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RAT IS SERIOUS
ENEMY OF WORLD
No Other Animal or Insect Is SO
Dangerous and Persistent
in Doing Harm.
INFllCTs IMMENSE DAMAGE
Value Of Food and Property Destroyed
Annually by Each individual
Rat Is Estimated at $2-is
Efficient Germ Carrier.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricuiture.)
The necessity of a campaign of un-
varying efficiency against the common
brown rat, is an outstanding one No
other animal or insect is so dangerous
and persistent an enemy, and no other
enemy succeeds in infiicting the dam
age that the rat annually imposes up
on humanity. The rat population of
the United States Is at least equal to
the human population. and the same
ratio holds true for practically every
country under the sun. The bureau
of biological survey. United States
Department of Agriculture, places the
value of the food and property de-
stroyed annually by each individual
rat at 81. Keeping well within the
boundaries of conservatism this means
that each year. in this country alone,
we produce S2OO,OOO,0OO worth of food
to no other purpose than to feed our
rats. In another way, 100000 men in
the United States are devoting all
their labor to the maintenance of 100,-
100000 rats.
is Efficient Germ Carrier.
But the rodents enmity is far from
being satisfied by this huge economic
injury. A frequenter of all the places
that are vile and lOathsome. the rat
is a most efficient germ carrier. The
germs of the dreaded "black death"
have killed more human beings than
all the wars Of the worlds history
and these germs are introduced into
the human system by the bite of a
rat flea. In India, no longer ago than
1896, the bubonic plague killed 9,000,-
900 persons. In Europe, during the
Fourteenth century, it is believed to
have brought death to 25,000000 hui
man beings. Other diseases. almost
as dreadful, are traced to. the common
rat. Thus, from the standpoint of
public health, as we'll as from the ne
cessity of controlling the drain upon
the public purse, it is essential that
the rat be exterminated. Once the ex-
termination is complete, or as nearly
so as modern methods will permit, ev-
cry precaution must be taken to pre-
vent the rat from multiplying and re-
gaining lost ground.
DISCRIMINATING Plans.
Trapping should be done continuously
and Systematically at all rat-infested
places. Rat poisOns, especially barium
carbonate preparations as recently de-
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Every Rat Costs the Nation 81, Total
Of $500, 900 900 Annually.

veloped by the biological survey,
should be employed. In furthering the
destruction of the rat, community or
civic organization is of the greatest
importance. 1t does no good TO drive
the rats from one cellar into the next
If they are allowed to breed un-
mOlested in their new quarters. When
the campaign is made general the pest
is allowed no rest and no opportunity
to intrench inca new position. If one
pair of rats is left they reproduce the
original number in little while. as
rats breed five or six times year
with an average of ten tosthe litter.
In connection with the eXtermina-
,tiOn campaigns, preventive measures
should be employed against the rodent.
First among these Is the protection of
all food supplies. This is of prime
Importance. The removal and destruc-
ton, of refuse is the next step IN pre-
svention, as abandoned dumps and piles
iof waste material furnish, excellent
shelter and food for the rats that have
been driyen from the houses and cel-
lars. = ~ soi1 '.-f
asul,dInu should Be Rat Proos.'
All buildings should be, rat-proofed
BY the liberal use Of cement and tip..
Rat-proofing should be a prominent
specification An yalf new construction
and 1t should be applied to older build.
ings in. the form of repairs. AllearAin
outlets should be. Sealed with wire
cages, or similar protective DEVICES, ~
! with the food supply hockey ava x,
arom him, and his shelter goul. stagvs:l
5ibA azid exposure will nd to tha efs
jctivenass Of work with strd15s eaihi
Slnons ana the ine1ot t1ltxs rat will
~ 3 ~ 6s q; 'rsaiF h6katd xkAhse
$3.50 siiss2 "a psspsssss
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"Mr. Cotton Win. !.

IAAlngton, va.-Mr. Cotton of Mem
I is antamweight wrestling cham
I vi washington and Lee Univer-
Z ou' whether his first name is
~! or Nicholas nobody but the
np'ls y twins know. They are
1 Il as peas and after winning their
,mn' m'ough tryouts to the anpual
'A.I'ohshlp fought it out clad in Sim
'ias'um !. suits. Somebody won,
Il ,ooSed like man wrestling
,o, n'i'lseif, and the referee would
,a,, "e chance on Identification. He
''H announced that the champion
N" "u peen won by Mr.. Cotton"
"'e audience roared approval.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
IMPORTANT GRAIN soRGHuMs
Dwarf and Early Varieties Are Best
for Higher and Drier Districts
Essential Hints.

The more important grain sorghums
are included in two groups of varie-
ties. the kafir group and the milo
durra group. Dwarf and early vari-
cites in both groups are best for the
higher and drler districts. The use
of good seed of adapted varieties, a
well-prepared seeded, clean cultiva-
tion. and the right method Of ham
ding after harvest will increase the
yield and quality Of the grain.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
FINE CROPS SURE
Farmers in Western Canada
Iubilant at Prospect.
Splendid Winter Weather Has Put the
Naturally Fertile Land in spIen.
did Condition, and Bountifui
Yields Are Assured.

What delightful winter we have
had,' is an expression that could be
heard almost anywhere when the
topic of the weather became the sub.
5ect of conversation. Not only ir the
Middle West and down east" could
1t be heard, but also in the Far West,
UP la the Canadian West. There
the same remarkable features tina,
brought forth wonderful winter ex-
listed. Reports from all parts of the
country, from famed Medicine Hat in
Alberta to Winnipeg in Manitoba. in
dicate that all through the winter
season very little cold weather was
experienced. In December. we read
that golf playing had put into the dis
card all ice sports. that farmers were
caught 'red-handed' plowing their
fields. In January, the Alberta yeo-
man got out his tractor and in his
shirt sleeves was seen preparing
ground for the 1921 crop. During
February. in Saskatchewan. one
farmer narrowed fifty acres and
planted the seed. ''Why. yes. of
course, in March," said al Iowa
farmer, who had just heard from his
son, who was looking after the Vest
ern Canadian farm, ''my boy writes
cold dips, but what did that matter?
The cattle and the horses came
through the winter in better condition
than they looked three or four months
ago. Grass was plentiful on the prai-
ries, the stubble was rich and valu-
able rs food, and the straw stacks
ard groves proved ample for shelter
Spring is now fully upon the West
ern Canada farmer, his machinery Is
all i'm shape for n springs work, and
he is looking forward to an excellent
crop year. Last fall there was "A
splendid lot of moisture that perme-
ated the ground sufficiently to leave
n perfect seed bed. Indications are
now that the crop will go in in the
condition required for successful ger
mination. Then, with the heightened
days of May and June, the many
hours of sunshine that they bring. ac-
companied by showers of rain. ard
with soil of which there is none
richer nor more generous. there VIII
he seen preparing for ripeninS har-
vest the hundreds of thousands of
acres of wheat, oats. barley, rye. al
falfa and corn that will make the
hearts of the Western Canada farmers
swell with pride as they reasonably
look forward to an abundant harvest
There is a great deal that can be
said in favor of the climate of West
,ern Canada. The most important Is
that those who live there, and have
lived in other countries, prefer 1t to
ANY they have experienced elsewhere.
Tt is true the winters as a rule are
colder than are those in countries
lying much farther south, but 1t Is
also true that they are tempered by
a dryness of the atmosphere that
makes n lower temperature preferable
to that several degrees higher where
greater humidity prevails. Enerva-
tion and listfessness are unknown; ;
the air is bracing, but the cold is not
penetrating. Then the summers and
the ,autumns-they could not be more
.entoyable.- le.-Advertisement.
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BURN CHINCH BUG NESTS

Chinch bugs have made their
appearance in certain parts of
the United States.
One chinch bug destroyed now
may prevent the production of
hundreds to infest your wheat
field later.
Chinch bugs pass the winter
and early spring in wild grass
and leaves, especially along
hedges and fences and in the
edges of woodlands adjoining
cultivated fields.
Burn grasses, leaves and 9TH
er trash where the bugs may
have found winter refuge. The
bugs not burned will be killed
by exposure to the weather.
Clean up all trash and rubbish
which may harbor the insects in
winter.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
Bomb Suspects DISCHARGED.

b.ht y'leans' lathe five seamen
Il s"' ,, mere from Rio ide Janeiro re-
|uI0s ,narsed with mutIny on the
snsns board vessel City OF Alton,
1 tha s,ea u'si Of possible connection
! a Any, Mall Street bomb explosion.
|ea sseaarged s.H from custody BY
m.s S's.es Commissioner Browne.
~ \, , were examined ~ Depart
. ~ sSstice s Officials. but 10 ~
k,be,s.1 1cund = which would warfune
he'd }t,u1ne, mi Y 7 !. ! s. :. 4,
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You have doubtless
rubbed on outside treat
ments; most rheumatism
sufferers have. Some of
these take the edge off
the terrible pains for a
few hours, but they do
not strike at the cause,
which nearly always lies
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
DENVER LIVE STOCK.


lightweight heifers generally were
given from 81 to $3.50 with the best g
were nuoted at SIS to $5.75 with more
common stock at s4.75 and down:
Beef steers met with an lnditIepen. ,l
moved moved from $3.50 to IS with palmer
grades at $3.50 and down; Traders
were generally of the. opinion that
choice stock would bring from 30 'o
1925. ,,,.,,.,,,
Feeders and stockers moved silshtly
better than fat cattle. Best grades
feeding steers brought Quotations dat o. stncn frGm
$3.50 to sS with choice grades or stock-
ers from 81 to $3.50
SUPPLIES were liberal running almost
nm 10 the i 800 mark. but with both
nac,.ers np GO I'm in the field, statesmen found a
ready outlet for their supplies.
Top was reached on one load Of good
hogs, which sold to small Killers al
1880 This waS 25 cents under Wednes.
Soy's TOP. which was made on the carry
,,sriset' The next. highest price was
reached. at $9.35. which was TOP OF tne
bulk. The lower figure to the bulk
wds FeW SS'pi pigs were offered. Inquiry for
the better grades was sood ana tne
general feeffngswas steady; Qmotatlomss ,s
Smtchers were given from $500 to $3.50.
sheep.
Trading was reduced to minimum
~, this division. Supplies totaled less
than 900 head. and the larger part ot
the offering gb,c s1nd,s1s1d semsd q was light
'a1Is Four loads Of good lambs, one draft
~ wSich averaged 90 pounds. while the
otber weighed siightlye more than ~ "a
fSasshs tse ps sHP Rrss
Gay yi,s, - were OF the opinion that choice
stoeH stasly would you'd brins, up ID 81,
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nor,t Eoroet cvtfcura Taicum

When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exauisitely scented face. skin, baby
and busting powder and. perfume, rem
dering perfumes supernuous'
You may rely on it because one OF the
Cuticura Trio (Soap. Ointment ana
Talcum). 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
Bandit Not Posted.

bon,.' sso'-A girl novice in the school
i.ry ,au failed in an attempt to put
bnsta' sso'ls in pgactice on Harry
l. mat H. Accompanied by a man,
n. s' : y, haumstein. "Put up your
n, ,,, sue said, pointing'a slnaliabfs-
|w mn n' baumstein put them up.
|pon,a., a' 40 ! do?" she asked her
|ran n'0n. Baumsteln did it for her.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
EXCELLENT FOR LANDS SAKE
Where Sweet Glover Does Not Thrive
We'll an Application Of Lime
Z stone 10 Favored.

Sweet clover is an excellent plant
to grow for the lands sake under
many conditions, and where 1t does
mot grow well now 1t can be made to
grow well by applying ground lime
ystQne to the soil. 1t will add humus
and nitrogen to the soil rapidly when
pIbwed under, thereby increaeifs the
feitilft3 Of the SOIL 10 thess s1sntinl
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
Too BAD.

Sculptor Uo his friend)-Well,
what do you think of my bust: Fine
piece of marble, isn't lit?
Friend-Magnificent. What a pity
to have made "a bust of 1T. 1t would
have made n lovely Observation-Disclosures
sons Weekly.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
Denied the CHARGE.

Kind Lndy-You should brace up
my poor man. Remember what you
owe to society,"
Hobo-I don't owe society Buthm''
lady. What do yer tink I've ueeii
doin'-playin' bridge?-Boston iran
script. ~
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08

in the poisoned, impoverished blood
ternal remedy, one that will take
out the impurities that are tortur-
ing you, one like famous S.S.S.,
which has relieved thousands Of
cases of rheumatism all over the
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
Oh How Glorious to Be Free
From Rheumatism's Tortures !!

Just suppose you could be free
from your deepseated, agonizing
rheumatic aches and pains, your
stiff joints and unsightly swellings!
Wouldn't you give anything to get
rid of them2
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
Raising the Price.

Mother-Jo ohhhy, will you De qu'e
for bit? ,..
Johnny-Ill do, it for two DIS
Awgwan.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08

country just this way.
Get S.S.S. from your
druggist today, and after
starting with it write us
a history of your case,
addressing Chief Medical
Advisor, 877 Swift Lab
oratory, Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
NOT A GOOD BUSINESS MAN /
Young Corn Husk Evidently Was
Never Intended for High Place
in Modern Life.

]. d. Rockefeller, Jr.. said in Y.
M. G. A. address: -
"The successful business man today
is one who knows how to choose his
managers. A successful modern busi-
ness is too vast for any one man to
handle. So managers are essential,
and if these managers are badly
chosen. failure follows.
"The unsuccessful business man is
apt to depute authority to such crea-
lures as young Corn Husk.
young Corn Husk's dady sent him
to ,the mill one day to try to sell the
seasons wheat crop.
"Corn got hold of miller and sub
mitted handful of wheat to him.
The miller examined the wheat care
fully. Then he said:
"'How much more has your father
got like this?'
"'He amt got no more like it,
young Corn answered 1T took him
NIL morning to pick that out"
Honest poverty ranks as high with
some people as dishonest wealth does
with some others.
A committee of one either resigns
or does something
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
GET VALUE OF EACH MINUTE
No Man Has a Right to Waste His
Own Time or Steal That
of Another's.

Life is composed only of two things,
time and effort. One is useless without
the other. Both should be as nearly
100 per cent productive as we are able
to make them.
Try as best we may, the end of life
will find us with many things un-
done.
No man ever wholly completed the
task allotted to him. There is rea-
sonable excuse if into our use of time
no waste creeps.
For the man VINO wastes his own
time or steals another's there is nei-
ther excuse or valid reason
Put value on every minute Be as
anxious and as certain to get that
value rs you are. to gain the worth OF
your dimes and your dollars
Remember that once a minute has
passed by it is gone forever-F A.
Walker in Chicago Daily News.
One Thing They Know.
Friend Wife-What do you men
know about women's clothes, any
way?
Friend Hubby-The price.
Guard your influence. After it goes
out, you can never catch up with it.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08
Meteis sGafket.

,or.dS setslsnisnt prices:
psr liver (Ame}4cAn).$ y .ySt
Bsr silver (foreifn1.. x'5sss
Zinc y : - 49,, = fSS
Copper .'...s. - -, - - 40
LSeld = ...s.- .''''' ~ sSiv
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C.t.rrh Can Be Cured

<.atarrh In aJ1ooal disease greatly inn9
snced by constitutiohal conditions. y
.SqHres SSRst,iat%SnEs1p SSaRhH %SnEs1plciSE CINE
r. !, tdken rscq 'c aoH ths: Mucous eurfacss q
the The HsIU2 - HALLE cMTsAti55 c;aM,;1Ts1ti5n = Il &
sss y 2'Ss..s. siyss tks pstient strength by
s1nsovinS me c,sSa ths ssnsFsi health and assists
'1;S,ib & Ss::s:s :s:s ! ss;I;;i s. ohio.
General Ds6nltior.
4, Knicker-What u an sislands
+ Botker-A body cf land epury'y sel'
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a.,.,,or..r1 to saothore

JW9p0fE0Uu 10 WsVue
Eranine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
Tar Infants and children, and see that II
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08

Guard your influence. After it goes
out, you can never catch up with it.
The Ordway new era., 1921-04-08

A committee of one either resigns
or does something.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

A novel suit was instituted in
Salisbury last week by a wife
against a groceryman for alienat.
ing her husbands affections, she
suing for $4,000 damages. She
alleges that the grocer, one w. A
Rosman, sold her husband, L. c.
Woodington, extracts with which
he became intoxicated and that
as a result he mistreated her and
left her. However, since leaving
he has returned, the two have be.
come reconciled, and now he is
her star witness against the gro.
ceryman. \
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21
AGREEMENT for the call of

|. AGREEMENT for the call of a
special session of the Legislature
was reached by Gov. Morrison
and the Council Of State last
Thursday. but the formal call
has not yet been made. The
date selected is December 9th.
The purpose of the special SEES
sion is to provide relief for the
North Carolina municipalities
suffering from the invalidation of
the 1921 Municipal Finance Act
and to cure d 100000 deficit in
the school funds of the State.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

AT Cleveland, Ohio, July 10th,
Mrs. Eva Kaber was found guilty
Of plotting the assassination OF
her husband on July IS, 1919, and
the Judge sentenced her to life
Imprisonment. Five others are
yet to be tried for this murder;
some for the actual murder and
others for assisting and planning
in it. The defense plead insanity
but it was difficult for the jury to
convince itself that a woman
who could engineer such a plot
and keep it covered up for two
years could be crazy. A North
Carolina jury would vefy likely
have found that she was mentally
unbalanced judging By recent
cases tried ii this state.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21
Magistrates Court.

On Wednesday night of last week
r. L. Kirby had an action before
Squire Mullis against James Gay
Jr. 1t seems the cars driven by the
two collided with each other on
the Entwistle road; each claimed
the other was to blame. And each
brought suits against the other. The
Squire made each man pay his
costs, amounting-to $4.70 each. II
is understood Kirby is bringing civil
suit, against Gay. for $500, and
Gay against Kirby for $29.70.
David Reynolds, white, was last
Friday bound over to next week
criminal term under $3.50 bond for
distilling. His father, N. I. Rey-
nolds, stood the bond. About June
2nd Sheriff Mcdonald, N. I. Rey-
nolds, stood the bond. About June
End Sheriff Mconald and equity Rey.
nolds raided a still near Coleman's
Mill and flushed several men at the
plant. One of the men. Win Whit
ley, was caught before he could es-
cape, and the two officers testified
that one of the men who got away
was David Reynolds. They said
they watched the plant in operation
for some time before closing in. The
defendant introduced no evidence.
Squire Mullis heard the matter.
Wesley Chavis and Fred Groom,
white, and Alec Quick, colored,
were bound to court under $500
bond each, by Squire Mullins Sat
urday on the charge of stealing Il
sacks of soda from T., C. Leak and
John n. Hasty. They gave the re-
quired bonds,
Homer Brown, white, was tri4l
Monday by Squire Mullis for exceed
ing the speed limit on the public
highway, and was fined SIS and
costs.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

A news dispatch coming by
way of Berlin (andi German-way
news must always be taken with
"a grain Of salt is to the effect
that twenty million people in
Russia are on the verge of star.
walton due to a terrible drought
that has swept over APART of
that country. The parched,earth,
it is said, is opening up great
crevices and wells and rivers are
drying up. The more one. reads
and hears of droughts and
troubles elsewhere, the more
ought our Richmond county peo-
pie to be thankful that they live
in this blessed section, even if
prices are low and money scarce.
Our condition might be likened
to a Garden of Eden compared
with what the people in almost
every part Of the world are up
against. Don't kick, but stick to
your job and work the harder.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

! PROFESSOR Linstein. returning
from this country to his native
land, expressed himself as inten.
!sely amused at the yociferous re-
ception accorded him in the
United States, Nodoubtthe clown
in a circus experiences much the
same feeling.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21
Could Not Remove Bone,

| John Alfred, Jr., was under an
;anestfietic for three hours Tues
day at the Presbyterian hospital
at Charlotte while DR.. Scrnggs
Iendeavored to do something for
his hip. John was accidently
shot in the right hip on Xmas
Eve three years ago. The bullet
lodged in the joint bone. DR..
Scruggs found that portions Of
the joint bone would have to be
removed to extract the bullet,
and the young man would be
crippled permanently; and so it
was decided to leave the bullet
alone. John is II years old and
very fond of athletics. he having
won two foot races at the Fourth
of July at Hamlet.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

Carpenter and Tom Gibbons
have signed UP for fight for the
worlds light heavyweight cham.
pionship to be pulled off in Oc-
tober at the big arena in Jersey
City.
Sidney Kincald, a wealthy man
of Burke county, Monday night
stabbed his wife In the neck
within pocket-knite because she
demonstrated with HIM for being
drunk again. She died within a
few minutes.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21

In Wake county court last
week Judge Bond sentenced a
white'man who is somebody in
his community" to eight months
on the roads for distilling. The
mans name is w. E. Whitaker,
and he is the same man who was
chief Of police at the State Fair
Grounds lastlfall; in fact he is
suspected Of having been selling
whiskey then even while acting
as an officer! In sentencing
Whitaker Judge Bond took oc-
|casion to remark that a large
majority of the stills are owned
BY white men who employ ne
groes to run them at ordinary
wages the only thing the latter
get out Of it except road senten-
.ces. He was begged by Whitaker
to let him pay a big fine, but the
Judge rightly refused; he had
just sentenced three negroes to
the roads for distilling and he
gave Whitaker the same only in
a double dose for he ordered the
white man to serve just twice as
long as the negroes.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-21
Let's Pull a Picnic.

A town picnic who's for it?
Where will we 60, what will
we do, who will be the star at
traction?
Let's stay at home, clean up
the town, and let our wives and
daughters and sweethearts serve
as the attraction and our inspira.
ton.
The town needs it, and il
would be a barrel of fun to do it
We might turn it into an old
fashioned barbecue, the kind our
ancestors enjoyed so much.
Two or three hours Of work by
all the male inhabitants of this
town would work wonders in its
appearance. 1t would also ado
one hundred per cent to its sani-
tation.
Of course, it might reduce the
revenues of our worthy doctors
and druggists and undertakers,
but they are all good sports and
wouldnot complain. They would
even throw off their coats and
go to it" with the rest of us.
This is merely a suggestion Of
the Posi- DISPATCH.
Who will push it along?
A morning of cleanup, a royal
MONDAY feed served by the
finest aggregation of femininity
in the world and an afternoon of
rollicking sport.
You can't beat it.
But will you do it?