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Ia view of the increasing acutenesa
tf tie food problem, and. the desper
ate importance of finding some meana
to lieve" the situation .the local
Haaonic lodge has issued the follow
ing statement .with the request that
- it be published in the local papers:
v Kedron Lodge, No. 387, A. F. &
A. M.. urgently appeals to all of its
members to use their utmost efforts,
by precept and still more by example,
to promote the increased production
and the most careful conservation of
food.
In Europe there is a terrible short-
age of food caused by the depletion
of man power and the diversion of
the survivors from the fields to the
. armies. Furthermore thousands of
tons of food have been destroyed bv
submarines. ' In the past three and a
half years there have been millions of
deaths from hunger or from diseases
caused or aggravated by hunger.
The shortage of farm labor is be
ginning to be felt in this country and
will become more acute. And. at a
time when it is becoming increasing
ly difficult to feed ourselves, we are
called upon to feed half of Europe
And we must respond to the anneal
We are impelled to do so by human
ity (for it is inhuman not to relieve
distress), by gratitude (for our allies
. have for nearly four years sheltered
us behind the barrier of their bleed
ing and mangled bodies), and by self
interest (for we need our allies to
help us win the war, and they cannot
fight without food).
we must feed ourselves. We must
feed our soldiers in France. And we
must help feed our allies. In order
to accomplish this, it is necessary
1. To increase production. Practi
cally everybody in our community
can help in this.
2. To eliminate waste. In the easy
prosperity which we have hitherto
enjoyed, about 30 per cent of our
food has been wasted. Under pres
ent conditions, waste is a sin against
God and man.
3. To economize, in transportation.
This means to live as far as possible,
on such food as can be produced in
our own community, thus relieving
railroad congestion.
4. To abstain as far as possible
, from consuming exportable food, and
to use, in place thereof, such foods
as cannot easily be expected. This
means, among other things, to con
fine our consumption of meat (in
cluding poultry) to less than two
pounds per week per capita, and as
far as possible to abstain from wheat
until fhe next crop comes in. The
man or woman who is unwilling to
undergo a little inconvenience in this
hour of crisis and agony, Is not worth
fighting for.
Kedron Lodge calls upon all its
members to take due notice of the
four points above mentioned and to
govern themselves accordingly. The
need is urgent; and a failure to face
the facts now will bring us to acute
privation in the near future.
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iory Book of Science-. I-re
Boys' Book of Submarines Collins
THE LIBRARY
The following books have recently
been shelved at the Library:
Fiction.
The U. P. Trail ?.Zane Grey
The Amazing Interlude Rinehart
The Pawns Court Oppenheim
Comrades Dillon
Wings of Youth Jordan
Mystery of the Downs Watson
Tree of Heaven... Sinclair
When "Bear Cat" Went Dry. Buck
Drusilla With a Million Cooper
The Blind Man's Eyes McHarg
The Fifth Wheel .......Prouty
Tom Slade on the River... Fitzhough
Girls of Central High Morrison
The Outdoor Chums Allen
, The Bobbsey Twins... Hope
Bunny Bruwn and His Sister
Sue r 3... Hope
Outdoor Girls at Deepdale Hope
Tuck-me-in Stories..,- Comstock
Swiss Stories and Legends.Froelicher
- No-Fictioa. , '''.-.ly-
A Yankee in the Trenches .Holmes
Journal from Our Legation at " v
Belgium .. . Gibson
How to Cut Food Costs Cooper
Book of Corn Cookery .Wade
HoW to Fly Collins
Aeroplane Design Barnwell
1 The Military Policy of the
United States ...... Gen. Upton
Little Book of the Flag- .Tappan
The Brown Brethren Mac Gill
.Young Folks- Cyclopedia' of ' " ' i
Common Things -Champlini
Yotr Folks Cyclopedia of
T it-ir: c? Champlfrs
FASSIFRN.
The commencement exercises of
Fassifern school will be as follows:
Sunday, June 2, 6 p. m. Bacca
laureate sermon by Rev. A. W. Far
num. - -
Monday, June 8, 5:30 p. m. Ad
dress and presentation of diplomas
and certificates by Haywood Parker,
of Asheville. "
- Art exhibition.
Tuesday, June 4, 8:30 p. m.
Cantata. "Pan on a Summer Day."
by Paul Bliss, presented by the stu
dents of Fassifern.
Invitations will be issued to pat
rons and friends in Hendersonville
The graduating exercises will be
held, as usual, on the veranda. Fol
lowing the presentation of diplomas
and certificates by Haywood Parker,
of Asheville, Dr. E. E. Bomar will
present the medals offered by Rev.
Ellyson Simpson, W. H. Hawkins
Son, Miss Graham, Miss Chambers
and Miss Shipp. Dr. Kirk will pre
sent that offered by himself for the
best work in the art department
Following these exercises there
will be an exhibition of the work
done by Miss Cornelia McDowell, cer
tificate pupil, and by the other mem
bers of the art class.
- There is no limit as td space for
the Monday afternoon entertainment
and all interested are invited.
On account of the very limited au
ditorium space, it has been found
necessary to issue cards for Tues
day night, which will be received at
the door. All persons receiving in
vitations should preserve these cards
for presentation, as ushers are in
structed to admit only the bearers of
cards. It is regretted that this is
necessary, but it is not deemed safe
to crowd the auditorium as it has
been crowded in the past The list
of graduates and those who receive
certificates is as follows:
CERTIFICATE STUDENTS.
Mimic
Josephine MacDowell Bird.
Mary Fleming Brooks.
Ella Tew Lindsay.
Art.
Cornelia Caldwell MacDowelL
DomMtt: ScUnc. ; tJ
Mary Lybrook fasater.
Cornelia Caldw$ MacDowell.
May Latta Moore.
Frances McLeod Parker.
Elizabeth Ames Skelding.
Lola Lamar Taylor.
Class of Nineten-if hteen.
Josephine MacDowell Bird.
Nell Carson.
Margaret Verna Doty.
Susan Lane Harding.
Blanche Chadbourne King.
Ella Tew Lindsay.
Emily Fairfax MacRae.
Lucile Morris.
Jean Pirnie Robertson.
Mary Caroline Stamey.
monthly i" jct.i.i t
dairies " accotllr.2 ii
(government) d-iry t
monthly scores of Hi
will be published
benefit of the public v
rtle
For the first three mc ,f this'
year there were 8,8" 2 ;s of
whooping cough and mc in the
State that were reported t j State
Board ox neaitn. uur. .nuary
and February ; these frir '..eases
caused eighty-one deatl x If the
number of deaths in , reports
of which are not yet avail.'. ' , main
tain the same proportion to tie num
ber of cases as in the Cat two
months, the total number of (Laths in
the State from these causes for the
first quarter of the year wilt be about
,150.-, v-:-i!r;?''-:
Reports show the following figures
for these diseases: Deaths in Janu
ary from whooping cough,' 23; in
February, 27 ; deaths in January from
measles, 8; in February,' 23; cases
whooping cough reported in January,
969; in February, 914; in' March,
1,080; cases measles in January, !,
876; in February, 1,905; in March,
2,148. '
As a result of these diseases hun
dreds of children in the State are left
with weak eyes inflammation of the
ears, and generally weakened bodies
which allow other diseases,; such as
tuberculosis, to take hold. V ) .
These diseases are spread by moth
ers allowing their children to go to
school and other public places when
they know the child is taking a con
tagion. The time when the diseases
spread worst is early, when a child is
just beginning to develop the disease,.
Carelessness and ignorance both en
ter into the causes of the large num
ber of cases in the State, and the
large number of deaths. f
HEALTH NOTES
A number of progressive commu
nities of the State are awakening to
the importance of a controlled milk
supply as one of the essentials for the
protection of the public health. The
wide-a-wake city of Kinston is the
latest to join the movement The
mayor and board of aldermen of
the city have entered into an agree
ment with the Bureau of Countv
Health Work of the North Carolina
State Board of Health for co-opera
tion in controlling and improving the
milk supply of the city.
Milk is responsible for more sick
ness and deaths than perhaps all
other foods combined. The diseases
most commonly conveyed through
milk are tuberculosis, infant diarrhea,
typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, septic sore throat and the
diarrheal and dysenteric diseases of
adults. ;;:"-
The importance of the. purity of
the milk supply is shown in the ste
notics gathered from the office of the
register of deeds of Lenoir county.
During 1915 there were forty-five
deaths reported from the city of Kin
ston xrom uus class of diseases, in
1918 there were fifty deaths, and in
191 7 :-. there ' were sixty-two; This
meana that there are from 400 to 600
cases of illness each year caused by
diseases capable of being conveved
through milk in Kinston. ,y . (
.'Under the plan of co-operation
permits will be issued to milk dealers.
and all dairies, farms and premises of
dairymen, producers and dealers will
be regularly inspected. ,J TLIi will he
done through the County I" :I-h De-
For the four year period includ
ing 1914, 1916, 1915, 1917, the death
rate in North Carolina from typhoid
fever was 30.3. The total number oc
curring in the State during the four
years was 2,909. Due to an ener
getic educational campaign that has
resulted in a general improvement of
sanitary conditions throughout' the
State, and in the immunizing of a
large number through the adminis
tering of typhoid vaccine, the number
of deaths occurring has been reduced
each year of the period, falling from
839 in l914 to 626inl9iT. t? rf .
The death rate from this cause is
still alarmingly high, and the State
Board of Health is this year under
taking a State-wide campaign for the
prevention of typhoid epidemics. Not
more than 500 deaths in North Caro
lina in 1918 from typhoid is the goal
set and all the energies of the board
will be centered on achieving that result
For the four year period Ashe
county leads the State with the low
est death rate from this cause, it be
ing 7.8. Jones county is a close sec
ond with a rate of 8.3. Martin coun
ty has the misfortune to have the
worst record of the one hundred
counties, having a death rate-of
sixty-one, with Perquimans and Lee
both crowding it for the place at the
bottom of the list with rates of 60.2
and 69.2 respectively. fy';;
There are 42 "typhoid slacker
counties" in the State. The death
rate from this cause in that number
of counties is above the death rate
for the State as a whole. Included
among these are Mecklenburg, Guil
ford, Forsyth, Wake and Durham!
counties which contain five of the
largest cities in the State. On the
other hand, Buncombe and New
Hanover counties, containing the
large cities of Asheville and Wilming
ton, are each well under the State
average. .' '. T-
In the campaign for the prevention
of typhoid fever in the State this
year the State Board of Health wilt
stress three things: The installment
of sanitary- privies to replace the
open back privy which is the, favorite
breding place of flies; the destruction
of the germ carriers, flies, by destroy
ing their breding places and screen
ing against their entry into the
homes; vaccination through local
agencies in each county of as many
people as can be reached during the
Ml8hty Caaopva. 'J
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pus, In the southern constellation of tm
Ship, mvislbte to as of the northeri
hemisphere. 1 luminosity of Cw
pus is 47,000 timet that of the sun, i
area 18,000 times more Yast, its 1 1
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, 1 REPORT OF TII2 CONDITION OF
'.: The First Bank and Trust Company, at Hendersonville, in the
State of North Carolina, at the close of businessMay 10, 1918. ;
RESOURC-3. , ' t " - :
1. Loans and discounts . 1 $388,295.18
2. Overdrafts unsecured, $76.99.-.1 - . . 76.99 1'
3. United States Bonds and Liberty Bonds... 6,191.98 '
4; North Carolina State Bonds... . 27,500.00
7. Banking houses, $20,000.00; furniture and fix- '
tures, $2,500.00 . .... , 22,500.00
9. Demand loans ....... - JJ 88,105.16 1
10. Due from National banks : . 34,868.95
Due from State Banks bnd bankers.......... 53,639.04
11. Cash items held over 24 hours 18,007.65
12. Checks for clearing . . 3,116.15
13. Gold coin : 567.50
14. Silver coin, including all minor coin currency ; ; 3,674.82
15. National bank notes and other U. S. notes. . 22,078.00
Total .$618,620.82
LIABILITIES. V?
1. Capital stock paid in ... ....$ 75,000.00
2. Surplus fund 25,000.00
8. Undivided profits, less current expenses and
' taxes paid ;,; .1.......... 3,540.32
8. Deposits subject to check. 322,784.69
10. Time certificates of deposit . 122,660.86
11. Savings Deposits .. 52,082.72
12. Cashier's checks outstanding . 637.22
"13. Certified checks ; 380.20
14. Due to National banks.. 16,535.81
Total . .$618,620.82
State of North Carolina County of Henderson, May 23, 1918.
I, J. Mack Rhodes, cashier of the above named bank, do sol
emnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
J. MACK RHODES, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 28 day of May, 1918.
W. MARSHALL BRIDGES,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
R. M. OATES,
P. F. PATTON,
R. C. CLARKE,
Directors.
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