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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-19

without orders? Do you want to give
away our position?"
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/ scornfully, when dat shell come over
j dere. nah position am over here. an
IL a shell comes here, nah position am
( somewah else. All amt got no regular
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-19

tcenth century, when the Haly Aiii-
anCe under the lead OF Russia W"s
trying to strangle liberal forms of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-19
GLAD TO GIVE TT AVA,

Hey. your yelled lieutenant ia
a negro doughboy who, at the screech
OF an approachinS she'll, had jumped
from his shellhoIe and run over TO ~
other. What do you mean by moving
The sun., 1919-08-03
he Wild whit
his Fenchco horaor M Wops

poEtan for August is Tannehil. by Louis
Joseph Vance, a narrative repeilant IN
some respects, yet expressing the spiritual
truth of mans hunger for the good, and
showing how one man effectually killed
the good in himself by DESTROYING hs
dream.
The leading story in the Red Book Is
Alice Duef Miller's The Red Carpet, an
improbable but amusing account of how
a group of American snobs we're forced to
reveal their plebeian anteeedents when a
threatened Bolshevik uprising brought
about a swift reversal of pretence. Mrs
Miller writes with ightness of touch
that is always clever.
Old Vanity, by Elsie Singmaster, in the
Pictorial >RevieW, an account of young
mans enlistment under difficulties, would
have been more readable before enlistment
stories had been overdone. Her Choice Of
q Husband, by Christine Whiting, Par
menter, in the american, is a simple
story of everyday people told with human
appeal, though showing too obvious con-
cession to the desire for joyous ending.
The same criticism might be made Of
Mary Hastings Bradley's The Very Best
Man, in the DeLneator, which uses the
trite idea Of an accidental marriage be-
tween two persons who had not the least
intention of marrying each other, yet who
make the inevitable instantaneous adjust
ment to felicity. By the way: What OF
the legality of marriage without a
license, under the wrong namef
Footsteps, by George B. jenkins, Jr,
in the Smart Set, crowds a good many
thrills into a few pages and creates a
genuine atmosphere of horror. The terror
induced by the hearing of footsteps on the
stairs after a crime has been committed
reminds one of De Quineey's discussion Of
the knocking at the gate in Macbeth"
One of the best detective stories appear
ing in a long time is John D. SWANS
The Fascination Of Guilt, in MunSey's.
This account of how Lapierre, the skilled
French detective, brought criminal to
confession shows a new device in the story
Of crime and is worth remembering for
illustrating a phase Of human nature, as
well as for its solving Of an intellectual
problem.
The sun., 1919-08-03
"Arma VirumQue"

Sergeant Alexander Woolleott is either
the most precocious or else the most
versatile of American writers He may
be both. We would not place it be-
meath him. At the age of Is the Ser
geant was dispensing culture 70 Phil
adelphians in the form Of newspaper
critiques. At 10 he was giving Hamilton
College that literary tone which every
truly classical institution ought to have. At
% he was covering the criminal courts for
q New York paper; the stylistic beauty
and the emotional fervor of his reporting
did much to lend crime the lustre which
Mayor Hylan now complains of.
At 26 or thereabout the Sergeant was
putting dramatisits and actors IN their
places and singing the Shuberts' Sere-
made outside theatre doors momentarily
closed against his critical intrusions. At
90, going on 30, he was on board an out
bound transport-bad eyesight seemed to
him no special reason for not doing what
he could; and he did it, with stretchers
and in hospitals full Of misery, until cap
tured by his own army and made special
correspondent of The Stars and Stripes,
with a rowing non-commissiCn and motor
car all to himself.
The result was the best Of the excellent
writing that appeared in the A. E. F.
paper. His "stories" are soon to be re-
published, just as written but in book
form, by the Century Company under the
title, The Command Is Fortcdrd. The
book will be worth owning. The author
already has one volume to his credit
What 1 Said to Mrs. Fiske, or something
TO that effect
The sun., 1919-08-03
Some Stories in
August Magazines
By DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH.

THE special fiction numbers Of the
Il magazines are an August JOY, com
ing as they do at the midsummer lull In
book publishing, when books are fewer
and lighter in quality as a-rule than at
any other time. This month the fiction
shows wide range in point of material
and style, from thistledown romances to
terrible tales of war and the supernatural.
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, whose -Four
Horsemen have been breaking all speed
and distance records, is represented by
two stories in current periodicals.
AriGdDe in the Green Book. an over
sentimentahzed tale of a lovers desertion;
and ASerbi0n Night in Hearsts Magazine,
which is one of the strongest stories of the
month, if not the strongest. 1t is short,
but has the relentless horror that some of
De Maupassants brief war narratives
possess. 1t is really an incident, rather
than a story containing a developed plot,
but is perhaps the more powerful because
showing the disconnectedness of life. 1t is
as far removed from the pleasant pretti-
ness or the suggestive eroticism of the
conventional magazine fiction as one could
well imagine.
This story deserves unstinted praise,
and yet the magazine places In position
of honor before it a poorly written and
highly illustrated failure by Frederick
Arnold Hummer, Don't Kno:c Your
Name. Here a chorus girl, after an
acquaintance of week, marries an elderly
millionaire, who obligingly dies of the flu
in less than a day. Two days later she
and his son become engaged. within eight
hours after they meet, neither showing
the least grief or any respect for the dead,
while the author obviously expects the
public to admire them.
Harper's has some interesting stories
for August, the most entertaining being
BeuI0h, by Alice Hogan Rice. There are
only three characters (unless one include
the deceased wife,, each being well in
dividualized and touched off with ironic
hghtness. Beulah is distinctly original,
triumphant through her policy of nom
resistance and of subtle assistance to the
The sun., 1919-08-03
A Textbook for
Student Airmcn

A LTH0UGH Benjamin NJ. Carrnma
"A calls his work AriGtion, ''therico-
practical text book for Students" it
is that and something more. Every
one who takes an interest in the grow
ing science of flying will find this a
handy book to have on his reference shelf,
for Mr. Carmina has simple, direct style
Of telling his readers ''why is an airplane"
and how it works. His six chapters are
devoted to Theory of Flight AfrplGne
Construction, Rigging, Propellers, Main
tenance and Flight Hints.
He is willing to say that all there is to
be known about heavier than air craft is
not yet discovered, as is Illustrated by the
opening of his chapter on propellers.
propeller and mystery are synonymous.
In our year of grace 1919 nobody knows
exactly what a propeller is. This being
the condition of things at the present day,
we can only accept with the benefit Of
doubt whatever information we can gather
in regard to propellers."
There is an appendix containing aero
dynamical formula and calculations, an
aviation glossary and elements of algebra
and trigonometry for those who have not
the necessary mathematical equipment.
AVIATION: THEORICO PRACTICAL
TEXT BOOK FOR STUDENTS. BY
BESJAMIS NJ. CARMINA. The Macmillan
Company.
The sun., 1919-08-03

C. Lewis Hind, who knows Wells, is an
unsuitable believer in the Wells theory
about The Journal Of a Disappointed Man
as a letter written by Mr. Hind to
Mitchell Kennerly proves.
The sun., 1919-08-03
Book Exchange

rs cents per agate limo. Il lines to an lncn.
Seven words 70 q line.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
PROMISES TO REMEDY A
NUISANCE VERY SOON
MAIN STREET CROSSING TO RE
UBSTANTIALLY REPAIRED.

j. Fl. Andrews, division freight
agent of the Southern Railway, was
Sent here to investigate the bad con
dition of the Main Street crossing,
following resolution by the City
Council. Mr.. Andrews stated that
the crossing would receive prompt at
tention.
The approach to the crossing from
North and South Main Street will be
cemented. The space between the
tracks will be paved with some sub
stantial type of material TO be decided
upon
The dirt and cinders which have
been heaped upon the crossing. from
time to time are damaging the as
phalt surface of the street consider
ably. A member of the city council
has been informed that the city could
collect damages from the railroad
company.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
FARMER ANSWERS
SUPREME ROLL CALL.

JJne J. Idol, we'll known farmer re-
siding six miles from the city, died a
short while before midnight Friday,
following a stroke Of apoplexy an
hour or so before.
The deceased was we'll and favora-
bly, known and perhaps the most pros
porous farmer in this section. He
was largely interested in various bus
inesses in this city and was known as
the raiser of the biggest peach and
strawberry crops around here. He
also trucked and farmed extensively.
Mr.. Idol was So years of age and the
father of 13 children, seven boys and
six girls who with the widow sur
vive.
The funeral services were held from
Abbotts Creek church Sunday after
noon and interment followed in the
family burying plot there. A large
crowd attended the funeral
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
NOTED "GYPSY" PREACHER IN
GREENSBORO. -:

? Rev Gypsy Smith, Jr, the noted
evangelist, is conducting a series of
Tevival services, starting Sunday,
October 26, at the First Presbyterian
church, Greensboro. The meeting
will continue for two weeks with Mr..
Smith preaching each evening, except
Mondays, at 1880 O'clock. Assisting
in the services will be Homer Ham
mondtree, of Chicago, noted baritone
singer; Miss May Dan Haberson, Of
Kentucky, lyric soprano, and quar-
tette selections by Miss Katherine
Johnson contralto; Mrs. C. A. Me
'bane, soprano; J. Foster Barnes,
baritone, and Jack Campbell, tenor
An augmented, highly trained choir
will assist in the services while the
magnificent new pipe organ will be
used for accompaniment. Miss Helen
Mayer, violinist, will also assist.
Rev. Gysp Smith, Jr, is one of the
most remarkable men of the age,
man with a message that appeals to
ones intellect as we'll as the heart.
He is said to be a real mans man
who, with his magnificent power of
cratory and compelling, magnetic per-
sonaIity, takes one with him to the
heights. He has recently conducted
a series of very successful meetings
in various cities of the South, where
his evangeIistic endeavors have re-
suited in many additions to the
churches.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
NEWS FROM oLDTRINITY.

4 Mrs. Roe Woodard, of Wilson, visit
ed Miss Kate Craven. recently. Mrs.
sWoodard was accompanied by Miss
Moore Of Elm City. Mrs. Woodard
was before marriage Miss Roe Rob
bins of this place.
Mrs. Mary ingram, of High Point,
has been visiting her father, Mr.. Da-
vid White in South Trinity.
Mr.. Jim White has returned from
Gold Hill, where he has been at work
for a while.
Walter Crowson has returned to
Norfolk, va
Miss Ruth Hayes is in college at
Due West, South Carolina.
Mr.. Mcleod has been. spending a
few days at home. Mr.. Mcleod is en-
gagged in the real estate business.
Miss Goldie Farlow,, of the High
School, was on the sick list last week,
but is much better at present.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
CIRCUS DAY HERE NOVEMBER 7.

What is there about a circus that
thrills the blood of healthy person?
What is it that makes you restless
and stand UP. on your toes when you
hear the band coming up the street
playing that music with a swing and
vig0r only heard in a circus Dand.
You say that circuses are all ahKe
and when you have seen one. you nave
seen them all, but still you walk tast
CIR even run-right in the neat OF tne
day in order not to miss one bit OF
the fascinating street parade and
then when the caliope has passed.
you will rush to the return street ana
push several children out OF the way
to see it all over again. Why DO you
do it? Think it over. Then you VIII
go to the show "just to take the en1l-
dren" or possibly because your glrl
insisted on going and you did Y not
wish to displease her.
It's all right to alibi yoursef al
most everybody has done the same
time and time again. Does not Inc
fash and glare and glitter have Iot
to do with your enthusiasm for CIT
cuses? Don't you like the scint1latlng'
brillancy and gaudiness of the ensem'
hle. Sure you do. Let's all be hu-
man when the Walter L. Main Fasn-
ion Plate Shows are. in High Polnt'
November~7th, and Nave good time.
Good circuses do not come often ana
they are not expensive. So meet US
in front of the elephants when Inc
Walter L. Main shows are IN High
Point, November 7th, and we VIII
throw trouble to the winds and pea
nuts to the elephants.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
NATIONAL AUTO THEFT LAW is
PASSED.

The national automobile theft law,
which has been advocated for some
time by the. people of North Caro-
lima, was recently passed by the Sen
ate.
There is scarcely town in the state
where automobile thieves have not
been doing their stealing. The steal
ing had become a very crooked busl-
ness. and cars from North Carolina
have been carried to ot1e= states and
sold and there seems to be syndi-
cate of the thieves.
The bill approved by the Senate
provides.
THAT whoever shall transport or
cause to be transported N interstate
and foreign commerce a motor Vehl-
Gle. knowing the same to- have Deen
STOLEN. shall be punished by fine OF
not more than $4,000 or by impr1son-
ment of not more than five years, or
both.
."That whoever shall, with intent to
denriye the owner of the possession
thereof, receive, store, conceal, par
for sell. or dispose of any motor
vehicle moving as, or which is part
of or which constitutes interstate or
foreign commerce, knowing the same
to have been stolen, shall be punlsneo
nv fine of not to exceed $5,OOO' or
NV imnrisonment of not more than D
wears, or both.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
MAKES WHOLESALE RAID
IN BUSINESS DISTRICT {
AAASA
MIDNIGHT PROVIDERS DO DAM.
AGE. TO HIGH POINT
MERCHANTS.
Enter Four Places of Business and
Ex act a Heavy ToII-Systematic
Robbery Executed Under Rrichts

Enter -Four Places Of Business and
Ex act Heavy ToII-Systematic
Robbery Executed Under Brirht
Lights and No One Saw Them.
What is perhaps the biggest whole-
sale robbery in point of number was
executed here early Thursday morn
ing, probably between 2 and O'Clock
while the white way and arc lights
were burning to their full capacity.
In fact three of the robberies were
committed almost directly under a
bunch of lights
L~ldin's store window on the front
was smashed and several watches
taken, amounting to around $3.50.
Ring Drug Co. was entered from
the rear and 81 in money taken from
the drawers, and perhaps other prop
erty.
The Home Banking Co. was entered
from a side window and then through
a rear door. Nothing was missed.
The Steam Laundry missed six or
eight suits of clothes. Entrance was
effected from the rear
An attempt was also made to enter
the High Point Hardware Co. and the
store Of w. G. Beavans
No arrests have been made as yet,
though several people are under sus-
picion.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
TO PAVE CENTENNIAL AND
WASHINGTON STREETS.

The city council Tuesday night took
definite action regarding the paving
of Centennial avenue and called upon
owners of Washington street, from
Centennial avenue corner to the rail-
road east, to get the proper sigma
lures so this street could be paved at
the same time.
The city manager is in touch with
the paving company and it is expect
ed work will bt completed before Win
ter sets in.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
BLESS THE CLOWNS.
A Half Hundred of Them Are Coming
This Way With John Robin
SONS Big Circus.

A Hair hundred Oh hHcH AIC OOAAAAAkS
This Way With John Robin
sons Big Circus.
Clowns, a half hundred of them,
are one of the big features in John
Robinson's circus which will exhibit
at Greensboro Friday, October 81:
They will be active in the wonderful
street parade which will start from
the show, grounds at ten thirty
o'clock and will work throughout the
afternoon and night performances.
Circuses might dispense with dar-
ing and nerye-racking aerial acts,
UNIQUE and difficult balancing acts,
stirring races and some animal acts,
but they can not possibly endure
without the clown. The clown is one
COG in the circus organization that
defies all efforts to prune out the un-
necessary, because the clown has been
a part of the circus since the early
davs of the wagon show, and he will
remain in his niche regardless OF
what DEGREES progress may develop
for the circus of the future.
Clowns interest every class Of cir
Gus patrons. True, they tickle the
E'kiddies" first and impress them last
ingly, but the grown-ups too are un-
able to suppress a smile when the
.'funny crew. in chalk white and fam
CIV and weird dress parade around the
arena, stopping only long enough to
stage comic bit of business. The
John Robinson circus which Will
visit Greensboro, presents a young
regiment of clowns and they offer all
that is good in the old method of
clowning and do not overlook some
distinctly new features that are to be
seen nowhere else in the circus world:
Tall clowns, short clowns, fat clowns
and skinny clowns are included in this
troupe and their antics embrace every
conceivable form from the ludlcrous
to the daring.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30

Probablv in no other city of the
country do churches use the newspa-
ners to such a great extent for ad-
vertising Sunday sermons and the va
rious religious features that they nave
To offer on the Sabbath than those Oh
all denominations at the Seat OF Gov
errfment. They have found neWspa-
ner advertisements, either OF large q
small space, the best means to lmpare
church, information to the members
of their Congregations, to the transl-
ent public and to the fifty ana more
thousands of war workers IN WASH
ington. who have come from every
state in the Union Church attenu-
ance on Sundays at the GaplCai
taxes the capacity of all church eol-
fees. and if there is any question tnat
interest in religion is on the wane II
is not in evidence. The largest
amount of advertising space in news
naners is used in the Saturday ed1-
tions of papers, in which last hour
news is set forth ip regard to sun
day morning services.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
AIRED IN COURT.

In an affray case up before Judge
klrkman last week Mrs: Celia Samet
and A Bernard we're fined $40 and
the costs. There was conflicting evi-
dence but the judge thought both
equally guilty. Mrs. Samnet appealed
TO superior court and bond was fixed
at $780,
Boss Cain and Rastus Jessup were
tined $40 and costs for being drunk
put released on the charge of operat-
ing an automobile while under the in
fiuence of whiskey. -
{Fe Paul Payne was found guilty of be-
ing drunk and disorderly and fined $40
and COSTS He appealed and bond was
fixed at $1OO.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
CHAIR MEN MEET.

A meeting of the chair manufac-
turers of North Carolina was held in
the Commercial Club Friday and
large number of manufacturers were
in attendance.
It is understood that the purpose
of the meeting was primarily for the
discussion of the factory conditions
and the production of each ind1Vldual
manufacturer The price of chairs
0ld not come up for hearing at the
meeting.
|. w. H. Coye, chair statistician of the
entire. Southern district, who has his
headquarters in High Point was pres
ent at the meeting. T. J. Ryan, OF
this city, called the session to order.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-10-30
ASKING RAILROAD TO RE-
LIEVE THE SITUATION
WANT A BRIDGE
OVER HAMILTON STREET

City Council Petitions Railroad to
Anate Nuisance of Crossings in
City-TraveI Heavy and DANGEROUS
Over Two Crossings.
Ine Following resolution was, pre-
sented by Councilman w. L. Stamey
| and received unanimous approval by
the City Council:
High Point, N. c., Oct. %.
The following memorial. was duly
presented and unanimously passed at
regular meeting of the City Coun-
| Gil of High Point, N. c., held on Tues
day night, October 21, 1919, and or
dered signed by the mayor and city
councilpen, and attested by the city
manager.
Mr.. E. H. Copeman,
Federal Manager, Southern Ry.,
Washington, D. c..
Dear Sir: For many years the city
of High Point has recognized the
need of bridge over the railroads of
the Southern (both the main and the
branch lines) at the Hamilton Street
crossing. This dangerous crossing
makes life unsafe, and is constant
annoyance to every one who has to
use it. BY bridging this crossing
overhead much Of the Main Street
crossing travel would be averted to
this overhead bridge, and thus great
ly reduce risk Of danger, pot only at
the Main Street crossing, ~but. at the
Hamilton Street crossing
AS the Southern Railroad runs
20
and west, High Point is entitled to
the hearty cooperation of the South
ern Railway to reduce to the lowest
possible point the possibility of dan
ger at the many crossings in the
city, and by complying with this Off
cial request it will be great step in
the right direction.
The shifting of cars and the re-
peated blocking of Main Street and
Hamilton Street crossings right in
the heart of the city is almost un-
bearable, and badly needs remedying;
If a bridge is placed over Hamilton
Street crossing traffic could go over
this bridge, and the shifting nuisance
especially over this crossing would
rot interfere with traffic, and also the
Main Street crossing would be great
ly relieved.
Incidentally we might add that
High Point pays annually to the
Southern Railway for inbound and
outbound freight alone approximately
81, 100000, while the passenger de-
partment revenue is around $30e,OOO
annually.
Trusting ITO have an early, favor
able decision, we beg to remain,
Respectfully yours,
D. A. STANTON,
Mayor.
w. L. STAMEY,
E. P. CONRAD,
J. w. HEDRICK,
E. K. INGRAM,