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fTnTTTT- G01KIISK ISSUED WEEKLY. yt, PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN IL50 A YEAR Di ADVANCfl VOLUME XXXXIY 's, Asheboro, North Carolina. Tharsday. Aignst 14, 1 NUMBER XX MR. D.

B. McRART RETIRING MAY EDITOR GEORGE W. HOLLOWAT PACIFIC FLEET AT LOS SUMMER SCHOOL A Franldinyille News ON SERVICE ANGLES CALIFORNIA GREAT SUCCESS! AND F. W- PRATHER OF THE HIGH POINT REPUBLICAN. D1SOLVE The Pacific Fleet was at LofiAnge- lcs, California August 9th.

Secretary! MISS EDNA HILL WRITES OF HEB TV YEAR'S EXPERIENCE IN IT the faculty and Sum- XT'? i ntr School. A ihmnk in th mininmflit And tAm of the Navy Joeepus Daniels and fam ily joined the fleet at San Dlero. They Randolph htorship of the Morning Jtepublian, a Mia Ed. HO, daughter of the late On" Siunmer School opened with an t-TL. enrollment of 108.

had as their guest Governor Stephens of California. poltical daily which was launched in High Point about three weeks ago, occurred last Friday following an argu Tom Tucker, of gar ma interesting moving picture show at the academy Saturday night. Misses Hattie and Julia Craven went -to High Point Saturday for a few days' visit. Messrs. Russell Parks, Hazel Pilkea-ton Iige Han'Mck, Jo: in Sumner and Misses Grace Moon and Sarah Parks went to Greensboro Saturday.

Mr. Garland Slack, of High Point, is spending some time in the city. Mrs. Mildred Hargrave, county nurse was the guest of Mr. Hugh Parks Sunday and was a visitor at M.

E. Sunday OR OF ASHEBORO GIVES BAN-r QET TO ADMINISTRATION last Friday evening Mr. D. B. McCrary, retiring, mayor of Asheboro gave a banquet at the Ashlyn Hotel to the officers of his administration and the Fjre Company of Asheboro.

The heads, of the different departments told 4f the work in their department. Dr. EL L. MoflBtt emphasized the spirit of co-operation which had characterized aU the deliberations of the board, resulting in the inauguration of far-reaching and fundamental policies and material accomplishments which would furnish a sound basis for future de fcrl This is the first tune the teachers ol Kuy Prevo and Guy and June Felda, ment, between Mr. George W.

Hollo- year's experience to France. -Miss Hill havedt ur weeks Alleged Robbers of Climax Postoffiee Attempt to Escape by Jumping way, who has been business manager, and Mr. F. W. Prathcr, who has been i rom Tram.

editor. It appears that following a union meeting which had been attended Persia. Bulla and-the summer school has resumed her work Shajias to make this one of the most mTv friond in JUhehoro and schools in this part of the by approximately two thousand people, an argument arose concerning. the la school Sunday morning. Kuy Prevo, Juno and Guy Fields, alleged robbers of the post office at Climax while in cusody of Mr.

C. T. Roan on train 22 enroute to Greensboro for trial effected their escape by diy- bor situation. The was that Mr, Mr. C.

M. York, who for some time Prather lias withdrawn from the busH elopment of the town. has been working at Greensboro, spent MrW. J. Armfield.

chairman of the nes 8 and has gone to his former home bunday with his father-in-law. Mr. school board, responded to the toast, dolph county who will read with inter-, Btate. est her article which gives a detailed1. 18 account of her activities as a Red Cross the teachers in attendance and much good is being accomplished.

The lecture, given on Sanitation by Mrs. Hargave, county nurse, in the au- In the spring of 1917 I have a vivid each day at nine o'clock, is recollection of being awakened very not only mteresting but very instruc-early one morning by the persistent tjvp day. Bloodhounds were were sent from is building a handsome bungalow at Detroit, Michigan. It seems that Mr. Prather desired to suppress all "Our Schools, and told of the develop news regarding the local union organ' Ashevillo Saturday night and followed 'uu' them to their hidintr nlace.

Thev were where he expects to make his future ment of the school the past decade and announced the progress of present im tvuianfiivo art I nva yivv in Clyaan cKrtTV I IOI116 ization while Mt. Holloway sought to" make public all the happenings in the Tk fto nt ko kJ Mr. and Mrs. C. M.

Tree and H. provement and expansion for the near future, a modern steam heating plant realm of unionism. Ihey could not that the. three boys entered the store of Allred and Allred at Climax about Sun.d,ay wth Mr. Free's broth- now being installed to take the place of the worn out hot air system, and that dirt will be broken at an early aferee so made each other the "keep or quit" propsition and cut the partnership.

Mr. Holloway, according to the ing their ''extras." I shall never forget ladies of Asheboro are missing thl thrill or, horror that shook me for treat by -not hearing Har- the moment when I realized that they Some of the tfa were saying "America declares war management, Prof. Sentelle, institute June 1st and robbed the store of about ci'mr- on Aiirea street. rnnrtt n-nc arA nl, I lr. UBBDIS naves BUO IWO Small BOM date for the erection of a commodious, the nnt- nflw rvhinh w0 fh ctw left for Durham Thursday for a few ample; auditorium to be located just east Of the present school building and TV-.

etla a nar. Plmmf dayS VISlt. announcement, is new the editor and general manager. He is also the editor of The Bulletin, of which Mr. Prather has been associate editor.

The close enough to be heated from the fur SfHn. ZZZT Ttha faVTiw I conductor, Bible Study, Miss Miller, startling energy to the fact that Am- and ler- erica was in the war, and there -by the ftl nnA c. lure, How to Care for th2 leetn, Dr. help of God, to stay till the Stars Ashehnrn TW, fpa. Garden garage and hauled the goods Kev- s- Fey of Rockingham, to Kinston where they disposed of this commenced a senes of meetings his car and stole another and proceeded to tc neaf J- J- AUred s.

nace pt this building. Bulletin for the past month has been published at High Point. The ex-Chief of the Fire Department St. Tjouin whm thpv hwp lorntd n.wuiyauy la uuuums tures are given each day at 1:30. Sulon B.

Steadman and his- successor The Fields boys are the sons of Mr. swimming pool near the old water in me worms wiurapn aionir wiui wieir, a. 4 nf. oj i An a a i. tans.

i. boom nas me contract ana Clarence Rush, who have done a great deal (-to develop re department uauc i' iciua vi wic uauuv vici.lv BC. 1 1 with the quaint English custom of calling all nurses "Sisters." A neat English lad, an orderly, came to where we were grouped in the salon and 'inquir tion. Prevo is a "son of Mr. Prevo of to nave 11 reaQy 101 use a MW gan their tortuous course -from coast some beautiful vocal selections.

to coast while camps-were thrown Into.80 to Mr Miler us Franklinville. of.th3.town, told a most lnterestnng manner of the fire equipment and finances of the department. inrs. ju. a.

nomas, aiicr visiung ner AT ii Tv aain durinff the school ed "how many Sisters are there for Andrew Carnegie an Awd ea ross Tiaay, returned Mr? McCrary administration has dinner?" "One hundred and fifty," I -rnvrwi On Thursday evening August 7, Mr. lUllllUliailC UaDBCB j- marked four years during which time causey vox, oi ureensooro, was a Mr. Andrew Carnegie died in his visitor town Friday and Saturday. the town has made wonderful improvement growth. assured him gravely, "but we are not Sisters, we are nurses." He did not get the idea, however, and we continued to be Sisters right along, Later, Then came the question who should and Mrs.

I F. Ross gave a lawn party and who should not go, the usual shake home on Wainman Avenue to ups and readjustments until finally Ue entoe sumer school and faculty, summer was cone, and the Bremzer entertainment consisted of music Unit comnosedf twelve officers, twen- and games. Delifious watermelon and 84th year at his summer home at R. C. Curtis and family spent Sat- After the banquet, the ex-mayor, in Lenox, on Monday from bron- urciay and bunday at Kandleman.

a very happy speech, presented each we learned that this same little boat, chial pneumonia. Monuments in nearly with its lovable crew of bonnie Eng member of the retiring board of aldermen and officers of the administration every city of consequence in the coun Ramseur News ty-one nurses, and fifty enlisted men f.18 s- -r-t was christened Unit "0," and of Wmston-Salem, try, which in past years have paid tribute to his generosity, will continue to li sh lads, was sunk in the channel, with no survivors, on a return trip from Frr.nce. We crossed the channel with a beautiful gold service pin with their monogram on each, bearing his Mr. Waddell and family, of Bonlee. for orders.

r- a Et-Mayor 0. B. Eaton, of Winston- honor his memory, and Americans, visited E. West and family Sunday. Ml- TOotlri'na that night somewhat in fear and trem young and old will continue to think evidence of riendship and appreciation of the co-operation and support which I x.

VIVl 11.1 1 ClllVl UU1U1CU bling, for no one was permitted to even lie down a moment without being fully vi. vsiv nu vvdo spent part of last at Columbia, S. every, one had rendered. dressed and wearing our life preserv Mrs. S.

A. Caveness and r1nno-MT came down from the front ers. The captain did not even leave quarters on November 15, 1917, the Salem, whe is now organizer of thrift nurses of this unit to proceed to Ellis societies ovgr the (entire state, lectured Island to await final orders. la New i to the summer on Tuesday, the York, however, our plans miscarried 12th. The school was delighted with and we were assembled in Hoboken wluch handled his stead, and here we were given our first be a teacher in the full ti.ste of real war life.

We were quar-' sense of the Jrord, says Mr. Eaton, she tered on the roof garden of St. Mary's should instill into the hearts of her pu-HoRnital. in Hhokn. nnint nf Pmhftrk- pil four great principles: Service, I I Irann Hnn -t vase days last week here with friends.

this to the chief nurses. He made almost hourly r6unds of inspection himself. At daylight, we anchored at La Following a divorce case of C. W. Messrs.

uienn facott and Lonnie Bur- riiiUo TiriA. lAa amam Bess recently returned irom fcurooe. Havre and at last we were really in France. thrift, sacrifice and self-denial Lexington the father was given the M.r E. Y.

Steed and family and Miss custody of their little seven vear old Allred visited friends at High a fom ottc iftw tho Tvmvfr romt last bunday. It would be difficult to tell you the mingled feelings with which we step 1918, we- simply endured existence. Mr. Eaton's talk made such an im-Thi6 mnf mi-don nrna fniroefiir naaA Dression on the teachers as to cause of the child together with R. W.

Vail Miss Burgess visited at Ran- ped upon the sacred sou of ranee. or.H Ton Simon nf pfio-h Pnint dleman last bunday. the hospital for tubercular patients to feel the need of thrift organi-nn4 nmi wMnn -mii zations throuehout the schools of Kan- recalled the fact that some famous Aftenwe had refreshed ourselves we wereltaken some little way from the hospital grounds to our quarters a mostwonderful old chateau it was large and roomy, with wonderful grounds around it. We were all quar-teredron the first floor as nearly all the Thorns were large enough to hold threeior four girls comfortably. So the net fay the "Southern QMs," as we were'Sfated-from "that day duty at Base Hospital No.

6 and with the exception of the two who were sent out on detached duty, one to a hospital camp during the "flu" epidemic, and one to a mobile unit at the front, there we stayed for the duration of the war. At first, our duties were very light. ti. i 1 I'd ill nh AA' reatilt one hundred teach- French historian had closed his every went to ThomasviUe and kidnapped the Mr-d Mra, C. Marley left Mon-cTm'rrahWere 'ieri'ecT on "all day fe Washington and Baltimore.

three of the parties whereupon they misses Maage Momtt and ura Scott scarce the building practically no heat reach-, to prganiw thrift societies in their va- lutions by saying And once again Toward Christmas. the cold be-ns schcJljrooms. France was bathed in blood. Little returned tho phi M. The three kidnan- laa" suiiinier school at Chapel Hill.

pers were bound over to court under a Ramseur grocers are ready to be in bond of each. came intense, the thermometer falling msnaw, wno ms oeen re- 0 to "18 degrees below zero and the Hud- cently elected Public Welfare Officer, 'France should indeed beathed, not luuimna Randnlnk countv. met with the ly in the blood of her own gallant sons, vestigated on profiteering on food Employees of the Spencer Railway first time in thirty-seven years. Our teachers Tuesday and discussed plans the blood of her once hated enemy, the i a nnt wn-ri rmniilsnrv sohool attend- English, but also the red, red blood of stuffs. I am sure there nothing to be adjusted by any one here.

While ev- prvf.llino WTO out ia Uflfn Viio-Vi i'nrli-wu4 4-1. Shops Return to ork uuaitcio yy cic iowuu ouu duuwcu in uy i tnma And Bnm. hW. nv.nNvi n11. anca in Rafldtloh.

Tlie miblic 1, mvit- America wonderful manhood, all I Employees numbering. from 1500 to biim nf 2000 who have been in the employment ia the foodstuff line at a very close margin of profit. of the Railway shops at Spencer returned to work Monday. The Kev. W.

M. Smith filled his regular The Boston unit had been located here already for six months, so the hospital was in good running order. Additions to 'the same were constantly being made and our final number of wards was 101 with a capactiy of 5000 patients. Our work at this time consisted largely of patients from the neighboring camps the 18th. and 20th engineers, and colored stevedores from the decision to return to work was reached! the Methodigt Sunday, preaching two good sermons.

ft a mwiMi vi tut; ciu.tsi unday afternoon and the v.orkmen Mr. and JVlrs. Ed Vestal, of Jordan, were promptly notified. One of the puy nouneu. une oi ubl, employees said that the whistle that Watkms family Greena.

blew on Monday morning sornded as bor0f spent gunday here pa. gVU C13 Ultui Mttlll 1111U. vAnfo nearby docks, fractically all were suffering from pneumonia and a largo shoes with difficulty from various pools 'ed to attend Ry feature of the sum-'mingled in one common cause Free-of water around our beds. The food mer schooL dom, begotten of the love of liberty, was very poor and quite insufficient in I The foU4ing have enrolled since I Our stay in La Havre was brief and quality so othat practically every nurse the last fcwuo S. L.

Varner, Mary here our struggle with the French in the unit, including the chief, became 'Horney, LilUe Powers, J. L. Millikan, language, the chief difficulty seemed to ill with pneumoniaVbronclutis, measles Pearl Russell, Bertha- Russell, J. W. be in convincing them that we wanted, and almost all of the various ills that HaU.

I really WANTED, a drink of water. flesh is heir to. Finally an epidemic of I n- During one meal the landlady brought mumps and measles broke out at Camp set one owning out in the middle of uo every brand of drinks conceivable, Merntt and many of the soldiers were4 the AUantts Oeean, our man-of-war, from vin blanc to clfampagne, while we brought to this hospital, which at that for easons we have never known wildly shook our heads and waved our time was 6nly partly taken over from we nbvr knew anything turned glasses. Finally, a bright French lad the Sisters by the military, and we and with Uttte ado set out way suggested a word to her, then they all gladly went on duty with them. We "back home.1" Just as long as we cduld laughed uproarously.

and she brought were much happier and more conrforta-' see we leaned over the rail and strain- us a drink of water. After our two ble on the wards than in our own quar-'ed our eyes lor one last glimpse of the days rest at LaHavre the various units ters. This did not last long, -however, steel monster that had been our tower! with whom we had made our journey About the first of February we were of strength lor so many days, and fi- were sent in various directions, none ordered to Ellis Island to await final nally it dipped out of sight beyond the knowing what the exact destination sailing orders and oh, what a won- horizon andwe only -looked at each! was to be. Again we were crowded on derful hour when those orders came! other in silence and truned away. As tiny cars, similar to.

those in England, the discomforts of the, past were night drew nearer th bi transports and only slightly better equipped than and Mrs. iuhj luic R. I. it. x.

Mr. i o.ij I ivciu.ia a i wo million oianKcis 10 oe ouiu r- By The War Department l.w percentage of these had to be operated upon for empyemia. However, when I was placed on night duty I was given what we called the "Nut Ward" epi The war department is offering to M- Va. tt Mp9 the public two million surplus army Bailey of Greensboro, are visitors at leptics, mostly, who had got by the ex Arrangements nave oeen h. W.

Scott's this week. amining board, thrown a fit on board made lor their distribution through the postofuce and municipal channels on the same plan adopted for the food Bandleman News Special services are being held at the ship, and had to be sent at once to the hospital on landing. Those patients stayed in the hospital for months some times before a return passage could stuffs. Holiness church this week. Evangelist prices Coleman, of Baltimore, is doing the For individual purchasers, be secured for them.

A noticeable fea will be $6 for new wool blankets, and preaching. Large congregations are iui vbucu. wcic uuffunii mvuK Hunyeu Biienuy inw) our Blue uii 111 wc uw.wu, ture of this obscure disease was that $5 for reclaimed wool; for new cot- attending and much interest is being ton mixed, end for reclaimed: $3 manifested. when one patient fell into a fit prac with four other units, on a tiny boat could almost touch them, and so we and snaked over into New York harbor plodded our way through the dark wat- in which the. soldiers traveled.

Our three days' rations cf brown bread, bully beef, tinned cheese, pork and for new cotton and $1.25 for reclaim- Quite a number from here attended where wo marcehd silently, on board, ers toward we knew not what But oh, tically all the others followed suit, so that my time was spent largely in stuffing wooden applicators between -the magnificent English boat, the S. wonder of wonders, when morning beans, and jam, were hastily pitched in ed cotton. The reclaimed, it is explain- services at Bethany Sunday to wlt-ed, are blankets used less than a year neS8 the unveiling of the monument which are renovated and laundered, to tho lata W. J. Mumhv hv th Wonri.

These selling prices will be fixed for Lpn of thn WnrlH their teeth and in reviling the astonishing inefficiency of medical boards in general, and in particular, those who made it possible for a nurse to travel 8,000 miles, at endless expense to the stockj retailed through municipalities Mrs. Routh, of Bennett, returned and postmasters. In addition, the do- home last week after spending some to us and we were on our way. There was no, water on the train, so we opened out cans during the journey without "washing and ate with grimy fingers and black faces, but hungry as bears nevertheless. On the third 'day we reached Bordeaux which the interpreter, who traveled with us, told vs was oar journey's end and here we found American amublances lined tip to take government, to nurse epileptics and piuuucui, wiu VMUU.CU ui uoic iuu (ugg tne Hospital here, of 20 -at prices lower than the retail Mrg.

of Asheboro, will leave figures. No more than 10,000 blankets the loroi hosnital this week. mental deficients that a trained blind Carmania, This boat carried besides came, riding majestically ahead, just our medical corps of 500 officers, as if nothing had ever happened, was es, and enlisted men, 2,000 signal corps' big British warship whose camou-and aviators and a crew of 600. sides and clumsy false upper course Jthe soldiers were lined up to deck led one at first to believe that only see the nurses come on board, dressed an old scarecrow of a ship had replaced in their regulation dark.blua serge and cur own steel craft but "Oh, boy," she blue felt hats and one of them remark- was rained and crammed with guns in-ed, "Gee, you gMs look 1JV undent' aide and in fact was no less a person-Then we began our wonderful age than the British man-of-war, Vic-journey across the sea. With scarcely torla.

led us through the Gulf a sound our majestic boat was loosed; stream, along the coast of Ireland, into from its moorings, every living soul, the danger tone where we were met was ordered inside, the port holes and by eight British destroyers, across the '1 will be sold to a single purchaser. Mrs. 01 Dicks, who was operated on I last week, is getting along nicely. Hamlet Visited by Fraudulent Organ man should have recognized by touch ac being impossible for a soldier. C'est La Guerre, however.

At this time, April, 1918, very few Americans were actually in the fighting but a little later our first convoy of wounded )en ar Miss King, oi Asheboro, who was Izer I operated on for appendicitis two weeks ago, will go home this week. Hamlet has been visited by a frau us out to the hospital to which we had been also a kindly gray haired lady, tie chief nurse of the unit already in charge at this baie, welcomed dulent organizer of the Ku KJux Klan, Mr. Poole, of Asheboro, was operated rived I rom front and we went to who it seems collected a targe inm of Monday at hogpiul hero. doors were closed, and with never a 'bar and finally into safe harbor at liv-h1 warmly, farewell glimpse of our beloved God- erpool. We dropped anchor at twor Oh, it see money in memoersnip iees.

At tne Charle. Alll. who seemed good to meet real Am work in good earnest These boys were mostly victims of hand grenade explosions and were wounded mostly erican boys again too, and I am quite sure those 'ambulance drivers never hour fixetf for organizaOon it happen- ated on Monday la ioing nd ed that a visitor fromAthens, Ga, in hCipei are entertained fo? her steady passing through dropped in at the meeting and recognized the organizer Jm Ledbettj. youngest son of Rev. dess of Liberty to cheer us on our o'clock one Sunday night and at 10 a.

we were carried out of the harbor into m. debarked in a heavy fog on English the open sea. Later in the day when toil And England! so -beautiful and well out of sight of land we were al-'groenl so evidently, the home of'the lowed on deck and a day and tight lat-LEnglish speaking race so sad er we anchored at Nova Scotia, where1 and heartbroken and hungry. It was we lay in harbor three days awaiting there that we began to know the ml our convoy of Canadian vessels. Fin-1 mpmnintf of war in its horrihlenAaa for Wok hu Honti; o5 J- A- Ledtter, had his tonsils remov- -5? PY Pr.

Wilker.on last week. looked quite so good before in their lives. I think-1 had forgotten to state that we bad left the men of own unit at a rest camp In England. A five mile ride brought us to our final destinationBase Hospital No. a full base unit from tho M.

G. Boston. The hospital itself had been a French 1 Of all the patients who have been In orwuwr, xoreea reiuna uici th- hoonitnl hr th. money paid In membership fees. ally with no blowing of whistles nor.

they had then seen three years of It has died and he an old man from West Virginia, who was dying- before he mmmuuaa ox Any una our eirnt un- and th rrlnnlod and wonndwl frtivi Supprise Blrthdsy Dinner For Mr. came here. mense transports loaded to the top rail jus on every cide. I shall always re- J.B. Elmore of Randleraaa school for boyl and had been taken over first by the French themselves for Dr.

Asbury. of Asheboro. Is assist wiui uBu-ciaa vanaaian, ana Amen- member England as do nir sadder than On Sunday August 10th a supprise LlLJ Jl II. ing Dr. Wilkerson in several operations a hospital and later turned over to the sDout me legs and tups.

One boy, a lad of 17, carried 13 separate wounds, beginning with cuts behind his ears and on his cheeks, the muscles of his left leg were entirely paralysed. It usually took me thirty minutes to do his dressings. As the fighting grew fiercer at the front our convoys were more frequent and the wounds deeper and more serious, fractures and amputation became-numerotis and then the Balkan francos and Dakin tubes became more popular than ever. After the morning dressings the nurse went around every two or three hours with a bottle of Dakia's solution and a large syringe and Injected enough of the fluid into the tubes to keep the dressings wet This was done day and night so that the wet dressings did not adhere to. thewounds and consequently caused modi less palabesides keeping tre wound dean.

It was simply horrible to have to remove the drvulnn rimor. in. honor of til. 112 MrthrUv at hnPtal. Americans.

It was a large rambling stone structure, four stories high and the large school rooms and dormitories his home in Randleman by his children Dr. Wilkorson Is proving himself to and other relatives. Fortv ai smarts I be one of the tnost successful surgeons had been turned into wards. In addi were present and participated in the! of the state and his hospital is np-to- celebratlon and enjoyed the sumptuous I oave ana wcu equippea. dinner which was served on the laws.

I 1 can troops, gathered around our boat even France They were really which was the flagship and gaveorders in far straits because, for one of procedure to all the others, and-we thing, the millions of supplies that fgain put out to boat, the were dally being literally hurled Into Carmania. was sister ship to the Tus-j France by the Americans. In the beau-canla, which had been sunk only a tiful and spacious Northwestern Hotel, short while before, and was being care- where we spent the remainder of the fully guarded and all precautions were 'day, we had hardly enough food to i prevent the Germans from keep our notably large American sppe-kn owing that troops were being car- tites satisfied. At night we returned ried over on It, as it seemed they were our Journey toward in particularly anxious to destroy this creeping -snail-like across beautiful line of steamers a thought England in miserable second class not specially comforting to our souls, trains, sitting bolt uptight all night on The table was 82 feet long and was Miss Eula Routh Weds Mr. Jane Push loaded with delicious Those prrs-l A most beautiful marriave was soV- ent from out of the county were; Mr.

emnized last Sunday morning at the and Mrs. E. C. Hanncr and family of home of Mr. and Mrs.

W. V. Routh on tion to thia row after row of long wards had been built out from the main building and connected to It by board walks, until It looked like a small camp. The hospital was beautifully situated among the trees and flowering shrubs and we felt as if we had at last reached port The chief led us all duoty and tired to the nurses' mess hall, and, as It was about four o'clock in the afternoon, they served ta in Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs.

L. M. HiUard Millboro RouU 1, when their oldest of Greensboro, Mr. XX T. Elmore and daughter, Miss Eurilla, became the daughter of High Point Mr.

and Mrs. bride of Mr. James F. Pugh. Theso from the badly wounded who had Just come la from the field hospital It took the hospital train twe days to bring vrwit rentress and family of Greens-1 young people are among the most- un me nrtt leg of our Journey, or until wooden benches that extended length we were about half way across, we.

wise of the ears, and arrived in South- boro, Mr and Mrs. T. Mill Van of highly respected of the Millboro sec-High Point and Mr. 8haw of Greens- tion as was attested bv the largi nunv regular New England fashiea, with de men dbck as iar as our base. They wr seldom dressed on the train an were protected by our own American ampton at daybreak where we ate our man-of-war audi think none ftfus will scanty bresVwVan wre thn Clever forget the distinctly sinking feel- ed onto the Engli.h hospital boat Waning we experienced when Just at sun- rilda, where 1 first becamo acquainted br W7ounf teopis pfMietit at the Mr.flElmore weithe recipient Of marrisge.

Rev. J. A. Ledbetter'was licious white beesxi and blackberry jam. I always knew after that junt how that bread and Jam tasted to the boys (Continued on eighth page.) many useful and beautiful presenta.

I tho officiating minister..