"HERE SHALL THE PRESS. THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA WED BY INFLUENCE AND UNBRIBED BY GAIN.'
VOLUMN XXII.
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25. 1921.
NUMBER 46.
Opposes Law Ana yiuw guc.
Mr. Editor: I thank you for
space enough in your good- paper
forme to pass my opinion about
the taw and Order League, and if
they were all like me it would go
down like the Titanic went to te
bottom of the ocean, and I am go
ing to fight it from start to finish.
Not that I am so against the League
but the way some: of the Xeague
members are doing, talking , Where
they haven' t any business whatev
er, and accusing people of doing
things that they are not - guilty of
doing. I heard one of the good
League men say that he saw a mer
chant sella man; a sack of sugar
and just as well to say he knew the
man was going fo make whisky out
of it. He asked some of the, mem
bers if they were going to r allow
anything like that.' I don't know
what the people do with the sugar
they buy, and I am not trying to
find out. I am not meddler enough
to walk up to the people , jand' ask
them what they do with the sugar!
I am not upholding th'e moon:
shine: s, but I am against this Eeai
gue they have around here. We
have got State officers and. have as
good a Sheriff as has ever been in
Davie county, and I think he has
got grit enough I to do V his, work
without the league's meddling
help, but some of the Xeague shin
ers think they are so great the elecf
ted officers can't do without their
help, and some of . the members
never do anything wrong. Y I don)t
believe in going to the - church to
hear whisky preached. ! People who
belieyejn haying peace wilreyey
body are not going tot; try tO: tend
to everybody's business ahdraccuse
people of doing things they are not
guilty of. If some people see where
a man has burned a pile . of corn
stalks he is ready to report whisky
being made there. If you .want to
have peace and friends, and live as
you aught, stay at home and tend
to your own business and quit try
ing to make your living reporting
stills. If the rivers were-whisky
and the branches were wine, no
doubt but what some of the League
men would be in swimming half of
their time. I don't know of iny
body making moonshine- -and I m
not accusing the League J men ; of
making it. It would be: mighty
easy for somebody to join just for
a sham. There isn't a man or worn
an who wants to see their son go
to the pen and I don't say there is
any parents who want to see their
sons make whisky, but some of the
people say if their sons make whis
ky go to them and telf them they
are in the wrong and are; violating
the law and then if they don't quit
put the law to them; . That is a
mistake. No man wants to see his
sons go to the pen, no matter what
ftey do. They may talk to them
and beg them not Jo do these things
and tell them if they ;get;into these
roubles they won't help them out.
Anere is no man or woman who, if
irson, or husband, on brother
Sets in trouble but what would run
aU over the State trying to get them
0ut. f No doubt but what there is
S)me women and children suffering
l0Qay for something to eat on ac
C0Unt of some smart Alex's smart
nefs. How would you like for your
. " ttusband or brother to be look
ln thfough the bars wishing they
nome and" wondering if
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wueve
ia Setting s everybody in
troubl
e VOtl Can trsin i- .A SC
Z heve inland;; want your
fwple fto ay out Mftrouble stay
. ay from the Leajruei CW writ-
h MVop oS or
x Aue League can't pop off.
going to bust without being
off. He also said if Heart-
.f, ead was a dymtmite cap it
"wia not hv ...
I just want to say if our cow trad
er's brains was dynamite it would
not have pressure enough to raise
the dandruff on his head. Some
of the League men said I didn't
have sense enough to write a letter
like this. I am doing this without
any help or any advice, and if J
haven't got sense enough to write
a letter I have got sense enough to
stay out,. of the- League. It has
caused more trouble and more hard
feelings since this League has been
around than ever before. The
good Book says do by those as you
wish for them to do by you. ' The
League is so against a little whis
ky. Matt. 15:11 says: "Not that
which goeth into the mouth defil
eth a man, but that which cometh
out of the mouth that defileth the
man.' Our goodLaw and Order
League members belieye in getting
a man into trouble without notice
to him. Matt. 18:15, says: "If thy
brother shall trespass against thee,
go and tell him his faults between
thee and him alone; if heshall hear
thee, thou hast gained thy brother,
but if he will not hear thee, then
take with thee one of two more
that in the mouth of two or three
,witnesses every word may be es
tablished." I would like to ask
the League' how many times ..they
went to a man. Don't our Bible
tell us to do unto others as we wish
others to do unto us. Love thy
neighbor as thyself, and didn't
Christ say that he did not come to
condemn but to save, and friends I
just want to say we can obey the
laws of our country without join
ing the League. I believe in law
and order as much as any of you
League men, and I don't belong, in
the League and am not going to.
St. John, 2:9-10-11: "He that say-
eth he is in the ligh and hatheth
his brother, is in darkness even un
til now; he that loveth his brother
abideth ip. the light, and there is
no occasion of stumbling in him,
but he that hateth his brother is in
darkness and walketh in darkness
and knoweth not whither he goeth
because that darkness" has blinded
his eyes- How can a, man hate
his brother and get him into trou
ble. .It believe if the League men
would get their , mind on the Bible
and off of their brothers, they would
bz better off.
ROBERT L- WILLIAMS. 7
Cornatzer, May: 16, 192 1 ..
The Knocker.
The University News Lettar, al
ways finding something- good;, re
produces the ''Knocker's Prayer"
from ah exhhange. The knocker
is universal, 'though we imagine he
howls loudest in the smaller place,
where by long residence he has
established himself. The larger
the place, -the Jess he counts, which
Is'quite natural.
The knocker, as every Doay Knows
always invests his money in other
places, sends away for his goods,
brags about not buying any thing at
home, knocks the real towi -build-ers-r-and
makes his living among
the people on upon whom he de
pends for support. His voice is
lifted ; against .every improvement
that' wfll not add something to his
hoard, and he cannot stand seeing
the other fellow prosper, v '
The knocker has no gender. He
is a pest that every community must
bear with: - Whenever, he or she is
found, you can put it down -that, he
has always sucked his community
an never given it ten cents - worth
of benefit. The knocker is relent
less hi his yindictiveness, the know
ledge bf which makes him fear , by
the more timid and shunne by
googjtizens. Hickory Record.
Ibe discourafeing thing about a man
fmin the soul stand point 13 that even
when his heart i broken it doesn't
seem to interfere.with his appetite
:The rinwiUrsome day explode
Forecasti Rain of Stars 00 June 28.
Wilmington, May 12.' li there
is a shower of stars oa the night of
J une 26 do not be surprised or scared
On the other hand, if there is no
shower of stars on the night in
question, be not disappointed, for
these comets you have been reading
about cavort very peculiary, ac
cording to R. M. Dole, observer at
the local weather bureau, who ad
mits he is sort of a 1 bug" on as
tronomy. In a statement made last night
concerning extraading goings on
in skias Mr. Dole had somethings
to say about the three comets that
are not being watched with geat in
terest by astronomers all over the
world. '
"Unfortunately the comets them- j
selves are very faint and not . at all
interesting to the casual observer.
Number one is only seen , by the
large telescope and is being follow
ed by photograghy. Reid's comet
was seen Sunday and last night by
the observer and now nearing the
big dipper. It is seen as e star of
the fifth magnitude, with a small
tail, and is moving very rapidly
and getting fainter. The faintness
is due to the fact that we are on
the other side of the sun from the
comet and the comet and earth are
moving in opposite directions.
Were it on this side it would be a
fine sight.
'The most interesting body to as
tronomers is Pons-Winheck's comet
which was discovered in 1815 by
Pons and'which has returned many
times since. This comit orginally
had . a period,, around the sun , of
nearly 100 years, but" passing near
Jupiter, the plenetnow Seen almost
overhead it was capture dand its
path changed so that its period of
return is every five years and eight
mouths. The 1 921 return, because
of Jupiter's added meddling, is very
close to the earth. For a time it
seemed that it would actually col
lide with us, but later calculations
show that the comet arrives at dang
er points -first, and we may expect
to seea fine butharmless shower of
shooting stars.
'I have seen four such showers of
me eors or shooting stars Novem
ber, 4, 1898, when the earth passed
thru the bebris of Biela's -comet:
November 24, 1 898, when we pass
ed thru the path of Swift's comet;
November" 14 ; 1 90 1 , when we pass
ed thru the rear end of the debris of
Temple's comet, and August u,
1909, when we passed thru the dis
integrated particles of Swifts comet.
'For the last week the earth has
been passing thru the dust of Hal
ley's comet and astronomers have
been watching some fine- shooting
stars and working, on the orbit :- of
the comit as calculated by the point
from which the shooting stars
emanate. -
"A real shower of shooting stars
is one of. the finest sights human
eyes can see and it is to be hoped
that the coming display Will be seen
in this part of thh world, f The Pons
Winneckles stars fall from a point
near the handle of the' big dipper,
Ursa Major and seen to shoot out
from this- point like ribs or strays of
an umbrella; and may leave fine
c lored trails. . ;It so happens there
is no moon to dim thekvand they
will be seen in the early evening a
bout June. 28." ; - . ;
The statement ' was made; said
Mr. Dole, for the purpose of trying
to interest people in the great science
ot astronomy and to call , attention
to the wonderful sights that may be
seen by many since warning is given
in advance. Mr. Dole promises to
give f uther warning as thevnight of
June draws nearer.-
; 1 If aleirl weregiven the choico c f
hoJncr verv ffood or very beautiful,
which do you thinTk she would choose
to be? ; . --- jjjy
ViLet us print your stationery.
We would say to the individual
who stole our shirt off the pole
while we were lying in bed waiting
for it to dry that we sincerely hope
that the collar may cut his throat
Potterville Press.
Last Wednesday, while the
prercher was holding forth in. the
open air he was fired upon by an
emissary of the devil. Fortunately
however, the bullet grazed his
cheek, passed on, and only killed
a backsliding sinner who was stand
ing on the outskirts of Ziou.-
Adams (Ga) Enterprise.
. Two weeks ago we sent out sever
al hundred notices to our subscrib
ers asking them to kindly send us
what they owe on subscription. A
number replied, and to these desire
to express our thanks. To others
--well, don't press us for an ex
pression Oakwood (O.) News.
When a woman says no, she
often means yes, but a fellow can't
take this for an eternal cinch. Bill
Dodson, populary known as "The
Kiser," must have miscalculated
one night last week at Miss Gwen
dolyn Beryl Mahaffy's. WeJ can't
get Bill's side of the story. He has
a fractured jaw. Arizona Ace.
Once upon a timeVe went into a
barber shop where, another barber
happen to be getting shaved. Bar
bers exchange courtesies in that
manner. We asked. "What are
you doing in this barber shop?"
The visiting barber retorted, "Bar
ber shop, hell, this ain't no barber
shop, this is a slaughter house.
Washington (Iowa) Democrat.
ptt. was a delight fal affair for all
and a releif for "the - bride's father
who is a poor, hard-working man.,
The groom, is a tall, hanksome
fellow and should not be blamed
for his brother being in the peni
tentiary for horse stealing. Miss
Katie looked beautiful, wearing a
large, red hair ribbon in her locks,
and the groom has whiskers. Hen
derson (Nebr.) Tribune.
Why Is An Editor?
Emporia ( Kans. ) Gazette : Why
are editors, anyway? What ever
lastingly and eternally is the use?
The edUor riseth in the morning
full of..- high hopes and beautiful
bulging ideals, and he goeth to bed
at night full of unavailing regrets
and typographical errors. He pran
ceth up to the dragon of evil and
soaketh it, when lo, - it cometh and
snorts and he is not! He merely
inonkeyeth with the buzzsawof
popular sentiment and picketh him
self up m a sack and toteth himself
to the scrap heap. He rejioceth in
his decency and patteth himself on
the back; yea, he anointeth himself
with unction, and churnetlf his op
ponnt to cheese. He slappethe
himself on the belly and pointeth
with oride. But behold his alibi
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crumbleth ; his tin-front wrinkleth ;
his starch melteth as wax, and when
the report of the committee on the
conduct and behavior cometh, the
editor, even the editor of great pride
appeaieth before men as the two
spot from the oter deck. This also
is vanity. Washington Post. .
Oar Hero Dead.
(By Carl H. Felber )
The finest tribute I can pay
Unto our hero dead today
Is not a rose wreath white and red,
In memory of the blood they shed, v
It is to stand beside mound. .
Each couch of consecrated ground,
Vnd pledge myself a warrier true, v
Xjhto the work they died to do
Into God's valleys, where they He
At rest beneath the open sky .
Triumphant now o'er every foe, "
As living tributes let us go. . -.
Lt's bare our head and humble say
VVe hold the flag as high as they;
And stand, as once they stood to die.
To keep the Stars and Stripes on high
It is well enougft to have the scul
of a child, but in dealing with the
world youd you'd better also have
the first of a man.
EfrdV Dept. Store,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Hanes Union Suits, Regular QQ
and Extra Sizes JOC
75c. Summer Nainsook jjQn
Union Suits OJC
Sterling Silver Front Initial tSOr
Belt Buckles DVC
Roman Initial Belt AQ
Buckles tOC
Detachable Belts to Match in Black and Tan.
$1.50 Assorted Striped Madras ' AQ
Dress Shirts VOC
$2.00 Mercerized Madras 1 Q O f AO
Dress Shirts $l. l0 C ltO
$1.25 Elastic Suspender ' QCs
Blue Overalls OOC
Fourth and
Trade Sts.
A Triumph of Truth.
; Amerehant had advestjsed for a
boy. Late in the afternoon a red
headed, freckle-face blue-eyed,
honest looking boy applied for the
job.
"Do you like to work" asked
the merchant.
"No, sir," replied the boy.
. "Then you can have the job,"
replied the merchant. ' 'You are the
first boy who's been here today
who didn't lie about it and say
yes." Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Beautiful Thought.
An optimist i3 one' who belseves
that when you turn the other cheek
nobody will hit it.
Preferable to Debt.
. We like good roads, but we had
rather ride in an airplane than to
die in debt. Benson Times.
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TALKING ABOUT MONEY
But so far, we do not know of anyone who
has succeeded in buying a porterhouse steak
, . . .
with anything else.
That's why we keep pounding on Value.
. : Harping on how much of your money we can
" save for you drumming on how little profit we
. want for ourselves.
Some day, when our really valuable value
talks get on your nerves come in and let us
show you how a really valuable money's worth
feels on your back " - $
That's our stock in trade
i We're trying to win yours. ,
BOYtiES BROTHERS CO. g
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Trade St, Winston-Salem, N. C. p
Winston-Salem
His Wife "Beat" Him.
" , How, would you like to run ior
office 'arid when the votes are count
ed find that your dear wife who had
vowed to honor and obey had de
feated you? Probably Mr. Bullock
of Red Springs N. C, could tell
you how a husband, defeated at the
polls by his wife, feels for no long
er ago than May 2, his wife, Mrs.
Beatrice Bullock, defeated him by
four votes for alderman. Monroe
Enquirer.
Insuring His Life.
Determined to see that the fulfill
ment of his prediction that England
will be "dry" in his lifetime,
"Pussyfoot" Johnson says: "I have
made up my mind that I am cot
going to die until England is dry."
And a good many Britons will ex-
r claim. "Long life to him?" Bor-
ton Globe. '
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