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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10
y iTHETIC.

= is pathetic to see how candidates
'' political Office in MARYLAND knee,
!" base subsection to the wretched
"';s%ey interests. Almost every as.
? 9nt for congressional or senatorial
07ors has seemed to regard it rs
',ssary to make public statemen.
80 viii find favor with the vets Nov.
'7',0f John w. Garrett, 4 eentlema.,
o. landing and character. and an.
:. noes himself as candidate for tive
" ted States Senate. while in tbs
sa1c breath he declares e. maiifica
tin of the prohibition is1s So as +,
permit the sale of tee- ard wincs
tbs marks him rs unf; 'C- the SUI
frage of very large bod # citizen
Sh'n, and as both he ana Senator
france have surrendered 4 the saloon
keepers and booze holsters. there 10
nothing left for temperance people to
do but bring out a dry nan in oppo-
Stion
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10
WELSH COAL COMING.

A ship carrying cargo of 10000
tons OF coal arrived in New York on
Tuesday from Wales, and it is stated
NIX 4 steady stream Of British mined
coal will now pour into the UniteG
States. In the meantime, our own coal
mines are die, thousands of miners
ere oni OF work and on the verge of
starvation, and industries generally are
lahguishing because of the unreason.
ali. demands OF radical union leaders
who have such remarkable hold
on their deiuded followers.
ne Inconvenience and suffering is
great and will probably become great
or. bu; Il sHould be borne rather than
yea t. the never-satisfsd union
lea
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10
QUEER.

QUEER.
1t is said that in the coal regions Of
West Virginia dominated by the unions
the miners and their families are or,
the verge Of starvation and are un-
happy and rebellious. On the other
hand, where there are no unions and
where the men have respect for and
ar" respected by their employers their
condition is just the reverse. They
haze constant work, they make good
money, and they are comfortable and
ccntented.
II is queer that so many Of the min
crS allow themselves to be deluded
I. the leaders who live in idleness
ahd ease and pluck them of such 4
l'.2e proportion of their earnings.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10
BY 1886.

Under the direction Of Attorney
General Daugherty three prominent
New York men have been indicted
for defrauding the government out
OF more than a million dollars in con-
nection with the sale Of a wartime
powder plant in Tennessee. As il
has taken the Attorney General only
little over two years to get an in
dictment against these rascals, it is
believed that he may bring them to
trial by 1896.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10

A young woman who is one Of 4
party camping along the river observe
ed Town Sergeant Winters sporting
his badge the other day She spoke
to him. "OHicer," she said, "ff YOU
should have to pinch ME please do
not pinch me where ] am sunburned. y
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10
NOTICE.

Am prepared to fill silos this sea,
son, and if you need me, call me by
phone. c. W. CARTER, Shepherds
town, W. Va.
August 3, i922-4w.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10
THE PEOPLE WILL ACT.

II is apparent that the governments
feeble efforts to end the coal strike
will not amount to anything. Blu
cold weather is coming on, and when
the people begin to freeze we'll bel
money they will find some means to
get coal.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10

FOR SALE-Purebred Poland Chin,
hogs at farmers prices. !. w, Ware
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-08-10
Billmyer's Bargain Store
We sell the same goods for less money
That's all there is to it.
That's all there is to it.

Unbleached Muslin, yard IL
Bleached Muslin, yard is
Long Cloth, yard is
Fine Cambria, yard .ls
Linenc, various shades, yard %
Cretonnes, yard 20
Apron Ginghams, yard is
Chambreys, yard, from IL
Voiles, yard Is
Percales, yard IT
lowell Crash, yard 10
India Linen, yard %
White Batiste, yard IS
Curtain Scrim, yard .Oe
Table Oilcloth, white and colored Is
Window Blinds 50
Curtain Poles Is
Ladies' Silk Hose 50
Children's Brown Rib Hose 10
Mavis Talcum Powder 20
Peg o-My-H Heart Talcum Powder .Os
Q. N. T. Sewing Cotton .O5
o. N. T. Silkateen yO5
Big Nickle Alarm Clocks 100
Sl.OO Ever Ready Safety Razors 80
Children's Black Sateen Boomers .2s
paper of good Pins "a
A paper Of good mixed Needles O5
A bottle Of Vaseline OK
A pair Of good Shoe Strings M
A pair OF Knitting Needles 20
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Uncle Tom Years Later

mulatto. Its implications extend be-
yond the vision of any man to-day.
1t has been left for the present,
and coming, generation of writer's
to develop the possibilities of this
vast field. Mr.. Stribling and, in
larger view, Mr.. Stands have shown
the way, as has been pointed out in
the fuller reviews of their books i'm
THE HERALD. 1t is startling to look
back seventy years, and to find along
with Uncle Tom" and "Cudjo'' me
of the best statements Of the whole
case in the impassioned words Of
negro poetess, Mrs. Frances e. Har-
per, whose first verses were printed
in 1854. In a poem addressed to the
white women of America she cried
out:
Weep not. oh my well sheltered
sisters.
Weep not for the negro alone.
But weep for your SONS who 1nust
gather
The crops which their fathers have
sown.
Mr.. Stribling has stated the thing
in brutal prose, in recent sketch
| tprinted in the Erenin0 Post), when
he remarks: II knew I'm my heart
that in the South the begetting of a
mixed child is looked upon as vcnial.
but openly to acknowledge such a
child, to care for it, look after it.,
educate 1t and treat it as q son
would place the offender beyond the
pale" There is the key to the whole
vast trage1y, as it lives and breatkes
2ot merely in the South but in every
.arge city. including our own-one
form or another of miscegenation
Any reader who prefers to make light
of it would do well to read Mr..
/ Shands's story, white and Blacas"
/, sad think ozt its implications.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

lstence against the, bitter hatred of
their neighbors, and in every case
had to give in to that active enmity.
In this part of his narrative Mr..
Martin does not make it clear enough
how strongly the economic factors
entered into this question of perse-
cution. The Mormon leaders of that
day were tremendously forceful men,
and they realized they had to con-
quer the soil, as well as the souls Of
men and women, if they and their
cult were to live. If they had been
men of less violent belief in their
right to worship as they pleased it
would appear that they might have
been as unmolested as body of
Shakers in any community to-day.
But they fought attack with coun-
ter-attack, set up their own govern
ments and defied that of State and
nation, and were invariably defeated
in the beginning and until they
reached Utah. Even here they defied
the Government, are believed by
this writer Of their history to have
been responsible for the 'Moun-
tain Meadows Massacre" and of CO.
verify defying the laws of the United
States by practicing polyganiy to-
day. In one thing he does the Nor
mons justice. That is the manner in
which they have turned much of the
State of Utah from waste desert into
a veritable garden.
He gives the text of the revelation
regarding plural marriages. the text
of many of the ceremonies of the
church and list of organizations
that have seeded from the parent
church. As to the future of Mormon
ism he says in his Introduction to
the volume:
- -"Since Mormonism was born in
that small wood it's story has heen
mostly tragic. with here and there
gleam ofSheroism lighting up the
dun, terrible scenes of pitiful, wasted
effort and misguided action. The
scars of its sufferings are plainly
marked upon Mormonism, and, il the
creed is to live. its final adjustment
10 the demands of the civilization of
the twentieth century has yet to be
made. The author has tried TO indi-
cate what the adjustment demands
Of Mormonism, and how the finer
men and women of the church shrink
from the coming crisis. When the
adjustment takes place-as it inevi-
tably will, though most likely by
slow degrees-the Mormonism of
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young
will be strangled in Utah, and the
last vestige of its denominations viii
disappear"
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
The Negro in Song

an editor of the Liberator.' He is
also not afraid to tread upon rather
dangerous ground, as in '"The Bar
rier."
I must not see upon yodr face
Loves softly glowing spark;
For there's the barrier of race,
You're fair and am dark.
OF more interest than the poems
themselves is Mr.. Johnson's intro
duction, giving O brief outline Of the
earlier writings of negroes in Amer
lea, from Revolutionary times to the
present. He also claims as definite
contribution of value to the COM
posite which we often hear called
"Americanism" the creation or intro
duction of the calSewalk, ragtime,
the "Uncle Remus" folklore and the
negro "spirituals" as folksong. The
broad effect upon dancing of these
native African rhythms is. of course.
visible to the naked eye everywhere
to-day, though opinions may still
vary as to it's lasting value With
music he is on safer gro3nd-there
is an indubitably important contri-
button to American music in the
African elements; one that, as he
predicts. may some day turn out Il
be a basis of really great compost
ton.
The volume also has a useful ap-
pendix containing brief biographies
OF the poets represented.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGfstl
POETRY. Edited by James Weldon
Johnson. Harcourt, Brace & Co.
KR. JOHNSON is justified in
V claiming that there is more
excuse for this anthology
than for most such collections, as
poetry by negroes is little known to
the general public. Much of it is
worth knowing, though one can
hardly say that there is anything in
this volume above respectable level
of attainment. 1t is, however, nearly
all of it genuine in it's emotion, which
is more than can be said of most
current verse. 1t is usually fairly
musical: the negro's inmate sense of
rhythm and his cultivated love of
melody stand him in good stead when
it comes to lyric expression. One
may not unreaSonably look forward,
some day, to the emergence of a
really great negro poet. Thus far
Dunbar still stands as The highest
achievement of the race N America.
Most of the names in .his collec-
ton will be unfamiliar to the aver
age reader-except such as Du Bois,
Bra waite, Brawley and Mr.. John
son himself. And as to these, most
of them appear to greater advantage
in their prose writing.
There is slight touch of "the
divine fire" in the work of Claude
Mckay, a jamaican, and at present
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Continued from Preceding Page.

No reader Of current fiction needs
any Introduction to Octavus Roy
Cohen, E. X. Means, or Hugh WHEY.
Perhaps some of Mr.. Cohen's actors
show trace of burnt cork. but for
the most part the 'coons'' OF this
school of writer's have the inherent
truth that often lies behind travesty.
Mr.. Wiley's handling, for examt lie,
OF the negro soldier Gas in 'sg'he
Boom-a-Loom-Boom" is mastery.
Mr.. Means enters more subtly into
an understanding of the peculiar ne
gro psychology, especially in their
persisting separateness from the
white folks among whom they live.
All OF these writer's know their ne
gro Intimately, and do not misrep-
resent hin-but none of them has
made any large attempt to portray
him fully.
Judge Dickson has approached
such a portrayal, and Marquis in
''Danny's Own Story" and in the
short sketch Garter has plumbed
the depths-but only in passing
One cannot resist the temptation tc
quote one high spot" from Danny
showing the yellow bishop" who
thinks the Doctors dope may turn
him white.
'Gawd knows de nights er my
youth 1'se laid awake twell de dawr
como red In de Eas' cryin' out teI
Him only TO ter be whitel Don
min dem black niggars dar-aeJ
amt wuth nothin' nor fitten To- nc
fate but what dey got--but mel
What's done KEEP me from gwine tel
de top but dat one thing: I Basn'i
schifci'
There is q summary. in ors out.
burst, OF the whole tragedy fsf tia
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

THE CRISIS OF THE CHURCHES
BY Leighton Parks. Charles Scrib-
ncr's Sons.
a FTER all, the most significant
n thing about the various
widely spread movements
toward some sort OF unificaticn OF
the Christian churches is the per-
sistent unity Of aspiration. There is.
at least, well nigh unanimous feel
Ing that, somehow or other, they
ought to be able to get together; ii
Is partly an uneasy suspicion that
there must be something wrong
about situation which shows many
scores OF divergent sects, each one of
which claims insistently that it is a
Christian church. founded upon a
belief in Christ and His teachings.
Until recently, almost up to our own
LAY, it sufficed each of these variant
churches to denounce the others as
heretical, or to deny them any right
to call themselves Christian at all.
That mental attitude is far from ex-
tinct to-day, but it no longer rules.
The average Christian does not gem
orally regard the member of a rival
sect as necessarily damned. Even
the narrower churches are not now
so sure of their monopoly of saliva
tion- The steady trend is rather
toward broader tolerance and. as a
necessary consequence, movement
toward real unity.
That the many tentative attempts
show thus far no very epochmaking
results is not surprising. In the
nature of things if any unity is pos
sible 1t is apt to be plant of slow
growth and is not likely TO be con-
jured into instant existence by any
magic formula. 1t is more likely to
be product of slow spread of
education. In the meantime 1t is
useful TO learn how far each of the
more important larger bodies is will
ing to go and what the more en-
lightened leaders of thought within
these particular folds hope for. 1t is
here that DIR. Parks's contribution is
OF prime Importance. 1t carries the
weight of his personality, and while.
OF course, 1t is not in any way an
official" pronouncement it may be
accepted as stating the position Of a
very large and influential section of
the more thoughtful and progressive
Christian thinkers in one of the
greatest of the old churches.
Possibly the limitations it suggests
are more important than its forward
looking aspirations, since it is neces-
sary for each unit to state the ire
ducible minimum of its platform be-
fore IL is possible to hunt out a really
universal common factor as a basis
for agreement. DR.. Parks leaves us
no doubt as to his position. He
claims that for the Greek. Roman
and the various Protestant churches
with one small exception) the fun
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Pharisees and The blundering

Pharisees and the bIundering
pulsiveness of Peter aud others must
often have spread out the thin smile
into a joyous laugh
OF Jesus and Business" there is
this: Millions of little children are
slaves of the wheel of labor, hun
dreds Of thousands Of mothers give
birth TO children under conditions
that are brutal. This does not mean
that the zion OF Jesus has failed.
1t means that 1t has not been tried.
Millions reject things called by His
name. They accept Him.
| In speaking of Jesus and Usury,"
the writer quotes Ruskin on usury
and adds: "Ruskin and ST. Angus
tine may be revolutionary in matters
of business, but they are both COR
rectly Interpreting the Kingdom of
God as taught by Jesus"
For all its frankness of outlook
the book is not essentially pessi-
mistic. 1t holds out wide hope for
the future. In all sections of
Christendom," concludes the author,
there are men and women of light
and leading. prophets, priests and
thinkers. who are rethinking Jesus
They are digging out of the rubbish
Of the ages the fundamental things
| that Jesus taught. On the shoulders
of these torch bearers there rests as
great a responsibility as that which
rested on the shoulders of a circle OF
intimate friends at Capernaum."
Nv.
THE MYSTERY OF MORMONISM.
BY Stuart Martin. i. p. Dutton
| & Co.
~ Y way of paying a left handed
n compliment to the centenary
of the beginnings of the Nor
mon faith, Stuart Martin wrote a
history of Mormonism in England in
1920, which has just been published
here by the buttons. Based ON ex-
haustive study, including at least
one visit to Utah, the narrative is a
very complete record OF the cult that
sprang from Joseph Smiths vision"
in the woods of Manchester, n. Y,
in 1920, a record that is based on
| the evidence of both sides OF Nor
monism, and desire TO be perfectly
fair, but which looks at everything
from the anti-Morinon viewpoint,
small shrift being given TO Mormon
claims or Mormonism's official re-
plies to charges brought against it.
The reader can follow here, almost
literally step by step, the story of
| Joseph Smiths revelations in that
little wood in New York, the found
| ing of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints-to give it the Of
ficial title-and the westward prog
ress of Smith and his followers until,
after his tragic death in Carthage,
H.. in 1914, they eventually reached
the Salt Lake Valley that was to be-
come the central seat of Mormon
ism's influence and power. The story
of the gold plates" on which the
revelations were inscribed. is told in
detail, and of the second set of plates,
this time of brass, in 1S43. which no
one but Joseph Smith could decipher,
and he declared them to contain q
history of the descendants>f Ham.
This westward march of the Nor
mons is moving tragedy. Every
where they settled until they reached
the. Salt Lake Valley, and even after
| that, they had to fight for their ex-
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

though he can scarcely be called
radical or reactionary in that direc-
ton.
His treatment is, so far as he
thinks it possible. chronological,
which. of course, differs greatly from
the order as they stand in the ac-
ceptcd book. After a brief introduc-
ton of pre-Testament tradition and
. short historical outline, he taxes
up in detail the Pauline epistles.
which take up by far the greater
part of the study. He passes then
10 the general .epistles, and finally to
the Gospels and the Johannine books.
He also provides a useful supple-
mentary chapter on the non-canoni-
cal writings, especially the Shepard
Of Hermas" and Barnabas.
THE CARPENTER AND HIS KING
DOM. BY Alexander Irvine. Charles
Scribner's Sons.
"HIs Illuminating and deeply
reverent book is one that will
be of special interest to all
persons interested in the cause of
social and economic justice. 1t is a
frank Interpretation OF the funda-
mentals OF Christianity. one which
aims so to present the teachings of
it's founder as to make them the con-
trolling principle in the life of the
individual. While it uncovers cant
and hypocrisy wherever these are in
trenched, it affords no encourage
ment for the agitator or the revolu-
tionary.
AS the title implies, ''The Carpenter
and Ills Kingdom" is primarily for
the world S workers. 1t is written from
the point of view of a many sided
mar whose career as lecturer and
writer, organizer, preacher, econo-
mist and industrial worker has given
him unusual opportunity for the
study of social and economic condi-
tions. 1t interprets with vigor and
insight the genius of the Nazarene
and His kingdom and stands out re-
freslingly against the mass of books
by so-called Christian historians on
decaying theological issues. It
touches briefly but patiently upon
matters which even in this late day
have not yet been relegated to the
limbo of extinct controversies.
The book is written with pungent
and incisive humor. 1t is often IRON
ical in treatment, a mood evoked no
doubt by the contemplation of things
as they are. Throughout its pages it
is filled with the spirit of democracy.
Kings" writes the author, "are not
always points of departure to be
proud of. They are a luxury people
Seeiiios anyways dilOlu. OdT dTpclterS
are a necessity" Elsewhere he
writes. Revolutions are respectable
only in success"
DIR. Irvine conceives of Jesus as a
normal. healthy minded man with a
genius for geniality." He writes:
THE record tells of His weeping,
but there is no word intended to
convey the idea that He ever
laughed. Yet we know He laughed.
All normally minded people laugh.
The foolishness of the wise and the
wisdom of the foolish were mani
tested often in His immediate circle,
and the mental gymnastics Of the
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
Religion Orthodox and Otherwise

damental doctrine of the Christian
religion is the Trinity of the One
God" To this must also be added
some scheme of redemption" Ques-
tons of discipline. ritual, forms of
worship, the priesthood, and even the
various peculiar superstructures that
particular creeds consider vital he
thinks may be left, so to speak, at
one side, for each unit to handle for
itself-leaving as q practical basis
for agreement only the Trinity, the
divinity of Christ. and some doctrine
of redemption for sinful. humanity.
DR.. Parks will have none of the
idea that Christian ethics may be
preserved without Christ, or in "tl.s
vain hope that the ethics of the Cos
pei will survive when the Master
who gave the new law Of life with
its sanctifying power is thought of as
a myth" Furthermore. he is not
willing to regard the church as solely
a social" instrumentality concerned
with tho betterment of mankind
alone; its chief business, he holds, is
still with God. and he would preserve
much Of the distinction between
sacred and secular The old saying,
he argues. Extra eccclesiam nuHa
SuIus," is true, though the prevalent
Interpretation which would substi-
tute some particular church makes
it false"
Starting from these premises he
yet foresees a broad fellowship
among the Christian churches as not
merely possible but necessary If the
modern church is to remain vitally
alive. He admits that the church
has been too much concerned with
the problem of the salvation of each
individual soul and not enough with
society as a large organism. 1t is
thoughtful, well reasoned argument,
truly constructive in aim and prac-
tical in many of itsj suggestions.
though to the outside observer it
appears to minimize or wholly omit
some important factors that seem
needed to the making of any broadly
progressive new church.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT. BY John Elliotson
Symes. E. p. Dutton & Co.
N Mr.. SYMES, formerly principal.
lV of University College. Not
tingham, has provided a
very useful, scholarly book in this
study, valuable partly because it is
almost encyclopedia in its treatment
of the subject and brings the record
of research down to date. Much of
ii is naturally controversial but Mr..
Symes is especially careful to note
where his conclusions do not agree
with the majority opinion among
Biblical scholars, as, for instance, in
his treatment of the Apocalypse. His
general tendency is in favor of rather
early dates for the composition OF
most of the twenty-seven books.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

THE CRISIS OF THE CHURCHES
BY Leighton Parks. Charles Scrib-
ncr's Sons.