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r X1L.NO. ST LEAK3VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1923 GAZETTE TWO CENT3 PER COPY Million Dollar Fire at Philadelphia Station Train Shad*. Mail. Bm«M* Coacbn D«.trOy»d Philadelphia, June 11 ***—Fire virtually destroyed the train shed of the Broad street station a quantity of mail and baggage and a number of passenger coaches. Many flymen were overcome by smoke, but no one seriously injured. Unofficial of the loss is placed at ap proximately one million dollars. -o BUM FLEET INCREASE TO TWELVE VESSELS New York, June 11 —Rum fleet came back Saturday to harass Federal Prohibition authorities in New York had increased from 8 to 12 vessels, Solicitor of Custom Service announced today. SOCIAL ud PERSONAL MISS RUTH FARRELL Mias Henriet Reid returned home from Wentworth lent night after Handing several days with Mrs. Nu tna Reid of that P*»ce. , . - Dr. Abernethy, pastor of the Leaksville Baptist Church delive. *d the sermon at the Playgroup yesterday, tfce subject being “Play. Miss Elisa Turner returned home yesterday from Norwood where she has been visiting relatives for sev eral days, , „ . • Mrs. D. F. King, Mrs. Lottie Beek er and Miss Mabel Beeker returned from Albemarle yesterday where they have been attending a Mission ary Conference. Mrs. King visited her daughter Mrs. L. A. Martin in Lexington while she was away. . Mia* Ruby Dawion of. Summer field is viaifing Miss Grace Hais Hp in North Spray for several days Mrs. R. I. Smith, Miss Anne D. Smith of Cascade returned from An napolis Saturday where they have been attending the Commencement1 Exercises. Mr. McMaren returned with them and will visit them at at their home Willow Oaks for a month. Mr. andMim. Witt East and chfidren and Mr. Coury of Spray — speltf the past 'week emtwtMWUm Spaing*. Mh, Hancock who has been out of tfl#n for several days enjoying her summer vacation returned to the Colonade Saturday. Mr. H. E. Latham and Mr. Junior Norman of Greensboro were in town yesterday visiting friends. Miss Croutman "second advance” of (he Chautauqua. U staying. at tlm miliiaili and will be in town un til Mm opening day of the Chau Mr* John Mtanra and Mr. V. C. Gunn «{ Greensboro spent the past week end in town with Mr. Gunn's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Gunn in the Highlands. Mr Frank Wilson of Fieldale, Va., was visiting friends in town this the past week end. Miss Mae Terry of the Colonade spent the past week end visiting relatives in Danville, Va. Miss Elisabeth Simpson of the raynlfna Home is spending the day in Reidsville. Master Joseph Farrell is very sick with tonsilitis this week. Master Charles Martin is very sick with measles this week. Mis. J. Cl. Farrell entertained at six o'clock dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.vF. M. Flinn, Mr. Roland Mar tindfle of Danville and Mrs, Karl Bishopric Ml. Roland Martinville of Dan ville spent yeterday in Leaksville visiting friends. Mis- Kate Lewis of Greenville, S. C. is spending the summer with her jester Mr'. Hiram Ford. M$S MEBANS ENTERTAINS Oil of the most beautiful affairs of tfce past week was the reception given by Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank at Meir home in Spray last Satur day ^afternoon. The guests were re ceivad by Judge Kerr Harris, Mrs. ne’s sister of Danville. , . i home was artistically deco rated in beautiful cut flowers. Dnlidous punch was served to the ‘ by Miss Louise Balrey and | Harris Nelson of Reidsville. • program for the afternoon |a talk on “Roumania" in be j of the Orphans of Roumania fsdame Jonneaco, sister of Roumanian minister to Belgi |nd Holland and sister-in-law jf Prime Minister of Roumania {friend of Queen Marie, who is • Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Mebane. wonderful talk the the .dining BANK CASHIER GETS A TWENTY YEAR SENTENCE drtwl IS to 9|0| yoai ■•at*acs in York Bonk caoo York, Penna., June. 11 M*>—| Thomas Bard, defaulting cashier ot the City Bank was sentenced to 20 to 22 years in the penitentiary and William Boll Asst. Cashier was riven 16 to 20 years in the York county court after they had ad mitted embetzling more than one million dollars from the institution The bank was dosed the latter part of April. -o i P---"•*****—•-"■« * LITTLE HOP-SKIPPER By DOUGLAS MALLOCH L ITT LB HOP-SKI PP KB come In through (he gate, Up through the garden and over the lawn; Little Hop-Skipper la fearfully late— Over an hour of the morning Is gone. There Is so much for Hop-Skipper to do!— Boses to smell ot and berries te And, All of the orchard for wandering through, Acres or daisies a garland to wind. Little Hop-Skipper goes skipping all day; Watching the swallows or wading Die grass. Helping Hie fluffy, wee kitten to play little Hop-Sklppertl the busiest last. Bat when the shadows grow long bg _ the wall. When the gray twilight brings child* lib alarms, Then conies the happiest moment eC all— little Hop-Skipper creeps into my arms. (• kr Mociats Mswgaear ayedwto Mrs. Wash Irving of near Irving Memorial church, went to Danville this afternoon. She will spend two weeks with relatives. "CROSSED WIRES” New York prides itself on con* trolling nil the plays that are pro duced in America. It looks them over first, and when it is through with them it let3 the rest of tne country have a look at them. But lor once the rest of the country has turned the tables. "Crossed Wires," the winner of the Chautau qua Prize Play Contest, which will be seen here as a regular part of the Chautauqua program cannot be produced on Broadway, according to ttfS* terms of the contest, until after it has been played all summer over the Chautauqua circuits. A year ago the leauers of the Chautauqua movement got togc ther and decided that Chautauqua was big enough and good enough to , have its own plays and not use Broadway's cao.-oifs. They ther • fore decided to offer a prile of (3,000 foi an original play of American life written by an Ameri can author. Mure th..n buj plays were submitted, anj after c.-.reful reading of them all by the judges, “Crossed Wires” \v_s sole- red as the winner of jtlie price. it was produced by a comp.;rent cast and presented before a Urge um.en.e of critics before the opening of the Chautauqua season'. It proved to be an overwhelming success and Jus* what was wanted for produc tion as the Chautauqua play. The author of the winn.ng play is Richard A. Purdy who is the author of several other plays and poems. A poem of his entitled "The Day” was puulishud daring the war and was mu.li disruan.'J in literary and patriotic circles, being classed with ‘In FUndeis f ields” as one of the best poems mr.'ten during the war. In "Crossed Wires” Mr. Purdy tells a story that comes into the actual experience of many Ameri can boys. His principal characters are two boys with ambition. One of them wants to bo a newspaper editor, but instead is forced to run the dry goods business which his father started. The other wants to be a dry goods merchant, but finds himself forced by his father into being a newspaper man. They realize that they are “Crossed Wires" and make up their minds that they will get the wires un Croised so that they work. How they go about accomplishing their pufpoie forms a story that is full Ut laughable situations and amus S characters from beginning to L Incidentally they both find t life is not complete without romance, and before the final cv ■ tain falls, wedding bells are in the air for two happy couples. Mr. D. L. Smith is ill at the home if his brother C. P. Smith with ty phoid fever. Miss Nannie Strong spent a few hours in Danville today. Reserve Banka Win Before Supreme Court Methods of Forcing Banks to clear at par upheld Washington, June IX W1)—Meth ods used by Federal Reserve Banks in Georgia and Virginia to com pel banks not members Of the Sys tem to cash at par checks drawn upon them by their depositors, which reach Federal Reserve Banks for col lection or clearance was approved by the Supreme oourt in cases against Federal Reserve Banks at Atlanta and Richmond. HITCHING NATURE'S LINES OF FORCE Burnell R. Ford, inventor of the instrument which will tell an £ vi ator exactly where he is. how fast he is going and whether he is right side up or upside down under any conditions, inventor of war-time in struments of a radio character of great value to the government, lec turer known to almost every city from New Orleans to Alaska, and Loan Angeles to Bangor, Me.,0 be lieves that the great power develop ments of the future will come from the utilisation of light rays, and from the lines of force surrounding the earth. He spends half of each year in his laboratory, at Long Beach, California, and is devoting much of his time to the develop ment of power from the two sources last named. Partial success has led him to hope for a realisation af his dream before many years. In addition to being a scientist, of national attainments, Mr. Ford is known as one of the most en gaging personalities on the lecture platform today, and has combined a series of intricate radio-electrical experiments with a popular lecture in such a way as to give his'hear ers the maximum of knowledge as well' as entertainment Mr. Ford will give this lecture on the second night of the Chautauqua program to be given here. Richardson, Harris, Nelson and Mrs. McGeGe, Oliver, Rich, Osborne and Jett of Reidsville. Mesdames Van Noppen, Pratt and Will Jones of Marison. Mesdames Kate Lewis of Green ville, S. C., and Leslie Abbott of New York. Mesdamea J. D. Mart:n, ard Kerne of Martinaville, Mesdames Robertson, Edmunds and Judge Kerr Harris of Danville. Mesdames Numa Reid and Withers of Went worth Misses Evelyn Penn, Mar f ..1 1 THE ROMANCE OF WORDS ______ "BEDLAM" WDEDLAM,’’ the word by D which we now designate a hubbub, an excited crowd or an uproar, has been derived not from “Babel,” as might be ex pected, but from “Bethlehem,” the name of an insane asylum In London and formerly one of the most abominable torture-houses of the British capital. "Bethlehem" Itself dates back to 13*7, when Simon FIts-Vary, • sheriff of London, founded a priory dedicated to St. Mary of Bethlehem. Everyone connected with, this Institution was com pelled to wear a black robe, with a single star on the breast. In memory of the star which guided the Magi to the stable at Bethle hem. Some three centuries later a London tailor named Stephen Gennlngs offered to start a fund to purchase the House of Bethle hem and turn It Into a hospital for the Insane, but It was not until Henry VH made a gift of the house to the city of London that It became an Insane asylum. Owing to the fact that lunatics were considered at that time to be possessed by devils, Bethle hem was made a place of chains, manacles and stocks, while all manner of hideous tortures were devised to rout the evil spirits which haunted the bodies of the living. During the Sixteenth century the place became so flltby and loathsome that no one would enter It and It fell Into de cay, to be renovated In 1679, when a stone Image of madness, carved In the likeness of one of Cromwell’s doorkeepers, was placed on the outer wall. In the literature of the day we And that the name of the asylum is short ened, first to “Bethtem,” then to “Bedlem” and Anally changed to “Bedlam,” ha which form It re <© by Wb—It Syndicate. Ino.) Jm PLATT TURNER’S CAR TURNS OVER SUNDAY NIGHT Mr. and Mrs. J. Platt Turner in returning from ohurch last night came very near haying a serious ac cident. As they were coming down the street leading from the Baptist church to Boone Road- in their car, the lights went bad on Mr. Turner's car and account darkness, left the street, the car tipping over the side of the street which at this point is about six or seven feet fill-in. As it happened there was no one badly injured, Mrs. Turner alone getting a head bruise. THE GAZETTE IN EVfeRY HOME Torrential Rains Does Great Properly Damage Kansas City, June 11 W>-—With ut lea t five persons repo,ted killed thousands driven from their homes, ■ml property damarce estimated in j the millions of dollars, many dis tricts in Kansas, Oklahoma and T • j as are flooded. Torrential rains over Kansas for the last three days cans -! ed rivers and smaller streams l over-flow and destroy crops in the lowlands and inundate residential and business sections of several i towns. ' Salesmanship Club Race Js Now On Its Final Lap The Winner^..Will “Cross Under The Wire” Saturday at 9 P. M — Last Counting of Credits for Publication takes Place today —From then oft Balloting will be Blind—Race now —Five days before the Close- is on Mighty Even Basi-; with AH Havnig; Practically Even Chance fnr Thre? Motor Cars; Stress Laid on Danger of Ovcr-Confide ic - on part of Club Members. Saturday night, ait nine o’clock, the Daily Gazette Sales manship Club, the Greatest newspaper circulation campaign ever inaugurated in this section will come to a close. Prompt ly at the stroke of nine Saturday night, the campaign will he declared closed by the official judges. All will be in readiness for the rush of cred:ts and sub scriptions that will come this week. The closing rules are published today. The Club members are requested to pav particular attentloh to all points in the closing rules of the big campaign. The Blind. Sealed Bo*— The Blind sealed ballot box will on Tuesday looming, be placed in the First National Bank where it will remain for the balance of the week. All credits that Club members may turn in up to Monday morning will appear in the paper of today. As the standings appear on this evening, so will they appear all week.. The last count of credits by the campaign manager took place this morning and will appear )n the paper of tomorrow, and from then on un til the close of the race Saturday night the race will be BLIND. Saturday night, Junath 16 at nine o'clock— The best Salesman are going to win. Those, who are going to ap ply themselves industriously during every moment of the short time left, have much the best chance of success for the Durant, Overland or Ford. The battle of ballots has been waged at a fast pace these last few days, and many surprises will be sprung by some of the quiet, hut steady workers. There will be surprises galore, and disappointments,, too, when the final results is announced. Who knows who will have bridged the gap from the bottom to the top? There i» Still Time— There is still time to makfe a winning race. Reward hovers near for those who hpve the stamina to grasp it. Only a little added work may place you on "AUTOMOB1LK ROW” —place your hands on the steering \*heel of one of those three cars. The next few days means much for the Club Members—it means a. taste from the cup of cheer—and above all it means hours of golden sunshine that 'enters the heart and makes it happy Too Much at Stake— There is too much at stake to back down and falter now. No one has any lead at this time, as will be noted from the published stand ings. The campaign has evoked an intense interest—not °nly because of the many popular members en listed, —but because of the great value of the prise list. The few hours that remain before the call of time will be used to the greatest advantage by Club members who are OUT TO WIN and this is one case where it can be truthfully said that ALL are out to win, and have their eye on those BIG PRIZES. ToO Much Confidence— The mopt disastrous tiling that can tiefall tony^ Club knember at this stage of the game is OVER CONFIDENCE: This malady i: fatal one in any line of business es pecially so, in a campaign of this kind where a space of one hour may cause a throne of too much confidence to jotter. Those who THINK themselves SURE of victory and “lay down” on the last lap are invariably the ones who lose out. You cannot be TOO SURE and THIS IS ONE CAMPAIGN wherein OVER-CONFIDENCE is more than ever liable to be fatal. Be Prepared for Emergenciej— Keep going until you reach the end. That is the only sure course and the dangerous pitfall of BEING TOO SURE will be avoided. And—another fatal malady in Ihis campaign | is to UDER-ESTI MATE your competitors. Keep ot keeping on, and get the sub crip tions. IT CAN BE DONE. The following is the last publish ed standing of the Club members, that will be made by the campaign manager. As they stand today, so will they stand the remainder of this week and the official judges will merely add the votes published be low, to the votes they find in the ballot box to arrive at the total each Club Member has polled. WENTWORTH Miss Evelyn Gentry_ 1,952,100 LEAKSV1LLE, R. F. D. NO. 1 Miss Kate Barnes 1,927,600 I.EAKSVILLF. Mrs. P. P. Wilson _ 1,696,500 Mrs. N B. Austin _ 1,638,100 Miss Vera Robertson . . 1,612,700 Miss Mary King ....__ 1,280,700 Mrs. Moran Hopper .... 830,500 Mrs. Roy Warriner _ 736,000 Miss Boxie Barksdale 553,700 British Ask French to Consider German Note Willing to Resume Discussions wit! the Allies, Report states London, June 11 W>>—lord Cur zon at conference with the Frencl Ambassador, Coant St. Aulaire, urg: ed the Freneh Government to accept Berlin’s latest reparations proposal! as a basis for negotiations. If Franc< will do this the British foreign sec retary will inform Germany ol France’s willingness to discuss th< problem collectively with the Allies French May Accept Suggestion Paris, June 11 W)—No reply t< the recent German note is consid ered neOssary, so far as France t concerned, it wag said today at tht hut if the Allies de t< DEMOCRATS TO KICK ON MILLION $ JOY fclDE Junket De Luxe great waste of Taxpayers money, they say Washington, June 11 —Pre diction there will be “Congressional demands for an explanation of waste of taxpayers money” unle;s Chair man Lasker of the Shipping Board “abandons his plans for a million dol lar joy ride on the Leviathan” was made in a public statement by th? Democratic National Committee, re ferring to arrangements made for a six day trial trip for the recondi tioned steamship. The statement de clared "an investigation of thb Junket De Luxe is certain to be forced by the Democrats of Con sea, SORT MUNI) HAS BAD: NIGHT OF DISTURBANCES Five killed many injured and troops called B. ilin, Juno 11 (A5)—Five civilians Acre «hot dead and one seriously .vounded in Dortmund last night, recording to semi-official advices. It s not stated who was responsible dthough dispatches add that troops einfoi cements have arrived and oc cupied the City Hall and that more ban one hundred persons are un ier arrest. 11ISS ABEL FILLED LEAKSVILLE PULPIT SUNDAY In the absence of the par tor of Leaksville Methodist church, Mis* Mary Ann Abel Director of the Girls Hub liebl a very interesting and telpful service which made a pro found impression upon the large How to Raad Your Characteristics _ Tendencies — ike j“" lilneai-j Capabilities or Week loiiai That Moke for Success or Failure as Shown in Yonr Pains THE HAND OF A MUSICIAN IN THE hand of a person who ii talented In music the skin Is very smooth and soft. This Indicates a refined, sensitive nature, with a great dislike for anything that Is coarse or unrefined. As a musician of either sex must pay attention to details, the fingers must be long In proportion to the rest of the hand. In the hands of many musicians the thumb, at its outer angle or joint, is quite pointed. This Is held to show a good idea of time or rhythm. A sense of tune Is sometimes seen in a point or protuberance on the outside of ths thumb, below the joint. The mount of Venus should be fairly strong and high, to show melody, and this characteristic is seen also In a good mount of Saturn at the base o( the Inlddle finger. When there are a good mount of Apollo at the base of the third finger nnd a good mount ot of the moon near the wrist, a decided •oue of harmony la shown. (9 by Wkulir Syndicate too.) YOUR-J HANDS LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Misses Rowena Farris and Laura Stokes returned Lome Sunday after noon from Ruffin, where they were week-end guests of Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Wright. Friends of Rev. Sherill, pastor of Leaksville Methodist church, will be delighted to know that his openw tion was successful and that he is doing nicely. His congregation and hosts of other friends wish for him speedy recovery and hope he will be back home in a short while Messrs William and Joe Wright of Ruffin were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. L- Clayton, Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Pratt, Jr., and son spent the week end in Graham. Mr and Mrs. J M. Hopper, Mrs. Moran Hopper and Mrs. R. E. Price were recent visitors in Greensboro. Mr. J. G. Seay was visiting his father Mr. E. T. Seay yesterday. Rev. R. W. Hundley was a caller at the Gazette offee today. Mr. and Mrs. Hundley will leave soon for their home near Montgomery City, Mo. All children who wish to be in the Chautauqua parade come to the Chautauqua grounds on Wednesday, evening. And persons able to fur nish cars and decorate them for the parade report Wednesday at 6 P. M. at Chautauqua grounds. audience that was present. She was assisted in this service by members of the Leaksville-Spray Girls Com munity Club. They furnished nu usually good music, two of the young ladies sank solos, which was enjoyed by the congregation. Miss Abel is a splendid speaker and made a wonderful and inspir ing talk. She is a very forceful speaker and gave the congregation some food for thought. Her subject was “How do We Think of the Bible, in Connection with our Daily Life from a Commercial, a Social, a Religious and Political Stand point?” Her subject was discussed in such a way that showed Miss Abel is a Biblical scholar and that she gave much thought in the prepara tion of her discourse. The service was very impressive and sacred and all left the church feeling that they hail been greatly benefitted by attending this service. Hteavy Rains Boosts*' Drive Cotton Higher Cotton Jumps 43 points On New York Cotton market. New York, June 11 M1)—Cotton prices soared on a big general move ment by reports of heavy rains in j Oklahoma, Arkansas and Georgia, j opening at 20 to 65 points higher, j and quickly advancing 72 to 871 points higher above Saturday. The closing led by July which sold up to 2865. -o Something to Think About By F. A. WALKER RESPONSIBILITY NOT until you have arrived at the ; place of life where you cun show willingness and ability to shoulder re sponsibility will you be in a position to keep step with the noble men and women who are moving steadily for ward toward success. You can never hope to get at the top by remaining at the bottom of the lad- 1 der in sulks. Nor can you rise from j the low level where the complaining ; masses are without first making sacrl-1 flees and fittlag yourself for the ascent, j There must be within you superior | skill, which you know, as well as those ; above and below you know, cannot be acquired except by tireless diligence and continuous effort In the right di rection. To dare responsibility without being properly equipped, both mentally and physically, is to make a hazardous ven ture with all the fates arrayed against you. To lead others you must be qualified to find your own way when the dark comes and the storms rage You are not fit to assume respon sibility of any sort until you have mas tered your own stubborn spirit, learned your lesson in patience, and practiced the principles Ret forth in the Golden Rule. Your first test In leadership will prove the truth of these words, in spite of an egotism yon may have, or of any fancied power of excellence. Those who cannot accept orders from their superiors with becoming grace, who at every turn In their pathway pig-headedly 'dispute the right of au thority, Who openly show disrespect of law and order, the things which gov ern everything from atom to sphere, can never'hope successfully to ess ante responsibility or rise from the common Jibs*' -V -. THE CAZCftif wTevERY HOME ELUSIVE POLE Can Place Location Within Two Feet in Wanderings in Area of 80 Square Feet New Haven, Conn.—Prof. Frank Schleslnger, director of Yale university observatory, has perfected what Is to be known as the Zenith camera. Final experiments carried out here for over a month have proved successful. What Is to be the exact value of this new •‘find” for the field of astronomy Is, of course, unknown, but men well versed In scientific study of the heavens have already planned Important tasks for the apparatus. The optical principles of the Zenith camera were perfected some years ago by the English astronomer royal, George Airy, but all the new automatic features were designed and perfected by Professor Schleslnger, who first started work upon the instrument in 1811. For the last year Yale’s noted astronomer worked vigorously for the completion of the camera, and except for a few minor changes It Is now able to achieve all for which tt was planned. Accurate Measurements. By photographing certnln stars as they oome Into focus, the Zenith camera makes possible accurate measureme of the varying latitudes of this world. The focus of the camera Is directed through a huge telescope, so placed that only those stars passing exceeding ly close to the zenith will be photo graphed. A plate is Inserted In th< camera at nightfall and, after figuring a time scale with utmost accuracy, delicate clock system In alarm form carefully attached. Then all automatic until the plate Is an operator before morning it. When the proper time shutter of the camera stars within focus leave a fined path on the plate a westward beside the aenll few seconds the shutter valuable picture Is ready thodical calculations of