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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE GEORGIA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 81. l»l».
Your Eyes
Have you ever considered how much less attention you (five
your eyes than they deserve?
When you begin to feel that tight feeling across your forehead
and an ugly line appears between your browB, there’s your warning
that you have neglected one of your most precious possessions. ,
With children's eyes early attenton means the comfort of going
wthout glasses in later years, that is, in cases where strengthening
is needed. Where more serious trouble exists it means a saving of
sight.
We have an expert in charge of our Optical Department. Let
him examine your eyes. He will fit your glasses promptly if you
need them. If not, he will guarantee you an honest opinion.
We will fill your doctor’s prescription promptly and
ACURATELY.
E. A. MORGAN
JEWELER & OPTICIAN
10 E. Hunter St. Atlanta, Georgia.
“There’s economy in a few steps around the corner,”
i<?l00,000 Reservoir
in Hie Round Oak Chief
Costs you not a penny extra.
Round Oak Boiler Iron Range
Heats the water in the Reservoir
and Bakes at the Same Time
NO MATTER HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE WATER MAY’
BE IN THE RESERVOIR. THE PRINCIPLE IS PATENTED
Hot Water Every Day
When you consider the fact
that hot water in the reser
voir every day every year for 1
the next generation is a very
important convenience, you
will realize why yqu should
have the Round Oak Boiler
Iron Range.
The f100,000 Reservoir
It is called the $100,000
reservoir, for judgement
has been given against
infringers for. this a-
mount.’ It costs you not
one penny EXTRA.
There ore seven other reesom why the Round Ook,
Chiefcvitt please yen. May we show themT
Selman Brothers
— and froth there we went tojapan*
Talk about adventures !
Men in the Navy come
home with the kind of
experiences that most
chaps read of only in the
books.
Here’s your chance!
Uncle Sam has, as you know;
a big Navy and gives red-
blooded young fellows like you
an opportunity to step aboard
and “shove off”.
What will you get out of it?
Just this:
A chance to rub elbows with
foreign folks in strange parts of
the world.
The chance for good honest
work on shipboard—the kind of
work that teaches you something
real; the kind of work that puts
beef on your shoulders and hair
on your chest.
You will get 30 care-free vaca
tion days a year, not counting
shore leave in home or foreign
ports.
You will have the kind of com
radeship in travel that sailor#
know.
You will have regular payj
over and above your meals, Iodg-"
ing and your first uniform outfit!
—good stuff all of it.
You can join for two years.
When you ge$ through you’ll be
physically and mentally ‘‘tuned
up” for the rest of your life.
You’ll be ready through and
through for SUCCESS.
There’s a Recruiting Station
right near you. If you don’t
know where it is, your Post
master Drill be glad to tell you*
To any Father and Moth hr— f
In the Nary your boy’m food, health, work and play, am# '
moral welfare are looked after by reeponaihle euparta.
Shove off! - Join the
U. S .Navy
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Connell Tells How Millions
GontribHtefi by Public Were
Used For Relief.
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months $154,000,000 Was
Mpent Overseas and $119,000,000
In the United 8tatee.
Wnwhlngton. (Special.)—Through a
complete report of the work of the
American lied Cmks In the war hy
Chairman Henry P Davison, on bt?-
half of the war council, the organiza
tion on the eve of ita annual enroll
ment of members during the Third
I toil Gross Roll Call, November 2 to
11, has rendered an accounting of the
many millions given It by the Ameri
can people to help our lighting men
and our allies. The statement Is, in
part, as follows:
“The war council of the American
Red Cross Is now prepared to make a
complete accounting to the American
people of money contributed and ex
pended, as well us the work done by
the American Red Cross during the
period In which the war council was
in cdfitrol of its affairs. The war
council wa« appointed May 11), 1910,
and went out of existence February
28, 1019.
“It wus the practice of the war
council to give complete publicity to
Its policies and finances, hut it is only
now that, a picture of the war period
as a whole cap be presented. It i«
the feeling of the war council that a
report in this summarized form should
he made directly to the public which
provided the money and gave the ef
fort which made the American Red
Cross a success.
“A Statement of the American licit
Cross effort and finances since the
war council relinquished Its control
will be ‘ made to the public through
the executive committee, and it Is inf-
port a at, therefore, that the fact that
this report covers the period only until
March 1. should be carefully noied."
Following are certain round figures
covering American lted Cross partici
pation In the war, as revealed by the
wur codticll's report:
Some Outstanding Figures.
Contributions received
(material and money). $400,000,000
Red Cross members:
Adults, 20,000,000;
Children, 11.000,000 ... 31.000,000
Red Cross workers....;. ft.UMMMMl
Relief articles produced
by V4>1 uii teer worker#..
Families of soldiers aided
by Home Service in U.S.
Refreshments served by
canteen workers in U.S.
Nurses enrolled for serv
ice with army, uavy or
Red Cross
Kinds of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors In U. 3.'...
Kill I ted articles given to
soldiers and sailors in
U. 3
Tons of relief supplies
shipped overseas
Foreign countries In
which Red Cross oper-
871,577,000
600,0U0
40,000,000
23,822
2,700
10,900,000
101,000
a ted
26
Patient day# in Red Cross
hospital in France 1,166,000
French hospitals given
material aid 3,780
Splints supplied for Amer
ican sofdler# , 294,000
Calkins of nitrous oxide
and oxygen furnished
French' hospitals 4,340,000
Men servetf by Red Cross
canteens in France.... 15,371V} *>
Refugees aided in France 1,720,000
American convalescent
soldiers attending died
Cross movies in France 3,110,000
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulances In
Italy 148*000
Children cart'd for by
Red Cross In Italy 165,000
Of the $400,000,000 In money and
supplies, contributed to the American
Rod Cross during the twenty months
the war council was In existence,
$268,000,000 was alloted to national
headquarters, while $137,000,000 went
to the chapters to finance their ac
tivities. Expenditures in the twenty
months totalled $273,000,000, divided
as follows: By national headquarters
In France, $57,000,000; elsewhere over
seas. $64,000,000; In the United States.
$48,000,OIK); by chapters in the United
States, $43,000,000; cost of ehapter-
i produced articles , distributed In
; France, $26,000,000, elsewhere over-
| seas, $8,000,000; In the United States.
|$28,000,000. making total expenditures
In France, $82,000^000, elsewhere over
seas, $72,000,000; in the United States,
f $110,000,000.
Dependable
MERCHANDISE
AT THE
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE
T HE ARRIVAL of real Fall weather does
not catch us napping—we are ready be
yond a doubt. We have the most complete as
sortment of Fall and Winter goods that we have
ever carried and our prices are as low as the low
est and— 1
the Quality is the Best
Ladies Suits,
Coats &
Dresses
All the new weaves and
models are represented in
our assortment. The
fabrics are of the best
and the workmanship un
surpassed. They com
prise the sea^^’s^newest
styles as well as
DD
MODERATION
Men’s and
Boy’s
Clothing
You want to feel com
fortable as well as ‘ ‘dress
ed up” and when you
1 have on one of our well
made suits that’s the way
you feel; and they are re
markably cheap when you
consider the style and
quality. Your dollar will
go further here than in
COME AND
SEE
Shoes For
Men and
Women
We have every
thing fancy a could
demand in the way
of footwear for men
women and chil
dren. Diess shoes,
work shoes and
school shoes.
THE FAMOUS
“ENDICOTT” LINE
Other
Lines
It has always been our pur-
purpose to have on hand
everything that should be
found in a store that has a
reputation for carrying reli
able merchandise. • Whether
you want dry goods and no
tions, men’s or ladies furnish
ings, men’s or ladies’ hats,
men’s, women’s and children’s
underwear, Gloves, ribbons,
laces, embroideries, furniture
rugs, groceries, or hardware
our years of experience and
volume of business enables us
to give you the best values to
be had anywhere.
N.B.&J.T.
DUNCAN
THE STORE OF MANY DEPARTMENTS