They Don't Go Down South for Their Swimming
\\v h:i\t> plenty of photographs showing bathing beauties on southern beaches in winter time. Mere are
1 1 <> i ??!(?(! members of the Ambassador Swimming club skylarking on the snow-covered sands of Atlantic City.
Light Added to
Roll of Honor
prrfed Congressio al Meda's of
lonor for Supreme Gallantry
in Defense of Flag.
URAGE AND VALOR SHOWN
hty-Six Now on List of Those Who
performed Acts of Conspicuous
Bravery "Above and Beyond
the Call of Duty."
very few months there appears in
_r. m r.al orders of the War depart
n il>t announcement that another
ng American has been awarded the
-regional Medal of Honor, the
?lein of supreme gallantry in de
of the flap. The Medal of Honor
< only to those who in action
insi an enemy perform an act of
iispicuous gallantry and intrepid
that is "above and beyond the call
luty."
I the- 2,000,000 Americans who
;<ed the sea to light with the allies
s?? were awarded the Medal of
i.?r. A few may yet be honored for j
v art-, st jll under investigation sev
instances of great gallantry in
on. The investigation that pre- j
? i he award of the medal of honor .
ilu* m<?st thorough the ablest of ;
?el > (if the army can make. The |
: ..! of investigation is seldom less
:i one year. It is generally two
sometimes thret years.
i-M more have been added to the
? of honor. The citations which tell
story in each instance follow:
Albert - K., Berea, Ohio.
? ?nd Lieutenant, One Hundred and
?ty-eighth infantry, Thirty-seventh
n. For conspicuous gallantry
inm-piditv above%and beyond the
. .f duty in action with the enemy
- Iviory, France, September 'J7,
s. , V'pon learning that a squad
J.-r of his platoon had been severe
wounded while attempting to eap
? :m enemy machine-gun nest about
\ards in advance of the assault
? . ii? i somewhat to the right, Lieu
;,m I'aesei re<piesied permission to
?. tin- rescue of the wounded cor
al. After thrice repeating his re
and permission having been re
t.'Mly given, due to the heavy ar
?r. rifle and machine-gun fire and
. .it-luge of gas In which the com
V was at that time, accompanied
wilunteer he worked his way for
' l. and in spite of a heavy direct
: in^-g-un tire succeeded in reach
wounded man, whom he just
? ???|i?i| in placing upon his shoul
- wln-n both were instantly killed
? ?:ny fire.
Airmen Honored.
kl?\v, Kdwin It., Wichita." Kan
"ii < 1 lieutenant, One Hundred
i Thirtieth field artillery, observer
Aero squadron, air service,
art inn near Kinarville. France,
? I * r ?'?. 1 J*l S, Lieutenant Bleckley
? i ai> pilot, First Lieutenant Harold
'inenit-r, air service, left the air
1 j; t in the afternoon on their j
nd trip t<? drop supplies to a bat
i-?n of the seventy-seventh division,
ii had been cut off by the enemy
th?* Argonne forest. Having been
'."'Mod ()n t lie first trip to violent
- from the enemy, they attempted
! second trip to come still lower
< > r ' 1 ? ? i* to get the packages even
|; - j r . i-iseiy on the designated spot.
" ?? ? "urse of his mission the plane
s hr-'ujrju down by enemy rifle and
-irun fire from the ground, re
'??K in fatal wounds to Lieutenant
?' who died before he could be
a hospital. Iji attempting
'farming this mission Lleuten
??h\v showed tiie highest pos
1 !< i?t of personal danger, de
V "? '-'ity, courage and valor.
Harold Ernest, Chicago;
! i "iitenant, pilot, Fiftieth
air service. In action
? ''vide, France, October 0,
K '? "";"nant Goettler, with his
*?'cond Lieutenant Erwln IL
'hH >. ? -ne Hundred and Thirtieth
i artillery, left the airdrome latei
in the afternoon on their second trip
to ilrop supplies to a battalion of the
Seventy-seventh division which had
been cut off by the enemy in the Ar
gonne >forest. Having been subjected
on the first trip to violent tire from
the enemy, they attempted on the
second trip to come still lower in or
der to get the packages even more
precisely 011 the designated spot. In
the course of this mission the plane
was brought down b> enemy, rille and
machine-gun fire from the .ground, re
sulting in the instant death 'of Lieuten
ant Goettler. In attempting and per
forming this mission Lieutenant Goett
ler showed the highetst possible con
tempt of personal danger, devotion to
duty, courage and valor. Next of kin:
Mrs. Gertrude fJoettler, mother, 50
Williams street, Brookline, Mass.
The citation on page 5, General Or
ders, No. ISO, War department, 191S,
relating to the posthumous award of |
the distinguished service cross to
Lieutenant Harold Ernest 1*3 oet tier, is
rescinded.
Donovan, William Joseph, New
York, colonel, One Hundred and Sixty
fifth infantry, Forty-second division.
Near Land res and St. Georges, France.
October 14-1T), 1918. Colonel Donovan
nersonally led the assaulting wave in
an attack upon a very strongly organ
ised position, and when ^ our troops
were suffering heavy casualties, he en
couraged all near aim by his example,
moving among l.is men in exposed po
sitions. /eorganizing decimated pla
toons and accompanying them forward
in attacks. When lie was wounded in
the leg l>v a machine-gun bullet, he re
fused to be evacuated and continued
with his unit until it withdrew to a
less exposed position.
Saves Wounded Men.
Ilolderman, Nelson M., Santa Ana
Cul., captain, Three Hundred and
Seventh infantry, Seventy-seventh di
vision. In action northeast of liinar
ville in the Forest of Argonne, France.
October 2 to S, -1918. Captain Holder
man commanded a company of a bat
talion which was cut off and surround
ed by the enemy. He was wounded
on October 4, on October .r> and again
??n October 7, but throughout the en
tire period, suffering great pain and
subjected to fire of every character, he
continued personally to lead and en
courage the officers tind men under his
command with unflinching courage
and with distinguished success. On
October 6, in a wounded condition, he
rushed through enemy machine-gun
and shell tire and carried two wounded
men to a place of safety.
Morelock, Sterling, Oquawka, HI.,
private, company M. Twenty-eighth
infantry. First division. Near Exer
mont, France, October, 4, 1918. While
his company was being held up by
heavy enemy tire, Private Morelock
with three other men who were acting
as runners at company headquarters
voluntarily led them as a patrol in ,
W. HOHEN ZOLLERN TODAY
A new and exclusive photograph of
William Hohenzollern, master of
Doom, photographed in the gardens of
his exile home in Holland.
advance of his company's front line
through an intense rille, artillery and
machine-gun tire and penetrated a
woods which formed the German front
line. Encountering a series of five
hostile machine-gun nests, containing
from one to five machine guns each,
with his patrol he cleaned them all
out, gained and held complete mastery
of the situation until the arrival of his
company commander with reinforce
ments, even though his entire party
had become casualties. He rendered
first aid to the injured and evacuated
them by using as stretcher bearers ten
German prisoners whom he had cap
tured. Soon thereafter his company
commander was wounded and while
dressing his wound Private Morelock
was very severely wounded in the
hip, which forced nis evacuation. His
heroic action and devotion to duty
were an inspiration to the entire regi
ment.
O'Neill, Richard W., New York, ser
geant, Company D, One Hundred and
Sixty-fifth inYantry, Forty-second di
vision. On the Ourcq river, France,
July 30,- 1018. In advance of an aa
saulting line, he attacked a detach
ment of about twenty-five of the
enemy. In the ensuing band-to-band
encounter be sustained pistol wounds,
but heroically continued in the ad
vance, during which be received addi
tional wounds, but, with great physical
effort, iie remained In active command
of bis detachment. Being again
wounded he was forced, by weakness
and loss of blood, to be evacuated, but
insisted upon being taken first to the
battalion commander in order to trans
mit to him valuable information rela
tive to enemy positions and the dis
position of our men.
Braves Machine Guns.
Thompson, Joseph 11., Pittsburgh,
Pa., colonel. One Hundred and Tenth
infantry. Twenty-eighth division. Near
Apremont, France, October 1, 1018.
Counter-attacked by two regiments of
the enemy, Colonel Thompson (then
Major One Hundred and Tenth infan
try) encouraged bis battalion in the
front line by constantly braving the
hazardous tire of machine ^uns and
artillery. His courage was mrfinly re
sponsible for trfe heavy repulse of the
enemy.
Later in the action, when the ad
vance of his assaulting companies was
held up by tire from a hostile machine
gun nest and ail birt one of the six
assaulting tanks were disabled, Major
Thompson, with great gallantry and
coolness, rushed forward on foot three
separate times in advance of the as
saulting line, under heavy machine
gun and anti-tank-gun fire and led the
one remaining tank to within a few
yards of the enemy machine-gun nest,
which succeeded in reducing it1, there
bv making it possible for the infantry
to advance.
The Medal of Honor record by states
and divisions is now as follows:
BY STATES
New York llVirginia 2
Illinois 9Kansas 2
California . v 7Alabama 1
Missouri 6Iowa 1
New Jersey 6Michigar. 1
South Carolina .... 6North Carolina s.... 1
Tennessee 60regon 1
Colorado ...?* 4Texas . 1
Massachusetts Washington 1
Oklahoma 3Wisconsin 1
Arizona 20ho 1
Idaho 2Pennsylvania 1
Kentucky 2England 1
Minnesota 2 Norway ...' .J
85
BY DIVISIONS
Thirtieth 12 Third 2
Thirty-third 9 Fifth *
Eighty-ninth 9 Twenty-sixth I
Second ...' 7 Twenty-eighth ....2
Seventy-seventh .. 7 Thirty-fifth 2
Twenty-seventh ... 6 Thirty-sixth 2
Forty-second 4 Eighty-second 1
Ninety-first 4 Tank Corps 2
Flrst 3 Thirty-seventh .... 1
Twenty-ninth .... 3 Seventy-eighth ... 1
Air Service 3 Ninety-third 1
86
If the awards to the "unknown" of
the allies are added the total number
would be 91.
Cow Uncover? Gold Ore Vein.
Los Angeles.? C. T. Johnson, Xros
Angeles capitalist, has a $1,000,000 cow.
She is of no unusual breed, nor does
she give a record supply of milk or
butter.
According to word reaching Los
ge*es, the cow fell in a well on John
son's Nevada ranch near Needles, and
when the animal was extricated from
the hole with tine aid of a derrick, It
was discovered a hoof of the cow had
uncovered a rich vein of gold.
I
1,200,000 GALLONS ANNUALLY IS
SMUGGLED IN, CHARGES
*' ROGERS.
BIG INCOME FROM DUTIES
State Department Report Reads Like
Book of Fiction, Declared
Mr. Rogers.
Washington. ? Liquor is now being
smuggled into the United States from
the Bahama Islands at the rate of 1,
200,000 gallons annually, while the
government and population of that
British colon}', getting ^'relatively im
mense revenues from the traffic, "i are
absolutely indisposed to sympathize
with efforts to check it, according to a
statement issued by Representative
Rogers, Republican, Massachusetts,
based, he declared, on official data fur
nished him by the state department.
From the duties on whiskey alone,
Mr. Rogers said, the islands are de
riving an income three times as great j
as their government revenue from ;
all sources in 1918, while the esti
mate^ profits of those interested in
Ihe traffic, including member^ of the
elected legislative body, are said to
be enriching.
j Mr. Rogers declared the state de- 1
1 partment report "read like a book of
fiction," in describing the mushroom
growth ? still continuing ? of what he
classed as "an established practice,
with great capital and organized pro
; cedure," of rum running liquor into
the United States through the screen
erected by prohibition enforcement
agents.
! Up to 1919, Mr. Rogers asserted,
' the annual imports of liquor to the
Bahamas were 50,000 gallons, whii^
for 1922 they amounted to l,200,00u
gallons.
"The Bahamas are certainly the
oasis of 'dry' America," his statement
said.
"To the last quart, I am advised, the
liquors are shipped to the United
States. All told, 2,000,000 gallons
have found their way into the coun
try all the way from Norfolk, Philadel
phia and New York, as far east as
Boston. When the smuggling first be
gan some vessels would lie off the
port of Nassau, would be secretly
loaded and would depart without pa
pers. Other ships would be cleared
in ballast, but subsequent to clearing
would be loaded with liquor.
"The practice is different now that
the illicit trade has been fully or
ganized. The vessels, nearly all fly
j ing the British flag, will clear for the
i French port of St. Pierre, Miquelon,
or for Tanipico, Mexico. In tke first
instance, the vessels really unload
their cargoes off New York or some
other North Atlantic port.
Signs Indicate better Business.
New York.? Quietness and a certain
amount of irregularity in the financial
markets during the past week offered
a contrast to the encouraging charac
ter of reports from industrial and
trade centers. The causes of the ir
I regularity were not difficult to find.
For one thing, the situation in the
j Ruhr valley gtill acted as a brake on
j speculative enthusiasm, although the
I market displayed a calmness in the
I face of alarmist rumors that testified
to admonishing * susceptibility to
things of that sort. It also appeared
that the security markets had entered
into something of a resting period,
fhe effects of the early January rein
vestment demand having passed and
the unusually large volume of new
capital issues having taken the edge
off the bond market for the time
being.
Despite these circumstances a fipm
undertone was apparent. Reports of
good earnings came from a number i
of important quarters and expectations j
of good domestic business continues 1
to be general. In finnacial quarters
the opinion still holds that the French
' entrance into the Ruhr was ill-advised,
but there is a disposition to be hope- ,
*ul with regard to the ultimate results.
Doubts are expressed with regard to
France's ability to make the occupa
tion an economic success, but it is felt
that the movement was perhaps in- j
evitable and bringing matters to a 1
head may hasten an agreement be
tween France and Germany. Actual
clashes between the troops and the
population are not anticipated, the
thought being that both sides will
suffer severely enough from the eco
nomic standpoint to produce a more
reasonable attitude.
*
Trade reports are distinctly cheer
ful. Many signs indicate business is j
considerably better than is unusually
the case at this time of year.
Urge Passage of Shipping Measure.
Washington. ? Commercial organi
zations will begin this week to focus
upon Congress urgent demand for the
enactment of the administration ship
ping bill,, according to an announce
ment by the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States. Before adjourn
ment of the present session, it was
declared, a senate vote must be ob
tained to settle national policy to
wards the government investment in
war-time shipping and the whole mer
cantile marine Question.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTERE8T TO
CAROL1NIAN8.
Greensbdro. ? Announcement of a
paying program here, to include 30 ,
miles of streets, was made. It is
part of a big paving program the city
it carrying out. It is unique in that
tne property owners paying all the
costs of the paving, instead of half, as
formerly, and as is the general j-ule.
Salisbury. ? Judge B. P. Long, hold
ing court at Gastonia, has appointed i
Ben D. McCubbins, a Salisbury attor- ' 1
ney, clerk of the superior court of 1 1
Rowan county to succeed his uncle, !|
the late J; Frank McCubbins. Mr. , i
McCubbins was formerly prosecuting
attorney of the county and has been
enrolling clerk of the present General ;
Assembly.
Burlington. ? The influenza epidemic
which has been raging at Belmont ,
mill village, five miles south of this
city, has subsided, according to re-.j'
ports received here. The situation ?
hns greatly improved and the school
which was closed for two weeks, re
opened.
Raleigh. ? A state association of
fairs was organized here at a meeting
of secretaries representing 15 North
Carolina fairs in the United States
district courtroom, where Dr. J. Vance
McGougan, of Fayetteville, was elected
president. Colonel Joseph E. Pouge,
of?Raleigh, was elected ^rst vi6e presi
dent; George Howard, . of Tarboro,
second vice president; and Garland
Daniel, of Greensboro, secretary and
treasurer. ^
Greensboro.? Twelve months on the
roads was the ruling in the cases of
Joe Bruno and Jack Matthewson. both
of New York, at a hearing of charges
that they had morphine for sale and
were planning burglaries. Harry
"Gold Tooth" Mullins, a local man,
was held under $10.0^0 bond.
Elizabeth City. ? Mrs, Julia Jennings,
74 years old. was killed while cross'ng
| the railroad at Beech street crossing
I by passenger train Number Four, the
early morning train from Raleish.
, Mrs. Jennings was opt her way to the
I Elizabeth City cotton mill where she
has worked for 28 years,
i Kinston.? County authorities here
heard that -actions would be started
by two residents of Lenoir county
' against three revenue officers alleged
to have started a fire which damaged
property to the extent of $2,700. Dam
age of $1,500 was said to have been
done on the premises of H W. Davis,
prominent planted and $1,200 on the
farm of W. H. Howard,
j. Asheville. ? Unless some unforeseen
circumstance, occurs in the future
Henderson county will write down as
forever unsolved one of the most bru
tal murders in her history which de
stroyed the life of Harvey Case on the j
night of January 11. Termination of ,
t>e coroner's ' hearing was reached
when the jury came to " the find:n?
"that Harvey. Case met his death at
| the hands of parties unknown to the
Jurors."
Fayetteville. ? After being out for
fifty hours the jury in the case of.
Alexander Murchison. charged with
killing his son, Henry Murchison,
failed to agree and the court "ordered
a mistrial. .
Wendell.' ? A petition is being drawn
up by the city fathers to be presented
to the present General Assembly for
permission to extend the corporate
limits of Wendell one-half mile. This
extension will take in several people
as well as much property.
Wilson. ? The Sykes Fund started
by the Wilson Daily Times for the
benefit of Mrs. Jack W. Sykes whose
huwband ? Jack Sykes ? was shot to
death by Oscar. Melvin on the streets
of this city a few weeks ago, contin
ues to grow. The fund now amounts
to $1,776.
Asheville. ? After locking the jailer i
in a cell, two prisoners made their es- |
cape from the Polk county jail at Co- 1
lumbus, according to reports received i
here. The' jailer had entered to serve 1
the prisoners supper#when he was
trapped^ Effort to locate the es
caped prisoners have so far failed. -
Burlington. ? S. T. Webster, a mem
ber of the force of workmen con
structing the large bridge across Haw
River at Haw River, was brought to
the hospital in this city with a leg
broken and bruises about his face as
a result of a fall from the bridge.
Sanford. ? A dual funeral was held
at Buffalo church when James D. Mc
pherson, 60, and his sister, Miss Sarah
McPherson, 77, were buried. Rev. Mr.
Ray, of Jonesboro, their pastor, con
ducting the service.
Fayetteville. ? Elijah Larrimore,
seventeen years old, charged with
killing Harry King, was found guilty
of murder in the second degree by a
jury in the superior court and was sen
tenced by Judge N. A. Sinclair to thirty
years in the State prison.
Burlington. ? J. N. Whitt, aged 60
years, died at his home near the
Whitehead Hosiery Mills following a >
brief illness. The remains were taken i
to Mount Vernon church in Chatham
county for burial. He Is survived by
a family of several children.
Salisbu#. ? Two capital cases, O.
O. (Red) Thomas, Charlotte aiftomo
bile salesman, charged with the mur-"
der of Arthur J. Allen, at Kannapolis,
and Lee McHargue, charged writh kill
ing Deputy Sheriff Will Propst, Cabar.
rus county, will be called when th? :
Rowan superior court convenes Fe!> ?
ruary 12.
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SundaySchool
' Lesson T
[By REV. P. B. FITZ WATER, D. D..
Teacher of English Bible In th? Moody
Bible Institute of. Chicago.)
-oovrlrht 1922 we*te?-n Nevr*t>aDer~'Unlon.
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 4
THE GRACE OF GRATITUDE
LESSON- TEXT? Luke 17:11-19.
GOLDEN TEXT-Enter into His gates
K*ith thanksgiving, and into His courts
(vith praise; be thankful unto him, and
bless His name.? Psalm 100:4.
REFERENCE MATERIAL? I Chron.
0:10-6; Psalm 116:1-14; Matt. 18:21-35,
Phil. 4:6-7.
PRIMARY TOPIC ? A Man Who Was
Thankful
JUNIOR TOPIC ? Remembering to
Thank God. "
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
? l..e Grace of Gratitude.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ,
?Cultivating the Habit of Gratitude.
Jesus is now on His way to Jerusa
lem where He will be offered up for
the sins of the people. It was fitting
that He should puss through the coun
try of the Samaritans, for He was the
Savior of all men. On this occasion
He came in touch with a colony of
ten lepers, and His healing of theif ex
hibits the condition "of human nature
and the workings of His divine grace.
I. Their Awful Affliction (v. 12).
They were lepers. Leprosy is a con
tagious disease which rots off the
members of the body and eventuates
in death. It may be unnoticed in the
blood of the person for years. It is
of such a foul nature that the one
thus afflicted Is cast out from society.
This segregation was in accordance
with the Mosaic law (Lev. 13:46). It
was a kind of Naaman quarantine
measure. Leprosy has always been
regarded as a type of sin, even at
times visited upon people for some
sin. Examples, the leprosy of Gchaz!
(II Kings 5) ; Miriam (Num. 12) ; Uz
ziah (II Kings 15:5). Sin lias come into
the world and flows from generation
to generation through the racial
stream, so that all are sinners (Ilom.
5:12). Though sin may be hidden, it
eventually breaks ^ut and destroys the
body. Evidences of this are seen on
every hand. There is no need of Bible
proof of its reality.
II. Their Cry for Mercy'(v. 13).
They were in great need. No hu
man help was available. They had
somehow heard how Jesus had healed
some lepers. Where there is real heal
ing it is bound to be noised about. This
aroused faith in them. "Faith cometh
by hearing, and hearing by the Word
of God" (Rom. 10:17). As He came
their way they called for mercy. It Ls
the privilege of all sinners to call
upon Jesus Christ for mercy. Salva
tion from the most awful sins will
surely come to all who cry unto Him
in sincerity.
III. Bidden to Go to the Priests
(v. 14).
Before the lepers were henled they
were to show themselves to the
priests, according to the Mosaic law
(Lev. 14:1-32). As they went in faith
they were healed. While God goes he
fore in the work of salvation, yet lie
demands of the sinner faith. Faith is
the cause'of His action. Activity on
the sinner's part is necessary so that
God's grace can flow into him. Faith
expresses itself in action. By this
means the divine power and human
need are united. The only faith need
ed is for the sinner^o realize the heal
ing power of Christ, and as this is
acted upon there is the consequent in
crease which results in complete sal
vation. Cleansing Is realized through
obedience.
IV. The Gratitude of the One (vv.
15, 16).
Perceiving that he was healed of his
leprosy, the Samaritan turned , back
and with a loud voice glorified God.
He even fell down on his face and
gave thanks. The one least expected"
to show gratitude for this great mercy
was the one who sincerely expressed
It.
V. The Gratitude of the Nine (vv.
17-19).
Presumably they were Jews. The
very ones who should have been most
grateful did not show any apprecia
tion. They were content to get much
from Christ without giving Him any
thing. He expects ^hose who experi
ence His salvation to give Him their
love and gratitude. The Lord is hurt
when saved sinners go off with the
blessing of salvation as though they
had stolen it. Many take all they can
get from Christ and give nothing in re
turn. All the blessings of civilization
are ours through Christ, yet how few
thank Him for them. The proportion
of those who are ungrateful for the
blessings which Christ brought Is per
haps nine to one. The fact that grati
tude was expressed by a Samaritan
shows how often we are seamed by
the devotion of those less favored
than ourselves.
Finding God.
If we cannot find God In your house
and mine, upon the roadside or the
margin of the sea; in the bursting
seed or opening flower; In the day
duty or night musing? I do not think
we should discern Him any more upon
the grass of Eden, or beneath the
moonlight of Gethsemane. ? J. Mai*
tineau.
^Victory Over Sin.
It is not by understanding God, bat
by trusting Him, that we have victory
ever sin.? Anon.