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i -las RED CROSS R j IN THE FAR EAST " m Bring Food and Supplies to Czechoslovaks in Siberia. THE American Red Cross has be come very active in that I MM. - . " V"U.fc JJO.lt Ul KUSSia SlirrnnniHn xri j ; tok and the prompt medical assistance rendered thai- . i7T ati-sea country nas resulted in saving thousands of lives. The rescue, work done by the Red Cross for the Czechoslovak refugees Has assumed nrnrHn-v,o '. k, lly becomg-greater in scope. w""-u ""vices received from Vladi vostok report that more than 20,000 Czecho-Slovak refugees, 4,000 of them Children, are now being cared for by the American Red Cross at that city. In addition to this relief work, he cables state that the Red Cross Medical or ganisation is attending hundreds of wounded Czecho-Slovak soldiers who , have reached Vladivostok after weeks of the most desperate fighting against the pro-German forces. The condition of the refugees, who .Were found living in tents and freight cars along the Chinese Eastern Rail way west of Harbin, was pitiable.- A majority of them are farmers, though there are many coal miners and rail way employees in the number, people who were driven from their homes by the Bolsheviki, and some German and lAustrian war prisoners. ! The work of administering to the wounded Czecho-Slovak fighters, who Steadfastly refused to recognize the Bolsheviki-German peace, and reliev ing the distress of the homeless civil ians was started the moment their plight was brought to the attention of the American .Red Cross. The. relief work was directed by Charles K. Mo er, American consul and head of the Bed Cross chapter at Harbin. Ameri can Red Cross chapters at Tokyo and Shanghai also gave valuable -.aid. jWhile waiting for instructions from '.America, theywent ahead and raised" ifunds in Vladivostok which provided temporary relief for both soldiej-s and civilians. On authorization of the American Bed Cross, Dr. R. B. Teusler,' head of Entrance to American Red Cross Hos pital at Kiev, St. Luke's Hospital at Tokyo, hurried to Vladivostok with necessary hospital supplies and perfected a medical or ganization to care for the incoming wounded soldiers. This organization, which was com plete from a medical and sanitary standpoint, consisted of a base hospital with a bed capacity for 200, one rolling canteen, two sanitary trains, one field first-aid unit and a disinfecting train. Dr. Teusler cabled that there were In active service with his unit fourteen American and seven Japanese doctors end fifteen American and seventeen Japanese nurses. All the American doctors are volunteering their services. tr. Teusler said he hoped to jenlist tLirty additional American doctors and fifty American-nurses in the Orient. MOBILE HOSPITALS AT FRONT. It is the task of a mobile hospital to advance to the front lines with the troops to give first aid treatment to tho wounded. The mobile hospital 'wit , from base hospital No. 20, Uni versity of Pennsylvania, were com manded by General Pershing for the courage they displayed under shell firp. Two Red Cross nurses were In cluded in this special distinction for tfc'5r bravery and devotion to duty. WLrVour Button WiM$? -Mill w WHAT BOYS SAY v ABOUT RED GROSS Since the soldiers overseas have been Informed by their officers that the American Red Cross will play San ta Clans this Christmas for all the boys In khaki who have no relatives In the United States, Red Cross Head quarters at Washington has been re ceiving hundreds of appeals. Inci dentally the men at the front have taken this tim to express their ap preciation for the work done by the Bed Cross "Over There." Following are a few excerpts taken at random from letters inclosing Christmas Package Coupons: "Dear Mr., Miss or Mrs. Red Cross, I would appreciate it tremendously if you would send me a. Xmas package. I have no relatives, and a little something from the good old U. S. A. would be appreci ated beyond words. The Red Cross has done so much for. us over here, and you don't know Just how we appreciate it beyond everything else." An Italian thus addresses his Christ mas appeal : . - "To Whom It Mar Concern. I am in service In Prance and, having no people In the United States, would like to re ceive a little package from 'the Red Cross on Xmas. I am in No Man's Land In a Dig woods, and it is raining." i nave Deen informed the Red Cross will send Xmas packages to any soldier. wuu Benas mem ms Xmas package cou pon. I have received and other things from the Red Cross in my lourteen montfts In France I scarcely like to write again. I am in tha - uvouilOl recovering from wounds, nnri t : bUC UOU oross rurmsnes us with dailv writing material, tobacco, fruits and rec reation." ; "I have no one else to send 'a-lUCLS coupon to, so am sending it to you as v "uute on our Duiieun Doard. If you end a package I would you would inclose a bill for same for I would gladly pay It I don't want 'to im pose on you. The Red Cross is the best friend we have." One Red Cross nurse writes : "Am inclosine th e sure all the boys at the front set their packages first, then if one Is left 1 will appreciate . it. as I snanant all others will have something from home wmcn wui mane me a litUe lonesome. Words cannot exDress our annniofi ' for. the Red Cross." "The Red Cross is a-great help and' blessing to the soldiers any and every where." - "We of the A- E. F being shown evidences of the wonderful i work the Red Cross is doing and are ex-" tremely thankful." "Dear Red Cross ttnrkon a left -dear old America, we thought we' were traveling away from your kindness.' but we did not. We too highly for your work. 1 have no ' tolks at home to send me a Christmas! package." : "Words cannot exnresa tho nhitiraiiA.' re are under for the work you are doing' to. help us along:" .. ) "I know they would greatly appreciate wy little remembra sincerely than the Red Cross for aU tbe! mnanesses and beneSts they hav Cm towed upon our boys. NO FIXED QUOTAS FOR 1919. So great is the faith of the American Red Cross in the American people thai no quotas have been assigned, to Red Cross -Chapters for the enrollment oi members in the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Universal membership? the goal. Chapters are limited only by the number of people In their ju risdictions. The Roll Call will be fin ished only when every available per son, without regard to age or sex, has been enrolled. Children may join only through the Junior Red Cross Auxilia ries, any their membership dues are twenty-five cents a year. The chief aim in enrolling is not to raise money but to increase the membership. Spe cial emphasis is laid upon the regular membership at $1.00 per year, but priv ilege will be given to enroll as a Con tributing Member at $5.00, Sustaining Member at $10.00, Life Member at $50.00 or Patron at $100.00. . JHLi CLIMAX TO VICTORY. During the week before Christmas the entire American people will have the priTiiege of answering the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. The re sponse should roar through the land with a unanimity that will stimulate to the uttermost the hopes of men in all parts of the earth. It will there fore be the climax . of American ideal ism and will usher in Christmas with a Red Cross membership approximat ing the census figures. What the Red Cross wants is the approval of the American people of the Red Cross pol icy, and such approval will have the highest significance in the eyes of suf fering people everywhere. President Wilson leads the response and passes along the message, "I summon you to the comradeship." RED CROSS SCHOOL FOR BOYS. The American Red Cross has estab lished a manual training school for Belgian boys at Vaulruz, Switzerland. PEACE MAKES GREATER NEED Peace will not end the need of Red Cross relief work. On the .contrary, the proclaiming of peace opens new fields of serv- Ice for the Red Cross, and now, more than ever, the American people wlli be called upon to obey their generous impulses to bind up the world's wounds. Membership In the Red Cross it affords the noblest outlet for such impulses. Every American k should answer "Here"' to the Red 'Cross Chiistmas Roll Call. - , - SALISBURY AND ROWAN COUNTY LOCALS The P O S of A of Salisbury, at a meeting held Monday night, officers of the county Wsociationught a meeting with tbs food that the Salisbury camp was ready to entertain,, the county meeting when the county officers see tit to call the same. This meeting would have been held several weeks ago 'but on acs count of the closing oider due Jo influenza, was postponed indefi nitely. At Monday's meeting seven new members were re ceived into the fraternity, and 17 are awaiting initiation next Mon day night. The public schools of the county were opened 'onday, December 30tb, for the remain ing time of the lerm. Therewas a disastrous fife at Livingstone College early.Mon -day morning, destroying Hnnt iagton Hall, the oldest of the string of college buildings, being the original home of the school and was remodled about 30 years ago. Just what caused the tire is not positively known, bat it is supposed it caught from a de fective flue and started in the top of the rear wing. The logs is estimated to be $i 0,000 or $12 000, partially covered by insur ance. Salisbury Federal Court will open January 14th, with Judge Boyd of Greensdoro presiding, and District Attorney Hammer, prosecuting for the government. Tnis is ,the first Federal court held here in months, both Salis bury and States ville terms hav ing been postponed severnl times on account of the influenza There are a large number of cases on the docket being the biggest since the establishment of the court in Salisbnry The LAsk family in Morgan township held a family reunion and enjoyed a dinner on Christ mas day. A 11 members of the Lisk family were present, this being the first time in 25 years they had all-been assembled to gether. The Lisk family is one of the largest families in lower Ro wan and it has been fortunate in that not. a death has occured in the family. ' Christmas day was a red letter day for the Salisbury canteen service and brought good cheer to the passing soldiers and sailor lads wbo were away from home. The hut was beautifully decorated inside and a beautifu: tree stood in front of the build ing. Tne soldier boys wert served with turkey, pickles,' chicken salad, cranoerry sauce, olives and cake. These srana e? things were fixed upon individu al paper plates, and in addition to the good dinner served they were all offered cigarette, tied in dainty pi ckages. any of the oucrht in bv the various county Red Cns;s organizations and the Spencer shop employees contributed neirly a hundred dollars towarus miking the event a success. George W Park, of Gold Knob- has received information from Adjutant General Barrio, to !h eftVct that his son. Private Charles E Parke, of Company B, 187th infantry, who sailed for Prance last May had been tak en prisoner and was imprisoned at Rastatt,' Germany. The, lasr news Mr Park had from him was vhen he received bis safe arrival card. Practically all of the mer chants report a bij? Christmas business during the season just ended. The merchants had aicf in big stocks and ihe people had money and now that peace has come they sppnt it freely not withstanding the influenza quar antine, several days before Christmas There was a steady buying movement and this took! on a general rush Monday and Tuesday. fpm Emphstia With Gsms. 5" i 4 Washington dispatch reports that Food Administrator Hoover, fin .ETurope, arranging- relief for tie people of the war devastated territories has refused in inniiat. 'lc terms to dtscnss German foocl Conditions with Baron von Der liUancken and Dr. Pieth. wbo j' . - Eadministrator A message from Paris says t;these two German officials, who were prominent in the German feidrainistration f Belgium, wired pom' Berne to Walter Lyman iirown. director of the corn mission 4or relief in Belgium, that they iad been appointed by the Ger man government to negotiate with Mr. Hoover for food sup plies In answer to the request fora conference, Mr. Hoover sent t'ais message: j,,"You can describe two and a Ifalf yerrs of arrogance toward (ourselves and cruelty to the Bel- lans in' any language you may elect, and tell the pair personally go to bell with my cooipli-r tenis. If I do have to deal with Q-fermans," it will not be with that pair " liienaRt at the Polish Government. l it is reported from Berlin by the . Associated Press t? at fee socialist and bourgeois news flpers there express indignation (per . the action of the Polish gov raent in ordering elections to Polish Parliament in the dis m tfcts. of Allenstein, Posen, C$peln. Beuthen, Kattowitz, Pgitow and Danzig. The papers sy that this implies annexation q great arts of German eastern Pldvincos in defiance of inter national law and they E!C3use the Poles of nationalistic overzeal and greet! for land. They declare that the Poles are attempting to bring about an accomplished fact before the peace conference can meet. ;The papers coudemn the. inactivity of the Berlin 'govern ment They also are indignant toward the Poles for alleging ttat the breach of relations with GlrTmany was due partly to a German alliance with the bolshe villi' They remind the Poles that German troops in the East recently have been attacked re peaiedly by the polsheviki and ch4 Bolsheviki Embassador Joffe has been expelled 'frqm Germany. i . Fjtriots Uuite in Cleveland, Ohio. $dleveland,Oh 10, has awakened ljie Guardians of Liberty, Great Sfcret Order, Masons. Odd Fel lows, K of P.'s. etc, have formed an independent propaganda Lieigue with the slogan, Ameri ca fpr Americans." The following platform con tain the principles for which thenewly formed and powerful organization will contend. . X, Taxation of all church prop erty. 4 Compulsory public school edu cation of all children to the age of sxteen years. 3American teachers in the schools. English - . language, only, ISiSght in the schools. J- 5 Abolishment of parochial Schools. ' 6'Put only Americans , on glifrd. .Absolute separation of enliven end state. : f he. movement started to pro vi(g";for the taxation of church wint good success and other stepj ate being taken looking to a vigorous campaign along all lines' indicated in the declaration of jprinciplcs as outlined above. M iss BurkeMcCarthy-'is to de vcteher her time to Ohio this year? and she is already making as thorough investigation in Cleveland The Menace. Inthe casualty list given out fdridondav is the nariy Vf Sam 2 M.ou, of Salisbury as l - otiOjf ouiidea slightly in action Ik Mrs Sandy xVorris. 5G vears of age.1 died at the sanatorium v0rtday night The remains were taken to her her home at Albemarle and the funeral and interment was at that place Mrs M B Robertson, mother of Mrs.CS S'lellings of this citv. died at her home m Richmond Monday. The funeral-and bur ial was held in Richmond. M rs Snellings is too ill to attend the funeral. ' Grady Allen, infant son, of DA Morris of East Spencer; died last Tuesday. The funeral and interment were at Albe marle. ' Baxter Leonard 29 vears of age, died at Florence, S C, last Wednesday of pneumonia follow ing. influenza, The "remain were brought to Salisbury and taken to' the home of his brother V G Leonard on Park Avenue The, funeral-'was held at Park Avenue .v ethodist church nnc the interinejit was in Chestnu Hill cemeiery. Miss Ivtgiua.Ribelin. 2t ,ye. rs of age and daughter of Isaa Ribelijfi, of the St Paul .neighboi hood, died last Tuesday of bron chial pneumonia. The funeral and interment, were held at St v'atthews Lutheran church. The casualty list of Decembe n contains the names of ttn following men of Silisburv ?.nd Ro wan. James 15 Laundrelb severely wounded, "William C Dennis slightly wounded and Willie A Spray R F D I. wound ed degree undetei mined, and i the name of Vincent A Fleming of Salisbury in the list of Decern her 27th , who died of disease. i " George K . Plyler, of Mount Ulla, received ofdcial notice last Thursday that his son George Espy Plyler,' of Company K 309, infantry, -was killed in action in France on November 11th. He was an excellent young man and was well known in Moores ville. beinga member of the Amity string band before going to war. j ; A B Saleeby has received word of the death of his aged father, B H Saleeby, at Lebanon Syria? which occured July 22, 191? This is the first news Mr Saleeby has 'received from his old home in more than four years and this news came in a letter to Mrs Saleeby from her father, Prof Julius Saleeby. The let ter contained .hel information that things were in a deplorable condition in Syria The Ger mans and Turks having overrun the country and visited the same land of destruction and misery as they did in Belgium and other parts of Europe. William Miller, 19-months old Son of JCarl .Sherrill of Mt Ulla died December 20th, The funef ral was conducted by Rev E D Brown, assisted bv Rev F. A Barnes of Mooresville. and the interment was in Back Creek Cemetery. Mrs Joseph H Steadman, wife of engineer G H Steadman of Spencer was found dead bv Mr O 4 J ...1 i rr Oicduujdu wueii ne came in on Tiis run Monday morning. It was evident she had taken her own life by inhaling gas, Mrs Steadman was 49 years old and just why she destroyed her own life is not known. The remains were taken to her old home at Carey, near Raleigh, and the, funeral and interment took place there. The husband and several children survive. z No Worms in a Healthy Child . All children troubled with worms have an un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rale, there is mere or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly, for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, irat; prove the digestion, and act aa a General Strength- eninS Tonic tn th whnl cvaf tn Mat-nra will than' fihaSSiagSffit throw off or dispel the worms, and Ihe Child will be j Buy War Sayings Stamps j MARRIAGES J Miss. pel 1 a -B Sykes, daughter of vR L Sykes, and; Tillman! Saunders of, Danville, Va, were, married at the home of the bride's, parents, December 26th, Rev G H L Lingleof Haven Lutheran church, officiating. " iss Fannie Pedon Bost of - . - A I- I"" ' T XT' . 4 -WW m . oouiu iiver. ana winidm rielly were married December 25th at the home of the bride. Rev S S Bost of Durham, a brother of the bride, officiating. Miss Lyda A- Vuncannon, daughter or B F Vjincannoji of Spencer, and Pervie O Wall of Greenwood, S C, were married at the home of Dr R E W.hite at LeNiinston, December 29th. Miss Jessie iley Patterson, daughter of E M Patterson and f Jerbert Heilig, were married at the home of the bride s parents in Speoter last Tuesdey, Rev C A. Owens of the First Baptist church officiating. Miss Eula Watson, daughter of W F Watson and Georsre Sid- uevG'aeber, married last Wed nesday ak Woo'Ueaf. Miss Mvrtie E Goudman, daughter of J D M Goodman. md Sidney Barger, were mar ried las i Sunday at the Lutheran M.rnn;ige, Rev H A Trexler offi ciating. :is Lillie Little and Dorsett J Bnnle, boll) of the StvPaul 'leighborhoodi were m-irried De j'.raber 22ud, Rev G H L Linle Ticating. Q lit in mfrt?vstii!if? and itti active wedding tooK jlce in Lathe.rau Ohapel Evangelical church, China (Trove on ChristiMaday wbnn Mis Mary L o u i s e Boat i a u of China Grove. vas given in marriagn to Paul Kindred Dry of ; exercise rendered by the children, when Misa Ruth Brewu sounded the chords from Shuriiann's ikTraura rtrei," the bride, ybeautifully ittired in a tailored suit of midnight blue, appa . ths arm of hr youugtst brother, Sergeant Frank T . Bustiau, entodone fjoor, while the crooui entered, the other, with Cecil Graham, as beet man, marching slowly down the a;sles .they joined at the alter twined' in white and greepi where the teauti ful and impressive Lutheran marriage ceremony was per formed by the Rev C A Brown pastor Qof the bride. From the church the bridal party motored to the home of the bride whre a delicious two course dinner' was served itf'a. number of ifrieucU and- invited guests, Thn bride is the attractive daughter of of Mr and Mrs R A Bostian and has for some years been a vry successful, and popu lar teacher in various graded schools of the state 1 he groom originaUy ffrom Mfc Pleasant is at present in businert at , Landis, where they expect o make their tiome. They have tha good wishes of all who know them for a "very bright andpros perous future. Toll of Life in War Nearly Srx Million. Lonbon, Dec. 28.- With the issue of the offcial figures of the Prench'losses iu the wi,r it is possidle to arrive at the approximate estimate of the appalling toll in life. The dead, so far number-,985, 504. The inai victual national losses in dead tritts far announced are: . Colds Cause Grip and Influenza JLAXATXVE BRQMO QUININE Tablets remove the copse. Tbzn is ooly one "Piojao OtdBjoe. 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