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A wonderful assortrneht Of
caps that will delight mother
as we'll as please the boy. In
mixtures and plain colors and
all sizes, 25c to $1.0O
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Mrs. NJ. Mercade1 returned Sunday
night from New Orleans where she
spent several weeks during the ILL
ness and death of her husband, Mr..
M. MerCadel.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Mrs. NJ. Gabriel. OF New Orleans,
is visiting her son, Mr.. A. Gabriel,
and daughters, Misses Mary and
Nina Gabriel.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Miss Ruth Warner returned last
New Orleans, after having spent her
vacation here with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Warner.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02
Ding Dong Ding Dong SEPT Ding Dong! Ding Dong!

WITH school just little more than week
W.. off, these next few days will likely be
busy oues for mothers There are many things to
remember and much planning to be done for each
child Frank Paecek has anticipated these needs
and feels that he can now offer service which
will make choosing Of childrens clothes pleasure
Come in and give US the opportunity to assist you.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Miss Cecile Warren, who has been
spending the month of August in
New Orleans with Mr.. and Mrs. E.. J
Domergre and family, spent the
week end at her home here, return
ing to New Orleans Monday morning.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Miss Lois Coney has sufficiently
recovere from her recent serious ill
ness to return, and is again located
in Madisonville with her sister, Mrs.
Frank v. deGruy.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Miss Adolphine Frederick and Mtss
Do1is Frederick motOred to Bogalusa
Sunday afternoon on visit to Mr..
and Mrs. D. w. Graves, returning
Monday morning.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Misses Ruth Burns and Grace Men
etre returned last Friday evening
from two-months trip to Los An
geles, San Francisco, Venice, Pasa-
dena, Denver, Colorado Springs,
Houston, Galveston, and other west
ern points.
St. Tammany farmer., 1922-09-02

Miss Geneyieve Storm has return
ed from Biloxi, Miss, where she
visited Miss Mildred Myatt, and is
again visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j.. D..
Kerr and family.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
OMAHA SCOUTS PREVENT WRECK

Two boy scouts, James Caldwell and
Clarence Swingholm of Omahn, re-
Gently prevented serious train wreck
by prompt action and presence of
mind. Coming home from q hike they
discovered that large tree had fallen
directly across the track of the
Omaha-Chicago passenger train which
was already whistung around the
bend only few hundred yards away.
Tearing off the red sweater of one of
the boys they ran along The track.
waving the danger signal frantican,.
The train was halted and doubtless
many lives were saved. Nothing to
It," said Scout Swingholm when peo-
pie tried to overwhelm the lads with
praise. I'VE just dit good turn and
that's what boy scouts are for" The
tree was one which some hee hunters
had evidently felled and ran away
from in dsmay when they saw 1t had
fallen In so precarious Place. The
contrast between the conduct of tine
boys and that Of the rlen speaks for
itself. Once again. I'VE can't help
being proud of EN-"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
a8DOH
SCOUT S
Conducted by National Council of the Boy
SCOUT Of America)
FOR LACK OF A BOY SCOUT

The papers recently gave consider.
able publicity to the fact that GER
tain physician lost himself in the
woods while on a hunting expedition
and was found two weeks later, nearly
starved with raw partridge in his
hand, because he had no matches to
start fire. 1t Is interesting to notice
how frequently In commenting upon
this incident the newspapers have
pointed out that 1.-THE doctor should
have had a boy scout along, to show
him how to make fire by friction and
find his diret ton by sun and stars"
''By reason of the scout movement,
the next generation will be better pre-
pared for such emergencies observes
the Salt Lake City News. "To say the
man suffered for lack of match Is to
mlsstate his case. He suffered almost
to death for lack of fire, and he lacked
tre because we have come to depend
SO much on matches. What he needed,
In the absence OF matches, was
knowledge Of some earlier way of max
Ing fire." Some knowledge Of the arts
of primitive man are desirable for all
who would seek the primitive wilds.
This Is one Of the great ideas of the
boy scout organization. The finished
scout, left In the woods, could make
fire by. rubbing sticks, could make
wlgwam or a hut, and could estimate
the general direction by his watch with
the aid of the sun. The boy scout or.
ganizers did not discover these things.
but they discovered that they could
still be used In an age of great arti-
fetal progress"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
LYRICSOFLIFE
BY DOUGLAS MALLocH
THE USUAL LIFE

TDO NOT wish you riches, friend,
/ For riches may not stay
So much we lose, so much we lend,
So much we throw away.
| wish you only smiles through tears
And glad days In the saddest years.
| do not wish you cloudless skies;
They can't be always fair.
But may the sun that sinks arise,
The heart arise from care.
You must have clouds, but may they
show
A silver lining somewhere. though.
| do not wish you only ease,
No toll for hand or brain;
They are but parasites, are these
Who live by others pain.
No, something must your life employ
But may your labor be a Joy.
| do not wish you, friend, too much,
Each day a day Of sun;
| wish you only treasurers such
As other men have won.
And better friend am than they
Who wish for you a cloudless day.
| wish for you modest part,
And simple joys for you;
And then | hope with all my heart
That simple dream comes true.
| wish you toll, and merriment-
The usual life, with life content.
tCopyright)
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

match with any chaplain Of the A. e.
f. Of his weight He wasn't chosen
chaplain of the Legion for that rea-
son, however, his followers declare. 1t
was because "he Is at all times
mans man and represents the liberal
spirit Of the organization"
Returning from France, Reverend
Blackman resumed his pulpit In
Chanute, Kan. One Of his first acts
was to attend public dance. He
didn't dance, but thoroughly enjoyed
the fun. A protest came from his con-
gregation and he resigned. His reslg-
nation wasn't accepted.
Then he began doing other things.
He rugged up gymnasium In the
basement of his church and gave box.
Ing lessons to the boys Of the Sunday
school, The church liked 1t.
Reverend Blacknan refused offers
from larger churches to stay with his
pastorate In Chanute. His view of
Sunday blue laws is characteristic:
ITO my mind the advocacy Of such
laws only serves to cheaper religion In
the minds Of the masses and tends to
push 1t back into the superstltions Of
the past What Is rest and relaxation
to the farmer may not be such to tho
bank clerk"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Department Devoted to Attractive Masaziue Material
THE FRIENDLY PATH
BY WALTER !. ROBINSON

n ONT count over your bur-
- dens. They'll. seem great.
er II you do.
II Is always poor policy to 90
about trying to find all the dis.
concerning things along the
pathway Of life. Those which
are Of Sufficient Importance to
command ones attention are
sure to bob up without a search.
Never meet trouble until trou.
Bile meets you. If It's going to
overtake you, it'll do soon
enough. 1t Is always good pol
Icy to be prepared for Difficult.
ties In order that they may cas-
lily be overcome. But to be
prepared does not mean that
one must constantly go about
with strings on his fingers so
that he may not forget any of
the problems which are likely
to bob up.
Nearly all the stumbling
blocks along the trail followed
by humans in this world are i'm.
aglnary. But for their willing
ness to admit that they face Sc
rlous problems, most of the dis.
contented would hardly know
that they are battling against
odds when they actually are.
Because one has to face
trying task or great dlsappoint-
ment, does not mean that he Is
more unfortunate than others,
nor. that fate has turned against
him. No one ever passed down
the pathway to the valley of
contentment .(as they believed
it) without working against
odds at times and not infre-
quently being displeased when
progress seemed slow. The
same Is true In the efforts Of all
who have tried to climb the
steep places on the way to sue
cess, for neither In arriving at
material goals nor in seeking
the peace Of comforting sur
roundings will there not be
some troubles which have to be
met.
But when one counts over the
burdens which he expects or re-
grets, the future will usually ap.
pear to have a darker aspect
than Is justified by develop
ments.
II one tries to find the bright
side, he'll usually be so greatly
enthused by his prospects that
the burdens will seem small and
easy to face.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
COMPENSATION BILL TO PASS
Flve.Fold Measure Scheduled for
Favorable Action by Congress
During Present Session.

Cash. paid up insurance, vocational
training, farm or home aid and land
settlement are options offered World
war veterans In the five-fold adjusted
compensation bill which congress is
expected to pass during its present
session.
According to National Commander
MacNider of the American Legion, who
bases his statement on information
given him by Senator McCumber,
North Dakota, author Of the bill In
the senate, and Republican FOrdney,
Michigan, who introduced the bill into
the house, the legislation will become
law during February, 1922.
The measure will become effective
in July, 1922, as originally provided,
Mr.. MacNider believes. In connection
with the bill, 1t is significant that the
Legion has termed 1t adjusted COM
pensation" from the first as against
the common term of bonus"
When the bill becomes law, each ex-
service man or woman will be entitled
to any one of the following options:
~ Adjusted service pay, at the rate
of 81 a day for home service and $1.25
for foreign service. Maximum OF $500
for man without overseas service; S625
for man with overseas service.
(2) Adjusted service certificate ESQ
called insurance feature), paid-up
20-year endowment policy. The face
value of this policy will be 1888 times
the amount that would be received in
cash. The face value Of this policy
would be payable to the veteran at
the end of 20 years. or If he dies be-
fore the expiration Of 20 years, the
face value would be paid to the beneh-
ciary of the policy. Loan values are
also provided for.
(3) Vocational training aid Of S1.25
u day while taking a course in voca.
tlonal training. The amount thus paid
In no case would exceed 140 per cent
Of what would have been paid in cash.
(4) Farm or home aid, 140 per cent
of what would be paid under option
No. /, If the money Is used to pur-
chase, improve or make payments on
approved farm or city or suburban
home.
90 Land settlement.
(A) Provides for the establishment
of reclamation projects for the develop
ment and improvement Of vacant land,
This may be government land or may
be land purchased by the government.
If possible, projects will be located In
each state, the state paying part of the
purchase price of private lands bought
for this purpose. Ex-service men to
be employed on the project as far as
possible.
OBJ Provides for the sale Of farm
units on these projects when they are
ready for settlement. Sale price Is to
include purchase price Of land plus
cost of Improvements. Terms :, part
down, rest in 40 years at 8 per cent
(C) Veterans may have their ad-
justed service pay applied as first pay
ment on this land.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Uncommon Sense
BY JOHN BLAKE
MAKE HOURS COUNT

CAVI!SG time is wasted effort un-
y less you utilize the time you
save.
Most people are In hurry. They
rush to their offices in the morning.
They rush TO their homes at night.
When they get to the Office. they
sit around waiting for dinner.
About three quarters OF the average
mans time is spent sitting around"
And time spent sitting around is al.
ways wasted time.
You are given about eight hours to
loaf II you want to and eight hours
to work.
Unless you have an unusually easy
Job, you can save little out of the
eight hours working time.
You can save from one to five hours
out Of the eight, at least once or twice
a week, II you are careful.
But unless you use that time. and
use 1t wisely, there Will be no sense
In saving 1t.
Most successful men are very care.
full to save little time out Of the So
called Idle eight hours.
They use this either to add to the
efforts they put forth on their regular
business, or to take up something
related to their business which is
inconvenient to do during working
hours.
In other words they use their time
as intellgently as they do their
money. They make 1t earn dividends.
And time set to work In that fashion
is always a good investment.
Steamships, railroads, rapid transit
lines have together affected an i'm.
mense saving Of time for the human
race.
No longer does man need to spend
a month, practically idle all the time
going from London to New York. He
can 20 in less than week, with three
weeks saved.
Those three weeks are worth money.
They may mean success. Use them
and considerable share of all the time
you save, and your output soon begins
to show gratifying Increase.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Something TO
Think Ab0uf
Rv r. W<TREp
THE SOFT ANSWER
By F. Il. WALKER

WHEN You shall see, feel and
w know the sovereign power OF
the soft answer, you will not
hesitate to admit Its priceless value
In preserving the friendship of peo-
Piles and nations.
Though sponsor or all that is
good and noble In mankind there is
an illogical willingness in most Of
US to shun Its charming companion
ship and turn to rougher acquaint.
ances.
When the world Is jangling and
vicious tongues are splitting fire and
birthstone, 1t is quite natural for us
to pile more fuel on the flame. re-
CARELESS of the spreading conflagra-
ton, even though 1t be smuggling the
good names of our friends.
We lose our grip on self-respect
until calmness comes with after
thought, and shows US the error of
our way.
For days we move shame-facedIy
from pillar to post, avoiding the
friends we have hurt. And aside
from the terror Of separation which |
confronts US, We are tormented BY |
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
MANY LEGION MEN BACHELORS
Investigation DlseIoses Fact That Ma
Jority Of Ex-service Boys Prefer
Single Blessedness.

Three years after the war 61.8 per
cent Of the former service men are
still bachelors, according to Gray Wag.
gett, adjutant Of the Evanston Qll.)
post of the American Legion. Mr..
Waggett has been conducting cam.
paign to gain information about Le-
gionnaires In the Middle West, and
bases his statistics on 100000 replies
received.
OF the 1874 per cent who married
American, French or German girls, 10
per cent have children.
The house owners totaled 1873 per
cent and the business owners aggre-
gated 1876 per cent; nevertheless pit
per cent are able to drive their own
automobiles.
Legion posts, too, have the billet.
owning fever, AS per cent having per.
manent quarters now, while 20 per
cent will get theirs in short time.
These statistics apply only to that
part of the country.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

Take two cupfuls Of rolled oats, put
through the meat chopper and brown
lightly In the oven. Take two table,
spoonfuls Of shortening melted, one
fourth Of cupful of molasses, one.
teaspoonful Of salt, one-fourth of a
teaspoonfIl of soda. Mix all the dry
ingredients, add the melted shorten.
Ing and the molasses and milk. Roll
thin and cut In strips and bake 20
minutes In moderate oven. Ice each
cake as II comes from the oven with
sugar melted with little water.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

remorse which undoes our nerves and
throttles our spirits.
Then, as the scales fall from ouI
eyes we become penitent.
AS we reflect upon our behavior
we realize that our miseries come
from our own workshop. They are
not ground out In the mill of fate,
tied in bulging bags and delivered at
our door, as apologize folk would
have us believe, but of our own grind
ing-horrible grist filed with worms.
Upon those persons who have
habituated themselves to use gentle
words, and to use In stressful argu.
ments the soft answer, the sun of
goodwill shines perpetually.
They are ceurted by the young and
the old for their friendship and cheer
fulness, which comfort and delight In
the darkest days of sorrow, and warm
III winter cOlu.
Their influence for good Is as i'm.
measurable as mothers love.
Perhaps you may have friends
among these kindly persons to whom
you turn when difficulties torment
life's skelns are 'tangled and your
heart Is burdened beyond Its
strength. II you have, heaven In
Iced has blessed you.
Observe the llghtness of their eyes,
he smile that is ever about the lips,
he musical information of the voice
when 1t answers softly. And as you
10, resolve that you, too, will wed
our tongue to the soft answer that
turneth away wrath"
(CopyriKht.)
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
Carrying On With the
American Legion

Families of police killed by WITCH
ita (Kan.) bandits received the pro
ceeds from Legion benefit show.
Some $4,000 of the w. C. T. US
wartime fund has been turned over tC
the American Legion to aid sick and
wounded.
Sale of tags bearing the name OF
Worthington, Mlnn is being made by
the local post of the Legion to ad.
vertise the town.
Bulletins and special announce
ments of the New York Legion will
be sent by the Westinghouse Electric
company's radlo-telephone.
Bay Shore IN. j. post Of the Le-
gion owns and publishes weekly
newspaper which devotes most of its
space to local and county affairs.
Punishment of draft evaders TO pre-
vent wholesale evasion In another war
is recommended by Major General
Harris, adjutant general Of the army,
Canoes will carry delegates from
Bemidji, Mimi, at the head Of the
Mississippi river, to the annual Le'
gion convention next fall at New Or.
leans.
Protest against the use Of the
American flag for commercial pur.
poses has been made by the Warsaw
post of the American Legion, depart.
ment Of Poland.
Increase In vocational training for
former soldiers costs the government
81, 100000 more now than before Sep
tember. 1921, according to Director
Forbes of the veterans bureau.
Tubercular and nervous former
service men will not receive the mil.
lion dollars proposed In an amend
lnent to the deficiency appropriation
bill. The amendment was Cancelled
and the hospital resultant will not be
erected.
HE needs the money and can pay
him." Is the statement of an ex-soldler
who has asked the Oklahoma Amer
can Legion to locate Ollie Kendall,
formerly OF the One hundredth and
'ortieth infantry. Thirty-ffth division,
rhe Questioner borrowed flock Of
'rancs" from Kendall while In France
md fears that Kendall and his wife
md children may be In Strengthened
circumstances.
Pennies and nickels of Minnesota
'chool children will help rebuild the
-illage of Belleau, France. The move
s sponsored by the American Legion
md J. NJ. Cornell, commissioner OF
'ducation.
Disinterment Of the bodies Of Amer.
can soldiers buried in Rrest, France,
las been completed, the American lie.
don has been notified. The 1850 bod
es not requested to be returned to
elatives here have been divided among
he four permanent cemeteries foI
soldiers In France.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

five minutes stirring constantly, using
one quart Of water. Add one-fourth of
a cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful of
SALT one dry yeast cake soaked In one
fourth of cupful of warm water, or
one cake Of compressed yeast may be
used. When luke warm add the yeast
and keep at same temperature for
twenty-four hours. This yeast should
not be kept more than two weeks.
Copyright. 1922. Western Newspaper Union.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
FOOD FOR THE FAMILY

A DISH that Is nourishing enough
n to take the place of main dish
at dinner Isl:
Hominy With olives.
Fry one small onion cut fine in a
little fat until golden. Add three scant
cupfuls of cooked samp or a can Of
tominy; stir until hot, then add one
fourth Of cupful Of milk, the same
Of water, stirring all the time; add
three.fourths Of a cupful of grated
cheese, and when 1t Is melted remove
from the heat before the cheese be-
comes stringy. Then add one-half cup
full OF stoned ripe olives. chopped.
Season and serve at once.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

Island Kingdom.
Mrs. McCudden, mother Of the
noted major Of the British air force
who brought down more than so Ger
man planes and won the Victoria
cross before he was killed, was sent
to America to represent England's war
mothers at the ceremonies for the I'M
known American soldier At BAN
quet in Philadelphia in her honor.
General Pershlng upon being intro
duced leaned over and kissed Mrs.
McCudden. In New York she was
taken into membership Of the Amerl-
can Legion auxiliary. composed of
mothers, wives, sisters and daughters
of the Legion, and the gold star Of
women whose relatives were killed
was awarded her.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
TOP NoTcHERs ONLY

Troop 8 of Tulsa, Okla, has nothing
but merit badge scouts In Its ranks.
Among these are nine Eagles, three
Life and Star scouts and three Vet
Grams. Their combined Merit badges
total $50. The troop has IS active
members, all Of whom are In high
school with the exception of two
members who are freshmen In the
University of Tulsa. John Shleppey,
their assistant scoutmaster, was one
of the first Eagles in Tulsa, and has
AZ Merit badges to his credit.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13

Hast thou ever found that God hath
dealt unfaithfully with theel Or didst
thou ever hear that He hath dealt un.
faithfully with any other? There Is
no want of power in Him that He
should not be as big as His word. We
nre fleeting and mutable, off and on;
today not the same as yesterday; and
tomorrow, perhaps, like neither Of the
days; yet He continueth yesterday, to-
lay, and the same forevermore.- -Bish-
ID San1erson.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE CHILD

Charles Hopper, sixtcen-year-old
boy scout Of Troop 4, Terre Haute,
In all probability saved the life Of
twenty-two-months-old baby girl by
giving pint Of his own blood for
TRANSMISSION, as voluntary sacrifice.
The child's mother had already given
two transfusions, bat was too weak
to give more, and the child's life was
despaired of when young Hopper came
to the front.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
No Time to Waste.

Twas a dark and stormy evening.
(They always are) 1t was new sen.
try post. ut usually ISL The relief,
shattering all precedents, hove In
sight, but never challenge came from
the guard. The corporal. hating the
relief, strobe up to him.
Hey, you," he demanded angrily /;
"why the blinkety-blank didn't you halt
usi"
Halt you, the devil" snapped back
the sentry. you're half an hour late
as II isI"--American Legion Weekly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-13
savory Sandwich Filllno.

Blanch one-half cupful of almonds
and brown them in tablespoonful of
cooking oil. Then chop fine. Season
well with salt and paprika. and add
four tablespoonfuls of chopped pickles,
one tablespoonful Of chutney, chopped.
Spread buttered bread with cream
cheese softened and sprinkled with
chopped almond mixture. This is suf-
ficient filling for loaf of bread II the
slices are cut very thin.