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single responsibility of the American Red Cross demonstrated during the year that Its "war service” In behalf of the veteran and the man enlisted in the nation’s defensive arms must go forward unfalteringly and with* out stint of funds. . The work of the 'last live years has welded a close bojjd of regard between the men who sacrificed and the Red Cross, whose efforts are praised and Indorsed by the Veterans’ organizations. To do all that can be done to soften the con* sequences of the hard blows of war Is the supreme duty of the Red Cross, to which It Is giving Its best work and most liberal service. Aids 200,000 Veterans and Their Families-27,000 Dis- . I abled Still in Hospitals. SPENDS $5,866,255 IN YEAR + Your + RED CROSS Individual Attention Assured to . All Physically Ailing or .T In Distress. Chartered by Congress to relieve suffering — in peace and in war —at home and abroad. Join or Renew Your. Membership Nov. Uth to 29th ’Washington. — War service five years after the annistlco, which on November 11 the American Red Cross mn ’ks with the opening of the annual mi nbership canvass, shows that dur ing the past year assistance was ex- ten iiod by die Red Croas to some 200,- 000 ex-sorvico men or their fami lies. To 130 hospitals throughout the country approximately 75,000 ex-serv ice men were Admitted for treatment, and to 63,206 of tlieBe men deflnlte and specialized service was oxtended, the Red Cross annual report discloses. In all hospitals under government opera tion a total of nearly 27,000 disabled veterans woro roported by the Sur geon Goneral of the Army. These facts of the aftermath of physical and metal disability five years after the World War, and the burden resting upon the relatives and de pendents of tho ex-service men, show conclusively the groat need of the Red Cross to act as a supplementary arm of tho government In service to those many thousands of men who wore the uniform of the United States. It should bo emphasized that govern ment assistance is necessarily stand ardized along specified lines affecting them as a whole. The Red Cross serv ice Is to the individual man and the polutlon of Ills problems. This the Red Croas designates "home service" for its alms to givo the loving care pnd interest of tho home to those mon undergoing physical reconstitution Extends Service to New Fields and Brings Healing Hope to Remote Sections. First and most The first starting battery (1911) was an Exide, and today more new cars leave the manufacturers* hands equipped with Exides than with any other battery. We have the right size Exide for you, and the right kind of repair service for all makes of batteries. “The supreme opportunity for lead ership’’ for the American Red Cross is Its health service. Thus a committee made up of prominent physicians, san itarians and public health experts, after months of exhaustive study, re ported and urged that hot only should tho Red CroBS continue Its present service, but should undertake a comprehensive educational campaign along public health lines. The an nual report of the American Rod Cross, just issued, discloses that It has grasped this opportunity In the fields of public health nursing, in struction in home, hygiene and care of the sick, nutrition work, first aid to tho injured and in water life-saving. Health service is fundamentally, historically and practically an lmpor-, tant function of the Red Cross, and each year markB its extension into new fields and along broader lines. In the Red Cross Nursing Service there are enrolled nearly 40,000 nurses, 20,- 000 of whom served during the World War. The past year Red Cross nurses were assigned to duty in Isolated sections of Alaska and North Caro lina and to work among the fisher men of Penobscot Bay, Me. Tho Public Health. Nursing Service, inaugurated - by the American Red Cross in 1912, which operates chiefly in rural sections untouched by other public health agencies, has 1,038 Red Cross nurses working under the di rection of Chapters. This work has won so high a regard' that many of the nurses are taken over by the local authorities to maintain health services tor their communities. Instruction in Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick is noting a steady advance. Blnce 1914 certificates of proficiency have been given 804,427 women who com pleted the Red Cross course. In the last year 26,695 certificates were awarded and. 65,901 students were un der the instruction of 1,054 Red Cross nurses. Tho benefits derived from meals balanced to meet each person’s pecul iar needs is winning widespread rec ognition through the work of the Red Cross Nutrition Service, particularly in the schools. During tho school year 2,688 carried on regular instruc tion tn nutrition, reached more than 150,000 children and adults. More than 2,250 volunteers assisted In this work. Throughout the country 35,283 health meetings were held under Red Cross auspices, attended by approxi mately 254,500 persons. One Movie Pest Will Pay His Pine; Philadelphia. -Harry Black Is proud of his clear, distinct pronunciation/ He was in fine form recently, as he sat In a movie and read each title aloud as it was flashed on the screen’ loudly and sonorously. When hearby members of the audience objected,' Harry thought they were churlish fel-, lows \yho .knew,little, of elocution, and kept right oh. Harry did not see light; Until Magistrate Fitzgerald fined him’ $18,50 and ad Monished .him about theater etiquette. •} Atlantan Second In Mehtal Teste i Macon.—Paul S. Etheridge, an At*; Ianta boy, and a graduate of Fulton, high school,.ttiade the second highest! average of the freshman class of Mer-' cer uhlverslty in a psychological test' given to the - first year men, according’ to - a recent statement given • out ;• by Prof. Peyton Jacob, dean of the Mer cer school of education. Etheridge’s average , whs 88.2%. Ndgro Is Killed While Fighting Snake ■ Huntsville, , Ala.—Will Brooks, well known negro farmer, was killed by the accidental discharge of his shotgun when, he struck at' a snake with the butt of.Xhe weapon. He had forgotten that ho had cocked the gun to shoot the h'iri! end a companion called to. him that a snake was near h\s feet. Brooks hastiily turned his gun into a olub ’aUQ it *&s discharged in his ab domen, inflicting a wound which re sulted In death within a few moments. The reptile was one of the largest mon sters ever seen in this section. Noted Seaman Passes To Beyond New York.—Capt. Fred A. Tappen, who, for seven years, cruised the wa ters of New York hay and the Indian river Florida, in -charge of various commercial and pleasure craft, died recently in the United States marine hospital, Staten Island,, from, appendi citis. For a large part of the year Captain Tappen had made his home in his launch, Ananias, taking It to Florida in the winter. He was sixty-; nine years old. New York Bay and Indian river were his favorite cruising water b. We handle only genuine Exide parts $6,866,26F| In behalf of the Men called i to duty in the World War the Red Cross since July 1, 1917, has spent nearly $164,000,000. Today there are 2,608 Chapters In as many localities carrying on this work, aiding thei in dividual veteran, assisting his family, furnishing creature comforts and funds to tide over troublesome periods. The strong connecting link between the Red Cross and the United States' Veterans’ Bureau takes the complica tions out of difficult cases of claims. Tho Red Cross In this work requiring personal representation of the ex-serv ice man has acted In appeal cases, In surance matters, personal and family problems, oamp and hospital activi ties, and in cases of death. This serv ice handled nearly 12,000 compensa tion and Insurance claims, and 2,228 allotment and other claims. 8olve8 Serious Problem The financial problem of the ex-serr- Ice man when traveling to and from hospitals Is a serious one, and in meet ing this constant demand the Red Cross expended $138,334.17 during the year. For extra recreational equip ment in Veterans’ Bureau training centers $14,806 was spent, and for the blinded veterans in the government school funds were supplied to enable some of these unfortunate men to en ter business as storekeepers and poul try raisers. In Veterans’ Bureau hospitals the record of a single month illustrates the large service rendered by the Red OroBS. For example, 15,604 new cases required attention, and a total of 26,- 007 cases were acted upon; 49,868 let ters and. 1,863 telegraph messages written, and more than 1,600 enter tainments given in recreation houses for the benefit of the patients. Authorities declare that the pres ent Is a critical time In" the lives of many of the disabled ex-service Requisition Papers Issued For Moss 1 Atlanta.—Requisition papers were 1 fssued at the offiee of Governor Walk er for F. Lamar Moss, now reported; held at Greenville, S. C., and wanted; in Atlanta for failure to pay alimony to his wife. W. A. Riley, deputy sher-J iff of Fulton county, was designated to; go to South Carolina and bring Moss; back to Atlanta. Suit for divorce was; filed recently by Mrs. Moss against her husband, and until a final decree! is granted she was awarded $15 aj Month alimony and the custody of their two children. Annual Summons to Red Cross Banner On Armistice Day A BUILDING not only looks complete xV.when it is covered with a Carey Roofing, but it is complete — perfectly protected, finished in appearance — a structure built economically and sure to prove economical to maintain. There is a superior Carey Roofing for every type of building. Let us tell you about the one for your building. America’s great humanitarian effort In behalf of stricken Japan early In •September gave the answer to the question, "What Is there for the Red Cross to do In time, of peace?” What the American Red Cross did at once when this crushing earthquake disas ter came without warning showed that It was ready on the Instant with country-wide team work to carry out quickly and effectively the request of the President to lead the national ef fort for the relief of the many thou sands of sufferers. Preparedness to take the field when relief is needed is a charter duty of. the Red Cfoss. Without a membership enrolled In ev ery community in the land this readi ness would be impossible. Thai is why your dollar membership is most important. It is imperative that the struoturp of the American Red Cross be made up of millions of individual units. Highway Pledged By Government Atlanta.—Two important announce ments regarding the progress of Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial were given out by officials in charge of the project. 1. Federal aid -has been promised officially, in constructing -a highway to run past Stone Mountain. 2. Work on completion of Atlanta's quota for the memorial fund haS gone along quietly and with gratifying re sults through the past week, and the $250,000 asked of this city is expect ed by the end of the coming week. Robert C. Neely Dies Suddenly Waynesboro.—Robert C. Neely, one of the leading business men of this section and well known in .cottpn clr-, cles throughout the southeast', died suddenly at his home here. , v . . ,. ..—p — men who during the five years since the armistice' have developed misgivings of recovery. Work Among the “Regulars” Service to the'enlisted, men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps 1b a charter obligation of the Red Cross, which in the last year recorded over 200.000 cases of assistance extended and 834,420 visits to the sick and dis abled. Inquiries by the Red Cross at the request of Government authori ties into the home conditions of sol- d.ier8, sailors and marines aggregated 17,714, and there were nearly 6,000 instances where the. Red Cross locat ed men Tor their families. » AH these activities constituting, a "A Roof for Every Building* j _ _ FOR SALE BY ; B. H. ANDREW & SON P.vRRY, <SA. Subscribe ior the [HOME JOURNAL and keep informed on the afairs of your county He was November 29, the Roll Call this year a former member of the state legisla- will penetrate to the ends of the I ture. Mr. Neely was born in Savan- -earth and to the ships sailing the , nah 67 years ago. For many years seven seas. The 3,600 Red Cross-1 he was one of the most prominent men! Chapters in the United States will in the business, political and social* have their busy volunteers enrolling life of this section of the state.i He' members during ^this period imbued was mayor of Waynesboro Yor several with renewed enthusiasm^ due 40 the teri n 8 , and also served the people recent revival of effort when the cal? the town council. > came from Japan, . I -