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The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25

Have you read Ursula Trent?
 If not, you'd better get busy and peruse the pages of this most re- markable novel and learn something of its very modern" heroine before the distinguished author. ". L., George, arrived next week to deliver his famous lecture on "Ths Intelli- gence of Women"
 l sat up last night until the wee sma' hours pouring over Ursula and her numerous experiences until my eyes nearly popped out of my head. simply couldn't put the book down. And how do l like Mir. Georges latest novel?
 l. Perhaps less than Any of his books I've read; it cannot be compared in my estimation with his "The Second Blooming" nor with The Strangers Wedding" nor yet again with Cali ban" but naturally I'd be partial to "Caliban," because 1t is a newspaper stoVy, one of the most interesting I have ever read.
 My first introduction to Mir, W. L, George was through that very amaz- ing story of h1s, "A Bed of Roses" read the book and re-read it, and f-om the moment of its opening pages to the last sad, pathetic words of the ending of the story. I.realised that the author was destined to be one of the great men of letters of to- day.
 "A Bed of Roses" Is an ugly book, looked at from one standpoint; il deals with horrible conditions and a pathetic subject; but it Is neverthe- less a masterpiece, one of the few modern novels which could possibly be compared with Madame Bovary" or "Une Vie" or other masterpieces of literature.
 Tn Blind Alley" and "Calban." Mir George has written with his ac- cGstomed skill; he has done noth- ing finer than the idealistic, proud, stubborn newspaper man, 'Caliban," whose heartless and autocratic meth ods cost him his happiness and hts love, and the tremendous power of the press. as pictured by Mir. George, make it story of unusual interest whether one belongs to the Fourth Estate" or not.
 It seems almost impossible for she same mind to have conceived The Second Blooming" and "The Strang- CTS Wedding" and Ursula Trent"
 Verify. Mir. George is a many-sided man, or I should say, he has many sided mind, for his picture of Ursula Trent, the typist. manicurist. mis- tress of two men in less than 15 months and fondled and caressed by others too numerous to mention, cer- tainly requires vivid imagination, an understanding of women of all types and all kinds; but then, MT, George has self-styled himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
By MIGNoN HALL
Are you a girl?

Are you girl?
 And would you like to get into the movies7
 Then go and get your photograph this minute. You don't have to be pretty Just send the picture down auntie, sweetheart, girl friend-or bring It yourself. Address 1t to the Motion Picture Contest Editor at The Age-Herald office.
 Don't delay.
 For 1t may mean that You will be the lucky girl and get the chance to enter motion pictures with the very famous Lew Cody, screen star. You will be tried out before the actual screen.
 If you win, you won't have to walt to go to work. For. as the winner, you will have the opportunity to ap. pear on the stage of the local Alca- gar theatre, in a short funny skit with Mir. Cody, who Is to come here in person.
 Is Choosing Five Girls
 This famous actor-called sthe worlds greatest lover"-is now pick ing out five girls to- help him make his coming pictures, and you may be the very type he Is looking for.
 This contest is being staged in con-  junction with the Alcazar theatre, and thousand photographs of girls who aspire to be motion picture ac- tresses are wanted The~best part of it Is that you can be as ugly as l1raut and yet may be just the type, for Cody wants young women who have personality, and who screen we'll That's the main. thing. He wants rich and poor to enter the con test, and the fact that the winner will appear with him locally will give her a chance to show her home town what she can do--to be proud of her.
 The only thing Is that you must absolutely hurryl For you won't have but just about a week to get your picture to The Age Herald. For the contest closes next Tuesday at 6 o'clock p. m. That gives you today, tomorrow, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to get your photograph here. A committee will he selected to pick out the girl who is considered the best type. She will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25

Said MT. Ongawa:
 We do not think it is we Japs who do everything backward We think it is you Americans who are strange. We put horse in his stall tail first-but that is the right way. No lost motion there.
 Also we do not go to bed. It comes to us. The servants bring 1t in each night.
 we take off our dirty shoes at the door You take off your hats. Which is the most sanitary?"
 Agile Knee Work
 was absolutely impressed with the way MT. and Mrs, ongawa got up and down on their knees, and used those knees with as much agility as ene uses his feet. I couldn't help but think if the average theatre goer there had to get up and down as many times as the clever little artists did 1t would be hmbago day in about thousand or two homes. The On- gawas knelt to drink tea. to play the guitar, to beat the tom-toms, and each time arose so gracefully and deftly tho movement had none of its usual clumsiness. They gave one at no time a sense of climbing" to their feet or being in danger of toppling sidewise.
 Mrs Ongawa sang some quaint songs. They were so aueerly musi cal to American ears they kept one sitting there admirng and yet strain ing to get accustomed to their strangeness, which, though, was real ly artistic. A moon fiddle" was tho very circular odd instrument that the little Japanese wife humned a weird ta-la-la to. her song telling little joke played upon her husband by a Jap wife. Another oddity was a species of jazz in which MT. Ongawa beat instruments which sounded like a drum, a china cup, a clock and dull steel, while Mrs. Ongawa played an accompaniment on Very white, black -necked long guitar. When the Ongawas had finished. a woman sit- ting near remarked: That beats our American jazz all to smashl This never could be called nerve racking."
 Unusual Queerness
 The entire performance was noth- ing but Beautiful and strange. The garments of Mrs. Ongawa were ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
SHIRLEY IN RACE
Former Police Chief Will Run for
 Office of Sheriff

Formal declaration of candidacy for sheriff. subject to the action of the democratic primary August 8, was filed in probate court yesterday by T. ]. Shirley. MT. Shirley served sew eral years as chief of the police de- partment under the last commission and Is well known throughout the city and county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
ALLEN ANNOUNCES
Will Run for Circuit Judgestip of
 Division Ten

Formal declaration of his candidacy for circuit judge number 10. subject to the action of the democratic pri- mary August s, has been filed in pro bate court by Edgar Allen, judge of the First division of the municipal court The new candidate f~r the position now occupied by Judge B. Aird was born in Virginia in 1880 and has practiced law in Birmingham for the past 19 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25

feminist" which means, I suppose. that he knows all there is to know about women and their ways
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25

AVhitbtSNt Wiltu Ii6dhSt ohPBOAts that he knows all there is to know about women and their ways.
 Ursula Trent may be the type of modern woman that exists in large cities (perhaps in small ones. tool, but 1t is difficult to imagine any modern girl being so absolutely de- void of brains and character as this creation of Mir. George, who gets drunk, fights, pulls hair. Swears, curses and does the most unspeak- able things
 But then. if you hadn't been through all these things you wouldn't be what you are" declares the oblig- ing man with whom Ursula at last settles down in marriage, and the conventional happy ending" Is pro- vided.
 It isn't a very ennobling process of life as most of us see it--what Ursula goes through. all the while she is contending that being damned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
vERn RRoTHERs sENrENcEp

MontevalIo, January 24,-(Special.) The trial and conviction of the four Verb brothers Monday night, Jan uary 23, formed fitting close to the observation of Better Speech Week at Alabama Technical Institute and College for Women. Messrs. Go, See, Do and Be were tried for he murder of Miss Mother Tongue. and were sentenced to be hanged about the neck during the week of April L 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
DEPOT IS ROBBED

Gadsden, January i-(Special )- Thieves broke Into the depot of the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia rosl here last night and stole several sacks of flour, some sugar and oth.r groceries, and made their escape without leaving any trace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
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 INSANITY IS PLEA

Mobile. January 24.-Dossy Rivers, 23, alleged moonshiner. indicted for the murder of Deputy Sheriff A. c. Brill at Calvert, filed a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity when arraigned in the circuit court today. The case was set for hearing Feb ruary 8.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-25
OngaWas Put a Lot Of
 Japdnese Jazz Across
By MIGNoN HALL

In all that thousand or two aed the Jefferson theatre the instantly to far Japan.
 Everybody had good time for MT and Mrs Mcharo told them legends of
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-09
Chautauqua Dates.

The approximate opening date
for the Redpath Chautauqua to
be held at Rockingham will be
June 7th. Our folks we'll remem-
Der the splendid Chautauqua Of
last Spring. In fact, so enthused
were they that something like
62 men and women signed as
guarantors for this year. With
the hi1h-class attraction, and
cheapness in'price, and the large
number of guarantors, there is
every reason why the event
should be a financial success.
A Chautauqua is on establish
ed institution for any town; it is
an important factor in communi-
ty life. With the hearty cooper
alton of all, the week beginning
June 7th should be the greatest
event for good cheer and whole,
some influence that Rockingham
can possibly have.
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Heath to Court.

A colored youth giving his
home as Carthage, named Lee
Heath, was bound to April 10th
term of Court Monday under
bond of $500 on three charges.
He was arrested by Constable
C. w. Wrenn near Hoffman Sun
day and concealed on his person
was a shotgun, unbreeched, that
he is charged with having stolen
from Alex Cameron, colored, of
Beaver Dam. Mr.. Bud" Bounds,
also Of Beaver Dam, says he was
lying down in his house Sunday
when he heard his car outside
cranked, and looking out saw
this negro in the act of driving
off. He called to him and reached
for his own shotgun. The boy
ran, and he snapped both barrels,
but the gun was not loaded. Lee
will sojourn at the county hotel
until Court convenes, he being
unable to raise the required
bond.
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HAMLET PosToFFIcE.
Secretary Of the Republican Executive
Committee Endorsed for Hamlet
Postmaster, But Fails to Make High
Enough Grade to Get on Eligible List |!

1t has been suggested that. pos.
|sibly the members of the Repub-
lican Executive Committee of
Richmond county should feel a
bit mortified that the creature of
their endorsement for Hamlet
postmaster, T. E. Dabbs, should
have failed to even get on the
eligible list.
Mr.. Dabbs is secretary of the
Executive Committee. He duly
secured the endorsement of the
machine, but when it came to
the test that even a Republican
political organization at Wash
ington lays, down, he couldn't
come UP to the mark.
R. B. Terry, the Democratic
postmaster at Hamlet, has been
what is called a hold.over." His
term expired last year, but he
has been continued in Office
until a suitable Republican could
be appointed. An examination"
was, called for recently, and he,
Ia Mr.. Clark, jerks Terry and T.
E. Dabbs sent in papers. The
result of the examination shows
that the Democrat lead las was
to be expected, Mr.. Terry get
ting a mark of Sc, Mr.. Clark was
second with 80, and Mr.. jerks
Terry third with 76. Mr. Dabbs,
the endorsed, came under the
wire below the 70 mark, and
therefore could not be included
in the eligible list. The rules of
the Department are that one Of
three eligibles can be selected,
without regard to who has the
actual highest mark; and so Mr..
jerks Terry was given the plum,
and he will be the next postmas-
ter at Hamlet.
Tie chances are the Executive
ICommitts will not be- so hasty
in what they endorse or sign in
THE future; they will likely make
sure first that their man can at
least make a grade of 70.
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Feed the Family" Campaign.

The Statewide move m e n t
which is soon to be organized
for the purpose of urging the
people to raise their own food
supplies will be started vigorous.
ly in Richmond county. Mr.. w.
H. Barton, County Farm Demon
strator, Mrs. John Sandy Coving-
ton, Home Demonstration, and
County Supt. L. ]. Bell are plan
ming a campaign with this object
in view and hope to reach the
people in the various sections of
the county by a series of meet
ings to be held in 9 or 10 of the
school communities. They ex.
pect the active cooperation of
the teachers and pupils Of
the schools and through them
hope to reach the homes repre-
sented.
\ A meeting about 2 hours in
length will be held at each school
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SCHOOL CONSOLIDATE
$25,OO0 Bond Election for Peach
Land District, Composed Of Pros
pect, MarstOn, Cognac and Marks
Creek School Districts. Special
School Tax Elections April 18th for
HopeweIl and Marks Creek.

The Board of Education in session
Monday ordered the consolidation
of four e-teacher school districts
into what will be known as the
Peach Land" district The terri
tory embraces part of Beaver Dam
and Marks Creek, and the four
schools are Cognac, Marston, Pros.
pect and Marks Greek. An election
will be held in this newly formed
district on April 22nd on the ques-
ton of issuing $4,000 in bonds for
erecting a suitable building. The
registrar is w. A. Wilkes, and poll
holders J. L. Mercer and Nelson
Gibson. The registration books
open March Is, and will close
April Is.
With the present enrolment of
the four schools, $4,000 would give
a building in excess of the require
mcnts. But undoubtedly the peach
developments going on in that COM
munity will furnish within the next
two years, or sch a matter, an en-
rollment that a smaller building
would not accommodate.
The districts of Marston, Cognac
and Prospect already have a special
school tax, and it is necessary that
Marks Creek district have such, the
machinery for such a levy. Accord
ingly, a special school tax election
will be held in Marks Creek district
April 18th with ]. H. McDuftie as
registrar and M. ]. Terry and N. A.
Wilkes as poll holders. Books will
open March 18th and close April Sth.
A special school tax election will
be held for Hopewcll district, near
Hamlet, also on April 18th, with
Newberry Jacobs as registrar. The
books open March 18th and close
April Sth. The amount of the levy
cannot exceed so cents on the $100,
nor 90 cents on the poll.
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MIR. Long is Postmaster.

Mr.. w. F. Long, Jr., is now
Acting Postmaster for the Rock
ingham office, he taking charge
Tuesday morning. Postmaster
W. S. Thomas received a wire
Monday night from the Depart
ment at Washington notifying
him to Immediately turn the Of
flee over to Mr.. Long. This Mr..
Thomas did at midnight Monday
night. Further reference to the
postoffice can be seen in the edi-
torial columns of this paper.
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REPORT OF ADVICE
BY EXTENSION SPEAKERS.
Culture Methods.

Under weevil conditions, as dis
cussed here, March 1st, we were adj
vised: Thorough preparation OF
the soil before planting; plant rea
sonably early, using to 2 bushels
of seed to the acre9 plant variety
of cotton that will set the earliest
crop OF fruit The varieties best fit
ted for this, we were told, after
thorough test for years under
weevil conditions are Wannamaker,
Cleveland and Improved Mexican
Big Boil.
Leave cotton thick il. the drill TO
increase both earliness and yield.
Results were shown of an expert
ment with different spacings as fol-
lows: Cotton left unthinned, pro-
duced over 1000 pounds of seed cot
ton per acre. That left inches,
produced something over 1,400
pounds per acre; and as the space
became wider, the yield on an aver
age, showed relatively less.
1t was shown that the Wanna
maker Cleveland and Mexican vari-
eties produce staples measuring
1916 and rs, respectively, making
them more valuable especially when
sold through cooperative market
ing, on grade.
We We're advised to apply 600 to
1000 pounds of fertilizer per acre
to cotton, but to increase the acid
phosphate 2 per cent, leave the nit
rogen about the same and if any
change in potash, lessen about | per
cent. These clfsffggs are requirsi
to hasten maturity and tend to beat
the weevil. The nitrogen used
should be of a readily available
character, as notrate Of soda and
sulphate OF ammonia, and we were
advised to apply it all at planting
time. We assume that this advice
was general and applied to tho heay-
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To Help with Income Tax.

Deputy Collector w. V. Brown has
prevailed upon the department at
Raleigh to send Revenue Agent VIM.
F. Rucker to Rockingham on March
18th and 14th for the purpose of as
sisting individuals and corporations
in making their income tax returns.
So bear this in mind, you who have
put the matter off to the last, and
meet Mr.. Rucker when he comes
and get that blank filled in.
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Last Call for Taxes.

The law provides that on April
1st, the Sheriff shalladver.ise for
sale all property on which the
taxes have not been paid. There
fore, this is to notify all parties
who have not paid their State
and County Taxes, that if same
is not paid on or before April LIST,
1922, the same will be advertised
and cost added. Please attend to
this matter at once and save cost.
I will have no choice in this, but
am forced to comply with the
law.
R. L. Mcdonald, Sheriff.
PUT IT UP TO PAYNE
Honestly it's The best Policy"
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colored BOY to Asylum.

Willie Morrison, colored youth
about Is years old, was carried to
the Asylum at Goldsboro Wednes-
day morning by Lewis Steele. The
boy has had quite a record, He tried
to steal the Gore Ford some two
years ago; then later was instru-
mental in Ben Long and others
breaking jail by giving them an axe,
wire, etc, and then last fall he shot
at another negro in Hamlet. Willie
evidently has a defective mind
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Marriage Licenses.

Feb. 25-Sam Robinson and
Clara Robinson, colored.
Feb. 25-Wm. L. Bryant and
Pinkey Stogner, white.
Feb. 27-William Boyd a n d
Bella Jackson, colored.
March flames Calvin Mckay
and Berta Elizabeth Mum, white.
March 4-Chess Ewing and
Ella Barner, colored.
March 4 Edward Stansill and
Annie Barrett, white.
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Politics Warming.
Count that day lost
Whose low descending sun,
Finds no candidate ready
And anxious to run

Every day, almost, sees a new
candidate enter the field. The
latest is Henry L. Guthrie, who
himself as a candidate
for the office of Register of Deeds.
His opponent will be the present
Register, Robert L. Johnson.
This makes two candidates for
Register, five for Clerk and 5 for
Sheriff. Verify, a warm time ap-
proacheth. And since the lists
are by no means closed, it is
likely other candidates will throw
their hat in the ring. 1t is a fore
gone certainty that some dozen
men will come out for County
Commissioner. In addition to
the old Board, the paper has
heard that T. B. Baxley, George
Terry, Zack Ellerbe, MIR. Mathe.
son, of Steele's, and a number Of
others are considering offering
themselves as candidates. None
of these men have given formal
notice of their intention, but this
is the report.
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COMMISSIONERS MEET
County Attorney Authorized to Proceed
in Securing Site for New Courthouse.
Specifications About Ready for Bids.
Rural Policeman Discontinued April
lst. April 10th Jury Drawn.

The county commissioners
were in session last Monday,
present being H. D. Hatch, L. D.
Frutchey, ]. W. Capel and Jno.
A. .McNeill Chairman B. F.
Reynolds. was detained at his
home by sickness.
The Board passed an order di-
recting> the County Attorney,
Ozmer L. Henry, to proceed in
the matter of securing the de-
sired land on Main street, west
of the Farmers Bank, for the
new courthouse The property
belongs to several different par
ties; some are understood to be
willing to sell, while one or more
others object and same will prob
ably have to be condemned and
the value appraised. The plans
for the new building are COM
plete now, and the full specifca-
tions should be received within
the next week so that an adVer-
tisement for bids can be placed.
The Board ordered that the
position of Rural Policeman be
discontinued after April 1st. A
similar order was passed at the
December meeting, to be effect
tive January 1st, but it was re-
voked. 1t is now passed again.
1t was ordered that ]. c. Bald
win be released of the tax on
three dogs, the dogs being used
by the county.
The jury for the April 10th
term of Court for criminal cases
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Edgar Davis Manager.

J. w. Leak has bought the inter
est of M. w. Leak in the U-Save-It
store, and now owns the entire bus
mess. Edgar Davis began work Mon
day as manager of the store, he hav-
ing been heretofore in charge of the
shipping department of the McRae
Grocery Co.
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Heavy Rainfall.

An unusually heavy rainfall
occurred here Tuesday. From
midnight Monday night to noon
Tuesday 2 3-4 inches of rain fell,
Already this month the precipi.
tation amounts to 6 inches. In
the entire month of February
6 IL inches fell.
High water held the ferry up
but two days this month.
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Girls Basketball Friday.

Rockingham and Roberdel girls
basketball teams will play for
the county championship tomor-
row (Friday) afternoon at $3.50 at
the Pee Dee school. They were
to have played last Tuesday, but
the game was rained out.
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Superior Court.

Superior Court for trial of civil
cases will convene March 10th,
with Judge Webb presiding. The
calendar of cases is in this issue.
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WILL OLD CALVIN GO /?
written by a Republican,

"The darn old Party-once again
Girds up its shaking loins;
And led by little Watt,
It's fragments firmly joins.
1t plainly has but little pride
Nor cares a rap for foe,
But is going to let Sir Tucker slide
And bid old Calvin go,
Broken and worn the old machine
Continues stanch and tough;
Attic rather rusty and unclean
It's gear is good enough.
1t is only with the family allied
7And wants no friendly foe;
So it lets old Crawford slide
And bids Little Bill to CO."
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SPECIAL $35 blue serge suits
for $29.50 at Dockery-McNair
Clothing Co. See page 7. adv
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The New York herald., 1922-11-07
Spring ValIeysH. S. Wins.

DUMoNT, N. J.. Nov. 6.--spring VAL
ley On. Y.) High School football team