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VOLUME IV. NUMBER 37. WAYNESVILLE, HAYWOOD COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
RED CROSS HOME SERVICE 25,000 WOMEN NURSES WANTED
WHEN THE DAYS ARE DARK AND GLOOMY
FARMERS' INSTITUTES
BEGIN NOW!
Under Direction of Waynesville Chap
ter, American Red Cross Pur
pose of Home Service
Through its Home Service Work the
Red Cross gives assurance to our sol
diers and sailors and their families
that while the former are absent in
national service, the latter shall be
preserved in a normal, well-balanced
family life and shall not suffer for
anything essential to good spirits,
health and comfort.
Need for the Work
The war necessarily deprives homes
of the breadwinners and leaders. Un
der new conditions social accidents
will , inevitably .befall . these families
unless there is some organization to
give attention to these needs.
Value of the Work
Aside from its humanitarian as
pects, Home Service is vitally patriot
ic in contributing to the malntainance
of the morale of the soldiers and their
families. t . .
What Home Service Does
1. Supplies information as to how
mail should be addressed to soldiers
and sailors; how information of the
sick, wounded or missing may be ob
tained; how advantage may be taken
of the laws regarding allotments and
insurance.
2. Gives advice and protection in
sickness, business and difficulties,
housing and working conditions, as
sistance in finding employment, and
in any exceptional conditions.
3. Provides money relief, espec
ially wnne government claims are us
ing adjusted.
How to Secure This Aid
Apply by letter or personal visit
at the office of the Home Service Sec
tion, Red Cross, primary room at Bap
list church, Main street. The execu
tive secretary, Mrs. Kate C. Pegues,
will give prompt attention to 'every
call. Co-ope ratine with the Home
Service Committee will be persons in
different sections of the county, who
will be glad to learn of cases need
ing attention and to transmit appli
cations for assistance to the office in
Waynesville.
' Mrs. W. J. HANNAH, Chm.,
Mrs. K. C. PEGUES, Sec'y.,
Mrs. A. V. JOYNER,
Mrs. R. H. BLACKWELL.
THE MEDFORD REUNION
The fourth annual Medford reunion
will be held at the usual place Satur
day, August 31. Rev. W. Clark Med
ford will open the exercises with a
, short talk and prayer promptly at
, 10 o'clock, fast time. There will be
recitation, declamation, spelling and
singing contests for both children
and adults. W. Spurgeon Byers, and
perhaps others, will deliver addresses
limited to 15 minutes. Webster's
Blue Back Speller for adults and a
late spelling book for children will be
used in the spelling contests. Any
choir may use singers who are not
related to the Medfords. Splendid
instrumental music will also be fur
nished. Any one on the grounds un
der the influence of liquor will be
asked to leave. James B. Medford,
George Liner and John B. Medford
are appointed a committee to collect
money to pay for the prizes. Dr. S.
B. Medford: will be master of cere
monies and will purchase and award
the prices. Dillard H. Byers will
close the exercises with a short talk
and prayer after which there will be
running, jumping and other congests
on the athletic field. Bnnr dinner,
come early, stay all day and enjoy
yourself as you have aever done be
fore. "
COMMITTEE: S. B. Melford, D. H.
Byers, L. V. Rogers, P. Y. Massey,
Mist Juanita Medford.
NAVY LEAGUE NOTES
At call meeting of the Navy
League held Taesdny afternoon, July
SO, the following officers were elected
for the year: Mrs. R. L. Allen, presi
dent; Mrs. Etta Wyche, first vice
president; Miss Jessie Rogers, second
vice president; Mis Nannette Jones,
secretary treasurer; Mis Amelia
McFadyen, recording secretary.
Beginning Monday, August 5 the
,Navy League rooms will be open ev
ery evening during the week, except
ing Sunday, from 7 until 10 o'clock,
instead of three evenings a week as
heretofore. :. Attractive hostesses- and,
assistants have bee secured for each
vesting, and we hope to auks the
rooms Bsotw pleasant and enjoyable
for our soldier boys. - ,
Asked to Enroll in the United States
Students Nurse Reserves Recruit
ing Station at J. M. Mock's
The government is calling for 2,500
young women to Join the United
States Student Nurse Reserve and
hold themselves in readiness to train
for service as nurses.
This is designed to be a direct ap
peal to the womanhood of America
to enter upon a course of nurse train
ing. The appeal is made on the basis
that every day of a student nurse's
training represents a double patriotic
service, in that while she is preparing
for military or civil duty, later if
needed, , she immediately releases a
graduate nurse for military duty
while she herself cares for the civil
ian population. '
The boys of "old Haywood" are of
fering their lives for the world's great
cause. ; : What will the young women
do? This is, as it were, a "call to
arms" from your government to you.
Show your patriotism by enlisting as
a student nurse reserve.
The campaign is already open and
will continue until August 11. The
Waynesville recruiting station will be
maintained at the store of J. M. Mock,
The call is for woshen between the
ages of 19 and 35. Intelligent, re
sponsible women of good education
and sound health are wanted. A col
lege education is a valuable asset,
and many hospitals give credit for it,
There are three ways of enrolling in
the United . States Students Nurse
Reserve, as follows:
(1) As engaging to hold them
selves in readiness until April 1, 1919,
to accept assignments to nurses'
training schools. These women will be
sent to the schools as fast as vacan
cies occur. Those of superior quali
fications will be given preference, and
it is, of course, possible that not ev
eryone who enrolls will be accepted.
(2) As desiring to become candi
dates for the army nursing school re
cently established by authority of the
war department, with branch schools
in selected military hospitals.
(3) As engaging so hold them
selves in readiness until April 1, 1919,
to accept assignments to either a ci
vilian training school or the army
nursing school. Those who so enroll
will be called where the first need
arises.
Those who enroll for this service
will get their board, lodging and tui
tion free at practically every training
school, 'and in most cases will receive
a remuneration to cover the cost of
books and uniforms. After gradu
ation all graduates will have an earn
ing capacity of from $100 to $300 per
month.
BUY MORE W. S. STAMPS
To All Adult Citizens of Haywood
County: During North Carolina
War-Savings week, June 22 to 28,
some citizens of this county failed to
make a pledge to purchase War Sav
ings Stamps because they were not
solicited; many who were solicited.
pledged too low in proportion to their
means, and a few refused to pledge at
all. . Consequently, your county failed
to subscribe its quota.
The record of each citizen, showing
the amount of his pledge or his fail
ure or refusal to pledge, soon be
comes a permanent record,' and lest
those who failed or refused to pledge
adequately do themselves an injustice
and bring discredit upon their county.
I herewith, by and with the authority
conferred upon me by the secretary
of the treasury of the United States,
designate July 29 to August 8 as the
period within which a second and
final house-to-house canvass is to be
made to secure enough additional
pledges to raise your county's quota.
This the 18th day of July, 1918.
F. N. FRIES,
; State Director.
ALLEN'S CREEK W. S, 8.
' On Wednesday evening, July 24,
the Allen's Creek War Savings So
ciety met and elected new officers as
follows: Cara Alien, president; Fred
MulL vice president.
The bi-weekly meetings were dis
continued. The society agreed to have one
meeting during each month for the
purpose of transacting business. The
meetings will bo bald ton the fourth
Wednesday evening of each month.
The public is cordially invited to be
present.
EDITH P. MeCLURE, 8eey.
(By Jease Daniel Boone)
When the days are dark and dreary
And you feel both glum and weary
And your eyes are dim and bleary,
It is time to smile.
Force it, if it's necessary;
Do not frown or be contrary;
Try to make it voluntary,
For it's well worth while.
When the world is bright and sunny
And your wallet's ull of money,
And you've lots of bread and honey,
It's no task to smile.
Any guy can laugh and chatter
When there's nothing much to matter
And no rains to beat and spatter
On life's Weary mile.
But it takes a sort of hero,
Who is bossed' by some old Nero,
Or when leather's cold as zero,
' To suffuse a smile; '
But your smile may bring another
To the face ol father, mother,
Or may help -a frowning brother,
Full of gloom and bile.
Let your face( hand out a greeting
To the people you are meeting
In this world so sad and fleeting
Make it beam and smile.
Many roads are rough and muddy,
But remember this thing, Buddy;
If all cheeks are smooth and ruddy;
Roads won't seem so vile.
FINE PROGRAMS AT
LAKE JUNALUSKA
The past week at Lake Junaluska
has been one that will long be remem
bered by those who were far-sighted
enough to attend the splendid pro
grams that were prepared.
Dr. Byron W. King of Pittsburg,
Prof. St. John of Boston, Dr. George
R. Stuart of our own Southland, and
then to cap it all, that wonderful male
quartet from Los Angeles, Cal., the
Orpheus Four. Such ensemble sing
ing is seldom heard in this or any
other section of the country. It has
been our privilege to hear from time
to time the great singers the leading
quartets all over America and we
can say with the best good will to all
others that the Orpheus Four cap
tured the audience and ran off with
them as few if any others that we
have heard have done. Here is hop
ing that we can have them back
again and that the people of this lo
cality will wake up to their privilege
and come and hear them as well as
some of the other strong attractions
appearing from time to time.
Just notice the line-up for the com
ing ten days.
Thursday night, August 1 Dr.
Byron W. King and associates. Lec
ture Folks and Fancies. Sketch,
Mrs. Bushby's Pink Tea." Panto
mime. "Belshazzar's Doom." This'
evening will be one of the outstanding
events of the entire season.
Friday night Bishop Wm. McDow
ell, of the M. E. church, one of the
most eloquent bishops in America.
Saturday night Dr. King and his
associates; farewell performance.
Sunday Bishop McDowell, 11 a. m.
and 8:30 p. m.
Beginning Sunday, August 4, the
Workers' Conference with the strong
est line-up of speakers of any week
at Lake Junaluska. Beginning with
Bishop McDowell on Sunday, August
4 and 6, 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. both
days. Hubert Knickerbocker, the
highest salaried preacher in Southern
Methodism, August 6 and 10, 8:30 p.
m. August 11, 11:30 a. m.
Wednesday, August 7 George R.
Stuart, 8:30 p. m.
Thursday, August 8 W. J. Bryan,
11 a. m. and 8:80 p. m.
Friday, August 9 Dr. Tippy, of
New York, 8:30 p. m.
Saturday, August 10 Knickerbock
er, of Texas.
Sunday, Aug. 11 Haywood Coun
ty Day. 11 a. m, Knickerbocker. 3
p. m., George R. Stuart 8:30 p. nv,
John R. Culpepper.
Haywood county should take ad
vantage of this splendid array of
great men who wiH appear from time
to time on the platform at Lake Jun
aluska on this week of all weeks. Tell
all your friends and come and stay
the week. Good music; short, snappy
discussions during morning hours on
live topics of the day for our church.
Food Administrators to Meet
The county food administrators,
presided over by Miss Glosser, wiH
meet at Clyde high school next Sa tor-
day, August S, at 1:30. All art ex
pected to be present.
B. Y. P. U. PROGRAM
Bible study meeting.
Scripture reading, Matthew 5:1-12.
Albert Crymes.
Introduction Leader.
1 The First Beatitude Lucile Jones.
The Second Beatitude Hearst Bur
gin.
The Third Beatitude Ova Patter
son.
Special Music Ruth Jones.
The Fourth Beatitude Mabel
Smith.
The Fifth Beatitude Orville Hall.
The Sixth Beatitude J insie Un
derwood.
Duet Lucile Herren and Mildred
Crawford.
The Seventh Beatitude Maude
Smith.
The Eighth Beatitude-Henry Fran
cis. Concluding Remarks Wilsie Hall,
Vocal Solo Mrs. B. T. Reeves.
Poem, "When I Have Time"
Lillian Green.
Closing song.
Benediction.
BESSIE FRANCIS, Leader.
MISS ZANA HUNT MARRIED
The following announcement has
been received by Waynesville friends
of the marriage of a former Waynes.
ville girl:
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Dean Hunt
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Zana
to
George Marshall Wilson
Lieutenant Officers Reserve Corps
United States Army
on Tuesday, the twenty-third
of July
One thousand nine hundred eighteen
Snowville, Virginia
At Home
after the first of August
83 East Georgia Ave.
Atlanta, Georgia
ANOTHER FURNITURE FACTORY
This spring it was announced that
H. G. Stone, Edwin Turner and F. E.
Grubbs, the last from Philadelphia,
with others, had leased the Keller
wood working plant in Waynesville.
Monday this plant started work on
furniture bedroom suites consisting
of dresser, dressing table, chifforette
and bed. ' They expect to engage in
other wood working industries soon,
possibly government contracts as
well.
The company has now been incor
porated and has also taken over a
practically new and extensive wood
plant at Lincolnton, 120 miles east of
Asheville. The Waynesville plant
has been improved and enlarged.
About 20 men are now employed. By
the end of the month, they hope to
be running to full capacity 'when
they will need some 60 men and also
30 to 40 girls. The name of the new
concern is the Haywood Manufactur
ing Corporation.
LIBRARY OPEN IN MORNING
The city library la now open every
morning from 10 .to 12. Afternoon
from 4 to d
Will Be Conducted for Men and Wo
men by T. B. Parker, Chief of Di
vision of . Farmers' Institutes
The agricultural department at
West ' Raleigh has just announced
institutes for. the counties of Western
Carolina. These will be conducted by
the division of farmers' institutes by
T. B. Parker, chief of the division.
special institute for women will be
conducted at the same time as the
institute for the men. Mr. Parker
will be assisted by members of the
division of home demonstration work.
The first institute begins in Hender
son county August 5 and continuous
meetings will follow until the latter
part of September. The things af
fecting the farmer in the great world
war will be stressed.
Following is the list of institutes:
Avery county Crossnore, Septem
ber 9; Plumtree, September 9; Ban.
ners Elk, September 10.
Buncombe county Avery's creek
September 2; Swannanoa (Test
Farm), September 3.
Cherokee county Unaka, August
20; Suit, August 21.
Clay county Hayesville, August
19.
Graham county Robbinsville, Aug
ust 17.
Haywood county Cruso, August 9;
Rock Springs, August 10.
Henderson county Dana, August
5; Mills River, August 7.
Jackson county Qualla Graded
School, August 15; Sylva, August 16.
Macon county Otto, August 12;
Franklin, August 13.
Madison county Marshall, Septem
ber 4; Mars Hill, September 4.
Mitchell county Bakersville, Sep
tember 7.
Polk county Columbus, August 8.
Swain county Bryson City, Aug
ust 14.
Transylvania county Brevard,
August 6.
Waynesville Lodge A. F. and A. M.
There will be a special communica
tion on Thursday, August 1, at 8:30
p. m. prompt, when there will be work
in the Fellow Craft degree. All mem
bers of the lodge are requested to be
present, and a cordial invitation is
also extended all visiting Masons,
both in the city and at the Army Hos
pital. The lecture pertaining to this
degree will be given by First Lieuten
ant Ernest N. Bales, Past Master of
Bethesda Lodge No. 204, Bethesda,
Maryland.
The brethren will kindly note thai
this meeting will be on Thursday
night (not on Friday).
By order of the W. M.
Rev. ALBERT NEW.
Waynesville Business School
The attention of our readers is
called to the ad of the Waynesville
Business School which opens on Sep
tember 10 under the direction of Mr.
and Mrs. M. Silver. The school suc
cessfully prepared Misses Marie Fos
ter of Virginia, Eunice Barker and
Virginia Mise, of Milton, N. C, and
Mrs. C. R. Little (Myrtle Brendle)
for civil service examinations, all of
whom passed. Mrs. Little entered
the departmental service in the $1,100
class and was promoted to the $1,200
class within a week after entrance. It
will now be unnecessary to leave
Waynesville to obtain a business eo'j
cstion.
INVESTED $2000 IN WAR STAMPS
We forgot to say that our far-
sighted county commissioners recent
ly invested $2,000 of county funds in
War Savings Certificates, $1,000 in
the Waynesville district and $1,000
in the Canton district.
This ought to meet the hearty ap
proval of every good citizen of the
county. I
Moantaia Growers Exchange
The regular annual meeting of th
members of the Mountain Growers
Exchange' for the election of direct
ors and officers for the ensuing year
will be held in the court hours ir.
Waynesville at 11 a. m. Monday, Aug
ust 6. Complete report of the part
season's business will be made and
plans formed for marketing this
year's crops. All bona fide farmer?
invited to attend and become mem-
BOIXING HALL, Seey.
By order of Free, D. J. Boyd. 86-lt
Address to Class 1 Selective Service
Men, By General Crowder,
Provost Marshal.
You have been selected, by the Con
gress of the nation and by the. board
of your own community, to fill the
ranks of our national army. , Your
appointed task is to defend our .coun
try from the force and fraud of a
ruthless enemy. BEGIN NOW!
Your ' call to arms is coming, in
due season. , But in the meantime
your very selection by the boards of
your community marks you as pos
sessing already a privilege and a duty.
You are not only to bear arms when
the time comes. You are to prepare
to be worthy and capable. BEGIN
NOW! .
The more you think now 'about the
things which a true soldier must
know, the more competent and sat- ,
isfied you will be when the actual
call arrives. What do you know of
a soldier's daily duties? What do
you know of an army's organization ?
What do you know of the work and
the science of its Several branches
Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Signal,
Quartermaster, Ordnance, and the
rest? What do you know of the
weapons, the tools, and the materials
that each of them use? What do
you know of the geography of the
great battlefield of Europe? What
do you know of 'the nations arrayed
for and against us? How intelligent
are you as to the causes and objects
of this war? Do you realize that as
a good soldier you have much to learn,
and that the sooner you learn it the
better a soldier you will be when you
arrive in camp? BEGIN NOW!
Do you know the men of this town
and county that are to join the ranks
with you? Have you reflected that
the greatest friendship that one man
ever has for another in this world is
the friendship that grows up between
those who have fought side by side?
Have you realized that all of you,
here in this county, now form a picked
band of brothers in arms, destined to
see eath other through, in many a
crisis, in the days to come? Have
you made a start of these friendship-:
yet? BEGIN NOW!
Have you ever thought that ou.'
enemy is attacking us, not only in
Europe, but at home? Have you re
alized that his- especial trickery con
sists in seeking to make men disloyal
here in our own community? Have
you tried to discover and suppress
the enemy's work here in the peaceful
region of our own homes? Since
your appointed task is to act as the
defenders of our country, why wait
till you are called to camp? You:
time for that has come already. BE
GIN NOW!
From now on, regard yourselves i. ;
selected fraternity of active pa
triots. Strengthen those who a
weak. Encourage those who are tiir-
Inspire the indifferent. Inform
the ignorant. Search out the slacker",.
Begin now to make every one of yow
nto a good soldier, a capable defen !-
er of our country, in spirit, in knowl
edge, and in physical fitness.
There never was a war to which
men could give themselves w:t;i
greater confidence and devotion.
There never was a war in which a
man had less excuse for holding bat'.;.
There never was a time when a mm:
could be more desirous to be kno'-v::
as a soldier. There never will be -i
century in the world's history .
which a man's family, his townsmc.
and his countrymen, will be proud"'
to point him out as one of THEITJ
men one of the men who had th
honor of being in the army.
This is YOUR war. You are golntr
to
win it by what you are good
Americans and good soldiers. Yen
are good Americans already. It w:'l
take some time to make good soldirr
out of you. The sooner you sta t.
the sooner you will arrive. BEGIN
NOW! E. H. CROWDER
Provost Marshal Genes!.
Per Cent of Pledges Reported
For the counties of the tenth tf
gressional district reporting percen'
ages of pledges for War Savin ;i
Stamps to the state committee we
give the following from a list of t'
whole state sent out by Col. F. II.
Fries July 27th:
Buncombe, 66) Cheiokce. 46; Cry,
17; Graham, 26; Hsywood, 78; H -derson,
97; Jackson, 64; Macon, 21 ;
Polk, 27; Rutherford, 48; Tran.y'.
vania, 47; McDowell, no report;
Swain, 66. . -
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