Our President has told the German Government
that there can be no peace until Germany and her allies
acknowledge their defeat. . ,. . ...
It's up to you to back the boys "over there" 'ii
Buy Bonds to Your Utmost.
Ihe diarlottc National Ban!ix
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United St&tet Depository. ;"; jjii Auett: 4 Mfflipn
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Thrca Others to Hilly.,
fourth Liberty Loan Bonds
Have You Subscribed?
We have in hand a large quantity which will be delivered ,
foT,Ca$h. 1 . M . '
We suggest either of the following plans:
Plan No. i Cash. - '"-"r;-.-;.
Plan N6.-2 l-Soth weekly, or MO monthly, through
; . Savings Department. ;. 7 .. ,--. .
: Plan No. 3 Government plan, ib per cent cash, id per
a cent November 2i. 2p per cent December 19, 20
ti pet cent January 16 and 30 per cent January 30.
Gome in and talk the matter over. y'&M&jfai&ss
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK
OF CHARLOTTE, N. C
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Do not 4be like the letter p First In Pity, last in
Help. Uncle Sam needs your help now. If you cannot
fight, buy Liberty Bonds and then, buy some more. .-
.We. will handle your subscription gladly. jjggSf
The Peoples Bank & Trust Comjiany
tiJEtess THE WELCOME BANK.
. OA. BfanO. President v-"0?r.- W. n. Foreman. Vke Proa.
W. W. RoMKUk Cnahle :-2T2iJS! W. S. Bales. AM Cashier
f Y Irti
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Fourth
Liberty Loan Bonds
'"r-Are'Here--
r'K' L .W have received a large .consign-
; 4; ment of TOUHTH LIBERTY LOAN ' v
i r BONDS and can make immediate de-
U. iiver to those wishing to buy for cash
i A merican
Trust
Go.
, ' ' MmBeir Feclerid Reserve Sysieas. . . ; -r
I'--.- t CHARLOTTE, N. C V
Surplus, Cepit&I and Undivided PrcU, 50,000.00
P tli Resource. $4,gCO.C00.CO .'rj:'
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Th final open air fourth XJbtrty
loan neetlnff la tha fllstrlcts of tha
county outnlda Charlotta will ba hold
tonight These meeting have all
proved aucoeaaful tn the paat and big
result are expected from the meetlnrs
ta ba held In Steel Creek. Hopewell.
Mint Kill and Coehran'a aohoolhouaa
tonight1 -
At the Steal Creek meetlnr. Cot A.
C. Macomb, commanding officer at
Camn Greene, Judge W. F. Harding,
and Rv. J. W. Orr will be the tpeak
era. The fourth recruit band of Camp
Green will render a patrlotto mual
e&l program.
- At Hopewell, the apeakers will ba
John A. MeRae, David Ovena and Rev,
J. W. Moore. The speeches will ba
supplemented with music by the Oasis
temple band. -
At Mint Hill, the' meeting will ba
held In tha Philadelphia cnureh.
A. A. MeGiachy, pastor of tha Second
Presbyterian church, of this lty,t C.
C. Moore and Joseph Garibaldi will
deliver addresses at this meeting and
tha Camp Greene Quartet will render
several selections. - .
Rev. W. W. Orr, ThOmai Orifflth
and T. W. Alexander will apeak to tha
audience at Coehran'a achoolhouae.
. All meetings will ba held In tha
open air and will begin promptly at I
o'clock, It wma announced. .
SPLniRSTO
PROTECT
SPRINKLERS
Notice Reminds Manufacturers
of Necessity of Maintaining
Maximum Pr6duction.
Tha .CharfotU lhamber of jcora
merca yesterday Inaugurated a mate
rial saving campaign for the winter.
A notice headed "Freete-ups In
sprinkler systems cauee firs losses,"
wat tent to every largo manufactur
ing plant In the city.
The tootieo placed emphasis upon
tba necessity of keeping all pipea Of
tht system from freezing during the
approaching old months, and It was
pointed out that last winter a $1,000,
ooo fire at Detroit and a M.ooO.ooo
flra at Pittsburgh were laid directly
to f rosen sprinkler pipea. - -
- Manufaeturera were reminded, that
It ta their war-time duty to take all
aeUon whiah will have tha erteet of
safeguarding tho maximum output of
their plante and of protecting tho
plant themselves. "Our government
and those of our allies are .depending
upon all manufacturers to conserve
materials. Disabled fire equipment
heightens tho danger of fire. Fire
meana lose of time, labor, material
money, alt of which tneatis loss of
momentum of tha war machine," tha
notice atated.
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CONTINUES OfCOURAGING
Health Office . Reports 75 New
Cases Hudson Cautions
Against Carelessness.
Spanish influent eases reported
yesterday again showed a slight da
crease, the total of li oases compar
ing with 78 cases for the previous
14-hour period ending at 3 o'clock.
The cases reported after 3 'o'clock
yesterday were 85, comparing with
17 for the same period Wednesday,
which led city health department to
expect a slight increase today over
tho totals of the previous two days.
Except for tho apparent decrease In
number of new cases, the condition
in Charlotte remained substantially
unchanged, it was learned. Dr. C. C.
Hudson, city health officer, contmues
to consider the situation of suoh se
riousness aa to warrant every possi
ble precaution being taken to avoid
contagion. The city health officer said
he did not expect absolutely .positive
indication of the beginning of (he
decline of the epidemic here until tho
first of next week and possibly not un
til the middle of next week.
. The number of deaths here, from In
fluenza was increased yesterday by
two to 26 aince the dlaease made Its
appearance September 18. r '
The Red Cross canteen service yes
terday provided food for the mom,
bera of about. IB families, according
to information given out lata yester
day. It waa estimated that ISO meals,
breakfast and dinner, werO served
and with tho (uppers tho number wat
Increased to well over 800 meals for
the day. - tflfty-ene famine .were
added yesterday to tha list and about
an equal number of famlliea were 're
ported aa again able to provide for
themselves and were removed from
the list
CITY TO GET ASPHALT
FOR RESURFACING WORK
Tho city government wai officially
notified yesterday through the fed
eral fuel administration that the re
quest of the city for asphalt suffix
cient to resurface the streets In the
business section; had been allowed.
This was tha subject of a hearing sev
eral weeks' ago at Washington when
Mayor McNlnch appeared before sev
eral commissions there in an , effort
to obtain allowancea of thecessary ma
terial for tho paving progranu vThe
first propoaition was allowed but the
city was refused material to nave cer
tain residenUal section street
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WILL ASSESS TRYON AND
.TRADE STREET OWNERS
. hi1 t i
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Ul:r C,::rJ Cays Fcli-ra to
, FcJ btics May Erlr.j .
- Crc:i'3" Action. :
' filial " warning i to emptoyeri of
chauffeurs to release them, for ossen
tlal work waa Issued late yesterday
by Chairman Karris, of tho district
labor board, who added that failure
to heed tho warning may result tn the
employers' supplies of gasoline being
restricted or cut off by tho fuel ad
ministration. ;i
"Tha district labor board: concluded
at a meeting held this afternoon that
It had exhausted all means of appeal
to patriotic instincts to certain Char,
lotte citlsens, who continue to retain
their male butlera Itnd private ehauf.
feura, after being warned time and
again tha tho government had atated
that these positions were absolutely
non-eeeential, and If suoh employers
do not release mala employee holding
tho positions mentioned within a day
or two there ta nothing left for the
Vina Fi4 tA An hut t n...i .m.
of such employers to the federal labor
w. Ate a . & i
Doara, saia s siaiemeni irom fnair
man E. N.. Harris. 3. C. CrOwell and
L : Ml:.. I. -.-J.
" s fr k.""- lit figure to ri""ond
t'vi i c-.it t:,t r.t:ioa and r .ae
a,l :-bod " tutors and chai;";:uri
is that tHe fs-eral directors will no
tify the local fuel and food adminis
trator to withhold supplies to all such
employers
Mr. Fan-is aUted that this would
be the final, warning to all "slacker"
employers who have been warned
time and again by tho district board
through The- Observer that unless
they respond to this final call their
names will be reported and their sup
ply of fuel and food out off.
Men physically unfit for manual la
bor wilt be retained, but only after a
certificate from a reputable physician
haa beoa accepted by tho local com.
munlty oard
Ffcht YVesJ:cnin;T -;V V, 4';'
Coush With
'Si&fyT Heilth Builder
NethlBt pulls dawa a waka4 trtm se
much ai a pralattit eotash. In nuy similar
caace BCKMAN'S ALTKRATtVB, a tortl
and BP-Bulldr, has be found to B matt
Valeabi ta etoppint esh. trnthn.
Ing tht (ansa and halplns U taatore haalth.
Twenty raara euaeaaafut aa,:. SOa and tUM
Battles a all drasslita a SMnsfaeOatar,
KCKMAH XABORAtOAr. hllHtlplila.
. ; UNION
NATIOiFAL
BANK
Chirlotte. N. C.
pe1ewntia
We have in' hand a supply of FOURTH
LIBERTY BONDS redy for delivery to
those who wish to J)uy for cash".
a$0
tSSXESSm
H. M. VICTOR, President.
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- Finest Coal Vsri lccatlca la city, r . : .
Passenger Depot. Sidetrack 'russin thrcj;.: 1
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Southern Heal Bctcto E.c::
Trust XBompzny s
4 South Tryta Stttr4::iQf Tdz'JLzzrZZZ
Buy Libertj Bonds md help cpea the tcid to Ecrlls.
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THE STRONG BOX
Tho newsnanera often tall of Instances where boobIo
their savings, beoauee they haa put their money in a ote)ekln.
oureau a rawer, or a strong oox. ana nave oon roBoea. ,
When yoa have money around the house yon tnrlte) tha burg la U
ana tho anean tniet
Tug beat itfong bo In tha wotld It tha aattaft bask. ' '
Thar your money is protected m well aa tt oaa ba
naywbotw.
SOUTHERN LOAN & SAVINGS BANS
m
" . 1 a: (- - - 'if' - .
We urge the purchase of
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Liberty Bonds
to the utmost limit as the
imperative duty of the hour
MerchantaCt Farmers
National Bank
CWOTrE,N.C
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VICTORY
" Liberty Bonds equip tnnfes, build fleets. But they do something far
greater they buy VICTORY.
They yield four and one-quarter per cent yeal-and VICTORY, ,
Buy Bonds to Your Utmost
We havs Fourth Liberty Bonds to deliver to thoso paying b
Independence Trust Go.
Resources Over ................. .............. $2,600,000.00
-OFFICERS
? . n. TTBARlf, ClialrniNa of BoarS
. W. A. WATSOff, Vice rrceldeM
W. M.'X)NO, View Preal4ejt i,
t. 11. LrTTTjK, President .
B. O. ANDRRSON. OaahlOT
B K. JOKS, Aaatataat CwaUa
-- An ordinance was enaetea yester
day afternoon by tha city ommls
aionera. which establishes a perma
nont improvement district on South
Tryon street.between Third and. More
head streets'. 7 Other ordinances estab
lish Tryon street between Third and
Sttth streets and Trade street be
tween Mint and : College streets as
permanent improvement ' districts,, -
At tho office of Mayor McNlnch It
waa announced the city. commission
era would hold a hearing Kovenber
7 ' when abutting property owners
within these: districts 'might1 file ob
jections. The assessments against the
property owners will be announced
at.ttl tassion. "" w
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-. 'Do(BiII)'iPBm& " '
:haye the slightestidea that by stepping down from his office that he can escape punishment?,
- If so. he has another "think" coming to him.
. WvVf;4,J,
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-JT.Let's getthe old scoundrel andthen renlember thesong about the sour apple' tree. '"STj , .
? 4 You Puy More Bonds to Send the Boyf Marching On
:- rV 'k fe'it 2'':
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LETS RAISIN IT, BOYS
tho aeaa
natural
Woodrov calls for an' over-subscription, and our boys acroM
say "Amen" That ought to be enough for any soul that Isn't a
bora slacker. - - s , - .... -
' f "NO. KSESLER, I TOST CANT ' f ' ,
do H 'I've got S4.lT In Savings StAtnps and tl.tS InvThrlft Stamp, and
thafs my limit" See, hero, Bill Johnson you mean lowdowh puallanlmous
iini. vnu'r worth $50,000.00 and I'm telling you something! If you don't
buy a good, big lot of these Fourth liberty Bonds, we're going to run your
out Of tnlS town, mis u no piaua tor a. cviu-wiuuubu Riauar ana promear,-
loo look for the Ku-Klu. . r " - .-.''-..!,.;,,
1 . THE BUIliDlNO AND LOAN FliAN -
I,. 10.00 Bond, after first payment,-iosts $ '.31 per week
I '100.00 Bond, after first payment, casts ;. . . .; Vt per week
lUV.VY fiPP. -,ii.ip yuan tf . I It .1 tf f I I l.tl y .P ft
kAo na Hand, after first payment- eoeta i. ...... l.tt nar week
$1000.40 Bond, after' first pay menV costs . . : ........ .; , .!. per week
15000.00 Bond, after first payment. - casts ........ "18.27 per week
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THIS PLAN KNOCKS
the socks Off the miserable slackers and exposes their lying tactics. Patrlotlo
men and women, boys and girls, flocked hero Saturday and were happy to
sets the plan, and .they did it liberally. : Are you fighting or skulking? . ,
E. L. Kecolcr. Sec. & Trcao.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART?
' .V "Over In Franco where death sheila scream , .
Tho bore are fighting aa In a dream " 1
'; A glorious dream of blood and hell, " ?
while x atay at home.and prosper well.
Over In Franco theySaro dying now l ' ' "
. -' Uko red earth turned by a giant plow ' i ' i
They ee going across wth a emlle for tnov ' "
While X suy at home in security. ' '
f-' l - wver in STanoe una gae eioaas roa - , :
; w ', i ;And tho shower of etftl is takinr tta toll;.' '
- The, flag drtvea on, but tho boys Ue gUU, - - ,
: jvs S4 .. M Alt ' ' '
While X live on and eat my fill.
, Great God In heaven, in whom we trust, V '
". ' . r Trn the food In by throat -to dust ;
v i ' i 1 It I miss one chance that may come to me
' . ; k , i . To bring them homo with tho victory!'
' ... - - - , , j - ,. Kenneth Crr-
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