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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
doed more than one relief vessel.

doed more than one relief vessel.
The commission for relief In Bel.
GUM has made the most energetic ef-
iorts to assume food supply and there
mas been marked improvement over
the past months. In November for
the first time In long period, the ma.
tionai committee for relief and food
supply has received more supplies than
Its schedule called for. There are fair
prospects for the shipment Of all sup.
piles called for by the schedule during
the first quarter Of 1918. II, however.
the famine which seemed to threaten
for the winter has been averted, the
situation Is still far from favorable,
because Of the great debllitatIon and
general undernourishment Of the popu-
latlon.
According to people who are In a DO.
sltion to know, the population has un.
fortunately received only IA per cent OF
the necessary fats and 20 per cent of
the necessary starches, hence serious
condition Of undernourishment and a
constant undermining Of the general
health. The securing OF food Is the
principal concern Of all Belgians, rich
as well as poor Half the people must
depend for food upon the soup kitch.
ems organized by the national commit.
tee. The poor are obliged to stand In
line, In order to obtain the portions al
lotted by the commission for the relief
In Belgium. The wealthy have TO pay
exorbltant prices In order to procure
the most indispensable articles. Those
OF the middle classes are most TO be
pltied, for they have too much pride to
go to the soup kitchens and not enough
money TO buy food, with sugar at 90
cents pound, flour at 81 a pound, beef
at Sl.5O a pound, fat at So a pound,
butter at So pound, chocolate at 81 a
pound, coffee at IS pound, eggs from
10 to % cents each. and potatoes at so
to Sl3 a bushel. Only five pounds of
potatoes are allowed week, but the
amount available Is much less than
this amount. People raise rabbits and
eat dog. Tobacco has been replaced
by strawberry leaves. People are rare
ly able TO get enough TO eat to satisfy
hunger, and the consequences of such
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
A6I3OIH
WORK OF A sCoUTMAsTER
Conducted by National Council of the Boy
Scouts OF America.)

A big work, this being master
scout. What manner Of man Is needed
to do 1t?
First Of all, the scoutmaster must
be real man himself, the kind Of
man boys will naturally follow, admire,
respect, emulate and obey. No amount
of book knowledge, no degrees In peda-
gogy will avail II he doesn't impress
the boys us the "real stuff"
He must possess that indefinable
quality we call personality or person
al magnetism He must be man Of
proved worth Of character. He must
stand four-square to the scout prlncl-
pies In practice rs well as precept.
TO be successful boy leader, Il man
must know human nature In general
and boy nature In particular. He must
be able to remember back to his own
boyhood clearly enough to be able to
get the boys viewpoint. He must be
enough OF hey himself, whatever his
years, to put himself into a relation
of sympathetic comradeshlp with boys.
and at the same time be enough Of
man and Il master to keep sufficiently
aloof so that his boys will recognize
his authority and accept 1t as final.
He must possess tact, initiative pow
er OF quick decision and action, for al
most any emergency calling for the
practice OF these qualities may arise
at any time In his work with boys.
The scoutmaster Is also expected to
get In touch with such experts as his
community offers. and enlist their serv-
Ices In scout training.
Boys have an immense respect for
anybody who can edo things" The
wise scoutmaster frankly owns himself
an amateur, and learner II neces-
sary, ut the same time keeping himself
In so far MS possible ahead of his boys.
Three hours II week Is probably the
minimum time required. Nevertheless
II Is true that some Of the best scout.
masters ARE otherwise the busiest men.
Just because they are busy men, they
are apt to be efficient men. men Of
power and personality, accustomed to
putting their margins OF leisure to
profitable use. Certainly no better use
could be found for the spare hours of
a good citizen and patriot than to help
In the process of making men, men who
are to be the hope and salvation of our
war rent civilization.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
IS CRIME TO KILL A MULE
French Army Regulations Provide Pen.
atty Of Two to Five Years I'm
prisonment for Offense.

Washington.-Two to Ave years I'm
prisonment for mallclously killing a
government mule
Such Is the penalty provided for this
crime In the ''llvret mllltaIre" which
every French Poilus carries, showing
that though the mule may be French.
his disposition Is exceedingly like his
American brothers, and tempts the
soldier to violence quite as Irresistibly
there as elsewhere.
This small manual of "a pages must
be on the soldiers person night and
day. He must be ready to present 1t
for inspection at every requlsltlon. II
contains his name, address, occupa-
ton, blank pages for notes and Eve
pages of closely printed crimes which
he might commit and penalties at
tached.
As the cover OF these precious 'lly.
rets' Is Of brown paper, the Red Cross
through the American fund for French
wounded has been making for them
small cases Of oilcloth or other suita-
BILE material.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
on GUARD

At this time Of the year people feel
weak, tired, llstless, their blood Is thin,
they have lived indoors and perhaps
expended all their mental and bodily
energy and they want to know how to
renew their energy and stamina, over
come headaches and backaches have
clear eyes, smooth rudy skin, and
feel the exhllaration of real good health
tlngllng thru their body. Good, pure,
rich, red blood Is the best Insurance
against Ills of all kinds. Almost all
diseases come from impure and lmpoy.
erished blood. 1t is to be noticed In the
pale or plmply face the tired, haggard
appearance or the listess manner.
Drink hot water half hour before
meals, and for a vegetable tonic there's
nothing better than Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, the old-fashloned
herbal remedy, which has had such Il
fine reputation for fifty years. II con-
tains no alcohol or narcotics. 1t Is
made from Golden Seal root, Blood
root, Oregon grape root, Queens root,
Black Cherry bark, extracted with gly-
cerine and made into tablets and liquid.
Tablets sixty cents, at most drug stores.
In order to insure pure blood and to
build up the system try this tonic
known as DR.. Plerce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Get 1t now!
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
Robert Position.

Robert was an honor to the force.
lie did not make the acquaintance Of
cooks, nor did he fall asleep on duty.
lie was ambitious and yenrned for the
lime when he would be able to prefix
the magic words "Chief Constable to
his surname. One day recently he ar
rested man on II charge Of assault.
On the case coming before the magis.
trate he inquired as to who made the
allegation against the prisoner.
Forward stepped the Jealous Robert,
who with u sweeping salute, replied;
ME, your worship; I'm the alliga-
tor l"-London Tit.BltS.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
SCOUTS ARE CIVIC WORKERS.

Two boy scout troops In Blrming.
ham, Ala, are connected with the
Chamber of Commerce and the Civic
association, each constituting junior
membership In the organization to
which 1t is attached.
These troops are specializing In
civic matters and are destined to be
very keen rivals. One will receive no
boy under sixteen years Of age and
the other will receive no large boy at
all, and when 1t comes to question of
pep" the little fellows are right there.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
SCOUTS HAVE OWN MUSEUM.

One city has scout museum, the
chamber of commerce providing space
for the display.
II consists Of curlos found on the
hikes, but more especially of scout
handiwork, such as miniature models
Of tents, towers, bridges, aircraft,
boats, cabins and maps.
Only the best In each line Is shown,
and when scout thinks he has one
which should supplant that on dis
play, he submits his offering to the
court Of honor for decision.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
In the Name Of the Lord.

With the multitude, we acclaim our
king. We sing: BLESSED is he that
cometh in the name Of the Lord" But In
the solitude Of our retreat we ask him
to cleanse the temple Of our heart, to
cast out all that offends his holy eyes,
that we may be ready to receive him
when the Lord whom we seek shall
suddenly come to his temple.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
Explosion.

George N. Turner, for 40 years Q
clerk In Nashville grocery store, was
the victim Of practical Joke.
The store was crowded with custom
ers and loafers and Turner was very
busy. A young man came In carrying
a jug and asked for one-half gallon Of
vinegar. After working several min
utes with frozen vinegar pump, Tur-
ner began to Ill the Jug. When II was
about full the jug exploded" and
Turner was covered with vinegar and
soda. The latter had been placed In
the bottom of the jug while the young
man was talking to crowd Of boys.
Turner says he was sure he was blown
up by German b0mb.-Indianapolls
News.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
LIBRARY SLABS HUN KULTUR
German Books Are Banished From the
Shelves Of the Los Angeles
Public Library.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Los Angeles has
made sweeping drive on German kul-
tur as her bit In the psychological war
with which civilians are backing up
the American army.
Following closely on the action Of
the board Of education banning Ger
msn from the public schools, the Los
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
SCOUTING ACTIVITIES.

Scouting activities during the year.
1917 set a new high-water mark In the
history Of scouting.
There were 2704l merit badges is
sued as compared with l9,O47 in 1915
Two hundred and nineteen boys quail.
fed as eagle scouts as compared with
80 in the year before.
Five hundred and twenty-nlne life
scout badges and sos star scout badges
were also issued.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15

20 I can do my house work without any
difficulty. ] advise any woman who p
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia e, Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound . trial and II will do % much for
them. "-Mrs. MARIE BOYD, l42l 9Th
St., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi.
tons where Q hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the other hand
90 many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary - every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give II .
fair trial before submitting TO such .
trying ordeal.
II complications exist, write TO Lydia
e. Pinkhsm Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
for advice. The result Of many Year,
experience ID ct your service.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15

Liberty Is slow fruit. II Is never
cheap; Il Is made difficult because free.
dom Is the accomplishment and per-
fectness Of man.--Emerson.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15

Angeles public library has banished
German books from Its shelves.
Henceforth. for the duration Of the
war, no child In this city viii be al
lowed to study German, and no person,
child or adult, win be able to read Ger
man books and, through their pages,
to absorb any of the viewpoints Of
Germany. English books that may
prove to expound German philosophy
will also be banned.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAyS0l00L
LESSON

(By L. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
the Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago.)
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper Union)
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
HOW MRS. BOYD
"''i 0IP7E3RiNTioN
Canton, Ohio. suffered from .
female trouble which cauued mo much

buuoEinN A1 wv
doctors decided
that ] would have
to 60 through an
operation before ]
could get well
my mother. who
had been helped BY
Lydia e. PinkhaznS
Vegetable Com
pound, advised me
TO tryit before sub
hitting TO an opera
ton. II relieved me
frOun voU tpov1hlna
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15
lNJURE SELVES TO AVOID
DRAFT, IS ODD CHARGE

Milwaukee. - Charged with
having inflicted personal injuries
upon themselves In an effort to
evade the draft, Edgar and Ar.
thur Berth, twin sons of NIL.
lersville farmer, have been
brought here by the federal Off.
Gals. One boy is minus toe,
while the other has lost the In.
dex finger on one hand. Both
youths claim they were accIden.
tally injured while chopplng
wood.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-03-15

No man can make money as a pir-
ate and give II away as a Christian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
SUGAR BELTS BEST
 YEAR SINCE 1882

The New Orleans correspondent of the Manufacturers Record says: With fac- tories generally reporting increased yields of sugar from the cane in many instances as much as 15 pounds per ton of cane greater than in other years, with wonderfully temperate weather prevailing and with labor con- ditions slowly but surely improving, the Louisiana planters are now counting on the best year since 1882, the last previous record year in phenomenal yield of sugar
 Five factories are noY using natural gas from the big Terrebonne fields. All of these factories are big ones-Ashland. Terrebonne Southdown, Argyle Crescent and Myrtle Grove. The gas is giving emi- nent satisfaction
 The clarified and other sugars are moving very much better and the sit uation is in every way easier
 Syrup plants are getting 25 gallons of syrup to the ton of cane, and the high syrup prices are causing many to now manufacture syrup exclusively who pre- viously made part of their crop into sugar and part into syrup.
 Practically every factory will be grind ing well into January this season
 The Terrebonne sugar cane crop cost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
On the EUe Of An Unprecedented
 Era Of Good Times Along AHL Lines
Period Reconstruction Will Speeded Activity Full Swing Equippng Warrior Barges Will Be
 Epocha Splendid Future For Alabama

Readjustment of business conditions ly and a note of optimism prevails in the financial and industrial centers. N. F. HoggSon, a prominent contractor of New York, says that construction work nonessential classification to the greatest of all activities" He says furthermore that every student of the problems of reconstruction has predicted in his cal preme activity of early peace times
 Every indication points to these predc-
 tions coming true. There is," MT. Hogg- son goes on to say, serious economic need for new buildings, mainly because the building industry has been depressed for years. There is an acute paucity of almost every kind of structure, rang ing from small houses for workmen. in- creased peace-time factory and plant ex- tensions, to banks, large hotels and of flee buildings. Soon there will be an unprecedented rush of building Archi- teets Will be given commissions that will flood their offices, so long parched and dry, and orders for plans will be num- bered in the order of their receipt and taken care of in their respective turns. The manufacturers of building material will be utterly unable to fill the ava lanche of orders, not alone for the con- struction work to be done in this coun- try, but for the rebuilding of France and Belgium. Almost every ship that sails
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
SOUTHEAST ON EVE
 OF BUILDING BOOM

The southeast Is on the eve of the greatest business era in it's history, says an Atlanta correspondent in the Indus trial Index.
 That was the consensus of opinion of members of the Atlanta Builders ex- change as expressed at banquet of that organization at the Hotel Ansley, the attendance have been the largest at any similar gathering since the exchange was formed.
 The majority of the members agreed that the markets will be stable for sev- eral years, and in view of the fact that the southeast is now more prosperous than ever before there will be an im-
 mediate need for new buildings They all believed that the only obstacles which they would face in the next few weeks
 would be the shortage of labor and ma- terials.
 A. A. Craig, the president. acted as
 toastmaster assisted by Dan Carey, the secretary. Probably one of the most in- teresting addresses deIivered was by Dan Careys who stated that after many
 months of dull" business and after fac ing numerous embargoes and other dras- tic restrictions on business the mem- bers would now be able to resume the building business without handicaps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16

I hoped for is, in the opinion of many busi-
 ness leaders, the greatest thing that has | yet occurred for promoting the develop | ment of Alabama's vast raw material potentialities. With our rapidly ex- banding coal, iron and steel industries the Birmingham district has been mak- ing wonderful strides, but the equipping
 of the Warrior for heavy traffic along the most modern and approved lines will mean expansion on scale of tremendous magnitude. Birmingham and MobileA will now come fully into their own. This citys growth in the near future will be nothing short of phenomenal.
 The development of the Warrior traffic will relieve the railroad congestion here, and will aid greatly in shortening the re- construction period An era of unprece- dented prosperity is well in sight and this era promises to continue for many years.
 This has been Alabama's most bountifu crop year, all in all. The value of our principal crops, according to Field Agent Gist's final estimates, is considerably above $30O, ,00O 0OO Add the value of the minor crops and the value of the live stock-the increase in swine and cattle within the past five years as result of the diversification movement-has been enormous, and this years total will prob ably reach $6OO,000,000. All of which heiahtens Alabama's prosperity and
 makes this our banner year from an ag- ricultural point of view. And the more prosperous the farmers the more@ pros porous every merchant in town and city. Verify industry will hum in Alabama az never before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
Great Tide Of Prosperit M
 the Muscle Shoals District
By H. FoNTAINE LITTLE

Sheffield, December 15 = (Special.) The great tide of business, prosperity and industrial expansion of the Muscle Shoals district, occasioned mainly be- cause of the vast Muscle Shoals devel- opment, bids fair to be continued in the days of peace as well as during the time of war. True the crest of the con struction work on the nitrate plants here has passed and this has greatly relieved the conJestion that became a serious problem to reckon with soon after the government announced it's decision to begin the development of Muscle Shoals ana thousands of laborers and visitors poured Tn here for the purpose of employ ment and investment
 The Muscle Shoals district compris- ing the cities of Sheffield. Florence and Tuscumbia, and the entire Tennessee valley section of north Alabama has been wonderfully and enormously bene- fitted as a result of the avalanche af business and prosperity which was mad i. possible by the governments decision to naugurate the Muscle Shoals develop ment And even now, though this dis trict, like many sections of the United States, is entering upon period ot industrial and business readjustment, nothing has occurred~te indicate that con- ditions here are likely to become chaotic
 The country is no longer engaged in the grim business of war and in many centers great war emergency plants were established, only to be abandoned al- most immediately following cessation of the world war. Such a condition does not exist here, since the government has an nounced that operation of the nitrate plants here will continue, at the same time ordering work resumed on building the Muscle Shoals dam. These things considered, it is not difficult to visualize
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
TO BEGIN WORK ON
 BIG OIL REFINERY

A special to the Industrial Index says Construction of the extensive oil refin. cry to be established here by the At lantic Refining company will be begun early in January.
 Announcement to this effect has beer made by officials of the company who were in Brunswick several days recently Recently it had been reported that this company had decided to reduce the size of the proposed plant, report being tc the effect that it would not be built, but the officials while here took occasion tc flatly deny all of these reports, stating that they were without any foundation watever
 As matter of fact work on the biz refinery was delayed by. the war, as tht
 work could not be started until it ha6
 been sanctioned by the government
 Now that labor can be secured, how ever, the company announced that the
 active work will begin next month and
 will be rapidly pushed to completion The refinery, as has been obviously
 announced, will be one of theVlarges
 in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
TO ERECT PALATIAL
 HOTEL AT KEY WEST

Orders have been issued by the Flori- da East Grove Hotel Co, St. Augustine, Fla, for the beginning of construction of the palatial hotel building to be erected by that organization. says the Industrial Index.
 Announcement of the issuance of these orders was made by President w. II. Beardsley while he and other off cials of the Florida East Coast Hotel Co. and the Florida East Coast Rail way Go. were in Key West inspecting hotel and railroad properties of the two organizations.
 Assurances were given the people ot Key West that in the near future they will have a new and up4to-d date hotel building, one that will be a credit te the Island City, and in keeping with the worldwide reputation for excel lence attained and so well deserved by all the hotels of the Flagler system.
 It is stated that Key Vests new tourist hotel, which is to be erected on the ocean front, will be three-story reinforced concrete and stucco struc- ture. It will have splendid frontage on the Atlantic, protected by con- crete bulkhead, and there will be d convenient landing place for the various yachts and other pleasure boats that
 
 will be winter visitors in the Island City.
 The grounds about the hotel will be brilliant with tropical flowers and rare plants peculiar to south Florida, while plenty of greenery will be supplied by he palm groves that will be set out.
 The hotels water frontage will eX- tend over some 300 feet or more, with an immense swimming area, leading out from the beautiful white sandy beach. It is considered that the swimming area with it's crystal-clear waters will be a great asset to the city, and will serve to bring many persons there for the mid-winter bathing.
 The whole plan of the new building is exceedingly artistic. The large rotunda, which will be situated in the central area of the structure, will be picturesque indeed There will be a spacious ball room, and the dining room is beautifully planned, being so located that the windows will overlook the blue and sparkling waters of the ocean.