North Carolina Newspapers

FAQS TWO 20,000 Suicides In U.S. in 1921 Reaction Follcwinf -the War Blamed , for Lar je Number Varied Reasons New York, ; March 5. Reaction -- following" tne war was wicu luii... by the Save-A-Life League, for -the large number, of suicides in 1921, twenty thousand of which were esti ' mtwl o have taken place in this country. The number of cases brought to the league's attention was 12,144, -of which 8,410 were males and 3,734 females. . , . " "This waste of life, the result of recent disturbed economic conditions .and the aftermath of war," said a re port ty Harry M. Warren, president of the league, "has caused commer cial failures, loss of employment and much real suffering. The growing complexity-of our modern life, the . feverish . unrest, crimes, divorces, ; questionable dress, unhappy home re '.v laMnn 'th decline of religious senti-i - ment and other .'things have caused I deranged t nerves, depression and less sell -control, wiw improveu uui ness, which- is; sure to come, the sui cide rate4 will be reduced and pros: perity and happiness will return." One- of the striking features of the report is the increase in the number Of suicides oi cntiaren, wmcn wan 477 in 1919, 707 in J920 and 858 in 1921. There also were 509 war vet erans among the suicides last year. All classes of society were, includ ed in the list of those who took their own lives. There were 10 editors, 40 'students, 51 school teachers, 22 clergymen, 39 brokers, 57 judges and Iawyers,N8d physicians, 7 mayors, 88 heads of Iaree corporations, 76 mil- lionaires, 30 wealthy women and 93 bankers, including 37 bank presi dents. The oldest suicide was 100 ' years old and the youngest five years. . Varied Reasons. . r ATI '.'sorts of reasons were given by v;the' ' Victims. Ono'jpnan : hanged. ;"himr r selkUcause Jb wf aaJ't&o good", : tnr Viinf mnnihpr hprmiRp his wife -was spending all his money, another j because he could not stand the noise of a neighbor's piano, and another because his wife refused to kiss him. One spinister took poison, leaving a note that , "no man in the world is good enough for me," and a mother took her life because her son would not marry to please her. One man left a note stating "beware of grass widows," and another killed himself for "the good of the I. W. W." In New York City there were 840 Electrical Wizard Hurls Thunderbolts Modren Jove Has Succeede din Pro-ductal- " and Controlling Indoor .Thunderstorm." Schenectady; NrY.," March 2.- (By the Associated Press.) Schenectady has a modern Jove, who sits on his throve in a laboratory of the Genera! Electric company and hurls thunder bolts at. will. He is Dr. Charles P. Stemmetr electrical wizard, 'who announced to day he has - succeeded in producing snd controlling an indoor -.thunder storm, with all the characteristics of its natural brother, except Jhe thun der clouds At a demonstration of hia -'"light ning generator" a few, days ago, the familiar forked tongues . flashed through the laboratory with a deaf ening crash .splintered a large block of wood, hurling the fragments - 25 feet, and ripped a miniature tree, f rem tip to base. The bolt carried the energy of 1,000,0001 horsepower about - , one f ive-hundredths of the energy of a natural lightening bolt. Dr. Stein- metz estimates and' lasted - for the one hundred thousandth part of second. Dr. Steinmetz hopes his ap paratus will contribute largely to the development of lightning arresters as it provides an' opportunity for the study at close range of .the phenome non that Benjamin Franklin began to investigate years ago with his kite, string arid key. His experiments have convinced him however, that there is little likeli hood of man's realizing his dream of harnessing thunderbolts and mak ing . them work. Despite their tre mendous energy, he says, their Jife is so short that, harnessed, they would be worth only a , few cents apiece. "In our lightning generator," he said, "we get a discharge of 10,000 amperes at over lOC.OOO volts, that is, a power of over 1,000,000 horse power, lasting for a hundred thous andth part, of a SecbWBroives fnaoie tne-uw tering effect of real lightning, sol teU fa that, for instance, a piece of small tree exposed to the discharge , is mechanically torn to pieces. A piece of wire struck by the flash vanishes in dust "The difference between lightning energy and ordinary electric current is similar to that between a pound oi dynamite and a pint of gasoline; The pint of gasoline contains more energy and can do more work than the pound of dynamite, but the pint of gasoline gives off its energy slow- suicides last year, an increase of 103 ly, at a moderate rate of power, while over 1920. the pound of dynamite gives off its Ireland has fewer suicides than any energy explosively, all at once, at an other country on earth, MrV Warren J enormous rate of power and thereby declared in his comment on world locally tears and destroys." conditions. Germany leads the world. 1 The inspiration, to produce artifi- especially in child suicide. Japan has Jcial 'lightning came to Dr. Steinmetz many thousands of suicides annually and China is said to have a half mil lion every year. RETIRES AFTER LONG, FAITH FJJL SERVICE IN WASHINGTON Mrs. Fodie Buie Kenyon of Robeson ' Made Fine Record as Department of Justice Worker. 'Washington, March 5. Mrs. Fodie two years ago, when he arrived at his summer camp on the Mohawk river, to find the heavenly visitor had preceded him by a few hours and left the camp in disarray. Instead of bemoaning the damage Dr. Steinmetz got busy with ; a camera, a tapeline and a notebook, and collected "evidence" which he says was of inestimable value in the production of his lightning genera- Buie Kenyon, a well known North tor. Carolina woman here, has resigned) If he wanted to, Dr. Steinmetz her 'position 1ri "'the (Department of , said, he could cut loose an artificial Justice and will take a long rest. She j lightning bolt that would do as much - had been in the government service 24 years. She quit of her own .accord. 'Friends in the department where she damage as did the one which assail ed his camp. But. he is content with producing . one five-hundredth worEed presented her with a great much "kick". Producing the lare-er wealth of flowers and a- handsome bolt would involve great expense arid sterling silver vase as a token of re-, the bolt Vould be too dangerous to gard and appreciation,, something ' observe at close Quarters. unusual in the case of a government clerk. - TT11 . . . - inere are two Kinas oi govern or, bteinmetz;- generator consists essentially of a high-voltage conden ser in the form of 200 plasa nlste- ment employes in Washington. One These are arraneed in two row, in watches the clock, and races away! groups of 50, and are capable of hold , from his or her job on the minute,; ing 120,000 volts of electricty. and complains constantly of not get-1 One end of the double row of -con-ting enough for services rendered, densers corresponds to the thunder The other lets the clock take care of cloud in the sky, in which an elec itself, and strive to do a eood ioh trical current is cradunllv ntnret n and rise by sheer spirit. Mrs. Ken- and increased by the conglomeration yon belonged to the latter type. She of the raindrops, as Dr. Steinmetz came nere irom the Normal and In-; has shown. The other end of the con Musinai conege, wnere she wis denser plates corresponds to the nigniy appreciated, and there has earth. never been a moment that she did When the tension of the stored not make good. She has received a electric energy-becomes greater than good salary and saved up something the generator will hold, the discharge " resi Bne is now taking. taices place. .Mrs. Kenyon's father was D. A.j The lightning flash is seen, the Buie, the man who "held Robeson , thunder rojls represented by a loud and saved the state." He was one snapping sound and the bolt strikes. of the famous Buie twins, of the Con- - federate army, wfa celebrated their No Distinction, golden, wedding together in 1916, and Talk comes out of Raleigh that the died within three weeks of each other, . collector of internal revenue is un about three years ago, at the ages! able to find an income tax blank" for f5' rr , judges, this discovery being made Mrs. Kenyon will remain here, i when Hon. Henry G. Connor, judge of She and Mr. Kenyon have purchased the United States Court for the east s' small apartment house, No. 311 j em district of North Carolina, asked - Maryland avenue, and will reside ' for a WanW in mnl nt v.;. f there. H. E. Cv Bryant in Charlotte turn. Not only are there no income uai LwaiiKS ior maces dui rnpro iw " Washington, March 4. After I Gained 1 6 Pounds and Am Brimful ' Of New Life and Energy, Thanks to TANLAG iay Tho. J. CDon' , nell, 1S6 State St., . Rochester, N. Y - Tan lac, by it action on the digestive and assimila " r five organs,' builds up ' . . the entire system, ; Jr fit .''.'', ' Si! brings back the glow to your . cheeks, the ' spring to your step and the glorious feeling of buoyant health to every fibre of your body. " At alt good druggists. ; ; i Z 'M'' Care arid Manage merit of Will Develop 35,000 Horse ' Power, terday. Kaieign ews and Observer, March 4: ; Huge . hydro-electric power de velopment at Swift Island, 1 T,v Bible. Pazzle. ' 'vx v To the Editor of The Robesoriian: ' I hope you will give me space . in fuui k wu vikc iui wi nuiowingi . i reiopment at ewif t Island, a few ' A good tnan when dying gave di-' hundred feet abovo 'the recently 'coiri rection to . hia i relatives concerning pleted bridge over the Pee Dee river his funeral and took anoath from them 'on the " Raleigh-Charlotte highway, that hia directions should he carried and six miles below the oower nlant out. But the funeral procession did at Badin is the object of the Caro- : Thirty-five thousand horse power will be the maximum power capacity at the dam which is to he built, it is understood. Transmission lines . from the power plant will connect with the 100,000-volt 7. line !l of $ the Carolina Power A Light Company at Sanford, and ; make the -new ' development ( Dairy Extension Office, West Ral eigh, N. C). ';' .;tt;SL"''4 - The care and management of the family cow plays a greater "part than is usually supposed in her ability to produce a maximum flow of , milk. First, the cow must be made com fortable ,by furnishing her with "a clean, dry and warm place in which to stay; she appreciates these things just as all other animals do and will nav for them bv producing more milk than she would under the opposite grandly looking down? conditions. The stall in which she am thanking you for, space in is kept should be cleaned and bedded your paper. so years service in the Department of Justice, where she was the assistant in i the office of appointment clerk, JUrs. F .B. Kenyon has resigned her ' . ki..,.v, AVE bdUIUCb 24 1 officers or for any other official. great or small none made especially for officialdom. But there are in come tax blanks in plenty for John Jones, William Smith, James John position. Mrs. Kenyon, formerly Miss i son or any other citizen who may Fodie Buie, of Buies, Robeson coun-for the time be a Judjye. President or .ty, is a member of one of the best known families of that section of vine oibic. one is a graduate OI tne North Carolina College for Women. ' She became secretary to Dr. Charles D,,McIver, the first president of the institution, and was also the assist ant in pusmess department of the J college. When she resigned her posi tion at the ' Normar and Industrial College, as it was then known," was told - that - it was held open to her for a year, and the Department of r Justice, is ready to reinstate her in her position with it if she cares to return. E. E. Britton -'in'"" Raleigh News and, Observer, , .4 -k wnai not, ior an oiiiciaidom is ex pected to make income tax returns as citizens, as specifically set out in section 213 of the revenue act of 1921, which secifically names "judges of the supreme and inferior courts of the United States." When Judge Con nor was trying to pay his tax, like the good citizen that he is, all that was necessary was to hand him a blank such as is handed John Jones. Statesville Daily. prK Aav. or at least fresh " hedriinfr should be added each day. so as to Lumberton. enable the cow i -TC,iA"n - and I ." ixfiJ.-AV- '''-i-J"' 1.1. '. which the. cow is kept should be so constructed that it will be light. The cow does not like a dark stall, and besides, it. is a good breed ing, place for disease germs .which may injure both the cow and the peo ple who consume the milk. - The stall should be so constructed that it will be tight for the first four feet aove the floor, this prevents cold;" drafts from passing over the cow's ' ' body while she is in the stall, and especjal- y while" she is lying down. Above this there should be plenty of win dows to insure an abundant , supply of fresh air arid sunlight. During the summer months the cow should be provided with plenty of shade. She should be allowed to do her grazing during the cool parts of the day and then allowed to. go to a cool shady place during . the hot hours of mid-day. The cow always suffers when forced to stay in the hot sun for any great length of time. The cow should be in good flesh at the time of freshening and should be dry for about six weeks. These two things will enable her to start at a high level of milk production after freshening, also the dry period gives her body , a rest which itv needs. .As to the cow's jfeed during, this dry period before freshening, if she is in good flesh and has - plenty of good pasture, no -particular attention need be paid to her ration, but if she must be fed entirely on dry feed, a laxative feed such as wheat bran or linseed meal should be added to the ration. If the cow freshens during, the winter months she should, of course, have a warm box stall and for the first few days after freshening should be fed rather lightly,' and her feed can then be gradually increased un til she is back to a full feed. The cow's udder may be swollen and hard for a short time before and. after freshening, in . which ' case it should be bathed at least three times each day, using water as hot as the hands can be kept in, after which it j $ should be well massaged with vase- $ line. . - The cow should not be milked quite dry first one or two milkings after freshening, especially if the udder is inclined to be feverish - and swollen. She should always be milked regular ly twice each day as near the same hour each time as may be practical, and always milked dry after the first one or two milkings after freshening. It is good practice to, leave the calf with its mother 36 to 48 hours, and then it should be taken, away and placed in a clean well lighted stall.- J -A. HERRING, R-rr Y'(' r not start for. the grave until the man in. Power company, chartered by available in Raleigh and other towns uu uten una ira years.,. juer. .;".; "tvuxuiujf j.o ia-. now supplied py tne local power; cor funeral started a -bad man . tried to, fonnation from a reliable source yes-' poration. , ' , stop it but got stopped. The funeral was 40 years on its journey to the grave and had an exciting ; time in crossing two bodies of water on; the way. A strange sign from above led the funeral all the way every - day, lest harm should come to molest, and a bright light shone doen on the cof fin every; night This ; good - man's grave was: bought 338 ; years before the man was buried In it A good man once asked a woman for a drink of water near this grave. " Two' large mountains of the . Bible look down grandly on this. game grave., ' - Questions to be answered :;s so,: a. What was the ' name of - the man who; died ?- What wasi- his - father's name? What was his mother's name ? What the names of his 11 brothers? What: was his ; sister's name T -What was the bad man's name?;. What was it that stooned him ? Who Was thp leader- of tlhis funeral ? . What name for the strange sign which led the way? What name. for the bright Jight that shone on the coffin? What" name for the first body of water crossed?. What name for .the second body of water crossed ? who bought the grave lot so long before it was used? How much '.was paid for it ? Who asked for the drink of water t What well where the' good . man was : resting ? What " generous offer did the good man make if she would ask? What names for the two mountains PORTLAND CEMENT x A NEW todustry comes to town, or an old on - XjTk nwm nrto new and better quarter. - Either is . . credit to the community and to the merchant t who thus gives evidence of his progrew. One man has played a possibly unnoticed, but no lest essential part tn this community improvemeotT your building material dealer. His investment in a slow moving stock, building material,-is definite pledge of bk belief in the comnjunlty. Hia stock and ability to deliver promptly enable you to take advantage of , sraatber condition, and tuah unexpectedly needed constrocdoft. Yout building nurterial dealer' judgment s Ann i a Jly fast weight. He la die man who ha mIWI Atlas Portland Cement "the Standard by which all cxnee maKesere THB ATLAS PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY i Offemi Nw Yodi v M;NaniawiMnaLPa-.HiMl - -toUmMpbm X v mm, N. YVHLeaaVAIa. Surprisingly PRETTY are the NEW CAPES, COATS COAT SUITS DRESSES and -TRIMMED HATS . for SPRING WEAR raft- : v NOW BEING DISPLAYED by . LUMBERTON'S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORE in their ; EXHIBIT THIS STORE IS THE VERY CENTER OF ATTRACTION NOW Mr. W. B. Barker of R. 1, St. Pauls, was a. Lumherton visitor Jtlonday. Mr. E. L. Buie of Red Springs was a Lumberton visitor Monday. Mr. D. B. Blount of R. 7, Lumber ton, was among the visitors in town Monday. Recorder Joe Buie of Red Springs was a Lumberton visitor Monday. LOCAL RAILROAD SCHEDULE. Seaboard ' Train No. 19, west-bound, due at 6:31 a. m. Train No. 31, west-hound, due at 10:35 a. m. Train No. 13, west-bound, jue at 6:20 p.m. Train No. 14, east-bound, due at 10:10 a. rn. Train . No. 34, east-bound, due at 2:50 p. m. Train No. 20, east-bound, due at 10:04 p. ra. Raleigh & Charleston. Train No. 1, for Marion, S. C, leaves at 9:30 a. m. Train No. 2, from Marion, S. C, arrives at 5:10 p. m. . Virginia & Carolina Southern Train No. 79 from Hope Mills, due at 9:10 a. m. Train No.. 64 for Hope Mills leaves 1 J at 10. m. . i J Train No. 65 from Hope Mills, due at 6:25 p. m. ' : j It naturally should be, of course, when every woman is in quest of styleirrfornYatio ap- , parel she needs with an absolute assurance pf correctness. ""'; v t . ' ' ''' '' .-, - ,,;...' 7 , .u '' 1 ' 'J. - ' ' .:' J . ' '-' ; : '--''r, -. . J ''- " - -". ; -. ,v ' ,. ;'." A SEASON OF PRETTY CAPES - - In a season like this, when almost every woman will wear a ' J cape, exclusiveness will play an important part when purchas-' ing. Here are Capes of new and different ideas, a difference which lends greater charm and make them exclusive Priced $11.00 to $17.50 THE COATS ACHIEVE INDIVIDUALITY BY THEIR SIMPLICITY ! It is a welcome relief to turn from the novel and fanciful coat modes to one of the simple but equally effective. Even the very smartly dressed women will agree to that we believe. We are now displaying coats whose lines convey the idea of simplicity, with the added charm of individuality. $7.00 to $25.00 , FROCKS FOR SUNNY SPRING The brilliantly colored dresses of oriental designing, in many ef fects, plain and novels whisper the mode in its entire correctness. They are distinctive and original expressions of famous style creators. : : $10.00 to $30.00 SUITS FOR EVERY WEAR . The fascination of this presentation lies not. alone in the various . ... modes, but in the exclusiveness of the ideas which provide for and meet individual needs and problems so pleasantly. - $15.00 to $30.00 THE VERY NEW IN HATS Numerous modes for street, evening and Sports wear, offer you ' many charming "possibilities in the choice of a shape to becomingly .' top your spring costume. . , "' ; $4.50 to $12.50 R. D. Caldwell (S; ob, Inc. .', . - , . Lumberton 's Leading Department Store.4 .- . . - ; Train Nn. 78 tnr TTrtnA filla loonm : at 8:40 p. m, . . j ,- ' '