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Aspirin—say Bayer
Insist on "Beyer Tablets of Aspirin*
in a "Bayer package," containing propei
directions for Colds, Pain, Headache,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheumatism
Name "Bayer" means genuine Aspirin
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BUY THRIFT STAMPS.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
WAYS TO EARN MONEY
DEVISED BY CHILDREN
North Carolina Boya and Qlrla Prove
- That TKay Know Value of Sav-
Inga What They Have Indua
trioualy Made.
Did you ever "save" three dollars by
not going to a sbowT And when you
had saved it, did you lick twelve thrift
stamps and stick that three dollars
om a savings card? rage Howard did,
and Page Is in tie 3-B grade of the
public schools of Tarboro. Page's
way of backing up the government's
savings movement is not a hit more
strenuous, either, than the ways ot
other pupils in the thrift clubs of the
same school.
I Magdalene Plerse made—and saved
—fifteen dollars carrying dinners, and
Id Purvis made fifty-six dollars work
lag on a farm last summer. The lit
tle 1-A's averaged twenty-five dollars
for a summer's werk ft picking cot
ten, tying tobaoeo, chopping grass.
; feeding chickens and helping around
the house, and th» 1-B's, the 2-A's *hf
;the 1-B's all the way up to'the grown
'■p 11th grsders have records Just at
fine for their summer's work In pro
basing and saving.
All (Tver State.
I The way they do It at Tarboro Is
the way they are doing It at a lot ot
ether North Carolina schools too. And
because It was thought that the young,
•tors would gain a lot of encourage
ment In theilr good work If the state
ait largo knew what they were doln«.
H was decided to set apart December
II ae tho second North Carolina Day."
The first "North Carolina Day," No
vember 14, was celebrated by about
twenty-five cltleC of the state, whea
such splendid results were attained
la the way of organising saving so
cieties and the promotion of a spirit
of friendly rivalry among the grades
aad achools taking part that princi
pals and teachera of other achools ask
ed to have aaother day set so that all
the other cities and towns might ob
serve It also.
Hope for New Reeord.
At that time, it tu hoped that
North Carolina school children would
eet a new Mgh waiter-mark for jrou'.h
ful tnintun in goremmMit securities.
Their splendid attainm(ate Indicate
tfcat they can accomplish all they eert
out to do. Numbers of schools have
already won engraved certificates
awarded by the treasury department
te the trades having one hundnad pet
cent msmberships in savings societies.
Members of these societies are pledged
to SATO a certain sum of money erery
week, by mqaas of the penny and
aickel savings cards lssufd by the
government, and by the purchase of
Thrift and War Savings Stamps.
These cards are sent to any teacher
making a request for them to the War
Loan Organisation of the Fifth Fed
eral Reserve District, at Richmond,
Va
The use of the government Text
Books of Thrift, containing graded
lessons, is considered largely respoa
aible for the interest of children la
the school savings societies. These
lossons have been Introduced la nany
classes with excellent results. Chil
dren of all ages from the time when
the thrift habits »f the squirrel are of
paramouat interest to the time when
a boy of girl la thinking hardest of
ways to ear* a living, are appealed te
In theae thrift lessons and In conse
quence the sales of War Havlaga
Stamp* are piling up aet only In
North Carolina but all ever the Unit
ed State*.
ft ST AHEAD.
II yon want to get ahead—get a
head! The person who la saving and
inventing his saving* ibis day and
time In War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps is showlag that he has
• head* and knows how to use It.
Fifteen-dollar silk sblrta wont keep
.you warm this winter hot they will
.cripple your bank account. Better get
a common-sense shirt and put the dif
ference In War Savings Stamps where
it will earn four per cent, compounded.
It's not what you make but what
you save that counts. Are you getting
ahei." 1-7 slipping behind? War Sav
ings Stamps are pretty good ncm-skld
chains.
Only an idlu woman makes an
ilol of a man.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 8, 1920
MUSCLE SHOALS
NATION'S BULWARK
Big $60,000,000 Nitrate Plant
a Defense for Future
\ Generations.
.. ~ • \ "
INSURES NATIONAL DEFENSE
Assurance of Abundant Ameri
can Explosives a Reason
Why Germany Quit. .i
I - -
By GARRET SMITH.
One of tlie chief fortresses of Amer
ica's new military defense system
which developed out of the World
War Is the Ammonium Nitrate Plant
at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, on the
Tennessee River, over three hundred
miles from the seacoast, capable of
turning out 300 tons of high explosives
a day. It assures to the United States
for all time an abundance of ammuni
tion without which an army Is a help
less encumbrance and It has made
this unlimited supply of explosives
available without resort to raw ma
terial from outside of tho qountry.
The essential ingredient of nil mod
ern military explosives'in nitric add.
Before the World War, America was
entirely dependent upon Chile for the
supply of nitrate of soda, the only
chemical from which nitric acid can
be made. In case this country became
Involved In war with any nation that
could cdtitrol the sea our foe 'would
havo us at her mercy, for she could
cut oft our essential means of striking
back.
Other nations, however, were
equally dependent upon the Chilean
nitrate supply. Germany was pur
chasing one-third of It. She had ex
pected to hold the sea with her sub
marines but failed. But a process
for extracting nitrogen from the air
had been obtained by Germany some
years before from Italian chemist's.
This process had been successful In
producing a high grade nitrogenous
fertilizer from which in turn could
be extracted an-monlum nitrate. Ger
many, therefore, fell to manufacturing
ammonium nitrate from the nir on a
large scale.
Americans Buy German Becret
In 1007 an American compnny, heart
erf by Frank S. Washburn, hart secured
the American rights to this process
from Germany and had gone Into man
ufacturing the fertilizer on the Cana
dian side oflthe Niagara Fnlls. When
America fot/nd herself In the World
War tha-Ofdnance.Department turned
to Mr. company for help.
The Air Nitrates Corporation was
formed, with Mr. Washburn at Its
head, to build the Muscle Shoals plant.
It was assisted by severa.l other well
known corporations, such as the West
inghouse Church Kerr Company, which
put up the plant building's, the perma
nent city and utilities; the J. G. White
Corporation, which designed and con
structed the power plant' the Chem
ical Construction Company, which de
signed and built the nitric acid plant,
and the M. W. Kellogg Company, which
furnished the piping and built the
chimneys.
Beginning work In November, 1017,
the big plant nnd new city at Muscle
Shoals was completed , within one
year's time. Had the expected spring
drive of 1010 materialized this one
plant alone would have been able to
supply 13 per cent, of all the high
explosives used by all the Allied ar
mies on all fronts during thai drive,
and the United States was secure for
all time to come against an ammuni
tion shortage.
When the arrangement was finally
made for building the big air nitrate
plant, work was begun on a power
dam ot the same point. This work Is
being conducted directly by the Unit
ed Stales Engineering Corps. It will
not be completed, however, for two or
three more years. It was necessary,
therefore, In order (o Insure Imme
diate operation when the nitrate plant
was completed to construct a $10,000,-
000 steam i»ower plant, one of the larg
est steam plants for the production of
continuous electric power In the world.
It Is pointed out that even had the
water-power plant been completed dur
ing the wur It would have been neces
sary also lo have constructed a steam
plant to Insure the nitrate plant work
ing nt full capacity at all times dur
ing the year.
Plant Worth Ail It Coat.
Now, tills entire Jul; out the (iorsrii
menl $00,000,000. It wax put throtigh
at h lime when the price* of mnlerlulH
nii'l luhor were at their summit. It
wa* liullt at record speed, and speed
cost* money. The quest h&n naturally
arloes, then, as to whether Uncle Hum
got hi* money'* worth.
Test* made after the plant wa* In
operation showed that ammonium ni
trate of standard specification* could
he produced at this plant at a cost of
less than one-half the standard fixed
prl>- paid by the Government for am
monium nitrate produced hy the older
method*. Till* cost Is only ahout one
fourth to oße-flfth the cost of other
high explosive* of equal Ntreuglti.
Compared with the older prooes* for
making amtnonTtmi nitrate, the *av-
Ing* made hy this plant would have
paid for the entire plant In nl>out one
and one-b'ilf Je:irs of operation.
The Clilef value of the Muxclc Shoal*
plant, however, will be- in u defens* to
•ornliig generation*.
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved:
K nd lots of useless spending.
8 hut out the Profiteer*,
0 ust this unrest forever,
L ook to the future year*.
U nfte our mightiest effort*
Through Thrift to bring contest,
1 nrest our money wisely,
On Baring—alf he bent.
Now Is the time to start if oar
■ access would crown intent.
RED CROSS OFFICIAL'
APPROVES SEAL SALE
, •>
J)r. Livingston Farrand, Chair
man of the Cehtral Committee,
American Red Cross, Expresses
Hope That Public Will Give
Generous Support
SALE IS NOW UNDER WAY.
More Than 650,000,000 Seals Must Be
Disposed of to Insure the Success of
j the Nation-Wide Educational and
Preventive Campaign of the Nation
al Tuberculosis Association In 1920.
I
tDr. Livingston Farrand, exec
utive head of the American
Red Cross, has given bis un
qualified endorsement of the
1911) Red Cross Christmas Seal sale,
which Is now under woy and
will extend for ten days under the
auspices of the National Tuberculosis
Association and its 1,000 allied organ*
Izations. A fund of more than $0,500,-
000, which will be used In the 1920 ed
ucational and preventive campaign,
will be raised through the salo of th«
seals.
Acquainted as he Is with nil ques
tions of general health community Im
provemeht and relief because of the
nature of his work and ofllce, Dr. Far
rand's endorsement Is based upon an
expert knowledge of what the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association lyis ac
complished and will, accomplish In tlx
future. His letter to Dr. Charles J.
Hatfield, Managing Director of the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association, fol
lows:
"I have been greatly Interested li
the plans that the National Tuberculo
sis Association Is making for the sail
of Christmas Seals during the comlni
holiday season. The success of thai
effort* Is Indispensable to the carrylng
out of the farreachlng plans of th»
Association In Its light against
culosis In this country. •
"The American--pGople, 1u common
with the nations of Europe, are be
coming aroused to the critical Impor
tance of the problem of vitality and
conservation of health as the neces
sary factor In re-establishing tlx
world after the devastation and de
struction caused by the war. Of all
the preventable diseases, tuberculosis
takes perhaps the first place In Impor
tance. For that reason I view with
keenest sympathy and approval the
■piendid work which the National Tu
berculosis Association Is conducting,
and f trust that the response of the
American people in the Christmas Seal
Campaign will be generous and univer
sal. Sincerely yours,
(Slgnbd) LIVINGSTON FARBAND,
"Chairman, Cfentrai Committee, Amer
ican Ked Cross."
HEALTH BONPOPULAR.
tl'lio demand for the Health
Bonds which the National Tu
berculosis Association Issued
this year for the first time are
inl-l-ling with a ready sale. The bonds
are In graduated denominations, the
tmalleirt being for $5. In the past
some of the large business houses and
other large contributors found It dilll
cult to use up the number of Iteil
Cross Seals their subscriptions called
for. The bonds have been Issued for
the convenience of large subscribers
and the proceeds of their sale will be
Used for the same purpose as the
Christmas Seal funds—the financing
of the liftiO effort to reduce the num
her of deaths from tuberculosis In the
United Strtes. Lust year the disease
claimed IW.OOO lives. The health
bonds can be obtained from slate nud
local tuberculosis associations.
XMAS SEAL MONEY
TO BE SPENT LOCALLY
91,7 Per Cent, of All Funds Rais
ed in Any State Remain There
to Carry Out the Local
Programs,
NATIONAL FUND IS SMALL
National Tubireuloal* Auoclation and
American Red Croa* Shar* Re-
maln In g 8.3 Per Cent
t"F6r the Health of Thl* Com-j
munlty." Such la the alogunj
opiicorliiK on (tie flap of enve- ,
lopes on which the Hed CroM j
Christmas Heal l» printed. The Issue
of eurb envelope* In order to anve the
trouble of uniting gummed seal* to i
letter* sent out In quantity by large
corporatloni arid business bouse* bin (
been InnuKurnted tbl* year a* part ol'
the machinery of distribution »et In
motion by the National Tuberculosis
Association and It* 1,000 State and lo
cal organizations In disposing of more I
lban 0J0.000.0U0 It'-d Croa* Christmas!
Heals during the ten day sale which
began on December L
The algßlflcarne of the slogan Ilea In
the fact that whether the letter li
mailed In Los Angele* or lloston, In
Chicago or In Galveaton It still holds !
true. 'Tbl* community" literally]
mean* the place where the seal li i
bought,, and used. To be exact, 01.7 |
per cent of flie fund* raised Is devoted j
to local antl-tuberculoals actlvltle* In
the' «tate. Of the remaining 8.3 per I
cent a portion goes to the Ited Cros*. 1
WILSON ENDORSES STAMP BALE. j
President Wishes "The Very Best Sue- j
cess" for the 1919 Red Cross Xmii .
Seal Campaign.
t President Wilson, In a lettei
to I>r, Charle* J. II at
field, Managing Director ol
the National Tuberculosa
Association, expremw* keen Interest la |
the work of the association and icUhet
success to the 1019 Red Cross Christ
mas Seal sale. More than 690,000,000
seals must be told daring the ten day
drive which began on December 1, to
assure a one hundred per cent appll
catlon of the Association's 1920 educa
tional and preventive campaign. Th«
President's letter follows:
"Allow me to express again my deep
Interest In the work of the National
Tuberculosis Association. I am verj
much Interested to learn of the effort)
of the Association to raise the sura
of six and one-half million dollars thai
the state budgets may be financed foi
the coming year, and write to wish tlx
very best success of the effort."
CHILDREN.
t David Starr Jordan says:
"There Is nothing In all
the world so Important as
little children; nothing to
interesting. If you wish to go In
for philanthropy,'lf ever you wish
to be of any use In the world, do
something for llttlo children. If |
over you yearn to be truly wise, j
study children. We cnn dress the (
sore, bandage the wound, Imprison
the criminal, heal the slclt and j
bury the dead, but there Is always j
a chance that we cnn save the
child. If the great array of phi- '
lanthroplKts ever exterminate sin |
and pestilence, ever work out the
race's snlvatlon, it will be because
a little child has led them."
RED CROSS CHRISTMAS
SEALS SAVE THE LIVES OK
AMERICAN CHILDREN —Buy 1
them to-day.
3IRD HUNTERS' CLEVER TRICK
Natives of Northern Nigeria AuuiM
Resemblance of tho Quarry They
Are Seeking.
Someone may huvo called you "a
bird" with exclamatory accenls of ad
miration, but have you ever tried to
act like a bird or to appear like a
bird to attract a real bird? Of course
you haven't, for this Isn't the way w»
In this country go hunting, even though
we may be the most ardent of sports
men. It Is, however, one hlrd-huntlng
method in Africa, writes Temple Man
ning In the St. Louis Itepubllc.
A recent Illustration shows how a
dusky beau sets out to fascinate one
of the feathered natives of the woods
arid plains of northern Nigeria. It was
In Bussa, to be exact, where the pho
lograph from which the picture If
drawn was snapped. And tho person
who was caught In the very act of en
ticing a bird belongs to the tribe which
goes by the name if Munslil.
Industrious and very good tillers of
the soli as they are, the Munslils are
said to be quarrelsome and great
lovers of alcohol, which tliey sometimes
contrive to smuggle in nud to drink
with vast speed. It may be, Indeed,
that this Munshi hoped to catch his
bird for the drink It would bring. At
any rate, he was most serious as he
went about his blril-actlng.
Clad In a straw shirt to give the
effect of the scene In which he moved,
the hunter hold tho artificial bird's
head close to his own and began to
stalk his quarry. To human eyes view
ing lilni from u distance ho looked
more like a strange caricature of an
ostrich than unythiiig else. To bird
eyes perhaps lie appeured like a scene
from the surrounding country —that is,
a bird teetering on a coal-black branch,
swaying above a Held of grain that
moved In ilie wind.
It aeem* mill Hint HO simple UL« ex
pedient should he NO NUCceMful. It is
true that the hunter* aometlmea return
empty-handed, hut more often they
come )>Hrk luden with the hlrdN they
set fiirth to get. I" thlN country and
in these days, when liunterN aometlmea
seem nlinoMt n.i numerous ax the hunt
ed, It would he exceedingly dangerooa
to appear like the quarry, for n bullet
moNt certainly wonld he the reward.
Ilut In Nigeria the method !H a Nucce*a,
although It require* much practice to
Imitate a bird well enough to deceive
the hlrdN theniNclve*.
Proceialon of Splendor.
In the whole gallery of war picture*.
It may be doubted If any could have
been more colorful than tho*e com
posed by tiie remarkable Ilrltlah cam
paign Iri which (Colonel Lawrence,
urchueologlMt by pre war profeaalon,
gathered and led the deaert ho*t of
Arnba. "The order of march," aaya
Colonel Lawrence, describing the en
trance of the conqueror* Into the town
of Kl-Wljh, "wa* splendid and bar
baric. Felsnl rode in front dressed in
pure ij'hlte. I wa* on hiN left, alao In
white, and on hla right wa* another
ahereef wearing a red headcloth and
a tunic and clonk dyed with henna,
and behind u* were Iledouln* cnrrylng
three banner* of purple *llk, topped
witli gold spikes, and behind them
rode three drummer* playing a march,
and they were followed by a wild,
bouncing maa* of 3,000 camel* that
conNtltUted our bodyguard, the men
In every variety of colored gown arid
headdress, and the camel* equally bril
liant In their trapping*, and the whole
crowd Hinging at the top of their
VO|CK a war *ong in honor of Kelial
arid hi* family." Memory run* over
account* of conquering host* of all
ages and finds nothing, a* the Kngllah
leader himself describe* It, more bar
baric and eplendld.
[ / A WISH
Whtn the world to the* ta new,
Wlien It* dazzling dreXrn* deceive thee.
Ere they pits* like morning dew—
Faith retrieve thee!
When the if lory fa/lea aw ay,
When of light the clouda bereave thee.
When the ahadowa rnar the dmy— b
Hope relieve thee!
When deipelr'a d««troylng breath
Cornea at eventide to arieva thea
With the bltternMia of death—
Love reprieve thee!
W'hen the bella at Curfew toll.
When the lingering aunbeama leave
thea.
When the night' o'erwhelma thy eoul—
God receive thee!
GERMANY UNDONE
BY OWN WEAPON
Had Sold to America Secret
of Making Explosive
From Air.
BIG NITRATE PUNT RESULTS.
Built In Eight Months It Con
vinces Kaiser of His Defeat
■y QARRET SMITH.
On* of the most romantic passage*
In the secret history of the World War
la the story of how the Ordnance De
partment of the United States Army
made It possible for America, until
then utterly lacking In ammunition
and In facilities for making M, to man
ufacture unlimited quantities'of pow
erful explosives out of air and rock.
It was largely the knowledge of thla
fact that forced Germany to surrender
when she did.
The secret waa secured from Ger
many herself. It was an open busi
ness transaction between business
men, whereby we apparently acquired
nothing more military than a process
for making a high grade fertiliser
known as cyanamid.
Frank Sherman Washburn, head of
the group of bualneaa me» who bought
thla process, cencelved the germ of
the Idea In the early nlnetlea while In
South America aa consulting engineer
In connection with the production snd
shipping of Chilean nitrate of soda.
Nitrogen compounds are an essential
part of all commercial fertilisers. The
only available natural nitrate deposits
In Urge quantities are In Chile. This
supply waa diminishing. Germany,
which had been taking about one
third of the Chilean nitrates, was al
ready experimenting with processes
for their artificial production. In 1907
Mr. Waahburn secured In Germany
the American rights of the cyanamid
process which had been Invented In
that country.
Turning Air Into a Weapon.
By this process air, which Is a mix
ture of about four-flfths nitrogen gas
and one-fifth oxygen, Is placed In con
tainers and subjected to pressure and
cold until It tarns to a liquid. Then
the nitrogen Is distilled In much the
same manner as alcohol Is separated
from water. Rut before this nitrogen
ran be used as a fertilizer It must be
combined with a chemical combination
of lime and carbon known as calcium
carbide, produced by burning ordinary
limestone In big rotary kilns snd com
bining It In the electric furnace with
carbon supplied In the form of ordi
nary coke.
Cyanamld thus produced contains
the elements of ammonium nitrate, one
of the most powerful of modern explo
sives, By one process ammonia Is ex
tracted from the cyanamld. By nn
other process nitric acid Is extracted
from another batch of this same sya
namld. Then the ammonia and nitric
acid are combined and there yon have
ammonium nitrate ready for packing
Into shells with TNT.
There sre three kinds of explosives
nsed for bursting shells In modem
wsrfare —TNT, picric acid and ammo
nium nitrate. The United States was
eqnslly deficient In rsw materials snd
plsnts for manufacturing all tbree of
these explosives. Under the best of
conditions the cost of either TNT or
nitric acid Is about two and one-half
the cost of ammonium nitrate. But
the United States was wholly depend
ent upon Chilean nitrate of soda as a
raw material for ammonium nitrate,
with the exception of a small produc
tion of nitrogen from the coking of
coal. The Chilean supply was 4,fi00
miles away from New York City by
way of the Panama Canal, and the
route by way of the Kt raits of Magel
lan Is nearly twice as long.
A Record Building Operation.
Hhortly after the war began In Eu
rope the German government entered
Into the fixation of air nitrogen for
military exptoalvea on a vant acale. It
WII not, however, until the fall of 1017
that the United State* government
took It up.
The Ordnance Department a*ked Mr.
Waahburn'i company to organize a
aubaldlary corporation, known aa the
Air Nitrate* Corporation, with Mr.
W**hburn a* pre*ldent, to act a*
agent of the government fer the con
traction and operation of the air ni
trate* plant at Muacle Shoal*, Ala
bama. Thla corporation provided the
design*, erected the equipment In the
chemical plant* and aupervlaed all the
other work. It alao operated the
camp, the town and the plant. Other
work la aublet to aeverai of the be*t
known organization* In the United
Kiate*. We*tinghou*e Church Kerr
Company built the plant bulldlnga, the
camp, the permanent city and Qtllltle*.
The J. O. White Engineering Corpora
tion deoigned and built the nitrate
acid plant. The M. W. Kellogg Com
pany furnished the piping and built
the chimney*. On February Id, 1918,
ground wa* broken, and eight montha
and eight day* later the (40,000,000
Muacle Hhoala plant began producing
ammonium nitrate. In that brief pe
riod 28,000 men had completed the
plant and around It, where not a
boune atood before, had ariaeo a city
of 2.1,000 Inhabitant*. s
Tlil* plant when In full operatla*
wa* ready to provide 13 per cent of at
•BplojlTe* to b* u*ed by all the alllea
on all the allied fronta during the ey
peeled eprlng drive of lOitt. '
Chriitma* Joy*.
We get matt of the enjoyment of
Chriitma* out of the dream* thnl
come before and nfter. Oh, to dream
of It befcre It come*, to enjoy it while
It 1* here, and to appreciate It when It
I*l ;;onc I
Macaroni as Flesh-Builder.
According to • Brltiih acienttat,
weight for weight, macaroni Is aa val
uable a fleah-bulidiug food aa beef or
U*.
R. C L TO BE PUNISHED
IN THE OLD NORTH STATE
War Lun Organization of Fifth Fed.
•ral Reeerve District Will Co*
tlnuo to Dovolop Thrift and
Savlnga Plan.
Vlgerous assistance la tho mora-
Boot to reduce the high cost of llr
las, through ancourtglng a ana ipend
tag, will ba (Iran by tka War Loan
Organlsatloa of the Fifth Federal Ra
aarva District lp 1110, according to am
anmouucamant mada from Rlohmena,
▼a., by Albert 6. Johnstone, director
far thla dlatrlct, which lncludaa tha
■tata at North Carolina.
"With the feundatlon of tha gov
ern meat's sayings movement nrmly
laid aad with a fall knowledge of the
tremendous benefit* which Inevitably
follow wham the principles of thrift
are adopted, the United States Treaa
ury Department will continue to push
the moremeat," Director Johnstone
said.
"Ths War Loam Organisation of this
district hu enjoyed the co-opcratloa
of many able cltlsens," the dlitrlct di
rector continued. "Numeroua banks
and mercantile and laduatrlal estab
lishments hare rendered whole-hearted
aasistaacs while the aewspapers of
the district, by'Hlielr patriotism and
generosity, have accorded a service of
Inestimable value.
•pardlng, Caving and Investing.
"It will be the policy of the War
Loan Organisation of Ike rifth Feder
al Reserve District during 1(20 to
o- a tin us te emphasise tke importance
of spending wisely, of saving regular
ly and systematically, of laveeMag in
sound securities. It will endeavor to
And or ereate new markets for gov
ernment securities, and to petat out
te lnveetors the attractiveness ef lib
erty Bonds aad Victory Notes, particu
larly wkea bought at market prices.
Alee especial eraphaaii will be girea
to tke savings aovsmsnt which Is now
popularly Idealised with War Savings
■tamps aad Thrift Stamps.
"A point to be mentioned, but which
*o longer needs to be emphaslisd. Is
that thrift doss not mean miserliness.
It means getting your money's worth;
It msana the elimination ef wests; it
msaas saving on what you do not
need; it means the stsadfast re
fusal te buy usslsis luxuries; It
msaas the most efficient use ef all
Batumi aad acquired recourees; It
means cafe-guarding agalast unforseen
emergeaclec aad protection for the
future.
Total Exceeds ■llllen.
• "Through this thrift msvemeat,
gun la December 1117, the govwrn
aeat kac marketed to millions ot pur
ckassrs savings sscuritles to a total
eaeecdlng 11,111,000,000. Despite the
•ailing ef la Interest on the part of
Me public In theae eecuritiee follow
ing tke armietlce, the salec began to
laereaae last summer, showing that
tke efforts of the treasury to stem the
tide ef extravagance and develop hab
its ef saving wars beginning to bear
fruit
"The development of this savings
movement during recent months has
been very enocuraglng. Since tke be
ginning ef the present school year,
mere than (.000 savings societies have
been ergaalsed In the schools ef the
Mftk Federal Reserve Dlstriot. In
■aay school rooms and grades every
ehlld Is a msmber*of a Havings Bo
slety, having agrssd to save systemat
ically aad Invest bis savings In Thrift
aad War Savings Stamps. How mach
i this movement means potentially is
saggestsd by the fact that during the
last two weeks In Octobsr children In
the' ¥i|ptlc schools In Baltimore alone
saved |2I,(00, Investing the whole
amount In these sscuritles.
i Upwards of 1,000 womsn's organi
sations throughout the dlstriot hare
been actively enlisted in studying
budget-making, promoting thrift among
their members and aeeociates, shop
ping mors carefully, aad la these ways
lighting campaigns la behalf of sys
tsmatlo earing and wise Investment
la government sscuritles in more than
100 concerns In this district employ
lag more than SI&.000 people."
BO YOU KNOW 7
Bo you know lha rouse follow
who work# for lit a wook sad
who U weartaf a BOW wlatar aull
that coat Hit
Do yon know Ik* wago oaraor
who loalo brcaua* ko I* afraid U
ko doot too mack bo'll "work hha
aelf out of a )okf"
Do you kaow tha housewife wko
la ashamed to ko eeeo with a mar
kot baakot on bar arm or to carry
bona a browa papar buadla?
Do you kaow tko manufacturer
who. wbon tha prlca of raw aiato
rtala and ovarboatf (Oai up 6 par
ooat aid tba ooat of labor ad
vaacaa an equal amount, adda II
per cant to tba prlro of bla goods?
Do you know tba nun wbp lata
a (raak clork «n*»- Mm ' t
a 111 bat for faar ha ll eaeaa
"akaap" whon ho caa buy a aatia*
factory on a i.r ..
Do you know tbo investor wko
kaa tradod kla Llborty Boada (or
a vacua, prom to* of a haadrad for
ooat profit la a stock company?
Do you kaow tbo married couplo
who do not tblak enough of thoir
oblldraa to taack thorn to aar*?
Do 'ou know the ahoppor who I
oays "Wrap It ap" Instoad of "How
■M«hr'
Do yoa kaow tbo poraon who lata
tbo doslro of tbo momant dastroy
tho rosulto of day* and waaks of
thrift and savlag'
Do you kaow tbo man who tblnk*
It la not neceeaary to sere?
Do you kaow tha man who nays
that tbo gorerameßt savings secu
rltlea—Liberty Boada, War Sav
ings luapa aad Treasury Savlaga
certificate*—are too alow or toe
small or too old fashlokad for hie
ißTeatmeats?
If TOtT DO. TOU KNOW PRET
TT WILL WHAT 18 THE MAT
TER WITH THE U. 8.
John Barleycorn cannot even
(fleet a temporary come-back.
NO. 48
■ "
RUPTURE EXPERT HERE!
Heeley, Pinou In Thla Specialty, Called
to Greeaaboro.
F. H. Seeley of Chicago and '
Philadelphia, the noted truss ex
pert, will personally tie at the
Guilford Hotel and will remain
in Greensboro Wednesday only,
January 14th, from 11 a. m. '
till 0 p. m. Mr. Seeley says:
"The Spermatic Shield will not
only retain any case of rupture :
perfectly, but contracts the open
ing in 10 days on the average
case. Being a vast improve
ment over all former methods—> |
exemplifying instantaneous ef- ,
fects, immediately appreciable
and withstanding any strain or
position. This instrument re
ceived the only award in Eng
land and in Spain producing re
sults without surgery, injec
tions, medical treatment or pro
scriptions. Mr. Seeley hasdoca- '■
ments from the United States
Government, Washington, D.
C., for inspection. All charity |
cases without charge; or if any"
interested call, he will be glad
to show same without charge or A
fit them if desired. Businea®J
demands prevent stopping afcf
any other place in this section* M
I'- S.—Every statement in
this notice has been verified be
fore the Federal and State
Courts.—F. H. Seeley.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-a t-Law
GRAHAM, N. C.
©lllce over Nalianl Buk ol AlawMt
j\ s. coos;,
Attorney -at-Law,
4RAHAM, - N. C|
Offloe Patterson Building
Second Flnor
DR. Will S. LO.X4J, JR.
. . . DENTIST . . .
Graham . - - - North Carolina
>FKICKin«FMMONS RTTir.DINO
IACOB A. LONG. J. EI HER Iff O
LONG A LONG,
A.ttorney> und (>»un««ilora nt 1 aw
GRAHAM, N. O
Trustee's Re-Sale.
Under and by virtue of ihu
power of sale contained in a eer
tain deed of trust executed to lliu J
undersigned trustee on Janus.iy*'
2Gtli, 1918, by Mrs. Sallie Suitt
iners Harrison anl husband, R J
Harrison, for tlie purpose of M -
curing the payment of four certain
bonds of even date therewith,
which deed of trust in recorded in
the Public Registry of Alunmiic >
county in Book of Mortgages und
Deeds of Trust No. 73, at pagu
204, default having been uiadelii
the payment of said bonds and
the interest thereon, the under
signed trustee will, on
MONDAY, FEB. 2, 1920,
at twelve o'clock, noon, offer for
sale at public auction to the high
est bidiler, for cash, at the couri
house door of Alamance count,',
in Ufahatn, N. C , a certain tro i
or parcel of land lying in Boot:
Station township, Alamance com -
ty, North Carolina, on the south
west side of llaw river, ant!
bounded as follows:
Beginning at a locust tree at or
near llaw river at the bridge, n
corner between I'eter and George
Summers, and running thence
north 07 J deg \V 9 chs to a stone;
thence N 87 deg W 35 chs to n
cherry tree; thence in a ilirect line
to a whiteoak; thence N 87 J deg
E l.'S chs and 7 links to a stake in
the big road; thence S deg Ell
chs and 40 links to a stake; thenci
87} deg E22 chs to a gum on
Haw river, a corner on Mary
Walker's (formerly Abner James'
corner); thence up said river as
it meanders to the beginning,
making by estimate one hundred
acres, more or less.
Underthe advanced bid p'aced
upon said ifiiid as allowed b\ law
since the l'tst sale, bidding will
iegin thereon at 817J!- r > per acre;
said lain I having been previously
sold December Ist, 1919. The
trustee reserves the-right to sell
only a part of said htod sufficient
to satisfy said deed of trust.
This Ist day of Jan., 1920.
Alamance Ins. & Kcal Kstite Co.,
T rufrtee.
E. S. \V. Dameron, Att'y.
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