davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
DEMOCRATS MEET
IN San FRANCISCO
MIGHTY OUTBURST GREETS WILL
SONS NAME.
A Lively Gathering.
Chairman Cummings Speech Brings
Delegates to Feet with
Shouts of Approval.

San Francisco, June 2S.-From the
shadow of the Golden Gate the hosts
of Democracy sent roaring tribute
across the country to President Will
son.
The national convention flung aside
for the moment the business before
it, while delegates carried on dem
onstration that swept the great gath
ering off it's feet. 1t Was'a half hour
before the outburst evoked by a sud-
den display of President Wilson's por-
trait could be stilled. Again and
again as his name was mentioned the
cheers broke out anew, to eliminate
in the shout of approval that adopted
and sent to the White House tonight
striking testimonial of his party S
faith and pride in the man who has
led it through troublous years.
Arrangements for the first national
political convention to be held in the
far west has been well made. The
great hall, it's clean architectural lines
almost unmarried by added decora-
tions, was ready, and through dozen
wide entrances thousands poured in
with little display of congestion. They
found a wide octagon space awaiting
them, with a massive organ rearing
it's stockade of pipes above the plat
form, and the other sides rising to a
far line of seats under high windows
framing squares of California's bluest
skies.
Quiet Dignity to Scene.
In the center of the hall, where
| delegates sat rallied within wide
square of seats, an inner ceiling was
suspended, colored in soft, old blue
that rested the eye and lent some
thing of quiet dignity to the scene.
Below a forest of standards bearing
| the names of states and territories
was the only reminder or natlonai
conventions of the past.
Perched high beside the organ in
a special gallery, military bard
whiled away the time.
AS the noon hour and the opening
| time approached color guard of ma
| rines appeared on the platform. A
six-foot sergeant, with the cleaning
folds of regimental flag in his hand
| made a vivid spot of color on the
platform. At his side stood, the
armed non-commissioned officers OF
the color guard, and with them two
marine buglers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
Truth is Mightier Than Friction

Jim Carson, who practices law ID
Miami, Florida, and runs citrus
plantation on the side, was on his way
one day last summer from his home 10
his groves. On the road he overlook
a lank native who seemingly was IN a
high state of indignation, mutterlng
to himself as he trudged along and
clenching and unclenching his freck-
led fists.
Carson stopped and offered to give
him a lift.
Il amt goin' so very fur" said the
stranger as he climbed into the buggy
alongside Carson, "but I cant git to
whar I'm goin' minute too soon.
There's a feller livin' down the road
here a piece by the name of Ed Watts,
an lest this mornin' the word come to
me that yistiddy, in town, he told
gang Of fellers that was low-doWn
hawg-stealin', wife-beatin', aig-suckln
cur daWg.
$50 I'm on my way to his place to
settle it with him. When We git thar
you better stop while l go in an jest
see what I'm goin' to do to him.
Presently they came to cabin set
among straggly fruit trees where a
very large, very strengthening man
sat on a doorstep busily engaged in
doing nothing at all.
"Stop right here,' commanded the
aggrieved person. "Thar's that thar
Watts yopder. Now, mister, you jest
keep your eye on me-"
From the buggy Carson watched
while his late passenger dismounted
and marched toward the front door of
the cabin. At his approach the larger
man Strengthened up to height OF
considerably more than six feet, at
the same time moistening the palms
of his two brawny hands after the ap-
proved fashion.
The two men exchanged few
words; then with the air of having
satisfactorily accomplished difficult
but necessary piece of business the in
vader turned about and returned to
where the rig stood in the road.
"Wall," he said, that's all settled u
What happened?" inquired Car
son.
II axed him eff he'd said what them
fellers told me he'd done said, and he
come out like a man an owned up
that he had. Eff he'd a-denied it I'd
a-beat him half to death
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
Tried to Be of Assistance.

"That seat is taken!" snapped the
stout old gentleman in the railway
carriage, when the youth sought to
move a handbag from the opposite
seat. "My-er-friend will be back
presently"
The youth murmured an apology
and went out, only to hang about the
door. Time passed. Presently the
guard blew his whistle and the train
started to move. With a bound the
lad was back to the carriage and had
thrown the bag on the platform.
"How dare you,, sir!" gasped the
old gentleman. what did you do
that for?"
"Well," said the lad sweetly, "your
friendsh has lost his train, and didn't
want him to lose his bag as well.'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
Liked to be Kissed.

A young woman, anxious to do wal
work, decided to cheer the wounded
soldiers in the hospitals.
"How many Germans did you con
quer?" she asked the first man she
came to.
"Five," he replied.
And how did you do it?'" she ask
ed.
with my right hand" he answer
ed.
You are a hero" she cried, "anc
I am going to kiss that hand five
times.'
The rest of the ward had been list,
ening with interest, and at the next
cot was an Irishmar who instantly
answered her query, "Twenty-foive,
he replied.
'The lady looked somewhat non
plussed, but nevertheless asked
"How?"
II bit them," he said.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
Henry Barr Arrested for Alleged At
tempted Criminal Assault.

Lexington, June 2S.-Henry Barr,
young white farmer of the Pelion
section of this county, was lodged in
jail at an early hour this morning,
charged with attempted criminal as
sault on young white woman Of that
section. Neighbors of the woman
heard screams last night and went
to her rescue, and after hearing of
her trouble summoned Deputy Sheriff
T. D. Lucas He arrested Barr and
brought him to the county Jail. It is
claimed that Barr was under the in
fuence of whiskey at the time he at
tempted the crime. This is the Sec
~ond crime of this nature in this i'm
mediate section in the last two days.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01

state department that they plan to
put on an intensive campaign. County
organizers are being employed whose
duty it is to work in cooperation with
the county superintendent Of educa-
tion for the promotion of the work.
The state pays the teachers but the
employment of an organizer must be
from local funds. The state depart
ment' Of education and the illiteracy
commission stand ready to assist the
individual counties in putting on the
campaign. but there should be some
local demand For further lnforma-
ton, write the State Department OF
Education or the Illiteracy Commits
sion, Columbia, S. c.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
Already Doomed.

The Fool Killer stopped pair OF
promising subjects, and, taking a.
fresh grip on his bludgeon, demanded
whittier they were bound.
81 Co." answered the first, "to the
dells and dingles to pick mushrooms
for my own delectation."
"And l." explained the other, "am
on my way to meet low-browed per-
son from whom to purchase for three
dollars half a pint Of bone-dry liquor
of his own concocting.'
pass, on, gents!" said the Fool
Killer. 1T is unnecessary for me TIA
waste time on either of YOU"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
A Stern Critic Of Education.

The teacher had sent numerous
notes in vain endeavor to get Johnny
bathed and cleaned up. There was no
reply and no visible Improvement in
the boys appearance, until at last the
mother, driven to desperation, sent
the teacher a ong letter saying,
among other things:
What is it to the teachers whether
the children in their schools have a
bath once a day or once a week, or
once a month or once year? They
are washing the SAP all out of the
children, and that is how so much
tuberculosis gets started"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
ORIGIN OF OLD CUSTOMS.
Most of Them Mark Back to Events Of
Significance.

When some illustrious person dies,
flags are lowered to half-mast. If the
average man in the street was inter-
rogated for an explanation he would
probably say it was just the usual
custom. However, there is distinct
meaning in this, for the space above
is left for the flag of the Angel of
Death.
Again, a ship is invariably spoken
of as of the feminine gender; this is
traced to the ancient Greeks, who
Ecalled all ships feminine names, out of
respect to Athene, Goddess of the Sea.
Friday is believed to be an unlucky
day by those who are superstitious. 1t
is derived from the fact it was the day
of Our Lords Crucifxion as we'll as
the one on which Adam and Eve ate
the forbidden fruit.
Few, perhaps are aware why a
weather-cock is frequently attached to
church steeple. This is believed to
remind people of Peters denial of
Our Savior.
journalists are spoken Of as mem
bers of the Fourth Estate" Burke is
generally credited as being the origi-
nator of the phrase, for while address
ing Parliament one day he said there
were three branches of government,
the king, the house of lords, and the
house of commons, the Three Estates;
but, turning round to the reporters
gallery, he added, ''There sits the
Fourth Estate, far more important
than the Others
The BARRIERS pole has also curious
history. In other times BARRIERS were
also surgeons and practiced the art OF
phelbotomy, and a pole was given to
the patient to hold in his hand in Or
der to let the blood run more freely.
The pole should have a line of blue
paint, one of red, and one Of white,
winding round it's length, blue repre-
senting the blood in the veins, red the
| blood in the arteries, and white the
bandages.
"Uncle," adopts his familiar sign of
three balls over his shop, because the
balls form part of the old Arms Of
Lombardy, the people there being the
first pawnbrokers in existence.
1t is a common belief that peacock s
feathers are unlucky. This is due to
the tradition that the bird opened the
Gate of Paradise to the serpent.
The nick in a coat has been puz-
zler to many. 1t is said to date back
to the time of Napoleon. A general
named Moreau had many followers,
but they were afraid to openly express
sympathy with him. 1t was therefore
agreed to put a nick on their coats
as a secret sign The letter NJ can be
seen in the lapel representing the in
| itial letter of the generals name.
The word "tip" finds its origin in
the fact that restaurant keepers used
| to place a box with slit in it, with
the words, "To insure promptness,'
the initials of which spell the now
familiar term for gratuity y.-Edinburg
/ Scotsman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
Chronometric Circumlocution.

The city man was comparing his
timepiece with the clock on the wall
of Zeke Sidebothem's cigar store.
"Why that clocks crazy!" he ex-
claimed.
''That there chronom right
on the ball. stranger. Only it's bit
hard to read" Zeke explained. Its
like this. When the hour hand says
ten and the minute hand says four
and the clock, strikes nine, I know
it's exactly fourteen minutes after
eight"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01

A live-wire suburban storekeeper
got into legal difficulties, and it was
rumored that he might have to give
up his business. In order to hold his
customers, therefore, he placed in the
window a placard reading:
Business as Usual During Alterca-
tions.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01

inscriptions expiring July 1 will
be discontinued next week unless re-
newal is received before the next is-
Sue
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01

The Herald Book Store carries the
largest stock of tablets, pencils men,
orandum books, and school supplies
inBamberg county.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13

Again, take the medium sized large
legal papers. etc. Last year ii cost,
exclusive OF postage, S2.56 Tor ii thCuS-
and bearing the return card of the
sender. Now il costs S3.72, or an in
crease OF 45 per cent The imprinted
one cost in 1919 S212 in addi ion o
the postage; now il costs So. Is or an
increase of - per cent. \ third Illus
tration of the advance in the cost
OF living" The little penny wrapper
for mailing newspapers to distant
friends. last year cost, in addition to
the postage, $l2o for thousand;
while now it is $50. or an even 81
per cent increase,
The question very naturally pre-
scnts itself why is it necessary IL
Increase the cost To the public on gov
eminent printed envelopes? \ single
envelope or single Thousand of
them, is a small matter when taken
lone. but when considered by the
millions il is no insignificant matter
and the increase in the revenue 10
he department, or TO the government
contractor, or to some one else, Is
enormous, Fifty per cent added to
his one item of expense is a burden
nat cannot be shifted, but must be
gldured.
The war is over but its shadows
re many and are everywhere dIstrib
lted. Generations vet unborn Will
have cause to remember with regret
he expenses incurrd in the l9lG20
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13

war are rapidly hearing. The great
army OF freenen which America
sent to the defense of liberty, re
turning 10 the grateful embrace OF
the nation, has res lmed the useful
pursuits OF peace as simply ana
as promptly as il rushed To arms
in obedience to the cuuntrY'S cali
The equal justice ol our laws has
received steady yindication in the
support of a laWabidiug people
against various and sinister at
lacks, which have reflected only
the haser agitatious of war, now
happily passing.
In plenty, security and peace,
our yirtlCus and se,t-reliant people
Iace the future it. duties and It's
opportunities. May we have vision
10 discern our duties. the strength
both of hand and resolve, to dis
charge them, and the ,oandnesS of
heart 10 realize thar the truest OPP
purtunit.es are those OF service.
In a spirit, then, of devotion and
stewardship, We should give thanks
in our hearts, and dedicate our
selves To the service OF God : merci-
full ana loving purposes To his chill
drpn
Wherefore, |. Woodrow Wilson,
president OF the United states OF
America, do hereby designate
Thursday the 25th day gf Noyem-
hp, upXt as a day ~ ih4u(, wing
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13
SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1920.
PROFiTEERS IN MAIL SERVICE

There are some people who really
believe that the war is over and that
there is no further need Of maintain
ing, much less OF advancing, wartime
prices. But down at the national
capital there seem to be some gov
eminent officials who find it quite
necessary to increase the COST o. ono
Of fhe most used commodities in pub
lie demand. The DostOlfice depart
inent has an exclusive MONOPOLY ]
postage stamps ard stamped e"ro'
ones. Whatever the authorities no"
TIE price TO be charged. th@t @JC'
You cen take il or leave il
There are many corDoratiG9s, hu
T. ns4 firms and i'aividr"'s THROUGH
r I tho oornt"v who nc" large Nun
b !, ~ stamped envelcDes. 'om'
he III ''r rc.Jt0 cards printed there
o ,' -~.- ;'.ors uan simply thu
n, ,-tcl l.t-A IN e'ther caee thu
enve'one is the same in quality and
the purchaser pays the price.
Yes, the war is over. but the con
tractor who supplies these envelopes
to the government, is now getting
better th1n wartime prices for his
wares. OF course. it is all due to the
cet~tinuallv advancing price of paper.
The postal authorities seemingly
find it difficult to keep pace with ad,
vancing prices OF paper. Only a few
months ago the department found il
necessary to advance the price on the
numerous sizes Of cl7yelopes issued
And now within very short time. a
SECOND advance has been made. To
show how ii works, let rs take the
common sized envelope used for bus
mess correspondence with printed
return card. A year ago a thousand
cost, exclusive of the postage $172'
ttay now cost s2.44. an increase Of
AZ per cent. The same without the
printed card in 1919 cost 81 A: now It
costs SEQ. or 80 per cent increase
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13
GREAT LIVES.

After all it is the men and women
who have achieved renown that make
any country great, and it is the study
If their lives and the conscious and
unconscious reaction to their fame
that steadies subsequent generations
and keeps the country true to its best
traditions.
1t is by reason OF this that solec-
tons for the hall OF fame of New
York university have real and abld-
ing Significance. They cannot be
passed over lightly The idea itself
is one OF the finest suggestions ever
made looking to the continuous in.
,piration OF the youth Of the land
through a recognition that, While by
he very nature OF the case cannot
include all the immGrlals in Amerl-
al life, will reveal in the 80, who
ire to be chosen by the year 2oON,
iust what America means.
The choice OF seven names, an
bounced last Sunday, adds six men
to the fifty previously chosen AMI one
woman to the six already on the list.
II Is. of course. useless 10 waste time
over those who have NOT yet been
selected, since those made immortal
are in every way representative OF all
phases Of American achievement and
OF all periods
The seven just selected are quite
characteristic OF the general range of
those picked out in the past. There
will be, therefore. small dissent 10
the new honor that has come to Mark
Twain (Samuel l.. ClemensD. Patrick
Henry, Roger Williams, Augustus ST,
Gaudens, James h. Eads, Dr. William
Thomas Green Morton and Alice Free
man Palmer. For with Roger Will
lams to represent the old idea of re-
ligious freedom as founder OF Rhode
island start is made that later
doubtless viii include William Penn;
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13
GOOD Will TRIUMPHANT Under TEST

AS this message is being written,
Dodge Brothers daily, weekly and
monthly production, is at the highest
point in its history.
The most casual sort of inquiry will
satisfy you that this production is
being absorbed as it is delivered.
Within sight and sound as we write,
a great addition to Dodge Brothers
immense works, is being rushed to
completion.
The interesting thing about this sit
uation is, that it is not likely that
half a hundred people have ever
bought Dodge Brothers Motor Car
just because they wanted motor car.
Of the more than half million who
have bought 1.-THE overwhelming
majority did SO because of the name
it bore.
1t has always been treated, by the
American people in particular, as an
exception-always set apart, and
singled out, and never judged by
ordinary standards.
1t has always been thought of, and is
still thought of, first, and foremost,
and all the time, only in terms of it's
goodness, and the results it gives.
All of this is wonderful, in one way,
and quite natural and logical in an
other.
1t all dates back to the day when
John and Horace Dodge conceived
and designed and finally built the car
after warning each other, and their
associates, not even to think of it in
any other terms than the best obtain
able value.
They began with few almost alb
surdly simple principles, bluntly ex-
pressed and rigidly executed, about
decency and honor and integrity
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13

confirmed in a telegram received at
the Pdr, branch OF the American Red
Cross from Sebastopol today. The
telegram was tled IN Sebastopol on
Nov :.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13

such as most of us wrote in our copy
books at school.
They reduced these old copy book
maxlmS to a splendid and scientific
system, pouring more, and more, and
still more value into the car, and then
marshalling all the resources of mod
ern massed manufacture to get their
product into the hands of the people
at an honorable and an honest cost.
These policies and principles have
never been changed, and never will
be changed, by SO much as hairs
breadth; and they have come to be
recognized and accepted as Dodge
Brothers principles wherever motor
cars are driven.
1t has all happened as John and
Horace Dodge planned it-quite sim
ply, naturally, and automatically, all
over America, and all over the world.
People do discriminate, as Dodge
Brothers contended they would;
people will find out when a motor car
is well built and gives good service
and great good value.
Dodge Brothers market today is
where they planned to locate and
establish tin the mind and the
heart Of every man and woman who
admires good work, we'll done.
1t will last, and it will keep on grow
ing, as it has kept on growing for five
years Easter than Dodge Brothers
works could keep pace with it), as
long as the number of those who be-
lleve that manufacturer should
build to serve and not merely to sell.
continues to increase.
All is we'll with Dodge Brothers to-
day, because John and Horace Dodge
builded well in the beginning, and
because their business will continue
to build well until the end.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-11-13
One Cent Sale

Attend the keNall one Cent Sale
al torbus' Drug store Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday,
|rv the Tree. iraurr-JuLrnal Want Ads
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-15
ANOTHER ACCIDENT OCCURS
AT JUNCTION CROSSING

Another fatal accident was
narrowly avoided at the Roanoke
junction Crossing Of the Avenue
Sunday afternoon, when a couple
of huge engines dead heading"
south ran down a public service
car driven by a Mr.. Clark.
The driver of the car had just
started on a trip with two young
men passengers, when approach
ing the crossing he discovered
the oncoming engines too late to
stop or cross the tracks, he turn
ed his car down the tracks and
thus saved his life and the lives
OF his passengers, however the
engines struck the car and strip.
ped the wheels on oneside, knock
ed 1t into a freight car standing
nearby, and left 1t fit for only the
scrap pile.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-15
ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS

Mr.. j. Arch Taylor, of Oxford,
spent Tuesday night in Rose
mary.
Mr.. Ben M. Pugh, of Emporia,
visited friends in town Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Peck visit
ed Jackson Monday night and
Mrs. Peck, as district deputy of
the Order of the Eastern Star in
stalled the new officers of the
Jackson Chapter.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. P. Cooper and
Mr.. Lee Cooper attended the, fu-
neral of Mr.. Edward Drumgoole
in Brunswick Co., Va, Tuesday
afternoon.
Miss Afford spent the week.
end with relatives in Smithfeld.
The many. friends of former
postmaster, Mr.. W. G. Bass,
were glad to see him in town this
week. He is now engaged in the
grocery business in Durham.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-15
SECOND NUMBER OF
LYCEUM COURSE
St. Claire Sisters Coming Tuesday,
October 26.

The st. Claire Four, a girls
quartet which presents a varied
program of orchestral, vocal,
and special novelty features will
appear in the Central School Au.
ditorium Tuesday evening, Octo.
ber 26 at eight o'clock. This is
the second number of the Ly-
ceum Course and bids fair to be
as great a success as the first
was. Ralph Bingham says that
the st. Claire Sisters are among
the best attractions on the road.
Some special features Of the pro-
gram will be a mandolin quartet,
vocal banjo quartets and humor-
GUS songs with action.
Season tickets for the five re-
naming numbers can be bought
for $500 each. An school child
rem will be allowed to purchase
tickets for $l.00. Single ad-
missions for adults are 75c, for
school children 25c.