davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

Ing extraordinary profits withou, the
burden OF the war. ana you will SEQ
mere is solid reason for considering
inc matter In the interest OF Ameri-
IAN eSports for the benefit of farm
cts ana other producers. now handi-
capped by the enormously adverse
rates OF exchange, the full effect OF
' when mas not yet been felt. and
rHi m,ch VIII pc accentuntcd by such
posed should be imposed.
CflAS. MCCLURE.
Front Royal. Va. Feb. 90. 1921,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
MRS. HARDING MAKES TRIP
TO EXECUTIVE OFFICES
shnkes Hnnds with All of SccrrtnrIal
aud Clerical Force of white
Try Associated Press.1

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Mrs.
Harding made her first round of the
executive Offices of the White House
today. shaking hands with all of the
secretarjal and clerical force there
and greeting newspaper men in the
nress-room She said she hoped to
be as frequent visitor in that end
of the White House as she was in
her husbands headquarters In Marion
throughout the campaign.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Presents Harding With
Fine Airedale Dog
my Assoctntcd pre.s.I

WASHINGTON. March 5.-Prcsi-
dent Harding today wnS presented
with nm airednie dog. "CnscnrII
I.nddtc Hoy who, because or Tho,
fondncsH of the new CHIEF c.ccu-
hrr Tor dogs. IL expected 10 be-
come the most popular Of the
white Iiousc pets.
The presentation WINS made nv
Charles w. Quctschc, OF Toledo,
Ohio. who snid tho fnthcr OF I.uJJIc
Hoy was erin Tern Tin Tom"
champion Airednic of the United
States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Information bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my
topic. cHccut!u:- or legal anu meai-
cal subjects, arc answered free. sAa
nil Inquiries nre answered directly
by personal letter, II Helf-RLdrcased
stamped envelope Is required. Ad-
dress The TiIrcs-DiSpatch Inrormn-
ton Hnreuu. liichmond. Nn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06


belief that from now on 'the untcrrihcd Demo
cracy will be busily engaged in viewing with
alarm"
Some Of our Democratic contemporaries"
says the Roanoke Times. ARE discussing with
eager interest the prospects OF clash he
tween the new Secretary of State and Sena-
tor Lodge over the question OF foreign
relations With them, we are inclined to sus-
poet. the wish is father to the thought"
The CovinEt on -VrginIan says: Our nation
sought nothing for itself In the war. beyond
the defense OF its rights but 1t is heartily In
favor Of making Germany pay for the damage
she wrought and is shedding mighty few tears
over the country's alleged pitiful plight"
Petersburg gets many valuable pointers
from Richmond the following from the
Petersburg Index Appeal indicates: milk has
been reduced one cent quart in Richmond
Which is to say II Is selling at Is cents the
quart cents the pint. 1T may be that con-
sumcrs of milk over :here return tho bottles
Failure to do this is given by Petersburg
dairymcn n: the reason for continuing to sell
milk at prices charged during the war"
The Cupeper star draws this old Virginia
picture: ~ stranger who recently had oc-
cnsion t" spend several days in Culpeper told
us just before departing for his home that one
thing which impressed him during his stay
here the number OF latch strings that
we're hanging out. He from n big city
and didn't know his next door neighbor; and
II was pleasing to him to he where people
spoke T. him whether they knew him or not
and where they appeared to have time to an
swcr his questions and to treat him courte-
ously"
The Alexandria Gazette has a good word for
the retiring Attorney General 1t says: Gen
cral Pamer's enemies are those OF which he
may well he proud. The In wlcss elements the
sraftciG, the dodgers. and sackers. together
with the classes claiming special privilege
constitute almost entirely the enrolment OF
his opponents. His friends and those who
have abiding faith in, him. are numbered
amonE the millions OF red -blooded Americans
who believe in their country and its institu-
lions above all other things"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
A,rnlane. Lave Trnmc nuIcs

NEW YORK. March Stunt n.y.
ing over New York City and operat-
ing Of airpiancs at attitudes OF less
than 1000 feet became illegal today
under the provisions of Il city orr
Commissioner EnriSht has issued
circulars ordering arrest of VIOLA
tors, who are punishable by fine OF
not less than $50 OF Imprisonment
not moro than year, or both,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
swedes Want Del. Rclcns.,

tive committee OF the Swedish Social
list party has begun an agitation for
the release OF Eugene V. Dcbs and
the other imprisoned pacihsts" in
America. The committee is urging
the international Socialist bureau TO
start an International campaign in
aid Of this movement
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Vacation,

Pretty soon we start our annual vacation at
the farm. In order to insure complete rest,
we have the following things to amuse us:
J. Plow and fallow tho wheat field.
Build 4 mile of new fence a new chicken
yard chicken housing for $50 chickens and
new barn.
3. Raise 500 day-old chicks in March. watch
Ing breeders.
=. Put In four separate gardens: prune
grapes and now posts to put in.
b. Overhaul motor boat and add awning.
3. Wean calf and fence in six hogs.
T. Glaze half the windows In tho house, put
in compression tank and pipcless furnace and
install electricity.
Yea. 30! We amt going to have hard
- nothing at all TO do none!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Letter Carriers.

w. +. L., Petersburg.-No person
is eligible to an examination for let
ter carrier who is not n citizen OF or
does not owe allegiance to the United
states. y declaration OF intention to
become a citizen will not be accepted
in lieu Of a certificate of naturaIiza-
ton. The age limit is given in the
description of such examination by
the United States Civil Service Com
mission. Each examination is COM
plete In itself, and all subjects in an
examination must be taken. No sam
Pile questions are furnished.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Pope Receives Dourhertx.

ROME. March Pope Benedict.
bishop Dennis J. Dougherty. OF PhiIa :
delphia. who Is TO he created n car.
dinai at the coming consistory. comn-
termanded some of his engagements
for today and received the archhishon
in private audience this afternoon
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
NJcsouotnnta.

+. T.. --Mcsopotan!a is n re-
gion Uf Western Asia. bc:wncn the
Rivers Tigris and and Euphrates, ana
now occupied By the I'ashalics OF
Diarbckr and Bagdad. In the old
Testament under the names Aram.
Nahariam and fpadan Aram, IL nas
frequent mention. The Babylonians,
Modes. Pcrsians and Macedonians
preceded the Romans. les n. c., in it's
possession. After reverting TO the
Persians, asa. a. d.: it finally fell into
the hands OF tho Turks In 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Good Morning..

l. Have you felt your pulse? Your purse?
?. Have yon looked ut the coal bin?
3. Have you examined the gas meter?
4. How much do YOU owe the grocer?
5. Got any excuse to offer for keeping on
living?
6. BE cheertul
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Applnuds Mrs. Williams.

To the Editor OF Tho Times Dispatch
Sir.-l cannot resist cxci;, min
bravo! bravo! TO Mrs. John Skclton
Williams for the courage shown in
proclniHing her alliance with
the league who opens the Pandora
DoN ana nov wishing to make thosc
who opposed the opening responsible
Tor the evils that will most assured
iy toiiow FRANCIS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

With one oil company earning Sal 0oo. 900 in
Il single year, begin to suspect why the
nvvcr is In the luxury class
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Up With the Times
6. BE cheerful,
ny IL. @. IL.

New President probably to II that the
Marion Star was properly covered on all es-
scntial details of the inauguration
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Picked un At Random.

Eating the proof is the test OF the pudding.
Understanding modern woman is like
watching three-rins circus
Shake hands with your enemy. but watch his
left
Information is as valuable as its source
Cigarettes and matches are common prop
crty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

At last President Harding has persuade
Ills private secretary to be a Christian.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

wilson's receive Hardings' tea" says a
headline, and in this instance tea" uadoubted-
~ meant tea.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Unemployed.

The man out OF job. looking all day for
ore and foot-wcnry. came across n police
alarm sign:
MURDERER wANTEDr
Eucking his belt in another notch, he
started hravely for the police headquarters.
II rover thought I'd come down to that" he
muttcred. but. by golly, I'll take the job II
there's anything In it,"
rotten egg is only good for thing and
hardly that, since the in the
movies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
THE TIMES-DISPATCH
SUNDAY SERMON
REV. JAMES RIDDICfx LAUGHToN,
laurel street Methodist Church

Nehemiah 4:2: will they revive the stones
out OF the heaps OF rubbish seeing they are
burntd?''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
"UnUucntIonnbIy niuht.-

To the Editor "f The Times Dispatc (:
Sill want 10 thank you from tho
bottom OF my heart for your very
able and timely editorials OF recent
date relative to Judge Lands. You
are unquestionably right
y SIDNEY JOHNSTON.
Winchester. Va. March /. 1877.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

One of Paris worst bandits has becoma
taxi driver. Naturally!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
Spirit of Virginia Press

The Norfolk Ledger Dispatch expresses the
belief that from now on "thc untcrrihcd Demo
cracy will be busily engaged in viewing with
alarm"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

I'll tel! that lad who wrote that money
talks" that a lot OF us must be hard OF hear
ing.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

SUNDAY. MARCH 6, 1921.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

what's In name? Well. notice a repor
that w. +. G. Harding is expected to be re
tanned Federal Reserve head
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
|Rirtlnlono Wnlps.bispatrh

sseTBILsHED every day in the ycar a. 10 ,S ion.n
tssSS fnth Street, Richmond, Sa-,- by Ihc AineH
~ 1lspatch Pubilahinx Co., Inc.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06

Announcement that Humble Oil Refining
Company is arranging to sell SEA. 00O. 600 short
term notes suggests there's place like
spouting oil well.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

tight In the downstairs O. the ONCE
buildin', onder gyard. The amt but
one Of 'em plumb teetotally dead, TO-
a wonder; but the's q whole passed. Of
'em hurt I've done sent Luke to town
on hossback, after a doctor To- yeu
and Saul and Little Tom; and he can
tend to them crippled Balls, too, 4
reckon, ef you think it's best what're
wa a-gein' to do with them fellerS Burr
"We're going to take them 20 the
Cartersyills JAIL" Dalo answered
promptly.
II had q different plan AN that
planned cut, John" said BY Heck,
winking at Ben Littleford. II had It
planned out to hang 'em all on a big
green hemlock az q Christmas tree TO-
Bill Some devilish rough Christmas
eve ye're a-havin', Bill, old boy, amt
itF
Rather" smiled Dale. He closed
his eyes. His head ached, and he was
somehow very tired.
Within the hour he went to sleep,
and when he awoke 1t was daylight on
Christmas morning. Ben Littleford,
half dressed, was stirring the Goals
to life In the wide-mouthed stone fire.
place. Dale felt better than he had
expected to feel; he greeted Little
ford with the compliments Of the sea-
son, arose and dressed himself.
Littleford had Just gone with a
handful of hndling wood toward
the kitchen, when there was low,
light tapping at the outside door Of
Bill Dale's room. Dale arose from
his sheepskin-lined rocker before the
CHEEKY log fire, went to the door and
opened 1t. Before him stood slim,
barefoot boy In the poorest Of rags ;
In the pitifully slender arms there was
something wrapped rather loosely in
crumpled brown paper. Dale did not
remember having seen the lad before,
but he knew it was no Littleford.
"Come In, son." he invited cordial
ly-"come In and warm yourself. My
goodness alive, it's too cold to GO
barefooted like thatI Haven't you any
shoes, son7"
"Shoes7" muttered the boy, Queeriy
"Shoes7" ---..
| He was shivering from the cold. His
thin face looked pinched and blue, his
eyes big and hollow. Dale stooped
picked him up bodily, carried him d
the old rocker he had Just vacated
and put him into 1t with hands a. gen
tie as any woman's.
Ell" began the boy, staring
hard-'swhat-"
snow stick your feet out and warn
them, son-that's It." and Dale chafet
the poor little, dirty, half-frozen fee
| and legs.
~Son," he went on after moment
his heart throbbing out of sheer pity
"you 60 to the commissary clerk ant
tell him to dress you up like tn
crown prince of England. II he's go
It, and charge the same to the accoun
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
CHAPTER XIX.
a Perfect Cross.


On the floor of the richly-furnished
library Of the Dale home, near q west
window, Miss Elizabeth Littieford sat
reading by the fast fading light Of an
early March afternoon. Somehow she
liked to sit on the floor, and always she
liked to read; for one thing, books
helped her to forget that she was
lonely.
There were footsteps behind her,
soft footsteps because Of the thick vel
vet carpet; then low voice inquired:
aren't you afraid you will injure
your eyes, Elizabeth Better have a
light, hadn't you, dearT The old coal
king turned toward the switch on the
wall.
"No!" she answered quickly. SIN
through reading for today, and / like
this twilight"
Her improvement In speech and in
manners had gone on at a surprisingly
rapid rate. She rarely spoke with any
but the simplest words, but she never
fell into anything more than bare SEM
blance Of the old drawing hill dialect
unless 1t was while she was under the
stress of some strong emotion.
She closed the book and looked up
with eyes that were like the first stars
In summer sky. Her beauty was
wonderful; II was finer and sweeter
than 1t had ever been before.
Old Dale stood looking thoughtfully
| into her upturned face. He was lit
tie pale. and he seemed troubled and
uneasy.
Elizabeth shook her head. you're
worrying againl"
He dropped into nearby chair,
leaned slowly forward and bet oos
hand fall gently on her thick and silky
chestnut-brown hair.
II WISH" he said as though to him
self. s4that had a daughter like you.
! He took his hand from her head, lay
back YEARLY In his chair and closed
his eyes. Then he bent forward again
1.-THE Morelands. Elizabeth-they'ye
moved away from the settlement
haven't they?"
1 "Yes; Bill Dale has done wonderful
things for themi" the girl answered.
/, gahn X. Dale was silent for mo
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

a
Heart.
not one footprint ahead of them; 1t
was not so much used now. They said
little. Each thought their own thoughts,
and neither cared to speak them to
the other.
Just before they reached the noun
tain's crest, they passed group OF
snow-laden pines that concealed big.
brown-bearded man who had been
steaithily following the tran OF q lone
Wild turkey. He wore khaki hunting
clothes and high laced boots. and there
was a certain English flneness about
him. In his bare hands he carried q
repeating rife, which marked him as
one born in the hills; q lowiaDder
would have had choke-bored shotgun.
When he saw John K. Dale he
stopped suddenly. 1t might have been
intuition, or 1t might have been sheer
curiosity, the average hillman being q
stranger to neither-he followed and
watched the two, unseen by them.
On the pine-fringed crest, Elizabeth
AdILC0 " NACw khnN WAANA
lay around and below him. Old Dale
stopped close at her side, and he, too,
looked at that which lay around and
below them; and to his mind also there
came memories crowding.
The young woman brushed back a
maynard wisp of brown hair and
turned to the man beside her.
1.-THE Moreland part o. the settle
ment looks lonesome, don't lit" she
said. "See, there's no smoke comm
from their cabin chimneys. :" She
went on absently, "But the Littlefords
are there yet"
Old Dale caught the meaning that
was in the latter sentence. 1t was moi
shallow meaning.
'tWe are going to take care Of the
Littlefords, Elizabeth" he assured her
"Tye thought much over it, and just
now I've decided. When decide, its
for all timei you know that, DOM
| your"
/ A great gladness filed Elizabeth.
heart. 1t did not occur to her to ash
how, In what manner, he was going t.
take care of her people; 1t was enough
to know that he was going to take carr
Of them. He put a fathers arm light!
around her shoulders. She tried I,
speak, choked, and couldn't utter
word. But 1t didn't matter. John K
Dale understood perfectly.
Then he took his arm away, faced Z
the right, and drew his hat rim low
over his eyes. For two minutes h
stood there and looked for the little oil
cabin down near the foot Of the nortl
end Of the mountain, and he failed t.
find IT. His mind had gone back onc'
more to that woeful night that had Gu
his life In twain. He remembers
plainly waking In the early mornin,
with an aching head and with TIL
ranking taste Of much dead whisk.
In his mouth. Remembered seeing Da
vid' Moreland, with a bullet hol,
through and through him, lying on TN
floor beside him. ReU etlbered hi
horror, his smothered cries of anguish
and his hurried flight -.
He had wondered, he remembered
| why the law made no attempt to tract
hiu down. He had not known that tn,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

ment, after which he said suddenly: II
want TO see my son; there Is something
I must tell him. VIII you go with me,
ElixabethY'
"Of course. TIL go with YOU
She thought she knew what II was
that stirred him. BY intuition, supple
mented by Bill Dale's occasional cryp-
tic utterances, and pieced out by hill
tradition, Elizabeth Littleford gradu-
ally had come into possession Of the
old coal mans grim secret.
Neither Of them knew that John
Moreland was then visiting his beloved
old hills for the sake OF some shooting.
The following day John X. Dale and
Elizabeth Littleford alighted from a
northbound passenger train at the
Halfway switch. The mountains were
covered with three inches of snow, and
the hemlock and pines bore heavy bur-
dens OF the beautiful white stuff but
the air was still, and It wasn't very
cold.
You'd get your clothing all black
on the coal train" Dale said to his
companion, $50 you'd rather walk over,
wouldn't your Anyway, the train Isn't
here. I'm good for six miles, / think"
@Yes." smiled Ben Attleford's
daughter, FRA rather waikiki you're
sure that six miles won't be too much
for you"
Together. with the girl leading the
| way. they set out across David More.
lands mountain. The old trail showed
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
klndneas to Animals PAYS.

There are four important places
from which purebred dairy cattb
come: The isles Of Jersey and Gueru
sey in the English channel. the Ay
country in Scotland. and the FriesiH
country in Holland. 1t il a charst
teristic of the people in all the eign
regions from which puretred catti
cone that they are always kind 3
one another and to all animals
Kindness makes better beef, and NOR
cream.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

$50 You're Bill Dale. Well. D. My
souIin
of Bill Dale. 1t win be my Christmas
gift to you, little boy. What's your
Manner
The lad turned his surprised black
eyes upon the face Of the big and sum
Drowned man.
Are you Bill DaleT
''Yes."
That which the boy said next struck
the big and sunbrowned man with all
the force of bullet.
$50 you're Bill Dale. Well, D. ms
soul!"
"Don't. buddy. dontl"
The boy went on; "aIy name, It's
Henery. come hers, with u Christ
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
worId cans for Service.

He serves best who serves most, an
he should serve most who Is bes
equipped for service. Unless be d
serve, crooked paths win not be mad
straight, or errors corrscled. Toda
service alone exalts sns man.-El
change
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

mas gif TO you" He pointed a dirty
forefinger toward the bundle In his
lap. but you amt a-goin' to git It
now"
sWhyf" Dale asked smIlingiy.
AWhyi Shoes ats why. HILL,
did ever have any shoes afore7 Bare
footed as rabbit, That's me. Bare
footed as d--n' rabbitr
Son." protested Bill Dale, s.you're
entirely too small to swear. You
mustn't do II, y'know."
"Yes,r quickly. ''Pm small. I'm small
to my age. I'm done twelve.year old.
I've been measured To- the go-backs-"
Measured for the go-backs,"
laughed Dale. what's tbatT'
why" soberly, "when ye grow lit
Ter Std o bigger, we've got the go
backs. Nav, she measured me with
yarn string out O. q stocking which
had been wore by woman seventy
seven-year old, and ZEN she wrapped
the yarn string around the door-hinge.
I'll gin to grow higher, or die, one or
tother. afore the string wears out on
the hinge. Bound to-"
Again Dale laughed. Mountain So
perstitions always amused him. Ben
Littleford came into the room, and
Dale arose and faced hira.
'Do you know this boy, Benz"
"It's Lyss Balls boy answered
Littiefcrd. puckering his hrows
| whats he a-dotn' herer'
@He brought O Christmas present
for me- said Dale, '.but be has do
cided that I shan't have IL"
The only Christmas present ysr
could git from Ball would be bull
let" frowned Ben LittIefcrd-
He stepped to the rocker and tool
the bundle from the boys lap; hi
took away the erumpled brown pa
per-snd there In his hands was :
loaded and cooked revelverl
"By Georgei" exclaimed Bill Dale
"What'd tell yer smiled Ben Lit
tleford.
An hour later Dale and score o
LittIefords and Morelands entered tn,
big downstairs room Of the Office ans
supplies building. The defeated Ball
and Turner'S lounged here and there
sullen and silent, on the rough-boar'
floor Of their temporary prison.
Dale walked into their midst an,
addressed them quietly.
you'll admit, won't you, that Tv
got what you fellows call the dead
wood on your And that IT lies In m
power to send every single one Of 20
to the state penitentiaryT
II reckon So" admitted Adam Ball
father. He was pretty well cowed, an
SO were the others.
"But I've decided not to do It." wen
en- Bill Dale. IT can't forget that thi
, Is Christmas day. You may have you
liberty as present from the ma
| you've tried so hard and so untustl
to KILL After the doctor gets throug
with Little Tom and Saul Littlefor'
: he viii come here to dress all yor
, wounds; then our guards viii give yo
, back your rifles, and you may Z
? home. I'm not asking you to promis
me anything, you understand. II
| simply trusting the human heart, an
1 don't believe I'll be disappointed"
q Dale turned to John Morelan
. Moreland's rugged face wore pu
| zled, displeased smile.
al Ell your brother David was here
/ Bill Dale demanded with bare shat
: OF anger In his voice, "what do "
think he'd do about it9 It's Chris
2 mas day, Isn't itf''
The old Moreiand chiefs count
q nance softened; his grey eyes brigh
a ened. ''Yes,r he said. ats Christml
t day, Bill" He looked toward the Bal
and Turner's
Il merry Christmas, gen'lemen"
;. said.
d Adam Balls father immediate
q asked him for a chew Of tobacco.