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1 Y y J 4 1 KU 1H. 1 Y OF PURPOSE AND UNTIRING FIDELITY TO OQ COUNTY AND OUR FLAG IS OUR AIM AND PURPOSE. - V MOCVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY; AUG. IsTim. T : VOL. V. NO. 43 .y HORSES ABLE TO V TIME X- " 8teeda Hired by the Hour Good Judgee of Distance, According to This Stable Manager. A rider needs a strong hand and a firm seat to ride, the hired horses of a certain suburban riding academy when he attempts to -. go beyond an hour's distance from the stable, according to the New York Sun. The rates are $5 'for two hours, and the horses have be come so accustomed to going one hour out and 6ne back that when the first hour is reached and the rider does not turn back toward the stable his horse insists upon doing it for him. Beyond this first hour, if the rider still wishes . mistakenly or extra va gantly to ride stJH farther away from the stable, he will have to fight his horse every twenty-five or thirty yards as the horse attempts to turn back, and there will be no further joy in the ride. If he complains to the manager of the stable, the manager , will be politely regretful if the ride? is a stranger, or he will tell him the honest truth if the rider is an old acquain tance. , ' "I get so many Inexperienced riders," the manager will tell you, "and they have no sense of direction and keep no track of the time, and if It were not for the good sense of the horses the riders would either lose themselves in The countryside or would perhaps . realize - at some , point that their limit was nearly up and then would coma thundering in with winded and steaming horses. "These horses manage the ride them selves and the riders have very little to do with It," sale the stable manager, "and in . that way they protect the riders, ; they protect themselves and they protect me." - HIS PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL Wise '.WJIIle,- Forbidden Trip to Cool 1 Rlveiv Found Substitution That Answered the Purpose. , r On . certain occasions Willie takes his mother's instructions ; literally, while other times he doesn't : When Willie's mother told him that she did not , want hUi to leave ; the bijllding jgirate thys : - "Dr,' P- VjTj don Hlfui lernooifoeca'se fle hail itfMfci jiFinz&L&t9Gkz-mu1 her by - going swimming in the river on the day previous, Willis carried out1 his mother's instructions to the letter. He did not leave the building all afternoon. When Willie's mother arrived home from her shopping tour late in the day, however, she was sur prised to find that her son's hair was wet. "I hope you didn't disobey me and go In the river again," said his mother. "Nope," Willie replied. "Then How did you get your hair wet?" his mother asked. "Swimming," Willie replied. "Swimming?" gasped his mother. "I told you not to leave this building. Now you will go to bed without any supper." "I didn't leave the building," Willie insisted. "IIow cotold you go swimming without leaving the building?" said his mother. "There's no place to swim in this apartment house." "Ain't there, though T asked the youngster. "Did you ever try the. wa ter tank on the roof?" New York Sun. Elephants Raid Railway Station. We .-are used" to stories of how an elephant occasionally upsets a circus but it Is rare we hear of an orgy of destruction like that which, occurred in the Malay peninsula. A herd' of wild elephants attacked ' a railway station, pulling down the station master's kitchen and bathroom. ; They did the 3ame to. the clerk's quarters and then tackled the station while the office force looked on from trees. One elephant took off an automatic weigh ing machine as a souvenir of the raid, but finding it heavy, threw it down on the track. , One of the elephants trumpeted the recall and they all. went back Into the jungle except one who fell in a well and had to be cut out by human aid, but was not detained. By the time help arrived after a gen eral telegraphic alarm the huge beasts had entirely disappeared. Scientific -American. "V " Palestine Chariots. . Dr. Clarence S. Fisher, curator of the Babylonian section of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania "museum, will un dertake what he describes as one-of the most Important: excavations ever niade in the Holy land and the first since the beginning of the World war. He expects to 'find among other things, some of the iron chariots ipen tloned in the Bible -whicb1 prevented the children df Israel' from capturing Bethshan, ' near -.which ' city some of , the greatest batties of early history were fought. Scientific Americas. V.;.- ' '- ' ' r . Cheerfulness is .a song,. whose echoes take life 1n the heart of others. ;, - Every time some men do, a good- act ' they manage to get -caught at U.-"-' MIGRATES WITH THE TIMES Thrifty Beggar ProvesHe Has StudierfJ Human Nature, and Profited .by- His Knowledge. ' ." '; The man in the iight:green Palm , Beach siit paused in front of the beg gar near Thirty-fifth street on Broad way. , . - "Haven't I seen you before some where?" he asked, according to the New York S.in. "I think it was- in Wichita, Kan., last winter. IIow do you happen' to be clear back here?' The beggar, who lacked both arms, laughed. "Human nature," he said. "That's the. -most important part of our trade, boss. I've been at this business for several years. I found that during the . summer .in' the Western states they're like New Yorkers during the winter. They're so busy out there with the wheat harvest they don't have time to. think of the poor man much. The re sult is, they don't give. Here in New York things kinda steady down in summer and the New Yorker shows his pace. He notes our condition and is willing to give more. "Well, in winter, when the harvest is over out West, they're more liberal because things slow down. They have time to think about our condition. New Yorkers are so busy when they start the winter stride, they forget about us. I've nearly doubled my in- ' come by shifting East and West at the right time." PUT IT UP TO PROFESSOR Freshman, It Must Be Conceded, Made Rather a Good Point in His Argument. . In one of the Middle-Western med ical universities the course in em 'bryology is variously described as the "elimination course," "a study in which a student can get two weeks behind in two days," and in other ways indicative of the rapidity with which the required work is covered. In a recent final examination,, a ques tion was asked which had not been In any way -mentioned in either lecture or" lab. une rrcsnman ventured to remon- Kot The professor replied : "No, I never did. I thought while you were pon dering over your studies you would naturally be curious in regard to some of these things that I have hot lec tured upon and would be led to dis cover them for yourselves." - "Professor," replied the student, "if you were being chased across a field by an angry bull, would you stop to either gather or contemplate the beauty of the wild flowers that you passed?" Judge. A Broad Hint. They are telling in Greenwich vil lage a story about Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, whose exposition of sculp ture has had a wonderful success in Paris and London. Mrs. Whitney was sketching one day in the country when a young farmer came and stood staring over her shoulder while she worked. Though this sort of thing always annoys her, she worked on in. patient silence, while , the farmer breathed heavily in her ear. Finally; though, the man began to criticize. "Tt ain't bad,' he said.; and then he screwed up his eyes and added: Tt seems to look better further off.' 'I "Mrs. Whitney laughed. " 'Well,' she said, 'so would you.' " Lost His Conceit. "Children have a way of taking the conceit out of their eldefs. And their nonchalance while doing it is refreshing. " A proud father was Imparting some fundamentals of religion to Eleanor, his three-year-old. "Yes, the Lord made everything,' he said. . The little one smiled. ' "Say,, daddjv did the Lord make your funny old "face?" she asked. ' Didn't - FoqI Percy. , Every night when Percy's mother .thought it about time to put ? him to bed she was in the habit of spelling to his father, so much so until the little fellow had caught on to it, but It -so happened that 'on this particular night mother was spelling something else to father.' However, Perey, looking up from ; his playing on the .floor, said : tfAh ! Come "on and gaut me to betL' I know that's what yW are. spelling.", : ."Fluke" Kills 20,000 Sheep. '' ; Nearly 20,000 sheep ;have. been killed: recently. In the ValQ jttf !!iwyd, Wales, byf a "disease known; as -Vfiuke," accord lug to a report to-the fWelsh agricul tural council. J Experts say the point of attack in a certain class of snail, and that; hotter drainage of the lanil is the best precaution;: against i the disease.. . . - -.- n Some people expect . ppporfunify to -hreak In the bouse, go back to the kitchen and cook supper. . LITTLE TRUTHS .. ,- . - The, poor custom tailor is apt to breed bad habits. An underdone steak is better than a steak done over." ' Trying, "not to be a fool when' the opportunity, is goodls a worthy ambi tion: ' ' True love should not be so exact ing as to foi-ce the beloved into telling a lie K ' Any man who claims to know Yt all '.will have '.his contention admitted by thousands." ' There is one place you can express your opinion, without being asked -at the ballot box' " ... Bloomers' would have' no battle to fight now if they could only be made to look pretty. . - Eve was made before' mirrors and her daughters have kept in front of them ever since. , - ' If you like to talk to a man to whom . you have had no introduction you don't need any. ; - The woman who weds a "bad egg" need not expect to find the . matrix monlal yolk pleasant. ' , . - It rains on - the .unjust only; when they are unable to crowd the' just out from under, theshelter. Even when " you Know people - are trying to cheer, you by the Jollying processyou rather Hire it.' . SURELY4DESTINED TO SHINE Youth's First Performance" an Assur ance of H is - Future Distinction ! as an Architect. A Chicago man stopped an architect ia. the street. . . . -. "Good morning, Harkins," . said the. architect, ing again? "Aro thinWncr af hiilMLB "Not; -stopped you . to' inquire whether you could' take my son into your office - as an apprentice. With training I believe he would some day, prove a : magnificent architect.li s "He has shown some talent, has he?" asked the architect, glumlyi'or he was disappointed at not getting an other contract. "Talent! Genius,; sir'; "a positive genius!" " - . i ? " --- "What has he done?" V . v 'Well," what Is there so remarkable about that?"- . . - "Why,"winswered the father, "he de-' signed that garden"; for $8 and it cost I $32 !" Philadelphia Ledger. v Utilizing Whey. v Even whey, which Was once sup posed to represent the acme of pov erty, is now being utilized and comes Out of tlie list of industrial wastes. This thin liquor, from which the curd has been taken in the making of cheese, is being conserved for its salts, protein, - fats, milk;, sugar and vitamines. Its . utilization as a . prob lem in nutrition and economy is dis cussed in the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry by Yuzuru Okuda and Harper F. Zoller, who have been working in the research labora tories of the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington. Al though the chemists describe ely their experiments with Swiss; cheese whey, they say that the principles used in their experiments may be applied to other types. One Way to Spell It. Jazz-bo had been laid 1 up a few days too much heat and- had to be quiet. The members of the , gang couldn't stand the separation any long er and asked whether they couldn't come in a little while. The invalid's mother weakened and con sented, with the understanding that there would be no "rough-house" stuff. As a harmless diversion - she suggest ed a "spelling bee." School had been "out" too Jong, probably, for about half the words she gave were missed. Finally she gave the word "August" and the invalid tackled it. "Capital A-u-g-peri6d," was his ver-' sion ' and then the party broke up.. ,. Between Two Fires. ' Theyoung couple were -dining out. In the" middle of their meal a: tall and beautiful woman, ., passing" near .their table gave the !youngv man , a i look of. recognition and; a smile.' , ': . ;'So dangerous was the, smile that-the girl said, -"John, who was that wom an?': : John, held up his hand. - ; "Now, fojL.goodij.ess sake," he, said, "doh't" getr. .bothering ;.me' "about - who , ihe is. ' I !$hall havetrouhle pnough ex plaining to her who. you are.'.'. i .Probably .Not.. ; " Jimmy a,?' pi a ylng in : a : -Del ghbor' . yard with other children 1 'In the itiidsi ' of rheir; fun,1 Jimmie'a mother earned" out 'anii sald "Jimmle, what did r'tell yoiUJo do?' Didn't t tell you to mow the.lawn?' ' v Jimmie's f fac.ry'as , all in a gloom then, because -he ; hated .that kind of work. Ashe "came into h s own yard, .with his hands in his pockets1 he 're marked disgustedly : i "Aw, pee, ma, you never was a hoy." '" V " " -s -- ' - r - " , a -" j,'--'-" ;".;',""' ' ! -tLj"-1- J --' -., ,-" 'L -;'"" ;T;'.'.' , ,We do first-class Job Wor; jl Mr: . r, w f, TiVE TASTFi m Traveler Dei-.farts Gicta Trot ter Can Not Ds .Over j ':' - in Chcico of Food. Tlrfcf the first t hi ws. wl(vantM to set? the a y ounce mz.n world slum !ii i-5 l.o.v to :;!. Wiirrt'U Mt .KUix so, inr! n f.nvo'V.p kr;f-.v-s .. He has iiwir wilder.? g hrf Tj--. parts, of the world - fr .the. gov cat for ye.-i rs ptst and he is uee: says thf K;i:u-;i.--. CIiv. Sta'v II n the pa!:!ti'." "s:;ys Mr. "Barf- rer 1 vuu live on pjiiin u ciion m Likria or raw lish in Japun a.id ncn -er -Jutve a qnalm. I may not prpi'er mdQ'.vs boiled in . greas-e and eaten wliVti'C bare hand. Iut I can eat monkeys with the l)est of inonkey (it ers.'.The man who is particular about hiy tiior- had best stsiy at limne." . TtTlarrett lias mad.e a success of .x . wandering. He is one f the greatest of.J.tr' agricultural experts. His lat est? exploit Is to tea-ch the natives of thrnnlm countries 1kw to make white 1 siir out ol " palm sai wnn-Ji r.ney fifvy knew before by -.which process 1 mi . -i 1 . . .. .1 i Ji a . . a. I . .. . . . JS J lour flunorea anu imy inuusanu ums of ' the- finest sugar 4magina!le. has been added to the sugar total of the world. In all his years of . wandering ' In swamp and jungle he has never kerr-. seriously ill, and he attributes this in part to the fact that he can ilsg , fit. - the local table without re-pirV-T ' ; - "Cassava paste Isn't very good," aid; -Mr.- Barrett, reminiseently. "It doesn't taste like anything, and it is 0 sticky that if a man were to at tempt to chew it his jaws -might be clampeTI together or perhaps his teeth .might be pulled out. One just makes .e Ofill Ol 11, lUllh XL in ..v.y Lnt, and lets it slip down. TOLD GEORGE NOT TO WORRY Enaiish'Labor Leader Cared Little for f ' That "Divinity That Doth '''. .- Hedge aKing." . ' Kings have no longer . any ruling power in a first-clas nation. A Tittle Injdent in which the king of England figtnrA last year --may-be-, told 'in cop-. v-c ' i with the new spirit of affairs.i -' YiHtCr-osa Ubor, member. cli beardAnd, devoid ;of Ditches, a sincere and i much loved man, as .re mote from highbrow socialists as from hidebound conservatives, was among the fashionable ' crowd v of guests at the royal garden party.. The king got him into conversation. Will Crooks talked as freely to his monarch as he would to a follower in the East' end of iiondon" Both men were soon deep ini,he troublous times which were upon England. The king .plainly . showed his anxiety about the 'jiiaro. ' Will Crooks, who was the most sympathetic soul in the world, tried to reassure the king as they shook hands in, good-by : "Now, look here, old chap ; don't you go worrying about things ; '. everything is going to turn out all right, 61 d fellow." There is cause for a little specula tion in what must have , been the men tal attitude of the nobles and dignita ries clustered round, as they observed the ; familiarity. But what the king thought of it is best expressed by the fact that before the next garden party he and the queen together sent a spe cial letter to Will Crooks "and his wife, saying how much they wanted them to be present Frank Dilmat in thUOutlook. Poet's Tie Shop "Ad." . A poet in whose breast ' the cares of a collar and tie shop in Asakusa, cannot stifle the Parnassian urge h,s written the following sign and;placed it oVer his master's shop to 'cheer the passerby : . - -'. "Those who-belong to our company are i always endeavoring to express their delicate mood and individuality, through " the goods - they are dealing in, from ' the point of view of . making all I fidstence. best and most beautiful first? of all and then let themselves upward from earth to paradise that is to ifiy the eternal . peace the ideal under the elapse "of -time." ' v - What It means .would be difficult to say. : Tiile it draws attention to the admirable qualities of the. collars and ties- and garters, it-also seems to in dicate a 'little weariness 'with ;Asakusa considered as a stepping stone towards "the eternal peace under the elapse of time.K-,-vrapanese Advertiser. . - . V New England True to Tradition; A -certain Bed Cross public health nurse, in New Hampshire, reports that the interest In the Red Cross course of Instruction - in "Home' Hygiene and Care 1 of ' the. Sick" in . her, county - is L unprecedented.1 - This nurse . travels overf a considerable -area, ..the County . ben a large one, ' including eight" tOWE i. ' - It '3 the consensus -of opinion at the NewV England division headquarters that In this county,- at. least, the ' fu-' tUre of "the "American t Red Cross " is assured because of the great service performed through these classes.' New England still, lives up to her tradition of recognizing and sponsoring; the best that education can give. Red Cross Magazine. , ' . " - : - . .W Ik hel JUST THE ORDINARY FAMILY With Mother, as Always. Looking Af- : ter-the. Interests of tiverybody ' Except Herself. What. Ma says to Pa For heaven's sakej stop working on that auto arid come in to supper. When are you going to fix that screen? The flies are coining in that hole. Get up; you'll be late. to work. To Daughter Sadie Come right in and go to bed; Georgie must go right home now. You can't go to the dance tonight; you've been to two already this week. You've had enough of the movies this week ; stay at home with me this afternoon. You will have to wash the dishes to night; I'm tired. 1 Roll up your stoclyings. To Son Percy Come in here and wash vour hands and face and don't forte t to wash be- hinri winn onrc your ears. Eat that piece of pie with your fork ; don't use your fingers. No, sir; you can't have anything i eat until your dinner time ; do you want to spoil your stomach? What do t.hey say to ma? Not much by way of reproval. we'll tell the world. Ma is all right. v-e'll say. She is never satisfied unless she doing somefhing for the comfort of a'l hands, with last consideration for lu r self. Brockton Enterprise. , INDIA GETS FAMOUS JEWELS Ring, and Cup Captured in 1739 Will Be Returned to Museum of That Country. Two famous Mogul jewels whiv .i have shared adventures with the cele brated Koh-i-noor diamond are to be sent from London to India to be re stored to oner of its great museums. 1 It was at LMhi that the jewels were probably made for the Mogul emperor Shah Jali an, about 3G50. One is an emerald bow ring designed to protect the left- thumb when - a strained ..bow string is released,! Vthe other is an emerald,, toilet er It Vunted in gold .leveled wt t h rufint Ihe - foot being glased ukl l.ulrtryverTmirTv'Tth: t rtuTs lucent gold enamel. Kach jewel Is carved, from a single stoiie. After the sack of Delhi in 1739 these treasures and other.-. were carried off by Nadir Shah, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan, and they were restored by the fugitive- Shah Sujah to Ranjit Sing at 'Lahore in 18V3. They were' found-with the regalia in the Lahore royal treasury at the end of the sec ond Sikh war in 1849, and were bought by the governor, general of that day, Lord Dalhousie. .They passed to his daughter, .and after her death were for several years on . loan in the Victoria and Albert museum. During the war they were put " under cover for safety. Detroit News. They Weren't Cherries. While going through the grocery de partment of one of our large stores recently I noticed a crowd around a demonstrator, but I paid no attention to what she was saying. On the ta ble .was a dish of what I thought were maraschino cherries. I took one and put it: in my mouth. With the first bite I had the crowd around me. T thought I was poisoned and could not understand the laughing and scream ing of the crowd. Instead of a cherry, as I thought, It was a capsule contain ing coloring matter for oleomargarine that the lady was demonstrating. My lips, chin and ; waist were colored a .beautiful' yellow. T must have looked like the Yellow" Kid. This cured me of the had habit of sampling things. Exchange. - Not Acquainted With Shylock. It was a debt case and attorney, for the defendant ? made an ' impassioned plea for. his client. ' "Like" ; Shylock of ' the 'Merchant of Venice,' -this i grasping creditor de mands his pound of flesh,'-fee shouted. ' Attorney -for the7 plaintiff rose at once. . : . --, -. : 'iy: "Who was this merchant of Ennis?" he demanded. "A little Ennis county merchant should not be regarded as an authority in deciding a lawsuit." ' "Case dismissed, " gasped Judge Bar rett. Texas Newspaper Clipping. . Quite So. - "Remarkable family of girls, that!w 4 ."Clever?" ' T should say so! Elsie is the state tennis champion I . Maude paints - so well that she has come; very near to sellirig' a picture; Janet sings like an opera staiv-almost, and no girl in town dresses as effectively as Clara," -"Thete's another sister, isnt there V Oh, yesr Mabel, But she is rather dull, I guess . She- only works nd supports the famil7.,r-N"ew York Sun. , Justifiable Cannibalism.- ; A man was arrested yesterday on the cirtre of -having jeatenr: a cabman for demanding more than his farew Brooklyn Eagle. , - - BALM FOR - RAINY VACATIONS "Weather Insurance" Designed to Give Monetary Solace to Travel ers That Are Unfortunate. Got all your vacation togs? Got your fishing tackle, your round trip ticket, your mosquito lotion' and your rain insurance? Yes, there's balm fn Gllead at- last for the bitterest of human tragedies. For there's no denying that a rainy vacation is a worse catastrophe than a collision of planets, even if the lat-' ter involved the wiping out '"of all. one's wife's relations. The balm consists of a bet made with you by an insurance company that It won't rain during your vaca tion. In other words, you takeout a rain policy for' that period. And then, if it happens to pour cats and dogs all the time you have the consolation of collecting a tidy sum bf rain Insur ance when you return toMown. You i ma? De so constituted that ttemoney i would fail to console you for the lost vacation days, but there are other fel lows who would pray for rain in order to "heat the company." . ' The idea comes from England, when J all sorts of freak insurances are prac I ticed. Records of the United States j weather bureau are used to figure out ! rates based on the ' probabilities of precipitation in any given part of the United States and Canada. One In surance company points with pride to the fact that last year it paid $11, 213.25 to the Waltham fair on account of loss due to a rainy day, the fair corporation having taken out a rain policy. And the Kansas free fair at Topeka was protected by a $25,000 rain policy with a British company. REAL TREAT FOR IMMIGRANTS Ice Cream Something New to Arrivals at-Ellis 'Island,1 but They Finally Liked It. Immigrantstrnggles with American food on Ellis Krland reached a climax when Commissioibir Wallls introduced plates of ice cream to the 1,700 diners. The idea behind the ice . cream was to give the Immigrants a real treat on What happened was a marvel to wit-i u Balkln native a.nd a native of East Tndia. , The East Indian took a lick and 'liked it. Helopked around and saw that the Balkan opposite him had a bigger- piece. Greedily - he grabbed for.it. Then the fight, began. Both got well smeared In the face with the food. - ' V The other diners touched the ice cream, and finding It cold, thought . they knew the trick. The stunt was to smear the cold substance on your neighbor's face. This happened sev-' eral times. Then someone tasted the ice cream - and with a . whoop an nounced It was manna too precious to be wasted on countenances. The head steward ald the same' thing in the eight languages he speaks. The face smearing ceased abruptly. But the final experiment was yet to be made. The real genius of the meal took up his knife and a piece ol bread - and spread : the new butter ten derly over it. He started the fashion with a bang, and! all the rest enjoyed their ice cream that way. New York World. Average Life of Auto. As highway transportation de velops and passenger cars, and trucks become practically the sole means of road ' travel, the, proportion of first purchasers of cars and trucks In the total of car sales will decrease, and the demand for new cars each year will become more ; and more nearly equal to the number of cars which drop out of service. For this .reason it is becoming increasingly impor tant for the trade xo know how many cars will be required for replacement of those withdrawn from service. Analysis of registration, production, export and' Import - figures over a period of "years leads to the con clusion that the average life of the 2,000,000 cars retired from service In the last seven years " was "about : 5.3 years. Scientific American. - New Tombstone. . , . Austin J. Harnan of Custer Okla , has Invented what, he calls a nev and ; Improved tombstone," says tht Columbus Dispatch.- It Is designed to represent a life-size : human figure standing erect. For instance, it might "be a soldier. The" material ; is galvan- Izediron, made hollow, so that the lower part of it may; be filled with cement to make a heavier' base. The body . Is hollew In 5 order that . If de sired, it may .'hold an urn containing "the ashes of the deceased. As tor the head, . it" Is .meant to be screwed oit and may be made a" likeness of the person for whom the .tombstone ; -i erected - - , - --," - ; Faulty Bookkeeping. She You Interest me strangely- as no man ever has befbre. . -t H YtAi sprang,- that on . me lr.st night.'.- ' - ' . She Oh, was that, yen T ' .
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