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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
ing club to pay for it"


Certainly, no one can question
the value of the program from
the young mans standpoint.
Every man who has reached his
maturity knows the value of tax
ing out life insurance when one
IS young; and the idea of meeting
the premium by membership in a
Christmas saving club is about as
easy a method as could be work.
ed out. AS for the building and
loan it is far and away the best
method of saving for a man who
must save driblets. There are
plenty of places where a man can
invest So, 600 so that it will re-
turn 6 per cent; but where on
earth except the building and
loan, can he invest So so that it
will return 6 per cent?
The program has innumerable
advantages. The insurance pro-
vides for the mans future, and
the method of paying for it re-
lieves him of strain in carrying
it. Tie building and loan stock
gives him a small, but steadily
increasing sum in hand, against
emergency; and in addition it
gives him a lively interest il the
building Of his city. The three
combined teach him the habit of
thrift, which, in the end, is worth
more to him than vast sums of
money.
Furthermore, the incubation
of habits of thrift will serve to a
large extent to drive out of his
head the idea that fortunes are
made all in a lump. That belief
is the most dangerous factor in
the present economic situation of
the United States. Too many
people are under the impression
that they must make all the
money in the world right now, or
never make any; consequently,
too many businesses are fearfully
overextended. The condition is
accountable for the number of
recent crashes; for there never
was a worse time to be over-eX-
tended than this spring. There
will be business enough for the
solid, conservative firms; but the
shoestring outfits are likely to
have an exceedingly hard row to
noe.
The man who in his youth ac-
luires the habit of laying by a
rifle every week, and who sees
MS savings grow bit by bit is not
likely ever to start out to clean up
he world with no capital. The
more young men in Greensboro
acquire such habits, the steadier
he CITY will be Is or 20 years
when these boys will have
become the leading business men
# the town. Greensboro
Daily News.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

The Sanford lady who was
knocked on the head as a pre-
liminary to the removal of twelve
hundred dollars from her stock
ing, will probably in the future
use some other bank than the old
Lisle National.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
"pavy" Crockett az Statesman.

David Crockett was In Congress
from 1925 to 1880 and from 1882 to
1884, representing a Tennessee con-
stituency. At the end of his last con-
gressional term he Joined the Texans
In their war against Mexico and
helped defend the Alamo In 1885, He
was one Of the six survivors who sur
rendered and was shot by order Of
Santa Anna.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

Henry Ford. according to
newspaper reports, contemplates
making his Llzzies out of paper.
A fair exchange is no robbery
he has been selling them for
paper for some time.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
the ending of Winter, is favorable

1.-THE ending of Winter, is Favorable
augury, while placing of defer
red contracts for railroad equip
ment may enter as constructive
element next year. Discussion
of prospects for 1922 is not being
undertaken with a disregard fol
the unsatisfactory features which
continue evident, nor is there 6
disposition to minimize the un'
settling effects of the economic
transition.
The statistical record of the
past year differs sharply from
that of 1920. Without exception,
various barometers reflect the
influence of the far-reachi1g re.
adjustments, and the failure ex.
hibit is distinctly adverse. The
effects of smaller merchandise
movements are seen in the reduc-
ed figures of bank clearings,
railroad earnings, and foreign
trade, while the contraction in
stock and bond sales on the
Stock Exchange partially dis
closes the changed conditions in
that quarter. Yet there was not
an entire absence Of constructive
developments, and the precipitate
fall in wholesale prices, if caus-
ing unsettlement, has a favor
able bearing on the future.
Strengthening of the banking
position was one Of the years
encouraging features, with the
Federal Reserve ratio rising far
above the highest basis of 1920.
The year drew to a close with
some promising indications in the
iron and steel industry. The
fact that the rate of mill and
furnace operations has recently
receded is not a reason for dis
enlargement, because a decline
is usually witnessed at this sea-
son, and the low figures of out
put for 1921 had been fore
Swallowed. Even at the year-end,
when new business is ordinarily
meagre, considerable buying of
pig iron has developed at different
centers, while the continued
activity in structural lines gives
rise to confident expectations.
Revival in quarters where dull
ness now exists is looked for in
the not distant future, and the
maintenance of a demand from
some foreign countries is reassur-
ing, Japan has been prominent
in this movement, and is reported
to be negotiating for more than
l6, 900 tons of rails in the markets
mere.
At time when general activity
n trading is absent, textile fabric
markets are being strengthened
~ the rise in prices of raw ma
erials. Increased frmness in
,oods this week included print
loths and some sheetings, as
veil as some silks, and large
Iealers in cotton have transacted
steadier business than for some
ime past. The more satisfactory
etaiI holiday sales than expected
ave occasioned favorable COM
lent, while reductions in gar
,ent prices have stimulated
istribution in that line. Curtail-
rent of production, however,
becoming more evident in some
visions of the wool industry,
nd difficulties in readjusting
age and working conditions in
sady.to-wear trades persist. AT
,e year-end, dry goods jobbers
re very conservative in their
Jews, and hold the belief that
ny higher prices for Spring will
md to restrict demands. -Dun's
eview.
HH> rxrrnHor
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

1t looks like the real New York
err cannot thoroughly enjoy
New Year celebrations without
humping off at least one of his
fellow citizens.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

SS~on w Soenohoii q SetAllk
anywhere above the col. The
committee propose to equip q
climbing party of six, with the
intent that natural selection
should operate in finding the
three or four best fitted for the
last stage of-the ascent. Endur-
ance and power of resisting cold
will probably count for as much
as skill in the refi n e.
ments of mountaineering; and
much will depend on a know
ledge of how to make a comforta-
BILE camp in the worst possible
conditions. For these reasons
the committee will try t. secure
that at least one of the party
shall have had polar experience. "
Without the aid of oxygen in
some portable container the
mountain can probably not be
climbed. There are Alpinists like
Mallory who regard the Everest
expedition as worse than a forlorn
hope. A few years ago DR.. A.
M. Kellas, who was familiar with
the loftier Himalayas and had
made notable ascents, read be-
fore the Royal Geographical So
ciety a paper in which he took
the view that without oxygen to
fill the lungs of the climber the
very highest peaks could not be
conquered. He calculated that
at the summit of Everest the sup.
ply of oxygen was only one-third
of that at sea level: therefore it
must be reinforced artifcially in
the last four or five thousand feet.
DR.. Kellas reviewed some of the
balloon ascents to high attitudes
as pertinent to his subject. In
Glaisher and Coxwell's ascent to
20, 900 feet" almost the height
of Everest to a FOOT both men"
he said, became paralyzed,
and then Glaisher became insen-
sible." Coxwell, helpless to raise
his hands, opened the valve-rope
with his teeth in some manner,
and gradually the rise of the bal
loon was stopped. In Tissandier's
ascent There were two men with
him) oxygen was carried. Singu-
Iarly, all three men were paralyz-
ed at 27,95O feet before they
could raise the tubes of oxygen
70 their lips. Tissandier tainted.
When he came to, his companions
we're dead and the balloon was
'apidly descending. DR.. Kellas \
observed:
THE conclusion from these bal.
DON ascents must inevitably be
hat an ascent of Mount Everest
without adventurous aids would
,e quite impossible if the physi-
logical conditions of mountain
ers and ballonists are compare
lie. They are not comparable,
owever, as the balloonist has
% opportunity of becoming
cclimatized to high attitudes.
On the other hand, the mount
ineer who attempts Everest
1ust undergo violent exertion to
hop his way up and drag him.
elf toward his goal. DR.. Kellas
anne to the conclusion that even
With the aid of oxygen The did
lot indicate how it could be car
ied) "the climber near the sum-
nit of Mount Everest will prob
bly, be on his last reserve in the
way to acclimatization and
trength. " He anticipated the
of Colonel Howard
'ury, leader of the reconnois-
ance party last Summer, as to
he most favorable season for an
scent. Everest, DR.. Kellas says,
could probably be attempted
uring the latter half of April,
lay and the first half of June"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

The following states were enumerat-
ed In the census of 1900, the first In
the United States: Vermont, New
Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and
SOUTHWEST Territory (now Tennessee).
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

With five cents fountain drinks
already here and the five cent
loaf in evidence mall of the larg-
err cities, the nickel seems about
to come back to its own.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

Debs wept for the first time
in years, he said, when he left
his inmates in the Atlanta prison
and a lot of other people were
almost sorry enough to cry over
his departure.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

What Tumulty saw in the
white House Looking Glass" is
evidently what he would see in
any other kind.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

All cards of thanks, resolutions Of re-
spacts ETC., ETC., will be charged TO
the rate of ten cents per line. cash
must accompany article in all cases ex
cept where customer has regular &C
uount No insertions made for less
than rs cents.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

Russia is getting ready for war
in the spring. news item. In
the spring the bolshevik fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of blood,
Ell?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

Leaders of Business Expect
Better Year-headline. So does
everybody who expects to
stay in business this year.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

All communications should be
addressed to the Herald Publishing Co.
Persons wishing return of mss, must in
all cases enclose stamps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Letter Box Novellst's Invention.

The letter box was invented by
Anthony Trollope, the novelist, who
was a surveyor Of the post office In
England from 1S41 to his retirement
from the service In 1857.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Rarrsl.a Iona uayaas.

In 1922 vessel was wrecked In the
Gulf of Guinea, Its cargo consisting Of
barrels of palm-oil. A year later one
Of these barrels was washed up at
Hammerfest, Norway, having drifted
more than 1900 miles.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

The man who is beginning to
worry about his 1921 income tax
is a lucky cuss : he should worry.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

This is the season when the
majority of New Years reso-
lutions get Spurl0s rerSenht.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Life As See X.

Man Is just handful of mud but
good woman can mold him into
something worth whlle.--Loulsvllle
COurier-J0urnal.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

Entered as Second Class Matter Apr
3, 1914, at the Post Office at Roanoke
Rapids, North Carolina, under Act Of
March 8, 1879.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06

Will the submarine question
sink the Arms Conference?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Friday. January 6, 1921,

Got so you can write it 1922
yet?
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06


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+, is always prompt and courteous.
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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-01-06
Lincoln Said:

LET US haze faith that right makes might, and In that
faith Jet US dare TO do our duty as we understand
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17
BIG GAINS IN EXPORTS
 OF U. s. MANUFACTURES

Finished manufactures exported from the United States in the calendar year 1921 former a larger percentage of our eyports than in any pre-war year and their value despite the 1921 fall in prices. was more than double that of any year preceding the war.
 Of course, 1t was not to be expected, says the Trade Record of the National City Bank of New York, that the group Manufactures for use in manu- featuring would form as large a per centage of the exports in 1921 as in pre-war years, for most of this class of material exported was sent to the fac tories of Europe which have not yet resumed their pre-war activities and purchases. But finished manufactures. which go directly from the United States to the on-manufacturing sec tions of the world, South America Asia, Oceania, Africa, and our North American neighbors, actually former 37 per cent. of the exports of the country in the calendar year 1921 against only 31 per cent. in the fiscal year 1914, 29 per cent. in 1910i 24 per cent. in 1900 and 15 per cent. in 1890 Even at the greatly reduced prices of 1921 the total value Of finished manu- factures exported was $1,625, ,000,00G against only s725. GOO in the fiscal year 1914. s5O0,00o,00o in 1910, $S22,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17
KALEIDOSCOPE

About one-half the trade of Fl Paso Is with Mexico.
 The breadth Of a ship Is about dou- ble the draft,
 Street car fare in Moscow is 1000 ru- bles half mile.
 More than eo.0oo,ooo gallons of gaso- line was produced in 1918.
 eRporters have been admitted to the British parliament since 1885.
 It Is customary to state the size of war war vessels in displacement tons.
 A single pair of sparrows and a nest of young ones consume about 5000 in- sects week.
 The salary paid to the president of Germany is the lowest paid to any head Of state In the world.
 Mexican. sombreros of the best quality are so costly that It would take years wages of 9 workman to buy one.
 Difficulty is experienced in obtaining suitable horses for artillery, so expert. ments are being made with motor trao- tors.
 Mrs. J. c. Wilkins, wife of . rnanu. facturer of Selma, is one of the first wo- men to seek nomination for a seat in the legislature of Alabama
 Pipes can be seasoned by a novel ap paratus used by a London manufactur CT. This works by electricity, and smokes a pipe until the rawness of the wood Is got rid of. A woman of Lebanon, Kas, reoentl, sought to divorce her husband becaus, during their twelve years of married If. be had insisted on moving siKty-thre, ! times, their longest occupancy of an. home being four months. The lord chamberlain. to which posi- ton the duke of Atholl has been appoint. ed, has many tasks. Besides serving a, the censor Of plays. he supervises tho royal wardrobe. the royal physicians snt chpalains, and is the keeper Of the roy al swans on the River Thames.
 Miss Victoria Drnmmond, the pearl granddaughter, who was the first Britsl woman to complete fun apprenticeship | in the engineering profession. has cele 1 brated her adnlittance to the Society Q. Engineers by giving a mammoth theatel party to all the workmen employed fl the foundry in Dundee with whom tn, | she worked as an apprentice. The enormous pressure Of the wate | of the ocean at great depths may b, | judged by the fact that if ships hax ser Is sunk to a considerable depth 1t | squeezed t6 less than the diameter 0 ones wrist. while If a piece of wood i weighted and sunk to the same depth 1 l is so much compressed that 1t will n longer float when brought to the surfac 1 again.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17
The Horse In paIntinu,

No real interest was taken in the horse until Vandyck's time, he and Rubens doing more for it than all previous painters put together. Rubent was good rider, and rode nearly every day, as, l doubt not. Vandyci also. The venetians. as was natural painted him little and Ill; but he be comes important in the equestrian statutes of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. chiefly. I suppose, under the influence of Leonardo. - "Modeu Painters" Ruskin.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Newlywed-Take letter to my wife.
 Stenog-Just minute till I get out a soft pencil.-Life.
 Whom does Charles take his musical talent after?" ;.
 Well, his father never liked work" Judge.
 North-That show ought to be SUD- pressed as immoral.
 West-Real1y? And I hadn't intended to go Exchange.
 How do these grouches get wives?"
 Many of them were not grouches un- til they did."-Louisville Courier-Jour- nal. English ad-"By taking Blanks Cola Celery each morning you will wash all poisons from the stomach, leaving 1t pure and sweet, with rosy -.cheeks''- l Boston Transcript. | "I see where a bank cashier has mys- 1 ter;ously disappeared" Anything missing?" Fifty thousand dollars of the banks money"
 Where's the mystery y?"-Birmingham l Age-Herald.
 Why don't you make ono of those 1 old-fashioned speeches that bring an au- 1 dience to its feet 70
 q tried that once,' replied Senator ! Sorghum. "The audience came to its feet ] sirIply for the purpose of walking out 1 -TIrxchange. | Wife-"Joe, your mother got talking 1 this afternoon about what kind of a boy you were. She said your school teacher used to pat you on the back nearly every day"
 Hub-"Thats true. my dear. but gen. orally the batting was too low down for
 comfort. Boston Transcript.
 Some foreigners remain in dense ig. norance of our American life. I once met man who brought over glass beads
 10 trade to the Indians
 That's nothing I recently met
 man just landed who had been look.nl
 our town over and was making enthu siastic preparations to open a saloon."- .. Louisville Courier-Journal. There are many little ways of prac , ticing economy in the home" proclaim f ed Walter Wheese sagely to his guest , after making sure Mrs. Wheese was ou i of hearing. r "So?" encouraged the visitor politely "Yes. Last winter my wife said w . mus. get a new sofa in the spring."
 "Wen?"
 Instead, 1 got a new spring in tn f sofa."-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. You nearly ran over those people. 9 said the traffic cop, stopping the motor , ist. t Sorry officer. You see I just got thi s car and" l Whats your name?
 Little" "Ah! a Little learning Is a dangerou f thing" chuckled the cultured cop. an l he was so tickled with his joke that h : let the transgressor go free."-Bosto s Transcript
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17
Oc0, 900 in 1900. 133,OOO.Oo0 in 1890, and S9300 900 in 18SO


 S93,00.000 in 1880.
 It is quite apparent from these fig ures, adds the banks statement. that our manufacturers are sending abroad a constantly increasing share of their products. Of course, it is impossible to state in exact figures the percentage of the manufactures wh ch pass out of the country for the reason that our only record of manufactures exported is by law their value "at tie time of eXportation and at the port from which they leave the United States, while the census record of manufactures pro- duced is of course that at the fac tory, often far distant from the port of exportation, and the record of pro- . duction, taken only quinquenially while that of exportation is annual or even monthly. But it is quite evident that the percentage of growth in exports of manufactures is far greater than the percentage of growth in produc- tion, and thus apparent that the man. ufacturers are increasing the share of their manufactures which they send abroad. The official figures of manu- factures produced in the United States in 1919 are S62, ,427 ,S25, 900 as against S9,372, ,000, 900 in 1889, thirty years ear- Her the output of 1919 being thus ap- proximately seven times as much as 1889, while the value of manufactures exported in 1919, S5,12O,0 ,0G0, ,000, Is fif- teen times as large as that of 1889, and if we consider only finished man. ufactures the record of 1913 is nine- | teen times as great as that of 1889 Manufactures produced in 1919 show an increase of 544 per cent. over 1889, while all manufactures xported show and incre- Tp 5f 140- per cent, and fin i ished manufactures alone an increase of 1S3 per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17
POETRY
ND THE LAM
THE SPIRIT

THE SPIRIT AND THE LAW. Upon lone mountainsides they stood
 apart;
 Laws that still shape the conscience of
 race AS the bright North Star shapes a sea-
 mans chart; Then came another He whose tender art Moved muititudes to seek through time
 and space
 The breeding Love that craves
 dwelling place Within the mystery of the human heart The grass that blows along the country
 ways
 The little leaves between the earth and
 The deepened lustres of an April
 dove Own light the only law of their brief days:
 And as in light all colors folded lie, The Prophets and the Law are lost in Love Thomas s. Jones. Jr., In Boston Tran script. THE RULING PASSION. He owned a handsome touring car To ride in 1t was heaven. He ran across some broken glass Bill s14.97. He took some friends out for a ride Twas good to be alive The carburetor threw a fit l Bill S20S5. | He started on g little tour, | The finest sort of fun He stopped too quick and stripped his | gears l Bill $90.51. He took his wife downtown to shop, |, To save caSfare was great; He damned into one lamp post
 Bill S268. He spent about all that he had,
 And then in anguish cried: 1 "I'n put a mortgage on the house And take just one more ride" | New York Evening Mall
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17

need to remedy the unrest and excit-
 alton of the present population by pro- ducing a more stolid and hard-work- ing people to counteract the lack of security by B sense of pernanence and commercial morality; to hinder the prevalent waste by the development of
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17

frugal and saving habit; to keer our knowledge to its right uses by g peace-1oving people who do not glorify fighting; to turn our intellectual fri
 volity into a love of solid reading an6 literature. We need a race less sensi-
 tive in nerves thought not less per
Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-17

ceptive in though and above all it must a race which commands the respect and affection Of those who have lived among it and know it best. I leave it to the reader to think what cultivated race of the present world would full fiji these conditions.