_THE DUNN Volume VIII. -_ . ' Dunn, North Cerolirm> WAK NOT ENDED FOR HUNDREDS IN T. B. HOSPITAL Many Pathetic Cases la Blue Ridge Mountain Haven RED CROSS STRIVES TO CHEER DYING Death From T. B. Probably No Worse Than In Trenches But It Take* Longer, Says Beatrice Washburn — Boys Are Cheered By Rad Cross Nurse*. (B, BEATRICE WASHBURN) ft U cosy ts confuse it with tuber culosis because It naans practically the same Ihlag bat what it really stands for is Permanent and Total Disability. At Isast that it what ths Government calls it but the boys— our ax-orrvlcs man who were not kill ed in Prance but who have coma back to die instead—allude to it lovingly so P. and T. because it mean» (100 a month and hospital care. They don't seem to look ahead and toe what it meant besides bat uerhapa it is juat as well. They are still pretty young— it was a characteristic of oar Ameririn bmv—sand Miftni ilaith In • T. B hospital la no worts than death in lha tranche* after all. ex cept that it take* a little longer. Slop a minute in Ward 1 and 2 and look them over while the Rad Cron medical worker goe* from brd t* bed. Ward 1 reprcaonta the “dan ger eases" at U. 8. P. fl. S Hospital 00 and it commands a view across the Bine Ridge mountains that rise, like loving, violet guardian* from the cir cled hills The Great Lev slier Ward I has men of evory else*, •tale, and former rank. There ii a captain then and a commander in the 1 navy, a lieutenant colonel and a mer chant marine but most of them are privates. Tabercaloeic ia a great level ler. Some of these men com* from California, two from Maine, cix from the Middle Wcct, and the others from the South. Some of them aro from your state, no doubt, or even yoar community for Ward 1 is always full. There Is never any dearth ef patients. The hoys, in the jocular spirit that even a hemorrhage cannot quell— refer to it aa “8t. Peter'.'’ ward. Thera are 1000 mere men In the hos pital nod some of than-, will bo dis charged as "arreatod cases" but many of them, it Is feared, will core* to Ward 1 in the end. It ia the lait Diace thev ateo. "1 ai*T kicking against the Gov ernment.” says Charlie feebly from the Aral bed. Charlie looks to young that it is hard to believa he is a veter an of the world war and not just a little boy but hit discharge paper, show that he was gassed In tb* Ar gon no. Hia x-ray plate will show you —If you have the heart to look— that Chortle has only a great vacan cy in threo lobe, of his lunge—he breathes painfully through the fourth. Charlie hailc from Georgia. “No, Ma’am, I ain’t reakin’ a kick against the Government. Folk, eay the Government ain't treatin' us boy. right—you might find folke in this hospital to say that very thing—but 1 reckon the Government has treated me white. I got my P. and T.—The Rad Croa* helped me file it and now it'* come.” Boy Waste T# See Home Charlie’* vale* trail a away into si lane*. The boy in the next bed to him opens bright, unseeing eye* ai\d the nurse band* down to stroke hi* mim ing hand. He Is a beautiful boy— with curl* and big brawn eyes and the fever gives him a ghastly Illusion of health. The Red Cron* has sent for the hoy1* mother, (unfortunately he ia not married) and the will be hero tonight hut there i* no use in telling him this. Besides, he would not understand. Toward, the end Tu berculosis sometimes grants her vic tims the mercy of unconsciousness. “Seem* - lilm - I - would - kinds - • Ilka - to - go - heme - again - and • see - the - folk*” pant* the boy. each word a sharp staccato. Tho Bed Cram worker says, softly for fear *hc win choke on the word* —''How would you like yoor mother to come and see you bore,—and yo*r little friend?" “The boy has been engaged for »v¥* amcv vov in/ 01 marebad awe* to war. HU eye#—al ready more than half hla face, bagla to ton Uka candle*. Ha only pant* and gtvee ep trying to apeak. “W» will pat them up at tha Hos taaa House.’ continue* the Rad Croaa workir wr» mi already transported, waleomad and triad to comfort 1(1 relative* of dying patleau. "We will keep them at long as they want to stay." She know* and the name know) and tha ehapUta who bat been in into »»»•» him that thj mother and IltUe flancee wID not atoi om the lower bed com#* a deep huaky voice. M*«t Sergaant Johr Smith of Bast Tennessee who. wa< at Blame*. Serf emit Smith ha* stil two lobe* loft to breathe with. Ned Klehtog Agatoat Oswm».*l "I ain’t kickin’ against tha Govern meat.’’ be assume the tad Croat wot kor with tha lutive eanrtoay of th, mountain bom. we get treatment It thie hospital that would cost us |S( n month and thsjr'm mighty nice t< ua too. But th* folks I'd like to am are the one* who waved me down Ou atreeto of KnoxvdU th* dev we worn off_ladles (totin' a* with pU an, comfort kite and sandwiches an, throw in’ rota* dt at. J art *1« month, ago—before I got laid oa here I ask 3 one of thoee lady’s husbands to ajdui what do yoa reckon b, told meT Said 1 didn't look strenj may that ha wanted • hu.lr Silence tattles on th* ward. Then (Continned on page *) • • CONCRETE PLANS FOR DISARMAMENT American Delegation To Pro poae Far-Reaching Cut In Nary At The Oataet Washington, Nov. a-The policial and program of the American delegu tion to the armament conference an beginning to aiaprae definite outline nnd If the expectations of oficia Warhingt in are realised, the openlnj days of the conference will see a se quencc, of development somethin! like this: Possible Developments 1‘reocntatio'n, at the outset, of i concrete American plan for far reaching reduction of novel anna ment. Consideration, along wtth this plan of ouch troublesome problems of thi Far East aa may naturally project themselves into the picture. Meantime, an effort by the United .Q1»(Au in Loess * Vs..--»1 at - • .1 . open so that public opinion may ex «rt ita pre-war* toward practical ac complishment. Snsyisi Reductions Salient feature* of the Am*near naval armament* proposal already luive been established, and although details remain to be fixed, thero ii reason to believe the reduction# sug gested will b*r sweeping enough tc convince the whole world that ths United Steles meant business when :t called the powers into conference. It would cause no surprise If the leading naval powers found it necea sory to submit the plan of this gov ernment to long and careful study before they determine on their court* of action. Should the reductions pro posed prove unacceptable. It ia be lieved likely that the American dele gates, having once taken the initia tive, would Invite the other power* u> present in their turn some concrete counterproposal. Reduction Figure* All the evidenr* surrounding the conferences of the American “Big Pour" with their naval advisers have pointed to inclusion of a set of max mum reduction figures in the plan tc be laid on the table by this govern ment. No official has been srUling to reveal any details of these figures, but there has born apparently a da sire to lay bare at the very outaot of the negotiations, the full extent to which the United State* would be witling to go in sealing down the world’s naval armament. Opposite Courts TE* impression that such' a method may not, lead to an immediate agree meiit hat been given color by the apparent intention of some of Um powers to pursue a directly opposite i-ourx* and enter the conference set ting a high figure aa the measure of th* naval armament they consider re quisite to Ibeir uatioael safety. Ja pan already has indicated that she would suggest the necessity of main taining a navy equal to any which might enter her sphere in the Par East; a proportion which naval ex port* say ia well in exeess of her pre* ent power. P robs his P rocs dors It is conceivable among American officials that some of the Par Eastern problems may be brought aharply in to issue as soon as replies are mad* U the Initial proposal or this govammanl for naval reductions. Naturally, th< other powers will desire to act forth Uieir reasons for the attitude they take on this proposal, and in the con side ration of these reasons the con ference may swing entirely away frum ihs question of armament foi :ho moment address itself directly U the causes for armament. The determination of tha Aner lean government that these exchan gas shall be kept.ae far as posstbli from the realm of underground di plomacy was reiterated today is highest administration quarters. Offi clals say their plana for giving pub lieily to the proceedings of th# eon for*:rice are so complete ns to assun to the pram the fullest inforsnatios consistent With public policy and giv* public opinion ample opportunity t* play an intelligent part in shapini the decisions of th* delegates MYSTERV WOMAN DIES AT LENOIR RIAN'S HOM1 rw n_i _T- TJ Whesr* 8k* Wo* From or «ve Nmm t< RoUttTM Lenoir, Nov. 3.—Hr*. B. Z. Smltl died her*, last night at th» hem* o Calvin Triplett, where eh* has h**i boarding far the past sevsral wsaki after a brief illness from pneumonia When ah* first cams hare aba aaama< much averts t* letting any one knoi who the waa, whart aha was from an< her business. She kept her affaire i secret a* much aa possible. After eh became ill .those with whose ah* wi boarding asked her if she had an: near relatives, and the replied Use the had none, end the day before ah died she Insisted that aha had no naa relative* However, an eavelopa addressed 4 a party in Florida wm found, end message ssaa sent to the addreat. h mediately a reply wee received art lof for more iafermatien, which wa (Ivan. As a result on Saturday a ait ter, daughter end nice* *f om art man arrived from Alabama. The dt e* #•■«* ««d the gonerml situation in the .market were mid to ho re 1 apondbio for the reduction. » .. ®t«ee« of the treasury ia Costing its new itoue of 4 1-4 end 4 14 l K?r for whltt more than 9800,000,090 wbb adbccrlbod to I * offering ef about $200,1 I 000,440. waa indicated to have acted t *J a feeler for the hank* in determm » ng condition, in the money marketo i witt reaped to tho proper lereia for f rediaeount rates. I W,ILJU.L $28,000 WORTH r _ Off BONDS IN CUMBERLAND ffnystteriUa, Nor. I—Nor ratter * J .KM* tte dele fer the ml* 1 ?/ **,*,°^? special eehool bonds of * 2j7i*.vCT*7 township yesterday . when the school committee of that ■ prapeasira tewnttlp met in the o«ee * •* Coimty Treasurer David Oafter in * *“■•***• *ct »a ths question ef mll * n« rotad by the U*payer, * of tto town ah, p maae waeks ago. The tr& the ante of the bend* ■ will he used for the eomtructlon and t Mmi qf a eonsri'datsd acbool b building. Tho mle of the bo mi* will t b« conducted at Waited the dliconltMhce by opera tors of (hs union ”3Spek-off” of duos from miners wagsib directed by a Federal eoort ir.JuUiton. Indications wsiJbt union offi cials would not c2B out ths man scattered throughefi the soft coal fields of the counted uatil collection of "check-off” wSjUtaelly ceased by tbc operators, pfat official reports of action by operate*elsewhere than in Indiana roachadTflfea hoadausrt «ra tonight from jtke Pennsylvania bit ominous dirt rid* Tbo message from Robert R. GHju president of the district said thlfiecjc oIT would bo steppod with thA pay-day. the date of which wafit given, but which indicated « MbabIc delay in any strike affecti^Hhrty thousand workers in thot«V Indiana worker*. ■hsevsr, did not withhold their stritjus owvit a for mal, notice from thjfientor* whose ioties stopping tbteSkeck-off” has ten drafted by eod^Bfor their »S todation. None ^Rhs important In uia ovate today and "tporu to both beJBaitcrs of op erators aod the — j|*—'-* that only tixteen mint* nrift operation. The only court today waa ** of of a iond filed by tha (MpdorUnd Coal Corporation, compUpSr In the Injunc tion salt. y-i The court action, '•■jBawed by acr >lca of tba unit i nfclan men amd operators, made D^lajactlss af fective. Plana for hHfcntas tha ap peal of the Uijur.ctic8fJMmn> to the circuit court of epSBa at Chicago si so were made by'ifaaoc) for the union and the opermggm bat prepara tion of the nnnsorofijoenmenta In the cose delayed thi^kseeatat'.on of their appeal to JdE Anderson. Counsel, however, ydAried tha ap peal peUlion aa a ■rfnnctory re quest which wo add £» approved by fudge Anderson ae ae# ae praasated, iratsbly tomorrow, f convict csaabomT ■ to mujaHa^wiPow beedl Two Dslsrs From State Pilisa To Help KinaSeo Wo Kinston, Nov. 2. ftrbert Taylor president of Use Kiwanis dab here, has <2 to augment that organisation's monthly donation for “relief of a war widow'* which came from an unusual source. At en update prison farm a ’oaoly ex-eoIdler read of the club's tencrosity. He gleaned t^it the wi dow, whose hi ,l*eed was a civilian •flier xiif d oy a diaft doderr, an Intelligent, refined woman with sov iral small children, would be kept at i hoepital by the club until she should be cured of a disease which threaten 'd to take her life. Physicians mem bers of the organisation suspected that self-denial might have caused the widow to contract the disease. The convict ex-eer*ice mMa WMt never in this town, Wt bo served with a Kinston unit In the wur and before that on the Mexican border.' The bend of U»th Wfentry “picked him up" somewhere ia its travels, aa eccentric master of the clarinet who carried his in it rumen t in a hip pocket insertions. Through the years that followed bn smiled nie way into the hearts of hla eeenradcs. When be waa sentenced to four years at toms up country town for bigaasy, bit friends here declared be ‘wouldn’t bum a fly, but always waa a little .fanny," while wife No. 1 remained ms -.launch friend. Prom the musiciaa in prison has com* Me scanty fortune—Ids ellow aneo la coppers frsm tha eeasaeen weeHh, with a lattes insisting that H be accepted. Re having been a sol dier, know bow to sympathise la rack e ease, ha deelered. Tha Kiwanis "lob will probably apply tba $2 ae ha requested, since the sender provided no alternative far its disposition. ■'Dost tarn it down because Pm a convict,” the ghrer of the 91 urged. Feel Crew •• “WhlAare" — i/i. n. ui o»TVJir'i i-j rn*in. n Di^W ntrWrtcd to f«*d ■n«* PiubH. or kef and itick In the* took to eating eack other. '""I? teemed with onto the ande of their feeler* bittin off aad. M {■ ""rtomarv with m«♦ animal* af the Viad. the< proceeded to regenerate 'he irrultflatod orgaPt Bnt intend of P»w feeler end* -eeglar feet atmeared a nthe etumpe !"h* ee>ent4rt thea took aeveral ol ►he I need* and c#*e*ed off the end* o* their feeler* with th* earn* remit 1* could eat. however, rauee fact te “Tonr an h*eh feeler* ef the eaiai ontaaal. hut thta experiment hae beer rarcerrtaito performer) bv M U Cut' net and renortad rerentto te the Ac*' deear of Science* la Parle. The prereea of re go noeating lag nert* te comma* crouch throughout a greater part of th* anfaml kinedoh given In army record* aa ScHrrsi ■ Indiana, but who now la flattened a ■ Fort Thom**, Keatoeky. arrived 1 ' WaaWngtoB today A raapaaa* to m ■ don from tbo war department aad a i being received by Secretary Weed ■ waa Informed bla net of karnlma wa r regarded by Me former command! • A “autaUnding" among the aaploll 1 of all the infantry odtela and me • who aaw service In France. | The fact *f Sergeant Wood* > which caused General FaraMog 1 t place him—a virtually unknown net ■ —with Sergeant AMa C. York, ( ( the Tenneaae* mowatatna, aad Ma • or Char)** S WhHtleaay. of tho “la • battalion," eaeurrad October I: • 181S daring the Mouaa-Argenaa « f fanatva when ho aa a Heatenant alia eed throe machine gona killing I of the eaemy, including ana aka end raptaring three others • For this act af harotom Woadd ■ waa promoted to a captaincy, an. *11» addition to tha cangramlimai n* b el. waa rewarded the iafiea af haw >•! (cavalier) and tho Crab do Goon “ (with nolm) by France aad th* *cd< « of Pima Danilo I (fifth clam) I Montenegro. . I t LOCAL THESPIANS ! WILL HAVE STAGE ' ALL THIS MONTH T<~M« r _ oFLOYT* AJfP KATCHA KOOREHEAJISING mm'ZdmSt *-1" Cm4‘ Arm taghn F< L ‘ dlractleo and two an (aaata—all to be "" i^tha to cartels that aa dearth af «l» •tecediatheT_ the direction af __ _____ ssax-sss-s ssa-s bejcaoiii to tha pjuchaaa af aaach ZS,’1Z'ZXJ;'jrZ£Sr; patron* of th* acboal. MUa Kennedy** rrt~ta'-want wfll ba follow ad Friday algfct by "Om Mi crab* «f Law," a dramatic apaatada brim rabaamad aadar th* —tItm af th* American Legion and aadar tha dfraction ad Him Ida Lon Baaabe JW»Pw-U** *• f14 »rtta»iaw •U baaa* talent play* ever ringed la Dana. Tha aari lac lad** atoroa ad men and women ani children who TUMhiltmI?** *" tka^r><««*T Mha thU attraction «f inra marical merit flam* ef * beat marical talcat in th* n—laaltg wfll taka put la thla thaw. Ha admlo (lea fan will ba charged, hat Am wfll ba aom* aart of va*lag eoatari ia txfvxrsx’ssre [at*. This attraction will be for tba benefit of th* Mathodtot tflariraarr Society. Na definite data bw been *et for tie praacatattoa. “Katcha^Koa" promtma to be tba X'tffS^SsxaH tonal director, wa* bar* thla weak ter th* preliminary rahoaraafi af th* vutoaa damm - and carnival -croak*. It* proceed* will b* devatad totta pnnhaae af agaipmaal far th* laaal d iTfroundi Jzssririsz. »/ tho Ortont btoemara and tartwnt'of India and oodlai of laminating yovag warn an draaaad ia bewttebiiia caftan**. Aa tata rawing riory 1* told with a wealth af entertainment ia all lb*** that to Tha team settings in fine, tha ee*> tomes dainty aad tha mate catchy aad aleateag. Tha wradatotou ssatara abaota notorious East-Iadtaa Fakir, Kateha-Xee, who suddenly aadcrgcca {.snsijrarTSS. szs: umaiwl which tadaaaa aharactcrttelao Mthsrto unknown to him. Ha k chan yean* Lothario. A rUTWCttoU Them ia a Aam flah aaOad tea . “eHwiing parch. "It Man* ia tern* Asia, aad is as muck at ham oa land aa In Uw water, la a land where stream dry aa la white tots ftah Haas It weald die if it did aet ga la asareh ■ af soother body af water soar hat, ' daety ground, aad ot*r UAs aad vui 1 leys. Lieut. Dalderf, af tha Danish navy, | l> his masairs of IM7, mentions teat ha cawtared such a Mi ia tha aa* af r climbing a tree. He found It with tea 1 spiny margin of tho gflieovorc ttrThil ■ into tho cracks of tha hash, aad wat ched while it carted ha tail aiwuad, 1 thrust its pectoral flaa forward and • ousbad ahead. Tha flns are rcasaik I *ly mobile and stay ha moved eat* • ward, alsaete at rigM angles to tha " body aad tha man closing. Kin sen* a tact with aa ablate, la sagal sat to - ■ pall an average Ash half aa lash. • 81 *" “Mature! ^Lrtory cfjCsgiwr - • oa one oceaoien ho aaw hoodoo da af a those ft* crawling a* the banka af „ a dried up pool diverging ia ovary » direction aa ree*tog the top to a • distance of Mn* and rifll tafrat » lag onwards. lie aaypi Brian tote* 1 they travel by atoht or batese snm I- rise. Ona pee jr!sH& ia tea km am • af tha oartteral cSTama aultomte cd . ^ apart! an i r . o root af tha hMy. hi [- r 1 ' ■ am i* aataaa V S D m ha ftUa aa aftoa «a ■iiimty ta L sates In Ufa. >- Tha eggs float laaaaiy at tea earn r fees af tea water aad hateh la tare a or throe days. The voter af this ft* • ia a light beam olive whb sync af t ernnga. lit knteb h up ta oaaaa te •Use.—la Our Dumb flalmk.