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British Suffer
In Belgium
HT Sty
Although farther progress r.ppar
Wti eotly has been made by the allK
III their general offensive movement,
the Qennass armies as a whole are
standing fasft ancWo far as Is known
9 have lost no Important sections of
the long line on which they softie<J
down after the retreat which folp
lowed thd battle of the Marne, early
Bof# la the war.
Today's official communications
5- indloate that each side has hgd Its
victorias and defeats. The Frepch
. army chiefs state they captured
the last section of a line of Odhnan
t trenches near Perthea-les-Hurlua,
where fighting haa been severe for
several days and have made an average
gain of 800 yards. The Oerman
statement* speaklng\of this engagement.
says ^hat the French attack
was "partly repelled." French
* claims to progress In. Belgium ere
- ' denied In Berlin, wfeere it la said
^that the British have sufferod rcI
verses at the hands of'the Germans.
B -The German war office reports no
developments In the east, aaylnr
merely that the flghtipg Is contlnI
The French statement, however.
K asserts that the Ttnsstans aye press|
Ing forward their Invasion of Ger|
many, across the Hast Prussian fron
I tier, but admits the Germans have
I 'made progress In the fighting in PoMM
m i
i jjmtiflm it
II ad.ll ready preparations are being
H' made by tho Daughters of the Con|
federacy for tho celebration of Gen-;
| oral R'obt. E. Lee's birthday which j
| comes on January 19. TSach year
| this occasion is much enjoyed by
"7 those Who woro tho grey and V>o
B, those .who wero not permitted to
|Hr take part In that memorkble con|
filet. As soon as tho program for
|B- this event la arranged It will be
| published' in thts paper, In no
| [ town in. North Carolina is there pre
HEM.
i. ??
Gloomy night embraced the place
Where the noble infant lay;
The Babe looked up and showed His
face; f
I In spite of darkness, it waa day: ?
It was thy day, sweet; and did rise
I Not from the East, but from
Thine eyfe.
We saw Thee In tn9 balmy neat,
Toang dawn of our eternal ^ay;
We saw Thine eyes break from their
^ East,
I "*** And chase the trembling shadet
away:
, We taw Thee (and we bleat the
slghp.
We saw Thee by Thine own sweei
light.
SPEC
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Arborkle', Coffee, per lb. .....
Cortem Pare Coffee, per If. .. .1
Fiboe'i Clab Coffee, worth W
Xew Corned Htmi. per lb.. .'
Armour', Star Rome, per lb.
Uordea', E. Milk, per eon .... I
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100 Rnffe. Woffh 01.50. each
Men', Bobber Orerohoee, wcr
Boy', Robber Offerahoee, wo*
Women'* Robber Orenhoee, *
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Many otbor thing, too
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Reverses
Germans Say
land.'to the west of Warsaw.
in the oast (he situation le changing
swiftly. The Germans, who for
a time were able to push forward
swiftly are now meeting with determined
resistance from their antagonists
in new positions.
The latest official communication
from Petfo^rad in* the same brqath
admits that the Russians hmu been (
compelled to retreat from some positions
and states that thw German
attacfca hare been repulsed everywheu
with heary losses to the inTrdwfr.|
Germany and Austria continue to
assert that important snooaaaee are
beTnr achieved. One of the great battles
of the war Is in'progress thirty
miles west of Warsaw and mean
white the Russian forces to the fiortb
are pushing into Germany, presenting
the possibility of V#flank!ng
movement, which will menace th
main army of liarahal Von Hlnden
burg.
It la announced in Lisbon tha'
German forces have invaded the
province of Angola( Portugese Wes*
Africa. A Germ ah invasion. wa' *
said to have bfeen^defeated in Octob
er, althongh that report was denied
in Berlin. On the ? present occs
aion the Portuge?e government ad
mif^ thetrooos at the nHlltarjr po*J
of Naulila have been compelled \r
retreat.
iku
WEI no.
mil I tuninpn
mpii
Rev. Mr. Read, the new prealdln;
elder of the Washington district
will preach at the First M. E
Church next Sunday morning an<
evening at the usual hours. Hi
will also hold hia, first quarterl?
conference. Mr. Read la reputed t(
be a speaker of rare ability and jic
doubt but what he will be greeted
by a large and appreciative audi :
cnce at both services.
HAWKINS NOTES
? ?
The public h&^a cordial invitation
to come out to the Christmai
treo at Hawklili School house Sat
urday night, December 26, 1914.
School has Closed here for xthi
holidays. Our teachers, Misset
Wfnfteld and Woolard,, attended thteachers
meeting in Washinptoi
Saturday. ^
IS DOING NICELY.
Mrs. W. A. Parvin, wlj^ of Oapt.
W. A. Parrin, who met with, the
i misfortune several weeks ago to
' inll and break her hip knd who if
i oonflned in the Fowle Memorial Hospital.
is getting along nicely. This
t" will be gratifying news to her many
friends.*
:ials
hristmas
* S5c
ISo
ISe
>o per lb , ., . SSg.
ISo
,.. I0e;
.. *.* < l?e,
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SOUS SPECIALS:
.ft 99c
tlx 75c pep paid . 55c
th 5c per pair 50c
Orth SOo per pair 45c /
M*h 55c per pair 40c
nerdus to mention, AT VERY LOW
e' goods for less mdney. Or more
pe In and-take a took*. \
Washington, N. C.
'
I
I I iiiipi n i
FOIITNL
pits
"The death rate in the future,"
?y? a 8'ate Health Bulletin }ust Is
iued, "Li going to wield politl?\ In
luenoe (or or againat admlntstralone
and parties. All progressive
itatee are reducing their death
atea Mid thereby devonstratini to
he FWld that thoee states that are
lot doing ao ire defective In their .
rwcemment machinery."
As tuberculosis causes one-sov
nth of all the deaths 1q the Statr
ind one-fourth of all .prerentable
isaths, the Bulletin quints out tha'
tere lies one-fourth of^ the 8thte'i
ippo'rt unity to prevent disease and
hps reduce her death rate* it say*
hat tuberculosis Is clearly % statr
iroblem or such magnitude as to eal' 1
or a definite and comprehensive
tate poUcy fer Its cbntrol. But lr I
vprklng out this policy of handling
h| tuberculosis problem it is rea:ced
that North Curollna Is not able
o carry the baravn alone. #
9he'has 6,000 deaths a year fron
he disease and 18,000 helplesi
ases. T&e lowest average cobi? i
lay fqg a patient in the average san
itorlum of tie* United States It
51.66. It la readily seen that Nortl
Carolina could not handle her 3,00<
xr 4,000 curable consumptives ev
-n at a cost of a dollar a day. Br *
here Is a w?y, which this Bulletli
alia "Dividing the burden." I'
mfs: *
. A burden that cannot be carriet
indlvided.ln bulk, by a single agen
j, can be easily carried when d
!ded among multiple agencle:
yift-/ik i en* iftBhwr-wrr^hc* 1
urafen of tuberculosis, she can hav.
; parried.* The state can divide th
urden Into many parts; the state
an carry the larger part, a par
arge enough to encourage by hesample
the co-operation and assls
unco of all the polttlca.1, fraforna'
c llglous, business, social and insurnce
organizations within her
calm; she can correlate and direct
he co-operatize efforts of these
r.ultiple agencies and 'so bring t<
<ear concerted attack all along th(
etreatlng line of the greatest ene
ny of our people." ?
In order to do this, the article
-joints out further the necessity ol
x state law requiring Hie reporting
jf every case of tuberculosis to a
antral office on a suitable blank
form. This is necessary to furnish
he information in order to handle
he problem after the burden i? divided.
The
plan of procedure consists of
.wo parts: A co-operatiec sanatorium
and a correspondence school
for tuberculosis. The co-operative
sanatorium isj to be constructed by
"he state and maintained, by the
.tate and her co-operative agencies,
vis: the political units of the state:
:he fraternal orders, religious de-'j
nominations, large corporations, in|
>urance companies and social organizations.
The corrdlpondence^cbool is to be
chiefly educational; <t<reeeeive the re
ports of cases of tuberculosis reported
under'the law; to bring the needy
and incipient and the moderately advanced
consumptives to the notice of
the different organizations, and to
matriculate all cases n<j| in the sanatorium
as members of the schood
and. to conduct an educational correspondence
coarse with them
through a strong personal interest
that *111 teach them to live and let
lire. ; ' * ' ? '
PRINCETON IA XS OPEN ANNUM
?' TOUR. 1
Brooklyn,.'!*. V., Dec. M^Prlnci
Ion University Tridngle Club wil
present the hnuslcal comedy "Fie
Fi-Fl" here tonight after whicl
tVey will tour the principal cttlei
| oast of S?. Louis. The play wa
written by Francis Scoft . Fitsger
aldi class It 17.
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' REWARD OFFERED.
1 Twenty-five Dollars will be pat
for evidence sufficient tp arrest an
convict the person or persons wh
stele a lot of Bard Plymouth Rod
Chickens fsom toy Bebee farm o
the night of the Slst of thtomontt
J. "HAVENft
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: THURSDAY \FTERNO#N
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UK 11
IEW MI
mis on
The Southern Beauties continue
.o please the large crowds that are
Attending the jfow Theatre this
reels. Last nights bill Was the best
:hat tjiey hare tj$pented so far.
>Vhon a company improves every
light it fs an uautnal thing, for gen
lYalljr a troupe puis on its best bill
or' the opening day. But the
touthera Beauties'seems to have put
>n *its worst bill the first night, anc
Hat bill was bwttsr than anything
hat ?as ever bseft. presented here
The Naughty Aunt" will be pre
tented today # matinee and bight.*
Tomorrow's bBl-XXman) will be :
ipeclal one entitled --Chrlstmaf
>ay" a farce comedy that is -over
lowing with ootnedy, At <1 slnkldf
ind pretty girls. f There will be a
natinee tomorrow at 3 p. m. Then
he tenth installment of ihe "Lucille
.ore" picture wilt J>e th^ extra ad
led feature on Xmas. There is no
!oubt that with its splendid troupr
nd the very interesting picture.
'Lucille Love/' for t^elr Christ mar
-till, that the New Theatre will be
'ull to overflowing tomorrow night
Xmas Dai;
.-sp
yService At
.* St. Peter*
gy '
As is the usual ycustom there wil.
,o Christinas S;itnt Pet
,rj^. jEyjcaay ChUrfV "^ifcteui reft
norning at 11 * o'clock1. TKo ser
aon will bo delivered by the rector;
.tev. Nathaniel Harding. The mu
le by the choir will be one of th<
'eaturcr'and all citizens have a corl'.al
invitation to be present.
The church has beeri attractively
lecorated for the occasion.
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TO KPaxn XMA8
Miss Maud Swindell, daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Swindell, whe
has been attending the Groeniftinrc
?ollege for Women, has returned
home to spend the Christmas holl
dayB with her parents.
CONDITION HOTTER.
The condition of Mr. J. San
Hodges, who is suffering from ai
attack of pneumonia at his homi
near this city is reported to be mori
favorable today. Strong hopes ar
now entertained for hla recovery.
- THE
LAS
There are only four t
Holiday Shopping. C
HUYLERZ
Cigars, Pipes and Tohc
ery. Manicure Sets. Pa
mery and Toilet Watei
are in keeping with the
IJD avenport'
OWN YO
The Home Bt
Association wi
v ies Saturday Ja
It is the safest and easiest
a small weekly installment
a a rainy day, or for Christ
See us
n >
1 W. E. Swindell, Pres.
Office in Saving
IL V
W Da jr. Rain.
DECEMBER 24 1914
"mm Z
cm m\l:
-?|M|
Several day*
basin being condBHWW^^W^cajT '
ner of Reapass and Fifth streets
for the city sewage cared jln, which
means a delay of at least thirty days
(r. the completion of the work. Ae
yet the cause of the cave-In has not
been ascertained. , The v*$k Is be-*
iug done by the firm of Case &
Cothram of Charlotte, K. C., who
are under Contract for the basinr }
The accident Is more than unfortu- (
nate.
The basin is being constructed of
reinforced concrete and ?when com
pleted ^tTt "be thirty feet in diamoter
and twenty-eight feet deep. Work
of repairing the damage is now in (
progress.
v
FROM R. F. D. !|0. 4.
Mr. Floyd Smith of Washington
Park, conducted ,dlvine services at
Asbury Church Sunday. Quite a '
crcwd were out to hear him. Mr.
Smith is being highly complimented
by all who heard him.
The weather continues very dls
agreeable, which is badly throwing
people back In their work.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cotton
?pent Friday and Saturday of last
week with friends in Klnston. N. C.
Mr. Willie Lewis and Misses Charty
and Ethel Purser of Wllmar.
'pent Sunday with Mrs. Olive 1. Nol- (
<on at this place. * .
Mr. and Mra. Ben Alligood, Mr.
.nd Mra. Carl Nelson and Mr. and
tttra, Jo*. JdwarAa spent awhile Satjrday
night at the home of Mr. Wlliam
A. Congleton.
ML's Mary Buck la vlalting flisp
I.aura Bright for the holidays.
Mrs. Annie Alligood and Miss Salle
Alligood were Washington visitors
Monday.
Mr. Ed. Cutler and Miss Stella
Congleton spent awhile Sunday with
Miss Sallie Alligood at River Road.
Mrs. Alice Lewis Bpent Sunday
with Mrs. Juliet Congleton.
' All til members of the Uhion
1 Sunday School aro requested to meet
' promptly at 2.30 o'clock next Sunday
afternoon.
, A merry Xmas and happy NewYear
to the editor and all the Daily
News readers,
l
1 Mr. Alleti Moore who in attending
B lectures In medicino at Philadelphia
D and Mr. Jno. Carter of A. & M. Col
B lego. Raleigh, are spending Xmas
with their parents.
T 4 DAYS
lays in wnich to do your
all in and see our line of
> CANDIES
icco. Fancy Box Stqfionrisian
Ivory Set3, Perfu-s
of all kinds. Our prices
times.
s Pharmacy.
. 1 \
UR HOME.
rilding and Loan
11 open a new sernuary
2nd
way to pay for a home ii
?or to-accumalate a fund, fo
mas.
About It
Jno.' B. Sparrow, Sett';
& Trust Co., Building
NEV
i
pEJLIGHTFUL PRi
J AT PAYNE
^/T,hurch
mm :
IE NO PAPER s
I01QRRQW
da
There wjll be no lssfce of the Del- DJ
^ News on tomorrow as the entire ex
'orco will take a day off and enjoA th
Christmas. Erery reader and pat*cn
of tho paper Is wished a merry to
ind happy Christmas and too a joy- ?'
>us New Year.
May the coming year be the rery w<
>09t In the history of Washington.
CHRISTMAS PINNER.
Tonight after the store of Jas.
S. Clark closes the store will r F<
i lunaheon In honor of th* em- *r'
ployes. * ?
University Enginee
Studei
(By S. R. Winters.) :o
Chapel Hill, Dec. 23 ?The civil
?nglneering department of the Uni- j|
/ersity of North Carolina, has been
Included In $ list of twenty Amerl J'
:an institutions which will be given
& cash award of $3TJ" each to that
student of the senior class in civi:
angineering who writes, th?-best pa- ^
fcer on some subject pertaining ti l'(
bituminous roads or pavements. The
offer is made by an asphalt and pav N*1
lug company of Philadelphia. The
merit of the work done by the Uni- :l1
verslty students engaged in road at
nglheerlng hiis attracted the at- ,JI
tcntion of the Philadelphia asphalt r*
and paving company. The excel- ln
lency and efficiency of its students s*
are outspoken in the work produced a'
by these engineers trained in the cn- **
sneering department of the Unlver- CI
slty in recent years. W. L. Spoon. 11
of Alamance county, senior highway
>nginoer of the Office of Public ?V
Roads, Washington, D. C.; Brent n
S. Drane, of Mecklenburg county. 1
chief engineer in charge of municlnal
improvements, road surveys, etc. U
Charlotte; Robert G. Lassltcr. of h
Granville county, contractor in E
charge df pavement construction in c
Raleigh: Charles R. Thomas. Jr.. I
of Chicago, 111., associate eaiior qi w
Engineering and Contracting Mag- C
azino; N.- C. Hughes. Jr.. highway c
rgineer of Halifax county: R. T. c
frown, highway engfnoer of Orange \
mm
FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
?
We, the undersigned Wholesale
Crocers will close our stores December
25lh and 2?thJ
E. R. Mlxon & Co., C. G. Morris
ft Co.. E. E. Phillips, Pippin *
Woolard, Ellison Bros. Co., H. M
Jenkins Co., Jas. Ellison Co.. E.
Peterson Co., Carolina Distributing
Co. ^ '
POULTRY HHOW OI/OSES.
Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 23.?The
Boston pet stock and poultry show
f closed Its season here t<^day7 The ex'
^lbition*wa sone of the largest ever
reen in the east.
FIGHTING BOH AND LOUISIANA.
Norrlatown, Pa., Dec. 23.?Fighting
Bob, tho game little boxer of Allentown
and Louisiana will meet in
q a return bout tonight. They fought
^ a close ho( ten rounds recently with
rouors about?ven.
TO APKNI> JMAH.
Editor W. L. Brown of the Belharea
Journal and Orover T. Mayo
of the same paper, arrived ta tht
city this moaning via the Norfoll
Southern train to tpend Christmas
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ONGRAM
MEMORIAL
TfflS EVENING
A delightful entertainment suitile
to the occasion, consisting of*
ibgs and recitations, will be given \
thb Payne Memorial Preebyte\n
Church tonight at 7.30 o'clock
real "Old Santa" Is the last thine ?
i the program. The public Is totally
invited to attend. \
Perhaps the outlook for tl^n >
turch has neve been more promleg
than it is tl:.i time. The attertince
at the Sunday School has run
i to nearly one hundred with ant
cellent average, and It la believed
at excellent work le being done.
Thin is no doubt very gratifying
Mr. C. M. Brown, Sr., an Elder
the first church, who has manlsted
such a great interest la the
&rk.
FROM COLLAGE.
Messrs. Thomas Sparrow, Samuel
>wle and Jamie Fowls, are home
om Davidson College to spend ,
iristmas with their parents.
ring
its in Lime Light
unty; K. P. Coble, highway enneer
of Lee county; J. H. Cllngman
ghway engineer of Madlaon c<5un.
James V. Price, superintendent
roads in Rockingham county; J.
Phillips of Lenoir county, and
jyton Smith of Lynchburg. Va.
Classified according to church afiatlon,
the Methodist deaomtna- *si
an tops the list In number of t,
>nta enrolled in thh University of
Drth Carolina, with 290 followers
the Methodist faith. The Bapit
congregation follows In lmnredie
succession with 234 of that regious
faith. 56 less than' the repoentation
of the Methodist denomatlon.
The other denominations
iow the following representation
the State's liberal Institution:
resbyterlan lgg, Episcopal 116,
hristlan 23, Hebrew 15. Lutheran
5. Catholic 6, Friends 6. Moravian ^
, Universallst 3, German Reformed
, Unitarian 1. Adventlst '-1, Holl
ess 1, Armenian 1, Congregatlanl
, and All Saints 1.
The University News letter avex*
list Denmark and North Carolina
sve Just about the same population,
tut In Denmark only 370 country
hildren were out of school in 1010.
n North Carolina the number of
hildren out of school was 221,boo.
>f this number 186.000 were white
hildren, and 109,000 were white
hildren living in the country regons.
PLACE HPS
ON PACKAGES
FOB HIS
*
You will tie up tne last Christmas
gifts tonight. Every bright
ribbon, every spray of holly and
mistletoe will carry real joy to your
heart as you forget self and think
of "othera," with the very spirit of
[Christ. In honor of His birthday,
let every package bear a Red Cross
stamp, "inaemuch as ye do for
those, ye do for Me."
"Every Stamp Sold for 1914."
LIGHT SNOW.
The citiaena of the city were greet
ed this morning with a. light fall of
snow. It only lasted a short while
and melted as fast as it fell.
New Theater
TONIGHT
"SOUTHERN BEAUTIES''
"JTACOHTY AVIFt"
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Tomorrow (Xmaa Day) A Farce
! Cotnedr "i .
"THJWSTMA8 DAt"
I "Lucille Love"
Pitern Mailt Oaata.