WASHINGTON N. C THURSDAY N JANUAKY 14 I' BELGIAN REFUGICI IN TNK ?U.N? OF TERMONDE. A OOORDINO to the Oom minion For Relief la Pslgfeiii. tbe American pea A pie will probe blyhsvs to feed the Belgtaa mpli >11 this winter. "We ba?-r taken pelns to lavjetifate,~ Mild one ef tbe commissioners list week, -and the beat Informed Europe* ne tef) i is that there will be no ehaags in the military situation this winter, it means that we puat keep up fes work natU spring breaka or longer." fi It has been a race wttb hanger, this bnalnesa of feeding $?00,000 people wfch supplies gathered a half a world away. All Belgium depends on Ameri can fbod. Half af Belgium Is never more thsn s week shead of starvation. Often It has come closer than that Once the province of Limboorg, remote and billy, waa curving. In some communities the people had not eaten for twedaya, when one of our United Statee consols managed to borrow from the Oertnana enough bread to keep the people alive until an American shipment arvired to repay the loan. Once Oapteln Lucey. the shipping agent U Holland, had to borrow 10.000 tons of wheat from the Dutch guvemmeat J-lege' and ?aspme and hlatorlc Ghent were crying for bread, and It was stUl several days before the next American ship was due at Rotterdam.- This waa a noble totag.foc Holland to do atnee the Dutch themselves are ahort on food. Yes; It | ts a race with hunger, and America, now that ebe has faced th? ?tartar, miv wlal This Is America's great and gtorloua'part In tbe world war of 1914-15 that every American may have a personal chance to help some Belgian I the Oommlsnlon For Relief In Belgium baa jarranged-4ts "parcel poet plan," Any aa? Who wants to spnd a package containing between twenty end fifty pounds assorts ha bio food need e?ly pnt a tag on tha^package. addrees the tag to t collection depot Of the commission, stamp It in the regular way I to the mall chute if the giver pate on tbe package teg his name ?a. TOGETHER WITH THE LOTTBR "B." the money he has limps will be refunded. 55"<aeUed-fnf? MONTH OAROT-JWA eb?uid be addressed to ASHE- , ?ILLS TR AN8FER AND 8T0RAGB OOMPAKX, AlglEVlf .I.E. who are 'eol rot* for this district- " ? > * ; *' V' A Fstee AiiunHow. "W?0; Sulgtnback," severely began Squire Rams bottom, "you ary charged with cursing your mule in a loud and boisterous manner In the public high way, and further abusing the animal by hitting him with a brick. What hare you to Bay for yourself?" "Wy. Mb, yo' honah, o' cou'se, 1 says 'Not guilty, 'uhkass dat a pointedly what 1 la,' replied the cltisen of Sehegam biaa descent, who lounged In front of the bar ? justice. "Yaas*hf 1'a too smaht a pusson to 'buae a good mule . dat-uh-way. I was 'dr^ssln' dem salu brious remahks to muh wife, what was In de waggln and dodged when 1 th'owed de brick at her." ? Judge. J Rival Authors. Charles Reade'a famous novel, "The Cloister and the Hearth"? was re ferred to by Its author as "a good me dieval story." One-fifth of the ma terial ftv "The Cloister anil Che Hearth" "r.t .r. its appenrnnce as a serial '?> Wr.pjcly in 1859. und?r the ""<*1 At th* fame "Vi"ier oX "The Hbpseof A Tale of Two a as being serialised In 1 the journal. Reode, not entirely sat iated with tlje agent'a oiler, wrote the Harpers In .regard to payment: '"A ^Ifhf is a mn?terplece. 'A Tale of I <> Cities' I' not a masterpiece." Unexpioreti ungava. There Has not been a careful explora tion of- the geographical formations of Ungava. and auch observations as hare been made are ao United that they af ford only the meant of rssrhlng a rough estimate or the extent and dis tribution of ? the different rocks. It la known that there are large Iron oro depoaita on Clarke. Armstrong and Curran Island*, in Hudion bay. Two of the Islands are estimated to contain about three hundred and sixty fire mil lion tone of Iron or* From $50,000 to MO, 000 has already been expended in the exploration of thsae Iron deposits. The ore is ssid to be of fine Quality, the beds ranging- from tereti to fifteen foet in thickness. Could Fellow Them. It was a small western boy. given U> language more picturesque than poetic, of whomt this good story was told. The child adored his eastern school-teacher, xoung. pretty, ftmd of tatnty blouse and high-heeled shoes ?which latter proved none too serv ices bio in connection with the rough tnd ready prairie roads. "Is Miss 80 and-80 around today T the ^youthful ftdmlrer wan asked upon one oofcasion. "Yes, sir," came the ready 'answer. 'Leastwnys. she's heen bore. No. I Hn't aeen her. but." his eye follow ing the atlcky roadway, MI s<*_n her tracks." .mMSmEU^ v ^ ?. jf- ?? Friday and Saturday . SPECIALS ? MM Clow Frtu Bitwt, par i xmma. . .. .... . . ?? OoVra, per pound .. ? k. t*a liUliaUHl Co?w, par ponad .... *?/.'*?? ? **> Ma i lUd* Milk, par rap lBo lAhbj'. Me (Wt.up. par bo?l? ISe kioMfrui ISo OalAwp, par bottlo 10c AraoVl Mar Ramx par poaad . . / . . ISc W. r. V. Win, prr poaad BIO LIN1 SALT AND SMOKED MEATS AT THE LOWEST ' *?icw. ?? . - AU..MHM A* OOST. ?*." .y'l ? 5^' Ifan'a S8JW JHteaon Hal. at. a a. , M Ma* 'a SI.OO <)r<ralla. par pair M* BIO UNM. HHOBS. I>KY OOODH AND NOTIONS OOINQ VKRY CHEAP. ?M IS ?hkw TOIT GET mokk OOOOE roil SAME ' MONEY OK 8AMK (HXIDH'KUM I?EHS MONEY. ? ij- , J. E. ADAMS , ' TAKE WAR LIGHTLY -? Hindus Cheerfully Patient Under M Circumstances. On. Complain* Thit Pniulm MM | N*k !? Tm Pn hr *tnn(lln?? ; Arms. ? o t thai m the toUowlag: _ __rwmw art ' la yesterday is * htU of pelting sleet Host of t hem t?M sitting Bp la that* beds chatting ud laughing; pmti, ap plea. ni? ret tee. cbooolate and war pfc> turee were atrewn on the tablaa by their sidea. A bot ecrubnlown aid the oiling and nawn of the head, which the Indian lovee, had altered tha fetor i of Ufa to them. A Muaanlman from tha Khybar whom I had Men lifted la the day before on th? shoulders of two orderliee, his face pitted with the debris thrown up by a shell, waa ly ing bach peacefully smoking a clg ; arette. * "1 found the Dograa and Gurkhas together. They had come frotn the ?acne part of the field. " How were you hit?' I asked one. ?"By a pataka, aahib.' "'A cracker!' At fleet -I did not un derstand. ? pataka la the cracker which la thrown about the streets whan the religious processions pass la the baxaar. "'A bomb,' he explained. "It slowly dawned on me that the man thus lightly dismissed a 'Jack Johneon' or a 'Black Maria' 'The war la not like the war in old tlmea,' he added regretfully. "Borne of the wounded had not s the Germane. Tboae who had did not apeak respectfully of them. One man who had come to gripe with a fat Pi ii? lab complained that he could not get the flagers of both hands round Us opponent's throat. They ? are not hoay men,1 he added. But this would meaa lees resistance to tha kukri. While fee waa struggling and rolling oa the ground he waa ahot point-blank through the hmg and the oome out through his shoul- [ "Another man told me how his com pany sad another wars enfiladed by machine gun fire In the trenches and lost atf their British offloers. A havildar got the men together and led f-mrn <*>??*? IM?? Jtorf* ' Uw9 Tkay kad M Batfr pounded aad felt a" little loat ajpd uncertain where they would find themselves. By a piece of good fortune they hit on the trenches of the Seaforths. The Highlanders and Gurkhaa are old com radea In arms. "There was a ?tory in the ward of ft wounded harildar who fell Into tho hands of ft Good Samaritan. The Ger man officer spoke to him In Hindu stani, asking him the number of his regiment and where he came from. He bound up his wounds, gave him a drink and brought him a bundle of straw to support hia head. ? **"? "The Gurkha as ft rule Is direct and matter of fact, more Interested In physical tfian abstract affairs, at when ha complains of the thickness of the German's neck. But one meets ft more Dumaaesque type t sometimes among the Sikhs and Mohammedans. I asked a Path an how many of the en emy he had killed. " 'A great many,' lie said; 'one can- ( not count.' "De xBraa. a delicate. Cultured youth, who was laid up with k slight attack of pneumonia,' gave me a rlrld picture of life In the trenches. Tb^ German trenches were not two hun dred yards from his own, and he lay awake at night listening to their accordions and concertinas. He seemed rather to like the music. One morn ing they hoisted up a huge placard on a pole with the lnecrtpUon in llrge letters: " Holy War. "'Indians Fight on Our Side. M 'Woe to the British.' It at once became ft target. "If It ever entered one's head that the Indisns had drifted into this war lightly and were now depressed fey their hsrdshlps and toesea. half hdnr among these sepoys would dis pel the Idea st once. Where there Is discouragement or dlsoonteat It must find expression, directly or Indirectly, especially among the sick But there Is the ssms story of cheerful pstlence and endurance everywhere. The Eng lish cause Is theirs, they are prood to fee fighting wMh Tommy Atkins, and they do not oount the cost. I have had It at first hand from sepoys of all c*stes and creed*, and I hare not met an Indian medics! service msn or ft regimental offlesr who doss not tell me the same (Sag." Autos and Reads. On. of th* |r**t bnrfta of tk* an tomobll* to Um fanner I. tk* tact tkat vk*? tk*m w* but automo kll?* th. road, wlU b. tnproYod. Tk* k**? road* throne hoot mux *Ut<* of ?k* m. Ml tan pro.*d thi. la tk* buying ear* *o fr**lr l? _ ft 3 Tk* cmlT.rt n?4t of t.rwl ta mora oft? ***n now than In rmn paat Tk* good road with aood dralnaf* aUjpx>d colrart* I* ? )*r H ...rr the road oents GUARD AaAmTJttAO ABUSE A ? ? ' ? ? - - ?* ik?Mli m - " * - * sonit runiinimw hihhii^ vv pww??a Out to th?m wim Mikir?**ir cut Up Highway* ?ulH ft# Mil*. *r? ' 1 Too bought til i that nana by jm other RMda H' county. That fli la balldlag the 1 property ?waat directly ta so mL. of road aad MM tax. renter you are W eeosplng. Tou are paying In rent aid Indirectly. The road l? year road. If It u cat *P by the banllag ol heavy loads on narrow-tired wt|pas you wtU bare to staad tor the ts*uble and Oftffaatorts of oast winter. When the ratankTe hub deep. 11 you permit hesvy ralfit to scour out the foundations of wooden culvert and that culvert finally falls In or la waahed out, yon, aa on} of the dally uaera of that road, wlUjie dls? commoded. ' j' Moet of our roada are dirt highways, writes H. 8 Sullivan of Mlafpfarl in Farm Progiass Only a ?mall.ia very snlall, percentage of the highway* of thia country are "bard roads,**'. One hundred years from now we may1: have the beautiful "metal" highs aa are found In the older oountrlee, but this la oure. It Is a country c. distances, and the rock ? roads are going to be built slowly. It Is the dirt highway that soffer* from carelessness. Two Or three ^ten In a neighborhood | can snolt more ogles of highway than the remainder -of the community can build. They are abus ers of what other men build. laey will pile on the heaviest load "ft' la possible to pull and they never hse the wide-tired vehicles that might btelp the wagon track atand up under the big loads. P Good or bad weather la all the pgftie to them if they hsve something they want hauled. The sensible man kn?ws that the use of a dirt road tor heavy hauling In bad weather will spoil !tba highway. He won t do sny team* lng that he can avoid, hut the roett butcher will go right ahead. Ha, will own roads and &e road* There "ought to bo soine punieTiment provided for the man who will delib erately cut up the roadway built by the community for the use of the whole community and paid for with the pub 11c money. 8ome states have lawe providing punishment for the man who overloads, who usee "skidding logs," who fillB mudholea full of old rails, chunka and poles, and who will pile a wheelbarrow full of rocks In a rut, to become a menace to all vehicles as Soon aa. the road dries off. But these laws are seldom enforced. .Not from any lack of offenders or from th*_Mck of knowledge as to just who the offenders are. Good people are afraid to complsln sgainat such men. They are found In every neighborhood and they go along for yeara In a dom ineering, overbearing manner, working all manner of Injustices because they have their "bluff In" on the commu nity. They are the gentry whose cat tle are roguee, whose fenoes are al ways bad, whose dogs are "sheep kill Good Road In Q*org1?. ?f??" who are known In the neigh borhood ?? "bad men to havs trouble with." Moit of our dirt rosds ir? no abused 1n winter that they have to be par* tlally rebuilt in the spring. Thin ??te up the road tax and the day* of road work that might be expected to make the ro?d. of Uila rw better than tboee at laet Late fall, winter and early ?print are the seeeorra when tha roads ?houH be fnarded >I>M abaae. Wk? not try m policy ?? road onxmUoi' la four neighborhood thia year? The TrllowitwM park kaa an aim of 2,141,730 mem Tha park la la Montana. Wyoming and Idaho and wee eetabllahed la Ittl. Tka only park on earth that oaa aoaipara witk tka Yellowetone In 4m la tka aaa la New Rritfah CoMir.bta. Jaapar park, vacantly takaa e?w by Ike aathorltlee a? tka new aerUivaelara territory, ?kin rarer. I,?io,ooo Mra. a,, U)j nee ot tka etate ?( Cm UHLAN LAKCED HIS ABSCESS Fiwiall 0?m TMfc" Nw trnaa Lhut full rVaaea. ? TSa AW iv > taUaa ol colonial Intaatnr uUa at u'4 ramarkahla IneMast: "Men tha w brain out I nlml Cram an atinn o I tha H?ar that waa ao plaoad that tha doctor, adaa v arutlos woold Da too dangaroaa I had balm ma tha Httla oomfortlng thought that I ahould ba?a to Bt. vtth that abaoaaa aa loag aa It mid tot w With this fnxpMt la TWw. it ?? sot to vaOa tato tha Ovmaia "Oaa da r wa faU o?oo a band of ah laaa; ?< lasted trrmrj oaa of thaai. bat, la tha aalaa. tha potal at a laaoa pat ma an mj baak with a wound that I thought would tsallr aad air auffar laca- Thar can-lad ma u> tha ambu laaoa aad a acrgaon b?can to lnraatt gate tha wound. "What waa that rou bad Inalda of aajw*/r ha aakad 'Whatever It waa. that uhlan haa barat It" Tha laaca had ptenad tha abaoaaa and rough 1} performed with auocaaa tha ooeratlon that tha aurgaon dread ad. and now I am almoat ready to go back to tha front." DISCARD THE RED TROUSERS New Frer.ch Uniform It flervlceable and of Color That Hondo With r Landscape. London. ? A correspondent In Prance of an English nowapapor says of the now Fronch military uniform; "The color la agreeable to tho 070a, and to make up for tho blow to tho aenalblli ties of Fronch patriot* which tho dia appearance of tho old rod trousers' and blue tudlc with ita hlatorlo aaeocla tlona will naturally cause, red and 1 white thread a are woven Into the blue. Tho blue-gray la an excellent ahade for | escaping notice. It will blond particu larly well with the gray winter land ecapea In which the troopa are now ^fighting. It la perhepe not quite eo good In thla respect as the German uniform, which la distinctly lighter aad grayer. ft would be impossible to confuse the two except at a great distance, aad In any case, tho flat Ger man cap will remain a distinctive mark, the cap of the new Preach uni form being something like the glen garry in shape with flaps whh;h ean be folded down over the ei**. Cap, coat, and trousers are all ot_lhe same color." 4?ED SINGER IS H HERO ...... Will Be Made feicoftd Lleutsnant by France aa Reward for Irsvsry Under Fire. 'aria.? Maurice Reneud, the singer, who esttated despite the faot that he waa fifty- three years of age. la about to be promoted to a aublleutenancy for bravery under fire. Renaud recent ly took part In an improvised concert la a church In a Lorraine town which had Juet Won evacuated by the Ger mane. He saag the evening atar aong from Taanhauaer,'* with patriotic worda aubatltuted for those of Wag ner. ARTISTS TO REWARD HELP Medelllene Will Be Sent to Ameri can* Who Helped la Time of Warfare. Paris? The Pre aeh artists' frat?' nlty will seat a bronae medallion e a souvenir of the quick and gene roup assistance given to It by Americana. The artist Anton in baa made a design ahowlng benevolence stretching Ita hand to the fraternity and welcoming the orphana of artists snd sculptors and below the cathedral at Relma on fire. The Drat medallion atrnck off will be Kent to Mra. Robert Herriek, vife of the f eraser Americea a? be* ador. SERVICES TONIGHT. Serlvces will be conducted tSonlght at 8t. Peter's Episcopal Church at eUTht o'clock. Rev. W. E. Co* and Rev. T. P. No*, of Wilmington, a re to speak at tneae wa'iltw. All are oor?Wallr Invited' to be present. SPHM.INO MATCH. A spelling match will he conduct ed tomorrow (Frlitay) afternoon at I p. m . In the Auditorium of tile Wenhlnjrton Public Schools. betweei the tear here of the school. The prooeeds will be for the benefit of the Wshleoo, the school publication, and the Athletic Association. Ad mission 10 cents. TOMORROW MIGHT. Services will be held la the Pint Mwthodl.t Ctmrah at eight o'clock la the evening (Friday) hr the W C. T. UUon. This day has bam set aside tor ths National O-gun leaUon as a dar of prayer and will be wide ly OMWI1 An Interesting p talks br prominent speakers, a spsdal aftielc. * oorttal'lnvlutlon | la Bartended t? Ml. ONE DOG SAVES LIVES OF 20 ? ?lack Com# With the Omim Awf lane* Corps Makes Itsmarkabfe Hull* Berlin. ? Mors than tmmutf itres f. ?e been MTtd fcy a black coltle <Jo* ^ ?lng to an ambulance coPpa on' V Cl H Prussian battle Held In paau the animal la a watchdog in the . / *1*11011 at Halle. The da*? winter nights and the enow maks the work of finding the wounded espsclally difficult. but sines the ambulance parties began using dog* in their search few wounded kian hats been OTatlnnkart _TEc drrr carrr a red cross on both sides of the eollar. Am soon as night comes, gen erally the only time In which the wounded can be searched for. the leaahes are slipped and the doga are sent serosa the battlefields. Instead of barking when they find a wounded soldier, they bring hack aome article of the victim's equipment, as a cap, hairnet or glove. They are then pot on the leash and they lead the am bulance mep to the spot where the wounded soldier lies. In this man ner. hundred! hare boen saved on the different battlefields. At first some of the animals led the aearchers to men already dead, but they learn with surprising rapid ity to confine their attentions to tho living. TELEPHONE IN WAR The telephone operator. b tat lone d at the bottom of a hayrick, ie relaying information secured by a scout sta tioned at the top of the rick. DYING MESSAGE OF SOLDIER Vivid Pleture of Pathos of Man Pas* Infl -Away in a Foreign Land. London. ? At Hull the other day the archbishop of York rend a letter 'fron one of his own chaplains at tho fron\ giving a vivid picture of the pathoa of a soldier dying In a strange land for a cause he only dimly understood Kneeling beside a wounded soldier In a little tent lighted by a candle nicker ing in the wind, the chaplain was ad dressed thus: "Am I dying, sir?" "Yee, sonny, you are." "My God!" Then a pause. "Please broak it gen-, tly to my missus. She Is expecting my first baby Just about now." The chap lain took up a crucifix from his neck and held It up. The soldier sained his bead, laid It down again and bpgan to smile? "the loveliest smile I ever saw," aays the chaplain. FEAR SHORTAGE OF HORSES j Amsrlosn Army Officers May 8ugges? That Sale to Belligerents Be Checked. London.? American army officer* who are watching the military situ ation in Europe are concerned over the prospect of America's supply of horses being depleted by the enor mous asportations to the belligerents, this creating a dangerous condition regarding American army require ment* The wholeeale and indiscrim inate shipments of marea Is regarded particularly as dangerous. It Is prob able that some suggestion will be mad* I for the nonexportatl<?n of maree, pos sibly encouraging the owners to keep them by the payment of eome gov- , eminent bounty, as In England and France. France recently ordered 1*0. 000 horses from America. *Jew con tracts will be made the first of the Tea r, end England alao Is making large purchases in America snd Can Ada. The situation threatens to ba far worse than after the Poer war, . when America's horse Industry was paralysed. True Civilisation. Voting for good roads at every op* portnnity la a mark of true clvilla* m ? flmui HIE HIS HUE? FV>r mm time the voter* of Beau fort county | deetred to sleet tlx ?ytembeis vt tlielr Count/ Board of fcduoatlon by popular vote of the people. 1 believe this to be rtght and proper, because, u the appoint ments are- now made, the body la not always a representative one, and It ta almost entirely In the bands of the Chairman of the County Ex ecutive Committee. if It 1* aow the desire of a ma jority of the clttsens of Beaufort county that your Board of Education be elected by the people, pleaae let your wishes be known, and I will endeavor to bave enacted a law, which will give you an election. And, Jf desired, the number may be Increased to Ave. This would *ive representation to all sections of the county. Tours very truly, JT. L. MAYO, 8eeklng Tenants. A fellpw waa telling ua that whan ha got the job as a renting man he waa ao green he atarted seeking tenants in quite an original way. Ha called on the fire atatlona covering localities where bis bulldinga were situated and a box of clgara to the firemen gained a promise to phone him every time a firs occurred. Day or night he covered the Area. It waan't very difficult to get tenants, as he arrived at the psycho logical moment when a man's store or office was In flames and anything is the way of floor of this kind was ap preciated and many of these tenants became permanent, for naturally, after being Becured under these excep tional circumstances, a strenuous ef fort is made to give them better aerv ice than they had prevloualy. ? Build ing Management. Awful Thought. Frances has been taught to use only the choicest English, oolloqulaltema and all other dspartures from the 11a *?Ua|la straight ?j?d narrow way. meet ing with aerloue disapproval. One da? v Prances desired to play sear some workman, but waa refuaed permlaalon on the ground that they sometimes used bad language. "What do you aup pose they sav, mamma?" inquired the diminutive daughter of Eve, all eager Interest. "Oh. 1 couldn't tell you," waa the mother's natural rejoinder. "Juat bad words." "Mother," whlapered Prances after a period of self-commun ing, "do you suppose they say 'ain't T " 8TOCK HOLDERS MEETING ! The annual -meeting. of the atock holder* of the Savings and Trust Company," "Wllf be" fold at their hanking house an Tuesay, February 9th. 1915, at 4:30 p. m. (Sighed.) J. B. SPARROW, ? / . Cashier. IH)VT BI4MR l.'g IF YOU OANT ? get our *iwfl by telephone, blame the telephone people. Order some other wa y If you hsve'to hire some one to bring ua your orders. We will pay the bill. For eame reason our phone has been out of commission a few times recently and especially triday has been rery annoying to us, aa well as custom ere. We want your ordera, phone or no phone* J, E. Ad ams. ? a:.. 2PARENTS . T>? Tbu kno* that In on* ettr ?? por cant of tha backward aehool ehlldran Mpa to tmprora whan at tad with g-laaaatT Do 790 know whaOiar yanr bor or Kin Uaa normal anMiktr WE CAN TBLKj TOtf. Hpwiallat ta ni>| - I Oy? J, k. Hort'a 8tor?. 0<K Bt ?t Master ui'TiMlw. New Theater . Tomow* "imiVKRMi, raomnun.< t? RBKL8? 1 "The Dmlkt ud (ha ? ' In Two Mi "A BAB* WD IT.- ff OMHaal. ~-m- i ? ? " r mam lalM 0?Ma. Mb tx>wino ? roHiKo ~

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