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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
THE BOY SCOUTS BUSY LIFE.

Removed dead trees from n church.
yard, searched the woods for miss.
ing man, took part in the Victory Loan
rally and bought n note Is the good
turn record of Scout Troop No I Of
Bushkill. Pa.
Boy Scouts Of Salem, Ore, in their
drive for the collection of newspapers
and magazines gathered In a total OF
4s,146 pounds of paper, or more than
"a tons This was sold to Portland
firm for $l4 ton, netting in excess
OF 1896.
The Norfolk, Va, scouts responded
to many calls for service, the bia
events being the soldiers welcome
home week, house to house anti
waste paper campaign. the Red Cross
roll call drive and acting as ushers for
the National Humane convention.
Members Of the Galveston troops Of
the Boy Scouts of America have re.
turned from hike and camping party
held at Camp Prairie, seven miles
down the island. Camp fires were one
Of the principal features Of camp life,
md singing and story telling charac-
terized the diversion. Each scout did
his own cooking.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
GLAD HIS BOY IS A SCOUT

AT recent father and son banquet
In Chicago the father of a scout made
the following speech. according to o.
l.. Duggnn, field executive:
when my boy came to me several
years ago and said he wished to join
the hoy scouts said emphntically No.
A few days later he asked second
time TO be allowed to join troop that
was being formed at the church.
said NO again. but Immediately began
to investigate scouting and found II to
be not at all what had thought, II
young army, but that It taught many
good and useful things. Still did
not tell him that he might join.
"A few days later he came to me
third time and said: Dad, why don't
you want me to Join. the boy scoutsr
Then said to him: "Son, didn't want
you to join the scouts. but have made
an investigation and II you will prom
Use me that you will live up to the oath
ana law Of that organization ! Will
give you my consent to join He wnsa
happy hoy and joined the scout troop
at the next meeting.
Il cannot tell you how thankful |
am that he did join the troop can
not think Of any other one thing that
has done as much for my boy rs being
n scout. We are pals together. My
son tells me everything. He is good
boy and good scout, and the scout or
gnnlzatlon and the scoutmaster deserve
all the credit for what he is today"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

merely furnished n tonic for their
courage. What mate for a man
And She looked at him pridefully.
They were married before the ship
was loaded, and on a knoll of the
loggcd-over lands back of the town
and commanding view of the bay,
with the durk.forested hills IN back
and the little second growth redw0odS
nOuriShing in the front yard, he bullt
her the finest home in SeQuoia. Here
his son Bryce was born, and here, two
days later the new.nlade mother made
the supreme sacrifice Of maternity.
For half a day following the de
strucion of his Eden John Cardigan
sat dumbly beside MIS- wife, his great,
hard hand CareSSng the auburn head
whose every thought for three years
had been his happiness and comfort
Then the doctor came To him ana men
toned the matter of funeral arrange
meutS
Cardigan looked up ut him bankly.
"Funcral arrangements" lie passed
his gnarled hand over his leonlne
head. "Ah, yes, ! suppose so. ] shall
attend 10 It.,
He rose ana left the house, walking
with bowed head out OF SequOa. up
the abandoned and decayng skid
road through the Second.growth red
woods to the dark green blur that
marked the old timber, up the skid
road recently swamped from the land
Ing 10 the down timber where the
crosScut men and barkpeclers were al
work. on into the green timber where
the woods-boSs and his men were
chopplng.
Come with me, McTavish' he said
10 his WoodS.boSS They passed
through narrow zap between two
low hills and emerged III long mar
row valley where The rcdwoods grow
thickly ANA where The smallest tree
was not less than fifteen feet in diam
ctrr ana TWO hundred and fifty feet
tall McTayiSh followed Al his
masters heels as they penetrated this
grove. making their way with diff.
Guilty through the underhruSh until
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

her, and I'm thinking I'll have to come
here often for the same. She was
like this sunbeam, Mcrayish. She
SHE"
AYE" murmurcd McTavish huSkily'
II ken. We wouldna gle her common
or pubic spot in which to wait for
ye, An yen be shuttin down the
mill an loggn'-camps an layin' Off the
hands In her honor for bltT
"Until after the funeral. McTaviSh'
And tell your men they'll be paid for
the lost time. That will he all, lad
when McTavish was gone, John
Cardigan SAT down on Il small sugar
pine windfall his head held slightly
10 one side while he listened to that
which In the redWoods Is not sound
but rather the absence OF II. And as
he listened. he absorbed n subtle com
fort from those huge brown trees, so
emhlcmatic of immortality, in the
thought he grew close to his Maker,
and presently found that peace when
he sought. Love such rs theirs couId
never die. d. The tears came at
last.
At shutdown he walked home bear
ing an armful of rhododendrons and
dogwood blossoms, which he arranged
in the room where she lay. Then he
sought the nurse who had attended
her.
I'D like TO hold my SON" he said
gently. MAY ~
She brought him the baby and
placed II In his great arms that
tremhled so: he sat down and gazed
long and earnestly nj this flesh of his
flesh and blood Of his blood. You'll
have her hair and skin and eyes he
murmurcd. "My son, my son, ! shall
love YOU 50. for now | must love for
two. sorrow shall keep from YOU,
please God ana happiness and worldly
comfort Shall leave you when ! 90
to her" He nuz2led his grIz2lcd
cheek against the hahy'S face, Just
YOU ana my trees be whispered,
Just YOU and my trees 10 help me
to hang on 10 plucky finish"
For love and paternity had come 10
him late in life and 50 had his first
great sorrow; wherefore, since he was
not accustomed 10 these hcritageS of
all flesh. he would have 10 adjust him
self to the change But his son and
his trecs-nh YES they would help
And he would gather more redwoods
now
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
CHAPTER II.

A young nalf-breed Digger woman
who had suffered the loss of the latest
of her numerous progeny two days
prior TO Mrs. Cardigan's death. was
Installed in the house as nurse TO John
Cardigan's son. whom he called Bryce
the family meme Of his mothers peo-
pie. A Mrs. Tully, widow of CardI-
CAMS first engineer In the mill. was
engaged rs houSekeeper and cook; and
with his domestic establishment re-
organized along these simple lines.
John Cardigan turned with added
eagprncSS to his business affairs. hop
ing between them and his hoy to
salvage as much as possible from
what seemed to him. in the first pangS
of his loneliness and deSolatlon. the
wreckage of his life.
While Bryce was in swaddlng
clothes he was known only to those
females of SeQuoia to whom his half
breed foster mother proudly exhibited
him when taking him abroad for an
airing in his perambulator. With his
advent into rompers. however. and the
assumption of his American preroga-
tive of free speech. his father develop
ed the habit of bringing the child
down to the mill office, to which he
added playroom that connected with
his private office. Hence, prior to his
second birthday, Bryce OWNED that
his father was closer TO him than
motherly Mrs, Tully or the half-breed
girl. Moreover, his father took him on
wonderful journeys which no other
member of the household had even
suggested.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

thousands Of acres of virgin timber
that had already attained vigorous
growth when Christ was cruciied.
Iii sizes ranging from five 10 twenty
feet in diameter the brown trunks
rise perpendicuarIy 70 height Of
from ninety 10 hundred ana fifty
feet before putting forth single
limb, which frequently is more mas
>iyp than the growth which men call
a tree in the forests Of Michigan
Scattered between the giants. like
subjects around their king, one finds
noble fir spruce, or pines, with Some
Valparaiso live oak black oak. pepper
wood. madrone yew ana cedar
John Cardigan settled In Humboldt
county whore the >rquoa Sempervir-
ems attainS the pinnacle Of is glory,
and with the lust for conquest hot IN
his blood he filed upon quarter
section Of the timber almost on the
shore Of Humboldt hay land upon
which city subsequently was to be
built With his douhle-bittcd axe and
eroSscut saw John Cardigan brought
the first Of the redwood giants crash
ing to the earth above which ii had
lowered for twenty centuries, and in
the form Of split posts, railroad ties.
picketS, and shakes. the fallen giant
was hauled to tdewater in ox-drawn
wagons and shipped to San Francisco
in the little twomaStcd c0asting
schoonerS Of the period. Here by the
abominable magic Of barter and trade.
The dismembered tree was transmitted
into dollars and cents ana returned
to Humboldt county to assist John
Cardigan in his task Of hpwing an
empire out Of a wilderness.
Time passed John Cardigan no
longer swung an axe or dragged
eroSS-cut saw through fallen red
wood. He was an employer of labor
now, well known In San Francisco as
d li'liiut d' w W NIiitlt'lNbpH IfIbI-
uctS the purchasers sending their
own SchooncrS for the cargo And
presently John Cardigan m0rtgaged
an Of his timber holdings with a san
Francisco bank, made heap Of his
winnings, and like a true adyenturer
Staked his all on a new yenture-the
first Sawmill in Humboldt county.
The timberS for II were hewed out by
hand; the boards and planks were
whipSawed.
It was tiny mill Judged by present
day standards for in fourteen-hour
working day John Cardigan and his
men could not cut more than twenty
thousand feet Of lumber. Neverthe.
less, when Cardigan looked at his mill.
his great heart would swell with
pride.
Here said John Cardigan to him
self eXultingly when long-drawn
wall told him his circular saw was
biting into the first redwood log to be
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
SCOUTS WILL HELP POLICE.

FL Pasos $50 boy scouts ere to be
made adjuncts to the police depart.
ment.
II will give the boy scouts train.
ing In community protection. increase
their interest In the clty's welfare, and
II will serve, advocates of the move
believe. to go far toward preventing
the spread of radical doctrines.
Boys put on their honor will make
fine guardians of the city, It was
stated. and will report any and all
violations of the law. In several other
cities. notably Kansas City. Mo-, boy
scouts on special occasions assist the
police In handling crowds and In serv
ing as crossing patrolmen.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Drought, cloudburst and
blindness threaten to bring
to naught John cardigan's
fifty years of endeavor.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Scottish Center of Industry.

Dundee ranks MS one of the leading
northeastern and central Scotland.
The district Of Dundee Is the center
OF the jute industry in the United
Kingdom and practically all the raw
jute imported into the country, which
averages 100000 bales annually. is
consumed there. 1t is the staple In.
dustry of Dundee and employs nor
mally about $4,000 workers.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
His Greeting.

peace on earth" sang the angels
when Christ was born. Peace he I'M
to you" was the greeting of the risen
Savior to his disciples, and 1t is his
erecting and his benediction TO his
people today. True peace Les at the
end of conflict II is the reward of vic
tory. 1t ia the attainment of the high
purpose for which all true battles are
fought In the struggle for the estab-
lishment of the kingdom of God In the
earth you and | are soldiers who are
called upon to fight Its battles but the
true soldier possesses that peace
which passeth understanding. and
which the world can neither give nor
take away. May that blessed peace be
yours.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
On the Other Side.

Little Philip had cried all night with
toothache and upon receiving nickel
the next morning he went as usual to
get candy again. His auntie, on com
ing home. and finding he had bought
candy with her nickel, asked him:
"Why, Philip, thought you weren't
ever going to eat candy agaln?' To
which he replied: "Well. auntie. I'm
not eating this candy on the toothaehe
side"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
MARKED END OF SPANISH RULE

In 1900. on December 81, the United
States Philippine commission ordered
that all the laws of the Philippine Is
lands be printed in English and that
English should be the official language
of the islands. For $50 years the off,
cial language Of the Philippines had
been Spanish.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Saves Us Frvm Failure.

Not gaining the object for which we
have striven may not mean defeat, but
higher success. The mists lie heavy
along the way, and human sigh is de-
fectlve, but II we are really seeking
that which seems to us highest and
best, a clearer vision than our own
may change our course. but 1t viii save
us from failure.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
CHEAP AND PRETTY HOME.

One of the most interesting exhibits
At the British Dairy association show
was four-room cottage, complete,
with large entrance hall, carriage paid
to the nearest freight station, priced
at sS75. The house is made of ashes
tos---a compound Of asbestos and ce-
ment--and the manufacturers describe
II as "weather-proof. ratproof and
dampproof." A charming little week.
end cottage Of two rooms Is offered
1t 1915.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

The heron tribe has the most typi-
cal and accomplished spearmen, al
though the kingfishers and some 9TH
ers have ability Of that sort. Persons
who have been much near streams
and lakes often have seen herons, and
It is not difficult TO watch them fish.
With their long legs they easily can
wade into fairly deep water. Having
reached Q suitable spot. they may
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
How HerOnS Take Fish

stand for hours as motionless as a
reed or post, with sharp-pointed spear
the long. slender beak-poised for
strike. II the fish is small the heron
probably opens the beak slightly az
he strikes, and snaps 1t up as II with
forceps. 1t Is known they some
times drive the beaK through large
fish and 1t may be they often kill their
prey In that way
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Eound In cow,s Stomach.

London.-A purse which contained
two coins. a button and a postage
stamp was lost at q school treat last
summer by q little girl and 1t was
found in the stomach Of COW killed
for Christmas.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05
Daily Cold Plunge Proved Fatal at Last

Astoria, N. Y.--Hls habit of taking
q cold bath every day. winter and sum
mer, proved fatal to Thomas Pana.
rites, bank clerk. On the fatal morn
Ing he followed his custom, but ths
shock was too great
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

Scientists are trying to sqnelch
new epidemic, discovered In Japan
and called the "tsutsugamushi."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-03-05

LESSON TEXT John 47-2l
GOLDEN TENT Beloved. II God so
loved us, we ought also to love one an
other-I John All.
ADDITIONAL WATERFALL John, II
John, III John
PRIMARY TOPIC-Loving One Another.
JUNIOR TOPlC-Loving God and Our
Neighbors.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
How to Show Love for God and HIS
People
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Christian Love Upon Society.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-05-14

from the underwriting project, he
thought, than from his character.
He had deposited with Cullen all he
owned, except for his private belong
ings, his runabout, and trivial sum
for current expenses. The runabout
he would offer for sale; 1t meant few
hundred dollars more to be divided
among his contributors. Beyond that,
there was nothing else he could re-
store to them.
He didn't believe that Harmon
would ever carry out his promised be-
trayal; not that he had faith in Har-
mons code Of ethics, but because he
trusted Harmon's horse sense. If Hill
lard We're alone to be accused, Har-
mon would gain nothing and might, If
he offered any adverse testimony, even
implicate himself. Indeed, il Harmon
should say enough to establish the
proof in the dangerous status of an ac-
ceSSory before the fact. No :.
this was the same procedure; to let
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-05-14
CHAPTER XIII.

In the colorless days that followed,
billiard listlessly set about the order
ing of his final plans. Fortunately,
there were few of them; his mind
would never have been equal to intri-
cate detail.
1t was a slight consolation to him to
realize that the city had habit of
judging men by personal rather than
by financial standards; for all it's
pride and wealth, it would censure him
more for his wrecked personality than
for whatever money losses he had
caused. He was prepared to endure
that censure; and because he under
stood the provOcatiOn behind it, he
was all the more eager to aid in the
salvage. There would be more saved
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-05-14
Divers in Ancient History.

The earliest mention of diving Is
made by Homer, about $50 3. c., in
the "Iliad," when Patroclus compares
the fall of Hector's charioteer to a
diver diving for oysters; and Thucy-
dldes tells of divers being used to re-
move submarine barriers placed with
the object of impeding or injuring
the Grecian feet at the siege of SYRIA
cuse. These divers had no apparatus
save a stone to carry them quickly to
the bottom and to cling to for the
brief period, about two minutes, they
could stay below. This Is called nat
ural diving and is still in use for coli
lecting sponges and pearls at Ceylon
and in the Mediterranean.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-05-14

lem and-he sank back wearily-CarOl
coming into it again, and irrevocably.
"'Almost?'" he queried mechan-
ically.
She looked at the floor; when she
raised her eyes he saw the well re-
membered depths in them. She was
haIf-chiId, half-woman-and the wom-
an was speaking with the child's
tongue. Her hand covered his; the
warm, timid pressure was very assuag-
ing.
"Yes, almost l suppose L
can really talk to you, can't 1? al
WAYS thought I could well,
when you first came here l was per-
fectly crazy about you am
yet, in a way, only sort of boiled
down you know. Not like
a sister at all, but not the
other sort, either. thought it was
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-05-14

the memory of Dicky Morgan rest in
peace, and to let the brunt of anger
fall on Henry Hilliard, who was no
body from nowhere, with lying face,
lying tongue, and no claque to mourn
at his exit.
But then there was Angela's start
ling allegation She had declared
that Everybody" in town knew all
about Hilliard and Carol. EVERY
body" would have different opinion.
He had tried to explain himself to
Carol, and he had failed; and in the
light of Angela's revelation, it was diff
ficult to decide whether Carol herself,
in protesting that she wanted to re-
tain him as FRIEND had meant that
and nothing more, or that and great
deal more. But no matter what she
had intended to convey, he dared not
90 to her again, he dared not see her
and speak to her. for if he lied to her
but he couldn't lie to her now,
and every word of truth would prove
a boomerang. He was trapped; and
although his heart was breaking for
the love he had almost won a second
time, he remained steadfast to the
ideals he had created. If Carol were
to lose him as suitor, she should new
err know that her first and foremost
sutton had gone to the devil.
He told himself fiercely there was
one definite and permanent way out
Of it. Nobody would then have
cause to gossip about Dicky Morgan;
no one-after the first natural food Of
excitement and denunciation-wou
remember very much about Henry
billiard. 1t would save such deal of
needless trouble; it would save such
wearisOme amount of shame.
But against the pitiless background
of the war, self-destruction as means
of avoiding personal difficulties, self
caused, seemed curiously repellent-
curiOuSly cheap.
No it was part of his own
grievance that Carol and the others
must grieye, too; he had dual re-
sponsibility to society. He had no
right to leave these matters clOuded by
any uncertainty of motive. Syracuse
had a right to know the facts; and if
the facts brought pain TO those he
loved, why, that was something he
should have thought about in June,
and not in November.
AS he chung comfortless to the last
slipping hours of the reputation he
had so carefully builded, he knew that
it wasn't the punishment of the law
that he dreaded, it was the ostracism
which would accompany it. 1t wasn't
his own shame which gripped him, it
was the consciousness of the shame
which would attach to his friends.
And so, for a day or two, all his fac
ulties were strung upon the attitude
of the public toward him; he was
watching franticalIy for the first signs
of adverse demeanOr, and bracing him
self for the shock which was unavOid-
ably to come. For secrets will out,
and although he had no reason to ex-
pect Waring to break his pledge, he
knew that when rumor smOlders
among as many as four people, there
cOmes-there always comes-a mo-
ment in which it bursts forth In spon-
taneouS combustion