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, of SAFETY In . each
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I.OCKY AOUNT. N.'C."
Capital and Surplus
$ 200.000.00 . ; ;
Ci r.-.pounded Quarterly On
Savings, v
Yc: r Dusiness Solicited.
Tbos. H. Battle, President. " " "
R. II. Ricki, . " - Vice President
A. P. Thorpe, Vice-president.
J. L. Suiter, . '""1 '.".''.' Cashier
W. G. Robbins, - Asst. Cashier.
N. S. Dennett, . - Asst Cashler.
V ; ' :rs Frcm Nashville
. When in Rocky Mount
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a:;d cafe
Ft .? Ladies and Gentlemen,
European Plan.
' HOME COOKING. "
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A REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING
. MEETS HE AO OF GREATEST
REPUBLIC ON EARTH."
D3 CTHOES'IIS'
After Luncheon, Mr. Wiloin Unveils v
Portrait of Washington Present-. ,
ad by Lord Albemsrl., '
London. The' environment of Pre
Went WUson'a second day In England .
was quieter than that of the first day.
The only ceremonial even wai a atata
banquet In Buckingham palace which
was notable not only aa a spectacle '
euca aa- probably no other court In
Europe can provide the setting for, ,
bow that the thrones -of Russia,' Oen
many and Austria hare disappeared,
but from the representative. character
of the men summoned to meet the
head of the American government -
" Besides the members of the royal
family, the official world waa repre.
seated by the foreign ambassadors to
the court of St, James, the heads of
the government, presept and past
chiefs ot the army and nayy, colonial
officials and members of the royal
household. There was also present
dignitaries of the church of England,
representatives - of nnlTerslties and
men high In the world of Uteratare,
art .and Journalism. ., . . . .
President Wilson ' esoorted Queen
Mary Into the banquet. hall, while
King George cava his arpi to Mrs. Wil
son. ' -mi - . ' . ; -I
. The day, however, Waa chiefly a
working day with the President Five
hours were taken up by. two .confer
ences with Prime Minister Lloyd
George and Foreign ' Secretary Bal
four, on peace problems. '
For three hours In .. the morning
President Wileon, sat" -with - Lloyd
George and tha foreign secretary be
fore the open fireplace in the Presi
dent's apartment In Buckingham pal
ace. The second meeting was In tho
cabinet room ot the premier's resi
dence In. Downing street. ; The. two
sessions were broken by a luncheon
at which Mr. Lloyd George, gathered a
dozen leading British statesmen of the
conservative, liberal and labor par-'
ties. . :".
- There waa a picturesque Incident
after the luncheon when
PrMident
Wilson unveiled a portrait of George
Washington, presented to the - pre
mier's residence by Lord Albemarle.
' ' A..J ' ."Just as M Is our President, wbe
TART INVITATION GIVEN BY v Ijiands to you this medal, so I eem to
' HOOVER TO PAIR GERMANS 'see from thousands of glorious graves
. Washington. Food Administrator
Hoover, in Europe, arranging relief for
the peoples of the war-devastated ter-'
rltories, . has refused In emphatic'
terms to discuss German food condi
tions with Baron von der Lancken and
Dr.- RIeth, who sought a meeting with 1"
the food administrator, li ,: .
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A message from Paris said these two
"ZISKS::
. , . .. -nr.,... ,
man Brown, director of . commission
for relief In Belgium,, that they hal
been appointed by the German' gov
ernment to negotiate with Mr. Hoover
for food supplies, . In answer to the
request' for a conference, Mr.l Hoover
eent this, message: ;,, .;. '' '-- s;- -'
;?Tou can describe two and Ta half
years of arrogance toward ourselves
and. cruelty to the; Belgians in: any
language you may select nd tell the Americana who escaped the die
pair personally to- go to hell with my " as formed a volunteer corps to carry
compliments. If I 4o have to deal food "i medicine to the sick, bat the
with Germans. It will not be with that "situation grew seriously, and soon got
pal, " out of hand.
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THAN HALF MILLION .
v LCI: 1 'X'STEREO
OUT
gton.-
5 7 eight thousand
American eo;.. rs had been returned,
from oversells December 21, and
slightly -more Can' 530,000 in this
country had been imistwed out of ser
vice, members of K o house military
committee were told at ttuir weekly
conference at the war department.
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'The American Third army, deals
nated aa the army ef occupation, U
under the command of Ma J. Oen. Ja
aeph T. Olckman, formerly oommandM
ef the third dlvlalon. -. .
REAH ADMIRAL PEARr S FUJI
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MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED- SIR
VICE IS AWARDED TO AMER
' ICAN COMMANDER. -
Pal Hands From Thousands Glorious
. . Graves Reach Out the Laurel
. Wreath of Victory. ;
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. ; Washington. High) tribute to
"work of General Pershing and the of
fleers and men who served under bin
waa paid by General Tasker H. Bllsi
in conferring npon the American con
' mander the distinguished service medr'
al at the direction of President Wtt
son. " .' ,' - -. .: -. ' t,
,:; After detailing the work dona by
General Pershing , in creating and
training on French soil an Americas
army of more than two million men,
General Bliss said, in part; - .J u
' "With your. aid oar ancient ally has
regained her former boundaries. And
yon and your army have played t
' glorious part In a world event trana
' oendlng, In Its momentous Importance
any other since Charles Martel beat
: back the flood of Moslem's Invasion oa
the plains of Tours.
' "And you have dona It all with th
thorough devotion of tha : American
army, its officers and men, and of al)
who helped to make that army and
I w gei li nere,r -. . ' '-, .r:
pale hands reaching out to you and
your comrades the laurel wreath ol
victory, which they did so much to
;wla":v i :. -s y-f mc
ONE-SEVENTH POPULATION I
:;. DEAD IN ISLAND OF TAHITI
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Papeete. Tahiti. Influensa has turn-
,
orpapeeta bor -
reat pyres, with a stack, sheet cot-
Of bodies of many native. Walt
ing- to be thrown Into the glowing
ashes of those who. have been ooa-
sumed by the flames. .
Fully one-seventh Of the population
of Papeete are dead. .' In almost every
native home families are with no med
icine and little attention, . while the
fever consumes their lives. . They .bag
In vain for food. .. Those Europeans
INFLUENZA CONTINUES TO ; i
.-. RAVAGE MA8SACHU8ETTS
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Boston. Reports of Influenza and
pneumonia reaching the state board
'of health from 84 cities and towns out
side of Boston showed 1.794 new cases
and 29 deaths. : Officials pointed te
the low death' rate as indicating that
the present outbreak was not as seri
ous as the earlier epidemic.
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In TrrHT)T this annc icnt I. want to express ,tomy scores :of fpatrons
IiiL.ids throughout Ii and adjoining; counties my appreciation fit
tlLlr. most lil :iai patronr.ge
ci'sn t!E.la::d OF
T:!ELC::UEAF;riNE
JIIOHT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
Qrwaboro.Tt Is- te BeraU ade t 1
StopjLJtutJTm i-hamber
committee farortng, a ptanacer plw of j,,
"tSTiuonvior., m, .wusmrunt
machinery early la lilt necessary to
hare a rote on the question. A peti
tion signed J Iu.paa.eeat.oi tka-vo.
f eaaatTC tr5 -Jvi'-1
OoMs6orpJ-I(tlar4. Urkr of
Italeigh, ' a well-known professional
haaeball player, waa shot and killed
here. Ashly aottkclaad. aa SLatomo
blla driver, ishelag held. .charged
Flth th kilUajtdslBeVaaT abrtaaraer'a
Vwbingloa-A Ust ooldim who
have been .reported., prtsotierf pf war
In Qermsny", iasa4 by the war deoari
ment, include the followlngr. Report
ed to be at a hospital, Lieut Alfred H.
Walker, -J)urhaa) at aa unknown
camp, Corp. Kluti B. Uppard, Maiden;
Parley J. -Taylor, Steooah - Robin
WalkerWaanaa, fordj,. gamuel Fla-f-
stead, Spring Hope. . .
. Wilmington. R. H. Dorsett. one of
tha best known of the city's business
sea and a Mason of state-wide ao
qnaintance, died at his home here. H
was a past grand master ot the grand
council of North Carolina, being a
Scottish Rita Mason.
Charlotte. The health department
. gave ont Christmas greetings In tha
; annonncsment that only seven cases of
lnfluenxa were reported during tha
".day, this being the smallest number
reDortad tn nut ff v
Greensboro. A Curtis airplane was
wrecked here when it struck a tree
at the fair grounds... Lieut. J. W. Cant
well and Sergeant B. Van 'Alter. In
the machine, escaped Injury. j
Klnstoh. Astounding nerve was ex
hibited by moonshiners who located a
suu on me lann or ut. . en. Hoagev(-plorer, will be seat to the polar re
a prominent physician of the , La gioae next June to survey the North
Grange section, and within 400 yards,. Pole by airplane, according to an an
of his residence at that. ' noanoement here by the Aero Club
' - of America. '
1IelghCDe.PUtL -o ErneS! Th Plan. It was said, was conceived
Rataes,- Deputy herlff Stone and by Aimni B p
-Chief of Police Smith, of Apex, cap-' mvKt,
tured
town.
an Illicit distilling plant near
No one was found at the plant
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' Wilmington. Ensign Harry Shaw
was buried here With men and ofNcori
of the naval reserve stationed hers
acting as pallbearers. Ha died in New
York, during the week, of pneumonia.
a. Raleigh. Mr. J. F. Stanback Ms
received a letter from his son,. Lieut
Jeffrey F. Stanback, stating that he
Is at Le Mons, JVance. Lieutenant
Stanback Is a J)actriologlst with tho
American forces i-
Klnston. Mrs. "." Mary Moody and
John K. Moody were married recen'ly
in . Trent township, Lenoir . county.
Each is 7J years . of age. Magistrate
J. G. Whltfleld performed the cere
mony, ' The bride was the, widow ef a
nephew of the bridegroom
. r
Bowden.-Bd Cooka, the 2S-year-old
white man who eloped with 13-year-old
Gladys Baars, daughter of Mr.- and
tr .rs. Daniel Baars, has been .arrested,
Vula Ped in Jait at Goldsboro to
await trial on the charge, of seduction.
-s v-.1--;,:.-.( xr tun luieiuptuutoub wuuiu iobuiv
Wilson. The town of Stantonsburg, had been received, the number of corn
nine miles east of Wilson on, the Nor- munltles where labor Is greatly-needed
folk Southern railroad. Is forging. to exceeded by far. those where there is
the front. Besides several large enter- or may be a surplus. .
prises an oil mill to cost between S7S,
)00 and $100,000 lsjcontemplated. .
, Washington, N. C A letter receiv
ed from Reg. FulTord by hie parents
intimates that Battery B may soon be
on the way home. 1 ! , ,, r ,
Wilmington. Wilmington achieved
her goal of 6,000 members for the Red
Crosa and will be able to add more
when all reports are in.
The message
sent to Atlanta headquarters announce
ed &000 memberships : and the win
nlng ot the goal fixed, '" - '
3iiG.v..-rvlcnday,-.". January 6th!
d.irT all the past
WALTER HINES PAGE , Q
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This brilliant North Carolinian, Ex
ambassador te the Court of St James,
recently died, at hie home at Pine
hurst, N. ft
HE PLATED A GLORIOUS PART
EXPEDITION BEING PLANNED ON
EXTENSIVE SCALE TO START
NEXT JUNE.
Purpose of Enterprise te Explore, Sur
vey and Photograph Unexplored
Parts ef Artie .Regions.
New York. Aa expedition, to be led
by Capt Robert A. Bartlett, noted ex-
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Tha purpose of this expedition,
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be to 'Explore, survey and photograph
the unexplored parts of the Artie re
gions and establish the existence or
non-existence of land or lands in that
region. It is also Intended "to explore
the upper air and the bottom of the
polar, beam." j
14,000,000 MEMBERS ENROLLED
BY AMERICAN RED CR08S
Washington. Approximately 14,000,
000 members bad been enrolled by-60
per cent ot tho chapters ot the coun
try when the American Red Cross
annual Christmas roll call ended, ac
cording to -reports received at na
tional headquarters bare.- If the same
ratio should be maintained the total
enrollment would exceed 20,000,000.
OVER THREE BILLIONS IN
WAR CONTRACTS CANCELLED
''Washington. War contracts total
ling more than 13,000,000 000 have
-been cancelled by the war department.
' Secretary Baker said that while many
' protests against cancellations based on
AMERICAN PRISONERS' GRAVES :
-" IN GERMANY TO BE MARKED
New York. Arrangements for mark
ing graves of all American soldiers
who died while held prisoner by the
Germans have been made by A. C.
Harte, Y. M. C. 'A- representative at
Berne, and Conrad I$offman, the Amer
ican Y. M. C. A. secretary who was
allowed to remain fn Germany during
the war to aid American prisoners.
The plan provides tor a central Amer
ican memorial as well as small memo
rials for each American grave.
history of
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RESULT OF IKSuLl
AMERICAN FLAQ FIRED UPON
CAUSES BLOODY FIGHTING "
ON STREETS OF POSEN.
CAUSED BY GERMAN OFFICES
Oetegatlon from British Mlsston Pr
. tested to German Commander Who
t. Declared He Had No Control.
London. Firlnx bv German officers
on an allied automobile carrying anj
American flag waa the cause ot street
fighting In Poeen late Friday, says s
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
from Copenhagen. The Germans wert
defeated In the fighting. About 131
persons. Including a number of women
and children, were killed during the
rioting. -
The dispatch says:
. "There was severe fighting between
the poles and Germans In Poaeu Fri
day, which resulted In 38 women and
children and about one hundred Ger
mans and Polanders being killed. The
affray originated as a result of a Ger
man officer firing on an allied auto
mobile which was proceeding to War
saw, carrying the American flag.
"The Germans Insulted the flag nd
the Polish guard was called out. The
lighting lasted several hours and the
German.! were defeated.
"A delegation fro mthe British mis
sion to Posen protested to the Ger
man commander in the town. General
Schlmmelfeng, but the German officer
declared that he had no control over
the soldiers."
EFFORTS MADE TO PROVE
INNOCENCE OF EX-KAI8ER
Berlin. A "tegue for the protec
tion of the kaiser," has been formed
and will issue an appeal to the former
advisers of the ex-emperor, as well
as diplomats with whom he was asso
ciated, to submit all possible docu
ments to prove the kaiser's lnnocencs
of bringing about the war. Prinot
Henry, of Prusia, who ws proposp1
for president of the league, suggested
Von Hindenberg for the post.
HORSE MEAT EXPERIENCES
ANOTHER ADVANCE IN PRICE
With the American Army of Occu
pation. Horse meat a-gain has expe
rienced another advance In Germany.
Meatless days are being generally ob
served throughout Germany.
In Coblent, the week beginning De
cember 16, was a meatless one. The
ruling prices of horse meat in th
area occupied by the Amerclan arm'
Is at preesnt aa follows per pound
Horse sausage, one mark, 80 pfen
nigs; horse meat one mark, 60 pfen
nlgs; horse liver, one mark, 40 pfen
nigs. GREAT FIRE CAUSES LOS8
OF $1)00,000 IN PROPERTY
Bristol, Tenn.-Va. Fire which orlg
inated In the live-story building occu
nled , bv Mitchell-Powers Hardware
company in State street, on the Vir
ginia side, completely destroyed that
structure and four other buildings in
the heart of the business district, at
an estimated loss of 11,000,000 partial
ly covered by Insurance. The othei
buildings destroyed were occupied by
the Bristol Gas & Electric company
offices, the Lynn-Kaylor company, and
4he other two by clothing stores.
The fire, which was the most di
aetrous in the history of the city, wy
gotten under control shortly aftes
midnight when it reached the Bomin
Ion National bank building on the
north and the Strauss department
store on the south, damaging these
buildings.
- Lack of water and tha explosions
of powder and shell in the Mitchell
Powers building greatly handicapped
the firemen and when the blaze began
to spread on each side ot this building
an appeal ' was made for asaistancs
from Kinsport and Johnson City.
"A peace with Until." Milton ex-"
pressed irV ia tha kind of aieaca far
sighted met) of aliases-have prohe
ied. It is what t now demanded in
"a peace wbicbshaH be permanent."
Representatives of Ua allied nations,
unsiwilt by victory jrati faithful i
their trust, must unite in i hfirrt vri
'ot a junaacierteeuseace.'--'
So rin'outy 43hitmast Bella,-and
proclaim wrievff' beforw tha glad
tidings '' ' .' '
"FeHceunEsjth,Gd-WijiaeUen'
PlantersMoK36aflk
Rocky Mount, N. C.
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II. (J nUASWELL, . VI-mi
.H1.L.VKU F.-JONES, t Cashier
Statement ot Condition of
Farmers fitloxtiants
.ML
Rocky'Vlount.
At Clc se ot Bvsiaaar, Aug. 80, 1918.
. RESOURCES:
Lan and Discount, -. $187,827 .85
O . nlntfts, . .189 4H
Uai kirK House, Fixture, 28,889 36
li"! ds and War Stamps. . 18.225.C4
Casr. and dualroa4sanka, 49.919 97
-1 1284,662 S!l
UANUTIES:
("pi tal,
Ui. divided Profits.
! discounts,
llilis Payable,
Orpeilti,
60,000 00
1.96.7-l
' 19 6V"0 fH)
46.000 t0
JJ5MW4J
$284 662 2.
Deposits Cempssld a ef Sep eta.
Sept. 6, 1917. -' 8 64.?38 4
Sept. 6,1918; r.2Q0.688 74
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M . O Hlount, - Vie- P'-
T A. Avera, - Vice i're.
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Let Me'frite You;
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INSUBAiNCE!
Contracts- eover
alUdndsof
risks.
Best Companies
Represented.
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NASHVILLE, N. C.
Begin : The 3 flew Wear
RIGHT!
Look Dressed Up
At-All Time?.
Have Your Clothes Cleaned
and Pressed by the
20th Century "PfessiflfClu',
J. J. STATON; Prop'r. '
Nashville, - - W C.
Th3Qt4aphfc -
Should be in every home in
Nash County.
The Graphic $U50 A: Year.
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