.tTTTRPAY, JULY We
PUBLIC LEDGER
PAGXS THUZSn
(Correspondence Public Ledger)
On the night of June 30th, the Ep
rta. League Pf Banks' church, was
entertained by Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
After a word contest in which Mr.
Brooks Bobbitt was the successful
testant and Mr. Sam Parrott the
dinner of the "booby," the party was
ited out under the spreading oaks
rrnere tables were spread and delici
ous cream and cake served.
The members of the League pres
et were : Misses Eleanor Blackley,
Mary and Carrie Parrott, Minnie
TJsry, Ruth Strother, Ethel Holmes,
Leia Blet Breedlove, Bessie Kearney,
Rena Husketh, Messrs. Brooks and
Willie Bobbitt, Frank and Sam Par
ott W. P- White, Jr., Leland Jen
tins, Loren Kirkland, Edward Floyd,
Lee J. Jenkins.
The visitors were : Misses Fannie
llitchell, Leila Tomasson, Lottie
Bragg, Mary Bell Jenkins. Mesrss.
jjmmi'e Gooch, Walter Suitt, Thomas
Alien and Josie Gooch.
Everyone voted Mr. and Mrs.
Bragg a charming host and hostess
andall hope they will entertain again
soon. R
Pleasing Others
is more than sentiment it's al
most an obligation. Your fam
ily and friends want your photo
graph. I develop and print Kodak Films,
also sell Cameras and Films.
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A FARM NECESSITY
Every farm home and country
store should be equiped with an
E. H. TAYLOR SIMPLEX
ACETYLENE LIGHTING SYSTEM
A system that is easy to operate
and absolutely no danger of fire.
Every plant installed giving satis
faction. Let us give you full par
ticulars, write or see
H. M. BRAGG & SON
ltw-7-17 STEM, N. O.
J. W. KNIGHT
Optometrist and Jeweler
For Anything in the JfeW'
dry, Optical r Kepaimu
Line.
AT H. J. COUNCIL'S PIC
TURE STORE ON
COLLEGE ST.
Give Us Your Subscrip
tions For any Magazine or News
Paper. We can save you
the trouble and back any
thing that goes wrong.
SIZEMORE BROTHERS
Come in and see the COMMON
SENSE Ice Box which holds 50
Pounds of ice. It has two sec
tions, one for ice, the other for
anything jou wish to put into it.
We will furnish you this Box for
$'.00 (exactly what it cost us)
and will ice it FREE the first
time. We have one omc office
ai)d will be glad to order for all
who wish them at once.
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EURBPE
IMMENSE FORCES OF MATERIAL
AND MEN ARE BEING EM
PLOYED IN ALLIES' GI
GANTIC OFFENSIVE
Everywhere Eye Can Reach in Battle
Arena Are Perspiring and Dust
Laden. Soldiers "-British and Ger
man Wounded Seen Limping Off
The Field Together.
Press Camp in France, July 4
Facts and impressions come in over
whelming numbers to the press cor
respondent who is on the move morn
ing and' night trying to grasp the de
tails of the gigantic struggle which is
in progress in northern France. At
every turn he realizes the immense
forces of material and men that are
being employed in this determined
offensive.
Everywhere the eye can reach are
perspiring and dust-laden soldiers,
yhile on the side lines groups of
peasants call out to the passing sol
dier and the drivers of ammunition
trains, endlessly going and coming,
for the latest news. British and Ger
man wounded are seen limping off
the field side by side, while proces
sions of trucks of reloaded shells,
and ambulances deliver wounded at
the dressing stations to be passed on
to waiting trains. Where the British
and French lines join there is anoth
er world of blue and khaki uniforms
and varied kinds of transport vehic
les. An automobile took The Asso
ciated Press correspondent today to
a point on the battlefield which a
week ago had been in sight and range
of the German machine gunners. Re
serves were sitting about among the
shell craters wrought by the terrific
fire of the British guns, German rifles
were being gathered in piles and Ger
man dead in rows for burial. The
correspondent was offered captured
German helmets on all hands by the
soldiers, German offlcerse' revolvers
and even a pair of binoculars.
Change in Scene Amazing
The change from the scenes pre
sented by the monotonous trench
warfare to those of an advancing
army was amazing. From the ruins of
the German positions between Mon
tauhan and Matetz the correspondent
looked over the whole field toward
the second great line of the German
defences where the barbed wire en
tanglements were plainly discernible;
from the field won by the British
with its battle litter and silent shell
holes the spectator looked forward
to where the battle still ranged and,
west beyond Fricourt to where the
British infantry were advancing to
take another position.
Men who were spoken to talked of
"good luck" or "bad luck," which
meant thct they had made the rush
across the zone between the old Brit
ish and German lines against little
position, or that some machine guns
had been still in position and snipers
had survived the shell fire.
As an instance of the amazing raT
pidity with which the British troops
advanced, a British colonel took his
first real sleep since the fight began
in a German dugout where his pre
decessor's candle still burned on the
table.
MUST REPORT TUBERCULOSIS
Bureau of Tuberculosis Gives Notice
to All Delinquent i'nysicians
The Bureau of Tuberculosis of the
State Board of Health is serving no
tice on all delinquent physicians and
heads of institutions for the treat
ment of diseases according to the law
that requires them to report all cases
of tuberculosis under their charge to
the Bureau of Tuberculosis within
seven days after they have recogniz
ed the disease. A communication
from the Bureau of Tuberculosis, at
Sanatorium, N. C, says that only one
third of all the cases of tuberculosis
in the State are being reported and
while no prosecutions have yet been
made for violation of this law, that
the means to have it enforced in the
future will not be withheld.
The Bureau says further that there
were 305 deaths from tuberculosis
during the month of April in North
Carolin and that this number is a fair
average for every month in the year.
This shows that there are over 3,600
deaths from tuberculosis in this State
every year.
According to the Bureau of Tuber
culosis, it is impossible for this de
partment of the State government to
effect any progress along the line of
controlling this disease in the State
unless there be a faithful compliance
with the la'7 on the part of every
physician in the State.
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2
When you've been away awhile, home
cooking does taste good it satisfies ! What
home cooking does for your hunger , Chester
fields do for your smoking they satisfy I
Yet Chesterfields are mild, too !
This is a new thing for a cigarette to do
satisfy, and still be mild J If you want thio
new kind of enjoyment that smokers are rav
ing about, you can get it only in Chesterfields
Why?
Because no other cigarette maker can copy
the Chesterfield blend!
Try Chesterfields today!
1 0 for 5c
Also packed
20 for 10c
and yet they've MILD
Postoffice Department Will. Have a
Surplus
Postmaster General Burleson has
issued the following statement:
"False assertions have been pub1-
lished that 'a state of insolvency' ex
ists in the Postoffice Department and
that the department is running $80,
000,000 behind.'
"For the current fiscal year ending
June 30, there will be a surplus cer
tainly in excess of a million and pro
bably in excess of three million dol
lars. "For the fiscal year 1913 and
1914, respectively, cash surpluses
were paid into the Treasury amount
ing -respectively, to $3,800,000 and
$3,500,000, or $7,300,000 in all.
"The statement that the Postoffice
Department is 'running $80,000,000
behind' was credited to Senator
Hardwick. Such a statement, if
made, probably had reference to the
annual loss to the department under
second class mail.
"Computed for the present volume
of second class mail, according to the
conclusions reached by the Hughes
commission in 1907, of which the
Hon. Charles E. Hughes was chair
man, this yearly loss is now about
$80,000,000.
"But for the excess of costs of
handling over the revenues derived
from second class mail, the Postoffice
Department would turn in a surplus
for this year of more than $81,000,-000."
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life when he needs a' pointer a help
ing hand to guide him to his destination.
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IS THE POINTER that can and will
help YOU, if you ill begin and use
the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
A liberal Interest Paid and Com
pounded Four Times a Year. ONE
DOLLAR and: up will make the be
ginning. WHY NOT BEGIN TODAY NOW?
J. O. HASKINS, President Jl P. MEADOWS,' Vice-President
J. S. BRABSHER, Cashier
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