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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Charlotts.-A closing agreement OF
retail grocers has become effective
continue throughout tho summer
months. The majority Of grocers
In the city have signed in favor OF the
plan. This is the third summer the
half day plan has been in operation.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Gastonia.- Marked by impressive
ceremonies with the high d'gnitries OF
tho Masonic and Pythian fraternities
in charge, and thousands OF people at
tending 1t Is believed that the laying
of the cornerstone Of the North Caro-
lima orthopedic hospital at Gastonia on
Tuesday, June 8, will prove notable
event In the state.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Durham. The Durham Hosiery
Mills, by action OF the congress Of the
company's Industrial democracy gov
ernment. has granted a salary In.
crease to more than 5000 employees.
The bill, for an increase in wages was
carried through the customary chan
nels and was not vetoed by President
J. s. Carr, Jr.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Winston Salem.-Ssrator Hiram w.
Johnson spoke here to one of the larg.
est audiences that ever attended
political gathering here. Nine tholis-
and people, it Is estimated, heard the
California senator.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Wilson.--After taking the children
OF State Senator H. G. Conner, Jr., to
the Country Club and while returning
to Wilson, his chauffeur, Richard Win.
stead, collded with motorcycle rid
den by Mr.. Herman Bone, Of near
Black Creek Bones left leg was SO
badly crushed that amputation became
necessary. Winstead is behind Jail
bars.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Spencer progress Is being
made in road building through Spen-
Ger and the force Of men Is now work
ing on the national highway on New
ton heights. A fine road is being
turned out.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11
His Girl.

During visit to girl friend Of
mine In another city was kind to a
half witted fellow there, and he i'm
medlately conceived great liking for
me. Several months later while visit
ing there again | attended dance,
when this fellow came up to me dur.
Ing dance and In a loud voice, easily
heard all over the place, said. 70, |
know who you are; you're my girl"
and proceeded to follow me around
the rest Of the evening. Exchange
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Belmont. THE Census Bureau an
nounces the population of Belmont as
2,491 increase 1,765, or 1901 per
cent.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-11

Trout have been introduced success
fully In New Zealand and Australia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
THE
MYSTERY
HOUSE

The kitchen was rather big, with
large cupboards that reached from
floor to ceiling There was a
stove, kitchen table and chairs,
but all were covered. There was
one door that led out to the back
porch and another to the buffers
pantry and from there to the din
Ing room, which, also, was large.
The furniture in this room was
covered. as was all the furniture
in every room. They found a
rather large library living room, a
bedroom, and a parlor, all on the
first floor. There was a front and
side stairway and the halls were
large.
Then they assembled the stairs to
the second floor. Each guest room
had a separate bath room. There
were slree guest rooms and three
other rooms, nursery and family
bathroom
Next, they went up to the third
floor. The rooms up there were
not so well furnished, and so Billy
and Agnes concluded that the ser
wants must have occupied this
floor, but if this was so, each ser
want had his own bath room. In
the middle of the hall on the third
floor were more steps, so they went
up these, opened a door, and found
themselves in very large room
that took up the entire length OF
the house and half Of the building.
The floor was slick, so they knew
that this room was private ball
room.
Agnes and Billy wondered where
the other half of the house was,
when they discovered doors at one
end. They opened them and then
they looked into a spacious garnet. |
Old trunks and old furniture oc-
cupied it. Agnes was just wonder
ing if it would be wrong to peep
into the trunks when Billy (who
was looking out of the window |
shouted that Moreno and Betty
were coming. Out they rushed,
down all the stairs to the basement
Billy helped Agnes out and told her
to beat it for home and then he
crawled out and did the same.
Agnes ran to meet them but they
were just coming in the gate.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24

crowd gathered, which cheered
and called out:
81 bet on the goat"
Give it to him, butcher" and
all such expressions, until at last
Billy got on his feet again, and
with parting hook he slit the
butchers coat up the back and left
him lying in the mud, while he ran
off as fast as his legs would carry
him. And it is needless to say
that none of the crowd tried to stop
him.-Copyrighted by the Saalfield
Publishing Co., Akron, o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
Comrades

He was sitting on a doorstep as |
was strolling by,
A lonely little beggar with a wist.
full, homesick eye,
And he wasn't what you'd borrow,
And he wasn't what you'd steal,
But l guessed his heart was break
ing so | whistled him to heel.
Yellow dog he was; but bless you
he was just the chap for me!
For I'd rather have an inch of dog
than miles of pedigree.
So we stole away together on the
road that has no end,
With the new-coined day to fling
away and all the stars to
spend.
Burnet, in Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24

in the handle of the Big Dipper?
Then give your sense of sight a
chance to develop by training your
eyes to see far away things.
Begin with the sense of sight and
send your eyes racing long dis
lance to certain landmark, max
ing a game of it and announcing
what you see between you and the
goal. Then push your sight beyond
the first goal to second one still
farther away and tell what else
you see. You will have to practice
for this game of sight as for any
other you hope to win. Practice
every day and several times a day.
until you can see clearly what, at
first, was almost invisible.
Exercise your ears in the same
way. Notice and try to identify
every noise you hear, then go into
the woods and LISTEN. Try to
hear more and more of the outdoor
sounds, the faintest and farthest
away. The gurgling of water under
ice, the swapping of dry branches
in the wind. or the klOp!! of snow
falling from the trees. In summer,
the hum of insects and song of a
distant bird
Take the sense of smell next and
give it vigorous exercise also. Iden-
tify every odor that comes to you
as you identify the sounds, and so
go through the whole list of your
five senses.-BOys' and Girls News
paper Service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24

at once" Agnes said, 81 haven't a
dozen mouths"
But tell Us where you were. u
said Betty. 1--WE have been looking
everywhere for you"
ooh, please" begged Agnes.
Don't make me tell. 1t is a
secret"
"a secret" exclaimed Moreno,
Who's your partner"
Billy" replied Agnes.
Then you know where is is,
too?" asked Betty.
Il did know" Agnes replied
But do not now. He was with
me. Now, that is all | will tell"
Just then Billy appeared round the
corner of the house whistling
merrily.
"Say, Bill" said Hal, "Tell US
where you've been"
"Nuthin' doin'!' said Billy. "Too
much fun in it"
Jaw, please do" the others
begged.
mo. sir,-ee-e-e!" said Billy.
Then one day when Billy and
Agnes were not exploring Mystery
House, they couldn't find the twins
nor the girls. Then. when they did
appear, Agnes and Billy demanded
of them to tell where they were.
mo, sir,-ee-e-e!" said Hal.
initiating Billy. "You wouldn't tell
us where you were"
These little disappearance and
of both parties caused
a little envy till one day Betty
made suggestion that proved no
end of fun.
Lets form a sort of club. divide
it in half and keep our dOings sec
ret" she said. There are six of us,
so we can have three on each side.
Then we could spy on each other,
But the main point is to avoid the
spies or to see that no one on the
other side knows what your side is
doing"
ooh, that would be fun said
Agnes. So, they divided the
group-Agnes. Billy and AL. on one
side and Moreno, Betty and Hal. on
he other. They called themselves
K. o. ID. S., or Keep Our Doings
Secret [Continued next week. i
Julia Il. Burr,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
ONE-kRMED GIRL
PRETTY And HAPPY

Lillian HalbraCh is IA years old
and lives in Brooklyn. She is
known as the One-armed wonder
because she has only one arm, her
right one. She lost the left one
when she had case of blood poi
soning when she was four years
old 1t is said that she can do
just about everything and do it
well. She knits, embroiders, cooks,
sweeps, peels fruits and vegetables,
plays tennis and basketball and
dances-fancy dances they are,
too.
The way she does all these things
is with her right hand and arm
with the use of her sides, her
knees and the. support under the
arms. She has developed these
other helpers of hers so much that
she really feels little lack of left
arm
She is said to be very pretty
girl with light curls and blue eyes.
She smiles much of the time and
enjoys life. Do you think you
would be so happy if you only had
one arm?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
HOMEWARD BOUND

After almost three years of life in
a Friends Mission Station in ia
maica, | am now back in Richmond.
Father and Mother took Mr.. Syl-
vester Jones with whom | trav-
eled) and myself to Kingston in the
Ford. which is a trip of sixty-five
miles around the east coast of
Jamaica. We left Seaside early
Thursday morning, and after very
hot and dusty trip we arrived in
Kingston near noon.
The boat sailed Saturday noon
and we lost sight Of Jamaica that
same afternoon. Sunday we saw
Cuba at distance and Monday,
more Of the Wst Indies. We saw
no more land until we were in the
harbor of New York, Thursday
morning.
We landed after what seemed to
me an endless time of waiting. 1t
seemed strange to see so many PEG.
pie and yet not know any of them.
We boarded the five o'clock train
for Richmond, arriving at noon,
Friday. ETHELDA HINCKLE.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
RIDDLES FOR JUNIORS

A man was getting off a train
when a lump of coal fell on his
head. Why didn't it hurt him.
Catherine Sharkey
2. Take off the first three let
tiers of a word that means a dear
companion and have a word Of
three letters left that stands for
something after which nothing can
follow.
3. Behead kitchen utensil and
have a shelter for chickens.
4. Change letters before the
ending cookie" twice, so that you
will have a green" man in Uncle
Sans army one time and some
thing sweet the next.
Answers will appear in next
weeks Junior.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
WOOdcraft
y For Boy and N
z Girl Scouts NJ
YOUR FIVE SENSES
BY Adelia Belle Beard

If you want to excel in wood
craft, train your five senses by u.s.
ing them. That is what the early
pioneers did and that is what the
woodsmen in the great forests do
today. Start in now and give all
sight, hearing, taste, smell and
touch-the exercise they need to
become as strong as the muscles
in your active body
Do you want to have eyes keen
enough to see the eagles nest high
up on the cliff, mile, perhaps.
away. or the deer grazing on the
far off mountain side, or Alcor, the
little star not easily seen-that is
close to and above the middle star
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
CHAPTER ".
The x. o. D. S. Club.

One day Betty, Moreno, and the
twins were looking for Agnes and
Billy, when suddenly Agnes ap-
peared.
agnes Pale!" they all said at
once, where have you been? Do
you know where Billy is? Where
did you come from so suddenly"
Don't ask me so many questions
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
BAXTER THROWS DOWN
GLOVE; WHO WILL DARE
TO ENTER THE RING 1?

The baseball team of Baxter
playground wishes to announce
that they are not only willing, but
anxious, to meet any Junior team
in Richmond that wants tor,
shall we say, dares to-play them.
There are only three weeks more
of playground activities for this
summer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
WHEN DOCTORS WIN

A doctor and a lawyer were dis
uting. Your profession doesn't
make angels out of men," growled
the doctor.
mo" said the lawyer dryly,
that's where you doctors get the
best of us."-Lone Scout.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
S]11|I !L2!',l!! -! .!!,l!E;:R!s

The first thing Billy Whiskers
came to when he reached the sub
urb OF the city was a flower and
fruit stand, the owner of which was
talking to fat, blue-coated police
man. Both stood with their backs
turned 10 the fruit stand.
Now was Billys chance. Luscious
pears, peaches and grapes lay be-
fore him, ready TO be eaten, and
without moments hesitation he
began to sample each, while now
and then he would eat a rose or two
between, thus making his own
salad. And he found he liked his
own fruit salad served on rose
leaves just as well as on lettuce.
In reaching for an extra delicious
looking pear he had to stand on his
hind legs with his forefeet on the
lower shelf. But alas, for his
greed! His weight on the board
that formed the shelf was too
much, and it flew up in the air,
sending the fruit in all directions
and making such racket that the
fruit dealer heard it and turned
around just in time to see the
wreck of his stand.
The man was so Mortified and
dismayed to see what had hap
pened that he forgot what little
English he knew and chartered and
swore in his foreign language until
you would have thought a dozen
parrots had been suddenly let
loose.
The policeman tried to stop and
catch Billy by spreading out his
legs and waving his arms, but Billy
only lowered his head and ran be-
tween the policeman's legs. up
setting him as he went through,
for Billy was fat and the policeman
short-legged and there was not
room to slide through without up
setting the man.
The policeman picked himself up
and started in hot pursuit, swear
ing under his breath that if he ever
caught that goat he would club it's
brains out.
OF course, the policeman could
not catch up with the fleet footed
Billy, so he called out-"Catch
him!" But no one cared to at !
tempt it, especially when Billy low
cred his head with the long horns |
on it and ran at him.
But at last, after lodging in and
out among the people on the side
walk and the carts and wagons in |
the street, one man was brave |
enough to catch him. He was a |
big butcher and he stood plum in
Billy's way, and when Billy lowered !
his head at him. as he had at the
others, the butcher caught hold of
his horns and gave his neck a quick |
twist This made Billy furious and |
he reared on his hind legs and |
struck at the butcher with his fore
ones, and then the fight began;
first one was on top, then the other,
md they rolled over and over into
The mud of the street, while a big
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24
ANSWERS TO LAST WEEKS
RIDDLES

l. A lace shoe has a tongue.
2. A pair of letters: | and V.
3, Because they are forage (for
age) .-Eloise Mills.
4. The blast of horn.-E. NJ.
S. A rope 20 yards long Mary
Louise Bills.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24

Just as soon as we begin to
think we can make both ends meet.
moves the ends!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-24

1t is the ignorant man who
thinks Science permits mockery.
The truly scientific man of neces-
sity must be patient, careful and
reverent
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
BE SURE TO EXAMINE
NEW TELEPHONE BOOK
Company Warns of Unusual
Changes in 1t.

The new issue of the New York City
telephone directory will be out in few
days and the company last night sent
out warnings to customers not to think
their eyes are going bad when they
read 1t because of the unusual way in
which il is printed.
The listings in the book have the first
three letters of each central office, ex-
cept those on Staten Island. in heavy
Gothic type. For instance. the Wads-
worth central office fill be printed
"WADswth." Another popularity in the
new book is that every line number
which formerly was composed of less
than four digits has been built UP to
contain four by prefixing zeros. Num-
ber 7s. therefore. becomes 007s. and
should be pronounced "Oh. oh. seven.
eight
These changes have been made be-
cause next summer automatic telephones
will be installed in certain exchanges.
These will be equipped with dials for
making calls by the new machine
switching method. To make local call
on these machines it is necessary to
dial the first three letters OF the central
office and number with at least four
minerals.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
SAYS OFFICIALS AID
DRY LAW VIOLATION
New Jersey Governor and Fed
eral Court Judge Are AS
sailed by Wheeler.
Special Despatch TO TIE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau,2
Washington, ID. c., Dec. %. (

!.
The death of John #. McGuinness.
prohibition agent. whose body was found
last Fridty on the mud flats of Newark
Bay at Bayonne. served to-day as the
basis of an attack by Wayne b. Wheeler,
general counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League of America, upon group Of high
Government officials. including a Federal
Judge These officials Mr.. Wheeler ac-
cused of courting violation of the law
In making the attack Mr.. Wheeler
took the position that Mr. McGuinness
had been murdered. asserting that 1t was
merely one Of such crimes committed in
little more than year who is re-
sponsible for these murderss'' he de-
manded.
With this the prohibition leader as
serted that "the Governor Of New Jer-
sey, in his notification campaign
against prohibition, aided this offence" ="
Mr.. Wheeler continued:
"A Federal Judge some months ago
condemned the law enforcement officers
in his court who were operating in dan
eerous territory and gave suggestion
about guns being used against them.
Within a few months two faithful Fed
erai agents were shot within the juris-
diction of the court by these outlaws
',rhe Federal Grand Jury in AIilwau-
lsee encourag ged these outragAs by it's
recent inexcusahle declaration aga inst
the law. The United States District At
torrey who evidently permitted it with
out q protest 30 the court Is in an un-
enviable position.
"The United States District Attorney
in Boston. who spends more time con-
demning the law than enforcing II, Is
1eopardizing the lives of the officers in
tnat State
Motion picture concerns that make
light of prohibition in their Aims and
editorials that treat violations in q
humorous vein also We're criticised by
Mr. Wheeler. who issued the challenge
'Those opposed to prohibition have >
legal method TO express their disapproval
Of the law and to repeal II IL majority
V~ nj that done"
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
CARUSO PASSES FA VORABLE
DAY, FIVE DOCTORS REPORT
Pleurisy Running Regular Course and No Setback IL
Recovery or Tenor Is Looked For-Crisis
Due in Three Days

by DIR. Murray. Dr. Horowitz will ar
rive in the Caruso apartment at 7
o'clock this morning and at IL o'clock
Drs. Lambert and Evans will arrive on
the eighteenth floor of the hotel for
their daily consultation This system
of watch and relief and daily consul
tation by the five physicians will be fol-
lowed until the crisis has been passed.
Day and night nurses are also in at
tendance.
The fact that his illness has spoiled
the holiday of his son, Enrico Caruso,
Jr., who Is home from school for the
Christmas recess. is n source of constant
worry to him. Enrico Caruso. Jr., is
attending the Culver. Military School.
His vacation has seven more days TO
run. Mr.. Caruso's secretary's time is
taken up largely in answering telephone
calls and responding to kilograms and
cablegrams. Yesterday thirteen cable
messages OF inquiry from Paris. London,
Rome, Naples and Milan had to be an
swered while inquiries came in over the
telephone at the rate of one every three
minutes.
An emphatic denial that Gloria Ca
russo, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Caruso, who was one year old on Decem-
ber 1S, also is i'll was issued from the
Caruso apartment last night.
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
TO RAISE $33, 900, 900
FOR STARVING EUROPE
Hoover Says u. S. Is Only
Country Creating Good Will.

Opening the organization OF Brook
lyn committee TO carry on in that bor-
ough the European Relief Councils cam
paign for s33.000.000 to save the star
wing children of Europe. Herbert Hoo
YER. chairman. declared yesterday the
United States is the only country in the
world that is trying to create good will
among men, The fund will be entirely
free from criticism; 1t is being efficient
~ handled and not penny is being
wasted. he added.
At the meeting, which was held in the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. the
following committee was appointed
Frederic Pratt, J. Sherlock Davis, JUS
tice Edward Lazansky of the Supreme
Court, Elmer Sperry. +. F. Smith. Edwin
p Maynard, George w. Baker and Louis
Rothschild.
In Manhattan an auxiliary committee
o. twenty-five women was appointed
yesterday to assist the New York gen.
eral committee. Most of the women on
II are familiar with European relief
work. having engaged in II themselves
during the war. From walla Walla,
Wash, came the word that that town
had raised it's quota OF sS03 in -four
days
The New York herald., 1920-12-28
BROOKLYN EDISON co.
URGES RISE IN RATES
Justice Benedict Postpones
Action on Injunction.

The city Of New York. through Cor
poration Counsel O'Brlen, applied to SUI
preme Court Justice Benedict in Brook
lyn Yesterday for the continuance OF 4
temporary injunction restraining the
Brooklyn Edison Company from increas-
ing its rates for electricity 10 per cent.
to 10000 subscribers in Brooklyn. as in
dicated in schedules filed with the Pub
lie Service Commission.
The Corporation Counsel contcnded
that the contemplated increase was IL
legal lie said that four years ago the
Public Service Commission had fixed
eight cents per kilowatt hour as the
maximum rate to be charged and that
this was still In effect. Samuel i. Mo-
ran. who appeared for the Edison Com
pany, declared this order expired in 1917
and only applied to the Edison Electric
Illuminating Company. which went out
OF existence last year when the Brooklyn
Edison Company was organized
He said that the city had no standing
in court in a proceeding such as the
present one. In which Il was acting "as
guardian ad litemr for 10000 subscribe
ers They could sue individually II
they desired. he said. Justice Benedict
said he would consider closely this
phase Of the matter.
Mr.. Moran said that last year the Ed
ison company had increased its revenue
20 per cent and that in the same time
It's operating expenses had gone up A.
pcr cent. the heaviest item OF expense
being coal Justice Benedict directed
both sides to submit briefs.