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if SUBSCRIPTION PRICE Y. .' ; - ; PURCHASED The North Stat Deo. 2d, , 1892 The Cancaiians, Slay 22, 191 - Combined Circulation 15XXJ, PER YEAR $1.50 : CASS IN ADVANOE. VOL. 51 F Aii;.: p ... I THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSatiAm'' WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1922. 'AH tfca Wws That's FH to Prtat . Reliability thm 'Mala rssturt. fTO.30. f KV.A rsu I I 1 I I II 11," I IV li fill Iwi I . I I 1 1 I I 1 1 MX : I I I I L-J I ' CATCH - ALL By Eugene Ashcraft, : Old Summer Time is here, juve eone to wearin their furs. J , fur neckpe will keep out cold, I rron North Carolina mines great 81aBtitie of ttle. It is worth about one -at a poo" at tne mme- When ground ito four, a little perfume added, and it tM i Prettv U is sold for 'atthan s dollar a pound. Talcum is "uj, tak, bu hy the addition of a little iweet it has gotten into society.' .. rrly ihe vear horticulturists and -(HDologists predicted there would be of insects nd worm this eea !L owing to the exceptionally mildness winter. The prognosis was cor . witness' the innumerable hordes of S n the forest and field. We should ni protect our , birds as they 2, about tht only thing which destroy, wrc '. Sttin' our handsome and well-dress-j irb on the streets, their dresses jia' t more or less artistic fringe pMdd the skirt, reminds us we have at old Pnt nd ma,be coat or - hinein' up in the closet a4 home Ik-Tare Grayed" and "fringed" au aturd. H only the men now , would ,tot a sensible style ye editor would for himself a perplexing economic problem solved. Sayt the Statesville Landmark: recorded that 'a wealthy young man of Shelby' in front of his jT$10JX(O home' 'struck his wife on tit bead several times with an automo ti pump, inflicting serious injuries, " fl ol which would have been a good fM item had only the names of the pirtkipanti of the little fracas been men tionti , - Slid an observant citizen : "Fine spir it ion of our Monroe people have who own big automobiles. They always prof fa 4 we of their cars at funerals." Yeah. Fat chance the man who heads the process ion in a box had of ever en joyi:l ride in any of these, same fine big automobiles. Most rear seats of the tux can are empty while their sel fiih, Bobbish, self-satisfied owners drive round thest hot evenings and never a chance do many good citizens have of anJ airmg imui wrj Bcl w cemelerj. judieW.O. Lemmond sUtes that ac ctrdint to tot law as now made . and pwkkd a citizen cannot fossibry make rincgar iron his apples and not at some time durinj the process become a vio lator of the hw. "For," said he, "it is not i gainst the law to make sweet cider, nor is it against the law to possess yin epr, but it it a violation to possess cider B the alcoholic stage that is, when It cider ia "hard." It is the opinion, kowever, of officers that no one is likely to be molested if the making of cider lor vmegar is done in a legitimate man ptr that is, aweet cider that is properly Mortd away and not molested until it Tinegar. - Says A. Conan Doyle, spiritualist: "Ninety-nine per cent of those who die, go immediately to heaven at death. W the other one per cent, all will have to Bidergo a purify ingstate, in some nrt of hospital, and in tgfcwe or less iso ktion, but God is merffiful, and the will not be frightened by the ideas vVorme''ly used to terrify children." ,'iorting thoughts if we could be lie tV gentleman. But most of us have I making notion we might belong to Ike minority crowd, and, too, we know aoqiitals sometimes fail to effect a cure. Nice upstanding young fellow came ato The Enquirer office one day last eek looking for a job. He did not cease JJ puff a cigaratte all the time he was ere. Said he had been Jboking all over htt place to work but he couldn't ana anyone who needed help. nua, did Vrm lr nrt tar Ym avMO HtlO man needing help wouldn't under Wto Qwns the Air. Hrold o. Nevin and Leon Smith, ftora, were fined $1 and costs by Jus ' j of the Peace C. C. Rowan recent J a charge of trespassing over the .l of 0. F. Grube, a farmer residing V Punxsutawney, Pa. the two fliers "ye been giving exhibitions: Mr. Grube t0 tlleir flying OVeT nii arm' ft-u! P081 trespassers, .ben the aviators refused to discon- their flights which carried them the Grube property, which they nM never touched, the latter made jformau'on against the two flyers rands Cole for trespass. Cole was Pusenger in one of the machines. He discharged by Squire Rowan, but Motors were fined. The case will be PPtaled. - . ' Were is annlW'Wil nut tn rrrk. - o - . ownership of land and water courses " wg since been determined. With Srri.l ... - wviganon there comes "some-it:- new under the sun" for lawyers j--.. v wickk wim as IO U1C j . uic an, aim iu wnai ucigiii ownership , cease, if it exists A M )-Lxsf Eduor Heart On Wrong Side. Jones, aged 20, died at the 2r" N. C, hospital a few days ago, tU'8 tn operation. . He was taken r2f.tey U nd was brought to the """Plttl from r,; , -l,-,iV,,m r1". miles of Pittsboro. It is said that fcverai year ago he was seriously ?i when a bale of cotton fell on bim, undertaker found his heart on the W tide when he went to rmhalm him. lher organs out of their natural Tie fuel BltlintSnn a TtanviU. V to the coal strike, ia said to be S-Uing acute, ,;, - , - COLUMN. in Monroe Enquirer. any -circumstances employ a cigarette smoker? The Enquirer, bunch hate cigarettes like pizen and they wouldn't let a "fiend stay in the shop if he d work for nothin. They say . "a cigarette smoker ain't worth a darn. , Observing , grandmother one cannot viswlize that in her youth she Joo was PPer, granddaughter of today being only a counterpart. Gran'ma in her day had the same desires for a "good time," dressing ia order that she might be the cynosure of "all eyes, withal demure and develish as occasion demanded. If the style was hoopskirts she wanted one a little wider-than the widest, the bustle should be the bust lest, and. nowadays if it . is. short skirts and fancy hosiery why they of course must be the darn dest! But we can't help but love the little dapperesses. They are charming and ever have been, thus, and in the days to come, doubtless will be thuslier, but never thusless. . Mr. J. E. Stack hands The Enquirer the following which appeared in a recent E. Ai Cutts Company, cotton brokers, letter: A husband, and wife and friend were arguing one day as to man's best friend, and the friend said: "A man's pocket book is always his best friend." "You are wrong," exclaimed the wife, "a man's wife is his best friend, She is ever with him in sickness and trou ble, joy or grief. No better friend can he have." "Wrong, both of you,' said the hus band. . 1 "Well," chorused the friend and wife, "who or what is man's best friend?" "His pants," explained the husband. "A man can go out without his pocket book, and he can go out without his wife, but I'll be darned if he can go out with out his pants." Here is what the Kansas City Star says relative to the origin of Dixie: "A monograph in the London Finan cial Times on the history of the old Citizens Bank of Louisiana, at New Or leans, reveals the origin of the name 'Dixie Land' the term applied now to all the Southern States and preserved in th famous Southern war song, 'Dixie.' Prior to the Civil war, the Cit izens Bank, having the power to issue paper notes, issued several millions of bills in denominations of $10 and $20, but mostly $10. The $10 bills were en graved in French with the French word 'Dix' featured on their backs. The bills became known as 'Dixie," and this mon ey becoming popular, Louisiana was re ferred to as the 'Land of Dixies, or 'Dixie Land.' Eventually the term was so broadened as to apply to all the Sou thern States. This seems a very accept able explanation of the origin of the term, which has been the subject of so much discussion. "Coatless Day" was observed last Tuesday by the Rotarians at their week ly luncheon at the Joffre hotel. Mr. Bruce Redmon offered a prize for the fanciest shirt, and Mr. Hall Wilson won the decision, Dr. Kemp Funderburk heinir a close second, while the majority I were attired in garments not of the Ja-roh-roat order but in habiliments a la cotton. All of which reminds me' that if the makers of this very utilitarian garment would make the nether end somewhat extended or more voluminous doubtless a two-fold blessing would result. Name ly: The wearer's comfort increased an hundred fold, and the addition of about three inches of shirt-tail would take multiplied thousands more yards of cloth, which in turn would immensely bull the cotton market, thus enabling the farmer who grows the staple at least an extra cent or two on the pound. If vou don't believe it, get a large piece of paper and do some figuring. Wants Chiropractic By By Mail. Tr T W. McCulloch, Thomasville's chiropractor, says the Times, recently received a letter from a lumbago suffer er, asking for a bottle ot cniropracuc. The doctor says that he can do almost anything, but that he cannot sena tiuru practic by the bottle route. The letter follows : ... vr r L.umDerion, July 10, 1922. Dr. J. W. McCulloch, Thomasville, N. C. Dear Sir: ... . , u Am troubled with lumoago, iw A frvnd OI muic mi j" cured him with chiropractic and he gave me your address, f lease scnu - ITe of chiropractic, whatever se you ryearVould mail you the money but dont know the price - a DUE enougu , -. .,,. r O D and send it as soon as you Can for I am sure in misery. v- U ELI P-ARSENS. How Editors Get Bich. complished bride. J d $10.00 and a piece of cane an" " u 7 An ci,. dies- the doctor gs and gets T $0.00. No wonder so many witS editor get rich,-Ehange.. T OH THE FLY. "UHTOR AXD THE WOSLD .- LAUGHS WITH YOU." wn&t Our .Shears and Pact Pot Captured ot , a Humoroua Vein Fxom Onr Excnange. ONLY TEACHING THE WOBXt. Pa to Bill Doi't you know it'; "(; t um on eunuayi , ... Bill I'm not fishing.. I'm teaching the worm to swim. only ' HARD ON THE JUST. Aid when it rains, it raina alike Upon the just and unjust fellah, But more upon the -Inst because. The ' unjust eteals the lust's nmbrellah. "WHAT SHE COULD HEAR. Lady Are these ecres really new laid! Shop Assistant Yes. madam. If you will kindly step up to this tele phone, wnich is laid on to our farm yon . will hear the hens that laid them still cackling. WHAT SHE HOPED. I'm quite a near neighbor of yours now,' said Mr. Bore. "I'm living just across the river." 'Indeed," replied Miss Smart. "I hope you 11 drop in some day." Christian Register. .' INEXHAUSTIBLE SOURCE. Mr. Nextdoor: "Johnny, you've got . a new brother the stork just brought it." Joi.nny: "Stork nothing the milkman did!" Mr. Nextdoor: "The milkman f " "Johnny: "Sure! Doesn't it say on his wagon, 'Families sup plied daily!" THAT SETTLED IT. The girl's lips quivered and her breath came in labored gasps, but she did not speak. "Do you love met" pleaded the young man. "I I don't know," was the an swer. Gently he insinuated his arm around her. "Darling, would- you like me to ask your mother first T" With a sudden cry of terror she grasped his arm. "No, no, no!" she shrieked eonvulsively. 'She's a widow; I want you myself." Minneapolis Tribune. t t HE PELL OUT.OF THE WINDOW. A much-battered young man came into the hotel at midnight and asked the clerk for Room 23. -"Can't give yon that one," re plied the clerk. It's taken." "Who's got it," asked tee un steady one. "A-man named Jones." "What Jones t" ' Mr. . A. B. Jones has Room 23." That's all fight," he grinned; "that's me. I fell out th' win dow." JUST LIKE WOOLWORTH'S. Hodge: "If you were standing on a dime why would it - be like Woolworth 'a five - and - ten - cent store!" Podge: "I'll bite. Whyt" Hodge: "Because it would be nothing above ten cents." Ameri can Boy. ROUGH ON HIS TONGUE. A bricklayer was laying bricks on the third story of an, unfinished house, and, unfortunately, dropped a brick on the head of a colored man who was mixing mortar down be low. The bricklayer, his heart in his mouth, leaned over the parapet. He thought he had killed the col ored man. But the latter looked up at him with a good-natured and foreiving grin. "Hey, w'at you doin, white man!" he shouted. "You done made me. bite mah tongue." QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB. Rastus, how is it you have given up going to chureht" asked Pas tor Brown. wli anb . replied Rastus, "it's dis way: I likes to take a active part and I used to pass de collection basket, but dey's givedat job to Brothah Green, who just returned from 'Over There.'" "In recognition of his heroic services, I suppose t" "No, sah.. I reckon he got dat job in reco'nition o' his having lost one o' his hands." Argonaut. THE HORSE BLEW FIRST. A veterinary surgeon was in structing a farmer as to a suitable method for administering medicine to a horse. ; j "Simply place this powder in a eas pipe about two feet long, put one end of the pipe well back in the horse's mouth, and blow, the nnwder down his throat." , Shortly aiier m running into the veterinary'! office in a very distressed condition. .' What 's the matter f ' ' ; asked the veterinary. - , ' "I'm dyingl" cried the farmer nhe horse blew , first! "Fortes farazine. - - " " We Are Biding Some. They '"tell iis that there is a motor car in 'the '.United Mates. ior aj " its inhabiunts. North Carolina has one cvpntn oeoole. Thu coun- try has ten times as many cars as Oreat Britain, Canada, France and Germany, all put together. However, those coun tries have less fliwerboobsf and jay walkers and therefore have fewer auto- ann : I 1 1 mobile accnienis. uw v ; - GAUGH Gold Strike at Washington, D. C. NTS, VtK Uf3 - Panning gold almost within the shadow of the capitol building at Washington, D. C; is now being done. The strike was made kcross the Potomac The picture shows Senator William H. King of Utah, a gold expert, looking on while discoverers oi the placer mine pan the gold for his inspection,- r II Assistant Secretary of Navy, Calls Lawlessness And Iaaziness U. S. Big gest Problem. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Sec retary of , the Navy, delivered the principal address July 13th, at the final session of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Atlan tic City, N. J. - . Lawlessness and laziness were two sinister signs of the times to which the, country would do well to give immediate heed, Mr. Roosevelt.-said, He mentioned the Herrin massacre as an instance of the lawless spirit abroad, and demanded the law take its course without delay in fixing the responsibility and punishing the guilty, regardless of their affilia tions. 'But a few short weeks ago, "he said, "in southern. Illinois, as atro cious aSnassacre occurred as is con tained in our annals. Men were killed, - not cleanly killed, but bru tally killed, and up to the time in which I speak there is no shadow of a conviction of the murderers in sight. I know not who was to blame, whether employer or employee- perhaps both but if our country is to stand wo must mete out justice in this case regardless of the affiliations. A blot of this kind on our escutcheon can be wiped out in one manner only, and that is by duo process of law, If we are to exist as a nation we must be. law abiding. On the law depends so ciety. Without law Our civilization crumbles. Onr government is ar ranged in such fashion that it pro vides a method whereby we who compose it can change it. Our laws can be changed in like manner. No Excuse for Breaking Laws. "There is, therefore, no excuse for. breaking laws. Nevertheless we seem to be increasingly lawless; we seem bent on destroying the structure we have builded. Illinois is but an instance, though a ghastly one, of our reckless disregard for our own laws, made by ourselves. If we love our country, if we be lieve in civilization, it is our solemn duty now, as never before, to throw our weight behind tho law and the law-enforcing bodies. "Grave as this tendency toward law-breaking is, it is but one of the dangerous tendencies of the present. There is a' doctrine abroad in the land whieh is just as destructive. This doctrine is that our function in life is to get by with as little work as possible. I have always Wen a bitter opponent of working hours, which, on account of their length, damaged the heaitn or nap piness of the workers. I have always worked diligently to correct such abuses,-but a ' creed which taKes as its thesis the belief that man. was put into, the world to do as little work as he -can and exist is a doc trine which is as destructive as Bolshevism." Urges Tndurial.Partaierahip. The tendency , toward lawlessness and" laziness sprang from the same source, Mr. Roosevelt said the. idea in ' the workman 's head that hi? position in industry did not reeeive proper recognition. ' Capital - and lafcor should be in partnership, he said, and not barter with each other like-separate nations. ; A partnership between them could be ; worked out, he said, with the aid of wise legislation, which simply should point the way, and , cordial co-operation from employers and employees. He advocated the plac ing of labor on a profit-sharing basis with a minimum wage, regardless of corporation earnings. : ... (Sri . L .-.-Tt.-SSV.'5 T FOOL THE PEOPLE. Delay in Passage of Tariff I Bill Due to Democrats. Senator James Watson. . of Indi ana, tells of the Demoetie'fflilJ!,"J mistakable language ' Wehave-had here day after day and week after week debate which everybody knew was engaged in very largely for the purpdse of de- lay. The American people cannot be fooled. Everybody, understands that there has been a filibuster on here; one which has been very adroitly conducted; one that has gone on here from day to day in a . manner so as almost to deceive the very "elect"; and yet to one who has listened to the speeches made and the subjects discussed it comes home with irresistible force that these talks have been made largely for the purpose . of delay. The mantle of prophecy has not de scended on my shoulders, but I un derstand something of the methods of some of my astute friends on the other side of the chamber, and I predicted on this floor nine months ago that the Democrats never intended that this bill should pass before the first of October next. They do not intend that it shall pass before the 1st day of October and they do nt intend that any cloture rule shall be applied that will enable us to pass it before the 1st day of October, because they intend to carry on their propagan da against it; they intend to fill the newspapers with all of their mis taken ideas I do not speak in dis respectful terms in regard to the effects of the bill when it shall be carried into operation, and then force us to go to the country On the bill with only 30 days in which to explain it, and when the bill itself shall have had no opportunity what ever to justify or vindicate its pro visions. Senators on the other side of the chamber know that just ar well as they know that I am talking to them. The smart, astute leaders over there have purposely formu lated this program. I am not com plaining. They may denominate it irood Dolities and it may be good partisanship, but I do not want them to undertake to induce the country to believe that it is statesmanship when it is pure unadulterated, un defiled partisanship with no other basis and no other tounaation. Dies From a Peculiar Ac cident. Troy Starling, who lived near Smith field, N. C' died at the hospital there following a most peculiar accident. While barning some tobacco, Mr. Star ling fell from a truck which was loaded with' tobacco and struck a nail I which held some bagging to the sides of the truck. The nail fractured his windpipe and rendered him in quite a serious con rlition H was rushed to the hospital and it was thoupht at first that there! was a chance for him to live. Air escap ing through the puncture in the. wind pipe, however, soon caused his face to swell,' and all hope was given up. He leaves a wife and seven children. Bobbed. Hair , Hurts In I , dustry. ; Leominster Mass an important cen ter ef the comb' and hairpin industry, has been hard hit as a result of the pre- vailing fad for bobbed hair, , AS VE 00 TO PRESS. The Peach Show at Hamlet, N. C. Tuesday, was attended by 5000 per sons. D..N. Cato dies in a Concord, N. C, hospital from wounds inflicted by Geo. Barringer. - j - A board of officers began duty in Washington Monday "plucking" or reducing . some 2,000 officers - from service in the army. I X the buildings of the Brookrldge Dairy Form near High Point, N. were burned July 24th. The cattle were save'd, excepting two calves. Robt. M. Barnes, aged 58, and Mrs. G. Ed. McNeil, died at High Point, N..C., the past week, -The latter was, prior to marriage,! Miss Bronsie Brown, of Madison. . - Welcome, Davidson county, had a big Community Picnie and Educa tional Rally last Saturday. There were a number of speeches and a good time generally. Rev. Elisha S. Ivery, former pas tor of the Baptist churches at Den ton and Liberty, Davidson county, died at Gastonia, N.. C, last week. His age was about 33 years. Liberty bonds continued to estab lish new high records on the Stock Exchange in New York, July 25th, he 3 l-2s rising to 101.16; the first 4 l-45s to 10168, and the fourth 4 l-4s to 101.74. The Durham, N. Cs tobacco mar ket will open September A 5th for the sale of leaf tobacco. The Co-Operative Tobacco Marketing Association is also ready' to receive the 1922 crop in that city. Gov. Morrison offers a reward of $100 for Talmadge ; Billings, of Wilkes county, who ; escaped from the prison camp at Boone Ford, in April. He was serving a life sen tence for killing Will Chatham in AVilkes county. Gov. Morrison has appointed J. L. Delaney, of Charlotte, and Harry P. Grier, of Statesville,. to succeed Geo. Stevens and Charles A. Jonas, of Lincoln ton, on committee on loca tion of proposed medical college in connection with the University. A restraining order signed by Judge E. S. Crammer several days ago against the sheriff of Brunswick county, in connection with the en forcement of the stock law ia that county, will be dissolved not later than Friday, Judge W. H. Devinpre siding at the present term , of Su perior "eourt so states. - The order restrained the sheriff f rem enforcing the stock law provisions in Bruns wick. Hickory Chips. Voting school bonds doesn't always mean better schools. The law, "to keep the Sabbath holy," has never been repealed. Good citizens try to obey the State's laws; good Christians God's laws. A good shepherd loves his sheep, and a good teacher loves his pupils. It is easier to jump at a conclusion than to give a reason for it. The trouble between capital and labor started in Eden by the devil. As long as capital organizes into unions, labor will in self defense. In all unions of capital or labor, some get too much, some not- enough. If farmers were to strike for higher prices on their products, then what? This age is loaded down with organ izations in society, in business and in church. Congress speaks 18,000,000 words a year and costs $9,000,000. So talk is not cheap. American freedom means that capital, labor and the public shall be free from strikes. If progress simply means frolic, debt, bonds and increasing taxes, we are op posed to it. Protection to American labor wher ever employed, and to American capital wherever invested, made America. The same wage for the same work may be wealth to one of a small fam ily, bankruptcy to one of a large fam- Cnions should have a scale of waeesGIenn say once, that when he Was Gov to suit age, strength, family and obli gations of its members. Every member should love his or her church and party too well to bring re proach on either by word or deed. j Hickory Times-Mercury. Condemns Ford's Offer. In., a comprehensive report submitted to the Senate July 20th by Chairman N orris, of the Senate Agriculture Com mittee, Henry Ford's offer for th pur chase and lease of the government's war-initiated projects at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, is condemned in unusually strong language, arhile the Nebraska Senator's bill, proposing development of the properties under a government own ed and controlled corporation, is describ ed as- "the most wonderful plan" that has ever been proposed in the history of the country. Chairman N orris declares that the offer would put the government of the U.- S. into business with a ven geance and that those who ask Congress to accept the offer ask it in effect to lease this property without any real consideration and then keep it in good condition for the next one mindrea years. ' John Quincy Adams' Re- piy- John Quincy Adams once said when asked a "good morning" as to his health, replied : John Quincy Adams himself is vrrv well indeed, Sir, but the house Sh in, which John Quincy Adams lives is very much delapidated, Sir. And I no tified the owner mat if He does not soon mend it John. Quincy Adams will have to move out - WHAT THIS CONGRESS HAS DONE FOR THE COUNTRY. By John T. Adams, Chairman of the Republi can National Committee. x ne nrst ot a series ot messages to j it Degan the revival and rehabilitation be delivered to Republicans by the Na- of private business by turning , its at tional Chairman says: . . tention first to the underlying industry the achievements of this Congress will rank among the greatest of any in the history of the country. No Congress ever assembled . confronted so many problems of such magnitude. There was the necessity of reconstruc tion following the most destructive war in human history which had consumed the accumulations of centuries and com pletely changed all economic and po litical currents. j In addition, it inherited the results of eight -years of riotous waste, gross mis management and class legislation. The nation's business was in a mess, disor ganized, without leadership or direc tion. Private business, as a result of the policies of the Democratic administra tion, was in a worse shape than it had been for half a century. Hard times pre vailed. The fanners faced bankruptcy. Five million industrial workers walked the streets. Business lived from hand to mouth. Commerce was demoralized. Such in a broad way were the con ditions prevailing when this Congress convened. Everything needed readjust ment and reconstruction. Because these needs were so vast and varied, because so much was expected of this Congress, it' was inevitable that all expectations were not realized.. The wreck j was so great and so complete that it could not be ck-aned up in a day or a month oi a year. It has become a custom to; criticize Congress and fair criticism is not resent ed. But since the beginning of this re public no Congress has been' so delib erately lied about and misrepresented as the present one. The proof of this is in its record, which is made up and can not be denied or minimized. The Congress tackled the task of re construction promptly. Almost) immedi ately it re-enacted the budget law, which the previous Republican Congress had passed only to have a Democratic Pres ident veto it. This was the first and the essential step toward putting the na tion's business on an economical and orderly basis. It was easily the most epochal piece of business legislation which has been enacted within this generation.-- :. ... .. ' ,.; A Lack of Gratitude. Editor Charlotte Observer: You have been very good to me in deed both by giving me money and by printing my letters to others, that I re gret to call on you to publish another letter. Sunday July 16th will be the sixth an niversary of the great flood that washed away the Catawba River bridge, and Monday the 17th will be thej sixth an niversary of my trip in the boat to res cue the six men from the tree tops. I just want to take this opportunity to remind my friends of this event, and to thank all who have given me any thing. I am still just a poor negro and will certainly appreciate anything any one wishes to do for me. As I said above on that occasion I saved the lives of six men. Only one of them, Mr. J. A. Killian, Knoxville, Tenn., remembers me, and every once in awhile sends me money and other things. Thanking you very much fo your kindness in bringing this to the atten tion of my friends, I am, Very respectfully yours, A. L. (FONS) ROSS. Belmont, N. C. (We print the above to show how some people fail to show gratitude to those who may have favored jthem. This humble, needy negro, it seems, saved the lives of six persons and only 'one of the six remember him. Christ rsfer red to this spirit in one of his healing incidents, inquiring as to Where were the others, as only one had corne to give thanks. We heard ex-Gov. R. B. ernor, that, of all the men hje had par doned, not one ever came to1 the execu tive mansion, or by word of letter, re turned thanks for executive clemency. It is "man's inhumanity to man that makes countless thousands mourn." We should be more appeciative-j It affords some satisfaction to those who express kindness, by word or deed. )-Local Ed itor. I How He Beat Hard Times. ! ! "There hain't nuth'in special in the paper today," replied an acquaintance who had been interrogated by.Tobc Wol- ford'of the Owl Gulch, Arkansas, neigh borhood, "except that it says four mil lion folks will starve to death in Roo shy this winter if they don't get help." "Well, they ort to starve if they hain't got no better sense than -to stick right there in Rooshy when times is thata way," was the disgusted answer. "When things get to such a pass with me that it looks like something has got to be did I hook up the bosses, pour a gourd ful of water on the fire, call the dogs, and take the family over to Oklahomy to visit my wife's kin." Saturday Even ing Post. Unions Have 7 Banks. . .! The big international labor unions now have seven banks in full operation, with nearly a dozen more in process of organization. Yellowstone park is 62 miles king and 54 miks wide. , ; . of agricuture, then facing bankruptcy. Agriculture engages one-half the dodu- lation of the United States, who buy 40 per cent of the products of industry and constitute that percentage of the patrons of the business interests. It was plain, therefore, that neither business nor in dustry could improve until agriculture was revived. This -revival the Congress effected by a series of laws.. It reduced public taxes over $800 000,000. By the restrictive immigration law it stopped the inpouring of hun dreds of thousands who would have on ly aggravated the unemployment situa tion to the hurt of labor. It passed a resolution restoring peace between this country and the central powers of Eu- 1 rope. The Senate within a record-breaking time ratified eight treaties formulat ed by the Washington armament con ference, which placed the United States and the world farther along the road to international peace than they have ever been. This Congress unsparingly cut pub lic appropriations. No nation in the world has made such drastic reductions in expenditures as the United States since a Republican Congress was elect ed. It enacted no destructive, paternalis tic, class or sectional legislation. On the other hand, no Congress in time of peace ever enacted so much constructive, na tional, helpful legislation. No Congress ever came into power with a greater problem to be carried out. No Congress has ever enacted a greater percentage of legislation promised by the administration and requested of the leg islative branch by the executive. It has not been a "do nothing" Con gress, as falsely charged. No Republican need or will apologize for it. Its record is not on the defensive. It will go before the country and receive endorsement and a commission to continue in power. The people are not going to stop the mag nificent work it has so well begun. They are not going to lose tho advantage it has gained. They are not going to re turn the Democratic party to power, and thereby restore the evil conditions in public and private affairs which this Congress has so largely corrected. .... - A Short Will. While searching the records of the courthouse at Danbury, Attorney D. C. Kirby, of Winston-Salem, ran across what is thought to be the shortest will ever recorded in this part of the country. The document, which contained only 23 words, was drawn November 22, 1920, by the late J. W. Kiger, of the Tobacco ville section of Stokes county. It con veyed to his wife an estate valued at approximately $20,000. Mr. Kiger died some months ago and soon afterwards the will was probated and filed at Dan bury. The wording of the will is as fol lows : "I declare this to be,my last will that my wife, Martha, have all my real estate and money and all personal prop erty." The will was witnessed by C.'L., and C. A. Westmoreland. (This fills our idea of legal composi tion. It is free of whereas and where fore and all those decidedly unnecessary phrases and expresses in a few words what some lawyer would require several pages of foolscap paper to write. There is need for simplicity in both law and medicine. Medical terms should give way to plain and simple English and law should be cleared of all its multiplicit ies of words to express some legal point. In the latter it might be like the old Irish scrub woman with whom wc con versed one time at a hotel on our visit to a Northern city. She said she went to mass every morning at 6 o'clock, before coming to work. We asked her if she understood all the Latin that the Priests said in the usual Catholic services. She said: "No, but that it sounded so nice.") Local Editor. John Wanamaker Asks. What are the true marks of a good friend ? To cheer you in well-doing, To warn you in danger, To give you courage to do better, To assist you with useful information, To point out to you your mistakes, To tell you of their own experiences, What a happy world this would be if we were all eager to help each other on! John Wanamaker, June 17, 1922. Exegesis. "To the law and to the testimony!" As to the bonus, see Luke 3, 14: "And the soldiers likewise demanded of him (John the Baptist) saying. And what shall we do? And he 6aid unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages." As to the strikers, see Psalm 144, 14 : "That there be no complaining in our streets," Reader in N. Y. Tribune. "Becky Thatcher," the little school girl in the Mark Twain book on the ad, ventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckle berry Firm, is a real person living today in Hannibal, Missouri, the old home of Mark Twain. She is 86 years of age and is matron of the Home of thp Friend-
The Union Republican (Winston, N.C.)
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