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VOL XXI ., MARSHALL MADISON COUNTY, ff. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1922. No 56
Near East Relief Campaign.
Madison- County's campaign
to raise its quota of $720 for the
Near East Relief this year was
launched Sunday with . Repre
sentative John A. Hendricks of
Marshall , in charge, according
t o information received from
Raleigh, from Col. ' George H.
Bellamy, state chairman.
This money will feed, cloth
and educate 12 orphans of Ar
menian martyrs who are now
in the five North Carolina or
phanages at Trebizond. The
Tarheel tate is saving-the lives
of 3,334 of these helpless tots
this year. Joscphus Daniels is
honorary state chairman.
Mr. Hendricks has been at
work for sometime perfecting
h i s organization and reports
Madison County ready to do its
duty. In addition to a number
of township chairman the fol
lowing members of Madison
County executive committee are
assisting Mr. Hendricks in this
campaign: "
Prof. Homer Henry and Rev.
W. E. Finley of Marshall, vice
chairman, A. W. Whitehurst,
Marshall, county treasurer and
Mrs. Bessie M. Safford of Hot
Springs, chairman of the
Woman's Division.
Many of these children were
made orphans during the Great
War when 300,000 of Armenia's
400,000 troops lost their lives in
defense of the Baku oil fields.
Had the Central Powers-captured
these vast stores, Col. Bel
lamy "pointed out, they would
have prolonged the war many
months according to all experts.
Had this been the case there are
many North Carolina boys back
home today who would now be
sleeping under a wooden cross
in France. North Carolina can
not see the children of these
heroes starve or freeze to death,
he declared.
. Other of these children were
made homeless and helpless
during Turkish depredations in
to Armenia when their fathers
were murdered and their
mothers carried off to turkish
harems because they would not
renounce Christ and become
mohammedans.
Do You Want A Boy?
We have ready for placing in
high type homes five (5) beauti
ful, fat, and healthy b?by boys
of the following ages.
Two baby boys 4 months old.
One baby boy 6 months old.;
Two baby boys 8 months old.
One baby boy 14 months old.
In addition to the above
infants we also have 10 boys
and girls ranging" in age from 6
vears to 14 vears for whom we
are seeking good homes that are
open to desirable children and
are willing to give them a chance
to become useful citizens for the
future.
'We are looking for the very
best homes in North Carolina
for each of these children and if
you will assist us it will be do
ing a great favor to the Society
and also to these dear little ones
who are at present homeless
and yearning for an affectionate
foster mother.
JOHN J. PHEONDC,:
State Superintendent,
Greensboro, N. C.
Send us your job worlL
ate now prepared to give
quick service.
We
you
Drive to Clean np Pending
Claims.
The 5th District of the U. S.
Veterans' Bureau, comprising
the states of Tennessee, North
Carolina, Sou t h - Carolina,
Georgia and Florida, of which
Mr. M. Bryson is District Mana
ger, reports that a drive is under
way in the Hospitals in the Dis
trict, which will open at John
son City, Tennessee, and Lake
City, Florida, on February 8th
to clear up all pending claims of
disabled men who are hospital
ized in this District. .
This is the first time in the
history of the Bureau that the
men who determine how much
to pay disabled ex-service men
for a disability incurred in ser
vice will come face to face with
the claimant whose case they
have been passing on for over
two years. There are about 900
men in the hospitals in this
District and every one of them
willbe interviewed personally
by a Medical Referee and Claims
Examiner and the files are be
ing carried with these experts
and after interviewing a claim
ant a decision will be made as
to whether or not he is entitled
to receive compensation from
this Bureau.
There are two squads now
operating in this District each
Squad being composed of three
Medical Officers and three Legal
Examiners. " These Squa'dTHave
complete authority to review
each case and make a final de
cision ana aavise claimants
whether or not they will receive
compensation; these Squads are
carrying the case from hospital
to hospital in trunks. At the
conclusion of each day's work
the cases are brought into the
District Officers, w h r e the
necessary record is made and if
the recommendations in a case
are for payment of a claim, a
check will be dispatched prompt
ly to the man in the hospital.
One Squad wjll, visit the hos
pitals at Johnson City. Tennn
Oteen and Biltmore, North Caro
lina, and Greenville, South Caro
lina, while other Squads will
work in the hospitals at Lake
City, Florida, Savannah and
Augusta, Georgia; 'Nashville
and Memphis, Tennessee.
Bed-ridden patients will bt
interviewed at their bedsides
and the machinery of the Dis
trict Office has been so arranged
that if it is determined that a
claimant is entitled to compen
sation he will receive his check
in less than ten days from the
time that his case was taken up
with the Hospital Squad, It is
extremely gratifying to inaugu
rate a campaign of this kind,
because of its immense value
in bringing up the morale of the
patients in saving them financial
worry by expediting action on
their cases, which have un-
forrtunately been delayed in a
00 od many instances. It is
anticipated that the most grati
fying results will be obtained
from thi s campaign, bringing
good cheer to a large number of
men, particularly to tuberculosis
ex-service men who have been
in the hospitals for some con
sinerable period of time.
At the expiration of this cam
paign it is planned by this
Bureau to establish a continuous
service in each hospital to insure
prompt adjustment of all claims
of disabled men who are .hos
pitalized. ' '
RULES AND REGULATIONS
ADOPTED EY1THE
State Board of Education
Conpolsory Aft Asfl Attendance
All children "between the ages fjt seres and fourteen,' that is,
from the seven tate the (oarteettli birtho1, ,aw required to attend
tie pablie school eonHeoasty, ejesptWhefohjafter provided.
AJ1 children between the fetes aamtieweeV above "shall attend
sehoot continoosly, (or period ecQelf.to It Ine when the public
school hi the district ra whieh the okiji Neijet shall be in session." If
the public school in the district la vlfeh, the child resides rdns six
months, or even as moeh ae tea mentis, tie child must attend , so
long as the publio school is In session. ; A public school is construed to
mean the school m the district supported by Stat and county funds
and local district taxes.
The County Superintendent of
attendance officer provided for by
investigating and prostenting all vlolrtiote of the compulsory attend
ance law. The reports of Ine teachers give him the necessary informs
tion upon which to proceed In the enforcement of the law.
Prifate Scn0otM4T8tors
If a child is attending a private school, H mast attend for a term
equal to that of the pablie school
child resides, and any private or church scheol receiving for instruction
pupils between the ages of seven and
to keep such record of attendance of
port of same as are hereinafter require of the public school; and at
tendance upon such schools, if the
such records and to render such reporto, shall not be accepted in lieu
of attendance upon the publio school
the child shall be entitled to attend.
. Instruction by private tutor will
law, provided the qualification oftpe tutor are approved by the
county superintendent of the schools bt the State Board of Education;
and provided further, that tffe childjif under" instruction for a time
equal to that provided byjthe public
Junwn-Aljsciices
Section 1 of the compulsory
superintendent, principal, or teacher
shall have the right to. excuse a
count of sickness or distance of residence from the school, or other un
avoidable causes which do not constitute truancy as defined by the
State Board of Education.', The superintendent, principal, or teach
er, whenever said teacher is in charge of the school, may excuse child
ren for nonattendanee under the foiowing conditions.
1. Ifliest of the child that iuearccitates the child from attending
school shall constitute a legitimate
principal or teacher, however, shall require a physician s certificate if
a child is eontmualry absent for ilhtess, unless tho teacher is satisfied
that the child is really unable to attend school. But wherever it is
convenient to secure a physician's certificate, it shall be the duty of
the teacher to investigate eontinuedabsenee for illness, and if the
teacher is not satisfied that the replied illness is sufficient cause for
absense, she shall report the ease to the. county health officer for final
decision.
2. Dlnes in the family Is a legitinmte excuse for nonattendanee
wherever it is apparent that the chiW's services are needed in the
borne or wherever there may be
disease. ,
3. Death in the immediate family
nonattendanee.
4. Quarantine is, of course, a
aholl be' understood to mean isolatici by oier of the local or State
Hoard of Health.
5. Plrysical Incapacity shall be
shall be interpreted to mean pb ysicaldi rfects which make it difficult
for the child to attend school, or whiih render the instruction of the
child impracticable in any othr thafta special class or a special school
Wherever possible, special classes sheild 'be provided for such pupils,
who would be encouraged though
6. Mental incapacity shall be an
interpreted to mean feeble -mindness
make it either impossible for such
in the school orimpracticable for
normal pupils of the school. ' In the
teacher shall designate the same in h report i to the County superin
tendent of Public, Welfare, and itsha be his duty to report all such
cases to the State Board of Charities vd Public Welfare, '
7. ' Severe Weather that may be d
of the children in transit to and from i
make excuse for nonattendanee.
8. Distance from the Ichool 'sbal! eoWitute a legitimate excuse for
nonattendanee if a child resides two an a half mile-i or more by the
nearest route of travel from the school-house, and jsxnot provided by
the county or district with means of transportation. n such cases it
shall be the duty of the County Boaroof Education to make investi
gation and to provide for the attendance of such ch'ildrt u.
f 9, Poverty in certain, cases may fe a legitimate exc ise, but all
such casts must be reported to the Cunty Superintende nt of Public
Welfare. Co operation of individualaind organized agenci es engaged
in specialised social work should be rapked by the teacher.. In this
connection, school offlcials arc referrWto an aet of the Gei wral As
sembly of 1919 to secure the attendant of indigent children a t school.
This act provides that the County Bora of Education, under certain
conditions, shall order aid to be green he family from the inc idcntal
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10. The completion of the coarse
district in which the child rcsidr
ing school; although said child tnay
i. ... i. j f . .
(Conjfiinied
Fnbtts Welfare is the chief school
law and is charged with the duty of
provided in the district in which the
; fourteen years shall be required
said uhildand to render such re
scheol refases or neglects to keep
of the district, town; or city which
meet the requirements of the
schools of the district.
MarE Excnsed
attendance act provides that "the
who is in charge , of such school
child for temporary absence on ac
.excuse for nonattendanee. The
dabger of spreading a contagious
ii likewise a legitimate excuse ' or
leiltirtate excuse, and quarantine
nl: ice
anerccuse for nonattondanco, This
notreifi.Jred to attend. .
Jccufln for nonattendanee arid is
it sao h . nervous disorder as to
chin top."ofit by instruction given
the tee die." properly to instruct the
Asa of fi 'eble-minded children the
ikerous t the health or' safety
;hooI, shah' constitute ; a' legiti-
JKjr m.Clu BCUOQI.
of wdr of the public school of the
sballbxcuse the child front attend
nq have " rrached his fourteenth 1
. t
noi week.)-
A God-Called Man.
Billy bunday is as great as
his reputation. I heard him five
times last week. His evange
listic campaign of six weeks in
Spartanburg, S. C, which will
close next Sunday night, has
fully measured up to all that
was expected of him in the
nearby South Carolina city.
This was my second time to
hear the widely famed preacher.
I heard him through a six weeks
campaign in Washington in 1018.
I did not miss many services
during that whole campaign. I
enjoyed him this second time as
much as I did the first.
Billy Sunday is brilliant He
knows human nature like a
book. His preaching is very
practical. But all of that does
not not explain his marvelous
power over men. He is a man
of deep conviction. He believes
mightly in God and the Bible.
Sin is no fiction with him but a
tremendous fact. Man's need
of salvation is real to him, not
imaginary. Yet all that does
not explain his great power over
people. The secret of his power
lies in the fact that he is a God
called man. Filled with the
spirit of God he posses a master
ful personality.
I understand that he will hold
a meeting in Morristown some
time in the spring.
AMOS CLARY.
On The Sixth Day.
By Tom Ransford.
God created a creature, beau
tiful, strong, and terrible and He
called it "man."
And He asked His creature:
"Art thou satisfied?"
But the creature answered:
No!"
Then God asked: "What is it
thou dost want?" V
And the creature said: "I want
a mirrow to reflect my glory, a
portion to fire my blood, a cask
et to receive my gifts, a . pillow
to rest upon when I am tired, a
veil to hide behind when I am
miserable, a puppet to play with,
an idol to pray to, a muse to in
spire me, a beacon to show the
way and a victim on whom to
blame all my shortcomings . . "
Then God created woman.
, A Kansas cd itor announced he
would try for one week to print the
truth, and he is still in the hospi
tal, lie didn't get by the first day.
The following item appearing in
Monday's issue, and now the boys
are getting out the paper. This is
what he said: "Married, Miss
Sylvia Rhodes to James Cannaham,
last Sunday evening at the Baptist
ch urch. The bride was an ordi
narv town girl, who didn't know
any more than a rabbit about cook
ing and never helped , her mother
three days in her life. She is not a
beautv bv anv means and has a
gait like a duck. The groom is an
up' to-date, has been loafer, living
off the old folks all his life and
don't amount to shucks. They
will have a hard life while they live
together."
On one of the tombstones in an
old New England cemetery ap
pears the following inscription:
Here Lies Johnathan Steele
Good and Upright Citizen
Weighed 550 pounds
Open Wide Ye Golden Gates,
Concerning Rural Mails
By direction of the Post C ffico
Department, postmasters through
out the country have recently mado
an inspection of the rural route
from their offics. The purpesa
was that they might ascertain l y
personal observation and make re
port whether the roads used were
in good condition for travel, the
routes well arranged, boxes proper
ly erected, so as to be easily reach
ed by the carriers without difficulty
and without obstructing travel, the
carriers serving their routes as of
ficially prescribed, the schedule ob
served, and whether the families
served were satisfied with the se: -vice
rendered, or there were im
provements which could be sug
gested in the interest of the pat
rons or the Department.
It became necessary, in connec
tion with the inspections, to re
quest many patrons to take ac ion
to tho end that their boxes n ight
conform with the regulations us to
kind, condition, location, or height
and in having the name of the
owner plainly printed cn them. Al
so, to bring to the attention of road
overseers or other responsible rtr
sons the need for improvement in
roads op repair or construction of
culverts or bridges.
It is the desire of the Depart
ment, and its purpose, to prov'd
adequate and convenient service, so
far as may be possible, to all per
sons residing in rural communities,
but this end can not , be ' attained -without
the full co-operation of the
patrons in the efforts of postmast
ers and carriers to serve thorn
promptly, regularly and satisfac
torily. Whatever facilities the work of
the carrier is of direct benefit to
the patrons, for the greater the case
and speed with which a carrier cay
cover his route the earlier and bet
ter the service afforded.
So, patrons of rural delivery can
greatly help themselves by helping
their carrier, seeing to it that roads
are kept in good condition and
promptly opened after storms by
keeping the approaches to their
boxes clear, and by promptly and
willingly correcting any irregular -
ties affecting their boxes wln i
asked to do so.
Another great assistance that
patrons can render carriers in hy
keeping themselves supplied with
and using stamps instead of plac
ing unstamped mail, with money
for the purchase of the required
postagein the boxes. This delays
the carrier and sometimes imposes
a great hardship on him, especially
in cold or stormy weather. If pre
ferred' stamped envelopes, either
printed of plain, rr.ay be obtained
from the carrier, are of good quali
ty, and cdst but little more than
the value of the stamps upon them,
and are redeemable at the value of
the stamps if damaged, but return
ed in a practically whole condition.
If necessary to place money in a
box, it should be put in a coin
holding receptacle or be properly
wrapped so as to be easily picked
up by the carrier.
Money for the purchase of money
orders should not be left in the
boxes, but should be handed to the
carrier and a'receipt obtained.
Sincerely yours,
H. II. BILL A NY.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General. -1
-There is no Wealth but Life.
Life, including all its powers of
love, of joy , and of ad mi ration!
Rusk'ivQ