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THE HIGH FOINT ENTERPRISE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DICE.. II 11, 1917. ai:iani:n:H!i;iu::nuuiniu:::ni:iiiiiui!iuiii2Utniiiu!U!!iuiuuiiiUi:!!UUHifr Z)afo jDrummoncAr- A STORY IN Copyright, 1917, CHAPTER LXttr. Back to Work. 1 lookd at AUrirrt ia iu dixmay at Undry V abmjit dqwrtnre tltat he lauphrd uierrily.' i Did you exjwt bkfc to day at tome tho rt-st of tin life and take euro of yott and the baby:" J-l thorht he would KiW up some his work and May with me more tiiau ha Bcd to," I stammered, gtmtevly know- j inr how to explain or describe the feel- ; iag vhfch had come over me at hi ' quick resjHinse to the call. Many times while I was ill the telephone had run; i a ad l:e had refuxrd to leave me. 1 al- j most wished 1 had not been so strong, and had not recovered so quickly. 'lt would lie cheayer to hire a nurse 1 imagine." Margaret said sarcatkally. "But, Margaret! do you suppose he will go tack to that horrid hospital work too?" "He would le very foalixh nut to. Doctor Ward is very impatient for Lis return; though he wa. also most I inougntittt while you were ill. 1 nought- ful for you as welle as for Landry. There wasn't a dav he did not either ring up himself, or liave one of nurses, to ask after vou." the i don't care! I hate that old hospi- j a,tllj, arf. vou dear!" He bent over me tal, anrf everything connected with Un- j am dipped kiss on any hair. "Don't dry's j rofession. Now that baby has j f0jHh Sybil. We have decided that come I am going to tease him to give Lotion so many times that you only It up and go into business. There's j yl at(U y,mrwf' and your time in talk more money in business; and he'll need j f j( it to educate Randolph." j ..jut Landry, now that you liave baby Margaret Talks of Duty. 1 to think of too it ought to make a dif- "Don't Sybil! don't try to influence j fcrence," I protested. Landry. Why, it 1 his duty to go on in j "What's I lie baby got to do with it!" Lis profession. Think how much good 1 "There' more money in business than a surgeon does; and I am sure Landry j in a profession, and you'll need a lot tie a great surgeon one of these 1 to edcuate Randolph you know." days. Wry soon, if you would help by J To my surprise, instead of Incoming 1 :couaging him, instead of opposing him j annoyed, Landry Hung back his head and i v.hat he has deciilel is his life work." "Diitv nothing!" I -nifTed. "His dutv is to his wife and child and if his work ' young mail is four weeks old. His edu mokes them miserable it is his duty to I cation for the uext few months can d something else One might as well j wait, tl ui't you think! Perhtps by that stay single as to be married to a doc- time 1 may lie able to earn enough to tor fi he is to gon the way Landry did 1 start him in his A. H. t'.'s" and again L'ofore hahy came. You know he never was at home; never could go anywhere with me. Why, dozens of times I have dressed to go out. sometimes he wotd be all dressed too, then the telephone ; 1 . y fe" TWO PARTS. y Date DnunmoaAV m - -ould rinp, wffinmf ! 'to . or Uietling; Undry would ,p w j thrm ''white I M .upstair ,m1 uu 1 dre and sit 'aloiu You'll find out how jaioe.it is. after run are .married .. to i Warren.'. It' very eay ;to talk about ; diitv' to me, t until you sit at home j suokjnjr your thumb, nijsht after night j a well a all day. You won t think I uiuh of duty then." j -My! wlial a lecture! but Sybil 1 don't i take back what I aU 1 thoroughly j believe ;t i the duty of a doctor wile i him ii, simr him on to 1 p . . '. ' u limsible j hope I may Ik- of some help to Warren, i 1 realise that he will never have the brilliant career open to Uitdry. But as 11 yenerul practitioner he will be a sue res if I nn make hiui "o." It s all very well to talk about. But wail ami sic. Anyhow 1 sliall do all 1 i can to persuade Ijnuiry " An Unexpected Interruption. ; "Persuade me to do what!" Landry asked a- ' eame in so quietly neither J I 0f I ! us had heard. ..t i,f i,ufful medicine and into some business tnai in ni -1 ...:n ..... take you from tmoy and me. "You're not harp on that old story laughed long and loudly. "Let mite see," he finally said, 'the he laughed uproariously. ; "1 am U' earnest, laindry. I don't see anything to laugh about in your wife U-gg'mg you to do something to make l.er happy, insteiul of Tiitserable." Daylight Breaking and Cold as the Mischief North ''I'm sorry, Sybil. But if tny profes sion make you miserable. I am afraid you'll have to miserable. As to the other part the money question. Iiave no fear that I cannot projxrl educate my sou, or a half doaen of them, if neces sary.. That i, fi you will help me by being brave and cheerful, instead of trying U do so futile a thiujr a to urge me to let re my profession the duly tiring for wfcieh I am lit, . or of wbiei could make pnecesa. . Tomorrow-OLO C03TDITI0SS CAUSE RESTLESSNESS. SOUTH SHORT OF MACHINERY FOR FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS That the machinery available for fijjitiiijr tuberculosis in the south is utterfy Inadequate to meet the de mand created by the war was the frist of a resolution adopted by the south ern tuberculoma conference at it re cent meeting in Chattanooga. Every member of the conference, to a man, in- I'ttividually J ewHeelivi-ly not only pledged himself to fight more intense'y to control tuberculosis in his communi ty, but adopted a program which em body those addition and improve ments neeessarv to make the South'. liiflitiny machinerv what it should lie. One of the requirements contained in the program was that there should be; Second. Reghitrants receiving this one bed in a public state or county san- j quest iona ire will.be entitled to receive atorium for at least every aimual I the assistance of the board of legal ad deatk occurring from tuberculosis in I visors and by calling at their offices will that state or countv. Another nrovi-! mid some one there to assist them in the sion was that every town of ii,(KK pop I ulation or over should have a tubereu losis or public heath nurse for the town and outlying country districts. Open air schools and fresh "air classes in connection with all union and grad ed sehoods throughout the south, and a continuous, consistent eaucaiionatj camnamn tor the schools, tnc general public, the medical profession and pub lie officials were other features includ ed in the program. "The number of beds North Carolina would need," says the State Board of: Health, "should the program be adopt- j ed in this state, would be over 3,500. j Her bed capacity at the State Sanato- rium is less than 150, and while a few! (oimty sanatoria are now open, the j bed capacity of these institutions with: that of the state sanaorium in no way' equals the number of deaths annually' in the stat from tuberculosis." j Portugal President Won't Resign. J Paris, Dec. 11. A Havas dispatch f from Lisbon says that quiet has been re stored. The new government has de cided to dissolve parliament. The pres ident, of the republic, Bernardino Mach ndo, was asked to resign, but declined to do so. lie was then informed that he could consider himself under arrest.; GaFolii a -;'-'.A .' ,-'.., 'C'V't'''' Y.!:''. '; ''A:.''y''-!'-''A DRAFT ELIGIBLES GET niFORMATIOI Official Rule Governing jQues tionnadre Are Propounded Steps Are Explained. The subject of questioua ires, what they are, how tl-ey should lw answered, when they will be' received and the -time of examinations interest about l,S0O young men of High Point township just at present. The best answers found to the many questions and the nost reliable information tbut can In passed on is contained in an official list compiled few day ago by the secretary of an ex emotion board. '-The list follow and should bo proserved by every regfetWed afior 1,0 ,;as flllwl 0Ht R,11 8W,,r" 8"fl man who is awaiting classification: j as prescribed by regulations. First. It is unnecessary for any one! . .' to call upon the board for the question- j LIGHTLESS NIGHTS MAY BE aires, as they wiU be mailed to each reg-j INSTITUTED TO SAVE FUEL istiunt in the order that his name ap- 1 . . pears on the docket of this board, and Washington, Dec. llRegtihitions lim this quest ionuire contnins all iitstructions j it rnr elwtrie dUplay advertising have r s pieparaiion. v preparation of same. These answers ! must be riled within seven days after mailing of questionniare. Third. Xo registrant wi.l be examined until after he ha filed with the board lis quest ioua ire and has been by them jduly classified, and then only after he has oeen notinca to appear tor pnysicai ex- animation. Fourth. Registrants should bear in mind that only one questionaire will be All - Round Photos Steady Position, Good Salary, Apply at Once, Postoffice Box 302 Richmond, Virginia ''; CJj 1 Nature's Gracious JA Gift to Alt Piibiic -'Vtfi.'1'';'.:' ity - :' - ttt"y'' mailed to each person entitled thereto and that in case they lo not receive same, Jt will not be the fault' of the board and they will be subject to punish ment. Bearing this in mind, it therefore becomes necessary that should any reg istrant have changed his address and not notified his local board of the change, he should do so without' further delay, oth erwise, he may be punished for failing to answer the qucstionaire and placed in class one and mnda subject to mili tary duty immediately, while otherwise, he may be eutitlcd to .be placed iu some deferred class. Fifth. These questions ires will bo mailed to each registrant five per cent a day commencing l)eeember 15, and none will be given out at the office of the local board, a the government only j furnished a sufficient number to supply tliem in tins way, ami each rnstrant will be furnished a return envelope to en close the quest iona ire to the local board failrto enserve the amount of fuel hoped for by the fuel administration and a plan is under consideration to stop all outdoor lighting, save street lights, at lease three nights a week. Institution of "light less nights' would snuff out entirely the -white ways of cities which are now permitted to burn all lights for a period of two and one- quarter hours a night. It would darken Ion the nights to be named all window ! display lights, theater tronts and di rectional signs on snops, noteis ana res taurants. On other nights there would be no restrictions whatever against any sort of lighting. Commercial rapher Wanted ervice - i"j'' : ' ''.'-' ! -'-'' CAROLIN &. YADKIN R. R. CO. I Schedal tn E fleet July 10, 1917. Jhia schedule shows time at which trains mar be expected to arrive and depart from stations shown, but tSeir depart ure or arrival at the time stated is not guaranteed. SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. Ronnaound No. 91 Lt. Daily. Ex. Sunday Statlonst P. M. Gordontowa.. 10:42 Cid 11:00 Denton .11:38 At. High Rock ... 12:10 Stations: A. M. Lt High Point .. ff.OO Thomas vllle. 9: S3 ; No. 22 -Lt. Daily. Ex. Sunday r Soathbound. Lt. nigh Rock 12:4$ No 27 Lr. Su&day Only P. M. 10:02 10:13 10:45 ll.W A.M. 8:45 9:10 No. 8 It Sunday Only 4:43 :33 i:4fl fl:42 -T:05 Denton l:!t, Cid 1:5 Gordontowa . . 2:U . ThomasTilie . . 1:2 Ar. Hih olnt ...... 4:0 Prompt Answers It is the duty of the telephone operator to ascertain the number wanted and ring the bell of the party called. If the called party is slow to answer the operator is as helpless as you are. - ' ' , Most of whur you might think is "slow service" is caused by the sub scribers not answering promptly. You can help the service by answer ing your telephone promptly. When yott SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Turn a Valve Strike a Match and let a "Vulcan" Cone Gas Heater Go mpaey 'uited States Army Shoes REGULATION - ! - :''' - ' . ; : ' , : : - : ) ,-.'-. '.",' ... ' ..', .,-.:'J. - v '. Just recelvedby expreat this morning. Made of chrome tanned leather, which diiea soft after wet ting.. An ideal hunting shoe. LONDON'S RELIABLE STORE H. A. Moffitt's Old Stand. 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