REDCROSS SERVICES
SHOW UPWARD TREND
Disaster Relief, Veterans' Aid
Foremost in Fiscal Year.
Services AN Vital.
■xpondltures by the American Red
Ccom for the lMt year showed a
mounting curve as compared with
tboM for the preceding year—9ll,B92-
Sll.lt aa against 910.121,(71.10. The
outstanding appropriations were for
disaster relief and aaslstance to dis
abled veterans For disaster relief
the American Red Cross expended
91,(71,(27, of which the National Or
ganisation contributed 91.H2.817, and
the Rsd Cross Chapters 9129,000. For
disabled veterans, a total of $3.628,178
was called for, of which National
Headquarters appropriated $1,(41,171,
and Chapters, 91,1(7,000.
The disaster relief figures do not
include the Florida operations, which
occurred after the end of the fiscal
year, la addition to the work for dls
abled veterans, the Red Cross con
tinued Its work on behalf of men in
the Regular Army and Navy and
Marine Corps, whloh called tor a total
appropriation of $509,451.
The enrolled nurses' reesrve, from
which nurses for disasters and other
emergencies are called, cost $47,112,
home entirely by the National Head
quarters. Public Health Narslng, •
part of the Rod Cross program of
national health work, coat $(($,(11;
Instruction In home hygiene and care
of the sick required $152,466 la nu
trition instruction, $114,167 wae ex
pended.
The Red Croee eampalgn to reduce
deaths from accidents and drowning,
conducted by the First Aid and Llfe-
Savlng Service, called for $152,1(1,
and has shown taaglbls results la.
lives saved annually.
The Junior Rod Cross, ons of the
foremost peace influences la the
world, was carried on at a cost of
9511,1(1. All local Chaptsr activities
of ths Red Cross cost 9622,000, while
other domestic operations of the Red
Cross, borne by National Head
quarters, amounted to 92(4,040.
The remainder of the fiscal year's
expenditures wsrs accounted for In
Insular and foreign operations,
of which foreign disasters la
which the American Red Cress
served, absorbed 951.075; League of
Red Cross Boctstles, 91(0,000; Junior
Red Cross foreign projects, 974,015;
assisUncs to lnonlar Chapters, 941.-
(II; othsr Insular aad foreign work,
954,781; supervision of servlss ac
tlvlttee and general management,
9270,121.27.
The total expenditures for the year
ended Juno 10 last were divided:
National Organisation, 97,181,(1911;
local Chapters, 94,111.000. In the
Tenth Annaal Roll Call, November 11
to 25, the public Is Invited to share In
tbls vast work done in their name
by enrolling In the American Red
SERVICE Tobacco WAREHOUSE
Rocky Mount, W. C.
YOU CAN NOT AFFORD TO SELL YOIJR GOOD TOBACCO ON MARKETS WHERE THEY ARE NOT
PREPARED TO HANDLE THEM. IT MEANS MONEY TO YOU TO SELL WHERE YOU HAVE FULL
COMPETITION AND FACTORIES WITH FACILITIES SUFFICIENT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR TOBACCO.
BRING YOUR GOOD TOBACCO TO ROCKY MOUNT, WHERE YOU HAVE THIS COMPETITION, AND «,
WHERE YOUR OLD FRIENDS ARE IN BUSINESS: GRIMES, WORKS, AND SHEIBURNE
OUR MARKET IS VERY STRONG AT THIS TIME. - •
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Now Making Columbia Records
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Riley Puckott, a blind musician, tytd Vernon Dal hart, both well-known
artists, are now making Columbia records. Their specialties include fiddle,
banjo, harmonica, and guitar jigs and reels. The latest records by these and
other well-known instrumentalists aro now on sale at B. S. Courtney's.
Hogs Get Barley Diet
S CATTLE \ WORSES \
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f POOLTmK \ / \
I 1Q.3 % Cfllt vf |
I HOGS J0.9 * ,'^J
(Bisri-Hwbllcll A|rlrultar«l FuuiiilmUub >
Approximate!/ .V), 000,000 bushels of
barley will lie fed to farm animals in
the United States this year If the
present crop outlook Is fulfilled. Of
this amount s trltie over one-lia!f, or
50.9%, according to the figures com
piled by the Sears-ItoebUfk A Kfl cul
tural Foundation, Is consumM by
hogs. Next to them, horses eat the
most barley, or 17.7% of all hurley fed
to farm animals. Then tMt% Is fed
to cattle, mostly to dairy rows In the
form of barley chop. Tartu poultry
flocks get away with another 10.f>%.
leaving 9% to be fed to sheep and
used for miscellaneous, feed purposes.
Barley Is the chief competitor of corn
as live-stock feed and Is especially
Important In the northern corn belt
and I'acifi' - const slates, .according t«
the Foundation's experts.
SALE OF VALUABLE FARM
PROPERTY
Under and by virtue of the author
ity conferred in us in a deed of trust
executed by L. D. Roebuck and wife,
Hannah Roebuck, on the 30th day of
March, 1923, and recorded in book of
mortgages 0-2, page 535, we will, on
Saturday, the 20th day of November,
1926, it 12 o'clock noon at the court
house door in Williamston, Martin
County, sell at public auction, for
cash, to the highest bidder; the fol
lowing land, to wit:
All that certain tract or parcel of
land lying and being in Robersonville
Township, Martin County, North Car
olina, bounded on the nortV by the
I lands of Mrs. Jane Carson, the school
Farm Property For Sale
Near Washington, North Carolina
One farm, 219 acres, hitfh state of cultivation and equipped
for growing tobacco.
„ • .° ne f * rm 83 acres - fu,| y equipped, good truck or tobacco farm.
Brick residence and in splendid neighborhood.
One farm 4fi acres—high state of cultivation.
One farm 76 acres—fully equipped, good tobacco and cotton
farm.
Several other farms, all of which may be purchased on easy
terms and reasonable prices. . t
Write Us for Full Particulars
Bank of Washington
Trust Department Washington, N. C.
THE UNTmWasa-WIUUItCTOM. w. c
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lot, and the national highway; on the
east by tlfe lands of W. A. Nelson and
Jo* Bryan, on the south by the A. C.
L. Railroad and E. E. Powell, H. Ward
E. G. Spefcht, and G. C. James, on
the west by the lands of Church
Crisp, H. O. Van Nortwick. the pub
lic street and the school lot, contain
ing 58.76 acres, more or less, and be
ing the same land deeded to Hannah
Roebuck by J. A. Miselle, trustee, and
more particularly described as fol
lows, to wit:
Beginning at W. A. Kelson's corner
ii> the ditch, thence south 77 E. 11.10
chains, thence S. 5 W. 2.60 chains,
thence S. 85 W. 16.40 chains, thence
N. 2 1-2 W. 4.37 chains, thence S.
89 1-4 W. 13.10 chains, thence N. 8
1-4, E. 3.25 chains, thence S. 69 1-4
E. 1.60 chains, thence N. 23 E. 7
chains, thence N. 42 W. 5.26 chains;
thence N. 21 ,1-2 E. 1167 chains,
thence S. 68 E. 2.60 chains, thence N.
21 1-4 E. 71 links, thenca S. 68 E. 2
chains, thence N. 21 1-4 E. 4.70 chains,
thence S. 75 3-4 E. 13.40 chains, thence
S. 14 1-4 W. 24.10 chains to the be
ginning.
This sale is made by reason of the
failure of L. D. Roebuck and wife,
Hannah Roebuck, to pay off and dis
charge the indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust *o the North Car
olina Joint Stock Bank of Dur
ham.
This the 11th day of October, 1^26.
FIRST NATIONAL CO.,
INC., OF DURHAM,
°l9 4tw Trustee.
Formerly First National Trust Co.,
Durham, N. C.
You Can Hold Your
COTTON
Factors in Norfolk will advance to you 75 per cent
of its value, at 6 per cent interest, on cotton to be stored.
Charges for storage and handling are as low or lower
than those of any competitor.
Representative buyers with world-wide connections
are here, assuring full market prices for your cotton,
when YOU order it sold.
Norfolk handled half a million bales last year, grad
ed according to Government Standards. Prices are as
good as any other market.
Protect your cotton from the weather. I*rotei\ your
self from ruinous prices.
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Address Communications to the Following Merchants at Norfolk:
BEAMAN and CO. MARTIN and SONS
VAUCHAN and BARNES JONES SON and 00.
W. D. ROUNTREE and CO. JOHN S. JENKINS and CO.
J. W. PERRY CO. C. W. CRANDY and SONS
WINBORNE and CO.