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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBv Y READS IT he Monroe Journal 5 PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.24. NO. 104. MONROE, N. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1919. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. JOHX THINKS A I.I.IKS (IX A GREAT MUJTAKV VICTORY A l Xot Oik Iue to Internal and Ec onomic Reasons tin the Certiiun Claim The People Are Not Stnrv. ing. and Military Supplies Arc Found to He, I'lilimited. "The longer one stays in Germany the more convinced one is that the Allies won a great military victory," begins a letter from Private John Beasley. The Journal's editor, with the American Army of Occupation. The 56th Pioneers are very proud to be a part of that army and to be at tached o the 42nd (Rainbow) divis ion. John's lettei explaining the statement quoted above is as follows: Ahweller. Germany. Dec. 29. The longer one stays in Germany the r.iore convinced one is that the Allies won a great military victory. As the leople in the states are doubtless aware the German military leaders attribute their defeat to Internal and economic reasons refusing to admit the breaking of their prized and once csnstdered by them indomitable, mil i'ary machine. The scope of my ob sanations have been limited, but combining them with the views of others, who have been in touch wltn conditions in other sections of the e ::!pire. are such as to really convince ..i of the truth of the above asser tion. To begin with, the people are not starving, as many a "Copenhagen dm -utch" (purely of Germanic origin I led us to believe. Food is not plen titul by any means, but there seems :t be no suffering in this part of the o junto . Every cellar contains a gen erous pile of potatoes, and one sees :.iuch more poultry strutting in the ::rds of German homes than in France. Bread Is still issued by the government just like it is in Franco :. id Belgium; and, if the supply of American wheat was closed to the Allies, Germany would be Just as veil oil in this respect as France Neither does it take a William Jen ,;ings Bryan to comprehend the Irony :.i a situation where people are alleg- r 1 to be clamoring for bread yet con tinue to brew the pre-war amount of reer! Beer the German people have : 1 large quantities, and it is sold at a r:ice that would make the eyes of the A.uerican beer-hound wax red with f : vy. Though meat, may be a little scarce, one must remember that Ger iany had access to Holland's supply M dairy products. The American Army of Occupation of which I am proud to be a mem- NT) in its march to Germany passed through the evacuated sections of Trance and Belgium. There, instead of the chaos and destruction apparent on all sides in the battle area, we saw ; -owing fields of crops, planted and cultivated with such systematic .roroughncsB as to reflect credit even .m the barbarous Huns. They over- linked no idle acre: every concelva Me spot was cultivated to provide sustenance for the army. ' Unless I uli bad'y mistaken Germany was no learer the verge of starvation than '-re was In the third year of the war. It Is certain that her surplus supply ot foodstuffs lasted no longer (nan iwo years. And it is equally certain :hat she was cultivating as much nrreage at the signing of the armis tice as she was in the second or even ;ha first, year of the war. Enough " kiv the food situation. On the triumphant march to the Rhine our company halted for a few days to do guard duty at Mont Si. .Martin, a French town just a few .lles from the Belgium line. There .. A harl nur-second surprising, but -ratifying revelation. In the four ears they had spent In this town the Germans had erected a half dozen or time immense factories for the man i. Cart ure of war materials. And did we find them, like the proverbial Old Mother Hubbard's" cupboard "ve? We did not. There were tanks I ) process of construction, Harts of iwoplanes, and even a honey ana jam tactory with quite a store or its proa :c;s. Plenty of raw materials were ,'tlso lvlng around the railroad yards; in fact, the factories presented a so. ne similar to that noticeable about :i big American plant after "quitting" time. Those factories could have continued at work on war materials indefinitely. You must remember that this was In France, and not at Fssen, Germany, where the bulk of the enemy's munitions of war were manufactured. A few days later we moved across the line to Athus, Belgium, where the Germans had built many large ware houses and stationed ammunition dumps. In one of these warehouses I l;now there were thousands and thousands of machine guns. In the v?.rd3 were hundreds of big guns. Re aily. I couldn't begin to enumerate j he amount and variety of war mate rials left behind at Athus by the Huns. The American army confiscat ed a pile of horse-shoes that we con servatively estimated to be worth, at current market quotations, $300,000. This, no doubt, will give you an idea of the immense amount of stores the enemy left at this little dump, only one of hundreds. 1 have not even taken into consid eration the unexplolted resources of Russia. The amount of supplies Ger many obtained from this hapless country Is as yet undeterminable, but it must have been large. Granted that Germany waa forced to rob her churches of their sacred bells to se cure brass, and that she suffered a shortage of copter and tin and cot ton, all necessities of war, what was all this In comparison to what we of the South lacked when we put up such a stubborn but losing fight back in Hi? 60's? The truth is that that German ma chine, the like of which the world has never seen crumbled before the fierce thrusts of the British. French and Americans! In the test between steel and blood and courage the latter won. Right conquered might, and the free peoples of the world by their victory. won after four years of untold suffer ing and sacrifices, have proven con rlusively that they will not have their cherished institutions and manners tampered with. Don't be misled by the flimsy ex cuses of (he German war leaders. The Allies won a great victory, one of such sweeping magnitude that the pages of history w ill fail to reveal parallel. By refusing to admit defeat like the immortal Lee did at Appomattox, Germany, the brute when flushed with victory, presents a sorry and despica bio spectacle. iOSTMASTEU WINCHESTER, ASKS THAT 4V. S. S. 11 K REIT He Has Keen Kept Busy Hie Past Few Weeks Cashing Tliem Aiienl Is sued by Mr. McAdoo Regarding Matter. Postmaster E. C. Winchester re nn.et ihnt those who have pur chased War Savings stamps should not have them cashed unless it is a necessity. The past few weeks Mr. Winchester has been kept busy cash ing these stamps, often tieing iorceu tn'nhtnin the money from a central office. The people of I'nion county purchased a good per cenlage of the stamps allotted them ror l'Jis. nui ai tha into ihrv have been having them cashed the past few weeks most of , u-m hnve been cashed before thev reach their maturity value In 112?. Some people bring their stamps to have them cashed, slating that their reason for doing bo Is because the "war is over." The attention of these people should be directed to the fact that though the fighting has ceased the great expense of the war will continue for many montns. aim imanihlv for many years, and that in nnv event the plan to defray these expenses requires that the Govern ment should have the use of the pro ceeds of the issue of the war savings stamps until their maturity, e-vcrj payment of war savings certificates before maturity Interferes to that ex tent wit h the Dlan to finance the war. Hon. W. G. McAdoo, formerly sec retary of the treasury, urges that the stamps should be kept in me ioiiow- in? words: "Expenditures for November were prenter than in any similar period. These expenditures, growing out of the war. must be met by norrowing from the people, and their magma cent response heretofore to the Gov ernment's requirements makes me confident that they will not f.'ll to continue their support to the end mat nil linvmenis resulting from war ne cessities will be promptly met. Much eniains to be done. Our brave troops iM.nt he mainta ned ana pai i unm their work is fully accomplished and they are returned to their romes. This Is t ot a time to relax our efforts nd the Treasury Department is niaK ii" plans for linger and even more important work during tne coming r".r. t lease muse every cuon w bring this to the attention of th" peo ple in voitr district and to urge upon th:m the to; Untied holding of their wnr saving certificates, the fulfillment of their pledges, and additional pur phases as their means permit." This siiiteiuent was issued on December 5, I'll 8. before Mr. McAdoo had resign ed as Secretary of the Treasury. Rod Cross Made Amcilriin Roys Hap py lit Christmas. Private Lee A. Touiberlin. son of .1. L. Touiberlin. with the American Expeditionary Forces in trance, wrote In a letter to The Journal the oi!ovlii2 story that tells how the Red Cross made our boys happy at Christ mas: To the Editor of The Journal: Ftftv American men and women, members of the American Red Cross, worked tooth and nail each day and night before Christmas .filling the large gray woolen socks that were given to the boys that brought back the good old Christmas cheer or tne U. S. A. to each man in the Vichy hospital center. Just after din ner each day the workers assembled and labored until a late hour of the night, bo that every boy would be made happy. Cheerful smiles glow ed on the faces of all when the secret came out that the Red Cross was looking after Its boys. Our fifteen thousand socks were filled by Christ mas morning. The way the Red Cross filled each sock was this: First came boxes of matches and. cigar ettes; next candy; then figs and nuts (all fresh from "God s country"). A few bats ochocc.la'c. the real sweet creamy kind, were dropped In, follow ed bv some sweet biscuits that pleas ed all the doughboys; some shaving soap, a tooth brush or some useful article completed the filling of the sock. The workers filled about three thousand socks each night. On Christ mas day the Red Cross plrls gave the boys cigarettes, chocolate candy, nuts, cakes and hot chocolate. This lasted from early morning uni.l sunset, and the day was one of the happiest and cheerful for the American boys. Noth ing was too good for those who, be cause of their loyalty to their nation, were obliged to spend the great day so dear to the hearts of the civilized world far away from home. FIVE CASES Ati.ll.XST HOI'S. TOX HEARD BY KECORDEP. Found tiiiilty In All Cases Court Withholds Judgment in One Case and Houston Receives Sentences in Other Cases Totalling 300 Days on Roads. Because of the absence in Wash iiigtou of Mayor J. C. Sikes, aiding Mr. R. L. Stevens in the prosecution, the eleven cases against Bob Houston, colored, were not heard Saturday but continued until Monday. In court it was agreed to try only the cases in which the Recorder had jurisdiction at that time and to continue the pre liminaries in the other cases, over which the Superior court has juris diction, until Monday, February 3rd. The cases heard Monday were: lar ceny of the key to a cell in the com moil jail of I'nipn county, larceny of an ax, tne property of Mr. H. , Carnes, larceny of a watch belonging io Mr. M. C. Howie, larceny of a wrist watch, cameo pin and shirt belonging to Addie Walker, a colored woman, and larceny of a quantity of goods from the store of Mr. H. L. McManus. Houston was found guilty in all these cases. Recorder Leiumond withheld judgment in the case of the larceny of ihe ax belonging to Mr. Carnes. The defendant drew a ninety day sentence upon the roads In each of the other cases, totaling 360 days. The first case disposed of was the larceny of the jail key. Deputy Sher iff Clifford Fowler. Constable M. L, Threatt and Mr. W. T. Stewart relat ed how that the key seemingly took wings and flew off a table on which it had been placed, and how upon search it was found between the bed clothes on Houston's bunk. Following this case the case of the larceny of an ax belonging to Mr. R Carnes was taken up. Mr. Carnes said that he had missed his ax some lime in December, and that a few days before it had disappeared Hous ton had been doing some work for him and remarked about the ax look ing like a good one. Mr. Carnes, from two axes handed him, selected one which he said was his. He identified it by a place on the handled which he said he had cut down with a drawing knife. Ornceis testified that they had found the ax on Houston's back porch behind a pile of straw, seemingly hfd-4 den. After this the case of the larceny of a watch belonging to Mr. M. C. Howie was taken up. Testifying, Mr. Howie said that on or about the night of August 16 he had placed his watch on the dresser before retiring. The next morning it was gone, he said. He identified a watch handed him as the one which had been stolen. The State then placed Wallace Law sou on the stand and asked him if he had not seen Houston with the watch in question upon several occa sions. He replied that he had". On cross examination Mr. J. J. Parker wanted to know of Lawson if one of these occasions was not when he was at Houston's house attempting to pawn the shot gun for which Houston was now charged with stealing. Law- son replied that he had not pawned or attempted to pawn a gun to Hous ton. Hauip Barber, colored, was in troduced by the State to corroborate the testimony of Lawson. On cross examination Mr. Parker asked the witness if he had not sold the proper ly identified as having been stolen from the store of Mr. H. L. McManus to Houston. The negro denied hav ing sold anything lo Houston. In the case of the larceny of a wrist watch, cameo pin and shirt belonging to Addie Walker, colored, the Walker woman failed to positively Identify (he pin handed her as the one which had disappeared from her home, but she said it resembled it. Neither did she swear a shirt secured from Hous ton by the officers was the one taken from her home, but said it was one of the same pattern, color and size. She had purchased the shirt from Mr. Koscoe Phifer and Mr. Phifer, on the stand, said that the shirt secured from Houston was the same size, col or and pattern of shirt sold to the Walker woman but he would not swear positively that It was the one. He also said on the stand that several days after he had sold the shirt that a negro, he thought It was Houston, but would not give his oath to that effect, brought the shirt back and wanted to exchange it for a smaller one. He refused to make the ex change because the shirt had been soiled. The last case heard was for the larceny of a quantity of meat, sugar and flour, a box of cigars, a watch and several knives from Mr. H. L. McManus store about a mile west of town. Mr. McManus identified sever al of the articles as ones taken from his store. Deputy Sheriff Clifford Fowler testified that Houston had told him that he had purchased the articles named above from Hamp Bar ber, colored. Barber, on the stand, denied thia and no oilier evidence was introduced to prove It. Houston did not take the stand In any of (he six cases and no evidence was introduced by the defense. Six cases against the negro, over which the Recorder has no Jurisdiction, be ing breaking and entering, and at tempted highway robbery, will he heard Monday before Recorder Lem niond to determine If there is proba ble cause. If probable eause is found Houston will be bound over to Supe rior court on these charges. Triplets, one boy and two girls, were born to Liza Colts, colored, wife of Lewis Colts, who lles on Mr. C. E. Houston's farm north of town. COM. SAM I.EE TEI.I.S OK HIS TRIP IX TO tiERMAN Y. The Scenery Throiiiili the .Mountains of (ieniinny I'liusnally lieailiiul. Hut Xo Easy Job to Drive li Ton Trucks Through Them. "Imagine us moving 200 loaded 5'i to trucks over the mountains known as 'German Sw itzerland,' says Corporal Sam Lee in a letter to his mother, Mrs. T. C. Lee. His letter is interesting as he tells something of his Christinas Day spent in Germany. Motor Supply Train No. 413, A. P. O. 775, Mayen, Germany. Christinas Day. My Dear Mother: I suppose you've decided long before now that the Germans had my number after all. but this is not the case and I am as well and as happy as can be. The only trouble is that It has been impos sible for me to write before now. We have been on the move continually and such a move I've never seen. Im agine us moving 200 loaded 5l,'t ton trucks over the mountains known as "German Switzerland." This is just what we were up against and you can not imagine the work it took over those roads. The whole of the Ger man army had Just moved over the roads, followed closely by our dough boys and artillery. Now if the moun tains of Switzerland have anything on the ones we crossed, I for one, do not care to see them. Then, too( when it was raining and sleeting ev ery day, you can possibly imagine what we were up against with those loaded trucks when a skid may mean a drop of a mere thousand feet. The scenery was beautiful but ow ing to the weather conditions and the work we had to do I could naturally not enjoy It so much as if I'd been free. I had one little advantage over most of the fellows of being able to ride in a closed car with the officers. We had "beaucoup Francs" for the payroll and since I had it in our small field desk and had to keep a rather close eye upon It I put the desk in the car and had a good trip. I'd like to write you a book and tell yati all about where I've been in France and Germany, but it would take a book, so I'm going to wait until I come home to tell you all about it. Just this, I've been over the whole of the front from Luneville, which you will find Just to the Cast of Nancy, to Verdun. I had my first excitement at Luneville, staying there for three days, and from there to a military camp just North of Toul. From there we went to Flirey. This Is where we were on the Uth. On our way up we went by way of Verdun, Aumetz (Lorraine) Bettemburg, Luxembourg and from there over on the Moselle to Trier, Berncastle, over to the Rhine through Castellaun, Boppard, Cobel- entz and are now in Mayen. This is a nice little city of 2500, and the people treat us all as kings. They can't ever do enough for us. I have a room with gas light, stove and a large feather bed. Think I deserve it though, after all we've had to go through with for the last month and a half. I have been able to get two or three letters and a paper or so and was sure glad to get them. ou ask if I know anything about what our organization exuects to do. Well, of course no one knows anything definite but we all know this much. We are attach ed to the Fourth Army Corps, which Is composed or the First, Third, Fourth. Forty-second (the Rainbow) division.. Now these are the oldest and best known divisions over here and if things go as they should they should be among the early arrivals. But anvway. when you see of these divisions coming home I'll be with them and I don't care much how soon it happens, we nave necn wmi these divisions ever since we eauie lo the front and you Know from their "rep" that we've seen i.ie fun. I want to stay until the thing Is fixed for once and nil but when that is done they can't take me home too quick. I feel that I've done my best and have tried not to complain tut I thank God on this Xinas day that from the looks of things now we will never have to do many things that we have willingly done, I feel that I've prof ited by my experiences In many ways but I've been through, seen and heard many things I hope I'll never have to again. Well. Mother, this is Christmas Day and naturally my thoughts lead me to my home. I wonder what all of you are doing today. It is very beautiful here today for the first lime in a month I suppose. It snowed until about 5 o'clock this morning and about 7 the sun came out and it makes a beautiful sight, i he snow Is about a foot deep and the kids are all having the time of their lives. In a way 1 feel sorry for them. The lady I am staying with has three children, about 14. 11 and 9 years of age. Their father was killed or wounded and thrown Into the field before his wounds healed, causing his death. The mother is compelled to work to support them and it is pitiful. About all they live on is real dark bread and hardly enough at that. They have a good comfortable home and fliat is about all they do have. I did not have any money for Xmas but I bor rowed a little from the Lieutenant and bought them some small toys. I look the car and went out for a small Christmas tree and fixed it up for them. I think they were just about the happiest kids in the world this morning. They nearly ran me crazy. Their mother was allowed a little ex tra bread and a little meat for Xmas and when dinner time came they came after me and would make mo share their Xmas dinner. They had two nr threa English walnuts ind cookie or two on my plate just as ou theirs. Oh, yes! I forgot to tell you that my box came yesterday and I thank you a thousand times for the good cake. It came through in fine shape and is just about the best I ever ate. I gave the kids and the mother a small piece and they nearly went cra zy. At our kitchen we had apple dumplings, cake and cookies, mashed potatoes and roast beef for dinner, so you see I have had a happy Christ mas. Hop? all of you have had as happy. This is certainly a beautiful coun try and especially Ihe Rhine valley. Coblentz is a large city and has many interesting buildings and things of note. With lots of love and good wishes to all, I am, your son. Sam. SECREtAuY DANIELS WANTS ItADIO STATIOX ERECTED So IKtes Senator Simmons Senate ( oinmitte Scheduled to Decide Yes terday Whether it Will Allow Mon ey Daniels Advises That Crops Ho Planted. Secretary of the Navy Josephua Daniels, believing that it is a peace time necesity. wants the radio station at Baker's built, and if the Senate ap propriations committee will allow the money it will be done, state the mem bers of the delegation who returned from Washington on Sunday. The delegation was composed of Messrs. R. A. Morrow. F. G. Henderson. T. L. Riddle and .Mayor Sikes. The delegation held conferences with Secretary Daniels and Senators Overman and Simmons. At the con ference with Mr. Daniels the latter explained that the appropriation com mittee of the house had recently vot ed that the money which had been appropriated for the use of the Navy Department as it saw fit be turned back to the treasury. The appropria tions committee of the Senate, mem bers of the delegation Bay he inform ed them, would meet Monday to vote on the 6ame question. If they are convinced that the radio station is a necessity they will allow the Navy Department the money with which to build it. Senator Overman is chair man of this committee. . Secretary Daniels is of the opinion that construction of the station should proceed, members ot the dele gation state. The Monroe men state that he gave as h,is reason for this opinion (hat within the course of eighteen months more ship tonnage will be sailing the seven seas than ever before. The present radio facil ities will be Inadequate to keep in close enough touch with the ships as they wander up and down the sides of the ocean. Because of this it is said that Mr. Daniels wishes the sta tion built at once. It is understood that Senators Simmons and Overman concur in this opinion, and argument along this line would be presented to the Senate committee when it met yesterday. However, Secretary Daniels advises that the property owners of the site at Baker's proceed to plant their crops because it might be some time before the money Is available for the construction of the station, if allow ed by the committee. He informed the Monroe delegation that if after crops have been plumed the money is secured with which to erect the sta tion that the planters of the crops would not suffer any loss; that the government would see lo that. The favorable report of the land committee was' received in Washing ton last week, and if the appropria tions committee will allow the money the station will soon be lowering to ward the skies. If You Had Wealth Would it Tire You? If yon ad a million of dollars and occupied a high social station would you lire of it all and return to the simple life? Would your weariness compel you to don gypsy cub and live in a caravan like a nomad of the desert? These questions are an swered by the heroine in "Under the Greenwood Tree," Elsie Ferguson's new Artcraft picture which will he shown at the Strand Theatre Wed nesday. Miss Ferguson has a delightful role in this captivating photoplay. She is seen as Mary Hamilton, a rich young woman living in England who tires oi the fripperies of fashion and vanities of society and longs for a simple life. She buys a gypsy's car avan and with a woman associate, she goes into the woods and finds complete happiness in forgetting the duties enforced upon by society. But Mary finds there Is a void in her heart until she meets the man sent by fate to be her mate. Jack Hutton is a clever chap and he is In every sense an ideal man. The road to love is open to both and it is to love is open to both and it is no wonder that Cupid's darts flew thick and fast. They have some delightful adventures and all ends happily. Miss Ferguson's leading man is Eugene O'Brien. Filled With Action. From the standpoint of rapid ac tion, Elsie Ferguson's latest Artcraft picture, "Under the Greenwood Tree," which will be shown at the Strand Theatre Wednesday, is one of the best seen at Manager Spencer's popular playhouse this season. It Is a de lightful photoplay and may be seen again and again with profit. The support is highly adequate. Mr. S. R. Helms spent Sunday and Monday in Atlanta. LEAGIH OF NATIONS TO BE A PART OF TREATY OF PEACE Slight Cloud in Pence Conference When Smaller Nations Protected Asainst Various Committees lleiinf Restricted to (iivnt Powers. A press dispatch reports Saturday's session of the Peace Conference as follows: The peace conference on Saturday weathered its first storm and under the inspiration of a speech by Presi dent Wilson and skilled guidance by M. Cleinenceau. the chairman, unan imously adopted resolutions declar ing for a league of nations. The con ference also went on record in favor of incorporating the league as an in tegral part or the general treaty of peace and admitting to the ioague "every nation which can be relied on to promote its objects." Belgium, Serbia. Rumania. Brazil, Siam, China and Czecho-Slovakia pro tested against the various committees being largely restricted to the great powers and asked for proportional representation privileges, particularly on bodies dealing with the league of nations, labor and reparation for war damages. Although this was a cloud no. big ger than a man's hand. It threatened at one time to grow Into a general alignment of the small powers against the five great powers. This, however, was averted by M. Clemen ceau's good tempered and skillful di rection. The r.sMoii had the same impres sive dig.ihy as the opening stssiou, with a picturesque setting of Arabs and Indians in their turbans and tun ics, as well as a distinguished array of prime ministers and other world figures. President Wilson, for the first time was accompanied by the en tire American delegation. Colonel House having recovered sufficiently from his illness to be present. Although it had been expected that Premier Lloyd George would open the discussion on the league of na tions. President Wilson had this hon or. The President was followed by Mr. Lloyd George In a brief address, and the resolution favoring the league was adopted without dissert after the proposal had been seconded by Premier Orlando for. Italy, Paul Hymans for Belgium'and Oir. Lu for China. When the other resolutions were brought up and the protests of the representatives of the small powers were made, M. Cleinenceau made a plea for harmony and on his assur ance that the supreme council would give attention to the viewpoint of tho small nations all the proposed amend ments were withdrawn and the reso lutions were adopted unanimously. XI MHER BOYS IX OVERSEAS HOSPITALS IS DECREASING Pershing's Report Says They X umber 10.",75;l, of Whom 7.VS12 are Suf feeing From Disease disunity Lists Now Complete. An official report from General Pershing, made public Sunday night by the war department, shows that on January 0 there were 105,753 men of the American army in hospit als in France anil England of whom 72,642 were suffering from wounds or other injuries. The report said that the number of hospital eases is steadily decreas ing, there having been a reduction of more than 15.000 since the previ ous week. Deaths during the weeiC preceding that covered by the report iniTiituunil K1 nf ulinlll ?!!n H it'll fit disease and 2S1 of wounds received before Ihe armistice was siirned. The department also announced that ca ble advices from General Pershing indicated that Ihe "long and tedious task of battle casualty reports has at length been completed by the cenrtal records office in France. "Individual additions resulting from the identification of missing men." said the statement, "or from the triple cheek of all organization and hospital records. Instituted by tho direction of the secretary of war, may of course be expected, and will be promptly reported us wl'.l deaths from illness or accident. In geneial. however, the lists of those who died in action or received serious Injuries, as reitnried lo the families of nfl'irem and soldiers, and to the press, stands complete. "I'm Not Hoy." "I'm not a boy, I'm a girl!" ex claimed a child w hen the missionary who was trying to rerlothe a large band of refugees handed her a set of boy's clothing. He laughingly apolo gized and handed her some girls' clothes luf ad. Hut she did look like a boy vith her shaved head and nondescript rags. She was wearing the same clothes she had on when driven from her home three years be fore, and they had been outgrown and reduced to little more than holes and dirt. And her hair! well, these kind people had just had to shave It. She was given a hot bath, her old gar ments burned and In the new clean ones she looked like a new creature though so white and emaciated after months and months of semi-starvation. Just try to imagine your own little girl in such a plight. There art many thousands In Armenia and Syria. W know of a father who tried to keep his baby alive by feeding It grass chewed to a pulp. The English Drug Co. will recelvt contributions. Give, to sire a little one's life.
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