1, "V. it r I ,-5 t' I V 7 1.' . 'itv . ; V' ;:. .(... ' i' ' '. t , HE AILY TIMES x c- waukixo sxjck laoocL f tiKt Every Afternoon ttcoent Sundajr By the 1, 0. GOLD PUBLISHING CO. fetal D. GOLD -iMhon ... Editor 79 Subscription - Year J5-00 -"i Mentha 2-50 Three Months 11-25 One Month 5 af Week -10 Entered at the postofflce at Wil son, North Carolina, as Second Class XUtiL VOli MARSHAL FOCH ' Greensboro, Oct. 24. A fund is being raised here for the purchasing of a carved and jeweled walking stick of lucory cut from the Guil ford, N. C. battleground near here to present toMarshal Foch as a Christmas gin. tomber of The Associated 1'iess fhe Associated Press is exclusively ntltled to the use for republication of all news dispatches in this paper and also the local news published therein. W IIL PLEASE 1HE WOULD The answer of President Wilson to Loo despicable Hun will please th.v world and the soldier at the trout.' It will pleaso France and En cland and those countries who have fun'erod so much at the hands of the thinvos and the marauders who are no afraid that the same dose that tiny have given others will be given tluMii i the allied soldiers get on the soil of Germany. The soldiers having fought the bal ties and won the war are the ones Lo make peace and arrange the ar mistice. They know how to deal will the brutes and will deal with yinm right. Again the President would assume too much resuonsibiiity if he should attempt to settle the question alone, or if he should attempt to make the opinion or America too preeminent Li, the matter. If it is not worked out in accordance with the wishes of all thi allies the position of Am erica in the future may be in jeop ardy. America does not want to assume die role of dictator in the affairs of UK! world no more than she desires Id ii;io Iter great power for selfish ondft. XTEUSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION I: Will Assert it "Authority even where It Conflicts Willi Orders oi Kail roml Administration Washington, Oct. 24. The Inter tate Commerce Comif'ssion assert ed its authority this morning to al ter railroad freight rates, though they may not be in accordance with the orders of Director Gen. McAdoo and without affirmative showingthat they are irregular. The announce ment was made that the mere fact that the railroad administration as sumed that such rates are irregular and should be changed is not suffi cient authority for the Commission to proceed to place such orders into effect without appeal, argument and debate. UUKUTE TO CHIEF DICKENS May we not as un humble repre sentative of the Colored race add our mood of praise to the life and work of the late Chief Dickens. The colored people found in police and urterwards Chief Dickens an up vifTlit m.Mt and a fearless officer. He showed litem no special favors, but universally treated them with kind ncsH, consideration and justice. I in was never abusiv e, never abused his office in an arbitrary maimer, but at the same time he was linn in the right and in the dis charKe of his duty. He had in his i,.-.-n -4 nut Im. dutv. mercy, mod eralion ant i.iown not only to those in the high er walks of life, but to the poor and thoiiu beneath him, to the humblest colored man with whom he had cause to deal. AM E III CAN CARGO SHIP SI NK; NO LIVES LOST Washington, Oct. 24. Sinking of the American cargo steamship Lake Borgue off the coast of France with out loss of life was announced yes terday by the navy department. The ship foundered after striking a rock. FKOM A SOLDIER BOY A letter from Mr. C. L. Beland to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Be laud: Somewhere in France, Sept. 26. Dear Mother and All: Will try; to write you all a few lines to iei you know I am still existing. I an.- getting along all right I guess, te j ing pretty good all the time, hope; you are all enjoying good health. Well, I am a long ways from the firing line now, don't know when 1 will get any nearer, can't even hear the big guns firing. We are in a little town in which there never has been my U. S. sol diers before. Gee, we have a time trying to talk to these people but we can make them understand what we are talking about after a while. We stay in all vacant buildings There is no camp here at all. Thi is certainly a pretty country, what I have seen of it. It looks right much like England, only the build ings are quite different. We certainly have had some trip coming here, have been steady on the go for a good while, but think we will stay here for a little while. I was sick about two days when we were on the ocean, but soon got o. k I don't know how the war is go- firmness. This was!" " ' , .American jjaiier ju mi iuhs, aim can't read anything over here. You all at home know more everyday about the war than we do. I guess I will have to stop sraok- hlm vi art tl by TIM confidence the Negro had la!" Irenes as i nave j.h .un out J,ad a quieting effect and there j ie people ue,e u B ,m - IUI MA lUUULlia until tnc j. not that restlessness amongst) The colored people admired him fciH noble, manly and chivalrous ilieh of head and heart which ho much needed in the just performance of the duty of the of fice l.eld. He treated colored peo ple us human beings and no class of peupin regret more than we his sud- mid untimely demise. He car y1lh him to his last slumber the gratitude of our people for hi3 hu mane (Tfat merit of them. It is a source of great pleasure to testify to the high christian charac ter of the late Chief A. L. Dickens. S. H. Vick. tor (UaJ went (Ipi'j ries IUI. had been noted in days gone ca 60 we auyiuing ai an iu smuivc. van gci. plenty wine but I don't like it, so that won't bother me. It costs about 40e. in U. S. money (2 francs in French money) per quart. Have you heard from Koy since he came over Has Johnny been drafted yet? Guess he has by now, though. Well, since I started this letter I have been issued a package of smok ing tobacco, so I am fixed o. k. for smokes for a while. Has Charley gotten any better yet or has he been sent home? I did not have time to write him before I left Wadsworth. Guess he stopped there to see me if he started home before he heard from you. Tell papa I have seen some of the funniest looking little trains. They look like toys beside the ones in the U. S. The engines in this country 'are something like ours. Well, mama, as this is the only piece of paper that I can get now, guess that I had better close for this time, hoping that I have not written anything that will not pass the cen sor, and you will get this letter all right. When you write me address your envelopes with ink. Your son, C. L. Deland. Write me at this address: 4th Corps Artillery Park, Head quarters Motor Section, A. E. F, lVFLUKffKA SHOWS SIGNS OP ABATING Washington, Oct. 24. Continued improvement in the influenza situa tion in army camps and In a num ber of States was shown by reports receive today by the Surgeon Gen eral f the army and the Public Health Service. New cases in army canijw totalled only 2,733, with 127 deuthH. The disease now is epidemic- at only three campe, Lewis, WasMngton; McCIellan, Alabama, and Kearney, California. Slate where the number of new cases reported boow a decrease In clude North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Care-Una and Tennessee. Report that the influenza germs may have been brought to the United States and spread by enemy agents, possibly landed on American shores from submarines, have been Investigated by government agents, but no basis for them has been found Investigators of several gov ernment departments declared to day that they were convinced, after an luyulry. that the disease was brouttit to this country through the natural ctaahnebi of affected seamen, travelers r 'teortB and not by ma licious method. ' TOWN TAXES DUE This is to notify all that the 1918 town taxes are now due. Please at tend .c tMs at once. S-13-tf FOR SALE: 65 acre farm four miles of Stantonsburg, one mile of Saratoga; 2 good tenant hous es, outhouse, pack house and six room dwelling, In good neighbor hood. A mile from 3 churches and good high school. Phone or write R. E. Bynum, Stantonsburg. 0-2 1-4 tD : I - f i .... I i,-:W 0 r 111 WUSL-froon TRY A we CORSET Every one guaranteed. Our store will be open till 6:00 p. m. every day this week, except Saturday, at 1:00 p. m. We will be in our store and take phone orders till 6:00 p. in. Satur day and make deliv ery at 6:00. If you will phone us your order we wiU be glad to deliver at 6:00 p. m. Saturday. LEE-HENRY CO WILSON, N. C. Phone No. 718 RKfLKfEi LOST: Fountain pen with gold Band containing initials H. E. B.. Reward if returned to Chamber of Commerce. 0-22-3td MISS KATE G. MERCER MARRIED Thft many friends of Miss Kate G. Mercer will be surprised to learn of hr marriaee to Mr. E. R. Stancum, according to a message received hBTfi today by friends. The lady cer tainly "put one over" on her friends. Our Important Message This Season is Quality ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of W. T, Bxum, deed., notice Is here by given to all persons indebted to his estate to make payment to me, and to all person having claims against said estate to present them to the undersigned for payment on or before October 22, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. This Oct. 22, 1918. J. W. EARLY, Administrator. Elm City, N. C. O 22 once wk for 4 wks i In regard to clothes this season, won't talk style to you particularly because know us well enough to know that you will get that; our important message is maintained quality stand ards. It's a lot of satisfaction for us to sell KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES because we know that they will up hold the reputation of this store for quality and value-giving. It will be a pleasure for you to buy them, knowing full well that they will deliver fullest satisfaction measured in terms of wear, appearance and permanent fit. New FaJl suits and topcoats $30 to $60. we you Knox Hats, Manhattan Shirts, Boyden Shoes. OorHhtl(18. Ib. low st KuvpMMaM r 26-28-220 MASH & SAVE SAVE :.l'Ji You Are Cordially Invited. save jKKffiifpS IS EVERY GIRL IS A PRINCESS Wo 'raVo nleaaure in an nouncing to our friends and the public that our new store is completed and regret to ad vise that we cannot have our at this time on account o f health conditions as we de sire to cooperate with the health board in every partic ular. Rut we cordially invite you to visit our store during the hours that we are open as our 3tock of fall merchandise oi every description are complete. Here's honine the war, the Kaiserim and the influenza will all go out together. Yours to serve, CLARK BROS. Wilson's Shopping Center 1 1 6 and 1 1 8 Tarboro St. United States Railroad Admlnlstra tion W. G. McADOO, Director General of Railroads NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD Train Schedule Corrected to October 1, 1918 As information only, not guaran eed. Trains leave Wilson: 4:45 A. M. daliy lor Raleigh ana joints west; sleeper to Raleigh. 10:00 A. M. daily for Raleigh and ntermediate points. 6:36 P. M. dally for Raleigh and olnts South and West. 8:05 A. -M. daily for Washington, Mlzabeth City, Norfolk, New Bern, imiufort, Morehead City. 4:06 P. M. dally for Washington. iMnetown, Belhaven. 11:35 P. M. dally for Norfolk and points north and east: sleeper to Norfolk. K. O. WTNSTEAD, Agent, Wilson. N. O. In America, provided she is surrounded by the proper atmosphere of good taste and refinement, which is reflected in the furniture chosen by her parents. Here no titles are recognized, people are taken at their true worth. , The same holds true of furniture' In our library and living room chairs, settees and tables in mahogany, oak and walnut, Americans have at their command, at mod erate prices, furniture which foreigners pay fabulous prices for, and identical in design with the most cherished pieces in the royal houses of England and the continent. Made by American workmen in Queen Anne, William and Mary, Louis XVI and Adam period styles, our library and liv ing room furniture is a marvelous combi nation of old master designs and modern, durable construction. We are now showing a complete line "The House of Quality and Service." WILSON ItC

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