silk Charmeuse at $2.4-5 tfatd HUiN LETTER ADVISED AMERICANS TO QUIT Copy ot Circular Dropped by Enemy Airplane Is Forwarded Home By A Kinston Soldier. (Special Star Correspondence.) Kinston, Dac. 1. Relatives here have received from George Knott, with the artillery overseas, a copy of a German circular letter to American soldiers of the kind usually dropped from airplanes. The letter was picked up in rear of the American lines. It asks "Are you a brave man or a coward? It takes a brave man to stand up for his principles." It assumes that some Sammies would like to get out of the "war hell" and suggests: "If you had the courage to face criticism you would get out and over the top in no time to a place -where there is some likelihood that you may see home again. What business is this war in Europe to you, anyhow?" The letter, certainly well-written, presumably by some German who had lived in America, speaks of Americans offering their lives for that "abstract thing humanity." "If you helieve in humanity and that life is precious, save your own life and dedicate it to the service of your own country and the women who deserve it of you. Lots of you fellows are staying because you are too cowardly to protest. Don't ask anyone's opinion as to what you would better do! If you stay with the 'out fit " United States army talk "all you' will get out of it will be a tomb stone in France." Fritz's letter won him more bullets than compliments. Agricultural Films in Exposition. Department of argiculture motion pictures hadp rat in the motion-picture exposition held October 5 to 13 in Madison Square Garden, New York. The department exhibits included col ored bromide enlargements of "stills" taken from agricultural film; charts showing films already on hand and those in preparation; and a map show ing the proposed plan of ditribution through state colleges and forest sup ervisors. 2,500 Men To Strike. Savanah, Ga., Dec. 1. Twenty-five hundred men. comprising the office and yard forces of the Foundation Comp any, employed in biulding French minesweepers at the Savanah plant, will strike tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, acording to a statement of a committee representing the men. The statement does not define the griev ances of the workmen. HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF GLOVES AS GIFTS? Gloves, like the splendid values in this Christmas offering, are very de sirable as Christmas gifts. French Kid, Cape, Pique, and Doeskin Gloves are included the prices will please you. BROWN'S Give Useful Gifts for Christmas." Children s Ready -to-ldear (garments and Millinery in Jhis arlit Christmas oJale on LIEUT. GOV. GARDNER IS HEARD BY ELKS AT RALEIGH "Gone West" Is Theme of Address Fine Musical Program. (Special Star Telegram) Raleigh, Dec. 1. "Gone West" was the theme of Lieut. -Gov. Max Gardner today in a memorial addresTJ, which many Elks declare for rythm, flores cence and structural beauty the finest ever heard by them. The address took place in the Acad emy of Music and was placed midway in a remarkable musical program. Among the artists was Vernon Wil liams, son of Evan Williams, great American tenor, and the young cor poral at the tank camp, accompanied by Mrs. Williams, .was the outstand ing feature. He is a grand opera tenor and a singer of great prospect. Mr. Gardner spoke thirty minutes on the great Christian hope and, speci ficially referring to the soldier dead who died for the aliled cause, declared: "The proudest page of Carolina's his tory will bear the names of those great-souled heroes, who laid their lives rich with promise and bright with hope upon the altar of civiliza tion." Charles W. Harris eulogized the six Elks who have died within the year. Mrs. Horace Dowell. of Peace Insti tute, had charge of the music. PEANUT RAISERS NOrBGETTING ENOUGH FOR THFiR PRODUCT Norfolk, Va.. Dev. l Declaring the price prevailing for peanuts is below the present cost of production and handling, the Virginia-Carolina Peanut association, in session today at Suffolk, unanimously voted to ask the fixing of a just minimum price by the federal food administration. The alternative 1 agreed upon, in case the request is turned down, is an agreement to mate- I rially reduce the acreage planted next j year. The co-operation or cleaners and handlers was asked. The associa tion is declared to represent over 90 per cent, of the peanut production of j the two states. R. It. SIOTOS GOES TO FRANCE OX GOVERNMENT MISJSIO Tuskegee, Ala., Dec. 1. President Robert R. Morton, of Tuskegee Normal an dlndustrial Institute, who was called to "Washington last week for a conference with President "Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing, sailed for France today, according to telegraphic dispatches received here this evening. President Morton goes on a special mission for the government, the nature I of which is unrevealed. President Morton has occupied the presidency of Tuskegee Institute since the death of its founder, Booker T. Washington. liM'FJWWlj SHORT SELLING IN COTTON TO BE FURTHER RESTRICTED Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 1. Charles J. Brand, head of the federal cotton dis tribution committee, plans immediate action for a more rigid regulation of short seling on the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges, acording to a statement made public here tonight by J. J. Brown," president of cotton states advisory marketing board. More rigid requirements of delivery also will be demanded, the statement said. "The drop of approximately $5 a bale in cotton Saturday was without reason an dcannot be explained as a result of legitimate trading on the basis of suly and demand," accord ing to Mr. Brown's statement. USED PlRTVYEAttS: FORMSUMiriSM' AT ALL DRUGGISTS "S avory R Small family size ...,.... . . . ... .... . $2.00 Blue Enamel , $2.50 Aluminum V. $5.50 Hearth Stone $3.50 Iron , , $2.00 Hotel Size Blue Steel , .$4.00 N. Jacobi Hardware Co. 4th LIBERTY BONDS SECOND PAYMENT DUE NOVEMBER 21ST, Subscribers toTBonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan are hereby notified that a second installment of 20 per cent, of the amount subscribed is payable November 21st. This is in accordance with the Government's plan oi payment. Vhere payment has been made in full we are prepared to deliver the Bonds, THE MURCfflSON $uy Christmas Ribbons ffow Groceries For Less HALL & DURHAM. IXC. Phones 7 and 8. 205 Market St. SPECIAL Three Pounds Fancy Prunes 55 Cents. FRANK M. ROSS. 223 Market Street. r Are You Thankful? , "Say it With Flowers" In your Home, in the Sick Room. Fifth Avenue Florist Phone 1125 The showing of models for immediate and winter wear is calculated to be the most artistic of any yet exhibited. 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