JBEST ADVERT1SINC JIEDIUM ,IN NOllTH CAROLINA i News amd Ob ciyoor vaev. 8tn4 awJ live days . kefer turatuB In rear te avoid -kiwiu a etAtle copy. VOLCXIV. NO. 66. RALEIGH, N. C SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4. 1921. PRICE: SEVEN CENTS Best Of Care For Disabled, Keynote Of Service Conventions . : - Delefatet To American Legion. And Woman's Auiiliary Conrention Ammbled On Steps Of CouithotiM At HenderaonTilla COMMAND E RBIRO OUTLINES POLICY Head of North Carolina Legion naires Tells of Plans For ' Organization ' TO TEACH RULES OF PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCE Co-operation of School Super intendments and Others Will ! Be Invited; Will Identify Le j gion With Churches; First t and Foremost Wort Will Be For Disabled Men NeW Legion Commander I ff f A htkt seneril outline of the polley cf hia administration ai Bead of the 'American Legion of North Carolina has been prepared by Tom Bird, who wai hoien eotnmandcr of the legionnairei in Hcndersonville at the convention which closed recently. , '1 intend to appoint an Americanism committee to work in collaboration with erne organiaatioiu to put over a earn .paiBtt'to teach the fundamental princi ples of torernment and patriotism, tuch as How to honor the flag,' 'What to do when , the Star 8pgl4 Banner it played,' How to . iondue a Thilttaiy funeral' and varlcmt (hef nuAters of equal importance. X will request the eommltUe to aelecl eome partieulat date om which to ask alt echool aoperinten denta and their assistants to eo-operate in the movement. I will also seek the eo-oneration of farm demonstrators, eonnty welfare agents and will solicit the continued eo-opcration of the news-MPcn, Standi for Rellgioa "Jt is my policy to identify the American Legion with the churches in North Carolina. We want it understood that the American legion stands for :g morala and religious principles, as well ti one hundred per cent Ameri canism. We believe our government is founded on religions principles. mVim Pnmmnnrler Hollis. of Wilming ton, will have complete authority in his .section if the state and wilHook over the job completely in his vicinity. We hope to have completed at an early date list of all men who entered the service from North Carolina, and the district r.-namittecmen will be furnished with lists by counties "of all men who saw ' crvlee. ; Each district will be alled tipon to organize and supervise a mem bership campaign. Disabled Men First "The flrst and foremost Vork to be none in North Carolina by the American Lesion will be In the interest of dis abled men and the families of the boys who made the supreme sacrifice. The ery excellent work started by Dr. dama Fisher, in Charlotte, chairman of the hospitalization committee, will be Continued; an effort will be made to i each every man in North Carolina, who is in need of benefits f government deprtmenta. . r I am surprised at the growth of the 'American Legion auxiliary and hope for its continuance and assure the organiza tioa my most hearty support. We de sirs the auxiliary and the Bed Cross to co-operate hand in hand and not eon ' flict in any way by working in harmony and together to achieve the best results possible We art sure the aucilary will ' also eo-operate with the War Mothers, the War Fathers, Knights or uoiumbus, Jewish Welfare, Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C. A.. Baraca-P hilatheaa and other organi sations, -. " ' in weeding out the 'gold bricks' and rid the government of the expense of pay- - Jnf compensation t men who are not entitled to . Te Realf as Post Commander Mr. Bird, whe was elected eommander et the Kin-Boekwell Post of the Legion here in December, 1933, will len der his resignation at the next meeting on September 0. The membership of the post has doubled since he was elected its head. The State eommander was born in Bominy. March 28, 1896, and was left aa orphan at the age of two years'. He says lis was left no heritage except that "he was a poor mountain white He worked his way through school, and is now in the insurance business in Asheyille with Dan W. Bill, acting postmaster. He en listed in Battery B, 817th field artillery as a private and .was discharged as a sec ond lieutenant in the reserve corps. The Carnegie Foundation for the sd- TMeemeat of teaching was founded la 19u5, and a year later was incorporated by Congress lor the. purpose cf pro viding retiring allowances for teachers and officers of aatvorsitles, enllegvs and technical schools in the United States, jCaaada and Newfoundland, and, in general, of advancing the profession ef the teachers and thi cause of higher Education, Forward Observation Po s t LaFayette-Marne Day To Be Observed Hendersonville Convention a Most Successful One Newly Elected Of ficers of Legion Look To Future With Confidence "On To Kansas City" By CALE K. BURGESS, Department Adjutant 4 v THOMAS W. BIRD. Mr. Bird, who was the former eom mander of Kiffia Beckwel Post, at Aaheville, has many'plans for the pro motion of Legion interests in North Carolina the coming year. Among other things he proposes to put on a campaign to teach the rules of patri otic observance. But the needs of the disabled veterans and the families of those -who made the supreme sacrifice will have priority af the State Depart ment's concern, Commander Bird an nounces. Heads Woman's Auxiliary . ... V . ' . ' ) ' . '-,,.) ... h:U V- ... MRS. E. W. BURT, OF SALISBURY Mrs. Burt has been serving as tempo rary eommander of the Woman's Auxi liary, North Carolina Department of the American Legion, for the past year and was elected commander at the re cent meeting of the Auxiliary at Hen dersonville. The Auxiliary Is expected to aid the canse of the North Carolina veterans of the World, War in many ways under Mrs. Burt's leadership. In accepting the post Mrs. Burt earnest! requested the,jeo-opratlon of all the members in carrying out tha plans of toe organization. : f LEGI ON CONVEN A DECIDED SUCCESS Accomplished Mission Effec tively Says Department Ad jutant Cale K. Burgess REVEALED ASPIRATIONS OF STATE ORGANIZATIONS Disabled Veterans To Beceire First Consideration; Re newed Enthusiasm Engend ered For Meeting This Obli gation; Sentiment For a More Bobust Americanization LaFayette-Marne Da will be ob served throughout the United States on September 0. The significance of the word Marne is universally known, and the name of our noble compatriot, Lv Fayette, strikes a responsive cord in the heart of all true Americans. The principal exercise of ths LaFkvatte- Marne Day will be heldtl Mount Ver non, Va4 at the home of George Wash ington. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Dr. John H. Finley will be among the speakers at this national celebration. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Booaevelt i honorary chairman of the committee in charge, with Brig. Gen. George Richards, of the Marine Corps, in 'active supervision. One hundred and thirty local posts of the American Legion in North Caro lina have been urged by State head quarters of the Legion to take proper cognizance of and make fitting obser vation of September 0 to the end that we might keep alive the spirit ef La- Fayette and the honor due him from this nation. Convention Very Successful. The Hendersonville convention of ths Legion, August 26 and 27, was pro nounced to be one of the most success ful assemblies in North Carolina; about five hundred delegates and other rep resentatives of ths American Legion and of the Women's Auxiliary of the Legion traveled from every section of the State to join in this third annual convention of ths .North Carolina de partment of the Legion. The addresses delivered and the other proceedings of the convention " were both instructive and inspiring. An unusual spirit of good fellowship and ef service to others prevailed both within and without the convsntioa hall. The messages of the Hon, Josephus Daniels, Governor Cam eron Morrison, Col Charles B. Forbes, director of the Veterans' Burean; CoL Alyin M. Owsley, national director of the Americanism Commission of the Legion, made aa, invaluable eontriba tioa to the cause of the ex-service men in this 6tate and particularly to the work of the Legion in behalf of the rfltiabled ex-Service men and ths foster ing of one hundred per cent Ameri canism; Many reports have reached State headquarters since the ; eonven tioa giving expression., ef ths' revival that has been started throughout this State ia support ef the ideals and the program of the American Lcgioa ia North Carolina. ' Greater Work Planned. The aewly elected . officers of the American Legion look forward with confidence to greater work for North Carolina than has been accomplished heretofore. Enthusiasm and a determi nation to serve nnsolflshly have been evidenced by the newly elected Legion officers. The new administration can be fairly represented by ths message delivered by W. Curtis McLeod, de livered in nominating the new depart ment eommander. McLeod is at the government hospital at Oteen. Inci dentally he is commander of the Azalea post of the Legion, composed of aisaoica men la that hospital. Ho re counted to the convention the great service that the Legion had rendered the eleven hundred and fifty men at Oteen and stated that when his dele gation left their disabled comrades to attend the convention, those who were not able to leave the hospital were asked what message they would send to their comrades assembled in conven tion, and that the response was, "Tell the boys how much we appreciate what they have done for ns this year and tell them that if they wish to render the greatest possible aid and service to the men in the hospitals they will select as State commander and leader Thomas W. Bird, of Aaheville, -who has become the personal friend of practically every disabled man in the hospitals in Nortn uaroiina. Ana we oeauty ot such a tribute to our present eommander is that those statements were true., Ma Leod, of Oteen, was jot playing poli tics. Tom Bird as eommander of the Eiffin Bockwell post at Aaheville has become the "pal" and real "buddy' of ths disabled boys and girls In ths hospitals near Asheyille. He knows them by their nicknames and, as State eommander of the American Legion, he will be in position to arouse and lead ths ex-service men and other pa triots or Aofth Carolina to a proper realization anddischargs of their duty and obligation to those men and wo men who are lying in the hospitals ia this State, etill paying with their life blood the pries of the freedom of the world. "Osls Kansas City." "On to Kansas City!'' is the slogan for Tar Heel Legionnaires. On Octo ber SI, November 1 and 2, the largest assembly- of ths world s greatest cele brities in the history of this nation will attend the third national convention of ths American Legion in Kansas City. Marshals . Foeh and Hair, Generals Diaz, Jacques, Carry and other leading army and naval commanders ' of the Allied nations will bs present. Presi dent Harding and his cabinet, General Pershing and the commanders of Amer ica's famous combat divisions will at tend the convention. The Governors of twenty-two States have already given assurances of their presence. More than one million delegates and visitors will journey to Kansas City for this world famous assembly t and North Carolina counts on sending a delega tion of two hundred men and woman to thhK national convention. "On to Kansas City!" The varnish tree or Bhus vernicifera Is found in .ths mountains of Hupen, China, ia great forests. , "The Hendersonville convention of the American Legion accomplished its mission quite effectively," declared Cale K. Burgess, Department Adjutant, in talking about the State Department meeting held" August 26-87. "It was the third Annual Assembly of the North Carolina Department of the Legion, the first convention having met in Baleieh on October 20, 1919, and the second in Wilmington on September 3d and 4th, 1920, each assembly making a distinct improvement over the pre aedlne convention. 7n iirensrlnir the DTOffraza for the Hcadorsoatille convention, I aimed to gii expression- to the life and aspira tionx of the American Legion, particn larly as it pertains to North Carolina; and Judging from my own observation and the reports from others attending the convention, I am confident that rois aim or mission was attained to a marked degree. The two chief fdesa and activi ties of ths Amoriaaa Legion were pre sented so effectively by the Henderson villa Convention that they are today tae chief topic of discussion among all those who attended the convention. Disabled Onea First Coasidmtiom "The first and foremost consideration of ths American Legion ia ths interests and welfare of disabled ex-semes men. Service to those who were disabled in the World War is the chief concern of the Legion; and through its activities In behalf of national legislation for aos vitals and other soldier relief, and through its service in rendering moral and material aid to those ia the nospi tals within this State, significant eontri bution has been made by the Legion naires of North Carolina to this chief aim 'and enterprise of the American Legion. The Hendersonville convention gave expression to what his been ac complished in this direction and filled all those present with greater enthn asm and determination to fufilll the high obligation and live np to the sacred privilege that devolves upon ex- service mea and all patriots, as pertain report of Dr. Adam Fisher, ebairmaa ef onr hospitalisation committee, evidenced what Legionnaires and their co-workers, the members of the Women's Auxiliary, have done this year in the way of send ing gifts, providing loans and giving the personal touch to the boys at Oteen, Kenilworth and other hospitals la this State. The address of Miss Lucy 3, Chamberlain, field representative of the American Bed Cross, evidenced the co operation that has been rendered and the further aid that will bs given by the Bed Cross in its work with the Legion in behalf of ex-service men and their families. The address of B. H. Hinds, contact representative of the Veterans' Bureau in North Carolina, fur nished further evidence of the service that is being accomplished through gov ernmental ageneies for those who served onr country ia the World War. But the chief contribution ea this subject the inspiring and instructive address of Col. Charles R. Forbes, of Washington who, as director-ef the Veterans4 Bureau, heads all governmental agencies provided to serve the men and women who wore the uniform of our country In 1917-15. Through these reports and ad dresses, everyone became informed as to what has been accomplished and was filled with enthusiasm for greater serv ice te the disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines or this nation. ' Te Promote Americanism "Banking as second ia the alma aad activities of the American Legion, comes the idea of Americanism, the work of combatting the enemies, ef the . ideals and Institutions of onr nation and of creating ia all of ear citizens a greater appreciation of onr free institutions and a greater love and respect for our country. This idea and activity of ths fjegioa found expression ia the resolu tions of scathing condemnation ef George Harvey, Eugene V. Debt, Grover BargdoIL and other individuala eoa- spieuous ia the crimes that are being perpetratea against- tae honor and In tegrity of onr nation, aad its aaered Ideals and institutions. , "Also the thought of Americanism, Patriotism aad Service to God andi Department Adjutant CALE K. BURGESS. Mr. BurgeM was re-elected depart ment adjutant at Hendersonville. His work wan formally commended by He- tiring Commander- Cyrus I). Hogue at the convention. In addition to his duties as finance office, Mt. Burgess has undertaken to maintain the de partment In the newspapers started by Capt. A. L. Fletcher and known as the "Forward Observation Post." , - ; Country,, was promoted through, the hrillunt addresses delivered br , ev Seeretarr of the Navyi - Josephns Danuis. Governor Cameron mormon and Col. Alvin M. Owsley of Fort Worth. Tsxas, who is National Direc tor of ths Americanism Commission of ths American Legion. And this second aim of the eoavcntioa was effected to such a gratifying degree that all those who visited Hendorsoavllle are still singing the praises of Daniels, Morrison, and Owsley, trying to tell their friend at home what wonderful speeches these nobis patriots delivered; and still we eaa-hear resounding from the streets and environs of Hendersonville echoes ef loud Singing, "We'll hang George Harvey on a sour spple tree, the re frain changing only for George Harvey to give place to provide for the hang ing of 'Gene Debs and Bergdoll on the same sour apple tree. Legion Occupies High Tlaee. "Being actuated and imbued by these two noble sentiments and enterprises, service to the disabled and love for God and Country, the Hcndersonville eon vention could not be other than a bril liant success.' Its achievements were gratifying; and the spirit of fellowship and self -sacrificing service that pre vailed, both within and without the con vention hall, was an Inspiration to all those who were fortunate enough to be in such an atmosphere. I am distinct ly proud of the success of the Hender sonville convention; it was a eredit to both that beautiful city In the Land of the Sky and to the greatest patriotic organisation in the world, the American Legion. Having helped in the organi sation of the first Legion Post in North Carolina, Raleigh Post No. 1, and hav ing labored for the advancement f the Legion and Its ideals in ' this State since that date, July 20, 1919. I am happy, indeed, to observe the high place , occupied by .the Legion in North n l . - J Y 1 1. - i Li l.l. 14VQIUM; nu 4 im iuvumuk wilu joy when J Witness stch evidences of progress as manifested by the Hender sonville convention and by that moit generous two and onenair eoiumv editorial in the August JWh Issue i the Raleigh News and Observer, penned by Josephns Daniels himself and con cluding with the tailoring exhortation i The day should not be far distant when every young man who served la he World War should enroll as a mem ber thus giving aa impetus for making the organization as powerful an or ganization for patriotic nervine ia peace ss its members were able to save the world by their decisive strength ia 191718. If I eould get the ear of every mmelxsr of the American Expedi tionary Forces and evry man who wore Uncle Sam's uniform in those critical days, I would urge him to stick to his comrades and help to make the Legion the greatest power for good in AmerU. today and tomorrow and all the tomorrows.'" VM HW Hi Mtk BARGAIN km 1 , JfiFHItms MVfHin I . i vij -.v. : MX Urn. SFICIAl 1 orrta SnS Mly tt.se m Sam ana ft III MM m ikh Mutual IS lack Slack taiM MwMaa iMtkar . It hat ww.a-la VraM.- ni h Ma Kk ant ansa trhk Haas, rattmiaw Kam at lid as arrival. Goldsboro Mail Order House N. I. COWASOS. PROF. teS-IOS I. Ccacar Stfact. 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