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Evening journal., 1922-01-14
FEAR MAKES LIFE
WORTH THE LIVING

LONDoN-CU Omitted Press)
makes life worth living" Sir r.
Armstrong-Jones. a leading physi-
clan told an audience OF doctors in a
lecture without Il, life would be
insipid.
There are more than 40 classes
OF fear 10 choose from. including fear
OF the dark. Of heights. OF open or
closed spaces. OF over-large or over
small rooms, OF spiders. rats and
mice. Fears are often inherited.
There are several grades OF fear
apprehension. anxiety, terror or
fright. They may be shown by
flight. puFnacity or concealment. and
can be induced by suggestion or imi-
tation.
"The frightfulness OF the Germans
in the occupied areas was simply sug-
gestion.
The best way 10 eradlcte fear r.
TO assume a normal appearance.
That Is why a chauffeur drives better
in a dangerous thoroughfare with a
cigarette between his lips and why a
youth whistles while going past a
cemetery az night"
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
WILMINGTONIAN
FOR SCHOOL JOB
Business Manager to be Sc
lected From List of D
City Candidates
MAY ELECT HIM
ON MONDAY NIGHT

Denial was made today by mem-
bers efthe City Board ot Education,
that the board intends selecting a
man from outside the city TO All the
post of business manager. which Is to
replace that OF secretary from
which NJ. Howard Jester recently
resigned TO become State Income
Tax Commissioners.
Ellwood Soudcr. president OF the
board, said the question OF filling the
vacancy probably would be taken up
at the meeting OF the board. on
Monday night.
1T q our plan" he said to name
a business manager. The salary VIII
not be very high. We have no In
tention OF going outside the city to
get the man. II has been our policy
TO select wilmingtonians for posi-
tions unless we find We can not fll
them satisfactorily"
DR.. Victor II. Washburn, member
OF the board. br inded the report
that a man from outside was being
considered for the position "abso-
lutely untrue" He added; l can
say that nobody is under consider
tion from out OF town. There arc
twenty-five candidates for the posi-.
ton from within the city, and We
should be able to make choice
from them"
Shermer H. Stradley, chairman oi
the finance committee OF the board
said he had not heard OF any such
report, and did not believe there
was any truth in It.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
B.F. SHIBE, GRAND OLD
MAN OF GAME, DEAD

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14.-CUnit-
ed Press) Benjamin Shibe, presi-
dent Of the Philadelphia America
League baseball club died at the
home OF his daughter. Mrs. Frank
Mcfarland. here today at the age
OF 81 years.
shibe. known as one OF grand
old men" OF baseball had been an
invalid for several years. In 1920
he was injured in an automobile ac-
cident and never fully recovered
From childhood. Shibe. who was
born in this city. was interested in
baseball activities. Besides being
president OF the Athletics ne was a
member OF the firm OF A. j. Reach
and Company. manufacturers Of
baseball goods
Recently Shibe turned over the
entire management OF the Athletics
to Connie Mack, half owner and his
son, John shibe. secretary OF the
club.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
FINDS KEY To
HIDDEN GOLD
81, 100000 Treasure Said to
BE in Cache in Ozark
Wilds
FENNINGER OFF
TO GET FORTUNE

SPRINGFIELD. Mo.-tU n I { q d
rress) The key TO S2.5oo.00o worth
or Spanish gold hidden In a cache
IN the wllds Of the Ozark mountains
In Arkansas more than 15O years
ago by "a party OF settlers to keep II
from falling into the hands OF In
dlans. was reported found today.
Anthony Fonninger. who Is form
Ing a company In Denver 10 search
for the hidden treasure. said % years
ago the spanish government con-
Quoted an extended hunt for It. but
the search. like others privately
made since that time, eventually
was dropped.
That he had discovered the key to
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
new MAY BE
NEXT P 0. HEAD
Indiana Senator Expected to
Succeed Will H. Hays
Shortly
HARDING REGRETS
LOSS OF CHIEF

WASHINGTON. Jan. "A Omitted
Press. Upon the highest author
ity. the United Press today learned
that Senator Harry S. New. Indiana,
very probably will succeed Will H..
Hays as Postmaster General Hays.
who announced today his intention
to resign from the cabinet to be
come movie" king OF the United
States al a salary or 100000 a year.
is the first member TO drop out OF
the Presidents official family. He
is to become head OF the National
Association OF the National Motion
Picture Industry. representing vir-
tuaily all the largest film producers
in the country.
The new Office bears somowha
the same relation to the motion pic.
ture industry. now the fourth iargesi
industrial enterprise In the nation
that Judge kenesaw Mountain Ian
dis position does to organized base
ball.
Following the conference at the
White House Hays and Harding both
issued statements. but no mention
was made OF when the resignation
would become effective.
Hays statement said:
with the Presidents consent. I
have decided to undertake the work
suggested by the motion picture pro-
ducers and distributors. No CON
tract has been executed yet. am
assuming. OF course. that a satifac-
tory contract will be executed and
one which will make certain carrying
out OF the high purposes contem-
plated for this great industry"
President Harding expressed hi
regret at having Postmaster Gener-
al Hays retire from the cabinet
where he has already made so fine
a record"
The Presidents statement follows:
1.-THE Postmastor-General and I
have been discussing at considerable
length the proposal which has been
made to him to become the head
Of a national association OF motion
picture producers and distributors.
II the arrangement proves TO be
when the details are worked out.
what Il SENS 10 be. I cannot well
interpose any objections to Mr. Hays
retiring from the cabinet TO take up
work so important. It is too
great an opportunity for a helpful
public service for him TO refuse.
shall be more than sorry to have
him retire from the cabinet, where
he has already made so fine record,
but We have agreed 10 look upon
the situation from the broadest view
point and seek the highest possible
good"
In accepting the offer he has had
under serious consideration for
more than "A month Hays will abso-
lutely divorce himself from politics
the work in which he has battled
so vigorously for the last four years
Evening journal., 1922-01-14

the chartered cache was the assertion
OF Fenninger. lie and a group OF
prominent Denver business men plan
60 search for the gold early IN the
spring.
Il knew nothing OF the buried
treasure until I went to Edens Bun
In the white River country on a
squirrel hunt last fan" FenninRcr
declared. Across the river from
the biuff I stumbled over a stone GOV
cred with hioroglyphics. scraped
the dirt and moss from the inscrip
ton and called the attention OF the
find TO a native. This native tohl
me anaeNtcnded search for the treas
uro had been made by the Spanish
government % years ago"
The settlers were killed by the In
dians after the treasure had been
hidden. according TO Fenningcr. \
party OF native Arkansas is supposed
TO have unearthed the tunnel 90 the
cache 10 years ago. but abandoned
the search after one OF the mem
bcrs was killed by a landslide
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
WIRELESS PHONES. ON
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

wAsHINGToN-United Press).
-Lifeboats OF the Coast Guard are
to be equipped with wireless tele-
phone sets. which will keep them in
constant communication with shore
stations while engaged in rescue
work at sea.
Wireless phones for the boats
were successfully demonstrated dur
ing the recent Coast Guard meeting
in Atlantic City. They were in
vented and perfected by the Bureau
OF Standards, which developed the
wireless telephones used by Ameri-
can submarines during the war.
At the Atlantic City demonstra-
ton thirty-six foot power driven
lifeboats communicated easily with
the shore while five miles out at
sea Such communication was made
possible by the use OF a loon or
rolled antcnna. An aerial antenna
is Impossible on the lifeboats be-
cause everything above decks must
be clear for line throwing and be-
cause Of the heavy weather encoun-
tered.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
PRISONER WHO FLED
FROM CAMP NABBED

SALEM, n. j.. Jan. i4-Caleb
Green. a fugitive from the Salem
county Jail since November. was
captured near the Malaga camp
meeting grounds by an armed guard
under the leadership Of Under Sher-
in Brown.
Green has criminal record Of
thirty years and spent most OF his
life In the jalls of south Jersey and
in State prison. He was sentenced
to six months' imprisonm for
robbinS the Parvin home at 'arvins
Mlls. Pittsgrove township. and
served but two days at the county
road camp when he escaped
A tip to Sheriff Brandriff that he
was in the vicinity Of Malaga
brought about his arrest by the posse
Of officers.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
BOY COASTERS HURT.
HITTING AUTO, POLE

Malcolm Hill, aged 13 years. OF
PIG West Twenty-second street.
while coasting down West street to
the Brandywine this morning struck
an automobile operated by Herbert
p. Fulton, Of Hillcrest. who is en-
gagged in business at 919 Orange
street, as the car was passing along
the Park Drive. The lad received
numerous cuts and bruises. Mr..
Fulton picked the boy up and hur-
ried him to the Delaware Hospital.
where his injuries were treated
James Cunningham. aged . years.
Of 900 Coleman street. while coasting
on Eighth Avenue. yesterday. was
injured about the legs when his sled
ran into a telegraph pole. He was
taken to the Homeopathic Hospital.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
MAILsroNEs KILL CHILDREN.

BUENOS AIRES (By Mail to the
United Press) ).-Hailstones so large
that they killed four young children
during a recent storm in the depart
ment OF Rivera in Uruguay are
described in a telegram from Monte
vides published in the local papers.
The message states that at the
height OF the storm the roof Of a
rancho collapsed and the inmates,
a woman and 12 children, ran. panic
stricken into the fields. BY this
time the enormous hailstones were
falling and the four younger children
were beaten 20 the ground and their
skulls were fractured. other mem
bers OF the family were also more
or less seriously injured.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
7 DIRECTORS
TOBEELECTED
Chamber of Commerce Will
Hold Annual Meeting
January 20
DIR. w. T. ELLIS
TO GIVE TALK

Notices were sent out today for
tho annual meeting Of the Chamber
OF Commerce, which will be held In
the duRarrJ Room OF the Hotel du
Pont on Thursday evening. Janu-
airy 2e' At this meeting seven di-
rectors will be elected to succeed
those whose terms OF office are ex-
piring. and TO MI vacancies.
Nominations OF candidates for d.
rectors have been made t-y the soy
eral sections OF tho Chamber as fol
lows;
Automobile Trade section-Wil-
liam p. Airheart. manager. Packard
Motor Car Co; Nathaniel w. Howell.
president, the Tire shop Co. Inc.
General Section-George A. Elliott.
Attorney-at-lawi Robert =. Robin
son. president, Central National
Bank.
Manufacturers Soction-Frederlcl
]. Blatz, Amalgamated' Leather Cos.
Inc; Frank G.. Cox. Edgemoor iron
Company; c. ID. Garretson. secretary
and general manager Electric Hose
and Rubber Company; John w
Norris. president. Wilmington Fibre
Specially Co.; J. Writ Willis. vice.
president. New Castle Leather Co.
Mercantile Walter ]
Reardon, secretary and general man.
ager Crosby and Hin Co.
Real Estate and Building Trade,
Secuon-Guy r. Ford. real estate
Fred H. Gawthrop. president. Gaw
throp and Bro. Co.; Clarence w
McCaulley. secretary and treasurer
George w. McCaulley and Son. Inc
Wholesale Section-Henry 7
Bush. president. Geo. W. Bush an,
Sons Co. Inc. william d. Mullen
president, William d. Mullen Co.
Messrs Garretson. Willis ant
Gawthrop are members Of the pres
ent board and have been renominat
ed. The polls will be open for th'
receipt OF ballots at 7.3O. and CLOSED
at 3 o'clock p. NJ at the entranc'
to the meeting place.
DR.. william T. Ellis. Of swarth
more. Pa. one OF Americas mos
noted writer's and war correspond
ents, VIII be the principal speake
at the meeting. Mr. Ellis is now at
tending the International Confer
ence on the Limitations Of Arma
ments in Washington. and will Civ
some interesting inside information
regarding that great gathering.
Doctor Ellis spoke at the last an
nual meeting OF the chamber ant
was so we'll liked that he has beei
asked 70 speak again this year.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
HIGH WOULD PLAY
FRIENDS SCHOOL

Charles Coke. principal Of the
High school. today In referring to a
newspaper article urging the res
torailon Of athletic relations be-
tween High School and Friends
school. sad that early in the fall Of
1921 he wrote 20 Principal Norris
OF Friends school. stating the will
lngness OF High School TO give dates
90 Friends school IN all the branches
OF athletics Mr.. Coke in his letter
said Ugh School would hold dates
open for Friends School. but the
latter school did not avail Itself OF
High Schools offer TO resume ath-
lotic relations.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
JAPAN TO RETURN
KIA0CHAU TO CHINA

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 Omitted
Press).-rhe Japanese agreed to
day upon unconditional return sof
the leased territory Kiaochau to
China as soon as the Shantung
question Is settled and an agree
ment thereon becomes operative, IL
was stated when the Shantung nego-
uation conference concluded.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
MAYoR,s NEw PICTUREs

Mayor Harvey has added two
more pictures Of historic interest 70
the collection he has assembled on
the walls OF his office in the Public
Building. One portrays Macdon-
ough's victory on Lake Champlain
September II, 1914. The other is an
old color print OF the home OF
Washington at Mount NcTnon. Mac
donough was a native Of Delaware.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
sKIDDING AUTo sMAsHns.

A Dodge automobile. bearing
Pennsylvania license No. ls92s. own
ed and operated by Or. E'drldge r.
Elias, $40 South sixth street. Phra-
dolphia. while turning the corner OF
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Broomo
street this afternoon skidded on the
ice and ran up on tho pavement.
breaking on fire plug The auto
mobile was badly damaged and the
street flooded but no one was In
iured.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
GRINNAGE, NEGRO,
WHIPPED AT POST

James Grinnage. alias Ginger"
Briggs. convicted OF highway rob-
berry was given forty lashes at the
New Castle County Workhouse whip
ping post today. lie stood up well
undo, the lashes which were admin
istered by Warden Plummer.
Robert Adair, attorney for Grim
mage. appealed TO Governor Denney
yesterday TO remit the lashes in
Grinnage's case, but the executive
refused.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
CALL NEIGHBoRHoop soCIAL.

A social meeting will be held In
the Wilmington High School. at
7.45 o'clock on Monday evening by,
residents Of the Eighth Street and
Cool Spring Park district. Miss
Mabel J. Treat. Of the Wilmington
Community Service. will provide en-
tertainment in the way Of games.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE

Charlie Schaub. OF sos Washing
ton street, who was arrested several
days ago by Federal officers.
charged with violations OF the pro-
hibition laws. was given a hearing
before United States Commissioner
Cam this morning. and held under
$1,000 bail for United States Court.
Evening journal., 1922-01-14

Watch the Want Ads for positions
in Offices as accountants, clerks and
stenogra piers
Evening journal., 1922-01-14
Turn on the Light

owls see better in the dark than they do in day
~ light. do bats and two other freaks of
animal life. But human beings do not
Yet s peculiar how of us persist in
remaining in the dark the very things that concern
than before,
/ ought O that every cent spend buys its full
/ quota value. Yet lots and lots of folks go bthely
] along making their everyday purchases with their
eyes shut tight
And IFS easy TO be you're right
/ few minutes day running through the
adversementSin this newspaper Then buy the prod
that have proved up under the spotlight of con-
| sten publicity.
Merchants and manufacturers who advertise
/ invite the inspection of thousands of eyes.
Here in the advertising columns products
that have made good before the critical audience of
i buyers These products full value products. They
i return you dollar for dollar
Buy them Read the advertisements and buy the
advertised products
| Then you h1OU you're
spending your money tUiSely
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

some time with friends in Will
mington, N. c.
Miss Nancy Belle Stainback
of Norfolk, Va, who has been
visiting in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. Stainback, on Jackson
Street, returned to her home
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Bishop left
to-day on a visit TO relatives in
Forest City, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Crank, of
White Sulphur Springs, spent
a few days here this week in the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Cecil j.
Crank.
Mrs. ]. r. Jinnett, Of Beaufort,
spent several days here this week
with her son.
Mr.. R. W. Gordon has returned
from a trip to Miami, Fla.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Mr.. JOHN THOMAS
WELLS

Mr.. John Thomas Wells, a well
known citizen of Rosemary for
ten years died in the Roanoke
Rapids Hospital Monday night
after an illness of several days.
He was forty six years old. A
devoted wife and four children
survive him. Funeral services
were held by Rev. e. N. Harri-
son, in the absence of his pastor
Mr.. Carter, at the home on Three
Hundred Street Wednesday af-
ternoon at two thirty. Inter-
ment was made in Cedarwood
Cemetery. Mr.. Wells was very
highly regarded by the people OF
the community and his friends
realize that he is to be greatly
missed. He was a member OF
the Baptist Church and Of two
secret orders, the Junior Order
U. A. M. and the Woodmen OF
the World.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
New School Auditorium
to Open Next Thursday

The new Junior Senior High
School Auditorium is practically
complete and will be opened on
Thursday of next week with the
presentation of Douglas Fair
banks in "The Three Muske-
teers."
The management was not con-
tent with bringing anything but
the best for the opening per.
formance, hence the arrange
mept for the Three Muske-
teers."
Arrangement has also been
made for the presentation of the
following shows in the Auditor
ium on the dates given: Thurs
day, January 18th, ""The Three
Musketeers";; Tuesday, January
18th, THE Carolina Play
Makers; Thursday, January
10Th, The Elizabethan Players in
the Tanning of the Shrew";
Saturday, February 4th, The
Tony Sarg Marionettes in rip
Van Winkle" and "The Ring and
the Rose"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Mrs. Martha E. Vincent

Mrs. Martha E. Vincent, of
South Rosemary, died Wednesday
December 28th, after an illness
covering several weeks. She
was fifty four years of age. She
is survived by Messrs. John,
Robert, Dan, and Chas. Vincent
and by a loving husband Mr..
David w. Vincent. Funeral SER
vices were held in the home on
Thursday afternoon by Rev. r.
L. Topping, of Edward, N. c.,
and burial was made in Cedar
wood Cemetery.
Mrs. Vincent was held in high
esteem and greatly beloved by
many friends.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Township Vital Statistics
1921

Figures compiled by Mr.. W. S.
Hancock, Registrar of Vital
Statistics, show a net gain of
births over deaths in Roanoke
Rapids Township of 27S during
the year 1921. Births for the
Township were 377 while the
deaths were only SO. This is
low death as we'll as a very
high birth rate. The birth rate
is approximately 54 to the 1000
population which is higher than
the average for North Carolina
and North Carolina itself
has the highest birth rate
in the United States. Race
suicide has evidently obtained
little hold in, this community.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Parent Teacher Association
to Meet

The three Parent-Teacher AS
sociations of Roanoke Rapids and
Rosemary will hold a joint meet
ing in the New High School Au-
ditorium next Monday afternoon
at three o'clock. Happy, a health
fairy of New York, will give a
demonstration of standard health
habits. All parents of the CON-
are urged to be present.
There will be no admission
charges.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

Mrs. Martha L. Davidson, a
former resident of Rosemary,
died in her home in Henderson
Tuesday. The remains were
brought here and inferred in the
family cemetery Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. E. N. Harrison,
of the Methodist Church, officiat-
ing. Her daughter, Miss Hattie
Davidson, and her son, Mr.. Frank
Davidson, accompanied the body
here. She was sixty eight years
of age.
Mrs. Davidson lived in Rose
mary several years and left a
year ago for her new home. She
had a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances who sincerely
mourn her passing.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
spent Sunday in town.
Mr.. W. N. Kirkland wa

oPNhs oohueAJ III SoWhs
Mr.. W. N. Kirkland was in
Rosemary Monday.
Messrs. T. W. Mullen, ]. E.
MCGEE, j. w. Smoot, D. P. Wike
and L. N. Taylor attended a meet
ing of Royal Arch Masons Mon
day night in Weldon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. M. Jenkins.
attended the Kitchin- Travis re-
ception in Weldon Tuesday night.
Mr.. Monroe jenkins spent the
weekend in Petersburg.
Mr.. Allen e. Zollicoffer has re-
turned from a several days visit
in Philadelphia.
Mr.. R. W. Pool, of Atlanta was
in town Tuesday.
Mr.. E. Lynn, of Richmond,
spent Tuesday in Rosemary.
Mr.. Alfred Martin has returned
from Gordonsville, Va.
Mr.. A. B. Matthews, of Durham
vas in town Tuesday.
Miss Jennie Mann Clark re-
turned Wednesday night from a
visit in Norfolk.
Rev. William Towe, of Garys-
burg, was in town Tuesday.
Mr.. A. ]. Brogden, of Durham,
was visitor in Rosemary Tues
day.
Mr.. G.. F. Eaton, of Richmond,
spent Wednesday in town.
Mr.. George M. Moore, of
Richmond, was here Wednesday.
Miss Annie Taylor spent last
week in Norfolk.
Mr.. Chas. H. Tracels, Jr.. of
Richmond, was in town Wednes-
day.
Mr.. d. P. Wike, has returned
from avisit in Charlotte.
Miss Bertha Reid returned
Wednesday night from Winna-
bow,, where she spent the holi-
days with her parents.
Mrs. Frank L. Nash and little
daughter returned from Lumber
ton Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Annie Lambe has return
ed to Rosemary from a visit in
Siler City.
Miss Hattie Fox, returned Mon
day night from Hickory.
Mr.. Clement Reid has return
ed from a visit with relatives at
Palmer Springs, Va.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Citizens Bank Closes
Guessing Contest

The guessing contest started
by the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company early in December was
closed the first of this week,
with the following winners: Mr..
George Brewer, first prize of
$1,000 Mr.. R. P. Allen, second
prize of $500; Mr.. Sam Cobb,
third prize of $3.50
In the jar had been placed
$387.23 in money and the con-
testants submitted guesses rang
ing anywhere from the mini
mum amount to the maximum.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Carolina Playmakers Coming

The Carolina Playmakers, the
celebrated group of actors from
the University of North Carolina,
will present three of their one
act plays in the High School
Auditorium, Tuesday, Jan. II.
This organization under the d.
rection of DR.. Frederick H. Koch,
has achieved a national as we'll
as state reputation. Their COM
ing to Roanoke Rapids is eagerly
anticipated. The following plays
will be presented:
THE Miser. !"
in Dixon's Kitchen"
'Trista.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
A CORRECTION

In the write up of the police
court happenings in our issue of
December 80, it was Incorrectly
stated that John Connor, charged
with being drunk on the streets,
had paid a fine of $500 and costs.
The charge against Mr.. Connor
was for exceed ng the speed limit
with an automobile and we regret
very much that the error occur
red.