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VOLUMN XXII.
MOCKSVIIXE, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1921.
NUMDKR 40.
Clackers.
Just what species of : devilishness
it is that makes people lie is a mat
ter that we never have been able to
discover. Why otherwise rational
beings will deliberately tells things
that they know are not true, is a
queer, and unaccounted for phase of
human nature. We can understand
how stories become exaggerated in
the telling but to manufacture
nasty bit of scandal without a single
grain of trueth for its foundation is
a bit of sheer meaness that passes
comprehension. .Of course, jealousy
is often at the bottom of it and pure
mailiciousness sometimes causes it,
but to gossip, -and lie, ' and smirch
the reputation-, of innocent young
girls for the pure cusSedness of it
a crime that ought to be punishable.
There are always old hens that
cackle and venomous snakes that
hiss. We know them and pay little
attention to their slanders, but when
people who ought to have some self;
respect stoop to calumny we are apt
to feel like making them eat their
words and apologize. Murfreesboro
is no better and po worse in this re-
sDect than most towns of similar
size, but it does seem that we have
our full share of spitting cats and
snarhner curs. Recently we have
heard vicious tales about- some of
our most estimable young ladies
that, should they reach their ears,
would cause them to hate the hypo
crites who gave them birth. If their
father should hear , this malicious
gossip they would bump some lying
woman's head against the wall and
the youug lalies' mother would
break their hearts. We, know that
there is not one word of truth in
these vile lies that- have ' been ped
died about the town, and we know
the best thing to do is'tb ignore the
whole matter, but as 'friends of the
young ' women , we want 0 voice a
protest and say to . you who . have
been telling these things that you
are a pack of liars. There is so much
that is sweet and good in' the lives
of our young people that ' no one
ever mentions. There are so many
fine and noble deeds done every day
that no one ever; notices. Why ; is
it that innocent pranks are.distorted
and the te-t of motives miscon-
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strued? What delight do people
find in smirching another's good
name? Shame on the folks
spread these rottpn remarks.
freesboro Home Journal. ' j .
We take off our editorial lid to
the writer of the above remarks -t
which are only (too true ?in their
portrayal of a well-known genus of
the reptile family found in most
communites the melicious liar and
female gossipnonger. ' It is .unfor
tunate that the regulars governing
the United States mails v makes it
impossible to apple to such cattle a
name that better expresses their
shame and depravity. Only too of
ten these unholy scavengers will be
found high up in the councils of
some local church, and ' they have
become so warped and-deformed in
their moral sense that they believe
that they are futhering the cause
of Christianity! and -clean living by
slinging their fifth at every; person
whose conduct of method of living
they do not fully approve; That
part of the Bible which enjoins them
to "judge not," is a closed book to
them. A religion without vindic
ti veness ' does not satisfy, them.
They aVe lineardescertdants of thosfe
bigots who bprned each .other t
he stake and oreou oneu3the's
tongues for the gloyjbf ;1d and
the advancement tfrehuman race.
After a life-time o(;sotr, bitter,
malicious, insparing. carping, critfc
cisirig and character assasination ,
ye can imagine with wbat amaze.
ment they will earn that the king
dom of God was prepared, after all,
for those whc hayeJjrnLhe leg.
son of the helping hand antf cleag
thought and clean speech, and never
who
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How The Change is Made.
Statesville Daily.
. The Biblical Recorder learns that
the amended divorce law enacted by
the last Legislature making five
years seperation ground for divorce
was really promoted for the bene
fit of a particular case. The Re
corder is informed that the benefi
ciary lives at Elizabeth City. A
wife wanted a divorce but couldn't
established legal cause. Her father
called in a lawyer and paid hin a
handsome fee to get something
done. The lawyer hastened to
Raleigh and got the divorce law a
mended. 1
The Record es's information is
probably correct, for what it dis
cribes has been the common prac
tice in the past. One would be
reasonably safe in saying that a
bout every time the divorce law
has been amended. - the moving
cause was one or more special cases
in which influential lawyers were
employed to get results. A few
years ago a justice of the Supreme
Court bombarded legislators with
letters in behalf of a woman who
wanted a divorce and couldn't get
it until the law was changed. He
made a plea for the woman, declar
ing it to be a petiable case and an
outrage that the law tied her to an
unfit man, etc., just as was doubt
less done in the Recorder's case.
The appeal to sympathy, the will
ingness of many lawyer, and politi
cal influence, all help to change a
general law for one particular case,
regardless of the general harmful
effect of the change.
But what will you do about it?
The Value of a Newsnaner.
"I ngVeif took a newspaper that
did not pay me more than I paid
for it. One time an old friend of
mine started a newspaper way down
South and sent a copy to me and I
subscribed for it just to encourage
him and after while it published an
order to sell a lot and I totd a
friend to run it up to $50. He bid
it off at $38 and sold it in less than
a month for $100, so I made $62
det by taking that paper. My fath
er told me when he was a young
man he saw a notice in a paper that
a school teacher was wanted in some
distant county, and a little girl was
sent to him and after a while she
grew up sweet and beautiful and he
marriee her. Now if ke had not
taken the paper what do you sup
pose would have become of me? I
would have been some other fellow
or mavbe I would nt have been at
all. Bill Arp.
Friday Great Day in History.
The inauguration of President
Harding on a Friday serves as a
reminder that rridav has Deen a
mementous day in America history.
Columbus sailed on his first voyage
on a Friday and discovered America
on a Friday. The Mayflower reach
ed what is now Province town on a
Friday. , It was on a; Friday that
Richard Lee moved that the colon
ists declare themselves free, and it
was on a Friday that the surrendor
of Cornwallis closed the war for in
dependence. Then and Now.
Benjamin Franklin, in pursuit
of fortune, walked into Philadelphia
carrying a loaf of .bread under Li i
arm.' Times have changed. The
up-to-date young man . who fares
forth on similar quest wants to hire
j taxi and eat to the accompani
ment of a jazz band. Boston Tran
gcript., "
for those whose only enjoyment
during their entire lives was to
slander and traducerif the doctrine
of salvation was envoi ved by and
for such as these, than we can un
derstand better than ever before the
decadence? of religion and the
church. The Hustler.
Amen! .
The Statesville Landmark has Got.
ten Right g
The session of the legislature just
ended costs the tax payers about a '
dollar a minuete, Alex Lassiter. prin
cipal clerk of the house, tell the Ral
eigh News and Observer. Mr. Las
siter estimates that the averajre cost
of each bill passed by the Legislature
is $100, and that as 1.072 bills were
passed at the recent session, the costs
of the session was about $100.000.,
Ordinarly the folks back home don't
think much of a member who doesn't
introduce a number of bills during
the session. The bills may be uni
important and unnecessay but if the
member doesn't appear to be doing
something, he doesn't count, accord
ing to the popular veiw. But if the
folks back home get the idea fixed
in their minds that each bill passed
cost 100 the number who offers the
fewest bills, or none, be the popular
favorite. Statesville Landmark, v
The story of the Jew who said to
his son: "Isaac get money, get it
honestly if you can, but get meney,"
has too long been the guide for many
people. The law makers generally
have adopted the same principle and
have apparently thought it necessary
to pass a law, a necessary one prefer
able, but whether necessary or not,
pass a law. We so often hear some
one complaining that this or that of
ficer has done nothing, forgetting
that it is far better more commen
dable, than to be constantly doing
the wrong thing. The tendency to
criticize an officer because he has
done nothing is very often unjust.
Under our form of government an
officer is the servant of all the people
not of a mere handful of faddists, a
gang of steam rollea manipulators,
or a bunce of self seeking, wildeyed
'progressives," visionaries and prp-
Jjgals!,! t is Just as, necessary r-4
the car oi Progress to be supplied
with up to-date brakes as it is for
other vehiccles to be so equipped.
The public safety is at stake and the
brakes of majority rule, evidenced
by popular will, should be so orga
nized kas to apply at a moment's
notice. 'This thing of letting law
makers do as they please is out of
date, dangerous and contrary to all
ethics of true democracy. Carolina
Wathmad.
Oar Friends The Allies.
We are not very favorable impes
sed with the treatment accorded us
by our Allies across the sea. Eng
land charged us for transporting
troops to save that nation from
being trounced by Germany and
then wanted the U. S. to pool their
war debt and pay a proportionate
part. France charged Uncle Sam
for comping grounds for America
troops and now come forward with
a trumped up claim that this nation
owes France for a debt contracted
with that nation during the Revo
lutionary war of which we have no
record of a claim ever being present
ed, except just now in the mind of
some cunning irencnman. 11 is
reasonable to suppose that if we had
owed France that the claim would
have been presented long age. Had
we listened to President Wilson and
his League of Nations, we would
have placed our nation in a pretty
predicament. No more foreigh en
tanglements, we say, for America,
and so should be the expression of
every other patriotic American.
Union Republican.
$000.00 for the Editor.
Under the new law requiring a
certificate fifom a doctor as to the
physical conditions of applicants for
marriage -license the physician as
well as the register of deeds and
the preacher or ' magistrate, will
come in tor tee. 1 ne newspaper
men's fee for telling that the bride
is beautiful, accomplished, and
whatever she reslly "aint," and a-
bout the groom being industrious
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and prosperous, when he is really
a burdexyan his bid dady's should-
ers, remains the same just 55000.00.
Monroe inquirer.
. Your County Paper.
You, as citizens, are obligated to
support your county institutions;
and your county paper is not only one
of its most, important one and you. as
a citizen, are oblizated to support it.
. Try to imagine a live county with
out its county paper.. And try also
to imagine a live county without the
support of the people of the county
If your county is to have a good
live county weekly, you and every
other citizen of the county must sup
port it.
If your county hasn't a good live
paper, it is because the people of the
county have failed to give the paper
the right kind of support.
The first thing to do is to keep
your subscription paid in advance.
When anything of importance hap
pens in your neighborhood, write th
editor and give him the facts, so he
can make a good story out of it.
Tell him what vour school is doing.
The teacher will appreciate it and
be stimulated to greater effort, and
teachers in other parte of the county
will also appreciate it. Think a min
ute and you will realize there are
many ways in which you can help to
boost your county paper and it is
your civic duty to do so. Progre's
sive Farmer.
Short Stops.
If you are in doubt about you in
come tax give 'em everything you
have. It may prevent their calling
for more.
In ihis world there are about a bil
lion a half of people. If you , don't
believe it go out and count 'em.
Don't forget sisters, that your
troubles come back to you with in
terest when you hand them to others.
Some people just drift through
life waiting for the psychological
moment to arrive." The devil "gener
al gets them when It arrives. " - -
Before punching the fellow who
calls you a liar it might be well to
consider 'whether or not he has told
the truth. '
' The modern world is developing a
lot of speed but it doesn't keep the
track well ballasted.
Practically every man has a secret
craving for wealth. A few are will
ing to earn it. Western Carolina
Times. 6
There Will Be Many Tightwards.
Some people must stay awake at
night devising scheme only they
don't call it a scheme but a m-o v-e
m e n t to establish a perpetual
memoral in honor of Woodrow Wil
son, the man who protected into
the world the idea of the League of
Nations." The plan is to raise not
less than half a million dollars as a
trust fund the proceeds of which
shall be awarded each year has made
the greatest contribution to interna
tional amity. Those of us who do
not play the suckers part will be put
down as tight wards. Monroe En
quirer.
Condemned By a Democrat.
The passage of the Neal bill redis
ricting the state and cutting down
the Kepnbijcan minority in the ten-
ate to a half dozen members, was
the biggest blunder made by the
General assembly of 1921. Iathe
first place it was wholly unjust. We
are astonished that the body of men
so intellitent as the Legisiaeure
siould show a spirit so narrow and
partisan The state needs more Re
publican in the Legislature and if
they have any sense at all. this law
will increase rather than lessen the
number Eiitor Jonnson in Charity
and Children.
Paid It Quarterly.
In the case ofgt;, Georgia farmer
who went into thelncome tax collec
tor's office it was figured out that he
owned the Goveriiment just four
cents. He laid clain on the privilege
of the quarterly payment, and plank
ed down his one cent as first install
ment. The Georgia Crackers is noth
ing if not thrifty. Charlotte Obser
ver. '
The March winds are displaying
all brands of hosiery. It is no fe-spectc-r
of Sizes, Shapes, Conditions
orShortnes of Skirts. Cumberland
Gap News. -
EfccTs Oep't Store
Winston-Salem, C.
15c Crochet Threads in all Standard
makes and colors
9c
50c. Ribbons in Solid Colors, Plaids and
Camesol Patterns Specially Priced
25
Leather and Morocco Hand Bags in all ((JO QO
shapes and colors at from 98c to pfsO
Standard Manufactured Silk Hosiery of all Kinds at
Prices Unequaled.
Golden Fleece Knitting Worsteds in
Balls, all colors, 39c. Hanks
69c
$1.50 Misses Pure Silk Hose, Black and
White, sizes from 5 1-2 to 10, at
98c
Exclusive Agency for the NATIONAL McCali's
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Special Attention Given to all Mail
1
il Orders.
Try on the "Robin Hood'
The boldest hat value in
this neck of the woods
$4.95
The original Robin Hood was a rob
ber who boasted that he ne er held
up the same man twice.
This new Spring soft hat bearing the
same name does better than that
it's holding up more attention tha.Ti
all the other hat styles and values in
this section combined.
It's a $7 hat at $4.95 that's what
it is.
It's a style that is being worn on 5th
Ave,, N. Y., this minute but you
won't find it in any other store if
you drive around an hour.
Seven shades covering every mood
of nature.
If you try on the Robin Hood today
it will be a par t of your regular
equipment tomorrow.
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Boyles Brothers Compt
Trade St., Winston-Salem, N. C.