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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-13
Notice to the Public

The undersigned wish to announce
to the public that they are In the gen.
eral garage business at Shenandoah
Junction, and do all kinds OF repair
ing at reasonable rates. Also keep
on hand supplies OF all kinds, such as
gas, oil and general repairs. Will car
ry passengers to any point desired
and will meet trains at the Junction
when notified.
SNYDER BROTHERS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-13

"What is a skeleton?" asked the
teacher Of the pupils OF the fourth
grade,
There was a period Of painful con-
centration, following which little girl
replied triumphantly:
"A skeleton is what you have left
Of a man after you've taken his out
sides of and his insides out"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-13

S1.50 gets the Register q year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-13

''.'o gets the Register q year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-23
AUTO PAINTING

cater to people who want good work and willing to pay fair prices, Taylor. corner State and Brewster Sts- Near
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-23
ABULANCES.

LANCES-InValid cars and Lmou- sfneS; charges reasonable James T.
 Rourke, 1295 Main St. Phone Barnum
 64o9. D7ds'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-23
ANIMALS

PASS A PLEASANT evening at the Ar cade Bowling Alleys, 56 John St. Warren Connor. Prop Barnum 5117-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-23
AUTOMOBILES. AUTO TRIMMING co.

Makes Repairs. Tops, Slip-overs Cush- ions. Radiator Covers. etc. 4Ol Poplar st. Barnum 1026-14 I 2Saii" ALL KINDS OF SECOND HAND CARS For Sale. Also light deliveries, all in
 first class running order. Bridgeport
 Rebuilt Car Co.,, 110 North Washington
 Ave. Noble 2116. RSa1is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-23
SERVICES OFFERED.

WATCH, CLOCK and Jewee1ry Repair
 ing. Clocks called for and delivered Arthur J. Maker, Room 510, Conn. Ma tional Bank Bldg T4alI.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-23
Johnson Motor Wheel

The biggest little bike-booster, Reading Standard, Ace and Yankee Motorcycles T.. c. Minor, IA East Washington Ave Phone Barnum 5907. D1OaII%
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
PRIMROSE


Albert and John Forshee, of near
Coonville, motored out to Farming
ton last Tuesday.
Mrs. Ida Jones was visitor at the
home of Willis Moon Thursday.
M. w. Jones transacted business in
Bonnie Tcrre Wednesday.
Verna and Lois Jones were visitors
at the home Of VIM. A. Moon Thurs
day.
Lydle Williams was business Wis
itor in DeSoto Wednesday.
Mrs. Alice Moon and Mrs. Samuel
Whittier were guests at the home of
M. w. Jones Wednesday evening.
Jim Cane made a trip to Bonnie
Terre Wednesday.
L. H. Cash and family were guests
at the home Of VIM A. Moon one eve
ming last week.
Ferman Moon transacted business
in Bonne Terre Wednesday. .
Leonard and Floyd Lawson were
Bonnie Terre visitors last Sunday. IS
/ M0rEis Jones and son, Lloyd, were
Bonnie Terre visitors Thursday.
Thos. Douglas of Flat River, made
a trip out here last week.
4 Jacob Matthsy, Of near Melzo. was
q business visitor ii Bonnie Teme.
Monday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

Miss Ednn Rawson was a guest Of
Miss Nellie Moon Sunday.
Andy Snyder was Bonnie Terre
visitor Saturday @t
Miss Fannie Dotson, of Bonnie
Terre, spent Sunday with Miss Eta
i Lawson. 9s9gxs w 9e 4 4sss
Elmer Rawson attended to business
in Bonnie Terre Saturday.
! Mrs. Ida Jones and daughters, YER
ma and Lois, spent Saturday and Sun
day in Elyins with relatives.
Tom Pettes made a trip to Bonnie
Terre Saturday
Mrs. Dan Pettes was shopping in
Bonnie Terre Saturday.
Elmer Rawson and Delbert Pettes
were guests Of Ferman Moon Sunday.
A crowd of young people boarded
the northbound train at Golf Springs
Sunday evening and to Valles
Mines. They returned on the next
train. The crowd consisted of: Miss
es Edna and Elsie Rawson, Eta Law
son and Fannie Dotson, Myrtle Pettes
and Nellie Moon; Herman and Floyd
Lawson, Elmer Rawson, Delbert Pet
ties and Ferman Moon.
Miss Ora Roberts, of Bonnie Terre,
was guest Of Miss Elsie Rawson Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everetts were Ronne
Terre visitors Saturday.
John Smith, of near Coonville, was
q visitor at the home of l.. H. Cash
Sunday evening.
L. Williams motored out to Bonnie
Terre Saturday on business. @ae {
Josh Roberts and family, of Bonnie
Terre motored out here Sunday and
spent the day with relatives.
John Pettes attended to business in
Bonnie Terre Saturday.
A dance was given at the home of
Fenton Millen at Silver Springs Sat-
urday night Quite few from here
attended.
L. H. and Fred Cash were Bonnie
Terre visitors Saturday.
Wheat harvest has opened up in
full blast here.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Holdman were
Bonnie Terre visitors Saturday.
Miss Elsie Rawson was visitor at
the home of VIM. A. Moon Monday.
Andrew Ketcherside of Big River,
returned from st. Louis Saturday eve
ming after spending few days there
with friends.
Mr.. Barren, of St. Louis, spent the
weekend here with friends.
Harvey Lawson was Bonnie Terre
visitor the latter part of last week.
Henry Lawson has returned from a
weeks visit in st. Louis.
Mr.. Jones was Bonnie Terre visit
or Saturday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
KNOB LICK

Wheat cutting is the order of the
day in this community.
Brad Parmley, of Hannibal, Mo-, is
visiting his mother, Mrs. W. E. Parm-
ley, at this writing.
Mrs. r. A. Murphy and daughter
spent Tuesday with the formers
daughter, Mrs. Chas. Murphy.
Miss Esther Hirks, of Frederick
town, spent the past week the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. C. Fl. Whitener.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Wilkerson, of
Elvins, spent several days recently
visiting relatives in and near this
place.
Mrs. Ellis and Miss Marguerite
Parmley were shopping in Frederick
town Saturday.
John Bremner, of St, Louis, came
down Tuesday to visit his brother,
Geo. Bremner, and family.
Mrs. E. L. Rodgers, who has been
visiting relatives in Bonnie Terre and
Desloge, arrived home the last Of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Murphy and chill
dren spent Sunday and Monday with
Mrs. Murphy's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
S. w. Wilkerson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo, Bible, of the Lead
Belt, visited several days the past
week with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Aaron Bible.
The I. o. o. F. members of this
place will observe next Sunday, the
10th, as Memorial Day. An address
will be delivered in the afternoon by
Rev. Yount, of Marquand. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to attend.
On last Tuesday Fred McGennis and
Miss Maude Sutherland surprised
their many friends by going to Farm
ington and being united in marriage.
This community extends congratula-
tions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
!: COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE: \:

| day here on business.
Leola and Grace McCak, of DeSoto,
are visiting relatives and friends here
this week. as
Harry Lesser and wife visited in
Leadwood Tuesday.
p.Alphonso and Bernard Abduction, of
French Village, were visitors here
Friday and Saturday.
| IyMranud Mrs. Robt. Pratte and fam
lily, of Rivermines, were visitors here
at theshome Of Jos. Pratte and family.
,gWilford AuBuchon motored to Flat
River Wednesday and spent the eve
ming with friends.
Monroe PetsrsSn and son, of near
French Village, spent Thursday and
Friday here with relatives.
Mrs. Anna Whiteknight and little
daughter, Dorothy, of Hazel Run,
spent Wednesday with her daughter,
Mrs. Emmett Pratte, and family.
VIM. Jackson, of French Village,
was visitor here this week
DR.. Lee Turley was called to Silver
Springs Sunday to the home of Gar
ret Wheelehon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Williams and
daughters spent Monday in Silver
Springs with the formers father, Gar
rett Wheelehon.
Miss Laura Thurman spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Silver Springs
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. e.
Thurman, and family.
Beatrice David and brother Thomas,
of French Village, were visitors here
Saturday. /
Frank Cole and Mr.. Landolt were
visitors here Saturday.
Val Smith and Will Moon, of Melzo,
were visitors here Wednesday.
Mrs. Fenton Millen and little daugh-
ter were visitors here Thursday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

guest of relatives south of town the
latter part of the week.
Miss Leila Bisplinghoff, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Bisplinghoff, Of this
city, departed Thursday for Ames
Iowa, where she will enter the Uni
|yersity. 5ai fs
Miss Sarah Goodykoontz, of Caledo-
MIA, was a visitor at the home of rela-
tives here Thursday afternoon.
John Grisham was o Caledonia bus
mess visitor Friday.
Mrs. Martin, Of Pennington, was
visitor at the home of relatives here
Thursday.
Mrs. F. w. Gale returned home Sum
day afternoon from Fredericktown,
where she had been visiting relatives
and friends.
M. F. McCloud was in. st. Louis the
fore part of the week due to the Sc
rious illness of his son. John.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert McClary, of
Bellview, were visitors at the home of
relatives here one day last week.
Fred Oehler was in Decatur, ILL.,,
the fore part of the week due to the
serious illness of his brother.
Misses Audrey Bisplinghoff and
Clova Crump were Pennington Wis
itors Thursday.
Miss Ethel Halle, Of Walnut Grove,
spent Sunday as guest of Miss Clova
Crump.
Nh. and Mrs. V. M. Lavery and ].
Corbett, Of Iron Mountain, were here
Saturday afternoon.
Squire VIM. Schulz was Potosi
visitor Saturday.
J. F. Strickland was DeSoto vis-
itor the weekend.
Mesdames VIM. England, Auburn,
and Chas. Edmonds were visiters in
Flat River Wednesday.
Mrs. Crenshaw, Of Caledonia, visited
with friends here Saturday.
J. u. White and family. of Flat
River, were Sunday visitors with Mr..
and Mrs. J.. C. Hunter.
Walter Boatright, Of Iron Mountain,
was a visitor here on Monday.
Mr.. Thomasson, of Flat River, was
a visitor in or town on Monday.
John Branham, Frank Keathley,
Beard and Ernest Strother,
who have been working with con-
struction gang in Kansas, came home
the fore part Of the week.
j. Sisk was St. Louis business WIS.,
itor the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbons, of Allenville,
were visitors here the weekend.
Prof. A. R. Beard and I, wife, of
ILL.,, were guests of his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Beard, and
family, the past week.
J. F. Schroeder was visitor in VAL
meyer, ILL.,, the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hood, of Doe
Run, were guests of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. N. Beard, the latter part
Of the week.
N. J. Belknap and son, Raymond,
IF Bonnie Terre, were visitors at the
home of friends and relatives here
he weekend.
Miss Florence Tetley, of Farming
ON, was a guest of friends here Sun
lay.
Harold Barrett, of st. Louis, was
down the weekend visiting friends
md relatives. Harold is working at
he printers trade in the city,
Mrs. Nency Sloan, of Caledonia,
was a guest Of friends and relatives
here the past week. f le
Miss Mayora Sloan visited friends
md relatives in Pennington the lat
er part of the week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

Mrs. Doss left Tuesday morning TO
st. Louis to visit her husband, who i
in the hospital.
Miss Heath is here visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Doss.
Henry Brown and daughter, Lucille
We're Flat River visitors Thursday.
Miss Verde Cross was a Bonn,
Terre visitor last Thursday.
Mrs. Floyd Bollinger returned Tues
day after 10-days visit with he
grandparents at Knob Lick,
Mrs. Wells, of Doe Run, was here
the first of the week visiting relatives
The Elvins ball team went to Crys
tai City Sunday and were defeated il
game there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cooksey ant
Mrs. Margaret Kinney and Mrs. NJ. e
Cooksey motored to DeSoto Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mont Hughes motorec
to st. Louis last Thursday to visit
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Tidwell went to Bismarck Tues
day to visit her sister, Mrs. Biffle.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Moore attended
the funeral Of Dave Dix at Doe Run
Tuesday.
Mrs. Hagger and son, of Three Riv-
ers, visited her sister, Mrs. Woodruff,
Monday.
Miss Grace Wolf visited her sister,
Mrs. Scowden, at Cornwall this week.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Bowers Is very Ill at this writing.
Mrs. H. Wells went to Doe Run
Tuesday to attend the funeral of Dave
Dix who died in st. Louis Sunday.
Mrs. E. L. Bessinger went to Iron
ton Monday to work.
Chas. Brady visited his uncle at
Doe Run Sunday.
Mrs. Ben Mayo and two sons, of
near Doe Run, visited her daughter,
Msr. Jean johnson.
Henry Brown and daughter, Lucille,
were Flat River visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. Howell took his daughter to the
Bonnie Terre hospital Monday and had
her tonsils removed. They brought
her home Tuesday morning and she is
getting along nicely.
Mrs. Henry Weisse was an Elvins
visitor Tuesday.
N,Ah o DCi A1dht61Cy dtteLlvcu bn6 Iuu-
eral of Dave Dix Tuesday.
Nick Pritchet, who is employed at
No. 16 Doe Ran. got his spine injured
while working Wednesday night, and
was taken to the Bonnie Terre hospi-
tai. "a
OWE Rome, Of near Fredericktowri,
IS visiting her aunt, Mrs. Joe Bible.
Mrs. Young, of Fredericktown. Wis
tied her son, Alfred, Tuesday.
Ben Mayo, Of near Doe Run, visited
his daughter here Monday.
Chas. Goggens, who Has been on the
sick list, for quite a while, is imprev-l
ing.
Crowded out last weelSs)
Mr.. and Mrs. Chass Clemens and
children left Tuesday for Colorado,
for the benefit Of Mr.. Clemens health,
y M. Woodleman and Ernest Berry
man were Bismarck and Doe Run
visitors 8uesday.
Edwin Norris and Slifford Short
were Flat River visitors Tuesday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Gould and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bryan Cozean and baby motored
to Knob Lick Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cooksey, Mrs.
M. E. Cooksey, Mrs. Nelan and Mrs.
Margaret Kinney were Bonnie Terre
visitors Wednesday.
Theodore Graves was an Iron
Mountain visitor the first of the week.
Joe Bollinger and Roy Sizemore
went to Desloge Sunday to the ball
game.
Frank Woodruff is on the sick list.
Jesse Mayo, who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. Jane johnson, for the
past week, returned to his home near
Doe Run Sunday.
Chris Johnson, of near Doe Run,
visited his sister, Mrs. VIM. Moore,
Sunday and Monday.
DIR. Shurls, of Bismarck, was an FL
wins visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. Joe Hulsey is on the sick list
at this writing.
Jim Thompson, of Bismarck, was in
Elvins Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Sloan attended
the funeral of their cousin at Gale
donia Monday.
J. w. Moore is on the sick list at
this writing.
Mrs. Rainey left Tuesday for st.
Louis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Tabors went to
st. Louis Saturday and purchased a
new Ford car, returning Sunday.
Lucille Brown is on the sick list.
Mrs. Jennie Finley, Mrs. Garland
and Miss Milbry Howell were Bonnie
Terre visitors Monday.
Mrs. Joe Evans, Of Pennington,
spent Monday with Mrs. G. w. Howell
Dewey Halbrook, Of Esther, was an
Elvins visitor Sunday.
Jeff Hughes and family, of Flat
River, was an Elvins visitor Sunday.
John Page moved to Iron Mountain
Sunday. s.
Rev. Doss, who has been seriously
i'll for the past week, left Monday
morning for st. Louis to enter hos
pital. He was accompanied by Tom
Isbell and Joe Diemer.
Othei McClary left last week to Wis
it his uncle in Bismarck and also an
uncle at Bellview.
Among those who attended the pic
ME at Bismarck last Saturday were:
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Yamnitz and chill
dren, Mr.. and MRS. Henry Buff, Miss
Alma Watts and Miss Ella Ashby.
Miss Alma Adams was called to st.
Louis the latter part of the week on
account Of sickness.
Miss Rachel Ashby was ON the sick
list the latter part Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. White and children, Of
Desloge, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Whites brother, Alfred Young, andl
family.
I The Graniteville bali team played
the local team here Sunday, Our boys
were victorious.
Frank Moore Afid Raymond Carr
were Flat River visitors Tuesday.
Clarence MGgse was 4 Desloge visit
Or Sunday affeEnoci.
Guy Waldo, Of st. Louis came here.
Wednesday to visit relatives and
friends.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
WALES MINES

Misses Ethel and Dora White, Of
Festus, visited their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Greene White, Saturday anC
Sunday.
Miss Edell Heaton, of st Louis, who
has been visiting her parents, has re-
turned to her work.
Miss Coda Moon and Mrs. Hazel
Craft, of Bonnie Terre, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Turley Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Thelma Horn, who has been
visiting friends at Desloge, has re-
turned to her home here.
Miss Elsie Heaton visited Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Shannon Monday.
Miss Carrie Shannon visited at the
home of Mrs. Effie Turley Saturday.
Edw. Heaton, of st. Louis, visited
his parents here Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Miss Mary Stated, of st. Louis,
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris. Stated, Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Heaton visited
their daughter. Mrs. H. C. Rhodes,
Sunday.
Mrs. G. W. Shannon visited Mrs.
Henry Douglas Monday.
Miss Katherine Moon, of Bonnie
Terre, who has been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Turley. has returned to
her home.
Miss May Barton, of Flat River,
visited at the home of Thos. Head
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Cuisine Turley is visiting her
relatives in Bonnie Terre.
Miss Florence Bellville, of st. Louis,
is visiting her parents here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Nash visited Mr..
and Mrs. Monroe Nash Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ellis and Clara
Douglas visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. H. C. Rhodes Sunday.
Eugene Hansbrough visited at the
home of w. E. Heaton Sunday.\
Miss Ada Heaton visited at the
home of F. H. MifTen Saturday.
Miss Myrtle Ratty, of Bonnie Terre,
visited relatives here Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Edith Turley visited at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. C. W. Shannon
Sunday and Monday.
Mrs Effie Turley and daughter,
Josephine, visited at the home of Per-
ry Whitesell Sunday.
Lee Douglas visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. E. Thurman Sunday.
Oscar Frazier visited at the home
of Chris Stated Sunday.
Miss Olga Heaton visited Mrs. Eff
fie Turley Wednesday.
Chas. Shannon was a Bonnie Terre
visitor Monday.
Thos. Turiey made a business trip
to Bonnie Terre Wednesday.
Frank Shannon is visiting relatives
in Sc. Louis this week.
Geo. Turley was in Bonnie Terre
Alb Heaton is visiting relatives in
st. Louis this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ratty, of Flat
River, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Ratty, Saturday and Sun
day.
Misses Elsie and Olga Heaton WIS.,
tied at the home of their sister, Mrs.
h. @. Rhodes, Saturday.
Miss Gertrude Harverstick visited
Mrs. Thos. Head Sunday.
Misses Gertrude Riddle and Mabel |
White visited Mrs. Frank Ratty Sun
day.
Misses Leona Head and Mae Barton |
visited at the home of Fl. c. Rhodes |
Mrs. Monroe Nash visited at the
home Of H. G. Rhodes Tuesday.
Fenton Thurman was a Wales
Mines visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs, Vim. Bellville, of St.
Louis, visited her parents, Mr.. and |
Mrs Chris Stated, few days this
week.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
Petroleum An
Industrial Pivot

q gtec SROM the back Of sheep to the
ssa5 back Of man, wool passes through
dozens Of processes and machines,
some OF which were made possible, and
all of which were shortened. by some
product Of petroleum.
So delicate is the adjustment Of this ma
chInery that from the cams moving at a
rate OF $50 revolutions per minute, to
the flying spindles, whose revolutions
per minute exceed $4,000, every part
must be in unison. For, should one part
be retarded little, and another part
speeded up unduly, through faulty lubri-
cation, there would be strain on the
fabric, and break.
The seriousness of such break is seen when
it is understood that the severing of single
thread will bring the giant loom to stand
still instantly.
This is but a single example Of the problems
constantly being brought to Standard Oil
Company Undiana) lubricating engineers for
solution, and emphasizes the necessity for
the minutest accuracy on the part of these
specialists in drawing specifications for special
lubricants, and the need for extreme accuracy
on the part of the manufacturing department
in producing lubricants to meet these
specifications.
It illustrates how highly specialized is the
branch Of industry which engages the atten-
: ton of the Standard Oil Company Qndiana),
and the degree of enthusiasm for perfection
which must prevail throughout this organi-
Zarion.
And this enthusiasm does prevail. Harmony
and concentrated interest is ever present
throughout the organization of $4,000 men
and women, every one of whom, from the
Chairman of the Board of Directors to the
lowiest recruit, is bending every effort to do
his part in the production of useful products,
and to have each Of superior standard Of
fneness.
ndard Oil Company
lil"dia"o)
S. Michigan Ave, Chicago
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-17
ELYLNs

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Reed,
June 14thy a daughter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-12-28
THE WRONG WAY OUT

Though never morally justified there are occa-
sions when suicide seems to be about the only
way out But such cases are rare, and it would
be we'll for those accustomed to yielding to fits of
dependency to form the habit of looking with
more hope to the future. An instructive example
is furnished by the news reports Of double suicide
at Passiac, N. j., where a young couple, in trou-
Bile through their own folly, and too poor, they
decided, to marry, formed the heroic resolution
to take poison and die together, which they did at
the home of the girls parents.
While their troubles were real and the nmme-
diate outlook was unfavorabe, they placed far too
cheap an estimate on their own lives. Their trou-
bles were not incurable A marriage even in the
face Of poverty, backed by manly determination
to make good and atone for the mistake, would
have aroused sympathy. after the first burst of
condemnation, and they might have become use
full and contented members Of society.
True courage is net expressed by suicide. On
the contrary, ii means fighting on, no matter how
dark things appear, fighting against the heaviest
odds and refusing to accept defeat 1t is surpris-
ing how desperate situation may seem and yet
be capable of a satisfactory solution There are as
many happy endings in real life as in Action Time
heals most wounds. Grief and despair wear them
selves out So long as the conscience IS not hope
lessly seized, there may always be relief, with
the wrelchedness of today only fading memory
And in every condition. it is well to remember that
suicide is a cowardIy and wicked act, which brings
sorrow 10 the innocent and solves no problem ex-
cept that CT confession for the guilty