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The Newark journal., 1921-11-10

bles," continued Mir. Bowser. You have ruined me, and, of course, you are trying to find excuses, but l shall hold you guiltyl I could have made three or four million dollars In ba- con. but you must get out pencil and paper and show me that l couldn't. Hogs were then very cheap. You could buy a fat hog for about a dol lar. You could cut him up and smoke the meat and make 1t bring you about SIP. Why, 1t was as easy as turning your hand over, but, no-no--no again You said I would lose everything put into it, and tonight you are fac ing the fact that bacon Is 90 cents a pound, and your husband could have been worth $20,000,000 as well as notl"
 MT. Bowser, what you always lacked was capital. You had no money to buy hogs nor to handle the meat, and you were going into the scheme without any experience. l advised you not to do 1t, and again you got mad and left the house. 1 think saved your bacon, if you didn't go into bacon."
 "Never mind my bacon, Mrs. Bow ser But for you I would be able to buy out half this town now. and It must be great satisfaction to you to know it. We will take another case. When I saw that war was con- ing, which was before anyone else, 1 knew there would be great demand
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10
cANARiEs AS WILD BIRDS

The city of Norwich is famous for it's canaries' song, beauty and hardness, says the London Morning Post. They came to Norwich with the weavers of Flanders, banished from home by the Spaniards and ever since, the exiles' descendants, now mostly bootmakers, mustard millers and steel workers, have been canary lovers and fanciers, almost to a man.
 In the pre-war days there were known to be 4,00o canary breeders in the city, and the principal dealer informed the writer that 30,000 birds passed through his hands in year. This high authority was firm ly convinced that Norwich canaries were quite hardy enough to live as wild birds in this country, if they ever succeeded in making a fair start at looking after themselves. Wild canaries certainly would be a wel- come addition to our diminishing sCngsters.
 Work in Pennsylvania
 Pennsylvania has 231 highway con- struction jobs under way. These in- yolve total of 4,946,012 feet or 934.73 miles, at a cost of S51, ,731, ,523.54.
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10

You Have Ruined Me, FInancialiy!n time. You had need of about $5 OOO,- GOO. l simply asked you where you were going to get the money from, and you got mad and went out for walk"
 Never mind the madness nor the money, Mrs. Bowser! I am sure could have pushed through in some way. and been reveling in my gold at this moment. Other men have raised S5,000e e00, and why shouldn't I? And there was the potato case: Potatoes were high and going higher. It need- ed no figuring to show that they would come to $3 bushel. Potatoes could be raised at 50 cents bushel and, by selling at S3 bushel. why. q man could have arranged to raise 100000 bushels year, and that would have given me clean profit of over $7OOO,- GOO. Didn't you stop me from going into this scheme?"
 Why" answered Mrs. Bowser, "I figured that you couldn't raise 30 bush els year. You had no land, you see. You had no capital to use. As mat ter of fact, potatoes are cheaper now than they were then. Men have thought that they could make dia- monds out of pebbles, but they have never succeeded yet"
 "Neyer mind the men and the peb-
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oCOOOOCOOOOOO OOOCOOCOOOOOOO MIR. BOWSER IS
 RUINED And He Lays It All to Mrs. Bowser, of Course. By M. QUAD.
By M. QUAD.
-"/~'|N@~NCS'1OOO~S
 Co, 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndieate.)

T am ruined man ''
 MT. Bowser threw away his news paper and cigar as he uttered the words. They were spoken as solemnly as young man speaks when he asks a girl to be his wife, and she tells him to go to Texas.
 Mrs. Bowser looked up, and turned 6 shade paler.
 "Yes, am ruined man, and you are the cause of 1t l"
 Do you mean that you have gone into bankruptcy?'
 "No, not exactly, but, nevertheless, you have ruined me, financially"
 Cant you pay two cents on the dollari"
 Tt isn't that, but you have ruined me by ruining my prospects. What am today? I am working my brains out, and receiving only small income. All the best years of my life have passed away, and have not taken advantage of the many golden opportunities held out to me. I have been thinking things all over, and I tell you, Mrs. Bowser, I feel very bitter! If I have to 20 into bankruptcy, it will be your fault. If we become paupers no one but you will be to blamel"
 T don't know that have done any thing to prevent you from getting on," she said in very calm voice.
 "Oh. you don't, eh Well, we will go over the case. Some years ago 1 wanted to become an apple-grower. I got all the facts and figures and brought them to you. Apples were then on the rise, and have been ever since. I saw chance to become a millionaire. I wanted to get a thou sand acres of land and set out 10000 apple trees. Each tree would have yielded me ten bushels of fruit, and would thus have had 100000 bush els to sell. I was all ready to go into t-when-when-"
 'When I figured 1t out" interrupted Mrs. Bowser. "I figured that you hadn't tenth of the money to buy the land with. You hadn't the tenth of the cash to buy the trees with. You couldn't have paid the men for setting them out. It was simply wild dream of yours."
 Never mind the wild dreami' said Mir. Bowser, with wave of his hand What you term bad dream may turn out a golden dream. I wanted to go into peach brandy. It had just been discovered, and was taken up every where. Whisky, gin. rum, beer and all other drinks were giving way to peach brandy. Even the President of the United States kept his bottle. My aim was to get corner on the peach crop of the United States for five years. There would be millions of bushels. There would be millions of barrels of peach brandy. I would put the price up, and hold it there. The papers would have given me the name of Peach Brandy Bowser,' and you would have come in to share my fame, but no-no-no! You must get out pencil and paper and do some figur- ingl By that figuring you cost me millions .''
 "Yes, I remember" answered Mrs. Bowser "You had about $5,0OO at the
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10
Oils From Petroleum.

Benzoline, kerosene or coal oil, and petrol or gasoline, are obtained from petroleum by process similar in principle to that employed to obtain alcohol from the fermented grain mash. The crude petroleum Is brought to certain temperature, which caus- es its lighter and more volatile parts to be driven off in the form of vapor, which, being collected and allowed to condense, becomes those lighter oils of which gasoline is one, and which made possible the engine that drives airplanes, automobiles, tractors and threshing machines.
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10
Famous Violin Maker.

, Joseph Guarnieri was a member of a family of celebrated violin makers in Cremona, Italy. He was active in his work from 1890 to 173O. His violins are usually partly identified by stain or sapmark in the belly running paral- Tel with the finger board on either side. They were noted for their tone producing powers, fact which has stimulated the sale of spurious violins with his forged inscription.
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10
CROPS ABOUT GATHERED

Walnut Ridge, Nov. 7.-Ap- proximately 50 per cent of the corn and 98 per cent of the cotton crop in this section has
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10
Honesty.

'sThe bakers boy was very fresh. If cake was ten cents he'd say $10. The baker had to stop him." "WhyT "Some people started to pay M"- Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10
Trees AIonq Highways.

California. Oregon and Washington are establishing laws for preserving trees along the highways as scenic asset.
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10

Unele--Did you enjoy your birthday party?
 Jimmie-You bet!
 Uncle-What little girls did you dance with?
 Jimmie-I didn't dance. I had three fights downstairs with Bill Smith and I licked him every time.
The Newark journal., 1921-11-10

seaniM been gathered, according to reports received from both Randolph and Lawrence coun- ties.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02

caught the spirit of service to COO
and to their fellowmen.
The musical programme was as
follows:
Anthem: Seek We the Lord tJ. V.
Roberts), Trinity choir.
Anthem: Sweet Sabbath Eve IRA
B WILSON,, Trinity choir:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02
Bamberg Graded School Finals
HeZdLast Thursday Euening

Thursday evening at the graded
school auditorium the graduating ex-
ercises of the school took place, and
state high school diplomas were a.
warded to class Of thirteen. OF these
seven were girls and six were boys.
The personnel of the class was: Miss
es Pauline Dixie Faust, Thelma The
resa Fowler, Sara Lena Harrington,
Amanda Eileen Hunter, Olive lone
Kinsey, Frances Marie Phillips, Mil
dred Kenyon Rice; and Walter Deca-
mia Hutto, George Elvin Price, Shan
non Ray, Jr., James Owen Rhoad,
frederick Sanders and Charles Muir
Tatum. This was the largest
class of recent years.
A short play, "The Sweet Girl
Graduate" was presented by the
class. Miss lone Kinsey took the lead
ing part as the 'girl graduate" and
did her part we'll A synopsis Of the
play is: King Solomon, Confucius,
the Three Wise Men, astrologer, mu-t
ses, Father Time and Cupid all came
in to give the girl graduate advice,
but she was wiser than all but Cupid.
Different members Of the class
represented the various char
acters. Little Margaret Allen was
dressed as Cupid and she was beautl-,
full and sweet. There were four lit
tie yellow butterflies that fitted a.
round the scene, and they were as
graceful as wood sprites. They were
little Misses Elizabeth Jones, Doro-
thy Brabham, Clarice Brabham, and
Louise Copeland.
Between the scenes Miss Louise
Free, pupil Of the sixth grade, gave
dialect reading, and some little
first grade children sang playlet
that produced much comment and
laughter.
Class exercises were then held.
Miss Theresa Fowler read the class
history. A class will was delivered
by Murray Tatum, and the class pro-
phecy was read by Miss lone Kinsey.
Fred Sanders delivered the valeddc-
tory address.
Supt. E. P. Allen delivered the di-
plomas. In making his address to
the class. Prof. Allen called the at
tention Of the audience to the needs
of high school building.
Several medals were awarded for
various standards. The exercises were
concluded by the class singing Hail
to Commencement Day"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02
PERJURY CHARGED TO MAN.
Who Claimed He Was Flogged BY
Jacksonville Party.

Jacksonville, Fla, May 27.-F. p.
Chambers, telegraph operator en-
ployed by the Florida East Coast Rail-
road at South Jacksonville, was ar
rested and released on $1,000 bond
today on warrant sworn out by DR..
P. E. Watts charging perjury.
DIR. Watts with four other promi-
nent residents of that place were ar
rested several days ago on charges
that they severely fogged Chambers.
Chambers claimed he had been en-
ticee i.4to lonely sections OH two oc>
casions, beaten and ordered to leave
town. Warrants were issued for six
teen residents of South Jacksonville,
but so far as known only five were
served.
Preliminary hearings of the five
men arrested were concluded TO-DAY
and the case taken under advisement
bv Justice of the Peace Greenburg.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02
PAPER OVER SIGN CAUSE WRECK
A. C. l.. Passenger Ran Into Open
Switch Near Florence.

Florence, May Strain Wreckers
are believed to have been responsible
for the wreck of Seaboard Air Line
passenger train No. % at Scott's sid
ing, near Florence, Wednesday night.
The train ran into an open switch
and the engine plowed through the
earth at the dead end of the switch
for a distance Of $50 feet. Ivey Har-
mon leaped from his cab as the en-
gine left the rails and struck the
ground with much force, His right
shoulder was dislocated and he suffer-
cd an ugly cash in his forehead.
Joe Jenkins, the colored fireman,
also jumped and his entire right side
is today a mass of bruises but he Is
not seriously hurt. Both the engineer
and the fireman were rushed to the
Florence infrmary and their injuries
attended to. None Of the passengers
on the train were injured although
badly shaken up.
The wreck occurred about o'clock
last night. Engineer Harmon stated
that he was running few minutes
late and was maintaining schedule
of thirty-fve miles an hour.
sSince reading in the papers dur
ing the past several days of attempts
to wreck trains in various parts of
the country I have been keeping a
close lookout on my line" said En-
gineer Harmon at the hospital today,
"but this is a clear piece Of track
with only one switch and l did not
anticipate any trouble here.
"The sign board on the switch
showed white and it was afterward
discovered that white paper had been
paster over the red board to indicate
a clear track. AS I approached the
switch, I noticed that the board was
clear and did not slacken speed. l
was dumbfounded, therefore, when
the engine jumped into the open
switch and had no time to slow down
before it left the ends Of the rails
and plowed into the earth.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02
America Must Put First Things
First, Says DR.. Watson

DR.. E. o. Watson, in his sermon
Sunday evening before the Carlisle
Young Mems Christian association,
preached on the Importance of put
ting first things first, taking as his
text the twelfth chapter of Romans,
the eleventh verse: mot slothful in
business; fervent in spirit; serving
the Lord.' AS he had stated in his
morning sermon, America is the hope
Of the world, which she can fulfill
only as she recognizes the realities of
values. Recently the minister has
had the opportunity of hearing Roger
w. Babson, the noted statistician,
speak in Washington. Mr.. Babson
had been taught in his college course
that the only realities were land and
labor, but he soon found in actual
life that these two things were only
small factors, that the things Of great
est and most lasting value were things
spiritual. The things of God are the
things that count. The difference
between North and South America,
according to the president Of Argen-
tina, is that South America was set
tied by men who we're seeking gold,
while North America was settled by
those who had come here to seek
IGod. The first immigrants and set
tiers of our country worshipped God,
thereby making land and labor valu-
able.
Should the United States turn away
from the church of God and close the
Bible, ruin will stare us in the face
The country can be saved by a reall-
zation of true spiritual values. God
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF THE CARLISLE SCHOOL
DR.. Watson Pleads for More
Spirituality in Annual Sermon
(By Roy Webster.)


Before an audience which packed
Trinity Methodist church to its ca
capacity last Sunday morning Rev. E.
%. Watson, D. D., of Washington,
preached the commencement sermon
to the graduates of Carlisle school.
The speaker delivered a most earnest
plea for less materialism and more
spirituality, stating that only through
a knowledge of God as revealed by
Jesus Christ can there be solution
of the tremendous problems now con-
fronting our country.
In beginning his sermon DR.. Wat
son expressed his pleasure at being
in Bamberg on this occasion, and stat
ed that it meant more to him to be
here than to fill his other commence
ment appointments at Virginia State
Normal, Randolph Macon college, and
the United States Naval Academy, at
each of which institutions he is sched-
'uled to preach the commencement SER
mon. His text was taken from
Ephesians, first chapter, part of the
eighteenth verse: THE eyes of your
understanding being enlightened.
The divine stated that the eyes are
the windows to our souls, that the i'm
portance of seeing can not be over
estimated. With our eyes we are en-
abled to view the heavenly bodies
and to see the beauties therein; we
can also feast upon the printed page
and mingle with the great sages and
prophets and teachers of all time,
whose works have been preserved to
us through printing. Some have eyes,
but cannot see, because seeing means
to mentally understand A defect IN
vision, whether physical, mental or
moral, is calamity; and the Tragedy
of all tragedies is to stand in the
presence of a moral degenerate, no
matter how brilliant his mind may be-
The real difference between men is
in their powers to see. Two men
may start in business as clerks; one
sees himself as the owner of the
concern in later years and actually
attains his vision; the other does not
see beyond his clerkship, and remains
in the position. We usually see those
things for which We are looking, and
the things we see are revelations or
our own selves.
God has given every man pecullar
endowments, but many people nave
not developed these endowments. COO
is not stingy, as is proven by the
abundance of light, air, water, to all
mortals. He has given big mental
endowments, sufficiently large to
work out any problems. The endow-
ments are plenty, but our minds are
not enlightened to life's realities.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02
JURY CONVICTs ASHLEY.
Ten Year Sentence for Manslaughter.
New Trial Sought.

Anderson, May 26.-Ernest Ash
ley, found guilty of manslaughter for
killing Policeman and Deputy Sheriff
Arthur r. Hughes at the close OF
political meeting held in Honea Path
August "a of last year., was this af-
ternoon sentenced to serve ten years
in the state penitentiary or on the
county chaingang. The sentence OF
the court was at first II years, but
an appeal was made to Judge George
E. Prince, presiding; to reduce the
sentence to ten years so that bail
could be granted by the presiding
Judge, pending an appeal. After.
listening to F. B. Grier, of Greenwood,
associate counsel for Ashley, and who
had previously implored Judge Prince
to temper justice with mercy, the pre-
siding Judge fixed the sentence at ten
years. Bond was fixed at $4,000, to
be signed by two or more reliable
sureties and approved by the clerk OF
the court. Judge Prince said:
"I have listened to the appeals OF
counsel for the defendant and have
heard them plead for mercy for this
defendant because Of his wife and
four children. This is one of the SAD
duties Of a judicial officer, for every
time some violator of the law Is pun
ished. an innocent woman and some
innocent children suffer. But then
7 must also remember the children
of the man who was killed"
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salutatory. The class history was
read by Everett Arant, the prophecy
by Oscar William Lever, and the will
by Leroy Dantzler. Fielder Wolfe
was the valedictorian- All members
of the class acquitted themselves with
much credit, showing that they had
devoted much time and attention to
their graduating programme.
DR.. Clinkscales began his address
with several witty remarks, which put
his hearers in a happy frame of mind.
He gave many "reminiscences of his
early days, in educational work, ana
stressed the fact that child's educa-
tion is begun on the day of its birth.
Children observe things very closely
and often PROFOUND questions which
we cannot answer. The speaker used
to plead for mere education, but now
such is not enough, it must be Chris
tian education. The times demand an
education which will help solve our
problems. Man is an animal, some
animals plus, other animals minus.
Besides the physical self there must
be a soul. DR.. Clinkscales paid an
eloquent tribute to the memory. OF
DR.. Jas. H. Carlisle, whose influence
in Christian education goes on for
ell time. He closed his address with
an earnest plea for the students to
model their lives after Christ.
J. Carl Kearse delivered the medals
at the conclusion of DR.. Clinkscales' s
speech. The scholarship medal, given
to the student making the highest
average throughout the year, was
awarded to Olin F. Wolfe, Of the
graduating class, whose average for
the year was 95.6 This was high
compliment to Mr.. Wolfe, whose ex-
.cellent work won for him this covet-
ed prize. Second place in scholarship
went to E. D. Law, of the junior
class, who had an average OF 93.
The winners of both first and SECOND
places are Latin students, thereby
giving the Latin scholars an enVlaole
record for scholarship.
The best effort medal, awarded oy
votes of the faculty, went to Archie
Gilbert, of the freshman class. This
medal is supposed to 90 to the man
who makes the best effort during the
wear. This was hard decision for
the faculty to make, several names be-
ing considered and voted upon. I
W Goodwin of the Junior class. was
a close competitor for this medal.
To Jas. Sanders was awarded the
medal offered by Rev. W. ]. Snyder
to that Carlisle student who bes1
represents the ideals Of the school
This is decided by the ballots of the
students themselves, and is very high
ly priced by the winner.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02
COMPANY a. WINNER OF ANNUAL PRIZE DRILL.

Rhodes's subject was THE New
South" which he handled in such a
manner as to evoke the highest
praise from the judges and the audi
ence. He made an excellent appear
ance upon the floor, his method OF
delivery was smooth, his gestures
graceful, and his voice we'll modulated
during the entire speech. The seven
other contestants acquitted them
selves in a way which reflected
great credit upon their efforts.
The contest was very close and
the judges had difficulty in
choosing the winner. All OF
the speakers, who were trained by
Capt. Roy Webster, showed the
beneficial results of such training,
and gave an exhibition in which they
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-02

Monday morning, and all the COM
panies performed in such way as to
deserve the highest praise from both
the Judges and the spectators. The
Judges were e. H. Henderson,
W. NJ. Brabham, and Paul Zeigler, all
former members of the army. The
srandstand was comfortably filled and
the edges of the drill field were lined
with machines containing those who
had come to witness this contest in
military skill.
The individual competitive drill
also excited much interest and en-
thusiasm. Fifteen cadets had been
selected from each company to COM
pete for this prize, and the contest
lasted for many minutes. Some
dropped out every few minutes, this
process of elimination proceeding un-
It'll only two contestants remained,
Ralph Durham and Cadet Solomons.
These two waged strenuous en-
gagement for several minutes, then
Solomons made momentary error
ion "Rife salute" leaving Durham
as the only one who had stood the
test, and emitting him to the medal
for being the best drilled cadet in
1.-The school. Durham, affectionately
known as FATTY" is a veteran OF
the world war, and his winning
! this highly coveted prize is a cause
of much qualification to all members
Of the faculty who also saw service
in the war. The winner is a member
of the junior class and lives al
Smoaks, S. G.. He belongs to "B'
company
Aside from the drills, another fea
ture was the announcement that
Captain E. K. Goethe, of company
CA" had been appointed Cadet Ma
jor in recognition Of his long an(
honorable career at Carlisle school
The order read on: the field stated
that Capt. Goethe had done more fo
the promotion of military affairs a
Carlisle than had any other man
and this honor was given him as
partial reward for his untiring de
votion to duty. Major Goethe come
from a line of ancestry long disting
uished in military affairs. several @
his uncles having graduated at Yves
Point and having held high position
in the United States army. The stu
tdents were exceptionally glad tha
Goethe had received such an honor
for they recognized his outstandln
ability, and knew he was without
peer as a leader of his men.