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THE REVIEW: KElDSVILri n. N. C. TUESDAY, JULY 2. 11)18 t out i Reidsvillo Review UE8DAY AND FRIDAY THE REVIEW COMPANY (Incorporated.) M ANTON OLIVER VM. M. OLIVER .. R. J. OLIVER .. . . ., President V.-President Sec. & Treas $1.50 PER YEAS Entered at the post office at Reids 'll'.e, N. 0., as Becond class man mat er.) . -;,'' v , . .-.a I pledge allegiance to MY FLAG and to the Repub-j'(.h,jr.i)es lie for which It stands; one nation Indivisible wth Liberty and Justice for all. DR. FRED D. HALE IN OUR NEW HOME This issue of The Review is printed from its new home. .Moving' day was begun within an hour a'.ter the last paper of the last issue was print -d. It required two days to move the tig newspaper press, and a full day to Install it. Moving the other ma chinery was com part ively smooth failing enough having been trans-1 Among 'f erred to enable us to print this is sue. It is hoped that the moving job "will be completed by latter part of this week. , The Review's new building is splendidly located on West Scales street, Just to the rear of the post office and Government building. It was constructed after the plans of a ture enough printing office and every detail was carried out toward "making it an ideal home for The Review. The building is as yet in an unfinshed Etate, but Will be completed within the next few days. During its life of fhrity years this is the fourth time The Review has moved. The paper's first quarters "were, in the old Doggett Hotel, long reduced to ashes', A few years later Vound it in t So 'old Hank of Relds ' Ville bi"uing on East Market street ; then in the 'White building on Scales Street; then in the Acme building on West iMarket street; then in the Thompson building on Morehead St;, Where it. was quartered for the past Pleven years. We sincerely trust that this will be the last move! ; Owing to the time consumed in in - stalling the machinery in our new buihlng and the d faculties of carry Jng on the regular newspaper work In the midst of the confusion of transferring the equipment, we have decided to issue The Review only once this week. The next issue will appear Tuesday, July ft Liu We are sure our subscribers will appreciate the difficulties we : are confronted with and excuse the omission, A soon as we get things a lilt!" htraight we want our friends to call around and take a look. In the meantime, if you have anything to tell us, call the same old phone No. i. . :- a ..-; Rev.' Kred Douglas Hale, D. I), who died in Lexington recently, was 03 years old and spent forty years in tlte ministry o' the Ilaptist, church. He moved to Lexington as pator of the First Ilaptist church over two years ago, going from Hot Springs, Ark. During his flirty years of minis terial activity he made a record per-, baps never before equaled in the South by any minister, unless it wa- by some, evangelist or international renown. During, all these years Dr Hale received into his churches where lie preached as pastor or evangelist an average of 221 mem -hers per year. He was pastor of 17 in six Stales, these being .North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas and Alabama. He held evangelistic meetings in 12"? churches in 16 States,, the meetings being in nearly all -Southern States, including the leading churches of th denomination, and extended into .11 linols, Indiana, Michigan, Maryland and other States. He preached nearly 7,000 sermons and received into the -church ' 8,835 people. For two -years he devoted himself en , tirely to evangelistic work, holdin pastorates for the other 3S years, in cluding the time he finished lii-J course in the theological seminary. some ov the prominent THE NEWS IN BRIEF SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE Vienna dispatches say 1 that Count Silvu Tarouca, at pre -cut minister 01 agriculture, and an intimate friend o. Kmperor Charles, probably will be the next premier of Austria in succession to liaron von Seydler. President 'Wilson has sent a cable gram to General Diaz, commanding the Italian army, congratulating him epun the victory over the Austrian land saving Amuica feels a great blow has been .-truck not only Julians but lor the world. justice ami "perpetual peace all the chidh n of nit n." anion? for The Senate., agriculture committee has voted in approval of the amend ment 'that would prohibit the man ufacture of whiskey, beer and wine alter June 30, l!U'.l,' and "after final approval by the President." On that much depends . churches of which Dr. Hale was pastor are included: First Baptist Wilmington: 22nd and Walnut and McParren Avenue, Louisville.' Firs' 'church," Owensboro, Kentucky, First church, Joplin , Mo. ; Bales Avenue t liurch, Kansas City, Mo. ; Second church, Hot Springs, Ark. ; - The history ofJDr. Hale's li.'e is best told by the reiiiai'k'ole uiary which he left behind lii;a. In the thirty-five 'completed.. (Juries he wrote down the acorn , vi each day's work In the miir y, giving in detail the things lie did that day. !-. Hale was born in the State (t Alabama, April 10, 1855, a de scendant of elan Douglass, famous in the history of Scotland. He was ordained in the ministry June L"J, 1S79, though he, had been licensed during .the j-previous year. He was I thrice nurried and : was the father o? thirteen children, seven of whom survive, with the widow., These are John W. Hale, Wilmington; Mrs, C. B. Xewoombe, Wilmington; Fred Parrish Hale, U. S. Army in France; Hough Douglass Hale, V ... S. Army, stationed at San Antonio, Texas; Phillip Parrish Hale, Gainesville, Fla . ; Elizabeth Neal Hale and Ruth Sevier Hale, Lexington. The sur viving brot hers and sisters are, Rev . p. T. Hale, D. D. , Louisville, Ky. ; H. L. Hale. El Paso. Texas; Mrs. Annie G . G o 1 1 s s e 1 i g , ' Tie 1 1 i n v Texas.:. : ' According to a I'etrograd message transmitted by the Exchange Tele graph .correspondent at Copenhagen, the food situation in i'etrograd is desperate. Riots are taking place daily, it declared, and are being suppressed by the P.olsheviki with the aid of machine guns. litis.-ia is in a state of indescribable suffering. "It Is a frequent sight,' say a Petrograd dispatch quoting the N'ov.Va Vie lomesty , "to see per sons d'op di-ad .rom starvation. Hun dreds .'l' famished citizens are ra- venoii-iy . digging ,'iuong tne ruhmsii heaps; other lick i'ie street posters. Meanwhile bands :ot ar.ned workmen are 'sent 'by the Commune, to prow around thi- c.aiiii ry-ide and s'ze food from, tlif' pca.;:i!i'?. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION BE TWEEN KAISER BILL AND THE DEVIL was days TESTS FOR AWARDING. fv;ED OF HONOR NAMED BY PZRSHING Investigation of the llagenbrii Wallace circus wreck liy tlie inter state Commerce Coinmi sij.i and the imhiic service comniR km of Indiana lias resulted in exoneration of a connected with the two trains except Engineer.' Alonzo" Sergeant, engineer of t!e train that 'ploughed through t'.h performers" sleeping cars . Extensions to naval training sta tions by additional construction Sufretn'rv Daniels announced, will dp Hccommodations for 12,000 nrtillf ional men at the Great Lake training station near Chicago;-, bar. racks for 10,000 men at Norfolk 1 ft. nfio at Newport, R. I.-, and 2,000 at Pelhatn Bay. N. Y. . . ,: Granting of deferred classification in the draft to skilled machinist and iurloughing those in canton ments is under consideration by the war department to meet the shortagfl of machinists in necessary arsenals are short. 4,000" inachininists a in three eastern States alone have re ported a shortage of sn.OiM) to the employment service. ' '.WHY? ' Why Is it that in response to a card from the President of the Un! led States to practically every fam ily in Reidsvllle, asking: them to as eemble in their school last Friday Bight, that by actual count only FORTY people were there? This, too, after he meeting had been given fill the necessary publicity? Wa3 it boeatue the r,,G()0 cr 7fG0 people of Reidsvllle do rot have . tlu proper love and loyalty for their na tion? '.'.'. . What will our boys in France think when they hear this news? .The forty citizens who attended the "rally" (?) Ftiday night are ask ing :'", -, : . '.'..' -.WHY? Rockingham is being tied mo'e cloNley day by day to the battlefields trf Europe. Several more of our boys leave for camp '.Friday to train for service overseas. Hundreds have aleady gone. Hardly a day pauses that the local recruitng office does not send one or more of them away. Reflection on these facts should stim ulate local patriotIs"m to a high pitch. Signs In The Moon? "Have you looked at the moon late ly and have you noticed the great change, in the man's face? AVe have seen nothing in the papers about it.' The next time you see the' moon, take a good look at It. DR. PETERSON." Since posting the above Dr. Peter son has added the following: "Mnlicrnaiit Saturn and war-like Mars 'are now in the fiery sign, Leo WhPii ihe sun enters therein the combined rays wilt be so intense that somethinc will happen. Tlie moon reflecting these rays will be so quick ened by the rapid vibration khat the therein will turn over. Watch the operation. P." Tlie abve notice appears at the en trance to the office of Dr. Peterson a new doors north Of Hie Union Re puljlican oflice and conveys the ini pression that the biblical prophec of great idiange ill the moon4 etc. is taking place. We have wars, des nliUlon . tribulation, famine, and other things that distress the na lions of the earth. That all these are the beginning of the end of things earthly, some seem to think. We don't know. As a local newspaper we print all that the Local Editor sees and hears of interest. At any rate, a look at the moon is always a pretty and interesting sight. Our past operations of the moon have noi been sufficiently close to note what changes, if any, have taken place, according to Dr. Peterson's vision of orb of night. Winston-Republican Immediate extension of the present army draft age limits, 21 to 31 years was overwhelmingly ,' defeated Friday in the Senate. The amendment, proposed by Senator, Fall, of New Mexico, to the 712. 000 ,00 , 000 army appropriation bill, to make the limits 20 and 40 years and all compromises suggested for definite' miniinums and maximums were voted down. NOTICE LATEST SUGAR RULING Cafain Leslie Viekers. the Scot tish officer who thriUed a Reidsville audience, has been wearing his regl mentals In Eastern Carolina, and has encountered a new kind of foe the American chlgger. The. presence of this bug accounts for the fact that bare knees are not popular in North Carolina. , . This year there is more reason than there ever was for burning no powder on the Fourth except on the MUlefjont. , All commercial users, these being principally soda fountains, candy kitchens and bottling works, who did not Hiestatement, as required by June 101 n't will be refused any cer tificates for the balance of this year. These persons will, however, be al lowed to continue such eperation as do not 'require theuse of sugar. For instance they may sell drinks from CocO-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, or other pre pared syrups including rock candy syrups, the use of sugar in which Is regulated at the source of manufac ture. They may also, of course, use glucose, corn sugar, and other sugar substitules. No soda fountains or candy man ufacturing establishment which is operated in connection with a grocery store or caii'e will be allowed to use any sugar at all. Such soda foun tains may continue to serve drinks In which any of the prepared bever age syrups are used, an above stated ROBT. HAiRSTON,. - A a .County Food Administrator At daybreak one morning last week Private Frank P. Lennart, Chicago, mswhwi" into headdiiarters on the Marne in charge o 78 German pri vates and five officers..', all of whom surrendered to him voluntarily af ter they had taken him prisoner. Len nart insisted he had --'promised his captain he'd take them alone hid obtained consent out of the woods. to lead and them Another bond bill, authorizing eight billion dollars of 'liberty bond in addition to all heretofore author ized has been iramed by tlie House ways and means committee in pre paration for the next issue expected in October, and to provide for a sub sequent issue when necessary. Au thorization is outstanding for $4,,- 000. 000. 000 in bonds, and tlie next issue probably will be around $6 , oim, imo, not). '-' 'These tests are. .applied ,:o cases recommended for the medal o,' lion or, ."'according, to instructions issued as a guide to oliicers of Gen. 1 .fil ing: ,Mon who have performed In a lioi deeds- of most distinguished per. ". n al bravery and self-sacrifice above and beyond all call of duty; so ton spicuous as clearly to distinguish them from gallantry 'ami intrepidity above their comr.-'d";; which involve risk of life the performance of more than ;,iinarily hazardous ser vice, ;ht omission of which woml :ot justly subject the person to ceil sure for shortcoming or failure in the. performance of bis . duty. The distinguished -service cross is awarded for gallantry of action to anyone who may distinguish him self in action by extraordinary hero ism in connection with military op erations against an armed enemy under circumstances which do not justify the award of the medal of honor. . The distinguished -service medal is awarded for exceptionally meritoii ous service to the Government ir connection with operations against an armed enemy. Wants A Pardon For Hayes In view of his absence, without leaveMrs. if. A. Hayes, wife, ot th? absconding steward of "the MeUiodist orphanage, urges 'Governor Bickett to pardon Hayes, since he must be gone for good. 1 Tlie request is. typical of the in fluence; which the very bad tellow has had. Tlutt Hayes has Mrs... .Hayes hypnotized, all hands agree. There is a tendency to excuse the fellows runaway hv" pleading, iifsanity.. He has had a chance to get out on that plea , but that ..meant . detention else-. where, and insanity pleas are inter posed generally to. save somebody's neck. Governor Bickett and his Whole force are ni.vsit fi". at the whole, busl -ness. ITiey tli in 1 I layes has undoubt - edly- been financed in his getaway, but by whom the oflice here does not pretend to say., There is a slighr disposition to believe that announce ment of. a pardon " would somehow catch up with a gentleman who led a very fast life until he came here to take up a very senlentary arid confiining disposition, and now trav els at a fair rate of sped -Raleigh Cor. : EMERGENCY BUILDING FOR SOLDIERS COST $1,170,619,000 The following conversation heard going over the wire a lew ago; r The Kaiser called the Devil up On the telephone one day The girls .at Concord listened to All they had to say. , mi. it.. .1 ..I.. . , - . . iieuo, sue nearu me-Kaiser s, voice "Is old. man'-Satan home? Just tell him this is Kaiser Bill ' That wants him on the phone. Tile devil said, '.IH-ilo Bill" And Bill said. "How are you? I'm inning a hell here on earth, So teH nie what to. do. ' Tlie Kaiser said, "Now listen An I will try to tell, The way I ain running On earth a modern hell. "I've saved this for many years Ami I've started out to kill, Tli;.. it will be a modern job. You leave to Kaiser Bill. "My army went through Belgium. Shoot ig women and children down; We tore up all her country, And blew up every town. "My Zeps dropped bombs on cities. Killing both old and young. And those the Zeppelins didn't get Were taken out and hung. I've started out for Paris, With the aid of poison gas. The Belgians, darn "em stopped us And would not let us pass. "My submarines are devils. Why you should see them fight, They go sneaking through the sea, And sink a' ship at night. I was1 running things to suit me, Until a year or so ago, When a man called Wood row Wilson Wrote to me to go more slow. He said to me, 'Dear Williani, We don't want to make you sore, So be sure to tell your u-boats ro sink our ships no more, We have told you for the last time wo Bill, it's up to you, And if you do not stop it, You have got to fight us, too.' . "I did not listen to him, Ami he's coming after me, With a million Yankee soldiers From their home across the sea. "Now that's 'why I called you. Satan, .For 1 want advice from you. I knew that you would tell me" Just what I ought to do." "My dear old Kaiser William, There's not much for me to tell. For the Yanks will riiake it hotter Than I can for you in hell.' "I've been a mean old devil, '; But not half as mean as. you, And the. 'minute I get you here I will give my job to you. "I'll lie ready lor your coming, Ant 1 11 keep the tires aiW)right , And I'll have your room all ready, When the Yanks begin to fight. 'For the boys in blue will get you. I have nothing more to tell. Hang up the phone and get your hat And meet me here in hell. '; '-OPERATOR Concord, N. C. THE PICNIC SEASON T OPENS IN THIS STATE 'Tho picnic season has oDon-.t The thermos bottle has been taku down from the high shelf. TU tin cups have been filled with water and placed in a row to see if uny i,.. Then the safe ones have been pi;tc. ed in the box with the package of paper napkins and the roll o ' waxed paper. A iv old towels have ben laid in the far corner of tlie drawer, for drying the little feet aftwr wad ing." This is the first paragraph o an editorial essay by Col., Jim Rob inson or The Durham Sun. lie con tinues; . , .. ' . "The only Jhing different about tljis year's picnics is the food . . No more are the piles of . sand wiche.n snow white. They" are brown, or. gray or yellow. And the chocolate layer of cake has given way before tlie wheatless cookie' made .with co coanut and honey. But the. appetites are just as' keen, and the nicnio luncheon disappears with the same old rapidity. TFoolish the family which ha.i not developed the picnic habit. No city is so big that there is not a fring.- of pleasant country on its outskirts. No country community is so small that there is not a locality delightful t visit. Automobiles have made pic nicing luxurious for many people; but for the rest of us there are .street cars or our good old feet. And it is not so bad to tak- ilie old sewing table out in the back yard once in a while. A big bowl of rice and milk makes a most satisfactory supper-easy to get, delicious and nourishing to eat. and easy to clean , up afterwards. There is sonnUiin? about the outdoor meal which invig orates far beyond the most lavish indoor banquet. This is the time for picnics. Make them simple. Make, them frequent. See how they ronc-w your strength." German prisoners at Hot Springs will be Vemo'ved to Georgia, and the camp at Hot Springs be coverted into a fine reconstruction hospital. Th war department medical service is glad to have the heautlail spot at Hot Springs for an army hospital. The action comtemplated will give the army three excellent hospitals in western Aorin uaronna, one ai Asheville, and one at Azelea, and one at Hot Springs. North Carolina mica is in demand nowadays Sheet mica has come to be an important war material thru its use as an insulator in electrcial apparatus, especially in condensers magnetos and spark plugs.: It is used extensively in the windows of masks worn for defense against as phyxiating gases., It is put to other war purposes when usea as a non- inflamahle.non-shattering material in armored car windows, conning towers of war ships and submarines and au tomobile goggles. The total cost for National Army cantonments was $140,72(1, 473', ac cording to a statement by the War Deparment. The National Guard camps cost $38, 375, 272. Emergency work' 'to.' . provide for soldiers In this country and to pro vide buildings for the . manufacture and storage of material both here and abroad undertaken by the con struction division of the Army , which has been executed or is under way and in prospect up to June 1. will cost about $1,1 70, till), 000. This total is exclusive of three operations cost ing $106,000,000, under the direct control of the Ordnance Department, Up to June 1. tlie construction di vision had completed. 53 jobs, at a total cost of $202,250,000. It has 244 operations under way, which when, finished will cost about $270 369,000. made to start wot'k on 1 17 new oper- J, ations which are expected to cost $700,000,000, NEW BURBANK INVENTION OF ELEVEN YEARS OF LABOR A special from Santa Rosa, Cal says: A "super wheat," containing 14 per cent; gluten; has been evolv ed by Luther Burbanlr, the noted California horticulturist , after; ex: periments extending over eleven years' time, it was announced here. The wheat may be grown from Hudson Bay to Patagonia, and is in tended to replace the Caluornia va riety with its low content of gluten Increased Taxation Necessary Secretary McAdoo's position rela tive to taxation for the coming year was frankly and positively stated in his letter to Majority Leader Kitchin if, the House of Representa tives. He wrote in part: We can not afford to rely upon $4,000,000,000 only for taxation, be cause- we shall then have to rely on raising $20,0(10,000,000 .by loans, Tiiis would be a surrender to the policy of high-interest ,-ates and in- nation, with all their evil conse quences. If we are to preserve the financial strength of the Nation we , must do sound and safe things, : no matter whether: they hurt our pocket,- or involve sacrifices sacrifices or relatively insignificant sort com nured with those our soldiers and sailors are makng to save the 'Nation. The sound thing to do unques tionably is to .increase taxation , and the increases should be determined upon promptly and made effective at the' earliest possible moment. . " The Secretary's recommendations dom as when the are hatless. The at $S,0i)0,()OO.000) of tlie cash expen ditures to be made during the fi.-cai year ending June 30, 1919 . be pro vided for by taxation, a real far-profits' tax at a hig rate upon all war profits, a substantial (increase fin, the amount of normal income tax upon all so-called unearned incomes, and heavy taxation upon all luxuries. To Round Up Delinquents " - the militaiw authorities cliarged with the enforcement of the selective drajt, regulations are preparing to make an intensive drive to round up: any and all delinquents that is registered men who have failed to, In the past the millers have had to appear r for physical examination,; mix California and northern whea' in order to produce a breadmaking flour. The new wheat is sa id to be the winter variety, very hardy and pro ducing a very white flour, Two acres are planted to the wheat at Burbanks farm here, the stalks rising to the Preparations are being helht of an average man.. ine prooueuon to tne .trre is saiai to run about the. same as the Cali-. fornia wheat. . Burhank has turned his attention to a new rye and barley in which he hopes to increase the amount of gluten now obtainable in : thes? grains. Spokane Review, v. GOVERNMENT POWDER PLANTS NOW READY FOR OPERATION Governor Bickett issued a procla mation asking that all church belli be rung for two minutes at 7 o clock ch evening from June 30 until the end of the war, and that during the ringing of the bells all citizens "bow their heads in fervent prayer, to tho God of battles to give our forces on sea and land wisdom, foresight, courage ad fortitude and to make them more th'an conquerors' ot' the powers of the evil arrayed against the.': It behooves North Carolina as believers in God. said the procla niation to pray that "our daily offer ings of blood and treasure may be cceptable In His sight and that He may use them to establish perfect Operation has begun in two Gov ernment powder plants two months ahead of schedule. When the task of building the plants was consid ered by the War Department in Jan uary it was predicted that the pro auction or powder might begin in August, barring un lor seen delays The $120,000,04)0 allotted for tho plants is expected to give the Gov ernnient a smokeless powder pro duction capacity eqmil - to all other American plants combined. In con struction of the plants it was foun 1 necessary to build a new town on each site to house the employees, and approximately 9,000 different buildings were erected. Streets were put down and sewered, power plants constructed, and stores and hospi, tals built. Approximately 35,000 men worked on the construction and about 30,000 will eventually be en gaged in the actual production o? powder. In deference to Dr. Craig in cele bration to his 40th anniversary there will be no services at the First Bap tist Church Sunday night. New " Overseas Cap" For Soldiers The "overseas cap" now being is sued to soldiers in the Expeditionary Forces matches the uniform in col or', has a very low crown, and has no rim or peak. It is so made that it may be folded and carried in a pocjietv ' s , When American forces entered the trenrVs it was found that the brim-t of their campaign hats interfered with sighting through trench - perl- scopes and that in the case of tall men the high crowns could be seen above tne parapets, ine new cap is so low that it permits the men n move with practically the same free- briefiy are that one-third (estimated trench helmit can be worn over it. Only soldiers who have been with the Expeditionary Forces wear the cap. According to reports from Prance new regulations .provide that officers shall wear their insignia of rank on the cap and enlisted men on ft the button prescribed to be worn on the left side of the" collar of the service coat. who have not returned Question naires, and who have generally fail ed to carry out their part of th-' task in creating a vast army tor the -United States. ;. - ' .; -. Practically all local boards have a few deliquents, the total number in the United States running into' the thousands and a majority of these undoubtedly go into class one if ex amined. r' ' ' Delinquents are amenable lo the criminal only, while deserters are amenable to both criminal and mili tary laws. '-TV V Soldier And Sailor Insurance So -far more than 3, 000, 000. 000, 00ft Government checks have been set out by the Bureau of War-Risk In surance, most of which were allot ments and allowances to the families and dependents of the enlisted men in the Army and Navy. The total disbursements of the bureau up to. June 10 were more than $98,000,000 of which $97,000,000 was for allot.v . ments and allowances. ( More than 850,000 checks a month are sent out, approximately 35.000 being mailed out every day. Tho -first checks for the June allotments will be sent on July 1. Just as the first iMay payments began on June 1 . Relatives and dependents of the in? sured men should remember that the payments for any month can not be -mailed out sooner than the first day of the succeeding month. Chamberlain's Tablets People everywhere speak of Cham berlain's Tablets. If you are trou bled with indigestion or constipation give them a trial. Too are certain to be benefitted b.y them.