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r OLK C jlUNT? Y : jfeWS TRYON, NORTH ? CAROLINA A SAFE STOCK FjOR sAtL V LHiiiiAUUii GOAST 7" - " it v . w BY DEATH m on WM SWEPT s ..... We ft Smallpox and Spanish Influenza V Play Havoc With -Eskimos. BODIES DEVOURED BY: DOGS W SOLOMON AS A WISE OLD BIRD JW '0 0C III- wirv.i tJJ g Them into &aTesijn vest- is Bankers couia una. g Solomon was a wise bird. :butfd a lot of mighty good: is dead. . n afivrf. You will - hare r HQ iar ovn decisions and deter-, ax own course of action and' h future. It will not doyou?a od to try to communicate and have him. solve your is for you. jot his ear, you probably take his advice. . , Idhave ,to acquire your, wis Sol acquired his, by gaining a frAU-'Boliit and taking advaotr your own experience and that i. Solomon was a mason bef was a king and a miner as, his Tiew-point probably would much different from that of jrkers of the present day. JlJ be sure that the high cost j was, & problem in Solomon's ffen as in 1919, and that the COLLEGE PRESIDENT OUTLINES REMEDY TIIs How High Cost of Living Prob lems May Be Solved by Every Man and Woman. , President Nicholas Murray Butler 9iavUniversity.in a recent discussion ,ct the ;high living costs said: ' " " KiaKJTSnteen is a good thing, hut"-it -on' reduce' the bbst of ' UYingn i; we had all their hoarded goods it -would do little good ' ' ' "Onl js-tbe operation of inexorable economic laws can bring us back to tolerable conditions.' The remedy is to save, to practice public economy and-private thrift. We must save and invest in productive industry. Borrowing-, for non-productive reasons means bankruptcy." - In the opinion of the best econo mist in the United States the peo ples' greatest weapon against high prices is the government's Thrift campaign. Every family should have a budget, Just as every successful business has" a budget The V first thing on that budget should be the amount to be saved from the weekly or monthly income-r-not the anount a? power of a shekel, lninbtdTIto be scent. Make l.what you save gold of Ophir, fluctuated just the dollar minted at Philadel- lonon knew that thrift 'and the stimulation of- production elimination of waste would e problems just as the wise aan ksows it today. He laid tfcoin through safe and con- investment--just as wise omen have put money for ft in Liberty Bonds, Treasury Certificates and War Savings Aiso there is no record that erer took any of that coin m Old Sol by inducing him to ' a wild cat stocks. ft one bitof -advice, the wis- t vhich the years have not He said: "A good man ; -a inhertance to his child- -drea." can follow that advice by. consistent saving and invest or saving Stamps and ;7 Savings Certificates and in Bwd3 at present prices, securities boiurht.-imw -will hp fiance for vnnr fhHlrAn'a :ii to ret wise. Set wise just as he did. If t0 save you will repent many years. " govern the' amount you spend, v; not what. you. .spend-govern the amount you save.' . Wii aving ; tamps bring 4 per cent'' interest, compounded every three months. Hit high prices belqw the belt by investing .in United States securities. The dollar you save today may be worth twice as much five years from now. !ou an American? Savings. Campaign" is 'fnefican movement. That 1 It is for I'M evry man, woman Wlds nf tw 01 a me Olclia iX.li.KX YOU AN AMERICAN? 1 'belong to a live v. !0' you have savings made the right eP on saving and invest- Savings Stamps and Ke War -aUips. Attend the meet- kocietv and learn the 01 haPP.v thrift. SING A SONG OF SAVINGS STAMPS Sing a song of Savings Stamps, The cost of living's high. But have you counted all the things . These Savings Stamps wil buy? They-help to. take. that little trip, Or buy some needed clothes. How many things they'll help you get Goodness only knows. OUR NEW VIRTUE & AND WORKER ej; ",tue iiusy.Bee, hit " namir.n' h nm. L bney all dav lnnr. JlTli ioth th every flower- 6 '0rkeirin our lacd, In fog or sunshine., snow or rain, it's comforting to have this thought I have not spent my every gain, and thus reduced my funds to naught it's pleasant through the muggy days to sit inside a cozy room, and realize the dismal haze cannot surround you with its gloom; to know, through pur chase wisely, made, investment van ned with sober care, your incomes bulk will never fade, but through such rainy days upbear! Last year and this, an agency for teaching folks this gospel bright has strenuously im prepsed on me the way to duck he waster-bright; "A dollar saved-the interest gained-this is the lesson sound and true, which keeps the way ward dollar chained and makes the 4 -per cent, accrue. : .Thrift! Thats thJ answer, to, you. -ViTl that ' flamed our Jbattlernps ; helped. to down J'j in other words, WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. -: - - : Cinders are no more ' woHhles. than good intentions J0 Buy. .those .War. SaymgsJ5tniP you are trildnc Old M Gloc U Moravian Missionary Tells Almost Un believable Story of Sufferings In Northern Labrador Mode of Living Is Fatal. St. John's, N. F. Spanish "flu," smallpox and measles wiped out more than one-third of the Eskimo popula tion of Labrador during the months of November and December of last year. The Rev. W. W. Perrett of the Mora vian mission at Hopedale, where he has spent 27 years, reached the New foundland shores a few days ago. ,He told an almost unbelievable story of the sufferings of the Eskimos of north ern Labrador. Shortly after the. mission ship Har mony had left the coast at the begin ning of November "flu" broke out at Hebron and spread rapidly among the inhabitants. That the disease was contagious was unknown to the Es kimo, who were living in small huts, and whole families were affected and died off. Bishop Martin and those at the mission did what was possible un der the circumstances, but they, too, were- stricken, ;and when the epidemic had passed its course only eight chil dren, five women( and one man of the native population of 100 were living. Mad Dogs Eat Human Flesh. At the outbreak the dead were burked almost as soon as they passed away, but when the entire settlement became ill, the victims were left where they died, those who had recovered in the meantime being too weak to lay them under the ground. Households who had succumbed one by one were left uhburieKj, and the dogs, who were . unable to procure food because the hunters had been all UL became mad and entered the cabins, consuming the flesh from the bodies of the dead. When it became known that the epi demic was raging,, some outside assist ance arrived, and an effort was made to give the dead Christian burial. The dogs, however, after consuming the human flesh, became wildj and it was impossible to undertake putting the coifpsea In the frozen ground. The next best thing was to bury the corpses at sea. Before even this could be at tempted the few remaining at Hebron were compelled to shoot the dogs, as even the living were not safe from them. While this horror of death and suf fering was going on at Hebron, a like epidemic was raging at Okak. The Eskimos, as in Hebron, huddled to gether in their small huts, quickly be caine affected, until the whole popula tion was either stricken or dead. The daily deafh rate was .appalling, whole families dying within a few hours. The mission all the. while was unceasing in its work for the afflicted, but they also fell victims to the disease, which meant that the Eskimos were left help less. When the new year dawned only a few emaciated Eskimos were found to be alive. Mode of Living Is Fatal. Mr. Perrett said that when the Eski mos were stricken, their mode of liv ing and environment was against their surviving. As soon as the illness fell upon them they were obliged to take shelter in the small, stuffy huts, where there was neither fresh air nor sun shine, and here they remained until they died. They were also without seal meat and fats, which are neces sary for sustenance In cold climes, having been overtaken by the epidemic just as the hunting season opened, and, their constitutions thus weak ened, they became easy prey to the scourge. Many who had recovered from their illness died later for want of nourishment. BID BY FRANCE IS TOO LOW Offers Only $300,000,000 for United States Material May Be Sold Elsewhere. Washington. The French govern ment having offered only $300,000,000 for American army equipment in France, costing $1,500,000,000, the war department has ordered a sales organization for disposal of the prop erty be formed in France, Director of Sales Hare told a special house com mittee investigating war department expenditures abroad. Director Hare said the French offer was made to Chairman Parker of the Unfced States liquidation committee. The offer, he stated, included all material, Including ship docks, railroad orks and equip ment, automobile trucks and textiles. "If France will not pay a fair fig ure," the director added, "we will take the stuff out of the country and sell it elsewhere." fJO MOVIF' .pF, EX-KAISER iVRbdmilfarT 'Harden 1 S'ayIHe ' De- jft Clinea a uargc rcc lor i Brliri Announcement! 4?AP3ade; by. Maximilian Harden, . German editor, that he declined a handsome fee and large royalties offered him for a mo tion picture play dealing with the career of the former German emperor. 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