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Vol. 6. No. 26, : . ; EDENTQN: NORTH 0 AIlOJKAEAN819tl5v:5 FROM III Hll CaLJLiU JU BOY IN London, England,-v I May 22r l9li. - WjfefeWeaafesL Dearest Daddy :- . ' 1 steamship 12 o'clock. We yu,t a little detail of iny trip ;St anotKerhorsd this afternoon. ,c oss the Atlantic Ocean! 1 sail- put; on ntt watch, tonight, I, on the steamship Colbnian oil theest:6f-the; trip. Jack May 5th, 1915. We had aboard FPrick,wentcrazy;ffbm dope J000 horses, and 100 men to look ??ck after them, and feed ; .them r; and him Uv ; He caused some excite r A.r ment aboard the Ship. I am in-. care tor tiicni. nmuiiK uicsc uicu t , I found about half a dozenrnice. 1 fellows lookinp" for ex- n - T ufVA,U.J,i penence like myself. 1 left Amer-J ot.f otprl at 4 : 30 o'clock :V.m. i u . nnA- n .4.u blowing a gale from, the south wit h a clear sky and a light south r " -j t o4.;Bi..r. east. We lost four horses today castwardly wind. I: retired eaily . --.--.. .. , . - . . . Winn nan rhancrrl ann ic rrw after having; watered and - ted the , -M t : ; I OM , , , , . - , J nday. May 14-r-It is raining 5:30 o clock a. m., a lovely morn J J - , u and. stormy... Lost" two horses ing, and the old ocean was beau- - r J .r , T . , . , this morning'and two this after tiful. I watered the horses; and . . . , . , , r j T noon. Our ship is in totar dark grave them grain and long feed. I . , ... , & . . . t v . . a nesa to-night, and will, be until ate breakfast about seven. A - , . f , L : v. we get in harbor, as we are now dense fog set in about eight a, m. ; . , , . . . . ... , " , in the war zone. I had nothing to do until lunch. After lunch I Watered the horses Saturday, May 15 A bad, and fed them about 3 o'clock p. rainy and disagreeable morning, m. Then I had nothing to, do Lost another horse this morning until supper time; I strolled1 a- We passed a troller steamship round the deck and read when I We swung out our life boats .to felt inclined to do so, until supper day. We passed another steam was announced ; after supper I ship this morning, and one at 6 watered'the horses and gave them o'clock this afternoon. . We saw hav. I had to work about three hours a day. The work was very hcrht anrt easv iW.iien one iiiic horses the work is not much more than play. This was about the routine of each days work. We we are 'now in sight of Lundy had a westerly wind. - The fog Island, the first land I have seen cleared away about noon. in about twelve days. We saw Friday May 7-1 got up at 5:30 land off to the east of us' lovely a. m. watered and fed thehorsei Devon and a - beautiful sunset We have on board with ' us one We are in Bristol Channel.. It-is sparrow hawk, a wren ahH a Urge to latet0 g UP t0 niSht 011 bird, which is very pretty. I am count of the-tide, which is run afraid the sparrow hawk will ning too strong. We anchored i:atch our pet sparrow. I see that the birds are fed and scatter food where they can get it. I made forgot. to .mention that a pilot friends with the mascot today, a came on board early this morn black cat. A wireless message inS reported that the Lusitania haoT Monday morning, May 17 It been torpedoed and sunk. This is -raining; In- docks at. Avon is a lovely day. The winds are mouth' when I got up. - About northwardly. I am enjoying the thirty of our men left the ship trip very much. ; here to join the army. Twenty Satnrday May 8 The morn- of them were Americans. About ing is beautiful and bids fair to 7 o'clock we left on high tide, be a lovely day. The sea air is Thursday, 18th day of May exhilerating. The winds are north A foggy day. We are on our wardly. Later the wind is ris- way to London. A ship passed ing and causing quite a high us ,to-night and our Captain fol sea. Cloudy at noon. Blowing lowed in his wake. He said, if quite a breeze. The wind lulled submarines were out they might about 5 o'clock p. m. Still cloudy get that ship first. The Captain and very cold. I caught a little bird on deck.- I petted him a tvu;i ..I i "4. u: - " "v- ttllU lllCil ICl 1I1U1 gU J Sundav M av 9 We had steak for breakfast and it was vYry'fine- much out of the ordinary. The weather is cloudy. We had plum pudding for, dinner. I can tell you much about my experiences, I when I see vou. We had canned beef for supper and pickles. Monday, May the 10th. It is raining this morning. We have a west wind; We passed two ships. It rained all day. - Tues. May 11 Westerly winds and cloudy. We sighted a rigger about 8 o'clock a. m. We lost the first horse today s 12 M the sun come out, and showed its face for the' first time in several days. We passed a steamer at 4 o'clock, before dark, and anoth er steamer at 9:30 p. m. We Passed icebergs and Ichanged our, out of .th? way of thence; ; - shiiTfeHghtC and it fea; lovely . . ,?... .-.., iormea. tnat insanity is jn his family. - Jack's brqtheV was drink- mg -heavily-and had a fit tonight, . . t ' ,r - , 1 - east. -A little rainy. d a" w" LU "iC U1 SUUiC kind. We, lost "another horse tms atrernopn. : i; : Suhda?Ttfayal6-e several boats this morning ana Pn vcuuii,.a-auu.c. .wy.i e can see "ailou llc- TTT- " TTT li . 1 T was right about it, for that, ship was blown up and sunk about 10 miles ahead of us. We were , ; . - lucky not to get in with the sub marine. The Captain switched off) after hearing the report, -and changed his course - Thursday, May 19 We are passing through the English Channel. We saw the White Chalk Cliffs ot Dover. VY e can " - . - - ' -w m r hear the cannons roar in the dis tance. One of the hoyslost $11, a rizpr,!: Kis so Things take legs on this ship and It '.awa'v. End. The Doctor WT VA . M TV J ,- - on the' ship says Pocahontas lived in the place he pointed out Thursday, May 20 Left the ship this mrning sight seeing Have seen theBank of England, St: Paul's Cathedral, Hyde Park, St. James Park, : House of Lords UiepuseTof JddninBuk ingrain -Pajacel GrmenOri lajtjg ment, Town Bridge, The Strand," The New -Front; Southenci-on- Sea, -The. Rose Pergol a, New Gardens, Trafalgar Square Lon don, the v;Meseu New Gardens, tneQuns Qotage, the ELhod 6 dedron. Dell, "the ''Cliff Steps, Westcliffe-on-Sea, Thorpe Bay, VVestminister Abby &c.&c. Be lieve me I am seeing things. . Everything is a little different over here. The conveyances, go to the left instead of to the right. At railroad crossings they have ''Beware of Trains." .The cars have side doors, and each door is an entrance to a - separate apart ment, holding and seating twelve persons. London is certainly a fine city, and the people' are the clev erest I ever saw. The cops as we call them are fine and- most ac commodating. The bars, or sa loons, are called Public. Houses, and are attended by barmaids, as "the women are tailed, .who stand behind -the bars, and. these girls hand out the spirits and the fe males enter justlike" the men do, and act like the men, niave several more days mapped out for sight seeing. I am seeing the greatest city in lie world. I know that if you have read all I have Written, that you .must b "tired. Goodbye and with love to all, 'H Your affectionate son, Wm. J. LEARY, JR Exhibit Pleases At Exposition Electrical Baby Village Ex cites Interest at Panama Exposition. The babjr village, a feature of the health exhibit of the North Carolina State Board of Health, which was loaned to the U. S. Children's Bureau to use this year at the International Exposition at San Francisco, is attracting , wide nterest. The papers of . San Eranciseo ound it an interesting story and played it up accprdingly. Under the thrilling headline, :' "Let Us Live', Cries -Kiddies," the San Francisco Bulletin carried the dllowing story: "The lights in a hundred little houses came on suddenly. Then one by one they flickered and died out. No, there was nothing wrong with the-, current. It Was the Infant Mortality Model from North Carolina in the U. S. Chil dren's Bureau in the Palace of Education at the Exposition. The exhibit centers around the baby death model. One Hundred lights in one. hundred homes re present the birth of as many ba bies. Then a flashing sign pro claims, ' 'End of First Day' and three lights flicker out. "End- of First Week" finds four "more homes dark and sad ; the rest of the tirst month -adds three' more : by. the end of the second year 29 babies have-d ied for every r ' 100 born. "Most of these deaths were preventable," is flashed by a final sign. " ' . ; This is the model that has car- ried to thousbnds of North Caro- lina mothers its warning and its message of information. Perhaps there Jar e already North" Carolina liieswhb oweheir lives i f to-jits twinkling anoickeringlighW - h The -physician iff the wrifinc the iStatef lioaidMiowever. ireaay xeporeu uuum i vwji5vvw;w.;.vw? rsTIMT. '3Lz:y lJ:.i oCTUiiru sayXai o!2thlcirjetfe SOnall V;. for hst nontrihuiioti i'ic putx ibivvh ich" has jif oused a 1 t&, 5co nSidelifcwci a iof Jlie most features olfeuriir f . HAVE AER0PL.4S1 National Guard : is After Aviation Corps. utant General Lanrence W. Young; Monday, .confirmed the Prg- '. - . icuurreurai arpn in m iirarv nr ciesJiBhis State that North Car olina rrriay have.an aviation cops- eral Young even declared thatvfffit is possible to secure a machine he will make use of it at the maneuvers at Camp . Glenn during" this summer. However, f-.,:. - . l.uesQvare costly ana Tiotning - out . ,lnithe meanwlule;he will make . :r;, -- -': '..---v.-.v rc..-. evefySbrvvith-thecWatDepart tj--. ; v i rricufr.,epf?nave mis maae a part-oi :Carionai u u ara wprs. - w ortn iifa Avith: its nucleus of train- eQer); is splendidly . equipped fiBservice, for with command pHpf Chae, 6f Wilniintri plane arid an ' experienced yer and Evans Sledge,' of New Bern, who attended the Curtis school at Hammondsport, N. Y., General Young stated that there are eight members of the National Guard over the State who are experienc- ed air men and who have been trained at reputable schools re- ceiving diplomas in aeronautics, ; "This is a part of the move- ment stretching over the whole country," said Genernl Young, "to introduce this new feature of warfare into the National Guard." The present war in the eyes of military authorities in the Nation- al Guard and standing army has demonstrated that the air is not to be neglected in the warfare of the future and that airships, par- ticularly the heavier than air ma- chines, Will be vital parts of mUi- tarv eauioment. The introduc- tion of this into the National Guard is just another-step to in- and points south of the ferry to ished. 1 he campaigns m -the crease the efficiency of the guard Suffolk, Norfolk and other points first five counties, will begin Mtn. -and make it more ready for actual north. The purpose is to fill in day, June 21. and last six weeks, r warfare. News and Observer. WamS AgainSt " TvnhniH Fpvr 1 y pnuiu r CV State Board of Health Urges Vaccination; Warns Against Flies. r Already a large number of deaths -from typhoid have been reported to the State .Board of Health..- Those reports coming in so early indicate to what ex- tent the disease may be expected to rage when hot weather and fly time ai-e on in full, blast. As tp1. thftTA has heen nrackicallv no j . v - hot weather and consequently not a large number of deaths from the disease V should be expected as tvnhoid faffftR most when the old rages most when the weather is hottest and the' fheS 1 5jOTsaggriB be aecial wurm tdh th'eua vaecitiatQdnd those who;are s fochs&u!d:et ed as soon ' as : possible; arid see Ihaiithir familieiandhei SeyfeiBrSy 6ondiHous as are -likely-io exist ibisii3miiys ily, can afford toTun the risk - with ,1 Wherever :the anti-typhoid vicciQi.irtme to"eVery"per8on iu. f a n y jsommQn ity, i qsiitiition or body of people, typhoid : fever ; lias there been statjo ped out. : - For instance, there has not been a d e th f ron ty phoid fever in thermy since 1 912, the Vear after ,ifthtiifevrVimrl' vnftAirw.- i;nn ni, i - , . r,. ; -' r. . . jeyery soiqjer was vaccinatea. What yacoinatioa did for the armyitfilf JctoJ i Orjtrie family, the neighborhood" the -trounty. Vaceination:aBdolean,ing:ujp,i tol erating no fltes and 'breeding placesfoj flies,: up open baclipti viesor othp.r n1afwa nf fill.h. will - K.J., iiA '-ZS- : - dnve typh.ud put of any commnn- .K.$'Vi.;;: MmMa 0DenDacki)nvi6s.Ma&d:adTiSAa. i'" I vacctrmtio aa soonasssible lllfiui One of the-greatest proectsn road construction undertaken by Gates and Hertford counties in recent years is that now under way. A contract-was let by the commissioners of the two coun- ties last November to fill in the long causeway leading from, the ferry across the Chowan river at Winton out on the Gates side, This piece of road is mbre than a mile lng (2000 yards to be more exact) which is practically, always under water averaging in depth from 6 to 10 or 12 inchas de pending -upon the weather and the tide. No foot-way has ever been provided, hence the road is practically impassable for pedest- nans, especially since tne popu Janty ot automobiles this road is wont to be much used, being the principal highway from Winton thisroad with sand so as to make it higher than the water. " The contract specifies.: that the road shall be filled in to a height of 18 inches, 12 feet wide on top, a wider soace beint? made everv 300 vards. thus allowing ' passing roo As can be fieured.this in volves the moving of between J four and five thousand cubic yards of earth an average distance of more than halt a mile. - l he contract was accepted by the Story Bros., the price paid to be $2000, the work to be completed by Dec. -1, lyio. Lunng the process of filling this in, nearly all travel has ceased. A railroad J is Duut aown ine miaaie or ine driveway and a locomotive and - . four cars are used to transport the sand.; The locomotive of small boirerfwith Oint-PSIISi I ine -engines ohi: top which driVefi. ytA i7i&-tfiu 1 ing engines the wheels by means -ol :g!g$XvLitMffi SPrS:S Pairsof drive vyl , alsoipg en- es can om to earthusvirj thel&cc rnotive considentble drivingjpbwer mpving a whehtheeehdmo 7, when o;vleVelan: carsthe sudors of C whiclktare made- in; two ; d iy isions'eacfi .ftalf the car. floor turhingn hiris of wodlucJKruhheen of 'theCcan; Arjbut' &tuhic;f ; yards of sand! are carxied ceacii carl When 4n:: tht tlohf rrlrn the'r slnd; can?;bje' iji Q-bgSSd'". iiwfiriS? by one nan ; Four rs arised tvvb beingoade fwiiile thetHer tware;lgonewi TJiese cajrail&oiTwU result of the ingenuity. ;ti'the - - jEessrs.vStpry JBroiSa be well adapted toi their nesiin this .Herji t'o4hirdsv;p been filled iaandit iss conffijntly belieyedithe pjrvil ? pietei by August. : This piece of road was fojfiier ly priyatCprpety by Msrs. Parker ajidi J6idin of Wintoni,' the erryialso beginpi: tothjnf A t4l ranginfrdm J0C;JotaSseief s lto'Tidr'''" hprgd DUgg)S was; ; ' c aed: Aiu0g'jLpAy agc'this-t property including a strip laridj 2eT ya;rds on either side jpjxthe rojwas;p hfiaseld by Hpt f ord ahct Gatrsjcotinties ;iointi and theiroald and f erry madeV lblic When this: jwprk is . conipld no doubt this will be a: muciusd : . v. f Qlir Mot COttfltteS 'AOSS . ; . , Halifax, JieCOjnbe,, Wayne Wllsoil Appropriate, ' fof Anti IVolioidL Camoaktt . , ; ' P . ' Word has just beea received- t the State Health -offices that-four more counties, ' Halifax,. Edge- combe, and Wilson, have; made appropriations of $400 each abd : Wayne an appropriation of t 360 to hold vigorous anti-t))Iioid campaigns,- Wake, Northanpton, Cumberland, Buncombe and Hett- derson have already made simUar appropriations. . : - orK in fliuax, cugecomoe, wayne mison win not Degirr nu . til after the compaigns in the . - first five counties have been ; fin- :- me second series ocampaigus will begin Monday; August 2, and last six weeks, ending September 11. - " ,: ; Several other connties- are . known to be centemplat ing v simi- I- lar compaisns. Men and'-means. howevei; pTevent the State Board f of Health from conductingXguch I campaigns-in more than fiy& cdnn , I ties lit a time. -". With four oi .the second set ot counties, aireaoy - in . two weeks -before. the first- set? of campaigns are begun and-; a half dozen other counties on ithe rfirgeu - ot adopting sucii piansit j pegins to look as though there JUight: be more applications fromi counties , i tnan couiu-po Jiueaiui8tyer. I - " ;" ' ' . . ; -V. V rnje DeDoittV insoiscii ldIlIrniorSSPMT jj 4 7 J ,-, Jr-- -ryt jja- -. ..... : .': . , .. . .': . . r- . .... ' -. courie more southwardly ;to ge"t lices;qnaonugc,.
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