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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09
GAVE HIS THREE PENNIES.

Troops in Laany places have been
making contributions to the Scout
comrades In Pueblo who lost so
heavily and acted so heroically in the
disaster which overcome the city last
summer" Orange IN. j. scouts are
among thoes who have been helping
this work and recently little chap
not more than nine years od-too
young to tie scout but brim full of
scout splrit-.stopped Seoutmaster
Yarrles of that city and presented him
with three pennies which he said he
wanted added to the fund the scouts
were collecting for Pueblo hoys.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09
DIRECTOR RETURNS FROM
FRANCE.

Lorne W. Barclay, director of the
national department of education, Boy
Scouts of America, who has been In
France for six months directing the
scout camps in the devastated regions,
has returned to his work at the m.
tlonal council headquarters. Mr.. Bar
clay was made knight Of the Legion
Of Honor by the French government In
recognition Of his tireless and splen
did service to the youth OF France.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09

wrote. At Christmas time
everyone has thought of Jerusalem
and Palestine. And Ascalon Is close
to Jerusalem and the birthplace or
Herod the Great, who ordered the
Massacre Of the InnOcents."
During the World war the activities
Of the Palestine Exploration fund were
necessarily suspended. Now they have
been resumed with extraordinary sue
cess. Archaeoogists are uncovering
many splendid buildings of ancient
days, some Of them of great lnforma-
tional value. The greatest finds have
been uncovered In Ascalon.
The Palestine Exploration fund Is
a society founded in London in 1855
for the accurate and systematic in
vestigation OF the archaeology, topog-
raphy, geology and physical geogra-
ply, natural history, manners and
customs OF the Holy Land for Biblical
Illustration. A preliminary expedition
was made by Captain Wilson In the
winter of 1866. Since then no less
than eight expeditions for varying
purposes have been sent out Since
1869 the society has issued n quarterly
statement and has published several
wsks and maps. 1t maintains
museum at its London office.
Ascalon is desolatlon In the literal
meaning Of the word and has been
:, uestlatiOn for many year. yegeta.
tion Is scanty. The once splendid
harbor ha, been filled up The great
walls and towers that surmounted
the ridge that surrounds the city lie
In crumbled ruins. The confusion Is
extraordinary the walls and towers
appear TO have been blown asunder by
powder. Yet Dice the city must have
been vision Ct beauty. Here and
there broken columns Of marble and
granite tell OF the glories of the past.
Probably Ascalon cnce looked some
thing like Jaffa, ma king allowance
for the undermining OF that ancient
city.
Ascalon lies on the shore of the
Mediterranean, In Judea, 80 miles
southwest Of Jerusalem. It was
fortified city In ancient times. How
old It Is, nobody knows. II passed
from the Egyptians to the Canaanltes
about 1900 B. c.; In those days the
Egyptians were the overlords of Pales-
tine. which was then called Canaan.
Between 1900 and 100 b. G. Phllis.
tines and Hebrews struggled for DOS.
session of Canaan. The Hebrews
finally gained control and the Ca.
NANTES were submerged. In 1850 B. c.
the divided Hebrew tribes were united
into kingdom under Saul David,
his successor, completed the establish.
ment Of Israelite supremacy In Pales-
tine. Under David and Solomon, for
the first and only time In history,
Palestine was the home of a united
people under one central government.
Then followed Its division into
Israel and Judah. Then followed
conquest by the Assyrlans and by the
Babylonians and by the Persians and
by the Egyptians and by the Romans.
In 10 A. d. the struggle against Rome
was ended by the capture and ruin
OF Jerusalem. In l32-135 A. ID. was the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09
Solved.

"Papa," called Willie excitedly;
there's a big black bug on the cell.
mgr
"All right replied the parent en-.
crossed In his newspaper "just step
on 1t and don't bother me. American
Legion Weekly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09

geological survey once tersely ex.
planned to congressional committee
the value of paleontology by saying
that 1t is "the biologists clock" by
which he tells the time In the worlds
history when any rock bed was
formed.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09

she worked daily as Red Cross SUI
pervlsor and at night she instructed a
class In Red Cross work.
Today Mrs. Hobart Is at the head
of one of the largest organizations Of
women In the world. The Legion aux.
Hilary has a membership of about 1885,
600, having grown from 1900 In the
last year. The organization Is COM
posed of mothers, wives, sisters and
children of ex-service men.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09

Gave No Promise Of Greatness
If we study the childhood of great
people we shall find that many emf.
nent men and women were voted dull
in their youth, and looked upon as
medioerities. The school-mistress of
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09
Practice Makes Perfect.

Burns-That grocer certainly gives
light weight, bet he was a profiteei
during the war.
Stern--Oh, no, he was mess sergeanf
In my outtit.--American Legion Week.,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09

Seek we the Lord, all We meek OF the
earth. which have wrought his judy
ment: seek Righteousness, seek meekness:
u my be ye shall be hid in the day OF
the l. rd's anger.
For GAIA shall be forsaken, and ASH
kelon a desolation: they shall drive out
Ashdod at the MONDAY and Enron shall
be rooted up.
Woe unto the inhabitants Of the sea
coast. the nation OF the Cherethites! the
word OF the Lord Is against you: Q
Canaan, the land Of the Philistines. l will
even destroy thee, that there shall be no
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2:3-5.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN.

SCALON (Ashkelon) is a
desolation--the words Of
the prophet were fulfilled
long ago. But out Of the
desolation are now coming
relics that shall add much
to the knowledge Of the
present concerning the
day In which the prophet
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-09

out of employment in the United
States. The East has a greater per-
centage of jobless men than any 9th
er section Of the country, with 10000
former soldiers, sailors and marines
In New York alone, without regular
employment many In actual want.
Police officials Of Iowa are investl-
eating the writing of threatening let
tiers to several members of the Amer
lean Legion in Iowa. The letters are
believed to be the work Of l. w. WIS.
One of them demanding 1920 or
we'll blow you to h" was received
by John b. Wallace, son of the secre-
tary of agriculture. Young Wallace
Is vice commander of the Argonne
post Of the Legion at Des Molnes
Harry II. Polk, another Des Molnes
Legion member received letter
threatening to blow up his house be-
cause he "led the boys to death in
battle"
Carl Brlnkman, born In Germany,
who died fighting with the American
forces in France, was buried with
honors OF Fairmont, Mimi,
where he Joined the colors of his
adopted country curly in the war. He
was buried by the American Legion
with full military honors.
81 am convinced that the American |
Legion is an established power In the |
United States---a power for truth and |
declared Marshal Foch lat |
the close of the American LegloA's |
national convention at Kansas Ctr
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-02

your business If were, directly or In
directly, acting for that unconvicted
thief To the best of my information
and belief, Colonel Pennington doesn't
figure in this deal in any way, shape
or manner; and as you know, I've been
your daddy's friend for thirty years."
Still Bryce was not convinced, not
withstanding the fact that he would
have staked his honor on the judges
veracity. Nobody knew better than he
In what devious ways the Colonel
worked, his wonders to perform.
'Well," he said, 81 can name you a
price. / will state frankly, however,
that 1 believe it to be over your head.
We have several times refused to sell
to Colonel Pennington for hundred
thousand dollars"
Naturally that little dab Of timber
Is worth more to Pennington than to
anybody else. However, my client has
given me instructions to go as high as
a hundred thousand if necessary to get
the property"
WnatF
II said it. One hundred thousand,
dollars of the present standard
weight and fineness."
Judge Moore's last statement swept
away Bryce's suspicious. He required
now no further evidence that, regard
less of the identity Of the judges
client, that client could not possibly be
Col. Seth Pennington or anyone acting
for him, since only the night before
Pennington had CURLY refused to buy
the property for fifty thousand dollars.
For moment Bryce stared stupidity
at his visitor. Then he recovered his
wits.
"Sold I" he almost shouted, and after
the fashion Of the West extended his
hand to clinch the bargain. The judge
shook 1t solemnly. "The Lord loveth
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-02

state of the Cardigan fortune" he
unused, 'and taken advantage of it to
induce the old man to sell at last
They're figuring on selling to me at
neat profit. And certainly did over.
play my hand last night. However,
there's nothing to do now except sit
tight and wait for the new owners
next move"
Meanwhile, In the general Office Of
the Cardigan Redwood Lumber COM
pany, joy was rampant. Bryce Cardi-
gan was doing a buck and wing dance
around the room, while MORA McTav-
ish, with her back to her tall desk.
watched him, in her eyes tremendous
joy and sweet, yearning glow Of
alteration that Bryce was too happy
and excited to notice.
Suddenly he paused before her.
'sMoira, you're a lucky girl" he de-
clared. 81 thought this morning you
were going back to a kitchen In log
ging camp. 1t almost broke my heart
to think of fate's swindling you like
that" He put his arm around her and
gave her a brotherly hug. ITS
autumn in the woods, MORA, and all
the underbrush is golden"
She smiled, though 1t was winter In
her heart.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-02

nington is the only one who would
consider buying it; they don't want
him to have it-and still they have
to sell to him. Mr.. Bryce says his
father has lost his courage at last ;
and oh, dear, things are in such a
mess. Mr.. Bryce started to tell me
all about it-and then he stopped sud-
denly and wouldn't say another word. "
Shirley smiled. She thought she
understood the reason for that. How,
ever, she did not pause to speculate
on II, since the crying need Of the
present was the distribution Of a ray
of sunshine to broken-hearted MORA.
"Silly," she chided. how needlessly
you are grieving! You say my uncle
has declined to buy the Valley Of the
Giants?'
MORA nodded.
my uncle doesn't know what he's
talking about, MORA. PIl see that he
does buy it. What price are the Cardi-
gans asking for it nowT'
"C1iy L mas VI
fered them a hundred thousand dol
lars for it time and again, but last
night he withdrew that offer. Then
they named a price of fifty thousand,
and he said he didn't want it at all"
HE needs it, and it's worth every
cent of a hundred thousand to him,
MORA. Don't worry, dear. He'll buy
it, because I'll make him, and he'll
buy 1T Immediately; only you must
promise me not to mention single
word of what I'm telling you to Bryce
Cardigan, or In fact, to anybody. Dc
you promiseT
MORA seized Shirley's hand and
kissed it impulsively. "Very well
them" Shirley continued. "That mat
ter is adjusted, and now wen all bt
happy. Cheer up, dear, and remem
Der that some time this Afternoon
you're going to see Mr.. Bryce smile
again, and perhaps there won't be 81
much of cloud over his smile thi'
time"
TO BE CONTINUED.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-02

a quick trader" he declared. Here's
the deed already made out in favor Of
myself, as trustee" He winked know
ingly.
Clients a bit modest, l take it."
Bryce suggested.
"Oh, very. OF course I'm only haz-
arding a guess, but that guess is that
the Colonel is in for razooing at the
hands of somebody with a small
crouch against him."
"May the Lord strengthen that
somebody's ARM" Bryce breathed fer
yently. eff your client can afford to
hold out long enough, he'll be able to
buy Pennington's Squaw creek timber
at a bargain"
MY understanding is that such is
the program"
Bryce reached for the deed, then
reached for his hat. eff you'll be good
enough to wait here, Judge Moore, I'll
run up to the house and get my father
to sign this deed. The Valley of the
. Giants is his personal property, you
know. He didn't include it in his as
sets when incorporating the Cardigan
Redwood Lumber company"
A quarter of an hour later he re-
turned with the deed duly signed by
John Cardigan and witnessed by
Bryce; whereupon the judge careless
Nv tossed his certified check for hun
dred thousand dollars on Bryce's desk
and departed whistling Turkey in the
Straw" Bryce reached for the tele-
phone and called up Colonel Penning-
| ton.
Bryce Cardigan speaking" he be
gan, but the Colonel cut him short.
"My dear, impulsive young friend"
he interrupted in oleaginous tones,
"how often do you have to be told that
am not quite ready to buy that quar-
ter-section"
"oh," Bryce retorted, 81 merely
called up to tell you that every dollar
and every asset you have in the world
including your hearts blood, isn't suf
ficient to buy the Valley of the Giants
from us now"
! sEh? What's thatl Why?"
Because, my dear, overcautious ant
thoroughly unprincipled enemy, it wa
sold FIVE minutes ago for the tidy sun
| of one hundred thousand dollars, ant
If you don't believe me, come over t
my office and I'll let you feast you
eyes on the certified check"
He could hear distinct gasp. Afte
an interval Of five seconds, however
the Colonel recovered his poise.
congratulate you" he purred. II sur
pose I'll have to wait little longe
now, won't II Well-patience is m
middle name. An reyoir."
The Colonel hung up. His hard fac
was ashen with rage. and he stared Q
q calendar on the wall with his col,
phidian stare. However. he was nj
, without generous stock Of optimism
"Somebody has learned Of the To-
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-02

for every job open in Chicago
now. All of the Adair county
boys have jobs and are proud of
it too. Wages were cut six cents
per hour, the prices are from fif-
ty cents and up.
noticed that Mrs. Roy Gar.
mon, who recently left Argo,
Illinois, on the account of bad
health, is getting better. Hope
she will soon be so she will be
back with US.
Mr.. Delo Rowe, of SparksvilIe,
KY, landed here the 10Th, and
will go to work for the C. P. R.
Co., at once. He says he likes
the north for one thing and that
is the high prices for labor.
Seems to be a big drop in ev-
cry thing, especially clothing.
The suits we use to buy for $50
are now $25., and in everything
else there is almost the same
drop there is in clothing.
i
We read in the daily news
that there is to be a big cut in
the railroad employers wages.
If so, there will be apt to be an
other strike and a strike will
mean something in these dull
times.
\ Another white mule, or NOON
shine.
y THE RIGHTEOUS CITIZEN.
He was a law abiding man Of
| honesty sublime,
He raised his hands to heaven at
the very thought of crime.
He walked straight and mar
row path in all his righteous
days,
And looked on men who broke
the law with stern and scorn-
full gaze.
And yet his features softened
and his eye became slight
And twinkled like a star upon a
: clear and balmy night,
, When some one whispered unto
him in accents soft and low
, 81 know where you can get il
for half a buck q throw"
3 Very truly yours,
i Ebert Wooten.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-02
Summlt. Illinois.

Adair County News.
Columbia. KY,
Editor News
AS it has been some time since
/ have written to the News,
thought / would drop a few lines.
Most of US are enjoying good
health, and are standing the win
ter as if we were in Palm Beach,
Fla, for it sure has been a warm
winter at the north pole this
time.
Work is dull now. There are
more than three Kindred msa
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
ANOTHER OLD SETTLER
HAS MADE GOOD

Arthur Mautner is another Old-tlmcr
in the Tony neighborhood having
moved to his farm. two and One-haif
miles northwest of Tony. in 1899. lie
states that there were only II houses
III Ladysmith at that time and Glen
Flora was II larger town. ID. Fritz con-
Quoted the only store in this city then.
Mr. Mautner has a house. 24X2S, two
stories high. with full basement. His
barn is 36XS4 and his silo is 10X2S,
with ii SiX-f0Ot pit. 1t is filled With
corn and some SOY beans. The sila@e
from this combination is giving good
results.
There are 80 acres Of land under TIE
plow and - acres are timber. The bal
ance Of this S0-acre farm is pasture1.
Mr.. Mautner milkS Is COWS and keeps
his best heifer calves and raises lots
of hay He uses pure-bred Guernsey
bull that is owned by Geo. Leonhari,
.Jr. He keeps three horses on the farm
Two big sons. Levi and Joseph, are
Il big help to their father i'll taking
care Of this farm and stock.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
TWO CROPS YEAR
ON THIS FARM
Farmer Feels Well Repaid For
Time and Seed
Used

VIM. Rebstock, Of Glen Flora. was in
Iadysmith last week Wednesday for
treatment for injuries he received II
couple Of days before when he fell off
!: load of hay at his home in the north
east edge of Glen Flora He found thai
he had broken rib III the fall.
Mr.. Rebstock owns the fine 43-acrc
farm where he lives, having bought ii
a year ago last August. He has cleared
ten acres Of old pasture land this sum
mer and plowed it.
Some Of this land was plowed Jane
20. and one and One-fOurth acres plant
ed to potatoes yielded a crop of 17I
bushels Another patch yielded 100
bushels Of rutabagas and three tons ot
miIlet from three and Onef0urth acres.
The balance of the ten acres was bro
ken too late for crops this year, but is
in fine shape for next year. His peas
made $14 per acre. net. and l. acres
Of hay land made around - tons. The
to millet after the pea crop was taken
off and the two acres produced three
big loads of fine millet hay These
two crops were harvested III four
months time. which shows the posi-
biities of this country.
Mr.. Rebstock says he lost money on
the pea crop. but made money on mil
let. the COW feed crops.
Mr. RehStock says he had to plant
his potatoes twice as they drowned
out the first time. He says he feels
that he was well repaid for all the
| seed and time Of planting even at thaE.
Five cows are kept on this farm aud
two horses do the farm work.
The buildings ON this farm are good
land the house contains ten rooms and
| is nearly modern
MI 'Rebstock had asthma when he
moved onto his Rusk county farm, bet
| now he don't know he has the disea sc
and eats three square meals per day
and enjoys it,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
ER WANTS ROAD
TO HIS FARM HOME

Jacob Maciag Of Ingram. wrote
letter to the farm editor i'll which III,
states that he is the owner of 40 acres
of land one and half miles south
east Of that village. He states that he
is unable to get the town board to
luild Il road to his farm. He says TIE
lack of roads to the settlers reflects on
the village Of Ingram and helps to keep
the village down
He refers to the article i'll the News
budget on Ingram'S activity III build
ing cement sidewalks to all homes IN
the village but thinks money could be
better spent on roads to settlers.
Mr. Maciag evidently does not I'M
dGrstand that there is no legal connec-
lion between the village and its side
walks and the town and its roads.
Mr. Maciag asks if the village does
not help new settlers. should the new
settlers help the merchants Of the vii
logc? Both should help the other as
farms without village is rs bad aS Il
village without farms.
Nh. Maciag tells of Il case of Il young
fal1ncr who bought 40 acres of land n
The town of Lawrence on July ,. 19l t..
He made large Improvements, cleared
- acres. seeded it, built Il house. and
dug Il well, expanding a large sum for
these improvements He was unable
10 haul his produce out even after
three petitions were made to get Il road
to his farm.
We are inclined to believe Mr.. Ma
ciag has real grievance. and there
is no question but that he is entitled
to road to his farm. If all tax money
was spent where it should be there
is no question but that he would hay"
had road long ago
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
SOME WILD LAND is
WORTH $500 PER ACRE

Some good men claim there is 20
wild land here worth $40 per acre.
When land is free enough of brush.
logs and stumps so that ii can be
cleared for $40 per acre, and the lantl
is on good road, can anyone tells us
why it is not worth more than SO per
acre, figuring cleared land at the low
price of 500 per acre?
j. S. Bordner gives us an instance
of where this kind of open land is
worth 500 per acre. Forty acres of
land lying in Walrath on the west
side of the railroad track has been
recently cleared for less than $500 per
acre, and is now ready TO level and
seed or pillow as one pleases.
Is there any reason why land like
this is not worth so per acre?
We cannot connect such statement
with good business, and believe our
county will prosper better when We
all begin to realize the vast amount
of difference there is in the cost OF
clearing so-called wild land.