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i Ml A W fKV? II Hi , I M Volume IV. Number 19. Wayneaville, Haywood County,: Nwrtk CaiUn TTtursday, October 24, 1918. ' ' . $1.50 a Year in Advance I. I V4 Red JCross CHRISTMAS PARCELS FOB SOL- DIERS, OVERSEAS, Only one package W. he Wflt . t each man, enclosed in a standard car ton furjiished by the Red Cross. .Cartons will be distributed to Chap ters by November 1st. NO PARCELS MAY BE MAILED AFTER NOVEMBER 15, 1918. The label issued to the man overseas by the Army authorities and forward ed by him to some relative or friend in. this country will entitle the holder to apply to the local Red Cross organ ization for one carton. The cartons must be packed by the relatives or friends and delivered im wrapped and unlabeled to the Red Cross to be weighed, inspected, wrap ped, labeled and delivered to the Post' office. . No package may weigh more than three pounds., No written message may be in closed. Certain articles prohibited by the postal authorities must be omitted. The sender must furnish the neces sary postage from place of mailing to Hoboken, N. J. Each parcel must bear the label re ceived from abroad with the name and address of the soldier and the inspec tion label of the American Red Cross. Inspected parcels must remain in the custody of the Red Cross until de livered by its representatives to the Postoffice. IN THE EVENT OF A CHRIST MAS PARCEL LABEL BEING LOST, NO DUPLICATE CAN BE ISSUED. THIS RULE CAN NOT BE ALTER ED BY ANYBODY. THE HONOR ROLL. .; During the past week the numer ous cases of influenza and the scar city of nurses prompted the local Red Cross to issue a call for volunteer nurses. This call has been answered by a number of noble women, and no language is capable of doing justice to their unselfish devotion. There was no blowing of trumpets nor waving of flags when these women answered the cry of distress, but their conduct was none the less heroic. They saw clearly the danger of infection, but there was no wavering, no hesitation on their part. Trusting to the pro tection of Providence they cheerfully took their way to the houses of dis ease to nurse the sick and care for the tying. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." None of these good women . have laid down their lives God grant that none of them will be called for many a year but they have shown the willingness to make the sacrifice if need be. Each and every one is a heroine in the tru est, broadest and noblest sense of the term, and they have earned the ever lasting gratitude of our community. Their names follow: MISS HILDA WAY, MISS MILLIE PADGETT, MISS HELEN RUE, MISS ANNA BOONE, MISS J U ANITA MEDFORD, MISS NORA FRANCIS, MISS SADIE LESLIE, MRS. L. A. MILLER, MRS. BEN EDWARDS, .MISS JULIET. EDWARDS, MISS ANNIE EDWARDS, BEULAH MARTIN, (Colored) Campaign Against Infleeaxa. The Red Cross Influenza committee has had a busy week since headquar ters were opened next door to the Waynetville Pharmacy. There have been an endless number of call for nursee and food. Many helpless fami lies have been supplied with hot soup and other food from day te day, while nurses have been sent tn answer to calls whenever possible. In order to properly combat the epidemic more nurses are necessary, e the Red Cross is asking every wo man who can possibly do so to vol unteer. Automobiles are else needed te carry-, food te the suffering, and while several generous dtisens have tendered their services in this reepect mere volunteers for " tiie erk ' are needed. TheRedCrees hei no desire to work a free horse te death. V . ' Every person who will iwrMteeujaa Buree; every ee-who-wtiHiM theft utemebUe te carry food te the sick and every one. who will furnish food f any kind are requested U . call phen tSt and have their "nainea 'rf- layered without delay. The situation is deplorable and it is a time when sacrifice is the order of the day. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Eustace Erastus Leatherwood was born October 12, 1897, and died Sep tember 19, 1918. He was always good, and ambitions .to get an education, that he might be prepared for useful ness. He was graduated from Bre vard Institute in 1917. He was converted and joined the M E. Church, South, at Long's Chapel, Lake Junaluska, under the ministry of Rev. J. F. Starnes, in 1913. Thus he was mentally and religiously equipped to filAis mission in life, and he enter ed at once into the service of God. Perhaps God transplanted him from His vineyard below to a greater life and larger employment in heaven. Well may his mother and step-father feel honored in having' had such a son. and be glad, that they did all they could to encourage and help him even to the end. . At the time of his death he was in the employ of the Government at Pen niman, Va.at a good salary. Concerning the death of this splen did young man the following resolu tion were adopted by the Sunday school at Long's Chapel: Resolved, ' That, in the death , of Brother Leatherwood the church has sustained a great loss. We recom mend his example to all young people. 2. That we will humbly submit to the will of Him "who doeth all things well"; and that we will cherish his memory, emulate his virtues, and meet him in heaven. 3. That we extend to all his rela tives and friends our sympathy in their bereavement, ' Clyde, N. C, October 19. W. P. FINCHER, EMMA D. WHITE, ANNA GLOSSER, Committee. WAYNESVILLE HOSPITAL. Suggested "Memorial" to Nurse John son by Rev. Albert New. To Mr. J. D. Boone, Editor. Dear Sir: May I offer a suggestion to the people of Waynesville that some memorial be raised to perpetu ate, the remembrance of the amiable, devoted, and faithful nurse who last Sunday "paid the price" of loyal ser vice in fulfillment of duty. Heroism is not limited to the battle-fields of France. In my humble opinion, Miss Johnson died a martyr's death in that she gave her life that others, stricken with this dread epidemic, might live. So I venture to suggest to the pub lic that a suitable tribute to the mem ory of her unselfish life and death be erected. Having myself been a ptient in the Hospital for over a month, I know something of their 'immediate needs. One hundred dollars would furnish one room complete. Twenty sub scribers at five dollars each would en able this to be done, with an appropri ate brass tablet to her memory. Are there nineteen others in Way nesville who think likewise? I should be pleased to act as collector for this fund, and to transmit the hundred dollars, raised, to Mrs. Hubbard. Faithfully, REV. ALBERT NEW, - Rector of Episcopal church. ON FIGHTING INFLUENZA. Influenza is now reaching the coun try communities. Doctors and nurses are scarce and already overworked. Each school district should organise to fight the disease. lit the chair man of the school committee in each district organise a relief committee who shall ascertain where help is needed and see that K is given. Girls ahoiiM volunteer to nurse the sick. Neighbor must help neighbor. Schools, J brave ships everywhere, a campaign SuiuUv arhoola and rhnrrh aarvtcesifnr lha maintenance Or increase Of should be discontinued until the epi-, domic stage is passed. Funerals should not be public f .There has never been a time when community co-operation was so much needed aa at nroaent ' ' Never before in the history of oar country has many people been. HI at one time. J. S. McCRACKEN, Sept. Health, Haywood County. "Miss, MadSe Tjelds hu recently re turned te herv position as -primary teacher in the eiiy schools. The ehnxth .Is -fortunate In haying her at nyy srhfrsl l"4 Suubeasu, Push Your Work (By Jesse Daniel Boone.) In this simple little rhyme I would urge you be on time. There's so much now to be done. We are always on the run. Duties mostly multiply And you often' wonder why You are swamped and far behind All the rest of human kind. If you let your work push you You will find it ever true That your tasks are never-done And your work is never fun. Push your work'' and never lag; Do hot ever 'let it drag, Then you'll have a breathing spell And can do each' item. well. Cut out worry, banish dread . By ever staying far ahead, For there's trouble, for the guy Who will let his work; pile high. WAR WORK RELIEF DRIVE. Organization Begun, at Canton Tues day to Put Campaign Over in One Day Haywood to Give - $11,000. Waynesville's chairman, J. M. Mock, C. A. Haynes and J. D. Boone attended an organization meeting at Canton Tuesday afternoon where County Chairman D. J. Ken- presided and outlined the work of a county wide canvass to raise funds for the war-work relief campaign which will be on during the week of Nov. 11-18. Mr. C. C. Codrington, secretary for this district, with headquarters at Asheville, was present and offered valuable suggestions. Miss Hilda Way was suddenly stricken with influ enza and therefore could not attend this meeting. Haywood county is asked to raise $11,,000 in this drive and the appor tionment was made as follows:, Can ton, $3,500; Waynesville, $2,9) ; Clyde. $715: Crabtree. $625: TTnfs Creek, $625; Jonathan's Creek, $500; Cecil, $500;.Ivy Hill, $475; Fast Folk, $250; Crestmont, $250; White Oak, $100; Cattaloochee, $100; total, i-ll, 015. , Mr. Kerr plans to have a complete organization in every township and hopes to raise this fund in one day. The motto for the campaign is; You are occupying a position in the Front Line Trench by doing the duty that lies nearest you. President Woodrow . Wilson, with his usual far-sightedness, has ordered that the seven agencies engaged in welfare work among the soldiers in the cantonments of this country and in the battle zone in Europe be merg ed in a great campaign to raise funds to carry on that work. He has de cided that one intensive drive be made during the week of Nov. il-18 to raise the sum of $170,500,000 and this sum is to be divided among the seven or ganizations in accordance with the work they are performing in minis tering to the boys. The amounts as prq rated are: Young Men's Christian Association $100,000,000 Young Women's Christian Association 16,000,000 Knights of Columbus.... 30,000,000 Jewish Welfare Board . . 3,500,000 War Camp Community Service .. American Library Asso ciation Salvation Army 15,000,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 "The President has raised a stand ard to which every man and woman in the Nation can and will rally loy ally. "This is not to be a Y. M. C. A. campaign, nor a Salvation Army cam campaign, no ra Salvation Army cam paign. It it to be a campaign for the men over there in France and in the cantonments on this side and on our morale, which Napoleon said is to other factors in war as three to one. The' dollars given to the common funds will reach the men through seven different channels, but" every dollar will be made to do the maxi mum of work, and no matter what sign is painted over the, door of any hat and any hostess boeee, iU doors will be open te everybody equally. , - Joint -publicity and 'joint pledge cards are planned, and while individ uals can specify the organisations te which' their gity shaU.be given, this wfU net be encouraged, for the foods win be distributed between the seven arid Keep Ahead war organizations On a pro rata basis and expenses will likewise be so ap portioned. ' The United Wark Work Campaign is to be supervised by an executive committee, of which Mr. Mott is to be director-general. Associated with him will be George W. Perkins, of the Y. M. C. A.; John G. Agar, of the Na tional Catholic War Council and the Knights of Columbus; Mortimer L. Sehiff, of the Jewish Welfare Board; J. R. Braucher, of the War Camp Com munity Service; Miss Emma V. Bald win, of the American Library Asso ciation; Col. William M. Pert, of the Salvation Army, and Mrs. Henry P. Davidson, of the Y. W. C. A. PAY TEACHERS DUR ING SHUT DOWN Dr. Joyner So Advises All City and County Superintendents Attor- ney General Rules This Is Proaer. (News and Observer.) Dr..J. Y. Jordan, State Superintend ent of Public Instruction, yesterday put at rest a widespread rumor through the state that school teachers employed in schools forced to close down because of the epidemic of in fluenza would not be paid for the time the schools were closed. "Their sala ries are meagre at best," Dr. Joyner says in a letter to all county and city superitnendents, "and simple justice demands that they should be paid their regular salaries under their con tract until the schools reopen." , Many of the schools of the state have been forced to close because of the spread of influenza, particularly in eastern North Carolina, and in some instances the superintendents had indicated to the teachers that they would not receive pay during the time the schools were closed. Dr. Joyner's letter reads: , "Teachers in schools that have been closed on account of the epidemic of Spanish influenza are legally and mor ally entitled to draw their salaries un der their contract for the time inter vening between the closing of the schools and the reopening of the same. "The living expenses of the teachers continue whether school "' keeps or closes. Their traveling expenses to and from home, in case they do not live in the community, are consider able.. They are not responsible for the closing of the schools. Their sala ries are meagre at best, and simple justice demands that they should be paid their regular salaries under their contract until the schools .reopen. I am advised by the attorney general that this is the law and I am sure that it is in accordance with the Gos pel. I trust, therefore, that all super intendents and boards of education and school trustees wil see that the teachers are not allowed to suffer a cut in their salaries because of the closing of the schools on account of a dangerous and unavoidable epidemic." SHOO LBRED-WOOD. Mr. and Mrs. John N, announce the marriage Shoolbred of their daughter, Annie Margaret, V . . to M r. Robert E. Wood, on Wednesday, October the twenty third. :' ' At home after November th. 17 Park Avenue, BaJtinJorv Md. 'A mere extended notice will appear! seal week, NAVY LEAGUE NOTES. Under the auspices of Waynesville chapter of Navy League the following clipping is made public: "When any one tells you that nurses and doctors at Camp Meade, Camp Humphreys or other camps have been caught red-handed in the act of in fecting sick soldiers with influenza germs and have been summarily ex ecuted simply say: '"That is a lie.'" "Stories purporting to emanate from Camp Meade, Camp Humphreys, Camp Lee and other Army canton ments have been circulated in this city for the last week to the effect that Red Cross nurses and Army doctors, in numbers varying from two or three at whatever camp the story concerned, to half a dozen or more, had been caught in the act of infecting soldiers in the camp hospitals with influenza or pneumonia, and that these doctors and nurses had been "shot at sun rise." Deliberate Fabrications. According to the intelligence serv ice of the War Department and state ments from commanding officers at the camps, these stories are deliber ate fabrications, without even a shred of truth as a basis. "According to officials of the sur geon general's office the stories first made their appearance in Boston. There it was told with great detail how nurses and doctors at Camp Devens, Mass., had been caught in the act of infecting sick soldiers with in fluenza and had been shot without even a trial. . , "From Boston, officials -say, the stories spread to New York, where the events described were said to have occurred at several of the camps on Long Island and in nearby New Jer sey. "Then the stories gained currency in Philadelphia, the scene of the poisonings and subsequent executions being laid at New Jersey camps. Circulated in Washington. "About a week ago the stories be gan to circulate in Washington. The first of the yarns, told here with min ute details except as to names, dates, etc., was to the effect that four Red Cross nurses and two Army doctors had been caught in the act qf infecting soldiers sick in the base hospital at a camp with influenza germs, and that all had been shot the following morn ing. "One bit of realism attached to this story was that one of the nurses, a beautiful girl, exclaimed just before the volley . rang out that ended her life: " 'You've, got me, hit I got three hundred men first.' "Later the stories were told of nurses and doctors at Camp Humph reys, and a little later the plot cen tered at Camp Lee. ' "Officials charged with investiga tion work in the Department of Jus tice declare the stories are all bare faced lies. "At the office of the surgeon gen eral of the Army it was stated: '"These stories a're in each and every Instance deliberate and mali cious fabrications, designed by weak ening confidence in the Army Medical corps and the Red Cross nursing corps, to, destroy military and civilian morale.' Investigation Under Way. "Investigations are under way to learn the identity of persons guilty of disseminating these stories, and it is stated that swift and condign punish ment will be meted out to the guilty ones aa soon as they are apprehended. "At the War Department it was stated that under an executive order issued nearly a year ago by President Wilson, no sentences of capital pun ishment can be executed, no matter what the offense may .be, until the finding of the court-martial has been finally reviewed and approved by the President This order, it was stated, applies to all cantonments, training schools, posts or other Army stations in the United States, and te all branches of the American forces abroad, and applies equally to mem bers of the military establishment and to civilians employed in any capacity in connection with the Army." - There is an interesting account of the Wayneaville Navy League chapter in the October Sea Power Magazine, a fine collection ef Jellies and jams are nearly ready te he shipped from our local chapters ef Navy Leagues for Fraaee the hut ef this saeoth. ' AMELIA McFAJDTtN, ; (rreepoadJag Beeretarp. GOVERNOR BICKETTS INTER VIEW ON HIS RETURN FROM WESTERN NORTH CARO LINA, OCTOBER 2nd. (Special to Daily News.) "I have hardly seen a paper east of Asheville since I left," he said, "but I understand there Has been some criti cism of my Spencer speech. I may have been inapt in saying North Caro lina's change from Democratic to Re publican control would be regarded in Germany as a repudiation of the war. But I have a profound conviction and would be a mora! coward if I did not express it, that to change from a Democratic Congress to a Republican Congress would mean the death of many more American boys. "And I have no apology to make to any man in the world for that convic tion. I do not make it the test of any body else's patriotism, but it is my own. I would not be a patriot myself if I did not express it. If the country goes Republican this year, what is it going for? Who is interested in ante bellum issues? Who would go out to hear anybody discuss them ? You could not run down a crowd with bloodhounds to hear issues that we used Ad discuss. If North Carolina goes Republican this year it will go so because it opposes the war. There is nothing else that could cause it. There is nothing else being discussed. You can't get anything else discussed now. If a Republican changes to a Democrat this year, Re changes because he be lieves with Lincoln that 'It is a dan gerous thing to swap horses in the middle of the stream.' If a Democrat changes' to a .Republican, he changes because of the war. There is nothing else for which to make a change, and my conviction is that any such change is a publication to the Kaiser that the country is not behind the war." One of the "changes" that Governor Bickett discovered on the trip was made by Capt. D. A. Kanipe of Marion. Captain Kanipe is the sole white sur vivor of Custer's annihilated force and appropriately decorated for his serv ices. The elderly soldier, as straight as a pine and now head of the reserve militia, is a lifelong Republican. This year he votes for Simmons for the Senate and Weaver for Congre.-s. This is no year for politics," Gov ernor Bickett quotes Captain Kanipe, "and no year for changing. It would be a big military blunder to change. I am going to vote for Simmons and Weaver, and two of my boys already have voted the same way." He au thorized Governor BickettVto make use of his statement if the Governor de sired. An Opportunity Fpr North Carolina Baptists. The biggest opportunity for service that has ever been offered to any body of people now presents itself to the North Carolina Baptists. We have set to work to raise one million dollars for Christian education in this state with in the next sixty days. This is a tre mendous task but the cause is greater than the task, and the ultimate out come of the benefit is not to be meas ured in dollars and cents but in Chris tian Manhood and Womanhood that will help transform this land of ours and make -it a place fit to live in. It is true hat we have made great prog ress during the past few decades but the opportunity now is far greater than ever before. Trained men and v.omen are needed on 'every hand, not only in America but in foreign" lands. The places that would have been filled by men whose blood now reddens Eu ropean soil must be filled largely from American Manhood. Many of our be loved sons are making the same sacri fice and we should train more to fill the ranks as they fall out. The ideals of our institutions show forth our character and the loyalty with which we support them are evi dences of , their perpetuity. They will stand .-o long as we lend them our support and encouragement. ' The plan in this campaign is to ac cept Liberty bonds and War Savings Stamps. This enables any person to support both the government and his church and at the same time serve the public in a constructive way. I do net. know that there has ever been an op portunity for one dollar to do so many things at one time.' The one -dollar will help whip the Kaiser and tab col league, the Devil, s well aa train young men and women for efficient R. H. LAMBRIGHT. Clyde, K. C H pays te pay
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