fn;ht p.u;es
tut. movroe jontx.iu ramv, December 10, 1920.
FIGHT PAG EH
vvuiuat amahU lJ
ONE BUSINESS MAN WHO
MUSTKNOW EVERYTHING
lxarn Ilumnu V.iure. nml It
ToimIi With eighbriitl
Comedy aiut Trglj.
! blank checks before he got a signa
ture that suited. This one he ftued
an 1 swept the others contemptuously
on the floor. It became my duty,
when he hati gone, to gather and
destroy these signed check.
The cashier had expostulated with
him in vain. 'I will fit him." he
lit said one day. as he filled out a signed
.check tor live hundred dollars, at the
to find out much about him ooea- ed old father, and take away hit rule, nor draw down a very fat sal
ioi!ed otue talk, w hich cam to my horse and cow and wagons and cnick- ary. Some of us might rise to posi
ears. 1 had met him socially, and ens. That was one of the n.any tion of greater financial responsil.il
was pleased was cleared with him. times when minding our P' and ity If we were willing to shut our
and when he came into the bank with Q s was an unpleasant task for both hearts to the human element In our
the young woman and asked if I banks. And where was the prodigal? . business, but we consider that a part
would cash a cluck for bun. I gladly. The gurr Sin of "Kun." (f country banking
agreeq. i ne young woman t ames nave piayea no sniati pari
worthy. He drew a check well up in a country banker's life, and
into the hundreds, and I was Just have brought out both serious
THK APOSTLK IMl'l.
same time ere lit ing Captain Brown's reaching for the money when, in a and amusing Incidents. A serious
HAS H.l MANY KXI'K.KIKVKS i sleeping in the batik.
"account with an equal amount. I was flash, all the gossip that I had heard run was started on the bank in which
Not the preacher
uncovers as many queer quirks ot
litimun i:a;i. re as the country banker.
N. pi ofessim.il man lives closer to
the heart of the couimuu ty's life
anil to the l.ves of the individuals
vi the community. Kamil.anty with
1 V h.i.ik books rieaus nvire than
knowing i!:e deposits of its pa. tons;
jt i.imik knowing their miui:!c
mi: i ad ver ty. ;' 'ir viototio. de-
; i ;';tri:',uop:iS. 1( iiic.in.-
s nal weiiit'w .list
morning when I started out the front
nor the d.H-tor d,H,r 10 kf"t. there wai Captain
fei
i
S.I ' s
K i'.is;n Ciiy
Brown waiting
"What about this five hundred
dollar check?" he demanded. "I
never drew such an amount."
I sent him to the cashier, and
there were no mere suned checks to
pick up after that.
The country banker must b aa "
; rt jack of 1! business. My duties
ir. a country bank ranged from ag
ticul'itral adviser to community fl
i. a. icier and family confidant. 1 have
i Vi ,, act rd .is matrimonial asen lor
a yum. fellow who came inio my
o:':ice one ilav at'. 1 a-ki.l i.ie to write
;i lett.-r of ptopoal for h:tu. I tackle.)
t '.- j..!. cut lim the girl he wanted
a".!. !: !! nially. a tit ly vent lee.
A ycing woman fio..i o.tr fe.wn
1 - ! s- .. seve-al month m the city,
s - c.;': . luck w i"i a "t-ntb man
' 11- ha I a lo.hI appearance.
: ; I.'.ct that r.ohody w;u a'de
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at
and the uext'eame back to me. with distinct wain
lug power.
the girl and asked her to indorse 1. 1 urday afternoon she presented
w ith him. She hes:tated for a mo-' three check. The party on whom the
Was a Self Made Man and Had No
Mlk.ll M
I began my banking experience bv an .. j-
I handed the check to! Irish washerwoman. On a busy t-'at- tw A . .." "7
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j v. tllV ft ' K V J II VO, W IUII ia
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wimi uui uiiiij i.u4. Kim g p.' inn wb uianu iiieiieu itl ne
him the money. Two days later 1 nothing to his credit at the time an 1
lean ed that the check was forged. the cashier returned It. savlne criSi)-
nobody to whose "pull
was. from the ground floor up. the
architect of his own fortune. There
l..e i-iiig..i who l ii.li. t iu,i.n. V: "No funds." The washer, onan him ,lh.:. , h. ' ,,, Th. - HmI, " , hrinr lhr rA.
once, to the Joy of the new faith and 4
the everlasting dismay of bis old
friends and co-workers, Paul turned
Christian! '
Into the cause of the new creed
the tent-maker threw all of the Ore
and energy that had characterized
him while devotee of the old. and
it Is now well known to all students
of that distant time that Paul was
by all odds the greatest asset of the
Christianity of the first and second
centuries.
But the Irony of historr is some
thing fearful to contempalte; Paul
became the Instrument of complete
destruction of the faith that convert
ed him. Jesus never for a moment
thought of starting a new religion.
Talk about business being pro.-aa' industriously spread the news that
A Sherloik Holie s e.nild find all the the First National had
I
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tot a :iit
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ceinti . .
.mis r. !
look for a start. ligion of his fathers back to the com-
nO motley 1 1 it,. , . ,w. 111 . -i . 'nlli.liM ..t .... .v. nMKK..t. v..
. . t 1 , ,..,,.,.-1. 1 .1,. ,1 ii. . . 1 umo inuwt vi iiiw iiiusiritius uiies t"vnj anu iiudi ui i ur ii upiit-is, utii
. , . Vi . . . .n rr. r. ,Z v. T 1 y 1 i w ' h '". poor, change the whole program. He sub-
! ; i : t r, , f rk- MondVUOr',lnB V ,:ank nd was obliued from the start to a.sk ;'ttuted a theological system for the
,111 ' k ' I "C,'i? f0l"Ul U,nf'1,,e himself the question. "How am I to -Imple gospel of Jesus, with faith in
, v. ? V,. 7 ? n" trs ,t f',r''J "PtHial train from the ol(1 fHwid 0 ra, h , sole requirements.
.. ..,.- ,.. ,aifi ui) -on ii.lie.il-j iu uieei ,... . hi. li,.iih,w.t Ik. ku.l,,.,. Ii'llrthermnr Hn.,1 InlmH.. I.,i
of tent-making. the religion of Jesus which rested on ,
Tents were 411 ureat and steady de- love and good will, the terrible prin- '
mand in those days, and the good ciple of in-rsecution a principle
tent-maker was pretty sure of a iv-,hicli Jesus never recognized a
in ji. ' ! principle which He turned from with
Wehn not working at his tr.idt !U the strength or His gentle and
Paul studied theology, to which line , rational soul.
of thought he appears to have been ! No one doubts Paul's sincerity. He
unusually devoted; nor did it lake meant well. No soul of man since
liiui lon to demonstrate to his con- have lived ever showed a traml-
a
a
Holiday Tire
Reduction Sale! !
II- rrousht a draft for three i .n
divd ilo.lars to send to his son J i n.
l.iiiii; tilted! milts south of t!i iit
;ie ion of X in liritisli Colun. :a.
il- :isk 1 me t forward th:s :, .ft.
.-ay. UK he had .lire.iiiy written t :i.
was coifiu-. Th've weeks late
a.i: back. mt:ch disturheil. His :
John l,.ul mt reetived the 1110
I l 'oi;eil it i p ai d font!'! the i!'
hau been paid and relumed. I'o
ve could 'ieir I rum the bar-.
Hi :i.li td'!!uhi.t. Henry IVtro'
wa.- back wi'h a letter wiiic'
OP Id 10! lead. Neither could
We sun it to Kansas City, but
con!,! 11, :tke luiili.tu of ii. Th 1
f urn anted it to New Voik, v h
was translated. It was a pat
lei let from an old 111 in named .1
k v
he
the demands. After things quieted
dova they were able to trace the
panic to its souice.
In the panic of '93 I came near
haunt: a run on my own bank be
cause, forsooth, I had carried some
thina for tuy wife across the town
to a friend who was to dec irate it.
The china was pa.ked in a leather
i;rip, and my way led past the de
loi. I had hi ought the u- ;p down 10
the oflice at noon, and after hanking
hours 1 did the errand. Someone
started the rumor that I had de-1
, we
it
.1 tie
Mil
1 11 a very
tent-maker forged
becoming one of the
temporaries that within him was the
making of one of the greatest the
ological doctors of all tltue.
1...:.. ...Ill ...II 1
...,,.,. ..... .... men money, brains r th? first order.
.....i uie i.ex. morning a long Hue i.rief period, the
awama tne opening 01 tne 01 nee
Tl r :i.. :i..i.i.. i I '
.... .,, ...u.. a...e. i.-m0h, Italous defenders of the faith
ever, and the crowd was soon sat- ,,f Israel.
ilO'd. I it .... n ;,. . ,tn..i...t u.i..tn...
1 a I.ankeis ate human and enjoy a and f.imilicism. of deep pedaL-oglc lore
.. ... !,- -'r r.v.l...,,,K a,1(J bj,t,ir prpjunieei ,m1
,11 Mirn-iiir, ..1.1111K nii.i- 111 i;n i.M tlnu. . ..,Viiin I
.. . . . " I.IWilHIK II VI
an om-01-iowri customer wirea in: 'f.,,ii.i . .v, rn...,.. .u.
H.M., 1 1.. 1... 1 . ... - v...i 1. .... laige
.i.'i.i win. ... i.t. linn ii. iie.1.11 s.'.v-. 1 1 1.11 1 immure n ceius. inaw w lien
He wroti ! ic ti n! th. y were in i.et convenient."
!l'e three liaii.ire.l .i illars how hap- We country bankers do not accu
mulate a great deal of wealth, us a
retromsky. 1 Notice the chang
letter and relic. ! h iw easily a "
might be mistaken for an "tn '
sir. pl.t II. ;,s ,i,i! n' to his -o
Paul wns
uiicom
While they last we will sell Ford size DIAMOND
SQUEEGEE TREAD TIRES at
50 per cent off
the List Price.
List Price 30x34 .
SALE PRICE 30x34
py he and ii'. u,e her w,.re to !..ir
f a. m hun i.iMin. Wouldn't he cnue
home and see them Ttuy w .!
telling very feeide. They had ,,-it
the iiiotu,y for a cow, a hoise ivi'h'
which 10 work the little, farm, ..oaie i
i ttickPi.s. a w atou. and a few com-
lofts for ibeir old n;e. i had Pen !
originally written in one of the many
liussian dialects.
. In the meantime, we had heard
from the bank up there. They had
cashed the draft for the old man,
who hve I fifteen miles north of ihoir
town. He had said it was from his
sati. Of course we had to hold ihem
responsible and they, in turn, had
to full back on the poor, ilis-IIIusum-
a share of the world's atten
tion.
Hut we can never tell what a day
may bring forth, especially In the
field of religious polemics, and all at
r stunt ot seii-sacrince than was ex
hibited in the case of the "Apostle
to the Gentiles," but primarily Paul
w-as a theologian, and never for one
moment did the great man ever have
the faintest conception of the religion
ot Jesus.
The religion of Jesus would have
been Infinitely the gainer had Pnul
never lived, or had he kept close to
his business of tent-making, leaving
the gospel or the Galilean to win Its
Tin ories by force of Its own Intrinsic
beauty and fitness.
They move rapidly w hen they move
at all down in Mexico. General Ob
regon was recently elected president,
and now the opposition wants to un
seat hi m before he ls seated.
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SOCIAL
Boys, the Christmas holidays will bo and Vesuvius Safety Torpedoes,
soon be here, and in order to give' Pin Wheels, Small, Mel hi in and
uyo a chance to enjoy them more, Large Dragon Wheels, Chin Chins,
than over before we have lor you! Gee Whix. Wonder Lights. Diamond
$11.90
Mrs. C.
II. Lee.
W. Scales Is visiting Mrs.
the largest, cheapest and most com-
plete line of
i
FIKKWOKKH
Shower of Tearls,
Liberty Fountains,
Nlggen Ohasers,
Ktna Fountains,
usual, we have, regardless of the fact
that we had to pay a $50.00 license
on our fireworks, nnd also large
freight hills, and on top of all this.
Beauties, Silver Dragons, Hot Shots, (the fireworks cost us more than ever
I Vesuvius Fountains, Devil, on the 1 fore.
Derore, been ablo to make them as
cheap. If not cheaper than ever be-
List Price 30 x 3
$19.60
H
SALE PRICE 30x3 $9.80
"To-night the winds began to risft
And roar from yonder dropping day;
The last red leaf is whit led away,
The rooks ure blown about the skies; ;
The forest rrack'd, the waters curl'd, j
1 lie cattle huddled on the lea:
Henderson Motor Co.
I ord ( ars
HiaaasHOiini
Trucks and Fordson Tractors
Genuine Ford Parts
Crowell & Walters
Licensed Dealers.
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rti v?ev
, J C . - - -. v.,,f Y is 5ss.n.s y
. t. . j jJitUW-fc-.-j; -ton" .1
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f i hi ts3 I
InTi t4
mi
FOUND!
The Musical Gem
It's here right in cur store ready
to play for you the latest songs, dances,
and operatic selections. Come in and
pet a close-up rf the Columbia
Grafonola. I Iear it played listen to
its tone and t.ce how the exclusive
Columbia Non St t Automatic Stop
operates. Nothing to move or set or
measure. Ju:,t start the Grafonola,
and it plays and stops itself.
Be sure to call and listen to
this musical gem the Columbia
Grafonola.
W. J. Rudg'e Co.
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..ence ; Y?
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i iiaruii'. was .;.a
piici.iv'! after yv
od-s iom .. "!.-;n
mn Kan.- Th , !
Co-Operative Mercantile Co.
over offered tor ale In the county, i Walk, Small, medium and large Da
and as large a Una as any In the go Hombs, Small, Medium and large
Slate. We have received our Christ-' Sparklers, Dew Drops, Assorted
mas order and can now furnish youjDrum Fire, etc.
with Ha by Winkers, two Inch, three I We are the only firecracker dealers
Inch nnd Thunderbolt Firecrackers, In the city this season, and Instead of
6. 8. 10. 12. 14, 16. IS. 20 and 30 i taking advantage of this fact and
And wildly da-sh'd on tower un i tree, i ,,a11 10lna Candles, Japanese, Jum-, making our prices much higher titan Broom's gin.
I The raindrops from the clouds un-;
futi'd."
But the cloud and gloom "f the I
outside were Instantly forgott. :: ui
entering the lovely, spacious lin'iie of i
Soinnis' charming hostess, Mr- Chas.
lcen. an, dne.iia for I he ngular,
iiieoling of the afternoon Tin1 club i
is siudying "Constructive Yen' ;ies In j
t!n citinii nt," a continuation "t la;-l !
years program, "The New t'itizeti- !
iiip." t'i;iH"il events were given ;
l.y hut i i.i .-n i In rs anil visit. u . ihis
I'l.ivini: to (). one ot the int. . ..inm
ti'att.'cs n: the puigram. Mi.- A. .M.
:';;ck read nil ecell.'l.t . r ie:
" oiii.tn's l'i.it in the Chur.ii
Mi---. W.i.ti r Crowell. in the a
of one of tl;e liii inl.el s, re nl
iUc'. "Wo;n..n's Part in the ("
uity and Inilnsi ry." Mrs. J.
'.amy's aniclc, "Why llardn
Kl.'clid," was hcailiiy
which she K.ir.g C.oituod'.
Iu I. He D'Ainour," from
pi e.Mib tit of the dub, Mrs. Jai es A.
' SN-wari, Is I einu highly conipl n . nieU '
fur her brilliant "Digest if the!
World's News" at each lucetii,;. This
is an innovation in Monioe !..!
cii' anil is educational as well .is -n-
i tci tainiiiK.
With the goc.it mothers of on; town
nml country awaking to a real. .at ion
of tin ir respomih.llty as cltizei. and
uuarilians of ilie wnnig, we a e re
minded of Teiinj son's wonderfiil lines
in "The Prince s: '
This fino iid ,.,.. of ours N hut a
j child
Yet in the go cart. Patience: Give
it time
To learn its lunhs: There ls a hand
J that guides.
j After the program, a delirious sal
ad course, followed by block cream,
, fruit cake and bonbons, was served.
! In the dining room by Misso Jennie
' Kussell. Marcaret Iceman and Mrs.
D. L. Middleton. Karh guest was
, presented a lovely Christmas card as
souvenir and the Christmas suggest-
ion was further carried out in the
decorations of holly and mistletoe.
I Red carnations formed the renter-
I piece for the lace-covered table In
the dining room. The following vis
itors added greatly to the pleasure
of the occasion: Mrs. R. B. Redwlne,
i Mrs. Walter Crowell, Mr. F. G. Hen-
1 derson. Reporter.
See us, boys, when the Christmas
spirit strikes you right and be in
a hurry, for they are selling like 40
cent cotton would the first day.
Our place of business Is located on
South Parker Street, two blocks be
low the cemetery, back of Shute &
P?flaJ Noticcr
One cent a word each Insertion.
TURKEYS for Christmas Call Z.
B. Rape, Helnisville central.
FOR RENT Rooms for light house-1
keeping. 'Mrs. L. R. Morris.
NOTICE OF SALE I will m
Thursday, the 23rd day of Dec.,
1!20, at 12 ocrloek, M., at the
courthouse dnor in Monroe, offer
for rale at p ibllc auction, one
Chandler Clu.1) Roadster. 1917
model. This sale Is made for the
purpose of satisfying a lion on said
car for repairs, the same being tbt
property of W. E. Bailey. This Dec.
10th, 1920. R. Sams.
9- '
Preparation Being
Made for
&
V
IR
einnioval
AND
Pre-Holiday Sale.
Watch The Papers
Co-Operative Mercantile Co.
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