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NUMISB 19
NAVY GIVES NATION
CAUSE TO BE PROUD
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, i*
his annual report, tells in detail ef
the remarkable expansion of our naTy
since the war began, but more par
ticularly since the United States en
tered |he conflict.
The Secretary also lays stress on
the benefits he believes would i-osult
from a complete demecratisation of
the navy’s personnel. “The day will
come,” he declares, “when all a
•ointments to Annapolis will be mat
rom the ranks of enlisted men. Why
not now? The day of promotion by
seniority in the line,” he adds, “has
forever passed.
“We have prepared for and have
met the duties of the present; we
are preparing for and are eonfldent
we will be able to meet any eall for
greater duties, for more exaeting I’e-
sponsibilities.
Record One to Inspire Pride
“Since April 6 the Navy of the
United States has been undergeing
the test of war. While I may net,
therefore, s^eak in detaii ef the
greater epen^oas since tiuvt date, it
may be stated ttiat i^e,reeerd is one
of increasing power, of develepiag re-
soureefulness and ef eo-operative
achievement which the Ameriean peo
ple may well survey with national
pride.
“Although the n?,val activities in
this war have been- largely confined
to the extermination ef tho subma
rine, our navy has been called on to
do much more than the public real
izes, and in no case and in no way
has it so far been found wanting
either in material or personnel.
“The Atlantic Fleet has been re
organized to meet war conditions so
that it has readily assimilated a large
number of new units. Experimental
tactical groups have been organized
to keep pace with material develop
ment in anti-submarine warfare.”
Discussing the inauguration of pro
motion by selection, Mr. Daniels says:
“The day of promotion by aeoiority
in ,the line of the navy has forever
passed. It was the ideal system for
rewarding mediocrity in the simse
manner as initiative, resource and
great ability were rewarded. It was
un-American and was appareatty
framed with the ob-Jeet of pretee^tg
the less efficient &ent tbe ^agria of
seeing the more effisiant advaneed
over their heads. It denied the at^u-
lus of a reward for pi'^es^enal ea-
cellencs.
Draws Lessen Sistery
“Under the new law, whor^y lime
officers above the isu^ of Lieutenant
Commander are premeted by s^ee-
tion, the question v* apprev^ ability
rather than length ef servioe deter
mines promotions. It well demon
strates its superiority over th* anti
quated seniority system, which tended
to put a premium upon mediocrity
and ultra-prudence. If a man ‘played
for safety’ under that system he was
far surer of promotion than if he had
the sand to do something new that in
volved some chance of accident.
Safety and prudence are requisites,
but every naval officer who is remem
bered had the courage, when it would
serve his country, to take a chance by
.ah audacious and daring move.”
Mr. Daniels advocates the immediate
extension of promotion by selection to
include the staff as well as the line
of the navy. The Secretary makes
the following reference to the success
of the'new system of appointing a
considerable number of enlisted men
to Annapolis:
“The truth is that the day will come
when all appointments to the Naval
Academy will come by promotion from
the enlisted personnel. Why not now?
There are but two arguments against
it, and only one of them is tenable.
The first is that Congressmen would
be slow to surrender their right of
appointment. If, however, ^ they are
persuaded that the good of the naval
service would be promoted by sur
rendering the right of appointment, it
is not to be believed that Congress
would hesitate to vote for the change.
Seamanship Basis of All
“The navy would then truly be the
highest example of the American doc
trine that opportunity-and promotion
are reserved only for those who estab
lish fitness for command. Fewer men
would then enter the Naval Academy
to secure an education and fewer still
would bilge. No man would pay the
price of an appointment • unless he
loved the naval servioe. The naval
officer today is a select man, trained
and ready, but if no man entered the
academy who had not been trained in
tlie hard school of seafaring experi
ence and by competition with 200,000
youth, would there not be born that
enthusiasm for excellence that would
insure a still higher. standard of effi
ciency in the seiwice ?
“If the only open door to instnic-
tion at the academy wai through
regular enlistment and a year’s ser
vice as a seaman, who doubts that
the ranks of the enlisted personnel
would be thronged by youths, with
love of the sea, ready and willing to
make any sacrifice to' earn a com
mission? The navy would then truly
be the highest example of the Amer
'ican doctrine that opportunity and
pi'omotion are reserved only for those
who establish fitness to command.”
As to expansion, Mi\ Daniels says:
“From a force of 4,500 officers and
68,000 enlisted men in January, 1917,
the navy has expanded to 15,000 of
ficers and 254,000 enlisted men, in
cluding regulars, reserves and na
tional naval volunteers.' Further ex
pansions are inevitable. The navy
had 130 stations of all kinds on Jan.
1, 1917. It now has 363. The num
ber of employees at regular ^Navy
Yards in the United States has in-
QuaranKMe Ov«r at CaBi|> S«Ti«r—
in X
Last Friday at nosm tih« g«s^al
quaraatiaa was lifted at Camp Bsviar.
It is aaedless to say tfesrs wae “joy
ia the caup” and Coasi^y K did her
share of rojoioing. Th# only hard
part of it was Company X wont on
guard at i;90 o’oloek Saturday after
noon for 24 hours. They ail woro the
heavy regulation evereoets, however,
and in most eases sweaters and mit
tens-—and while w# are on the subject,
mittens would not be returned to ths
home folks, if sent to beys of Com-
pany K.
In most cases ■ the hoys say they
sleep warm, and; late any afternoon
the woodpile is by far the moet popu
lar plaoe in any camp. A man or two
at least from each tent are seen cut
ting wood industrially.
3^0 of our hoys have had pro-
metiens recently, sergnant Ernest
Bunting was made first or “top” ser
geant in Lieutenant Clar«i«e Lovett’*
place. Lieutwiant Lovett stood the
examination for second lieutenant and
4ias reeoived hrs commission. Lieuten
ants Hal 'W. Weilker and ISmer W.
Mason, who were second lieutenants,
aflei' passing eacaininationa were eom-
miasiened first lieutenant*. As ha*
been previously announeed eaeh com
pany will be reei-uited to two hundred
and fifty men which is war strength
and there will be teree first and two
seeond lieutenantg to each company.
Company X. new has her three first
lieutenants viz: E. J. Luek, H. W.
Walker and Elmer Mason, the latter
of whom wag assigned to Co. K about
two month* age. Mr. Mason ii
writer of some note. He was in France
for two years before the war broke
out and knows the French language.
This will he a great help to the boys
of Co. K whoa they go to Prance.
Corporal James 0. Walker has been
transferred to headquarters in the
insurance -department. He was pro
moted to sergeant major.
The health of the company generally
is unusually good. There i* only one
case of pneumonia at the preeent.
Postmaster inspestor B. B. Webb, of
Statesville, an’oeted Arthur Jones, col
ored, at €k'esaabero le»t Wedn«*day
on the ekarge of atteasptMg to bla^-
mail M. 3. Smtterfi^d, a white maai ef
Lmcingben.
ermwed ttvm ahout te over
On/shore asd afleo.t, in duel-
ing stviliaos and sailors, the naval
estahliahmeats embraces more than
30#,99#. At the beginning ef tiie fiscal
year 1J17 tiie menHily expenditure*
fer all naval purpeses were about
SI,9M,M9| they are new about $60,-
900,OOl. On Jan. 1, 1917, there were
SOO naval vessels of all kinds in com
mission; today there are many more
than 1,000.”
Regarding the increase in aircraft
forces -the report says:
“During the present calendar year
the ratio of increase in material has
been approximately 1,400 per cent,
the increase in personnel trained and
under training has been approxi
mately _ 3,000 per cent, the increase
in stations and training schools has
been approximately 3,200 per cent.
“The service has been so popuiai
as to attract to it scores of young
men of real stuff, some from fac
tories, who loved engines and ma
chinery, and some with college diplo
mas, who were eager and quick to
learn this new and daring adjunct of
war. They have demonstrated tiie
courage and capacity of American
youths, and the only complaint hear^-
from any of the young men in the
Aviation Corps has been that the
factories could not provide air craft
rapidly enough to give ^hem as much
opportunity to fly as they desired”
In the matter of appropriations the
total the Secretary asks is $1_,039,-
660,502.84, saying this is n€S:ded for
the vigorous prosecution of the war.
The appropriations made the present
year mounted to $1,592,732,859, which,
taken in connection with the $312,-
678,071 appropriated Aug. 29, 1916,
makes a total of naval anpropriationi
in a period of a little more ttian <
year of $1,905,410,930. This exceeds
the sum of all appropriations from
1883 to 1911.”
Public Interested in Navy
The genuine interest shown by the
American people -in the men of the
navy is emphasized, the Secretary
holding that there should be “some
method by which the spontaneous de
sire to give proof of helping men in
the navy shall be directed into the
best channels.” He recommends that
Congress, in view of the unauthorized
use of the word “Navy” by organiza
tions, “many of them with the spirit
of unselfish desire to aid the serried”
but which confuses the people, should
deny to any organization to right to
call itself by the name “Navy” this
or “Navy” that, unless aiithorize'd.
“It has occasionally l.-appenecl that
money contribated by generous peo
ple for men in tho service has gon-
chiefly to ‘expenses’ and ‘organizations'
instead of to th - ptu-poses which tiic
contributors des reci to aid,” the Sec
retary says.,
“■What we ha\ e done in th.e navy,’
says the Secretary in conclusion, "r..-
but the eaiTiest of the things that ve.i:
become manifest in the nations that
are before us. Among the 300,Oat
men in the Navy, enlisted and ci'vi‘
personnel, or the thousands working
outside, there is no thought of lessen
ing effort until the great victory' is
won. Much remains to be done, but
it will be done cheerfully, gladly,
efficiently. The plans have been made
on a scale commensurate with tlie
task. They will be carried out with
speed, wdth confidence and with ulti
mate success.”
Mr. W. H. Ragan of High Point Killed
in Pennsylvania Munition Plant Ex-
plosioDt.
Mr. T/. H. Ragan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charle* Ragan of High Point was
ftaMung the number of men killed as
a result of the explosion at the '“T.
N. T.” plant, Heidelberg, Pa., a sub
urb ef Pittsburgh last week. His par
ent* were notified that he was among
tine missing and later, that his body
had been found among the laiins ef
tke munitions plant.
The yeung man was 20 years of age
.J»»«! :: the ci-is o'
191'i sf tile State College of Agricul-
tere and Hagineering. He graduated
a* a ckfijnist asd as such was employ
ed by tk* “T. N. T.” company.
Th# body ©f the young man was
brought to High Point where a fun
eral service was comlucted at the home
of his parents Monday after which in
terment followed.
After Three Weeks of Means Case,
End is Drawing Near
The means case is drawing to
tioie. AH testimony has been con-
eluded and arguments of counsel are
now in progress. During the week
Gaston Keans testified in his own be
half, explaining and accounting for
naany financial transactions involving
th* use of funds belonging to the de-
eeasod. He gave an account of the
killing et Bla'kwelder Spring. On cross
examination he held his own with the
attorneys for the prosecution.'
A sensation was created by Means’
response to attorney Dooling’s ques
tion as to whether dunning letters had
not been written Means for rent of
uafety deposit box in New York, to
which Mea** replied that if such let
ter* had keen written Dooling haii
stoles the**.
Another oensation arose from a
newspaper story in which it was said
that a^ed sympathizers of Means
were pfesent in eourt and tliat a Hills-
ville affair miglit bo impending. While
it was manifest that the situation was
exti'emely it turned out that the
reporter was onwavrented in his as
sertion and Ju^e Cliae stated from
tile beneh that he was much humiliat
ed that suoh a statement, had been
given te the publie.
Mrs. Jiilie P. Means, wife' of the
defendant went on the stand and cor
roborated her husband’s testimony.
She bore herself with great composure'
and '.7as unshaken by cross examina
tion. '
The evidenee was concluded by the
State’s introduction of witnesses m re
buttal. On Tuesday Capt. 'W. A.
Jones, a NeAv York police o/ncial, made
a test in court by firing’ a pistol to
shovv' that no smudge would be left on
the hand holding it, the defense having
made a strong point that a smudge %/ai
left on Mr.s. King’s hand.
MOTHERS’ PBNSiONS EXPECT
ED TO CONSERVE CHILD LIFE
Thirty States Have Passed Mothers’
I’ension Act
pension act will
WAR THRIFT STAMPS
Help
Anyone Can Save Money and
Uncle Sam Win the War
Postmaster R. R, Ross has received
a supply of war thrift stamps and war
DISTRICT EXEMPTION BOARD
MET LAST FRIDAY
At the meeting of the District Ex
emption Board of the Western Distriet
of North Carolina last Friday the fol
lowing persons were exempted:
Exemptions granted comprise the
following: Henry Grady Redding,
Cedar Falls; 'William Henry Fox, Jten-
dleman; Elsie Cleveland Luther Elea-
zer; Connie Lee Allred, Franklinville;
John' Dexter Graves, Ramseur; Ed
ward L. Hedrick, Asheboro; Bethuel
Clarkson Cox, Ramseur; Clarence By
num Adams, Randleman; Jeffry Clyde
Loftin, Edgar; John Sylvester Cooper,
Pleasant Garden; Jeffrey Dael Farlow,
Randleman; James Henry McBride;
Ramseur; Samuel Williams, Seagrove;
John Emory Taylor, High Point;
Charles Carpenter Barker, Trinity;
George Washington Field, Climax;
Dias Spencer Moore, Complex; Sari
hranklin Bulla, Asheboro; Calvin Bird,
Asheboro; Hurley_ Edmond Haithcock,
Cedar halls; William Madison Hayes,
Randleman; Charles C. Ward, Worth-
ville; Henry Herbert Bunting, Ashe-
boro; Diffie Reeves, Rachel; John Alex
ander Curtis, Climax; William B. Hin-
shav/, Wprthville; William Rufus Lu
ther, Strieby; Clayton Max Newberry,
Liberty; Robert Early Moffitt, Eam-
seur; James G. Royals, Thomasville; '
Walter Smith, Meadows; William Man
ly Ashworth, Asheboro; Dewey Wil-
Seagrove; Virgin Martin Aid-
urged that parents fill out thrift cards I Millboro; Samuel Alexander
and present their children with war | 'William Harvey
savings certificates for Christmas 1 Bulla, Randleman; Irvin Stamey Keer-
presents, instead of giving them pres-! Badin; Clifton Nixon, Millboro;
ents of equal value that will be used IRichards^, Ramseur; John Cur-
up or torn up by the time the holidays ; Liberty; Eugene Farlow, Sea-
Dime savings banks and I Clifford E. Hinshaw, Randle-
ior a better 'Murished' generat'iOTdf'”?!' be opened and the | man; I*'"" Cm
Neglected children cost more than wefr m thnft stamps, and Ollie Memtt Kennett, LiWy; Wil-
nourished ones to everybody except >1“' stores of money ^ can be | liam Charles Mang-um , Alliled Ashe-
• . .. / made to draw- interest for tne little i”Uio, Elmei Vernon Hix, Rachel; Jo-
folks, which in a few years will be i seph Elisha Allred, Randleman; Bur-
paid to them in cash. The opportunity I Irvin Parham, Franklinville; June
is open to everybody to invest sm*all j Carlos Freeman, Julian; Daniel Rob-
savings in this way, such money as is j Bulla, Sophia; William Clarence
usually kept idle because of its small | Seotten, Climax; Clarence Monroe Ma-
amounts, and any person can purchase ' Climax, and Thomas Roscoe Par-
certificates up to one thousand dollars
worth.
Anyone desiriflg further information
can secure same by calling. o:i Poste
oiaster Ross or any of the other post
masters in the county after they have
received the supplies. Col. F. H. Fries,
of Winston-Salem, is state chairman.
Th* Mothers' wm w. -
Ipokeil to in the United States to certificates lor Asheboro and
to mitigate'the suffering of war, par-■ in the county,
ticularly to help preserve the home andl . , ® easy even for boys and
conserve child life, according to Judge ® away a little money and
Henry Neal of Chicago who is now eompounev interest on it from their
* - Uncle Samuel. The war thrift stamps
are now on sale for twenty-five cents
each. 'When one of these is purchased
a card is given the purchaser on which
are spaces for saxteen stamps, which
would amount tb four dollars. The
thrift stamps are pasted on this card
and when it is full the thrift cards are
turned in at the postoffice and a war
savings certificate is secured in re
turn. The four dollar card, if turaed
in during December or January will
buy a war savings certificate, with
twelve cents additional. This card
will be redeemed oon January 1, 1923
for five dollars cash. If the card is
not filled during this and next month
one cent for each month will be added
when turned into a. war savings certi
ficate. For instance, the live dollar
certificate will sell for $412 in Janu
ary, $4.13 in February and so on.
These cards are gotten out for the
benefit of the small savings funds,
which are not enough probably to buy
a Liberty Bond with and they pay a
splendid rate of interest. It is being
in England for the purpose of inter-
esting members of the House of Com
mons, in the mothers’ pension system.
Thirty out of the forty-eight states of
the Union have adopted this system.
These are—-for the most part, North
ern and Western states'. Two munic-
ipalitities, St, Louio and Milwaukee,
have' established similar systems in-
dej.jendent of state action.
These acts of pensioning widows
and orphans, as explained by the
Ameriean Medical Association Bulle
tin, ai’e an endeavor to keep the fam
ily together with the mother herself
at home with the children and not
pl^ee them ,as wards on tiie state.
EvidsMce, ^erefore, is required not
0*1 y that the family is in need' but
that it also is wortiiy of preservation.
Tke amounts in most states are fairly
liberal. Illinois, which was the first
state to pa.ss the act, allows $15 for
one child and $7 for each additional
child under 16 years. Pennsylvania
allov.'s $12 for each child, $10 for two
and $5 for each additional' child. '
Mr. Bernard Shaw advocating the
riiothers’ pension bill in England said
recently: “Child poverty is the only
sort of poverty that matters. The
adult who has been poor as a child
v.-ill never get the chill of poverty, out
of his bones; but he will make room
their immediate parents.”
Sunday School Association Notes
Alien Enemies Receive Fair Treat
ment and Pay for 'i’heir 1-a'bor
The interned Germans at the station
at Hot Springs, N. C., are not pris
oners of war. They comprise officers
and crews of the German merchant
vessels which were held in the United
Srates at the time of the declaration of
war.
These aliens receive no funds from
the Government except compensation
for labor actually performed. Those
engag-ed in construction work get $20
a month, with an additional $5 to fore
men. intei-ned officers have not been
pei'iiiittsd to receive from any source
more inan $10 a month and crewmen
not more than $5. Kecei’pts in excess
of Uich.; ainounts are placed to the
credit of the aliens in banks.
Three plain but substantial meals
are prepared each day. There is no
\.’aste, tho same measures of economy
and conservation which are being urg
ed upon every American liousowife be
ing practiced at Mot Springs.
- The new system of uniform lessons
called the Improved Uniform Lessons,
will begin in Januai'y. Every super
intendent and teacher who is using the
uniform lessons should have these on
hand now in order to become familiar
with the system. These new lessons
will denaand a closer attention to the
gi-ading- of the school and in order to.
carry out the intents of the system it
ill be necessary to follow, the graded
f-h of organiatiou to a great extent.
iii_ icecon text for the-whoU
school is the same tkere are'’^separat6
topics for the prinaary, junior, inter
mediate and young people’s Depart
ments. There is additional Biblical
material for each depaitaaent. School
officers and teachers should begin now
to look for any improvements in the
ker.
Exemption claims w^ere refused to
the following: Verius Rey
nold Hodgin, Ramseur; 'Woosley Ed
win Marley, Ramseur; 'William
Poole, Jr., Franklinville; Thomas
Jesse Osborne, Trinity; Marvin Lewis
Small, Randleman; William Brown
i Lowe, Edgar; Floyd Franklin Craven',
j Ramse’ar; John H. Hodgin, Ramseur;
The Holy City Has Fallen ,
Jei'usaiem, after being' siriroundvu .'''^'’iiliam Mof>epd, Strieby;
On all'Sides by the British troops has'• Caraway; Rufus
surrendered. The British officially en-’ 1°^ Seagrove; Charles-
tered the'city last Monday accompa- Randleman; James
nied by the French officers. The cap-‘ Siler, Ramseur; Pearl Golds-
ture of this city by the British forces, Ram-
„ . marks the end, with two brief inter-' Chalmers Brooks, Ram
grading of their schools and be ready ludes, of more than 1200 years posses- Redoing Allred Cedar
to begin the first of the new year with sion of the seat of the Christian reii/’-- 1 ai^er Holmes Laughlin,, Ran-
' ’ " • ion by the Mohammedans. i ?dgar Williamson,'
I rranklinville; Jonah Andrew Johnson,
New Hope; John Franklin Hancock,
Franklinville:
of lessons well
New Pubiiculicn Bliows Ahr.u cf Ger
mans in fheir Own V, ords
“By right of wav the right of
strange rae'es to migrate into German
ic settlements will be taken away. By
right of war tho non-Germanic popu
lation in America and Great Australia
must bo settled in Africa. By right
of vvar we can send back the useless
South A merican romance peoples and
the hali-ljreeds to north Africa.”—
Quotation from the Gonnan in the new
ITO-pagc publication issued by the
Committee on Public Information,'
Conquest and Kultur.”
Copies may be secured free of
charge by application to the Commit
tee ©n Public InfoiTTiation. 10 Jackson
Place ,V/ashington, D. C.
the new system
hand.
Two schools in Providence township
and one in Randleman township have
reported the adoption of graded les
sons for their elementary division to
begin January 1. Many other schools
are preparing to take such steps and
our teachers are getting ready for bet
ter work as never before.
Christmas this year should mean
more than ever before to the Sunday
schools. There are so many worthy
causes asking for consideration that
no school need miss the blessings Ihr.
attend the giving spirit. The noorly
Mrs. T. E. Kirkman at Pleasant Gar
den Dead
Mrs. T. E. Kirkman, widov. ...
late Elwood Kirkman died at her horn
near Pleasant Garden Friday evening
after a short illness. The deceased
was 62^ years of age and one of the
most highly respected people of the
community. The funeral was held at
Pleasant Garden church Sunday niorn-
ing at 11 o’clock. «
of the President Wilson’s Red Cross Procla-
I mation
! Ten million new members in a week!
j That is the goal the American Red
j Cross has set'for itself in its Christ-
I mas membership campaign that is to
' be launched December 16. Through-
1 out the United States Rod Cross chap-
1 ters' are prepaz’ing for the enrollment
•il S 'Dc'stt—vPr Q.-nL tt i army which is to stand as
S. De.tr.jer bunk By German U-j t^e organized support of the boys in
t the trenches.
Boat
Amienians Md'Syrian.^ are calling t'ol Seventy-six lives are believed to : No man Is more deeply concerned
ISci f ‘J” " S' America-to help have gone down with tho American ' in, the world war than President Wil-
If Manjv destroyer Jacob Jones, torpedoed and ' son-who is also nresident of the Rod
Smtcl = J’'®, W.r by ‘'“■“an sub- ; Cross-and this is his proclamation;
appeals tnaough tiieir dGnominational marme last Thursday night. ' ^
headquarters. Newspapers arc carry-• Commander Da^ Wortli BaglSy is
ing their appeals also. The 'orphan-'among those who were saved.
ages, too, are ne.eding the support cf i , - —
the Sunday schools and the appeal of ^Arsenic Supply Vviil Be Needed for
the homeless children round about us! Insecticides
vdliyurnish a splendid opportunity for;
W m*'™'’-.-if alone : der the control of tho food admir "
gift either‘’of'’foodV‘clotw'ngt‘’‘or°tofl. Oration, the I^csident has act-
Alcoholic Content of Beer to Be Lim
ited to 3 Per Cent Maximum
There is in the country from two
to tni’ce yciu’vs’ supply of whisky, bran
dy, and gin which may be comman
deered by tho Government if r-equired
for purposes of manufacture of alcohol
for—munitions. The requirements for
industrial alcohol, howeveiy in .addi
tion to the normal output from saw
dust and other waste products, is neg
ligible. The desirability of saving all
the g’Kgin used in brou-ing from the
stamipoint of food conservation is
therefore limited by the social ;ques-
tioii iuvclvcd in the exclusive use of
whisky.
The P^sident has approved the rec-
ornmend^ion of the Food Administra
tion that the alcoholic content of beer
be reduced’ to a 3 psr cent maximum
and the volume of grain used be re
duced to approximately 70 per cent of
that formerly used. Provisions are
made to increase the output of cattle
feed from brewing establishments.
. -ted in ans-
'bince arsenic is the active agent m
potato-bug poison, the farmer is de-
p.enrient upon an adequate supply of
arsenic compounds for combatting- tlio
potato bug. It is consifTefed import-
ant that a supply of white arsenic be
available to meet the needs next j'oar
for grasshoper control. • It is also nec
essary for conti’ol of cutworms ami
anny wonns.
President Wilson last Friday sent
the Governor General of Canada an ex
pression of sympathy of the people of
tho United States because-of the dis
aster at Halifax.
Sunday School more than to prepare i.
box for their orphanage.
Now is the time to dq some valuable
reading. The library hei-e offers splen
did advantages to teachers and offiesrs
in all parts of the county. Although
there is not a larg’e number of books,
they are the very best to bo h.ad in ev
ery department. The rough days and
long winter evenings give ps time to
become well informed along the lines
of work in which we are most, interest
ed. The teacher or officer who fails to
read ^ the best and latest literature
touching his or her work will soon be
come uninteresting and inefficient. The
library is now kept at the association
office and any one may receive books
by calling or writing for them. If you
have no catalogue, tell us in what dc-
pai-tme.nt you are interested and you
will find a book that will heln you
The cradle roll raid home depart
ments should receive ti.Ij ett-'-v
sessoii of the year. Xi ^ '
children and the older o i < \ .Il.'cvji ,
No person ever gets too oid to r •-ve-itorestcd Im--
ciate a Christmas reim: ::0=ar.--o. Ifollow’ing
Some .of oui’ Sunday schools have! Suiiford—
prepared honor rolls of the boys vh.
are in their country's service. Wliothc.
your school has done this or not, th-. ltie; Caswe!
boys flora your community who are! Garner circuit-
away at the camps now will be hapoy'
to hear from their friends bad.: ho„U.
The Sunday school should not lose
this opportunity to carry a Christmas
message of love and cheer to those
w_ho_ \,iil be denied the pleasure of a
Christmas with tlieir own at home.
Eastern Conference of M. E. Chm-ch
Closed
The Eastern conference of the ivleth-
pdist Episcopal church was in session
at Greenville last week closed Monciav
with a^stirring patriotic service in be
half of the American soldiers and
sailors.
The following arc the presiding cid
er’s for the different districts:
Durham district. J. C. Woot?;nr Eliz
abeth City di^stnci, G. 1. Adams; Fav-
ttoM^ (.!--(
II r 1 ,
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES
Ton million Americans are invited
to join the American Red Cross dur
ing the week eri(ling’.^vith Christmas
Eve.* The times require that every
branch of our groat national effort
shall be loyally uphold, and it is pe
culiarly fitting that at the Christmas
season the Red Crop's should bo''the
branch through which your willing
ness to help is expressed.
You should join the American Red
Cross, because it alone can carry the
pledges of Christmas good will to
those who are bearing for us the real
burdens of tho world war, both in our
own Army and Navy and in the na
tions upon v.’hose territory the issues
of the world-v/ar a^’e being fought
out. Your evidence of faith in this
work is necessary for their hearten-
>ig an.'l (hecr.
You 'Should join the Red Ci’essN^?-
cause this arm of the National ser
vice is steadily and efficiently 'main
taining its overseas relief in every
suffering land', administering our mil
lions wisely and well and awakening
the gratitude of every people.
.*Our consciences will npt let us en-
S y the Christmas season if this pledge
support te oui’ ciiiise and the world's
; Claff
been
ed ro the
It required but 1 houi- and 43 min
utes for a jury in the supreme court
at Mineola, N. Y., last baiurday
night to reach a verdict of not guilty
in the trial of Mis. Blanca de Sauiits'
for the murder of her divorced hus
band last August. '
R. Royalk
Beaufoi’t—R. I*'. Bumpass.
Kinston—Queen Street, hi. H. Tut-
Slrect, Daniel j,an?.
-E. B. Cravcji.
Loujsourg—N. Ii. D. 'W'ltJOii.
Kaleigli-^Centra!, I). N. Cavii’cc.s;
E:.ontcn blrcet, M. Bi’a... A avc,
Efiitor Naghville Christian A'flvocat;
-T. N. Ivey.
Rockinghum—G. F. Smith.
V/eldon- !■'. 7'. b'-cimburgoj'.
Rocky ivloun.—First Church, R. C.
Craven.
\yashington—D. H. Tuttle.
V/allace and Rose iiiil—M. D. Hicks.
The battlefields of'f ranee do notj
provide the horrible parallel to Gel
scenes witnessed at Halifax.
weal
meinb;‘;..';-’ilp is the
terms of action.
(Signed) V.'OODROv
Pre.sidont of lii:- Am.".
I Cell
Pu.sses RC:-;
■iVar Vritli Ansi;
President Signs it
Cross
inr.;, s-pii’it in
V.Fr/70N',
i' il Cross'
n declaring
1 ry and ..
War b:
Austi 1 Hi \
od last I'j’Klav. ! r
gross to t F.
acjdre i ue '' i
passed Auril u ',(‘c:;ir:u
many.
After but one hours'
oluticn was uiiiinimou
the Senate with an aill'
74. it was approved by tl
363 to 3^-*_A i/Avj-.dnuto'; 1
iii-A sigricci the docuuntnt' an
to the White House where
signed by President Wilson,
. tes and
' c dedar-
iponse of Con-
Li:t in his
ii.tr to that
ith Ger-
ihe rcs-
ado)ited by
' vote of
House,
'-'■'1' Vice
V Clark
.sent it
it was