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Arizona republican., 1918-01-21
PETTICOATS
Springs White Materials

In silks, cottons. or woolens you'll find anything you want. You are invited to come and see the new things.
 WHITE GOODS
 -36 and 4O-inch White Waist ings, choose from a large assort- ment of checked, striped or figured materials; sale DE- price, yard ............. OON 400 yards of White Flaxon, special purchase for this 0Oo sale; sale price, yard.... AOC -35O yards of White Dimity, in checks or stripes. Annu- DE-
 al White Sale price, yd ACC -25O yards of White Dimity, White Sale price, 0no yard AVN 1000 yards of White Under wear Crepe, stripes in different widths; 30 inches wide. An nual White Sale price, 1O. yard ..... 1ON 300 yards of dimity, 27 inches wide-checks or stripes. White Sale price, 1A
 yard ................... 1VC -36-inch Priscilla Long Cloth, ten yards in a bolt-A special purchase for the Annual White Sale. Sale price, D0 0E box SZ.J0 -36-inch Priscilla Nainsook, soft, sheer quality suitable for underwear. 10 yards in a box; sale price, C0 0N -S9-inch Japanese Nainsook, fine quality-12 yards in box. Sale price, CD OF -40-inch Nainsook, flesh color 1o-yard pieces; sale CD 7E price; box ........... OOs 0O
Arizona republican., 1918-01-21
TODAY FIRST ONE
 OF TEN HOLIDAYS
 IN EASTERN TOWNS

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SWEATERS

White All Silk Sweaters, belted or with sashes, sailor collars, priced at $29.50, $34.50, $37.50.
 WHITE SALE PRICE. 20
 PER CENT OFF.
Arizona republican., 1918-01-21
Force Used in Dissolution

cause of any intentions of ours in re- gard to conQuests."
Arizona republican., 1918-01-21

SPRAYED From East Madison, sorrel mare, crippled on left hind foot
 Reward Return to J. S. Edwards, PhocriX S713. 1t
Arizona republican., 1918-01-21
Interesting Special Prices on
 Embr0ideries

exceptionally big
 ing etc., to inches wide sale yard OC
 Marrow and medium widths insertions headings Swiss Nainsook Cambric a. White Sale" lUC
 45inch Embroidered e1 blue pink White Sale price, yard Dl Embroidered Edges in coo inches ssIs Sanas and edges. to s n'n.: wes sale price, 23c Embroidered Bands F1ouncings en- wide white and colors; sale OCC All Embroderes, Nainsook Cambrc En. inches wide White Sale
 All Laces in white black wide price OlsUU
Arizona republican., 1918-01-21
VIOLENCE IS USED
 TO TERMINATE THE
 RUSS CON VENIION

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Arizona republican., 1918-01-21
CORSET COVERS

SSN0GA w A<H\O Pretty effects, indeed, by combin- ing fine faces, sheer materials with touches of embroidery. White sale prices 23c, 39c, 49c, 53c, 79c, 89c, $108, SIPS, $1.43.
 NIGHT GOWNS Soft silken finish nainsooks, crepes, etc., with hemstitching, en- broidery and ribbon trimmings con- bined with dainty laces-mainly slip over styles with short sleeves. White Sale prices 79c, $1.39, $1.49, $1.53, $1.59, $1.89, $1.98, $223, up to $6.98.
 COMBINATIONS A diversity of dainty effects in the popular envelope combinations, made of soft long cloths, nainsooks, ba- tistes, etc., with fine faces and touches of embroidery and ribbon Choose from princess, "knicker" or straight styles. White sale prices 9Sc, s1.19. $1.69. $1 .9S. $a 50. Also nlain chemise $107, S123, $1.34, $1.63, $2.15.
 PETTIcOATs The assortment comprises a wide range. Lace flounces, in pretty fancy effects, many with ribbons and bows
Arizona republican., 1918-01-21
LACE CURTAINS WHITE SALE OFFERS

LACE CURTAINS WHITE SALE OFFERS Nottingham Curtains, white or ecru; full size; per pair .$1.W Nottingham Curtains, white or ecru, 21a yards long; per pair .$1.15 During our Annual White Sale all ready-made cur- tains at
 ONE-THIRD OFF
 WAISTS
 White Voile or Batiste Waists, lace and embroid- cry trimmed. White Sale price, each .$1.69 White Waists; sale price
 ........ .$2.39 White Waists; sale price
 ........ ..$3.75
Arizona republican., 1918-01-21

WANTED TO LEASE-Green feed for otork Phone 1O8J4 dd
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
SATURDAY NAMED
As PORKLESS DAY
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR PAGE AN.
NoUNcEs ONE DAY TO CON.
SERVE PORK.
BIGGER SUPPLIES FOR ALLIES
All Food Saved BY People Of This
state Means More Food For Our
Allies.

Raleigh.--A Porkless Saturday and
one wheatless and one meatless meal
each day Of the week are announced
by State Food Administrator Henry
A. Page as part OF the more intea.
sive program that must be followed II
the American people are not to fall
down on their job Of supplying the
fighting forces OF our Allies with
foodstuffs. In addition to the volun
tary cooperation, the Food Admins
tration proposes TO require all bakers
to use rs per cent as much OF other
cereals as OF wheat.
Mr.. Page and Mr.. John Paul Lucas
executive secretary OF the Food Ad-
ministration, who have Just returned
from a conference OF Food Admins.
traitors at Washington ARE deeply i'm.
pressed with the urgent necessity for
the cooperation Of every individual IN
the matter Of saving by economy and
the use of substitutes for these foo
products which are suitable for export.
Mr.. Page does not hesitate to say that
the man. woman or child who refuses
TO render the utmost service in the
matter OF increasing the supply NJ
foodstuffs available for export. is
miserably failing In their duty 20
their government, to say nothing o.
their absolute disregard of all human.
itarian sentiment.
THE situation" declares Mr.. Page.
y'has assumed an aspect as simple as
it is urgent. II is purely an individual
proposition. The Food Administration
is gauging the quantity OF foodstufs
released for export by the available
supply and this available supply Is
fixed by the conduct In his eating Of
every man. woman or child in Amert-
ca. The exportable food that any In.
dividual might save but does not will
surely cost the life OF a soldier or the
life OF some woman. child or old man
in Europe II is purely matter for
the individual conscience and indiyi.
dual action. There are no two WAYS
TO It. There is no fence to ride. We
either line up with patriotic, whole
some decent people and help feed the
soldiers and the starving civilian PEG.
pie OF Europe or we line up with tho
selfish, mean, ignorant. misery AFRO.
giant crowd which consinders its own
comfort and stomach above all pa.
triotic or humane sentiments.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
N. C. to Equip Base Hospital.

A base hospital TO be designated a.
No. SIS and served by North Carolina
physicians and nurses, provided the
latter are available. the hospital force
to include 500 people or more, is now
being organized by DR.. J. w Long OF
Greensboro chairman Of the state
committee, Council OF NationA Dc.
tense. medical section, for North Caro-.
lima DR.. Long is authorized by the
Federal Government to equip a base
hospital at once TO contain 1000 beds
and TO be served by thirty physicians
and surgeons, 100 nurses and $50 or.
derlies. The hospital will be located
somewhere In France" and is expect
ed to be ready for use by May or June.
DIR. Long states that well qualified
North Carolina nurses are preferred
for this hospital work but adds that
any lack OF trained nurses from this
state will be supplied by the Red Cross
at Washington. A salary OF $50 per
month and expresses IL assured nurses
who will be accepted for this work
Those interested In this call to pa
triotic service are requested to write
to DR.. J. W. Long at Greensboro.
The medical staff chosen for the
hospital will be presented to AMI
passed upon by the Federal authori'
ties before they are officially accepted
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
GOVERNMENT MAY HOLD
RAILROADS AFTER WAR
McAdoo Says II Would Be Injurious to
Stockholders to Turn Them
Back

Washington changes in the funda.
mental princileps Of railroad opera
iton under government control will
make II inadvisab,e to turn the roads
back to private ownership Immediately
after the end Of the war. Director Gen
eral McAdoo urged before the senate
interstate commerce committee. Until
comprehensive and rational legisla-
ton to meet the changed conditions
Is enacted II woldu he injurious to the
stockholders for the government to re.
linouish control. he added.
Examination OF the director gen.
sral on the administrations railroad
bill may be resumed later by the COM
mittee. hut Chairman Smith an
nounced that the hearings including
arguments. will be completed later.
The committee plans to begin work on
the bill and report 1t to the senate az
soon as possible. The chief questions
at issue are whether the m aasure shall
A IA definite time for the return OF the
roads to private ownership and the
basis OF compensation.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
HAS BEEN DISSOLVED
Closed BY Sailor Guards-Report Japs
Have Landed.

Petrograd (By Associated Press)-
The constituent assembly has been dis
solved The decree OF dissolution WIS
issued last night by the council % ma
tlonal commissioners and adopted
early this morning by the central ex-
'cutive committee OF the workmen's
and soldiers deputies
The text reads
When the constituent assembly
voted against the declaration made by
he pres dent OF the central executive
Committee after an hours deliberstion.
the bolsheviki left the hall and were
followed by the social revolutionis;s
OF the left on the assembly showing ifs
unwillingness to approve the manner
in which the peace pourparers were
being conducted. A decree d ssolving
he assembly will be published
The first hint the newspaper men
received that extreme measures were
contemplated was when they were in
formed that the Taurlde palace. whe'e
he assembly began its sessions, would
be closed to the members OF the as
sembly, to the newspaper men and to
everyone else.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
Opposed Free Service.

The conference OF members OF the
selective service exemption boards OF
North Carolina assembled here devel.
oped such pronounced opposition to a
resolution for free service OF exemp.
ton board members as to cause Major
Langston. aide to the governor. to
have the resolution Withdrawn so that
the board could devote It's time to ef.
forts to arrive at the most perfect AMI
economical general policies possible
for the administration of the work Of
the boards
The ATTENDANCE on the conference
was surprisingly large, the great ma
iori,y of the boards in all the local
counties being represented Their pa.
triotism and zeal for their work was
stressed by the fact that every mem.
Der Of board present took care Of
his own travelling expenses aud there
was no per diem DR.. Cyrus Thomp.
son. OF Onslow county. was made
chairman Of the conference
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
Sugar Price Fixed a, 10 Cents.

The following order, regarding the
sale OF sugar, has been received by
the local food administrator:
state Food Administrator Hen"v
A. Page announces the following reg.
ulations with regard to the retailing
OF sugar:
THE maximum retail price allowed
on sugar from this date is 10 cents a
pound Retail merchants who have
purchased sugar on such basis tina.
they have not a reasonable profit with
in this price may appeal to the food
administration, stating cost price "a
detail but none of these shall sell for
above 10 cents pound unless they
have the specific written permission
OF the food administration.
Until further notice sugar must not
be sold to city or town consumers In
quantities In excess Of Ave pounds nor
to consumers in the rural districts IN
quantities In excess OF 10 pounds.
ANY merchants refusing to con-
form to these rulings will invite
prompt action by the food admins
tration."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
PURCHASERS OF MORE FOOD
THAN IMMEDIATELY NEEDED
HAVE AWAKENING.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
ooinos and happenings That Mark
tho Progress OF North Carolina PEG
pie. Gathered Around the state
Capital.
Raielgh

North Carolinians who have been
purchasing food commodities in larger
quantities than their immediate re.
Quiremenis have rude awakening
coming 10 them
Realizing that this practice would
disarrsnge all calculations OF avail.
able food supplies and that II IS self
ish and unpatriotic IN the extreme, the
Food Administration is going after
there fellows with gloves OF. The 60.
operation OF the United States Secre,
Service Is being used IN investigator I
this matter and Mr. Geo II Humber
Of the Food Administration staff IS
also devoting considerable part Of
his time to investigation
State Food Administrator Henry 4.
Page has ruled that flour shall be re-
tailed to city or town consumers in
quantities not exceeding half barrel
and to rural consumers in quantities
UDl tAtffllHf bNf Utlltl' lHtNt
maximums are large than are being
allowed in most States Sugar must
be retaied I" quantities not exceeding
ten pounds to he rural trade and fivh
pounds to town or city trads
The Food Administration frankly
states that its desire is not to prose.
cute but to secure an enforcement o..
the law Consumers who, because %
ignorance or for other reasons have
purchased food commodities in larger
quantities than are allowed need feat
no prosecution II they promptly dis
tribute their surplus above the quar-
titles allowed and report the matter
to their County Food Administrator o.
to the Food Administration at Raleigh
Those who attempt 10 hoard in spite
OF all warnings will be dealt with az.
cording to the law, which provides a
penalty OF $4,000 or two years impris-
onment or both In addition TO the con-
fscation OF the goods boarded
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25

| According to Mr.. McAdoo ole OF
the great tasks confronting the
American people, is that OF improving
and making thoroughly efficient their
railroad transportation system.
Fuel Administrator Garfield, ex'
planning the drastic fuel order says:
"The most urgent thing to be done is
TO send to the American forces abroad
and to the allies the food and war
supplies which they vitality need, War
munitions, food manufactured arti.
Giles OF every description, lying in At
lantic ports In tens Of thousands OF
tons, where literally hundreds of ships
loaded with war goods for our men
and the allies cannot take the seas
because their bunkers are empty OF
coal The coal to send them on their
way is waiting behind the congested
freight that has jammed all termi'
nails"
Says Food Administrator Garfield:
This is war! Whatever the cost, we
must pay, so that in the face OF the
enemy there can never be the re.
proach that we held back from doing
our full share Those ships laden
with our supplies Of food for mon and
food for guns must have coal and put
to sea"
The new order in the coal situation
was decided upon hurricdly by the
president and government heads as a
desperate remedy for the fuel crisis
and the transportation tangle in the
Eastern states
Inclusion Of war industries among
those 10 which fuel will be denied
caused some surprise, but fuel Off
cias explained that war plants have
produced more material than trans
portation systems could handle.
While the government order for
business suspension does not mention
ship yards. il Is known that they will
BE- permitted to continue operations as
usual. although munitions plants will
be closed
While even munitions plants are not
excepted from the closing down order,
preferential list Of consumers in
whose interest II was drawn is pre-.
scribed
Senator McCumber Of North Dakota
gave The senate very gloomy picture
of the position Of the United States
and her allies in emphasizing his plea
for radical speeding up Of The ship.
building program.
According to senator McGumber Of
North Dakota, the United States must
send 5.0O0.000 soldiers to balance the
manpower of tho central powers, and
100000 would be needed TO make
The Germans retreat
According 10 Director General Nc
Adoo, all state railway laws and regu-
lations will remain in full effect under
government operation of the railroads
The recent ruling Of Director Gener-
al McAdoo in the railroad situation.
disposes of the contention that under
government operations the railroads
We're not subject 10 either intrastate
rates or other state regulations
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South.
land viii Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Domestic.

Taking over OF packing plants VIII
be urged upon the president by dele.
cation representing every craft in the
industry and headed by John Fitzpat'
rick, president OF the Chicago Fedora
ton of labor, which is in Washington.
A mob of several hundred citizens OF
Hazelhurst, Miss, took Sim Edwards,
negro, from the county Jail and burn
ed him near the place whore he had
murdered Miss Vera WHY'S.
Between a dozen and twenty men,
most of them negro laborers, were
drowned in the Estuary channel at
Tampa Fla, when two skiffs upset
in the middle OF the narrow channel
The money taken from the army
bank at Camp Funston Kan, by Capt
Lewis Whistler after he had killed
four employees and injured nth,
said TO have been more than $4,000
has been found.
The discovery OF the money taken
by Captain Whistler from the army
bank at Camp Funston KAN probably
closes the case, as far as the theory
that Whistler had an accomplish is
concerned.
Six men were killed and three injur.
ed on the United States battleship
Michigan when the ship was caught
in a heavy gale at sea, II has been
officially announced in Washington.
The men were killed and injured by
The falling OF cage mast, the first
accident Of its kind in the navy.
A bomb addressed to Governor VII.
liam d. stephens mansion al Sacra.
mento. Cal. has been Intercepted at
the Ferry postoffice in San Francisco
This il the second attempt to assaSsi
nate the California governor in three
months.
A San Francisco dispatch says hat
Germanys latest attempt to destroy
the wheat crop OF California and 9TH
er states has taken the form of ship
ment to this country OF powerful poi
Sonous pollen to BE- distributed by
German agents in the western states
in such manner as to kill the entire
wheat output Of that section
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
AUSTRIAN CABINET
HAS RESIGNED
SCARCITY OF FOOD AND GENERAL
DESIRE FOR PEACE BRINGS
RESERVATIONS.
HUNGAR|ANs ARE Discomfort
Minister Of Interior viii Form New
Cabinet at once.-Count Czerrin
Was Head.-HeId Portfolio Of Min.
lister Of Foreign Affairs.

The crisis in Austria, arising from
the discomfort of the people over the
continuation of the war the scarcity
of food and general desire for peace,
has esulted In the resignation Of the
Austrian cabinet.
For weeks there has been bitter OPP
position to the government on the
part of the people and during the last
few days this has resulted In nation
wide strikes and some disturbances.
The internal strife in Austria, ap.
parently due chiefly to war.weariness.
the high cost OF living and the dis
location generally NJ economic life.
continues to be OF absorbing interest.
Although the exact situation resulting
from the troublors times Is not Civ.
en- In the extremely meager details
available. the dispatches that have
crept through are indicative Of sit.
uation that will require skillful hand
ling by the authorities again TO bring
the dissatisfied populace into a sta
Of tractability
No newspapers In Vienna were PEE.
mitted last Saturday, The only pub
LEGATION allowed was single sheet
bulletin. which told some Of the de.
tails OF the nationwide strike and the
developments IN the peace discussions
al Brest.Litovsk. Az usual the hnni
Of the German propagandist was 70
be seen in this one.sheet publication.
for the chief announcement in u was
frfsn the German social democracy CT
Austria This Law stress on last yorr's
declaration OF the Austro.Hungarian
foreign ministe-. Count Czerin that
the central powers were ready TO
make an immediate general peace.
without annexaiions or indemnties.
Evidently however. ;his statement
failed to piaca'e Tho st-ikers in vi
epna. who sent LARGE delegation 10
wait upca the food minister to inform
him OF conditions among the work
ing classes and to impress on him thu
their desire for peace overshadowed
and took precedence over all othcr
demands.
In Hungary also the people are
endeavoring to ascertain what are the
prospects for a cessation of hostiliiios
and a return to normal So insistent
has been their efforts in this direc.
ton that the Hungarian premier has
been forced to announce In the lower
house OF parliament that the govern
ment adhered to the principle Of
peace without annexation
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
Count, School Fund Appor,loned.

The state board Of education auth
orlzed an apportionment OF the $3.50
600 per capita school fund among tho
counties Of the state on The basis cl
the school population in each county
the apportionment being on the basis
OF 2Sli44 or 2s and a fraction cents
per child
About February there will he dis.
tributed the equalizing fund for brine
ing the school terms up to the four
months minimum this fund aggregat'
ing about $500 900 and being derived
from the state tax Of five cents on the
800 tax valuation OF property The
amounts that the various counties will
receive in the present distribution OF
the s25O,0o0 per capita fund follow
Alamance, s2.63O.l0 Alexander. 81,
2l3.9S; Allegheny, sS3556; Arson,
s257O.50; Ashe, s2,09l.7l; Avery,
81 0599l Beaufort. s3,l2576; BERTHE.
$2,492.06; Brunswick. sl.42l74. Bla.
den, s2.O5460; Buncombe, s5,46sSl'
Burke. $l,9247l; Cabarrus. $S,ll760;
Caldwell, s2.17l55; Camden. s5SG64;
Carteret. sl.3O9s5; Caswell, sl.5O3..
90: Catawba. $3,R3034. Chatham, s..
322Sl. Cherokee, sl.755 49, Chowau,
s9S767; Clay, $465 O3; Columbus. 81.
SlS75; Cleveland. $3.2l235; Craven,
s24s3.6S; Cumberland. s3.545 rs;
Currituck $685. s. Dare. s46332 Da.
wilson. 81. !2O22; Davle, sl.2l342;
Duplin, s2,670S6; Durham, s4,3l9 so;
Edgecombe. s3.2562s, Forsyth. S..
572.S4 Franklin. s26S5 40; CASTOR,
s4,37llO; Gates. tl.O3292; Graham.
S43973. Granville s2549.32 Green.
$4l6s7; Guilford, sG.O3i O3; Halifax.
s5,67933; Iiarnett, s2GI7S2; Hay.
wood. So 1000, Henderson, sl.7OS,.
90, Hartford. sl,6a212; Hoke. 1921
70; Hyde $3.50 Is. Tredell. 1899 Is.
Jackson sl,492 81, Johnston. s4.52l Ga:
Jones. 1857 81. Lee. $l.2il 25- Lenor.
s2,04S,70; Lincoln, s20369O Macon
sl.36747. Madison. s243274 Martin
sl,97O.S2. Mcdowell sls33,O6: Neck.
lenburg. s72o3 IL; Mitchell, slO96. IS;
Montgomery. sl.iIGS5; Moore ST.
9O725; Nash. 81 75j52 New Hanover
s2,4S274 Northhampton. s2l9s OF.
Onslow sl62l92; Orange. N6l236;
Pamlico. sl.073lO. Pasauotank. 81
GOATS; Person, sl.SS423; Pitt. So.
S9947; Polk. $751; 60. Randolph. s2,.
97732; Richmond. s2,409 70; Robson.
S,7S53s Rockingham s3.72770 RU.
wan. s3.SS2SS; Rutherford s3l9l S.:
Sampson. $3ll367: Scotland. sl.7l5.-
SO; Stanly, s2,5SS 50; Stokes, s217S.
So; Surry, s3,24l 81; Swain, sl1O0. 20;
Pennsylvania. sS9517; Tyrren. s445,
65: Union. s3.490 40: Vance. $2.103 so;
Wake $6,61IO0; Warren. $500. 26:
Washington, sl,27O.l6; Watauga.. 81.
220.l6; Wayne. s3.676.52; Wilkes. 49,.
220.22; Wilson. s347s.3l Yadkin. 81
1864; Yancey. s1.5e97O.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-01-25
TWO N. C. SOLDIERS DIE
OF DISEASE IN FRANCE

Washington. sixteen deaths among
members OF the American exped ton
ary force. IL due 10 NATURAL cans"s
and one from drowning were repor''
cd bv pershlng. smong them we're;
Private Joseph Bonner. engineers.
January 10. pneumonia Mother, Sa'a
Bonner, Box No 6 Ransomvills. N. Q.
Private Roland Y. Macarthur, ms.
rinss. January 10, eerebro spinal men,
nights. Mother. Mrs. Irene Jessie Me.
Arthur. Carthage. N. c.