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Cljc Senate JJcmo
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917
OUR LETTER BOX
ROUTE FIVE '
Rev. J. C. Postelle filled his last
Appointment before conference at
Gamewell and Littlejohn's last San
day. The congregations were for
tunate in having Prof. Birmingham
of Davenport College, who made in-
teresting and encouraging talks to
jthem.
; Miss Annie Anderson spent the
Week end visiting her uncle, Mr. J.
W. Fleming.
Miss Minnie Davis returned Sun
day from visiting' her parents, Mr.
. fend Mrs. C. A. Davis, at Adako.
Sergeant R. A. Kent of Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C, spent sev
eral days last week visiting his fam
ily and other relatives.
The teachers of our route who at
tended the County Teachers' Asso
ciation in Lenoir last Saturday were
Misses Johnsie Evans, Clyde Sigmon,
Vestal Coffey, Alice Coffey, Minnie
Davis, Annie Anderson, Dora Ander
son and Mrs. George Link. Some of
out tedchers anticipate attending the
State Teachers' Assembly which will
convene in Charlotte Nov. 29-Dec. 1.
School will open at Craig Moun
tain next Monday, Nov. 19, with Mrs.
H. M. Kent and Miss Vestal Coffey as
teachers. Every student is urged to
be present on the first day.
Mr. C. A. Anderson and family
attended the funeral of Mrs. Ander
son's sister, Mrs. Julius Brown, at
Prexel, last Friday.
Our farmers are still busy sowing
wheat and gathering corn.
HIBRITEN
Mrs. J. M. Brown, after an ex
tended visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Powell, returned to her
home in Chattanooga, Tenn., last
Saturday.
Mr. H. H. Greene and daughter,
Miss Jennie, of Leander, Watauga
eounty, were visitors here the first
of the week.
Mrs. J. D. Steele of Boydton, Va.,
is visiting her father, Mr. M. L. Greer,
and other relatives.
Mr. George Barlow of Boydton,
Va., came home last Sunday to ap
pear before the examination board at
Lenoir this week.
Mr. John Oxford contemplates
moving back to his old home in Alex
ander in the near future. We are
sorry to lose him and his family from
our midst.
Mr. Greene Coffey moved his fam
ily last week to the lumber camps on
Zach's Fork.
LOWER CREEK
The pastor filled his pulpit Sunday
Inorning at the usual hour and gave
- the people a splendid sermon.
The B. Y. P. U. meets every Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
.young people are doing some very
good work for beginners, and there is
quite a large enrollment Everybody
seems interested. 1
Mrs. M. D. Smith is just recover
ing from a very bad case of blood
poisoning in her hand.
Mr. Frank Barlow and sister, Miss
Vanda, along with several other
friends, motored over to Hickory
Sunday and report the roads in ex
cellent condition. They had a fine
time.
Master Russell Helderman was
very sick the latter part of last week
but is getting along very well now.
Mrs. Frank Stine and daughter
spent Monday at Mr. John Haas'.
The Sunbeams are to meet with
Mrs. Boldin next Saturday evening
at 2:30 o'clock. All the members
are urged to come and bring their
mite boxes.
Last Saturday, Nov. 3, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Davis a very
pleasant birthday celebration took
place in honor of their 2-year-old
granddaughter, Elizabeth Beach, and
Master Paul Haas. The dinner was
prepared by1 Mrs. Davis and Mrs.
Beach and the table was full of ev
erything that- heart could wish tor.
Some of the partakers were Grandfa
ther and Grandmother Davis, and Mr.
Beach's mother, Mrs. Frank Haas,
, grandmother, 73 years of age and
ister of Mr. C. H. Davis, who is him
; Belt near 70 years old. All left f eel
ing very thankful for having been
-there. We hope and wish for all
r those present many more such occa
sions.
" , Miss Sophia Powell, daughter of
: Mr. and Mrs. Pink Powell, is suffer
' ing from an attack of appendicitis,
' but is hoped she will soon recover.
' Regular prayer meeting services
r:sre being carried on here. Quite a
new interest is being taken since the
' church is more comfortable and has
god lights.
Miss Bessie Laxton and her father
of King's Creek are visiting at Mr.
- -J. A.,Raby's this week.
The W. M. S. met at the home of
" .Mrs. Green White yesterday evening
and had a Very good meeting. The
topic ' discussed was . "Missionary
THREE-FOURTHS STUDENTS
TAKING MILITARY COURSE
Nearly three-fourths -of students
of the University of North" Carolina
are now taking the new course ia
military .training. Four companies
drill daily on the athletic field or
work in . constructing ' military
trenches for the trench warfare.
Capt J. Stuart Allen of Princess Pa
tricia's Canadian light infantry, ia in
charge of the instruction, and much
progress has been shown in the eight
weeks of actual drill.
During the past week national and
regimental colors were presented to
the student battalion by two alumni
of "the University. These colors were
competed for, campany A winning
them for the first time. After six
weeks they will competed for again.
On Friday of last week the companies
held an exhibition drill for the Or
ange county rally day visitors.
The studejits have been busy con
structing all kinds of military
trenches for the past month. The
trenches are now nearing completion
and trench warfare will be taught at
an early date. Two deep dugouts are
also being constructed and barbed
wire entanglements will be put up
this week. The training is making
use of modern wr methods as far
as it is possible to do so, and Capt
Allen's long experience at the front
in Flanders has enabled him to give
most helpful instruction through his
lectures on modern methods of fight
nig. Two field maneuvers have al
ready been held, and night maneu
vers are planned at an early date.
The whole spirit of the campus has
assumed a more military air, and the
khaki-clad students give an atmos
phere of camp life. Target practice
will soon be begun, and instruction
in modern methods of bayonet fight
ing have already been begun.
The new plan of' the extension
work which the University proposes
to do this year has just come from
the press and an outline of the work
is clearly set forth. An attractive
bulletin has been prepared, describ
ing the scope and purpose of the
Lafayette Association. Through this
association the University will co-operate
with the public schools in re
lating community endeavors to prob
lems of national life and the special
problems of war. The University
News Letter has also made plans to
set forth for its 15,000 readers some
of the factors involved in the pres
ent war and the reasons why Amer
ica must now exert her full strength.
The best that is being thought and
said concerning national problems at
the present time will be given pub
licity by the News Letter.
Town, university and Chapel Hill
community came together last week
to observe the fifth annual rally day.
A large crowd thronged the town and
campus. Exhibits of products of the
farm and the home were held in Me
morial hall, entertainments were pro
vided by the students and an exhibi
tion drill was given by the military
organization. Prof. M. C. S. Noble
was in charge of the exercises of the
day.
Journey."
A goodly number of our people
went to the First Baptist church Sun
day night to hear the warewell ser
mon of Rev. Baylus Cade. We shall
also miss him and regret his leaving.
VALMEAD
Mrs. Fred Livingston of Virginia
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Munday, and other relatives.
Mr. Livingston will join his family
here in a few days. They will prob
ably spend the winter.
Mr. John Story of Camp Jackson
is at home for a few days. He will
return to camp in a few days to re
ceive his final discharge.
Mrs. A. E. Munday went to Hick
ory last Saturday to visit her daugh
ter, Mrs. John McLemore, who is now
living in West Hickory.
Mr. Councill Wheeler of this place,
who is stationed at Greenville, S. C,
is in the hospital there and has been
operated on for appendicitis. When
last heard from he was getting along
nicely.
Miss Kiter Allen came up from
Gastonia last Sunday to spend a few
weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mylus Allen.
Mrs. E. Z. Beach of King's Creek
was up last week visiting her chil
dren, Mrs. Robert Morrow and Mr.
Merritt Beach, and family at Val
mead. The two children of Mrs. Tilly,
who have been ill with typhoid fever,
are getting better and will soon be
out again.
We learn that Mrs. Mary Morrow,
who lives on Lower creek, has been
very sick for the past few weeks.
. Mr. Pennell and Mr. Welch of
Stony Fork have moved here and are
engaged in the cotton mill.
Mrs. Gordon Nelson left several
days ago to join her husband in Sa
vannah, Ga., where he is engaged in
business.' She was accompanied by
Mrs. Nell Hartley. -
The Newt Want Ad Bring Result
SALUTES DIRECTED TO -
UNIFORM OF SOLDIERS
Negro Officer Thus Saluted, - and
Not Individual, Can. Cattle- -man
Says One Refu
sal Observed
Louisville, in which much of the
spirit of the Old South still lives, put
ting aside racial feelings and per
sonal prejudice, has settled for itself,
patriotically and unreservedly, the
question of the propriety of white
soldiers soluting negro officers. This
question, which came to the fore re
cently, was on first thought answered
negatively, but later a way was
found to reconcile inherent convic
tions with military regulations.
The solution reached was that an
officer should not be regarded as a
personality toward whom the salute
was directed, but that the military
viewpoint which makes the salute
I homage to the country's uniform and
to the things it typifies should be
accepted.
An exposition of this viewpoint
was voiced by Gen. John B. Castle
man, a major in the army of the Con
federacy, later colonel of a Kentucky
national guard regiment and a brigadier-general
of volunteers who saw
active service in Porto Rico during
the Spanish-American war. He said
"The discipline of the army must
be maintained, and non-commissioned
officers understand little of the spirit
of the army when they refuse to sa
lute a negro officer. I have held sev
eral commissions in the military ser
vice and I unhesitatingly say that I
would or will, at any time, salute an
officer, superior or inferior, who sa
lutes me without regard to the color
of his skin. The regulations, the laws
and the fundamentals of courtesy
and discipline upon, which these reg
ulations and laws are based prescribe
this. It is no time to stand against
them. I regret the incident and want
to urge every soldier to be a soldier
in the full sense of the term. We
salute the rank, not the individual."
The incident which brought forth
Gen. Castleman's statement occurred
in Louisville recently.
Capt. William Glass, 24 years old,
a soldier in the United States army,
recently appointed a commissioned
officer, and two white non-commissioned
officers were the principal fig
ures. Capt. Glass said the men
passed him with heads turned with
out saluting, though it was certain
they had seen him. He called them
back, he said, because he felt that
it was his duty to correct their lapse
from military regulation. Only one
of them returned in answer to Capt
Glass' call.
This man, a sergeant, in answer to
inquiry as to why he had not saluted,
replied: "I will not salute a negro,"
at the same time expressing1 doubt
that Capt. Glass was what he repre
sented himself to be. Capt. Glass
displayed the insignia under his over
coat and the sergeant again said he
would not' salute a negro. He gave
his name and organization to Capt.
Glass, saying: "You can report me if
you wish."
The interchange had occupied sev
eral minutes and an excited crowd
gathered. Capt. Glass, apparently
desirous of avoiding further unpleas
antness, walked quietly away, leaving
several white officers to explain to
the crowd. The sergeant also disap
peared in the crowd. No official re
port of the incident was ever made
to the authorities at Camp Zachary
Taylor by Capt. Glass, who expressed
regret that the incident had attracted
the attention of passersby and for the
excitement it caused. .
Because of the keen interest
aroused by the incident and the con
flict 'of, opinion which it caused Gen.
Castleman was asked for a statement
of his attitude on the subject. The
position he assumed exercised great
weight, and his opinion apparently
soon became that of the majority.
BERLIN ADMITS MAKING
SLAVES OF YOUNG GIRLS
Confirmation has been given by the
German government itself to the of
ten denied reports current for the
past year that young girls of Alsace
Lorraine have been carried away
from their homes and forced to labor
for the German army.
From Switzerland there came a
cable report of the reply made by
the German under-secretary for war
to a complaint of an Alsatian deputy
in the reichstag against mistreat
ment of these young girls. The gov
ernment's reply took the form of an
official communique, which, in sub
stance, stated that the army admin
istration had taken measures to as
sure the girls requisitioned in Alsace
Lorraine and actively employed in
work at the front the benefits of mor
al and religious supervision. Only
eight and a half per cent of the girls
are less than 17 years. of age, the
deputy was assured, and scarcely
one-half of them have been subjected
by force to work at the front ,
EVERY GERMAN IS TO BE
REQUIRED TO REGISTER
President Wilson is expected to is
sue a proclamation soon requiring
every alien enemy within the United
States U register as a step toward
ridding the country of spies and
sabotage. ' ;
' The government has virtually de
cided that this procedure is the only
way open for sifting from the mil
lion Germans in the United States
the few who are believed to be caus
ing fires in munition plants and ware
houses and promoting propaganda in
jurious to America's prosecution of
the war.
Some officials recommend that ev
ery alien enemy so registered be re
quired to report periodically to the
government in order that watch may
be maintained over their movements.
Under present conditions Germans
may move from one locality to an
other in the United States without
hindrance, providing they do not en
ter the barred cones about munition
plants and government establish
ments. Only Germans could be compelled
to register by presidential proclama
tion, since Austrians, Turks and Bul
garians are not classed as enemies
under the espionage law. Congress
might extend the restrictions to those
nationalities, however.
AMERICANS GIVE THE
GERMANS HOT GREETING
With the American Army in
France. American soldiers are rap
idly becoming expert at patrol work
and their officers say they carry on
in No Man's Land as if they long
had been practicing this kind of war
fare. This is explained partly by the fact
that activities in No Man's Land
along the sector where the Americans
are stationed are in the open.
Already stories of heroism of indi
vidual soldiers during trench raids
are coming to light. A recent inci
dent mentions five privates who rush
ed from their dugouts as the Ger
mans rushed to the trenches. Stand
ing or kneeling in the trenches, they
met the enemy with a fusillade of
shots and held their trenches.
DISTILLER WAS "MAKING
A TONIC FOR HIS WIFE"
G. A. Simpson was arrested at his
home eight miles north of Greensboro
on the charge of illicit distilling.
With sixty gallons of beer ready for
distillation Simpson pleaded to Sher
iff Stafford and his deputies that he
was merely endeavpring to make a
little tonic for his invalid wife. Mrs.
Simpson sat propped up in bed in the
miserable little home where the still
was located. The defendant had set
up an apparatus of galvanized iron
and wood in his kitchen, and accord
ing to the sheriff's information has
been doing a considerable business.
THERE IS A REIGN OF
TERROR IN PETROGRAD
Copenhagen, Nov. 13. A dispatch
to the Berlingske Tidende says that
Eric Hjorth, a Swedish director, who
left Petrograd Saturday and arrived
at Haparanda, declared that the sit
uation in the Russian capital s ter
rible. Virtually all administration
has ceased, the authorities having
given up all attempts to continue
work. Bolsheviki soldiers and sail
ors were sweeping through the city
like robber bands', committing all
sorts of excesses and crime. Food
was exceedingly scarce and prices,
were so high that it was impossible to
pay them. Nearly the entire popula
tion is awaiting the arrival of Keren
sky's troops to be relieved of the
terrorism.
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream In Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.
Ahl What relief! iour clogged
nostrils open right "Up, the air pass
ages of your head are clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawk
ing, snuffling, mucous discharge,
headache, dryness no struggling for
breath at night, your cold or catarrh
is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get a small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from
your druggist now. Apply a little of
this fragrant, antiseptic cream in
your nostrils, let it penetrate through
every air passage of the head ; soothe
and heal the swollen, inflamed mu
cous membrane, giving you instant
relief. . Ely's Cream Balm is just
what every sold and catarrh sufferer
has been seeking. It's just splendid.
DEAD QUEEN'S BODY
CAN'T REST IN PEACE
National guard troops of Hawaii
have taken charge of the body of the
former queen on account of a threat
ened will contest She died Sunday.
Custody of the body was taken be
cause John Colburn declared that a
will made by the former queen left
certain property for him to dis
pose of
Fifty Dollar will be paid for information leading;
to tne arrest and conviction of any person or persons
shooting or throwing rocks at the insulators, or in
any way damaging our pole line.
Ivcy Power Company
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE
AND SOME LUMBER
Novemmtoer 24111
2s00 p. mm.
Also the house and lot will be offered at auction. The
right to reject any bid on the house and lot is reserved.
The sale will take place at residence.
Will sell any of the above privately.
L. T. Sinmifflta
227 East Harper Avenue
COME AND BRING SOMEONE
1
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink a glass of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
eut poisons.
Life is not merely to live, but to
live well, eat well, digest well, .work
well, sleep well, look well. What a
glorious condition to attain, and yet
how very easy it is if one will only
adopt the morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feci
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom
ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a
daisy by opening the sluices of the
system each morning and flushing out
the whole of the internal poisonous
stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning, before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it to wash from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and bow
els the previous day's indigestible
waste, sour bile and poisonous tox
ins; thus cleansing, sweetening and
purifying the entire alimentary canal
before putting more food into the
stomach. The action of hot water
and limestone phosphate on an empty
stomach is wonderfully invigorating.
It cleans out all the sour fermenta
tions, gases, waste and acidity and
gives one a splendid appetite for
breakfast. While you are enjoying
your breakfast the water 'and phos
phate is quietly extracting a large
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flush
ing out all the inside organs.
The millions of people who. . are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble, "rheumatism;
others who have sallow skins, blood
disorders and sickly complexions are
urged to get a quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate from the drug store
sufficient to make anyone a pro
nounced crank on the subject of in
ternal sanitation.
TURKEYS ARRIVE FOR
OUR SOLDIERS' DINNER
With the American Forces in
France. A large shipment of tur
keys, mince meat, cranberries, nuts,
raisins, oranges and sweet potatoes
for the Thanksgiving, dinner for the
American soldiers has arrived in
France.
Sale
IF KIDNEYS ACT
NO TIKE SAL1S
Say Backache It a Sign You Have
Been Eating Too Much
Meat.
When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney regiom
it generally means vou have hfm
U"K " raucn meat, jays a well
known authority. Meat forms urie
acid, which overworks the kidneys ia
their effort to filter it from the bloo
and they become sort of paralyzed
and loggy. When your kidneys get
sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels;
removing all the body's urinous
waste, else you have backache, sick
headache, dizzy spells; your stomach
sours, tongue is coated, and when the
weather is bad you have rheumatic
twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of
sediment, channels often get sore,
water scajds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times during
tne night.
Either consult a good, reliable phy
sician at once or get from your phar
macist about four ounces of Jad
Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast for a few
day and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts is made from
the acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with lithia, and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
neutralize acids in the urine so it
no longer irritates, thus ending blad'
der weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for regu
lar meat eaters. It is inexpensive
cannot injure and make a fo1iht.
ful effervescent Iithia-water drink.
CAME FROM W. VA. WHEN '
NAME WAS SEEN IN PAPER
There are two Charles Smiths in
the draft in Caldwell and when one
of them heard that his nane was in
thepaper he came all the way from
Charlestown, W. Va., to report and
then found that it was the other
Charles Smith who was wanted. This
was Mr. Charles S. Smith, whose
home is in the Oak Hill section. Sev
eral issues ago when The News car
ried a list of the exemption board'
call Mr. Smith's sister wrote him that.
he was drafted. He hurried home.
and now it turns ou-that if is an-.
other Charles Smith. Mr. Smith says -now
that he has irone to all this
trouble he wants the exemption board
to certify him and let him go with
the next crowd-
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