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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
ODESSA: PARIS OF THE
UKRAINE

Before the war no city vi the Near
East save Bucharest so nearly reSem-
bled Paris and Vienna in its hectic
night life as did Odessa, conspicuous
in the fighting of Ukrainians, Poles
and Bolsheviki.
Odessa had hundreds of sidewalk
cafes, its municipal opera and its pal
aces of chance. 1t had more than half
a million population, yet it is one of
the newest cities in Europe. Moscow's
history extends over thousand
years, that of Odessa only little be-
yond a century.
There is a unique analogy between
Odessa and the capital city of the
United States. Both were started at
about the same time-during the last
decade of the eighteenth century-and
both were begun because of the far
seeing wisdom Of the chief executives
Of the two nations.
Perhaps the oldest coincidence Is
the fact that they both were planned
by foreign civil engineers of the same
nation. While Major L'Enfant was de-
vising the city of magnificent dis
tances" to be erected on the banks of
the Potomac, VOland, also French
man, laid out Odessa ON the shore of
the Black sea. While President Wash
ington was dreaming into being the
beautiful city which bears his name,
Czarina Catherine the Great was spon-
sorlng the upbuilding Of municipal
stepping stone toward the chief object
of the Russian Bears stealthy tread
Constantinople.
Like Washington, Odessa was laid
out in the midst Of virtual wilder
ness and swamp. An isolated Turkish
fort, Khaji-Bey, stood on the site of
the present city at the time, 1889,
when it passed to Russia. In early
years of the Christian era Greek colo
nists had taken advantage of the bay
of Odessa.
Until five years ago the railway dis,
lance between Odessa and Moscow was
more than a thousand miles, but new
line, via Balhmatch, reduced that dis
lance to S14 miles. The steamship
distance between Odessa and Constan,
tinople is 800 piles.
| From it's history it is evident why
Odessa was far from typical Rus.
sian city. Mark Twain found the only
Russian things about it to be the shape
Of the droshkis and the dress of the
drivers. He might have mentioned the
/ gilded domes of few churches. There
{ the Russian likeness ends.
A few miles to the north and also tc
the southwest are three 'Iimans." OF
lagoons, famous for mud baths believed
20 benefit persons with rheumatism
govt and skin diseases. The most pop
ular of these is 20 miles long, d mile
wide, 10 feet deep and lies 16 fee
below the level of the Black sea.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
A MUSICAL ADVENTURE
FOR AMERICA

Newspaper dispatches state that
there is a plan afoot to have ma
tional carlton at Washington, D. c.,
as a tribute to the soldier dead. .
Contact with the men and women of
Flanders has directed American at
tention to one kind of music, vital in
the national lives of these people,
which cannot even be heard in this
country.
A carlton is made up of set of
tower bells attuned to the intervals
of the chromatic scale, usually cover
ing O range of four octaves. To attain
such q range the bell producing the
lowest note must weigh several, tons,
while the smallest weighs scarcely
twenty pounds. The bells are connect
ed to keyboard or to clockwork
mechanism which causes their clap
pers to strike.
Producing music from the bells re-
auires great skill and dexterity on the
part of the bellmaster, for he must use
his feet for the larger bells, and the
muscles of both his wrist and elbow
are brought into play in producing the
tremolando effect usually given. A
fine carlton Is not the result Of a
chance molding of metal but it's max
ing is as much an achievement wrought
by a wise combination of excellent ma
terial and deep thought as Stradi-
varius. Lovers Of carlton music COM
pare the tones to those of pianoforte
in 6elicacy and to an organ in majesty.
When touched by the hand of master
like Denyn, the wizard of Malines, the
music seems to come vertically from
the heavens and to settle in peace and
benediction over the surrounding coun.
try.
From the even rows of red-topped
roofs and the trees Of the surrounding
level spaces in Malines the immense
flat-topped Gothic spire of st. Rom.
bauld once arose. The cathedral dated
| from the thirteenth century and has
for hundreds of years been known the
world over for the remarkable silvery
| quality of its bells. So much attention
had been given to making it the best
| of its kind that its bell makers gained
1 wide regulations and the town itSelt
became the headquarters of bell found
I ing,
The tower, vast and mysteriou.
against the luminous sky, seemed t.
dominate the city. While compellin:
the attention it stirred the Imagination
| as it kept watch over Malines ant
tolled the passing of, the hours witt
its hugest bell. When not, attache,
to the wonderful mechanism that con
trolled the ringing of the carlton, thi
bell required eight men to ring 1t. M
range of the bells of this carlton wa
great enough to admit of many diff
cult operate selections. Today tn
majestic tower mingles its dust wit
that of the ruined city over which /
had for centuries guarded.
| The carlton Of Antwerp possesse
! the greatest number Of bells Of any /
Flanders -sIxty-tive. It has been sal
| that fro.A the cathedral tower on
clear morning 128 carillons could b
#II#
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Perkins desci1. urts OF
the Greek cha 4 gg Sog"-
There is a 1 $50, .,ei.ilaps 1t Is his.
tory, that there was once a ruler In
ConstaptinOple who disliked his broth
er and wished 10 Danish him to the re-
hottest corner of his kingdom. Con
sequently the monarch bull. monas'
terry on a well-nigh inaccessible moan
tain in Thessaly and founded broth
erhood, about four hundred years ago.
in what seemed to be the uttermost
corner of the earth.
1.-THE monastery was called Mete-
ora, meaning 'domicile Of the sky
After the original was built % others
grouped themselves around and were
inhabited for a while. They were,
however, finally abandoned, with the
exception OF three which are still in
use.
"As we looked in wonder at one de-
tached pillar of stone we discovered
on its seemingly unattainable summit
building. This habitation of man,
half natural rock and half artificial.
seemed most extraordinary, Our guides
drew attention to the higher precipices,
and as we grew accustomed to their
outlines we saw on all sides monaS-
teries tucked into the lodges of the
perpendicular walls. They are not all
inhabited today, but they are there,
bearing testimony that man has
climbed and bulIr and lived on craGs
that seem impossible for goats to
climb.
1.-THE whole Of the west plain of
Thessaly lay at our feet, and the white
mountains of the PindoS range rose
rugged and imposing before us Al
the base of the rock on which Trinity
is perched, like an eagles nest, our
guides hallooed and beat with a stick
on a tin can found in the bushes. Soon
an answering call came back, and over
the precipice, some three hundred feet
above us, the peering faces of several
monks were seen. Then something SER
pentine flew into the air, and as 1t
dropped perpendicularly we saw dan
Cling from a coil of rope what looked
like small fish net. Down came the
cable until it touched the earth at our
feet. and the fish net proved to be
large-sized rope bag which opened and
spread out fiat on the ground.
zone at a time we were invited TO
step into the middle of this net and
squat Turk-fashion. The edges were
gathered together onto a large iron
hook, shout was given and the net
scared upward, while its occupant felt
somewhat like an orange at the bot
tom of market woman's bag.
1.-THE ascent takes just three min
utes. Occasionally the openwork ele-
vator swings into the rock with a
bump, but the monlss at the top wind
the windlass slowly, and the humping
does\not hurt, and as compensation
the view grows more beautiful every
second. At last the top was reached"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
CAROLINE ISLANDS: AN
OCEANIC MUSEUM

Whatever the political future of the
Caroline islands, which Japan seized
from Germany, they are bound to be
objects of scientific interest for gen.
erations to come.
Who built the massive stone struc-
lures which give evidence Of a high
degree of civilization at some prehis-
tOric time?
What was the origin Of the stone
| currency, some "coins" of which weigh
five tons?
These are but two of the many
questions which these Pacific islands
of mystery present.
The stone ruins extend from Ponape.
an island toward the east of the group,
to zap, ON the west. zap win be re-
called as the island which figured so
conspicuously in the peace treaty dis
cussion because of The proposal TO cede
it TO the United States.
On zap are great stone terraces. EN-
banlqnents and roads. composed OF
neatly laid stone blocks. stone graves
stone platforms and enormous cham.
bers resembling council lodges with
gables and tall pillars, frequently
carved.
Ponape is the Pacific Venice" There
the ruins are partly submerged. APP
parently they once stood on an island
city, unless their site was connected
with other islands before terrific
upheayal inundated them.
What remains today II more thar
half hundred rectangular walled
1z1afs nrefeetfns ahove fha watere AZ I
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
coneunnptIon Of Whisky Less.

Washington.-Whiskey consumption
in the United States decreased from
S9,641 1856 gallons in 1917 to 5,5S1,553
gallons in 1920, the first year Of prohi'
b;tion under the constitutional amend.
ment, according to figures announced
by the Anti-Saloon League Of Ameri.
ca Consumption of alcohol in the
same years decreased from 71,0S1, 121
gallons to %, 63S,355 gallons, the fg.
ures showed, while beer consumption
dropped from 6O,S17,379 barrels to g..
231, $50 barrels. ,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
THE ORIGINAL
SKYSCRAPER CHURCHES

Plans TO erect in an American city
a "skyscraper church," to be used both
as a place of worship and an office
recall.that the ancient mon
asteriek Of T'heSsaIy are, nature-made
reached BY unique ele-
sators. In communication to the Na-
tional Geographic society Elisabeth
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
lsdPRuYED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDGSQIOOL
LESSON
LESSON FOR JANUARY 80.
JESUS OFFICIAL PRESENTATION
AS KING.
tBy REV. P. B. FITZwATER. D. D.,
Teacher Of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
t@. 1920, western Newspaper Union.l
LESSON TExT-Matt. 21:1-4s

LESSON TExT-Matt. 21:1-4s.
GOLDEN TExT-Blessed is he that
cometh IN the name of the Lord.-Matt.
N:e.
REFERENCE MATERIAL = Matt. 20
1874; Luke 1s:2s-46; John L2:12-1s; Pct.
3:15.
PRIMARY ToPIC-The Story Of Won
derful Procession
JUNIOR ToPIC-A Wonderful Process
sion
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
-Honoring Christ in Our Lives.
( YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
The Lordshio Of Jesus: It's Meaning for
Us.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Fatal casoIIne ExpIosIon.

Memphis, Tenn.-At least rs Ter
sons, most of them negroes, were kill
ed, according to police estimates, AND
so or more injured by an explosion 81
a tank car Of gasoline near the filing
station Of the Colyar-Roes company,
set off presumably by a spark from
q workman's chisel.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Not TO Disturb Home Brewers.

Chicago. Home brewers will not be
disturbed for the present, despite re,
cent government announcements that
they would be prosecuted vigorously,
Frank D. Richardson, prohibition d.
rector for the central states, said on
his return from Washington.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Woman Candidate for Legislature.

Columbia, S. C.-Miss Ccrine Bar
field is one of six candidates for
seat in the House of Representatives
of the South Carolina Legislature
made vacant by the death Of W. T. f.
Sprott.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
rhnx That DENY.

They that deny God destroy mans,
nobility, for certainly man is of kin
to the beasts by his body, and, II he
be not of kin to God by his spirit. he
is a base and ignoble creature
Bacon.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Nlaht Riders Issue Warnings.

Lexington, Ky.-Night riders visit
ed farmers in Bath and Fleming coun'
ties and warned them not to haul any
more tobacco to market until prices
were higher, according to reports re-
ceived here.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
The Kingdom, Of God.

The kingdom sof God is not q bust
ness set up in rivalry with worldly
business, but divine law regulating
and ! divine temper pervading the pur-
suits Of worldly bus u ,ss DOeter liar
tineaa y
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Mrs. HARDING in Washington.

Washington.-Mss. Warren G. Hard
ing, wife of the ,President-elect, ar.
rived in Washington where, she will
spend several days prior to joining
Mr.. Harding at ST. Augustine, Fla.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
sIx nnowned IN AutomobiIe.

Chicago.-A big, black automobile
which is believed to have held SIX per
sons when It plunged into the south
branch of the Chicago river. was the
object sought by police equipped with
rraDuling hooks.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Rev. irwin Arrested

Belfast.-The Rev. ]. A. Irwin,
Presbyterian minister, who spoke IN
the United States with Eamonn de
Valera during the latter's tour has
been arrested, it was learned here.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Retail Prices Coming Down.

Chicago.-Retair prices generally
are not coming down but are already
at that stage, according to members
Of the Retailers Commercial Union
which opened weeks convention
here.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
Death Of Confederate Colonel.

Anderson, =. C.-Col. Joseph New
ton Brown, SO ranking surviving Of
ficer of the Confederate army in South
Carolina, died at his home here.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

>prised in Ponape, zap, Kusaie and Ho-
golu, or Tuak. In 1911 the total pop
uiation was about $4,000, and of these
fewer than 400 were Europeans.
Tie islands extend for about one
thousand miles east and west. They
lie more than fifteen hundred miles to
the east Of the Philippines and about
a thousand miles north of New Guinea.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Guatemala Has Llteracy Law.
Guatemala City.-Illiterates are for
hidden to participate in political con-
tests under the terms of bill approx
cd by the congress Of Guatemala.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Oxford-By large majority Oxford
Graded School district voted for
bond issue of $4,000 for additional
school buildings. This amount is in
addition to $4,000 authorized some
time ago.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
.--s CAROI.INLJANs.

Wadesboro.-Maior ]. w. Wall,
aged about SO, one Of the most prom
inent and popular citizens of this sec
ton of the state, died vt ais home
near Ansonville.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Henderson.-A new tobacco COM
pany has been organized in Hender-
son for the purpose OF exporting and
manufacturing. This company was in
corporated with AN authorized capital
of 100000.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Raleigh. Daley Owen, of
Henderson, is the new Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
He was elected il the SESSION of the
Grand Lodge in the Masonic Temple.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Ruleigh.-Startled from 0 peaceful,
nap to find the newspaper in his lap
and the hat on his head afre, Frank
Branch, negro janitor dashed out of
the Tucker building lobby few Sec
onds before the exit was cut off by
flames. -
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Lenoir.-Members Of St. Andrews
Lutheran church on the campus Of
,Lenoir college, have voted to buy a
$4,000 pipe organ and the first sub
scription list contains $500, one
member Offering to give a fifth of the
entire amount.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-01-27

Fayetteville. With the creation OF
q board Of agriculture the county com,
Emissioners Of Cumberland county have
taken 1 l0ng step forward in serving
the farming interests Of the conifnt.
nifty, and their action Il receiving
hearty endorsement
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-15
BOYS FIND BODY
IN FALL CREEK
Woman Believed TO Have
Drowned Herself.

The body Of Mrs. Lottie Polster. SO.
wife Of Philip Polster, 5ll North Illinois
street was taken from Fan Creek east
of Boulevard Place, where she Is believed
to have drowned herself today. The no.
lice we're told that Mrs. Polster had been
Ill and had frequently threatened to kill
herself
William McCune, 10, and his brother.
Warren, Z, saw the body in the water
and ran to their home. 221S North Can't
tol avenue, calling their father. c. w. Nc
Cune. Accompanied by Daniel Tenners.
22l4 North Capitol avenue he went to
the creek and Tenner procuring a boat.
brought the body to the bank OF the
creek, while McCuns telephoned the DO
lice.
DR.. George Christian, deputy coroner.
went to the scene and started an inyes-
tigat1on. He ordered the body removed
to the city morgue.
According to the boys, they were on
the south bank of the creek skipping
rocks on the water when they saw a dark
object floating near the north bank. They
say there was q woman stand, ng on the
north bank of the creek partly hidden
In the weeds The woman appea red to be
looking ut the object In the water, ac-
cording to the boys, and then she ran
away. Before the boys knew what the
object In the water was the woman re-
turned and again looked at the body
and ran away again, the boys said.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-15

said to have been offered him to get a
weapon and saws to Clint Simms. alias
Shaw, alleged leader of the bank robbers
gang. was too much for Nelson and be
lowered the rope from the jail window
Tomorrow when his time is up he will be
rearrested on the charge of aiding prison
ers to escape. The sheriff had been in
hiding and had watched Nelson lower the
rope.
Nelson was found guilty Of petit lar
ceny and fined 81 and costs and sentenced
to serve thirty days in Jail In city court.
Nelson was working as a waiter In the
prisoners dining room on the third fOor
OF the Jail and this privilege gave him
the opportunity to lower the rope through
the window.
When examined the pistol was found to
contain nine steel nosed bullets, one in
the firing chamber and eight In the mag
aZine. The six saws were blue steel
hack saws that would cut through even
the hard steel bars Of the Jail Mckinney,
the man caught after he tied the saws to
the rope, has been arrested three times,
twice for vagrancy and once for vehicle
taking and served sixty days in Jail some
time ago.
He adm tied be twice visited Simms at
the jail since that mans arrest. and Nc
KIN ey claimed that he knew no other
mittPd that $40 a. n. was the time he
was to have appeared to tie the weapon
and saws to the rope, but that he was
fifteen minutes late.
The three alleged bank robbers who
have been identified by a number of
persons as the men who took part In
the Beech Grove State Bank robbery are
Clint Simms, alias Shaw. 90. 46S Division
street; George Miller, "a. 547 North Oak
land avenue, and Glenn Stout. 90. l40
South Fleming avenue The latter is
alleged to have been the driver of the
bandit car that remained in front of the
bank with the motor running while two
white men and a man who was either
q negro or blackened up Ike a negro
entered the bank and held up the en-
ployes, escaping with money and bonds
amounting to S2440O.
Miller, Simms and Stout have been
indicted and are scheduled to be ar
raigned in Criminal Court today De-
tectives advance the theory that had one
Of the three alleged robbers obtained
possession of the automatic pistol that
they would have made an attempt to es-
cape from the custody OF the officers
while being taken from the Jail to Crimi-
nal Court.
The same gang have been identified as
the men who held up and robbed the
Piggy Wiggly grocery store and es-
capped with about S1,1O0 about a week
before the Beech Grove robbery. Simms
Miller and Stout were arrested Sept IS
They are charged with robbery and grand
larceny.
Sheriff Snider has Miller locked up in
the bum row." as the row Of cells on
the first floor in the north wing Of the
jail is known. Simms and Stout are
prisoners in Federal row. rs the second
floor cellroom In the north wing OF the
fail is called.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-15
INTERESTED IN
FIRE PREVENTION
Parent-Teacher Heads In.
corporate Subject.

That interest In the matter OF fire pre-
vention is active IN the city is shown by
the fact that at a meeting Of presidents
of parenr-teacher associations of the city
at the Third Christian Church yesterday
the matter Of tre prevention was adopted
as one OF the big features Of their pro
gram. and Frank c. Jordan, chairman of
the fire prevention committee of the In
dianapoi,s Chamber Of Commerce, was
caiIeu upon to address them.
Mr.. Jordan and j. II. Hilkene, director
of the city IRE prevention bureau, spoke,
by request, on the matter of fire proven
ton at meeting at the Denison hotel
Of members Of the sheet metal associa
ton, furnace men ana rOOfers.
In commenting on the matter OF fires
and fire prevention today, Mr.. Jordan
pointed out that up to the present date
there have been 80 less fires this year
than during the corresponding period of
last year-that during the last ten years
there had been an increase from year to
year in the number Of fires, but that al
far as this year had gone there was
trend downward in the number.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-15
Births

Elmer and veatrice Shea. 231 North
Oxford, girl.
Raymond and LOttie Edwards, 2153
Schurmann, girl.
Eugene and May Paynter, city hos
pital, boy.
Stephen and Esther smock. city hos
James and Goldie White. city hos
Richard and Nettie Hoft city hos
pital boy.
Charles and Empress Woods, city hos
pital, boy.
George and Eva BUSH, city hospital,
girl.
Arthur and Ella Schedule. city hos
pital, boy.
George and Elizabeth Hamilton. 73l
West Eleventh, girl.
Clarence and Louisa Kendrick, 30 Re
gent, girl.
Charles and Myrtle Krieger, 2OO1 Single
ton, boy.
Lew and Josephine Wallace. st. Vim
cent hospital, girl.
Edward and Alberta Ringenberger, 1927
Prospect, boy.
Oscar and Margaret Overbey, s15 West
Eleventh, girl.
Christopher and Edna Hankemeier, 2124
New, girl.
james and Lizzie Mitchell, 1924
Yandes, boy.
Clarence and Martha Reed, 1854 Roach.
girl.
Frank and Elnora vestal, 81 Coffey,
boy.
Frank and GoIdie Mckay. S14 villa,
girl.
Cecil and Gladys Arthur, Methodist
Hospital, girl.
Steve and Amelia Mitchell, West Wash
ington and Big Eagle, boy,