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chance to ask one Tor her nelp.
When all the Fairies were dressed
in their gold and white caps the Queen
stood up in her chariot and spoke to
one of her Fairies: Bring TO me-"
she said. "a sip of dew in a golden
cup"
Buttercup looked to see what was to
Fairy took her To the Queen, who
drank the dew and said: "Ot all the
field lowers little Buttercup is the
brightest gold, and we will use it for
our Fairy cup every time we give Il
feast"
Little Buttercup trenhled with de-
light until she thought she would fall
from her stem, hut the Queen did not
seem To notice it and told the Fairy to
put Buttcrcup back in her place.
"Oh, please, dear Queen. can we
have IL party in the dell touiSht?" cried
all the Fairies. The gold cup will
look so pretty on the moss-covered ta-
bleS, ard with our gold-and-whte hats
1t is sure to be the prcttiest party ever
seen"
The Queen. always ready to grant
any request that the Fairies make,
gave her consent and over the fields
flew the fairies like so many little
bees gathering the buttercups and fill
ing the Queens chariot until she could
hardly find place to sit.
Then OF they drove to the dell and
held the party. while all the goblins
peeping from behind their rocks were
so spellbound by the beauty of the
scene they forgot 20 play tricks.
When the party was over the but.
tercupS and daisies were carried back
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Cows Horns on Mares Leq as.

An Alberta reader Of the Montreal
Family Herald says that man in his
town owns a mare will, cows horns
on all four legs. Each horn comes out
from the side Of her legs just above
the pasfern and points backwards
The horns are all Of uniform size and
,osition and are fastened together by
4 sinew from each leg. They are abow
the size of a horn on short horne
cow.
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Following Instructions.
Tonic and Blood Enrlcker

Gene, the three-year-old daughter of
the teacher of the Bible class, was the
proud owner Of mucl-beribboned
hat. Her daddy advised that she put
the hat beside him on the front pew
while she went 10 her class. When
the little ones marched back. Gene no.
ticed the pew occupied. She looked
perpIeXed. then dashed from the ranks
and cried: "Oh, heavens, daddy, my
hat :"
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Law and Medicine.

81 should think you would have been
tempted to take the law in your own
hands with that bootlegger."
"What he handed us made us too
sick to worry over any kind of law"
replied Cactus Joe. "Al we could
think about was medicine"
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A Lady of Distinction

Is recognized by the delicate fascinat-
ing influence of the perfume she uses.
water TO thoroughly cleanse the pores
followed by a busting with Cuticura
Talcum powder usually means a clear,
sweet, healthy kin.-Advertisement.
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Lynchburg, Va. II took DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a
special tonic when l was all run.
down, weak and nervous. / also had
stomach trouble. felt sick all over,
did not have any life or energy-was
all tagged out. l took the 'Favorite
Prescription and the Pleasant Pei
let's along with 1t, and these medi-
cines built me up very quickly and
seemed to put new life in me-made
me feel better in every way. They
are both excellent medicines and
worthy of all the praise one can give
them. Mrs. J. w. Sale, S03 Withers
Street.
OBTAIN this Prescription" of your
druggist, in tablets or liquid. Write
DR.. Pierce for free medical advice,
to Invalids' Hotel, in Buffalo, N. Y.
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Priests and lnfirmlties.

For every high priset taken from
among men is ordained for men in
shlngs pertaining 70 God who can ha.4
compassion on the ignorant, anj on
chem that are out of the way: for that
he himself also Is compassed with In
firmity. hebrews 5:1-2.
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BUTTERCUP'S WISH

nNE day n little Butt rrcup growing
in II field looked at Il Daisy grow
'ng nearby and sighed to itself: II
wish around my neck | had pretty
huted rulfle. | mean to ask the Fairies
tonight to make me one as pretty as
Daisy's.
II ought to be more beautiful than
Daisy for | have more gold to 90 with
white ruille,' said Buttercup, flirting
herself at the thought of how beauti-
tul she would be when she Wore the
white collar.
Meek little Daisy heard her. but she
did not tell Buttercup she envied her
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Not the Influence.

as that man who puts on so many
airs under the influence of lquor?"
"No.' replied Miss Cayenne. Hes
bootlegger. His proud ostentation
Is due to the alliuence of liquor"
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Human Radio.

Neighbor-Why do you look so tired
and sleepy, NIillicent?
Little Milliccnt-oh, that new baby
at our house = he broadcast the
whole night long.-Farm Life.
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The Better Kind.

oolmistress-Tommy, what did
you disobey me for?
Tommy-'Cause l thought you'd
whip me.
She-What did you want me to
whip you for?
He-'Cause pa said If you didn't he
would and he hurts.
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A LINE O. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs.
- - - - - - - - -
THE BOOSTER

TN NOT old Nappy Bonaparte,
Nor General Washington;
1t may be l am not as smart
AS Thomas jefferson;
But let me tell you I've a heart
AS big as any one.
And what l can with vim, and
song,
And cheer, the whole day
through,
To down the frowning hosts of
wrong,
And smash the Anarch crew,
And boost this good old world
along,
You bet your life I'll do!
% by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
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1t is a good horse that never stun
bles, and good man that never
grumbles.
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Che Friendly Path

love. Seeing her husband in his death
throes hundreds of feet below her in
the mountains of Alberta, Mrs. Stone
unhesitatingly risked her own life in
order to reach and aid him. Dangling
from the end Of rope In midair this
woman finally fell exhausted on mar
row cliff where she lay eight days with
out food and water. When rescued
she did not think of herself, but upon
becoming conscious regretted that she
had not been able to reach the injured
man. She said, even though 1t might
have meant her own death, she would
have preferred being with him to COM
fort and aid him In his last moments.
than to have had her own life saved.
Most women are just as brave and
lust as willing to sacrifice everything
to help their loved ones as was Mrs.
Stone. When seeking causes for hap
piness and persons deserving medals
and honors, one should think more
about the women folk.
Copyright by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc. ,
--O-
Buckingham palace occupied the site
Of the mulberry gardens laid out by
James vi in his unsuccessful attempt
to start a silk industry In England.
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Sore Eyes, Blood Shot Eyes watery Eyes
sticky Eyes. all healed promptly with night
ly applications of Roman Eye Balsam. Adv.
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A woman nearly always gets her i'm.
pressionS wrong end first.
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Celebrity is never more admired than
by the negligent.
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Children sweeten labors but they
make mlsfortunes more bitter.
The daily times., 1922-01-24
RUSSIAN MONK HAD
HOME FOR HIS sANGELS''

Reveal, Esthonia, JAN 24.-Rus-
sian soviet authorities, reports that
have ended the career of a monk who
claiming to be a second Messiah at
tempted to follow in the footsteps of
the notorious Russian monk Raspu-
tian
The monk founded near Petrograd
a church of his own. He claimed won
derful healing powers and the people
flocked to his home. AS the number
of his followers, mostly women, in
creased the monk selected a number
whom he called his angels who oc-
cupied his house with him. He was
sentenced to three years and four
in prison.
The daily times., 1922-01-24

quires money to carry anything un-
til it can be sold. So in order to
protect Cooperative marketing the
members of that organization must
be very careful how they pitch their
crops. Out in California where it
has proved success, the fruit
growers are instructed as to the
number of boxes of fruit they should
harvest in order not to glut the
market, the rest is left to rot on the
trees.
The basis of prices is the law OF
supply and demand. If the amount
produced exceeds the amount de-
manded by the trade, prices must
decline unless the surplus is carried
into another year, and if successive
large crops are made the surplus IS
bound to accumulate with increasing
carrying burdens, and resultant low
prices when the carry over is event
ually thrown on the market.
The daily times., 1922-01-24
MANY HAVE HELD TO THEIR
LIBERTY BONDS

Many prudent workers have held
on pretty well to their Liberty
Bonds. Richard Spillane, the finan-
cial writer, gives some figures that
are peculiarly significant. The Phil
a delphia Saving Fund Society, which
Mr. Spillane describes as one of the
oldest and biggest institutions of
it's kind in the world, comes nearer
to representing the great body of
working people than perhaps any 9TH
er bank in America. For that rea-
son these facts are significant:
The highest total of Liberty Bonds
held by the bank for It's depositors
was $1O,55S,OOO. The holdings on
December 1, 1921, were $1O,074,000.
On January 1, 1921, the society
had 294,526 depositorss On De-
cember 1, 1921, it had 2S3,694.
About 46,OOO persons own the
$1O,O74,OOO of the Liberty Bonds
held by the bank to the credit of its
depositors. The bank, as work of
service, clips the coupons, credits
the amount to the depositors and
looks after the details OF bookkeep-
ing entailed.
What is true of Philadelphia, is
or should be, true Of all America.
What has been said many times
before may be repeated now.
Hold to your Liberty Bonds.
There is nothing better, nothins
safer in the form of a security in all
the world
The daily times., 1922-01-24
FEDERATION OF LABOR
SEES NEED OF SAVING

In statement prepared for the
Savings Division of the Treasury
Department, Mr.. Samuel Gompers,
president OF the American Fedora
tion of Labor, said:
cat the Denver convention in July
1921, the American Federation of
Labor dedicated tself to the work OF
protecting the earnings of the small
investor from dishonest finan
erations. The capitalist has means
of investigating stocks and securi-
ties. This loss should be avoided.
I'VE have urged, and shall con-
tinue to urge, the small investor to
invest his funds in Treasury Savings
Securities and Postal Savings, to the
end that thrift, economy, and the
accumulation of savings fund may
become part of the everyday life
of every American worker.
does not mean that investments Of
fering better returns are unsafe. 1t
is merely calling attention to the
safest investment and the surest re-
turn.
I'm fighting against fraud we do
not intend to participate in any
propaganda arguing that the small
investor should be satisfied with
small returns. Men with investment
experience do not increase their in
comes in that manner The aver
ave person naturally tries to emu
late the successful investor and far
too often he loses his entire savings
because of the difficulty he has of
investment and the investment which
choosing between the actually sound
is apparently sound but is actually
fraudulent. The situation has there
fore arisen of worthy industries un-
able to attract investment funds. AL
healthier investment situation would
develop if the government would un-
dertake to protect all investors from
dishonest financial operations. That
would give the small investor a bet
ter chance to make his savings a /
source OF increased income and
would constitute an additional argu-
ment in favor of economy and
thrift
The daily times., 1922-01-24
MAN INHERENTLY SELFISH

The Russian soviet government
mas found that man has not reach
ed that utopian state that will en-
able him to work sufficiently hard
to sustain himself unless he is fore
ed to do so, to say nothing of bring
Ing himself to that frame of mind
that will enable him to assist in the
support of his neighbor without
complaint, regardless of whether he
believes that neighbor is willing to
snare equally the burdens of life.
Communism means common
DIVISION Of substance, and this plan
might work If every family was of
the same size, the necessities and
desires were the same, and a suffi-
The daily times., 1922-01-24

cient amount is produced by the COM
munity or state to satisfy these de-
sires. But suppose just this is done
and no more, nations and communi-
ties would soon lapse into state
of satisfied coma, which would de-
stroy all initiative and all progress.
Who would have the energy either to
exert their minds or bodies to create
ideas or wealth, more than sufficient
to satisfy the ordinary desires Of the
circles who had entered into pacts
for such an existence The only
plan of development is that of COM
petition. It is that of heaven and
also of earth, the Bible so teaches,
and nothing can be better than Gods
natural and spiritual law. Through
competition the natural, the mental
and the spiritual are all energized.
The clash of force, of mind and
of matter are working out the plan
of development, and it is foolish and
futile to endeavor to direct in any
Soviets, it is to be hoped will serve
DIS dA SAdmpl0 LOT uuduy years W
other way. The experience of the
come, for there are many in every
country who are inclined to believe
that it can be done, but if they
would ask themselves the question
seriously, they would answer it per-
sonally by saying, ''I am not yet fit
ted for the task of being absolutely
fair and honest with my neighbor.
The soviets are opening their shops
and putting workmen on the piece
basis which must go awfully hard
with the soviet worker, and are en-
couraging capital to invest in Russia
and allowing it to charge interest.
1t has learned that nothing is pro-
duced and capital cannot be attract
ed unless there is remuneration and
reward /
The daily times., 1922-01-24
THE BOIL WEEVH

With the approach of the new year
and the pitching of crops our farm
ers should take into consideration
the boil weevil and it's possible in
vasion of Wilson county the coming
season. Down in Alabama one town
has erected a monument to the boil
weevil for the reason that the in
sect completely changed the system
of farming from all cotton to crop
diversification and the raising of
food crops. 1t also changed the
country from the time system to cash
or short time credits which was an
other blessing in disguise.
The experience of the farmers to
the south of us should be valuable
to the farmers of this country. All
realize that large crops of any pro-
duct will decrease the price, and es-
pecially if they are not marketed in
telligently.
If the swing this year On account
of the anticipation of the arrival of
the boil weevil, and its consequent
damage to the cotton crop should
cause too extensive planting of to-
bacco, the weight of a large crop of
tobacco would render that crop tln-
remunerative, and so whatever re-
duction there is in the cotton acre
age should not be devoted to tobac-
co but to the food crops, for come
what may, if the farmer has his meat
and bread on hand and food for his
stock, he will be able to weather the
gale, whether it be low priced cotton
On account of an overproduction. the
advent of the boil weevil with a
snort crop, or low priced tobacco.
The indications are that the acre
age in tobacco will be increased this
year in the states to the south of us
since the area in tobacco is heinz in
creased every year.
Again cooperative marketing is
IN its experimental state. It's sue
cess lies in the ability to properly
handle, finance and sell the crops oy-
er period sufficiently long to pre-
vent the dumping of crops on the
market which will of course have a
tendency to depress the price. If
an opinion prevails that co-opera-
tive marketing means the guarantee
OF a certain price, regardless of the
amount raised, then failure of the
|system is bound to result, for the
urplus must. be carried, and it re-
The daily times., 1922-01-24
DEATHS FROM WOOD ALCOHOL,

Deaths from wood alcohol are nu-
merous over the country, and the
newspapers in the large cities chron-
icle them every day.
The death of two ex-barkeepers
occurred in New York on Monday
from drinking the poison which
they supposed to be whiskey.
Asserting that only 2 per cent OF
the ''vile stuff being seized by pro-
hibition agents is found to be free
from poisonous fusel oil, Roy A.
Haynes, national director of prohibi-
tion enforcement, told 500 New
York pastors that he was mot sur
prised'' at the number of post-holi-
day alcohol victims under treatment
in New York hospitals.
To-day it is dangerous to vio-
late the law in the purchase of the
stuff, and it is especially dangerous
to drink the stuff after it is pur-
chased Director Haynes said.
when you hear a man talking
loosely and fiippantly about my
bootlegger,' he either has not
thought seriously of the menace to
law and order which the bootlegger
represents, Or he has not placed a
proper valuation on the sanctity and
majesty of the law
Director Haynes insisted that pro-
hibition is being more and more rig
idly enforced, despite what he char
acterized as can insiduous clever, un-
patriotic, false wet propaganda,
particularly in the large metropoH-
tan centers, that has as it's object the
delusion of the American people into
the belief that the prohibition law is
a failure; that it is unpopular; that
it was Slipped over on them; that
it is not being enforced, and that it
can't be enforced"
The daily times., 1922-01-24
ELDER ISAAC JONES

Elder Isaac Jones, Primitive
following times and places: =
Farmville, Friday night, Jan.
9th.
Meadow Saturday and Sunday,
Jan. 2Sth and 29th.
Farmyille, Monday goth.
Greenville, Tuesday, Jan. 31st
Flat Swamp, Wednesday, Feb. 1st.
Robersonville, Thursday, Feb. I'd.
Tarboro, Saturday and Sunday,
4th and 5th.
Pleasant Hill, Monday, 9Th.
Falls Church, Tuesday 7th.
Wilson, Wednesday 8th.
D & w It.
The daily times., 1922-01-24
WANTED.

Three hundred citizens of
Wilson to give expression to
their appreciation for the many
blessings that are theirs, by
voluntarily contributing
small amount to help save from
physical, mental and moral de-
struction, the hundreds of
thousands of homeless wander
ers in Poland, Russia, and the
Balkans.
The minimum requirement
from the United States is $14,-
100000, of which sum Wilson
is asked to contribute only $3,-
200. All over this land hum
dreds of men and women are
giving literally of their talents,
time, and means to make this
movement the success it should
be.
Wilson's response to date has
been heartening. The cam
paign will be quickly finished
by appreciation contributions
as listed:
10 Contributions of $25.OO each
10 Contributions of $4,000 each
so Contributions of $1,000 each
100 Contributions of $500 each
so Contributions of $500 each
so Contributions of $1.OO each
Not one cent will be expend-
ed for local or state expenses.
Distribution will be made in
the only way these unfOrtun-
ates can be reached-that is,
through Herbert HOover's or
ganizatiOn. The very day the
sum is completed it will be for
warded to State Headquarters
and Wilson's example will stim-
ulate every section of the State
to do its full duty.
Jonas Oettinger, Chairman.
Amount previously re-
ported $158O.OO
Thos d. Meares, Jr 200
w. ID. Hackney ..17.5O
X. G. Winstead E. 800
Mrs. G.. E. Kersey 800
Mrs. NJ. e. McCrary 200
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. White
head 1000
Mr.. & Mrs. j. A. Cor
DelI 1O.OO
LinWOOd wilkins LOO
j. b. PaschaI 100
Mrs. j. Ed Woodard 800
The daily times., 1922-01-24
STRIKERS TROUBLE MAY
CALL FOR MILITARY RULE

Oklahoma City, Jan. 24.-Gov. j.
B. A. Robertson early today remain
ed silent on the question of sending
troops into the packing, house dis
trict here in connection with disor-
ders in connection with strike by
packing house workers.
A negro strike breaker was lynch
ed and a body of a negro strike break
er and his wife were found in the
ruins of their burned home. Plans
have been made to put the district
under military rule should the word
be received from the governor
The daily times., 1922-01-24
NOTICE-TRUST SALE OF
LAND

By virtue of authority containe
in a certain deed of trust executed
to the undersigned by w. V. Oakley,
w. w. Oakley and j. r. Oakley on
October %, 1919, on account OF
failure to pay the Indebtedness there
in secured when due, 1 will sell for
cash at public auction to the highest
bidder at the court house door in the
city of Wilson, Wilson county, N. c.,
commencing at 1900 noon, on Sat
urday the 25th day of February,
1922, the lands described in said
deed of trust, recorded in the Office
of Register of Deeds of Wilson
County, in Book 122, page 800, as
follows:
'All those certain tracts of land
lying and situated and being in the
county of Wilson and State of North
Carolina near the town of Elm City
and being Tracts Nos. and on
plat of land formerly owned by the
Daughtry Estate heirs, and known
as the Upper Town Creek Farm, as
FCyC Gu anu pldIISu ny e. w ullS,
Engineer, plat of which il On record
in Wilson County, Register of Deeds
Office in Plat Book 1, page 156, to
which said plat reference is hereby
made for a more perfect description:
Tract No. 4 contains ---29.S Acres
Tract No. Contains S2.9 Acres
Making a total of -62.7 Acres
This the goth day of January,
1922.
A.H.ELLER, Trustee.
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The daily times., 1922-01-24
MRS. r.. l.. ETHRIDGE.

On Saturday morning January 21st
at $50 a. m. the death angel visited
the home of Mr. R. L. Ethridge and
took from them their beloved wife
and mother. The deceased leaves
to mourn her departure a husband
and six children. The names of the
children are, Mrs. ]. L. Ellis Mrs.
10. P. Ellis, Miss Matte Ethridge,
Messrs. Robert, Vernon and Alton
Ethridge.
Mrs. Ethridge was 48 years of age
and was a constant attendant of the
Contentnea Primitive Baptist church
The Funeral was conducted at the
church by Elder George Boswell at
$3.50 p. m. Sunday. Her remains
were laid to rest in the Contentnea
cemetery by the side of her mother.
Peaceful be thy silent slumber
|. Peaceful in thy grave so low
Thou no more will join our number
Thou no more our song will know.
Yet again we hope to meet thee
When the day of life is fled
And in heaven with joy to greet thee
Where no funeral tears are shed
But God you know we all loved
her, yes we loved her and now we
love her more. But. God loved her
best so he decided to take her and
took her home to rest.
A precious one from us is gone, a
voice we love is still, a place is va
cant in our home which never can be
filled.
We desire to thank each and every
one for the kindness shown us dur
ing the sickness and death of our
devoted wife and mother.
R. L. Ethridge & Family.
The daily times., 1922-01-24
JAPAN WILL WITHDRAW
TROOPS FROM r.

Washington, Jan. 24-Virtual set
far as Washington arms conference
is concerned is understood to. have
been reached this morning with the
acceptance of Japanese statement
promising complete withdrawal Of
troops from Russia territory upon
establishment of stable govern
ment.
The daily times., 1922-01-24
GINNING DAYS.

We will operate our gin three
more days this season; January 21st,
23rd, and 28th. Southern Cotton Oil
Company. 18 Std 2tw
The daily times., 1922-01-24
TOBACCO SALES.

Sales ON the local tobacco
market yesterday amounted to
179,356 pounds according to
the report of Mr.. III. b. john
son secretary of the Wilson
tobacco board of trade. The
receipts amounted to $780,
1861 with an average price
of 1928 per pound.
The daily times., 1922-01-24

FOR RENT-THREE FURNISHED
rooms, suitable for gentlemen or
couple. Phone 1877. / "a 3td
The daily times., 1922-01-24

Crossett Shoes going in Fulghums
Sale at $43O to $7.7O.
"a 3td
The daily times., 1922-01-24
MRS. OETTINGER ATTENDS
MEETING IN GREENSBORO.

Mrs. Elmer Oettinger is spending
a few days in Greensboro attending
the Conference of the North Carolina
Association of Jewish Women Mrs.
ton.
The daily times., 1922-01-24
MAYORS COURT.

MAYORS COURT.
ing included:
Tom Stokes, gambling, $9.75.
Henry Barkley, disorderly, $9.75.
The daily times., 1922-01-24

The place to get your Building Ma
terial; also coal and wood on short
notice. J. T. Dew & Bro, East Wal
nut Street, Phones 800 and S24.
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