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Thursday, September 27. 1923
TOKYO
ReIrving I'. Johnson Editor of the
great ana wind brake in
pie <? .r:e !" ck- " efore the Lord;
and after the ?a ir.d an <ar:h lake.
but ::ic Lord was ir rig earthqnakv;
and aftei earthquake ::
ire. it the L? ?*rt was r.ot i:i the
tre, 4 af#- r th tre a aSiB sn?a.'
g^^c'e," What :<?u. i describe the'
greatcrua.-t' uuht |na;^n n isle.
e Muthor -i :n?. .<-ok Kings?
T.> "ayfcBfto i .. b?fty *rnin- -ice
lad (. ha see: rhe oi . iiousskt
ued thir tire rnd the typh >.n jWouiri
hav- '?ee;: ; > raw witrieso d the
gf-atest -peetacL in ail h m. ni-i
* ci v.
The '-rth - v.-as terrify hi/ aeoridi /ru*
or. co : :<1; i se;f^| i'l-i
miles: the bipb .vii<d fanned *he
tia r?K' - i.ito ?: II a\Vt i .??b... a* i j.<t:
waves engulfed the harbor of Yokohama.
There -.ves'e half a raidion be
ing thai feroo.
Human wealth t> hundreds of millions
'.vera being banted. Menu* fu
paiks, .-itrht'y >? iaf. .-tately pniaces
wepe em* destroyed ? ali in the
twimtilng of an eye.
what of it?
Is t merely a7! eidifth' where raci:
pay he penalry of building cities ii.
the proximity of vgftb&tioes?
tv r a visitatior of :ht wicked
nevs of mm ra:hi?r ?omh:.-! ? ?} in ?H?
legalized vice ?'f tin- .Japanese?
Is ii an exhibition * f God's wrati
iike thai <?n Sodom ! C???morrah'.
Perhaps. Let the Ma :? r answer th<
question, when He was confronted
with a calamity less \vhie,?prea;i but
similar in its purport:
*'0i these ten men upon whou
the : wer :r. Si loam f.-i: and slew
them?Think ye that they were sin
nvrs above all men that dwelt ir
Jerusalem? I tell yon nay 1 but ex
cept ye repent, ye shall all likewise
jfewb!"
Looking at the catastrophe from ?
purely scientific standpoint i: was
due to the fact that men built Tokyc
iri a dangerous place and paid tht
penalty for their temerity.
Such is the materialist explanatior
? l t"n?- sneetacle, but these were fluit:
elements of fire and wind ond water
acting a'-cording to their nature ami
whoe' er ahs there suffered from thes
causes,
Such is the materialistic explanation,
out ir dees rot satisfy the man
looking down from a high place* on
th:< hing inferno.
Why - it permitted by :ho overruling
Providence which has made us
nr.a gave ? ti tr.y.r- - v posu
?; > is ir? refore ivsoo!- i
h' f vr things th:.. ar. '
Tt is the nature of Li:?- :ran *o loo*
at thing* from n : :a2 nv. ic stand
point and to ho 1 the ,i respond
hie foi tempi ra
T him *h _:va: . a-tation i:
the loss of propIrty, the iestrurtioi.
of wealth. the : -.ith oi human bei:e-.
Y - these ihlr-gs are or. eor.stamiv
aim are taken for granted.
.A - mtny lives are lost manj
pi op Try Jes'roytvi thx nighom th*
world . a single n.or.tr. :i- wa:: consained
in this terrifying spectacle v
a single any.
Id other words, what took piacc
at Tokyo .7as a dramatic exhioitior
at one rime ar.d piace of that whicl
if v;i nnviv uti-) .
Tee unusual and therefore the interesting
thing is the dramatic effect.
It ha?, as all dramas must have, a
moral purpose entirely apart from
its physical causes.
It is, if you please, a terrifying
spectacle of the end of the world as
described by Christ.
It gives one a very evace evidence
of the permanent values in human
life and human effort.
From God's standpoint it is appointed
unto men once to die; it is
of the nature of human enterprise
that it shall ail end in dust and
I&sfecs: the fashion of this world pas
seth away either st'dd^isly as in Tokvo.
or else gradually as elsc-where.
There are two ways in which or.e
cooid have accepted this tragedy ef
the orient. IF or.e were a righteous
'nan. fall of faith ami hope and love
he could hate said "Should he slay
me. yet 1 wiil trust rim and though
I walk through the v.-iiley of the
<cadow of death I will fear no evil."
If one were merely a materia.ist
j he could have cursed God and died.
; -lust as one standing -t the foot of
the Cross in that dire tragedy could
have said the same according as his
viewpoint was that of ,'udas or Jolsn
j The Master oking on the seene,
j would haw -aid: "Think ye that
tl -v men were shim rs ul ove ali men
iwelt 01 th-i earth. I tell yon
nay! :?u: uniess you i rent you shall
; i aP likewise parish."
IThi- > the -tat lit of a fact,
not the jltuncialicu of a theory.
; Material va es be judged by
! matt rial standards and from tilt
.' -Tar.diMf a mat'-rialist this is
the end
Spiritual values, however are not
to be --red bv mat ria standards
. <1 while 'he man el faith would
| ;>v -haken by witnessing such a de-<?:
'allot a- Tokyo. he would not
^d-. .-pair, because he knows that he
'a -pi r- -pirit uai va.ues. The
"d til things i< inevitably dust
.. . i-h'-s. vhe'h-.: these ashes are
he f .t sudden catastrophe
:ring dv?-..\ of a dy'in;
i. Tie mere fao: that the denu
dr. :n.'-; :ed will n-v
: - faith for h- .. ready knew
" ha/Ci h ..- : '..Id be ;? Tv end of the
'.w her ac p?.ri-k in a fiery
: -'ay through
?va-:. - di-. a-. .
it - :. : the v. rath of God against
I. v -I T >k\. tra ??ne need
:... m in. thi> b--plain so much as
lit', fret thai a.- gold ! th<f fane..a.
s Tr <d. -o faith mast "
i . !> ;\Lr :;sh -;>:ritual value*1
faring 'n I? tribulati>?"
must enter * I'.r splj".uui
A- i after a.ii. the ?t catasti-'
r.es .'i* histopji? e be^ni *he source
| f .uteat -p'.ritua: bli
Th- trap' :> {* :uv. tne burn
.... of k >me. the Ke.irt. of Terror,
the Great War, awfuI a they art- to
nipl'it* . wen- >?-: tr.e source f
spiritual valuer- i ? men.
Much rubbish has been destroyed
am! out of : he ashes new values
i have been r produced. After ail the
.?i!y U-son >f uest jrreat calamities
> to be found in the still sm:i voicc
i of human faith, by which met- are
nu'ilr humble, the world is drawn
: toy ether in sympathetic service and
prospects of a new dawn arise, \vh ch
leads men <??j to a new spiritual coni'
tot.
'Put them in fear. O, I rd. that
J that the heather, may know tb?-msel\>
> to be hut men."
There i* the human need 'hat man
may see visualised in earn catastrophe.
It is this drama: lessor
- which has humbled the arrogacice of
i Babylon an J Egypt and Rome and
I Germany.
' it is the grave alone which burn
1 oh - the arrogance of the j>r..ud.
What'. r else Tokyo may teach
' us. it should teach us tho'. we arc
"hut men" and not little p .s and
I that we have no other help : at thee
I j
O v?.iiiv who out of dtsoia: : can
, j make a new heaven and a new earth.
: MEN YOU MAY MARRY
' By E. R. PEYSER
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J to you?
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J tell r.im to "Watch his step. lie
t *ks >:?, if ne were always eni
\ cagod in the gentle feat of right
1 ' rope walking. Seems afrni 1 ro
J take up too much room on the
' >i<'.ewalk. Walks as near tic in,
side of the street as possible and
* always has hi> coat tightly M?tt
toned and often on warm lays
* turns up his collar. Av al-y
* smiling. awfully shy. His siea^es
' -e?-in to have n hate on his .
* and slide up his arms. Ib- iJ
overpleasant and awfully good
t :n iinil .?.!?
J IN FACT 5
He is always good to every- J
4 hndy?TOO good. /
* Proscription to his bride:
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J Absorb This: J
j I ^ An ounce of dash is worth a #
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THfc WATAU1
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Power Wagons Tai
To Farms
1
Portable Transformers and Motor
Equipment Rented by the
Day in Kansas.
j Electricity, which propels great ve?j
sels, moves giant locomotives sd
drives immense machines in mani ictaring
plants. ?nds n<* work too he avv
*
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Motor Wagon Operating Th* 'sh
for it on the farm No "chore" is
? montonous. no job too strenuous,
electric energy has the ad van i -e
over steam of Instantane ou$ coii
The only difficulty has been to find .a
mcc nomical metbcd of getting elect
ty to the farm.
In Kansas, a region of large
farms, one of the p >wer corapa: has
solved this problem in an n
genious manner so that electric
rent from pn\v r lines can be ir :e
available for farm service. This
plies power in sufficient volume
at sufficient v !ta- tor the* lit
work of th<- tarn: i
The power co* ; > in in
NOI x W L. HAVE A
:>a:lv newspap : *
first odiiicn -f the 1..
was have mad"arnr
- y??i< rdjljy afternoon.
nothing of the mw
that Mr. George ?'?
i: ' ::y, \vi. i i. :<? r-.-ide ?i 15
11.- father a Methodist pa
i- actively connected with the
The friend- of Mr. Hollo .
v ; be jriad :? know that, he
- ;;cie.->ful in the newspaper
ness. having bean on the force-'ill"
of the metropolitan dailies -
he left Boone.
The paper will he issued every
lernoon except Sunday.
Wintei
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p THE PRICES A
VL/UH i lurgci mat y
, !=? article you want that i
Sii class hardware store.
!Let us serve you.
Boone
I Com
dcmocrat
:e Electricity
From Power Lines
_ j
; constructed a small transformer ?i(> |
on which serves as a portable sub- I
station It Is concerted to the power :
transmission line and !t? function Is
to reduce the high voltage of the Una
to voltages required for the work to
be performed.
From the transformer wagon a Ion?
electric cable is paid out from a reel,
and at the other end this cable carriaa
- ' : .
ling Machine on a Kansas Farm.
current to a second wagon in which
it mounted the electric motor which
supplies power for the farm machinery.
The entire outfit is rented to fanners
for two or three days. or longer if
desired. It can be transported about
so easily that a surprisingly large district
of farming country can be covered.
Such heavy work as threshing,
rushing rock and baling hay is effli?
utly performed with the aid ot tbi?
arrangement for providing the eleorit
energy needed. It ie predicted that
-v ng disking and harrowing will
in.- accomplished eventually.
COVE CREEK COMMUNITY FAIR
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n ;'i . <. Bej-t Sn.'uile Horse.
" !;, i . ivr oiw year
Ml ' KS -?1m >: * am, in Jharness;
3est ' ->/ ;. '.ii'lci one year.
< A Ffli) 'v : > ' !. ..? breed
v jot : nipvte vitn another. Best
I?. jver '.?? \ irs. Best Bull, under
years; Best i ow, ove two years;
B st Heifer, under two years.
Sr: V.EP? Best Ram, any breed;
f B?t V \ \ any breed; Best Lamb,
any breed.
:u> i -t noar. any ?:? ( 1; m-M
Sow, *.;:y Freed; ftt s: Litter Pigs, any
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SEPTEMBER 27, 1923
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Our printin gi$ done by skilled men with the <
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Monday October 1st.
W. E. SHIPLEY WILL HAVE for
SALE IN BOONE THE FINEST
LOT OF
PliRE BRED REGISTERED
HEREFORD BULL CALVES
AND YEARLINGS
Ever shown in Western North Carolina.
I PUBLIC AUCTION
Monday, October 1st.
IN FRONT OF THE COURT HOUSE AT
NEWLAND, N. C.
I will sell at public auction to the highest
bidder from 20 to 30 horses and mules.
Dont bid if you dont want the animal be
ing sold. There will be no by-bidders, no
crooked schemes, and if-if-if a crooked horse
or mule you will likely find it out soon enough.
1 also have 50 head of Cattle, 10 Milch
Cows, 15 Hogs, a let of Wagons, Harness,
Buggies, Gas Engines, Hay Balers Corn Mill
Corn Crushers, Shingle Mills and most anything
else you want, including two fine heavy
yoke of Work Oxe, to sell, but not at public
auction. .
Good men can get good terms. All I want
is to sell and know I will get my money later.
Don' t forget I a min Newland, N. C. with
a fuli and complete line of general Merchandise,
and regardless of others who may be
in the same business, 1 assure you it will pay
you to see me before you get all you want 1
elsewhere, and be convinced that Hopkins
Store is the place to trade.
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I buy everything any merchant farmer,
Banker, Miner, Lawyer, Doctor, Preacher,
I sell everything you want or need or it
Saint or Sinner woi 1 need,
is not to be had.
Bring your dinner and stay all day. We
will have a good time and you will have the
opportunity of your life to get just what you
want at your own price. . .
I am respectfully yours for business,
THOMAS W. HOPKINS
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