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nation, am asking sna t Sunday, No
vember 25, be deigna ated as go to
Sunday School Day" Not in formal
proclamation, but hs one interested and
believing thoroughly in the good, there
accomplished.
.Vacatiun days are over. Let US re-
new our work and joys of the associa-
tons found orly in the Sunday school.
.Material perpexities of. the week,
crowding upon US as never before, make
possible forg etfulness OF Sundays S
obligations.
''The church and community can we'll
be judged by the spirit and success of
the Sunday school. The cheer, the hope
of youth found there, relieves greatly
the burdens OF us older folks and We
serve we'll by holding our youth true to
those ideals and principles fostered in
the Sunday school. 4
'Let us make our, Sunday School Day
out-shadow all other days gone before.
The day is the 25th. Let US all wend
our way back to Sunday School-old and
young-everybody Let us make a
record drive to make that day the great
est attendance in Delaware"
The Rev. T. Davis Preston, general
secretary, Delaware State Sunday
school Association, has issued the folT
lowing concerning the observance of
Sunday School Day: ]
The Sunday School has long been a
regular part of the religious life OF thf
people and an accustomed activity OF
the Sabbath day, perhaps indeed in thf
busy crowded life of these days we are
loosing >sig;nt6f the signi iicance and sd :
preme value of it. The church we
must have because of it's conserving IN
fluence, and we could not long tolerate
a community without its churches, but
do we often stop to realize the part the
Sunday School plays in the life of the
church. Those who deal in statistics
of religious activities tell US that the
denominations would before many years
90 out of existance if it were not for
the Sunday schools. This statement
seems impossible and yet we are told
that more than 80 per cent of church
ho
school. These facts and figures are in
teresting. but many in this cornec-
ton are also alarming. Sixty eight per
cent of the criminals committed their
first crime before they were twenty
years of age. There are more children
and young people in North America not
receiving religious instruction Cf rny
kind than are enrolled in all the Sunday
schools. Only one church member in
four in North America is in the Sunday
school at all.
go to Sunday School Day. is to be
observed in Delaware this year on Sun
day, November 25th. Never was a
year in the states history so charged
with crises as this, and so dependent
upon the best type of leadership for the
future. The Sunday school has sup
piled most of this leadership in the
past. 1t will continue to do so if given
the place in the life'of the state it de-
serves.
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Catholic Bazaar

The members and friends of St.
Joseph's Catholic Church have decided
to hold their annual Bazaar on Decem-
ber 5th, 9th and 7th, and are actively
preparing for the event. The vacant
store rooms on North Broad street,
adjoining John Heldmyer's real estate
Office, has been secured for the occa-
sion. Proceeds for beneiit Of the
Church.
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QUEEN ESTHER MEETING

The November monthly meeting of
the Queen Esther circle was held at
the home Of Miss Hannah Kirk, Tues
day evening. Two new names Miss
Mary Melvin and Miss Hester Baker
were added to The membership roll. A
Christmas box is being made up by the
circle, to be sent to missionary h me
for girls at Boaz, Alabama, each Queen
Esther member donating two articles
used and liked by girls;
After the business meeting closed, a
social hour was spent and refreshments
Of cocoa, cake and mints were served
by the committee. Those present were
Mrs S. J. Brockson, Mrs Royden VIII
son, Mis-. Eiwood Banning, yrs. D. W.
Stevens, Mrs. Nelson Neff. Mrs. Mae
Moore, Mrs. John Dore, Misses Maize
Daniels, Mary Melvin. Hester Baker,
Edna Brynes, Ada Scott, Anna Denny,
Emily Alice, Lillian Melvin, Ruby
Whitlock, Odel Gallagher. Alma Whit
lock, Lena Weber. Esther Whitlock,
Viola Weber, Hannah Kirk, Marian
Pinder and Mary Culver.
Four more shopping days before
Thanksgiving! Let Fogel & Bur.
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Celebrated FIJI h Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. leorge Echenhofe
quietly observed tn.sNr fiftieth weddin,
anniversary last Monday. They hav
been residents of Middletown AZ years
and received many callers during tn
day. All Of their children with the ex
ception of Rudolph, who resid - i
Texas were home to celebrate Il be
casion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Echenhofer rec
many gifts including purse of
from their family.
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Rev. Jone. Invited to RetuI

At the recent session Of the Mi
town Quarterly Conference. a
Rev. Dr.. Wise. the Disttict SD
'tendent, Rev. J. W. Jones. pas,
the eh, was unanimously i1vif
re- l0r the third year Of his 81
st Impressions Of kindly appreei
fos bic faithful and able ministr53
abundant
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Odessa St. PauPs Church Notes

Sunday. November 25th, 1917.
9.45 A. M. Brotherhood Devotional
Meeting.
>1OSOA. NJ. Morning worship and
sermon.
200 P. M. Sunday School
GASP. M. Epworth League. This
is the closing service Of the 'wln-my
Ch,lrp week. =
7.30R N. Illustrated sermon. The
greatest kquestion in the world. z
Thursdey, Nov. 18th, 1t S0. a. N. &
Thanksgiving service. The v. E. A
McLaurey of I1rswyer,s RI byterian
Church viii preach the sermo1 Everys.
one ID cordisliy invited.
Jqniof pworfh League eY
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bot DAY

18. the re-
secretary of the
|ool Association,
hated as go to
| Governor John
informal proc
Funday, Novem-
I'd "Drives'' and
al calls to duty,
fat our Sunday
\. Lest we for
for these abliga-
| life in state and
H. C,,pdox, M
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SUNDI
DOVER. i

DOVER. I
quest Of j. a
Delaware Su
that a Sunda
Sunday Scho'
G. Townsend
lamation, des
Der 25. He s
with all q
days set apar
it is certainly
schools have | } ia
get, in our enthus
tions of our every
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Roll OF Honor +

Throueh misunderstanding we fail
ed to o1pup)ish in the roll of honor two
week. ago the names Of the primary
depai lh1( (nt and give them below:
TE IA. e fision1 -Afmeta SpiceT. Jack
Green, Charles Pope. John c.
Roland Heldmyer.
QBs Drision) Margaret b
Denny. Elizabeth 81
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Freshmen Sophomores
Van Guant, Capt. Reynolds, Capt
forward McIlvaine
Dodson Messick
Layton Bancroft
Rodney Dougherty
Easily Referee
Fowler, guard Miss Bigelow
JOURNAL CLUB FORMED AT w. CD.
Last Friday evening DIR. Foster met
with about thirty of the girls to discuss
the possibilities of Journal Club. They
decided that the Journal Club could max e
itself useful, first, by forming and hav-
ing distri ,uted a weekly bulletin of the
best magazine articles; secondly, by
providing page Of announcements for
the prospective school paper; and third,
by making scrap book of clippings of
the events happening at w. C. D.. The
club will meet once week, and Semma
Baohrach will act as President until the
club reorganizes after Christmas.
SOPHOMoREs CELEBRATE VICTORY
Friday evening the Sophomores decid-
ed to have an improptu spread to cele-
brate their victory. The feast was
greatly enhanced by the intellectual
good things given by the speakers.
There were speeches from members of
the team, and by the two members of
the faculty present. Miss Winslow,
Miss Bigelow, and Miss Long, secretary
to the Dean.
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New Century Club Notes

Miss sibyk M Gordon, secretary of
the Civilian Relief Committee of the
Delaware RedE Cross told of the import
ant work thst III Home Service"
branch of ths Rsd Cross was doing, be-
fore the opSn meeting Of the New Cen
turg Club 81 TaAs NV afternoon. She
cited mazy t{efestng cases and the
hslpfpg respo6 gwen BY the workers
s. this branch Q ths Red Cross. Miss
Gop( = said She 6onght it necessary
tha eyAsy commtf should have the
3 Service bu3nch, and asked for
ater Fho would take charge of
III MiddlltowA, Miss Jessie
Indl 0ffered her services
hlfs Mary C. Pool,
16 6ack Miss Shep-
= ongfegationa Of
and Bffhssda
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rendered Farewell Surprise

A few friends of MISS Marian Arm.
strong rendered her farewell surprise.
at the home Of Miss Elva Freeman
Wednesday evening. The time Wa
- antly spent in games and music !
efreshments of brick ice cred
ke were served. Those pre-
Sses Eiva freeman,
Armstrong, Cnrinn
Molten, Camille p
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Church Notes

November 25th 1917.
ood. Sunday. $50 Al NJ.
g1at 1880 hy the Pastor.
SchooI y 3 +. =.
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DELAWARE COLLEGE

The chapel exercises at the Women's
College this week have been marked by
seriousness and dignity that has
! brought an awakening in the hearts OF
| the students to the needs of our country
| at this time.
On Monday morning November IL,
Mr.. Erdman, one of the Y. NJ. C. A.
workers at Camp Dix, N. j., came to
speak to the students. He spoke of his
personal work in the cantomert, of the
condition of ths social betterment work
done by the Y. NJ. C. A. and # the need
for more money to carry on this great
work OF humanity. Mr.. Erdman closed
with strong appeal for substantial aid
in the way of money, which appeal has
most certainly been answered.
Dean Hayward was the speaker on
Tuesday morning. His subject was
economy. especially in the matter of
social affairs. He hoped that the girls
would take the initiative in arranging
for fewer parties and in lessening the
expense in as many ways as possible.
On Wedne :day the serious tensionIwas
relieved by Miss Winslow, who realized
the feelings of the students, and after
the chapel exercisis she read them a
humorous story, which was appreciated.
Thursday, Mr.. Charles W. Bush, an
other Y. NJ. G. A. Worker, was the
speaker. The work of the association
about the world was his subject. He
described the work in the prisons of war
camps in Europe. This is the work he
hopes to do when he crosses the Allan
tic. MIR. Bush expressed the apprecia
ton of the whole association for what
the students had contributed to the
work.
BASKET BALL AT WOMEN'S COLLEGE
On Friday, the first intercass basket
bali game in the history of the college
was played between the Sophomores
and Freshmen. The game was swift
and we'll played from start to finish, the
Sophomores coming away with the lau-
rels to score of 1874. The Sophomore
and Seniors We'd with the Freshmen and
their sister class, the Juniors, in cheer
ing. The class of '2l showed the most
"pep" under the leadership of Carolyn
Ray. The playing of Misses Messick
and Reynolds for the Sophomores and
Misses Van Gaunt and Easby for the
Freshmen was most commendahle. The
line up was as follows:
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Home d. Fire
Fire said to al bN q
defective chin d ~
of Mr.. K B. M u
last Sunday
he househol
good
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Home D@
Fire said to
defective Chin
of MIR. K. B. M
last Sunday F
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-02


These figures explain why $4,000
Carolina farmers were forced to buy
feed for their farm animals and to !
spend for this purpose an average
of SAL apiece in 1910.
They also explain why our bill for
imported food the same year was
nearly 12O million dollars.
All told, they explain why the per
capita wealth Of our country popula-
ton in farm properties is so small.
Wonderful Gains
In 1915 we raised not less but more
cotton and tobacco than We raised in
1909, and at the same time we near
ly doubled our corn and hay crops,
more than doubled our rye crop, and
nearly trebled our production of
wheat and oats. We raised wheat
and forage enough for home consump-
ton, and were approaching SUFFICE
cy in our corn and potato crops. Dur
ing this same interval our horses in
creased 10000, our mules $4,000, our
milk COWS 1000 and our hogs 372,-
900. Which was going some, as the
boys say. So much for the low
prices Of cotton and tobacco. So
much for the uses of adversely, which
like the toad, ugly and venomous,
wears vet precious jewel in his head,
says Shakespeare.
Sad Losses
But in 1916 we fell back sadly. The
Federal crop and livestock reports OF
December 1916 and January 1917
! show that we ran behind the 1915
figures as follows: 5000 milk cows
! II 900 other cattle, $4,000 sheen. 49,
900 tons of hay. 1,488,000 bushels Of
oats, and 6,35O,00O bushels of corn:
! We were already on the wrong side
! of the deal line, and so this year We
shall have to import more bread ant
meat than ever-around q hundred
7 million dollars worth at sky-higi
b, prices.
| To offset this loss 7,838,O0O bush
5 els of grain in 1916, there were va
; rious small grain as follows: ric
D 1000 bushels more, rye 5000 bushel
e more, potatoes $4,000 bushels more
wheat 10000 bushels more
ard apples 100000 bushels more.
h. Plain Common Sense
f Nineteen sixteen, to be sure, wa
C a hard crop year in North Caroline
r and our mountain farmers suffere
s., unparalleled calamity by floods, but flo
); the most part these wholesale losse
e are the result of cotton and tobacc
mania produced by high prices.
d We have been betrayed by cotto
m and tobacco prices so often and s
disastrously these last fifty year
II that we will be unbelievably stupi
if we cannot soon settle down safel
upon the basis of 1ive-at-home farm
as ing; at least as far as the staple foe
~ crops are concerned.
ut We will raise cotton and tobacco ;
Is before ard more Of both crops; but
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PAPE'S DIAPFPSIN
FOR INDIGESTION OR
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In five minutes. No dyspepsia, heart
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It makes all such stomach misery,
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If your stomach is in a continuous
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Get large fifty-cent case O.
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It is the quickest, surest antacid ant
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which brought me out of it all right, so
I am now well and do ali my Homework,
besides working in my garden. Several
of my neighbors have got well by tax
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound"- Mrs. VIOLA FINICAL, Wagon
er, Okla.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hotfashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through the crisis.
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and the last three days aboard were
anxious ones for passengers and crew
alike. On Friday and again on Sat-
urday after the st. Louis entered the
forbidden zone, driftwood was pass
ed-apparently parts Of destroyed
lifeboats. Yesterday a great field
Of oil was encountered. Vague ru.
mors of the sinking Of ships either
ahead Of or near the st. Louis in
creased the nervous tension.
Fer three days and nights the cap
tain did not leave the bridge and
never in her % years of existence
has the American ship been driven
so furiously as she was from the
time she passed into the zone until
she was picked up by a pilot.
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we are wise, our banks and cribs, pan
to bursting with home-raised farm
supplies.
There is not one of these that we
cannot produce on our farms for less
money than they cost us when they
are shipped in from the West.
Besides, when we raise them we
pay in time and labor-a kind of
money that We have in abundance.
But when we buy them they call for
cash-a kind of money that we hard
~ have at all in our farm regions
for nine months of the year.
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wv will buy only 10 barrels.


It requires $1OO bale now for the
farmer to buy 333 pounds of bacon.
The $50 bale, in 1913, would buy 375
pounds Of bacon.
The farmer who increases cotton
acreage will probably lessen his corn
acreage. Consider this: A $50 bale
before the European war would pur-
chase 100 bushels of corn. But the
farmer who has to buy corn now gets
only 83 bushels for a 500 bale.
Sixty dollars of cotton money would
formerly buy six tons of good hay;
but now it takes 500 to buy only five
tons Of hay.
The gravity of the situation may
be realized when it is stated that at
recent meeting of experiment sta
ton directors Of the Southern States
and general agricultural extension
workers, held in New Orleans, it was
learned that chances are ten to one
for a 25 per cent increased cotton
acreage. In some States, it is es-
: timated that SO per cent more cotton
will be planted, and in some commun-
tiles farmers are planning to forget
everything else and jump headlong
into the uncertain glory of high-pric-
ed cotton.
It is certainly up to all Commercial.
and banking interests of the South
whose future prosperity is largely
dependent upon the prosperity of the
farmers, to use their influence to pre-
vent the South's being planted in cot
ton this year at the expense of fooc
and forage crops. There never ha
:! been greater need to preach crol
| diversification than now.
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Liner st. Louis Raced Through Bar.
red Zone but Saw no U-Boats

From a Staff CorIas-
pondent of the Associated Press.
The ST. Louis, the first pas
senger vessel carrying the American
flag to cross the Atlantic since Ger
many's declaration of unrestricted
submarine destruction, and the first
American liner to enter a European
port since the war began,
arrived this morning (March 26)
She carried only 80 passen-
gers, but her holds were filled to ca
pacity with non-contrabrand freight.
The St. Louis came through with
out interruption. No submarines
were sighted, nor were there at any
time any indication that German IN
dersea boats were after the big lin
err.
But signs of war were not lacking
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Another WOMAN Tells
How Vinol Made Her Strong

Beallsville, Ohio.-"I wish all ner-
vous, weak, rundown women could
have Vinol. I was so rundown, weak
and nervous could not sleep. Every
thing I ate hurt me, and the medicine
I had taken did me no good. I de-
cided to try Vinol, and before long [
could eat anything I wanted and could
sleep all nj ht. Now I am well and
strong, and in better health than I
have been for years.-Mrs. ANNA
MILLIsoN, Beallsville, Ohio.
We guarantee Vinol for all rundown,
weak and debilitated conditions.
DR.. J. D. Mcmillan & Son, Drug.
gists, Lumberton, N. C.
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"SKY-HIGH" COTTON

Facts and Figures Are All Against
the Southern Farmer Who Makes
Cotton His One Crop This Year
Winning-The Price for All Kinds
of Foodstuffs is Going to Remain
Abnormal
New Orleans Item.
It is difficult to figure how the
Southern farmer who is contemplate
ing making cotton his one crop this
year expects to win. There is no
doubt that the price for all kinds of
foodstuffs is going to remain abnor-
NAL for at least another year, no
matter whether war continues or
peace comes.
Premier Lloyd-George in his last
address to Parliament and the Eng
lish people went into the question Of
the worlds future food supply and
he felt safe in extending to English
farmers and English farm workers
the governments guarantee of mini
mum prices and minimum wages for
period of three years from now,
which are an advance Of from 80 to
80 per cent over normal prices and
wages.
Even if the war should come to an
unexpected termination at once, the de-
pleted food supplies of every Euro
pean nation, the famine in live stock
under three or four years, the lack
of all kinds Of farming and garden
ing imlements-even those of the
simplest kind-would increase rath'
er than decrease the food export de.
mand upon this country for perioc
of another Is months or two years
In this conclusion practically every
student of the problem in every coun
try agrees.
AL this points to the conclusion
that the Southern farmer is certain
to pay as high prices next winter fo-
food and other commodities as he i
paying this winter. Even if he ha
a good cotton crop and he gets q
cents for 1.-TWO things Of which HI
is not certain-he cannot expect t.
get ahead, unless he also raise
enough foodstuffs to supply his fam
lily and his stock.
B. It needs nothing more than pre-
/ vailing market prices to prove this
: To rely solely upon cotton now-ev
u en- with cotton selling at 20 cents
n is just as short-sighted business an
: as certainly a short and direct roa
|. to financial disaster as it was whe
7, cotton was selling for only IL cents
i "sky-high" cotton has been overtal
en- and passed by food and commoee
s ity prices that have gone "sky hlgi
|, err. The 500 bale of cotton of 191
i will not purchase as much food fo
n the farmer and feed for his live stoc
Il as the $50 bale Of 1913 would pu1
t. chase. There is no guesswork abol
v this. It is a fact, and one can't g.
= around facts.
!" The $50 bale in 1913 would pu
1t chase 50 bushels of potatoes. No
v. the 500 bale will buy only Al busl
IF els
e. Seven hundred and fifty pounds
i'd lard could have been purchased Wi
st $50 bale three years ago; but no
n onl v 555 pounds Of lard can be bong
a. with $500 bale.
~ The cotton farmer got % barre
= of flour for his $50; but his $500 ba