The Holly chieftain., 1920-10-07
coLUllBUs DAY.

COLO40VO OAy.
Columbus Day is now q legal hOl-
! iday in tw0-thirds of the states, and
will be generally celebrated In all
/ of them before long. The people
are glad of this breathing spell in
/ the long pull between Labor Day
and Thanksgiving. They are well
pleased to have q day set aside in
honor of the man who opened up
/ this country to modern civilization.
1 In his time Columbus was regard
ed as crack Drained adventurer.
The successful men of wealth, the
politicians of his time, scOrned him.
as lacking in ordinary common
sense. Yet while they are forgotten,
the name OF Columbus goes down
to all history as one OF the great
benefactOrs OF the race.
Everyone can have in his own
life a little of the Columbus spirit,
the willingness to try the unknown
and venture out in search OF better
things. There is too much of q tend
ency in settled society to follow
along the same old ruts.
| But people who wish to- learn
from the spirit OF Columbus, should
read his life and note what an ex-
ceedingly practical man he was. He
was no dreamer starting off in the
search for new utOpias which exist
ed only in his imagination. He had
long pursued sea faring life. In
order to pursue his career under
the most promising opportunities,
he had left his home to secure in
the ships of the Portuguese, then the
best sailors of the world. As
skilled mariner and map maker, his
opinion as to the existance of
new world was no mere fancy, but
reasoned theory built on actual
experience
| If in these present times, people
can combine the daring of the ad-
venturer, with the practical knOwl-
| edge of the man who goes to the bot
tom of his subject, they will In their
own way accomplish something of
the achievements of the man whose
| fame is observed on October IL.
THE HONESTY OF BASE BALL.
Charges that certain ball players
have been taking money from the
| betting crowd to throw critical ex-
hibitiOns, raises the question how
far crooked work OF this kind Is go
ing on. The sporting writer's of the
newspapers, who know the situa-
ton from the inside. seem to think
there is very little OF il.
| No doubt professional players
have opportunities. a fellow might
get cash tips for queering few
games and get away with 1t. But
the chances are his career would
soon be cut short. Ball players live
| in intimate association with each
other. 1t would be mighty difficult
for FELLOW to double cross his
| comrades without their knowing it.
Base ball managers do their best
to keep the game clean. They have.
to. If the honesty of base ball was
open to question, the ball parks
| would be empty. The close scrut-
my maintained on work Of this
kind imposes high standard of
honor among players, and those
with crooked tendency usually
get thrown out long before they
reach the top.
Another sign of the prevailing an
archy is that man women are re-
fusing to vote as their lords and
masters tell them
Some one is killed by an automo-
bile accident every 80 minutes, but
'ools are being born every minute
so only small part OF 'em can be
disposed of In this way.
| The newspaper publishers who
don't dare raise prices to meet pres
ent conditions. will also be afraid
to ask what their plant is worth
when they have to sell it for junk.
Some one asks what has become
OF the 20 cent church suppers for
merly given in Holly? Well, at
last accounts the churches gave
them up owing to their inability
to feed the whole town.
While one hates to see the indus
tries of the country slow down, it,
| will be some relief not to have to
spend a whole day chasing around
to find some one who is willing to
work for an hour.