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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29

Terence MacSwiney at last is
dead. He committed suicide by
starving himself to death, and
precious little sympathy ought
to be wasted upon him.
MacSwiney was the mayor OF
the Irish city of Cork. He was
convicted of having seditious
documents in his possession and
of melting his countrymen to
insurrection. For this he was
tried and duly convicted (. and
sentenced to prison for two
years. As a protest against his
conviction, and to make himself
a martyr, he went on . hunger
strike, refusing to eat anything.
He did without food for IA days,
and literally starved himself to
death. ssssM
Now watch a mass Of Roman
Catholic propaganda be scat
tered over the country. Mac
Swiney wilfully starved himself
to death-committed suicide
and deserves no sympathy; but
even at that, sentimental per-
sons will no doubt be fooled by
the Catholic Irish propaganda.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
WILL AMERICA KEEP THE FAlTH9

We have got to choose between
military preparedness for fu-
ture wars and political prepar-
edness for future peace.
Vital international problems
should be thought out, not fought
out.
Another war would not only
be diabolical; it would be unen-
durable.
It is a question of saving the
mothers of future generations
from sending sons into war.
There is only one League
and it is a going concern today,
with budget, officers, and rapid
ly expanding functions.
There are $1,000 reasons why
the women of America will vote
for a League of Nations to pre-
serve peace:
They are your 1000 sons and
brothers who died in France and
Flanders to end the war.
WE MUST NOT BREAK
FAITH WITH OUR DEAD!
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29

A vote for Cox means a vote
for the League, land a vote for
Harding means a vote AGAINST
the League. The men and wo-
men Of Richmond county most
certainly desire a strengthening
Of conditions for world peace
and this world peace can only
be obtained by a complete rati-
fication of the League of Ma
tic1s. i..,ya.-.
Our people have been through
one war recently-and they
know what it is to have to part
with their sons and kindred.
They have experienced the anx-
iety, the agnawingt fear aof what
might happen +, those brave
soldier-sons overseas and God
willing they Do not want to. go
through with such an expert
ence again. What can prevent
it? Why a vote for the League
ofspNaationslr The League. is is the
sirest insurance against anoth-
er world war. What say the
mothers Of sRichIn6nd County +?
--Hosi3sS Elm nj ned no jIiT N sF'fS
N0teaforIthe Democratic candi-
dFGa IA \ 4 and ,thF through Them for, the
League RELATIONSHIPS a right
sous,a Cody sdoc ID meenntt.s"'''' an ~
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
A Mothers Prayer.

Accompanying a check for the
Democratic Campaign fund was
this letter:
elizabeth, New Jersey.
George White, ESQ.,,
Chairman Democratic National
Committee.
New York City, N. Y.
Dear Sir:
please accept the enclosed
small contribution to the fund
for dissemination Of truth about
the League of Nations. 1t is lit
orally a widows mite," but it
comes from a mother who sent
four greatly needed sons to the
World War. Two of those sons,
with almost unlimited possible
ties for future usefulness, were
killed; a third was i'll in hospi-
tails in France for five months,
due to gassing in action, and is
still classified as unfit" and a
fourth risked his precious.
young life in the air. When an
honest and concerted effort is
being made by the nations OF
the earth to save, if possible,
future mothers and sons from
these sacrifices, it is hard to
realize there are those who OPP
pose an effort. I feel sure that
among those who paid for the
war there can be but one opln-
ion, and that is to try the
League of Nations, even if it is
not perfect. It is the best that
has been proposed, and, all OBJ
jections being weighed, is mani
testify the most feasible. Please
God it will not fail.
Every truly yours,
MARIE A. DAVIDSON"
October 6, 1920"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29


The principle Of Article 10 Of
the League Of Nations, about
which the Republican politicians
lof Richmond county, speak SO
loud and long, is nothing more
''or less than the principle Of the
Monroe Doctrine "a guarantee
lof sovereignty applied to the
whole world. That this princi-
|ple makes Tor peace and not for
war is shown by the test Of ex-
perience. Skeptics viewed
President Monroe's mandate,
half a century or more ago with
alarm. predicting recurrent wars
in defense Of Central and South
America. And yet not a single
shot has been fred in almost one
hundred years in preserving
sovereign rights on this hemis-
'phere.
Yes, the Monroe Doctrine
and the League of Nations bear
a close resemblance. But had
President Wilson promulgated
the Monroe Doctrine-what an
awful thing it would have been,
according to the Republican
viewpoint.
But seriously, folks, why not
get away from a narrow, par
tisan stand and come out fatty
for this the greatest of human
documents-this Christian, God
ly effort that is being made to
prevent another world war. You
Republican men and women of
Richmond county forget for a
minute politics and cast your
vote next Tuesday for President
Cox and thereby endorse this
league. You'll never regret it.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
STATE AND NATION.

President: James M. Cox.
VICE President: FRANKLIN Roose.
yeit. dot $>n9 % .,,.E&'
Senator; Lee S, Overman,
Governor: Cameron Morrison
Lieut.. Governor: X. B. Cooper.
Sec. State.(J. bryan Grimes.
State Auditor: Baxter Durham.
State Treas: B. R. Lacy.
Supt. Educa.: E. G. Brooks.
Atty. Cen: Jas. S. Manning.
Com. Agri.: w. A. Graham.
Com. L. and pm. L. Shipman.
Com. 1ns.: Stacey w. Wade.
Corp. Com. "A. J. Maxwell.
Supreme Court: w. A. Hoke, W. P.
Stacy ti@4 ' l""
Congress: VIM. G. Hammer.
saf - i'7- County.
House: W. N. Everett.
Sheriff P. L. Mcdonald.
Reg Deeds: R. L. johnson.
County Commissioners: B. F. Rey
nolds, H: D. Hatch, J. "A, McNeill, ]
w, Capel, T. D, Frutchey.
Coroner: A. M. Smith.
Surveyor: N. A. Graham.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
Women Demand the League 81
Nations.

~ y t,I }2set III 81
Nations.
Women, running true to form,
are championing the League of.
Nations because. as usual, they
are trusting to their instinctt,
and instinct tells them that this
proposal is the only safeguard to-
peace.
But by far the most import
ant provision, and Of this We
hear little, is the proposal to dis:
arm the world. The financial
burden which this would lift IL
enormous. Men fully appre ciate,
that SO per cent Of all Fedora
appropriations are made \ for
NY "
war, past present andimfHtNre.r
But to women Of AmeffSA dis
armament does not mean 50
much a saving in money.eqH
means that by every gun, every.
battleship, every piece Of fight
ing machinery we scrap, by just
so much have we reduced tho
chances of war, and that is what
American women, and women all
over the world, want.
American women are at this
time more concerned with the
sufferings and needs of Europe,
the undernourished women and
children, than they are with the
cry which Republicans are set
ting up, namely, Americas SUI
periority in finance, resources
and trade, which prestige must
be maintained, no matter what
the cost in spiritual disintegra-
ton.
Shall America go to pieces
through greed and selfshness ?
American women answer mo!
and again mol!
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
Herbert Hoover is a Repub-

Herbert Hoover is a Repub-
lican whom even the most par
tisan Richmond county Repub-
lican ought to place the utmost
confidence in. But will they?
Read what Herbert Hoover had
to say of the League of Nations
in an address at Leland Stanford
University on October 3rd, 1919:
ITO me every line of the
covenant (of the League of Ma
tions) is the complete negation
of militarism. During the course
of negotiations in Paris that
fact stood out with regard to
the League. Opposition to it
there arose entirely from the
representatives of the old mill
taristic regimes and from the
|reactionaries of the world in
general .. They had the vi
sion to see and even openly to
state that it would mean the ulti-
mate abandonment of military
force in the world" ;,
And now read what another
big Republican has said about
the league. William Howard
Taft is an honest man and a
clean man. If HE can endorse
the League of Nations, then
surely the Republicans Of Rich
mond county can do so. Here
is what Taft says of the
League-he declares its adop-
ton is inevitable:
my feeling about a League
|of, Nations is that the stars in
their courses are fighting to
make it inevitable. Senator
Borah can intrude resolutions
aimed at entangling alliances.
But what are we now? We are
in a place where we cannot es-
cape it. We went into this war
because we were driven into it.
We were forced into it 10 de-
fend our rights on the seas i. .
If there isn't a League of Ma
tons created at Paris, the whole
thing is failure. / don't think
it will be a failure. I do think,
however, that the people at
Washington had better get on
the band wagon Immediately"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
SAMUEL SMILEY'S SAYINGS
He Discusses the Scrapping Of

SAMUEL SMILEY y SAItNGS
He Discusses the Scrapping Of
the League and the Borah-
Johnson Talking Machine.
Nj @. What do I think Of Hard
iing's Des Moines speech fatty
rejecting the League Of Ma
tons? you ask me.
A. Well, sir, ! would call that
q canned speech-a Borah-J John
son record. played on their
Hardingola.
Y @. Do I think the American
people will consent to desert our
associates in the war with VIC
tory incompleted?
"A. Well, if they do, they ought
to change the spelling Of Lafay-
'ette to Laugh-ayette.
@. What do I think Of his re-
!
pudiation of our moral obliga-
ton?
A. A moral obligation is a sort
of gentlemen's agreement, to
which he proposes to add an ex-
Iemption clause for the United
States Senate.
/ @. Do I consider Harding's po-
sition on the League and the
Peace Treaty logical?
A. No; it's Lodgical.
@. What is his attitude on
self-determination?
A. Let Hi and Bill do it.
@. How do I think his cam
paign is coming on?
A. In his retreat to normally
the Senator has only gotten as
far as Borahcy and Johnsoncy.
@. What is my idea of nor
malcy?
A. A bear in winter time.
@. What would I suggest as a
Harding Front Porch motto?
A. I think the Senator will be
justified in sticking to the one
he has used all through the
campaign Nobody Home!"
@. What dc I think of the re-
volt of Herbert Parsons, the
New York Republican leader,
against Harding?
A. do not know of anyone
better qualified to preach Hard
ing's political funeral sermon
than Parsons.
@. What do I think Of the de-
mand for changer"
A. The Republicans were the
ones to demand a change, and
now they're getting it-a
change from Harding to Cox.
SAMUEL SMILEY.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
Peace, Progress and Prosperity.
'Next year, liz WeJgo into the

Peace, Progress and Prosperity.
Next ysafJiif wevgo into the
League of Nations, we can save
$4s5,OOO,oO III our Navy alone.
. Do you know what you can do
with $465,Oo0,0oO? 9lYou can Re-
claim 23,o0o,OOO acres of arid
land in the West. / am in favor
of stopping the building battle
ships and Of retaining arid
land, and of giving every soldier
boy a farm and a home of his
own, if he wants to try. it out
there in that great promising
country. If ne doesn't want that,
then I am in favor Of the Four
fold plan, which was recon-
mended by the American Lee
gion at Cleveland within the last
week or ten days." 80 Governor
cox. IN.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29

A vote for Cox is a vote for
the League of Nations. A vote
for Harding is a vote for no one
knows what. Watch your step
next Tuesday, you thinking men
and women of Richmond county.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
f.

(From The Charleston News
and Courier.)
Even if Harding wins the
election there will still be doubt
as to who will be President. 1t
won't be Harding, Of course, ex-.
cept in name, but nobody knows
whether Borah and Johnson or
Lodge and Penrose will pull the
strings.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
Harding Is 1t.

(From The Chattanooga News.)
If you would rather spend mil
lions-even billions-on battle
ships than on retaining waste
lands and building roads, Mr..
Harding is your huckleberry.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29
His Definite Stand.

II do not want to clarity those
obligations. I want to turn my
back on them. It is not inter-
probation but rejection ! am
seeking. Senator Harding.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29

|of the covenant which forms
Part 1 Of the Treaty Of Peace
with Germany, and which is also
the Constitution Of the. League Of
|ations. The Treaty itself is a
long document consisting of 10
parts. Altogether it contains
44O article, only twenty-six Of
them having to do with the
League Of ations. In one publ
cation the Treaty makes 260 pag-
es of small type; the Covenant
makes 260 pages of small type;
the Covenant makes only thir-
teen pages Of the 260. It is
only a little more than one-half
as long as the constitution Of the
United States. It is written for
the most part in plain language
(although containing some tech
nical terms) and is easily under
standable by any one who really
wants to understand it.
The Peace Conference, which
drafted the League of Nations
Covenant, met on January IL,
1919. The Treaty, including
covenant, was signed on June
I28, 1919-fve months and six
teen days later.
The Treaty was submitted to
! the United States Senate on July
| 10, 1919, and finally rejected on
March 9, 192O-eight months
and nine days later.
! It took the Senate nearly
three months longer to debate
and reject the treaty than it
took the delegates of the Peace
Conference to frame it and
lagree upon it. In fact, it took
them nearly five months longer,
for the final text of the Cove
'nant was formally adopted at
'plenary session of the Peace Con-
ference on April %, 1919.
1t is a mistake to think that
the making of the Covenant
was the work of any one man.
either President Wilson, OF
Lloyd George, or Clemenceau,
or Baron Sonnino, or Baron
Maxine. It was in fact drafted
by a special committee appoint
ed by the delegates of all the
nations represented at the Peace
Conference. President Wilson
Twas made chairman of the com.
mittee. Including the experts
probably 500 of the best minds
shared in the work of framing
the terms of the Covenant. II
was adopted by unanimous
agreement.
Now what does the League
of Nations propose? It simply
proposes to promote interna-
tional peace between all nations
in the following manner.
l. BY respecting one another's
territory and political independ-
ence and by combining to pun
ish aggressor nations.
2. BY submitting to arbitra-
ton any dispute likely to lead to
war by agreeing to accept the
plan of settlement recommended.
8. By imposing the boycott
and if n 'cessary by using force,
in ordec o restrain any nation
which ires to start war-wheth-
er or that nation be men,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29

1900 women were registered in
Buncombe county.
The New York Cotton Exchange will
90 back to the old time system next Mon
day, opening Il 10 o'clock, our time.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-10-29

President: James M. Cox.
vice President: FRANKLIN Roose.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
Boys Norfolk
Suits'6.97

Quite a surprise, at this
day and time, to offer a
good substantial suit at
any such price as this. Just
s. suits in the lot. We
won't quote comparative
values, but you'll consider
yourself fortunate if you
get one of them. Sizes
from IL to Is years only.
LOWENsTEIN'S-THI FLOOR.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
Extra Specials in
WOmen's Staple Hosiery

Women's fine gauge Isle thread Hose seamless foot with
scanned leg; black and dark brown worth Csc; CT
SpeCdl at . WV
Womens mercerized Hose fashioned leg and foot; O
black and dark brown; special at ............ OON
Womens pure dyed Silk Hose seamless foot with scanned
leg; black or white; splendid $175 value; O. Of
special at =. ............ ~ sAO
Womens pure dyed Silk Hose, heavy fabrics scanned
leg; $225 value; special Ct 40
e LoWENsTEINs-FIRsT FLOOR.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
Ribbons S9c a Yard

Satin stripe and moire ribbons, s
inches wide. Pink, light blue old rose
black, red and Copenhagen: very Gee
sirable for hg1G bows; . 76e value
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-17
Yelling 25c a Yard

Regular SOC values. Plain and fancy
meshes, also scroll and bordered eff
fects; come b blacks bfoWns nsVy AID
taupee
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-12-03
Two Groups Of Rice Plants.

Rice Is the CHIEF sustenance of one
third Of the worlds population. 1t has
been cultivated front time immein0rial
In tropical and semitropical countries
and more than 1000 different varieties
have been recognized. The rice plant
is similar In appearance to wheat, but
instead Of having compact "ear" II
bears a head composed offihe stalks.
each Of which contains one grain. The
grains are covered with brown husk !.
when separated from the rest of the
plant they are known as paddy" Rice
plants may be broadly divided into
two main groups, namely. upland" or
''hIll' rice and clowland" or wet"
rice. Upland rice cnn be cultivated ns
any ordinary crop. whereas "wet' rice
Is sown under conditions Understanding
the flooding OF thu. fields for cons'd-
ernble time during the growing rer:od
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-12-03
lone NlUIl||
! 7 Helps Y /
coUNTRrs NEED OF HOMES
Apartment House Can Never Really
Take the Place Of the In
dividuaI Abode.

In helping solve tie housing prob
lem of the cities the apartment house
meets q very real demand. There Is
need for such houses with sufficient
rooms to care for families. There is
a place for others with smaller quar-
tiers where bachelor apartments may
be maintained. II. is well for cities
to have apartment houses in such num-
bers as to help meet the demand for
quarters from those who prefer to
live in rooms without the advantage
of yard and garden.
But It Is far better for city to have
a hundred new separate homes erected
than to have hundred-family apart
ment houses constructed. The proper
and natural. way of living is for one
family to have a house, with the little
grass plot In the yard, q bit of garden
in the back part OF the lot, with the
freedom and conveniences and priv
acy that separate homes provide. Co
lumbus has housing demand now,
that calls for some more apartment
houses, those with proper convenien-
ces and rental not too great. But
1t has greater need for more separate
homes. There are hundreds Of vacant
lots, the cost of the building being
suited to the nelghborhood. There Is
a great need for the homes that VIII
care for small families, homes within
the purchasing power of the man of
limited means, who has saved some
money, is well employed and wants
to pay out for his home during the
coming years. Every man is a better
citizen when he becomes home own
er-Ohio State Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-12-03
Work Of "clty Beautiful"

The Cleveland Betterment council
has undertaken the work of trying to
make Cleveland not only healthful
city and clean city, but beautiful
city as well. Everyone who keeps his
yard and his place in immaculate or
der will receive a letter of common
dation thanking him for his interest In
the furtherIng Of the "City Beautiful
movement.
1t is proposed that vigorous cam
paign be started to clean up the city,
also that everyone should plant up his
yard, and II he has no yard. 10 have
window boxes or porch boxes sur
rounding Ills home.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-12-03
HAS THREE GOOD PURPOSES
New Public Park Fixture Would Seem
to Be About the Last Word in
Drinking Fountains.

Three purposes are served by an ar.
tistic new public park fixture, which
comprises sanitary drinking fountains,
watering troughs for dogs, and lamp
post. The latter is fluted iron col.
umn, set on Tour-sided concrete
base, and surniounted- by frosted
glass globe. For canine use, there are
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-12-03
Perfect Drinking Fountain.

two metal basins, located near the bot
tom of the base, opposite each other,
while for humans there are four po-.
celain-enameled fountains, one on
each side of the base at such a height
as to be convenient for both adults
and children. = Popular Mechanics
Magazine. : ~
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-28
WHAT KENNETH STOCKBRIDGE
DID To CONTROL HIS WIFE.

Milly stock bridges eyes were
glittering with a light that betrayed
the frailty OF the thread upon which
her sanity hangs, while her slender
figure was fairly shaking with the
violence Of the emotion consuming
her. There was no installing the
passion of jealousy that was sway
ing her. 1t was in every line of the
maleVOlent face she turned toward
our table.
Il mean you" she called raucous-
~ You over there with your
baby face"
Kenneth Stookbridge's sinewy
hand darted out seized his wife's
arm In a grip that must have hurt
her. az the same time saying some
thing TO here in a low, controlled
voice We couldn't catch the words,
but there was something about the
passiOnIess, measured tones that
made me SILVER. II was as If | had
seen the gentlest, kindest of house
dogs suddenly turn with barred fangs
upon a torrnentor
Her father ben forward, anxiously
scanning his son-in-law's face. /
heard him say something OF which
the only word / could distinguish
was check" uttered with a ques-
tiOning infection, and I conjectured
that the elder man wished to leave
the cafe with his family at once.
But Kenneth Stockbridge shook
his head, his eyes, grim, compelling
upon his wffe's face. Another min
ute, and she had lifted a cowed face
10 his while her stiff, white lips
muttered something that was evil
IDENTIFY a promise TO control herself
AS she did so he released his grip
upon her arm, and sank back into
his former attitude of weary de-
spondency.
"By JOvei" Dicky exclaimed I'M
der his breath. That's the prettiest
little exhibition of animal tanning
ever saw. Bet a flyer he Furnishes
the everlasting daylights out of her
when he gets her home. Any TAX
ers?"
He glanced around our table with
a merry smile, and ! realized with
throb of relief that he had not
grasped the real significance of Milly
Stockbridge's Outburst. / didn't see
how he could have helped doing so,
for her eyes had been fixed directly
upon me. In fact, / had been conf
PEELED to exert all the self-control
1 possessed to keep from visibly
quailing at the hatred in the glance
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-28
Personals

Patrick T. Clifford. city food in
spectOr. returned Tuesday from a
short visit with friends in Wiscon-
sin.
Mrs. Emma Harrington, 107 W
Stull st. returned Monday evening
from Richmond, Ind, where she at
tended he music teachers conven-
ton
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Chrisman, $50
Park av., have returned from "A visit
in Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. II. L. Vitou, 739 y. Michigan
St. left Tuesday for a weeks visit
in Indianapolis.
Miss Alice Brady of the Rushton
Apis. spent Tuesday in Chicago Wis
iting the schools.
Mrs. Bertha ID. Whaley OF De
troit, Mich, is visiting her sister
Mrs ". II. d. Cottrell. Pr Emben
CT.
Miss Catherine Christian. s Tay-
Tor St. has as her house guest, Miss
Betty Gredelus of New Albany,
Ind