CA?TIA8 WAY COMES HOME
Captain Joseph H. Way M. R. C,
U. S. A., now stationed at Camp
Greene was a welcome visitor in
Wayhesville for a few hours Sunday
night and "Monday morning, coming ud
he said "to welcome his new grand
daughtei, little Martha Way" who ar
rived in Waynesville on the morning of
October 28th, 1917, or as it will be re
called to her in later years, just some
Lours after the first American "Sam
mies" took position in the fisrt line of
the trenches in France.
The Captain-Dctor reports himself
as highly pleased with his first three
months of army life and profoundly
gratified in having the professional op
portunity of service to the Nation and
the cause of universal Democracy innour
hour of national peril. He was, in addi
tion to his usual work, detailed as Co
ordinating Officer for the Base Hospital
at Camp Greene for the Second Liberty
Loan and personally secured from the
sick, men in wards more than $10,000,00
in small fifty-dollar bondswhich with
the larger amounts contributed by offi
cers ran the total subscription of the
Base Hospital to above $27,000,00.
Captian Way returned to Camp
Greene Monday, deeply regretful of the
absolute lack of time to see friends and
patients who had watched for his home
coming with interest.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Cars well,
October 31st 1917, a son.
RED CROSS CONVENTION,
NOVEMBER 1ST AND 2ND
Daily Thought.
I go on with what I am about as If
there were nothing else in the world
for the time being. That is the secret
of all hard-working men? Kingsley.
noman aanaai.
The saudtil worn by the ancient
Greeks and Konihus consisted, in the
rnnln, of a sole kept in place by thongs
that passed oW the foot and fastened
about the ankle. TLe sandul was not a
shoe In the modern sense of the word.
The real shoe is much later than the
Greek and .Roman time.
Cracking Down on Them.
"Dar am mo' dan one ptisson wh'in
de sound o' muh voice," severely salil
good old Parson Bagster, in the course
of a recent sermon, "dnt wouldn't ful
ler de straight and narrow path fiun
dis church to deir homos but would
tag a minstrel band to de end o' de
earth !" Kansas City Star.
Uncle Eben.
"Glvin' advice," said Uncle Eben, "is
often a roundabout way of. hintin' to a
man dnt you don't think lie's got as
much sense as you have."
A convention of Red Cijoss
Chapters, auxiliaries, branches,
units and workers in' North
Carolina has been called at Ral
eigh, N. C, November 1st and
2nd. The Red Cross organiza
tion is the official institution for
relief at home and on the bat
tlefields on account of"the great
war. 'Its, members will make
the bandages with which our
wounded will be treated, will
knit the extra sweaters, helmets,
socks, etc., to protect them from
the cold, while its nurses wil
attend the suffering in the hos
pitals.
There are now m North Car
lina 110 Red Cross Chapters,
and about 500 auxiliary organi
zations. It is desired that each
of these will be represented in
this convention by from three to
five delegates. But as there are
many committees not yet or
ganized, it is also desired that
delegates shall come both men
and women from every com
munity in the state.
The object of the convention
is two fold :
First, to prepare the way for
setting up pOOO active Red Cross
organizations in North Carolina.
If you desire to have a part in
this great work, come to this
convention and learn what is
required to form a local organ
ization. Second, to encourage and in
struct organizations already
formed in the great tasks now
at hand.
There will be practical demon
strations and displays and tech
nical instruction.
There will also' be addresses
by Red Cross specialists of Na
tional reputation.
The convention will open
Thursday morning, November
1st, and close Friday evening,
November 2nd.
Every Mayor of a town in
North Carolina is authorized to
appoint three delegates to this
convention, but whether appoint
ed or not, everyone in sympathy
with the objects of 'the conven
tion will be heartily welcomed.
For the Committee:
J. W. BAILEY, Chairman,
Raleigh, N. C.
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THE PLAINT OF A VOLUNTEER
Floyd D. White, Co. C, Engineers, Ft. Lavenworth, Kans'
Why didn't I wait to be drafted?
And march to the train with a band?
And put in my claims for exemption
O, why did. I hold up my hand?
1 Why didn't I wait for a banquet?
Why didn't I wait to be cheered?
For drafted men get all the credit,
While I simply volunteered. ,
v Nobody gave me any banquet
And nobody spoke a kind word;
The noise of the wheels and the engine
Were the only farewells that I heard.
Off to the camp I was going, .; -
To be trained and drilled half a year;
And help to uphold "Old Glory,"
As just a plain volunteer.
Perhap in the dim, distant future,
I'll return to my dear, native state,
When Fm sure my friends will be asking ' -
What I did for my country, so great.
I will tell them we whipped the old Kaiser
That's the story they'll all wish to hear;
And then I shall feel greatly honored
For being a plain xolunteer.
Then come on soldiers, and join me,
Until the eld Kaiser is killed.
You'll find me out here in old Kansas;
I'm waiting just now to be drilled.
1 you'll take my place, I am ready
To sail on the seas, deep and wide ;
To join our boys in the trenches,
Who are fighting there side by side.
MAKING CAMP AT SEVIER
Democracy Wins.
'Tve got three queens," said the
man who had opened the pot. "Three
kings," said the next man. reaching for
the money. "Hold on," said the third
player. "Royalty cuts no Ice here. I've
got a whole bunch of common people.
Then he threw down four deuces and
raked In the dough.
Daily Thought
He does nothing who seeks to con
Bole a desponding man with words; a
friend is one who aids with deeds at a
critical ' time when deeds are called
for. Plautus.
Sure Cure.
Anxious Mother "It way after nine
o'clock when Clara came down to
breakfast this morning, and the poor
girt didn't look well at all. Her sys
tem needs toning up. . What do you
think of iron V Father "Good idea!"
Anxious Mother "What kind of iron
had she better taker Father "She
bad better take a flatiron." Ex
change. .
Ads. as
Reputation
Try? PrODS
Let os tu3d you an inch
ad. in this paper; a col
umn ad a page ad or
any old 'size ad.
Let fc tall In forceful tenast
What you've got to sell
What it's worth
Why k's best at that price
Ancients Insured Their Crops.
The rural Indians of Peru still be
lieve in "paying the Incas," for fear
that their crops will fall if the an
cient observances are neglected.
Burnt offerings of drugs and aromat
ic plants are still made and sinRlI
images are buried In the fields for the
bent-fit of the crops and the herds.
Sncb are the stoue carvings, called
mullo or pledras de Charasani, that
are still sold In the native market of
La Paz, Bolivia. National Geographic
Magazine.
Got Along Fin.
Diplomacy would be more successful
if it were more truthful and frank. The
way same diplomats treat one an'
other they don't get any nearer to real,
helpful intercourse than the two cele
brities did. Two celebrities, one a stut
terer and the other deaf, were intro
duced at a tea After the tea the stut
tering celebrity was asked how he and
the deaf, one had got on. "Oh, we got
on fine," he answered. "I couldn't talk
and he couldn't hear me."
aenerous.
"Why, Willie. I'm asharm.. yon.
Ton should have shared you.' iinpie
with your UttZe cousin.'.' "Well, I let
him chew my chewing gum whiie I was
eating the apple."
By LeRoy Willis, Co. A., 115th Machine Gun Battalion
I've u?e all sorts of shovels
And can swing a pick like sin,
To make a hillside cornfield
A place worth living in.
j I've sweated like a jinny
S For Uncle Sam down here ;
All day, without a whinny,
Improving Camp Sevier. .
A humming 'round the landscape,
Without a place to light;
The little "busy bee" boy
Is what I am, all right.
I've dug a raft of ditches,
Under a Sergeant boss ;
I've carried cars of lumber,
And curried off a hoss.
I ve put my blooming ten up
And raked b6th front and back;
And stacked a waist-high rock pile
And made a rifle rack.
I lit a wicked bonfire
Which filled my eyes with smoke,
And kept it fed with rubbish
Until my back near broke.
I've frolicked with supply chests
Which weighed a hundred pounds;
I ve lifted them from wagons
All over these rough grounds,
I've moved the kitchen ice box,
And helped set up the stove;
And yanked a bunch of stumps out,
Where once there was a grove.
I've built a fine dirt-side walk,
And helped to grade our street ;
Until it seemed that it was fit
For only angel's feet.
r -I've been a reg'lar white wing
Around this little yard;
A fqurteeu carat working man,
Without a union card.
A stevedore and stoker,
An engineer and groom,
A fellow that is Useful .
With mattock, axe or broom.
This making camp is sure some job
And I am here to say.
That by and large, I reckon,
T've earned my buck today.
Johnson. Y
Mrs. Annie Caldwell J i now
taking treatment from a doctor.
Hope she soon will be well.
Miss Eulala Palmer spent
Tuesday with Miss Elipabeth
Johnson.
Miss Ethel Woody visited
home-folks, she was accompan
ied by Mr. High Parton.
Misses Fav and Magola Cald
well spent Sunday with Misses
Elizabeth and Ida Palmer and
reported a nice time.
Miss Delia Palmer and a crowd
of her school of Iron Duff vis
ited Mrs. G. H. Palmer.
Mrs. T. L. Palmer and Mrs.
Eliza Evans spent Sunday with
Mrs. Will Palmer.
Mr, and Mrs. J.W. Caldwell
made a business trip to Waynes
ville last Wednesday. "
SHINE SHINE.
oearcning lest.
As a people we are awakening more
and more to a true nodal conscious
ness. "Am I my brother's keeper?"
is a question which Is being revolced
today with encouraging, answer. The
theme is a potent doe In fiction and a .
searching test of a writer's sympathy
and art. ' !
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Absolutely.
"Poor Madge ! Her marriage was an
absolute failure." "How so?" "Why,
she hasn't been able to, collect a cent
of alimony since she got her divorce."
COOL HEADS SAVED LIVES OF MNY PERSONS
noi heads and a little common
.. orobably saved the lives ana
nf imveral hundred persons, as
usual mostly women atd cMldren. in
Raleigh recently wa
latlon on electric wire. u - -tlon
picture theatre with smoke. The
theatre has a seating capacity of
-v... snn and It was crowded. When
there were Indications of ire nobody
got excited and the theatre was emp
tied without incident. Concerning
. incident The Raleigh Times car
ried the following editorial:
.a- ..T.iom.B.nt incident wnicn
marred the first exhibition of the Red
n... aims the tanks in action, Mon
day afternoon nevertheless served to I
display a quaiuy ""01" Z
praise. 1
strnl Theatre was crowded,
practically every seat on floor and in
gallery, when a pungent smell was
succeeded by wWps ot vapor creeping
along the celling. Some few rose
from their seats and made for the
door. The audience as a wuu..
rery largely composed of women and
children. remained in their seats.
Those who had started to leave re
turned. The pictures continued to be
flashed upon the screen. The piano
accompaniment never hesitated. The
crowd smiled at Its temporary ner-
f rnU a amall
vousness. men ix came; m
Increased in pungency, rlDDons oi
noke became darker clouds that
commenced to fill the theatres and to
make the air stiflling. It was only
then that "the crowd began to move
but without suggestion of fright, In
order, without undue pushing or crowo
lng. It was as If the program were
complete' and the audience filing out l
ttr uninterrupted entertainment'
"One wondered what might have
been the consequence of a single fear
ridden person. Suppose there had
been the fool, once Inevitable In
such a gathering, to yell 'Sire!' Noth
ing of the sort happened, but that It
did not was not remotely connected
with the fact that the "fire" was the
burning of a small piece of insulation,
a big smoke, and a mighty stink!
"The happy Issue of this Incident
was due, so doubt, In part, to the
years of steady education fr m offi
cial sources and through the press as
to the obligation of keeping one's
head in the threat of fire in public
places. The very school children
knew the fire drill. Older members of
the audience had mental pictures of
the holocausts of human life of which
they had read, and knew that they
had been caused almost Invariably
not so much by fire as by the panio
that goes with It. But we wondered
If this efficient calm did not represent,
also, something of the effect which
war is having upon the people. Did It
not mean that there was sunk Into the
mass consciousness a duty of preser
vation that is not so much naturally
selfish as it is nationally economic?
Did it not mean that, even to the
minds ot small children, the sufferings
of humanity, even then reflected In
part upon the screen, have brought a
new courage, a sensible fatalism?
"However that may be. It was a
pretty sight to stand In the theatre
and watch the filled aisles empty -themselves
slowly and without flutter,
while the brown smoke eddied ovei
their heads!
"So looking, one could lmagins
what an American army will be la
action, drum-fire, charge, or gaa at
tack, as the case may be."
CLEAN UP ALL THE SCHOOL HOUSES
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Schools will open shortly, but now
that they are idle an excellent oppor
tunity Is afforded to have, them thor
oughly inspected and pUes of old pa
pers, rubbish and other litter cleared
out and all fire hasards removed or
properly safeguarded. Stove pipes
and furnace equipments should be in
vestigated anTall defects corrected,
and every method adopted which
spells protection against and preven
tion of fires. -The annual average of
(20 school houses damaged or de
stroyed by fire can easily be lowered
If a little foresight and caution are
exercised In a thorough cleaning up
and inspection campaign before the
school term opens. It is te be remem
bered that the lives of children are
involved in the aecessity of careful
ness in this Important Item, and no
amount of expense or caution should .
be spared in protecting these little
ones against danger or Injury by fire.
A hint to school officials and Janitors
ought to be sufficient. Fire Facts.
Say, You !
Such an advertisement
in this paper will bring
be yen who hardly knew
ypn existed before you
advertised
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A MOTHER'S MEETING
; The pupils of the fifth grade
, entertained its patrons Tuesday,
:Oct. 30, 1917 with the following
program.
' Opening1 sonsr, "America, fol
lowed by our Flag Salute.
I Welcome address by Hazel
! Ferguson.
! Recitation, "God's Gift," by
Mint Reed.
Recitation, "Only One Moth
er," byDorothy Seaver.
Recitation, "Mother's Are the
Queerest Things," by Jno. Os
borne. Solo, JTell Mother I'll be
There," by Elizabeth Matney.
RpcitAt inn. "ITflTTif riv Tmao
Green.
Recitation. "Which Loved
(Mother Best," by Edward Howell
Recitation, "Baby Gone to
School." by Eleanor Bushnell.-
Song, "Home, Sweet Home.'l
led by Elizabeth Matney and
Wilda Crawford. , , v -
- Reading. "Love for the Moth
er," by Elizabeth McLean.
Recitation, "A Eoya' MotherV
by Clarence Barnes. ; . -
Song, "The Dearest Spot,' by
grade. - -.r ,V :; - ' 'J -v i
Recitation, "The Boy Who
Loved His Mother," by Millard
Revis.
Recitation, "Some Mother's
Child," by Natalie Atkinson.
Recitation, "A Kiss for Mam
ma," by Viola Miller.
Reading, "Dear Old Dad," byl
Hugo uampbeil.
Recitation, "Why Donl Par
ents Visit The School," by Eliza
beth Matney.
Closing Son, "Twilight," by
grade.
After rendering the above
program, candies were distrib
uted to the guests.
The faculty and graduate-
class were special jn'e-ta. . '
All present aei-n.ad.to enjoy
the evening.
v: N. M. DAVIS, Teacher.
; i NELLIE NEWS
llr. S. L. Woody and daughter,
Miss. Elizabeth visited Mrs. C.
M. Caldwell Sunday. .
. Miss Ilattie Caldwell is now
on the sick, list.- we hope she
will soon be well and back
school ajram. " .
. I'ay CaljweU spent S ji
T-'csday with Miss Elizabeth
To The Patrons of
The Wayncwood Theatre
The wir has hit fhesnnj ion picture theatres very hard and
a large percentage of the smaller houses will no-doubt be driven
out of business.. There is the tax on seating caoacitv. ranfirinsr
from $25 to $100.. There is the new tax on admissions; there is
the War Income Tax and the surtax on profits. In addition to
these extraordinary burdens of taxation, every single thing
needed for the motion picture entertainment has gone up in price.
The cost of raw stock has increased, the rost of production turn
increased, the fpcratin;; expenses have increased. )abor costs
more than ever and is becoming scarcer and more expensive all
the time.' The management of this theatre proposes to meet its
obligations to the Government cheerfully and conscientiously.
The increase in the price of admission has been as slight as pos-
sible and was decided on after a long hesitation and only when
it became absolutely necessary if we want to stay in the business
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Beginning NOVEMBER 1st, our regular prices of admission,
unless otherwise, advertised, will be as follows:
ON TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS: Admission, Children, 9
tents, war tax 1 cent, total 10 cents. Adults Admission 13 cents,
war tax 2 cents, total 15 cents. " - -
FRIDAYS C!J!dren 9 cents war tax 1 cent, total 10 cents. .
Adults 18 cents, war las 'cea's, toiri 20 cents, . . ,
Show Opens at . 7:30
Saturday Matinees 2:30
J. T. DUCKWORTH
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