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110 DISASTERS IN YEAR ENUST RED CROSS AID Nearly $400,000 Spent In United State*?Greek Refugee Work Completed. For Its pnpu?<MM to roster ro lief through efTectire sad fonerous aid to the inSorors from disaster ths American Red Cross is universally re garded as the one organisation from which responss to appeal tor help la immediate. In tits last pear, accord ing to the annual report of the Red Cross, its disaster reMef operations mere carried out is 11# losaWtles Is the United Mates. This work, with actfrltles carried over from the prwvt eus rear, regufred tee expenditure Is the United States of Rn^lMi hp tee Aaserieaa Red Cress, its Chapters sad Branches. Is the sssmgsunj tit le wing the detest of tee Greek torsee is Turkey sad tea harming of tea city at Smyrna, whleh entailed the solkg children. Red'Cross National Head guartera asp sad ed |I M,IK 0I. Urn teed distributed is Greece aggregated 88,00# tons; garments, m,?M; blan kets, IMP#; new shoes, M## patra; Idi^MttHm^B tee tawtiagof^Sa refugees there was listed upwards eft 88,000 children under tens years ad age. The disss tors in the United States during the peat year reported l? par sons killed. Ml Injured, It,Ml ren dered homeless. The total property lost was estimated at ?M,710,000. Relief of suffering cnunsd by disas ters of Such magnitude as to over whelm the resources of the communi ties in white they occur is fundamen tal to the charter of ths Americas Red Ocas. In addition to making ap propriations from its treasury and as signing trained personnel to relief work, ths Red Cross in disaster cen tralises and makes more effective re lief funds and supplies contributed by the country at large. Since 1881 the Red Croes has ad ministered more than 880,060,000 for the single porpoee of disaster relief. That it may continue to aoeept the re sponsibilities which grave emergen dee place upon the American Red Cross appeal is mads for a nation wide renewal of membership daring ths annual roll eaU, which opens oa Armistice Day, November IX, and closes as Thanksgiving Day, Novem ber 88. Life Saving Work Of Red Cross Corps Wars on Drownings The hilmto of tk* American Bed Cross life Savin* Corps on the bath in* apparel of men, women and youths is seen everywhere at favorite bathing places along the coasts, riv ers, lakes and ponds. In Its unrelent ing campaign to reduce loss of lite by drowning the Bed Cross Is wishing constant headway. The demands for Instruction from organisations la all f parts of the country were so numer ous the past year that It was neces sary to more than double the staC of Red Cross instructors. This work of training tor water life-saving showed an enrollment of over >0,000 volun teers enlisted tor duty oft patrol, tor reecue and resuscitation! all compe tent to Instruct others In the standard watereafety methods. The Bad Ones by request of the War Department gives water lirct aid training at the United Statee Military and Wavnl academies and in the military trainln* camps tor iseeris officers and civil Ian*. The four cash prises awarded by the Bed Cross lost year for berate reecues were oonferred upon two gtrle, n boy end a man, indicating that the youths of the ounnUy stand wall at the top in conserving Ufa along our water courses. Red Cross Field Of Action Covers All the World American Red Croaa penetrates to nearly every part of the world. The Insular and foreign raB call statietles stve manifestation af the Bed Cross members; In Turkey, and active in the Constantinople Chapter, I.54S. Chi na has en enrollment of MW; Africa. 1U; India. tS4. and Australia. ?. ?ran Vladivostok, la frigid Siberia. The Philippine Islands can mobilise ?*,747 under the Bed dross and Hawaii 74W- Ths total funds membership enrollment and sent to national headquarters In Washiastoa mounted to ftMttJd. while an adtt ttoaal IMAM was forwarded tor the endowment fund of the Americas Red Crass. The hl*k seas rod sail la 1*U riguJd"eoTdJWirter the'Bed Onofant the merchant ships 4.141. Of the to Ml membership outside the Unite! Males ISAM are ractatarad with chap term la foreign lands, the Insular pas T waat to; therefore I eanr M'Mi Mfrit that spurs the Red-Grass werk er I. waU-dolsg. MKiiMWiilii i i i' hK"*;, HICKORY CHAPEL NEWS Mrs. Maggie Raby of Wheeli.ville is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Charles. Mr. and Mrs. John Sumner and children of Nashville are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sumner. Mr. Sumner is not much improved. Messrs. Oscar Wiggins and Charlie Dilday spent the week-end with rela tives and friends in Norfolk and were accompanied by Misses Mary Leigh Horton and Etta Parker from near Union. .Mr. and Mrs. James U mphlett and little daughter, Mildred, visited Mr. and Mrs. Lawaon Wiggins Sunday. Mr. J. L- Chamblee visited his wife, who is a patient in Lake View Hospital, Suffolk, Saturday and Sun day. Mr. J. L. Earley and son, Haywood, motored over to Norfolk Sunday. Mr. Earley returned home Monday sad left his son to take treatment for hit eyes. Mrs. R. P. Slaughter of Ahoslde visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sumner, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hughson and Miss Nannie Hughson visited Mrs. Hughson's father, Mr. Daniel Lowe, Sunday night and Monday in Suf folk, Va., and were accompanied by Miss Ruth Hill of Aulander. Master Elton Chamblee visited Master Conwell Hughson Saturday night and Sunday, near Brantleys Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner from near Mars Hill visited Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Holloman. Sunday. Mrs. R. L. Wiggins returned home Monday after staying two weeks with her daughter Mrs. J. L. Chamblee, who is a patient in Lake View hos pital, Suifolk, Va. Mrs. Wiggins re ports her daughter as improving. INTERESTING BIT OF HISTORY REVEALED IN GIFT TO LIBRARY In a letter in which he enclosed a twenty-five dollar check for the li brary, Mr. George Lee Burton of Louisville, Ky., gave an interesting bit of news concerning big connection with Murfreesboro. His grandmother was Lavina Bembory Murfree, daughter of Col. Hardy Murfree, for whom Murfreesboro, Tenn., was named, and grand daughter of Wm. Murfree for'whom Murfreesboro, N. C., was named. Lavinia married Col. Frank Nash Williams Burton and they later moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn., where Mr. Burton's father was born. He said that he has visited Murfrees boro, Tenn., from time to time, and hopea some day to visit Murfrees boro, N. C., and Chowan. The students of the college apprec iate Mr. Burton's contribution to the library. They would like very much for him to visit Chowan and the town named for his ancestors?The Chow ian. . v 1 ? During October, veterinarians un der the supervision of the' State Col lege and Department of Agriculture tested for tuberculosis 3,053 herds of dairy cattle, in which they found 84 reactors and four suspects. ' MORTGAGE SALE Pursuant to the provisions of a deed of trust executed by J. W. Har per and wife Pattie Harper on the 26th day of December, 1919 and reg istered in the office of the Register of deeds of Hertford County, in Book 65, page 188, default having been made in the payment of the bonds therein set forth, and at the request oi the maker'and holder of the in debtedness secured thereby, the un dersigned will sell at public auction, for cash in the town of Murfreesboro, N. C., in front of the Post)office, on the 24th day of December, 1923, at 11 o'clock, a. m., the following prop erty: Those two certain tracts of land in Murfreesboro Township, Hertford County, North Carolina, described and bounded aa follows: First: That tract composed of lot number 4 and a part of Lot number 3 of the E. B. Vaughan-Cary Parker land, which is bounded on the north by the Murfreesboro-Mapleton road, on the east rby the lands of J. H. Darden, on the south by the lands of E. B. Vaughan and on the west by the ; lands of H. V. Buck, containing fifty i acres, more or leas. Second t That undivided one-half interest in that small tract or parcel ! of land known as the Darden Woods tract, which as a whole is hounded on the north by the lands of E- W. Whit ley and Pqpe Brett, on the East by the Woods Road, the lands of E. B. Vaughan on the South and the lands of E. B. Vaughan and E. W. Whitley \ on the west, containing twelve acres, 1 more or less, conveyed by the said 1 J. W. Harper ehd wife Pattie Harper ? to satisfy the debt and interest pro > vided for in said deed of trust. ' This 24th day of November, 1923. | ll-S0-4t. D. C. BARNES. Trustee. i Hall's Catarrh aa^jSS^S^A will do what wi , vUCQlClDe claim for It Id your Of mm o. Catarrh or Dsafnsa caused by Catarrh. I UU Sy a *-- w *? rssw > P. 1. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Obit I ** Advertisements appearing under this head, set In this type, ara charged for at the following rata; ten eenta per line for the first week and five cents per line per week thereafter. Advertisement* under this head are payable in advance, cash with eopy. The amount charged for any ad can easily be ascertained by counting the wordp and allowing six words to the line. WANTED?MEN OR WOMEN TO take orders for genuine guaran teed hosiery for men, women, and children. Eliminates darning. Sal ary $76 a week full tine, $1.50 an hour spare time. Cotton, heathers, INTERNATIONAL STOCKING till 1-30 MILLS, Norristown, Pa FOR SALE?A HOUSE AND LOT in the town of Ahoslde. One-half cash, balance on time. ?0-5-tf H.W. STOKES. ONE MILLION EARLY JERSEY Wakefield cabbage plants now ready for setting. Fine as you have ever seen. Send me your or ders. Price 25c per 100 or $2.00 per thousand in 500 or 1000 lota 11-2-28-41. J. R. RIVES, Ahoakie FOR SALE?A HOUSE AND LOT* in the town of Powellsville. One fourth cash, balance on time. ll-9-28-4tpd H. O. RAYNOR. LOGS WANTED?HICKORY, ASH. Gum, Poplar, and Walnut Highest cash prices. Write R.M.CONWELL, 11-9-23-5L Winton, N. C. FOR SALE CHEAP?CLEVELAND roadster in good condition. For free demonstration, call at the HERALD OFFICE. FOR CHRISTMAS ?YOU WILL want some nicely colored Christ mas Greetings cards with your name printed on them. Get our prices and look at the beautiful samples we have. Send greetings to your friends and customers at a very email cost Get your orders in early. HERALD, Ahoslde, N. a y b FOR SALE?PART OF MY HOUSE HOLD furniture, on account of lack of room. One 4-piece parlor suite, 2 beds, l bedstead and teat tress, 1 washstand, all in good condition. MRS. S. F. Bristow, ll-16-3t. Colerain, N. C. EMBOSSED STATIONERY?DONT go oat of town to got your high class Embossed cards and station ery? Let the HERALD do it for yon right at home. Prepared to give best grade of work at' less coat to yon. Consult as for prices. S. P. BURGESS?THE SHOE RE PAIRER at the Electric Shoe Shop and family expects to leave for Virginia Wednesday, the 28th. Will spend Thanksgiving .in Virginia. The Shoe Shop will be closed until Monday or Tuesday, December 3 or 4, 1923. S. P. BURGESS. CABBAGE PLANTS ? SELECTED Earley Jersey Wakefield, ready to set, 26c for 100; $1.00 for 600. $2.00 for 1000. At Montgomerys Mill. P. D. PARKER, ll-28-4t-pd. Ahoskie, N. C. TYPEWRITER AT BARGAIN?NO. 10 Remington, in perfect shape for sale. Examine H yourself at the HERALD office. We can also fur nish you with Underwoods, any size and on easy terms. Five years' guarantee and 10 days free triaL Consult us for particulars. THINK OF IT?NOTHING WOULD please your friends and loved ones more for a Christmas present than a nice picture. Who makes them? J. C. WEBB, Ahoskie, N. Cr FOR SALE?JERSEY WAKEFIELD Cabbage plants. Apply to ?. J. BELL, Ahoslde, N. C. FOR SALE IN AHOSKIE, N. C.? Large 2-story house near colored church and several dwellings and business lots. 11-80-tf EDGAR T.. SNIPES, 506 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, Pa. WANTED?A COOK FOR SMALL family. Light work, fair pay and good room on place. Apply to the HERALD OFFICE . APPLES, APPLES?I HAVE LEFT about fifty bushels of select wine sap apples from the car received lh Ahoskie last Saturday. To move these apples I hare a special price on same of $1.T6 per bushel. Will be on sate Saturday, December 1st from the rear *f my home in Ahoskie, West Church street, near the school house. One day only. 1 N %' y JAMES. W. GREEMfc Ahoskie, N. C. 'I 666 for Headaches, Colds, etc. NOTICE OF SALE UNDER MORTGAGE Under and by virtue of power end authority contained in a certain mortgage deed executed on the 6th day of May, 1920, ^>y Abner Taylor to the Aulander live Stock and Sup ply Co., which ia duly recorded in Hertford County Register of Deeds office in Book 66, at page 376, we will on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1923, at the hour of noon, in front of the Court House door at Winton, Hertford couqjty, expose for sale for cash to the highest bidder, the follow ing described real estate. A certain tract of land lying and being in Hertford County, St. Johns Towship, and described and defined u follows: One acre mete or less known as the Abner Taylor home place, and consisting of one four-room dwelling and one store and lot, adjoining the lands of T. J. White, Felix Moore and others, being the same lands acquired by purchase from M. L. Taylor. For Further reference see deed from IL L. Taylor to Abner Taylor. Place of sale?Front of Court House door, Winton, N. C. Time of sale?Twelve o'clock, (noon), December 29, 1923. Terms of sals Cash. AULANDER LIVE STOCK A SUPPLY CO., Mortgagee. A. Simpson, Attorney. ll-30-4t NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND WAR RANT OF ATTACHMENT North Carolina?Hertford County Ahoslde Township E. J. Gerock vs. C. J. Boone?Notice of Summons and Warrant of At tachment. The defendant above named will take notice that a summons in the above entitled action was issued against the defendant on the 22nd day of November, 1923, by J. R. Gar rett, a justice of the peace of Hert ford county, North Carolina, for the sum of 626.63 due plaintiff on note, which summons is made returnable before said justic, at his office at Ahoslde in said county and in Ahos kie township, on the 24th day of De cember, 1923. The "defendant will also take notice that a warrant of at tachment was issued by the said jus tice on the 22n4 day of November, 1923, against the property of the said defendant, Which warrant is return able before the said justice, at the time and place above named t6i the return of the summons, when and where the defendant is required to appear and answer or demur to the complaint, or the relief demanded will be granted. This November 22,1928. J. R. GARRETT, Justice of the Peace W. R. JOHNSON, Attorney. ll-30-28-4t. Celery is being successfully grown in a demonstration in Currituck County by E. R. Johnson, reports county agent J. E. Chandler. ? To the Farmers of Hertford County In ngrdi to your Fertilizer Needs, Swift & Company will take care of you. in Price and quality Again we want to thank you, one and all, large or ?mall, for your past patronage, and solicit a contin uance in the' future . Soda, carload lots, $49.00, January deli Tory; $49.50 February Delivery r Yours to Serve SWIFT & COMPANY " ? S. E. VAUGHN Authorized Swift Agent AH0SK1E, - - ? N.C What is aTeaspoonfail? Im >*?,' j ft ? ?? CALUMET f ha Economy BML9NQ POWDER Level spoonfuls are all that are nec essary when you use CALUMET'?It makes more bakings which means a real saving on bake day. .?Sales2%time8 4*Mntch**th*t IS3P Underwood?Remington?Royal?Oliver, Etc. Why Pay Full Price for a Typewriter When you can get one of the best for Utile more than half? j Just try any one of these ^ Standard Visible Typewriters I hi year own hone or office -at my RISK! 10 Day Free Trial-?> Year ca^tee $000 a?d It's Yoars-Over a Year to Pay /^fDown 10c a day wfU Pay for Om of these Standard Typewriters % ?die*. \ - _p%if. c Send today tor faiyc Free Catalog ahowlng Typewriters i In colore. Mo exponee or obligation on your part | y$f ' V-'; k- } .'V,I-'_ ' t' ? , * '. 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