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THE ROANOKE-CHOWAN TIMES THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1926 SECOND PAN MRICAN RED CROSS CONFERENCE (Continued from page three) “Red Cross Nursing Services,” and the “Junior Red Cross.” The reports of these commissions were very elaborate and inspir ing;; and practical demonstrations of Red Cross activities, visiting exhibits and the Red Cross Muse ums, and the services of the American Red Cross at all times furnished interest and instruc tion and helpfulness. Of course, each day brougtht wonderful and inspiring address es from representatives of the various countries delivered by the ablest men and women of those countries. To simply men tion the names of these speakers would require long space. Near by places of interest were visit ed. Naturally Arlington was first, where the Association offi cials placed a magnificant wreath on the grave of the unknown soldier, Other places visited were the Battle of Manassas. Warrenton, Virginia, the Naval Academy at Annapolis, places of historic interest in and around Washington and Mount Vernon The social events of the Con ference were most brilliant and elaborate. Foremost of them was the reception at the White House tendered by the President and Mrs. Coolidge. I was very much interested in Mrs. Cool- idge’s splendid dog and came near not being in the picture taken of the crowd. My Brazi lian friend was very solicitous to have me in the picture and really pulled me away from my new found pet. I owe it to him that 1 am in the group. During the other days recep tions were held at beautiful homes; among them. Miss Mabel T. Boardman National Secretary; at the State House at Annapolis, by Governor and Mrs. Ritchie, of Maryland; Mrs. Charles J. Bell, with theatre party at night: (Mr. Bell is of the Bell Telephone Family) Mrs. John Hayes Ham mond, (Mr. Hammond is an in ternational figure as mining en gineer); Hon. 0. T. Crosby, Warrenton, Virginia. The re ception at the magnificent Mexi can Embassy was pronounced by the Washington papers as one of the most brilliant social events Washington has known for years. Seven hundred guests were en tertained. A large number of musicians were brought from Mexico for that special occasion. At the close of the Conference Judge Payne entertained the delegates and officials at dinner in the Pan American Building. This was a splendid occasion. But I must not take up more space. The predominant note of the Conference was “Unity for Service Throughout this Western Hemisphere.” Every body “lay aside competition for coopera tion.” Executors of the Red Cross in different countries were brought into greater harmony of purpose. One of the most touching words that came to us was a message from the queen of Spain, who cablegramed her salutations to the member societies “whose helpful work she knows, ap plauds and admires.” She ex tended her sincere best wishes for the success of the important meeting “and for the peace and prosperity of the American Peo ple.” Among the hundreds of cablegrams received was one from far off Rega, sent by the Latvian Red Cross. I adopt Judge Payne’s predic tion, “that but of this Conference would come a more effective ser vice to humanity, a fuller minis try to those who need, and the achievement of a higher place in the administration of the con structive and paeventive work of the Red Cross in this Western Hemisphere,” I cannot close this outline of the Conference without expres sing my sincere thanks to Judge Payne, to Miss Boardman, to Miss Davis, to Miss May Alexander of the National Headquarters for every kind of polite and friendly attention and Mr. J. Arthur Jeffers whom we all remember so well at our Conference. Of course, I naturally take to Judge Payne who was at one time the head of the great law firm in Chicago of which my nephew Horner Winston was then and is now a member. This has been a highly prized privilege; full of enjoyment and full of profit. Amid all the the greatness, splendor and grandeur my heart was constantly with my Bertie Chapter and my faithful work ers; and I am back at Bertie Headquarters more ready, able and willing to serve than I have ever been. I must also thank President William Montgomery of the Acacia Mutual Life Association for placing his splendid automo bile and driver at my disposal during the time I was in Wash ington, (Mrs ) Rosa K. W'inston. A. R. C Club Rooms, Windsor, N. C., June 21, 1926, Fish That Cries In Hongkong harbor, a strange fish, of the size and appearance of a baby's head, has been caught. It is like a big orange, with eyes, mouth, nose, ears, and two small uncommon-look ing fins. This curious creature, re sembling what the Chinese describe as a “kwal” fish, is popularly known as a mermaid’s child, and utters a sound like the cry of a baby. The pos session of this fish is said to bring good luck. KEEPING WELL CHICKENS .AND SUNLIGHT DR. FRElOERirK R. GREEN EdKfir of Synthetic Women It is a world to see how commonly we are blinded -with the collusions of women, and more enticed by their ornaments being artificial than their proportion being natural. 1 loathe al most to think on their ointments and apothecary drugs, the sleeking of their faces and all their slibber sauces, which bring ijuasiness to the stomach and disgust to tlie mind.—John Lyly. Walrus Tusks Prized Ivory carving is becoming a lost art among the Eskimos of Alaska, and the ornately carved walrus tusks are much prized by collectors. A genera tion or so back the artisans who did this work were quite numerou.s, but they have'gradually passed away, and the young men have not learned to do It. I never saw an oft-removed tree, nor yet an oft-removed family that throve so well as tliose that settled be.—Ben jamin Franklin. Turning on the Tears “My husband is very sentimental; he weeps when you begin to talk about work,” stated a woman in an Engtisii court. Men The charge is frequently made that men are li.vpocrites about religion. What of it? They are about every thing?—Exchange. Life’s Opportunities Be glad of life because it gives you the clianee to love and to work and to look up at the stars.—Henry Van Dyke. Costly Elegance About 35,(XX) persons in Great Brit ain pay taxes for using armorial bear ings on automobiles and carriages. Try It Elsewhere Everybody has a capacity for appre ciation, but too many waste St on themselves.—El Paso Herald. a= IV/ruCH has been said in these col- urans about sunlight. This is not strange when one considers that more attention' has been paid to sun light by scientific men all over the world in the last five years than has been given to the subject in the pre ceding century. It almost seems as though the sun was a recent discovery and that no one had known of its ex istence until recently. Today we are beginning to realize that the sun, at least so far as our universe is con cerned, Is literally and actually the center and source of all life. We can understand now why the old Persian magi or wise men worshiped the sun as the greatest power and source of good In the universe. But perhaps this hasn’t interested you. “All this stuff about ultra-violet rays is just another case of those scientific fellows talking about some thing nobody can see and that prob ably doesn’t exist.” Maybe even the newly discovered fact that sunlight, plain everyday sunlight, will change a pale, thin, rickety child into a plump, ro.sy, healthy one doesn’t in terest you either. “Another of those doctor’s fads. Nothing in it." AH right. Then maybe you will be Interested in chickens. Now there’s something parctlcal. If j-ou can raise chickens that are bigger, fatter, heavier and that will sell for more in the market, now that’s really talking. That’s practical. Very well, let’s talk about cliickens, then. Prof. E. B. Hart of the Wiscon sin state agricultural station took two healthy chickens of the same age and variety. He put them on exactly the same diet. Giie chicken was exposed to direct snnliglit for half an hour eacli day. The otlier was kept out of Hie sunlight entirely. At the end of four weeks, the bird that had had the nroper food with snnliglit had gained 148 per cent in weight and had growm [ireportioiiufeiy, wtiile ttie chick that liad iiad proper food but no sunshine tiiid only g.-iined 2.3 per cent. Half an iiot;r of .sunsliine a day liad made one bird grow six times as fast as the otlier 1 T'iien Professor Hart tried another expeiiment. He took two groups of i-liii kens of the same size, age and stock. He fed iiotli groups on a diet rlial would ordinarily produce rickets. ■ >iie group, got lea minutes of sun- siiinc a day. Tiie oilier group got sun- ■ liiiu' all day. .-tt tiie end of six weeks die teii-niiniite group all liad rickets nd the all-day groiq) were all healthy uid averaged 50 [ler cent more weight ilUiii the others. The sunshine kept 'nem healthy in spite of poor food. You don’t iK-lieve it? Try it in your own clik-ken .v i rd. 'Cci, 1926. \V«*’,erti Newspaper Union.) ^Sale of lanil for Taxes By virtue of the power conferred by law, 1 will offer the followins; described real estate situated in Gaston Township, for sale at pub lic auction before the Court House in Jackson, N. C., on Monday, August 2, 1926, to satisfy the taxes due thereon and cost of sale: P. T. Hammack, 126 acres Pal mer Island, 1 15 Peebles Land, 303 Stanley Land, Taxes $149.93 and cost. W. F. Horner, I I 50 acres Broad nax Land, 34 acres Horse Island, Taxes $420.00 and cost. j Sidney T. Jones, 28 2-3 acres J. R. Green Land, Taxes $36.05 and cost. Mrs. Dora Whitley, 5 acres Home Land, Taxes $3.50 and cost, Bessie Pearson. 38 acres Harri son Land, Taxes $15.96 and cost. Tommie Patillo, 50 acres Patillo Land, Taxes $21.00 and cost. W. A. GRAY, Tax Collector, for Gaston Township, i Trv a “Want Ad” in this Paper JUST ARRIVED A nice lot of cold storage Seed Irish Potatoes. Will have on the 14 a very fine car of Flour, Middlings and Laying Mash. 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