VOL. XLIX
RED CROSS HELPS i
WAR'S SUFFERERS;
!
Aids 200,000 Veterans and
t Their Families—27,ooo Dis- :
i abled Still in Hospitals.
SPENDS $5,866,255 IN YEAR
Individual Attention Assured to
Physically Ailing or
in Distress.
Washington. War service live •
years after the armiutlce, which on
November 11 the American Rod Cross
marks with the opening of the annual
membership canvass, shows that dur- j
Ing the past year assistance was ex
tended bv the Re' Cross to some 200,•
000 ex-service r. en or their fami
lies. To 130 hospitals throughout the
country approximately 75,000 ex-serv
ice men were admitted for treatment,
and to 63,296 of these men definite and.
specialized service was extended, the
Red Cross annual report discloses. In
all hospitals under government opera
tion a total of nearly 27,000 disabled.
veterans were reported by the Sur
geon General of the Army.
These facts of the aftermath of j
physical and metal disability five years '
after the World War, and tha burden .
resting upon the relatives and de- !
pendents of the ex-service men, show
conclusively the great need of the '
Red Cross to act as a supplementary |
arm sf the government in service to
these many thousands of men who
wore the uniform of the United States.
It should be emphasized that govern
ment assistance is necessarily stand
ardized along specified lines affecting
them as a whole. The Red Crass serv
ice Is to the individual man and the
solution of his problems. This the
Red Cross designates "home service"
for its aims to give the loving care
and interest of the hotne to these men
undergoing physical reconstitution
far from their actual home influences.
Year's Expenditures $5,866,258
In the year ended last June 30 the
Red Cross reports $3,920,000 spent by
its Chapters in extending individual
attention to the ex-service men and
$1,946,255 spent by National Head
quarters of the Red Cross, a total of
$5,866,25?) In behalf of the men called
to duty in the World War thg Red
Cross since July 1, 1917, has spent |
nearly $164,000,000.« Today there ar« j
2,608 Chapters in as many localities
carrying on this work, aiding the in
dividual veteran, assisting his family,
furnishing creature comforts and
funds to tide over troublesome periods.
The strong connecting link between
the Red Cross and the United States
Veterans' Bureau takes the complica
tions out of difficult cases of claims.
The Red Cross in this work requiring j
personal representation of the ex-serv
ice man has acted in appeal cases, in-1
surance matters, personal and family
problems, camp and hospital activi
ties, and in cases of death. Thiß serv
ice handled nearly 12,000 compensa- ■
tion and insurance claims, and 2,225
allotment and other claims.
Solve:, Serious Problem
The financial problem of the ex-senr«
ice man when traveling to and from
hospitals is a serious one, and in meet
ing this constant demand the Red
Cross expended $138,334.17 during the
year. For extra recreational equip
ment in Veterans' Bureau training
centers $14,308 waft spent, and for the
blinded veterans in the government
school funds were supplied to enable i
some of these unfortunate men to en
ter business as storekeepers and poul-l
try raisers.
In Veterans' Bureau hospitals thi|
record of a single month illustrates;
the large service rendered by the lied.
Cross. For example, 16,504 new cases
required attention, and a total of 26,-1>
007 cases were acted upon; 49,368 let
ters and 1,863 telegraph messages
written, and more than 1,600 enter
tainments given in recreation houses
for the benefit of the patients.
Authorities declare that the pres- 1
ent Is a critical time in the lives of
many of the disabled ex-service men
who during the fire years since the
armistice have developed misgivings;
of recovery.
Work Among the "Regulars"
Service to the enlisted men of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corns is a
charter obligation of the Red Cross,
which In the last year recorded over
200,000 cases of assistance extended
and 834,420 visits to the sick and dis
abled. Inquiries by the Red Cross at
the request of Government authori
ties Into the home conditions of sol
diers, sailors and marines aggregated
17,714. and there were tu-rly 1,000
Instances where the Red Gross locat
ed men for their families.
All these activities constituting a
single responsibility of the American
ifi ~1 i»>rated during thq
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
j year thai its "war service" In "Behalf
| of the veteran and the man enlisted
I in the nation's defensive arms must
! go forward unfalteringly and with
i out stint of funds The work of the
| last five years has welded a close
j bond of regard between the men who
I sacrificed and the Red Cross, whose
efforts are praised and indorsed by
the veterans' organizations. To do
all that can be done to soften the con
sequences of the hard blows of war
Is the supreme duty of the Red Cross,
to which It is giving its best work and
most liberal service.
Fishes Are Good Bmellers.
Fishes possess a keen faculty oi
smelling. Examination of the nostrils
of a fish reveals the fact that they are
not connected with the nlr tube sys
tem, as In most animals, but lead Into
blind pockets lined with delicate mem
] branes well supplied with nerves. In
fishes, water Is not drawn through the
nostrils but merely into the small
pockets, and these may be emptied
i and refilled. The quantity of water
brought Into contact with the nerves
' of smell must be com] aratlvely small.
In some few fishes, as In the globe
fishes and puffers, for example, there
Is no nasal pocket, the nerves being
directed Into external projections.
Much to Be Thankful For.
There Is much in human life to be
thankful for, as well as much to dis
tress—mercies as well as afflictions,
I heroism as well as cowardice, and
abundant Justification for faith and
I hope. Nothing will contribute so
| much to progress, to a lightening "of
I the burden of tiie mystery" as a faith
ful, uncomplaining and cheerful per
formance of the ordinary dally duties
and a co-operating interest In the
I "concerns of the particular hearth and
home," a lesson which some of the
1 greatest philosophers were, and are,
i alow to take to heart.
The Grande Chartreuse.
The Grande Chartreuse was the origi
nal monastery of the Carthusians, j
founded In 1804. It is situated among j
the mountains In'the French department |
of Isere, about fourteen miles northeast |
of Grenoble, and is famous for an 1
aromatic cordial made by the monks,
the secret of which they have long pos
sessed. The monastery was despoiled
during the French revolution, and the
Inmates exiled from 1706 to 1810. They
returned after the restoration of Louis
XVin (1814), but never recovered their
former wealth and influence.
81 r Roger de Ceverley.
The name Is that of a member of an
Imaginary club, under whose auspices
the Spectator was supposed to be ed
ited. Sir Roger Is the type of an Eng
lish gentleman of the time of Queen
Anne (1702-1714), and figures in thirty
papers of the Spectator. He is noted
for his modesty, generosity and hospl- j
tallty. The name Sir Roger de Cover-
ley was also given to a dance, similar i
to the Virginia reel, and supposed to j
have been the original of It. The title
Is derived from the English squire de
scribed in the Spectator.
Friction Matches.
Friction matches first came into use
In 1833, and as late as 1850 were re-j
gnrded as too dangerous to be trans
ported by rail. The first sulphur
matches put on the market came in
square blocks of wood spilt well down,
from which individual matches might
be broken. When ignited, a most offen
sive sulphur odor arose. The first In
dividual matolies, put up In small boxes,
were lmpbrted from Sweden In the
enrly eighties, and were n great Im
provement over the old sulphur match.
Power In Kilowatt-Hour.
The following figures, compiled by
French officials, are worth attention:
One kllownt-hour of electrical energy
will drive a sewing machine for 20
hours; clean 15 steel 'able knives for
a year; clip !5 horses or 25 sheep; heal
water for shaving for one month; light
.'J cigars a day for 5 years; heat a fiat
iron for 3 hours; boll 2.37 gallons of
water; fry 15 chops In 15 minutes;
heat a curling Iron for 20 mornings;
incubate 256 eggs; milk 20 cows; sepa
rate 350 gallons of milk; churn 440
pounds of butter; chop half a ton of
straw. Assuming these Items to be
approximately correct, one-third should
be added to each In computing the
work of a horsepower-hour.—Com
passed Air Magazine.
"Roland for an Oliver.'*
The expression, "A Roland for an
Oliver," meaning a retort for retort,
or the matching of one Incredible lie
with another, Is derived from the fan
ciful tales told by the old chroniclers
concerning the marvelous deeds of Ro
land and Oliver, the two most famous
of the twelve paladins of Charle
magne, says the Detroit News. These
redoubtable heroes were so evenly
matched that neither was able to sur
pass the other; and accordingly, to
test their relative superiority, tliey
met in single combat and fought for
five successive days on an Island In
the Rhine, without either gaining the
least advantage over the other.
GEAHAM, N. 0., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER J, 1923
U. S. SHIP HAS FINEST RADIO
Equipment of the Leviathan Enables
Liner to Exchange Meseages With
Two Continents.
Ecllpjed only In importance by her
powerful machinery and delicate con
trols, the radio Installation aboard the
Leviathan is the most powerful and
elaborate steamship radio equipment
in the world. The radio equipment of
this huge ship enables her passen
gers to exchange messages with two
continents regardless of her position
on the high seas. With equipment
six times as powerful as that carried
by the average ocean greyhound,
uninterrupted communication with
points 8,000 mil's distant Is assured.
Upon leaving hr berth in New "i ork
harbor, the Leviathan's rat io officers
are able to link tha ship with »-
rlous marine centers In Rnrope, fin'
vice versa, to .ornn ur. cate with
America when oavMg European
ports. In additlor to ilegruph serv
ice, a mdlo tele,ilioni Inst illation,
which will provide lift' con act with
other vessels and , IO"J sta ->ni hi.
also been installed. While t is rt >•
expected that a commercial telephone
service \\W be inaugurated immedi
ately on the Leviathan, sev» al
shore stations will, in the not dlHai.t
future, be erected to handle >vlri
less telephone truffle from -hips i,i
mldocean to points inland over tli :
conventional land-line systems. The
principal radio telegraph transmitter
used consists of a nigh- lower vacuum
tube outfit which wi 1 d> liver to
the main aerial about six times as
much power as the apparatus now
used on the average steamship. The
second transmitter Is a duplex tele
phone outfit which will permit simul
taneous telephone find continue s
wave telegraph communication. The
third or emergency sending equipment
Is a standard spark set which will
normally operate on 000 meters. Sev
eral super-sensitive vacuum tube re
ceivers are used for reception.—
Scientific American.
CHINA SEES HEALTH VALUE
American Child Association Aims to
Put Welfare of Children on
Higher Plane.
China has been awakened to a now
health consciousness, according to a
letter from John B. Grant, associate
professor of hygiene and public health
of the Peking Union Medical college,
China, to Miss Sally Lucas Jean, di
rector of health education for the
American Child Health association.
"The work in China Is growing along
the lines of health education," writes
Prof. Grant. "There are four insti
tutes at separate geographical centers
for the training of teachers in health
work. In addition. Union Medical
college Is giving a one month's course,
the aim of which is to give adminis
trative educators a clearer viewpoint
about health education.
"Also, we have worked out a curric
ulum of some 3,200 hours for the
training of teachers In n >rmal schools.
It Is yet too early to state how soon
we will be able to put the latter Into
practice In teachers' colleges, al hough
the department of education In Shang
hai college and the Y. \V. C. A. school
of physical education, also In Shang
hai, will attempt this year to levelop
courses along the health lines we have
suggested."
Prof. Grant has received and Is dis
tributing literature on child health
from the American Child Health asso
ciation, whose i lrw lire to put the
health of children fin i her p tu.o
than ever befon. O'ho lie:tdf|ui'-*t r«
of the asfcoclatloi are at f32 Seven
teenth street, Was' Ingto.i, an>i th •
executive offices at 37) Seventh av
enue, New York C.ty.
TKo .'nintcr.
'.Vatltin'i was hav u Isls h' se'afr'-
ed. 'i'he expi Vise un s mou.Mn: aril
ho was beginning t" I'i r lie wo iM
have to let the painter take the house
as part payment f>r the job, wl en
Mrs. Wat kin* overtr-anl something
that shed some light upon the m stte
The painter was working at tile
of the house when a friend of th :
same profession passed by.
"Hello, there, Hill," the frictul
called.
"Hello yoit^elf,' th j pn'nter re
sponded. "Where ure you >olr.g to?"
"Got a garage to paint iov.n here
In the next block. How's business?"
"Can't complain."
"How long will It take'jou to fin
ish the Job you're on there?"
"Well, I'll tell you, Carl," and the
painter lowered his voice to a con
fidential tone, "the boss Is gone to
see about another Job now. If he cets
the new work we'll be done here to
morrow. If he don't, It will take un
til some time next week."—Kansas
City Star.
Proverbially Speaking.
"The Chinese are proverbially hon
est."
"People of ail races," observed Miss
Cayenne, "are consistently honest la
tbeir proverbs." ,
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to relieve suffering
in peace and in war
—at home and abroad.
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Join or Renew
Your Membership
Nov. 11th to 29th
Annual Summons tjj
Red Cross Banker
On Armistice Day
America's great humanitarian effort
In behalf of stricken Japan early in
September gave the answer to the
question, "What Is there for the Bed
Cross to do In time of peace?" What
the American Red Cross did at once
when this crushing earthquake dlsas- ;
ter came without warning showed i
that It was ready on the instant with 1
country-wide team work to carry out j
quickly and effectively the request of j
tho President to lead the national ef
fort for the relief of the many thou-1
sands of sufferers. Preparedness to
take the field v hen relief Is needed Is |
a charter duty of the Fed Cross. |
Without a membership enrolled In ev
ery commnnl y In " lan I th■ readi
ness would 1 U , !>!t That In]
why y ir do !;.r i ienuern! Ip is most J
import it.
It la 1 riper:. live thaf th structure t
of th>- 1.1 ' r cai Ped Cross b> made i
up of i,Hi as oi individual unit.", i
O icnii. % A in st ':e 11 N 'voirber 'l,
at I c° is;: ' with "!rmk rlvii,? I>,- y,
Mover her :9, the I'.ii f ill this year j
will pene .-xt : i the t-nds of th > i
f>arth and to the fiiipn sailing the \
»ev n sea • The 3.100 Hod Cro.'-s
Chapters n the I.'nltir. States will |
have th' Ir b> jy volunteer!, enrolling i
inemb ri dur.ng thin period Imbued
with ret w l enthusiasm due 40 the
recent revival of effort when the call
came from Japan.
/ .tc-is Which W;:p»,
, 1 Ily a 1 fill 1- I'yvic cu-tle, Aber
dcii-! In- .id, tie' nlirion! home
of I id It J"* n t
chamber '.vli!- h Ims nor Vi-n opened
for centuries; a "'lr en Lady" ghost,
which a;i;enrs when misfortune or
den'l. threatens the famlh ; and, built
'nto the '.iJ!, a " veeplng tone," made j
fnrioin by Thomas the Khymer, which :
weeps in wet weather and dries Its !
teurs in fine.
Frightened.
J'mmy, who was Inclined to be a
brn t'gart, was telling his father nnd
mother of his excellences while out
camping. "And all of once I stepped
on a big rattlesnake," he began. "How
did you know It was a rattlesnake, '
JlmmyT" asked his father. "1 could
hear lta teeth chattering the minute
It taw me."
CALIFORNIA LEADING IN OIL
Total Production In State la Nearly (
Three-Quarters of a Million
Barrels a Day. j
Almost overnight, It seems, C:'*
fornla, with a total production of
nearly three-quarters of a million b r
rels of oil a day, S5 per cent of tie
country's entire output, has become
tho dominating factor In the world's
petroleum Industry.
Her new wonder oil pools In the
Los Angelas basin, at Huntington
Beach, Signal Hill and Santu Fe
Springs, not only give California thl'
supremo distinction, bu. ,'M-y are sha'
terlng all records. They are makin.,
a new kind of history In the oil In
dustry.
The current dally output of these
new fields Is greater than ever befor»
reached by nil the other fields on tl' j
const. It Is more than the >res t
I" - ul action of the entire stu> of -
luhci na, !>.ore thou doub! ; Alexh )'s
production, one-qunrter ti v j presc r
output for the entire United Stat,*,
approximately one-fifth tho world's'
output, and, exclusive of tho United
States and Mexico, is greater than
the , total amount of oil now being
produced In all other fields of llio
world put together.
The annual production of 182 mil
lion barrels from these new fields In
greater than the total production In
the United States In any year prlo
to 1013 and double the production f
the United States In 1000.
At an average price of {P c nts a
barrel at the well, the aggregate dally
value Is more thnn $4.">0,0i >■ The
valre In refined products Is probably
at least five times that, or $2,000,000
a day.—Forbes Magnzlne.
HOLY PLACES FACING RUIN
Briton Appeals for Funds to Keep
Intact Sacred Buildings and
Sitea In Palestine.
The critical financial condition of
the Creek Orthodox Pati .archate of
Jerusalem, which since t'.e year 328
has kept inta-t many of tho sacred
bulldfngs and sites in I'nlest'ne, In
cluding the sepulcher of Christ, and
the possibility that these properties
may pass Into decay unless the
patriarchate Indebtedness of $3,500,000
Is liquidated, was told by Colonel J.
B. Barron, chairman of the British
Commission of Liquidation and Control
of the Orthodox I»atrlai hate in Jeru
salem.' He spoke at a lunchec n of
The American Committee on "Tin
Preservation of Sacred Places" a,
Washington.
The British commission took clmrgf
of the financial affairs of the pr f rl reb
ate In 1920 when Income from proper
ties In Russia and Bessarabia \.'as eu
off and Income from properties In
Greece, Rumania and Bulgaria re
duced through the falling exchange.
Before the war the Income of tho
patriarchate, Colonel Barron s.' ld, was
$500,000, but now amounts to 1« « than
SIIO,OOO, while Its running expwi
are SIBO,OOO. He urged Americans t •
contribute to liquidate t e pe'rlar
chate's Indebtedness, and culled tnoi
"the sinews of religion as well as
war."
Dr. Charles McFarlan-' presided.
HALF POPULATION IN CITIES
Cenius of 1920 Shows That the Worlf 4
War Caused Men j Leavo
Rural District*..
By reason of the restrictions placed
upon Immigration It makes It neces
sary for us to look to our overcrowd
ed cities for men to till our old an .
P'-vV fTO These men tvon -' be It
duce'l to leave the'r old "f. tin!' ;a
ther> Is i resent the com u r'y lif®
whi h, as a city dweller, fhey enj-' .
One of the results of the AVori'i
wjir v as the exodus of men from tha
soil to the city, and for the flrht time
In the historj of our country the 1020
census revealed the fnct that more
than half tho total population was
resilient In cities. Within the last
year or so, however, there has been
tonic Indication of a "back to tin
soli" movement.
The total hind ar-a of our countr/
Is 1,5i03 million acres, of which «hoi t
oiie-hulf Is In -arms, but of this .arn.
area only about one-eighth In what is
known as Improved farui land. About
1,000 million acrep of our nd r~"\
may be classed a* unfitted for profita
ble use on account of one or more
reasons, Insufficient rainfall, stony
land, lack of transportation.—Milwau
kee Journal.
Deserved Tribute to Jog.
Tribute to a dog's bravery was paid
by tin; owner In uu obituary notice,
published recently In an English pa
per, which stated: "L>led, at Torquay,
Ton), dear dog, a blue Dai ". lie saved
the life "t hi* owner twice dunng the
war. lie jumped over t! _• hljfh bank
Into a canal and saved a child with
out being told to do so. He WHS the
noble, gentle companion nnd friend
of his owner during nine years, and
she mourns iilni."
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Mllo, King of Athletes.
Milo was an ancleut Greek athleti
1 of whom it Is related that he one*
I carried is heifer of four years to th«
, sacrifice on his shoulders, killed II
j with a blow of his flst, and afterward
It is sided, ate the whole of it in
one day. His death Is character!*!-
ilcni.y related, says the Detroit New i.
W'nen enfeebled by age he attemptei]
to rend open the trunk of a tree par
tially split by wood cutters, but the
wood, closing 011 his fiands, held hli
fust, and he was attacked and do
• oared by wolves. Slllo bore off the
'>rlze six times In the Olympic games
nnd 011 an equal number of times at
the I'ythian. lie was appointed to
command an nrmy against the Sybar
ites, and nt the battle of the Crathls.
511 B. C., : strength Is said bv
Dlodorus d) have given the victory
to ''le ("retonians.
Causes Blockade.
, The stii i' 1 in front of a gift shop nt
i Bei'a t, : 0., was blocked one night
by a mite .f a girl, little Evelyn Floor
fenr yenr., - Id, who unnoticed by those
In the t-h.ip rept Into the show win
dow and ated herself among soine
doll's furnluire. She was totally ob-
Ivlons to le attention she was at
tracting aal sir there humming u Uttl;
song while sin arranged the minute
chairs and tables to her Hiring. It was
an n trncth sight, and 1 en, women
and children pan ed to look at her un
til the sldewn.it was impassable. Then
she as suddenly derided to get out of
the window and oalialy did so, leaving
her admirers to go about their shop
ping.
Eleanor's Crosses.
Twelve memorial crosses erected, In
accordance with the will of E onnor
of Castile, wife of Edward I of Kng
land, to laurk the resting places o
her bier, on its way from Hornby In
Lincolnshire, wl.ero she d'ed M 290),
to Westminster abbey, London, .vhere
"he was burled. The twelve places, i
given In their order, from Hom'iy to
Abbey, are as follows:
Lincoln, Grantham. Stamford, Ced
dlngton, Xorthamr ton, Stony Strat
f > d. Woburn, Dunst. ble, St. Alln s.
althfiin, West Cheap, Charing. Of
these . rosses, threa only remained Into J
modern times, viz., Geddlngton, North- (
amp ton, and Waltham.
Untouched Irish Wealth.
Recent reports on the mineral rc
r Mrees of County Loltrlm and adja
cent parts of Ireland Indicate the pos- j
i 'lky of developing a great mining
lr in try in that country. Experts r y
t iiiL the Connaught coal fields are
caprMe of yielding ''roi,. _u,(XX),OOO :o
•"•0,00f,000 tons, i.u of supporting
f housands of laborers, hltl.ougli at |
p. esent they do not nmntnln one bun- 1
dred. So the Iron-seamed district be- 1
tween Dromuhalr an 1 Arlgna, which j
might be expected to plve employment'
to tens of thousands and to develop a
"miniature 'Pittsburgh," ut present'
does not support a solitary individual.
8h» Won't Go.
A cnptaln and his chief engineer,
t'rei' n. en'ih ssly debating which th
»!i!y could be more en u lly dispense.!
w h, decided to change plaiawt for a
day. The chief ascended to the bridge j
and the sklp.ier dived Into the engine
r'xun. Affr a couple of hours th.
c ptalii npp.-ared on deck covered With
■' and Kf.ot. "Chief!" he called.]
"you'll have to coine down here at
onee. I can't make her go." "Of
course you can't," said the chief. \
"Shy's ashore."
hn Fond Parent.
T»m boy vvho had scratchi-d his name
on t ft ilnt oI the stationary motor
car hud b ep soundly c>iffed by the ;
()er.
Attract. by the loud howling
whMi rest Ited, a crowd won gathered,
through v '"ti the fath r of the boy
pushed his WI y.
"Who streek my fin?" he ' manded
furiously. "Show me the man!"
The in'- Ist stepped forwar 1. lie
was 0 ft ' 'j laches In height and 4'.)
round th«- chest.
"I did," be sr.ld.
"Sf rved *• ira right, sir ' said the
man, touching It! cap. "11l him
another hldlt. ; v, Uen I get him ho;;ie."
On th' Bafe Side.
"I see you have put lightning rods
on your new barn."
"Had to do It," answered Farmer
Corntoi iel.
"You sild years ago that lightning
rods v.- -re useless."
"Yep. Science has been mighty
busy since then. A they kin prov
that the ohl ln-v of gravitation ain't
workin' any more there's no tellln'!
but what they've given us a new kind
of electricity."
Relsnce Now Splices Nerves.
Nerve splicing, said to be the most
delicate of surgical operations. Is one
the latest achievements of cura ve
sclencv Tills consists of Implanting
nerves from animals In human bodies
to restore health nnd activity to mus
cles weakened by disease. —Popular
Science Monthly,
NO. 39
BANDITS r-uiLF.D BY A GIRL'
How a Landlord'* Daughter In Sois
sons, Frs.icj, Trapp-J Sang
of l*?li&i. ,wui..h,
A large n iber o' * i.'hern Lilians
are empioyi I or rwonstructton co.-k
In Soissons, wa-i wlt.iln tf iea
occupied by the Germans. I'h* au
thorities have h 1 lltt e difficulty .vlth
them until the .tier day, wheu a . and
>f six held up tho custon. ;ra of a ,ocal
cafe.
The six entered separately, ordered
drinks, then npperred t rjnnrreh In
their qtiarre' hoy drew Knives. '1 here
upon or ordered tl eia to
settle their Jls;u out !de, 'II later
ventlon was the • v uted
sfcnnl, for lie was r.-'-rpowerec ;nd
ins customers ranged ' the wal'«,'
while two of the ba tl ..cood guard at
tho door. There ip ; they bo-nn to
relieve everybody vilunhles, and
wh»n resistance wn' shown a sharp
• r (if a krlfo 'ollow d.
he bandits had rcl >ned w''i mt
the landlord's dau . -r iho, • the
fir*i sign* of the ivunerr, diipre w
a anck window nnd ;ous (' th
neighborhood. Vi'hen !ie
emerged vlth th#!r sp ill they vre
nut !iy :i lisc' ar »e of sin puns. Four
of them dT' '6 ' lr *hel • track?. The
two survivor.' .urrender. ti ind ere
taken to juli.
I . T luorlesa 8.-lcJa,-.
j Few Mexico boasts of a ualque anto
I mobile bridge, be'leved to be the ilrei
lof 'ts kind It tae v.-or. The
I was constructed by a mail and pi.ssen
ger stage line to span he Macho, i
j creek on the route. T b. ams ve.'
i thrown across the ciiasm, wltti m
|o'h r support tiian the hank" 'Henci
do concern ne-d b Dad or fres'.n_;«i
Moreover, te _:ivc expanse, a '"1 at
to sevtii'e a mos effective uttla
guard, no iloor was laid. The ;.ut»
mobile that tr. veres this bridp«
Iru leuiiy ruc. on a tick Tie- ~ck
i- a onstructed .n tt»e iortn of t\
| shallow, narro vv trough so thai thf
j fires i .wl'i r. , winger >f th«
I inachin. ...ecting disaster. Tl "iv>
ers cro.ss the bridge at full s. .-ed,
j with no more concern Cmn If t 1 •
' bridge were ot tl: ■ -uai sort. Xcr ot
| passengers do not enjoy this fee ur«
jof the ride, however length t_a
ibrl(" !s ' :ty-four ' ; ana hu3
| proved most Vlsfactu: .
\j fc> kj
is a Prescription -'or C is,
Fe\ er ar...
most speedy ..xr.?dy we
know, p.-cvenunj; -1. ju
nonia.
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Hrriliigion, K. C.
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GRAHAM, N. C.
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