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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20
Death of Mrs. E. S. Davis.
(Contributed)

This excellent Christion woman
died in the James Hospital, Ham
let, Wednesday, June IL, 1918,
after a brief illness.
Mrs. Davis was the wife of DR..
E. S. Davis, of Rockingham, and
was nearly 70 years of age at her
death. She reared a large family
of children, all of whom are
grown. They are: Mrs. F. B.
McLester, Miss Sallie and Miss
Ella Davis. of Rockingham, Mrs.
z. z. Hadley, of Badin, Mrs. J.
B. Marlborough, of Concord, w.
c. Davis, Of Lynchburg, Va. and
G. W. Davis, of Marion. Mrs.
Davis was also a sister of Mr.. A.
D. Dumas OF this city.
The body was laid to rest in
beautiful Eastside Cemetery
Thursday afternoon, in the pre-.
sence of a large crowd of sympa-
thetic friends. Her pastor had
charge of thefuneral ceremonies.
Mrs. Davis was one of the
choicest saints in Rockingham.
She was loyal and faithful to her
church the Baptist, and was de-
voted to her Missionary circle.
But her christion graces were ex-
emplifed more perfectly in her
nome life. All who knew her III
tiraately, rated her as one of the
most even tempered, gentle Chris
tians in all the community. She
will especially be missed in the
horne circle.
The sympathy of the entire
community is with Mr.. Davis, the
lonely, bereft husband, and with
all the children. They mourn
not without hope, for the deceas-
ed had long years ago placed her
case in the hands of the Lord,
and she now awaits the resurrec-
Ition.
Her Pastor,
Bruce Benton.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20

Mrs. Henry Farley and son,
Henry, j, went to Philadelphia
Friday to consult a Specialist
about the latter's eyes. They re-
turned on Monday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20
Extracts from Robt. Waddell.

The following are some extracts the
editor has CLEANED from several letters
from J. Robert Waddell, of 89th Company
LIST Regiment, Marine Corps, Navy Yard
Philadelphia:
81 qualified as expert rifleman at the
range at Quantico few days ago writ
ten May 5th). failed to make as good
a score as before, but it was good deal
harder this time because we used lar
ger peep sight. made 255 out of poss-
ible 300, and was beaten by sergeant
who made 261. The scores for the diff
erent classifications are marksman POP,
sharpshooter 239, expert rifleman 253.
We had 5 experts % sharpshooters and
70 marksmen; there were only 5 men
who did not qualify (make as much as
2O2.) All the sharpshooters and experts
had to shoot sniper's course in the af-
ternoon; that is long range shooting, 8,
10, and 1900 yards; the other range is
from 2 to 600yards. l made at 300 yards,
43 out of possible so; 1000 yards, 40;
1900 yards, 38. We were shooting at a
"a inch bulls eye, and it looked like a
ten-cent piece at 1900 yards.
Il received two copies of the Post Dis.
patch while at Quantico; needless to say
how very much enjoyed them.
WRITTEN JUNE 6th.-.-
"Sinoe J4nc 81. v. Nave been some
where at sea-" Our entire company was
taken on four different destroyers to
look for submarines and do guard duty
on the coast, near where the German
submarines were supposed to be operat.
ing. We had lots of fun even tho we
were so unfortunate as not to sight a
submarine. About all of us were power
full seasick the first day out. We saw at
the mouth of the Delaware one of the
sunken ships; also saw some mines that
the enemy had laid and which our nine
sweepers had pulled up. l wonder if
John McAulay is on mine sweeper now?
| enclose some clippings in reference to
the splendid fighting done by the Marin.
es in France few days ago. Just think!
there are but 5000 marines over there
and yet in three days fight the Ger.
mans had to rush in four new DIVIS.
IONS of crack troops against them Yes
we are proud of our marines. sure
would like to be over there with a Lewis
machine gun backed up to my shoulder
Makes me sick that we are kept over on
this side"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20

PROGRAM.
Sunday Savings delivered Sunday
Schools and Churches.
Monday House-tohcuse begins.
Tuesday continues Meeting Of
township scheelhouse make reports
Wednesday 2e Housetohouse continues.
Thursday finished Meeting and
report Of workers.
Friday Savings Every
additional pledges required
townships quota.
township and ward chamen abu
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20
DR.. Thompson, of Charlotte,
was a visitor in Rockingham this
week.

Mr.. John S. Covington enter
tanned a number of friends at .
fish fry, out at the new club house
at Ledbetter's on Friday after
noon. The company went out
about four o'clock in the after
noon, some to fish, others enjoy
ed swimming, but all were ready
for supper. The party consisted
of Mr.. S. W. Steele, DR.. and Mrs.
]. M. Ledbetter, Misses Jessie
Steele and visitor, Mr.. Robert
Simmons, of Rutherferdton, May,
Faith and Eleanor Covington,
Laura Steele, Elizabeth Haywood,
Mary Todd Armistead, Kathryn
Mcdonald and Ernestine Nuttall.
Midnight found the bunch wend-
ing their way to town, after a
most delightful time.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20

Friday morning Miss Sarah Lily
Dockery gave a most enjoyable
sewing party in honor of her sis
ter, Mrs. Cornelius Waddell, of
Cheraw. The company assem-
bled on the porch and sewing was
engaged in along with plenty of
small talk. After an hour or
more, the hostess, assisted by
Misses Beth Thomas, Ruth Harri-
son and Mary Louise Everett,
served creamedch in patties,
pineapple salad, beatenbiscuit and
ice tea. Those enjoying the hos
pitality of Miss Dockery were:
Mesdames Sawyer and Brock of
Elizabeth City, house guests of
Rev. and Mrs. ]. H. Hall, Fred
Bynum and visitor, Miss Bynum
Of Rock Hill, S. CIV. N. Everett,
Jr., w. L. Parsons,A. S. Dockery,
Isaac London, A. M. Palmer, B.
T. Payne, Jno. Dockery, G. G.
Shannonhouse, F. w. Leak, Mis-
ses Ann Steele, Nancy Farley
and MosSie Long.
Miss Janet Farley most grac-
iously entertained the members
of her bridge club and a few in
vited friends, on Saturday after
noon. Five tables were arranged
in the spacious living room and
hall, where the game was played
with much enthusiasm until the
hostess called for scores, and ser
we'd a most delicious assortment
of sandwiches and ice tea. Be
sides the members of the club
Miss Farley had as her guests:
Mrs. Lee, of Charleston, S. c,
Miss Lea McNair, Of Wagram,
and Misses Bynurn of Rock Hill,
sc, house-guests of Mrs. Fred
Bynun1.
Mrs. Henry Farley and son,
Henry, II, went to Philadelphia
Friday to consult a Specialist
about the latter's eyes. They re-
turned on Monday.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20

Mrs. Fred Bynum entertained
at three tables Of Bridge honoring
her visitors, Mrs. Peter Ihrie, of
Rock Hill, S. G., at her bungalow
Tuesday afternoon.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20

Quite a party went to Jackson
Springs Saturday night to join in
the dance, which was much en-
joyed.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1918-06-20
NORTH CAROLINA over THE TOP
IN WAR SAVINGS STAMPS JUNE Is

President Wilson Procaims June % National War Savings
Day-Governor Beckett Designates June % % War Saw
ings Week-Every Person Will Be Asked to Pledge.
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Nnnluler 1851

ein nit @oloreifen oer5ierter 3o6ef-
but mar Ser Bel5lurl1s reid]t in
9fuBlano bis 5u ben tpenig begiiterteiI
&lollen binab, uno elm poar Belse
mnB ielbit Der 8iirgersmunn beiiseu.
Merfpiiroie lit babel, pie fonierpa,
tio getpiiie alalien itnb Sd)ihten oes
ruIiiiden 8olfes al, ibren uralten
Eelamooen feitbalten So trdgt scr
rulliihe ganer MIR iueibe Beige, Ser
&almilfe nur foffeebrallne umo Der
Satar MIR .filbergrauc.
Sel5biite, pelaper6rdrntc aleiber.
pel5gefiitterte Mantel iino illrraer Der
Stol5 ibrer geiiser gepeien.
8abreno Der areu5aiiee bioetcn
Die foltbaren Gel5e Der Siirlten nns
Hitter Elm 8ellteltiid, auf oas es i6rs
nloslelnitii6en @egner beionoers ab-
geieben batten Sogar in Der tr1itteIat-
terliden Seraloif fano oas s9eelstperf
geriDenoung Das Dem 3ol5i1iIo
allfgeflebte @appenbilb mnroe piel-
fad IN Bel5 ansgeidnitten, pobei fir
Die peridieoenen 5arben peribieoe,r.
artig gefdrbtes Bel5merf perlpeiloet
ipuroe: fir Sdmar5 ounfler 3obel,
fir 8eiB Sernelin, fir Hot aalinfen,
oes Maroers rotbraunes Seabett, fir
meiBblaue Sonung oas 6ea oes nor.
oiiden gi9bornbens. Na1oen be-
reits inn u. Sabrbunoert oos 9ragen
bon graltetl Hel5merf eittnal iinter.
iagt mar, erlieB Die &onisin @liia-
beth bon England i'm 16. Sabrbun-
bert gegen oas 9ragen BON foitba-
rem Belsnerf Elm Itrelges @erbot,
oos iogar bas 5eittpeilige p0Qige On-
nieoerliegen oes nod Der grltbefnns
Mmerifas i'm slufbliiben begriffeneir
Haudpaorenbanbels sur Jolge batte.
SSn oer Nel5eit lit oas Nauhmerf bel
anen &ultlirbolfern elm lineiltbebrIi-
der 9nnoelsartifeI geluoroen, Dem,
Die Mooe, oie auh nnf llrltpegen oenl
@elhmadpoalten auf oie Gplr
fonlnlt, bat biilne1l meligen @intcr1t
oem Hel5Derf eine STRENGTHENING elm
aerdun1f.
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Die baltiidje ssiasse.

(uYeiter 2lopo" bonn 4. Nopember.)
Se6e Der bnltiihen Yropilt5en baf
ibre eisene, oreifarbige Slagge. @el-
DIE 6abnen ioIen nun Die baltiihen
2dnoer als Beianlntbeit annebnlen2
Dieie sSrage bebnnbelt Die 3eitihrift
eDis Office" 0ie baltilhen 2anoe
iino als neues @lieo IN oen &reis Der
SitieeralloItaaten getreten uno idlics
ben nit Dem Shmelteritaate 5inn-
lano BEN Sing nm oas baltil1e Weer.
aud sSinnlano bat iid bereits ieiit
neles Banner, abpeiheno bon ieinelt
@appenfarben, eeludblt nno iid in
slnlebmtilg oil Die Banner Der iibri-
gen Sitieeltaater fir Elm &rel5 ertt.
ihieoen. Die finniidle Slagge aeist
oas blaue areil5 auf peiBem Seloe,
Die 9dnenarfs Elm meiBes areu5 aitf
roteln @runoe, Die 9tprmegcn ein gel-
bes arel5 auf blallem @rlnloe. Soil
oas 9altenlano ein elltiprehenoes
Banner erbalten. 10 mare Das Ndhit-
liegenoe, Dos 8anner 9inlanos.
nit Dem idpar5en &reu5 auf Dem
meiBen 5eloe tpieoererlteben 5ll laiieir.
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oeS blutigen Dramas oes gSeltfrie-
ges, enoigte nit Dem Siege Der 0e-
mofratie. 9lus oen Iriirnlnern oe5
aaiierreids erltebt bie oelltIde Gs-
publit.
Ser @orort oes 9toroarnerifaniI0e1
Surnerbllnoes ipridt i'm gtanten lei
ner gon5en @ereinigung, mcnu er lei
ne 8enrgtllllng ausipri6t ilber Die
erbebltng Der oeutiNen uno oiterrei=
dii6en 9fepollttionare lmo oie @riin-
Dung oes repll6lifaniiben 8olfs-
ltaats. sDtoge IicD aus Dem gSioer=
ltreite Der Weinllngen uno S1tereIIe,l
I'M Centrum gurppas Ell Staatsrpc=
len enttpideln, bas in Ieinen inneresl
politiiden @inridtlngen nltf ser so
be Der 3eit itebt."
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Steuer WOtis.

Staats- inS Gonntp Stenern fur
bas sSabr 1918 anf @rmnb- nnS per-
i0nlides Gigentnm, rr1iiiIen big shm
81. Sannar 1919 an ben Gtener-&pl-
leftpr Sobn ". Sitter entridtet ,uer-
ben, iut Die 3ablung elmer Strafe
mno Soften upn 10 Erosent, 6ie aus
periDnlides Gigentmm erboben iuer>
ben, 81 bermei6en.
James R. Davis,
County Gidter.
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Der @orbamerifauiide Smrnerbnno.

Die BON Der 0gliio5iierten Breiie"
fur5 crtpabnten 9ei6liiiie oes 9cr-
orts oes decentralization Surner-
bunoes be5iiglih slnerfennung Der
oeiltiden Gepublif nuroen in ser De-
5enberlisnug oes gororts ou SsStloia-
napolis angenommen uno ipuroe,l
nidt nllr iamnltlihen Sltrnpereincil
5ngelanot, ionoern aud in 3auien-
Den BON @rentplaren perbreitet. Gas
benlerfensnerte Sbriftitiif, meld)es
bonn griten Spreber 9beo. Stelnpfcl
iowie ianntliben 8ororts-9eamten
ltnterseidnet lit, lautet lportli1 pie
folgt:.
Scr gtoroamerifnnii1e Eurner-
bnno peroanft feline gntltebung oel,
politiiben 6liihtlingen aus Deutim.
lano uno Oeiterreih, Die lid5 in oen
Ser. Staaten anlieoelten, nadoeln
Der Notwithstanding Ser Sabre
fS48-49 Der geriud miBIunge.l
par, oas Sod Der Monar1ie uno oes
Wfilitarisinns ab5uId)iitteIn.
9lnfanglid) bofften iie, BEL eineu
9Sieoerausbriihe Der HeDolution 5lt.
riiffebren 81 fonuen, nm alfs gteue
ben aanpf nit ibren llnteroriidetn
auf5unebnle1l. Sa aber IN ser altcll
@eimat Die sfeaftion Die Oberbano
beDielt, lpanoten lie, unter slufgabe
leoer 3ugeborigfeit gum Gaterlnnoe,
ibrc gegeiiterung fir 6reibeit oein
Salloe Der NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
5u nno eriinoeten Surnoereine 5un
3wede forperliher @r5iebung uno
sur sSeltigung mo 9lusbreitung poli-
tiiher nno religioier sSreibeit.
Ser @eilt BON t84S bot lid1 bis
5nm belltigen Gage i'm 2urnerbunoe
erbalten. g8obl baben Die Witglieoer
oes 8unoes regen slnteil genolnlneil
an Den errnngenibaften oes oeltt-
lben Golfes allf oen @ebieten Der
aunit uno &iiienihaft, Der 2iteratur
nno Wtniif, uno beionoers Der gr-
5lebung uno 8olfsmirti1aft, aber
ltets bat Der 8nno ieoe 8eriibrltng
nit Dem politiiden 0eutldlonb ge-
flillentlid permieoen. eSn Dem @elt-
frieae iotpobl pie in ieoer anoered
Srtie in inherent 2anoe baben Die
Srrner o6ne 369ern ibre 9flidlt ais
amerifnuer getan.
0os Ssoeal elmer freien @oIfsrcgie-
rlIng in 0eutihlano, fir oos emit
ole @riinoer oes 9urnerbunoes ibrc
Grilten5 einiebteu, i6eitt iidl lett
nad oem ungliiflidJen 8eltfriege s,l
periuirfliden. BUR 3eit mar 0ieic
@erlpirfIifung MIR our6 cine mill.
tdriihe 9tieoerIoge m6eIid. GSn III.
oerantiuortli6 ,leibtfertieer @eiie
6atten Die sRa6tbaber 9eutldlallo3
iuo Seiterreids nit Dem Slid ibrcc
Golfer geipielt. Sic baben oas frepel.
bafte Spiel berloren. Der SooeS.
fanpf Der Monardie, Ger leste slft
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-12-31
Snlamo.

Ger neueripdblte 9tem g)orfer
8olluernenr 9Ilfreb 6. Smitb boi
cine Bluralitat BON 1892 Stimn1eu
gebabt.
= 8abreno oes pergangellen Sab.
res ioaen 81 Serionen in ocn Ser.
Staaten gelpnAt fem
-llnierer friiberer Braiioent Saft
bat Die Geile oes 8rdiioerten nod
Garis ltno feline slgitation fir cine
9iotionen Stga glltgebeiBen.
0urd) 5uei @as-grploiionen in
Dem Boltalnt 81 Sebanon, %. 5,
muroen 3tuolf Yerionen getotet unS
3luei perlebt
Der beriibntte @ungerfiinItler
Or, Sarrp g. Gamer lit in Son
Diego, Gal., 81 Sabre alt, eeItorben.
Nus glirora in Slinois miro
gemeloet, es berrlde BORT cine ssi-
fluen3o- uno 2itngenent5iinoitngs-
gpibemie iinter oen Sdpeinen.
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tieren mnb 4eieke 5n erlaiien bic
perbinoerten, baf. iie iuieber snriid-
fDminen fDnnten.
0as Shipping goarb fat aaerc-
amirierten Sdiffe bis sm 4000Gcbalt,
freisegeben, ioiueit iie nidt fir rein
militarilde 3iuede sebraudt uerben.
Senatur 6itdcpf bat General
Eoifmeiiter Ynrleion amgegriffen,
neil oieier mad oem 8affenitillitonn
bic Osean 9abellinien iibernpmmen
fat.
Senator chamberlain bon Oregon
bat Sas &riegs Oepartement amae.
griffea unS es beid)nlbigt, mngenii-
genoe 6ospital gorfebrnnsen ge.
truffen su baben.
gtad oem 4. Sanmar miro 6as gSar
Hisf gnrean feline nenen Teriidle,
rmmas Holieen mebr ansitellen.
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True translation filed with the
Postmaster at San Antonio on
December 81 as required by the
act of October 9th 1917.
ErGiibent gSillpn Mnb leine Sat
tin maren in Waam1eiter Die Gaite
Ses Gsro MaDors, Der ieine Mmts-
luObnnns in Der srofen Gtnbtballe
bat. Die gesleiter oes YrGiiSeatem
iumrSen In einem benadbarten 9ptei
einauartiert. gm Spnntagnbens fan-
ben feline beionberen Jeitlidfeiten
ftatt. 0eitern mndte Der TrGFSent ci-
nc .GMnsfabrt, nm iid bic grpfen Ge-
bensmar6i9feiten Ser Gta6t nnsuie-
benn beionbers ben Sdiffsfanal mnb
bic 0ofs. Rad ieiner NIffebr iuur-
ben linn bic in WsdnAeiter luobneu-
ben Amerifaner porgeitellt. Sas gro
ke Greisnis oes Sages mar bic @er-
ieibnng bes Gbrenbiirgerred)ts an
ben Eraiibenten in Der sSree SraSe
Saa, bei iuelder 1elesenbeit oes
aDromapor ilJn gben gr6ften 4nleri=
faner, Der jemals England beind)t
babe," tannte mnS Sen cleben6iaen
sppns nno Spmbul Ser syrennofdaft
Der engliid ipredenoen @6lfer. /"
Hraiibent Nilion erflGrte in Ser Me-
be, bic er nad @erleibnng Des BIr=
eerre6ts belt, bais bic fpmmcnSc
sSrieoensfonuention cine iuirflide
edte ltebereinitimmmns, Elm ,pabres
3niammenipirfen idaffen Iolle. v8ir
seborden nidjt benz 8efebl Der Iar-
teien, ion6ern oem yefebl Ser
Wenidlidfeit. Die @elt muk cine
Wemeinidaft Dpn 6renn6en bleiben.
Sd iuollte, mir f0nnten fir Die se-
iammte Welt einen syreunoihafts-
bunb ariin6em," iagte er. Mud anf
bic S6iuierisfeit, cine befriebigen6e
2Dinng 81 fin6en, iuies Ct bin nno
fob Dor alien berDpr, oaf Nmerifa
MIR an oemt 3mitanbefommen eimes
oauermben Trie6ens intereiIiert lei
nn6 feline anoeren SntereHen bertre.
te. Sci einem Snn6epn i'm Mi6lano
5otei bielt Der 9sraiibent ebenfaas
. cine GeSe, in Der bon Der Ginbeit
oes Oberbefebls luGbren6 Der lebten
3eit Ses Srieges amssing mno er-
flarte, Die Wiadte tniiFtem aud cine
Ginbeit ibrer TlGne id)affen, iic
iuiiroen oarin cine sroke 8enns.
tnnng nno Starfnng fin6en.
sIle Sdiffe inn 5afeu bon Mau-
DIETER batten beim geinde ocs Gra.
iioenten geflagst.
Fraiibent gSilium miro bente bon
Gnslanb nad 5ranfreid 5nriidfefr
rem. 6r lit BON ieinem gmfentbalt
In Wandeiter nnideinenS ic6r befrie-
6igt. Ter Sanptinbalt ieiner Ge6ell
mar, oaf bic 9er. Staatem eimen iihc.
rem Beltfrieoen iuiinidDten nnb baf
! iie iid nid)t in Deriuifelnoe Nliansen
einlaiien .uno nidJt in bic cnropGiid)e
Eplifif einmiIden ,unrSem.
ttAtt WutHth hHt ttvE tutfU 3Tu'
iibent Gilion oas ymdinsbam 9alais
berlaiien mnb nadJ Dem Yabubof faI-
rea. Die labrt nad) benz gaGnl,oi
iuiro iid) in Gbnlider Neiie uollsiefeu
mie bel Der Ynfnnft bic Jahrt mad,
oein Ealais.
graiioent Nilion ruiro ben Nen-
jabrstag in Earis 6erbrinaen nno,
ME idon gemeloet, am Abemo md
sstalien a6reiiem.
IS beift, Der Eraiioent iuerbe in
9tum ben @atifan nn6 oas met6oSi,
fiide Gollege beinden.
Ter 4raiibent luirb am 10. sc,
bruar lpieoer mad Mmerifa abreiien
Nm Diittiuod) tritt er ieine Heiie mad
sStalien on.
I Der frans0iiide Hremier Glemen-
etan Fat in Der 0epntiertenfammer
kfrfldrt, er lueroe England in feiner
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Sin SdliuerenSter.

Game (ouf oem gaae): u@orlum
parfen Sic mir oorbin INNER iolhe
8life 5u2"
5err uSer5eiben Sic. perebrteS
5rdllein if) babe an Sbrer Sdon-
belt genoI6t!"
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-12-31

Sn Der Bolitit tperoen oie
Jeinoe beiier bebanoelt als oie
Sreiinoe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
BRITISH EMPIRE KNEW
OF VAR IN SIX MINUTES
Lord Harcourt, Then Colonial Secretary,
Tells How Rapidly the Word TRAY
eled Through the Country. 8

,ludon, Dec II Correspondence of the
Al.t.siated Pressl. required only six
minutes to inform the British empire
Aug. 4, 1914, says Lord Harcourt, who
was then colonial secretary.
ION that unforgettable night" he said
to the Empire Parliamentary association,
II was in the cabinet room, Downing
street, with a few colleagues Our eyes
were on the clock, our thoughts on one
subject only; but there was a feeble eff
fort to direct our conversation to other
matters We were waiting for a reply,
which we knew full well would never
come, to our ultimatum to Berlin.
when Big Ben struck ll;30-mid
night in Berlin--we left the room know
ing that the British empire was at war.
Il crossed to the colonial office to send
war telegram to the whole of the Brit
sh empire | asked the official in charge
Of that duty how long it would take. He
said, about six minutes
II asked him to return to my room
when he had done his work In seven
minutes he was back and before morning
received an acknowledgement of my
telegram from every single colonial pro-
tectorate, and even islet in the Pacific.
so the grim machinery of war began
revolving in perfect order and with per
feet preparation because, more than two
years previously an individual war book
had been prepared by the colonial com
mittee of defense for every single pro-
tectorate and island. 1t was at that mo-
ment locked in the safe of each governor
or commissioner and they knew at once
what to do"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
Body Of Son Arrives When That Of Fa'
Their Had Been Expected.

Morrisvile, Dec. lT.-Some days ago a
telegram was received here by Keith and
Kyle Lawrence that their father, A. T..
Lawrence, who was visiting points in the
West, was at hospital at Portland,
Ore, seriously i'll with pneumonia. A
little later a dispatch informed them of
his death. The casket arrived here Fri
day by express, and when taken to the
undertaking rooms of NJ. b. White & Co,
and opened, it was found that instead of
containing the body of A. L. Lawrence it
was the body OF son, Leon +. Lawrence,
who left town several years ago and
whose whereabouts had not been known
for some time Notice of the death of
Mr.. Lawrence had appeared in the local
papers. The last letters from Mr.. Law
renee, sr., were mailed from some point
in Washington state. Funeral services
for the young man, Leon +. Lawrence,
were neld Monday, Rev. w. + Best olii-
ciating,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
VEST BROOKFIELD

w. NJ. White and family of Ohio have
bought and moved onto the Ed Gusman
farm.
Mr.. and Mrs Ben Phillips have closed
their house and gone to Roy Holman's
for the winter.
Mrs. Ralph Hutchinson spent last week
with her mother in Hartland.
About 40 friends and relatives gave
Mrs. Lewis Wakefield surprise party
last Tuesday evening, the occasion being
her birthday. Refreshments were served
and games were enjoyed by all.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
GOVERNORS IN CONFERENCE

Discussed Matters Connected with Re-
construction.
Annapolis, Md, Dec. l7.--State gov
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
SMYRNA SITUATION SERIOUS.
Allied Fleets Are Bombarding Young
Turks About the Town.

Athens, Dec. 1.-THE situation in
Smyrna is extremely critical, according
to newspaper dispatches from Mitylene.
Younk Turk officials have posted armed
bands at various places about the town
and these have been bombarded by the
allied fleets
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

the Island Of Tslay state that 24l bodies
known to be those of Americans who lost
their lives in the sinking Of the British
transport 0trante have been recovered,
fifteen having come ashore within one
week of these twenty have not been
identified. There are lao other bodies
that have been found but whether they
are those of Americans or members Of
the transports crew, has not been deter
mined.
Another British army labor battalion
has arrived at the island to aid in the
work of combing the wreckage from the
steamer for bodies. Several that came
ashore on the neighboring island of
Jura have been removed 10 Islay and
buried
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-17
COKE PRODUCERS MAY DIVIDE.
With the Mississippi River as the Line
of Division.

New York, Dec 1.-THE By-product
Coke Producers association, an organi-
cation which includes virtually ali the
coke producers in the country, which Is
holding the first session in two years,
to-day discussed the advisability of d.
viding the organization into two groups,
one representing the producers west OF
the Mississippi and the other those Of
the Atlantic coast and middle western
points