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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
PASSENGER STEAMSHIP
OVERDUE SINCE SUNDAY
(By Associated Press)

New York, July S.-Broa desst radio
messages have been sent out seeking
news OF the passenger steamship
Callao, due here since Sunday, from
South America, with sixtv passengers
The failure Of the Munson line. her
operating agent, to get in touch with
her by wireless for more than three
days, created some anxiety
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
Condor Pursues An
Airplane
(By tssoc1ased Fress)

Lima, Peru, July 8.-A condor, a
huge bird which /inha bits The Andes
pursued an airplane in
which Signor Rolani, an Italian avia-
tor, recently flew from Lima to Cuzco
The Italian made the flight of 700
miles in three hours and forty minutes
When the aviator reached the an
cient capital of the Incas, the big
bird was still accompanying the air
plane, apparently preparing to attack
il.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
Western Train
Control Urged
For The East

"'sh1n9ton, July s.-The Inter
commerce Commission has made
75esElons to the American Railway
'0clatlon, that an automatic train
system successfully employed
sumo Of the Western states FOR
" years, be adopted by all mem
oI the Association in the 1nte~,3'
''-'S'inum and uniform safety.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
Tragedies Follow
Free Trade
(By Associated Press)

Riga, Latvia, July S.-The chaotic
conditions and daily tragedies that
followed upon resumption of free
trade in South Russia are described
graphically by a writer for the Mos
cow Isvestia who has just made trip
through the Ukraine.
The peasants, he says, carrying
sacks of grain or other food to the
cities are literally overwhelming the
railways. He thus describes the ap
pearanee Of one Of the trains coming
into Kiev.
'sATong the tracks S crawling a
huge grey caterpillar-a train cover
ed with the grey masses of food
neither ears nor locomotives can be
distinguished. They grey mass covers
everything, the car roofs, the steps
and eve nthe spaces between cars.
Every available nook is occupied.
Everything is filled up. Only when
the train begins to slow down, near
ing Kiev station, it begins to shed
its grey fleece Little by little, while
vet in motion. the locomotive and car
roofs begin to uncover.
literally pasted all over with people.
On the locomotive, cars, firewood
truck, water tank and under the cars
anywhere that it is only possible
people fasten themselves to every
hook. nail or crevice Those who have
| been fortunate enough to get a place
on a brake platform are looked upon
as favorites of fortune, who are com
Portable for their whole trip.
The departure Of every train is
accompanied by lamentations, walls,
CRYING, shooting and all kinds Of ac
cidents. When the train is beginning
to get in motion, those who were MOI
able to board it and those who have
been forcibly removed from it start
mad rushes for it again. The military
detachments, whose duty it is to main
tain order during the boarding Of
trains, run after the trains, pulling
down some Of the surplus passenger
who have managed to fasten on e
them. while from others caps are pull
ed off and so on.
cone of the results of this state O.
affairs is that porters take 5O,0OO u
$4,000 of rubles for guaranteed
place on the train.
uAnother result is that the Kie'
railway shops every month have e
make about 800 coffins for food-car
riers who have been run over py III
trains.''
M. Dzerzhinsky, head Of the "Che
la.', or Committee to Combat Coun
ter-Revo1ution, known as one OF III
most efficient men in Soviet Russia
has been appointed by Lenine as Com
missar of Railways to regular tn,
traffic of food-carriers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
1900 Youngsters
At The Christian
Endeavor Meeting

New York, July s.-some fifteen
hundred youngsters all under twelve
years of age held the attention of
delegates attending the Worlds Chris
tian Endeavor Convention. They ap-
peared in pageants called "The Pace
ant of Nation'' and 1.-The Missionary
Pageant:''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
Advertising Most
Important Factor
In Business Today
{Bv Associated Press)

D. 1Loincs, Iowa, July S.-Adver-
Using is the most important factor in
modern business, DR.. John J. Tigerf
United States commissioner of educa
ton declared in an address here.
..Important as are the factors OF
labor, raw material. production. mar
keting and organization, none Of these
are as significant today as advertis
iag," lie said.
In 1911, the newspaper was the
greatest medium OF advertising an7
if still stands as such. It is the only
medium that can be used for imme
date effect.''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
LlNCH|NC RECORD
SHOWS INCREASE
(By Associated Press)

Tuskeegee, Fla, July s.-There
vTe thirty six lynchings in the
led States the first six months of
this year, twenty four more than for
the same period last year, according
to rports issued by Tuskeegee Insti-
tutc
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
CreatBritian Makes
Overture To The
United States
(By Associated Fress1

London, July S.-Great Britain is
believed to have made overture~
the United States, China and Japan
for a conference to discuss the whole
Eastern situation, it was stated here
in quarter usually possessed Of re
liable information
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
WEATHER REPORT

For North Carolina: Continued
warm, and partly cloudy, weather
tonight and Saturday. Local variable
winds.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-07-08
ONE-TH|RD Of GOLD IN
THE UNITED STATES
(Bv Associated Press)

New York, July S.-Banking houses
figures show three billion two hundred
million dollars in gold is now stored
in the United States, which is about
one third of all the gold in the world.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
FI WERE A MILLIONAIRE.

eff I were but a millionaire" q
seem to hear you say, I'D live on
but modest sum and give the rest
away. I'd found a home for aged
folks where they could spend in ease
the twilight of their fading lives, as
happy as you please. I'd make fund
for widows, too, to save their homes
from wreck, and see that every
month that passed each one received
check. A home for homeless ami
mails I'd heavily endow, and make a
happy hunting ground for every lorn
bow-wow. I'd scatter seeds of kind
ness with a free and gen'rous hand,
but as I'm not millionaire, can't,
you understand"
But, though you're not a millionaire,
and never can be. one, you still can
practice giving, and you'll find it lots
of fun. The happiness of helping
needs no Rockefeller pile. 1t doesn't
take a million to win an orphans
smile; it doesn't take a million a
widows fire to ligh.; it doesn't take
a million to make a garnet bright; it
doesn't take million to do lot of
things that bring happiness beyond
the happiness of kings. So when the
chance of giving comes, remember,
every time-if you haven't got dol
lar, do your darndest with dime.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
THE AUTOPSY OF A vAMP.

She'd ruined full a score of men,
To whom she purred and smiled
and lied
And cozened with her charms, and
then,
To gain new sensation-died.
Her malady. was SO obscure
No two physicians could agree;
So they, to make the matter sure,
Decided on an autopsy.
Bisecting carefully her head
Which she'd referred to as her
dome.
The operating surgeon said:
"a vacuum! Nobody home!"
Her region cardiac could yield
No substance softer than bone,
And meath her bosom's lovely shield
The doctor found heart of stone.
Her nerves were like piano wires,
Responsive quick to Mammon's
touch
Within her eyes the ardent fires
Were chemically not SO much.
Metallically pure was she,
Assaying ninety-five per cent;
Her physical economy
So hard it wouldn't hold dent.
They placed her in q melting pot,
A glowing, incandescent mass
Her elements, resolved, were not
Much else but common iron and
brass.
Yet she was clothed in human form
And lived within our human ken,
So daintily, with glances warm
To lure and charm the hearts of
men.
Let's close her puny book of life
No soul burned in her as lamp
Her history sorry strife
Against Contentment. Just a yamp!
-Nsw Orleans Times. Picapans.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
MOTHER.

She'll never forsake you, whatever
you do;
Were you down in the gutter, she'd
kneel beside you;
Were you covered with shame, she'd
stand by your side,
And the hurt in her heart for your
sake she would hide.
She will stick to you, lad, though you
lose every test,
So the least you can do is to give her
your best.
All others may quit you and mock at
your fall,
But your mother, undaunted, will
come at your call.
She will follow you down to the deep
depths of sin;
And love you and nurse you through
thick and through thin;
And though she may suffer through
what you have done,
She will never forget or desert you,
my son,
So long as she lives you are sure of
a friend
On whom at all times you may safely
depend
You may wound her by shining, and
hurt her with shame,
Should you fail to be true, but she'll
love you the same;
So remember, my lad, as you stand
in life's test,
That you owe to your mother your
finest and best
The Conrrbl;ob<
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
SUCCESS SLOW IN COMING.

Charles Goodyear, who became
millionaire and was the inventor of
vulcanized rubber as we'll as many
other forms of the tree sap products,
at one time was forced to beg for SIS
to keep him from starving. In 1884
he discovered that rubber could be
vulcanized 1t was an accident. He
attempted to remove some bronze
dust from a bit of rubber cloth, and
after trying several chemicals tried
aqua FORTS, a chemical largely COM
posed of sulphuric acid. 1t failed
also, and he threw the cloth away.
A few days later he picked it up by
chance, and noted the spot rubbed by
the aqua forts had hardened and
would stand degree of heat that
would have melted it in it's former
state.
He applied his discovery, and soon
was wearing rubber shoes, coats, hats
and other garments, and had small
fortune by the right of his discovery.
But a year passed, and his goods were
discredited and returned, rotting and
broken. He was ruined. He started
in again to discover a method that
would vulcanize the rubber, and for
ten years he kept at it, his life a long
misery of hunger and cold and crush
ing poverty. His success came sud
denly and soon he was rich beyond
his widest dreams.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
5RIToNs IN THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS.

Rather astonishing disclosures are
made by correspondent in the Paris
edition of the New York Herald re-
garding the employment of English
men in the American Red Cross in
Europe, says America. Disquieting
rumors had for some time appeared
In the Paris press that British EN-
ployees had been retained in the serv-
ice of the A. r. c., while Americans
were sent home. On investigation,
the correspondent found that for two
years the position of Chief of Person
mel, before whom Americans had to
appear for reprimand, was held by an
Englishman. "By what right" indig-
nantly asks the writer, docs an
American organization subject Amer
lean citizens to the indignity of an
,swering to a Britisher for their con-
duct?" This person was finally re-
placed, and the Red Cross Commits
sioner for Europe, Mr.. Robert E. Odds,
explained that with two exceptions
it cannot be said that any position of
Importance is or has been held by
Englishmen." The writer replies to
this by saying that every position in
the American Red Cross is of impor-
lance, and then continues:
Il looked into those positions which
the Commissioner Classics as unim-
portant. l found the bureau that
routes outgoing personnel, buys their
tickets, makes steamship reserva-
tons, ETC., in charge of British sub
ject. found the head of the impor
tant Cable Bureau a British subject.
l found the second in charge of the
very important department of Pur-
chase of Supplies British subject
found British subjects in charge of
cash payment vouchers in three de-
partments. And l found the strictly
confidential records, by which recon-
mendations are given to or withheld
from Americans, in charge of a Brit
ish subject! In short, l found that
the forty-two British subjects hold
better positions and receive higher
salaries than the average American
employees of the so-called unimportant
class.
Il found further that most of these
forty-two British subjects were hold
ing these positions in June last, when
25 per cent of the American person
mel was returned to America"
The presence of a considerable
number of French employees in the
service of the A. R. C. in Paris can
be explained by the necessity of
working in harmony with the people
of the country, but, asks the CORE
spondent, are Americans with good
records to be deprived of their posi-
tons, and sent home, while forty-two
British subjects are retained in an or.
ganization supported entirely by
Americans?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02

and ornament, had skillfully brushed
the abundant hair into it's most be-
coming waves and tendrils. yet still
they were obliged to wait When the
studio door was finally opened and
two middle-aged ladies emerged, the
eyes of the girls ran swiftly over the
face and figure of the one who had
evidently been before the camera
Dear me. All this time wasted on
herr" whispered one pair of rosy lips.
When l get to be as old and as
homely as that I'll not bother with
having pictures taken, can tell
you'
But the artist was even then eX-
pressing to friend his satisfaction
with his sitter.
Il like to have that kind of face
"a face that is full of character" he
said. THAT patient steadfastness in
the eyes, the strong lines about the
mouth will come out finely. Pretty
faces are plentiful enough-they
mean nothing except that care and
time have not yet touched them-but
strong, sweet faces have to be chisel,
ed out, year by year, by some work.
man within"
So the careless young woman is
even now deciding what her face of
the future will be, and somewhere,
whether she chooses or not, it will be
plainly pictured.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
RECONSTRUCTION OF RUINED
MISSIONS AND LEPER
HOMES.

Of all the missions in heather lands
those of the Benedictine Fathers in
East Africa were among the most
flourishing and progressive, for they
had been fortified with the martyr
blood of bishop, goodly number OF
missionary priests and sisters. Be-
sides the ordinary work which is done
on every foreign mission, these Bene-
dictine Fathers had the great priv
ilege of founding and conducting some
of the very largest leper colonies In
the world In this work they have
added new glory to the records OF the
heroic sacrifices made by Catholic
missionaries. Alas! the war like a
storm broke in upon them, destroyed
many of their missions, devastated
their leper colonies, all of which were
left in ruins.
All this, however, is over now, and
every missionary who has come out
alive from this furnace OF probation
has only one object, which he most
eagerly desires, reconstruction, The
ruins must disappear, new life must
be awakened, new progress insured.
The ruined missions must become
more flourishing and the leper colonies
be made even more extensive than
they were before the war.
There are in the United States at
present two Benedictine missionaries
from East Africa who appeal to you
for help for their ruined missions and
leper settlements. Both these mis-
sionaries have seen much active serv-
ice in the mission field, one of them
over eighteen years, and he has grown
gray in the service of the lepers.
These priests have come here trusting
in God and in the generous Americans
that their needs will be supplied so
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02

mo, Miss; girls who live in one
small back room can't very well have
friends. But we have each other, and
please GOD, whatever comes, we're
not going under"
And now you know why I'm glad
about that umbrella mistake. II we
hadn't had umbrella Number Three
that rainy March Sabbath, l shouldn't
have had Kate Howard, and that
would have been real loss to me.
She's living now in an airy, bright
room, and her new Office position
stands for good, smart, up-to-date
wages. Among us we've got Jessie
off to the country for the summer
and on fresh eggs and milk and vel
low butter she's getting rosy.
And so, you see, Kate Howard
didn't go under. But when you come
to think of it, did you ever know q
girl every whit honest and plucky who
did?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
THE BRELLA.

I'm always so glad about that um-
brella mistake. 1t came about in this
fashion. Sarah had donned her very
best suit, and had nothing on |
wanted to spoil, so when the weather
began to look crotchety, of course
umbrellas became a wise precaution.
I asked Sarah whether / should get
hers for her, but she was so busy
at the piano that she did not reply.
Accordingly, just rolled up her UNI
brella, and did the same to my own,
deciding to carry them both. Ten
minutes later, when we were halfway
to church, didn't discover that Sar-
ah was carrying her brand new silk
parasol, and there was faithfully lug
ging her umbrella as we'll as my own!
OF course we both laughed, and Sarah
said, in her proper fashion;
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
MosAIcs.

Many years ago there lived and
worked in Italy great artist in mo-
safes. His skill was wonderful With
bit of glass or stone, he could pro-
duce the most striking works of art,
works that were valued at thousands
of dollars.
In his workshop was a poor little
boy whose business it was to clean up
the floor and tidy up the room after
the days work was done. He was a
quiet little fellow and always did his
work we'll. That was all the artist
knew about him. One day he came to
his master and asked timidly: please,
master, may have for my own the
bits of glass you throw upon the
fioor?" "Why, yes, my boy" said the
artist; "the bits are good for nothing.
Do as you please with them" Day
after day then the child might have
been seen studying the broken pieces
found on the floor, laying some aside
and throwing others away. He was
faithful little servant, and so year
after year went by and saw him still
in the workshop.
One day his master entered a store
room, little used, and in looking
around came upon piece of work
carefully hidden behind the rubbish.
He brought it out to the light, and, to
his surprise, found it to be a noble
work of art. He gazed at it in speech
less amazement. What great artist
could have hidden his work in my stu
dio?" he cried.
At that moment the young servant
entered the door. He stopped short
on seeing his master, and when he saw
the work in his hands a deep flush
dyed his face. What is this?" cried
the artist. Tell me what great artist
has hidden his masterpiece here?''
ooh, MASTER" faltered the astonished
boy, lit is only my poor work. You
know you said l might have the broken
bits you threw away"
The child, with an artist soul, had
gathered up the fragments and pa.
tiently, lovingly, wrought them into a
wonderful work of art.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
THE "BLACk AND TAN"

l am an English Black and Tan by
the name of Johnnie Raw,
The light of day my blooming eyes
in London town first saw.
And now two years l have cam
paigned in Ireland's lovely isle,
Where l have never touched thing
that l did not defile.
l fought and killed a rebel mamie
was ninety years of age
And once l bayonetted kid in right
eous British rage;
l burned homes and looted shops and
stole gewgaws and chains,
And naked men l fogged with glee
and laughed to see their pains.
Archbishop Walsh, he is a man both
delicate and old,
Into his house broke one night with
other Britons bold.
l won my spurs in Jones' Road the
day that we moved down
Unarmed men and children weak who
came from Dublin town.
Lord French he is a good old sport,
and Greenwood is the same;
We robbed and slaughtered Irishmen
And never got an all right bloke,
They never growl when Irish towns go
up in fire and smoke.
When dry you break into a pub and
fill yourself with gin,
When drunk you fire into crowd
and hit Or miss you win.
So long. live. French and Greenwood,
Lloyd George and Bonar Law,
For they alone would tolerate a
scamp like Johnnie Raw.
Perth (AustrdLfal Record.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-02
CHEERFUL LAURA.

Myra Gilman came downstairs with
something of a scowl on her face and
there was a querulous note in her
voice when she almost snapped out"
a reply to her sister ,Laura's cheerful
Good morning"
why, what is the matter, Myra?'
asked Laura.
What makes you ask that?
Haven't you eyes in your head? Don't
you see that it is fairly pouring rain
with no sign of break in the
clouds?"
what of that?" asked Laura.
isn't this the day we were to have
gone to the picnic we have been
looking forward to for weeks? And
the long automobile ride we were to
have had in Mrs. Warmers lovely
car? And she was going to have us
to tea afterward. And look at the
weather! 1t is all off, isn't it?"
81 suppose that it is" said Laura
cheerfully. "The only thing is to do
the next best thing
"Oh, Laura! 1 get SO tired of your
next best thing!'" said Myra.
"You do?" said Laura with little
laugh. well, I am glad that l do not
get tired of it. I long ago discovered
that there is always next best
thing if we try to discover it."
And what would you suggest for a
next best thing today?"
well, it is such raw kind of day
that little fire in the fireplace would
be cheerful and a bit of open fire and
all the new magazines and the books
there are on the table ought to make
good substitute for the picnic to
which we cannot go. mean to write
lot of letters and then enjoy the
open fire."
ooh, l suppose can find something
to do, but it will not make up for
the kind of day we have lost" said
Myra.
"It can be very happy day just
the same if you want to make it So
Sometimes l. have found the next
best thing to be more delightful than
the thing / intended to do. This is a
world of compensation if we want to
make it so. l mean to make it so.''
you always do"
This was true, and it was one rea
son why Laura Gilman was known as
one of the happiest and most cheer
full of girls over whom low spirits
rarely had any power.
She had early in life discovered
that happiness lies within ourselves
and that a cheerful spirit is won
derful help in meeting the disappoint
ments of life She carried her mex
best thing" philosophy of life into the
smallest as we'll as the largest of hel
affairs. She had wonderful way oil
discovering way out" of every sit
uation.
Only the day before her converse
ton with her sister, she had found il
impossible to secure a half yard Of
goods she needed for a dress she
was making. Myra would have sale
with almost fearful wall:
What in the world will do? What
can 1 do?"
Laura said with the utmost sereni
ty:
81 shall manage in some way
| And she did with no detriment Of
the appearance of the dress when il
| was done.