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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-04-02
Reasons Why The Schools OF Halifax
County Should Be Consolidated
Into Larger Districts
BENEFITS TO THE CHILDREN

BENEFITS TO THE CHILDREN
Children that live to far ava,
from school to walk and have NJ
way to ride, will be taken tt
school on trucks.
Where you have a big schoo
with a teacher for every grade
with music and domestic science
and agricultural teachers, they
can teach the children better
than they can in small schools
where one teacher has to teach
from three to seven grades.
You can get better teachers tt
come to a big consolidated
school. where they can do the
children justice, than you can, tC
come to a small school.
The teachers have more time
to give to the children.
Many children in the country
will never get beyond the sixth
or seventh grade unless they
have a school of this kind to po
to, because they are not able to
go off to some outside school.
Then there are children away
off in the country that are very
timid and have never mixed
with other children much. If
ttey had a big consolidated
school to go to, their timidness
would be worn off by mixing
with other children.
BENEFITS TO THE GROWN FOLKS
1t would be cheaper to pay the
teachers of one big school than
it would to pay the teachers of
about a dozen two or three
teacher schools.
1t would be cheaper to keep
one big building in repair and
the fires going than it would be
several small schools.
1t would be cheaper for the
fathers and mothers that are
financially able to send their
children to an outside school,
after they pass the seventh
grade to keep their children at
home until they finish the
eleventh or twelfth grade.
Then there are a lot of people
in the country that do not have
much education. They couldn't
help but learn right much if
there was a school of this kind
in the community.
BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY
1t would be a great benefit to
any community to have from
eleven to fifteen we'll educated
men and women to come into its
bounds.
Having a big consolidated
school in a community, will give
people progressive ideas anc
make them get to work to keep
up with the school.
Having a big school in the
community, the people viii
naturally come together there
and mingle with their neighbors,
and this will develop a gooC
community spirit.
If the children of a communit!
are we'll educated you will natur
ally have we'll educated men ant
women and therefore a wei
educated community.
If we do not have a goot
school in the country all of th'
best people will move to town 81
they can educate their children
So if we want to keep our bes
people in the country, we will
have to have consolidate(
schools.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-04-02
RICKS . ALLEN

Mr.. Hugh C. Ricks and Miss
Martha S. Allen, of Rosemary,
were married in Weldon Monday
night at the Baptist parsonage,
Rev. j. G. Blalock, officiating,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-30

The nominal horsepower Of % 60
eins 70 dstermined By IN approximate
formula Of which that Of the Natiooal
automobile chamber Of commerce y
the most common. According to this
the horsepower 10 equal to the sluare
Of the diameter Of the cylinder timss
the number Of cylinders divided b.
tWo and one-half.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-30

TIE record 10 held b. ~ splrs q
Norwich cathedral. EaGiaad vAicA %
ne feet high. The original splrs vas
destroyed By lightning 10 -. ths
present spirs being about $50 ysan
cid.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-30

Jud Tupkins says that some meo
who would scorn 20 bet on q horse
race play politics. strictly ~ u game
Of chance.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-30

Tine 10 agnaled to vessels In he
haroor Of Lisbon By two lights. which
ere automatically Illuminated ave min.
utes before the hour aud exsinguished
Of the hour
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-30

When you know man 10 be yel-
low IL IL just as well to draw the
color line.--Cartoons Magazine.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-30

Height ~ Something o. oaksr.
Our idea OF the height Of somethins
or other Is a 2OOpound cornfed gsVi
jammed into q tin bathtub that 10 a.
tached to . e.-Arkansas
Thomas Cat.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
Crows XIII a Jack Rabbit.

Alki Hall reports an odd incident he
witnessed on his place near Medford,
Ore, the other morning, wherein 10
crows attacked and devoured jack
rabbit, through hunger. Hall was In
his field when he was attracted by the
loud cawing Of the crows. Looking
I'D, he saw the birds right behind the
rabbit, which was travelling about ten
feet at a jump. Finally one Of the
crows alighted on the back of bunny,
and after he had gone about fifty feet
he keeled over, not being able to pack
the excess baggage. Once on the
ground. he was pounced upon by all
of the crows. which picked his bones
clean in short order.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
GOVT OPERATION RI!
OUT OF POLITICS
Party Leaders Convinced by
Results Of National Can.
vass Of Editors.
INDICATES FORMER POLL.
Overwhe Inning Veto Like That Of Year
Before From Both Sides Of
Political Fence.

Washington circles OF both
political parties here are greatly in
terested IN the results of national
poll on the question of government
operation among over 5000 newsra-
per editors throughout the country.
With SO per cent of these editors, re-
gardless Of political faith, giving It as
their impartial opinion that the public
is more than ever opposed to the gov
ernmenI going into business In com
petition with Its citizens. observers
here see little chance that either po
ijtical party will find II o profitable
campaign issue.
In The opinion of party tenders ih's
sort OF rHn>nS~ ninGn% newspaper
editors is the hes posa he index OF
public opinion They recall a similar
qlieStinnnii,e sent out yenr ago in
connection with the proposition that
the 90, ernment inke Ell the rail
roads permanently Replies at that
t!n.e from Approximately the same
number of editors showed So per cent
a"hlnst the principle Of go, eminent
operation They recall also that with
IN ten days from publication of the
result, of the former queS.iOnnaire the
sentiment for return OF The railroads
to their owners had definitely crys'
tallized
Comparison OF present results In de-
tail with those of year ago con-
vinces the political student not only
that these editors have been accurate
In ther Judgment but that party con.
siderations played no part in form.
Ing IT, From Democratic and sup
posedIy radical Texas, for example,
the present Questionl,are brought re.
plies from editors Of 2!I papers only
three OF whicI, are Republican Yet
the percentage against government
ojerntion WAS 81. Which is exactly the
same ms rha, gwen by 200 editors
from Republican Michigan. among
whom were representatives Of only
three Democratic papers Other
states that pair percentages signid-
cnntly are Massachusetts and Nevada,
with 100, Connecticut and South Caro-
lima. with 81; Maine and WeS Vir-
ginia. with 90: Kentucky and New
York. with 81 Missouri and Pennsyl-
vania, with 80: Ohio and Oklahoma,
with g.
The result of the present poll as to
govern nent operation In each state
are graphically shown ~ the follow
ing chart:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
Movie Lessons So Apiece.

New York.-"Maybe I'm no Mary
Pickford, but have the makings Of
great moving picture actress" said
scrubwoman to one Of the district at
torney's staff, Investigating the so
called moving picture schools" This
investigation has disclosed that per-
sons from scrubwomen to mothers of
large families have enrolled In these
uchools at So q lesson.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
Better Laying in Cool Breeze.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Patrolman Frank
Howell has found out how to make
hens lay In hot weather. He puts
them in cages and hangs tire cages in
trees where the breezes will play
through the occupants feathers. "May-
be It fiatters EN-" says Howell. "but
my theory is that they lay better when
they don't suffer from the heat"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
HOW THE SOVIET
CAME TO ITALY
Unexpected Answer to Lockout
by the Employees.
MOVEMENT NOT POLITICAL

Workers In Great Metallureic Region
Have Taken over the Control Of
More Than 800 Foundries and Fac
tories and the Government Tries
Only to Prevent 6Ioodshed and Pre-.
serve Order.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
DATES BACK TO
18TH CENTURY
uoyd's Is One of the Most Fa-
nous British Institutions.
U. s. CONSUL Tells ABOUT IT

Actual Organization Is Understood by
Few People Outside Its Membership,
Even in Britain-Simply an Associa-
ton Which Governs the Affairs OF
Its Members-Lloyd's Coffee House,
Where Captains Met, Gave It Birth.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04

syndicate repose their hopes of an
early surrender of the industrial
soviet. Still, in certain factories the
workers are said to be forging arms
with which to defend their labor, their
organization and the property they
have appropriated for their own doubt
full profit.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
RATTLESNAKES KILLED
In Part Of Pennsylvania They Appear
to Be More Numerous,

Rattlesnakes seem to be more nu-
merous this year through the north
eastern part of Pennsylvania.
Roland Meyer of HazletOn, while
fishing along the Lehigh river, killed
one that had nine rattles and but
ton, making the second he has dis
patched so far during the summer.
Oscar Schnauffer and his father Of
Weatherly, while hunting groundhogs
near Penn Haven, were attacked by
rattler. which they killed after some
maneuvering. 1t is the largest ever
seen Whereabouts, having q rattles and
measuring feet and inches. 1t is
about three inches in diameter and is
on exhibition at the Schnauffer home.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
X. Of c. Put $4,000 Veterans In JoI

Fifty thousand ex-service men have
been placed in industrial positions by
the Knights of Columbus, according to
Michael S. Hogan. X. of @. supervisor
In New York city. More than 1000 vet
Grams were placed every week, he said.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-11-04
Six German chouls captured.

Six Germans employed In exhum'ng
bodies at Coblenz bridgeheaG, Amri-
can headquarters, have been arrested
for stealing gold teeth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-23
A REASON FOR FAILURE.

In The Journal OF Saturday, j. N
Andrews writes very pertinently OF
the lack of support given local enter
prise on a number of occasions, when
attempts have been made ID start new
industries in Pensacola. Some OF .he
points brought out by Mr.. Andrews al e
we'll worth studying and deserve the
consideration of every person who
wishes to see Pensacola become a CEN
ter of paying industries.
Mr.. Andrews gives examples OF a
number of business ventures which
have failed in Pensacola, owing to the
lack of public support, so he claims.
But it is likely, if deeper considera-
ton were given it might be found
that there We're other causes that en-
tered into these failures. and which
were the reason for the early demise
of these small factories.
It can hardly be expected that home
people will patronize home industries
unless the products that are turned
out are at least equal to those which
may be bought by them as cheaply,
if not cheaper, elsewhere. After read
ing Mr.. Andrews article. one is forced
to wonder how much these concerns
were patronized by the writer of the
letter to The Journal, or how long
they would have held that patronage,
unless the goods offered for sale had
been up to the standard.
This does not mean to say that
many OF these products were not just
as represented and worth what they
cost. but how many people in Pensa-
cola knew about these productsg After
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-23
the first news stories that car

], the first news stories that came oui
in the papers. how many times did
these firms advertise their wares to
the public? how convenient did they
make it for the public to be served
In other words how hard did they
fight for local trade?
| Enterprises are not built up merely
by making an article; the product
must be put on the market and the
| producers have to prove to the people
| that it is worth the money; unless
| manufacture expects to hustle Tor
| trade, to advertise his wares. to meet
competition in every way, he Will De
| making ducks and brakes OF his money
by producing something which he puts
| in a warehouse or on his shelves and
| never pushes.
That is Just what the cooperative
bureaus which the Department OF
Commerce wishes to establish are
designed to do; to market the goods
after they are manufactured, not only
in Pensacola but in all parts OF the
country. Such manufacturing centres
are being established in other towns
and might be established here, if men
would get together to work out some
constructive plans Tor the future in
stead Of continually harping back to
the failures of the past.
The way to go forward Is to face
forward. We certainly cannot go
forward by continually looking back
ward, by holding post-mortems over
the dead past which should be left
to bury its dead.
That is not the spirit that builds
towns. The spirit that builds is the
spirit that uses the failures OF the
past as stepping stones for better
things for the future.
It is this same spirit that is keep
ing Pensacola from having better
schools. It is the same spirit that is
keeping Escambia county from having
better schools It is the same spirit
that is keeping Escambia county from
having better roads. 1t is the same
thing that kept those other enter
prises from succeeding.
The Journal does not believe that
the people of Pensacola are less pub
lic-spirited than other people. 1t IS
only common sense to believe that II
the goods measure up to standard and
the people are kept informed about
them, if they are properly advertised
to the trade they will get their share
of patronage. Pensacola is not blind
neither do they see through rose
colored glasses. Deliver the goods, and
Pensacola will not be behind in taking
advantage of any good opportunity for
patronizing home industry. But a
business is not charity and should
not be conducted as one. Give the
people their moneys worth. and no
enterprise will ever fail of success
provided its promoters hang on long
enough to push their products as
other firms have done and are doing,
all over the country.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-23
A SONG OF WILD FLOWERS.
BY Frank L. Stanton.

In what sweet, rainy woodland did
they grow
From these bleak hills apart?
Yet from their undreamed loneliness |
You passed their way, sweetheart!
It was in Maytime-in the deeps of
May,
And nature, with deft art,
Filched from your cheek some rosy
tints away
And framed these flowers, sweet
heart!
For they are beautiful. and you are So
The fairest fruits of May.
Love ever sees the barren gardens
glow,
Dear. when you walk Loves way.
The fairest flowers this secret still
impart
In golden dawn and dew;
Eod made them beautiful for you,
sweetheart;
They are dream of you!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-23
hacked away from me in pretended

hacked away from me in pretended
awe.
/ ooh! descendent of thrifty Yanke,
/ traders, bow to your wisdom. TAX
back what you have not used! If 1 haC
all the unopened stuff I've presented
to the janitor I could buy car in
lstead of riding in taxis."
| mo doubt" I responded dryly.
really could not resist the temptation
to aim a shaft, be it ever so feeble {
one, at Dicky's complacence. Blu
Dicky, what shall we give them tc
drink. Coffee? I shall need more
than have in the house"
| Dicky raised his hands high in the
air with an exaggerated gesture OF
despair.
''Coffee-ye gods and little fishes!
Offer that bunch coffee and nothing
else, and you have to send them all
home in ambulances.''
l suppose my face expressed the dis
way 1 felt at a possible repetition of
the experience of the night before, for
f, he patted my shoulder kindly and said
| reassuringly:
Don't worry little girl, Well keep
this party on a strictly beer and ale
basis. Then there won't be any trouble.
Any one Of the crowd except Mrs.
Lester and yourself could handle a
key of either without any trouble. AS
neither Of you will probably take
more than a glass or two apiece any,
way you do not need to bother any
more tonight about our party. I'll
call the others up after a while. Come
on over here and talk to me-"
He settled himself in the immense
n hot NJ
grown to love because of the tender.
intimate little talks we have had
while in tit is large enough to hold
us comfortably-and held out his arms
for me.
I never felt less like being caressed
than 1 did at that instant. Knowingly
or not, Dicky had bruised my sensibili-
ties with almost every word he had
uttered concerning our proposed little
supper. But I detested unutterably
another quarrel, so 1 came slowly to-
ward Dicky. His arms went around
me, and he gathered me close to him.
sweetheart" he said, I'm a clumsy
chap, and 1 get the cart before the
horse half the time, but don't you make
any mistake about this. / love you,
love you, love you, and what you've
done tonight makes an awful hit with
me. l know these people aren't your
kind, but they're my friends. I've
chummed with them for years, and
I'm indebted to them for hundreds of
kindnesses."
My husbands eyes. his voice, his
arms EMBODIED me with tenderness. His
words drew the bitterness from my
heart. 1 felt again the rapture of the
knowledge that he was my man, mine.
l Struggled closer to him, and felt every
vestige of resentment leave me in the
happiness of being loved.
Continued tomorrow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-23
FAIR PLAY.

II Pensacola needed anything addi
honal to bring to the citizens a real
| ization Of the need Of proper higl
| school building. the commencement
exercises of Friday evening Furnished
the text. II ever half a hundred OF
more young men and women wer,
graduated under more embarrassing
The Journal has never
been aware of such conditions.
Because Pensacola has no adequate
assembly hall of any kind, it was nee.
lessary to hold the exercises in the
Garden Theatre, which was entirely in.
adequate to the occasion. There was
not nearly sufficient seating capacity
the hall was insufferably hot, because
of lack Of ventilation and the plat
form was SO crowded as to make it i'm
possible for the members of the school,
board, the faculty and those present.
ing the medals to have seats with the
student body, but Professor Collier had
to call the speakers and those who
made the presentations from the audi
ence, where they were seated.
1t was not to the credit of the pub
lie. but it was greatly to the credit
OF the students and the school board
that the exercises went off without a
hitch and that Friday will go down
in history as one of the most interest
ing commencement nights of Pensacola
school annals.
Listening to those young men last
night as they pleaded for better
chance for those who come after them,
1t seemed as if Pensacola is facing
situation that is more than deplor-
albeit is disgraceful. Are we to have
high school building, or are we not ?
Are the students to continue their
studies indefinitely in the old ram
shackle Gypsy Smith tabernacle, or are
they to have the school that has been
promised them?
The students have been patient. On
the only occasion that they rebelled
last winter, The Journal stood back
of them, and intends to stand back of
them just so long as they suffer such
injustice at the hands of the public.
The Journal believes in law and or
der; believes in discipline; but it also
believes in fair play; the students are
eornered; they have had to do more
than study to make a good school
record; they have had to keep their
minds fixed on their studies, when
every atom Of their self-respect must
have been in revolt
They sat in their study halls with
winds sweeping through them, they
sat there when it was so cold as to
make it not only uncomfortable but
really" dangerous to health, they have
not had enough teachers; they have
not had sufficient equipment; they
have not had enough of anything, ex-
cept the Gypsy Smith Tabernacle
they have had too much of that.
1t is credit to the spirit of the P.
Fl. S. that the students have not re-
volted. But they have not. They have
upheld the honor of the school, and
they deserve some appreciation of
their efforts. Let every man, woman
and child in Pensacola talk for better
sIoouos Jealaq 10Y HIoM puB sIoouos
until we get them, as an evidence of
civic pride and as a tribute to the
young men and young women who
have spent the past four years Of study
so patiently in the old ramshackle
building on Gregory street.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-23
IMPORTANT COMMITTEE APPOINT
MENT.

The probable appointment of Con-
gresham John Fl. Smithwick as a
member of the rivers and harbors
committee of the house of representa-
tives, is being received all over the
state with appreciation and pleasure,
and congratulations are being extend
ed to Congressman Smithwick of the
Third district.
Since Stephen M. Sparkman, of
Tampa, was defeated for congress.
Florida has suffered a distinct loss in
congress. Mr.. Sparkman, under dem
ocratic control, was chairman of the
committee and under republican con-
troll, was its minority leader Since
that time, Florida has been without a
representative.
Congressman George Crisp, of Geor-
gia, is said to be responsible for the
statement at recent meeting of the
committee that it was decided to give
Smithwick the next vacancy, and it is
believed that his appointment will
come some time in December.
Certainly if any state in the union
has rightful claim to representation
on the rivers and harbors committee.
Florida has. with its fifteen hundred
miles of seacoast and inland water
ways, and the Third Congressional dis
trict is particularly deserving of con-
sideration, as little has been done for
the coast or river developments Of this
section for number Of years.
The honor that has come to Mr..
Smithwick is matter Of special graf
ification here in his home city and
section. He deserves every honor that
may come to him. for he has been an
excellent public servant, attending
strictly to the business of his office.
and rejecting credit upon himself ard
his constituents.