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A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
W KLDON, N. C, TIIUKSDAY, JANUARY 8, 11)20.
NO. IJ5
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NATION TO BE ASKED
TO OBSERVE BIG WEEK
Tentative Program Announced from the Treasury Department at Washing
ton Shows Unusually Wide Scope and Qreat Potential Value of Pro
poaed Celebration, Which ia to Open January 17 All Over the United
Itatea.
WORLD'S BIGGES
Famous Women Adopt Armenian Waifs
Children Cry for Fletcher's
mm
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has
iu use fur over over 30 years, bai utne iho r,igni.iure u'
rt - and has beta lniide under his
wA Mnal KUpervisiun since its liilui-.y.
&of-Y. Allow no one to deceive you in u!-.
AH Counterfeits, ImitatioM and "Just-as-good" u;e 1m
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health a
Infants and Children Experience against Eiotrin.o.t.
What is CASTOR I A
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It cimtuira
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance, lu
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it l'.a.i
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation. Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishaess ;irisiin;
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowel?, aiilj
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sletp.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYi
) Bears the Signature of
:v:, yKy JAV A i
f 'l MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT MRS- OLIVER HARR1MAN
NITRATE PLANT
Mammoth Explosives Factory
in Alabama Built in
Eight Months.
ALL SPEED RECORDS BROKEN
Could Supply 13 Per Cent ol
Allies' N00J3 Had War
Continued.
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THI CtNTAUW CCMPANV, HWW YOWK CITY.
SE8
Bargains for You
IF YOU HUY ALL YOUR
(JROCKRIKS FROM
W. T. PARKER & GO,
Wholesale Gash Store
WI-LOON, N. C.
ADOPTED 'ARMENIAN WAIFS
There an at leaet three happy little Armenians hi this holiday season among the more than a quarter of a
.nllllon pitluble little waifs who are Innocent victims of Turkish barbarity. These three have found fairy god
mothers In these fumoua American women, Mra. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President; Mrs. Oliver Harrluiau and
Mm. Carrie Chapman Catt. It Is hoped that thousand of other American women will follow these dletlugvlsheci
leaders and signalize the gltid helldoy season In America by making happy In the smiie way thousands of other
Utile orphans lu the fur-off stricken Utud where thej uow are being cared for by Near Uast Relief, 1 Madison Ave
hue, X. Y. . ..... ... . w-
Burlap Bag His Only Garment
fiivethe
bov a
chance
Dim LimhrillwarkOj.
Weldon, N. C.
M INUKACTl'liEIM OF
Bunding Material for JYloJern Homes, Sash. Doors
Blinds, Mantels, Door and Window Screens
MARK TOOliliKIt AND liKlil'I.AU STOCK SIZES
'isael Materials. High tirade Workmanship Our Slogan
I
AIM
SAVE
. .. -im
MONEYfl
$$$$
By trading at home and
still bi a booster for your
town.
M imu Knpjrnina in Win- "w
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ter 0 ods.
Urh If a .
Y. W. C. A. STUDENTS
i , TEACHING IN CHINA
I
Physical Training School Main
: tained in Shanghai.
r
149,999
other
homeless orphans
like hinv
1
The vast majority of Chinese men
rememher their nioihers as crlpplea
Many a nlH wainlera Into a mission
school who tins not hud her own fee'
bound, hut has never seen a woinm.
of her own clnss who could walk, and
therefore, she wnlKs In a most nuttalii
ly fashion scarcely conscious of hei
natural feet.
The Chinese Meillcnl Assoctatlon
an Association composed only of Chi
nese phyalcluns mostly mnduntes fron
Amerlciin and KnuIWi Institutions
have nsked the cnilre e.lucated comimi
nlty of the couhiiy in cooperate In
heller health fi H hlldren of Chi
nn. All Hie Mission Hoards openitlna
in China felt I la it one of the greatest
lontrlhutlons 'he Younn Women'!
Christian Assoflailon could offer to
i he health of China would be to es
tablish u normal school for th train
ing of physical directors.
Accordingly, In Shanghai, whirh la
ha cronies! nort in China. th nation
al committee estahllshed Bueta a school
In 1014. The school haa won favor
with nil educationists, both missionary
and government. There have already
been nine cruduutes from this school
Miss Ylng Mel Chun, a gradoate of
the Wellesley School of Physical Edu
cation, has been dean of the school.
Graduates of tho school are acattered
from Canton to Peking, teaching with
conspicuous success In twelve mission
and government schools.
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8fft ff-T" The very newe it styles in ().-;andies
"" Georgettes anJ Crepe-de.C.une.
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WELDON, N C
We have a complete line of Ladies and
Qentlemen's Furnishings. W&
II A. L. SWfitiJUK,
WW
5I The Busy Store,
Choice
Hams
There is nothing more
nn netizinir than a slice o
our choice ham. We have
nnvthino- vou mav want
in the line of meats. All
Kinds of Canned Goods
POOD GROCERIES build up (he system, siimulaie the Intin, und
U i . ,i,ii, AnH rioht thinkitie brines Debi re-
w oiicaic your tapaLiiy iu mn'. ."-
rults. Our prices make you ihink. Call in to see us.
POSTER BASED ON ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT ERIVAN, AR
, . . MENIA, BY PR. M. . LITTLEFIELP.
He Is only one of 2r3,0OO helpless child victims of Turkish cruelty and
oppression In Western As Clad Just as he annuls In the picture this forlorn
little fellow, with hunger-strkken cheol.s, nopciess mourn mm ..., .
body, was found wundcrlng In the sti is of Idlr, Armenia, by Dr. Milton
o t o .i.i , voar n..iief He wus taken to n Near East Kelii f
a. Llllieutiu u, ... .
orphanage, where It waa found that Ida only eurlhly possession was the sink'
' . , . ... .....,ta fioiin a luirlllO SUCK.
garmeut In which he Btoou a worn, paicneu oini...-. .....- .. -- --
"I aaw this ragged little fellow on one of the busiest business streets of
Erlvan, not fur from th. orphanage," anld Dr. I.lttletteld. "He was wgnaer, ik
sliulessly about aad no one wus paying m iigui
not poae him; the picture shows Just the way he stood when I backed hlni up
against a nearby wall." .....nhoted
The photograph la tns Duals oi a struma t"" -
by Near East Kellef.
JAPANESE DOCTOR IS Y. W. C. A.
t OFFICIAU
I Dr. Tomo Inouye of Tokyo, Japan,
treasurer of the National Committee of
the Young Women's Christian Asao
clullou In Japan. Dr. Inouye haa been
L. E. HULL,
Ntax Batcbclor'a Opera House,
An American $2 Bill Did This
IB
rags
shown
Neur
menla
BEFORE.
Motherless, failicrlcsa, homeless
,, ,,,H.l,. Inmirrv a d clad only In
the pathellc llitle Ihree-yesr-om
a ti,u mtt ivani erea into a
Kust Relief orphanage In Ar-
Another photograph of the
same child, ahown al the right, was
taken a week later, this time allowing
well clothed and well fed.
..,a,vhr., in America la the happy
man or woman who contributed the $2
bill which wrought this miracle. More
!,,, noarter million other helpless
little vlctlma of Turkish cruelty and
oppression are knocking at the doors
t n,. N,.r Kast Kellef oruliuuagea in
Western Asia. Many more American
S2 bills are needed now to let them lu
and to care for them uutll they can
cure for themselves.
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Or, Tome Inouye of Tokyo, Japan, a
delegate to the aix week International
Conference of Women Phyelclane
called by the V. W. C. A.
AFTER.
particularly Interested In the pobBe
heullh and recreational plana of her
city for aome time and la medical
Insiiector fot girls In the public schools
of Tokyo, as also In aeveral prlvats
schools In the city. There are ap
proiliuately 500 women phyelclane la
Japan now, she BHys, and 4O0 women
medical students. Dr. Iuouye was the
only delegate from Japan to the X. W.
C. A. I'.einullonal Conference of Wo
men Physicians, In session during Sep
tember and Octobaf.
Dy GARRET SMITH.
Lifting Ihe ban of war aecrecy has
Juat now brought to light for the tirst
time one of the moil stupendous feuts
of construction lu hlslory the plan
ning and building III less than one year
of the largest ammonium nitrate plant
In the world and of a city around It
for the houslnc of Ita 25,000 workmen
and their families At the aame time
Is revealed one of the chief reasons
why Germany suddenly surrendered s
year ago. The Ceiman high command
knew Ihut the United States was
reaily at Muscle .Simula, Alabunin, to
manufacture 13 per cent of all ths
high explosives needed by all the Al
lied armies on all fronts In die expect
ed drive of the following spring.
The first person on construction
work reached Muscle Shoals on No
vember 28, 117. On February 18,
1918, ground waa Brat broken for a
permanent plant building. On Octo
ber 28, 1918, eight months and eight
days later, the manufacturing plant
had begun the production of ammo
nium nitrate.
When America entered the world
war In April, 1917, she had no meane
of producing the enormous quantities
of high explosives necessary to pro
vide the huge army she planned to
r,.ia The verv fact that our Indus
tries were already wo.ked to capacity
nrnvldlnir ammunlth u to the allies
leemed to make further production for
our own use Impossible.
Fertilizer Process Turned to Wsr Use
At this juncture the Ordnance De
triment turned to cyanaraia, a com
oierclal fertlllier, which had for some
,. hon nroiluced successfully at
Falls, bv a process the Ameri
can rights of which were omninea in
Iii7 from Germany M Frunk Mier
iuu Washburn, head of the American
Cyanamld Company.
Hv ihls nrocess cyanamld was pro
j..o,i i,v eTtractliiL' nitrogen from the
.if fiiui'minhlnlnL' It with calcium ob
luinmi from limestone rock and carbon
fr... coke Bv milting lyntmmld
ihrniivh three more nrnctascs both ntn
moniii and nitric acid can he extracted
from It and combined Into the expio
slve, ammonium nllrate Mr Wush
burn waa Invited lo present plans and
estimates for the construction In the
shortest possible, time of nn ammonium
nitrate plant at Muscle Simula, Ala
hama, and a contract between his com
pany and the United States waa enter
ed Into under date of November 16,
1017.
To have general supervision of plan
ning and carrying out the work an or
cimljatlon known us the Air Nitrates
n.,r.nmtlon waa formed to act as
u,.ont of the Ordnance Department.
Thla corporation provided the general
designs, supervised nil the worn aim
operated the camp, the town and the
plant. It also Installed all equipment
In the chemical plant, me various
other aectlons of the work were sub
let to organlratlons that were special
ists In the directions in which they
were ssked to help.
New City Built From the Ground.
It was necessary to build a new
town to house the Inborera. For this
Job Westlnghouse Church Kerr Com
pany waa failed In as contractor. This
company Slso built the buildings of the
chemical plant. Within four months
1J.000 workmen had been assembled
and a city capable uf accommodating
2.1,000 Inhahltanta had been completed,
with lodging, restnuranta, stores, of
fice, police beadiuarlera. achools, Are
departments, hospitals, monon piciu.e
theaters, electric ngni uuu
svstems.
' The construction of the plant proper
was begun on February 16, 1918. Just
eight months and eight daya later the
big plant began a steady output of am
monium nitrate. The plant contains
113 permanent buildings, with s roof
area of over 28 acres.
To provide the electric current it
was necessary to build s steam power
electric plant, for It would have taken
three years or more to complete the
dam and hvdro-electrtc station now un
der way. This plant, built by the J. 0.
White Corporation. Is one of the larg
eat ateam Plants for developing elec
trical energy In the worm.
., ,,t,,n! of the olunt la Si Ml tons of
ammonium nitrate a day, and this can
he produced at Muscle Shonls at a coal
leas Ihsn one-half the standard fixed
price paid by the Government for am
monium nitrate produced by other
methods snd one-fourth to one-fifth the
cost of other high explosives of eiual
.. PnmnHrert with the older
process of making ammonium nitrate, i
the savings made hy thla plant wou'd
have paid the tt,000,000 coat of the j
entire p'ant in aoout one una ouv-uau
years of operstloa.
As a military weapon It Is ons of the
wisest snd most economical expendi
tures that the Ordnance Department
haa undertaken. As an agent In stop
ping tl. war and as a future protec
tion to the country it value is Vacate
iuble.
Although National Thrift Week, which opens January IT, la soma time
away, the Savings Division of the United States Treasury has already com
pleted tentative plans for Its observance. The purpose of the week will
be to start the country off In the New Year with a sound financial program
for every Individual and every household.
Two enda are sought, according to olTlclal announcument: First, uat
the condition of the Individual be Improved, and seoond, that the financial
and industrial etrength of the nation be increased by the great sums of capi
tal which will be accumulated through the practice of aystematlc saving snd
sound investment on the part of the people.
The program for National Thrift Week, as at present tentatively planned,
though at this time subject to alight change, has been announced from
vvasningtun as ionows:
Saturday, January 17, 1920 National Thrift Day To enliit the nation In
a campaign to "Save FtrBt and Spend Afterward."
Sui. day, January 18 Thrift Sundiiy Bermons In all American puipus on
the relation of economic life to religious well-being, and ths need of sharing
with others. '
Monday, January 1 National Life Insurance Day To emphasise the
Importance of liid'vldual and family protection.
Tn,lav Jnniiarv 50 Own-Your-Own-Home Dav To ehow the pleasure
and profit which tome from owning your own home.
Wednesday, jL.i.i.ary 21-Makc .A-Will Day To urge upon men ana women
who possess prop rty the necessity of making provisions for Its proper distri
bution.
Thursday, January 22--Thrlft-ln-!ndustry Day To emphasise the need of
thrift In all plants and mlllB and faotorles and the economic value of co-opera
tlon bilween rapitul and labor.
Friday, January 23 Family Budget Day To show the Importance of using
tuslness methods In the conduct of the household.
Saturday, Janunry 24 I'ay Your-Bllls Day To stress the moral obliga
tion to settle all il. bts as promptly as possible.
It Is believed that the observance of thla wek cannot fall to Improve the
Industiy and moral tone of the nation since It Is designed to Inculcate sound
t.u-cmsi principles which Inevitably lead to Increased prosperity and happi
Seas.
For
Weak
Women
In usclorovcr-lOycarsl
Thousai'dsot voluntary
letters from women, tell
ing ol the good Carilui
has done them. This is
the best proof oi the value
ol Cardui. It proves that
Cardui is a good medicine
lor women.
There are no harmful or
habit -forming drugs In
Cardui. It is composed
only o! mild, medicinal
ingredients, with no bad
giter-elfects.
TAKE
CABDU
The Woman's Tonic
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You can rely on Cardui.
Surely it will do ior you
what it has done lor so
many thousands ol other
women! It should help.
"1 was taken sick.
teemed to be ... ,"
writes Mrs. Mary E.Vesle,
of Madison Heights, Va.
"I got down so weak,
could hardly walk . . .
just staggered around.
... 1 read ol Cardui,
and after taking one bot
tle, or before taking quite
all, I felt much better. I
took 3 or 4 bottles (I
that time, and was able to
do my work. 1 take It In
the spring when run
down. I had no appetite,
and I commenced eating.
It is the best ton e I ever
aw." Try Cardui.
All Druggists
PROVERB.
esst thou a men dllllgent ta his
uslnees. he shall sot stand before
kluas. he shall aoi stand before
hi aea. Pror M:IS. It is tbe
atorel support of capital back of him
that fives ths 4tllent Stan dignity
ta ths presence of ths king. Buy
w a
Tms sluggard will not flow by res
sea af Us cold ; . therefore shall ha
bet la harvest and hare nothing
Prsr. K i The sllvs mas plows un
dee aardehls feasts la harvest and
eaves acrplas, until ha conies ta a
day whea he may sleep hit s I
snowy saanlag. Boy W. B. B
tODDIES NOW MAKING "
EONEY AND SAVING IT
tart Carolina sheol Soeleilst R
port Qreat Aetlvlty. Treasury
Dspsrtment of Untied States 1
Receives Splendid
Support
slaking money aad saving It la b
lonilng no less popular among Honk
Carolina sohool oblldrsa than among
grown-ups. More popular, perhaps.
Ihan-Mha time honored study of read
mit writing and arithmetic Is ths new
itudy of thrift which Is being Inoort
rated Into the regular wot of th
! lohools. The subject Is tauaM sa eon
1 aeotlon with the "Text Books of
Thrlfl" which are seat without charge
' M asy teaoherdeelrlag them fey ths
War Loan Orgaalsatloa of ths Fifth.
: Federal Reserve Dlairtot,
i Judglag by reports, ths school
children of North Carolina are going
I the taaehlne of thrift one better. Al
ready a great many aavlngs sooletlea
have been organized la the schools
of this state, and the pupils hars and
all over the district as well are busy
devising waya of earning money ta
order that it may be wisely Invested
la Thrift Stampa aad War Barings
tamps.
Is Thrifty Younoster.
In mm of the schools In this dis
trict there Is a youngster who haa
laid the foundation of a prosperous
saresr by plowlag and by selling
vegetables. When all the work was
dons the lad counted the money ha
had put la bank. He found that H
amounted to Just twenty-five dollora.
Many of ths world's richest men be
gan life with lees than twenty-eva
dollara. But they aaved their money
aad Invested It wisely, thus assuring
success.
la one of ths l-A grades, so a teach
er reports, ons of ths girls haa earned
no less than twenty dollars by help
ing around the house, while members
o a savings society that ftourtahea
la a l-A grade havs mads about
twenty five dollars doing auch odd
Jobs aa lesdiag ths ohlckens, tying
tobacco and chopping grass.
Several boya who are members ol
savings socletlss which are particu
larly active have bought clothes with
money they earned In similar waya.
Ons little fellow did so well helping
his father that hs was paid ten dol
lars. As he received the money ha
bought Thrift Stamps, showing that
bs slready knew how to aavs snd
vest what hs mads.
Popular among these small Invest
ors are ths Penny and Nickel Sav
ings Books Issued to all school pupils
desiring thsm. Ia ths days when, to
many tots, the price of even a Thrift
tamp, may bs too hags to ss gottea
sogether sll st ones, snd when one
Just must bay an occasional all-dav
auckar or a oent-aplece bite of oandy,
lots of youngsters thins it wis io
eavs a penny or a nlokls at a time.
The eoin Is deposited with the teaon
ar for safs kesplng, and shs stamps
, ths aavlngs cards to show how much
the child has put In his account.
When ths total Is large enough, It
goes Into the purchase of a whole
Thrift Stamps.
Piling, up money of your own la a
great gams, played In this fashion, and
a game that Is dally growing la savos
la North Carolina aohoole.
Mrs. Bowen Tells How Rats Al
most Burned Her House
Down.
A Rat Breeds 6 to 10 a Year. Av
eraging Ten Young to a utter.
Remember this, act as soon aa you
see the first rat. (let a package of KA l
SNAP, lt'a a sure rat and mice destroy
er. It'e convenient, comes in cake form
no mixing, Mummifies rats after,
killing lesvea no smell, ( ate or doge
won't touch it.
Three Sites, 25c, 60c. and H.
Sold snd guaranteed by Vieros-White-
I "
WlUX ON, N.C'frenAadw.UN W'
To The Dyspeptic.
Would you not like to feel that our
stomach troubles are over, that you can
eat an- kiud of food that you craie?
Consider then the lact that Chamber
lam's Tablets have cureJ others why
not you? There are many who have
been restored to health by taking these
tablets and can eat any kind of food
I that the; crave.
r o flreat Act of Heroism Required
If some gicat act of heroism was nec
esssuy to piotect a child from croup,
no mot li. r would hesitate to protect her
ollspnup, but when it is nly necessary
lo keep at hand a bottle of Chamber
lain's t'ougb Retmdy is within the reach
of all is piorapt and elfectual.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Don't You Forget It.
ua.r in mind that Chamberlain 'a Tab
lets not only move the bowele but im
prove the appetite and strengthen the
digestion. They contain do pepsin or
other digestive ferment but strengthen
the stomach and enable it to perform
As functions naturally.
Ignorant people are born critics.
'For two months 1 never went in our
eellsr, fearing a tat One night m bed
Iamelled fire. Sure enough the rat
u.-i Kr, nil.Kliiii at the matches. If 1
hadn't acted promptly my holise would
have been burned. Later we touna me
dead rat. RAT-SNAP killed it. Us
great stuff "
Three Bises, 25c., 60c. and It.
Sold snd guaranteed by Pierce-White-head
Hdw-. Co., Weldoa.
U. S. bovernment Warns Farm
ers About Disease Caused by
Rats.
Thev carrv Itubonic plague, fatal 1 1
human beings. Tbey carry foot and
mouth disease which ia fatal to stock.
They kill chickens, eat grain, cauae de
struction to property. If you have rata
RAT -SNAP will kill them. Cremates
rates after killing them, leaves no smell.
Comes in cakes, ready for use.
Three sizes, 25c , 50c, II.
Sold and guaranteed by Pierce-White-head
Hardware ' o., Weldon.
How eloquent is the silent lady
on silver dollar.
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