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,' ;..; .y.- ;, ..r:vv. ..;'...- ... y-t ,;., , v. v; i . . y, . v. 1 . c . .. -,-f -..4.- y y.f-us , . ''""' ; ,- J ' " ."" ' ' '. . ... ... ;V r'' 53r:1 , , - .. , , . . . . aj... i-r- ,,v, , ! 1 ,1 ,j . . VOL. XXX. BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 31, 1918. NO. 4. " V :.f' BOYS' CKUSTMAS BOXES. ItlsTt Et Regulations governing the ship ping ol Christmas parcels to ar my men in service overseas by relative in this country have , just beep completed, following a series or conference twtween ora cials of the war department, the post office department and the Bed Cross. Under the plan work ed out evr ry American soldier ib a foreign land will be permitted to receive one package contain ing Christ maf gifts from the Uni ted States. ' , , The navy ' department has a ( seperate arrangement to enable ' men in that branch of the ser . vice on duty abroad to obtain holiday boxes from loved ones at home. Relatives and friends who are planning to make Christmas for the soldiers in the war zones as merry aa conditions will permit, should bear in mind that each soldier is entitled to but one of these packages. The war depart ment will not accept mora than one parcel for each man. It is ex pected that approximately two million of these packages will be sent abroad and the amount of shipping space provided for their transportation will .not permit of any deviation from the "One ' parcel a man rule" The men themselves will decide who is to send these parcels. They are now receiving Christ- ' mas-parcel labels with instruc tions to mail these labels to the personjin this country from whom they wish to receive the holiday box. To avoid any chance of du plication, each soldier gets but one of these labelsPackages that do not bear these labels will not be accepted. In the event of this label being lost it cannot be re placed. No Christmas parcels will be accepted for shipment after November. 20. The cardboard boxes, 'or cartons, to be provid ed for these parcels are 3x4x9 in ches in size. When packed, wrap ped and ready for mailing these boxes must not weigh more than three pounds. The American Red Cross has agreed to provide these card board boxes and to supervise ; their distribution to relatives of the soldiers who present the proper Christmas parcel-label credential.' The distribution ol the cartons will be made by Red Cross branches throughout the country, (t will be incumbent upon the person receiving one of these boxes to return it when fill ed, but unwrapped, to the collec tion point designated by the Red Cross. Here it will be inspec ted by the Red Cross inspectors authorized to exclude any artic le barred by the postal authori ties, after which the box will be shipped. In short, the Red Cross is responsible for the distribu tion, receipt at designated pointy the inspection and mailing of the boxes. The following is an outline of the procedure to be followed by persons planning to send one' of these parcels abroad: Onhieceiving one of these Cb rist mas parcel labels it should be presented at the nearest chapter, branch or auxiliary headquart ers of the Red Cross, where the holder will receive a carton. These labels are not expected to reach Jthia country before No vember 1, but by that time each Ri Cross branch will have its allotment of boxes based on the number of soldiers in service ov erseas from that community. These boxes may be filled with, any combination of articles, ex cept those on the list barred by ' the postal officials.; The articles prohibited areiil intoxicating liquors, all inflammable material including friction matches aqd any composition likely to ignite or. explode (cigarette lighters come under this classification), iquids, and fragile articles im properly packed. Un der the pos tal regulations no note or mes sage or written matter of any kind will be permitted to remain in the boxes. In addition to the foregoing list of prohibited arti cles, relatives and friends of ' the soldiers afejurged to bear this in mind when preparing Christmas parcels;;;;- Do "not put anything in the package whiqh will not keep fresh nntilrbrimasy tack dried fruits and other food products In 'small tin or wooden boxes. ' . Give preference to hard candy over chocolates, unless the latter are, enclosed in heavy wrappers. Soft chocolates are easily crush ed and may spoil the other con tents. Do not put articles packed in glass in the package. Gifts should be wrapped in khaki-colored handkerchiefs, twenty- seven inches square. When the package has been packed it should be taken un wrapped and unsealed, together with the label aud sufficient stamps, to the nearest collection center designated by the Red Cross. After the package has passed the inspection of the Red Cross representatives, as to con tents and weight, and been wrap ped in stout paper; the Christmas label bearing the address of the man for whom it is intended, is placed on it. The person send ing the package, iu the presence of the Red Cross worker, is re quired toaffix stamps sufficient to carry it. to Hoboketi, N. J. The postal charges are to be at the rate of fourth class or pp.rcei post zone rate. A label certifying that the inspection has been comple ted by the Red Cross, is placed on the package which is left in. the custody of the Red Cross, 'until delivered, to the postal anthori.. ties. The Navy Department has is sued the following instructions regarding the shipping of Ch rist mas packages to sailors in 'dome waters and abroad: , ,(aj Packages forwarded - by parcel post tor men in tb3 Navy must comply with theiwstal reg ulations and should b enclosed in substantial boxes vith.,hinged or screw top cover to tacilitate opening and inspecting. (b) All boxes -shipied by ex press are limited to ' twenty lbs. in weight, should measure not more than two cub ic feet in col ume, be of wood, well strapped aud have a hinge 3 or screw top to facilitate opening and inspect iug. (c) All mail matter should be add ressed as now prescribed by uae postal regulations. All ex press packages should be for warded in care of Suppl y Officer, Fleet Supply Base, 29ti Street and Third Avenue, South Brook lyn,N.Y. (d) No perishable food pro duct other than those enrlo sed in cans or glass jars should bi? pad ed in parcels poet orexpress ship ments. , A BILLIOUS ATTACK.. When you have a biliov iPit tack your liver fails to nPi m its functions. You become c onst' pated, The food you eat fir mvnta in your stomach instead nf amg. This inflames the st imiach and causes nausea, voraiti te-and a terrible headache. Tak . three ui lyuamDenain s Tab to. Thov will tone up your liver, cl pntl mit vour stomach and you v M e oon w ub weu as ever. They oniy.ost a quarter. ' 1 17 . ! W ftMlt M MM WNIMi' TIm w( UperUitt frarl propo4 In ttit history- f ear 0MMea4lUi iomi ap (or jrour tetloa . Tuuiit . - lik.A ' . . sV-- ... On Mm 4y ink wWr ti rtt(4 t Mii ) klltt ro41c TO SU NURBS ICOOOt TUB y this 1 m ft a ploory laoljr k CtwUiMlM MMk Corolla will btr f lor fHTMM to kwo 9ftm tfeo OjAkool tri for ol looo y oU-aotitka ookool tor la 0017 sobool dtoArto tit our ' pooroot m U oy,Ui or rloowot wmUii.' ?' -- ' HmHwilry cw ttooo toaroatlOM of both Boocllooit M VoMoorotlo oojrtloo oadormod tots prepooti oaondaont 1m their plotforao. So lot o oot aoroly lorgo, hot s , ho noojrly- pooolhlo aatMowao oott. to oil tho oarlA,o orooWr eth lot'tho'proo -'conga ho oot tho wo only boo owr luto toko thlo mighlf torwtri 0009, ba'thot It ho oolo,r4 (or It olnoof ,o ono mm. To ovory oor -Poaoorotlo, ftopahlloon, ond I IndopoMdont ofoohoMf la boholf of ear ooaaw lovo for oar, ' hoot I to to, aw opaool. Lo SfM r4i an tula croot Iooiwm oto Lot 00 atar uuraa scbooi. x. An (tot porta coraitaa voaort no nofottvo, votoa oa aaoa a .prvgrtaalro oad 4all laportoM.a4itol pailoa,' too poot fall j oahaiMat' 9 O (7. n ir 1 - Eololth. 1. B.TOolohor uTlHI.. ULV a- , ' o, . - Flflcintr Phantart Rainit Writtan (Editorial in Sunday Charlotte Ob server.) To write a war - editorial f o r this morning's papei is to write of a series of events in a stage of formulation. 'These include con sideration by the Turkish Gov ernmen of formally surrendering its armies and getting out of the war on any conditions which Great Britain might grant. Next, the Austria-Hungary Govern ment seems determined on pull ing out from alliance with per many and securing the best terms for separate peace that may be procured. There are indications that the Austrian Army is" itself tine most potent factor in t h e peace talk. It may prove true that arrangements toward the acceptance of peace for Austria have gone so far as partial de mobilization of the armies. It may be accepted as a fact that arrangements for peace not on ly for Turkey, but for Austria and Hungary are by this tima well in hand and that the closing of the week may find them out of the war, with Germany engaged in the consideration of her own situation alone anl friendless. It has not yet developed in just what manner tho note from the Presideut has .been received in Germany. The document has giv en pause to the German Govern ment, which has evidently adop ted a policy of inviting a state ment ol the manner of peace the Allied councils will be willing to give it, knowing full well in ad vance wha these terms will be. Germany is resorting to every conceivable move to ward off the coming of the' final interview, meanwhile making preparations which betray her approach, step by step, to the inevitable. Nei ther her governraentnorherpeo ple are discussiug rejection of peace terms, nor are they conten ding that Germany may yet win. The burden ot tneir tnougnts is centered on the character of peace that is to be forced on them. They are shortly to come into an undiscussable knowledge of the peaca contract. Their feigned ignorance of Allied inten tions and of what Allied peace really means for them is so thin ly camoflaged as to be easily un derstandable by the outside world. We could not blame Ger many for coming to the rack like a rebelliou 3 heifer. Events on the war front are de veloping no encouragement to German hopes. Her War Lords iturimi Ut, tt aonV' ao ho to no aontloo vovoa on if on aoa In on 00 unity tat him joot pooo too hes 07 to ak Tor tbo TO BIZ hoi lot aboa ha gao to tbo polio. oinV w aoaJMMb)oaV9 9jattft7 TITCV kT- fUWy, filSiaf Vtm& 'have been making the greateac possible concentration of troops against threatened portions of their'Ifnes, but the best opposi tion Germany can develop is be ing steadily and surely overcome. Her armies are being beaten back with increasing losses in men killed and captured and in war material abandoned to cap ture. To add to German dis comfiture is the development of an aggressive offensive by .the Italian section and results which are bringing demoralization to the Austrian troops. Ithasbeen a difficult matter to keep track day by day with the inroads the Allied armies are making on the Kaiser's Hues and of their suc cessive gains in territory in the direction of the German border, but ueneral March has made a comprehensive statement which will aid to a clearer understand ing Since July 18 when the Allied push began, the Germans have been cleared away -from 7,000 square uiilos of soil in Belgium and France. Four thousand square miles of this territory has been. liberated from German oc cupation within the past woek. This latter fact indicates the mo mentum the Allied drive has gained. The war situation is good: the opening of no week since the war began found it quite so good as it stands today. The peace pros pect might be described as "as sured." The country now knows the exact nature ot the ppace which Germany will sign up for. It is now only a question at to the exact day on which thegivat tidings are to be proclaimed! CURE FOR DYS1NTERY. 'While I was in Ashland, Kan sas, a gentleman overheard me speaking of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy," writes William Whitelaw, ofDes Moines Iowa. "He told me in detail of what it had done for his family, but more especially his daughter who was lying at the point of death with a violent attack of dvsintery, and hnd ben given up by her family physician. Some of the neighbors advised him to give Chamberlain's Colic and Di arrhoea Remedy, which he did, and fully believes that by doing so saved the lifj of hi- child. He sta'ed that he had also used this remedy hi:nsrlf with equally grat ifymg results." 1: A V FOR SALE: One pair i year i Drugs & Drug gisU Sundries old lay mules. Good, size for A complete line of toilet article, age. ir interested see or write Mailorder given prompt atten W. L.Coffe.', Sands, N.C -iti tion. GIVE US ATRIAL. . Sulp.nr.6iod Ipfloeizi Prtrntatitt. QThe following appeared in arer cent issue of the Ashe ville Citizen: A leading doctor in the state of Georgia, who has passed un scathed thiu a serious yellow fe ver epidemic, in authority for the statement that a little sulphur placed in the snoes each day i? a positive preventative for Spfin ish influenza. Thin pf' tentative is tupgfbh'U in an ui licit' in i lu cent issue of the Atlanta Coubii tution. 'I he use of su'plur in this mf fi ner is not au all togetliet new thing in this city, for tit least ui colored woman in th city Pus been using it since the pi esnit ep idemic started here, Thin worn was in the oflicv of K . S H; r.m clerk of the United St&u. Dis trict court a few days ago, acd in discussing the situation with him she was told by Mr. Hams that he should use a gargle ev ery day to keep well. "I does it, yes sir, I does it. Every morning I shakes a little sulphur in my shoes. It shore is the stuff to gargle with." ' The article from the Constitu tion follows: Put a small amount of sulphur in each shoe every morning and good-by influenza. This is the remedv offered to the people of Atlanta by aGeor gia doctor who has been practi cing in Dixie for forty years and who went through the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans in 1897 uuscathed. Hisjaccount of the succesful trials of this remedy follows: "In the early eighties I moved to Louisiana to practice medi cine, i.and remained in the town where I first located for nearly twenty years. The town in which I located was in the southwest ern portion of the state and had large sugar and lumber indus tries, therefore I met many trav eling men, and one in particular I remember from Memphis Tenn., who told tno one evening that he had nursed yellow fever and cholera in all stages, had assist ed in burying the dead, and that all the precaution be ever took was to sprinkle suipnur in nis shoes every morning during the epidemic and that he had never contracted the disease; further more, every one lie told about it aud who had tried it, not a sin glo one had had the disease. "In 1897 we had an epidemic of yellow fever, and remembering what this gentleman had told me I tried it, notwithstanding had very little confidence in it. shall nevor regret having tried it, for 1 escaped the fever, al though I nursed it mall its stages during the entire epidemic. Now what has this to do with influ enza? It has the same to do with it that it had to do with yellow fever and cholera kill the germ. I believe when the system is thor oughly saturated with the sul phur, as suggested, it will pre vent the germs of any disease from attacking the system. There is no doubt that sulphur will penetrate the system readily, for when one takes sulphur in the svstem and has a silver dollar rn his pocket, it will be turned black, caused by the sulphuret ted hydrogen. Try it ami Bee. Now it would be verv little troi ble to have the boys in thecamps carry out this suggestion and thus break up the disease which is causing so much suffering and a great many deaths. BURLESON DRUG GO, NEVVLAND, N. C. PROFES SI0 NA1V E. Glenn Salmons. . Resident Dentin t BOONE. Iv Z. OiBwatCritcK;T- Jrnfit. 6.1 n c. i'i LOWE & LOVE ;attouneys-at.l.vw.: Practice in the courts of Awn and surrounding counties. Cat ful attention given to allmattm ut a legal nature. 7-15-12.. F. A. LINNEY, -ATTORNEY AT LAW, BOONE, N. C. Will 'practice in the courts o Watauga and adjoining coun ties. 3-11-1911. W. P. SPEAS, M. D. PRACTICE LIMITED TO Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat . HICKORY, N. C. OFFICE OVBR HOCR8-9 tO 14 8 to 5 HICKORY DRCQ 00. s.P.;t.ovili.-r : w.;r.Iot11 Lovill & Lovill -Attorneys ATj ,Law . r-B00NE, ' N. G- Special attention given to all business entrusted to tneir care. T. E. Bingham, Lawyer liOONE, N. C. t&" Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal Dutur. Collections a specialty. Office ith Attorney F. A. Liu nty. DR. R, D, JENNINGS IIesiduet Dentist. sfiffiZ Banners Elk, N. C. At Boone on first JMondav of every month for 4- or 5 daye and every court wek. Office ut the Blackburn Hotel. John L. Brown Lawyer, boone, . . n.c. Prompt attention given to all matters of a legal nature. Col lections a specialty. Office will. Lovill & Lovill, Marcu and JEWELRY done at this shop under a positive guarantee & a material usd U guaranteed to b jreoulue. Kitimtto ruruithed on all iso.il order. 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