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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-25

mothers knee knowing that It's
/ ills will be cured Faith must ac
company prayer and it must be
earnest to be etficacious
Give your mind full range on
the following prayer that Is excel
lently adapted and make up your
mind to offer something that will
reach the portals Of Heaven and
thus may we aid those along the
battle lines whether friend or
enemy when moment may put
them before the Judgment seat
For Cur Soldiers and Sailors
0 Almighty God and Savior we
lmplore Thy blessing upon our
brethren who III the service Of our
county so forth against the
enemy Give them faith courage
and endurace patience gentleness
and obedience Preserve them IL
the midst of the temptations Of
the camp and OF the field: from
the perilS Of the ocean and Of the
land: from the pestilence that
walketh in darkness and from the
sickness that destroyeth in the
nooday Keep them under the
shadow Of Thy wing and restore
them III safety to us And to
such as may fall III battle OF by
sickness Of our brethren or OF
our enemies do Thou 0 Lord grac
lou>ly grant the preparation Of
until life eternal
through the infinite .ove and mer
its Of the Saviour Of all men Thy
Son Jesus Christ our Lord Amen
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-25
GOD MAN CNrTTPE ESENT


IN lle SENSE oI lVs> s"flo''iio
ing those q people whose boys
lals already left the old home
for the vario17s army camns and
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aTarlelous greed domination have
kept al Europe on the qul-vlve
81 tie past twenty five years
and IL consequence have made al
the Hrst class nations sTagger IN
der the weight OF ornaments Is
p'-' I" f'.'i = 'l's 2l''ieH 70 COLI
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Luis
Inc EofIQ mas made such pro
gress II material things such as
ne" 2nFentl0ns new processes and
TABOR saving devices all III line
with the demands OF a progress
slVe people that It would seem
that the human beings fearfully
and wonderfully made III the like
hess OF their God would have IN
like manner have progressed to-
wards a high goal but unfortu
na1ely TINS mas not been the case
lor people AAV NATIONS nave I'M
ploeo me greed lus1 ana simple
lutil has uei}aIitt'
mus then the dollar mark has
been the symbol Of greatness and
the individual has been catalop-
ued ia accordance with his nos
sessions in this world : good. So
it is the people have reoresse5
while the mechanical arts have
gone forward Too much ALLOW
will injure the purest gold and
the refining process become neces-
sary to reestablish its original
worth Likewise among the hu-
man family the faint Of ALLOW
must be erradicated in order to
get the true character of men ere
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-25

Mrs Jere Bunch received lei
ter from her son Raymond who is
in training for the army that he
is getting along very we'll bat the
first few days Of sleeping on the
ground III tents and the rough
food nearly killed him but now he
is getting used to it and is hard
ening up
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-25
FOR SALE THE II YEAR OLD

horse known as Pete Everyone
knows this horse That it IS a
gentle buggy horse and splen
did work horse Apply to Mrs
Norfeet Smith Phone 116 tt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
VETERANS BANQUET
TO BE HELD TONIGHT

All veteran Boy Scouts Of this city
will attend at $50 tonight at the
Young Mems Christian association, the
first of the banquets to be held four
times a year.
As several of the former Scouts are
home for the Christmas holidays a
large crowd is expected A good feed
and an interesting evening is prom
Used. The repast will be served in the
banquet room on the second floor and
afterward the speeches will be given
around the fireside in the older boys
rooms in the basement. Old times
will be talked over and the affair will
be in general a "get-togetber" party.
All of the troops have been doing
their bit this week helping the Red
Cross in their membership campaign.
They have distributed literature. de.
liyered service flags and have helped
at the headquarters. During the can
vass Sunday afternoon the Scouts ex-
pect to help the committees a great
deal by keeping them supplied with
Red Cross buttons, service posters and
literature and In every way help in
order to allow the canvass to be com
| pleted in the one afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
OF WAR As
seen FROM PARIS
LEGAL Woman Gets Letter from Nieef
Relating Incidents In Capital OF
France.
HEARS OF BRAVERY or TROOPS
Bishop Recites Tales Of Courage
shown by american Soldiers to
Red Cross Worker.

Mrs. 7 A. Murphy has received q
letter from Miss Alice NJ Keator, her
niece, who is with the Red Cross IN
Paris. giving an intimate story Of the
war.
Miss Keator is we'll known In the
tri-cities aud the letter is highly in
teresting. 1t follows:
"These are busy days and don't
get much time for letters. / ana dt~
rectly under Mrs. --. who has
charge of one fioor-have desk con
sisting of> a packing box covered with
white oil cloth, in the hall, where ] sit,
keep records, greet visitors and give
out supplies and answer questions. SO
far we have a few more than fifty
workers, but are TO have 200 ON our
floor We get about a dozen trained
nurses sent to us each day now, They
are American nurses sent over with
base hospitals that have very little to
do and there is such q rush for the
front packets that the doctors are
sending the nurses to work for Us. We
must be able to turn out several thou
sand a day, complete articles. Some
of the nurses are taking night shifts
ON the sterilizing so tho sterilzers
can 90 both day and night 1t is Il
busy place, so interesting, and we are
needed so much more than / ever
dreamed Of I cut nine bolts of gauze.
each 100 yards, on Saturday after
noon, not by thread as they cut in
America, nor by machine, but just
with great big scissors and my hands,
We are to have an electric cutting ma
chine, but there is some difficulty with
the electricity so at present we cut in
a manner / never saw before. Every
thing over here is speed, not care or
+ exactness. This morning at o'clock
I went to the Care du Nord, where the
/ soldiers leave for the front. There !
/ found Miss Brent, an American girl
who was engaged to a French soldier,
/ who had been killed in the battle Of
the Marine. She is very charming, all
/ dressed in deep black, and has com
! fort bags which she hands out to the
soldiers with American flags, wishing
/ them good luck and to say goodbye
the soldiers know her now and all
/ love her She is wonderful to them
Treats the Soldiers.
| Il had bought a box Of 200 cigar
! cites and she gave me a box of cigars
and some tiny American flags, and NE
went ont onto the platform of the
train. We each took certain num-
! Der Of cars, and walked along Offering
cigars or cigarettes to the soldiers
and talking with them some. They
were all SO polite and SO pleased with
any attention. / had quite a CONVEX
satiOn with one soldier who had been
home in Bordeaux, and when he found
that / had been there last week. his
! face beamed with joy and he asked me
/ If / didn't think Bordeaux was much
more beautiful than Paris. OF course
! I said that l did When the train pull
/ ed out we waved goodbye to them and
/ they shouted "au revoir" and waved
the tiny flags at us. Then We crossed
over to the next platform and did the
same thing for the next train. We
worked at three trains leaving Ii
minutes apart and Of course there
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
the ARGUS FUND
TAKES CLADNESS
TO EACH POOR TOT
Manner In Which the Santa Clans Com
mlttee Prepares Christmas for
A Children.
NEED MACHINES FOR DELIVERY
Volunteers Also Asked to Assist in
Carrying Gifts To Homes Day Be-
fore Holiday.

Generous donations TO The Argus
Santa Claus Fund came this morning
from the Daniel Hayes company and
from the Barteuders' union No. $50,
both asking that the money be used In
purchasing Christmas cheer and COM
forts for the poor Riddles Of the city.
. There we're also a number Of fine do
nations from individuals all of which
are most gratefully received by the
committee in charge, In fact the re-
spouse has been so liberal and gener-
Gus that the committee is quite sure
every poor child IN the city is going
10 have Christmas.
Although this Is the eighth year OF
The Argus Santa Claus fund there
may still be people In the city who are
not familiar with the workings Of the
committee that has the handling OF
the fund in hand, therefore 1t Is not
amiss TO explain just how that work
Ia done. The committee in the first
place is composed of women who have
had an almost lifelong experience in
handling charity work in the city and
are thoroughly familiar with every
phase of il. The Argus Santa Claus
fund is not a charitable organization,
II is a Good Fellow band whose main
object is toprovide cheer at the Christ
mas season for the poor little folks of
the city who, unless provided for
through this fund. would be entirely
without Christmas. This is the chill
dren's season of the year, and more
so this year than ever before, and 1t is
at this time that every child has the
right TO expect some remembrance
Just as the infant Jesus was given
gifts at his birth in the lowly manger
The fund was organized with the in
tention of seeing that not one child In
the city should go without some gift
II II was In the power of the commit
tee to provide for It and save Ii the
bitter disappointment that would 9th
erwise be its Every man and WON
an of today remembers the weeks Of
expectancy that they experienced
when children. just before the Christ
mas season, and how each day was
counted off and the surmises as Il
what gifts they were to receive or
that glad day. Children have not
changed since that time and they still
have that great longing for the ar
rival of the day OF days IN the year
Fund Established Institution.
The fund has now become an estab
lished institution and each year re
ceives the support of large numbers
OF people in the city who are anxious
to assist In taking this. good cheer II
the children A month or more he
fere the holidays the members Of thu
cnlnmittee begin a systematic hous,
10 house canvass Of certain districtt
OF the city investigating and LOOKING
up the poor folks whose parents ar,
unable to give them Christmas. A lis
of every family is made out. the mum
Der Of children, their names and age
noated. These lists are then arranged
according to streets and avenues ant
are ready as handy references whel
the time Of delivery comes After tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
SPECIAL MAIL TRAIN
RUN BY ROCK ISLAND

During the holiday rush season. the
Rock Island lines has established a
special mail, parcel post and express
train,
Westbound. the train leaves Chi
cago at ) o'clock In the morning and
arrives IN Rock Island at 3. It leaves
this city at 5 o'clock in the morning
and arrives in Chicago at g. The train
carries no passengers but is run only
to handle the extra work made nee
essary by the holidays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21
CIVIL SER VICE EXAM
TO BE HELD JAN. II

There will be held at the Rock Is
land arsenal on Jan 16, b minor
typewriter examination. Applications
and other information relative to the
examination can be secured by adj
dressing the commandant. Rock Island
arsenal, Rock Island. ILL.,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21

money In the fund has been collected
committee visits the merchants OF
Rock Island and purchases great
number of articles that are to be put
into the packages for the children
The lists are then consulted by the
committee having In charge the wrap
ping Of packages aud each child on
the list is given those things that IT
most needs. The older boys In adds
ton, are given books, neckties, games;
the older girls receive hair ribbons,
/ books, writing paper, etch., the young
| boys and girls games, dolls, wagons,
| etc. and practically every child is
given o handkerchief. pair OF stock
/ ings, mittens, and each one also re-
ceives a bag containing several kinds
of candies, nuts. cookies and apples.
/ After each package is wrapped 1t Is
marked with the name Of the family
and the address and placed in pile
| according to sections Of the city where
| they are to be delivered The day be-
/ fore Christmas automobiles are loaded
with the gifts and they are quickly dis
tributed to the children whose names
are on the packages. The work has
been so splendidly systematized that
/ the committee has complete list of
/ the children of the city who need as
sistance. The committee buying the
articles for distribution has had SO
much experience In the work that
there Is never any waste or left~oyers
and every child is literally remem-
bsred There is not one cent Of over
- "a
committee give their services in The
/ investigation Of the names, in the
wrapping Of the packages, machines
are donated for the purpose of deliv-
cry, the rooms where the packages
are prepared are donated for the week
and every cent Of money given to the
fund is used in the purchase Of gifts
for the poor kiddies.
/ Need Machines TO- Deliver.
The committee still has need OF
several autos to be used in delivery
and owners wishing to offer the use
Of their machines are asked to notify
The Argus The committee also needs
a number Of young men to assist in
delivering the packages, that is, to &C.
tulupdhy tAe dutpLhOb4leA anu Cdt J
the packages to the houses designated
and IL there are any volunteers foI
this work they too are asked to notify
3. The Argus.
There are only two days in which
to prepare for the little folks and Il
there are still any donations of money
to be given, they should be made 81
once that the fund may be closed III
and that the committee may know ex.
E actly how much money will be at thei1
/ disposal in purchasing gifts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-21

were other trains where others were
working.
mrhis gaes IN every day. the sol
dfers who have had weeks leave
going hack Ia the front and going
eFleerfnIIy. ar nj Ieasf without Il gram
HID xnoW1ne veil What 4bav are go
ing - Cna man told me Ii was his
fourth trin 10 liza front. tslI vou ii
made rne realize more than ever be-
IeTe mat theFe y q war gong on.
lar If ina care 4, Nord where n won
aerful French wo4aan Madame cour-
ca1 rms a rantser Tar soldiers ana
ree,,aeas II Il greaf ,enp aarE
ronrn ,pftl, tb-aa 49, ~ 4e+s ~, arc
eS.le a,a 4a1'ies ,.,3tf, tan,e.a< al, M
afeer aar, ~, sa 49, $500 a,, ref,,yees
ar., giveT, seag ana II +r,f,ss orrivs 81
,igtt eot s., ,,f.,,,s ,,,,tii q r,1aca 10
s9,r,a sar ~, - ~, ~
= = - s''''z7
foft4nateiy for me an American
glFl u SAILING Iof nome ana am 70 pc
allowed 20 take her place, WORKING 70
start vain ohly one evening a week,
fiaay, from sao 20 le.50 p III. me
atalh from tRe hofth OF france arrives
at s.ae eaea night. / meet the Tram
VITA Madame Sqnfeal anu netp tae
people, mostly ., gig women -l,, anu enll-
alea' ~ liae tsallt ilefe We a.
+
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-30
MOTHER! GIVE Child
SYRUP OF FIGS" If
TONGUE Is COATED
IF CROSS, FEVERIeH, SICK, Bill.
IOUS, CLEAN LITTLE LIVER
AND BOWELS.

Children Owe this fruit i1Aatiye,"
and nothing else clcanscs the tender
stomach. liver and bowels so nicely.
a child simply Will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly cIogged with
@astc, liver gets sluggish, stomach
aOurs, then your little one becomes
ross, hall-sick. feverish, don't eat,
alCep or act naturally, breath is bad,
y8tCm full Of cold has sore throat.
:tomach-ache or diarrhoea Listen.
Iother! See if tongue is coated then
i've n tcaspoonfui of California Syr-
t;p of Figs" and in a few hours all the
'unstipatcd waste, sour bile and undi-
.0stcd food passes out of the system
md you have a well, playful child
igain.
Millions of mothers give California
jyrup Of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love ii. and it new
n fails to act on the stomach, liver
md bowels.
Ask your druggist for a 5O-cent bot
tie OF california Syrup of Figs"whicl
has full directions for babies chill
dron of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly printed on the bottle. Beware
of counterfeits sold here. Get the
genuine, made by california Fig Sry.
up Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt. So
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-30
NOTICE TO QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF SPECIAL REGISTRATION.

no ICE q OOAE'i~ IED NO ERS
OF SPECIAL REGISTRATION.
Georgia, Glynn County.
70 the Qualified Voters of Said Coun-
ty:
Notice is hereby given that the
Commissioners OF Roads and Reve-
nue. of Glynn county, Georgia, have
called an election to be held in said
county at all the lawful precincts
therein, on November 7, 1917, for
The purpose of obtaining the assent
Of two-thirds (2-3) of the qualified
voters Of said county to the creation
Of a bonded debt by said county iE
addition to the bonded debt now out.
standing), the amount of such bonded
Dollars ($300, 100000, of which amount
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollars $250,000.G0) shall be appro-
priated to building and repairing the
public roads of said county, Thirty
five Thousand Dollars ($25 100000
shall be appropriated TO building and
eQuipping a technical public school
for the public school system of said
county, and Fifteen Thousand Dollars
($15,G0000) shall be appropriated to
building and equipping an additional
community school in said county out
side the corporate limits of the city
of Brunswick; and such qualified
voters are hereby notified that special
| registration for voting in such cleo
ton will be necessary; and that the
| Tax Collector OF said county viii
keep open for the registration Of dual
| flied voters of said county a specia
| voters book or books in his Office
| in said county from eight O'Clock a
N. to six o'clock p. n. each day, Sun
days excepted, beginning August z
| 1917, and continuing for a period o.
sixty 600 days thereafter for tho
purpose Of registering voters to vote
at said election.
This notice is given pursuant to the
provisions of an act OF the Genera
Assembly of Georgia entitled, al
| Act to provide for special registra
| ton for any election of the people il
any county OF this state for the pur
pose of determining the question
whether said county shall incur q
,lebt within the meaning of paragraph
|, section 7, article T. of the consti
| tuition of the state of Georgia; to pro
yidc how such election shall be called
and held, and for other purposes p
approved August IS, 1916.
This juno 20, 1917.
The Commissioners of Roads and
Revenue of Glynn County, Georgia.
By CONSTANT MILLER,
Chairman.
A. o. Townsend, Clerk.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-30

On another page YOU will find the
display advertisement of Henry
liirsch, who is Offering to the public
his first sale. Every pair Of the ia
nous Sorosis shoes for ladies, also
mis- entire line of high grade silk hose
and mems furnishings are offered at
greatly reduced prices for one week
Look over the list of prices and be
on hand earl" for your selection
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NOTICE OF HOLDING OF SPECIAL
ELECTION.
Georgia, Glynn County
70 the Qualified Voters of Said Coun.

Georgia, Glynn County.
70 the Qualified Voters of Said Coun.
ty:
Notice is hereby given that the
commissioners of Roads and Revc.
nue. of Glynn county, Georgia, have
called an election to be held in said
county at all the lawful precincts
herein, on November T. 1917, Tor the
purpose of determining whether
bonds lin additongto those outstand.
ng) shall be issued by said county,
rs follows; 1t is proposed that the
'otal amount of bonds to be issued by
said county for which said election
is called shall be the sum of Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars $500
0h000); that the purpose for which
said bonds shall be issued shall be
the building and repairing the public
roads i'll said county, and for the pur-
pose of building and equipping a tech.
meal public school for the public
school system of said county, and
Tor building an additional Commu-
lity School in said county and out.
side of the corporate limits of the
City of Brunswick; that of the total
amount so to be raised by the issue Of
said bonds, the sum of Two Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250 ,0O0)
thereof shall be appropriated to the
building and repairing the public
roads i'll said county, the sum Of
Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,
000,O0) shall be appropriated to the
building and equipping said technical
public school, and, The sum of Fifteen
Thousand Dollars ($15 100000 shall
be appropriated to the building and
equipping said additional Community
School; said bonds when issued shall
bear interest from their date at the
rate of five per cent per annum, such
interest to be paid semi-annually from
The date of the bonds; all said bonds
10 be paid at the end of thirty 900
years from the date of issue; for the
first five 60 years from the date of
issue, bonds to the amount of Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,00000) per
year shall be paid; for the next ten
t10) years, bonds to The amount of
Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Dol
lars ($7,500.O0) per year shall be
paid; for the next ten 00) years.
bonds to the amount of Ten Thousand
Dollars ($l0,0000G) per year shall be
paid; and for the last five (5) YEAR,
ponds to the amount of Twenty Thou
sand Dollars ($20,000OO) per year
shall be paid. When such election
shall be held voters shall be given
the opportunity of voting on the pro
POSED bond issue separately, as be.
fore specified.
This notice is give pursuant to the
provisions of an act OF the General
Assembly of Georgia, entitled can
Act to provide for special regis
ration for any election Of the poo
pie i'll any county of this state for
The purpose OF determining the que3-
ion whether said county shall incur
/ debt within the meaning of para
graph |, section z, article T. of the
constitution OF the state OF Georgia
to provide how such election Shall be
called and held, and fer other pur-
poses" approved August Is, 1915. .
This June 90 1917.
The Commissioners OF Roads and
Revenue of Glynn County Georgia.
By CONSTANT MILLER,
Chairman.
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NOTICE 10 DEBTORS AND CRED
ITORS.

All parties indebted to G. \ Faber.
deceased, are hereby notified that set
Element must be made with me by
July Is, 1917 Also all parties having
accounts against estate of 6. A. Ia
Der must present same properly Ger
tilted to me for payment on or before
July Is, 1917 This June 80, 1917
7-15. MRS. G. 4. FABER.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-30

Lieut.. HarWell will remain i'll
Brunswick several days and make IN
effort to recruit the Rifiemen to full
strength. Only eight more men are
needed.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-30

The local colored baseball team
the Brunswick Giants woa tive
more games, making total of seven
teen. The games were won fro7n ths
fast Eastman nine. This club will re
turn TO the city "Wednesday, and will
play Eastman two games.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-06-30

Allen Maui, general advertising
and development agent of the At
iantic Coast Line, with headquarters
in Wilmington, spent yesterday in the
city.
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7-e-1917.