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PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRI DAY OF EACH WEEK AT ALBE MARLE, N. C. SUBSCRIPTION I RICE, $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Snow and rain in northern and rain in southern districts Sunday except fair in East Gulf S':te:-; rain or snow abo'.t miM!t' of v.vrk, fair thereafter Last of .eek temperatures will be below normal. nse. VOLUME XXVI. LLEWXAM'S LETTER FROM CAPITAL Raleigh, Jan. 29. The Raleigh Ev - ening Times, the afternoon daily, is changing editors. The position of "ed itor," or more properly speaking, "ed itorial writer", has been offered to W. Tom Bost, and it is understood here that he will accept. Robert L. Gray, the retiring editor, has been with The Times two years. He has not announced what are his plans for the future. WarBread is Here. According to the terms of Presi dent Wilson's proclamation issued on Sunday and the "order" of Food Boss Hoover, the bakers here are put ting the first American "war bread" on the market. At first it contains only one twentieth part (or five per cent) of adulteration. This is hard ly enough to affect its nutritious qual ity or the taste of the bread. Later the adulteration will gradually be in creased until the limit of twenty per cent (or' one fifth) is reached. This means that, in addition to the already enormous quantities of wheat we send to Europe, every fifth barrel set apart for American consumption must also be shipped to the Allies to keep them from starving before we can get enough of our boys across to clean up the German army, which will soon make its strongest effort on the French front. Only by the aid of the United States have the Allies been able to hold out for the last year, and if it were not for Uncle Sam now Germany would certainly win the war over the Euro pean allies especially since Russia laid down. We all know what the Kaiser would do then with all Eu rope starving. He would man the English and French navies with Ger mans and come over to not only lick us, but to Belgianize all North Amer ica with all the horrors that term in spires. Who, then, with such a menace star ing us in the face, has the spirit to complain of a little self-denial like the war bread calls for? To the most selfish person it mart appear preferable to being fed to the Kaiser ourselves later on with our mothers, sisters and daughters shar ing the fate of the many Belgian and French women "sent to the front" to wait upon and serve the brutes call ed German "soldiers." So dont YOU make a wry face when you tackle your first war pone. They say it is just as good for nourishing the body. "Heatless Mondays" order is very generally obeyed in this section, o mich so that the main business streets present a Sunday appearance after 12 o'clock. Practically all of the stores close at noon and there is lit tle or no kicking on the part of the public. A German Newspaper Asks Clear Statement of Peace Terms. From uncensored sources the' Com mittee on Public Information has rs ceived editorial comment on the Presi dent's recent message in the Frank furter Zeitung, a liberal organ with a large circulation throughout the German Empire. The followong par agraph appears in the translation: "The foundation for the peace nego tiations has not yet been found, but we have approached much nearer to it. Wilson seeks a way out of the war in a manner not entirely in accord with us. Te see no reason for exposing ourselves any longer to the charge of lack of clarity about our war aims. Germany and her allies should come out openly with their terms. Then perhaps it will be seen that a contin uation of the war can be avoided and the resistance of governments to the desire for peace of their countries fan be overcome." FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. Robert P. Walker, Pastor. Sunday School meets at 10 a. m., A. P. Harris, superintendent. Preach ing at 11 a. m. and at 7 p. m. by the pastor. Morning subject: "How to Sweeten the Life of Albemarle." Evening subject: "Seeking the Lost," the fifth of a series of Sunday Even ing Evangelistic meetini-s. The pas tor will giv a five minute tulk to the boyi and jfir!s just befo the morn ing sermon on "The . '- "ett'ng Salt." You are most . .dally invn -1 attend all these services. V ista.ssett-EurdSilimi C'hTldnnirf Showing Their Patriotism. Prof. O. D. Ritchie, Superintendent of the Wiscassett and Efird Gradad Schools, and his assistant teachers are i i t jwuie awaKe concerning the sale of the .thrift stamps among their manv pu- 1 ,n last Fri,ia-V the Pul,:,s Pur' j chased nearly two hundred dollars' worth, and several of the pupils fill ed their cards on the first sale day an.l received a $5 War Savings Certifi cate, which shows the patriotic spirit of these boys and girls. Every child who buys a stamp helps to win the war and each parent should help their chil dren to do something for a successful conclusion of the war, and there is no better way than have the children buy thrift stamps. Prof. Ritchie will sell stamps each Friday at his schools and aid the pupils in saving, which will be a valuable lesson. Below we give a list of those who have already filliH"ost intellectual characters in theja destroyed house. ciA fu0:- r. ,.4- ai n. i ... - eu .' - r i . . ' ' ed their first thrift card. Nellie Lowder, Edward Harward Judson Smith, Pfohe Johnson, Boyd Hatley, Lila Lewis, Roy Lowder James Lyerly, Bonnie Causby, Voight Rogers Joe Smith, Essie Lowder, Louise Tur ner, Louise Greene, Cora Furr, Vic toria Dunn, Sam Smith, Gladys Doby, Grady Turner, Addie May Lyerly, Hubert Smith, Blanche Furr, Pearl Causby, Raymond Sells, Bryan Smith, Arlie Tucker, Maud Turner, Ralph Causby, Opal Lowder, Howell Har wood, Rena Miller, Ruby Furr. Three cheers for the boys and girls of these schools! They are going to surprise the people of Stanly County in their patriotic effort to defeat the worst enemy this country has ever had the German Kaiser. MISENHEIMER. Tuesday morning the sun came out so lovely and nice and made every one feel good and cheerful but in a' very few moments the sun hid herfattendance is desired. face behind the clouds and everything became gloomy and dark as ever. Mr. Sandy Eudy, of Millingport, came from home Monday morning in good time to meet the Salisbury train as bad as the weather was. Mr. Georee Dry is ill with symp toms of Pneumonia. He is attended by Dr. Allen of New London, and also Mr. Dry's little daughter is thought to have the measles and others are supposed to have the meas les in the community. Plenty of mud and everything is in a slush. Some oaf mill people from Albe marle spent Sunday and Monday in their homes as Monday was not work day in the mills. Mrs. Kimball, widow of the late Boss Kimball, is very ill. She has been a paralitic for some years and confined to her bed. Miss Fanne Cline, of the Mitchell! Home force of teachers, is back again at her post. ADMINISTRATION CLOSES SOUTH CAROLINA PLANT Washington, Jan. 30. The license of the Cleo Oil company, of Cleo, South Carolina, has been revoked and the concern ordered to close its bus iness not later than February 6th, the food administrator announced today. "Speculation in and hoarding of cotton seed' is the reason given for the order and it is announced that as all of the company's products are manufactured from cotton seed, which is under license, it will be unable to operate even as a fertilizer plant. The company had on hand three million and two thousand pounds of cotton seed and had been inoperation only two and a half days in the past year, according to statisttics brought out at the hearing before the federal food administration for South Caro lina. This, it was announced, was an amount above the reasonable needs for a reasonable length of time and was taken as "clear proof that the seed was being hoarded for specula tive purposes. eoe'ytodwkarfgthmbarfghmb ALBEMARLE CIRCUIT. Rev. H. F. Starr, Pastor. Preaching sit SUny Hill Sunday morning at 11 oV ,k. The Lon"- supper will be administered after the service. Everyone cordially invited. WANTFD by young mr.n a job, have had four years experieme in a general store. Can give Al ref erence, can go to work at o. -'. Ad dress I. O. Box 166, Albemarle, N. C. 2-8-2tp. ALBEMARLE, NORTH CAROLINA, SOCIAL A larger number of women have' Two Americans Killed by Bombs. f)Wers Saturdav, 25 miles south o' not be?n present at a previous meet-: Ita,ian Headquarters, in Northern i v:anta Rosalie, when the Villa troo'i ing of the Womans Club than at the i Ita,- Jan- 2:). Two Americans at- j dynamited a work train going to r'p one held on Thursday evening, Jan. jtached to the American Red Cro.-s hano to roi,air the railro;ld Hne a'K, 'J. After a short bus ness imwnm Mrs. J. Harris introduced Miss Em - - f - P5 ' " , v Bryant, who delivered a lecture nn "Women in War Time," the keynote ; William Platt an(1 Richard Fairfield, of which was one of inspiration to wo- an,i the-v represnt the first Americans men, with the underlying thought thi'.t:to be ki,lei in the Italian fighting out of the present day frightful war zone- conditions will come better thing.-, ; I that the present horrors will act as v. j Three Ki"el Air Raid London, corrective to the wrong living intojJan- a0- In ,ast night's air raid which the world has drifted. .three persons were killed and ten in- The people of Albemarle are learn- ;jured, it was announced officially to ing that thev have in their midst in!da'- !t is feared the bodies of six thXperson of Miss Bryant one of the country, one is a cousin oi tne great ' American poet, William Cullen Bryant and a relative of the New England poet, John Greenleaf Whittier, and she herself is possessed in a marked degree with that power of expression which made her great relatives fa mous throughout all the world. In the future the people of Albemarle will not fail to avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing Miss Bry ant when the same presents itself. She is not only learned in things gen erally, but has that broad-minded view of things which is the result of world-wide travel. She is a member of the faculty of the Albemarle Nor mal and Industrial Institute. t The Household Economics depart ment of the Woman's Club will meet at the Community Building on Thun day evening, Jan. 31 at four o'clock. A very helpful and interesting pro- gnfm has been arranged and a full The Twentieth Century club held its first meeting this winter, Tuesday afternoon, with the president, Miss Mary Mabry. Nearly all the mem bers were present and a most enjoy able afternoon was spent. The ciub is to continue this year its study of American writers and further to ' provekdes fp r the registration of youth its patriotism by helping the Ameri can fighters. So while one member reads the others will be busily en gaged in knitting and sewing for our soldier boys. Another feature will be the Hooverized refreshmerts. Tne members will vie with each other in preparing dainty and delicious war dishes for their guests. The next meeting will be with Mrs. G. D. IS. Reynolds. F.A. An enthusiastic meeting was held last Saturday in the interest of the War Savings Certificate ana Thrift Stamp Campaign at the court house. About seventy-five per cent of all the teachers of Stanly county were present. Mr. Eddin, County School Superintendent called a meeting of the school teachers to plan for the Spring Teachers' Institute. The War Savings Committee took this oc casion to explain and enlist the help of this body in the selling of stamps and it was met with a hearty and pat riotic response. The speaker of the occasion was Mr. F. A. Hampton, of Rocky Mount, who is connected with the department of internal revenue. He made a strong address for the cause. Mr. W. L. Man, County Chairman, of the War Savings Campaign, then called on Proffessor Eddin. Mr. Ed- din responded with a short talk He made a strong and forceful appeal HAMPTON SPEAKS for the Thrift Campaign. I business man and Lathrop Brown, a Mr. O. D. Ritchie, Principal of thejN'w Yorker, formerly a member of Wicassett-Efird school responded to Congress and now a special assistant a call from the chairman. Mr. Ritchie is an enthusiastic worker as well an ! enthusiastic talker. He got his plan To Europe to Represent Shipping. in d ; iiite &ha:? and presi -ted a , Washington, Jan. 30. Raymond Ste working '-ip, and suggested manyjvens, vice chairman of the shipping points of intack that could be ued. board and George Rubblee, of the bv the workers in the campaign. : It was an organization meeting and ti e county is well organized now. i teacher? .ur this campai their 1 : support iM co-operatio'. You never overbea '. iv.o fe-irlb ti-.Hc ing but wha' a "he" is mentioned ccr two young men but what a "she" gets in somewl-ere. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1918. LATE M i'r Miien ai .ueatre on aunca !mSht by bombs dropped from German air machines. The Americans were I other Persons are buried in the ruins ; A Murder and a Suicide on a College j Campus. Athens, Ga., Jan. 30. The j bodies of Miss Belle Hill, of Johnson j county, and Jamie Johnson, who came j here as the guest of a student of the rUniversity of Georgia, were found on the college campus, both having died of pistol wounds. Indicatios were, the authorities declared, that Johnson shot Miss Hill and then killed him self. The shooting, it is said took place between three and four o'clock in the morning. The Conscription Convention Ready Washington, Jan. 30. Agreement be tween the United States and Great Britain and Canada on terms of sep arate conscription convention and , Iwfiich only awaits the signatures of the representatives of the govern ments concerned was announced by Secreary of State Lansing in a letter to Chairman Dent of the house mil itary committee. Draft Machinery for Young Men. Washington, Jan. 30. War depart ment legislation tentatively agreed upon by the senate military commit tee and designed to provide additional draft machinery was ready today for 1 nf TrA 1 1 i in ttio ungfa ' I 'Vt a Kill attaining the age of 21 since June 5, last, and authorizes the fixing of quo tas on the basis of class 1 and the new classification and empowers the President to call men needed for spec ial industrial work. Severe Cold Wave is Sweeping Northwest. Washington, Jan. 30. Further hardships from lack of coal another tie-up of congested railway systems and the slowing down of in dustry is in proppect with the appear ance in the Northwest of another se vere cold wave which covers the Northwest and Central West. It will cause cold weather over the eastern half of the country for several days, reaching the Atlantic coast Friday. It is accompanied by general light snow. Ice Gorge Breaks One Ship is Sunk. Cincinnati, Jan. 30. The ice gorge at this point broke this morning at 10:30 o'clock and the ice began to move slowly down the river. The first boat to be taken with it was the City of Louisville, It swung loose from its moorings and crashed into the government boat Ottawa. The Otta was not hurt but the City of Louis ville soon sunk. Three Members of Wage Scale Named Washington, JIT an. 30. The wage scale commission today appoint- edthree of the four members to hear minor wage complaintsh. The three named were: Ed. J. Barcalo, a Buffalo manufacturer and a prominent leader 'of labor reforms in the state of New York; Riley Rodpath, a Kansas City the secretary of the interior. board of legal advisors, are to be sent 'to England as permanent representa- ( tives of the shipping board. Senator Faghe! Dead. Wi-hing-ion, Jan. 3 -nntor Wir li.ighes, of New J hl today aftr a long ?lli ? Vv otk' of his death reach ed tta White House during t"- morning. ilia Followers Kill Passengers and Many Soldiers. Juarez, Mexico, Jan. 29. More than 110 soldiers and' passengers were killed hv Vill-, remove the debris of the passenger truin which was robbed and burned there Wednesday. This information was received here tonight from the south by a number of reli.ihli. nor. sons and was not denied by the auJe "tities f foodstuffs' Partic thorities. , ularly flour, in this county shall re- ' turn their surplus above one barrel SERIOUS STRIKES THROUGHOUT GERMANY Dissatisfied with the progres of the sian elcctio...o(hvkarfgthnib peace negotiations and with Prussian electorate reforms German workmen have brought about a number of se rious strikes in Berlin and other parts I of the empire. The German govern-! ment has begun strong repressive measures and the arrest o ftix lead ers of the independent socialist party has been ordered, while at Kiel the leaders of the late unrest and dis turbances have been sent to the front. In Berlin and suburbs ninety thou sand workers were not at their task on Monday and this seriously ham pered the lectric works and the plants making airplanes about the capital. Strikes are also reported at the im portant manufacturing towns along the Rhine and in Westphalia. The steel making plants of Essen have been affected and at Kiel work ers in torpedo factories and at the docks have been out since last Fri day. All meetings in industrial centers have been prohibited. The strike ag itations have come from the indepen dent socialists and not from trades unions. In addition to ordering the arrest of the six leaders of the inde pendent socialists the authorities have also, according to reports, ordered the arrest of Adolph Hossman, the editor 'of the socialist organ, and an independent leader in Prussia. The strike movement is said to be directed against delay in passing the Prussian reform bill and the annex ation propaganda conducted by the Fatherland party which assailed bit terly the conduct of the German emis saries at Brest-Litovsk. The general strike broke out Monday, the day af ter the Emperor's birthday. In Finland the revolutionists have set up a government of their own. Late reports are to the effect that the fighting has lessened in intensi ty with Revolutionists in control in the south and the government forces victorious in the north. Swedish sub jects in Finland were endangered by the revolt, one report being to the effect that Swedish troops already had entered Finland to aid the govern ment. On the western front the British have repulsed attempted raids near Arras and the French have checked a German raiding party in Alsace, tak ing prisoners. Artilery and aerial activity is most maked in Flanders and northern Italv. The Italians in northern Italy are being reinforced says a dispatch. LOCUST. Born to Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Cray ton on Friday, January 25, a daught er. D. C. Tucker and Baucom, of Peach land, were business visitors here last Monday. Benton Curlee, Jr., of Landis, spent I wartil d'lir Af I , , -V , . , 1 . I ... ! relatives. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Eudy almost lacerated one of her tonsils one day last week when it fell. thrHnn- , l,. ..KV. oll-B un,Boyett weofc its throat. An enjoyable social event was a' JIr E- B- Shankle spent Monday birthday party given Saturday night 'and Tuesday with his mother, Mrs. at her home by Miss Annie Yow. De spite the mud and rain a goodly num- j ber of young people were present and -pent a very pleasant time together, -liss Annie was the recipient of many mce presents. Send a one cent stimp to Milton ' W.n' A"mar1 N. C, and get aj . ' ' " Miss Hallie Talbert rrljrned Wp.J.;por a fine time and says he killed nesday from John Hopkins II. spital at B.i :n...re. Md.. whern sha ko. ' ' - " 1 ' V 1 I undergoing treatment for months. Her n... y Vie a t . . giau io mow u tij;e is gre. proved. X UMBER 9 J. E. KLUTTZ GETS VIGOROUS LETTER County Food Administrator J. E. Kluttz has been instructed by State Food Administrator Henry A. Page to take prompt and vigorous action to the end that all purchasers of excea- 'to the dealers without delay Mr. Page evidently- means busi ness and Mr. Klutz means business too, for he announces that the State Food Administrator's instructions will be carried out to the letter. Mr. Page wrote one of those straight-from-the shoulder type of letters that is char acteristic of the man. He demands action and action right away. In his letter to the County Food Adminis trator Mr. Page instructs him as fol lows: " (1) That you demand of each re tailer in your county a complete list of consumers who have purchased flour in excess of one barrel during the past three months. " (2) That you immediately noti fy the purchasers whose names are submitted to you or whose names you can secure that they must return all l"our in meir possession in excess of one barrel to the dealers from whom they purchased, these dealers being required to take it back at the price they received for it. " (3) That you take every means within your command to remedy this situation just as promptly as possible. " (4) That you submit to us very promptly for indictment and prose cution the names of any merchants who withhold information and the con sumers who retain in their possession more than one barrel of flour after they have been given an opportun ity to return it to the dealers." Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 29, 1918. J. E. Kluttz, Food Administrator, Albemarle, N. C. Notify all merchants through yoar local papers no exceptions can be made to ' New Food Administration Ruling forbidding sale of wheat flour except in connection with equal amount of other cereals, including corn meal, hominy grits, oat meal, rice, barley flour, edible wheat shorts or middling corn flour, corn starch soy bean flour. HENRY W. PAGE. LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Lester Melton spent Sunday in Nor wood. Mr. J. F. Morton is confined to his room with sickness. Mr. Geoge W. Reed went to Nor wood on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Boyett have re turned from a trip to Florida. Winola, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Horton. has scarlet fever. Miss Ramelle Smith spent last week end with friends in Columbia, South V. D. Ross has moved into tie residence owned by Mrs. Mag Lit tleton, on Third Street. Miss Theresa King spent last week end wth Mrs. Paul Book at Badin, North Carolina. 'Miss Jenna Crump, of Norwood, Q re n f n -f n- A n a. i r " uas Wlcn rs. J. Si. - V' Rankle. Mr - T Ffi . , t ., KJrtodV L ting" Mr father, g j: Halph, the little son of Mr. Sid Mabry left for Mt. Gilead Saturday to visit Natives there. Mr. E. E. Snuggs has returned from "is hunting trip to Florida. He re- U-"" his first deer on this trip. or several lou.- and Mis. Jackson, of Binninir id wiU be ham, Alabama, were the guests of .nvuiiiouu, vj. itiiaf - Mr. R-d Irs. W. C. Fitzgerald last v oek.
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