LIFE IN THK AVIATION CAMPS. Mount Olive Boy Gives An Interest ing Account of the Daily Routine in the Life of I'nele Sam's "Eyes of the Army." No Monotony or Dull Times. (By M. B. Andrews.) Kenly, February 8? The following letter from the Hancock Training Camp, of Georgia, will almost ex plain itself. It was written by my youngest brother, Mr. Alva E. An drews, Mount Olive, North Carolina. As the letter will show he is now go ing through the final process of train ing before sailing for France. It will be noticed that there is a reference in the letter to a trip we took to the west. He and I were members of a large party who went on a rough neck trip roOnd about through ap proximately thirty states including California, where we visited the Pan ama Exposition. While on this trip he and I went under pet names; his name was "Joe," and my name was "Dudley." With the above explana tions in mind, the reader will be able to follow the letter perfectly. "Camp Hancock, "Augusta, Georgia, "2 February, 1918. "Dear Dudley, Sister Dudley, and Little Dudley: "One of the disadvantages of being a soldier is that it is very hard to get mail. I received your second of Jan uary letter addressed to me at Fort Thomas only a week ago. I was cer tainly glad to hear from you. It was a pleasant surprise to learn that you had sent my Christmas letter to the papers to be published. "I guess you have noticed that I am in the 'Motor Mechanics' regi ment, and no doubt ou have wondered just what that means. Well, it covers practically everything that pertains to Flying. Almost everyone of the ment, and no doubt you have wondered something. Some are mechanics, some are chauffeurs, some are clerks, and some are flyers ? mostly in the embryo state. We are supposed to be able to go to an aviation base and take charge, send out flyers, wireless ope rators, construction engineers, nnd men of almost every other mechanical profession. Practically all of our men have been in service several months and have been picked from almost every camp in the union, including , draft camps. A large proportion of them are college graduates, from ^^arvard, Yale, and various other in stitutions. "If a fellow fails to show up in every detail, he is thrown out at once. Thirty officers have been discharged within the last week; two of them were colonels, and two were briga dier-generals. No favors are shown even the officers themselves if they prove unfit, for Genend Pershing has already ordered us to cross at once. Of course, it is hard to keep qualified as a member of this group; to use the favorite college phrase, it takes guts ? and a plenty of them. "I have hopes of crossing right away, as I signed up for immediate service abroad; still I maybe delayed for a while, for there are so many who are anxious to go that the au thorities have found it necessary to select the favorite ones by ballot ? the favorite cnes are those, of course, who happen to be lucky enough to be chosen to go first. The officers say, however, that we will all go plenty soon ? and here's hoping. "Examinations are almost a fad here; our men were examined physi cally on ten conseiutive days . Sever cally on ten consecutive days. Sever examinations are given real often. My two pals and I were called out for a special test yesterday; we were ex amined as to our knowledge of the French language. I think that the two years of French I had in college will help me considerably. "Each man is given a service card showing what he is qualified to do; among other things, I am credited with being able to drive any make of automobile produced in the United States. "The different phases of life are the most varied imaginable; each man takes his turn on guard, as kitchen police, and as everything else. Prob ably one day a man will be dirty and greasy from one kind of work, and next day perhaps he will be dressed up doing something different alto gether. We have a good deal of liter ary work to do. We often go scout ing. As you mentioned in your last letter, our experiences remind me very much of our trip to the west ? except we now have a great deal more of t.Ne rough work. When we have different work, it surpasses even the hardest I have ever done; to use Mr Roosevelt's phrase, it is strenuous. However we have lots of things to divert our minds. We have several splendid bands that give us good music at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall. We also have wrestling matches .races, ball games, and other things of equal interest. We sleep in tents, and all our modes of living are very primitive indeed. I But the life surely agrees with me for I have already gained eight pounds ? due more, perhaps, to the regular exercises than to the grub. I am afraid beans and stewed prunes are not calculated to fatten people. Four of us boys slipped off the other morning and cut wood until dinner for some pies. But seriously, our food is good; though our bill of fare is simple, we get everything we need to eat. t "You will be pleased to learn that our particular camp had led the en tire country in regard to health for three consecutive weeks. We did not have a single death last week; and when you consider that we have sixty thousand men in camp, you will con clude with us that our record is a good one. "I hope you all are still getting along well. I would have written sooner, but was waiting for a perman ent address. We have been promised one ever since coming here, but we have not been given it yet. My ad dress was changed three times last week. There is a notice on the bul letin board now for us not to leave our street, saying that we are liable to leave this camp on a moment's notice. Not one of us knows where he is going. My present address is on the envelope. Write me accord ingly. I will get your letter some time, but no doubt it will be delayed. "As a final word for this time, al low me to say that I have taken out ton thousand dollars of war insurance. "Give my love to all; train Dudley, Jr. up to be a soldier for Uncle Sam; write to me real soon. "Joe" ANTIOCH NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson spent Sunday at the home of Mr. W. G. Narron. Mr. Joe Boykin and family spent the week-end in this community with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Creech sjient Saturday night and Sunday with rela tives in Wakefield. Mr. and Mrs. Loomis Strickland, from near Friendship, visited at the home of Mr. J. R. Creech Sunday. Mr. Claud Narron made a business trip to Zebulon Saturday. Mr. Elbert Atkinson spent a few days last week with his brother near Clayton. Messrs. Ruel and Percell Narron and Battle Creech spent the week-end with relatives and friends in Zebulon. The cold weather has been a great hindrance to some travelers this winter but not to the "stork." He recently left a fine girl at the home of Mr. W. O. Hocutt and a 10 pound boy at Mr. A. A. Narron's. We have never heard of so much whooping cough. Hardly a home in our community has escaped it. The writer thinks that the quarantine laws ought to be more strict and stijonger enforced in such trouble some diseases. Fletcher, the small child of Mr. Roscoe Lewis, is severvly ill with pneumonia ? after effects of whoop ing cough. These warm spring days are begin ning to make the "Doubting Thom ases" think that there is some virtue in the ground hog tale after all, and has put the farmers busy making tobacco beds, hauling fertilizers and turning rusty plow bolts. We hope that none of us may have cause to lose confidence in the "ground hog" story, and that every one may fully realize that "every cloud has 4 silver lining." The school at Sandy Spring is pro gressing nicely under the manage ment of Mr. D. C. Massey, Principal, and Miss Mamie Hocutt assistant. We hear that the attendance is very good. ? Reporter. ITL'IICJ l'l>/t\? 1 i/n i i lii'in r AUiTi rin it uai\?\ Four Oaks, Feb. 18. ? Mrs. Wilbern, of Richmond, Va., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis. Mr. Arthur West, Who has been sick at home since Christmas with measles returned to Camp Jackson Monday. Mr. Junius Lee,- of Camp Sevier, spent Sunday here with his brother, Mr. W. H. Lee. Miss Gladys Adams is here from Louisburg for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Creech, of Smithfield, visited friends here Sun day. Miss Mabel Coffinberger spent Sun day and Monday in LaGrange. Messrs. W. E. Barbour, Daniel, Lonnie and Robert Keen made a busi ness trip to Raleigh Tuesday. Attorney J. R. Barbour, Chief Henry and Willis Moore, of Benson, were on our streets Tuesday. Mrs. Ben F. Royal and son, Ben, Jr., of Morehead City, are spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams. Mrs. Laura Creech has returned home from Coats much improved, after being confined to her room with pneumonia for a month. Capt. Elie Denson, of Charlotte, spent Monday here shaking hands with his many friends. AMEND CEREAL ORDER AS REGARDS FARMERS. Mr. Hoover SayH That He Will Have Mr. Page Modify Recent Require ment. Mr. Doughton Took It Up. Washington, February 12. ? Food Administrator Herbert C. Hoover will issue orders to State Administrator Page to modify his recent order com pelling every one who buys flour to buy an equal amount of cornmeal or some kind of cereal. Mr. Hoover told Representative Doughton today that he would have the order modi fied and that he would notify Mr. Page at once to do so. While Mr. Hoover did not go into details as to how the order is to be modified it is assumed that it will not compel, for instance, formers wh*> raise corn and have their meal ground at neighboring mills, to buy corn meal when they need flour. It is said the matter will be worked out in a way that will cause as little incon venience as possible and that the ad ministrator will not make it obliga tory upon those who already have their own meal to buy a surplus when they have no need for cornmeal or cereals. Mr. Doughtoh decided that drastic action was necessary to have the or der changed while he was in North Carolina last week. He found in his district that the order was working untold hardships upon the people in the farming localities because these farmers had, in many instances, meal to sell, yet they were compelled to buy meal in order to get enough flour to have biscuits for breakfast. Mr. Doughton explained the situa tion to Mr. Hoover who expressed a willingness to have the order modi fied and said he would notify Mr. Pago at once to change 'the order in such a way that those who already have cornmeal will be allowed to buy flour without an additional purchase of meal or cereals. Vera M. Asbury, of Drexel, has been appointed a clerk in the war department and Paul D. Satchwell, of Wilmington, appointed a clerk in the treasury department. ? Parker R. Anderson, in Greensboro News. MUMPS. What It Is and What to do for It. Mumps is generally considered a sorry little disease and a joke | by everybody except the patient. Health authorities, as a rule, pay very little attention to it, because its prevention usually costs more in time, effort and money than the ravages of the dis ease warrant. But even at that, the disease ranked fifth in the United States navy in importance in 1915, and even now many of our men in the training camps are incapacitated as a result of a "swell" case of mumps. Thus far no one has successfully isolated the germ or specific cause of mumps. It appears that the infection is carried in the secretion of the mouth and nose and that it is "catch in" when a victim of the disease coughs or sneezes without using a handkerchief for a muffler or strain er, causing others who have not had the disease to inhale polluted second hand air particularily in closed rooms or poorly ventilated schools, offices, churches and stores. To prevent in fection as in the case of most other infectious diseases, all discharges from the mouth, nose and throat should be carefully destroyed and not scattered out on common roller tow els, drinking cups and door knobs. Mumps are usually characterized by feverishness and a severe swelling just below and in front of one or both ears. Eating, chewing and talking sometimes become difficult or very painful. While very few fatalities result from mumps it is very impor tant that the patient remain quietly in bed during the height of the dis ease. Working, walking, or even sit ting up frequently cause serious com plications involving other glands. Ordinarily no medicine is required and if the bowels are kept freely opened and hot compresses applied to the affected parts, the disease will run its course in from one to two weeks. Inasmuch. As you did it to my brother, You did it unto Me. His wounds were Mine, his hardships Mine, We bore them all for thee. It was I whom you did succor. When he trod that toilsome track; He had been in hell, and you knew it well, When you gave us welcome back. I am there with all my brothers, Who give their all for Me. Can life grudge aught to those who sought At such cost to set her free, And on their painful ctosscs bought Her Larger Liberty. ? John Oxenham. ROYALL SCHOOL NOTES. North Carolina Day will be held at the Royall School (Elevation) on Fri day, February 22, beginning at two o'clock. The teachers and the pupils ure trying to make this a great patri otic rally for the community, and the public is cordially invited to attend this meeting and help us enjoy the program which is as follows: 1. Song ? Star Spangled Banner. 2. Recitation ? Meaning of the Flag. 3. Poem ? Your Flag and My Flag. 4. Tableux ? Liberty and Her Allies. 5. Song ? America. 6. Why We Are at War. 7. Poem ? We Are Coming. 8. Song ? God Keep, Save, Hold our Men. 9. Reading ? Conservation of Food. 10. Dialogue ? The Red Cross. 11. Why Our Country Accepted the Challenge. 12. Recitation ? My Flag. 13. Song ? Dixie Farmers. 14. Address ? Speaker to be an nounced later. 15. Song ? Battle Hymn of the Re public. There was a game of basket ball played on the home ground on Febru ary the first between our boys and the Elevation School team. The Royall team won by a score of twenty one to thirteen. FOOD ADMINISTRATOR PAGE MODI FES THE FLOUR ORDER Raleigh, Feb. 12. ? Food Adminis trator Henry A. Page today made an exception in the recent order requir ing purchase of equal amount of cereals with ptound for pound for flour. The farmer who raises his own cereals may buy flour without taking meal or other substitutes, 25 pounds being the limit of flour so bought. This straightens out the most em barrassing feature of the new act. Sharper Sting. "Mandy went to the party las' time, and dun seen Willyum dar, and she's all cut up 'bout it." "You mean that she was cut by William's coldness, Sarah?" "No'm; she warn't dun cut up wiv Willyum's coldness; what dun cut dat wooman up was Willym's razah, yaas, 'm." ? Baltimore American. SIX BOOKS FREE. We Have One Set of the Ethel Morton liooks Which We will Give Free to the First Rural School in John ston County that Sends Us Three Dollars for Two New Subscribers to The Smithfield Herald One Year. There are six titles in the set. They were written by Mabell S. C. Smith and are suitable for girls 12 to 16 years of age. The titles are: ETHEL MORTON AT SWEET BRIER LODGE, 247 pages. ETHEL MORTON AT ROSE HOUSE, 248 pages. ETHEL MORTON AT CHAUTAU QUA, 250 pagi .s. ETHEL MORTON'S HOLIDAYS, 246 pages. ETHEL MORTON AND THE CHRISTMAS SHIP, 246 pages. ETHEL MORTON' ENTERPRISE, 249 pages. These books are neatly bound in cloth and printed from large clear type. They are easy to read anu will make a good addition to any school library. The books sell for fifty cents each. But we will give the six volumes free postpaid to any rural school Library for only two new yearly sub scribers to The Smithfield Herald and three dollars. Only one set and it will be given to the first order re ceived. Will sell the set of books for $1.65. Should we get subscribers from more than one school we will permit the teacher to select other books as premiums. THE HERALD BOOK STORE, Smithfield, N. C. Brick Store For Sale! My Brick store recently occu pied by D. T. Worley & Company is for sale. The building is 25x65 feet on a lot 25x75 feet. For price and terms apply to J. H. WORLEY Selma, N. C. Roofing and Wire Fencing We have received a ear load of American Wire Fenc ing, and can now fill your wants. Also a large lot of Poultry netting fence 2 to 5 feet. See us for Asphalt Roofing. A good Asphalt Roofing properly put down will last for many years. We have this Roofing from $1.50 square to Seven Dollars. Cotter Hardware Co. 7 Smithfield, N. C. YOU know what broiling does to steak, baking to a i potato ? and toasting to bread. In each case flavor is brought out by cooking ? by "toasting." So you can imagine how toasting improves the flavor of the Burley tobacco used in the Lucky Strike Cigarette. Another Lot Family Bibles just Received at HERALD BOOK STORE Well Finished, Strong, Durable, Light Draft. Rib Strengthened Mold, Full Chilled Shinpiece, Interlocked Point, Land and Standard. Point has Face Chill, Wide Edge Chill, Long Snoot Chill, Patented Extension and U the STRONGEST and MOST DURABLE Chilled Point made. When buying a Plow, consider Quality Firtt, Price Second FOR SALE BY

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