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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19
THE PEOPLES FORUM
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vashon. Wash, Dec. II, 1918.
Editor Record:
Just few words, please. regarding
The advance in price of telephone and
light and power service on yashon-
Maury Islands. The patrons of the
two companies should know II It is
necessary TO raise the price at this
time. We are not a locality where
large dividends are made: on the
other hand we are people on small
farms. with more or less small in
comes. More people will be locating
here from time to time, all of which
win build up both the telephone and
light companies.
The advance the companies have
made is. believe. far in excess of
reason. | MAY be wrong; if SO, there
is way to settle this in the minds of
the people. The Public Service com
mission has expert accountants to go
over the books of these companies
and ascertain if they are justified in
The action they are taking. These com
panies have established plants here
which are and will continue to be
source of good dividends.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19
CROWN PRINCE WRITES TO PAPA

On Der Run. Someyere in France
August 30 times.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19
SMILES AND TEARS GET MIXED

Two lItslt stories came 10 the Red
Cross headquarters from over the sens
n short time age One was story OF
bravery that brought the tears, and
one tale Of tears that brought smiles.
The first story was Of II soldier who
asked for a light. He WIS In bed, md
cigarette was between his lips, plnc-
ed there by the Nurse after she had
finished spreading his blanket up
smoothly. At his question. she turned
and gave him box OF matches and
hurried on, then remembered that the
arms beneath the blankets were With
out hands.
Nurses have to be without tears, but
there were tenrs In her eyes as she
turned TO strike tie match and light
the cigarette for him.
"Quit thnt,' he said. they were good
mits, and they helped get three or -four
Germans before lost them but they
amt worth crying about. so there!"
And the tears story that brought
smiles? Well, that was the story of II
big, husky, colored man. who sat rend-
ing. and the Red Cross worker at the
cantcen saw that lie had tears running
down his cheeks. She was curious to
know what he might be reading and
was astonished when she looked over
his shoulder TO see that 1t was the
canteeii cook book.
He smiled through his tears Ms he
saw that she was watching. and said.
sbeepisbly, "You sure must excuse me
ma am, but this here book done max
me blamed homesick. I'm 'shaned +
make baby outen mnhse'f, but th
makes me think o home"
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19

Times will now ease up: all ma.
terlal wages. etc, will become normal,
The telephone and light companies
should be ready and willing to on.
tighten the patrons in regard to their
financial condltion-noI by their own
figures but by one Of the Public Serv-
ice commission accountants
The service OF the light company is
very poor at the best. There Is not q
motor on the isllnds that does good
work. Not enough power TO use the
machinery.
We were told to wait until they got
hitched up to tho Seattle line and we
could have plenty Of power
It takes three times larger now to
do the same work that II did on the
old Elllsport line. for one am op.
posed to this charge unless a reliable
statement can be shown to the public,
printed in your paper. giving facts.
This demanf Is not unreasonable.
We are the ones who are paying the
bills, and we should know now the
facts regarding these advance charges.
If they are justiilable am here to
pay my parl chcerfully; If not, then
proceed ON the old line
We have been asked by the govern.
ment, and have cheerrully paid to
every demand in Liberty loans. War
Savings Stamps and Red Cross, and
there will soon be more demands
made. SO don't get grouchy and
selfish just now. Give us IA chance TO
breathe more easily. After a year or
two let us see where we are at.
have a very warm feeling toward
the arrangements of these corpora
tons and believe them to be honor
able men. My views are that the pub
lie wants TO know the facts and we
have n right to know.
Yours very truly.
II. NJ. WINERY.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19
RED CROSS SANTA TO
FILL SOLDIERS SOCKS
An Old Fashioned Celebration OF
Yuletlde for American
Soldiers in France.

A Christmas tree In every ward OF
every Amerlcan hospital and In every
hospital recreation hut IN France
Every wounded or sick American
lighting man TO receive two socks filled
to the brim with fruits, nuts, candy
and smokes
These are the most interesting fea.
lures of a tentative Christmas celebra.
tion program for the American hos
pltals arranged by the American Red
Cross In France In cooperation with
the commanding officers Of our fighting
forces In that country Details OF the
plan to make Christmas as merry as
tutions have Just been received AT iied
Cross headquarters. Nurses and enlist
ed men on duty at these places will
also share In the distribution OF Christ
mas cheer. Because OF the limited
amount Of available shipping spnce
the Red Cross was compelled to aban-
don Its original plan to send special
Christmas parcels from here to soldier
patients In France. All the articles
distributed will be obtained over there.
This Is TO he mn old fashioned cele-
bratIon In every sense OF the word.
Every soldier will hang his socks on
the tree. The socks win be tied with
red ribbon and In addition to the good
loo MAINTAINED uhoyp will contain "A
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19
THE RED CROSS
IS REAL SERVICE
BY FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary American Federation OF
ahar

Labor.
The work of the Red Gross is not
confined 10 our boys on battlefield or
In hospital nor amidst The ruins OF Bel
gipm and other portions Of devastated
Europe. One OF Its great activities II
any necessary aid TO tbs dependents of
members OF Americas military forces.
On the battlefield the Red Cross pre-
sents an heroic 1gure. In America.
removed from destruction and death,
the Red Cross steps silently to the
side of the father and mother whose
boy is "over there" and who need coun-
sci and aid.
No service is too small for the Red
Crosp II allotments from the govern
ment or from their son are delayed. or
information on the governments war risk
Insurance In wanted the Red Cross Ii
both counsellor and friend. It enters into
the home In the true spirit OF charity
secrecy.
But first and foremost our soldiers In
field and hospital must be given the moft
attentive care possible. Nothing we can
do will equal their share In this move
ment for world democracy. and the Red
Cross presents an opportunity for US 10
play our part IN this grea. drama by
contributing to the extent Of our ability.
The Red Cross appeals to organized
workers because Of its one quality
service.
Behind Red Cross service Ia an en-
nobling charity that In not deface6 ny
cost marks. democracy that personifieB
Jenerson's great principle Of equality and
a religion that IL beyond sectarianism.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19
RED CROSS WOMEN
CITED FOR BRAVERY

American women at Epernny. soutl
or Rheims, have been cited In an orde
of III day for remaining at their posi-
In an American Red Cross canteen IN
der bombarlment for six days
Throughout this battle they continue,
to feed and care for wounded.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19
STEAD|ER HOG MARKETS PLANNED
Hog Producers and Packers Confer With Repre-
sentatives Of the Food Administration and
Agricultural Department and Adopt
New Plan Of Regulation.

In with the policy of
meeting OF
Agricultural Advisory
situation
The
packing participating In
pork
The conclusions Of II confee we're as foil
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19

The chances are that grandma has
gone Into service by Joining the ranks
Of those who knit sox for the soldiers.
If SO here is knitting bug that she
will like. It is made TO hang over
the arm and Is of bright cretonne lined
with plain sateen. A pretty pair of
twin Chinese tassels Of silk and gold
tinsel set Off this practical bag. 1t is
Just the right size and shape TO carry
ynrn, needles and sox.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-12-19

The following Literary gem
was sent TO the home folks by
Wesley Schaefer, who is stationed
at Camp Meade, Md. The name of
the author was not given:
CROWN PRINCE WRITES TO PAPA
On Der Run. Somevere in France
August 80 times.
Dear Papa;
am wriding on der run, as der
brave und glorious soldiers under
mine command hat not seen der Rhine
for SO long dey have started back that
way, und OF course am going nit dem
Oh, papa. dere hass been some offel
dings happening here in France:
First, | starded in my big offensive
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
THE REDEDICATION
OF AMERICA

Bv Theo. H. Price in Commerce and
Finance.
In America the week has been enc
of rededication to the unfinished
work that NAV be left to us by those
who have been fighting and lying so
nobly in France. The tidings from the
greatest battlefield Of history have
dissolved the material and transfig-
ured the spiritual.
Throughout the country the people
of this Nation, searching their con-
sciences have again been asking
themselves, what shall it profit man
if he gain the whole world and lose
his own soul. If we could send a
message to our soldiers and Allies
in Europe, we would say to them that
though hitherto we have
"Never doubted clouds would break
"Never dreamed, though right were
worsted, wrong would triumph,
we have now come to realize that
faith without works is dead and that
realizing this every man and every
pared and eager to make any sac
ll1lCc CIldI Illdy NC AcAu1ACu VI N11CAa Al
the preservation Of human liberty.
Whatever temporary success the
Kaiser may have won by driving the
sons and fathers of his people to
slaughter, has but increased the de-
termination Of America to mike it i'm
possible for him or his kind to remain
in power, and hereafter nothing more
will be heard of a negotiated peace
on this side of the Atlantic. The
National spirit has become that Of
the Invictus and throughout the Re-
public men are saying to each other
that Germany must be beaten whether
it takes year or lifetime.
AS with one voice the citizens of
this country have pledged their own
lives, and those of their ciildren's
children to this twentieth century dec
laration of human independence.
There will be no recantation, what
ever the future may have in store for
us. The words Of Patrick Henry are
not dead, and the events of the week
have but served to revive their in
spiration.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
fsSUPPOSE GERMANY
SHOULD WIN?"

North Carolinians Are Asking in All
Seriousness, Says Gilbert T. Steph-
enson-Question of Gold or Green
back.
Winston Salem, April 6.-At first l
had no answer for the question, "Sup-
pose Germany should win, Would War
Savings Stamps be worth anything?' %
said Mr.. Gilbert T. Stephenson re-
Gently, State organizer for War Saw
ings. 81 merely looked my disgust
and muttered silently my contempt
for any person who would ask such
question. But later" he said, 81
became convinced that this question
was asked in all seriousness and not
to see what / would say. l learned
there were people in some sections
of the State who were still trying to
convert their greenback into gold,
believing if Germany should win, gold
would be worth face value while
greenback would be worthless. So
when l realized that American citi-
zens, many of them, were asking this
question for information, 1 repressed
my first inclination and said Come,
let us reason together And thus we
reasoned.
Suppose Germany should win! The
blood of our American youth who
went down in defeat and gave their
life for the cause would be upon the
hands Of those who boarded their
a vNlo 0f l.
this war. We have plenty Of goods
to supply the men. All that we need
is to get the men and the goods to-
gether at the right time and in the
proper proportions. That requires
money. Money, therefore is as es-
sential to winning the war as men or
goods. And he who withholds his
money is really withholding the sue
cor that spells victory over Germany.
Suppose German should win She
would exact of the United States an
indemnity that would consume every
dollar in the country, greenback or
gold. She has already Dragged that
she meant to make the United States
pay the cost of this war. Sixteen
years before the war come, the Ger
man Admiral, Won Goetzen, told Ad-
miral Dewey that in about fifteen
years Germany would start a great
war, seize New York and Washington,
and take billion or so of our dol
lars.
Suppose Germany should win! Our
gold, if Germany should let US keep
it, would be worthless. Gold is val
liable only insofar as it will purchase
necessities and comforts of life One
cannot eat it, or wear it, or otherwise
subsist on it. Germany, the lord
of our land, would make us a subject
people, would consume our goods fo1
herself, would leave US only the straw
and husks. You yourselves have the
answer in your hearts and hands as tc
whether Germany shall win this war
If Germany should win, neither golc
nor greenback would avail US any
thing"
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
CARRY ON! CARRY ON!
War Savings Campaign Adopts Motto
Of the Trenches-War Savings
Workers Must Garry On to Sue
ceed.

A bulletin issued yesterday from
State headquarters for War Savings
ofs Winston-Salem, says: "'Carry On
has become the most popular slogan
or motto that has yet been suggested
for the War Savings campaign. No
other phrase has so nearly expressed
the driving spirit that it takes to make
the War Savings campaign a success
and to have it accomplish the purpose
for which it was intended as these
two words which had their origin in
the trenches.
"What Garry On means, you know
already. You have only to repeat the
phrase to catch it's spirit and meaning.
1t means getting the second wind and
going at it again as if every fight
meant victory. 1t means pressing
on with the same courage after the
fight that you had in the drive. It
means stepping lively even when you
are down and out and letting no man
know but that you see victory just
ahead.
"When applied to the War Savings
campaign, Garry On means keep at
it, When one plan or system fails,
devise another. Let nothing down
you, or cool your enthusiasm, or make
you say that it can't be done These
are days for doing the impossible. If
the true Garry On spirit is caught
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
Six North Carolina Flour Mills
Closed By Food Administrator.

TIC first drastic action by the Fed
eral food administration against
North Carolina flour mills was taken
Thursday when Food Administrator
Herbert C. Hoover ordered six flour
mills in the State to suspend operation
for failure to observe regulations IS
sued by Mr.. Hoover. The mills affect
ed are the Kernersville Rooler mills
kernersvile tine Forsyth Roller mills
Winston-Salem; the China Grove Roll
er mills, China Grove; Ludwick Mill
ing company and Grimes Milling com
pany, Salisbury, and Hendrix and
sons, Kernersville.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
FOLEY KIDNEY Pills
EoR aAckAcHE kidneys ANO Bud 0eH
NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY
FOR TOWN TAXES.

Pursuant to authority vested in me
by the charter OF the town oe Lum-
berton and it's amendments, l will
on Ncndav. May 9th, 1913, at the
court hou5- door of the county of
Robson. at II o'clock, M. sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidde: for
cash. the following town lots:
All lots or parcels of land lying
within the town of Lumberton listed
il: the names of each of the following
persons, firms or corporations and
more particularly described upon the
list-taker's abstract sheets for Lum-
berton Township fer the year 1917
18, which said descriptions are herein
referred to and made part Of this
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15

by the War Savings Workers of
North Carolina i1 will change the
impossibility of her campaign to raise
$4,000 900 for the Government to an
easv possibility. Let every War Saw
ings Worker Garry On.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIONS.

Having qualified administrators of the
estate of Perdie McKinnon, deceased, late Of
Robson County, North Carolina, this is to
at natl1S a. an + persons having claims a&anst ehe
the undersigned administrative, st. Pauls, N.
c., R. F. D. No. 1, on before the 9Th day of
ba nf t5a y, m,e no'iIe M n, pieleh y,
to said estate will please make immediate
payment.
This the 9Th day of March, 1913
CHARITY A.ckINNON,
Administrative of Perdie Mckinnon, deceased.
3116 Mon
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
Some Good Advice.

'Don't think too much of your own
methods. Watch other peoples ways
aid learn from them.'' This is s.od
advice, especially when bilious or con-
stipated. You'll will find many peo-
pie who use Chamberlain's Tablets
for these ailments with the best re-
suits, and will do wsll to follow their
example. sa>>~-< ~ Sss asss-nz- =. ~,
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES

By of authority County,
will O'Clock,
Court
bidder
h haven
r. E. LEWIS of County
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS RESALE

NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS RESALE.
Under and by virtue of the power vested
in the undersigned commissioner by virtue
Of decree lately rendered by the Superior
Court of Robeson County in a certain cause
therein pending, entitled Fidelity Mutual Life
Insurance Co., plaintiff vs.. r: T. Gaitley, de-
sale at public auction, for cash, to the highest
bidder at the Court House door in Lumber
ton, N. c., on the 22nd day. of April, 1918,
at about noon of said day, for the purposes
Of said decree, the following described lands,
to-wit:
or less, on both sides of the Parkton and
Fayetteville public road and on the north sides
SECOND TRACT: Containing s-4 acres.
adjoining the said first tract both being
known as the Underwood land.
THIRD TRACT: Lying north of Buck
horn swamp. adjoining p the Malloy land: land;
a mile north of the Lumberton road; also
known the Underwood land, containing
about 172
H. L. COOK and L. R. VARSER,
Commissioners.
Cook & Cook. and
Mclean, Varser Mclean, Attorneys. 482Mon
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Having qualified as executor of the estate
Of w. S. Miller deceased, late of Robson
County, North Carolina, this is to notify
all persons having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them to the un-
before the End day of April, 1919, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate VIII please
make immediate payment.
F. D. MILLER,
Executor of w. S. Miller, deceased.
This 30th da yof March, 1918.
Mcintyre Lawrence & Proctor,
Attorneys for the Executor. 416 Mon
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Having qualified as administrator of John
e. Carlyle, deceased, late of Robson County,
North Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of said de-
ceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or
before the 18th day of March, 1919, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate will please
make immediate payment.
This the 9th day Of March, 1918.
W. R. CARLYLE,
Executor of J. E. Carlyle
Robert E. Lee Attorney for Executor
3116 Mon
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

Stephen Mcintyre, r. c. Lawrence
James D. Proctor
MCINTYRE, LAWRENCE Z
PROCTOR
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
LUMBEKTON, N. c.
Practice in State and Federal Courts
Prompt attention given to all business
L. A. McNEILL
Lawyer
Land titles and law OF executors
and administrators special attention.
Office, Fifth street, west of First
National Bank. Practice in all Courts
Lumbert0n. N. c.
The Robesonian., 1918-04-15

By Theo. H. Price in Commerce and
Finance
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-07
EXPLAINS LAUGH 0F BABIES
We Come Into This World of SorroWs With a Mysterious Sense
 of Humor.

The human love of nonsense Is a di' vine mystery, We have often heard pessimists declare that we come into the world weeping. It is truer, 1 think. to say that we come into 1t laughing. For laughter In baby seems to be its first conscious apprehension of some thing, outside it's small needs and palms It may cry merely because pin Is sticking into 1t, but 1t laughs because already 1t sees something that makes 1t laugh, It knows not why, something that catches the eye or ear and seems irreslstibly funny to 1t. ...
 There is nothing more mysterious than q baby's sense of humor. It ire Quently loses 1t as 1t grows up, together with the other trailing clouds of glory, but most babies are born with 1t. To satiSfy 1t nursery rhymes were invent ed, and to satisfy the same instinct in grown people "The Hunting of the Shark" that incomparable classic, came into being, and Caverly and Gil- bert and Lear stood on their heads, so to speak, and performed such verbal antics before high heaven as must have made the very angels laugh.
 When the Owl and the Pussy Cat, having dined on mice and slices o. Quince, "hand in hand, on the edge of the sand" "dance by the light of the moon," there Is something which, as Stevenson was fond of saying, delights the great heart of man. But, of cOurse with these modern artists of nonsense there Is usually deliberate attempt at the grotesque and the absurd. We know why we are laughing, but with the Old-fashioned rhymes of which am chiefly thinking, we laugh-or, for that matter, cry, perhaps-without having any reason to gIve.-Rlchard Le Galli- enne, In Harper's Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-07
WHY IT SUCCEEDS
Because It's for One Thing only' And skAgHay People Appreciate.
 This.

Nothing can be good for every thing, v ! !
 Doing one thing well brings sue cess.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for one thing only.
 For weak or disordered kidneys Here is reliable evidence of their worth. .;.I
 Wm. A. Quayle, prop, electric mo tor repair shop, 991 Harrison St. San Francisco, Calif., says: T was troubled with my kidneys for about ! SO months. The kidney secrefions were pyofuse and highly colored ana had to get up four Or five times a, night to pass them. I worked in. a lead mine a numbeT of years ago and think that was the cause of my trouble. I became worried and went to drug store and sskeo for the best kidney medicine.
 Doau's Kidney Pills promptly removsa the trouble with my klu- neys and, I have had no sign of IL since.H '
 OVER A YEAR LATER MT Quayle satd: Never in my life have AGjoyed such good health as ] am now having. give Doan's Kidney Pills all the credit for they rid me of kidney trouble"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don's simply ask for kidney remedy get Dosn's Kidney PiIls-the same that AIr. Quayls had Foster-MiI- burn Co, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. r.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-07
To Cure 8 Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE PROMO oUTN- plR Tablets. Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. E. W. GROVES signature is on each box. soc. Wed.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-07

medlII Mccormick, congressman al large from Illinois, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomlna- ton for the United States senatorship. He recently returned from visit to the war front In Europe.
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-07

During the winter lSlT1s our regular srsn SeF vice will be maintained OAd South Bound Between Ss way and whttehOrse both terminals 0n Tus' and Fridays. ..'''' # LII ''" =, |S'l [
The daily Alaskan., 1918-05-07

To Yukon Territory, Atin Dissrses Interior Aa'k''
New-York tribune., 1918-07-07

ering the shock have both received
novel and intensive instructions, ana
they have to be withdrawn to be
placed where they can get the instruc-
ton unmolested and with ample room
for movement. They have to acquire
careful coordination of many sepa-
rate elements; they have to be
trained for great rapidity of move
ment and for acting together with
the utmost precision. All this has to
be done, as l have said, we'll behind
the lines and under conditions where
the men cannot be molested. That is
the second way in which delay is i'm
posed after each great effort, with
it's toll of men.