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SALISBURY’S FLAG ESCORT EPOCH IN LEGION ACTIVITY -0 I. T. VALENTINE The Memorial Flag escort of Rowan county is an epoch in the realm of music and parades in legion activities, not only because this novel group pre sents something heretofore unheard of, but because of the distinctive senti ment attached to each flag used in this set-up. Soon after the Louisville conven tion in 1929, the Samuel C. Hart Post of Rowan county, Salisbury, conceiv ed the idea that something a little different from a band or drum corps would lend a colorful touch to pa rades and other public occasions and at the same time teach a lesson in in ternational fellowship and create a live and impressive memorial to the men from Rowan county and to all Amer ican and allied soldiers who lost their lives on the battlefields of France, Bel gium, Russia, Italy, the Balkans, to those who died in hospitals of disease, gas or wounds, and also to those who have died since the war. The Post attempted first to obtain from our former Allies their national flags, but only one nation answered this call by the presentation of its na tional banner. Undaunted by this set back the post decided to acquire the flags and other equipment as memori als by individual contributions. Desir ing the uniforms to be reminiscent of the uniforms of the allies, a commit tee from the post designed, with the co-operation of a uniform manufac turing company, the outfit now used by the escort. It very closely resembles the dress uniform of the first regiment, French Foreign Legion, stationed at Sidi-bcl Abbes, Algiers. The blouse is of a slightly different cut, fashioned more after the old Russian Imperial tunic, but of a different color, the belt a duplicate of the West Point dress belt, the pants a pattern of the French Foreign Legion, the leggins from the United States Marine corps, and the cap that of a non-commissioned offi cer of the French Blue Devils. A number of flags and other parts of equipment were given as specific memorials; for instance, six bugles and four snare drums (tambour type) were the first donation to the post and es cort. These were donated by Meade S. Hart of Mooresville in memorv of his brother, Samuel C. Hart, private, first class, Thirtieth division, who was kill ed in the Hindenburg line offensive, and who was cited posthumously for exceptional bravery, G. O. 2Vo. 4 5, War department, 1919, and his father awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. A beautiful Italian flag was do nated to the escort by the Italian em bassy, Washington, D. C., in memory of the sons of Italy who gave their lives in the various Allied and Ameri can armies. An American nag was aonaceu Dy the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. The North Carolina flag was donated by Kent W. Goley, member of the es cort and disabled overseas veteran, J. W. Swink and family of China Grove, donated an American flag in memory of their son, William T. Swink, Jr., who served in C. A. during the war, and who died in Asheville of tuber cular infection as result of his service. The family of W. G. Bradshaw donat ed another American flag in memory of a son, W. C. Bradshaw, who died in service in France. Another flag was donated by Bryce P. Beard in memory of Marvin Trexler, private, Company D, Seventh infantry, Third division, who was killed in action and cited under G. O. No. 22, July 1, 19IS, for extraordinary bravery. The outfit is composed of 44 regu lar members and six substitutes. Each one has an honorable discharge from the army, navy or marine corps, show ing service during the World war. At least 8 5 per cent of the personnel of the outfit served overseas, practically all of whom saw action under fire. Several of the men saw additional ser vice in other wars, expeditions, etc. J. S. Strieker, another member of the escort, was in the navy for a num ber of years and took part in the ex pedition against Vera Cruze. Lt. Col. Max L. Barker, former commander of the escort, was in the Spanish-Ameri can war and served as a major in the A. E. F., 81st division. Though they use the Foreign Legion uniform, they have no men in the outfit who were born in a foreign country. The escort uses nine U. S. flags, one North Carolina flag, and a flag of each of the following countries: France, Great ritain, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, uba, Brazil, Montenegro, Czechoslovakia, Portu gal, China, Greece, and Canada. It is thought that this is the only outfit of its kind in the world. This escort has appeared before more than 250,000 people during the 18 months of its organization. It appear ed before the North Carolina depart ment convention in Winston-Salem in 1930. At the Sesqui-Centennial cele bration at Kings Mountain it drilled for 15 minutes before more than 60, 000 people. Here it was greeted with thunderous applause and the crowd seemed to catch fully the spirit pre sented in this unique display. At the Carolina-Georgia Tech football game about 20,000 people gave them an ovation. At the dedication of the Sal isbury airport and the Memorial flag escort held in Salisbury November 11, 1930, the home people were impress ed with the significance of the escort and expressed appreciation of the tire less effort of the local Legion post in bringing into existence this unique sentimental attraction.—The Char lotte Observer. m QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -5 (ANSWERS BELOW) 1— What are the five most popu lous states in the U. S.? 2— How many drams are there in one ounce? 3— What is the smallest political di vision of a county or city? 4— Who was the first successful postmaster-general of the United States? 3—What is the oldest of common vegetables? 6— Who has sometimes been called "the Father of the American Revolu tion?” 7— What iarge Mediterranean is land is moving slowly towards Italy? 8— What is the most wonderful product, or form, of iron? 9— What enormous animal’s legs are so short that when it walks in mud or other yielding surfaces, its belly touches the ground? 10— What country is the birthplace of drama? 11— To what was Longfellow refer ing in his poem, when he said, "The fate of a nation was riding that night?” 12— What North American river’s name means "Thunder of Waters?” 13— What is a "Mosque?” 14— What is the most common bird of the south? 1I—In what country do the Boers live? 16— Who presided over the Peace Conference ending the World war5 17— Which state has the most air Dorts? 18— What was the most useful tree to the Indians? 19— What is the unit of electromo tive force? 20— What U. S. city because of its geographical position in reference to the far west, is called the "Gate City of the West?” 21— What famous opera star took the name of a city in Australia for her stage name? 22— What is the only creature in the world that has wings made of skin? 23— What is the most abundant el ement? 24— What two primary colors make purple when mixed together? 2 5—Who were the members of the Triple Alliance? 26— What is the most famous book dealing with a dual personality, the characters of which are often ascrib ed to persons in everyday life? 27— What empire claims the long est unbroken dynasty? 28— What British war decoration is denoted by the initials V. C.? 29— What is meant by the Deca logue? 30— Through what republic does the Panama Canal pass? ANSWERS 1— New York, Pennsylvania, Illi nois, Ohio and Texas. 2— 8 in apothecaries’ weight, 16 in avoirdupois. 3— A precinct. 4— Benjamin Franklin. 5— Garden peas. 6— Samuel Adams. 7— Corsica, at the rate of about nine inches a year. 8— Steel. 9— Hippopotamus. 10— Greece. 11— The midnight ride of Paul Re vere. 12— Niagara River. 13— A Mohammedan place of wor ship. 14— The mockingbird. 15— South Africa. 16— Georges Clemenceau. 17— California. 18— The canoe birch. 19— The volt. 20— Omaha, Nebr. 21— Melba (from Melbourne). 22— The bat. 23— Oxygen. 24— Blue and red. 25— Germany, Austria and Italy. 26— "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” by Robert Louis Stevenson. 27— Japan (26 centuries). 28— Victoria Cross. 29— Ten Commandments. 30— Republic of Panama. -9 TEAR GAS ROUTS JANITOR Stamford, Conn. — With tears streaming down his cheeks, the jani tor of the Fidelity Title Company fled from the building. While dusting he set off automatic tear gas valves. -9 TOWN BUYS CHURCH HALL North Reading, Mass. — North Reading town hall was owned jointly by the town and the First Parish Uni tarian Ghurch until recently. The town bought out the church’s share in the property. PROFIT FROM GRASS FED BEEF CATTLE -5 With the curtailment of cotton and tobacco acreage, new areas are releas ed for planting to pasture grasses. Such grasses will furnish grazing for beer cattle and give an added income to landowners. "In one of the tests which we made with beef cattle in eastern North Car olina this past summer, we found that an ordinary pasture of carpet grass, lespedeza and white clover paid the owner excellent returns through the grazing of beef cattle,” says L. I. Case, animal husbandman at State College. "E. E. Bell of Jones county had eleven acres of this kind of pas ture which he planted a few years ago. Twenty-six head of cattle graz ed on this eleven acres from June 8 until September 8 and with no sup plementary feed of any kind gained 2,960 pounds. This amounts to 769 pounds an acre. At five cents a pound, this is worth $13.45.” In other words, says Mr. Case, the owner received $13.45 an acre for the grazing of his pasture for three months. There are thousands of acres of land in all parts of North Caro lina which may be utilized in this way. Particularly will the eastern farmer be interested in planting pas ture because under present conditions, he must reorganize his farm throwing large areas into one farm and quit the one man and one mule system of cash cropping which has brought him to bankruptcy. - —:-5 Read The Watchman Ads. Woman Found Dead After Court Sentence -5 Water bury, Conn.—Judge Theo dore V. Meyer convicted Mrs. The resa Andrulevitch, 44, of making moonshine and, in lieu of a ninety day jail sentence, ordered her to va cate her home. "If I finish with moonshine I finish with everything,” said Mrs. Andru levitch. Her body was found last night in a gas-filled room. -9 Duck Hatched Chicks -s El Reno, Okla.—Tired of coaxing a hen to sit on a hatching of lifteen eggs, S. H. Bell put the eggs under a duck. All the eggs hatched and all the chickens lived. I g ! 1 :o: 8 :o: 8 :o: 8 s I ! | ! | ! I i I p p j Two Solid Weeks Jammed Full of Specials 1 | /^|||) ST flf'IFA Jf E ft £3k "Where Quality Merchandise Is Sold And | | 4 f If C? Lower Prices Are Guaranteed” ^ «_ i p. ■ . j witeaaea ,r : -- ■ ■■■ - *■ ■■ ■ * — ■ -— ;« Other Suites in this Sale have been proportionally Reduced. ^ See this fine line while the showing is most complete. Nev | er were you able to buy such fine tvorkmanship, such ex- 9 cellent materials, at such low [prices as right now! 1931. 1 The Regular g Price of This jl 3 Piece i Suite $69.50 I jj Now— s59» s EAGLE BUILT SOLID CAR LOAD LOT Save From 10% to 30% Now! We have just re ceived a solid car load of Circula tors, Ranges and Heaters of all kinds and sizes and we are in a position, now to save you from 10 per cent to 10 per cent if you buy during this great I furniture sale. It will pay you to visit the stora early during these 2 weeks. UNION MADE Eagle Ranges by Eagle Stove Works Rome, Ga. ' up The Eagle Range needs no in troduction in Spencer, or Salis bury. It has been proven and tried by many housewives who have had them in use for years here. May be had with or with out water reservoirs as desired in several different styles and siz es. Prices are the lowest in years. PLAIN OR ENAMELED Delivered To Spencer Via Southern Railroad j V. | Buy At Low Price Time I STOVES $5.00 For Your Old Stove | REGARDLESS OF ITS CONDITION | PRICE RANGE OF CIRCULATORS | $29.50 to $59.50 g -EASY TERMS s vs: ———————————— | ALL OUR FURNITURE IS SHIPPED B^ | SOUTHERN RAILROAD, WE EMPLOY | UN-EMPLOYED SOUTHERN MEN! | YOU HELP US—WE HELP YOU. _ special; 9 x 12 Bird’s Felt-Base Rugs Regular Price Was $10.00 DURING SALE $6.50 CASH --- sz $ LAUNDRY | STOVES I § § :o: p. Can be used for a number of purposes ... :o: make good heaters . . . some cook slow jjj meals on them . . . laundering . . . and at a :o: very low price investment. 50 to $^50 | SS :« - :o: s jLin-Nock Furniture Co. P5!S5E | At End of The Car Line in Spencer, North Carolina | § i
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