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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-24
TO EQUIP SELECTMEM
TO ADVANCE IN ARMY
Night Classes for Their Benefit Already
Are Open in Richmond
schools.

An educational drive such - this
country has never before seen Will soon
be made TO help the army secure mech
aNicianS and technicians. The plan
will be to offer such courses d night
20 mon who come in the first two
classes in the draft that they VIII b.
trained in the various lines Of worl-
where there is the most demand before
being sent to tn. Cautonment. All in
struction will be planned TO meet the
requirements OF the government. and
will be offered in the ways suggested
by the army as the best TO meet it's
needs
The first branch Of the service TO
ask for the cooperation OF the schools
in the country was the signal corps.
which has presented 4 list OF its needs.
Accordingly. 5000 men arr being
trained in the various schools in radio
and buZzar work, but as the govern
ment wants $1,000 operators in all.
many more men will have to undertake
the work If the number asked for is
furnished. Thirty-nve men arc being
trained in radio work at the Vocational
Night school. one OF the public schools
Of Richmond. Ten OF the class have
already passed the examination for the
fying division of the aviation service.
and they arc securing this work be-
fore being sent TO = ground school or
10 active service.
Glasses in map drawing. gas engine
work, mathematics and conversations!
French are also being conducted. pri-
nar!ly for men in the aviation service
but open TO others who may prom, by
ti';m Announcement Will be made
from time TO time OF additiona! war
emergency classes formed a. tho re-
quest Of the gov ernment. and in addi-
tion suggestions viii he gladly received
from the drafted men themselves rs to
any other work that may help them
before they are sent TO camp.
Any man subject to the draft may
enrol! IN these classes. for which there
Is no charge. The classes will continue
cach night through the holidays from
go to go with the exception Of Dc
c"1lher - and -, at the Vocational
Nigh, school. 500 East Marshall street
Additional information will DC given at
any time BY " H. Magee. director OF
vocational education, either by tclo-
phone or a. the school
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-24
CHRISTMAS CAROLS TO
Be SUNG ABOUT STREETS
Under Red Cross Auspices, Music
VIII BE Rendered Wherever Red
Cross Flag Is Shown.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE CLOSES
Campaign Which Began on Monday
VIII BE Productive of Mt Least
10000 Members in Richmond.
Opportunity to Join To-Day.

Rtchmond's Red Cross Christmas
membership drive comes. to a close
Tonight with unique community song
Service-the first OF it's kind in the
cltys history. The campaign began
last Monday morning and Will be pro-
ducttve of 10000 new members. ac-
cordins to an estimate based on the
latest reports received by Campaign
Director Boykin.
pra 1 rs not TOO late to enroll in tho
me membership booths that was open
All last week will be open today
RaI 91res persons desiring to join the
~ loss armE before niEhtfaIl cam
ing their dollar for an annual mem
bership 10 Red Cross Headquarters
to odat T Itna "T"Se streets any time
quarters will open at the customary
hour this morning and remain
al, Gay 10 IL IS me expectation Of Di-
HhriStmas shoppers will not overlook
the Red Cross before soin. home to-
night
With every new membership ina,
was issued last week Red cross
service nag was given out. The flag
Is not unlike the national service flag
aud has Il space Tor tiny red cross
emblcms TO denote the number OF mem
bcrS iii each house or cuisines; place
ioih old and new members were en-
t''Su ~ 1'ic utSS ana tnc-uCmand Tor
them was brisk all during the cam
paiEn. AS Il result there arc thousands
OF homes and stores I'm all parts of the
city where Il Red Cross flag appears
in the window.
CAROL SINGERS TO
GO ABOUT CITY
Tonight between $50 and o'clock,
groups OF carol singers will so about
the city, stopping in front OF homes
where the Rel Cross flag appears to
sing the verse of Il Christmas carol.
In reviviEg this ancient Yuict;dc
custom OF carol singing. the Red eros.
believes it is making use OF the mos;
suitable and impressive ceremony
that could be chosen TO mark tn. con-
clusion OF the membership campo ign
The idea is full of sentiment, and
everything points toward hearty CO.
operation on tho part of singers every
where throughout the city
1T Came Upon Il Midnight Clear"
Holy Night! Peaceful Night" and 80.
Little Town Of Bethlehem" are the
carols which the community singers
have been requested TO sing. Large
numbers of booklets containing the
carols were distributed last week from
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-24
M![f11ef.& Rhoads
1.-THE Gift Center''
MAKE 1T
merry Christmas"
JUST THE SAME

Colonel Jameson, of the British army,
speaking from knowledge of events gath
cred first-hand, said that "Cheerfulness is
one OF the first weapons good soldier has
need of-in fact, one he finds most use for"
To him "cheerfulness" is part Of playing
the game" They call this morale" and
they say morale" is as necessary to an
army as guns and ammunitiOn-yes proba-
bly, more SO.
If cheerfulness or morale" is necessary
to the soldier in the trenches it is equally
necessary to that greater army of those
who must stay at home In fact, the one
feeds upon the other. Sammy gets 4 letter.
1t tells Of Sister Beatrice having the fever,
of Brother Henry getting hurt, Of fathers
business being bad, of mother wondering
what will become of them all; of a hard,
cheerfulness vanishes, his morale goes
down like mercury in the tube when north
wind starts blowing-and the folks back
home have unconsciously reduced the
morale" of great army just that much.
But if Sammy gets a cheerful letter it
makes him just that much more cheerful
That's natural, isn't it?
Therefore, isn't it the duty of all of us
here at home to make everything as cheer
full as we possibly can; to keep things as
nearly normal as possible; to spend wisely
to save but not hoard; to use everything;
to waste nothing, and, above all, to have
Merry Christmas" as usual?
That will hearten every boy at the front
drive away every vestige Of gloom-keep
the army abroad and in camp, and above
ALL that greater behind the lines, the Ameri-
can people at large, facing the task we all
must face, with steady nerve and stout
heart for we will have learned the soldiers
first lesson, that his greatest weapon and
his surest defense is CHEERFULNESS
MILLER & RHOADS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-24
fiti Sltti EXAMINATIONS
OF 'iiIiDIi.N i,I.t O,IME\DED

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-24
FORM HERzL ZION CAMP
WITH BIC MEMBERSHIP
Isaac Carmel. ~ New lork. Speaks
at Initiation Ceremonies
Of Organization.
TO SEND AID TO PALESTINE
Staff OF Doctors and Nurses Will
Soon BE Dispatched IL Aid Peu-
pie OF Stricken Land - Establish
Judcan Commonwealth.

Tho llerzi Zion Cana WAS initiated
I IN due form into the order OF ;hc Sons
Of Zion last night y; $50 O'Clock -;
the uptown Zionist Institute. - Wesi
Clay street. Isaac Carmel. we'll
known orator Of New York. who has
been active in the Iionis: movcmen;
for the past fifteen years. spoke on the
cardinal Principles OF XioniSU'.' Dr.
J.. karp. physician OF the local camp
also addressed the body. All members
Carmel with the emblem o. The Zion
list order.
The Ilerzl Zion Camp has attracted
4 large membership OF influential Jews
OF the city. and from the statement OF
many interested members il j. going
TO prove a strength in Jewish life in
this state.
In reference 10 the meeting. Jacob $.
l:diss. OF the publicity committee and
secretary Of the local camp. said: The
meeting by our camp was OF great
significance inasmuch AS il comes just
one week after the plans laid at tho
historical Zionist convention held last
sunday in Baltimore. where !; was
decided 10 start 4 chartered corpora
ton Of SiOO.OD0.0o1. with which 20
start the new Judcau commonwealth in
Palestine Although hardly Il week has
passed letters from the leading Jews
@! The country arc being received cN-
shareholders OF this corporation
SEND MEDICAL STATE
TO STRICKEN COUNTRY
In Connection with the Medical Unit
ana It's Effect in Palestine" Mr. Ediss
remarked:
one OF the most active members OF
the medical unit was Miss Rosa Cap
Ian. who sacrificed her life caring for
tho eNiled Jews in Alexandria" Mr..
Ed!ss announced that DR.. karp will
speak On this subject al next Sunday s
meeting.
Further. in connection with the work,
Mr. t:diss advised that:
within one month a staff OF doctors
ana nurses will be dispatched TO
Palestine 10 aid and assist the condi-
ton OF the Paiestinian population in
This hour OF need.
The sympathy shown thi" great
Zionist movement BY the press in gem
cral. by statesmen. by the clergy and
the public at large in the allied coun-
tries as we'll as the United States can
not help hut encourage 10 great eN-
tent tho Zionist organizations which
are taking steps at this momentous OPP
portunity toward startin. the admins
traiivc work with view of establish
ing the Judean commonwealth in
pal-stiuc.'
Mr. Carmel spoke on the subject OF
the Base! program. introduced by DR..
rheodorc ilerZl, at the same time out
i.niuG the work performed by the Jew
ish national fund, the Jewish Colonial
Bank. the emergency fund, the
I PAlcstinian Development Corporation
/ and The rehabilitation bureau organized
at The recent extra ordinary convention
in Baltimore.
Mr. Carmel also referred 10 the edu
cational system in Palestine. including
. y, 40, s..i,6 tl,s
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS
SALE OF TIMBER

Under and by virtue Of an order
of the superior court Of Robson
county, made in the special proceed
ings, entitled Mrs. Caroline jenkins
ct al, VS.. Fitzhugh jenkins, ct al,
upon the special proceedings docket
of said court, the undersigned COM
missioner, will on the IA day of July,
19lT, at - O'Clock, NJ, - the court
house door III Lumberton, N. c., Of
fer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash all the green standing pine and
poplar timber that will measure ten
inches on the stump when cut on
all the following tracts Of LAND that
lies north Of an Old Tram road, with
the right and privilege to cut and re-
move said timber within three years
from date of sale, said tracts of land
bounded and described as follows, to
wit:
First tract: On the north east side
Of Old Field Swamp. Commencing
at little Harleesville road and runs
south 80 west % chains and 80 links
to stake in Moore's branch; thence
north Is west Is chains and so links
to a stake; thence south Sc west IS
chains and SO links to a stake; thence
south SO west 10 chains and so links
to ightwood stump; thence south
10 west IL chains and so links to =
large pine; thence north As west II
chains and 80 links to a lightwood
stump at the head of Hog Bay branch :
thence the various courses of said
branch to w. B. Thompson's line:
thence as his line runs north AT east
AZ chains to road; thence down said
road to the beginning, containing ITO
| acres.
Second Tract: Adjoining the lands
of Will Andrews, D. McIntyre. r. B.
jenkins, J. H. Jenkins and others.
and known as the w. M. Jenkins land
includin gall the interests in the dow
er land of the late Celia jenkins. This
is intended to convey all the inter
est whatever nature of said Roxie
Jenkins in any and all of the above
mentioned lands in Fairmont and
Back Swamp townships in said State
and county, and is the same lands con
veyed by deed from Roxie jenkins r.
Perry Jenkins, see deed Registered
in book GA, page 479 in the office
! OF the register of deeds-of Rohesor
county, N. C. o'
Third Tract: Adjoining the lands
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18

It was wider than church door
and deeper than well, and it means
a solar plexus to the Kaiser, the way
the freedom-loving American people
gobbled up the Liberty loan. The sue
cess of the Liberty loan exceeded all
expectations ard is glorious thing.
On the 5th instant the young man
hood of the country responded nobly
to the call of the President to enlist
for war service, reports so far re.
ceived indicating that the grand to-
tai viii be close to 100000; ard now
the people have shown that trey are
eager to back the soldiers with their
raoney, the Liberty loan beng over
subscr he'd by close to a billion dol
-iays. The result is all the mole re-
! mark, bic because of the fact, as the
Baltimore Sun points out, that the
American people are not accustomed
to buying government bonds.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
Electrical Inspector Here-Frequen
Causes of Fires


Mr.. N. E. Cannady, State electrical
engineer and inspector, representing
State Insurance Commissioner JAS
R. Young, spent Wednesday in Lur-
berton. He said he found great inn
provements here since his last Wis
it in inside work, and no comparison
in outside work. The State Insurance
Department is carrying on a cam
paign to reduce preventable fires.
It is estimated that about seven,
tenths of the annual $3,500,000 fire
loss in North Carolina could be pre-
vented by a little foresight. Any
manufacturing plant can secure fire
prevention don'ts from the Insurance
Department that call attention in
striking way to things to do or not
to do to avoid fire losses.
Mr.. Cannady says that more fires
are caused by electric irons being
left turned on than almost any 9th
er one cause. Another frequent cause
of fires is promiscuously using lamp
cords, hanging them about on nails
and hooks over the room. They get
worn out and cause fire. Spontane-
Gus combustion causes many fires al
so. Oily rags that have been usee
in oiling floors are thrown careless
ly into a closet and left there, where
no cir can get to them, and the re-
suit is a fire.
Mr.. Can.1ady says that Mayo
Proctor extended him every courtes!
and that Supt. Geo. Mcneil ha
things in good shape around the pow
er plant.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
Little Girl Meets Horrible Death
- Niece of Mrs. F. P. Gray of Lum'

Little Girl Meets Horrible Death-
o. Niece of Mrs. F. P. Gray of Lum-
bertOn
Elsewhere in this issue is a news
item to the effect that Mrs. F. P.
Gray went Friday to Troy to attend
the funeral of her small niece who
was accidentally killed in a knitting
mill. The following account of the
shocking accident was given in Troy
dispatch of the 18th to the Charlotte
Observer.
"The four-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Barna Allen, of this place,
was caught on shaft at the Troy
knitting mills this afternoon at six
o'clock. The clothing on the child
was wound around the shaft, which
was running at the rate of 800 revo-
lutions per minute, the shaft being
about eighteen inches from the floor.
Before the operator could stop the
machine the child was almost dead
and died a short time later. The
= force of the child being battered
against the floor caused the shafting
to be pulled loose from the floor.
'"Henriette Allen was four years old
June 2, 1917. Mr.. Barna Allen in sec
rotary and treasurer of the knitting
mills and was in the mill checking up
some work whom the child, who was
with him, got caught in the shafting
II, skull was badl I fractured SO thai
death was almost instantaneous. She
never regained consciousness and dice
at her home. The whole town i!
deeply shocked by the accident"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
ALL CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF Figs FOR
LIVER and BOWELS
Give it when feverish. cross, bilious,
for bad breath or Sour ;.
cfnv,och

stomach
Look at the tongue, Mother! If coat
ed, it is a sure sign that your little
ones stomach, liver and bowels need
a gentle, thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act nat
urally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full Of cold. .give a
taaspoonful Of "California Syrup Of
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul.
constipated waste,uncigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of it's lit
lie bowels without gripping and you
have we'll, playful child again.
You neAln'tcoax sick children to take
this harmless fruit laxative; they
| love it's delicious taste, and it always
| makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for 5Ocent
! bottle of "California Syrup Of Figs
| which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
| plainly on the bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
, you get the genuine, ask to see that
it is made by california Fig Syrup
Company. Refuse any other kind
with contempt.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
Thompson Hospital Notes

RcpOIG eA1 lOI llc ROUCSOlIldu.
Mr.. William Bryan, R. F. D., who
underwent last Saturday week, an
operation for Assessed appendix, is
getting along, as we'll as could be ex-
pected. Ed Glover, city, was operat-
ed on Wednesday for appendicitis and
is recovering rapidly. iMr. Emery
Hester, Bladenboro, was operated on
for appendicitis last Monday night,
and is getting along very we'll. Mrs.
Mollie Jenkins, R. F. D. 8, who has
been ill with typhoid fever for sew
eral weeks, was able to go home yes
tenday. Mrs. Cora Mcneil, city, I'M
derwent very serious oepration
Thursday and is getting along as
well as could be expected. Mr.. Kelly
Hannah, Attention, who had his leg so
badly broken in runaway Thursday
afternoon as to require amputation,
is getting along fairly we'll.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
REVIVAL MEETING CLOSES
Continued from page 1
iect him? ,-~~~~.-
Crisis for Souls

Crisis for Souls
Dr. Turner preached Tuesday eve-
ming on, "Crisis for Souls. His text !
was, "And he reasoned Of righteous:
ness, temperance and the judgment
to come. Felix trembled, and answer
cred, go thy way for this time; when
/ have a convenient season will call
for thee" Acts 24:25.i
"There comes critical moment in
the life of every SOUL" the preacher
said in beginning his sermon. He
continued: Man has mastered all else
except himself. There sonly one
thing that can help a man control
himself. That one thing is the sal
walton of Jesus Christ. There is no
power on earth except the power OF
Jesus Christ that can enable fallen
man to rise in the world. There is
! only one thing to help a man con-
quer self and sin. That is the love
, of God.
Felix was convicted of sin and he
trembled. It is enough to make a
sinner tremble when he thinks Of the
Judgment to come. The soul Of ev-
cry man must stand in the very pres
ence of Gci and answer for the
things done in this life. ,
j The spirit Of God comes to man
and convicts him of sin. Gods plan
is to save that man there and then.
), The devils plan is to put it off.
}, When the spirit of God urges a sin
ner to accept Christ the devil then
urges him to wait till more con-
venient season. Felix heard the dev-
/ IFS plea.
i When a soul is convicted of sin
two plans are presented. Gods spir-
it says now is the time to accept
Christ. The devil comes and says
wait. There is plenty Of time, says
the devil. How many souls there are
, tonight that are lost, not because
, they expected to be lost, but because
when Gods spirit plead with them
,, to accept him as their savior, they
listened to the devil, who said wait
l There are So many souls that are al
T most but saved, but still they are
lost, just as eternally lost as if they
: had never stood so near the gateway
1 !, of the kingdom of heaven.
! So many souls rebel against Coo
. in the crisis Of life. The spirit Of
God does not always strive with man
T When it leaves it may never return
Z You had better be careful how you
{ treat the spirit of God.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
SiackerS in the State

The News and Observer learns
that Person county has repor cd the
largest number of violators Of the
registration law, 25 IN that county,
the reports state, between the ages
of p and 81 having failed to regic-
ter for the selective draft June 5.
Franklin is next in line with less
than half the number, ~ having
been reported to the officials from
there. Eight failed to register in
Warren, according to the reports,
and goodly number in Pitt. Care
full Investigations will be made by
the Department OF Justice.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18

of D. Mcintyre, T. B. jenkins and
others. Beginning at stake in T.
B. Jenkins line, Florence Andrews
corner and runs with her line north
81 IL east 1925 chains to a stake
in a cart road; thence with the cart
road 3.17 chains to a stake in the
old line; thence north SO east 5.35
chains to a stake and pointers; thence
north II west 1916 chains to a stake
and pointers in McIntyre's line; thence
with Perry Jenkins line north 88 ga
west 1928 chains to stake and
pointers; thence north 76 west to a
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
THE GREAT REUNION

A Grand Occasion That Rejoiced the
Hearts of the Veterans-Magnlfi;;
cenca of the Parade Was Beyond
pescription-When the President
Spoke
Correspondence Of The Robesoman.
Red Springs, June 1.-THE writer,
with a host of other old rebs, az
tended the reunion IN washington
city last week. The old saying that
if YOU will wait long enough you can
get whatever you want was exempll-
field the other day when the old vet
Grams, after So years at last succeed
ed in capturing Washington city. 1T
was a grand occasion and rejoiced the
hearts Of all old veterans to be
treated with so much Difference and
kindness by all whom they met.
It was surely a grand occasion
and we doubt if Rome in the palmyest
DAYS of the Caesars could compare
with it in it's magnificence and gran
deur. : Washington city is great
place, commensurate with great ma
ton.
We arrived in the city at 2 o'clock
a. m. Tuesday morning and found the
place overwhelmed with visitors, sc
much so that a great many veterans
had to sleep in the depot on hunks
provided by the committee Of recep'
ton. They stated that four times
the number Of veterans expected
were coming and that they hadn't pre-
pared for the overplus. They were
all made comfortable till morning
when adequate quarters were pro
vided for them.
The appearance Of the farms along
the route showed no indications Of
our starving, at least for the pres
ent year. It is a good farming
country all the way to Washington
The crops looked clean and flourish
ing, and all indications foreshadowet
a good crop year.
With little variation from tn.
Latin adage-veni vide vici-w'
could but exclaim, vini vide victum.
If the city was overwhelmed witt
visitors, so we were overwhelmed
with magnificence in the parade Of
Thursday, the like of which has neve
been seen before and probably new
er will be again. Probably you hav
seen descriptions of this parade il
the different papers, but it woul
j take the pen Of great writer to d
it justice.
!: We didn't shake hands with tn
President as We would like to hav
5 done, but We heard him speak in on
/, of the most crowded halls we've eve
: been in. The crowd was so large an
: jambed that about all one could d
= was to get his breath occasional!
Wilson was to speak, and that wa
sufficient cause for every one t
: squeeze into the building; and il
!, stead of the foremost man in all tn
l world coming to the front to entel
> tain his admirers, we had to liste
= to a dozen sophomore orations fro
as many little men before the Pres
D dent appeared.
Then what a difference! The lit
! men whom We couldn't hear or VI
a derstand at last sat down, and whe
4 Wilson spoke in his quiet and wei
n modulated voice, every one istent
r and every one heard him.
q We arrived back home safe al
sound and found our little town loo
ing So small and uninteresting tn
r. we determined that if living ne
e year We would attend, the next reu
10 ion in Oklahoma. "
y sNYDE