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Evening star., 1922-08-27
AROUND THE CITY.
-By Mamie Lancaster

LIE had knitted up the raveled
l sleeve of care at the rate of three
hours running. with an after two Sec
onds of subconsciousness, which he
used to hunch himself more COM
fortably on the running board of an
automobile, with the mudguard for
a pillow.
The sun was shining, hot and steady.
and the wheels of business life were
whirligiging toward noon, but the
sleeper might have been one of the
immortal seven. SO oblivion -steeped
was his rest And it is. a tribute to
the crowds that hustled by. going and
coming-you can always count on
hustling crowds along 11th street
where it joins the Avenue-that there
wasn't one uplifter in the lot who
betrayed an urge to arouse the sim
ner to duties unperformed, nor a sin
gle wit whose distorted sense of
humor called for straw tickling, poke
or shake; only jolly good fun that
ranged from grins to guffaws-and
that was all there was to 1t, until
newspaper photographer looked out
Of a high-up window, saw the free
show, came down with his camera,
and-the next thing that sleeper knew
he was immortalized in print.
Which il a small but valuable tip
to those 10000 men and women Of
New York. quoted as trying annually
to get their pictures in the papers,
and failing. No charge.
Also, again, it shows the inscru:-
ableness Of that universal mystery
we speak of as circumstances over
which we have no control"
TN a pleasant neighborhood there is
home with a garden, all velvety
lawn and roses. the result Of the
work Of the lady of the house and
her two young daughters. A neigh
Dor wanted to make some improve
side the garden and the owner gave
permission, provided no earth was
thrown on the grass that his wife
and daughters cared for and loved.
A gang of colored laborers. with a
white foreman, got to work, and the
next thing that happened the grass
of the lawn was almost buried un-
der mountain of red clay. Regard
less of instructions and protest, the
workmen continued to bury the sod
under spadefuls of clods until one
day-the thing hung on for more
than a week-that wondrous thing
we call the psychological moment"
gave the lady of the garden a hint
to put on her phonograph series
of negro spirituals, sung by the stu
dents of Tuskeegee. AS the rich,
unstudied melody reached the men in
the ditch they stopped, to a man. and
listened with the rapt joy that is
the brown brothers tribute to song.
When it was over they went to the
open window. as the lady knew they
would. and thanked her for the most
beautiful music they had ever heard.
And. thanks to the psychological
hunch, she answered nicely:
IT am glad you liked it. I would
love to have that dirt removed from
my grass"
And the thing was done.
Which is just another proof that
psychology makes a good servant
when under a mastery thumb.
Evening star., 1922-08-27

Just look the handul of sample offerings beow-there
hundreds of equally important savings in section of the
storeand despite the unbeatable low prevailing need
worry about the lack of ready cash. because need only
small down and settle the balance weekly
or monthly amounts.
Evening star., 1922-08-27

II your share Of the big values being offered
in this breaking record making you had hurry
because this the last week of this Greater
values than before being offered and any need of
good furniture afford miss this opportunity
substantial way
Evening star., 1922-08-27

Attractively finished in oak.
Has four large. roomy drawers
exactly as shown in illustration.
Most unusual value at $l2.50.
Evening star., 1922-08-27
$40 Cash-$3 a Week

Has white enameled cup
board, removable: fitting
-four bin with sitting base.
sugar bowl, spice jars and
sliding top. The drawers
and cupboards are scientifi-
cally arranged for your con-
venience.
IS cash, 81 a ireek.
Evening star., 1922-08-27

Has beautiful ma
hogany- finished stem
with attractive silk
or parchment shade
in several color COM
binations. Some are
trimmed with che
mile fringe. others
with silk gimp.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
GOOD ROADS AID PROSPERITY
Sum of $aoo, ,ooo, ,o0c Lost Last Year by Farmers Unable to Get to Market
 Over Highways.

Good roads are the greatest single factors in securing and maintaining community prosperity" Last year the sum of s300,0o0,000 was lost by farmers in being unable to market their products over bad roads. Roads that are impossible during part of the year cost farmers in every con- munity thousands of dollars week.
 When one stops to think that in every township laid out in sections there are 72 miles of roads, 1t is easy to imagine the mileage of roads in this country, says writer in an Ex- change. Of these hundreds of thous- ands of miles of roads and streets, comparatively few miles are paved, and noted authority on road build ing prophecies that not more than s per cent of all the roads in this conB~ try will be paved by 1926.
 It would be excellent if we could have all hard roads-briek, concrete or maeadam roads, which are good all-year roads. We should have more of them. But 1t Is impracticable to pave every country road. However. it is just as important to have good lsterals leading to the main roads as ii Is to have hard surfaced main roads, So we must do the best we can and properly maintain our dirt roads and streets.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
Total

The taxpayer is next of kin to the treasury. At any rate he is the first person notified when the treasury needs money. and he always has to dig down into his jeans for whatever Is needed. Taxpaying, even more than charity, begins at home. The boys best friend Is his mother. but the tax payers only friend is himself. The only thing that can be done for him is to disclose as viyidly as possible how much his government is costing and let him decide what he will do about 1t. It all comes down to this: The more money the government spends through defective organization or ex- trayagance, the less you have to spend or save.
 So much for the cost of the national business we support. We are all mi nority stockholders. The concern has no other source of revenue than our contributions. It doesn't make any money. In times like these, when al- little for what he sells and has to pay too much for what he buys, It seems to me the least we can do Is to take an active and intelligent interest In this great common enterprise of ours and make sure that 1t Is we'll organ ized; that it doesn't waste or spend extravagantly; that the employees are paid an adequate wage and have proper working conditions; that their morale is kept high and their enthu- slasm in our interest unabated in fine, that as business 1t shall be conduct ed as efficiently and economically and on as modern scientific principles as any large private business.
 Is it?
 That is question you must answer for yourself after I have acquainted you with the actual situation and con- dltion.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
GOOD ROADS
TRAFFIC WEAR ON BRIDGES.
New instrument Measures With Scien- tific Precision the Effect of
 Every Shock.

(Prepared by the United States Department
 of Agriculture)
 A new instrument devised by the bureau of public roads of the UniteO States Department of Agriculture measures with scientific precision the effect of every shock and blow deliy cred by moving vehicles in crossing a bridge. Attached to any part of the bridge structure this instrument makes q photographic record of the effect of the moving load. The amount of stretching or shortening of the part as q result of the shocks is represent ed by q fine black line on the photo graph.
 No blow or shock can be delivered so quickly that the instrument will not record its effect. It has never before been possible to measure the effect of such blows. Engineers have long been able to calculate the effect of standing loads very exactly; but because of their inability to measure the effect of quickly delivered blows or impacts. they have never been able to propor- tion the various parts of bridge with absolute assurance. It has been nee essary to make a liberal allowance for this unknown quantity. In some cases the allowance has not been sufficient and the bridges have collapsed under moving loads.
 Many bridges still In service are probably too weak to withstand safely the sharp blows of swiftly moving vehicles, though they will safely carry the same vehicles at rest or moving at slow speed. The familiar warning posted at the portals of bridge Speed limit on this bridge eight miles per hour," means that the design of the bridge to which it is attached is not strong enough to allow for impact In the light of the recent experiments with motortrucks in which it WAS shown that swiftly moving motor
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
Your Life Prospect,

White males, who have reached the age of ten, can expect on the average to live 50 years more. A generation ago the figure was only 46 years. The life of man has thus been increased four years in about a generation. says leading life insurance company. Woman's gain has not been as great Her life expectancy is about f1fty-two years, gain of trife more than a year and quarter. But she still leads man. This prolonging of life, says the insurance company. Is the result of campaigns of health. education and public health service. That, and not monkey glands. in the long run will prove to be the road to m average lifetime of one hundred and fifty / SaAS.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12

ORANGES attitude In the Washing l. ton conference had it's reflection in the conference of the allied premiers in Cannes, France, for the purpose of discussing German reparations-a and the economic welfare of Europe gen erally. Lloyd George went there ap- parently with the intention of making the improvement of Franco British re- lations dependent on Briand's consent to plans for the economic rehabili- tation of Germany and Russia. Briand and his staff were pledged to make Frances reconstruction the basis for the rebuilding of Europe, but they found that they had the full support of Belgium alone. In an interview in the London Daily Mail Briand pro posed defensive alliance between Great Britain and France, and In q preliminary talk with Lloyd George he suggested that such an alliance was the only way in which the two na- tions could avoid a controversy over submarines and naval strength. It was said the British premier yebuffed the suggestion. and there is good reason to believe the British public would not stand for an alliance until France has made considerable concessions, es- pecially concerning Germany and Russia.
 Ambassador Harvey is present at the Cannes conference. but only in the capacity of official observer, for the United States has no vote and has taken the position that it will en- ter European affairs only when its interests directly are involved. While not concerned in the plans for pay ment of the separations money or for moratorium for Germany, the United States Is decidedly interested In the proposal of consortium for the re- construction of central and eastern Europe because it involves the matters of markets and raw materials. The
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12

truck may strike a blow equivalent te seven times its actual weight, 1t Is rather surprising the department road experts say, that failures have been So few
 It is believed this new measuring in strument will soon do away with un- certainty. The knowledge gained by its use will enable the engineer to de- sign bridges. which are sure to hold up under fast-moving vehicles, and ts build such bridges without undue waste of material and money.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
meeting of the allied supreme council was opened on Thursday.

was opened on Thursday.
 nEBATE on the Irish treaty was al- 1< most overshadowed in Dublin by the Kidnapping, presumably by support CTS of De Valera, of A. B. Kay, cor respondent of the London Times, and by hot discussion in the Dali Eireann concerning the freedom of the press, provoked by an attack on the Free mans Journal because 1t advocated ratification of the pact The core spondents united In demand that Mir. Kay be released and that a public apology for his Kidnapping be made in the Dali Eireann.
 The strength of the opposition to the peace treaty in the Dail Eireann when it reassembled after the holidays was unexpected. De Valera, Countess Markiewicz and many others denounced the pact bitterly and were not at all abashed by the arguments of its SUD- porters. On Wednesday De Valera issued a proclamation to the People of Ireland" and also circulated copies of the Document No. 2' shorn of several of it's clauses. This latter was De Valera's proposed alternative pact, and fierce debate at once arose over whether 1t should be considered as an amendment to the treaty and voted on first, as De Valera wished, or whether vote should first be taken 1 on the treaty and, If 1t were unfayor- 1 able, then on the alternative. In the | course of the row De Valera shouted that he was going to move this amend
 ment at my own time and in my own
 way" and when reminded this was a matter for the chair to decide he
 hotly retorted: II am the president
 here and l am going to make my own rules of procedure in my own way and at my own time."
 The alternative is not vastly diff 1 ferent from the treaty arranged in | London. It provides that the legisla- ture, executive and judicial authority of Ireland shall be derived solely from the people of Ireland that for the pur- pose of common concern Ireland shall be associated with the states of the privileges in no respect less than those states, and that for the purposes of the association Ireland shall recognize his Britannia majesty as head of the association. Most of the other terms are similar to those of the treaty.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
THE delegation from the Far East.

THE delegation from the Far East
 ern republic, not being given a hearing by the conference, created something of sensation by giving to the press copies of alleged secret notes and treaties revealing military and political alliance between France and Japan for the purpose of establishing Japanese domination in Siberia and stabiliZing French interests in Russia, and to frustrate America's policy in the Far East. The documents were declared to be fabrications, by both the French and the Japanese delega- tions, and the United States govern ment stated it has no official infor- nation concerning any such agree ment. But it is asserted there are in the files of the State department re- ports from American observers in a general way confirming the allegations of the Ghita representatives, and there is talk of Il senatorial inVesti= gation into the Siberian situation.
 Later in the week the Chita dele gates produced another document, this time an alleged treaty between the Japanese army in Siberia and Rus sian officers connected with Semenoff, anti-Bolsheyist leader, whereby the Japanese agreed to support with arms and money an offensive against the Chita republic. Baron Kato, in re- ply, admitted that a former Japanese cabinet paid Semenoff a certain amount of cash to keep him in the field.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12

Tslnanfu railway were still the stick ing point. Japan persists in her de- mand that Chinese borrow the neees- sary funds from Japanese bankers, which, as has been explained, would mean q continuation of Japanese con- trol of the roads operation. It was hoped, however, that this Shantung matter would be settled early this week through the good offices" of Messrs. Hughes and Balfour.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
THE BURDEN OF TAXES

Before the war the government of the United States spent about one bill lion dollars a year for all purposes. including interest on the public debt In the fiscal year ending June 90, 1920 the first full fiscal year after fighting stopped, the government spent in round figures six billion four hundred million dollars. In the fiscal year 1921, that Is, up to June 30 1921, it spent So, ,927 ,6S9.30, and in the fiscal year of 1922, which will end on June 30, 1922, it will spend more than four bill lion dollars, says Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Department.
 These figures include interest on the public debt which amounts to about one billion dollars, but include noth- ing for sinking fund or other debt re- demption. Including both interest and sinking fund. the government will spend more than four times as much the fiscal year 1922 as it spent yearly before the war.
 These expenditures and these heavy charges are a part of the price of vic tory. Your whole present problem is to curtail them. It concerns you to know just how these immense sums were gathered and how much you paid and are paying toward them, for of course we, the tax payers, the men and women with jobs. the men and women who have what the census calls gain ful occupations, paid every cent of it. It was our money until the govern ment took it.
 Let us examine the fiscal year 1920. I have not the detailed account for 1921, but it was slightly less than the year previous, as the year ending June 30, 1922, will be slightly less burden on us than the year preceding. Ae- eording to careful analysis made by the late Dr. U. E. Rosa, of the United States bureau of standards, a govern ment scientist who was deeply and in- telligently interested in the subject, every man, woman and child in this country contributes m average of fifty-three dollars in taxes to the sup port of the national government. Ac II iS All9- -IOui llld1 three dollars, but I am taking the smaller sum for the sake of the round number. That is, the average family of five persons pays S265 year out of it's earnings to the federal govern ment alone, in addition to what is paid for state, county and city taxes. The estimated average yearly income of family of five Is something more than S700. But before any of that $700 is spent S265 must be turned over to the general government to run the business of the United States.
 The actual amount that each one of us paid was s53.T7. We paid 1t through the medium of internal revenue taxes and customs duties on imported ar ticles divided us follows:
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
THE death of Senator Boies Penrose

of Pennsylvania not only deeply grieved his many friends and admirers It also caused considerable dismay among those who do not approve of the so-called agricultural bloc in the senate. For Penrose was chairman of the senate finance committee and If the system of seniority is adhered to his successor in that place of power will be Senator McCumber of North Dakota, one of the charter members of the bloc. Penrose also was recognized as the leader of the con servatiye element in the senate, and in this position he is succeeded by Senator Watson of Indiana.
 Gov. w, C. Sproul of Pennsylvania was urged by some Republicans to re- sign and accept appointment to fill out Penrose's unexpired term, but this he declined to do.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
Automobiles Must Take Turn.

Twenty-one thousand miles of roads have been built with federal aid in the last five years. and these. of course. help out whole lot, but progress may have to be even greater in road building unless the automobiles are to. take turn about.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
c ENAToR HIRAM JOHNSON in a1


 o address in San Francisco set forth in considerable detail his objections to the Pacific peace treaty agreed to by the arms conference. He especially dislikes Article 2, which he thinks as bad as Article 10 of the League of Nations. Senator McNary of Oregon thinks the treaty offers a fine chance for settling the Philippines problem and when 1t comes before the senate he will offer this reservation:
 "The United States agrees within two years to grant complete ihdepend- ence to the people of the Philippine islands, provided the high contracting parties will obligate themselves to re- spect the political independence and territorial integrity of the Philippine nation."
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
 PaVements.

Motortrucks ruin pavements aboot as fast as they are laid. As faSt as payements get stronger trucks ge9 larger and loads heavier.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12

DRESIDENT and Mrs. Harding re vived the custom of holding a New Years reception to the public, and all official Washington followed suit by keeping open house on Monday. Among the callers at the White House and guests at the diplomatic breakfast was Dr. Karl Lang, the newly arrived Ger man charge daffaires.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12

CUTTING down the estimates of N Prohibition Commissioner Haynes by $750,0O0, the house appropriations committee recommended the appropria- ton of $9,250,000 for prohibition en- forcement during the next fiscal year. This will provide for the employment of about 800 more agents. Mir. Haynes also wanted $550,0oo to increase the salaries of agents to keep them honest, but this the committee refused.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12

A CCORDING to New York news 4 S paper. Postmaster Will Hays has accepted the position of director gen eral of the National Association of theA Mot.en Picture n1l.Stry which waa offered him some t.Iae ago. IL Is s;l ( his contract is for three years at a salary of S150,000 a year. The as sociation embraces in it's membership all the motion picture producers in the country.
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12

TAPAN and China, through their J delegates, resumed the interrupted conversations" over the Shantung is- sue. but so far as Is now known they did not make notable progress toward an agreement. The arrangements for payment by China for the kiaochow-
The Newark journal., 1922-01-12
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union
WARS EAT UP THE TAXES

When l set out to discover for you where the money you pay as federal taxes goes l did not have far to look. It goes for wars, past, present and prospective. Last year little over 90 per cent of the national income went that way. In the report of the secre- taFy Of the treasury submitted to con- gress in December, 1920, he remarks:
 An analysis of government expenditures for the fiscal year 1920, on the basis of daily treasury statements, develops the striking fact that of the net ordinary dis bursements of sG,4os 0o0,0oo about 90 per cent consisted of expenditures under the following heads:
 Purchase of obligations of for
 eign governments ............y 42i, ,o0o coo War department ................. 1,s11, ,0U0. coo Navy department ...s............ 736, ,0oQ 600 Shipping board .................. 52l 900 oOe Federal control of transporta-
 ton systems and payments
 Go the railroads under the
 transportation act, 1920 ....... 1.0S7 ,ooo, 900 Interest on the public 6ebt..... l.02o, ,0o0. 900 Pensions ......................... 2l3,0oo, 900 War-risk insurance ............. IT. 7.02o.eoo Purchase of federal farm-loan
 bonds ............................ so.ooo. 900
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-02-16

! Miss Mamie Burns. Of Arson
vile, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
&c. w. Andrews.
Mr.. Lewis Lisk spent Sunday
afternoon in Wadesboro.
We we're delighted to have
some visitors at Epworth League
Sunday night, and also one new
member to join. We hope that
i've will have a still larger crowd
lon next Sunday night and that
Others will enroll and cooperate
with US in this good work.
Miss Matte Lisk and Mr.. Lee
Johnson visited in Mt. Gilead
Sunday afternoon.
Mr., William Horne, who is at
tending school at Mt. Gilead,
spent the weekend at home.
Mr.. Ralph Misenheimer was a
caller in the community Sunday
afternoon.
MIR. D. M. Ross is able to be
|out again after being confined to
to his bed for over a week.
Mr.. T. B. Matheson and sister,
Miss Virginia Matheson, visited
relatives in Mt, Gilead Sunday.
Mrs. Eta Dula, who is taking
nurses training at St. Peters
hospital, Charlotte, spent several
days at home last week.
There will be a box party at
the school house Friday night,
Feb. 24th; everybody is cordially
invited to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Haywood
spent Sunday at Mr.. w. c. Lisk's.
Collins, the little son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. H. Chandler, has
been right sick for several days.
Bob-o-link.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-02-16
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