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RED CROSS YEAR'S
COST S2U66,255
Nearly $12,000,000 Devoted to
I Helping Victims of Great
Japanese Earthquake.
OVER 3,000 BUSY CHAPTERS
Aid to Disabled War Veterans
\ Paramount and Reaches
Nearly $4,000,000.
1 /
1 Washington.?More than $21000 000
'wan the total of funds expended Id
?11 activities of the American Red
Cross during the last fiscal year,
ended June 30. says a statement ls
?ned by the National "organization
This expenditure was almost one
sixth of the amount of money dis
bursed by the Red Cross in the war
year, July. 1917, to June. 1918. Of
this extraordinary sum $11,631,303 was
'America's contribution to the Red
Cross for relief of the Japanese earth
quake victims. This was increased
to $11,763.803 by appropriations from
general funds of tho Red Cross, and It
represented probably the largest spon
taneous outpouring of beneficence of
a single nation in the history of the
world.
Over 3,000 active Chapters expend
ed during the year $4,869.000, the Na
tional organization disbursed $16.497,
255.35, making the total $21.366.255.35
?all for humanitarian work which
reached practically around the world.
In announcing the year's record of
'American Red Cross industry the ex
ecutive officials at Washington empha
size the fact that the extensive and
'Qever-halting work of the Red Cross
depends almost wholly upon the na
tion-wide support of the organization
ifrom the memberships enrolled during
the annnal roll call which this year
will be in progress from Nov. 11 ts
$7. when everyone ts asked to Join
or renew their membership In the
American Red Cross.
8oldler Service Paramount
Service In behalf of the disabled
veterans of the World War and their
families Is a paramount obligation of
the Red Cross. The organisation,
through Itn Chapters. Is constantly in
touch with this duty In 2,609 communi
ty? throughout the United States?
the Chapters alone during the rear ex
pending In service for veterans ahout
$2,000.000 The National organization
expended $1.735,825?a total of $3,735.
825 applied to assisting war sufferers
toward recovery from disability and
distress.
This work Is constant in hospitals,
sanitarluir?, camps, soldiers' homes.
In the community. For example. In
tieiplng disabled men and women In
places where they were transient resi
dents $173.076 from national funds
alone was required to help solve their
problems. Every Red Cross service is
? ever at hand ready to meet the In
dividual need of these men and
women.
The enlisted men In the Regular
Army, the Navy, and the Marine
Corps, with their home ties, mean a
never-ending Red Cross service which
figures cannot fully interpret. In this
work a total of $685,285 was applied
In meeting an obligation under the
Red Cross charter which has been ful
filled for over 20 years.
t Ocmestic Operations Extensive
In the past year Red Cross opera
tions were almost wholly confined to
Continental United States and the
Insular possessions Relief work fol
lowing disasters called for immediate
activities in 192 places and a total of
$737.603.87 was spent In this service
alone In 33 major disasters trained
workers were kept at the work of
rehabilitation for many months.
In carrying on the health activities
a total of $444.886 66 from Red Cross
national funds, and $808 000 from Chap
ter treasuries?appropxlmately $1.252
886 in all?was applied, giving some
idea of the extent of Red Cross ser
vice in the fields of public health
nursing, nutrition Instruction, and
spreading knowledge of personal by
Clene and care of the sick In the home
Por advancing the cause of human
safety, the First Aid instruction, local
ly by Chapters and over extensive
national territory by the Red Cross
Instruction car covering trunk line
railroads, and ip teaching water
safety and Increasing the membership
?f the Red Cross Life-Saving Corps
ths total cost was $2$8.234.71, of which
1241,234.71 came out of nstlonsi funds
\ Army of Over 8,500,000
I The Junior Red Cross In the schools
?? with over 5.500,080 In Its "1 8ervs"
ranks?was sided with $533,510 78 to
which It Is estimated the Chapters add
ed some $277,000?s total of $610,(10,7$
In vasfoas other domestic activities the
Red Cross s post $282,472.18. snd the
Chapters In thsfr numerous voluntary
services sxpended an additional
#1.048.808 daring ths year.
i. Persic* oMIgstfops, astte Jnm
Positive Proof That
Woman Had Been Poor
She looked rich and acted rich. be
?aline she had married a rich man, yet
at least one womau at the tea party,
say? a writer In the New York Times,
discovered thut she had once been
poor. "Take It from me," she said,
"there was a time, not so very Ion?
ago, when she was as poor as the rest
of us."
"How did you discover that?" In
quired h??r neighbor.
"Because she knew where 1 keep all
my housekeeping things. She kngw
that the tea caddy was in the writing
desk, that the cheese biscuits and
other edibles beloved of mice were In
that box under the ?ofa, that the alco
hol for my stove was In the corner be
hind the washstand, that the butter
and milk were on the window ledge
and that the eggs and other foods were
In a box on the bottom shelf of the
wardrobe. When we were cooking she
went straight to the spot and got
every one of those things without ask
ing once where they were, which Is
something that a person who had not
kept house In one room could never
have done."
When Barrett Wendell
TVas Roused to Anger
For all his scholurly dignity, Bur
rett Wendell, Harvard professor, now
and then lost his temper and especially
at footbull games. In his biography,
M. A. DeWolfe Howes recalls an occa
sion .when Doctor Wendell and his
daughter were greatly annoyed by an
excited fan directly in front of them,
who kept leaping up and cutting off
their view.
When protests proved of no avail,
Wendell upraised his professorial cane
and brought It crashing down on the
man's head*, breaking his bat.
A roar of laughter went up from the
delighted students who witnessed the
Incident, increasing when the man
turned around shouting furiously:
"Who did thut?"
"I did," replied Wendell calmly.
"Come out and I'll buy you a new
hat."
They exchanged cards and were gone
from the game long enough to make
the necessary purchase.
Sewing Machine Inventor
The father of. the modern sewing
machine was Ellas Howe, who died In
tS()7. The patent for his first machine
was taken out in 1846, and Its prin
ciples still form the basis of most mod
ern ones. Howe cunie from Massachu
setts, and en rued his living in a fac
tory for making cotton machinery; hut
the honor of inventing the first sewing
machine Is not entirely American,
since various clumsy machines tor
sewing leather and stuff had been
evolved previously in England and In
France. Howe visited England, but
only managed to sell his patents for a
bagatelle of $1,250. The descendants
of his machine can do anything from
button-holing and darning to the finest
embroidery.
That Boston Joke
A number of boys ?vere playing
baseball in a vacant lot In Boston,
when the ball crashed through the
window of an adjacent house. The
wrathful householder stormed out in
pursuit of the guilty ones. He man
aged to capture one spectacled, slow
fyoted youth.
"I didn't do It, mister! I wasn't
playing with them," the lad panted.
"Then what did you run for?" roared
the injured man.
?"I?I'm afraid that I was a victim
of the prevailing mob hysteria, sir."?
Country Gentleman.
Value of Self-Control
Self-control is self-direction, as well
as self-restraint. The engineer controls
his engine not simply by preventing it
from running off the track or from
colliding with an obstruction. It Is
rather by making it do the work for
which it was constructed and intended
?in pulling the train and getting some
where?that he establishes his reputa
tion as an efficient engineer. Once
give the boys and girls this positive
side of the mntter of self-control and
you set them on the path to develop
ment, of operation and a large mensure
of success. Do not be a prohibitive
'.eaclier.?Education.
Timber Well Protected
Outright theft of timber is rare In
the national forests. Each year there
are some cases of timber trespass, but
usually these trespasses happen
through no criminal Intent. They are
frequently dne to Imperfect title rec
ords on the part of private operators
The government maintnins a corps of
rangers and forest guards on the no
tlonal forests, who In the conrse of
their dally work are constantly travel
Ing through the forest areas undei
their Jurisdiction. Tltls patrol pre
vent* deliberate theft and discovert
?nd corrects unintentional trespass
The pennlty for deliberate trespass lr J
severe and 1? applied rigorously, I
The Painted Windsor
IN all the furniture world painted
fuc.iture is the most interesting.
It offers splendid opportunities
for e*pressinfr individuality in the
choice of color and finish and its
use in every part of the Iiouse is
advocated by the best decorators.
Painted furniture may he usod to
furnish an entire room, or a piece
or two like the Windsor chair and
tabic in the illustration will provide
a relief note where the color scheme
threatens to be too sombre. These
pieces may be purchased in the na
tural wood and painted in any desired
color. They .r.ay he stcnciled or
decorated witn dccalcomania trans
fers. The latter should.be varnished
or shellacked to make sur*? of their
oermanent adbe??'
Tncrease the Beauty
and Value of Your
Farm andHome 20%
(Avernge increase due to planting,
reported by real estate dealers.)
The planting: of a few fruit an-t ornamental
trees will quickly increase the value of your
home in accordance with the percentage quoted.
At small cost you may have pecan, persimmon
?nd lig treat that will soon yield a profit.
Roses, flowering shrubs and vines are inex
pensive. They add beauty and value to the
home and pleasure to the owner.
Everything needed to beautify your homo
grounds and garden is listed in our new it?
lustrated catalogue. It wilt be mailed free
on request. Write for it today.
GRIFF ING'S
INTERSTATE NURSERIES >
Jacksonville, Florida
EASTER THE SEASON TO BUILD
The Easter Season ushers iu the
Springtime, the season of home
building. Have you completed
yonr plans? If so, let us give you
an estimate on the lumber you
will need in its construction.
We have millions of feet of high
grade lumber. The kind you wil
feel perfectly safe in using tor
durability.
FORT VALLEY LUMBER
COMPANY
Fort Valley, Ga.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine
Those who are In a "run-down" condi
tion will notice that Catarrh bothers them
much more than when they are In good
health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease. It is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HAM/S CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
Combined Treatment, both local and in
ternal. and has been successful In the
treatment of Catarrh for over forty years.
Bold by all druggists.
F. J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
MONEY TO LOAN
I am prepared to Loan Meoe? or
R**l Rotate without Com minion.
A. A. SMOAK,
Imc. Perry.GU
LOANS ON FArtM LAND!..
W? ara prepared t? elate leans
presrptjjr o? Fmtm I aada. ? par at.
Interest.
DUNCAN tk NUNN,
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DUNCAN * NUNN
AMeraeye A Ceaaeellert at Law.
Praaiiea ia AJ
PttKT, OA.
W. A. STVtOTHER
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NEW HARDWARE
Coming In Almost Daily.
Come in often and look over
Our Stock of Hardware and
> \ ?
Farm Implements. We think
it will be to your
Advantage.
B. H. Andrew & Son
Perry, Georgia
"AT YOUR SERVICE"
IT IS
A PLEASURE
TO SERVE
Satisfied Customers
Our Steaks and Fresh Meats
Will Please You
Quality and Quick Service"
Is Our Motto
Give Us A Call
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FRESH MEATS GROCERIES
PERRY, GEORGIA.
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On Niagara Orchard and Cotton Dusting
Machinery and Niagara Dust and
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Fertilizer for Orchard and Farm
All Kinds of Feed Stuffs.
Your Business Will Be Appreciated
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Perry, Georgia.
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for
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