LSHEBOEO, N. C, MAECH 20, 1919
THE ASHEBORO COURIER, ASHEBORO, N. C.
Page Se?co
ira-
mental Boob
By H. B. KN1QRT
(dapriiitat. MaOara Ht siiaw r
'"Yep, that's right ; 1 wast tq Bee Ue
editor Id chief of the Courier, and
want to see him quick t"
To tbe otter amazement of tb UtUe
boy In knickerbockers who sat la the
hallway leading to the editorial office
of the giant publishing house a tall and
lean visitor, with a general dapper ap
pearance, made the above remark tn
an Indifferent and even bored sort of
tone.
In a second the office boy was on bto
sTr.tThis ursn
worn and misused, aWratcbod
table, as though bis only concern and !
ambition wvra so shirk and kin time.
"Your card, pleas," reapecZtuDy ssld
the fawning youngster.
Tht, lanky Dewoomer kxuesn sur
prised. "Card?" he queried, unbeQevtngly.
"No card I Tell tn editor In tftfef (bat
a gntteman wishes to see htm-nd j
hurry 1 There's no use In my grvlng
you my card; the editor doesn't know
me, anyway."
Bewildered by the visitor's tmptmlty,
tbe boy looked him over from head to
foot How neat and clean-eat was bla
mien t But- a closer observation re
vealed that hie patrician appearance
was artificial. Bla clothes were of ex-
pensive .tenure. IrMMftblny spots ;
200 i
us " cui . uftp tmaumm mm m gtininwi yv j
tent leathers, bt so mtkfa vera that
wrinkles showed eves tn (be profusely
colored tops; and (he soles seemed
thinner than paper. To erown H all,
linen and hosiery bore the familiar un
substantial shade and tfansparentnesa
common to all eheap wear; and the
flowing "silk tie came direct from tbe
window of a teweent Btore.
Calculating an the "value lor gold"
standard, tbe at first Interested urban,
and even servile bey now appeared dis
gruntled. Per a Momeot he revered the i
commanding stamper. Now be thought
different.
"What d'ye thtek yos aser scoffed
the little ruffles ; "man or half a. man?
The editor wouMoH see anyone with
out first knowin' U name an' leemln'
hie business
"It's about same nauineerlpts, Inter
rupted tbe newoomo, tn an agitated.
Impatient sort of way.
The boy went ea talking nonsense,
tbe setf-eonfeasoi writer suffering
nones torture tad welting toi seconds
that seemed ages.
"Tou see. Bud," new a little more
ambitiously disposed, ones tee appar
ent hauteur ef the eaUer had vanished,
"I almost got earned onee far lettin'
In a crazy poet Oat thought be wee the
marvel of the world, eetore (be bees
could decide whether he ((he latter)
was In or not"
"liny I see the editor Is thief r
anew demanded (he eager frantic
writer.
"Gimme your card, test, repeated
the cruel and heartless mils.
"Oonfonnd UP fjscalafted the young
man. "Again J Vaw P D3e voice was
fipleed with pain, eonow aaa oeapafr.
Then be drew a dees areata end
straightened raiaatf out linortag the
bey's reply, he mattered aeiaitnedly,
half to the listen and Belt to him
self: "Oh, I'll see hta somsaowl
With this pithy resolution fa mind be
hastened out of (he unfriendly kail. In
to tbe elcvater, flow Into the dirty
street, and la a few mnurtas found
himself on Times square, detlherating
by what subway he might get farthest
away from what tn his opinion were
narrow-minded, bated, extroetve Jour
nalists who set thetr watchdogs, tn
person of office boys, out to hinder
young talent like himself from proving
their "art"
But where could he go! Never-ending
traffic tn streams moved down
tbe streets, and nudgmg people nocked
and crowded the sidewalks. He
glanced at the peaceful green of the
square; even (here were people. After
a half-dosea unkempt boys had offered
to shine hla boots for a "Jitney" be
managed to make hla way to one of
tbe benches and sat down among a dis
tinguished company, consisting of rest
ing business men, habitual "air breath
era" and ordinary loafers an Ideal at
mosphere, exactly the kind for a tem
peramental tramp or poet
From above towered tn midst of oth
er skyscrapers the redoubtable 8tngr
building. The youth cased et Its lofti
ness. His eyes bunked la the blinding
radiance of tbe searing son, and be
shrugged his shoulders tn absolute die
gust "loo are an ass P be exclaimed.
"Yep, Bill WUUklns, you're an ass.
Tou thought you'd be rich some day,
but you're not Tou thought you'd
have (he price of a Blnger building,
but you wont ' Tou nareut even got
girt You're no good ebeoJutely no
goodP
With this nighty encouraging opto
ton of himself be tucceeded In some
what depressing hla spirits. .In a tren
ay, suddenly he snatched a large en
velope from an Inside coat pocket and
tore It to fnceuV He felt (hat In do
ing this he had wreaked a horrible
vupgesDos upon the world et 0, real
ly, be felt amen with It'
Be dug bis hand devp in hie pock
ts and conOnood brooding. - , ,
I "Ten bonb! Tou wonted romance,
?vd now yfKTve r It Too left a rood
snd a rwutl g'rl end got 3U)Or
bertted for It Mow she's going to mar
17 a Hindu I Tod thought you'd be
come wonder Is New York. Ton
spent your kut ten bocks for a type
writer. Now the lanT&dy! fired you
out Into the street BUI WlUlklna, I
agree with you, you're an aas P
Downbeartedness his onfy sense of
feeling, Sill's mind soon became ex
hausted with all he sorrowed and
pined over his bard tuck. His worries
had prevented him from sleeping well
nights and be had not eaten Just as
much as his young and ravenous appe
tite required. Then, too, he felt weal
and tired. Before long slumber wel
comed hlj disconcerted mtnd.
Sweef dreamS"Sne o hlm as they
come to all the crestfallen, weary and
tad. He dreamed that be was boms,
and tbe ginger millions his. And the
tllnda, too, hud not won his sweet
heart, bnt had gone to where he be
longed, tn tbe East His test and
ehlldhood love was his wtte. Once
more he was rhyming and chanties
rx ? to ur il:
tlUon am eot Mm to cs
U" J??f?,
against toto. He had reached Ms mal
ivallaed his ambition. "Lots had not
trifled with htm ; it had mads has &ol
tbe male whom he so'tondty adored
happy. But tbe delectable, beaattfai
vision did not last kmg.
He was anon awakened by a ttwp,
stinging top on tbe skin-Chick setae of
m H,g bnntmm ?an.
lsbed. The blood no longer tingled tn
Intoxicated fascination In bis veins; It
boiled in Incensed passion at his In
dulgence In allowing himself to dose
away and thus bring him into the
clutches of tbe law.
He endeavored to collect his
and try and elude duress at the hands
nf (hp twiner tt'Kn Alofrtrhjwl Hla nan
He etretchd blmself and yawned for
time. Something flapped poignantly
against bis nose, fluttered with tbe
wind In bis eyes. Slowly be opened
his sleepy organs of vision, wondering
what It might be. Tbe sunlight was
very strong, but be succeeded In mak
ing out an Inscription It was his
name.
He had to blink several times be
fore he could really see, for Or Sol's
candescence hurt his somniferous
sight Now he grasped the paper in
his bands and read it in a spell-bound.
Increditlng wonder and astonishment
Evidently he did not believe what he
saw, for he rubbed bis eyes and
pinched himself to ascertain that he
was not "seeing things" in a seance.
Another sharp wallop greeted his
surprise. He turned up his eyes to tbe
unknown bystander, who hold up bis
feet
"Wahe op, sleepy poet Fve decided
to tabs you back. I guess I was
wrong,"
His surprise was even greater when
be discovered that the Imaginary min
ion was bis stubborn and bigoted fa
ther, who always loved to have hl
own way. His heart beat loud for Joy
when he beheld the second person. Be
wished to speak, but his tongue be
came paralysed. "Darling" .was all be
could say.
The girl's buxom countenance be
came sslfueed In red. She attaaspted
to hide her deep emotion by saying
"The Onnrler will publish tn book
form the 'scripts the, er, very per
sonal and friendly versos that you
wrote te me from the time we were
llttm children.
"They are your property," luterpoeed
honest Bill.
"No, they're yours," argued the fan
girl; "you wrote them. And this la Ox
Initial cheek for one thousand. The
company Is famous for Its word. Tlx
provisions for royalties thai I haw
made will be faithfully carried out
"And," continued tbe youth, bushJlp,
"you remember, when I should make
good ydu remember the old contract
will ft be carried out MarjorteT"
Tbe girl could no longer eontrol bet
emotions.
"It will," she said, In a moved votoe,
and burled her blush In the boy's arms,
even tf It was broad daylight and the
hundreds who teemed Times squars
did toughlttgry look upon them.
Pigeons stay Come Back.
When they hear the current report
that a member of tbe Connecticut
elate game commission has seen sev
eral pessengor pigeons, persons who
khew the story of bird Ufa In North
Aanerlea are almost as surprised
H be bad said be had seen specimens
of the greet auk. The ( passenger
pigeon has been considered equally
extinct. Leas than a century ago It
wa the most plentiful game bird en
the eootiuent and flocks of passenger
pigeons are said to have darkened tbe
landscape Ilk a Cloud pasting beneath
the tun. This seems likely enough,
hen on recalls Audubon's estimate
ef welt over a billion pigeons In a mi
grating flock. Their reappearance
would be a true return of the native,
and would be widely welcomed.
Potltloe and Halrdreeelpo.
In snd cut civilisations a distinctive
style of halrdresstng had sometimes
bad Ms origin tn politics, as for In
stance the pigtail Imposed on tbe Chi
nes by their Monchu conquerors. The
soldier class of old Japan shared their
heeds except for a topknot of hair.
Abeolom, so far as bis long hair goes,
has had many Imltnters, some - of
whom tied It with rtbfcos) like school
girl of today. The Tve leeks" of the
EagUsh cavillers were teoiee as care
folly any women's, a eeeM tn en
pfcealse tbe eirsreeee between the
wearers and fees? caeeBtee, Ihe "crop
eared" rsrlfita.
, Here Sowreo '
. P" the tur! t Aer, .HIyni tka)
g-...4f BttM6ae eei nvienss
y mmqi tite Ties tbe povO U-
FOR THE BENEFIT
OF ILLITERATES
Bill Introduced In Senate and
House In Their Behalf-The
Church Organization Will
Also Give Practical Aid.
WILL PROMOTE E&UCAT10N
The Significant Movement of the
Times Is That of the Centenary
of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South-Will Speni Mir
lions Among the Unedixated.
The fact the! several thousand sol
diers were tmable to understand tbe
orders given them from their superiors
and that many, many thousands eoald
not e'ign their own natmee to thetr
Qaestlonnairea txrought to Ugbt a con
dition bo serioue that two Southern
llepreoentatrvea at Washington are
now Introducing bftJs to promote the
education of OQteratee throughout tbe
length and breadth of America. Sena
tor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, has intro
duced a bUl In tbe Senate "to promote
the education of Illiterates, of persona
unable to understand and nee the Eng
lish language, and -other reek! ant per
sons of foreign birth," and tbe same
measure has been tntroduoed In the
House by Hon. William B. Bankbead
of Alabama.
The Introduction of this Important
bill means a great deal to tbe South,
which, because of its negroes and
mountain whites, has long borne
reputation for Illiteracy out of propor
tion to that of the rest of the coun
try. Just what steps will be lmmedl
ately token as tbe result of the passage
of tbe education of Illiterates bill
at
Washington cannot be stated at thi
time, but certainly, practical meas
ures will be put Into operation for
establishment of Bchoola In both rural
districts and cities.
Othor organizations besides that
of
the government are at work cn th
same problem the establishment ol
schools In the heart of tenement dis
tricts and rural communities bein
natter of first Importance v?lth all of
tiiBm. One of th9 moat significant
movements of the times in th s con
noctiau is that of Uio Centenary of
the Methodist Episcopal Ciiiirch
South, because that denomination will
expend within the next five years over
$3,000,000 among the uneducated
classos In the Southern and Western
States. The church is to raise a fund
of $35,000,000 In an eight-day drive in
April, the financial campaign be'.ng a
part of the Centenary Celebration cf
the denomlnat'on. The money Is be
lng ralsod vrltb a view to putting the
work of the church on a business
basis, the church considering Its duty
to the illiterates here in America to be
among the matters of first importance
which It should undertake. A survey
has leen made and the result of the
campaign will be tbe apportionment of
$3,000,000 among tbe various Illiterate
population ae follows: Mountain pop
ulation, $780,000; Immigrant, $900,000
negroes, $600,000; Indians, $150 000
cotton mill population, $160,000; Chris
tian literature for all of them, $100,000
With the definite step undertaken
et Washington, with one denomination
already completing Its plans for fur
therlng the wort among them, and
with other churches and organisations
getting ready to Join hands In their
behalf, It is more than possible that
the Illiterates of the South are In
fair way to soon become educated cltl
sens of the United States.
METHODIST LEADERS
RETURN FROM FRANCE
Three prominent leaders of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
have yaet lauded In America, after
spending two months in Europe, where
they went for the purpose of lnvestV
ga(ti actual conditions and deciding
upon a program for the expenditure ol
15,000,000, which sum will be allotted
to European upbuilding by the Cente
nary Commission of the denomination
The three returning church leaders
are Bishop James Atkins, Chairman of
the Centenary OommUgtoo; Bishop
Walter Lamhuth, who has been in E
rope for nearly a year In the Interest
of his church; and Dr. W. W. Pinion,
General Secretary of the Mission
Board.
Dr.. 11 neon and Bis bop AUlns re
turned to the headquarters of the de
nomination at NashrlDe the latter pari
of the week, ana Bishop Lnmbnth went
directly tn his toon sA Oakdele, Celt
While the plan tor the Bnropean
work have not teen nonoanoed as yet,
the returning members of the ootnmln
sVon say that they have mapped out
very. satisfactory program snd Chat
five onilon dollars of th Centenary
ran4 win t expended la nphntldlng
schools and ehurchM tn the devastate
lands e IMgltrm. UeJy M rrsnee,
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SOLDIERS' RETURN
To see that the returning; soldier and
sa lor does not meet conditions that
will cause his demobilization to be
come his demoralization, is to be tbe
first peace responsibility of any com
munity, says the government The first
reconstruction work that any ciity,
town or community undertakes after
the war should be to protect the soldier
from the social vices, from which he
has been more or less free in tbe army.
The War Department has announced
that it is returning the soldiers to
their families and to civil life uncon
taminated by disease, and that it holds
the community in which they live re
sponsible for further protection and
welfare.
"There must be no peace with pros
titution, no truce with the red lightdis
trict, no armistice with venereal disea
ses", says the Government. While
many war institutions will go to the
scrap heap as a result of the close of
the war, war on venereal diseases will
continue. Unconditional surrender is
the Government's demand from this
enemy at home.
North Carolina has already begun to
assume her responsibility to her sesv
diers, sailors and private citizens as
regards venereal diseases. The State
Board of Health is waging an active
campaign for the eradication of this
gTeat health menace by endeavoring
to lntorm and educate as far as possi
ble every citizen as to the nature, and
danger or disease and ; by suppress
ing the prostitute and the near pros
titue. Several of the largest towns
have appropriated lands , for? estab
lishing venereal - disease clinks.
The citizens , of Asheville have voted
to establish a free clinic and have pur
posefully set about to make their town
safe home for all their people as well
as for the returning soldiers and sail
ors Wilmington has also appropriated
funds for a free venereal disease clinic,
and it is understood that Greensboro
and Winston-Salem will do the same
in the near future.
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