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VOL. 9 - AHOSKIE, N. C., FRIDAY, MAV 10, 1918 NUMBER 16
AHOSKIE RED CROSS CHAP
.TER NOTES
The Red Cross Chapter of
Ahoskie is in the war to win.
Three days in each week the
members meet at the work
rooms and assign work and at
tend to what business may
comrf before the chapter. Sys
tem and method is strictly ob
served. It is no social cluo jot
a band of hard workers. No
slackers ? in the Ahoskie R -d
Cross.
This chapter intends and in
fact has already planned ano
ther drive, for new meirbers
and Red Cross speaking and
organization will soon start.
On account of Mrs. Robert
Taylor being absent for an in
definite period, it has been nec
essary to elect a new president.
Mrs. P. B. Lassiter has been
elected in her placp and it is
not saying too much to admit
!hat she is in every way prov
ng herself a moat worthy suc
cessor and is keeping the chap
ter tuned up to the high key
set by Mrs. Taylor.
The president ana ner corps
of assistants closed the sale of
the Red Cross car-several days
ago. When they grot right
down to business they went
"Over the Top" in a hurry. A
public drawing was held last
Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock
in the Hoggard Square in front
of the postoffice. Hon. W. R.
Johnson, of the 4ocail bar and
chairman of the Hertford
County Local Board, was se
lected by the chapter to con
duct the drawing. He spoke
of the work of the Red Cross
and explained the method of
drawing.. The tickets were
placed in a sack (numbers up
to 900 but only 700 sold) and
after a thorough shaking by
Mr. Johnson, little Iris Bellamy
dressed as a Red Cross nurse,
put in her hand and drew out
one ticket. The crowd held
its breath until the ticket was
announced. It proved to be a
partnership ticket, purchased
by P. B. Lassiter of Ahoskie
and F. W. Bonney, of Norfolk.
Mr. L^witer very generously
authorized Mr. Johnson to
state that he donated his $250.
to the chapter. When the an
nouncement wm made by Mr.
Johnson of Mr. Lassiter^s gen
erous gift, the crowd yelled
and clapped their hands in
loud applause of the big heart
ednesa of Mr. Lassiter. Mr.
Bonney was telegraphed and
came the next day and gave
the chapter $25.00, the chap
ter then owned the car. Tues
day the car was sold to Mr.
M. Lassiter.
The Red Cross expects to
give a banquet on the evening
of the 21st inst. A full pro
gram will be given. It is ex
pected that a large number of
out of town folks will be here.
?Zi, I
- noticet
There will be an important
business meeting of the Alum
nae Association of Chowan
at 2:30, May 14tb
(Commencement Day). All
members are urgently request
ed to be present at that time.
I
Cord of Thank*.
We wish to thank the friends
who so kindly came to our as
sistance of the recent burning
of our home, every favorshown
has our heartfelt 'gratitude,
and may each one accept our
sirieere thanks.
R. W. Peele and family.
GIRL'S STATEMENT WILL HELP
AHOSKIE
Here is the girl's own story: "For
yean I had dyipepsia, sour stomach
? and constipation. I drank hot water
an4 olive oil by the gallon.' Nottilng
helped until I tried buckthorn bark,
glycerin, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka
OWE SPOONFUL helped me INST.
ANTLY." Because Adler-l-ka flu
shes the ENTIRE alimentary tract it
relieves ANY CASE constipatin, soar
stomach Or gas and prevents appen
dicitis It has QUICKEST act'on of
anything we ever sold.?t. Y Bel-,
l?my- 1 Adv.
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AULANDER NEWS NOTES.
Miss Amanda Leary, accom
panied by Miss Pearl Ray, left
for her home it Coleraine Wed
nesday. Misses Leary and Ray,
members of the High School
Faculty, have been visiting
friends in town since the close
of school.
Mrs. H. V. Scarborough, of
Burlington, spent last week
here in the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hog -
gard.
Rev. C .J. D. Parker and
family, of Danville, Va.. are
guests this week in the home
ot Mrs. Parker's brother, Mr.
J. A. Burden.
Miss Una Dean, instructor
in music in the High School,
after spending several days
with Misses Eva and Blanche
Burden, left for her home at
Young Harris. Ca., Thursday.
Rev. J. .T. Barker, of Ahos
kie, filled his appointment
here Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Alari; Simpwn, of Kel
ford, spent Ai ft-v days here last
week with her mother, Mrs.W.
C. Chamhlep.
Rev. James Long filled his
first appoin-Tici.t at the P.ap
tiat Church here Sunday. Hi.'
sehnons, both in the morning
and in the evening, showed his
ability as a forcible preacher
of the truth. He is in addition
a scholar and an orator. The
church feels much gratified in
securing Mr. Long as pastor.
It is with much regret that
the trustees give up the Super
intendent, Mr. G. H. Ferguson,
who has served the school so
ably during the past two > ears.
Mr. Ferguson while here prov
ed himself to be a man of sterl
ing qualities, and a superinten
dent of rare ability. He goes
into training for Y. M. C. A.
Secretary work in the army in
a few days. Th emany friends
he has made during his stay in
Aulander feel thair loss keenly
in the going away of Mr. Fer
guson, while they have every
good wish for him in his new
work of serving his country.
News has been received
from Mr. Lacy Early and Mr.
John Parker, two of Aulan
er's soldier boys, that they
expect to leave for France soon
Mrs. Walter Fuller, of St.
Petersburg, Fla., is in town,
the gueat of her sister, Mrs.
Claud Newsome.
Miss Sallie Lassiter, who has
been teaching the past year in
Garland, returned home last
week.
The town talent under the
management of Mrs. Clatid
Newsome, presented a Negro
Minstrel Friday evening. The
entertainment was thoroughly
enjoyed by'all present and a
sum of sixty dollars, which
goes to the Red Cross Society
here was realized.
Miss Fannie Castelloe re
turned last week from Vass,
where she has been teaching
the past year. ' _ _
Mr. sndMreT j. B7 Saunders,
of Lewiston, were in town Sun
day the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Williford.
Mrs. Tresis Rawls, one of
the oldest women of this com
munity died-Saturday, i -
STATE WIDE CROP ACER
AGE SURVEY FOR MAY.
We TAR HEELS are on the
march right in the leading com
pany. Each county has volun
tarily provided for the secur
ing of crop acreages at the
time the tax lists are made. A
suggestion to the wise is that
farm owners now make a list of
the number of acres of each
crop grown last year and those
expected this year. These will
have no connection with taxes.
Neither will it lead to
tion of foods. It is fbr
tural intelligence and to^^^f
lish a true basis for farnr^|M
duction. The farmer and lUU
tion will have a real basis^M
preparedness and the "gue??
will be eliminated from th?
figures that the Government
gives us. We are all back of
this wisest way. So farmers,
*et your farm plans ready and
report your true acreages.
FRANK PARKER,
State Field Agent.
"Unto the Least of These"
I -I
Contributed by Arthur William Brown.
ONE WAY THE RED CROSS HAS TAKEN
| TO DEFEAT THE KAISER'S GAME
1,000 Ragged, Sick and Homeless People Are
Daily Dumped at Evian.
At the fleet onslaught of the Hana.
before dM fNMb war* able to with
stand their tnrastoo. tk* Kalaer ee
cured a goodly utttia af Franca,
with the captured cities a ad vtnag*e
hfe acquired maat thonaaada of French
True to all the raleo of Teutonic
efldencjr. the noble Qennta worked
and starred thea* fteneb dose to the
aatat of death, thsa aaw to It that aa
lmpresslre number of them "caught"
wrecks back to harden Franca.
It has taken the Kalaer fro* two to
three years to sack the health; Mead
fran the reins ef theae start) rani
French, M aaw be Is sending them
back at the rata ad abont 1,000 a day.
The Kalaer aarar annoancaa thaae
shipments. Ha simply duuips them to
?Man, on the French-Swiss border.
If It ware not for tbt American Red
Craw the task of caring for these
(tarred, ragged, tick, homeless, ter
rorized men. women and children
would be more than the (Tench govern
?Mat eeld handle. Bat oar American
Red Oroes la making heroic efforts to
defeat the Kaiser's aim to All France
with conramptlTsa. Trained Bed Croes
workers are at the recetrlng station at
Brian. They tot separate those
showing signs of tobercoloaU from
these who are only starring er have
It is fret like the tender care of
ear Bed Cnsi to gfre partlcalar at*
tentloo to the bahlee and children to
IfhOB thl Mnitly KjtfMT KlAI ted COB
sumptlvv germs. We have a hospital
of 30 beds for children In Evlan. These
are reserved tor the children who are
too 111 to tUke farther. Then our Red
Cross has a convalescent hospital out
alde the town and yet nnothet In a
nearby Tillage. It alao keeps all am
bulances busy transporting sick wom
en and children. Tet even then tha
?train upon oar' workers la so great
that for eight long months one Ameri
can nurse has had to look after 120
We, through our American Red
CrBaa, an doing great things toward
defeating the Kalasr In hla efforts tn
tan Franca into a graveyard, but wa
bare Just started, and our duty de
mands tl.at wa work fast and without
ceasing.
ROMANCE GONE
Eftdtacy Ok SraHfT as
Mackae Makes Socb
in 25 Minnies.
By RUTH DUNBAR.
"How snowy white your Angers look
against the scarlet wooll" was the
favorite speech <rf grandfather when
be was paying knit to grandmother,
who, if history la correct, never al
lowed little thlnga like love and court
ship to distract her mind one minute
from her knitting.
The modern young man la robbed of
any opportunity to make, these pretty
speeches, for the wool Is no longer
scarlet but khaki. Worse yet, the
maiden sits before a cold, steel ma
chine and grtods off socks In ss many
minutes aa It takes hours to knit them.
This Is what efficiency does to ro
mance.
In the various Rpd Cross workrooms
of the New York County Chapter there
are nearly seventy-flve sock machines.
Bight of these are In the model work
room at 20 East Thirty-eighth street and
others that have been ordered are held
up by traffic condition a. Here Instruc
tors tesch the use of the machine to
Red Cross workers.
A complete pair of socks can be
made on the machine In 2A minutes,
k The machine looks like a cross between
Bfshlng tackle and a pile driver. The
^?orker threads It through the arm and
Hkrrler on to the threader. The body
nSsthe machine la a circle of needles
I ijMh at the ends like crochet hooka.
I V. Ikheatern also are made on the sock
the strips sewed together and
? tftpHjbtlng st top and bottom knitted
Reside^ the machines In the Red
CWI|g *%krmmis there are many
??My by jWvate Individuals or groups
Mtanme and donate the re
?B't* tr the ttcil Cross. In a family
1 1 J^r J?*tance, four or Ave women
,?? ejPAgether and bay a ouchlae.
"WHAT HOME SERVICE
HAS DONE FOR MT
My husband enlisted orer a year
?fa abort); after he want away our
twelve-year-old boy had the meaflea.
After bla recovery bis school teacher
complained about his conduct. At
home be was nervous and Irritable.
When I called at the Red Cross to And
out how I could secure an Increase In
allowance bees use of our newly bora
babe 1 told them of my trouble wltb
Barry. On tbelr advice I took him to
an oculist, who said glasses were need
ed Immediately because of -the weak
ened condition of the eyes following
measles, tie no longer causes trouble
at home or al school.
T. R. TO GET SHELL
THAT HIT HIS SON
Captain Roosevelt, Who Was In Hee
pltal, Lauds Red Croat.
Capt. Archibald Roosevelt, wbo re
cently was Injured* and nursed back to
health In a Red Croaa hospital,. In
speaking of the Bed Cross work. Is re
ported as having said:
"The Red Cross Is doing everything
possible for us. 1 cannot say too much
In appreciation of tbelr efforta, which
make us feel as If we were back home.
It Is a great comfort to us fellowa In
hospitals, and It our folks could see
the way we are being taken care of
they would stop worrying."
The Red Cross chaplain In this par
ticular hospital happens to be Doctor
Hillings of Qroton, Mass.. who taught
Ckptaln Roosevelt at the Oroton
school. The Red Cross shopping serv
ice In the hospital has been commis
sioned by Captain Roosevelt todhtsln
? new uniform for him to ryiaee the
one whlcb was torn to plen-/wh?ii lie
was wounded by framn??le "f ? Oar
man shell.
The Plwe of shrnpnel Irbteb wind
ed ('fc'pl^Ti-JWinevelt w'jv Kj MBent
ed m C?pti^ftooe*T^i~nr???0^
Theodore Roowvall .dbmMaigjnS
NURSES_PREITY
Rri Crass Haspkal Dabn
Mwt Beconag ? His
tory of WoriJ.
la ? recent new* letter from the
front the war correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American helpa to
explain the song, "Ta la Lot* V71th a
Beautiful Nuraer"
"There arc 62 Red Croaa nurses at
thla place," says the dispatch. "They
are cheerful, obedient, brave and com
petent. And thoae who weren't pretty
to begin with became *o the moment
they donned (he uniform that la the
moat becoming In all the long history
of coatumea derlaed tor the mystifica
tion and beguiling of men.
"In the officers' ward waa a colonel
with bronchitis. 'I've seen them la the
Philippines, and I've seen them In Chi
na,' he told me. 1 auppose I re aeea
about all the existing types, but 1 nev
er yet saw one that wasn't pretty In
side of 34 hours.'
"He Reminded me of an Irish Tom
my, who, ao his major told me, woke
up In a hospital In 1910 and, seeing the
nurses In the ward, exclaimed, 'lfay
the howly Virgin bleas us, but the an
gels have come down to the Somme I'"
Hundreds of Red Cross nuraea, how
ever, are doing work abroad In which
their looka are leaa eagerly considered.
Finding and caring for war orphaned
babies, fighting tuberculosis, re-estab
lishing homes In ahell wrecked vlilagee
?these are some of the big taaka of
mercy which, thanks to American con
tribution*, the Red Croaa seta for Its
nurses.
I there are 13 division* of the Red
I Cross In the United State*. There la
a compter* organisation at each dlvl
*io. w-.tl a great warehouse for the
nli?cti"n and shipment of all kladi at
RUMORS OF HOARDING.
The county food administra
tor wrote Mr. Henry A. Page,
the State Food Administrator,
some time ago to the effect that
it was not worth while to send
a detective to Hertford County
to search out and ruond up
violators of the Food Law, as
it was the candid opinion of
the county food administrator
that the people were comply
ing splendidly with the laws
and rulings with respect to food
matters. It was true then that
all did not thoroughly under
stand the rulings and regula
tions of the Food Administra
tion, but they seemed to be wil
ling to carry out the rulings as
they understood them, and
were glad to get information
from any source concerning the
Food Law. ^
But at.the present time there
seem to be rumors that some
peqple here and there are actu
ally hoarding, no definite state
ments to that effect, but mere
rumors. These rumors are
that certain merchants are tak
ing to their own homes a bar
rel of flour at a time, and also
a barrel of sugar at a time. This
is not only setting a bad exam
v\ln in 4>U/? _ J
pic in me uuiiiuiuiiity ana ex
ceedingly unpatriotic, but it is
a positive violation of the Food
Law. The person who does
such is laying himself liable to
a fine of $5,000 or a long term
of imprisonment. The Food
Administration does not want
to work an unnecessary hard
ship upon anyone, and will not
do it, but it is their sworn duty
to report anyone who wilfully
violates the Food Law, aqd
they propose to do their duty.
There are six officers, mem
bers of the Food Administra
tion, one in each township in
this county, whose sworn duty
is to aid in every way possible
to see that all rulings and re
gulations of th eFood Admin
istration are carried out pro
perly. We ask a thorough co
operation of %all the people in
the county in standing out the
disposition on the part of a few
to hoard food stuffs.
N. W. Britton,
County Food Administrator.
CHOWAN COLLEGE NEWS.
The voice and expression de
partments of Chowan College
presented a delightful operetta
"The Japanese Girl" last Fri
day. evening, under the able
directions of Miss Mary Fran
ces Golden of the expreuion
department and Miss Sarah
White of the voice department,
with Miss Mary Lois Ferrell at
the piano. The leading roles
were well taken by Misses
Elsie Benthall, Inez Benthall,
Elizabeth Griffin, Evelyn Kin
sey, Ethel Snyder, Amy Haight
and Ruby Shearon, while twen
ty or more gaily attired Japa
nese maidens transformed the
stage into a veritable garden of
fair Japan.
mt. - - ? ?A
me exercises ot commence
ment week at the college will
begin Saturday, May 11th, at
8:80, with the Class night pro
gram which will consist of a *
play presented by the Seniors,
assisted by members from oth- <
er classes. The Reverend Tho
mas W. Kelly will deliver the
Baccalaureate sermon on Sun
day morning at eleven o'clock
and the Missionary sermon
Sunday evening at eight. The
annual concert will oc^ur on
Monday night at eight o'clock,
and the commencement exer
cises at ten-thirty Tuesday
morning. Lieutenant Gover
nor O. Max Gardner will deliv- '
er the address. The trustees,
faculty, and students cordially
invite friends of the college to j
attend all the events of com
mepcement week.
Proper Feed for W?k Stawchi. ,i
The proper food for one man may '' (
be >11 wrong for anothr- Every one
should adopt a diet suited to his age
and occupation. Those whoe hav ? M
weak .atoroachft neek to be especially 9
careful snd should eat slowly and .jl
oiutiM their food thoroughly. It
, aa WW" '?**i ortant that they keep their J,
So*r . i< liar. When they feel dall *\5j
% .1.1 ifter eating, they should
tS ha -rlain's Tableto to atren
( fl hL ofiisch and more the bow