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The Washington times., 1922-08-31
WAYSIDE WISDOM
HIS NEW INTEREST
Copyright, 1s21)
S. E. Kiser

900 prove that you possess the right
u Of self-respect," said she;
"Show that you're not afraid to fight,
And that your liver isn't white,
And then come back to me-"
LIE took chance, and went to France.
IL And later he returned;
The lady. with a naughty glance,
Awoke him from his blissful trance,
And still his pleadings spurned,
600, first, and fit yourself" she said.
u "To give me fair support;
Prove that there's something in your heads
Mems darlings must be dressed and fed:
Obtain a job, In short.
lie went away. with hope renewed.
IL And asked from door to door.
Receiving answers that were rude.
But victory, at last, ensued.
Then he returned once more.
600 prove that you can work and win
" Among the strong" said she;
"Throw out your chest, nroject your chin.
Make others yield where you stem In.
And then come back to- me-"
IIE hurried forth, and left her where
III His path and hers had met;
He occupies a cushioned chair,
And snou will he a millionaire:
She's waiting for him yet.
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Talk About "War"
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,

through it's president, Fairfax
i Harrison, said to the men: eff
it means war, then let's have it
now-not later.
If the striking men talked about
"war," that would be called an
archy. kilograms would be sent
to the Attorney General. Employ
ers should leave talk of "war" TO
others.
The Southern Railway, as it hap
pens, has been different from other
roads in its fairness and justice
in its attitude toward the men, in
offering to take them back on their
own terms-an offer which they
refused, on the ground that the
strike was nation wide. But it is
not wise for any railroad TO talk
about war. 1t is easy enough to
have war, as the world has recently
learned in Europe, and little later
in Russia.
In this country we ought to be
able to get along with LAWS and
JUSTICE. When we reach a point
where we can't get along with law
and justice, it will be a very sad
day for those that own railroads
and other valuable properties. and
they should remember it in their
talks.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

TIME professional takers, sin.
l. lister prophets of evil, are at
work with renewed activity.
About the middle Of May I be-
gan to receive the usual grist
OF letters anxiously inquiring IL
earthquakes, cyclones, floods
and tidal" waves are to come
during this summer and au.
tumn, 1922, owing to positions
of the planets in the same gen
eral direction from the earth.
Visitors in the observatory
have been alarmed. and in the
city on cars, in hotels, people
rush up in distressing nervous
excitement, making inquiry:
What is to happen?" will
Mars cause another war;"
Here are facts: Mars passed
it's nearest approach to the
earth at this opposition at ..
M. June 10. mean solar time in
Washington. Still the earth
and Mars are getting on az
usual.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

IN August the 18th one OF the
~ most beautiful scenes in ma.
lure occurred-the Conjunction
of Venus with Saturn. They
appeared in the great telescope
side by side. All could see them
with the unaided eye: but in the
telescope the great rings of Sat.
urn and its moons were OBJ.
served.
On August 26 Jupiter and
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
To Be Happy
.YYENRY FORD thinks that with
l. i 4

,IYENRY FORD thinks that with
n everybody happy maybe
i i there wouldn't be anybody
left willing to run for office" He
is mistaken. 1t is when they have
everything else that men want of
flee. You will find them strug-
Cling to be made Grand Kleagle
of the Ku Klux or Worshipful High
Mighty ruler of some secret lodge.
1t is in the nature of man to want
to be different. That is why I'VE
have come up from cave dwelling
to skyscrapers.
The savage chief putting a sharp
bone in his nose, or lump of gold
in his ear, and the politician pleased
to see the word Honorable" be-
fore his name are all part of the
uplift movement. We are lifted by
our own vanity.
Henry Ford thinks the world
would be happy if employers paid
| the highest possible wages and
,workmen produced the highest
possible results, and retailers sold
at the lowest possible prices.
Those three things would be
pleasing. But they WOULDN'T
make the world happy. Happiness
is in the mind. 1t consists largely
in struggling against adversely.
If you could give to every human
being what Mr.. Ford imagines to
be happiness-freedom from worry,
plenty to live on-you would have
miserably unhappy world, much
unhappier than it is now.
Henry Ford might be called a
happy man, according to his own
definition. He has a gross income
Of about FIVE HUNDRED MIL
LION dollars year and can make
the NET income whatever he
pleases, having no real competition.
He has what is ten million times
better than money-the satisfaction
of seeing his work a success-his
idea realized far beyond the sue
cess of any man in industry.
Yet Henry Ford would like some
thing else. He would like to be
President of the United States.
He would enjoy motoring up to
the White House, parking his little
car at the curb, and telling people
what to do and what not to do (;
what to substitute for gold as
money, and how to make the Gold
en- Rule work like perpetual mo-
ton. He wants it, but such a job
for him would mean torment, at
tack, bitter disappointment in the
end.
STILL HE WANTS TT.
The Lord has taken care that
every human being should be eager
for the applause Of others. That
makes us do something for others.
Az Montaigne tells you, man will
risk his life to win the applause
Of a mob of ten thousand, whereas
he would despise the individual
opinion or applause of any one OF
the ten thousand
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
SAP and SALT
Nv Bert Moses

BERT Moses-----
tcopyrisht, issa. BY Premier sYndiea,s fne)
A rich mans farna generally ends when
he does.
All that you get out Of one war 10 reason
for another one.
The old idea That Il IL vulgar 10 worit Is
more popular Nv than sVer,
Religion, like natiens, has 10 uhdefse
periodical refefms, of IL will perish,
start ieejtns ter something, and every
tedy who comes along will help ysu try to
There seem ts he a. ist Of PssPis ~hess
pleasure comes from doing things they
know arp wrong,
Hes Hecs ssysI "Mlliness' winders kstci,
the wimn,iR while ban scores ketch the naen. I"
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

THE whole universe existed
first In the mind al God.
before II was Termed or came
into being, and 10 the material
scientis,s are finding cut that
this wonderful pniverss--sths
material world In which We
d~oii-is reseivabis back into
trat one spiritual substance cut
Of which II emerged and tesh
form by the power af the werd
proceeding freR the thought Of
Ged. Gods creations are all
real, all seed, but mans I'M
perfect limitations tereept as he
ce.eperatss with God are nse,o
passing shadows tho sels aud
only (dlevll--wi,ich he can anu
must destroy b. controlling his
Thought Processes s.d trinx;ag
them into subjo,'tios TO ths lav
Of Christ--ths Gsitlsn RuiS.
Mir, McCay's article s0d car
toeu evusututs "a wonderful, And
much.ilrsGed lesson. s.,
;NiiS1 MARY AZ cHH.Ds
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

To the Editor:
7 WAS much interested in Mr..
= McCay's cartoon in Sun.
days issue Of your paper. and
his article accompanying it, and
feel that every thinking person
must recognise the truth he
portrays so graphically, viz.
that there 10 no actual devil or
Satanic Majesty other than nn
imaginative creation upon whom
man piles the sins Of his own
lower self.
The lower. solfish self Of man
ID the only devil. and In that
lower consciousness he creates
all that 10 opposite to tho one
mind. the one power. tho ono
good. the one truth, the one
God. It has been mans Be-
lief In two aii.powerfui entities
that has brought him to the
present sass Of world chaos and
confusion. The sooner he
realizes the unity Of thought
In one source Of all that 10. the
sooner will his changed process
Of thinning piass the blame
where Il beienss, and begin t1
dissolve the msnstreus creations
OF his fermsp thought. by
rea ehins "Piate's i'eint," turn
inH peund and ~orhiRs cen-
seleusiy and consistently with
the enc mind Of 0ed to create
q different kind of weird, we will
seen see the beginnings Of ore
In which hsrmsny, beauty, love
and peace shall dwell.
THERE Is permanent sus'
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
Something to Think About
AMT SCIENCE WONDERFUL!
BY Bruno Lessing'

billions Of years ago. when
- all this continent was un.
der water. the spot which is
now called Leroy, N. Y, was
marked. on the surface. by 4
wave. - .I
The other day a fossil war
dug up in this town. 1t was
sent to the Field Museum, in
Chicago. where the experts
classified 1t as the relic Of a
macropetalichtyps. which. In
English, means a fish OF the
shark family which, lived and
kicked the bucket in the Huro.
nian period. The Huronian pc
riod goes back about a hundred
million years before the begin
ming of W. J. Bryan's chro-
nology.
When you think Of this poor
sharks bones being disturbed
at this late date, and a lot OF
scientists holding an autopsy on
his career, the first moral that
suggests itself Is:
BE sure your sins will find
you out"
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

A s nearly as they can figure
"A 1t out, the scientists de-
clare that this near-shark died
about 400,0oo.00O years ago.
That's a very long time. II
the poor. fish had invested a
penny in a bank at 6 per cent
compound interest the world
would have been bankrupt ages
ago trying to pay him.
II you ever get impatient and
want things to move along more
swiftly, IL you ever wonder when
your wife is going to come
around to your way Of think
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
OCEAN TRIPS
TO HOBOKEN
BY BUGS" BAER
COMMISSIONER GROVER

WHALEN is out to make
our municipal ferries finest in
world. Competition between Bat
terry and Staten Island will result
In new rate war between White
Star and Cunard lines.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
A Warming: Two Planetary
COnjunctiOns T,
BY Edgar Lucien Larkin.
Director of LoWe Observatory.

Venus will be in conjunction.
All humans who even think Of
looking at the supernal giories
Of the sky at night can see II
they only will.
Their conjunctious were pre-.
dicted to occur with an accu.
racy down to seconds for years
by the staff of computers In the
United States Nautical Almanac
office in Washington. Now In
the twentieth century. cep
tury of science. polished and
insidious scoundrels prey up
on their ignorant dupes and
wiring from them vast sums
OF money. I have their circ1-
lars sent up here by those tn
whom they were mailed. =.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

ONE faker made mistake
" and sent his circulars to my
business address In Los An.
geles, but not one ever mails
these fearfully deceptive circu.
lars up TO the observatory. II,
the planets failed to come 10
conjunction as predicted by the
ma mathematicians. every astrono
mer In the world would be re-
searching to find the cause. ]
repeat the warning. and beg
, that all these circulars Of expert
calamity howlers be burned.
Think of the crime Of frishteu.
ing people on account Of . beau
tiful conjunction Of planets.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

RBF6RB Cemmish Whaien Is
through, New York will have
finest trspsstisAtie service spsS
hidden In any American riUss.
pond or puddle.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

WHEN he finally gets within
eye.look of promised land Of
freedom, he will fall over rail and
holler, Thank heaven, there's
Statue Of Liberty"
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

EoUR HUNDRED MILLION
l. years is a, space of time
that staggers the human imsg.
ination. Even IL these scientists
are wrong about the niacropeta.
lichtyps' birthday, there was q
moment Of time that long ago.
And. probably. somewhere In
the universe a planet was born
in those days whose light, trav.
cling at the rate OF $4,000 miles
per second. has not reached us
yet. s.--. n
Compared with such figures,
how puny we are and how
trivial our troubles!
A ND to think that there were
"A sharks in those days! What
a great pity 1t Is that all the
sharks who are preying upon
innocent and ignorant and gu,.
lible folks today were not tos
silized with the macropetalich.
typs.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

EFF TS will be made to
break trans.river record he
tween Desbrosses street and Wee.
hawken. Bars on Fort Lee fer
ries will be thrown open outside
IF three.mile limit.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

w HEN Staten Island com.
muter leaves for Manhattan
in morning. customs inspectors
will search his baggage for smug.
gled delicatessen. His wives rrd
children will parade up and down
wharf waving good.by and dont
come back.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
Lesson in O. Cartoon

substance Of thought.forcs out
Of which God created the
universe; and that substancs
was. and IL God. Himself. out
Of whom, through whom. and tc
whom are all things. "a,
Mans processes Of creation
tthousht.power) arc tho same a.
Gods processes. only on lower
planes. for We can only initiate
what We have seen our Father
DO, As above. 20 below" "As
a man thinketh IN his heart.
no IL he" without the motive
power OF love. however. msn's
creations are inipsrnisnent, un.
substantial,
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

CAPTAINS on Staten Island
passenger scows will wear
more gold braid than Ching Ling
Foo used on his magic tablecloth.
Deckhands will wear sailor frocks
and nobody can sail for Hoboken
without passports.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

ThEhB is permanent sus'
u stance 10 this higher
FORM of thought farce lhs same
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

THERE will be enough deep
sea uniforms ana god lace
to make everybody seasick. lex.
periments recently completed by
Marconi indicate no reason why
our river ferries shouldn't keep
in wireless touch with rest Of pul.
verized world.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

WILL be plenty of ste~away
cases among Newsrh citi.
gems, who will be determined te
reach America during any admin.
istratien,
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

A ND think, also that 100000
"A 900 years from now your
own bones will be disinterred
and that science will have made
such prodigious strides by that
time that from your dust II win
be able to reconstruct your life
and pry into the most secret
thoughts you had while you
were paying your income tax.
II you have any pride, how can
you afford to be 80 wicked thess
days? -.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

TAKE your ocean trips In
ferry capsule form. Bofora
coming to work in morning Now
Jersey folks will hsvs 10 lay three
days In quarantine, take 1inet
sanity test and swear that thsy
have enough iuneh money TO pre-.
vent from becoming wards of
nation,
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

WHEN pop wants 10 60 back
TO Staten Island. no will
have to rush around to custom
house and get his Sixth avsnue
IL" transfer vised. his subway
ticket corroborated and his N,w
York evening paper validated and
countersigned.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

ing, or when the man who owes
you money is going to pay you
just think OF 4oo.ooo.eeo
years. s
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-30
RESBYTERIANS HOLD
INTERESTING MEETING

To promote cooperation and fellow
Visitor, and Miss James Young, presi-
dent of the North Mississippi Presby-
terial, are holding Group Conferences
in the northern part of the State.
One of interest and impression was
held on the 23rd of November in the
annex of the First Presbyterian
Church at Oxford and was we'll at
tended by representatives from five
Auxiliaries and Societies. Lunch was
served catalina style at the noon
hour and a delightful social hour en-
joyed. The following program was
excellently rendered:
Welcome and Response.
Devotional.
Appoint Secretary, Enroll Dele
gates, Appoint Committees.
Why We Are Here.
Talks on Assembly's Home Mis-
sions.
Tuscaloosa Delegates Report.
Report from Synodical Executive
Committee Meeting.
Round Table. led BY Mrs. Everts.
Foreign Missions.
Our Young People.
1890 Lunch Hour.
Song, Prayer.
Prayer Bands and Bible Study.
S. P. & G. Missions.
Efficiency Conference.
Standard of Excellence, Annual Re-
ports.
Our Schools, Our Scholarships.
Church Paper, Family Altar, Tith-
ing.
Mission Study, Summer Conferences.
Report of Committees.
Adjournment.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-30
PILGRIMS NOT
!. ALWAYS blue"
Also, Writer Asserts, Far More
Liberal Minded Than Is
Generally Believed.
Differed Widely From the Puritans,
Though Popular Belief Has Coupled
Them-Former Body Permeated
With Aristocracy.

Thanksgiving always suggests to us
that double impulse of respecting
Christian ideals and Of feasting plenti-
fully. The latter element is quite pre-
dominant In the general attitude to-
ward the day.
1t would be good idea to hyphen-
ate the words THANKSGIVING" for in
that way the word giving" rather
than taking" would be emphasized
and thus be in better accord with the
true spirit of the day. In any event,
we are all very thankful that In our
country we still express our gratitude
to the Lord in the same language used
by the Pilgrims three hundred years
ago in 1921, writes Prof. B. J. Cigrand,
member of faculty, University Of H.
linois, in the Chicago American.
It is to be regretted that so many
people use the terms Pilgrim and
Puritan Interchangeable. In reality
they are widely different.
Pilgrims Liberai-Minded.
The Pilgrims were liberal-minded
people. They were double ProtestantS,
having rebelled against not only the
Roman Christian methods but also
against the regal or English govern
ment church. In the belief that they
could not reform the former and GER
tainly not amend or change the lat
ter, they chose to go to Holland and
later to America, there to worship as
they pleased.
The Puritans believed they could
alter the Episcopal or. government
church, so they remained faithful to
the regal religion and the sovereign.
The Pilgrims were liberal minded, far
more so than they are given credit
for being, while it was the Puritans
who were strict.
The Pilgrims taught equality. They
said "love one another" and theil
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-30

united these two colonies and they
formed the Congregational church.
The pictures we paint Of these peo-
pie causes the rising generation to
shun contact with these well-nean-
Ing early Americans. There Is more
cruelty in the average-sized communi-
ty today. there Is more tyranny In the
land this moment among industrial
classes, more unreasonable civic tax
alton, to say nothing Of various re-
ligious restrictions than was exaeted
In those days of the Pilgrims regime.
There have been more unjust accu-
sations against these "nation found
ers" than Americans realize.
Those people were not half as "blue'
or severe as we have been led to be-
lieve. They were human and most
charitable Let us teach and preach
to love and revere them.
Laws Did Not Exist, Is Claim.
Arthur Gilman, great authority on
legal affairs in the colonies, writes
that ut is almost needless to say that
the so-called blue laws, which have
been made the butt and joke and OBJ
ject of violent objurgation, were never
in existence in that colony, but were
manufactured by a writer who desired
to hold the colony up to ridicule."
Certified copies of these blue laws
fail to materialize. In fact, New
Jersey Virginia, and parts Of the
South, were by far more strict about
the observance Of the First Day" as
the Sabbath was called. New Jersey
forbade travelling for pleasure, or 9TH
er similar recreation. InfractiOn OF
these rules might be punished by the
whipping post, fine or Imprisonment
Let us not point our fingers too
sharply at the Pilgrims.
1t may surprise some to read that
rum, Madeira wine and punch, with
plenty of mule power (kick) could be
obtained in Pilgrim communities.
The ordinances specified the prices
to be charged.
Ladies often served the drinks at
the public taverns, which were under
the, immediate jurisdiction of the coun-
ty laws. Those taverns were clean,
wholesome places, often serving on
the Sabbath as places of religious
worship.
We are all glad that the pioneers
had good things and knew how to
use them. il.
Stirred Punch With Sword.
l have before me q long and we'll
defined account of a ''stag" Pilgrim
party. That famed military spirit,
Capt. Miles Standish, had big
bowl of punch before him. The &C
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-30

count tells of the captain stirring
the steaming contents with his
sword.
The juice of the grape was used in
a sanctified way, not in that reckless,
debauching way and unreasonable
fashion of the present. The pleas
ures and merriments, too, were of a
sane and profitable character, tend
ing to uplift and make better the en-
tire social fabric.
Let us not find so much fault with
our Pilgrim ancestors. The mothers
knew how to darn stockings in those
days. They do now, only the word
has a different meaning.
Give these pioneers of republican
institutions and democratic ways a
place in your heart Give credit and
honor where it belongs. That form
of truth will not only make us free
but will keep us free
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-30
ENNIS WOMAN NOW
REJOICING OVER
HEALTH RESTORED
Frances Babek Finds
Relief From Recurring
Troubles Through TAX
ing Stella Vitae.

cts hard for me to describe the
benefits / have derived from the use
of Stella Vitae, they are SO wonder
full" said Frances Babek, R. F. d.
No. 6, Box ~, Ennis, Texas.
81 suffered from kidney trouble
that was very painful at times and
was irregular ir my periods. AS a
consequence | often had dull heavy
headaches and there was constant
misery in my back in the region of
my kidneys. Ny stomach hurt me
and l had indigestion pretty bad, felt
so dizzy at times | could hardly keep
on my feet an then sort of rheu-
matte pain in my legs kept me from
getting about and keeping up my
homework. My nerves were shat
tered and l fell off in weight till I
was thin as Stat.
! 81 don't know that | had much
faith in Stella Vitae when l first took
it l had been disappointed so much in
other things had tried, but it wasn't
long before | felt | had got hold of
the right thing at last. Well, it put
me right at last and my periods are
regular and | am never bothered like
was before taking this treatment. l
know it is good thing for women
who have troubles like mine"
Note-Stella Vitae may be obtained
from any druggist and is sold upon
the positive guarantee that if benefit
is not received the purchase price will
be refunded. Druggists are supplied
from the Van Vleet- Mansfield Drug
! Co., Memphis, Tenn. Distributors
Advertisement,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-11-30

cordiality and hospitality toward new
Corners is one of the sweetest memoir
les of pioneer America.
They were ever anxious to win peo-
ple to Christ, without completely max
ing over the new recruit. 1t is wrong
to charge them with even "exacting
that all in their midst be of their
faith" for of the 102 who came over
In the Mayflower, all were not of the
same faith.
When the Puritans of Boston (and
they came many years subsequent to
the Pilgrims) made it so unpleasant
for Roger Williams, It was the Pill
grim community of Plymouth which
welcomed him and made his trip to
Rhode Island safe by insuring kindly
treatment from the Indians. Williams
was banished by the Puritans for as
sorting "it is wrong to prevent man
from holding Office if he be not q
Christian"
Chung to Old English Idea.
The Puritans, too, were aristOcrat-
ic. They chung to the old English
idea that a man was measured by
his blue blood-and again some blue
and bloated pocketbook.
But not so with the Pilgrims. They
cared nothing about blood and less
about the kings metallic picture. The
Puritans were the Republicans Of New
England and the Pilgrims were the
Democrats.
The former decided they would not
associate with the easy-going "equali-
ty community" as they called thu
Pilgrims. Soon after the Lord caused
q great sickness to fall upon the Bos-
ton colony. Governor EndicOtt was
obliged to beg Governor Bradford OF
Plymouth to please come to our res
cue and send Doctor Fuller, that fam
Ous physician, to take care Of the
sick colony" This siege Of illness