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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-09-14

Our meat market is complete
and we can take care Of your
wants. Allen Morse Co adyt
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-09-14
MARY" coming Sept. sOth.

Mrs. w. L. Parsons returned
from Raleigh Monday night.
Miss Frances Gaddy spent
sveveral days in Charlotte last
week..
Miss Sudie Jenkins returned to
Converse College, Spartanburg,
Monday.
Miss Harriet Crawford Coving.
ton returned Wednesday from a
visit to Mrs Mattox in Dunn.
Miss Louise Hurley, milliner
for the Terry store, will arrive
Monday and resume her work.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Cole and
little son, [. c., Jr., are spending
this week his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Blacker left
here Sunday in their car for a
several weeks visit in Petersburg
and other cities.
Mr.. E. c. Higgins, of Whining
ton, is now connected with The
Garden as general utility and
advertising man.
Rohanen team and East Lum-
berton team will play ball at the
Fair Grounds here Saturday,
10th. Game at 4; admission 25c.
Public meeting of St. Andrew
Brotherhood of Episcopal church
this coming Sunday afternoon at
2:30. The youngmen are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry, Mrs.
James Thredgill and Miss Johnsie
Henry motored to Greensboro
Wednesday where Miss Henry
enters the N. c c. W.
Mrs. Frank Cole and grand
sohn, John Henry, Jr., arrived
Friday from Allendale, S. c..
where they spent two weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Cole.
The musical comedy, MARY"
will be at The Garden on Satur-
day night, Sept. 30th. This will
be the first of the theatrical at.
fractions Of the coming season.
Mr., E. L. Cole fell from a wagon
on Thursday of last week, and cut {
cash in his head; the doctor had tt
take several stitches. Lonnie Cole
and wife came here Sunday from
Allendale, S. c., to visit his parents
they will return to Allendale Fri
day.
Miss Elizabeth Henley was mar
ried in Yanceyville a few days age
to Claude Hudgins, of Danville
The brides mother, who was Mis-.
Alice Mcqueen, formerly lived ii
Rockingham. The young lady wen
| to Danville from Norwood about tw,
years ago and was a student nurs,
in a Danville hospital.
Mr.. Byron N. Long, of Char
lotte, nephew of Rev. Bruce Ben
ton, and Miss Vara Durham, d
Winfield, Louisiana, were mar
Tried at her home last Monday
They will reside in Charlotte
where Mrs. Long will be in
|structor in Home Economics a
(Queen's College this fall. Boil
Ihaye visited the Benton's il
Rockingham, and are pleasant.
remembered here.
The Star and The Garden ar,
having excellent pictures now
Fascination at The Star ant
Monte cristo' at The Gardel
last Monday and Tuesday playe'
to large houses, and both show
were fully up to advance notices
Monte Cristo" has only bee
lplayed in two other towns in thi
!, Estate, and "The Fast Maip' to b
at The Garden next Monday an
Tuesday will be shown here 70
! the first time in the State. Wa
/, lace Reid in "The Dictator is
81 Tic Ckas. 1soss1nvroxs, Eysdax.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-09-14
Dodge Touring Car.

Dodge touring car. Cash
credit or exchange for real Is
tate. Nv. E. Harrison.
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11
At Festival Time the People Give
Themselves Up to All Forms
of Amusement.

Booths and barrows lined the streets
selling fireworks and drinks, torrone
made of new almonds and honey.
knives and ribbons; and alternating
with the merchandise and drinks were
the gambling stands. There were
dozen roulette tables, silver horses
whirling around over the numbered
courses where you put your soldo, and
bright arrows with painted feathers
that stopped whirling sooner or later
and left light tip resting on the
lucky number. Crowds of people were
putting their money down, mostly lit
tie boys, 1t seemed, writes Stark Young
in the North American Review. The
rockets We're firing from every direc-
tion, with reports like bombs, unbeliev-
ably loud, to appease the Sicilian llk-
ing for mere noise. Now and then fire.
crackers In punches were thrown from
the roofs of the churches into the little
stone streets, with rattling and det-
onation like bombardment. Beside
the Duomo the band from Syracuse
was playing airs from the operas.
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11
"Old Marc had a beautiful
angel with him"
(TO BE CoNTINUED.)
Seldom.

Seldom.
No woman likes husband who
flirts--unless he's some other woman's
husband.
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11

drawn breath slipped audibly past the
mans teeth. Pollyop sensed in his at
titude toward her a new quality that
she recognized intuitively as danger
Gus. To bring his attention back to
the purpose of her visit, she ventured
to say:
~ thought 1t wouldn't hurt you
none. Oscar, to gimme little milk for
Granny Hope an Jerry. I'm always
runnin' errnnds for you an your
woman"
Benefits heavy farm boots made
scrnping sound under the table.
"What good does that do me?" he
returned. upon my soul, I might as
well be without wife as to have one
know I'm her husband. I'm gettin'
sick, good and plenty sick, l can tell
you, Miss Polly Hopkins"
This speech did not disturb Polly
over much, for he'd made it dozen
times before. 1t was only the express
sion in his gaze, she did not quite
like. Her mind went to Evelyn Rob-
ertson, the girl that Oscar had mar
| ried. AS If 1t were but yesterday, she
remembered how two years ago she
had gone with them under protest to
a minister far back in the hills. Eve
lyn had explained that for some time
| to come no one but the three must
know of the marriage.
Pollyop had learned great many
things in two years What girl does
not after she's passed her fifteenth
birthday? One of the things she had
found out was that Oscar was dread
full person, more dreadful than most
Of the squatter men. OF course the
men folks of her people did beat their
women, now and then. That was their
right without any question The blood
colored even her ears as she remem-
bered how Oscar hectored his wife for
the money it was so hard for Evelyn
to get. Another thing she had come
to understand was that, If Oscar had
not been afraid Of the powerful Rob-
ertson family, he would have forced
Evelyn into his home long before this.
1t had been hard two years task to
keep him quiet.
"Mebbe you are gettin' sick, Oscar"
she interposed. II don't know
mebbe; but you know what that old
Miss Robertson would do to you an
her girl If you told. You'd get Eve,
mebbe, but you sure wouldn't get any
more money"
Tho r,op,c In VII
"That's just the rub" he conceded,
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11

the first time l get sight of her." She
glared up at him like cOrnered ami
NAL. 81 said I'd tell Eve. I'll do more
than that! I'll put old woman Rob-
ertson next to your coppin' her kid
an marryin' 'er."
Oscars fingers relaxed. and his hand
dropped away from her arm as a
rough laugh left his lips. She looked
so lovely, her eyes blazing, her curs
that he would have taken his pay for
the milk without her permission II she
had not thrown at him a threat he
feared she would carry out.
MEMS kisses are what you'll get,
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11
The Fourth Estate,

The expression "the fourth estate"
referring to newspaper workers. Is
credited to Edmund Burke, who Is
quoted in Thomas Carlyle's fifth lee
ture on Heroes and Hero Worship" as
saying. "There are three estates in
parliament, but In the reporters gal
lery yonder there sits fourth estate,
more important far than they ALL"
This was in 1880. In this country
where class distinctions are not made
politically little ever Is heard of the
three estates-the nobility, the clergy
and the people-but the term fourth
estate" Is comparatively common.
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11
"JUST POLLYOP-POLLY HOPKlNSW

WHATS your name9' he inquired.
Just Pollyop the "Poly HOPKINS My daddy
Is Jeremiah Hopkins, the mayor of this settlement
Can do something for Polly HopknsY quer'ed ROBERT
she finished telling about life in the squattcrs city,
She flung out both hands comprehensive gesture as much
say he could for himself how mach she needed
Su you can she said Nth fierce emphasis You
make Old Marc leave squaers be- You're bggen he is! The
Squatters need you awful bad"
Her broke Robert took long BREATH OF he
could help this girl and her people, He woud too! As far as
money gave powe he could equal and Marcus Mackenzie
ri did try tak into Mr.. MacKenzes head he re-
turned presently "but uH make him leave you alone
In spite of the cured lips about which smile lurked there
apprehension in her uoce when she asked:
"Can you lick I'm to a finish. mister?"
eyes think could" laughed Robert; "but wont be
essary
"Thcn Silent City folks bein happy again" sighed
Polly eve got awt lot of things an folks to take of here
Country Polly and Robert Percva
another Of those fascinating by Grace
her
serial magazine for practically
1t the sceenand made
film of worldwide fame OF
Friend H. Mler) kept right writing OF
the "sto Country Half dozen other stories have been
of her books have been od The Storm
cayuga Lake and vicinity in New York.
of the garden spots of the world
beautiful and pereeuted quatter girl and nice
man with brains and moneywha do for
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11
Daniel Prophesies the Messiah

And whilst | was speaking, the man
Gabriel whom had seen in the vision
In the beginning touched me. And
he Informed me, and talked to me.
Know, therefore and understand that
from the going forth Of the command.
ment to restore and to build Jerusa.
lem unto the Messiah the Prince shall
be seven weeks, and three score and
two weeks.-Daniel 9:20-25.
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11

but at that Eve amt playing square
with me. The Robertsons have money
to burn, and she deals 1t out to me In
small little dollars. tell you I'm sick
of the whole thing"
Polly noted the glitter In Benefits
angry eyes and felt again the quiver
Of fear.
"She gives you all she gets her fin
gers on" she came back at him in de-
fense of the absent Evelyn. Lots of
times she's got along on about nothln'
to send you cash, an didn't l come
runnin' up here with 1t as soon as she
give 1t to me? Now her mas gettin'
on that Eve amt spendin' her money
on herself, an she watches er like a
hawk does chicken. She told me
that only yesterday"
The squatter girl rose to her feet,
anxious to be gone.
oscar, you might be lettin' me
have just wee bit of milk. You
amt losin' nothin' through me-"
She picked up the pail, and with n
growl the man snatched it out of her
hand.
"Women're id nuisance" he
grumbled. "Well, wait here"
He went out of the room. and Polly
Hopkins drew long breath. 1t was
getting harder every day to get the
milk she needed.
| When Bennett returned, she was
standing with her hand on the door
knob, ready to go. In silence she took
the pail he offered her.
rLooka here, Pollyop," he began alb
ruptlv. as Polly opened the door
whats to hinder your paying for
your milk yourself?"
He said it with extreme deliberation
making emphatic the last words.
Polly threw up her head and eyed
him sharply. 81 run my legs most of
for you as it's, Oscar" she retorted
"between here and the Robertsons'
hut don't never have no money. You
know that, an DGddy Hopkins don't
get much, either. If had dollar,
bet I'd spend every penny of 1t film
up Jerry an Daddy an Granny Hope
with milk an eggs" To make hin
understand how anxious she was tt
please him, she went forward pace
"An' I'd buy 'em all Of you, Oscar
That's as arue as Granny Hopes Coo
Is settin' up in the sky"
II didn't ask you for money" an
swered Bennett, staring at her. Sud
denly he came close to her; and Poll.
backed to the door. His face was ret
and agitated; the cords in his necl
were swollen while his fingers twisted
eagerly. That was another thing abou
which Polly's eyes had been opened il
two years of growing womanhood
When man looked as Oscar did now
) girl got away as fast as she could.
"You might pay me in Kisses" h
muttered hoarsely, towering over hel
"Ten kisses for each bucket. Your
heap prettier than Eve"
, For Il long moment Polly did nc
| speak. Her breast heaved as sh
swayed backward.
Il get all the kisses I want
r home" she said. Here, take. you
5 hand off'n me, Oscar, or I'll tell Ey
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11
SAEAgAghgASkgg 81 ESBAgB EESBgAAgSBgBB
is DAY OF GAYETY IN SICILY

Meantime the deep blue OF the early
night had fallen over the walls and
over the country dropping down to-
ward the sea and rising Oh the other
hand toward the Saracen castle above
the town. A few pale stars were out
and slender moon. almost past. was
shining. The whole piazza was sweet
with the perfume of the jessamine
that .an along the front of the house
next the church, Incredible sweetness
In that soft, blue air. And everywhere
were the voices. deep and bright.
Middletown transcript., 1922-02-11
Sunday Obscrvanee.

Ceasing from labor, as labor is not
the point of Sunday observance; it is
ceasing from the labor of the world
to labor for God, to do His work
which is the highest labor, and the
hardest labor; giving God title oi
the week. the first fruits Of our time
as mark of the respect and al
legiance which we owe to Him.-W
Z. f. Newbolt
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
FALSE BELIEFS ARE PREVALENT

This Imprisonment in the home, the school, the Office
and the factory is kept up by browbeating scolding,
bullying Furnishing, disbelief of the prisoners state
ments and acceptance of those of the official essentially
as in criminal prison. The freedom given by the
adults right to walk out of his prison is only freedom
to go into another starve he choose the prison
where he is best treated; that is all.
On the other hand, the imprisoned criminal is free
from care to his board lodging and clothing; he
pays no taxes, and has no responsibilities. Nobody
expects him to work unconvicted man must work
if he is to keep his ob nobody expects him to do his
work well, or twopence whether it is we'll done
not
Under such circumstances It is very hard to convince
the ordinary citizen that the criminal is not better off
than he deserves to be- and indeed the verge of being
positively pampered. Judges magistrates, and
taries of state commonly under the deuson
that people who have ascertaned the truth about the
prisons have been driven to declare that the most
urgent necessity of the situation is that every judge
magistrate and secretary of state in control of prisons
should six months sentence incognito, that
when he is dealing out and enforcing sentences he
should at least know what he is doing.
When get down to the poorest and most oppressed
of population find the conditions of their life
wretched that it would be impossible to conduct
prison humaney without making the lot Of the criminal
eligible than that of many free citizens If the
prison does not underbid the sum in human misery the
sum will empty and the prison will fill.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
PEOPLE INJURED TO IMPRISONMENT

The objection to retrogression is not that such pun
ishments really cruel than Imprisonment
They less cruel and far less permanently injurious
The decisive objection to them that they sports
in disguise The pleasure to the spectators and not the
pain to the criminal, condemns them.
People will go to see Titus Oates fogged or Joan of
Arc burnt with equal zest entertainment. They
will pay high prices for a good view.
They will reluctantly admit that they must not tor
ture another long certain rules Observed
but they will hail breach of the rules with delight
for a bout of cruelty. Yet they be
shamed at last into recognizing that such exhibitions
degrading and demorazing; that the executioner
is wretch whose hand decent person to take;
and that the enjoyment of the spectators is fendish
They then seek for some form of torment which
give sensual satisfaction to the tormentor and which
is hidden from public view This is how Imprisonment
being just such torment, became the normal penalty.
The fact that it may be for the criminal is not
taken into account The public is seeking its sal
walton, not that of the lawbreaker.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
MOST CRUEL OF PUNISHMENT

This does in fact take place to a small extent at
present. because sum life at its worst is atrocous
that its victims, when they intelligent enough to
study alternatives, instead of taking their lot bindy,
conclude that prison is the most comfortable place to
spend the winter in, and qualify themselves accord
ingly by committing offense for which they will get
six months.
But this consideration affects only those people
whose condition is not defended by any responsible
publcist; the remedy is admittedly not to make the
prison worse but the slum better.
Unfortunately the admitted claims of the poor
life very modest; and the moment the treatment
of the criminal is decent and mercfu enough to give
him chance of moral recovery, or, in incorrigible
cases. to avoid making bad worse, the official descrp
of his lot become rosy that camor arises against
thieves and murderers being better off than honest
and kindly men; for the official reports tell only
of the that is taken of the prisoner and the ad
vantages he enjoys, by good conduct never
of his sufferings; and the public is not imaginative
thoughtful enough to supply the deficiency.
What man, ask the clamorers, would accept
offer Of free board lodging, clothing, walters in
attendance at touch of the bell, medical treatment
spiritual advice, scientific ventilation and sanitation,
technical instruction liberal education and the Of
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
HAS NO RIGHT 70 COMPLAIN.

Yet people cannot be brought to this They ask,
first, what right the convict has to complain when he
has brought it on himself by his misconduct, and
second what he has to complain Of. You reply that
his grievances silence solitude, deness waste Of
time, and irresponsibility.
The retort is: "Why call that torture, If 1t were
boiling oil red hot irons something like thatf
Why, have. taken cottage in the country for the
sake of silence and solitude and I should be only too
glad to get rid of my responsibilities and waste my
time like real gentleman. jolly sight too well off,
the fellows l should give them hen.'
Thus Imprisonment is at the most cruel Of
punshments and the that those who inflict it
without having experienced it cannot believe to
be cruel. country gentleman with a big hunting
stable will Indignantly discharge groom and refuse
him a reference for cruelty thrashing horse. But
it never occurs to him that his stables are horse
prisons, and the stall cell in which it is quite
natural for his horse to be immured.
In my youth 1 the great italian actress Riston
play Mary Stuart; and nothing in her performance
remains vividly with than her representation
of the relief of Mary at finding herself in the open air
after months of Imprisonment.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

society like ours, which will without remorse ruin
boy body and soul for life for trying to sell news
papers In railway station is not likely to be very ten
shock the Prince of Darkness himself if he had not been
taught from his earliest childhood to respect as we'll
fear them.
Judges who have spent their lives consigning their
fellow creatures to prison, when whisper reaches
them that prisons horribly cruel and destructive
places, and that creature fit to live should be sent
there, remark calmly that prisons not to be
comfortable, which is doubt the consideration that
reconcied Pontus Plate to the practice of crucixion
Another difficulty is the sort of stupidity that comes
from lack of imagination. When 1 tell people that I
have seen with these eyes (no less a man than
Richard Wagner, by the way) who once met a crowd
going to soldier broken on the wheel by the
crueer of the two egalized methods of carrying out
that hideous sentence they shudder and are amazed
to hear that what they call medieval torture was used
in civilized Europe recently
They forget that the punishment of half hanging un-
intentionally mutiating, drawing and quarterng were
the British statute book within my own memory
The same people will read of burglar being SEN
fenced to ten years. penal servtude without turning
q hair
They like Ibsen's Peer Gynt, who was greatly
reassured when he told that the pains of hell are
mental he though they could not be so very bad if
there actual burning birthstone.
When such people terrified by an outburst Of
robbery with violence, Sadstically excited by
ports Of the White Slave traffic. they clamor to have
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW.

I IMPRISONMENT as it exists today is worse crime
than any Of those committed by it's victims; for
no single criminal can be powerful for evil or as
unrestraned in its exercise, an organized nation
Therefore, if any person is addressing himself to the
perusal of these pages in the spirit of philanhropist
bent on reforming necessary and benefcent public
institution, beg him to put it down and 60 about some
other business
It is just such reformers who have in the past made
the neglect opposition corruption and physical torture
OF the old common Jail the preext for transforming
into that diabolical den of torment, mischief and
damnatlon, the modern model prison.
If, on the contrary, the reader as a repentant
sinner let him read on.
The difficulty in finding repentant sinners when this
crime is In question has two roots The first is that we
are all brought up to believe that we may inhct in
Jurles on anyone against whom we can make out
case of moral inferorty We have this hrashed into
us in our childhood by the infction ourselves of
such injuries by our parents and teachers or indeed
by any elder who happens to be in charge Of us.
The second is that all brought up to believe
not now that the king can do no wrong because kings
have been unable to keep up that pretense but that
society can do no wrong. Now not only does society
commit more frghtful crimes than any individual king
commoner; it egalizes it's crimes and forges cert-
Gates of righteousness for them besides torurng any,
one who dares expose their true character.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
BETTER TO SUFFER IN PUBLIC EYE.

1t would be far better for him to suffer in the public
eye for among the crowd of sghtseers there might be
Victor Hugo Dickens, able and willing to make
the sightseers think of what they are doing and
ashamed of it. The prisoner has such chance.
He enves the unfortunate animals in the Zoo
watched daily by thousands of dsinteresed observers
who never try to reform tiger into Quaker by soil
tary confinement and would set up a resoundng agta-
ton in the papers if the most ferocious
eater made to suffer what the most docie convict
suffers Not only has the convict such projections
the secrecy of his prison makes it hard to convince the
public that he is suffering at all.
There is another for this incredulity. The
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
PRISONERS IN THEIR STABLES.

When first stud of hunters turned out to
grass they reminded me strongly of Rstori that
at once understood that they had been prisoners in
their stables, fact which, obvious it was I had
not thought of before And this sort of thoughtess
ness, being continuous and unconscious, nficts
more suffering than all the malice and passion in the
world.
In prison you get one piled on the other; to the
cruelty that is intended and contrived, that grudges
you even the inevitable relief of sleep and tries to make
that misery by plank beds and the like is added the
worse cruelty that is not intended cruelty and
when its perpetrators be made conscious Of it all,
deudes them as a CHASTITY sembance Of pampered in
dulSence.
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