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AgstTjyf ttetotf mV kaiisbukt. n. c aug. s, nu. OTURY EVENING POST TELEPHONE Kl Banday. by tha Port FoblkUnf C04 Salisbury, tf.G ; . . ' v ' : Mernben of the North Carolina (Association of Afternoon Newspapers. SUBSCRIPTION HATESs , Delivered by carriers 40c i month. By mail, SOc a month. ! 'Terms cash, - Charges f!i&ra made for ' Cards Thanks, Resolutions of .Respect, Obituary Notices and similar nuhlica tions.' The Post is ra a cash aula on sail these ftame I No communications will be trabUsh d in THE EVENING POST ttnleaa accompanied by the name an address of the ritty though the name will not necessarily be used. "Entered a second-class matter, at the Poat Office at Salisbury, N. C, under the Act of March 3. 187l.t ,v Farelra Renraaentatlvea Lorsnxen Green Kohn, 225 8th Arenne, New York City. 1215 Advertisers Bldg., Chicago, HI. MEMBER OF 'ASSOCIATED PRESS' The Associated PresS it exclusively entitled to the use for publication ef all newi .credited, to it or not credited in this paper and also the 'tcal news published herein. MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1918, 4 V . iNOTICEJ ' ' The management, of The Post re serves ithe HgKt to advance advertis ing and subscription rsfes without no Uce. ; ' RIPPLING RHYMES. By Walt Mason. WAR TIME PTES. The war time pie is a disaster; me- thinks its crust, is made of plaster; the filling isnt sweetened rightly? for sugar must be handled Jlghtlri eat my pie of peach or cherry, of or loganberry, and in the eating find no pleasure, but rather anguish with- ( out measure. It tastes as though the peach or cherry were doped by. an apothecary. How long, I ask, while I am eating, will armies on red fields be meeting? ; How lohg will colonels and commanders, and all potential is noted with gratiifkatkm by insur Alexaiiders across the battle field go &ncea Commissioner and Fire Marshal scouring? Because of them we are devouring tougli pies which look like iron wedges, and set our teeth on brit tle edges. Because some kings and kndred geezers were struck on lining up as Cacsears, we are consuming pies of leather, all riveted and glued together. Because the kaiser had a vis ion,, a dream which seemed to him elysian, a draem of voting, from far Cathay to' Athabasca, from Cork to Omaha, Nebraska, we're eating pies whieh break 'our jawbones and sending us wauing to tne sawoones. ine grip m. war our boius is pincning: we re : brave and strong, but not unflinch ing; some burdens are too sore and grevious to bear without a sigh, be liuve us. We miss the pies that mo ther made us, and who, I ask you, shall upbraid us ie.-.,: - ; was -. JEWISH RELIEF FUND. Three million Jews in the war tone of Europe are f icing Starvation and are drying for aid, ; . Mr.' Lionel Weal, of Goldsboroy is elbairthan tha North Carolina Jew ish relief committee for war Suffer ers' and will be glad to have contri butions. ' The Cxsverfo has tiken official cognizance of this tinrportant matter and bag named August 19th. as the day for subscribing to tfris fund, wben it is desired that this state shall raise the sum of $100,000. -. ws.8- BEACHED THE REFLECTING . s, iu ; .. . : - STAGE. iviuiv uertuww, " v wr-, uaither, died at their Home on Chest man militasry writers, in. ppeakmg of nut inn Sunday afternoon at 4 the. beginning of. th fourth year of o'clock. The funeral was held this I fc-ar, says the "beginning of thus fifth I afternoon and the interment was in yir of war; is marked In a large part Chestnut H ill cemetery, by reflectvohr which are overflowing j Mrs. E. B. Brimes, wife of the as-1 , witfhv resignation,' melancholy and sistant postmaster at Lexington, died whtnirtjf." - ' ' (in this city, where she had come for. Tt is With some dzie of satisfac treatment, Saturday night The re- j .tion that we an note that the German mains were taken to Lexington and - i ii ill liiWintrtir'l iT i.dffti ..I If ili..UL. M 1 j i ... . t ITZrrrr: " " i" estly . and (carefully , they will hav light ome to their benighted and de-! lutfd, mivt? yds, ;and'tey 'will, haye 'mebncholy.; Cyfjr4 i sort t'Y be The X7ount hereinf erred, to fur thr dpposeth. thkt-tnwe'Js'runningi thrwrh German puLIic life these days" a "tearful defeatifm"I;whid! is "lain-' 4niT Ci'f lf4e W ' f ir? e rt. . . . ' T I V e n i f t s r.ow what it is that is ;-e::ortsMof the -ronderfully e brutes of tha 3utderland. . ' GLORY BE. Glory be, thanks for the advances made by the allies in tine western war zone. ? .The news reads good, indicates good thin&s and presages (better things to come. There are manv choice items in the war news of the past few days, and ... t v-f nere is one we wan; w eiiijwmniMj , , sandwicted down ih-among tM Items w fnt WM,,eeP that .make up the daa war story, we 14 ,ves U8 ""V T&an- ', . read that the number of German ,pris- , . .., . j . oners taken the !W few days will We left from the port of Somewhere, thrill the world when madeknown. J ""jM. Somfwhcre on the sea, Let us have the facts, give us .the WC UM? Vm Somewhere number of ,prianers taken to help ,And ,4 stmnds "'y funny to me make up for past' losses and 'the , bloodshed our our brave lads. Glory ,We left Somewhere for Somewhere, be that the tide seems to be .turning, And we re camping Somewhere for a and "while tlhte road is not yet ending ' srPeU' . the light is breaking and civilization iIts ot 80 w'hen mention Some has reason to praise God and go, for- wliere. ward with renewed faith and hope.. , was 1 MAKE NORTH CAROLINA SAFE FOR' PROPERTY The Slogan is to Make the State Safe For Life and Property, and the In surance Commission is Working Steadily to This End. , (SpJecial fa The Post.) ' Raleigh, Aug. 6. In stirring the people of the state to united Fire Pre vention and Safety First effort thfalt will "Make North Carolina Safe for Life und Property" the slogan In surance Commissioner and Fire Mar shal James R. Young has adopted for his department in this conservation Work appeals are being made to ev ery .class of citizenship. It is urgeii upon manufacturers that in case of fire they lose trade- and employees even though they carry Very full insurance on the property burned. Employees are out twneeven if, their employers are projected by insurance and finally Teoperthe jilnt butrned. Merchants lose their stocks And lose trade both by closed, doors and ...by having customers turned into citftjer channels of trade; When it comes to householders a fire may wipe outif&rnishings and home equipment almost impossible of repjacemeiit much of whicft has peculiar personal value; far above. A;-rpjfeirtipp(t could be written info, in ' insurance policy. ' i: Hi f Wh :he CflSnsnlssioifief is pecial ly" seeking is constant alertness on the part of the people for the prevention of fires and accidents along with thor ough knowledge of ho!w these fires and accidents are. best prevented. He is 'daunting1 greatly on the North Caro lina Safety Leagues being organized among the school children of the state to bring the Whole people to'oibserving 1 guch eajutiona as will relieve Jc We of preventable fires and acci- dents that now round out aometmng The ft that he Government is continuing and greatly increasing the Safety First work throughout the country as industries and public util ities like the railroads, telegraph and telc(:t'-ione lines and other extensive the public goad in these times of war lv unco xv. J'umn t uutiicyix nit viiwiuar astic and effective promoter 'of the Pi Prevention mnd Safetv First Fire movement lor ONortn maronna. The Commissioner is especially anx- ious that the men of the abate shall be marshaled for trained and most effec tive effort in this, one of the greatest means of real conservation of life and property. He is seeking to "Make North Carolina Safe for Life and Pwinorfu" f Virnu.a4i YimvMA rtf fin and T,wMi.iitfn iw nil ti tuvinlR an(j to this end every individual in the gtate should, he insists, Mnow and ul- i tv fir nd m - dent dangers are and how to avoid them. He wants the workers in Hhe Are marshal's department amd the lo cal fire companies to have the utmost co-operation of the ipeqple in every community to the end that there may be no lack of team work in this pre ventable effort along with the most effeetijve handling of tl'He fires and ac cidents that do dovebp to minimize the actual damage. WSS THREE DiEATHS HERE. Two Salisbury Children and Wife of Assistant Postmaster at Lexington Pass Away. The six month old infant of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Graham, died at their home. 621 South Church street, Sunday night The remains were tak en to Burlington today on No. 36 and the interement will be at that place. Zeta Freda, the eight year old aaugnter oi jur. ana Mrs. nnKeny. fractional disfiflkton undef pmce woay. weceasea was ai years and five months old. WSS Anarchfet Caaght Trying to Blow Up ? t'TrW Tras&pst.-t'f- d :nu Afimiuc j-on Ajug. v r reaer- fck liouVhat,' a Be anarchist, was a climbing a'rop lad MnlEKlllsn flAH. B Igian and coiifresed .rreiipa norm ' wm I. - . ' , , y- Mt , . , . climbing a rop ladder up the side of a confiscated German linr now in nu as a troop1 transport ' .v - .': 1 Ha said h ad been selected by an .anarchist society, to blow up the boat OVEft THERE tiM THE BOYS 'sssAfssaa4ssssssasssss SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, (.By Cherries L. ;ShafMer, "Somewhere" in France.) ij' - 8izc" this Somewhere, ! As bla as tft whole battle zone: re ,m0Sl npiea 10 yen. .There's a Somewhere in France and England, And Somewhere also, at the front; It was Somewhere the boys were in battle, Joe it Somewhere bearing the brunt. It's Somewhere the censor is, cutiipig '. Somewhere from the letters we write; It seems we've been Somewhere for ever, And it has us most ready to fight. At night we no longer have night mares; We dreaim one continuous trip From .Somewhere back ihome to Some wWere; And when we sleep, into Somewhere Wd Slip. The geography's gone to the races; The fuces of maps are all changed S"umcwWere in .Somewhere by some- And our minds ranged. are completely dc- Ye igod-3, is the world mad completely; Will sanity ever again reign; Will we 'ever get back from SOME WHERE to earth? If 80, Oh iLonf, tell W-v&efc. A Soldier Write His Wife! ' June 28, 1918. My own dear wife; . . ''f s,- t will write yfou a letter today to let you hear from m'e again. This lcaives me 0. K. Hope you are well and, igettiiur along fine. I would fti'avC written sooner but could get no paper will write oftener when I can get to where there is plenty of paper. I am the trenches now and can't get very riKsh -paper. You tell all of the tolas tt home I will write them all a letter when 1 get relieved. tihink we only n' iv in the trenches ten days at the t ime, tot I don't tmirid staying In the trenches here. I have been in hefc si days and lhaven't seen a German yet. This is a quiet sector here where I am. Well I guess tha tis all I cap 4cll you on ithat subject. You doin't need to .worry about me, I will get tJwough all right 'and will be back aome when we get Kaiser Bill. Tell pipx I will write to hrim as soon af I ?ct to where there is some ipaper. Tell Charlie ibo write to men and tel! me his address and I will write ttc him. I arot a letter from Joe and Jessie the other day and you tell them why I haven t answerea it. au m:h papa I got a letter from Alma, too . .. i . -ar The arrival and departure of trams from Salisbury, N. C. The fol- lowing schedule figures are publish- eil na information arid are not guar anteed. Northbound. Arrives from Departs to 5:45a Chairtotte-Washington 6:50a 12:25n Atlanta-Washington 12 ;3& 12:55p New Orleftrts-New York l:05p 4:30o Charlotte-Danville 1:9 7:40p Charlotte-Richmond 8 8:40p Augusta-Washington 8550p 10:25p Atlanta-Washington 10:30p ll:05p Nw Orleans-Washing'n ll:10p 2:00 Birmihgton-Washfng'n 2:05a Southbound. 2:50a Washington-Birmingham 2:55a 6:15a 8:35a 9:15a 9:10a 2:40p 6:05a Washington-Augusta 8:25a Washington-Atlanta 8:50a Richmond-Charlotte 9:00a Washington-N. Orleans 2:26rr Danville-Westminster 7:l0p New YorV-New Orleans 7:15p 9:20p Washington-Atlanta 9:30p West. 11:30a Ashevillo-SaHsbnry. 7:16p Asheville-lis'jUry. 8:30p Ashcville Saltbury. Salisbury-Ash. il & C:15a P:iOa 10:00p balisbury-As.ic-vuw Salisbury-Aslwvl! J Yadkin lUi'rond. 8:45a Norwood-Salislwr. 7;?0p Norwood-Sal'sbuiy. Salisbury-Nnrwoo I Salisbury-Notwood WSS 4:50p By fi actional distillaton ,i:;.i i tfSf;,n f -an 4. uma..a .lnltnl wine witniut.otheXwise altering rt. VS.'. -5 ' ;5Aa.: ' To let heir" tiusbd iito tr,pfri his pi,ce ka ft on, oj I . . ... I fcllU MUUI Ul 411. h WWII.. 1 Wr likton tn Wilhlm" trmif J He wont be fit to appeal4 In publif I when tha peace conferenca meets. Philadelphia Record. -5 n ViVii'lf hhVfl"fit it t """card of thanks! KALKUAl) Mimm - 'Waais'WVWWWVVsaVWVMVVVaWWW and was glad to hear from her, , not foafcdhg heard from her in oiver a year. Well, I guess I will close for this time. Hope tt hear from you soon and a long letter and tell me how much you write. Do you write as much as you did when I left? Answer soon. Your husband, WALTER. Bill Baker Writes Again.' July 13,1918, My Dearest Mothei : On returning from the front I found two letters from you with 23 more. I received more letters than any one in the whole company. The boys asked me if ! wasn't witing let ters to myself and lots of the wanted to be my secrtary.' ' '. We are on a rest for a couple of days and it sure comes in lucky. I bread letters all day. The weather jiere is cool. I can imagine the peo ple in old Salisbury burning up. Nothing can be sent unless we have in order from' the captain. It will be some time before I see him, so don't orry about sending anything. We ?et our "cookies,'! eggs, jam, etc. Things are yery scarce around here. I was out the other night and had tome French fried potatoes, scam iled eggs, milk, coffee, jam, etc. We lave to make our raids on private "amflies. There are. ho cafes around here. If you see Mrs. Blackmer igaln tell here I said, Hello, and wish hat Luke was along with me. Give ny regards to J. F. B also Mr. J. R. Crawford when you see them. Tell hem I will take good care of , 'Ffltz." Bet the people pulled off a big one iround there the 4th. Knew we had the most noise though. Air raids and bombardments are rather exciting at times, but after getting use to them, we don't pay much attention to them. Believe me, the Americans are making some fights, and it won't be long before ; Fritz is run home. We have a little fun now and then but as you known we caipe over here to do our part, and we have to go though a lot of experiences. ;' I have seen a lot of fhecountry in the time I have been here. , People ought to be glad they live in the U. S. If they knew the conditions here there would be fighting to save the States. Everybody knows we can't lose and all it takes is time. I think some of my old company came over the same time I did, but have not met any of them. I think 13 my lucky number is following me nround. In Thomas I was in the 13th Co., got in Camp Merritt on the 13th; stayed 13 days, and here everything happens on the 13th. Margaret H. says Hattie is thinking of going in training for a nurse. It's all right, but it I were her a wouldn't, I don't think. The nurses are just as important as the soldoiers and they have just as many hardships and go through lots of dangers. I am feeling fine best I have ever felt. Now take good care of yourself and do not worry. Give Mr. Van Alstyne my regards. Your loving son, t o f . BILL P. a. All the boys I showed your picture to asked me if you was my sister. We desire to take this method of extending our heartfelt thanks to the kind neighbors and friends who were 63 good and thoughtful to us during that sorrowing period when we buried our beloved wife and mother. ff. H. Ragan and Family. W S S SALS OF VALUABLE REAL ES TATE AND FLOUR MILL IN THE TOWN OF ROCKWfELL, N. C. Pursuant to an order of sale made m the Special Proceeding entitled Bundy Griffin, administrator of J. D. Wafeer, against Jennie Walser, Ethel Fay Griffin, Farris B. Walser, and F. M. Thompson, the andersigned com missioner will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Salisbury, N. C, ON SATURDAY, AUG. 10, 1918., at 12 o'clodto M., the following describ ed real estate and personal property to-wit: One mill house complete and one dwelling house and lot in the town of Rockwell, N. C, and bounded as fol lows: Beginning at a atone, Mrs. Peeler's corner: thence S 2 1-2 W 4.17 dhaine to a stone on Mrs. Peeler's line; thence N 86 1-2 W 2.30 4hams to a stone; thense N 2 1-3 E 4.17 chains to a stone on Mrs. Peeler's line; themes South 86 1-8 E 2.40 chains to tha beginning, containing one acre, more or less. In the mill house and as a part thereof Is the following machinery and equipment: Three car stands, one engine and boiler, two reels, one purifier, one bran duster, arte wheat amutter, one scourer, one bolter, one pair of scales and a lot of belting, sthafting, etc., also one corn mill complete. In addition to i the above is one kerosene engine here tofore nsed in the operation of said mill. Tha kerosene erodne will be sold separate from tha other property. Tha lot on which this mill stands is very valuable, i The i flour- mill 'asd cornKrnin.are both id operation and subject to inspection at any time by prospective bidders. ' This ..mjllhas been operation 'for several yfars and has a large custom trade. - For further information apply to the andersigned or hi attorney, i - ,i , This July 9th, 1918. . . " . BUNDY GRIFFIN, Adrtir. J. D". walser and Commissioner. P. S. Carlton, Atty. FOR JEWISH RELIEF. August 19th Is Named as a Day for, Raising Relief Funds for the Mil lions of Jews in the War Zone of Europe. Editor Post Dear Sir: Three mllloins of our fellow-Jews in the war zone of Eu rope, on the verge of starvaton, are crying for aid. Their fate has aroused the sympathy of the world, and their appeal is to the hearts of all men, without regard to race or creed. Recognizing this fact, Gov. ernor Bickett has set apart August 19th as Jewish Relief Day, when a state-wide campaign will be launched to continue three days. May I ask you to give space to the enclosed article as a news item in your valued paper, and to comment oo same impressing your community with the tremendous need for relief for these stricken people, and urging them to launch a live campaign and make a worthy response to a call which is touching the hearts of all hu manity. Faithfully yours, LIONEL WEIL. President Jewish Relief Committee of North Carolina. Special Aid for Jewish War Aid. (News and Observer, August 1, 1918) In accordance with a request from representative Jewish citizens of Carolina who met and organized in Ral.eigh yesterday for the purpose of raising $100,000 to alleviate the suf-' ferings of their coreligionists in the war-stricken countries Gov. Bickett set aside Monday, August 19th, as i State Jewish Relif Day in North 1 Carolina. He indicated that the offi- 1 cial proclamation will be issued to day. rieore calling upon the Governor in a body the Jewish citizens perfected their state organizaton. which will be known as the North Carolina Jewish Aid Society, by . electing Lionel Weil of Goldsboro, president; E. Sternber ger, of Greensboro, vice president; A. A. Joseph, of Goldsboro, secretary treasurer, and Bernard Cone, Grecnsi boro. Dr. S. Mendlesohn, Wilminsrton, Dr. N. Rosenstein, Durham: William Perlstein, Raleigh,' Ellis Goldstein; Dunn; Sig Wallace. Statesville, and S. Sternberg, Ashcville, members of the executive committee. The meeting was held at the Yarborough Hotel in the morning and organization com pleted afte the purposes of the gathering were explained by Mr. Weil. Much of the time was consumed in discussing the plans and scope of the work to be undertaken in raising the $100,000 in this state. The visit to Gov. Bickett was made nt 3:30 in the afternoon. The rep resentatives laid their nlans before the Governor who in turn spoke words of encourat'ement and expressed a de sire to aid the suffering Jews in thn war stricken countries. He assured' his visitors that their plans were de serving of the support and co-operation of the people of North Carolina who, he said, had always in the past responded nobly to appeals for war frnds. The meeting was attended by about 50 Jewish citizens representing prac tically' every section of the state. Those who took port in the organiza tion were: M. Rosenthal, S. H. Dworsky. William Pedlstein, D." Kap lan and S. Berwanger. of Rileitrh; Gus Roth and Sam Hayes, Hender son; W. Weinstein, Lumberton; Sig Wallace. Statesville; H and D. Harris, High Point; Dr. S. Mendelshon, Wil mington. B. L. Susman, Washington; Ellis Goldstein, Dunn; Hyman Stad iem, Jacob Nieman and J. Hirshfield, Kinston; Eli Fnstein, Rockv Mour; Lionel Weil, H. M. Kadis, A. M. Shargo, M. N. Epstein, A. A. Joseph and Rev. J. L. Meyerberg. Goldsboro; E. Stemberger and Jacob Oettinger, Greensboro;, D. Leebowitz, Gastonia; Dr. N. Rosenstein, Durham. W S S COTTON FAMINE IN V. S. IS PREDICTED BL SEN. SMITH America is on the eve of a cotton famine that .will be the worst since the civil war, a;acording to Senator Smith of South Carolina, one of the f otton experts of the country. iSmith has seen the President and has explained what he considered a most serious situation, with a view of obtaining relief. iSmith charges liiiat many mareuf joturers have made enormous profits out of the cotton market, due to their misleading the pirolic on' rarious grades. He (prqptoses to introduce legisla tion making ouch misrepresentation a criminal offense. , RIGHT Glasses for WRONG Eyes RIGHT GLASSES-right in quality, appearance, accuracy and adjustment. 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STOCK YOUR HOME WITH A CASE. Ask Your Grocer t A. NASH & SON, AGENTS ' EAST SPENCER, N. C yurmture At Geo. W. ArighVs Store. Moat of ft bought Wore' tJiavaact Come and select what yon waat' l(ort it ts gone. If. yow awe mt reme and pay snd keep ap y oar eVedlt Prompt pat rives Wa'a goW aaaia.V A ' " f Yours to serve, i FURTTtTRE DEALER IlLfAII WERE, BEHIND OUR TtLLERS National Bank kind of interest o of SPENCER Fatiio ii vauKee yer $eeW., Wight. AND 'FUNEltit 'DIRECTOR. u mie -1
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