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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
Dorothy Dix TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Love To Order-i.

Love To Order.
"Is a man likely to be happy who
marries woman for whom he has
no warmer feeling than respect?"
asks a correspondent. Then he goes
on to say: THE type of woman I
enjoy are the gay and giddy sort. the
ones who are pretty, and all dolled
up, and fun of pep and fun, but my
mother wants me to marry the daugh-
ter of a friend of hers-a quiet, do
mestic girl who is a model of all the
virtues and would make a man an
ideal wife.
"Abstractly I admire this girl very
much, but she doesn't interest," me at
all. Do you think if I married her
would learn to care for her? From a
pecuniary apd social point of view,
this marriage would be very advanta-
geous to me"
In novels men often fall in love
with their wives. In real life the
miracle seldom takes place. On the
contrary, so far as general observa-
ton goes, a mans affection and ad-
miration reaches its peak ~on the
wedding day, and thereafter they de-
cline.
whether this is the mans fault or
the woman's, nobody knows. Whether
men are incapable of a long sustained
passion for a woman, or the woman
lacks the power to keep mans fancy
fired, nobody knows. 1t is merely
fact that there are very few middle
aged men who are still their wives
lovers, and this being the case, it is a
hazardous thing for man to under
take matrimony unless he has full
head of the steam of romance about
the woman, and is convinced at the
time that she is an angel, and the
only girl in the world, and that all
that he can ever desire is just to lie
at Nher feet and bask in her smiles.
It takes that sort of a momentum to
carry him on thru the years. y
There are many reasons why man,
who is not in love with the woman
before marriage, would never fall in
love with her afterwards. The first
is, of course, that matrimony is the
most disillusioning experience on
earth 1t strips away from the indi-
viduaI every veil with which he or
she has camouflaged his or her faults
and weaknesses. In the fierce light
that beats upon the hearthstone,
every secret of the toilette is laid
bare. every pretense is revealed.
The woman, who is beauty when
she gets on her handmade COM
plexion and her transformation, and
her good clothes, may be a bag in
curl papers, and wrappers at break
fast She who is bright, and enter
tanning, and a sympathetic listener in
society, may be dull and grouchy at
home Furthermore, the woman who
can't faScinate a man for an hour, is
not likely to be able to keep him fas-
cinated by the week, and the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
LOWER FREIGHT RATES.

The big western railroads operating
between Chicago and the Pacific coast
are about to cut freight rates 20 per
cent in order, 1t is said, to compete
with the Panama canal rate. If the
roads can haul freight at a rate lower
by 20 per cent in order to meet COM
petition. why can't they haul at thai
rate where there is no competition ?
1t can't be that they are planning to
work for nothing and board them
selves The conclusion Is forced,
money at the reduced rate else why
make the reduction?
The proposed lowering of freight
charges seems to dispose of the con-
tention of the railroads that lack of
traffic has been due to slack business
and not to their charging more than
the traffic would bear.
In view of the existing situation.
the transcontinental roads may be ex-
pected to put up a strong fight against
removal of canal tolls ON American
shipping when that matter comes no
and they will be fully justified In do
ing so.
Those persons, If there be any such,
who expect a decline in the cost of liv.
ing as a result of the proposed reduc-
ton in freight rates, probably will be
disappointed. The benefits to be de-
rived from the cut will accrue to the
railroads in the way of more business
to the shippers in the form of larger
proceeds from the sale of their wares,
and to the large number of workers
who have been made idle by existing
conditions. Business will take on new
life and the workers will be given jobs
The extent of the benefits to be thus
derived Of course will be in proportion
to the extent of the cut in freight
rates. Since the roads plan a reduc-
ton only on specified articles and in a
limited territory, the good results must
necessarily be limited. But IT is a
start in the right direction and is al
most certain to lead to a general re.
duction of rates extending to all COM
modities and covering the entire coun-
try.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26


In the last twelve months, around
S443,aOO,999 in gold has come into the
federal reserve banks. We now have
about 40 per cent of the worlds sup
ply, and no signs of the flow stop
ping. The world is paying balances
to us in gold and in some securities
instead of in goods which it has not
yet been able to produce in sufficient
quantities to reduce prices to competi-
tive levels. A large part of the gold
received is said to be of Russian orr
gin. but in addition, the worlds cur
rent gold production is also coming
here. One banker is quoted as ex-
pressing the opinion that as much as
$500. 900 more gold might come in
before the movement ends, resulting
in approximately half the worlds gold
stock accommodating here. The flow of
gold will probably be increased by the
Berlin payments on the reparations,
as it is expected that some part of this
will be shipped here for account of
the allies 1t would be joke on us if
the rest of the world were to adopt
some other basis for it's currency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
SOLITUDE.


Worth and greatness breed n-soli-
Just before His crucifixion Jesus
withdrew to a lonely place--that he
might pray. Washington and Lincoln
often did the same thing.
For the soul must be alone when
it is sore pressed.
In solitude is a man able to sum-
Marie his life. Aloneness somehow
seems to distribute its shadows so
that an appraisement of values Is
possible.
Ono is not overburdened with con-
ceit when in solitude One is able
to look into his own character and
know the dross that is there.
II you feel that there is consider
able that is the matter with you, get
alone. And stay there until you be-
gin to feel the inadequateness of your
own powers as against those of the
Almighty and those of all Nature
which always PULLS for the man who
does his best to pull for himself.
Solitude-it's the supreme court OF
last resort where we must all go for
the final decisions that make or
break our lives,
In solitude you may sweep aside
the irrelevant and get down to tho
essentials.
Where the ordinary disturbing
elements, that creep in while the
crowd stands by, are absent, you are
able to concentrate, analyze-and
separate. And that is what makes
one man strong against, the one who
will not seek solitude.
Many folks go around in the
world all cluttered up-looking like
the uakept desks of complaining fail
ures in business.
In solitude you may clean your
desk-wipe your slate clean. And
learn to DE a man-anew!
Try it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
Dinner Stories

A certain society lady, who was not
quite so young or SO beautiful as she
used to be, underwent an operation.
Upon her recovery she was assured
by her friends that the operation had
taken ten years away from her looks.
Laughingly, she complained one day
to the doctor.
eff three hours on the operating
table made me look ten years young
err, why didn't you keep me five hours
and make me into a girl again?"
Five hours there. my dear mad
am soberly retorted the doctor.
would have made you into an angel"
you have done well in life"
81 hope So"
"You seem perfectly willing to i'm
part the secret of success"
yes" said the great man, land
sometimes think it is the only secret
in the world that nobody cares about
hearing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26


It is reported that transcontinental
railroads have suffered severely from
the competition-of the shipping pass
ing thru the Panama canal. Pacific
coast shippers have been sending their
goods by water because they could
save money. Yet there is on foot a
strong movement to free American
ships from the canal toll charges, by
congressional enactment. Such action
would deal the railroads blow from
which they could hardly recover. BUT
why should American ship owners be
given special canal privileges? They
did not build the canal. Would the
people o, this country tolerate a sug-
gestion that the United States build IL
railroad and give the transportation
lines the privilege of running their
cars over it free of charge? There are
international phases of the canal ques-
ton that it should not be necessary to
dwell upon. The economic phase
Should be sufficient to kill the free
toll movement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST

DON'T WANT TO.
IT don't wanter go to bed"'
ct don't wanter eat my Bread
81 don't wanter take a rider
Wonder IL all folks are tried
By their children in the way
We are troubled thru the dayf
What a most contrary stage
Is this "I-don't-want-t age!
81 don't wanter take a nap"
81 don't wanter wear my capi"
Il don't wanter wash my hands!'
Hear him at our least commands
Flinging back his wi1ful cry
And his most insistent "Why?'
Eight years old and forty-three,
Starting in to disagree
Patience, that is needed here,
Judgment must not be severe;
Here's a will intent on play,
Told to put his toys away
Here is life from start to close,
Conflict every mortal knows,
And the 'I-don't-want-tor stage
Can be traced thru every age.
Lord, when irksome duties come
And my life seems burdensome,
When I fling my head in air.
Shouting: Il don't want TO bear
Grief on such a day as this,
Why deprive me of my bliss2"
Pray. be patient then with me
As with him try 10 be-
Copyright, 1871 By Edgar A. Gu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26

II snread all over the state and into
adjacent territory. The 1nsldlous
practice practically was stopped. rev
han had the courage to go into a
crowded barber shop on Saturday art
ernoon and ask for haircut. Fewer
still actually did so. The originator OF
the crusade was regarded as puoic
benefactor. -
Rut when the time came to bestow
the award of merit it was found the
tags had been misplaced. The blue
ribbon was awarded to Walt Mason,
who came into the movement only
after its success was assured 10 TINS
informed persons believe Mr.. Mason
was the original crusader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26

mobiles and even fly around in air.
planes.
Another set of claims which are said
to have merit, derive from a pioneer
who stopped at the Salt Creek Field
in the late seventies on his way back
from the California gold rush. He was
one of the earliest and most success
full inspectors for OIL He persuaded
a number of persons of all sorts to
give him a certain power of attorney
by which he took out lands in their
names. Altho he died a poor man in
1907, it seems probable that his heirs
and assigns will profit richly by his
nose for oil'' and his shrewdness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By LEE PAPE.
MOUNTAINS.

MOUNTAINS.
A hill Is a little short pile of land
Ware cows and horses daily,
While a mountain is a big high pile
And the absents of land makes a
valley.
Most mountains jest stand in their
place on the map
To leeve you admire their bewty,
But some blow lava all GROUND,
Being volcanoes performing their
Each row of mountains has a name
Sutch as the Rockies and Alps,
o wat is it makes them so wife on
top?
o is it the snow on their scalps?
Some mountains are higher than
others,
Sutch as for instants Pixies Peak,
Witch if you ever climbed up to
the top of it
You'd set down all the rest of that
week.
You can see all Ground on a noun
>tain top
Mulch ferther than you usually do,
But then on the other end down ware
il starts
It certeny cuts off your view.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26
Ouestions-Ansu,ers

/, Q. In cribbage. how much. does hand
count composed of 3 treys and a nine when
trey is turned Wv. T. s.
A. Fours sometimes called double pairs
There are different pairs, therefore there
are 6 fifteens to be counted and the hand
O. Why is the shield of the United States
sometimes shown with stars on it and some
times without?-T. c. T.
A. The official shield of the United
States does not have stars as part of the
Q. What birds nests are edible ?-R. T.
of the East Indian swifts of the genus
'eollocalia-" The birds are small in size;
dark colored above, and white below The
sistency ST CINE, which is formed mainly of
glutenous saliva, produced by the bird, and
mixed with bits of straw, feathers, etc. The
nests are much in demand among the Chi
as Injury.
Q. What is the Breslau Table?--L. Fl. J.
A THIS is an old mortality table, com
piled from records kept by the city of
Bresau, Silesia. for the five years 1857 1851.
What is the difference between barter
A. In commerce and political economy,
barter is the term used for the exchange of
one commodity for another commodity, as
money.
g How did the name John Barleycorn
A This name is an old one, whose origin
cannot be traced. An old English tract I'M
der title of The Arraigning and Indicting
of Sir John Barleycorn, Knit. describes
him as Of noble blood, well beloved in
England. a great support of the Crown, and
a maintainer of both rich and poor"
the Mosquitoes ?-H. w NJ.
A. The name is given to a tribe of In
dams of the MOSQUITO Coast OF Central
America. They are of Carib stock, but have
admixtures of white and negro blood.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26

Information just received from
abroad by the Guaranty Trust COM
pany of New York indicates a marked
increase in the agitation in Germany
favoring abolition OF the price con-
troll system which has been in opera
ton since December. 1919, and under
which export licenses are refused I'M
less proof is furnished that suffl-
GENTLY high priced has been charged
for the goods to be exported. The ef-
feet of the system, in some cases. has
been to cause lower prices at home.
the maDufacturers finding compensa-
ton BY making foreign purchasers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26

pay. This is the reverse of the Amer
lean system, which has been to make
the home buyers pay and sell for less
to the foreigners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26

Passage of the emergency tariff bill
is credited with responsibility for an
advance in the price of sugar. This
will be of immense benefit to the SUI
gar growers of Kansas,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26

On the basis of an estimate of the
items that might ordinarily be pur-
and his wife, an investigation shows
that the cost of the mans clothing
budget in March, 1921. was s1O4.SO
as against s165.S5 in March. 1920. and
as-compared with $3.50 in July. 1914.
For a woman the average cost of a
years clothing budget was S99.1O in
March, 1921, as compared with
$1bT.s0 in March. 1920. and s5s.15 in
1914 The figures seem to indicate a
return in the direction of normaIcy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-26

AS we have said. the Fathers
Day. thing is our own hokum, but the
credit Ter 1t eventually will go to
som ebody else. Years ago, in Gopher
Prairie, we started a crusade against
the Saturday afternoon haircut The
grew by leaps and bounds.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-20
Items Of Long Lane

Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Brown and
children of Mt. Bethel-Garmany com,
rnunity spent Sunday with Mr.. ano
Mrs. B. H. Caldwell.
Mr.. Henry Brock spent the week
end at Oakland with his brother, Mr.
Gus Brock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Cromer and chill
dren, Mr.. Henry Sanders, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. 3. Wicker and baby, all Of
Pomaria, spent Sunday with Mr.. j.
w. T. Sanders and family.
Misses Lula .An1ick and Matte San
ders and little Ethel Mae Cromer
spent Sunday with the latter's aunt,
Mrs. jim Glenn. They weer accom-
panied by Mr.. Clarence Glenn and
Misses Lucy and Mary Fe!ker in the
afternoon.
Mrs. ]. W. T. Sanders is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Jas. NJ. Suber OF
Columbia
Miss Lula Amick and niece, Ethel
Mae Cromer, of Peak, returned home
Tuesday after two weeks stay at
the home Of Mr.. J. w. T. Sanders on
account of the illness Of the former S
sister, Mrs. Jas. NJ. Sanders.
Miss Frances Felker spent Saturday
night with her aunt, Mrs. John Mack.
Mr.. Pet Franklin spent Saturday
night with Mr.. Bennie Brock.
Miss Elizabeth Counts spent Sat
urday night with Miss Annie Metts.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Baker with Mrs.
Bakers brother, Mr.. Dunn Counts,
motorcd, to town Saturday evening.
Messrs. Johnnie Fellers and h. W.
Sanders with Mrs Lizzie Felker mo-
tored TO town Saturday and on their
way they got stuck in the mud on our
new highway. They were assisted by
Mr.. Benric Brock in getting out OF
the mud by hitching TWO mules TO the
car. But it won't be long before we
have good roads as the public high
way will come through Long Lane
community. We think everybody
around here is delighted over the new
road coming this way.
The farmers are having bad luck
with their crops as The cold weather is
killing what cotton is up and the
grain isn't very good.
Good luck to The Herald and News.
'Bluc Eyed Susie
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-20
News From ST. Phillips

Cool weather seems to continue and
the crops are looking bad in this sec
ton.
Mr.. David Ruff is still busy ginning
cotton the same as in the fall Of the
year.
Many of the people are enjoying
good ripe fruit from the trees sold by
G. H. Ruff.
There has been some talk Of sur
veying the road that cones down by
St. Phillips, but nothing has been done
yet. We hope they Will soon do this
and connect US closer to town.
The gardens are looking fine and
we have been eating beans since the
eighth CT May. l feel sure that we
are among the first to have beans in
this section.
The closing exercises of St. Phil
lips school on May thirteenth were
grand The children all spoke we'll
and the exercises were enjoyed very
much by large attendance. There
was little excitement during the eX-
ercises as the overhead ceiling caught
fire from the flames of one of the
lamps. We are glad to say there was
no damage done.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Metts and
children spent Sunday with Mrs.
Charlie Summer.
Miss Sara Hentz is visiting Miss
Blanche Felker.
Mrs. w. F. Ruff spent Sunday with
Mrs. Frank Lominick
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-20
CONTEST FOR ATTENDANCE
STATE S. S. CONVENTION

The forty-six counties in South
Carolina are in an "Attendance con-
test for the approaching State Sun
day School convention at Winthrop
college. Rock Hill, June S, 9 and 10.
and the president of each county Sun
day school association has been ap-
pointed as the director Of the attend
ance contest campaign in that coun-
ty, assisted by the county secretary
and the district presidents, of whom
there are 219 in the state.
The contest is or a proportionate
basis, it is said, the number Of regis
tered delegates from each county be-
ing multiplied by the railroad dis
tance Of the county seat from the cor
vention, so as TO make it fair for all
counties, both these nearby and those
at q distance. There are no restric-
tons as to attendance. The conven-
ton, it is said, is a popular meetir 2
and not strictly delegated body.
Consequently, everyone who wishes
to do so is invited to attend All who
attend and register are accepted as
delegates; only those who DO register
count in the attendance contest. a
beautiful banner Will be publicly pre-
sented to the county having the larg-
est registered attendance IN proper
ton to the distance travelled.
The committee appointed to have
charge Of working up the attendance
from Newberry county is as follows:
Prof. 0. B. Cannon, Newberry; Mrs.
H. l.. Parr, New berry; Arthur hibler,
DR.. w. c. Brown, New
berry; Z. E. Child, Whitmire; J. l..
FclIcrs,, Chappells; W. l.. Mills, Pros
perity; Geo |. Kinard, Prosperity.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-05-20

store of Geo. c. Hipp, where he Will
be glad to see his many friends.
Miss Pauline C'Dutch" Fant,
sponsor Jas. y. Nance camp, and her
maid Of honor, Miss Margaret Nc
Intosh, accompanied the Newberry
delegation to the state reunion IN
Camden. The other maid of honor
for the Newberry veterans, Miss Anna
Coe Keitt, was unable to go.
Rev. NJ. J. Epting of Savannah was
in Newberry Wednesday and Thurs
day on business.
Mr.. John Chapman, a former New
berrian, was in the city Wednesday
for the first time in 81 1-2 years, and
he has been living as near as Spar
tanburg early all these years, now at
Whitmire, having moved there recent
ly.
Secretary w. S. Matthews of the
chamber of commerce went to Co!um-
bia Thursday on business.
Messrs. Jackson Bowers, Strothel
Paysinger and Ben Burn motored to
Columbia Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Meng and Mr..
and Mrs. W. L. Glenn spent Wed
nesday in Columbia.
Mr.. w. H. Wicker, who success
fully passed examination in Columbia
last week for admittance to the bar,
and is now one of the young lawyers
of the country, will leave this morn
ing, Friday, for New Haven, Conn,
where he is located. He has peen on
a pleasant visit to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Wicker, and his many
friends predict for him useful and
successful career in his chosen pro
fession.
Mr.. James Gaillard of Columbia
will spend the weekend with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. P. c. Gaillard.
Nj. t,arre Gaillard and his family
have returned to their home in Able
Vile after visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. P. C. Gaillard.
Mrs. II. H Blease and her son, Mr.
Marion Blease left on Thursday Tor
Virginia where they will spend the
summer.