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Rockingham post-dispatch., 1922-11-16

Mrs. Tebe Lasslter and daugh.
ter, Lola, have returned from a
visit in Columbia, S. c.
Miss Anna Deane has return
ed from Winston where she has
been visiting Mrs. w. F. Flake
for ten days.
Mrs. S. w. Steele and Mr..
Simmons and little Jessie Sim
mons spent the weekend in
Charlotte with Mrs. Simmons.
There will be an oyster supper
and box party at the Hall at
Midway Saturday night for ben.
eft of the NJ. E. Sunday School.
Subject of sermon at Presby-
iterian church Sunday a. m. will
be What Did Jesus See". Sum-
day night, Successful Advertis-
ing"
Rev. M, M. Hinson will preach
at Gibson's Mill school house
Sunday afternoon, Nov. 10Th, at
$3.50 o'clock. Public cordially in
vited.
Albert Haywood came home
Tuesday to spend a week. The
Sou. Bell crew will be moved
next week from Durham to Lake
Waccamaw.
Misses Marie, Caroline and
Halle Covington and Miss Mil.
dred Bostian, of Albemarle, re-
turned Tuesday from a ten-days'
trip to New York.
Miss Mary Louise Everett left
today to visit Miss Hamlin Lam
dis in Charlotte. She will go to
Wrightsville Sound Monday to
attend a house.party.
Rev. ]. W. Barker, for 7 months
supply rector at Greensboro,
has accepted the call as rector of
the Episcopal churches at Duke
and Smithfeld, with residence at
Duke.
The CarolinaPlaymakers made
their bow of the present season
to a Chapel Hill audience Nov.
| 10th with the play Seventeen
LeGrand Everett was "Mr. Bax.
ter"
The Ladies Aid Society of
Roberdel No. |, will have an oy-
ster supper Saturday at Wood
man Hall for the benefit of the
Methodist church. Everybody
invited.
| Mrs. J. R. McLendon returned
Wednesday night from a short
visit to Raleigh, where she went
to attend a tea given by Mrs. w.
Nv. Stansill and Mrs. S. w. Will
liams.
Pink Jackson, we'll known col.
ored barber of this place, was
mcrried Wednesday night at
Bethel church to Alice Buchanan.
Pink's friends wish for them
every happiness.
Mr.. and Mrs. A.G. Corpening,
Miss Leila Corpening, and Mr..
and Mrs. c. P. Stewart will go
next Tuesday to Statesville to
attend the marriage of Miss
Julia Attic Corpening to Mr..
Clarence Lee Furr on Wednes-
day. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Page and
Carey Page, from Haddenfeld,
N. J., spent from Wednesday to
Saturday with Mrs. S w. Steele,
going Saturday with Mrs. Jesse
Page to Ansonville. Mrs, Page
will remain there for some
weeks.
Attending the M. E. Confer
ence in Raleigh this week are
Rev. and Mrs. ]. H. Shore, leav.
ing Monday; Rev. A. L. Ormond,
going Tuesday; w. N Everett
spending today there, Rev. and
Mrs. F. t, Biggs going Wednes
day; Miss Lucille Shore and Miss
Georgia Biggs will 60 Saturday.
J. H. Bryant began work this
week as clerk in the Dockery-
McNair store. Mr.. McNair's
assistants now are Clay Coving-
ton and Mr.. Bryant. Lewis
Nance left the firm last week in
order to sell Hudson and Essex
cars for this county; he hopes to
shortly build a service station
lust north of town on the Ellerbe
| ,oad opI folyo fho ara,,rxY fn,-
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
THE SPECTATOR
The Mischief Makers

ONE thing that is very diff
ficult to understand is that
there are people in the world
who take a delight in sheer evil.
We like to think that every.
body really wants to be kind
and that It goes against the
grain Of even the worst people
to make other people unhappy.
The perversions of human ma.
ture, however. are undeniable.
and some of them are battling.
It can hardly be gainsaid that
there are those who take pleas
ure in causing pain, and indeed
there is a streak of this innate
cruelty in all Of US.
One of the things that parents
are amazed to find in their chill
dren is that along with all their
sweetness and innocence there Ia
a streak Of inexplicable saw.
agery!
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

IN Russia we see the e1nple
L of a whole nation whh has
practically gone mad in itanger
and resentment toward those
who have been more forlnate
in the competitions of life And
in every other nation thei is 4
more or less constant qtntity
of people whose philosopy Is
one of desperation, pesmism
and hate.
The wonder is not thatthere
are so many perverts. bt that
there are so few. 1t is tsy to
assassinate a ruler and I blow
up an office building.
Our own nation rests Jpn the
principle Of the sanity Il its
populace. Under the coritions
Of freedom which here ohain It
is rather surprising tht the
army of perverts. whichis al.
ways considerable. work Q little
damage as they do.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
Meet Emerson

q ONE one has practically called
- good book "the precious
~ life blood" of a great man.
Prosaically speaking, good
book represents the best thoughts.
the deepest feelings, the rarest
imaginings of the man who wrote it.
What privilege it would have
been to meet Milton, VoItaire,
Goethe, Carlyle, Emerson and Tol-
stoi.
Imagine your regret if you had
been asked to meet those beacon
lights of mankind and had refused.
Yet had you seen them face to
face, in all likelihood your brief
conversation would have had little
value. Probably it would have been
of the weather, the political situa-
tlon, some trivial personality or
other commonplace Of the day.
In their books they bare their
minds and hearts to you in such
intimate reveaIings of their phi
losophy of life as were never grant
ed save to favored few.
Good books are standing invita-.
tions to close fellowship with the
rarest spirits of the last twenty
five centuries.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
"We then that are strong ought to bear the
Bankers,
Don't Cry

N ANKERS have united in SOL
r. emn warning against "print-
ing press" money. Few
words are needed; it's enough to
point to Russia and Germany as
regards that. The bankers almost
tearfully denounce the alleged plan
of Edison and Henry Ford to print
some kind of money with nothing
solid back of il. That would be a
very foolish plan, although for the
average citizen the printing of a
REASONABLE amount of money
backed by the Government s, prom
Use to pay would be quite satisfac-
tory.
There isn't anybody in the United
States that wouldn t take from one
of those bankers HIS promise to
pay, or Henry Ford s promise to
pay. Why not issue the promise to
pay signed by ONE HUNDRED
AND TEN MILLION inhabitants of
the United States?
Every banker, when he wants
money, signs a promise to pay on
a note or mortgage. Then he pays
interest. The United States could
do the same thing WITHOUT pay
ing interest And if it could re-
frain from going crazy in the way
of initiation that's exactly what it
OUGHT to do.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
Those HeresieS of
AndtOLe France

q INCE, among other reasons, one
of the impulses Of human ma
- ture is to read what is for
bidden. we yet marvel at the toler-
ance of the Vatican in not banning
the books of Anatole France long
before.
For France IS books are, perhaps,
before all others, the most insdi-
ously anti-religious, to say nothing
of anti-Catholic. They are the
work of great artist and a great
scholar, butt they are entirely lack
ing in that peculiar attitude to-
ward the Infinite that is religious.
1t is the one lack in France s work,
shutting it out from the greatest of
all time. In spite of his subtle and
delicate art, his ironic understand
and his broad humanitarianism
his4ack of imaginative spirituality
puts him far below the greatest
literary artists.
The, work of this remarkable
writer, but psychically imperfect
artist, is of great educative value
to the taste of all persons who
clearly understand his limitations.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. 1920
S. E. Kiser
A GLORIOUS PROSPECT.

IT'S my ambition to live long,
To reach a very ripe old age,
Therefore | keep my muscles strong,
And shun the il-effects of rage;
I never let my temper lead
Me into brawls that might be rash;
! watch my step and pay no heed
To those who crowd where others clash.
TRY to keep from eating stuff
i That might disturb my rest at night;
I quit when | have had enough;
i'm master Of my Appetite;
] never hop a moving train,
Nor walk about in leaky shoes,
With manly firmness | abstain
From soaking up synthetic booze.
TN hoping that I may survive,
i In spite of all the tricks of Chance,
Until I'm ninety-four or five,
With glsdness lurking in my glance.
| want to be upon my feet
When boys who now romp as they please
Have hairless heads, and grown discreet,
Can bob their grsndsons on their knees.
WISH to linger here below
L Until my age shall be so great
That other men will want to know
How I have lodged the common fate.
When I am in my nineties, those
With whom at present | compete
Will not be caring, ] suppose,
And vet my triumph will be sweet.
EOR then, at last, I'll look as wise
Il As any owl that's born to blink,
And I will solemnly advise
Men how to live and what to think.
I'll be a local wonder then;
My Iong-sought greatness will arrive,
And I'll be sitting pretty when
reach the age of ninety-five.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
Something to Think AboH
BY FabiO Dean

THE PRINCE OF WALES Is
now occupied with learn.
in the art Of kingship. He is
through with his delightful
junkets around the globe in
a big battleship and, accord.
ing to dispatches from Lon.
don. is studying the crafts.
manship Of ruling and &C
quainting himself with condi.
tions Of the empire"
From all accounts he is one
Of the most charming. decent,
good.looking and well-poised
young men who have ever at
tracted the attention of the
gaping multitude. What a pity
that fate has cast such a dole.
full part for him to play! How
much better-aye, nobler--if
he were destined to become a
lawyer, a physician. an archi-
tect, a writer. or even an au-
tomobile salesman!
But a king! "Fooeyw as
Able Kabibble would say.
NOR the next century or two
l. kings are destined to play
about the same part in the
life of nations as the vermi-
form appendix or the tonsils
play in human life. They
may become inflamed-in which
case It instantly becomes advis.
able to cut them out-but II
they function normally no one
understands what good they do.
Nevertheless, being the
Prince Of Wales, he 10 "jusged
for the job" wiily.nilly, he's
got to be a king. So what
can we do to help him along7
What advice can we give him
that may remove some Of tho
tacks and stones from his
path7
Some four centuries ago n
Florentine gentleman by tho
name Of Niccolo Maohiavelli
wrote . book entitled Tho
Prince" In which no gave
what he thought was the fox
lest kind OF advise to all bud,
ding potentates.
HERE are two extracts from
IA that famous book
ut has been sometimes ask.
ed whether II is better to be
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

WYE have hardly recovered from
w the hysteria which the late
" great war has left as one Of
its horrible heritages. Therefore
many otherwise decently human
persons still habitually see red in
the peaceable tendencies and concil-
iating efforts Of others. Nothing so
maddens these well-meaning little
patriots as the emphasis of the idea
of international friendliness. AS
though, for instance, one could not
be fervently American and only
less warmly universally human.
SO we are not surprised to see
and hear the Assistant Secretary of
War. Wainwright, foaming at the
mouth to this effect:
The most pernicious of all are
those who are striving to substi-
tute internationalism for nation
alism. The would destroy from
within what no enemy has ever
been able to destroy from with
out-our ideals of government,
Constitution, institutions, liber.
ties and leadership in the world.
1t may safely be said that no
most ardent participant in activi-
ties tending toward "no more
war; is any less enthusiastically
American than this official de-
fender of the faith.
Whether one practically agrees
or not with avowed pacifists and
non-resistants, certainly now that
we are not at war we cannot refuse
to join with them in homage and
reverence for the ideal of peace.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

DARIS recently has beenx'
= periencing a peculiarlyei.
nicious campaign Of certainer-
verts who spray suiphuriccid
upon costly furs and otherar.
ments worn by well-dressedien
and women.
According to the theory cthe
police, the vitriol sprayenm'
ploys a syringe which is cgisd
in the overcoat pocket. Tthe
pocket a slit is cut thngh
which the point Of the synse
may be pushed when the ,tim
s approached. AS the synse
is worked inside the pocketere
is little chance of detectios
The work of these triol
sprayers recalls the attao Of
Jack the Ripper" whoter.
rorized London some yearago,
also the lunatic who paded
the streets Of Paris armedwith
a razor with which he sbhed
the clothes Of passersby, al the
fiend whose passion was fol-
low young girls and cut o the
long braids of hair whichiung
down their backs.
Some Of these people ,ubt.
less have their minds disosered
by some one of the variou gos.
pels Of envy which contilally
have a certain vogue amor the
ignorant and undisciplined
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
DO YOU KNOW

The River of Doubt which
Theodore Roosevelt explored and
placed on the map is now known
as Rio Teodoro. 1t is in the
western part of the State of
Matto Crosse in Brazil, flows
north $50 miles, and empties into
the Madeira river.
The Morris Dance" is an old
English dance of Moorish origin.
When danced in May Day GEE
bratlons 1t was an elaborate
costume dance. There were
several variations OF this dance,
the two most popular being the
sword dance and the ribbon
dance.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
WE are told.

INV - nv SoAo'
w Let dogs delight to bark
and bite
For tits their nature to-"
But, unfortunately. we find
some Of this same nature crop.
ping out in our own little ones.
1t may be their lack Of imasi-
nation and 1t may be the unde.
veloped condition of the inhlbi.
tions of civilization in them. The
fact remains that the average
child loves to break things more
than to make them, that little
boys can hardly be restrained
from prosecuting the newcomer
among them and that little girls
find a strange Joy in making life
miserable for some other little
girl they do not happen to like.
The practice Of "hazing" in
school is probably an outcrop.
ping Of this trait.
AS we grow older and become
subjected to the softening influ.
ences Of civilized life this ten
dency disappears.
But not entirely. There are
some people who remain saw.
ages. There is indisputably a
certain number who enjoy pure
cussedness
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

loved than feared; to wich I
answer that one should vsh to
be both. But as this is \ hard
matter to accomplish. Think.
If 1t is necessary to NIKE a
selection, that it is saferto be
feared than be loved. FOR Il
may be truly affirmed ofman-
kind in general that thy are
ungrateful. tickle. timid dis !
sembling and self.interesed: %
long as you can serve them,
they are entirely devoid to
you; their wealth. their b:ood,
their lives and even thet off.
spring are at your Disposal,
when you have no occasio, for
them; but in the day Of need,
they turn their back upon
you"
And:
But when a prince is al the
head Of his army. and has
under his command a na,ld.
tude Of soldiers, he should
make little account Of bsins
esteemed cruel; such a CHAR.
acter will be useful to him /"
IF the Prince Of Wales ever
= gets such ideas into his
head. his reign will be as
stormy as It will be brief.
How. then. ought he 20 about
his royal apprenticeship? Sit
IN Parliament and listen to the
piffle? Hang around Downing
street and watch Lloyd. George
play with the rest Of Europe's
statesmen? An onlooker could
watch the great David until
the cows came home and
never get on to his tricks.
My suggestion would be for
his Royal Highness to take a
job, incognito, in a Welsh mine
or a Birmingham factory or q
GLASGOW shipyard, for a year,
and work side by side with the
common laborers who form the
sub-stratum Of the kingdom
that he Is to inherit. Live with
them, eat with them, talk with
thom. and, for that ono year.
become ono Of them.
Then for another year, like
Haroun,al.Rnschid, he could
wander around the market.
places In disguise, and hear
what the women folk have to
say, Tho great danger 10, wher
the heart OF the common peo-
pie became revealed to him,
he would want to marry one
OF their pretty daughters and
chuck up his kingiy Job.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

Car demonstrator was teaching young
woman to drive. Now. in case of emer-
gency," he asked, what would you throw
on?"
oh" she blushed, "a kimono, of
courser
They might make this daily foreign
paper money more valuable IL they would
print the daily radio program on one side.
The Japs are getting out of Siberia-
al that they can get out OF Il.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

,ropvr,eht 1922 by Premier fyndicate Inc)
Conscience is worse punishment than prison.
Jealousy is a by-product of lust rather
than of love.
Just about the time you get rid of bad
corn another starts on the other foot,
A girl no longer reaches the period in life
when she can put on long dresses.
In the attainment OF wisdom, the first les
son is to learn to a mistake before you
make II.
All streets are narrow to those learning to
drive car, and wide TO those who are as.
sessed by the square foot for paving them.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
The Why of
the Tariff

. Treasured by time there are
W two kinds of law-making.
Avn One kind is an effort to give
mankind or any portion thereof the
practical benefit of idealism as it
becomes feasible for embodiment.
Of this type are the fundamental
laws protecting life and property,
guaranteeing liberty and other grad
ually recognized human rights.
Another kind is the obviously
temporary type of law designed to
meet momentary needs, the chang
ing conditions of nations and of
groups. Of this sort an instance is
tariff legislation.
The race is still in the stage of
development which allows only linn
tied freedom of international rela-
tionship. During such stage, which
may last several centuries longer
and speaking specifically for the
United States-a protective tariff is
a necessity. And this for three OBJ
vious reasons: To foster American
industry and commerce, to preserve
the American standard of living,
and to provide revenues for the con-
duct of our Government.
To those who can see lasting ma
tional interests beyond momentary
partisan or selfishly individual ad-
vantage a tariff is the scientific
means of safeguarding these three
social aspects just mentioned. 1t
should not be subject to political
log-rolling or to changes favoring
purely private concerns.
To the extent that even a calcu-
lating wisdom resides in the Repub-
lican Congress it will evolve tariff
fairly free from "jokers" and rec
ognizably designed to protect justly
both capital and labor, without
needlessly raising the cost of living.
Joseph Walker, who is Senator
Lodges rival as candidate for the
Republican Senatorial nomination in
Massachusetts,, says significantly
in commenting upon the wool sched-
ule in the proposed tariff bill:
Wool rates should be reasonable
as well as non-discriminating.
How can the Republican party de-
fend a duty on wool which aver
ages about 80 per cent higher than
the rate in the notorious "Sched-
ule X" of the Payne-Aldrich bill?
It SENS as if teh Senate, without
wise or effective leadership, has
gone mad. If the proposed duty
of thirty-three cents per secured
pound is enacted into law it sim
ply means such high prices for
medium and low grade woods that
shoddy, cotton and other substi-
tutes must be used in the clothing
of the masses of the people.
Such foolishly short-sighted self
ishness in tariff tinkering invites
swift and sure retribution at the
polls.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
BETTER SLATE
THAN NEVER
By BUGS" BAER
Copyright. 1912 by Star Company

RETTER stick in some sealed
~ bids on your winter furnace
pastry.
EIGURING on estimates fur.
nished by liliputian panic com
mittee, bituminous biscuits are
going to be absent when papa
holds roll call in cellar.
MINERS have exited them
AVA selves. COlliery professors
are willing TO meet EN- half way
provided they're allowed TO pick
out direction of line of march.
BETWEEN owners and work
- ers, Mr.. Public, Mrs. Public
and all us little Publics won't
see enough coal this winter to
remember what color 1t used to
be.
A NTHRACITE addicts will be
"A broken of coal habit.
WELL have to turn Eskimo.
w They start fire by rubbing
two sticks together. Spark sets
fire TO dish of dramatic break.
fast food Then add some weep
ing willow twigs, throw on parlor
furniture and get yourself writer's
cramp trying to boil two.minute
eggs by spontaneous combustion.
DRESIDENT HARDING is try.
= ing to iron out this trouble,
but this doesn't seem to be
anthracite administration. Soft
coal answer turneth away wrath,
but strikers and bosses seem TO
hate each other 2,4O0 pounds to
each ton.
IF these obstinate playmates
L insist on arguing. they Will
eventually blacken coal industry.
THIS is one business that has
had clean slate so far. Plenty
of ii.
THEREFORE,, why don't mine
owners consent to mora.
torium on stubbornness, listen TO
Ohio's top citizen and keep their
slate clean?
BROTHER HARDING'S gyra.
tions in this coal business
are neutral He was elected to
his executive bin by national
vote. Win, lose or draw. he gets
four years of complimentary Gin.
ders.
THERE is one boy friend who
can settle this strike. II
Harding can get em together, we
know that police can separate
EN-.
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

NO ESCAPE FROM 1T.
Don't you think fatalism is sil:y?" she
asked. "I can't believe there Is anything in
the theory that what In to be will be-"
There may be something in IT," he re-
piled. II know whenever I take one Of the
girls from the office to lunch somebody who
knows my wife will be there"
ADAPTABILITY.
shes what I call an extremely practical
young person"
shes what call an extremely practical
young person"
she is7"
"Yes-in winter she's Q model for fur coats
and in summer for bathing suits"
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
Stars and Stripes
Modern Vaudeville.

Modern Vaudeville.
Sap-Tell me, stupid: II the army trav-
els on it's stomach-how does the navy
travel?"
Sop--Probably on its nerve.
Sap-No, silly-on the sea!
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

Not Mentioning Names.
An occasional reprint from a college
paper shows the world we are not such
dull race as from our humorous jour.
nails II would appear
The Washington times., 1922-08-01
"NO More War"

WYE have hardly recovered from
w the hysteria which the late
w great war has left as one of
The Washington times., 1922-08-01

ITERE are two extracts from
"A that famous book
"it has been sometimes AJAX.
ed whether u is better to be
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-08-24
THURSDAY AUG. 24TH, 1922
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
PARTIES

Gust what is the difference bet
ween the Republican and Democratic
parties 2" asks the new voter who
has not given the matter much con-
sideration. There is big difference
and it is well worth the careful study
of one who has at heart the best in
terests of her country.
One very important distinction IS
that Republican craftsmanship keeps
continually far ahead of Democracy.
On practically every great issue which
has arisen in this country the Repub-
1icans have taken definite stand and
the Democrats have taken the con-
trary position but as time passed
and tested the wisdom of policies the
Republican position was found to be
right and lasting and the Democratic
party would in time abandon its OPP
position and attempt to conceal its
change Of front by raising another
issue.
There is no great issue that has a
risen in two generations upon which
the Republican party has taken its
position that it has had to change
front, while there is no issue upon
which the Democratic party has TAX
en- position that it has not found it
necessary to abandon. This was true
Of its greenback and free silver posit-
ion on the money question. 1t was
true its government ownership issue.
1t is proving to be the same with its
league of nations issue. What it will
trot out next no one knows.