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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-11-18
BY NEWMAN CAMPBELL

LAST WEEK we talked about the
sacredness of human life and how we
should learn to control our tempers
so as not to injure others. Today we
discuss our homes, and what we
should do to make them happy.
First, how happy. and thankful we
would be if cur fathers and mothers
love and are true to each other. NothA
ing matters so much as that. Chill
dren learn in homes where this is
so. to be true and loyal to loved ones
and to all whom they meet in life1
Homes and the family are older than
the church and Christianity "Be it
ever so humble" as the song says,
''there is no place like home"
The lesson is based on the seventh
commandment: Thou shalt not COM
nit adultery" That means that hus-
band and wife shall be true to each
other; that they shall keep their mar
riage vows and, giving up all others,
think only of each other as '1ong as
they both shall live"
The Golden Text is "Keep thyself
pure" and that, too, means that hus-
band and wife shall be true-not only
outwardly, but inwardly-in their
thoughts. When they are, the founda-
tions for that happiest of all places
the home, are laid on the rock, as
Jesus said in the parable about the
man who built his house on the sand,
and the one who built on a rock
which the rains and floods cohld not
tear down.
Children, too must "keep themsel-
yes pure" in word and thought. You
would rather have friends who arc
clean physically, wouldn't you? But
it is even better to have those who
are not only clean and neat outward
ly, but whose thoughts are clean
After being with some people you
feel that your mind needs washins
and airing. They have talked of low
and mean things, and you feel soiled
While others you are refreshed. You
have talked about fine things, help
full things, things that are worth
while, Your mind and soul seem all
clean and shining. Parents sometime.
object to certain of theh children's
friends, and the young people cannot
understand why. A good way to fine
out is to check up en- the way: Vol
feel after being with such friends. Dr.
you feel better after being with them?
Or do you feel a certain shame when
you think of what you talked about
and what You did? That is the test.
IL you have the latter reaction. it i.
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READ THIS FIRST:
Sara Sue Davis, attractive young
widow. establishes herself in a cozy
cottage near the campus of Rice Insti-
tute, in Texas, hangs out sign which
reads COUNSEL IN ROMANCE, and
lnaugurates a novel plan to help guide
400 student members in their social
affairs for \ small fee. Bob Towne,
campus football hero, much attracted
by Sara Sue, is the first to enroll, and
this enrages Peaches Pomeroy, who
the previous year. An unprepossessing
freshman. Worthington Gurley, enrolis
and also displays an interest in the
pretty young widow. Then DR.. Thorn-
ton Holgate, new member of the fac
ulty, brings the Cottage Plan to cli-
max when he begs Sara Sue to help
him and confides his love for the Pome-
roy girl. Finally, T. J. Sanders
sports goods salesman, drops into town
and falls in love with Sara Sue at first
sight. After Sara has given DR.. Holgate
several lessons in 'how to become more
human, he becomes frantic at the
freshman ball when he comes upon
Peaches badly intoxicated, For hours he
lie display. The next day, while walk
ing with some of the students. DR..
Holgate is confronted by Peaches and
two other girls in passing car. After
DR.. HOlgate is almost forced into
Peaches car. they all decide to go to
Galveston for swim. In the water, the
crowd is startled when q mother cries
that her child is drowning. Meanwhile.
Sara Sue goes to church with T. J.
.SNoW GO ON WITH THE sToRY)
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sisters and brothers, was in school
with his wife and his sister, kave
heard that he had been in Jail for
some time concerning this case and
know all the men who are having him
prosecuted. To which answer I was
again excused from serving Oh the
jury. And I am this old and this
gray, and hope that they never find
me as being the right man to have 70.
sit, listen and then pass judgment on
some one else
So was glad late in the afternoon
when the extra jury and the other
extras like myself, not on the iury.
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SAFETY OF THE GODLY
Thy worlds aIsmp unto my feei aIishi unto nv psi6

Psalm 91:9-1... Because thou hast
nade the Lord, which is my refuge,
even the Most High, thy habitation;
there shall no evil befall thee, neither
shall any plague come nigh thy dwell
ing. For he shall give his angels
charge over thee, to keep thee in all
thy ways. They shall bear thee up
In their hands, lest thou dash thy
foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread
upon the lion and adder: the young
non and the dragon shalt thou trample
under feet. Because he hath Sc. his
love upon me, therefore will deliver
him: I will set him on high. because
he hath known my name. He shall
call upon me, and I will answer him:
will be with him in trouble: I will
deliver him, and honor him. With
long life will satisfy him, and show
him my salvation.
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were excused until tomorrow.
The Boy Scouts had a big parade
about two O'clock and I heard that
some Of the Henderson Scouts took
part. Moses, Jr., rode his bicycle in
the parade along with a lot of other
boys. Their bikes were all decorated
in red, white, and blue. And the
bugle corps blew all kinds of totes
with their bugles.
After what I said several days ago
about I wondered how the Hesters,
and the Oakes, and the Breedloves,
and the Ellingtons were getting on
with their corn shuckings, here comes
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| his men conditioned, and Bob was
determined to play fair.
Once or twice he had gotten to
incoming so heavily about Sara Sue
that it affected his nerves-and
football is played on nerves, by the
way. But he and Tcoach, and then
he and Sara Sue, had had a couple
of heart-to-heartgta1ks which had
Strengthened things out. Bob some
how felt that as soon as football
season was over, and especially as
soon as he got his sheepskin next
June, he would wrap Sara Sue
Davis up in bag and take her
home, his forever. Meanwhile, he
was fretted by the wait.
And especially did he not like
too much Of r. j. Sanders. He had
to be friends with Sanders, if pos
sible. It meant a potential $1,000 il
the football nerve and luck held
out. But when somebody else goes
to counting your girl. q man can!
stand only SO much. He already
had made an understanding with
the energetic freshman. Maybe hO
really ought to take this Sanders
and smack him around and-Bob
sighed; got up and left the Davis
cottage.
Sara Sue suspected some q
Bob's unhappiness, and so tried to
keep up CHEEKY banter with him
whenever she could. She went to
church worrying about him a little.
Swell football man, thatt
Towne, Sanders conceded. ''We1l,
there's the church, Sara Sue. You
can hear the organ. Now this DIR.
Ferguson" FNs
They parked and went inside.
Just for mischief, Sara Sue would
not let him sit her down near the
back row of pews; she led him,
behind an usher, right down to row
three. She knew well that T. J.
was doing some blufing this morn
ing, so she would just pour it on
him plenty! He who had tricked
her into three dates.
"WiI you kneel with nne?" sle
whispered, reverently.
Not all Presbyterians kneel and
pray on entering church, but some
do. Sara Sue did. But-for once in
her Christian career, she had to
force back 8 smile in this holy
moment. She forced it, too. Took
control of herself, forced the rev.
erence that she truly felt, and
whispered a short prayer. Nor did
she neglect to ask Gods blessing
on the young man beside her.
Tactfully she did not look ct
him. however. Back LII her seat,
she opened q hymn book and
shared It with him. "Sing, or I'll
kick Your sEins," she whispered
4l1e organ doomed, and Sara Sue,
sang with the others. Praise God
from whom all blessings fow.i
Praise him all creatures here be-,
low She sang sweet1y, not 20
loudly as she had sung the coli
iege songs few hours before, butt
happily and earnestly. A pretty
girl with a pretty voice. Dr.. Fer
guson in his pew noted her with,
approval. Praise Father. Son.
and Ho-leee Gho-o-ost!" -
She glanced at T. j.. then. Man
fully he had pitched into it, too.
Singing.
Hes a good sport Sara Sue
told herself. HE'S all right.
STo BE Oontinue1E ii
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| would save them. And yet-he
couldn't bring himself to strike
this little girl. It probably would
have been wise to have struck her,
to have knocked her senseless and
so towed her in for prompt first
aid. But little girl
He grasped her by the hair with
his left hand, held her at arms
length, keeping her face up as best
he could, and set out for shore. A
good push from a wave, caught
just right, would carry them to
safety, he hoped.
But the scared child was strong
Ter than he knew. F'rantically she
swerved her body onto his-and
both Of them went under. ~.
She was almost as tall as he
was, he discovered. And she clung,
arms and legs, with Incredible
strength now. He was down On
the sand, submerged with her, first
rolling, then struggling, fighting
for release. Having gone under un-
expectedly, ne gulped q huge
mouthful Of water, which sickened
him.
With her still clinging, though,
he gave a mighty lleave of his legs
and brought both Of them to the
surface again. A wave promptly
crashed over them, rolled them. He
touched bottom with his hand, and
tried to jerk his legs free. He felt
the never ceasing undertow drag
at him, hard. Worse still, when he
did manage to protrude his head
again, the child hysterical mother
was there clutching at him! !.
Thornton Holgate began to have
visions then.
He caught a watery glimpse OF
Hotel Galvez, looming high ana
beautiful above the shore line. He
saw the graceful curves OF
roller coaster in the amusement
grounds. And over it all was
mental nnontage of acquaintance
relatives, friends.
moi" he shrieked.
He was not hysterical hinlseil,
but he was frightened. He was not
exhausted, but he had a strong
sense of futility. The salt was
burning his lungs and his eyes. Inc
child hung on his legs--he swerveo
them up, III a tremendous enors
to give her at least one brestn 9
air and a screaming woman now
was grasping at him.
mol! he shrieked again. "DonY
scream! Don't fight"
The woman still had on nes
coat, he saw. She had waded am
fought her way out-not that ~
could blame iler-until she, lo2
was IN six-foot water. ThornLon
glanced at the pier. He ha0ht
gained q yard! oAny progress =
had made toward shore had DeeH
offset by ection Of the underto
TRY TO. STAND with" sa,s
foam slapped in his mouth, drow,.
ing his words. He came out OF ~
splitting, spewing. fighting Wv
woman. 4.
"Oh. my Cod" he groaneo "
a prayer, not a profanity.
(T0 Be Continuedl
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CHAPTER %

\ SARA SUE DAVIS was at home
from the freshman dance at a. m
1T has been marvellous, Worth.
Ahgton!" she exclaimed, and meant
&. "Your class has set a new rec
ord, everybody was saying"
Hcr escort beamed.
"And thank you again for the
flowers, and for the delightful
time. / am so glad you asked me
don't know when have had such
grand time" Sara Sue was gra-
cious, always. And grateful. Un-
like some pretty girls, she did moi
just take courtesies for granted.
She went to bed rather quickly
because she was tired. There were
things she ought to do-bits of Of
flee bookkeeping and such-be-
cause she had neglected these on
Saturday evening in order to dress
her prettiest. Fat Cleo had assist
ed here, and had told her she
looked like an angel. Cleo wasn't
altogether wrong. But even angels
{the earthly variety, that is) can
Ae fatigued.
She was up at 10 o'clock, know
ing she had a date at 1O:4O. When
she had dressed and come into her
semi-public living room, four OF
five collegians were already loung-
ing there. Prominent among them
was Bob Towne.
Eli, you old roue," he greeted
"HOw's the belle Of the ball, the
dissipation damsel,. the merry mel
odist, the"
sGood morning, Bob, and every
body" She smiled. "How come
you're up and out so soon?r
"The others didn't go. Me,
came to make love-" Bob an
Scunced it calmly.
We'll, that's q laudable arnbi-
ton, I'm sure" she remarked
aaucily: Anyway. It Is being done
I hear" S
Luscious and lovely, I came tc
take you riding. Whenever vol
should wake up. Cleo said you hat
to sleep late, but now that you're
out
mo-" said Sara sue.
mo what p"
mo sale. No riding with yo1Is*
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letter to Mrs. Jones from Cousin n,
Hester at Flat Rock. She tod Of W.. Ua
OF things that had happened sines ,Os
they were here to see us that Suna"' oe
afternoon in the early summer sns
big rain came up while they were ho.s ~ :
And when I was down to Hobsse D's.e
son last, Badger Clark, Jr, and 'Ne,. =.
of o.-er fourth grade boys and o;v,s ~
were just marching in to the J.ihrsms Srs
I spoke to Badger and talked 10 h;aa
minute or so, and some of the otha.a , :
asked me if were kin to him g.
now am telling them that I an, on'. -
T. MOSES JONES A's
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: OREN ARNOLD

Merits. Get your hat. We're
leaving in five minutes"
mo, Bob. Thanks, no. Can't"
"Why?"
"Well-well, let's say I'm aller-
gic to motoring. With you. You hit
COWS and things. Remember 2"
"Aw. Come on, Sara Sue. Let's
just go grab cuppa coffee some
where"
"Cleo just served me one. And
well, to tell you the truth, have
a date right now. In a few min
utes, at least"
"Date? That slime hanging
around you this morning, too? I'll
smack him all over"
You'll do nothing of the kind,
Bob Towre, and you know it. Be-
sides, it's not Worthington, it's Mr..
Sanders. If you must pry!"
Bob was really surprised at that.
Sanders. He knew Sanders was
courting Sara Sue. He didn't blame
the man for it, for Sara Sue was
worth courting, surely. But Sam
ders was an outsider. Not a stu
dent. Vaguely, Bob resented a nom
student coming in to court Sara
Sue, in competition with him and
Worthington Gurley and the other
Rice boys who wanted that privi-
lege. He never gave a moments
thought to the significant fact that
Sara Sue herself was not a stu
dent, and never had been!
"Phooey," mouthed Bob.
mo. Sanders. Mr.. T. ]. Sanders.
You misunderstood" Sara Sue was
bedeviling him a little. They play
fought a lot, in mutual understand
| ing.
/ It was as if she had announced
him formally, for at that moment
T. J. rang her door bell. She let
him in herself.
I'm almost ready" she told him.
Let me dab some rouge"
Hi there, Towne. How's tricks %
He saw Bob then. "Hello, ALL"
"Oh, $3.50. How's yourself 2"
Pretty good. Just heading for
church. Nice day."
Church ?"
yeah. Church. You know
church. Where they have singing,
and preaching" T. j. Sanders
could be sarcastic on occasions.
big house. Organ. People. Every
thing. L guess you wouldn't know.
They don't use 'em in football"
Merits" But Bob grinned at
him. You pretty intimate with 'em
yourself 2"
"Sure!"
.'Hey, Sara Sue-this guy taking
you to church ?" Bob called.
eyes, indeed! Sweet of him. isn't
i it? So thoughtful. Much better
! than-than running down cows
with tenders. And such things.a
"Aw say-can't you ever forget? +?
Ii take you riding one time. / han
lpen to nick one cow. Away back
| in prehistoric times. And you still
lhold it against mel"
/ They all laughed, and T. J es-
corted Sara Sue awav. Roh
iwatched them, looking more chaer-
full than he felt. He hadn't hesr
anv too successful with his co,,,.+ ,st-
ship of Sara Sue lately Not tbs+
Il was his fault. r. was ~
Its peak. Rice was j. midst of
4 hard campaign. Coacn Britt was
missing no bets. SO far as keeping
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| he seemed awfully high. The ses
wall is 20 feet or more in places
and that distance above shallow
water becomes dangerous for div.
ing. But Thornton wasn't thinking
of that-he was searching for any
sign of the child, and in just a mo.
ment he saw her.
The little girl could swim, he
saw at once, but she also was bad
ly frightened now, tossed by the
waves, and probably nearing ex-
haustion. Having run out the long
pier, Thornton was now almost on
a line with her, even though she
was SO yards away. Wisely he had
reasoned that he could swim SO
yards laterally long before he could
walk or swim 200 yards against
| the waves.
To get slanting jump at the
water, he backed up and ran the
width Of the pier, and dived.
| The dive was graceful. Arms
out, he speared the water. Hands
struck, hard, on the bottom sand.
Then his head struck, and this
momentarily dazed him.
But he had anticipated this, and
by sheer force Of win came out
of it.. He gulped one great chest
full Of air, and struck out.
He could not see the girl now,
but ne had geometric sense of
the direction to follow. When he
had gone 80 or 40 strokes, he
paused. stood on tiptoe and
catching a wave bounded as high
up as possible, looking for her.
There she was! A flash of red
bathing suit!
Water motion had separated
them bit, SO that he had to alter
his course. He was little winded
from his run, and rather than risk
exhaustion at the critical moment.
he f1oated for q few seconds and
breathed deeply, relaxing. Strength
poured back into him. and he
plowed on.
In. q moment he heard the child,s
frantic sobbing, calling, crying.
ITS ALL RIGIITgs he yelled.
DON'T CRY! Help is conninglD
A grateful, childish, tremolo an
swered. In the next instant. cold
little hands grabbed him. Grabbed
him wildly, cfutching. shaking.
grasping.
Treading. and occasionally touch.
ing bottom with extended toe.
vT11o,c,. i 49, tg,k74 a.1 :, = = ~ -F.r-.
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better to give up such associates, even
though they may seem very fascinat-
ing 10 you.
At the end of today's lesson there
is that lovely story about Jesus and
the children. The Jewish mothers
brought their little children to the
Master that He might touch them.
And the disciples tried to drive them
away, but Jesus was much displeas-
ed" with His followers, and said to
them: Suffer the little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not:
for of such is the kingdom of heaven"
And He took them up in His arms
and blessed them, and told His dis
ciples that unless they could become
like little children, innocent and trust
ing, they could not enter this king
dom.
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CHAPTER u

TT rs SAID that every man l1a
his chance to be a hero. Some O
JUS muff it and some Of us don't
In emergency something foreign
takes control of us, and we com,
to our senses an hour or two later
The matter thus is out of ou
hands.
Galveston beach is not danger
GUS. And yet-people sometime.
drown in bathtubs. Thornton Hof
gate now remembered this latter
fact; for no good reason it flashed
into his mind. But just for an in
stant.
"Of, I say-NOw
He yelled his command at the
mother.
The woman, clad in street cloth.
ing, even wearing long coat, hys-
terically had raced into the water
She would have to go almost zoe
yards before reaching her little
daughter. She could wade most OF
that before calm water became
neck deep, but meanwhile she was
sure to be toppled by a breaker
a powerful, playful, slashing gulf
wave. And she in that heavy au-
tunn clothing!
mo! NO! NO! Come back
Mrs. COME BACK! You will
droWn!"
Thornton held out hand as ii
IN supplication. Peaches Pomeroy
could only stare.
WAITE"
Still the mother did not heed
him. She was obeying instinct,
foolishly. but positively. Already
past the knee depth, where sthe
walking was hard, where the
waves slapped rhythmicalIy at her
.waistline, and where one was
bound to throw her down any sec
o1ld.
"Oh-h-h-h-h-llw Thornton T1ol-
gate groaned in sheer despair.
and then sprang to action.
Surprisingly, he did not also run
into the gulf waters. Peaches
stared at him, incredulous, as he
turned and dashed back toward the
sea wall.
He skittered up stair steps three
at q time, turned right and raced
down the top of the wall. A hum
dred yards down beach, he had
noted, was the dining fishing pier,
a house and platform built high
to sea wall height, in fact-on
great pilings. The sea rolled and
snorted and crashed under this pier
constantly, and once every eight
or ten years went on rampage and
washed it all away. Meanwhile,
though, it extended out to water
that was deep enough for fishing,
and formed a breezy promenade
for diners who liked the sensation
of going out over the sea.
Thornton hit the front door Of
the dining han as a bull would
have done.
In bathing trunks and Singing
water, he dashed through. the
place, upsetting one chair, striking
a table and q waiter. This was
early dinner hour now, and several
people were present.
Someone shouted, but he Ignored
It. He tore through the far door
and ran on down the heavy plank
platform, in the open air again.
Ten seconds more brought him to-
the end.
There he paused. For one thing,
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dustries? Why buy a pump from
stranger when we have pumps made
according to the specifications of our
good old onstitution-pumps that
will work without printing and with
out using so many suckers?
Why doesn't the President humble
himself, acknowledge his mistakes
and make an effort to correct them?
"THE PRESIDENTIAL PUMP"
Pump! Pump! Pump! PUNK!
This crazy new thing is making me
funk.
My hands are both blistered, I'm near
to despair,
l can't make it work, l am getting
nowhere.
1 got this New Deal from a stranger
one day;
He claimed it would work, he then
went his way.
All, this will explain it, see just now,
This new-fangled pump was made in
Moscow.
I'd like to discard it, I know it's no
good,
And get one that's made in U. S. if
l could.
But if I should do this, then I must
confess
To the nation who feeds me I've
caused great distress.
Pump! Pump! Pump! PUNK!
This New Deal contraption is surely
a funk
My friends, kindly help me to finish
this rhyme,
l need six billion dollars (this cursed
pump to prince.
Dedicated to the
Nation Pump-Priming
Association
of
Washington, D. c., Adm'st Bldg,
Mfgrs. of Pump Accessories,
Specializing in All Types of
Suckers.
CHARLES S. LINCOLN.
East Palestine, o., April IS, 1888.
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NEW GERMANY

Rededication services will be con-
Quoted on Sunday morning, May l, at
1920, in Trinity Reformed church.
The guest speaker upon this occasion
will be a former pastor, Rev. E. D.
Bright, now of Thurmont. Musical
numbers suited to the service will be
rendered by the choir. 1t is the desire
that all members and friends of the
church will be present to make the
service a long-remembered one.
Mrs. Arthur Broadwater and son
Dale spent the weekend with relatives
near Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer burst are re-
cuperating from attacks of mumps.
Mrs. Leota Murphy spent Sunday
with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Fresh, Frost
burg, were here over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Kamp and Mr..
and Mrs. S. L. Otto and Betty 10 spent
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transportation, states that consolida-
ton has brought more hygienic sur
roundings for pupils.
When such transportation crowds
children into buildings such as has
been done in Garrett county schools,
l don't believe the hygienic surround
ings have been helped one bit. In both
Oakland schools there are no more
sanitary facilities for taking care of
the needs of pupils than there were
when there were only half as many at
tending as at present.
Conditions should be improved
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LOCUST GROVE

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bartholomew
and Mrs. Margaret Vansickle, of Sell
bysport, were guests on Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Burch.
Elijah Sines returned to his home
from Oakland last Friday, much i'm
proved. Mr.. Sines is now able to walk
A. M. Wolfe has returned to his
home at Albright, West Va.
Samual Wakefield entertained a
singing class at his home on Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Bertha Bishop is visiting rel
atives and friends in Morgantown,
West Va.
A. L. Sines accompanied his brother
Elijah Sines to his home here last
Friday.
Mrs. C. C. Burch is suffering from
an attack of rheumatism.