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4^ JVSTICr: GRANTS TO-ALL A-VOICE- WHY THE WASTE. I have ■wondered ■why some military use cannot be made of the old Queen s college building, which stands desert ed and darkened on College street. The building could be well adapt ed to hospital use. It would have been a most valuable asset last winter when fuel was scarce and the wind howled around the frame sheds of the camp Greene base hospital. The old Queens college building, which should hold at least 400 pa tients if converted into an army hos pital, is steam heated and being buiid- ed of brick could save fuel and be a most snug structure for caring for the sick. , , , , Rather than being allowed to stand in idleness and to fall to decay from discuss it seems that in this hour of need immediate arrangements should be made for offering the big building to the government for the care of the sick A CHARLOTTE BUSINESS MAN. “LOOSENi UP” To the Public Forum Editor' - • Don’t wait to be asked for the Fourth Liberty Loan—offer to do your share in the Loan. “What are you going to do for Uncle Sammy” was sung everywhere last winter. Answer that by digging de^ er than ever and give, Give GIVE ’till Uncle Sam cries “Enough’. Everyone knows that all kinds or seeds are planted and as they grow the soil above them loosens and tn^' little shoots come forth and later won ders take place. Let the Ameru'an peo^ pie resemble the soil, with wir.cli God has accomplished so much. J^et us loosen and produce such -i crop at this Fourth Libetry Loan Liat onr children and children’s children ■will say “Oh if we could have llv-od ai vhat time ^ Sacrifice? Think of the sacrifices in Europe. Shall we let the _ Kaiser say America has money but is tight fisted? No! A thousand times no. Loosen up and do it today! BY ELBANIORE KING 419 N. Pine street THE CADUCEUS THE FLU-FLU BLUES Here and there and everywhere. The boys are having an awful scare. Of recent mornings at Reveille, We'feel as the ’we’re sick at sea. And wonder what it’s all about. Why we’re all so down and out. They say for sure we’ve got the grip. We begin to figure—on a little trip. Oh, it’s awful, awful, awful news. To find we’ve got—the Plu-Flu Blues. The Top, he gets hardboiled. And thinks of^ how he’s toiled,_ To keep things clean and sanitary. Around the Company planetary. Calls Attention and then says Rest, Before the men have completely mess- Warns the fellow who will not shout. When he’s feeling all down and out. That a little preventions’ worth a pound of cure. And he’ll have to scrap or else make sur© • To report the facts and tell the^news. When he finds he’s got—the Flu-Elu Blues. _ SGT. OWEN B. FUQUA as; gen, nor. NEW ASSISTANT. The official force of the American Re''d Cross, at Camp Greene, has been increased by the arrival of Mr. Alex ander Johnson, of Port Wayne In-, diana. Mr. Johnson, who has been here since Friday, will have the title ot as- sociate field director. While he has not been affiliated with the Red Cross until recently he has been a social worker in the Middle West for nearly forty years and is considered ^ thoroughly competent to carry on the work at Camp Greene. Gastonia’s Leading Clothiers GOOD CLOTHES gice CONFIDENCE THIRTY TRANSFER MUCH TRADING WITH EVACUA- • TION HOSPITAL THIRTY. ' Thirty men, veterans of the Camp Greene Base Hospital, most of them, left their familiar ward surroundingo on Wednesday for a new home m to- ranks of Evacuation Hospital No. Thirty. In turn several of the evacua tion hospital men are transferred to the U. S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Greene. The exchange follows: Sergeant First Class Cosgrove, Pa- tick; Nickerson, Jasper; Woollard, George; Sergeants McDonnell, Daniel, Wright William; Corporal cyr, Ernest ;Privates Caron, Philip; Coates,’ Alfred; Connors Daugherty Wilbert; Ewing James, Fields, Howard; Illingworth, Thom Haynes, Harvey; ■ LaMonta- Eugene; Morin. Wilford; O’Con- Raymond;. Smuscewicz, Andrew; Sullivan, Claude; Tondreau, Jos^h, Wetterholm, Hussey; Whitman, Don ald’ Woodman, Edward; Albert, John, Campbell, Louis; Herman, Edward; and Purcell, Frederick. from 30 TO BASE Henry Stickradt, Quitman Loller, -■George Ezell, Sam Felker, Percy Fields, Rex I’crtenberry, Charles Glasgow, Alvalee Graveley, Ppick Hawkins, Jesse Harrell, Oscar Hedge, Edmund Jobe, Roger Jones, William Kreihop Victor Kulhanek, Thomas Lawson, Robert Lowe, Charles Low- rey, John Manning, Lee May, Ben Milton, Thomas Mott, Jim Bounds, Calvin Parker, William Parker, Leroy Radbaugh and Lee Randolph. PROMOTED. Private Charles E. Hall, who is sta tioned with 92 base hospital at this place, has been promoted from private to corporal. MANY A BATTLE Social, Financial, has been won by that powerful ally .CONFIDENCE But a man can’t possess confidence if his clothes and furnishings are out-of- date and dilapidated. A successful appearance begets success and they are both the result of trading at this store KIRBY-WARREN GO. Formerly SWAN-SLATER GO. Gastonia, N. C. “The Old Reliable” psNattnual lank Greensboro, N. C. Is a good safe place to keep your money YOU CAN BANK WITH US BY MAIL Place part of it in a checking account so you can pay your' bills by check or draw money as you want, and deposit the remainder in a Savings Account where it will draw interest at 4 per cent and BE THERE WHEN YOU WANT IT. Soldier boys, try this bank, you will_not be dis appointed. . E. P. Wharton, President, Neil Ellineton Vice-President, A. H. Alderman, Cashier, ■Watdo Porter, Assistant Cashter.
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