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NASHVILLE; North; Carolina; December 13thf 1917.
NO. 50.
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Capital and Surplus
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0 ' -03 fpTS
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DECLARES TATK Or WAR EXIST
SETWEEN UNITED: STATM'
AND AU8TRIA-HUNQARY. 7
QTQ CiSSEKTirCS IfOTE
r. 'J. Compounded Quarterly Oii
-':'rzi t:. Savings. VC-V
; Your' Business Solicited.
s . The. H. Battle, President. -,
I . R. H. Ricks, . Vice-PresideM.
S. L. Arrinirton.- - Vjce-Prcpidpnt.
. Frank F. Fagan . . : ("ashler.
W. CT. Robbins, , . A As hier.
eclallst Vote Against Aesolutlorv
: Debate Wa Brief In Both Houaft-
' RiNlutton immediately Signed by
President Effective at Onoe. .
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waehlnlstoa. War between . the
United Stdtat and Aaitrtaaiuncerr
baa Deea formally declared. ,
Concrees, with one dlseenthif toU
In the house, adopted and. President
Wilson approved a resolution declar
ing existence of a state of war be
tween - the "Imperial and royal Ana-
tro-Huncariaa goTornment and ths
goTernment and people of the United
States" authorising the President to
employ the nation's armed loreea endl
pledging Its resources to victory.
' , " Text of Resolution, "yi.
Tkh resolution follows: , . ; '
"Joint resolution. '-- " lC f.
"Declarllng that' a staU of. war ex
lets between the Imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarlan ' government and
people of the United BUtes and mak
ing provision to prosecute the same.
"Wheresa the Imperial . - and royal
Austro-Hungarlan government.- ha
committed , repeated ' acts of war
against the government and the peo
ple' of the United 8 tates of America:
ThereTbre 4 H-"r r --',JK:
; "Resolved by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
Of "America In Congress ' assembled,
that a state of war Is hereby declared
to exist between the United State of
America and the Imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarlan - government; ' and
that the President be, and he la here
by, authorized and directed to employ
the entire naval and mllttarv forces of
the United BUtes and the resources of
the government to " carry ' ba war
against the imperial and royal Anstro
Hungarian government; and to bring
the conflict to a successful termination
all the resources of the country are
hereby pledged by the Congress of the
United State. - '," ; .
- - (Signed) ' "CHAMP CLARK,
"Speaker House of Representatives
' , t "THOMAS R. MARSHALL, "
"Vice-President of the United BUtes
. and President or the Senate.
"Approved 7th December,l17.
".V V' : "WOODROW! WILSON."
PRSSIOENT WILSON SENDS
MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY
2,000 LIVES LOST BY
II Oil s
EXPLOSIO
TRAN8PORT LADEN WITH MUNI.
J TIONS EXPLODES IN HALI-'
" ' PAX hArbor!
HaLF OF: CtTT IS LUB WASTE
Washington President Wilson sent
to the governor general of Canada an
expression of sympathy of the people
of the United States because of the
disaster at Halifax. ;
'.' HI telegram follow: ' ?;";,
"In presence of the awful disaster! ed that more than 2,000 persona per
"at Halifax the people of the United lshed In the explosion and fire which
BUtes offer to their noble brethren followed the collision in Halifax har
ot the dominion their heartfelt sympa-! bor between a munlttons-laden French
uy and grier, as u otting at this time ship and another vessel, the loma,
Death' Dealing Shook Cauaed by Col
lision Between Munition Ship and
' Belgian Relief Ship Property Loss
Will Run Far Into Mllllone.
- Halifax. N.S. With the toll of
dead steadily mounting, It was bellev
when to the ties ofklndsalnnd com
mnnlty of spedch and of material In
terest are added the atrong bonds of
union In the common cause of devotion
to the supreme duties of national ex
istence." . " : ',; ... . .
STRICKEN HALIFAX SWEPT
-s --; :. BY. RAO I NO BLIZ2ARD
loaded with supplies for the Belgian
relief commission. .
The disaster, which has plunged the
Dominion into mourning probably will
rank at the most fearful that ever
occurred on the American continent.
Resident of Halifax and thousands
of volunteer relief workers who havo
come Into the city hav been almost
dated at the extent of the horror.
' Temporary morgues have been es
tablished In many buildings to which
a ateady procession of vehicles of all
kinds carried for hours the bodies of
men, women and children. Most of
them were so charred that they were
unrecognizable. Thousand of persons
seeking trace of relatives and friends
passed by. the long, silent rows, at
tempting to Identify the ones they
sought .
Virtually every building In the city
which could be converted. Into. a hos
pital Is filled' with wounded, many of
The Rocky Mount tobacco market ji. !,, , ,. 0
haa passed the lghteen million pounds . already have died In these tempo-
Sn, "wl0' R' "nr- hospitals. An ever-lncreaslng
Mount have again been brdken. The number !g hetBg taken bSm tne com.
I;1" n?ate fo; thf ,aa8,on nave, PloWy devastated Richmond district
been 18,350,t00 pounds at a price aver to th ,Biif .t.tin.
aga -of $29.33 per hundred. - - I Th. fl.mMWBV
- .Halifax. N. S. Strtcken Halifax waa
swept by a raging billiard. 80 fierce
waa the storm that rescue workers
were forced to suspend their opera
tions In the devastated section. It is
believed certain that all the injured
under the ruin of shattered buildings
have perished of cold and hunger.
Battered by a biting wind and blind
ing' snow, -the plight of the survivors
of the holocaust Is little short of des
perate. .'V.;."
proximately two and one-half sansrs
miles. It begin at what la known a
tne North street bridge extending
north to Pier 8 on the Richmond water
front and back to a point running par
allel with Oottlngen street Nothing
haa been left standing In this section
of th city. Only a pile of smoulder
Ing ruin mark the spot where the
great building of A American 8ugar
Refining Company stood. The dry
dook and all the buildings which sur
rounded It were destroyed.
In theest and northwest end the
damage waa more extensive and there
the walls of many houses were blown
to bits. It waa in Richmond, however,
opposite the acene of the explosion,
that the havoc waa greatest Whole
blocks of dwellings, most of frame
construction, ' were leveled. Street af
fter street Is In ruins and the struc
tures which were left standing by the
explosion were destroyed by fires
which broke out simultaneous in a
score of placea and which It was Im
possible to check until they had burn
ed themselves out It Is believed
scores of persons who had been In
jured by the collapse of their homes
perished in the flames from which
they were helpless ot flee.
Five minutes after the explosion
the streets In all parts of Halifax
were filled with frenzied, panic-stricken
throngs striving to reach the out
skirts in a neffort to escape what
they believed waa a raid by German
fleet Hundreds of them had baen cut 1
by the shower of glass which followed
the explosion.
Defy Description.
In the Richmond section the scenes
enacted defied description. Seriously
Injured men and women crawled from
the wreckage of their homes and lay
in the streets until they were remov
ed In ambulances and automobiles to
hospitals. Those less seriously hurt
aided those more gravely injured. In
the streets piled high with debris were
found the shattered bodies of many
women and children. Several children
were crushed to death when they, were
hurled sgalnst telegraph poles by the
force of the explosion.
The Richmond school, which housed
hundreds of children, was demolish'
ed and it Is reported only three es
caped.
Canadian officers who have seen
long service in France characterize
the catastrophe as "the most fearful
vAlch has befallen any city In the
world."
CONGRESS CLEARS
WAY FOR ACTION
RESOLUTION IN HOUSE DECLAR
INQ STATE OF WAR WITH
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
IS MMSLY APPROVED
BECOMING AN
INVESTOR '
The "bin-' fportu'-l'y that cornea
to practically ever) individual at
one time or another a'most invaria
bly requires some money.
House Resolution.
"Whereas, the Imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarlan government has
severed diplomatic relations with the
government of the United States of
America and haa .committed acta of
war against the government and the
people of the United States of Amer
ica, among which are Its adherence
to the policy of ruthless submarine
warfare adopted by Its ally, the Im
perial German government with which
the United States ot America Is at
war, and by giving its ally active sup
port and aid on both land and sea In
the prosecution of war against the
government and people of the United
States of America; therefore, be It
"Resolved by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America In Congress assembled,
that a state ot war be and is hereby
declared to exist between the United
States of America and the Imperial
and royal Austro-Hungarlan govern
ment; and that the President be, and
he Is hereby, authorized and directed
to employ the entire naval and mili
tary forces of the United States and
carry on war against the imperial and
royal Austro-Hungarlan government
and to bring the conflict to a success
ful termination all the resources of
the country are hereby pledged by the
Congress ot the United States."
Approval la Certain,
Although sentiment remains strong
In both brsnches to have the war
declaration extended to Turkey and
Bulgaria, approval of the resolution
as it stands is regarded as very cer
tain. Reasons given confidentially to
Chairmen Stone and Flood and which
probably will be made public in de
bate, were regarded as convincing.
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now. With the atart and u
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progress is sure.
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make the start by open
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Cashier.
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