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New-York tribune., 1922-06-14
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. June l3.-C
II. Kaufman. Of Jenkntown. Pa, a
member Of the junior class at Pennsyl-
vania State College. to-day was elected
captain Of the track team for mex,
year. He succeeds Harold Barron. and
like the latter. is a hurdler.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-14
Hanover Bank Nine Victor

The Hanover National Bank. cham.
pions Of the New York Bankers'
league, defeated the National Newark
and Essex representatives yesterday,
. 70 0, in the first Of an intercity
series al Bronx Field yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-14
DANCING INSTRUCTIONS
AUCTION SALES

MORTGAGE SALE Lunch hn''r
wNi h. soid to-day. / 2 p. hnL,
Whitohau 80. -. .. clfy. 81 tofA 49,"
esr By order o. The mortgages.
New-York tribune., 1922-06-14

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New-York tribune., 1922-06-14
Exterminator Captures Garden City Handicap
Racing Sum IN aries

BELMONT TRACk. June IS-wEATHER CLEAR TAoh fAs
sAaf
NV sat fsa "I s1'.s H,s 'ge NM '''' "'''' .
New-York tribune., 1922-06-14

VIRGINIA
The Homestead. Virginia Hot Sprlngs
fnylgoratlng atmosphere Golf. tennis.
horseback.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07

preston two important instincts, the
religious impulse and the desire for
the beautiful. While these motives
have not always, or even often, been
conscious ones, they have been the
moving ones. Appealing to the sense
of the beautiful and the desire for
the devotional in congregation al
ready united in purpose and charac-
ter, church architecture has always
made progress far in advance Of
the development of other forms of
architecture. Beyond a doubt this
theory explains the development Of
church architecture in the middle
ages all over Europe. The churches
were the finest expressions of art all
along. The asceticism Of the Cath
olic priesthood was always Offset with
the most beautiful church houses in
every country where this church was
extended. And for much of the time
the churches were the only beauti-
full objects which the people had.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
CHURCH ADVERTISING

The idea of newspaper advertising
for churches is spreading, One of the
prominent churches of Charlotte is
using large space in the city papers
one day in each week to set forth the
activities of the church. For many
years the various churches have been
handing notices to their newspapers
announcing their Sunday services.
For years no charge was made by the
papers for this service. But finding
the value of even this amount Of
space, the churches have in many
places encroached upon the free
space of the papers. In other
cases the churches have frankly ad-
mitted the value of the services and
paid for their space like any other
agency pays. This has proven to be
money we'll invested and it appears
now that church advertising is like
ly to be largely on the increase
throughout the country.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
OUGHT TO BE REPEALED

One who goes to pay his taxes now
is compelled to pay one per cent ad-
ditional per month as a penalty for
failure to pay before the first Of Feb
ruary. Sheriff Fowler has some
strong ideas on this subject and he
is right about them. He thinks that
it is an unjust law although he is
compelled to enforce it.
We believe it is the duty of every
man to pay his taxes, city, county
and state, at the earliest possible
moment. The presumption is that
the man who does not pay before
TIE time which the law says he is
delinquent, does not pay because
he finds it difficult to do so. 1t is
the man who is able to pay and can
pay at one time as well as another
who gets the benefit of the reduction
er discount allowed to those who pay
bcfore a certain date, and It is the
man least able to bear it who is pen
allied by having to pay after the
premium period is past and the pen
atty period sets in.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
EDWARD BELLAMY JUSTIFIED

About thirty years ago an author
named Edward Bellamy wrote a book
which he called Looking Backward"
1t portrayed conditions as the au-
thor imagined they would be at some
distant date when a benevolent scheme
Of socialism should have come into
existence. 1t caused much talk and
no little amount of derision. 1t was
compared with Plato's Republic and
Moore's Utopia. One of the scenes
which he describes was a preaching
service on Sunday night. All of the
people were resting in their homes
listening to the sermon sent out from
central station where the preacher
spoke into a receiver.
And here is that scene come true
to the letter, for Monroe people lis
tened Sunday night to the full SER
vice Of an Episcopal church in Pitts
burg, and next month many Of them
will listen to DR.. Truett preach in
the city auditorium in Raleigh.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
DIVIDED WITH THE OLD LADY

In a Kansas paper We come across
this item:
Ed McKinsey pleaded guilty to a
charge of drunkenness in police court
yesterday afternoon. and was ordered
to pay $3.50 to the court and $3.50
to Mrs. McKinsey. The charge Of
being intoxicated while driving an
automobile was dropped.
Evidently a judgment of this kind
is not unusual in Kansas or the paper
would have made more of it. North
Carolina courts have the power to
do this but so far as we know none
of them ever do it. Court costs in
this State have become pretty stiff
and the costs and fines often wipe
out the entire capital Of the accused
persons. 1t has been said that in
such cases the sentence falls heavier
upon the family of the culprit than
upon him. In many cases it would
be much better to order the offender
to pay his money over to the support
OF his family than to take it in fines.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
MEANING OF FINE CHURCHES

There is a disposition to argue that
expensive church architecture is a re-
suit of vanity in the congregation
which impels them to outstrip others
for the mere show Of the thing. This
Is not the case. While such vanity
may at times be a factor it is GER
tainly not the underlying one. We
have better courthouses, school
houses and residences than we used
DO have. The desire for better church
houses is but a part of the general
desire for a better expression Of the
esthetic' through architecture, one Of
the primary expressions of art.
There is this difference, however, in
the matter of church houses. These
have furnished the sole oppor-
tunity which the people have had Of
combining in one form Of artistic ex-
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
HONORS ITSELF IN H0NORiNG
Mr.. PHIFER

In the old Methodist church build
ing which was moved away years
ago, Mr.. W. H. Phifer arose one
Sunday and unrolled the architects
plans of a proposed new building
which he said it was believed could
be put 10 for ten thousand dollars.
That was the original plan for the
beginning of the handsome structure
that is now the Central Methodist
church. upon which several times ten
thousand dollars have been spent and
which has all the appointments and
eonvenienees Of the modern church in
towns much larger than Monroe.
Last Sunday morning the Mems
Bible Glass Of this church did the
appropriate and graceful thing in
eleeting Mr.. Phifer honorary presi-
dent of the class and a member for
life. For forty-seven years Mr., Phlfer
has been a worker in this church
and for thirty-three years he was
superintendent of its Sunday school.
Only the older members of the con-
gregation know how much of the
church's burdens were carried on his
willing and capable shoulders, nor
how many of the plans for expansion
and growth he unrolled as he did the
plans for the new brick church, or
how hard he worked TO make them
come true.
And now, at seventy-nine next Mon
day, blessed beyond expression in
the blessing be has been to his COM
munity, Mr.. Phifer, in serene and
happy old age, with his gentle and
sweet life companion, few years
younger, by his side, may well sur
vey the past with satisfaction and |
happiness and contemplate the future
with glorious anticipation. Since 1875
when they came to Monroe, this |
couple have woven their lives in the |
warp and woof Of the community, /
and today none are more honored,
none more loved, and none more de-
served to be. Through the years, as
their prayers went up to God, their
hands were busy in service TO those
about them, and now this paper Can
do nothing which gives it more pleas
ure than to modestly assume to speak
for the community and say 20 them;
You have been a blessing to us;
we love you"
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
GOVERNOR MORRISON WILL TRY
TO REFORM COUNTY Gov
ERNMENT

The statement has come from the
office Of Governor Morrison that he
IS deeply interested in the idea Of I'M
proving the county government sys-
tenn IN the state. The Governor says
that our presen. system is out Of date,
which is quite true. He also says
that il is due rather 10 the class of
men who administer the county gov
ernment, than to the laws under
which they operate. that our local
governments are so good as they are.
This is also quite true. and this VIII
continue to be true under any other
Sc. of laws. In an age which made
fad 81 utilitarianism, old Alec
Pope said that the government is
best that is best administered. That
IS. Of course, no argument asa!ns'
be.ter forms and laws.
Tie governor proposes to appoint
commiss on TO study the question
and make suggestions for a bill to
be proposed to the next legislature.
We risk no reputation of prophecy
in saying that nothing will come Of
this. The Governors intentions are
good. but neither his nor any other
mans arm is long enough to do this
Job. Any one who is familiar with
legislation in North Carolina viii
know an abundance Of reasons why
this is true. Outside Of Gov. Bickett's
momentous accomplishment in taxa
ton no governor has done anything
to remotely effect the administration
of county affairs, exclusive, of course,
Of school legislation. Several legis-
latures have struggled vainly to pass
a uniform county court law, and this
is but one phase of county govern
ment.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
THE JEWISH RELIEF CALL

Among all the appeals that have
been made for aid for the sufferers
in Europe none is more interesting
than that which is now being made
in America in behalf of the destitute
Jews of central and eastern Europe.
This appeal is made frankly in be-
half Of the Jews as a people and
il is being responded to in as fine a
spirit as could be imagined. While
the aid is for Jews this appeal is
being made to everybody. 1t is
properly being made by an organiza-
ton composed of Jews. The time
has come in America when an ap-
peal Of this kind can be made with
the same success as any other one
might be made. and this itself is a
happy fact. 1t constitutes fact of
human development that indicates a
humanitarianism larger than race or
creed, a thing that could have hap
pened nowhere in the world a few
short years ago. II is one of those
large facts which persons are prone
to overlook when they feel that the
world is growing worse rather than
better 1t is a manifestation of the
christian impulse which, going hand
in hand with civilization, is making
the world over DESPITE the many and
glaring lapses that we often see.
The North Carolina Conference of
the American Jewish Relief Commit
lee is undertaking. to raise 100000
in this state, which is to be a part
of a fund OF fourteen millions raised
IN the whole United States. This
week is beng devoted to the purpose
throughout the state. Threc-fourths
81 the thirteen million Jews within
Europe arc destitute and among them
there are three hundred thousand Or
phans, at least one-third of whom
VIII die Of want.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
Saving on Transportation

The Fifth Cavalry, Buffalo Bill
tells us in his account of his life on
the plains, was on its way to the De-
partment of the Missouri, and Gen.
eral Sheridan was going to send an
expedition against the Dog Soldier
Indians who were infesting the Re-
publican river regions.
Cody" he said, II am going to APP
point you guide and chief of scouts
of the command. How does that
suit you? ?"
told him it suited me first-rate
and thanked him for the honor.
When we went into camp Colonel
Royal, who commanded the regi-
ment, asked me to go out and kill
some buffaloes for the boys.
"All right, colonel" / said; "send
along wagon to bring in the meat"
81 am not in the habit of sending
out my wagons till know there is
something to be hauled in!" he re-
piled. "Kill your buffaloes first, and
I'll send out the wagons"
Without further words | went out
on my hunt. After a short absence
returned and asked the colonel to
send his wagons for the half dozen
buffaloes | had killed.
The following afternoon he re-
quested me to 60 out after more
buffaloes. didn't ask for any wag-
ons that time, but rode out some dis
tance, and, coming upon a small
herd, headed seven or eight Of them
right into camp. Instead Of shooting
them | ran them at full speed right
into NE place and then killed them
one right after another in rapid sue
cession.
Colonel Royal, who witnessed the
whole proceeding, was annoyed and
puzzled and demanded an explains
tion.
II can't allow any such business
as this, Cody!" he exclaimed. "What
do you mean by it,"
II didn't care about asking for
wagons this time, Colonel" replied.
Il thought ] would make the buffa-
loes furnish their own transporta-
tion."
The colonel saw the force of my
defense.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
At Grips With a Silvertip

Many thrilling stories come to a
United States forest ranger that
otherwise would remain. locked IN the
modest breasts of the few remaining
pioneers of the West. Here is one
that for grimness and excitement is
hard to equal. Mr.. Ray r. Clark, who
heard the story from the man who
had the adventure, has repeated it
in very nearly the same words:
| heard a low angry growl at my
left shoulder, and there within an
arms length was the largest and an
griest silvertip bear that man ever
encountered. l turned and fired from
the hip. With an angry snarl, she
knocked the rifle from my hands and
sent it spinning into the brush. With
the same movement she lacerated my
left shoulder and pinned her teeth
through my right hand. With all my
strength / tore my hand from her
mouth, completely severing the flesh
between the thumb and the index
finger. As | reached for my hunting
knife she snapped her jaws on my
right arm below the shoulder. Since
that arm was useless, | reached for
my knife with my left hand. By that
time she had pulled me to her and
was lacerating my back and shoul-
ders with her front claws, tearing at
my legs with her hind ones, and try
ing her best to get my head between
her awful jaws. To one thing only do
| owe my life-my head was too
large to get into her mouth.
AT last with my left hand | drew
the knife from my belt and began
driving it home as best | could. With
convulsive efforts she drew me still
near to her shaggy breast. | drove
my knife in up to the hit and with
mighty effort gave it circular move
ment. But as the hug bacame unbear-
able | decided to withdraw my knife
and try to cut off her paws. Sudden
ly she gasped, threw me several feet
from her and with a groan fell back
ward.
Thinking she would revive any mo-
ment, | tried to find my gun. 1t was
then that | began to realize the dam
age she had done. My scalp was lit
orally torn from my head; my right
eye was gouged out; my right leg
was cut and lacerated the whole
length, and the knee was dislocated.
| groped round and found the gun
and, while trying to remove the emp
ty cartridge, found that the first fin
ger of my right hand was dislocated.
My faithful horse, few yards of,
was almost frantic, but by talking to
him ] managed to get the saddle on
and to mount. When / arrived at the
sawmill that was situated in the low
er end of the park l dismounted and
tainted dead away from loss of
blood.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
TWENTY-NINTH YEAR

With this issue The Journal starts
on its twenty-ninth year. is own
ership and management have always
been the same. The same hand that
writes this wrote the first article
which went in the paper and the
same hand that set the first type
will see that this is set. There are
few newspapers that have been 50
long under the same management
There are few, very few, business
establishments in town that were
here when the paper was started. The
world changes fast these days Much
water has gone under the bridge in
twenty eight years. The paper has
chronicled the deaths of many good
people and many dear friends, it has
noted the birth Of babes that are now
grown and have families and are
immersed in the difficulties of life.
1t has seen the community made over
into something quite different from
what it was years ago.
The people have been good to the
paper and never better than they
are today. For this we are grateful.
In return we shall strive to remain
young enough to be interesting but
old enough to be as sensible as we
can.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
THE FAMOUS SAM BROWNE
The Man for Whom Officers Belt
Was Named Was a Soldier
(From the Youths Compan

lFrom the YOUTHS Companion.b
Military men recently got word
from Washington that the Sam
Browne belt. which hitherto only
army officers serving overseas had
been permitted to wear, was TO be a
part Of the regular uniform. The
pleasure, for the belt, neat and COM
Portable and attractive, is very pop
ular with all army officers.
"Sam Browne" the British officer
whose name the belt bears, was Gen.
Sir Samuel Browne, V. C., X. c. B.,
who died in 1901. During his active
service he designed a waist belt Of
leather that has strap passing over
one shoulder so as to help support
the sword. A number of eyelets in
the lower edge of the waist belt, from
which articles of equipment can con-
veniently be suspended, make the
belt still more serviceable. II was
not until after General Browne had
died that his name became widely as
sociated with the belt.
He was born in India in 1924 and
after receiving his education in Eng
land returned to a commission in the
10th Bengal Infantry. He received his
baptism of fire in the second Sikh
war and was given command of the
Second Punjabis; he saw considerable
active service in the Pesawar Valley.
In the Sepoy Rebellion he marched
his command n.ne hundred miles in
forty-two days to join Sir Colin
Campbell at Lucknow. In that war
he lost an arm and almost lost a leg.
After forty years of service in India
he returned to England lieutenant
general. In 1878 he served as COM
mander of the Khyber Division in the
Afghan War. At the close of the war
he retird to private life. He was a
capable and gallant officer who dur
ing his long service in India won both
the respect and the affection of his
men.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
UNUSED CHURCH HOUSES

In announcing the several events
to take place in the First Baptist
church during the week, DR.. Burrell,
the pastor, remarked that he hoped
to see the time come when the church
house would be open for some form
of worship or service every day in
the week. 1t had been said, he fur
ther remarked, that large plant like
the modern church building was too
expensive a proposition to lie idle six
days in the week.
This is point well taken. Every
church house of this kind should be
both a social and religious center for
its congregation at least, if for no
larger part Of the community. There
should be something going on each
evening in such churches, not ne
essarily a lecture or a sermon, or
even a prayer meeting, but some
thing of an elevating and recreational
character in which the young and
old might meet and come in contact
along natural lines of cleavage. We
close up the churches all the week
and then rail at the picture shows,
the dances, the bridge table and the
corner drug store. A church gather
ing which did not compel you to
wear your Sunday clothes nor forbid
you TO smile would be a novelty and
perhaps a happy idea.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
Microscopic Artillery on Your
Watch Dial
(From the Youths Companion.)

Nrrom the foutn ) ConpanloH.t
The women of America" who re-
Gently presented Madame Curie, the
discoverer of radium, with pinch
of that precious substance. were OBJ
liged to raise 100000 by popular
subscription in order to purchase it.
Since radium is so expensive, and
since the total supply Of the world
is estimated at only one hundred and
forty grams, people may well wonder
how watchmakers can afford to use
it to illuminate the dials Of watches
that cost as little as five dollars. This
explanation, which Mr.. Hamilton
Foley gives in the bulletin of the Pan
American Union, is extremely inter-
esting.
The luminous material on watch
and clock dials is the combination
of a minute quantity of radium and
specially prepared zinc sulphide. II
you should examine one of these dials
under good reading lens in the
daSk, you will notice that the luminous
material is seething with tiny flashes
of light. They are caused by the ex-
plosion of the atoms in the minute
quantity Of radium in the mixture.
The atoms are so small that approxi-
mately two hundred and fifty million
of them would be needed to cover one
inch. AS each atom explodes a par
ticle flies from it like projectile
from a gun. Although the particles
are too small to be seen under the
NEST powerful microscope, men of SCI
ence have found that when one sud-
denly strikes crystal of zinc sui
phide the heat it generates is suffi-
cient to cause flash of light.
The flashes occur at the rate Of two
hundred thousand a second on the or
binary luminous watch dial and it
is the combined light of all the flashes
that produces the glow that makes
the dial visible in the dark. The
and durability Of lumi-
nous dial depend on the number Of
the tiny flashes a second-the more
radium, the more flashes, and the
brighter the dial. But every flash is
a blow upon a crystal of zinc sulphide,
and the crystals are bound to break
down under them. When that hap
pens the dial loses its glow; not the
radium, but the zinc has failed.
Only one twenty-fifth of one per
cent of any quantity of radium dis
integrates or is lost in year. The
quantity Of radium on the ordinary
dial cannot be more than one millionth
of q gram,
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
Knew II Was Good

Mike called for a pint Of beer and
tossed a bright new half a crown on
the bar counter.
The barman looked suspiciously at
the coin, weighed il in his hand, then
tested it several times on the counter.
Look here old SPORT" said the bar
man, Where did you ret this thing
from It's not a good one."
What do you mean?" returned
Mike. BE sure il is good one. Why,
| only made the blithering thing this
morning"
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
LONGINGS
(By Harry Warren.)

Oh, the longings of the heart,
How they rush and sway,
Rushing on as though in pain;
Caring naught for all the gain,
Like ship that's gone astray
And whittier doth it lead!
And with its friend, Authorization,
Laughing with gleeful elation,
Writing on, never still,
Calling. calling me, until
/ blindly follow where it will
And where does 1t go!
Oh, the longings, so infinite,
Could | but glance ahead
And just peep to where you lead
And where | am being led;
But without you would I ever be
A man Of men to humanity!
The pain and sorrow cannot bestrid.
the gladdening love and the road
so wide.
Lead where you will, and l shall fol-
low;
would not be like the beast, with no
Soul to guide and but stomach
hollow.
No, l look and long the world to con-
quer,
To live and die, to be and do.
So | wonder no more nor do | care:
Lead on good friend and I shall be-
ware
OF the longings that are evil,
But shall listen to thy roar and swell
of ell wise counsel.
(The above poem was sent to a
ady of Monroe by its author, enc of
he bravo bovs Of Oteen
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-07
He Wanted Peanuts

Little Harold-Mother, won't you
give me FIVE cents for a poor man
who is out in front crying?
Mother-Yes, my son, here it is;
and you are good boy to think Of
it. Poor man. What is he crying
about?
Little Harold-He's crying Fresh
roasted peanuts, five cents bag"