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VOL. XXXVIII.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, NOEMBER 17, 1915.
NO. 15.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happsnings of This and Other Natisss
For Seven Days Art
Given.
THE NEWS J)FTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found in
Brief Paragraphs.
Foreign
All doubts as to what road Greece
will choose out of the muddle in the
Balkan situation have been dispelled.
The king dissolved the chamber of
' deputies, uespue me iaci tnai au ele
ments hoped to avoid elections at the
present crisis.
From reports of the disaster re
ceived from Tunis, where many of
the rescued were landed, it appears
the Ancona attempted to escape and
was overhauled. She was overhauled
and shelled and the charge is made
that even the life-boats were shelled.
Many of the survivors were taken
to port in a wounded condition.
Official announcement is made in
London that several British generals
have been recalled from the front
since the war began. The general
have been recalled for various rea
sons, but none have been allowed to
retire or resign.
German losses in twenty-two days
are reported to be 78,376 killed, miss
ing and wounded. It is stated that
-the total Prussian loss to date is
2,099,454. This does not include Prus
sians fighting at the Dardanelles.
For the first time in the history of
Japan, the-people and the representa
tives of foreign governments were
present at the coronation of a mikado,
when Yoshihito, son of Mutsuhito, ac
ceded to the throne of Nippon, at
y? t.iiii bviu .us oyii tio jl i 1 r
ancestor that he was emperor.
The Chinese government, it i3 an
nounced in Pekin, has awarded to
George Bronson Rea, a United States
engineer of Brooklyn, the grand prize
for the best program for a national
e to tom t To 1 i tit ova
Earl Loreburn, former English high
chancellor, says that 15,000,000 men
have been killed or disabled since the
war began, and says that if the war
continues indefinitely, "revolution or
anarchy" is sure to sweep Europe.
Germany, in a note to the United
States government, flatly denies tes
timony alleged to have been given in
the English courts that German offi
cers "prepared false American pass
ports and handed them to agents" and
expresses doubt that such testimony
was ever given.
It is stated in a London dispatch
that the political crisis in Greece has
been overcome, M. Skouloudis having
accepted and performed the task of
organizing a cabinet, which, being
composed of all the members of the
Zaimis government, with the exception
of the premier himself, will carry on
the former policy of maintaining neu
trality. Nine hundred Irishmen who intend
ed to sail from Liverpool for the
United States were prevented from
sailing by the firemen of the . steam
er refusing to go with the steamer
if the Irishmen should go.
Domestic
John D. Rockefeller (entertained
25,000 school children in Cleveland,
Ohio, at the flower show. The chil
dren had a "bully" time, and John D's
face wore a broad smile.
The formation of a sandbar in the
Mississippi river in front of the Mem
phis, Tenn., wharves has almost com
pletely blocked the Memphis harbor.
A tornado swept over parts of Kan
sas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Estimate-
of the dead run as high as
fifty or sixty. Several towns were
wrecked. Fires broke out in the de
bris of several wrecked houses, but
a heavy rain quickly quenched the
names.
It is reported in Galveston, Texas,
that one hundred Villa officers have
deserted him and accepted amnesty
from General Carranza. The Mexican
consul at Galveston thinks the rebel
lion will soon be settled.
Rev. George Sweatt, a Wesleyan
Methodist preacher was murdered on
a lonely highway near Hamlet, N. C.,
by a party or parties unknown. He
was shot through the hearts
The Ancona, the Italian vessel sunk
by a submarine, played an important
Part in the rescue of passengers from
tte burning Fabre liner Sant' Anna
in mid-Atlanta last September 12. She
rescued more than six hundred pas
sengers from the burning vessel.
Sixty-six amateur poets were mulct
ed of $10 each by John T. Hall, one
f the many alleged fake music pub
lishers scattered throughout the coun
try, in a "poem contest!" They will
testify against him in his trial in New
Yk City. Fifteen hundred poets are
alleged to have been fleeced.
A big dye factory will be started
at Kingsport, Tenn. A site . of 200
acres has been purchased. The fac
tory will employ 2,000 skilled opera
tives when completed. Big business
is anticipated, owing to the fact that
importation of dyestuffs from Germa
ny has been stopped since the war
fcegan.
A 60-year-old man hanged at Fort
Worth, Texas, had his head entirely
severed from his body when the gal
low? was tripped.
Railroads of the United States spent
ten million dollars in newspaper ad
vertising during this fiscal year.
Judge Alton B. Parker, speaking to
a Miami, Fla., audience, urged the
necessity of preparedness for war, cit
ing China as an example of what un
preparedness might mean to this
country. He said that every nation
outside of the western hemisphere
hated the Monroe doctrine.
Washington
The emperor of Japan sent a cable
gram of thanks to President Wilson
for his felicitation on the accession
of the emperor to the throne, and
expresses the hope that the amicable
relations now existing between the two
countries may continue.
The plots to destroy the munition
plants has been laid to Bernstorff, the
German ambassador to the United
States. The former Austrian consul
general at San Francisco has confess
ed that the effort to destroy muni
tions plants and fomenting strikes
was carried on under the supervision
of Bernstorff. The Austrian embassy
says Gorricar's statement has no foun
dation in fact, and charges that he
left his post on leave and failed to
return.
About twenty-seven Americans are
believed to have been lost with the
torpedoed Italian liner Ancona, ac
cording to a cable to the state de
partment from Ambassador Page.
The nation's corn crop this year,
while not the largest in the history
of the country, is the most valuable.
It is stated that it will be worth not
less than two billion dollars.
News of the sinking of the Ancona
precipitated a sensation in Washing
ton. It is clearly shown the vessel
could not have been carrying contra
band, and there is apparently no rea
son for the act. It probably foreshad
ows another long controversy between
the Teutonic allies, which may assume
a critical aspect before it is finished.
Rigid investigation will be made as
to whether the vessel was sunk with
out warning.
European War
Von Hindenburg has abandoned all
hope of capturing Riga and Dvinsk,
and is falling back.
The Russians claim to have captur
ed; 130,000 prisoners in their recent
smashes at the German line in the
east.
Heavy losses were suffered by the
Germans in the fighting around Kem
mern and in the district Ixskull,
where, Petrograd dispatches an
nounce, ten German attacks were hurl
ed back with frightful carnage.
The British steamship Rhineland
has been sunk, with only one surviv
or landed.
The allies continue to land troops
at Salonika, despite protest to the Hel
lenic government from the Teutonic
allies.
It is definitely announced in Rome
that Italy will intervene in the Bal
kan situation.
The Russians in the district of Riga
and Dvinsk continue to plow holes
in the German lines, and are proving
that the Germans have made a dan
gerous move by sending parts of the
eastern army into Serbia and to the
Dardanelles.
The Italians operating in Austria
continue on the aggressive and have
added a new mountain position to
their gains in Trentino.
Another German rush is expected
in the western war zone before the
winter sets in, and the Franco-English
armies are on the alert.
There have been only a few minor
attacks in the western war zone for
some time, and a big battle is ex
pected at any time.
The Italian, French and British
have inaugurated a strong campaign
to capture the Austro-German subma
rines operating in the Mediterranean.
In addition to the Ancona and
France, the British steamers Moorina,
Californian and Clan McAlister have
been sunk and the British transport
Mercedes shelled with a loss of twenty-three
men killed, fifty wounded and
thirty missing, in the last ten days
in the Mediterranean.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg re
ports successes in the heavy fighting
near Dvinsk.
The Russians continue their sharp
and unexpected attacks at various
points along the eastern front of the
war zone. They claim to have brok
en the Teutonic line in two places.
It is reported in Saloniki that the
total number of allies landed is three
hundred thousand, and that more are
arriving daily.
. Italy is threatening to invade Alba
nia in- an effort to aid the stricken
Serbians.
A large submarine flying the Austri
an flag has sunk the Italian steamer
Ancona from Naples for New York.
Shells or topedoes were used, as some
of the survivors are wounded. The
steamer could not have carried con
traband, as she was bound for New
York. The vessel was valued at over
a million dollars. There are reported
270 survivors of the 582 persons who
were aboard.
The Japanese steamer Yasakuni
Maru 5,118 tons was sunk by a Ger
man submarine near Gibraltar. The
captain and the crew reached shore
safely.
Beyond the fact that Lord Kitchener
has departed for the Near East, there
is little news from the allied side
respecting the Balkans.
The Austro Germans have captur
ed Krusevac, thirty miles due north
west of Nish, Serbia.
The Montenegrins have inflicted an
other defeat on the Austrians in the
east. '
Fifty-five members of the French
steamer Calvados, sunk by a German
submarine near the straits of Gibral
tar have been rescued and taken to
port by the British steamer Lad
Plymouth. -
SERBS FALL BACK
FROM MOUNTAINS
AUSTRO-GERMANS KEEP UP A
STEADY ADVANCE AGAINST
THE ENEMY.
CAPTURE MORE PRISONERS
Along Eastern Fronts Serbs Offer
.Stubborn Resistance. French Un
dertake Offensive Movement.
London. The Serbians are falling
back from mountain range to moun
tain range before the advance of the
Austro-German forces, whose official
reports enumerate the capture of 1,000
or more prisoners daily, a few guns
and quantities of stores. The Serbians
are fighting continuously, however,
and are inflicting considerable losses
on their pursuers. ,
' Along the eastern front the Serb
ians appear to be holding their own
against the Bulgarians and are mak
ing a stand on the western bank of
the Morava river. So stubborn has
been their resistance the Bulgarians
have had to call for assistance from
the Austro-German artillery in their
efforts to drive the defenders out of
Katchanik Pass. Thus far they have
been unsuccessful.
The British and French troops
which are receiving reinforcements,
are meeting with some success and
besides repulsing the Bulgarian at
tacks have undertaken small offensive
movements with good results. The
Austro-Germans and Bulgarians, how
ever, made such a progress from the
beginning of the campaign that it will
take serious work to check them.
For the moment the political situa
tion is graver than the military. The
Central Powers have again- protested
to Greece against the land of Allied
troops at Saloniki. King Constantino
is reported to have replied that as
Saloniki is an open port there has
been no infringement of Greek rights
in the landing and that Greece will
remain neutral until one of the bellig
erents has trangressed against those
rights.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON DEAD.
Noted Negro Leader and Educator
Dies at Home in Tuskegee.
Tuskegee, Ala. Booker T. Wash
ington, the noted negro educator and
founder of Tuskegee Institute, died
at his home here four hours after his
arrival from New York. Death was
due to harneing of the arteries fol
lowing a nervous breakdown.
The negro leader has been in fail
ing health for several months, but his
condition became serious only last
week while he was !n the East. He
realized the end was near, but was
determined to make the long trip
South to bear out his oft-expressed
statement that he had been "born in
the South, have lived all my life in
the South and expect to die and be
buried in the South."
Specialists who had examined
Washington said he was suffering
from nervous breakdown and harden
ing of the arteries. His last public
appearance was at the National con
ference of congregational churches,
where he delivered a lecture October
25th.
Washington is survived by his wife,
three children and four grand-children.
His brother, John H. Washing
ton, is superintendent of industries at
Tuskegee Institute.
Would Raise Fifty Millions.
Boston. The raising of $50,000,000
annually to support 25,000 mission
aries was advocated by J. Campbell
White, president of the University of
Wooster, in an address at the opening
day of the Boston Laymen conven
tion, representing many Protestant de
nominations. Italian Steamer Bosnia Sunk.
Rome. The Italian steamship Bos
nia has been sunk by a submarine fly
ing the Austrian flag. The passen
gers and crew boarded four life-boats,
three of which have landed, but the
fate of the occupants of the fourth is
not known.
American Hospital Opened.
Petrograd. The American hospital
was formally opened with enlarged
quarters in the presence of Baron Ro
sen, former Russian ambassador to
the United States and Count Nostitz.
City Councilman Santgalli and George
T. Marye, the American ambassador,,
delivered addresses. Ttiissiaa friends
presented the hospital with a portrait
of Grand Duke Alexis, the heir appa
rent. Two soldiers responded to he
addresses in English and thanked tho
Americans for their gift of the hos
pital. Cotton Ginned During October.
Washington. Cotton used during
October was 500,635 bales, compared
with 451,899 bales in October last
year, the Census Bureau announced.
Cotton on hand October 31 in con
suming establishments was 1,345,749
bales, compared with 715,623 a year
ago, and in public storage and at com
presses, 4,171,474 compared with 3,
777,469. Linters consumed during
October and not included in above
figures, 68,944 bales, against 30,12 i
year ago. Linters on hand Octobl
81, J30.031. bales.
CHURCHILL TO DO
TO
HAS RESIGNED FROM CABINET
AND WILL ENTER ACTIVE
FIELD SERVICE.
TELLS REASONS IN LETTER
z
Did ' Not Feel Like Remaining In
Times Like Thes in a Position of
Well Paid Inactivity.
London. It is officially announced
that Winston Spencer - Churchill,
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
has resigned from - the Cabinet and
will join the army in France.
Mr. Churchill in his letter of resig
nation explains that he agrees in the
formation of a small war council and
appreciates the intention which Pre
mier Asquith expressed to include
him among its members. He foresaw
the difficulties that the Premier
would have to face in its composi
tion he states, and he makes no com
plaint because the scheme was chang
ed but-wit hthe change his work in
the government naturally closed. He
says he could not accept a position of
general responsibility for a war pol
icy without any effective share in its
guidance and control and did not feel
able in times like these to remain in
well paid inactivity.
Rumors had been current for some
time that Mr. Churchill would resign
his seat in the cabinet and go out
on active service at the front. He is
a major in the Oxford Yoemanry.
Mr. Churcchill was serving as First
Lord of the Admiralty when the war
began and filled that office until the
formation of the coalition cabinet last
May. He took the position of Chan
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in
the new cabinet, Arthur J. Balfour
being made First Lord of the Admir
alty. GEORGIA MAKING LAWS.
House Passes Senate Bill Prohibiting
' Liquor Traffic.
Atlanta, Ga. The lower house of
the Georgia Legislature by 142 to 22
passed a bill which already had pass
ed the senate, to prohibit the manu
facture or sale of liquor in Georgia.
The only change the house made was
that the measure should become effec
tive May 1, 1916, instead of January
1, next. It defines "liquor' as any
drink containing more than one-half
of one per cent of alcohol. It is gen
erally understood that Governor Har
ris will sign it.
Advocates declare the bill will elim
inate all breweries, so-called "near
beer" saloons and "locker clubs" now
operating under laws which allow the
manufacture and sale of drinks con
taining no more than four per cent
alcohol.
The senate also has passed bills
to prohibit liquor advertisements and
to limit the- amount of liquor each
individual may have shipped to him
without the state.
Chairman Banker's Committee.
New York. J. Elwood Cox of High
Point, N. C, was chosen chairman of
the executive committee of the Nat
ional Bank section of the American
Bankers' Association which met here
for the purpose of completing organ
ization and mapping out work for its
future activity. The meeting was
largely given up to a discussion of
legislative matters pertaining to the
federal reserve system and its rela
tion to the national banks.
New Duties for General Scott.
Washington. President Wilson is
sued an order authorizing Maj. Gen.
Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the
army, "to perform the duties of Secre
tary of War during the illness or tem
oprary absence from the seat of gov
ernment of the Secretary of War,
whenever during such illness or ab
sence the assistance secretary of war
is also absent."
Get Rid of Colombia Treaty.
Washington. "Common courtesy
among nations demands that the sen
ate dispose of the pending treaty with
Colombia in the near future," declar
ed Senator Stone, chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee, in dis
cussing affairs which will demand the
immediate attention when congress
convenes. The principal provision of
the pending convention which has
been a stumbling block for two years
is that the United States shall pay
$25,000,000 to Colombia for the Pana
ma Canal strip.
Merchant Marine by Subsidies.
New York. Asseitions that in
the event of future loreign wars ex
portation from the . United States
would virtually cease and that only
the superior British and French Na
vies enable exportation to continue in
spite of the present European conflict,
were made at the meeting of the acad
emy on political science as arguments
for the upholding oi the American
merchant marine. United States Sen
ators Fletcher of Florida, Weeks of
Massachusetts and Owen of Oklaho
ma were the speakers.
ABM FRANCE
ME TROUBLE FOR
HOUSE OF COMMONS
NATIONALISTS SAY WAR IS BE
ING CONDUCTED WITH SIGNAL
INCOMPETENCE.
MOVING TOWARD DISASTER
Score Officers and Leaders Charging
Them With All the Blunders and
Failures.
London. Arthur Lynch, Nationalist
member from West Clare, during the
debate in the House of Commons con
tended that the war was being con
ducted with signal incompetence and
unless there was a change the coun
try, was moving straight to disaster.
He strongly attacked Lord Kitchener,
who, he said, had blundered in not
moving to the defense of Liege, again
on the question of munitions and once
again in Serbia.
"The blunder in the Dardanelles,"
Mr. Lynch added, "was at least a
blunder of a man who meant to do
something." '
Mr. Lynch said he would sweep
away 70 per cent of the higher British
command, beginning with Field
Marshal French, "who had been in
command 15 months and had made
no progress."
In the last offensive, continued Mr.
Lynch, the Allies broke through the
German lines but in the superior com
mand decision was wanted to take
full advantage of the normal victory.
The government, he declared, had no
plan of campaign. The idea of a suc
cess, of attrition was absurd. The
war must be won in the field. The
men were good and munitions were
there. It was leadership and direc
tion which were lacking.
William Joynson-Hicks, member of
the Brentford division of Middlesex,
drew attention to the condition of
the royal flying corps and the naval
air service. He said there was great
dissatisfaction connected with the
naval air service in regard to the or
ganization and the appointment of a
chief, who knew nothing about air
craft, above the heads of those who
in fact had built up the fabric of the
service.
It was important, added the mem
ber, that England should have large,
new aeroplanes for the offensive next
spring, in order to meet the new air
ships and new aeroplanes which the
Germans were building. He asked
why work on an English Zeppelin
had been stopped in January and
whether the Admiralty had dropped
the policy of attacking Zeppelins by
aeroplanes.
N. G. TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE.
Association Selects North Carolina
Town For 1916 Meeting.
San Franciscco. Refusal to endorse
President Wilson's proposal for a con
tinental army of 400,000 men marked
the closing session of the seventeenth
annual convention of the National
Guard Associatioa of the United
States. Asheville, N. C, was selected
as the meeting place for 1916, the
date to be decided later by the execu
tive committee. A resolution propos
ing that the association approve Pres
ident Wilson's plan was offered by
Gen. Henry D. Hamilton of New York.
The resolution was referred to a com
mittee without debate.
It was said the National Guard As
sociation was opposed to the continen
tal army plan- because it was believed
it would conflict with the organiza
tion. Some of the officers contended
that if a large reserve force was to
be provided it should be done under
guidance of the National Guard. Gen.
Thomas J. Stewart of Harrhisburg
was re-elected president of the asso
ciation for the seventh term. Other
officers elected follow:
Gen. Guy F. Logan, Des Moines,
Iowa, secretary; . Gen. Joseph A.
Storch, Fullerton, Neb., treasurer.
Among the vice presidents chosen
were the following: Gen. C. C.
Vaughn, Richmond, Va.; Gen. William
W. Moore, Columbia, S. C; Gen.
Charles Mackin, Annapolis, Md.
Keep Eye on Lobbyists.
Washington. Careful watch will ?e
kept on lobbyists during the coming
session of Congress, according to Sen
ator Overman, chairman of the sen
ate's special lobby committee. "The
committee is still alive," said Mr.
Overman, "and will be kept alive for
the purpose of inquiring into any in
sidious lobbying that may be attempt
ed during the next congress as a re
sult of problems growing out of the
European war. He mentioned propos
als to prohibit sales of war munitions
to belligerents.
FLASHES FROM EVERYWHERE.
Sanford H. Cohen of Asheville, N.
C., general passenger agent of the
new Mount Mitchell Railroad, was in
Washington making efforts . to get
some government military camps lo
cated in Asheville territory.
The fire aboard the Italian steam
ship Livietta, which sailed from Fort
Arthur, Texas, for Buenos Aires with
a cargo of case oil, was caused by the
explosition of a bomb placed in the
cargo, according to a statement is
sued by Capt. R. Lico, commander of
the vessel.
TEACHERS TO HEAR
NOTABLE SPEAKERS
SUPT. JOYNER PREPARES JNTER
ESTING PROGRAM FOR MEET
ING IN RALEIGH.
NOW NINE ORGANIZATIONS
Raleigh Women Will Care For the 84
Rural School Children Who At
'tend to Illustrate Teaching.
Raleigh. The North Carolina
Teachers' "Assembly holding its thirty-second
annual meeting in Raleigh,
November 24-26, will have as speaking
attractions Dr. Edwin A. Alderman,
president of the University of Vir
ginia; Dr. David Snedden, Massachu
setts Commissioner of Education;
Secretary Josephus Daniels and Dr.
A. E. Winship, editor of the Journal
of Education, Boston.
Nine teaching organizations are al
lied with the parent body now com
posed of several thousand members.
The largest of these-, the State Primary
Teachers' Association, will have a
noted North Carolina woman, Miss
Leila Cobb, head of Edinboro State
Normal School, Edinboro, Pa., and
others.
The programs have been issued
from of office of State Superintendent
J. Y. Joyner, by Prof. E. E. Sams,
secretary of the Assembly. The 1915
meeting is remarkable in many ways.
For the first time in all North Car
olina a school school teaching, a
woman presides over the meetings.
Miss Mary Owen Graham, of Char
lotte, sister of President Graham of
the University, is president of the As
sembly and will make the address this
year. She was formerly president of
the State Primary Teachers' Asso
ciation. The Woman's Crub of Raleigh has
assumed the duty of providing homes
for 84 rural school children who are
to be here during the assembly, for
the special purpose of constitution
demonstration schools to illustrate
methods of teaching to the members
of the assemly by the experts ' in
charge. These children from the
country are to be cared for without
charge and be here throughout the
session of the assembly.
This method was first tried out by
the assembly last year at Charlotte
with Cooking, sewing, canning and
other activities, the system making
a hit that ranked almost along with
the lectures by Dr. William Lyon
Phelps of the Chair of English at
Yale, and Mrs. Cora Stewart, the
apostle of moonlight schools, from
Kentucky. The assembly manage
ment is attempting this year even
greater things.
These children come from Mc
Dowell, Johnston, Northampton, Ala
mance, Orange an4 Granville coun
ties. The demonstration work will be
under the direction of Misses Loula
Cassadey, Maud Bernard and Eliza
beth Kelly and Profs. F. D. under
wood, E. E. Balcomb and Zebulon
Judd.
Three Generations Unable to Read.
Caroleen. With a surprisingly large
attendance and much enthusiasm
shown, the moonlight school for Caro
leen is being held in the town hall
with County SupL W. R. Hill and
Principal Brown of the local school
in charge. A touching feature of the
first night's session was the appear
ance of a man beyond 60 years of age
who eame into the hall with a large
family Bible under his arm. He said
that the book had been in the home
of his grandfather, his father and
himself and that none of these three
had ever been able to read a word in
It.
Big Ftre at Hickory.
Hickory Fire causing property loss
estimated at $100,000 and endanger
ing property valued at over $1,000,000,
completely destroyed the plant of the
Hickory Manufacturing Co. here. Just
how the fire originated is a matter
of speculation, as the flames had gain
ed great headway when the alarm was
turned in.
Big Order for Chairs.
Lexington. -A deal of more than
ordinary interest was completed here
when representatives' of Sperber &
Co., of Cape Town, South Africa, pur
chased from a local chair company
$7,500 worth of chairs as an initial
shipment to be made within a few
weeks. This is just the first ship
ment of a contract made with the
local factory to furnish big consign
ments of Lexington-made chairs dur
ing the year of 1916. The contract
entered into mean3 many thousands
of dollars.
Railroad Claims First Life.
Pensacola. The Black Mountain
Railway has just broke its clean
record as to loss of life on its road,
when John Blanton, age unknown, of
Knoxville, Tenn., died in the hospital
at Erwin, Tenn., from having been
crushed at Kona Junction, N. C, by
the Black Mountain train No. 3.
Blanton, a passenger, while the train
was shifting at Kona, attempted to
pass from one side of the track to
the other by climbing over the cars
and fell between two cars passing
ovar his body.
APPEAL FOR ORPHANS
OF NORTH CAROLINA
FIVE THOUSAND HOMELESS
WAIFS IN THE STATE OUT
SIDE OF ORPHANAGES.
Every Person In North Carolina is
Asked to Give One Day's Wages
on Thanksgiving Day.
Raleigh. The following is from the
publicity committee of the North Car
olina Orphans Association and signed
by" M. L. Shipman, James R. Young,
Julian S. Carr, Archibald Johnson,
Hight C. Moore and C. B. McNairy.
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto
one of the least of these, my brethren,
ye have done it unto me," says the
Master, who' did ' greatly love all chil
dren. But especially did His great
love enfold the friendless orphan.
And there are i 5,000 such home
less waifs in North Carolina outside
the various homes supported by
chuches and fraternal orders.
Five thousand friendless and home
less children 5,000 little ones with
Infinite possibilities for good or for
evil 5,000 immortal souls drifting
where chance may lead them right
here at home in the Old North State.
A pitiful, a dreadful condition, truly,
and one easily remedied if you will
but lend a helping hand.
If every man, woman and child in
North Carolina, who can, would con
tribute, as a Thanksgiving offering,
but one day's income to the orphanage
work of the state, what a princely
sum would be realized, what a vast
charity would be accomplished, and
what a real thanks offering that
would be.
And North Carolians have a spe
cial right, on this Thanksgiving Day,
to offer up thanks to their God, but
He will expect something more from
then than a service of the lips alone.
One's day's income given to the or
phaned children of our state may in
volve some self-sacrifice.
But without self-sacrifice true hap
piness may not be attained in this
world.
And the Recording Angel will sure
ly heavily underscore your Thanks
giving offering to the friendless ones,
if that offering involves some self
denial. " The orphanages of North Carolina
are doing a wonderful work. They
gather up waste material and trans
mute it into something of vast value
to the commonwealth.
And they do this without cost to
the commonwealth.
But now they urgently need this
aid from you, for the 5,000 homeless
odes must not longer be without
homes, or friends, or guidance, or
training.
Every orphanage in the state is
crowded to its fullest capacity. Their
capacity must be Increased, or else
thousands of children now wander
ing the highways and by-ways, sub
ject to every evil temptation the
world has to offer, are lost in this
world and mayhap in the next.
Hardly is there a wage-earner,
man, woman or child, in this great
state, who may not devote a day's
earnings to this, the Master's work.
Let North Carolina make this a
Thanksgiving Day of historic import
ance. Let It be one which will open
the doors of homes to little ones who
now have no homes, who have no
friends, who daily are learning evil
and not good, and who have souls,
like you, to be eternally saved or eter
nally damned.
If you wish to divide your Thanks
giving offering between the orphan
age of your church and your fraternal
order, that is your privilege.
But let not the day pass without
making a thanks offering to your God
of something more than words alone.
Your own children warmly clad,
well nourished, guided through a
tough old world by the infinite love
and tenderness of a father and a
mother.
Some other child just as precious
to the Master shivering in its rags
on Thanksgiving morn, no food, no
friends, no guidance or love.
Why, men and women of North Car
olina, "There are 5,000 such children
right here In your own great state."
Can you afford not to deny yourself
some pleasure, some luxury, even
some necessity, to help the helpless
become what their God and your God
intended that they should become?
"Even so it is not the will of your
Father which is in heaven that one of
these little ones should perish."
You cannot and you will not, for
the Master says: "Inasmucch as ye
have done it unto one of the least
of these, ye have done it unto me."
So this Thanksgiving Day let's do
it and make North Carolina a state
where its future citizens are all given
a fair chance.
Forward your contribution through
your pastor or the treasurer of your
lodge to the orphanage of your choice
and you will be happier for having
assisted a most worthy cause.
Delecto Fruit Salad.
Halve and seed one cupful of Cali
fornia white or red grapes and mix
with one cupful of stoned cherries,
two oranges cut in small pieces, one
chopped tart apple, two diced bananas,
one-half cupful of chopped celery and
one cupful of chopped nuts. Chill
thoroughly and serve on lettuce with
the following dressing: Mix one cup
ful of sugar, one tablerpoonful of
flour, two tableapotafuls of melted
butter, one well-beaten egg, the
strained Juice of one lemon and two
cupfula of boiling water toeether.