davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-15

The R'ham Highs are practic-
ticing daily. The first game will
be with Raefoid on the 23rd.
In scrimmage with the town
boys last Friday, the Highs won
by a touchdown. The team will
be doped out in detail next issue.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-15

Scott and Charles Thomas left
last Saturday for Hendersonville
to enter G. M. & N. Academy
This IS the formers second year
there; he is one Of the leaders IN
this new but wide,awake school,
and is gaining q state. vide Tepu.
tation as editor Of the Web Foot
Cadet
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-15
TIE BOIL wrEv1L rs HERE.

The boil weevil is gradually max
ing its way eastward across the
country, and doubtless will cross
into Moore county before frost.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-15
Dodge For Sale.

For sale, cash or credit, Dodge
touring car. First class condi-
tion. WE. Harrison
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-09-15

Jan. | ll,55s,OO0 1o,oos,OOo 1o,773,cOo
Ian l2,ol6oOo lo,:Ozooo ll,94S,ooo
Ginning returns to Sept. |, by
States ron1nara ac fnllnuS.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
MORE GOOD ROADS BIG NEED
Will Increase Growing Popularity Of
Automobiles and Help Build
Up Communities.

70 determine the average mileage
The automobile owner cover in a
pleasure trip in the evening after
the days work is over, an investiga-
ton among $50 owners in a middle
western city of around 100000 popu-
lation resulted in an average of 3S
miles. Sixty-two per cent stated they
would make longer trips if the roads
permitted, 50 per cent stated they usu-
ally made their trips out into the
country.
From these figures it is easy to
see that more good roads will in
crease the growing popularity of the
automobile. which will in turn help
to build up communities, relieving
congestion in the crowded cities, Gre
ate a wider circulation of money, In
crease realty values, lower transpor-
tation costs and introduce America
First" to more people.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01

trio car In the city Of Callao the trav-
eler alights at one of the many plazas
in Lima, the capital of Peru and a
thriving city of 200.O00 inhabitants.
Not far away he will find the center
of the city's life and traditions-the
Plaza Mayor, or great square" All
of the city's street car lines radiate
from this center as though represent
ing the influence and power that radi-
ated from the same spot to all South
America when Lima was the City
of the King" On N side of the
Plaza Mayor rises the cathedral with
its lofty twin towers Pizarro is said
to have laid the foundation stones.
His mummy is now exhibited inside
the structure.
Facing another side Of the main
plaza is the old vice-regal palace, still
used for governmental purposes. Not
far away is the oldest university in
the western hemisphere, the Universe
dad de San Marcos, established more
than half a century before the Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth. In the Lima of
the present the classic old Universe
dad shares the educational field with
the thoroughly modern technical col
leges devoted TO engineering, medi-
cine and agriculture.
Lima and Callao, thought of vaguely
perhaps by many as somewhere near
the northern end of South Americas
Pacific coast, are approximately 1900
miles south of Panama-as far from
the isthmus as Key West is from Nova
Scotia. Though only ten degrees south
of the equator, and therefore well
within the tropics, these cities, due
10 the dryness of the western slopes
of the Andes and to the cold Humboldt
Current that washes the coast, have
al equable climate. The temperature
in summer December to May sell
dom rises above so degrees Fahren-
heit, and in winter rarely falls below
60 degrees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
A SELF
DETERMINED AREA

The Klagenfurt area. the only region
in which a plebiscite was provided for
in the treaty between the allies and
Austria, has been retained by Austria
as a result of the vote which was tax
en- several months ago.
When the crazy-quilt patchwork OK
diverse peoples that made up the old
Austro-Hungarian empire was ripped
apart by the treaty of st. German and
%rearranged more nearly in accordance
with nationality and language, it was
clear that the old Austrian province
of Carniola, extending from the Klag-
enfurt area south almost TO Fiume,
vas Slavonic in its population. 1t
was therefore included in the Jugo-
Slav kingdom along with the other OBJ
yiously Slavonic provinces in the
southern part of the old empire Bos-
mia, Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Croatia
and Slavonia.
Carinthia, the province adjoining
Carniola on the north and containing
the Klagenfurt area, was recognized,
on the other hand, to be predominant
ly Teutonic as u whole. But it was
seen that the southeastern section of
the province, the valley of the brave
river about Klagenfurt, had a heavy
population of Slovenes. 1t was felt by
the allies that the question whether
the Teutons or the Slavs predominated
in the region should be definitely de-
termined and that the area should be
attached. according to the desires of
the majority of the residents, to the
Teutonic republic of Austria or to the
Slav kingdom to the south.
The region which Austria retains as
a result of the plebiscite is roughly
almond-shaped, approximately fifty
miles in extreme length and twenty-five
miles in extreme breadth, with an
area of something more than 600
square Enthusiastically less than Q
third that of Delaware. 1t contains
much mountain land but also a portion
of the rich brave valley, one of the
most productive parts of Carinthia.
One of the most important results
of the vote to the Austrians is that
they will retain the rich lead mines Of
Bleiburg, perhaps the most important
in all the old territory of Austria
Hungary. In the city of Klagenfurt,
with its population of about 25,00O,
the Austrian republic retains one of
its important Woodworking centers
The Klagenfurt region came near
being a bone of contention among
three nations instead of two. Its
western end almost touches the far
ing top of the Italian boot, and dur
ing a great part of the World war its
mountain peaks echoed the thunder
of the great Italian and Austrian guns
on the, Isonzo front. q few miles h
the southwest
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
WHERE FLEET VISITED
LIMA AND CALLAO

American Blue Jackets of the At
lantic fleet recently visited Lima. cap
ital of Peru, after the passage of the
fighting ships through the Panama
canal. The fleet lay at anchor at
Callao. the port of Lima, only a few
miles away. The history of Callao's
sheltered bay, which constitutes one
of the best harbors on the Pacific coast
of South America may be considered
to have begun shortly after Pizarro
and his bearded comrades entered Peru
in 1882.
From Callao In the years that fol-
lowed sailed a constant stream of gall
Icons loaded with the gold and silver
that the Conquistadores stripped from
the rich continent on which they had
gained q foothold. Lima, only eight
miles inland, became the seat of the
vice-regal government by which all
South America was ruled, and Callao
was practically the only gate through
which the treasure gathered by the
colonial agencies was poured into the
lap of the Spanish king. Close to
Callao often lowered British and
Dutch pirates to swoop down on the
treasure ships.
Callao was the first Pacific port
in South America to have completed
modern harbor works.
A half hour after boarding an cleo
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
ROAD SOILS DIFFER WIDELY
Just What Characteristics Are Which
Make Them Different Puzzles
Highway Engineers.

The federal highway engineers
point out that soils differ widely In
their ability to support loads, particu-
larly when they are wet. Just why
this is true and just what are the
characteristics which make them diff
ferent is little understood at present.
1t Is in this field of investigation, of
increasing Importance because OF the
growing volume of heavy traffic, that
the federal Investigators expect to Sc
cure important information.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
A STRANGE ADVENTURE.

IL was morning and the boy and
girl adventures were already wide
awake. They were all alone ON ts.e
top Of the hill which looked down into
the valley below.
1t is strange" said the boy, but !
always have to collect my wits when
| first wake up. 1 forget where | am
and almost who l am
Il forget. too said the girl. THAT
is, l cannot remember right away,
which suppose is the same as having
forgotten for the time being"
We'll, l know now" said the boy.
Were looking for the House of Sc
crets, you and |, and while we're look
ing for it we're having SO many, many
adventures. When we get to the
House of Secrets you and | will find
out how we can become leaders OF
boys and girls and later of men and
women. We will find out how we
must act If we're to be important and
have others follow us and admire us
It's lucky we're meeting So many
friends along the way" said the girl.
They are all helping TO show us how
to get there. Now if we hadn't met
the witch we would never have known
that we should take the bumpy road
instead of the Road Commonplace. We
simply would have stayed around on
the Road Commonplace, going back
wards and forwards and never getting
anywhere"
And it was the little gnome who
told us we must 90 to the House Of
Secrets if we wanted our questions an
swered," said the boy. well, we
should be on our way, | suppose"
what? Without any breakfastY'
asked some voices, and looking around
they saw the four little wood elves
who had served the supper the night
before.
as there breakfast?" asked the boy,
as he put on his o a and fastened
his collar.
"Of course there is breakfast" said
the elves together.
SO they had "a delicious breakfast.
and it, too, had been sent up, all
piping hot from the Hospitality hotel
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01

which was in the next valley and in
which they We're going to stay the
coming evening.
After they had finished and had
thanked the wood elves for serving
them such a breakfast, and had said
they would later thank the people at
the Hospitality hotel themselves. they
started down the hill.
This is fine. going down HILL said
the boy. '"There is no effort or trouble
to this"
Everything shouldn't he hard all
the time" said the girl. Mrs. Get-the-
Most-Out-of-Life said SO, you know.
In fact all our friends seemed to have
had the idea that there should be any
smount of fun and jollity as well as
the hard adventures"
IF folks don't enjoy themselves and
don't care for jollity," said the boy.
poor little Brownie JOY will shrink
and shrink. And he just hates to be
small and forgotten about, He likes
to be full-sized."
They We're not long In getting to the
bottom of the hill and there to their
surprise they saw many, many people,
of all ages and sizes. They had never
seen so many on all their journey.
They had not seer them before. so evil
IDENTIFY they, too, had only just awak-
ened and gotten up.
rs this a meeting?" asked the girl.
"Maybe it's one said the boy, but
1t Is the biggest meeting | ever saw"
Look" said the girl, there is a
great mound and it looks as though
1t were covered with brambles and
burs and sharp, sticking things. ]
guess we couldn't have seen this from
the top of the hill on ccoun OF those
maple trees"
"Oh," said the boy, "that is why all
the people are here. They don't know
what to do about this"
'"That's why we're all here said 8
little man who had heard the boy
speak. "And you see how horrible a
place it is right in the middle of the
road. There Is no way of getting
around that mound that ! can see.
There is a marsh all around it and
they say that If we go around the
mound and go beyond Wen sink down
into the marsh, down and down."
But the boy and the girl. like rue
adventurers. got around the mound.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
BIRTHPLACE OF BOARDS
OF A AND TRUSTS

He who thinks that vast monopolies
are modern enterprises, or that cham
bers of are latter day civic
institutions, or that Prussians first
strove to implant Kultur with a sword
in 1914, will be disillusioned if he
reads the history of Riga, chief city
of Latvia, on the Baltic, through which
city such intercourse as has been had
with Russia in recent months has
largely been carried on.
Riga, which was attacked by Ger
man troops in 1919, had to wrest it
self free from Prussian control once
before, and thereby hangs the story
Of an early exploit like the attempted
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01

subjugation OF Belgium and the depor-
tation of its workers.
Abont the middle of the twelfth CEN
| fury a few German merchants estab-
lished settlements about the mouth of
the Dvina, which empties into the Gulf
of Riga nine miles below the present
city of Riga. Whereupon Bishop Al
bert, IN the role of missionary, sought
to c~olonize the territory in 1901 by
building a town where Riga now
stands and the following year he
founded the Brethren of the Sword.
The new order was well named. 1t
killed where it could not convert,
though slaughter was not the main OBJ
ject after a foothold on the promising
Baltic port was obtained, The mis-
sionaries" were satisfied to reduce the
native population to serfdom, APP
~propriate the land, and build fortified
towns and castles to uphold this min
iature feudal system in a land theX
aimed TO exploit.
But the LivOnians are a liberty low
ing people. They resisted despotism
then, and many times later, just as
a year or so ago they rebelled against
Bolshevism. When their early oppres-
sors became too severe they arose and
drove out the missionaries" Later
Livonia, and Riga, which became its
capital, espoused the Christian relig-
ion and the Order of the Sword
merged with the Teutonic knights and
continued to operate in other quarters.
Though Prussia's political hold was
shaken off Riga, it maintained its
economic ties there, and individual
Germans usually have been important
factors in its ommerce. This phase
of German influence was consum-
mated when Riga, in the thirteenth
century, became a member of the
Hanseatic league, the first great trust
which for two centuries controlled
practically all the trade channels of
continental Europe north of the Alps.
The third modern aspect of medi-
eva Riga is to be found in the fam
Gus "Blackheads." it was this body
which soon came to have the civic inn
portance, and apparently many of the
functions, of a chamber of m
or board of trade today.
Originally it was organized by the
young traders who came to Riga, as
Il social club, TO afford fellowship in
addition to the needful board and
lodgings during their %sojourn. Since
the members were mostly young men,
progressive. and somewhat assertive,
they took their name TO distinguish
themselves from their elders. or grey
boards. Naturally their table talk
turned to ways Of promoting business,
and soon the club became, In effect, an
organization for a Bigger, Better and
Buster Riga" as the modern trade body
would phrase it.
From the beginning Of the World
war Riga was an objective of the
Central powers, because of its impor-
lance as a focal point for the lumber
from White Russia and Volhynia. the
flax from northwestern Russia, and
other products from a wide area with
which it has rail and water communi-
cation. Its pre-war prosperity is in
Dictated by the growth of its popula-
tion from 102, 900 in 1867 to more than
100000 in 1913.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01

1902, In "A town not far from Scissors.
As a boy he had few advantages, for
his mother was poor. He was, how
ever carefully instructed by a kindly
priest. He then studied law, but his
desire TO write drove him to Paris,
where he began his career by penning
vaudeville sketches and meIOdramas.
He wrote plays for several years and
his "Henri Ill" scored the first great
success of the romantic drama. Short
stories appeared mt intervals. and then
his novels. ESThe Three Musketeers"
came out in 1914. and thereafter rO-
nance after romance came I'm such
rapid succession that his collected
works I'm French flI 227 volumes. He
told Napoleon III that he had written
1900 BOOKS.
ProdIgiously as he worked he wasted
lust rs prOdIgiOusly. He entertained II
whole army of parasites, and In his
last years was constantly harassed by
creditors. He had married in 1910 Ida
Ferrier, an actress, but they did not
long live together. His daughter came
10 his mid in 1868 when he was debit
ridden and Ill, and two years later, on
December 3, 1870, he died in the home
of his son, the author of the popular
"CarnfiIe.@
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
IMPROVED
ROADS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN 1920
Distinct Shortage Of Labor and Higher
Cost Of Materials Among Diff
culties Encountered.

Every kind Of road cost about twice
as much to build in 1920 as it did in
1917, according to the chief of the
bureau of public roads, United States
Department of Agriculture, and high
way construction suffered more than
any other class Of work through rail-
road congestion, strikes, labor trou-
bles, and material shortages.
After the war there was a great
public demand for improved roads.
Many roads had been seriously dam
aged by war traffic, and 1T appeared
that the return Of men from military
service would provide an abundance of
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
VALPARAISO, WHERE OUR
FLEET VISITED

Valparaiso, home of Chile's naval
academy, was visited recently by the
United States Pacific fleet while the
Atlantic fleet was anchored at Callao,
Peru.
The harbor of Valparaiso, while not
so remarkable as that of Rio de ia
Metro where tropical verdure runs riot
among granite crags, nor SO idyllic as
vivid. sun-bathed Naples, still deserves
to rank with them and three or four
others as the most beautiful and strik-
ing of the important harbors of the
world. 1t is no detraction TO say that
Vaiparaiso's name-"Vale of Para
dise"--is not merited. Such a name
suggests soft lines, rolling greensward,
hower-strewn meadows, shady paths,
noble groves. The beauty of Val
paradise is more austere.
Sailing into Valparaiso the voyager
enters a wide semi-circular bay fianked
strip of ground hat borders the curv-
ing shore line is the well built bust
ness section of the city. Behind and
above this level portion of Valparaiso
tower bluffs and steep semi-arid hills.
These highlands once hemmed in the
old city, but modern Valparaiso has
burst its bonds. Fine castle-like resi-
dences now cling to the slopes of many
of the hills or perch upon the edges
of the bluffs.
Valparaiso has a population of 230,-
600. 1t is by far the most important
South American Pacific port, and the
annual value of its commerce exceeds
that of Montevideo on the Atlantic
coast.
While Beunos Aires and Montevideo
on the east coast have been handi-
capped by the shallowness of their
harbors, Valparaiso's difficulties have
lain in the opposite direction. Its
waters are so deep that the building
of breakwaters and jetties was de-
layed until 1912. The carrying out
of the entire harbor improvement now
under way will cost $~15,000.O00 or
more
In 1906, the year in which San Fran
cisco was destroyed by earthquake
and fire, Valparaiso was also devas-
tated by the same two forces of de
struction. Like san Francisco, South
Americas greatest Pacific port city
has risen from its erumbled stone and
ashes not merely to rehabilitate itself.
but to become even greater and more
prosperous.
Valparaiso is in practically the same
latitude as Buenos Aires, Cape Town.
and Sydney, and is about the same
distance from the equator in the south
as San Francisco and Charleston, S.
c., in the north. Because of South
Americas position considerably to the
east Of North America, Chile's great
est port is almost due south Of New
York, and therefore has about the
same time.
Warships are always to be found
in the harbor of Valparaiso, for this
issone of Chile's chief naval bases. 1t
is also the location of the Chilean
naval academy, whose buildings, ON
a great p~romontory, dominate the har-
Dor. No better view of the. city and
harbor of Valparaiso can be had than
that from the parked grounds Of this
fine institution.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01

labor. The army of laborers which we
expected to apply for the work did
not, however, materialize. On the
contrary, there was a distinct shortage
of labor, and wages reached the high
est levels attained in the history of
the country. In 1917, competent labor
could be secured for from $1.50 to So
per day, but the corresponding wages
in 1920 were from SO to So for a short
er days work.
In proportion to this demand there
was also a pronounced scarcity of con
struetion materials. Sand, gravel,
stone and cement, and materials COM
monty used in road work increased in
price between 1917 and 1920 from 90
to 100 per cent. Naturally, these in
creases in cost were reflected in the
prices paid to contractors for road
work. Gravel roads increased from
$4,535 to $3.50 per mile; concrete
from $21 ,165 to upward of $4,000 per
mile, and brick roads from $33 600 to
$4,000 per mile.
As funds available for road con
struction are largely limited by statute,
or by the returns from taxation, a
majority Of the states this year have
deliberately withheld work, the plans
for which had been completed. until
they could obtain a greater return for
their expenditure.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
Condensation by
Alfred S. Clark

Alexandra Du-
mas WINS of mixed
blood, the grand
son of n French
marquis and n ma
tive of the West
Indies. His own
father was a pri-
waite in the French
army when the
revolution broke
out. He was swift
~ promoted until
he held the rank
of general In chief
in Spain, but he
with
N "A p o m, and
when he died he
left but 80 acres of
land 10 his widow
and two children.
Alexandra WINS
born ON July "a,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
ADVANTAGES OF PAVED ROADS
Give Ever-Increasing Share of Services
In Providing Safe Highways ftT
Motor Traffic.

Paved roads are giving an ever-in-
creasing share Of service in providing
safe, permanent, dependable highways
for heavy motortruck traffic. relieving
railroads of much short haul, lessen
ing terminal congestion and III these
ways making the handling and ship.
mem Of supplies much easier.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-04-01
Fortune TeIIers Wrong.

Freddie-Father, / had my fortune
told today, and it was prophesied that
/ should have a new bicycle.
proves what l told you-those fortune
tellers never tell the truth.-Boys
Life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-07
"Ye Planry'' Home
 NO. 2O43

This illustration conveys typical mission design, very popular most modern and convenient, at the same time inexpensive. The construction is of tile with stucco exterior water-proofed The roof is of Spanish green tile. The large, spacious front porch is special feature and connected with pergola porch and drive You enter the house directly into large reception hall. On the side is the large living room with tile fireplace and book and cased opening separates this room from the dining room; a double-acting door separates this room from kitchen; here every modern built-in, labor-saving convenience is designed to be built right in the walls in the most convenient Just to the right of the kitchen is the berakfast with china cabinet and plate shelf On the opposite side of the house are the two bedrooms with large closets for each, and by means of the ha all rooms have direct con- nection with the bath room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-07
Readers Notice

This is one of a series of pages to run each Monday offering sugges- tions and modern home designs to our readers. We want you to know that any information pertaining to cost of building these homes, floor plans or complete working blue prints and specifications can be had by addressing the HOME BUILD ING EDITOR of The Age-Herald.