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VOLUM-N XXII.V
MOCKSVIIXE, NORTH CAROLINA,, WEDNESDAY, MAY n, 1921.
' NUMBER 44.
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STICK TO YOUR POST.
Eyes Are At Times Blinded and Hearts
Beats wrong.
There seems to be a suicide epide
mic among young people. This is
- a very unfortunate situation. A boy
of sixteen years hang hijnself be
cause he did not want her to ro to
school and a Rirl ends her life in a
fit of melancholy after being . repri
manded by her mother. The papers
zu full of such stories and they leave
a very bad impression. ' :
That there is "something rotten in
the state of Denmark' ' is only too
evident. Modern human beings have
' lo t alljsense of restrain. We appear
i to have Decome impatient.- We all
want ourpwn way. Stubbornes stiff -peckedness
has seized hold of us and
it is eating into our yery,vitala. . : ; . .
' The trueth is that young people
are permitted a great deal of latitude
nowadays. What son and daughters
want is readily, granted : by doting
parents and when the time for . re
proof and correction arrives; child
ten regard the scolding or the chast
isement as a wrong done .to them.
Many run away from home, otitis.
; end it by seeking Heat? - Y-;
r Every human being running away
or wanting to die is actuated' by
cowardice. Life call for courag, for
work, for patience,. for jro-operatjon. f to tlie people, and provide him with
.Our youth, or rather far too many tf-
. our yougg people, are just lacking in
these qualities. Qur boys and girls;
have "been spoil edi tlThere ifr time to
cry halt to the excess of freedom
"which has breed license and 4n utter
ly wrong conception, of life. ,.-rt-:.;,
; People are always shouting for
their rights. Noting folks are incud
, ed in the number of persons who are
; never ti red ofdemandinif wjat"tbey
consider to be, their right -Bights
have to be earned. "One ''mustvwrk
for them :
And then there is the desire to' take
a short cut to every thing;; .The lad
who took his life when his parents
insisted that he go back to school ,
had persuaded himself t&ftv$te? was
sufficiently educated, i WftCwmto;to
get rich quick!?. . Wa. marry.;itt:a.
hurry and rush to the divorce' wurt
la still greater haste: .We gulpojar 1
iooa. run after pleasures an,d then
dei before it is actuallymjT ' ?
The evil of -the age is -Steed and
this f au It is seconded by inordinate
demands. , 'r y
What right has a lad 0 bring suf
fering upon his parental! What 'righ t
has a girl to make her mother 'un
happy by running awayT It; is the
height of selfishness never iftind a
bout father and TOpthr;w& .want
what we want and we want it quick
ly. And having, got what we. want
do not know what td do wit it.
actually do not want it anymore'. We
Jook upon life as .a plaything;; to be
tossed aside when it no longer can
satisfy our rapacious appetites. T
i5 is pointed; out jthatuicea in
crease after every war and that the
wholesale slaughter of human beings
breed contempt for life and for one
nther. There is a great deal of
truth in this. But the greater truth
k that the very condi tions" of - which
we complain make for war. The lack
of restrain, the eagerness to-satisfy
our desire, our demands all these
things cause conflicts - We !are jea!
Let Us Do This Thing, and Quickly.
I do not desire to take any per
sonal credit for the plan which I
suggested to Mr. Bruce Craven, of
Trinity, for selling the first issue of
$io,oob,6oo of the North Caralina
road bonds. I am sure that it is re
cognized by all as a copy of the methT
od used by our federal government
in placing all our. liberty; bonds
I am not also sure , that the same
method has been thought of by
many North Carolinians jas the
most practical method of providing
the money with which to start our
road program.
There are now in North Carolina
oyer 130,060 automobiles, several
thotisaud trucks and more than a
thousand dealers in automobiles and
accessories. In addition to these
there are probably. 10,000 filling
stations in North Carolina. All of
the owners of these cars and trucks
and4 all of the men who are jriterest
ed in these garages accessory shops
and filling stations are of one mind
jas. to jmmfediate Action '; .-"
Iloidd, suggest thatUne state
highway commission and the coun
qil of .state appoint a director of a
campaign for the sale of these bonds
sufficient help to put on a campaign
oi io days, say from the 20th day
of June to the 30 day of June'. Or
ganise every county in the state.
Make every bank and trust com
pany in the state an agent for hand
ling, the bonds. a Organize in every
township' a campaign committee.
Request every cwner of an automo:
bile td subscribe for one $100 bond
every downer of a trucks two $roo
bonds;, every garage, from three to
;to Sioo Donas; ana every accessory
shop'one$ioo bond; and every fill
ing station, one $100 bond. Ask
each subscriber for 10 percent with
tfie subscription. Require a pay
ment of 10 per cent on the first
rday,of;each month after the first
dayvjuly... Date the bonds Novem
ber t' j 921. : - Deliver them to the
banks as per their order. Agree
with the banks that all of the mon
ey paid is pn these bonds shall re
main with' the state highway com
mission. The state highway commission is
provided by the act of 1 92 1 with
$20,000 for expenses. "It should
be able to find a 'few dollars with
which to cover the cost of this com
paign. Evefy person who would ' be re
quested to .subscribe could, without
doubt pay 10 per cent with his sub
scription and 16 per cent per month
which in the case of a .$100 subs
criber would be only $10 cash and
$iovper month.5 This schedule
Would pay out on April 1, .1922, or
n nine months. That will make
it possible "for every man approach
ed to subscribe, Out of a possible
ssLfe of 200,000 b3nds bri the basis
suggested above we should be able
to reach a 50 per cent subscription
or a subscription f or 1 00,000 bonds
ciiVkerrintion of
of . what the other . fellow, has
one hears constantly. - ;
That boy does not go -to. school
any more whv should I?" the lad who
killed himself very likely exclaimed.
And the girl who left home was en
ticed away by the example of some
other girl doinz-the very same thine
And there comea,to, our mind tta
passage from the . second nd third
sections of the ShemayiarMhi ake
need to yourselves., lest your heart
deceived and ye turn aside that yedp
Zo after ypur own heartr and your
n eves" after whieffye use to go
astray.' - ? v'n'j ; -
oun2 men and young; - womenr
oyS and girls will be well advised if
!ney do not always trust their own
e3 lf they do not all aimes follow
; e Promptings 6f theirhearts. Eyes
,:re at times blinded and hearts beat
Wrong. ' ' ;- :;; ; ; M
nere is no ;sattsfafen dea
unmng away. -Sticlitdjr post
m. hvc-Exchange. u
The banks and trust companies
would have the use of most of this
money. ; for some months. They
could therefore serve the state as
its agents in this matter at little or
no loss to themselves. The money
coliecteoinhis' manner would be
spent very largely" probably 75,per
i - r; 1 -trim-
Cent 01 it, in ineir unmcuw
muStfe It rwouldstayf right at
home. It would circulate money a
i;fi tnrtrp frplv: Risrht now we
need to have some of it circulating.
It will help all business in the state.
If it does that it ; will; help all the
banks and trust ' companies in, the
state. If the" people are willing in
thil way "to loan $10,000,000 to the
state the banks and trust- compan
ies should "be liberal and patriotic
enoueh to help the matter along,
fhave faith that they win. i wu
believe; or even, suspect, as you do
that the bankers of our state would 1
undertake to block this movement
They are on the whole a fine bunch
of men ;just as patriotic if not a
little more so, than most of the men
in North Carolina. Moreover they
know what good roads mean to the
banks and trust companies of North
Carolina the same that they mean
to every class of business . in ? the
state. " s "
On the first day of May 1922 the
state would pay to these subscrib
ers all North Carolina $250,000
in interest. On the first day of
November 1922, the state would
pay to her sons and daughters a
nother $25,000 interest item. That
would keep - the money:, at home.
Iet us do like the life insurance
companies of our state,- persuade
our people to keep our money at
home. We can do it.
We are big enough and 'indepen
dent enough of New York to do
this thing. If we do it New York
will sit up andr take notice. The
bankers arid bond brokers of that
city will have a great respect for us
greater than theyj have now, and
certainly more than they will have
if we pay them as much as seven
per cent to nine per cent for a tempo
rary loan. V "-.
This campaign will do more for
good roads in North Carolina , than
simply providing $10,000,000 with
which to start business. It will a-,
rouse among the people abiding in
terest in the program for 5,500 miles
of hard-surfade roads.
Let us tell New York .where to
get off. : Moreover, let us tell the
few bankers in this state if there be
any such; among us, who would
like to loan money to the state at
from seven per cent to 10 per cent
where to get off . We are able cap
able, independent and free. Let
us demonstrate it to ourselves and
the world. . Let us do this thing,
and do it quick. -J. Allen Austin,
in Greensboro News.- .
Parents, Look Oat. '
The decision of , the Supreme
Court in a case from Forsyth coun
ty may interest parents whose auto
mobiles are operated by minor child
ren. In this case a youth, running
his , father's : automobile with the
latter's consent,- drove recklessly,
the machine was .. wrecked and a
young lady riding with the boy was
killed. - 'Her relatives brought suit
for $50,000 damages against , the
father of the boy. - In the court be
low Judge Finley dismissed the
action, holding that it could not be
prosecuted against the father. The
Supreme Court overrules this : de
cision, declaring that it is a ques
tion for a jury to determine. Par
ents will therefore take notice that
they are liable lor damage in such
ceases; and where a-minor under 16
is aHowedto bperate the car in ex
press violation of law, as is com
mon , the verdict .would be more cer
tain and the amount of damages
probably larger. Statesville Land
mark.
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v " The Heroic Departure. ; .
Another evidence of the draft to
ward paternalism, or rather mater
ialism in this instance,- is the ap
pointment by the city ..council of
Sandusky Ohio, ota city - cnaperon
to see that girls are "dressed decen
tly on the streets ; and at dance halls
the ' pcciiDf or the 7 appointment
having beek Uhe allegation that
mothers had abdicated their duties
in this respect.., .This is getting
near, the limit in the extinction of
personal liberty call for heroic treat
ment.;. Arid a good many; girls" to
day are desperately ;. in ; need -some
one to make them see them. Hous
ton Post.': . : ' '
TSTews Ttemi The local basket
ball team-will wear their- shirts on
FridayriiThe' trhusers have
not yetrrivci. New York World
. -From The El kin Tribune.
Yes, it is true that some . people
are totally devoid of fear. They are
dead: "
As long as there is life there is
hope, but hope does not always
prolong life. -
-No, we can never mend our own
fault, by complaning of those of
others.
"Truth is mighty and will pre
vail," provided a lie doesn't get the
upper hand.
Popularity is not always an evi
dence of brains. The sight of a
pocket flash works wonders.
- Some people find it unnecessary
to. search out their own faults.
Their neighbors do it for them.
. "Love thy neighbor asthy-self,"
says the good book--and especially
if she is young and beautiful, say
we.- ;
Ik the absence of food the Rus
sian Jxlsheviki might fall back up
on the ancient custom of eating one
another.
A drug store complexion can
hardly be termed "the blush that
won't come off-
weather is warm.
Some men take vociferour pride
In their ability to wiggle their ears,
but the jackas is more discreet in
his egotism.
Even with the advent of spring
we can't lose the weather man.
He'll soon be roasting us as glee
fully as he tried freeze us to death.
specially if the
. Bill Montgomery Says:
Now that silk shirts are within
the reach of all, the rest of us pre-
tfcf cotton.
France has just shipped over 250,
000 quarts of champagne but some
thirsty mut commandeered it before
it could reach Sevierville.
The little Jap still clings to little
Yap, and personally we don't care
a rap. And yet the Jap may find
Yap ho snap.
Women are now to have the
proud privilege of paying a poll
tax. Just an additional tax bur
den on the poor old man four dol
lars instead of two.
We are to have the old fashioned
silver dollar in our midst again
soon, says-advices from Welling
ton. The old silver dollar is fceavy
to cany arouud, but two or three
of them in the pants pocket can
make a fellow feel mighty well off.
Surely we are living in a- faster
age. It does not take a man near
as long to drink himself to death.
Many young men who gleefully
left the farms and rushed to the
big cities a year or two ago are now
wending their way sadly, back to
that heaven from whence they fled.
Three squares and a place to slejep
again look good to them.
The various states of the union
are said to have $622,000,000- for
the purpose of building good roads.
That is the states have the dough' '
and the people still have the mud.
But muddy roads, like darkest
clouds, have their silver lining. As
longas the mud is deep, automobiles
will be scarce, and pedestrains have
some assurance of reaching their
homes without having to be gather
ed up and taken there in baskets.
The optimist can always find some
thing; to his liking,even in the
most pessimistic of reports. -
Many Tons of Clover Seed -
It is estimated that 10 tons of
clover seed were sowed in this sec
tion this springs This, does not in
clude the;seed planted in the fall or
that sold-at Newton, Conover. and
other places. The hay crop in
Catawba. Alexander. Caldwell and
Burke counties should be enormous
arid the .improvement of the soil
notable Hickory Record ' " ' ;
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r News Item: The Leesyille Bible
Class meets every Wednesday night
-unless there is a good show-in town.
Denver Post - i -
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s Dent Store.
Winston-Salem, N. C.
; CHECK DIMITIES, ,
75c Quality Very Sheer Weaves in all-; size Check
Dimities, suitable for children's wear and ladies waists
SEA ISLAND
40-Inch 25c Seia Island 10c; Yd , in Full BolU
RENFREW PLAIDS
100 Assorted Patterns in Yarn Dyed, 32-inch Renfrew
Dress Plaids that would be cheap at 50c. Being sold at
29c.
50c. CREPES 25c.
White, Blue, Pink, Yellow ,and Lavender' Negligee,
Highly Mercerized Crepes, at 25c.
STRIPED SOISETTE
Silk Finished, Pink, Blue, Green, Black and Tan and
Lavender Striped Shirt Soisette, 39c .
All colors in striped, checked and p'aid Apron and
Dress Ginghams 10c ancT12 l-2c
No. 2,000 28c Long Cloth and Bleach Muslin 18c
32 Inch Plaid and Checked Dress Ginghams 15c
Shirt Madras, 50c. Black, Tan and Blue Striped, yd
wide Shirt Madras . . 39c
Spencer Plaid Soft Finish Dress Ginghams
15c
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A Phenomenal-Saturday's Business
Comes to This Store of "Go Getters"
' Last Fall almost any clothing
store could "sit down and watch the
trade flow in."
This Spring it's the "go get
ters" who are selling the clothes
you should have seen the army, of
suit boxes that left here Saturday.
If you could have opened and
peered into each, you would have
quickly understood why this addit-
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ionai business came here.
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The reason is plain.
We are figuring our profits piti
fully low we are going after busi
ness with ah aggression that cannot
be denied and we are getting it
See us this week-r: eye ty ' man is
"biiWs:toes---ady;to i arid
save you the ' embarrassment of pac
ing too much or receiving too Httlef.
iROJHERSOMP'Y
Trade St., ' . Win6tpn:Saleiii,-N. C.
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