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1, :majER BY 275 MIL- A LJQNS. The value of farm crop i in North Carolina in 117 was 145 million pilars more than the total for 1916, and 275 mi! ion dollars more than the total lor tsiifaiiM r 3 mas? it" I- 111 IBIS: iljCI . v. 'Aoi :' :isl ENROLL 24,000,000 SCHOOL A CHILDREN i;J JUNIOR AUXILIARIES , i oihv . lo alv:.'- i ot;.:f -v l lot ; ixi i p In eight years the money value of our crops has risen f rm 142 (millions to 417 million dollars.; jHere is an average annual in crease ,of nearly 40 millions a year in crop values alone. It sounds like the abundant '.corn; oil, and wine of Joel' prophecy. In his day the re-, .yal of material prosperity was. the forerunner of a great spirit-' ual awakening. We wonder if it is a prelude to a great spiritual awakening in North Carolina jtoday to a great revival of in terest in children and schools and churches, in books andli-' jbraries and the larger meanings of time and eternity. i Our abounding prosperity is a ! great plem for the church. The church must either bpirit ualize the wealth cf the world, ,or the wealth of the world wjll materialize the church. These are the horns of a great dilem- ma. JNews Letter. . . RED CROSS. Your Red Cross Asks You to Help Your Neighbors who are in Distress. To the School Children of the United States : A Proclamation,"' Th3 President of the United States is also President of tho' American Red Cross. It is from these offices joined in one that I write you a word or greeting at this time when so many of you are beginning the school year. . The American Ked Cross has just prepared a Junior Membership with School Activities in whfch every pupil in the United States can mid a chance to servo our country, . The school is the natural center of your life. Through it you can best work in the great cause of f roedom to which we have all pledged ourselves. Our Junior Red Cross will bring to you opportunities of service to your community and to other communities all over the world and guide your service with high and religious ideals. It will teach you how to save in order that suffer- , ing' children elsewhere may have the chance to live. It will teach you how to prepare some of the supplies which wound ed soldiers and homeless families lack. It .will send to you through the Red Cross Bulletins the thrilling stories of re lief and rescue. .And best of all, more perfectly, than , through any of your other school lessons, you will learn by doing those kind things under your teacher's direction to be the future good citizens of this great country which we o ;. love. And I commend to all school teachers in the country the simple plan which the American Red Gross has worked c?ut provide for your co-operation, knowing as I do that school children will give their best service under the direct guidance . and instruction of their teachers. Is not this perhaps the chance for which you have been looking to give your time -and efforts in some measure to meet our national needs? (Signed) WOODROW WILSON, President September 15, 1917. l.'ol 1 4 lo .o c on! t i b' ic ?,b; r cv,- 1 i no i iii b " Uv V if:; v . bo - . 3 10 ;V r 5 A few week.? ago a severe .storm caused much suffering and damage to property at Atlantic, near Beaufort, N. C. The community of750peeple are wholly dependent upon boats, and fishing. Following a hard; Winter which severely taxed its resources, the storm partjaliy destroyed homes, completely Ui ine J unior iiembership of the Red Cross, Mr, Henry P. Davison, Chairman of the War CouncH of the American Red Cross, said: "I believe a program has been made put here which is the most important single movement that, was' ever started in America for the protection of the American public and the future cf the people. "When I was talking with the President about the pro gram I then said that I believed that nothing in tne Red Cross was as important as the Junior Membership work, and that alone from the standpoint of our own people." IVJi iL. r A P L R Is N Buying Coat Shifts, Dresses and Waists 'ivith Latest and- most ?iio-4&t ... T Styles That -Can Be. Had. Under the slogan "Every School a Rod Cress Auxiliary and Center for Nattpnal Service," the Junior Red Cross has perfected rlan3 for Hie cn- Wrrcked a church and pUC OUt of roHment of every sohool child in the commission all boats and fishing United States as a member of a ilea smacks, with the result that the-?1?33 r' LneSnS thday' a,-', . , . paiiTU beins from Lincoln s mriaaay, fishing and Canning industriJS Fefc.uary 12 to Washington's birth- have been paralyzed. Workers, day, February 22. ' ' ' including women empiovei in an Tho Junior Ked Cross is a branch OVSter cannrv' hC hJ tk.?H cf the American Rod Cro?s through .-j . xiAci 11 source of income curpended. Repairs of homes and rcconstruc- which every school in America is. giv en the opportunity to carry on author- Tla, Crnc.'i work DV loriajus u lOTU lt.U w vw .. - tlOll OI boats IS vital to rem uner- Bchool Auxiliary, upon tho payment ative iaoor, ! 1 $2,700.00 has been donated from local sources. $1,000.00 from tlje Ked Cross contingent fund at Atlantic has been appro priated. 93.000.00 more will be needed for reasonable relief, a id Plymouth has been asked to Jielp raise this amount. j Your Ked Crosa urges you to respond as generously as y0a can. Hand your contribution to Mr. f. L. Smith at the drug store, or to Mr. K. P. Walker, Treasurer of your Chapter, who will send it on to Mr. Noe of tae Beaufcrt chapter. ' , cf twenty-five cents membership fee for each pupil enrolled in the school or by a pledge of satisfactory service In lied Cross vrork. It is tho only Egoncy which Is approved by school F.uchorities to enlist tho children in patriotic work during the war. All ether organizations must work through tho medium of tho Junior Red Croas, whose services have already been re quested by tho United States Food Administration and by .the War Sav ings Stamp Committee, of which Frank A. Vanderlip la chairman. The schools, however, are not the only units in which School Auxiliaries may be formed. The other educational units which have been recognized as euitable centers In which to organize Junior Red GJross work are Agricul tural Clubs, r,oy Scout3, Camp Fire Girls, Night Schools, Sunday scnool orth Carolina. Washington classes and such authorized oduca- ouniy, in tne superior Court Before the Clerk J. D. Craft ' V3. jJohn L. Roper Company, James Blount and Richard Peacock. NOTICE. TP Whom it May Concern The parties above named and1 all other persons interested will take notice that on the 14th day : pf February 1J18, the abave! named petitioner nied a petition! in the office of the Clerk of the ' Superior Court of Washington1 County, to have the title to cer-l tain lands therein describe tional centers 8 3 may bo properly or ganized under the nupervision of the local representatives o the Red Cross Chapter. The United States Departmont of Agriculture has already offered to use the Agricultural Clubs ror junior uea Cross work. Every child who is en rolled in a School Auxiliary is entitled to wear a Red Cros3 pin, although no considered a regular member of the Red Cress. Conference at Washington. A Conference of prominent educa tors and persons interested in the work of the Junior Red Cross met In Washington, D. C, January 7th Professor John D. Shoop, Sune? tendent pf Schools of Ccicaq. The keynote of the Conference was an effort to define the function of the Junior Red Cross, whidji wa stated by Dr. MacCracken lo by First, Educational, Second, Productive 1 ana jinira, financial, in the order ot importance named,,.- . '. The following ar5 tho tnerrrbers t)f the Kondtfary Advisory teommittejrl uernara mrucn, council ot Nation, al Defence; JIary C. G. Bradford, PneB?. ident rsaticnal Education Association Carrio Chapman Catt, President of th? National Suffrage Association ; an4 Yoman's Committee Council of Na tional Defence; P. P. Ciaxtpof.r Unit ed States- Commlasloner of Education Hi3 Eminence aaaes Cardinal Glb bons, Archbishop q( Maryland;' Wai ter P. Gifford, Director of the CcujncU of National Defence: Samuel Gozo- pers, President American Federation of Labor; Henry John Heintz, Chajrv nmn. Executive " Committee World Sunday School Association; HertwHi C. Hoover, United Statea Food Admin istrator; Julia Lathrop, Chief Chil dren's Bureau,' United States' Depart ment of Labor; Eva - Perry. Moore, President National Council of- Wonv. en ; Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Con Tress; Frank IJ. Vanderlip, Chairman of War Savings Committee, Unrted States Treasury; Frederick Walcotti Food Administration; Mrs. Jostah Evi an3 Cowles, National President of thfl Federation of woman's dubs. Dr. Philander P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of JMucatlon, stated that he had carefully investi gated the program of the Junior Red, Cross and had decided that It was the organization most practically fitted enlist tne mieresi ana acuvuy oi wig school children of America Into a ay tematized program of practical patriot ism. 8tate AdvJ&ory Coijimlttees. Btate Advisory Committeee to th Junior Red Cross composed pf men and wofhen prominent' In educational work have already been appointed La the five' states of the Southern Dirlf sfon as follows: ' Tennessee: S. W. Sberrlll, gtate Su perintendent of Education, chairman; A. A. Kincanncn. School Superintend ent of Memphis; W. E. Miller, Schoori, Superintendent cf Knoxville; G. IL' Winder, School Superintendent ori Chattanooga. Georgia: M. L. Brittaln. State Su perintendent of Education, chairman ' -U l fVT , i nv. l (Vn .rH nf Tlr 11 . riT-r, XT JStered and conhrnied pursuant MacCracken, National Director of the to Chapter 90 of the PuIjUC LriVVS Bureau of Junior Membership. The bf 1913. and that sum mor.R li-c preBlding officer was Dr. Jchn H. jbeen issued, returnable to the p1(t?' Commissioa6r of Education Z.fXi ui i t- - lor the State of New oru, and omce ol tneC'crkof theiuDenor ,m!r,mt mnn? tho.-o in attend- Court of VVashinLon CO!inry on anre were Dr. Philander P. Claxton, the ath dav ol Ann . !;): finirl United States Commissioner oe ucu jand is zituate in the p uatv of Washington and said State, ad joining the Jar.ds of George W. Chesrfuii, John L. Koper Lumber Company. James Blount and Richard Peacock, it beirir the and oh which the said petitioner now livps and occupies. l' This the 14'dav of Ft by., 101S.' C. V. W. AUSBON, St Clerk Superior Court. Now ..n-; .Exhibition'; --.... ui a v i ----- v -,iiw- . .... i . ,-. , ; t ---s . i. . va 3 p.t.n..d?!-ram!,,W3' Without altering theworia champion motor, tne: famous pcrtectea flutch and transmission or the mighty axlea, ihc Maxwell builders have produced a hew ivoTtdcr car, fcr superior in construction and in appear' ence to anything yet turnvd out by the MsxtU factories tve have this new and beautiful car corns and see it. .V .J And the Maxwell before was the m.Qfit economical 5-passer; er car in the world. Compeiisatfnfl undcrslunji rear sprinfig the laet RTho car ia larger and roomier, for one thing tho wti eel base haa been increased sis inches. It Is al&o a stronfiir and more tiJd miichla for the road. Tho frarije la now sis lnch-28. Instead of thr3 Inches deep. Acid the body rrota directly ' on thih povorfu! frame, l4stead of on brackets jcteadin Uo tbo sides, as in the p&ot. Do you know Vtht that meai? 4X means tfiia: Tho firmness with which th$ " wheels ftrip tho rood and the elc-adlnces of tho ' car at high speed glv-a you a senso of security ; $uch as you hove fc-een able to enjoy before only j Jul cars, shackled with a battery of shock abr J jtorbers. This New Car b 50 Founds Lighter Theres a rnorwl of cnlneerlnC for you, fricndsl -Th car Is made blger and stronger and yet actually (Ighter. Sils mean greater ease and comfort on tho road, ore than that-it means greater economy. word in spring suspesuiipn mark tills 7onder f ul Maxwell of 1918. They mean greater comfort greater economy, by lessening wecr and tear on tho car. Maswe3 Now Has the Sly! of tlo Costliest C$rfr Tho new Ma-ell In a car of great beauty;- It has a sloped whKlshield and rakish lines nere before produced In any car costing lees than $1200. Its good looks now equal Ms proved mechanlca efficiency. The new upholsttqry is richer ard gives a nerr comfort. Inside" and ont the new 1918 Ma?v;l Is a perfected, car. We're proud to sell it. Yow'il bo pxoud to' own one. - Jouring Ccr t74$f Roadster $?4S; Coup $!G95; Berlinc SICSSf Sedcn $109$ All prices. &.o. b Detroit ' ,. . t-3 i UTILITY .GARAGE &.MOTQR CQMPANY. ' id' ' . MIOTIC rO NOTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON COUNTY. IN 1 JlESUr'lSlftUK UOUKi . 11. Carl T. Dillon vs broker. The defendant above nampd will c. ti. uruce, scnooi superintendent oifi take notice tnai an jjciioii cuuiieu as Macon; C. II. Gibsoo, School Super-!above has been ' pomtr.enced in the inUndent of Savannah: Chancellm?.5C,,?,or;nr Court of Washington County, c.,Y.or rir IJourt oi wasuiuuiun nnviil C. TiarrnTV nf iha TTnlvoroltw . nt. i xT-tV,'rrorrlinn. to COmDell th2 ClereO- Georgia; Mrs. ohn W. Rowlttt, Stajtadant sDficlficalls to perform his con- ciaticn. tract to convey certain land described in the complaint filed in thi? cause; and tha dnfendahi will further take 'notice that he is required to appear at itho Snnprior Ourt to be lipid on the SuVcribj to th: cation, the Rei Cross Coram-.ttcie ap pointed by the National Education Association, consisting of Dr. FInley 63 Chairman, Mrs. Mary C. Bradford, rrcs'dcut cf the N. E. A. and btatc Burerlntfndent for Colorado, Pro fessor Marion L. Brittain, State Su perintendent of Gcorg:a, Dr. Francis G. lilair, Statyi Superintendent of Illinois, and Dr. Margaret McNaught. Assistant Comnusr.ionor of Elemen tary Education cf California, and the War Savings Education Committee appointed from the N. E. A., conplst ing cf Dr. Finiry Chairman, Mrs. Bradford, Professor F. P. Pearson, JUfiie Sup'Ti.ntcadent of Ohio, and house of said county in Plypioutr North Carolina, and answer or uemur to the complaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said comprint. C. V. W. Auspon, Clerk of the Superior Court. This 5th day of Januai y,'191S. Florida: W. N. Sheets, State Super- '.ntendent of Education, chairman: JfiH Tampa; F. A. Hathaway, School Su-T 1st Monday, in June, 1918, aj the court rcriijiuut'iii ui jacKsonvnie; jjr. A. A. Murphrpe, President of the Un vorr,:ty c Florida. North Carolina: J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent of Education, chair r.an; C. I . iiarding, School SuperinJ orient cf Ciiarlotte; John J. JjSfJ 'Jfhool Sunprintpnlpnt r.t Wi1mlnirtiH-- Dr. Kdvia K. Oraham, President fl'f the University of North Carolina :vTr:. Thomas W. Lingle, Deai ii?! Womn of the University of Ndflfi Carolina. - n:n South Carolina: J. E. Swearins4nc Sat Superintendent of Education, -fcnlrman: A. B. Ithett, School Super intendent of Charleston; Frank Evans, School Superintendent of Spartaa- burg: Dr. W. S. Currell, President o the University of South Carojin,. SenJ us yo'gf Job Printing. t i- it a m c fa""' kinc'8 HEW LIFE PILLS The PiH That Do Curo. REAL. ESTATE, 13 We -Buy! You Buy, We Belli We are in a position to handle your farrn or other real estate at a profit to you. W e have to of fsr for sale now several .attractive farms at a low price. ' , For inforrnafion address -the Washington County Realty Corporation, Inc., P'ymouth, North Carolina, or confer with j. A. GETSINGER, ?V'lana?;er. Gtficpin Harney Building. ' idU s Your Job Printinj 1 as X I' ( I (
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