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L1SHING COMPANY (Incorporated.)
ti.iU FkP. YEAR. "IN ADVANCE
J. Y. CARLTON. Managing Editor
airea Jit tW-ott.:e at Albemarie,
H. C. ft sewd-elaas matter
'FIUIAY, JANUARY IS, 191.
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(now Italian Libya) consiuer u.r ad
visability of rr.ovirg to the shores of
the Baltic? V.'e need not guc abo-it
it. Tacitus, who might be called a
nro-Gcmar., says explicitly that no-jo.-.e
who could live in Africa would
'ovv leave it for sj ffloHry and inclem
ent region as GM-.nany. The north-
land.; became habitable by c.vinz-
erc.
n en tliroup'". t'.
IMPORTANT NEWS
j The food administration has decid
ed to purchase 30 per cent of the
! outnut of the flour mills. Out of this
.... i, mni n mim 8upp'y the allies the arniy.
THE WORLD OVER rrrrr'
i Citizens or subjects of European
J neutra! countries, regardless of wheth-
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS ur i mo haye tak(?n Qut first papers
! fn- American citizenship, will be ireea
! from liability to military service in the
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
They j in appliance.-.
i rf
have made- money, and ir.any of them j appliances are know
have large . tored away neither, once rc.ore become
as a deposit in a bank, nor loaned out
If placed in war-iavinga certnlcat.-.-the
best protection is given th? n
vestment, the equivalent of 4 per ccit ; vu'ua!
interest i.-i paid in advance, ami t.-J
certificates mature within five years.
They can be us:Vi as collateral f r
loans, or the face value obtained
any ti.-ae upon demand. See your
bank, your ruial cartie:-, or your post-lr.aste.-.
Ar.y of these will see th it
you obtain as many of these certifi
cates as you rray desire to own.
discovery o: n?at
;-;w that cooling
n. the tropics may
favored places of
Hence.
ii.e fact is that nobody can tell with
;.- certainty what land will be mo.-t
bio in the future, lo prove tr.ia
.statement we nee-i not resort to sat
uration as to remote possibilities, but
we n ay refer to history. We should
s. e that Englsh .-talesmen once weigh
ed the Island ef Martinique against
all Canada and v.e:e disposed to think
THE NEWS CF THE SOUTH
i
What Is Taking Place In The South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
United States if they appeal through
ii.i.iniutir represent atives in
Washington.
Tiie senate has adopted Senator Bo
rah's resolution requesting the rules
committee to consider the advisability
of amending the present rules so as
nnrmii the consideration of
ties in open session.
Even some plants making munitions
and other war supplies may have to
trea-
!the former more
THE ALLIES ALREADY
valuable. Voltaire
id that it was absurd to fight over
a few acres of sno.v, meaning by tnat
Canada. Equally foolish American
statesmen thought that Louisiana.that
AifP virTnrMitl'ii T--ri.!:i. that California, that Alaska,
ti, ,,p-o nroffercvi bv the I that Hawaii, that the Phillipines were
Germans indicate a failue to perceive; not worth having. Tne Fiji
or an unwillingness to admit that the k ere offered to Great Britain in lfeaS
state of things is overwhelm- for $45,UUU, payaoie to mc- i. .......
fr f thr Allies. The ! States. The otter was deciineu, dui n
enemy cannot be blind to the :a''t
thsit superiority of the Allies in num-
Domestic.
The Dallas. Tem nre - . consumpUon during
a labor union arcuated wnn me-"-; . Fupl Adrainistrator
tcan reuerauun a.
one fire refused to withdraw
suspended by city council v. ; distribute the available sup-
practically the who e f"m1 ""! p, ot coal where most need, and that
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actual
niely m
ber, resources and position make their
complete victory inevitable if the war
should be long enough continued, but
it is not sufficiently realized, euner
here or abroad, that the Allies have
already within three and a half years
accomplish greater conquests than any
nation or coalition of nations since
history began.
"Look at the map!" cry the Ger
mans and their co-bellegerents in this
country. Well, look at the map. Look
at the whole map, not merely the map
of the European peninsula. This is
not a European war, altho some near
sighted folks called i tsa at first. It
is a world-wide war and involves vast
er issues than the shoving of a bound
ary line back or forth a few miles in
the valley of the Rhine, the Vistula,
the Tagliamento or the Vardar. The
stake is not the balance of power in
Europe, but the hegemony of the
globe, and this stake has been won
by the Allies.
What do we see when we look at
a map of the globe? First, that
three-fourts of it consist of oceans,
all of which are under the control of
the Allies. Germany and her allies
are in astate of siege and can be kept
so indefinitely. Their commerce on
the high seas has been extinguished
ever since the war began.
Second, the enemies of Germany
now comprise sixteen nations occu
pying a territory of 38,842,000 square
miles and including l,fl0,000,0OO in
habitants. This is more than thirty
times the area and more than ten
times the population of the Central
Powers. This advantage increases
continually as the years go on, for the
population of the Allies multiply more
rapidly and has opportunity for indef
inite expansion.
Third, the Allies have absolute con
trol of all the neutral nations, and
can, if they desire, cut some of them
off from the Central Powers or othe?3
from the outside world
Fourth, the Allies have already con
quered 82 per cent of the German
Empire and 66 per cent of the Otto
man Empire aa tfiey were before the
war. Tfs comprises 1,733,000 square
miles. On the othei' hand, the Central
Powers have conquered 158,000 square
1.S74 Great Britain paid $575,000 for
the islands, and now would not take
five millions for them. The Inde
pendent. The Transvaal, once thought not to
be worth the trouble of hoisting a flag
over, was found to be worth fighting
over when it began pouring forth gold
and diamonds. When Bismark too
away Alsace-Lorrane he contemptu
ously told the French they could seek
compensation in Africa. They took
his advice and now Germany shudders
at the soldiers and supplies that Franc
draws from an African Empire larg
er than all Europe.
The German colonial empire con
sists of what none of the other fel
lows wanted, and the British cononial
empire consist of what England could
not induce the other fellows to take.
Yet these once contained parcels of
land are now esteemed so valuoble
that the question of their possession
is likely to assume that real estate
values will remain forever fixt at
what they would bring today at she--iff's
sale.
As far a he wan has yet gone
England has won and Germany has
lost. Who says so? England's worst
enemy, Admiral von Tirpitz. So also
the Neuste Nachrichten of Kiel; that
if peace should be made on the map as
it stands England would actually be
"everywhere triumphant." Germany
would be only too glad to get back
to the status quo ante for she has
not only suffered but has lost ground
thru the war. He rdeclared willing
ness to make peace on the Russian
principle of no annexation on either
side proves that she regards her con
quests as leas valuable than those of
her enemies.
There are a number of things thit
we want cnangea oeiore we bioy
fighting. We should like to see sev
eral crowns knocked off. We should
like to see the Balkan crazy-quilt tak
en apart and put together in a better
ican citizens.
Conviction of four officials ot tbe,
Hamburg American line, including
Karl Buenz. managing director, on
charges of violating the customs laws:
in sending supplies to German cruis-j
ers early in the war, was affirmed by
the United States circuit court of
appeals at New York City. The deci-
sion also upheld the conviction of the'
Hamburg-American line, which had
been sentenced to pay a fine of one
dollar.
Higher wages will hfc asked of tne
railroad administration soon by nearly
all classes of organized railroad labor.
It Is stated, however, that strikes are
in nowise contemplated.
Frank Gwynne Tuder, leader of the
Australian Labor party, has been ele
vated to the premiership, says a Mel
bourne dispatch.
Most of the industries asked to re
glass industtry might be one of these,
complish it by shutting down entirely
for one day each week, as tne pay
hoard makers already have been or
dered to do. Some industries, however.
cannot shut down easily ror a aay.
and they will be asked to cease oper
ation for as long as a month later on
In the year. It was suggested that tne
elaaa industtry might be one of these.
Kinlainine his recent oraer givius
fuel administrators authority to close
industries to supply housenoiaers
! J iLI.
with roal. Doctor Uarneia saia vui
power would be permitted to be used
onlr in emergencies,
At nilDD Funston. Kans., tnree men
wprf killed and two seriously Injured
,h.n the armv bank there was robbea
by a man dressed in the uniform of
a captain in the United States army.
The three men. civilians, were killed
with an ax. it la reported, while iney
were at work in the ban. C. F. Win
ters, vice president of the National
Reserve bank of Kansas
was seriously wounded and it is fear-
on hn cannot recover.
A series of tornadoes that Drone
over Central Georgia are Known to
have killed one man. Three others
are known to have been Injured. A
cloudburst followed the first tornado
uta thn greatest damage to Camp
Wheeler, seven miles soutn or Ma
con, Ga., where more than 20,00' men
are' encamped, is from watsr. Many
tenta were blown down. . The collapse
of a corral of the 122 infantry (for
merly Fifth Georgiaeglment) caused
the death of a private named Hams.
Establishment of a government pow
der plant J'a't HadleyB Bend on the
Cumberland river, near Nashville,
Tenn. ' has beea announced by Gene
ral fcroiler, chief of the ordnance bu-
no partiality win """"
section.
Woman suffrage by federal constitu
tional amendment won in the bouse
with exactly the required number of
affirmative votes.
Ship losses and crop failures abroad
have brought about such a serious
food situation in the allies countries
that the United States is planning to
release for export an additional nine
ty million bushels of wheat, although
the country's export surplus had been
shipped by mid-December, ine pu
ple of the United States will be asked
hv the food administration to cut cueir
consumption to make up the amount to
be exported.
With every state in the union ma-
ding, Georgia was selected by the post
office department for the initiation of
motor car trunk line parcel post ser
vice, with Atlanta as the base.
is considered a
bachelor, and
575,000 square miles, an area more
than seven times the size of Ger
many. But, it may be objected, all lands
is not alike; a square mile in New
Guinea has not the same value as a
square mile in German. Of course
not. The square mile in New Guinea
is vastly more valuable for agricultu
ral purposes. Java, which is a neigh
bor of New Guinec.. supports a popu
latinn more than twice as great us
Germany per square mile. The Ger
man Government, hard up for oil and
glycerin, would gladly trade its most
fertile farmland for an equivalent
of cocoanut groves if that
were somehow possible.
But, it may be again objected.
square mile of Kamerun desert is not
of the same value as a square mile of
Alsatian coalfields in its supply of mo
tive power. Of course not. A squa
mile of tropical soil receives more so
lar energy than Is yielded by all the
coal miles of Germany in a year. Its!
supply is inexhaustible, while the Eu
ropean coalfields will run short in a
few centuries. The experiments with
solar engines in Egypt prove that it
is possible to utilize the energy of the
sun's rays, and if this cen be made
practicable on a large scale Timbuktu
and Memphis may again become cen
ters of civilization.
But, one may say, Africa is notjo
desirable for a place of residence as
Germany. So we think, but once the
. world thought otherwise and perhaps
may think again. Would those who
pattern. We should like to see tne,'reau of the war aepanmenu um
shining armour of Germania and, -the structlon will be started immediately
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sixty minion uuiioib, .uu " "
about fifteen thousand men. I ne tract
on which options were taken includes
4.600 acres and the price to be paid
for the land Is approximately half a
million dollars.
Enforced food conservation In res
taurants and extension of anti-hoard
ing regulations to make them apply
to the household are included In the
Dlans of the food administration for
ercntinor a lareer exDort surplus oi
food for the allies.
museum. But it is wei' - io remina
ourselves in the confusjon of issues
that if peace should 'e made with the
may as it stands -hich God forbid
the Allies would be victorious. If
bulged back another yard though we
miles. This means a net gain of .1,-! hope it will Germany would have
l?st the greater part of her posses
sion and prospect.
CROSS ARMS AND LUMBER.
Sibley .Manufacturing. Co. .wants
55,000 good cross arms, 3x4V4 in.
by 10 feet long at 30 cents each de
livered, and 4,000,000 feet of good
IVi inch lumber from 4 inches up.
any length. Will pay cash and best
price we have ever paid.
BOSTIAN SHE COMPANY
TO PUT ON BIG
WINTER CLEARACE SALE
Beginning Friday, January 18th,
the Bostian Shoe Company will begin
their semi-annual clearance sale of
shoes, hats and gent's furnishings.
This sale will continue for eight days
ending Sa'turday, January' 20th. It
will pay those in need of anything
in their line to attend this sale as the
reductions promise to be very great.
Washineton.
Every phase of the war department's
preparation for battle against Uerma
ny was outlined and defended by Sec
retary Baker before the senate mili
tary committee. He answered those
who have criticised the department
during the committee's investigation
with the assertion that no army as is
now under the American flag had ever
been raised, equipped or trained so
quickly and that .never before had
such provision been made for the com
fort and health of an army.
A dispatch from Madrid says the
Spanish king has signed a new decree
dissolving the cortes. Elections will
be held February 24 and the new par
CROSS ARMS AND LUMBER
Sibley -Manufacturing. Co. .wants
55,000 good cross arms, 3V4x4VL in.
by 0Vi feet long at 30 cents each de
livered, and 4.000,000 feet of good
IV inch lumber from 4 inches up,
any length. Will pay cash and best
jince we have ever paid.
FOR SALE: MY ROLLER MILL, IN
Albemarle; in fine shape. Will also
rill lot 400-ft front, on which mill
is situated. Call on or address J. L
L. Efird, E-6, Albemarle. JeS-tf
EuroDean
Germany was never in such danger
of collapse from internal and external
difficulties as at present, says the cor
respondent in Germany of The Tiji, In
an analysis of the existing situation,
The Dolitical struggle concentrates
around Foreign Secretary Von Kueni-
mann has been reflected in violent
scenes in the main committee of the
reichstag. Public action of the So
cialist minority cannot be longer re
sisted. I
Initial comment in the Austrian and
German press on President Wilson's
message is bitterly hostile. His pro
gram is declared to be unacceptable,
and one pan-German paper says it is
"more brutal still" than the recent
statement of Premier Lloyd George.
The president Is accused of desiring
to hinder the Brest-Litovsik negotia
tions, and Vienna newspapers declare
that his peace conditions are such
as oould only be imposed on the cen
tral powers it they were defeated completely.
The number of British ships sunk
by German submarines in the ruta
less U-boat w.r2are which has been
in Drogrei" since last February has
passed the thousand mark.
Leon Trotzky, speaking at the peace
conference at Brest-Litovsk, told the
Germans that the Russians were there
not as the representatives of a con
quered country, and did not intend to
ask pity, but were just as strongly
revolutionary as ever.
Snow has come to the aid of the
Italians. The Austro-Gremaa offen
sive apparently has reached a halt, if
not an end. The whole mountain ironi
where the Teutons had been making
slight but steady gains is buried un
der from three to five feet of snow,
making infanttry operations impossi
ble and hampering the Teutonic sup-
o!t lines seriously.
It is apparent that the Germans will
not be able to begin operations in an
effort to complete their conquest of
Venetia while the supply linese are
snow-bound.
As the Russian peace delegates
passed along the way to renew the
negotiations with the Germans, the
Russian troops in the trenches near
Brest-Litovsk, urged upon Trotzky:
"Be firm. Don't make a dishonorable
peace. We did not overthrow the
czar to bow to German imperialism."
A Constantinople report has it that
within the Ottoman empire there are
roving bands of brigands estimated
at three hundred thousand. They are
mostly armed deserters from the army
bent on nillage. and venture near
towns and sometimes attack the reg
ular troops in order to get arms and
food.
The hospital ship Rewa was torpe
doed and sunk in the Bristol channel
while on her way from Gibraltar. All
the wounded were saved. There were
three casualties among the crew,
"The additional strength which the
enemy can obtain from the events in
Russia and Italy already has been
largely discounted and the ultimate de
struction of the enemy's field forces i
The
Family
Man
better citizen than the
every young fellow
of the right stuff looks forward to the
time when he can have his own cozy
nest and wife and babies.
Your Big Desire Will Be Re
alized Sooner If You Start a
Savings Account Here
I FIRST NATIONAL BANK
I of Albemarle,
E.iiiinnimimiiiiHitiiii iiHiiiiiin nimm iiihihuiuiiiiihiiiiiiiiiii:
Man on
Haul your fertilizer early. There is
already a great congestion and delay in
hauling freight. Conditions will grow
worse, and unless you haul your ferti
lizer during January and February we
doubt if the manufacturer and railroad
companies will be able to supply one
half the demand during! the months of
produce
etc. that
order to
spring.
r " It is our patriotic duty to
every pound of grain, cotton,
wo rta!iblv can this year in
Win the War. We urge our .riends to
commence hauling fertilizer at once.
Beyond question there will be a scarci
ty at planting time, and we believe that
the stock of cotton seea meai win
exhausted before March 1st. We now
have a complete stock of Cotton Seed
Meal, Ammoniated Guano, and Acid
Phosphate. Do not delay, as it is im
portant that you commence hauling at
once.
Morrow Bros. & Heath Go.
CROSS ARMS AND LUMBER.
Sibley .Manufacturing. Co. .wants
55.000 jrood cross arms, 3V6x4 in.
by 10 hi feet long at 30 cents each de
livered, and 4,000,000 feet of good
Hi inch lumber from 4 inches up,
any length. Will pay cash and best
price we have ever paid.
Four per cent interest, compound
ed, paid in advance, and no taxes.
Any amount you want from $5.00 to
81,000.00, the safest investment in
the world. That's the War Savings
Stamp. Ask the Banker or the postmaster.
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liament will meet no March 18.
The women suffragists feel sure of j nag been Drought appreciably nearer,"
forcing the senate to pass the Suan
H. Anthony Fuffrase amendment be
fore the present session ends.
The shortaRe of food abroad prob
ably will bring an early determina
tion of a policy respecting the balance
to be maintained between food and
froon shinments. A decision will be
left largely to the allies, since they
best can determine which will be the
most useful to themselves in prose
cuting the war.
Senator Jones of Washington says:
"Every scoundrel in the country is
stocked ud on military supplies which
the quartermaster claims he is unable
to obta'.a." Senator Jones wants the
government to furnish officers their
uniforms at cost.
r
is the confident summing up of the
British commander-in-chief in France
and Belgium of last year's work
Germany announces a further exten
sion of the barred zone. It became
effective January 11. The extensions
particularized in the message affect
the region around "eremy supporting
points" on the Cape Verde islands and
the point of support of Dekar, French
Senegal, with the adjoining coastal
district
President Wilson's address to con
gress on the country's war aims, was
characterized by William B. Thomp
son, hetdI the American Red Cross
mission 'to Hussia, as an adaptation
of both the Russian people and th
urogram of the. Russian democracy
CROSS ARMS AND LUMBER
Siblev .Manufacturing- Co.
55.000 irood cross arms, 3x4V4
by 10 feet long at 30 cents each de
livered, and 4,000,000 feet of good
l'i inch lumber from 4 inches up,
any length. Will pay cash and nest
price we have ever paid.
It's the thing to do, if you want o
help. If you don't want to help y u
ought to be in Germany. Guy a Wa"
Savings Stamp and help our boys win.
For
SALE OF LAND UNDER M01
GAGE.
By virtue of the power and m
ity conferred upon me by a en
Mortgage Trust Deed, execute
the 14th day of July, 1913, by t
Sides, and wife Seney Sides, to
m i I lni'nfl, Will
irusiee, uuu uciaui. u. i
in mvmpnt of the bond SeCUTM
- .
said mortgage, I will offer W
to the hiehest bidder for a
the courthouse door in Albemarli
C on Saturday the 9th day of
ruary, 1918, at 12 o'clock M., the
lowing real estate, to-wit:
In the western portion of the
of Albemarle, N. C, and being
Nos. 129. 130 and 131 on a W
lots known as Efirds addition I
wants to the town of Albemarle, N. C
in. ing at the southwest intersects
Hill Street and Maple street
fronting 180 feet on Hill Street
running back west with Maple
180 feet and being 180 feet acro
back and adjoining Lot No.
the South and known as the J. K
ler lot. See map in plat book
on page 15 in Register of Deed!
fice of Stanly County.
See mortgage recorded in Bj
on page 289 in the office of the
ter of Deeds of Stanly County.
This the 8th day of January.
H. S. FREEMAN, Tnrf
R. L. Smith, Attorney.
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