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ttcusmw mcuwmn I 5iai'BmY5M3 I(XCLUB PAYS* I *1 ClUB FAYS A t5 CLUB OB Plan of The Club The plan U Simple: You begin with • certain amount, lc, 2c, 5c, or 10c, and increase your deposit the same aihount each week. Or, you can begin with a certain amount, 50c, $1.00, $5.00, or any amount, and deposit the^efcrne amount each week. How Select the club you wish to join, of the clubs; then come to our Bank with you a member of the Club and give you a Club you hare joined. 10c, 50c, $1.00, $5.00, or any payment. We will make Banking Club Book showing the Start Now ~ The 1919 Club Is Now Open for Membership THE BANK OF MOUNT AIRY, Mt. Airy, n. c. LETTERS FROM THE SOLDIERS 'OVERTHERE* (Continued from page 1) forty men was knecked off at the ■tart by a Machine Gun bullet. The mm who went with him held him in high esteem. They were men with an iron nerve. Men who went over the top with a smile on their face nev er one time fearing death or anything aloe that could meet them. These men being so desirous of avenging the death of one they reepected and loved so well did not falter one second when "their leader waa knocked off but went right on bent on destroying as much of the Germans works and their tools of war as could be found. After this was knocked off another of the nt Airy Sgts. took charge and went on without faltering. One place one Lieut, and a Sgt. went through a town and found a house with the doors ail fastened up so they, deaided to investigate and see if there were a crowd of tiarbarious lluns hid therein. The Sgt. went up to the door and knocked at which they heard a noise inside and upon hearing the noise the Sgt. and Lieut, broke open the door and Instead of finding a c rowd of the Huns tbey found a family of French people who ran from the soldiers but upon being told in Krench by the Lieut that they were Americans and they had d'iven the Huns out the old women fell upon the American Officer and wept with joy ralniry kisses upon the cheeks of the Lieut, and Sgt. There ik one Sgt. from Mount Airy that in built on skyscraper frame that had heard quite a deal of talk in regard* to the beautiful designs and makes of the tierman Watches. He being desirous of obtaining on* of these watches for a Souvenir start ed out one night by himself for the Rule purpose of obtaining one of these watcnes regardless of the time and trouble. After crawling around out in "No man's l.and" for some time he came upon two snifter* and there he got his rifle into nation causing them to pass into another world. After ascertaining for himself that they wete perfectly harmless he crawled out to them and proceeded to go thru the pockets. After thoroughly sear ching them and finding nothing but a small pocket mirror that had seen better ilny* he returned to the trench, not with the watch but with a down cant r.nd forlorn look upon his face. The following is an extract from Llovd's .Sunday news of October 20, 191 A. Hdq. 120th infantry, A. K. F. Oct. 22. 1918. Gallant Americana How they broke enemy resistance at all point*. During the past three weeks the 27th and SO divisions of the II Army Corps, American, operating with the Fourth British Army, nave taken part with great gallantry and success in three major offensive operation*, be sides being ei^aged in a number of lesser attacks. _ Having fought with The utmost dash and bravery ,n the great nt trck of Sept. 29, in which the Hin dqpliurg lme was broken, ami having on this occasion captured the villages of Hellicourt and Nkuroy with a large number of prisoners, on October Hth troops of the II American corps again *" attacked in the neighborhood of Mon ttwilln. In three days of successful flrht* inr, they completed an advance of to* miles from Monrtsrehatn to St. Souplet. overcoming determined re sistance and capturing several strong ly defended villages and woods. rifhting their way forward from St. Souplet to the high ground west of Ike Sabre Canal, they have broken do* n the enemy's resistance at all points, beating off many counter at tack*, and realizing a further advance of Marly At* mile*. Over r.nofl srtlWiri and Many guns have been takaa by the II American Corp* in thenc sevtral operation*. 3. W MINOR, ' Colonel Comdg. The determination of the Ameri can Soldier* is to stick together and make the Kaiser throw op tne Sponge and say that he will surrender All. We xerved with Hot Chocolate and Cigarettes by the Had Cross a few days ago and the Y. M. C. A. received j tome American Chocolate Bonbons which the boys went after the same as if they were going after the Hon*. It being the first time lately that we | have been able to get anything like , that. We have had a little sieknaas but { 1 not en ought to mention ae the moat! of the boys main ailment is something I more to eat. We have plenty but ' that doesn't seem to satisfy, so they go after the eggs th*t are to be found ,at the different places. Hoping this will interest you all I : ' will stop until later when ! have a few more incidenta to relate. With i love to alt. Letter from J. C Ilraughn to Wa father. C. J. Drangha, of Rusk. N. C. Somewhere in Franca. Oct. 8th, 1918. ' Dear ones at home: I write you alt a few line*. I had , a line trip over sea. havent been sea sick. I had a cold a few days, but am all O. K. now. I think the war will be over before long. I have al ready seen enough to more than pay me for the trip, it is certainly fine. Letter frtm Ban Jowi to his (to ur, Mrs. Ju. Midkiff. of Mount Airjr. Somewhere in France, Oct. IS, 1918. I Dear Sinter: I drop you a few "lines, this leaves mJ well and i.i good health and hope ! you all the same. I am sending you a coupon to put on my Christmas box. You can send anything you like, but I would prefer chocolate candy, for 1 we don't get much candy over Here. Letter from Raymond Sargent, to hia Mother. Mrs. J. D. Sargent, of Mount Airy. N. C. i Dear Father and Mother: Rec'd mother's letter yesterday and was very glad to hear from you hut am very much put out to think that you are not getting any more of m* mail than you are, for although I have not written so very often I nave I tried to get one letter nome at least [mm a weak. Yes, T am getting the papers you send from home every ! row and then and you can't imagine . how much they are enjoyed, attar i reading them myself I hand them to others and by the time all read them who rare to tney are pretty well worn out. Well before I go any farther I must tell you that you don't know how to have a sneaky feeMnft until I you hear bomb* fall that are dropped by German aviators. You know we are stationed right at a large avia tion, field, and that ia our duty to keep the Hun aviators and their bombr away at night. Well the other night we were all sitting around the stove after supper smokingMand play ing cards when all at once7%omething "bom botn, blewy, blewy," and a Dutchman sneaked in and dropped four bomb's before you could say Jack Robinson, and at once the searcn I light* were thrown into the sky and in about two shakes of a lamb's toil all four of our guns began talking to ' the Dutchman, and take H front me lietween the search lights andtheSare from the guns also the noire it gave us all quite a peculiar feeling. Well after firing about two hundred rounds ' we quit for the night quite excited. , but we had no more trouble that night but the next night several came over and they were loaded for hear, hut they didnt have anv thing on us. Ifor we h»d bean busily preparing for them all day and as soon aa the alert waa sounded every man waa at his rum ami noma ware already there, for wo were expecting >(. Well as wxin as we start*! ourriarrage they xtart ed laying egg" and believe me if they had hens in the Stated that could lay egg" "" 'aat aa those bird* did there would be good money in raising chi<l(ena. Every one waa rerl busy when all at once the aviator <in>ppr.| two large flare* frem hi* machine which lit up our battery the name a* day, and that of course was to wake his target more distinct then he (tart ad atraight over our battery, well then waa when we fait quite creepy. He laid aeveral mora 'de* emy" meaning sft. "■<«!' w •»» round* in • vary short time. Wad to day wa found out that they had two Hun plane* down at the allied hang ar* that were brojtgfet down by anti aircraft anfl our titai think tnat the ?tn and 8th bnttene* are going to get credit for doing the job, so we are all in high spirits. letter from Kobl. L. WHmU to mother. Mrs. R. Wilmotfc, of State Rood Oct. 13. 1»18. Dear Mother: I am feeling ftne and getting along alright. I am working in the Hospi tal now at night and '.ike the Work very well. We have plenty to eat and I am haavier than I wa.t when I waa at home. A company cam* in today and there wtre four boys I knew, Reck Welborw, Vestal Taylor who were in school a: Mountain Park and Taylor who worked for J. W. Gleen and Ed Snow, Rob Snow's i-oy. I waa very glad to see them. They had Just gotten here an I *1! wire well. You can't imagine how jrlad a fellow is to see a fcil-.w fr>*m home Well Mama if you don't hear from ine very often don't worry about m# for I have a real good pla fe to stay and everything is very comfortaMe and I am sure I will be getting along Are I cannot writ* often i'k#? ! did when I wan in the States but will write every chance. Letter froei V. C. Taylor to hit Mother. Mr*. A. J. Taylor, of Ararat, N. C. Somewhere in Krmnce, Sept. 5th. Dear Mother: We are at a small town called Tese somewhere about the centre of France We are all well and getting along line. Therq in no war news that would interest you, for you get the war news almost as soon a* we do. (A later letter says) Well" I «m now at a town near the coast and it rains her* all the time. , German Answer to Appeal of Austria for Quick Peace Copenhagen, Friday Nov. 30.—Peo ple of prominence in Vlenan, who are in touch with the foreign department the-* inserts that in 1917 when Count Oiemin then Austro-Hungarian for eign minirter, sought by Emperor Charles' order to induce Empqgor Willirm to conclude peace he was re ferred to supreme headquarters. When Count Ciernin pointed out that Austria was exhausted and might be compelled to make a separ ate peace, I.udendorff, striking the table, exclaimed: "'•The same day that Austria con cludes a sepaiat'e peace it will receive a declaration of war from Germany. That will be our only answer to such • breach." Count Ciernin thereupon returned to Vienna and told the emperor that nothing could be done, M • Austria's fate was indtaeolubly knitted with that of Germany. MAURETANIA BRING5 A LARGE BODY SOLDIER5. First Big Movement of Orer mu Troop* Reached Ameri can Shore* Sunday. New York, Dec. l.The British steamship Mauretania, returning *• the United States with the flrst la. ,-e body of American overseas troops an chored in Gravesend bay at 7:30 o'clock tonight. She wan met by navy and army top. She will pro bably remain at her anchorage until early tomorrow morning, when she is exported to dock at Hoboken. The navy tug, it was reported had been ordered to meet the Mauretania to bring ashore Admiral Henry T. Mayo, commander of the Atlantic 'fleet, who wax returning from England as a passenger. The army tug it was said, had orders tob ring ashore an army officer of high rank. Aboard the Mauretania, as announ ced recently by General March, chief of staff, are several thousand mem bers of the air service, who were sta tioned in England. The ship also car ries a number of casuals. The sol diers will be taken dirsctly to demo bilization camps for physical examin ation. Barracks at Camp Mills have been prepared for their reception. I .ate today. Mayor John F. Hylan telerhaphed Secretary Baker asking that troops aboard the Mauretania be permitted to parade up Fifth avenue tomorrow. Permission also was ask ed to give a dinner tomorrow night in honor of returning officers. T!ic mayor's committee of welcome made a trip down the bay tonight on the flagship of the police department fleet and circled the Mcuretania. flffmncru 01 ine pany were noi ai first rllowtvl aboard the transport and w they used megaphones and r.ire less apparatus to convey the greet ings of New York to returned sol diers, but later a gang-plank was shoved out and the civilians scram bled aboard. As the police boat's searchlights played on the Mauretania* decks, men and officers could be seen crowding to the rail, as they shouted greetings in return. Back across the water, in reply to the welcome, soon came such queries as "when do wc eat?" and "Has tl* state gone 'dry' yet?" W>,en member* of the party accept ed an invitation to came aboard, they | were deluged with requests to "phone mother and let her know I'm here," to "mail this letter to my girl" and to perform similar services. AcorJing to these on Ae Maureta nia, the ship had a rough crossing. Four storms were encountered and at one t'me the sea ran so high that the clerical force at work In the cabin had to quit when their typewriters 'wore hurlod to the floor. Tfco ship was com mnnded by rapt A. H. Rwtron, of the British navy, who was in command of the Carpatha when that vessel pick ed up victims of the Titanic disaster in I»I2. • f THera ware rousing cheers when Admiral Mayo left the Mauretania and hoarded the naval tug awaiting I him. Among his fellow paaaengera on the trip from England were Harry Lauder „ the comedian, who sang far the r.oldiers during the voyage home; and Maj. Jan Hay, of the British arm y. Hum T**k lifliii Sm< To F ranch ky Am«ric>ni. With the Bntiah-American Armies in Prance, Oct. II.—Poultry owners in the little Krench village* from which the Gtnum were driven in the big allied offensive that ended the | war have lieea having a hard time of ■it to xupply the exacting denutr.iU of the German*. Two egg« a week from •vary hen waa on* Carman requui ' tion. If the ownar failed to deliver the egg* ha waa fined one mark. He waa forbwiden to sail or kill his chick-1 ana,, and if one of them died he waa fined 100 marka. Their home* were stripped of e-ery thing that contained metal or rubber. Inhabitants in all the villages re taken by the allied troop* were al-1 lowed only the moat meagre quanti tiea of food by the German army o.TS cers. Hundreds at them declare: to the Associated Prei* corresponds^. that if it wsre not for the help given by the Unit* ! State* through the Spaninh-Amerietn relief Committee., they would have starved. There van time* when even MM of thin food did not reach them, they Mid, because it wan taken by the GerMiu and used in the army. One resident in the town of Bohain .said that 14,000 pounds «f lard sent to the Spaniah-Amerieai relief com - m 11 tee from the United Statea and in tended for the population, was takeo by the German* before they Mk-tlte place. Chamberlain's Coafk Remedy About Croup. If your children ar« subject to croup, or if you have reason to fear their being attacked by that di*eaea. you nhould procure a bottle fo Cham berlain's Cough Remedy snd "tody the directions for use, eo in case at an attack you will know exactly what course to or- tie Tfcis tr a favorite and very successful remedy for croap., snd it ts important that you observe the directions carefully. INFLUENZA A ROBBER OF HEALTH AND STRENGTH. Leaves Victims of Recent Epidemic in a Weakened Run down Condition from Which Most Are Slow to Recover. Say* Good Nourishing Food is B«st Strength Maker—But Must be Assimilated, If you Tike thousands cf others have just come through an attack of In fluenza, you know how greatly it hai we*k?red your whule ijfktem. You are at work, but "weak on your pins" and unable to attend the (train of hard daify effort without quickly tir ing. You are weak listless run down and lack strength and reserve force at the very season of the year when you should be at your physical best to withstand the rigors and hardships of the hard Winter season just before you. Strength and health ccme back very slowly after Influenza or Pneumonia unless you adopt a systematic plan of body building. It is. folly to let Ma ture take it* course without Kelp ar.d equally foolish to doae the stom ach wi'Ji strong stimulants or so-call ed tonics which whip or lash the jad ed nerves into spasmodic temporary action. The best way to quickly regain lost strength, flesh and herlth, says a well authority, is through the original source of all strength, your daily food. Food however, produces flesh, strength and normal health only in the proportion in which its nourish ing elements are ahsoitied by the blood. Your illness has thrown your assimilative organs oat of condition and you are failing to aboorh the full nourishment your food contains. Pro hably sixty per cant of the fata, tu-1 gars, starches, proteins etc., for your meals are, instfad at going into your Mood to nourish yew body, passing right through you as wa»t«— undi gested and unassimilated, such a* an burned coal fall* through an open furnace grate. This merely means that the assimi lative functions of your stomach and intcatines need something to get them working right again. There is noth ing better for this purpose than the famous assimilative known as Draco —which has been called the missing link between food eating and strength making. Hreco is not a tonic in the ordinary, accepted sense. It does not of itself build strength and fteah but spoonful . taken with your meals for a few days acta upon every mouthful you eat, first separating all the (lata, oils, su gars, i.tarche* and other ingredients that msktydch and Strength, froM ithc uselejg waste matter and the pre paring dft the fat makiftg nourishing Aamurfs into a fonu which your t pg#H can readily absorb and diatri bute throughout your body. Tlie effect ia quickly felt. Strength energy and hurt weight are quickly restored In a natural way without the need of false tonics or stimulanta. In *4 just a few days you should look, act, feel and he your old true self again. Dreco is perfectly harmless and strongly endorsed by tha physiciana wku uae It. ft Is diapanaed here In Mount Airy by The Hawks-Rothroefc Drug Co. If you have had Infaw and aru still feeling weak and M down, you should by all means gieu Draco a trial.
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