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Friday, October 7, 1921
Exit summer time.
Confess will now sit around
and tell sad stories of the death
of taxes.
These are mornings when
terest in the coal pile is not
academic matter.
an
The World's "Serious"
thing we shall absolutely
to get excited over.
is one
refuse
You can now get 127 marks
for a dollar-that is if you are in
need of 127 marks.
Bootleggers active in Moscow
-headline. Its getting to be a
worldwide profession.
Britain and France to invite
Amercia to enter League news
item. Boy, page Mr. Johnsing.
Americanism as exemplified in
actual practice by the KKK seems
to be hard on the innocent by
standers.
We imagine the acme of indif
ference is reached by the Ameri
can Legion in its regard for the
opinions of the Miners Union.
The unemployment of millions
of men in the United States is
closely connected with the em
ployment of six millions in Euro
pean military establishments.
It is a dull hour these days
when the wires of the Associated
Press have no tale of murder to
tell and a newspaper edition
without two or three in it would
be a novelty.
"The mired wheel in the econo
mic life of North Carolina is its
agriculture and it imperils every
other business in the state
University News Letter. Its not
a fifth wheel, either.
A condition report that pro
mises a reduction of one half
million bales in the crop, follow
ed by a drop in the price of cot
ton, proves again the truth of the
statement made by that immor
tal thinker who declared that
"cotton is a fool".
: ington Conference may be in its ,
I necessarily limited objects, itj
looks and leads to something else.
! This point of view is set forth
with lucidity and force in the
October Atlantic by ex-Governor
Samuel W. McCail. He has noth
ing but praise for the summon
ing of the conference. It may
bring about happy understand
ings. It may result in welcome
savines. But it will "leave the
general question of peace far
from a final settlement." What
will be lacking, after Washington
has done its best, will be "an ar
rangement among nations not
to take up arms until after peace
ful methods of settling disputes
have been thoroughly tested. Mr.
McCall does not believe that the
plan of the League of Nations
was perfect, but he declares that
it was "the noblest attempt at
practical idealism that has ever
been made by any statesman
So the question recurs, after lim
iting armaments, what then?
Governor McCall asks us to carry
our thoughts back to Armistice
Day. If the President of the
United States had then announc
ed that he would not consent to
enter any combination of nations
to prevent war, "his declar
ation would have been received
with general esecration." But
the situation today is really the
same as it was three years ago,
and "the course to be taken as
clear" There is already a union
of nations. "In effect, America
is the only part of the organized
world that stands aloof." Let
U3, urges Mr. McCall, make
clear the conditions upon which
we will "join hands with the civ
ilized nations. ' ' After the Wash
ington Conference it will still be
imperative to deal with the larger
issue.
As a veteran of many Repub
lican campaigns and a student of
our political history, Governor
McCall makes light of Ambassa
dor Harvey's assertion that
America has solemnly decided by
7,000,000 majority to stay out of
the League. No one can tell just
what was decreed by the voters,
observes the Governor. "Great
race groups were functioning and
voting with reference to their
fatherlands." And Mr. McCall,
out of his experience, sizes up
electoral "tidal waves" for what
they are worth. "Grandilo
quent majorities sometimes indi
cate that the political atmos
phere is seeking its equilibrium
by a tempest, and that the set
tled current of popular opinion
may ultimately blow in the op
posite direction." In any event,
the United States, after the
Washington Conference, will be
facing the same old inescapable
choice. We may show a will
ingness to let the world go on
as it was subject to the danger
that "some maniac may throw
the brand" which will wrap it in
flames. Or we may J 'play the
part of reasonable creatures and
unite with the rest of the world
to make the thing measurably
impossible by extending the
reign of law over nations."
New York Times.
require professional nursing cure, dur
ing the tiioal year numbered 5.1TV. A
statistical picture of t!ie KeJ Crow
operations In this field follows :
New i-lasses farmed durkig
year 5.
Classes completed during year. 6.
New s'udents enrolled 101 .1X1$
Students completing course 73.432
What the Red Cross accomplished
In giving pYoper instruction through
Its Nutrition Service Is indicated by
the following table :
New classes formed during
year -
Classes completed during year. . ISO
New students enrolled 2.341
Students completing course 2,013
In addition to the above, a total of
22,008 children were given instruction
in the proper selection and prepara
tion of foods.
Through Its 260 Health Centers, the
Bed Cross reached 90.2?2 persons. In
these Health Centers, 4.015 health lec
tures were given and "SO health ex
hibits held.
In the United States last year. 75.
432 persons were killed and 3.500.000
Injured in industrial accidents. To
prevent this mormons waste the Red
Cross held .1,100 first hid classes wit
a total of 104.000 students enrolled.
great
gown
AFTER LIMITING ARMS
High hopes are fixed upon the
Washington Conference next
month. Yet prudent men will
not expect too much from it im
mediately. If far-reaching and
sanctioned agreements regarding
the Pacific can be reached, a cer
tain cutting: down of naval arma
ment, and of plana for it, would
naturally follow. Both the diplo
matic settlement and the limiting
of military expenditure would be
justly hailed as great steps in ad
vance. But would not other
steps remain to be taken? The
conference would not have re
moved the causes of war or plac
ed all international disputes in
the wy of peaceful settlement.
Nations have been known to
fight even if only half armed.
Beyond disarming in part the
world iooks to enlightened states
manship to devise some means to
outlaw great wars altogether,
while giving to countries wrong
ed, or threatened with wrong, a
sure method of securing right
eous redress. Otherwise there is
no jjuarantee of world peace. No
matter how successful the Wash-
RED GROSS WORKING
FOR HEALTHIER U. S,
Thousands Aided by Instruction
in Care of the Sick, Food Se
lection and First Aid.
How the American Bed Cross guide
thousands ef parsons to health ti
shown Id a summary of the society's
activities In the health field based
upon the annual report for the last As
! r Thrmuh Its Nurslnc Service,
Its Horns Hyflsnt and Care of the
Sick courses, nutrition classes, First
Air classes, Ufe-Barlng classes and
Health Centers and In numerous other
ways designed to acquaint masses of
citizens with proper methods of living,
the Red Cross carried Its message of
health Into all parts of the country.
The work of the Red Cross daring
the war In Its traditional field of nurs
ing, furnishing the military and naval'
establishments of the nation with 19,
877 nurses, la well known. And there
are today 87,787 nurses registered with
the American Red Cross and subject
to call In emergency. During the fis
cal year, 1,551 Red Cross nurses were
accepted for assignment to Govern'
ment service, 888 by the Army and
Navy and 1,183 by the United States
Public Health Service.
In addition to the nursed enrolled
by the Red Cross for Government serv
Ice, the Red Cross Itself employed a
total of 1,848 public health nurses In
the United States and Europe. By far
the greatest number was employed In
the United States, 157, while 81 were
In foreign service.
Home Hygiene and Cere of the Sick
clasjes, giving thorough Instruction in
the proper care of the Mi injnstances
RED CROSS RESCUED
600,000 FROM DEATH
Spent $1,200,000 for Relief of
Famine Sufferers in China
Last Year.
To help overcome conditions of acute
distress in five famine stricken prov
inces of Northern China, where mil
lions of persons were affected by an
unprecedented shortage of food, the
American Red Cross during the last
fiscal year spent more thnn $1,200,000,
11,000,000 of which was ontrilmted di
rect y by National Headquarters and
the remainder by various' groups 'n
terested In the welfare of China.
Through the wide relief operations
thus made possible It is estimated that
more than 600,000 famine sufferers
were saved from starvation.
To the end that similar prompt re
lief measures by the organisation may
always be possible the Red Cross is
asking continued support by the Amer
ican people by universal renewal of
membership at the Annual Rod Cross
Roll Call, November 11 to 24.
The method of relief employed by
the American Red Cross in Its opera
tions In China was particularly effec
tive, for in addition to saving hundreds
of thousands of lives It provided China
with more than 000 miles of permanent
roads that are sorely needed to pre
vent a recurrence of famine. At one
time the Red Cross employed 74,000
Chinese workmen, paying them in food
for themselves and dependents, this
food being brought In from Manchuria
and elsewhere.
Clou 51, wTCC". liT Imu" tne I
aii l prancing horses. As the
preacher was a little man, the
uiusl have liuii:; about his heels.
It is ilaii.iid that the gown was a
preaching gi-wu, but it Is very dis
similar to the ecclesiastical garmt-ut
that, according to authentic records,
John We.-iey wore in the pulpit. This
one isisses an ordinary sleeve, and,
Kcnorclly speaking, it seems to accord
with the style of a black study-gown.
The donor of the gown has also pre
benied a pair of slippers belonging to
Wesley. These are in good condition,
ami are of the kind that he would
wear in his study.
Wesley, of course, traveled through
out ('.rent Hrltain and Ireland iu all
weathers on his preaching tours, and
It was suggested that he wore this
heavy gown us a protection against
atmospheric condition.
The Wesley museum contains a
large number of interesting relies of
John and Charles Wesley. It possesses
the study chair of John, and presently,
as a gut from the donor of the gown,
Charles Wesley's study chair will be
placed there.
A large proportion of the visitors to
the museum come from the overseas
dominions and the United States,
where the Interest in all that relates
to the early history of Methodism Is
rrv keen.
Jewelry Designing Taught
Jewelry designing Is taught In some
it the schools of Cincinnati.
BLACKBIRD IN THRUSH'S NEST
Correspondent of Scottish Newspaper
Calls Attention to Remarkable In
cident He Has Observed.
Lnt week 1 discovered In the Ivy
on a sunk wall In my garden a nest
which had all the characteristics of a
thrush's nest, with plastered lining
only, and which contained two eggs
pale blue with small black spots the
eggs of a song thrush, writes a corre
spondent. Later on I noticed a bird
sitting on the nest. Only the head
was visible, but If appeared to me
that the bird was a lien blackbird and
not a thrush. It was some days be-
! fore I found the bird oft the nest,
when on looking In, I discovered that
the plastered lining of the nest bad
been slightly covered with dried
grasses, and that the nest contained
four blackbird's eggs bluish green
with mottled ends. The two thrush's
eggs had disappeared. They could not
be found at the foot of the wall below
the nest, but there was found on a
green above the wall the broken egg
of a song thrush. When I discovered
the nest part of Its outer wall was
slightly torn, as if a cut had climbed
up the Ivy and endeavored to claw out
the bird then sitting. Is It possible
that the thrush may have been scared
away und the nest tuken ovor by a
blackbird and adapted to her require
ments? None of my friends, versed
In the habits of birds, ever heard of a
similar case. Edinburgh Scotsman. ,
SALE OF LAND AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY
North Carolina:
Halifax County:
Under and by virtue of the powercon
tained in a certain deed of trust, default
having been made in the payment of
the debt thereby secured, will on
Wednesday, the 26th day of October,
1921, at 12 O'clock noon, in front of the
garage of Glasgow Baucom & Company
in the town of Littleton, North Caro
lina, sell at public auction, for cash,
a certain piece or parcel of land lying
and being in the State of North Caro
lina, County of Halifax, bounded on
the North by lands of Mrs. Sidney
Walker, on the East by the lands of
Selina Hickman, on the South by the
lands of John Morris and on the West
by the lands of Mrs. Mollis Ingram,
containing 35 acres, more or less, and
being part of the land known as the
Mark Adk ins Place, also the following
described personal property-
1 Red Horse Mule name Prince.
1 Black Horse Mule name unknown.
Futher reference for description of
said land is made to Book 324 at page
85, Public Registry of Halifax County,
This 27th day of September, 1921.
9-30-4t jmp H. F. Bonney. Trustee.
ONE DOLLAR
ANNUAL DUES IN THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS
MAKES YOU A
PARTICIPANT IN
RELIEF WORK FOR
THE HELPLESS THAT
GIRDLES THE GLOBE.
ANSWER
THE ANNUAL
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
NOVEMBER 11-24, 1921.
GOWN WORN BY JOHN WESLEY
English Wesleyan Body Receives Gift
ef Robe That Belonged to Found
er of Methodism.
The Wesleyan Methodist Connexion,
has Just received from one of its lead
ing luymen a gown that belonged to
the founder of Methodism, according
to the Loudon Dally News. John Wes
ley died iu 1701, so that the garment
la more than 130 years old.
Time has, of course, left its marks
Upon the gown. Some pans are dis
colored und others are worn and
patched. The materials heav mid
People Generous With TI s.
New York likes to refer" to Its
spendthrift millionaires. The head
waiter of a magnificent eatery told me
that for the bountiful gratuity lie pre
ferred the visiting sod-buster o the
son of a millionaire. The youn : man
from Ilohokus having his annua fling
has rend so much nbirtit huge tips
that he thinks anything tinder i $10
bill will be tossed back at hlra. The
Information volunteered by the head
waiter cume after a well-known spend
thrift litul departed w ith' two j oung
ladies. His dinner check came t $23
and he gave the waiter $2 the tend
waiter nothing. "And," continued the
head waiter, "see that young f .'How
over there in the green suit w:th a
large Adam's apple. He has been
shucking off $5 bills to every waiter
In the place. And he gave me a half
century note. I'm afraid his keeper
will be along soon and make Uf give
It back." Exchange."
In the Moslem state of Turk y the
laws of the empire rest in principle
on the basis of the Koran, the I adlth,
or traditions of Mohammed, oi d the
reported sayings of his success" rs, all
of which are binding upon the sov
ereign of the state as upon a'l Mos
lems. Each successive sultaD, how
ever, has enacted statutes as suited
his Individual purpose and, by virtue
of his absolute authority, h s laws
have stood until others havt swept
them away. The nearest appionch to
a Supreme court Justice Is the sultan.
He Interprets (?) the lnw as he thinks
best for his people. New Tork Trib
one.
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Scene From the Birth of a Nation" At Weldon
OperaiHouse October 12 ane 13
Drs. West & Crank
DENTISTS
Ranoke Rapids, N. C
Offtrc
2nd Floor Drug Store Building
Tics. W. V&fford
Jewtkr
High Grade Repairing Oar
Specialty. Tens Catk
Phone 83 Rotneke Rapids, N. C.
SALE OF VALUABLE LAND FOR TAXES
The following real property located in toke Rapid. ;Towhip. K.lif.
County, will be offered for sale for taxes on wovemoer .u, ... u. u.
court house in Halifax, N. C:
Mrs. Annie Harrison, HO acres
J. W. Horner. 1 Lot
Kenny Love, 41 acres, lvey Land
J. T. May ton, 1 Lot
J. F. Rook, 1 Lot
S. J. Simmons, 139 acres, bimmons Land
Jim Brown, 1 Lot
Laura Powell
India Rutfin, 6 acres
October '., 1921.
Total
I 46.14
1.64
3f.83
3.87
3.35
117 89
1.B4
1.79
2.63
1214.78
H. L. BELL, Tax Collector
See Our Line of
Jesse French & Sons
ianos
before buying. You can't
get a better piano (or trie
price.
We Sell on Easy . Terms
Rosemary Furniture
Company
Roanoke Junction, N. C.
For the
Dressing Table
You will find here everything for the
dressing table, all the little necessities so
essential to the woman "who is particular
about her appearance; all the essentials
with which women are wont to enhance
their attractivenes - everything in the
way of both imported and domestic toilet
goods.
Make the Roanoke Pharmacy your head
quarters for everything in this line.
Roanoke Pharmacy Co.
The Original Prescription Druggists
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
A Prominent Business
Man Said
"A Bank is Not Composed of desks and
Books and Money-Vaults, but of Hu
man Beings."
We agree with him. We try to impress on our
organization that we are not dealing with dol
lars but with human aspirations.
We try to give service where service is needed.
We are pleased when we become a real faclor
in a depositors progress, as we are permitted to
do many times daily.
May we aid in furthering your progress.
4 On Savings
The First National Bank
or Roanoke
Rapids
C. A. WYCHE, Piest.
Member of the Federal Reserve System
& F. PATTERSON, V-Prest. T. W. M. LONG, V-Prest.
1 W. T. COUNCIL!, Cashier .
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