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WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY , SElTEMJiEK 28, 11)22.
NO. 11)
JlRS. M. A. HAMILTON.
Frleods Here Will Regret The
. Passing of This Well Known
Baltimore Lady.
1 lie following is taken from ihe
News und Observer of the 2 1 si in
sulin: i'-Friends in Raleigh will leurn
wlili regret of ihe death of Mrs. M.
A, Hamilton, of Baltimore, which
occurred at Nantucket, Massachu
tens, Wednesday morning, Sep
tember 20.
Mrs. Hamilton had been in fail
ing health for several months and
was spending ihesummer with her
daughter, Mrs. Chauncey H. Blod
geti, on the coast of Massachusetts
id the hope of regaining her im
paired strength. During the past
few weeks she grew steadily worse
god announcement of her death
was received here yesterday.
( , Funeral services and interment
was in Baltimore Saturday.
'!, Mrs. Hamilton before her mar
riage was Sallie Austin, the young
est daughter of the late Alexander
A. Austin, of Warren county. She
was born at "Woodlawn" Halifax
county, July 16, 1846.
' About the close of the Civil war
the was united in marriage to Cap
(lin Sterling Gee, of Halifax coun
ty, a gallant soldier of the Confed
eracy, who, after a brief period of
Redded life was killed in battle on
ly a few days before the cessation
Of hostilities. Some time after
Wards she beeame the wife of M.
A. Hamilton, of Baltimore, and
$nce his death she has continued
d make her home in that city.
The deceased was a resident of
Raleigh for a considerable period
in her girlhood, living at "Silver
Spring," the home of her stepfath
ir, Col. F. P. Haywood.
She received her early education
h private schools, and later attend
ed St. Mary's under the elder Dr.
Smedes."
I READY FOR SEASON.
The North Carolina Cotton
tiiowers Cooperative Association
is teady to handle the cotton lor
(ts members.
The receiving agents in Halifax
County are: Edwin Coppedge,
jHalitax; Geo. L. Hayes, Rose
mary; B. B. Sherrod, Enfield; S.
t. Johnson, Tillery; J. W. Cotton,
Scotland Neck; L. G. Shields,
Hobgood.
1 You may deliver your cotton to
iny ol the receiving agents any
day during the week, the tlat ad
Vance is $50 per bale weighing
400 pounds in good condition.
I The receiving agents are located
jju the railroad stations,
f The bonded warehouses in the
jcounty are located in Weldon, Mr.
$. J. Dixon, Manager, and Little
Ion, Mr. Daniels, Manager.
Any of the receiving agents or
warehouse men will be glad to aid
you in any way they can.
CONTRACT LET.
At the meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Weldon Cotton Storage
Warehouse, the contract was let
'.to Wnieden & Company, of Roa
jnoke Rapids, the amount being
$30,650.00 for six compartments
The first to be completed by the
1 15th of October, and the building
Ito be completed by January I si,
1923. When completed the ware-
2 house will have a capacity of 6,000
I bales of cotton.
f This will mean a great thing for
Weldon and especially the farmer,
i who, when he delivers a bale ol
I cotton to the warehouse, gets
cash deposit of $50, ihe rest 10 be
1 paid when the corporation sells
.U t-. ' L T ..I
me cotton, ine main ooject oi
this warehouse is to keep the whole
crop from being dumped on the
market at one time.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The Baraca Class of the Weldon
M. E. church, held their semi an
nual election of olficers last Sun
day morning. The following were
elected to serve six months:
President N. M. Shearin.
Vice-President C. E. Carter.
Secretary-F. H. Clark.
Treasurer J. I. Wyche.
Orphanage Treasurer E. G.
Garlick.
Librarian C. J. Owen.
Press Reporter J. W. Sledge.
Teacher-O. W. Pierce.
Assistant Teacher George D.
Hawks.
This ia indeed a fine body of
young men and in .a quiet way are
accomplishing a great deal of good
a the coounuiiiuy.
MUST OBEY THE LAW.
No More Treatments Will beQiv
en Diphtheria Carriers at the
Health Department.
After today no more treatments
will be given Diphtheria Carriers
at the Health Department. This
is done on account ol children who
are carriers running at large, con
trary to the instructions for carri
ers. Children who are carriers
MUST BR KHPT ON THH PRRM
ISES OF THEIR HOME, and the
parent will be held responsible for
violation of the quarantine law.
They can be treated at home by
mopping the throat twice daily
with 20 per cent, of Argyrol, and
by using gargles of Dobell's solu
tion, Peroxide and other prepara
tions, or the family physician may
be called in to prescribe the treat
ment. Children may come to the Health
Department on Mondays between
2 and 3 o'clock and Thursdays be
tween 2 and 3 o'clock ONLY for
swabs to be taken, and they MUST
be accompanied by a parent or
some one who will be held respon
sible for their conduct on the
street.
Parents and others interested
are asked to co-operate with us in
clearing up this Diphtheria menace.
PaulC. Carter,
Halifax Co. Quarantine Officer.
ROSH HASHANAH.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish
New Year, fell this year on Satur
day. Like all Jewish holidays it
was observed from evening to
evening. It is the first day of the
seventh month of the Jewish cal
endar and was originally a sort of
civil new year, but since the de
struction of Jewish nationality, and
the dispersion of the people, it has
developed into a purely religious
occasion where the principal idea
put forward is the emphasis upon
the flight of time and the uncer
tainty of human life.
All the Hebrew stores in town
were closed last Saturday.
HAS ARRIVED.
Mr.' L. W. Anderson who lives
near town, brought to our oince
one day last week, two boll weevils.
He had them securely corked in a
bottle, but from what he says,
there are thousands of the same
family in his cotton fields. It has
been predicted for some lime that
the boll weevil would be with us
for the 1 923 crop, and it appears
he has already arrived and ready
for business. The farmers through
out this section will have to cut
their cotton acreage short next
year and plant corn, peanuts and
tobacco, until the boll weevil has
moved io another section.
aOOl) THINO HE STOPPED.
Little Johnnie, who had been
praying for some months for God
to send him a baby brother, finally
became discouraged. "1 don't
believe God has any more little
boys to send," he told his mother,
"and I'm going to stop praying."
Early one morning not long after
this he was taken into his mother's
room to see twin boys, who had
arrived in the night Johnnie re
garded them thoughtfully for some
minutes and then remarked, Gol
ly, it's a good thing I stopped pray
ing when I did."
DEATH OF MRS. TILLERY.
Mrs. .1. P. Holoman attended
the funeral of Mrs. C. P. Tillery,
Monday afternoon at Halifax
Mrs. Tillery died in the home of
her daughter, Mrs. J. 0. Apple
white, at Tillery, anJ was buried
in the Halifax cemetery, by the
side of her husband, the late C. 1
Tillery. Before marriage, Mrs.
Tillery was Miss Angeline Ferebee
of Camden county. Her funeral
was held in the Episcopal church
at Halifax, and was conducted by
the minister of that church.
TALL CORN.
Jacob Dickens brought
Mr.
our office last Saturday a stalk
corn taken from a field that will
average fourteen feet high. This
stalk had two well developed ears
and he expects to gather seven
barrels per acre. Mr. Dickens
one of our best farmers and always
makes the best of everything.
a,
Theldeal Purgative.
Ai nurirative. Chamberlain's Tab'
let! are the exaot thiuir required
Btrouir enough for the most robuat,
mild enough for children. They cause
an agreeable movement of the bowels
without tor of that terrible griping,
Tbtf an aaajr aad pleeutaut to take and
agreeable"
OPPORTUNITIES
For Service Our People Need to
Know About Jesus.
A legend says that it was pro
claimed by an angel in a certain
city, that whoever laid an accepta
ble ottering on the altar in the ca
thedral on a certain day, would re
ceive a miraculous sign of accep
tance, with divine blessing. The
rich paraded ostentatiously down
the center aisle, and gave their
rare and costly gifts. Mighty sol
diers laid their swords there, kings
and emperors their crowns and
scepters; but all were rejected by
invisible angelic hands. At the
last hour, in the fast deepening
twilight, a young woman, modestly
dressed, slipped into the church
and hugging the shadows, crept up
the chancel. Onobserved, she
threw herself upon the chancel rail,
and reaching far across, laid her
bare and empty hands upon the
altar. Long she remained in silent
prayer. At length she slipped away
as she had come. But where she
had laid her hands, behold, two
white lilies sprang up, bloomed
and filled the temple with fragrance.
Her service, humble and complete,
was the best of all the gifts laid
upon God's altar.
The community in which we
live, and its people, need to know
about Jesus. Our greatest gift
to our generation is that we be
what we ought to he, and bring
others in touch with the Christian,
source of our life.
THE MUSIC CLUB.
A business meeting of the Music
Club was held at the home of Mrs
H. B. Harrell, Jr., on Wednesday
fternoon, Sept. 20th, for the pur
pose ot electing othcers tor ine
coming year. The following offi
cers were elected:
Mrs. Anne Wear Smith Presi
dent.
Miss Kate Garrett Vice-presi
dent.
Mrs. II B. Harrell, Jr. Sec
retary and Treasurer.
Upon request of the High School
Music Club a motion was made
nd seconded and carried that the
Weldon Music Club admit the
High School Music Club as a part
of the Weldon Music Club.
The choral club which the Music
Club is organizing will meet on
Tuesday evening of every week,
beginning the first Tuesday even-
ng in October.
The club adjourned, it being un
derstood that their first regular
meeting will be held on Wednes
day afternoon, October 18th,
1922.
DISTRICT MEETING.
The following is copied from the
Enfield Progress which will be of
interest to the masonic fraternity :
District Deputy Grand Muster
Watson N. Sherrod has announced
the District Meeting for the Fourth
Masonic District embracing Halifax
and Northampton counties, will be
held with Enfield Lodge, No. 447,
on the afternoon and night of Oc
tober 5th. The meeting will be
called to order at 2:30 o'clock for
the transaction of business. Supper
will be served at 6:00 o'clock and
Enfield Lodge will exemplify the
Third degree immediately after
supper, several or ine uranu
Lodge officers are expected to be
oresent. All master masons are
invited to be present.
NEW COTTON PICKERS.
Observing the nicety with which
a cow licked the cotton out of
boll, an inventor got die idea of
what cromises to be a real c!n
picker. His electrical cow has
rough tongue of revolving brushes
the suction of a high-powered
vaccuum cleaner, and a group of
long flexible necks. The machine,
operated from a tractor, enables
four pickers to cover eight rows at
once, and to pick clean and about
five times as last as by hand.
BETTER SERVICE.
Improved mail service to all
points on the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway between Richmond and
Charleston was inaugurated last
week, when mail clerks were
placed on trains Nos. 83 and 86
No Substitute Offered.
Say what you will about druga-ists ol
faring omething "just as good" be.
cause it pays a better profit, the fact
till standi that ninety-nine out of
hundred druggists recommend Cham
berlaiu's ('olio and Diarrhoea Rem
edy.wbeu thebest remedy loc diar
rhuea is anted fur and 0 to be.
cause they know from what their cub
touiera say of it, that it cau be depend
4 ujiuu.
OLD WELDON.
hings That Happened 33
Years Ago in Town
and Vicinity.
September 26, 1 889. -Captain
nd Mrs. W. H. Day has returned
home from a visit to Saratoga.
Mr. W. S. Wilkins spent last
unday in town visiting relatives
nd friends.
Miss May Lynch, who has been
visiting in Halifax, returned home
uesday.
at,
Mr. C. L. Clark is confined to
the house with mumps,
Mrs. R. O. Whitaker, who has
been visiting relatives in Warsaw,
returned home Tuesday.
Mrs. T. H. Chavasse returned
home Saturday from Henderson.
Mr. M. F. Hart was in town a
few days ago. He expects to
move his family to Oxford in a
short time.
Miss Lucy Manning, of Hender
son, who has been visiting friends
at Scotland Neck and Crowells,
spent Thursday night in town and
left Friday for home.
4
Our congratulations to Mr.
Claude Kitchin. It is a bouncing
girl.
Mr. S. M. Gary, of Halifax, is
auling lumber to add to and oth
erwise improve his residence.
The Rev. W. B. Morton is ai-
tending the Warren Baptist Union
which is in session at Warren
Plains this week.
0a
Henry Johnson, colored, was
one of the rioters at Halifax on the
occasion of the colored excursion
to that place a few weeks ago. He
eluded arrest at the time and a ca
pias was issued for him to the
sheriff of New Hanover county.
He is now in jail at Halifax to
wail trial.
Walter Johnson, who killed a
man in Northampton county a few
months ago and for whose arrest a
reward was offered, is now in jail
at Cabool, Missouri. Governor
Fowle has made requisition lor
him.
On Sunday last while Miss Liz
zie Perry and Miss Eva Moss were
returning home from church, near
Aurelian Springs, some thoughtless
young men rode rapidly up behind
the buggy frightening the horse
the ladies were driving and caus
ng him to run away. Both of
them was thrown out. Miss Moss
was not hurt, but Miss Perry was
picked up insensible and taken to
a neighboring house where medi
cal aid was procured. Her arm
was broken and a shoulder was
dislocated.
REMODELING.
Mr. H. I). Allen is having Ins
residence on Washington avenue
remodeled and otherwise improved
and when finished will be one of
the prettiest residences on the
avenue.
Workmen are busily engaged re
modeling the residence of Dr. W
Ward, on Washington avenue,
in fact, it will be practically new.
It is one of the prettiest locations
in town.
PICKS 108 POUNDS COTTON.
What is believed to be a record
for activity by a woman of advanc
ed age was made this week w hen
Mrs Sarah Barnes, of Littleton,
93 years old, picked 108 pounds
of cotton in one day. The fm
seems the more remarkable when
one considers that she had the use
of only one hand, and did not use
her spectacles. Linleion News
Reporter.
POSTOFFICE ROBBED.
News was received here Tues
day that postoffice at Jackson was
broken open last Monday night
and robbed of $800 in cash. We
were unable to learn the full par
ticulars. THE NEXT MEETINC1.
The Junius Daniel Chapier of
U. D. C, will hold their regular
meeting for October on Wednes
day, Oct. 3rd, at the home of Mrs.
Anne Wear Smith.
We will accept any series of
Liberty Bonds at par value as cash
payment for furniture or as a credit
on account.
Weuon FurmitureCo.
PERSONALS
And Other
Items Told
Form.
In Briel
Now for cool weather.
The hot days are gone.
It begins to feel like fall.
The cotton fields are white.
October is right at the door.
The new cotton looks beautiful.
Get the cotton out as fast as you
can.
It is about time to call in straw
hats.
The equinoctial season has
passed,
Muscadines, a most delicious
grape, is ripe.
Building and remodeling is the
order of the day.
Mr. H. Farber and family visited
Baltimore last week.
Mr. William Josephson is in
New York, this week.
Mrs. J. A. Johnston visited
Richmond last week.
Prof. W. B. Edwards spent the
week end in Norfolk.
Mrs. E. T. Clark is visiting
friends at Greensboro.
Miss Esther Allsbrook spent the
week end in Scotland Neck.
Captain C R. Chittenden's res
idence is nearing completion.
The Lincoln automobile is a real
beauty, and don't you forget it.
Work on Mrs. Mattie Cornwall's
residence is progressing rapidly.
Miss Elizabeth Vaughan visited
relatives at Woodland last week.
Mrs. H. G. Lassiter spent the
week end with relatives in Kinston.
Mr. Jack Vaughan left Monday
for Fork Union Military Academy.
Mr. W. J. Boseman is building
a beaunlul residence on Cedar
street.
Messrs. Sydney and Walter
Allen are visiting relatives at Fork
Union, Va.
The coal strike has been settled
at last. Fine; if we can just gel
some coal.
The main trouble about borrow
ing trouble is that you can never
pay it back.
H. U. Griffith, if Menola, was
the week guest of Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. Holoman.
Mrs. Earl James and little son,
of hlkin, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Johnston.
L. Kilmer's shoe store will be
closed next Monday on account of
it being a holiday.
Hon. Geo. W. Wear, of Bakers
field, Cal., is visiting his brother,
Mr. B. H. Wear.
Mrs. F. M. Shamburger, of
Newbern, is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Pierce Johnson.
Mrs. E.L. Stephenson, of Rocky
Mount, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. Trueblood.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Johnson
are now occupying their new resi
dence on Sycamore street.
Be slow to borrow trouble or to
take offense, if you would have
happiness and length of days.
Some people believe in a hell
simply because they like to think
their enemies are going there.
Mrs. Charles Elmore and little
son, Bob Bissett, of Louisburg,
visited relatives here last week.
The meek may inherit the earth,
hut this is lit lie comfort to the rest
of us who have to pay rent on it..
What can be done to make Wel
don a better town to live in? Tell
it to the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. A M. Brown and family
spent the week end in the home of
their sister, Mrs. J. P. Holoman.
We vote for some candidates be
cause we know them, and vote
against them for the same reason.
"How long," she blushingly in
quired, "must one beat a cow be
fore she will give whipped cream?"
A composer says ''jazz music is
still in its infancy." Well, no jury
would convict the public for non
support. And, too, sometimes a man will
refrain from doing a mean thing
because he thinks people are watch
ing him.
A western judge has ruled that i
man has a right to get a little liquor
when the stork comes. "Rah for
the stork!
Yes, a girl can be pretty with a
drug store complexion, but think
how much prettier she would be
without it.
It is all right to talk about eleva
ting the movies, but they can never
be made higher than the people
who make them.
Long skirls are coming into
favor again, and the prediction is
is made that they will soon he
sweeping the entire country.
Mrs. Minnie Lucas who has
been living in Philadelphia with
her daughter for the past several
months has returned to Weldon.
If you are a diphtheria carrier,
your name has been given to the
Chief of police, with instructions
to arrest you if found on the streets.
The average woman has a vo
cabulary of only eight hundred
words, says an educational expert.
But half that many will do if she
gets mad.
You may not believe it, but there
are lots of men in this country who
are longing for the good old days
when a woman could be both mod
est and fashionable.
If you have been adjudged as a
diphtheria carrier, you will have to
obey the law and stay at home for
treatment. You will be arrested if
found on the streets.
October 1st begins a new quar
ter in the Chamber of Commerce,
so those members who pay their
dues quarterly, please see the Sec
retary and settle up.
Letter to Editor: "Can you tell
me why my girl always closes her
eyes when 1 kiss her?"
Send us your picture and per
haps we can tell you.
Brother W. W. Edwards, of the
Northampton Progress, made us a
pleasant visit last Thursday. He
is contemplating publishing a paper
in Murfreesboro, in addition to his
Jackson publication.
Miss Cornelia Elliott, of Gads
den, Ala., is visiting in ihe home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Daniel.
Two years ago Miss Elliott's broth
er, an aviator, who has visited
here, was killed while flying for
the "movies" in California.
GETS HEAVY FINES.
Jesse Bradley, Northampton
fanner, was fined $2,0011 in U.
8. District court Monday for
violation of the Volstead act in
six counts. The major fine of
$1,000 und t wo lines of SfiOO
were imposed for the nianufac
tine, possession and transpor.
tation of whiskey respectively
1 Iiree other counts in toe in
dictment carried a, tine of $1
each.
It was the heaviest aggregate
of fines for a first offense yet
imposed under the Volstead act
in this district. Hut according
to the evidence, Bradlev was
operating on a gigantic scale
Three hundred or more gallons
of whiskey were found on his pro
perty, together with a sixty gallon
copper still, 172 fermenters, 1,800
pounds of sugar, and a quantity
of beer.
CALOMEL 5000
BUT AWFUL
TRE ACHFROUS
Next Dose May Salivate,
Shock Liver or Attack
Your Bones.
You know what calomel is. It's
mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is
dangerous. Ir crashes into sour
bile like dynamite, cramping and
sickening you. Calomel attacks
the bones and should never be put
into your system.
If you feel bilious, headachy,
constipated and all knocked out,
just go to your druggist and get a
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone lor
a few cents which is a harmless
vegetable substitute for dangerous
calomel. Take a spoonful and if
it doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quick
er than nasiy calomel and without
making you sick, you just go back
and get your money.
Don't take calomel! It makes
you sick the next day; it loses you
a day's work, Dodson's Liver
Tone straightens you right up and
you feel great. No salts necessary.
Give it to the children because it
is perfectly harmless and cannot
salivate.
ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY.
Miss Sue Murker, ol Weldon to
Become the Bride f Mr. H. L.
Liizell, of (Joldsboro, on No
vember 8th.
The lovely nrw home of Mrs.
Alice B. Hudson on t lin street,
was the scene of a very pretty par
ty on Tuesday afternoon, Septem
ber 20th, from -1 to 5:30, when
Mrs. Hudson and her sister, Mrs.
George I). Hawks announced the
engagement of Miss Sue Parker to
Mr. Herbert Lee Bizell, of (jolds
boro, the wedding to lake place
November 8th.
The guests were met at the door
by Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. A. C.
House, and invited into the living
room which was decorated in au
tumn leaves and flowers.
Tables were arranged for Hearts
Dice, the place being the dainty
forms of miniature brides. Pro
gressive Hearts were played. Mrs.
D. W. Seifert being presented with
lovely centrepiece for making
the highest score. Mrs. Anne
Wear Smith was the recipient of
the consolation prize, and to the
guest of honor, Miss Parker, was
given a handsome set of Maderia
tea napkins.
A delicious salad course was
served, after which the guests
were invited into ihe dining room
which was artistically decorated in
pink and green. A huge bowl of
roses was in the centre of the table
from which each guest drew a tiny
pink ribbon, one each of which was
attached to a pink rose bud the
other being concealed within the
roses revealed, when drawn, a
tiny silk bag. Much interest was
aroused as to the contents, but the
cat, bearing the names, Bizzell-
Parker, November 8th, was soon
let out of each bag, and many good
wishes w ere extended io the bride
elect. Coffee and wafers were
then served.
Those enjoying Mrs. Hudson's
and Mrs. Hawk's hospitality were:
Misses Sue Parker, Florence
Allen, Ida Sledge, Virginia Bishop,
Kaiie Parsons, Mary Anderson,
Katherine Ward, Maude Vaughan,
Josephine Weaver, Lucy Forlaw,
Elizabeth Clark, Narcissa Daniel
and her house guest, Miss Cornelia
Elliot, of Gadsden, Ala. Mesdames
A. C. House, Clayton Sledge, C.
E. Williamson, Willie Green Co
hen, L. C. Draper, R. T. Daniel,
D. W. Seifert, Elliott Clark, E. H.
Smith, Pierce Johnson, L. W.
Murphrey, Ghio Suiter, Anne
Wear Sii'ith.
Miss Parker is one of Weldon's
most attractive and accomplished
people and her approaching mar
riage is of much interest to her
many friends.
Mr. Bizzell is a prominent busi
ness man in Goldsboro.
WAS AT HIS BEST.
Rev. L. D. Hayman was at his
best last Sunday morning, preach
ing one of the finest sermons du
ring his ministry here, which was
thoroughly enjoyed by his congre
gation. Tbe climax was the Cross
of Christ.
CASTOR U
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always tears
the
Slguature of
Notice of Summons and
Warrant of Attachment
North Carolina,
Halifax County.
N. V. W arren ami II. II. Ilrowuiuir,
partners tiaiiiutr uurier name ut
Warren and Drowning
David Harris.
The defendant above-named will lake
notice that an action was begun aifaiust
In in by Hie plaiulill on the 2lsl day ol
September, 1U.H, whereupon an ailida-
vil lor the service ol summons Ly pub
lication nab theitupon made and S. .1
Uaiy, Clerk ol the superior Court of
iialitai county, n. c, then and there
issued an order for the aei vice of said
summons by publication, which sum
mons by publication is returnable, on
theiiwth day of October, lWSi, before
said Clerk at his office in Halifax, N.C.,
the plaintiffs claimiliK of the defendant
the sum or Ji.!li.r4?, as for tun, Is and
merchandise sold and delivered by the
plaintilfB to the defendant during the
year 11120, with interest Irom the
day of l'J .
The defendant will also take notice
that a warrant of attachment wan issued
by said Clerk of Superior Court on the
21st day of September, Writ, against
property of said defendant, pursuant to
an affidavit made by said plaiutitfs,
which warrant is returnable on the idith
day of October, 1922, before the said
Clerk of tbe Superior Court at the time
and place above-named for the return
of the summons by publication, when
and where the defendant is required
to appear aud answer or demur to tbe
complaint, or the relief demanded will
be granted.
This the 21st day of -tapt. 1922.
B. M. GARY,
Clerk Superior Court.
SOME OLD SKELETON ?.
Miss Ida Tarbell, ihe marine
writer, has been in Pennsylvania
lately, we learn, seeking "local
color" as the ancestral home of
Abraham Lincoln. Not far from
where the Lincolns lived in Berks
county at thai time resided another
famous, but Pennsylvania-bred
Kentuckian, Daniel Boone.
It ii to be hoped that Miss Tar
hell's search at the fountain head
of the Lincoln family will enable
her to banish from a section of the
South ihe tradition thai John C.
Calhoun was Lincoln's father.
The story has been circulated for
generations and is actually believed
by many intelligent people.
This lale is akin to others that
have scandalized ihe eminent for
ages. The scholarly l-'roude took
great pains to disprove thai Julius
Caesar was the father of his own
assassin, Brutus.
The latest and best biography of
Thaddeus Stephens devotes space
to year that the famous Pennsyl
vanian was the son of an obscure
New England farmer, but of the
great French statesman Talleyrand,
who was visiiing America the year
before Stevens was born. The
fact that Stevens had a club foot
was the basis of the story, which
Stevens had heard.
Biographers of Alexander Ham
ilton have ever groped around the
identity of his father. Born in the
West Indies, he came io this coun
try when a youth and entered col
lege. Recent,y ihe legend has gone
forth that Hamilton's father was
none other than Washington a
raoncation as tar letcned as it is
grotesque. Washington did visit
the West Indies when a boy, and
he had smallpox while he was
there, but his admiration for Ham
ilton in future years was not due
to blood relationship.
More lives are lost now by step
ping on the gas than by blowing
it out.
ll" all men voted as they prom
ised to do, how different the elec
tion returns would be.
Now they want laws to protect
air traffic. But they can never re
peal the law of gravity.
A Philadelphia doctor says that
people don't drink enough water.
VC hat are they drinking?
Henry Ford may be a man of
peace, but he bucked right up and
fought the coal profiteers.
Just as we expected. The coal
strike was settled before Congress
found out what it was about.
Anothek objection to Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge is that he
lives at a town named Nahant.
"The industrial mess fills no
dinner pails," complains an ex
change. But it is food for thought.
AFTER the railroad strike is fi
nally settled let all hands go back
to making the grade crossings safe.
The German mark fell another
fifty points last week. If it falls
much further it will be wiped out.
And we were told that one re
sult of the war would be that the
Turks would be driven out of Eu
rope France's chief grievance against
Lloyd George seems to be that he
won't collect the debt that Germa
ny owes her.
YOUR business may not be satis
factory; but how would you like to
be running a life insurance compa
ny in Ireland?
"Ireland needs a leader," says
an exchange. That's just the trou
ble. Every individual Irishman
thinks he is the real leader.
Governor Allen, of Kansas,
has issued but one pardon, and
that upon the recommendation of
physicians to a man dying of tu
berculosis. What an unusual gov
ernor. A telegram from New York says
that Southern women were glad to
adopt the short skirts, as they are
not taking kindly to the long skirt
propaganda. Nell Lewis is right.
They will not go back to long skins
and be street sweepers.
$J0O.
Medical student: "What did you
operate on the man for, Doctor?"
Doctor: "Three hundred dol
lars." Student: "Yes, I know, but
what did the man have?''
Doctor: "Three hundred dollars."
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