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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1927 . Rockingham Post-Dispatch. Richmond County, N. C.
PAGE ELEVEN
"A FAR JOURNEY" .
INTO THE WEST
Interesting Travel Through Thirty
one States of Greatest Nation in
the World.
(By Fred A. Olds)
This is the second chapter, so to
speak, of a story of what in Biblical
days would have been called "a far
journey"; from Raleigh by way of
Tennessee and Texas, to the Pacific
Coast and the Rocky Mountain re
gion, taking in 31 states, and the big
gest "offerings"' in the way of scen
ery which the western mountains, the
Sierras and the Rockies, have to of
fer. In the course of the first chap
ter we were in west Tennessee and
the "Delta" of the Mississippi river,
in a state which its natives quite ten
Hprlv sneak of as "Ole Miss." The
latter state has an enormous negro j
'X"
population ; in its delta region at least
four to one!
Land in the Delta, where only cot
ton is grown, is now worth $100 an
acre. In 1920, in the crazy "boom"
period, after the world war, it rose
to $300. The average negro is near
ly always in debt. He and his mule
are the "backbone" of cotton-growing
m - V
there. An irreverent wag sju c (
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wnnm trn t.o neaven luceuiei. xx
wfi !
hard work and stick-to-it-iveness
take them they will arrive. Secretary
Hoover is the idol of all the people
in
the inundated region along the
Mississippi river and other streams,
man has been so beloved.
The writer dearly likes to observe
odd things. So in Memphis and in
"the towns in all that region, and down
in Texts, there were many not "Pig-gly-Wiggly,"
but "Clarence Saunders
stores." This genius started the
i-iggiy- vv iz-iy, . !
business atter he had bunt a paiace ,
m a iwempnis suouro. inen ne guo ,
new idea, and his stores are numerous
each having m big letter this m-i
-ing in big letter this
: "Clarence Saunders, Sole i
f my Name." They say he
ix x,o "mil.
scription
Owner of
has in a iiffv climbed into the "mil
lionaire class."
There is an interesting thing about
Memphis, this being that-the major
ity of its folks were born in Mississ
ippi, and in that city practically all
the Delta cotton planters live.
Of -course the reader has heard of
that "Slow Train Through Arkansas."
Once the writer rode on it. He has
tried many things once, but this ex-,
periment has never been repeated
So on a "flyer" we went by night to
Texarkana, which is where Arkaifsas
and-Jyas meet, and thence to Aba-
egion, with pfeTity o smaif
ear its numerous oil walls
TratCrTSscare and is sought for ea
gerly. Everything- has to be watered.!
and that all the time. The region is
as high as -that around - Asheville, and
at the south end of the vast chain
of the Rocky Mountains. In Abilene
is the largest epileptic colony in this
country. Of Mexican laborers, nota-
oiy on tne iarms, tnere are many, i
These are no doubt both happier and
safer than in their own country,
where there has been, most of the
time for over a century, precious lit
tle of either safety or happiness.
In that part of the world North
Carolina is spoken of as one of the
"old states." The people have money
and they spend it. Texas is vast, but
its folks declare it will never, no
never, be divided, but will always be
one state. It is five times as large
as North Carolina. In k cafeteria
the writer saw on a bill-of-fare "trout
steak," and, always careful, asked
whether it was sea trout or brook
trout. It turned out to be catfish.
The Comanche Indians used to be
numerous in that region and were ter
ribly cruel, but now they are there no
more. The Indian "wars" are all
things of the past, these many years.
There are as many Indians now in the
United States as there were when Col
umbus first found "America" ; this be
ing started on the authority of the
United States Commissioner of Indian
Affairs. No longer do they amuse
themselves murdering each other but
in the west they sell the gentle "ten
derfeet" (usually called "tourists")
all sorts of alleged Indian-made "con
traptions," which as a" general thing
are not made by them but in Phila
delphia. The average tburist fairly
gurgles with delight when he or she
(generally "she") sees the Indians,
Big and little, and pocketbooks or bags
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no doubt that "the negro and his mule , -,
. , xx j. i.u t-f mem
are opened in a jiffy.
Herd
we are at El Paso, on the bor-
der line of Texas and Mexico. The
! T: f J ClvarxA T?lir
ever dirty xvkj vxx auuc ui
er) is
By the
the dividing line of tne two.
Mexicans it is called the Rio
( that is the Brave River.)
Bravo
It is as dirty and as useless as tne
Misnssinm and not infrequently goes
dry. Many a Mexican longs to get
into the Estadoes Unidoes (as they
call thi United States) and they try
to get across the river in airplanes,
the&pri;e for a "flight" being $15 for
a Mexican but $25 for a Chinaman.
Uncle 3am has his eye open on such
aerial risitors, as well as those who
try other ways of crossing the inter-
national boundary.
El Paso, the old name of which was
iri Pock xrrto ( in TCno-lish "The
i-ass of the North"), has 100,000 pop-
ulation; one fifth of whom are Mexi-
can-bo n; and a fifth of whom are
also R rnian Catholics. It is a hand-
some city, with wild and bare moun-
tains dn all sides but not very high.
Thereis world' of stone- 0n the
height above the city is Fort Bliss, -" A ine oest naian museums, -with
a large garrison of cavalry and the west, .Wlth objects gathered by Mr. j
light artillery, which t be sure is al- ! Harvey. Indians in the gayest, of all j
ways
is like
ready for a call," for Mexico
nnwrlor.n.a(r7ino.
The
national convention of the
niKW A,10r,Vun vtoranc" f r,
! World
a v
War was in session at El Paso, .
large attendance. Think of it!
VY iLll M
Tv
are declared to be 140,000 of
.
in the country. Among those in '
H? .w minted
,
tears and applause, were
a numuer oi
totallyj
blind. These marched, hold-
ing hands, and thrilled the throngs.
The cavalry and its band from Fort
Bliss and the light batteries from that'
T , f . ,
tures If the parade.
Of course we visited Juarez, the
, J" , . . , , , '
wiciuieu iuwii separateu uy me rtio
Grande from El Paso. There was its
Aiieie was its
cathedral, built in 1649, with locked
i doors and not a "padre" (priest) in
si"ht
There are no open churches
np priests in that sad country'
. . . .
. ;
lnto vhich we went bv one interna-
bri,lo-p rptnrnin to rVp TTnH
, I , nfl. hof1
fnofeiDotn Duilt
h,! Paso 8tret ly co
f;, ereT wath1f ' Js
toios lhe PIaee of the bulls. wWere'
, ,,1
trip nil ncrhrQ tnua nofa o m rvt tv
cruel and blood-loving people; there T?Y V? Polltlcally called "Shoal." We rac-
was tie "plaza dos gallos," in which ,1 fr0m, granit,e a"d PSintd xt m11 . ed through a desert and in the morn
the rooster fights take place. The the colors of the rainbow. Tne ing were far ixway from Ari
houses. are utterly wretched, most of l10??? Sld f ,the Ca"yn 13 1'0CH zona, and at Pasadena, California,
them f "adobe" (sundried mud), of ,feet ?lghr than southeirn "e'.fnd and soon in splendid and enticing Los
one lew story, with floors of the dir-! on the former side is the Kaibab Angeles (the "Angels.")
tiest sort of dirt. It is the object of i natln ore Th CPamards dls" j You may be a "movie fiend," or
Mexican to have a wife and at !
u ui i
every
least
down
o .riilrivor, tv,. ui. ,
like fire. Many, in fact most
houses were peppered by rifle
of thd
and n
fire.
achine-gun bullets, or by shell--
These , were the outward and
visible
( signs oi many an "lnsurrec-
Pfl5Te"""a -Mexican ". '
auie&jn an; insurrection an'd 'in -the
past dozen years there have Un ioxrl
ii
-..x-iuw yjj mem SAT, .1101.07 I J-l
In the
last dne the folks of the little
xuY -wii, nararpressed by ther at-
oethought themselves, of firino-
cowaifds M Paso, in order tn aiitne Petrified Forest." an A r.nn
themselves. It-took no time for this i
actioi to get results, for hove came i
:nencan cavalry, machine guns I
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and light artillery. In a jiffy they
were in the turbulent Mexican town,
peppering folks and houses alike with
i-lloil- uriVl QT-i-i ry Ara Tlinir laf
mvuvLuig .ujr --
signs, az tne Amercan ena 01 me
bridge by which you return from
Mexico you find a keen-eyed lot of
u. a. customs inspectors who ao me
: closest sort of searching. There are
many things to be looked for; for
example liquors, "dope," articles of (
wearing apparel, etc j
I Not far from El Paso is the monu-j
ment which marks the spot where j
Texas, old Mexico and New Mexico.
come together. It is . of granite and !
is surrounded by a spiked iron fence ;
the inscriptions being in English and,
I Spanish.
From El Paso we went by the San-;
ta Fe (pronounced Santa Fay and
meaning the "Holy Faith;" that is :
the Roman Catholic religion,) to Al-i
burquerque (pronounced Alburker-j
kay), which is in New Mexico. It is j
hl&h and the Je air was chilly. At
jthe very attractive railway statnon
,and Fred Harvey restaurant there is j
fy costumes, wren gorgeous ncau-j
, ureases oi great -learners, were uxi
'hand' of a11 a?es, sellfhg articles they
were supposed to have made.
From
Aiouquerque we went by tram to
one th? Wrld " "oblest nan
v"uoxf V15 ""'".W","
Colorado river, in Arizona. It is un-
a S
stream to the depth of a mile. The
A , xr,, m
iiain sioppea ai me Jiii xovar notei,
on the very brink of this abyss, and
the mere sight of this opening in the
An-Ml 4- 1 C J T 4 Unn
. . , , . , . .
mixed here all the colors m her paint-
efKr thf mk thf J,
and there in the woods, but down
in that gigantic bowl was a teroperii-
jture many -degrees warmer. Bright
a 1 4- :i i j j . j'.
I -, i. u , "V1' Ti1,1?6 ering ana mere
- "-- ueu w-y
e .8" 10f,ea "Ke atomKs-
'Horn Indian villap- is npnr hi; prm
i n T t j- :
also an pxcellent. nHian nmspiim.
, , . .
aiso an excellent Indian museum
ne peopie are past masters m me
erection of wooden structure, and
North Caroln
learn a great
The Canyon
nn y,
North Carolina mountain folic
can
deal from them.
ron of the Colorado is over
20Q miles long and in places ten to
0
i . i ry ... j- - -i t j n !
x ,v - T L"e "u anyon ,
.dwm.YY. jruwen, a uiie-aimcu veieiui. :
of the Civil War, m 1869 went wiih mind centers on Hollywood, its big
nine; men in small boats 1,000 miles "suburb, where there is the most ar
down this mighty river, losing on the tificial life this world has ever known,
way four men and two boast. Vast where grown-ups pose as children,
all this is, yet terms of geology it is faridWthere isla "Dictato of Morals.-'
'ys9rday" as the scientists nut ' .it.
mi J i . - " j- -
APPaiachain.-inountains . in the
westen North -Carolina region ih
mountains in all Amprics. pm
vastly older. The . Canyon, : century erly Hills, where Will Rogers, the OiTi
by century, gets deeoer anH jfnpr fif l Jpatpi- Wf TTx,id yfor.
iose by are the "Painted Desprt."
and -nei- wonders, but the nflnvnn,v Kows nr-n rhl rPlaf.mn t
ltself . is supreme. It stuns the mind
l? nK of and it "brings God very
near to stand on its brink and gaze portfolio" to France and other Euro-
at its wonders. In the Petrified For- pean countries, as Lindbergh also is;
mini!? f? thou!ands of acres and : Los Angeles has a special attrac
millions of tons of wi,o n.. c-4. -.x.i.-- -, ,
rv, x , """" wcic idiicii
ttxees. turned tn
xx nave in the strange
nanomuLaiion become
"I onyx and opal. None
hS-Tf f- 1Ve falIen- Brok"
S?ev I n hke the splendid jewels
l0d as forest trces
metei TlTev J ? VASt da '
3 IS r fSSL f,.084 down in or"
by an eaithquake of
w ..v;:, iiuiuons OI VP.ar-; ;io-n
o
xvhinh woo : : ' .
t I rH I. T'f WPV
" Buumwara, and tn
treetops lie generally to the south
We went from this Canyon to
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full line of trimming materials. Also big
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Remember that we
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HAMLET, N. C.
Needles, through a desert, in which
, , . . .,
ameo, m a notei cooiea oy a rein-
geration plant that cost 20,000. The
qit. m fl-Q lifoi woo oott rlvfir nrva--3
, , Jf
navtions fi-Ffir oUmm v,Q n,ifc,;.-. i-.n-t-
"-- xC v,lu-,
lt was, as
a lady expressed it,
to sit there and enjoy
"heavenly"
that meal, served in Fred Harvev
fashion. But when we came out to
take the cars again we felt felt like
we "were on the edge of the place
nearly, one, and ot course you know
i ,
oi jos Angeies oy nearsay: nut your
fta"' wi-avia' nines' wox". xfn-vxixr cUt'
only the "elect;" the chosen-people."
'Mn' ont'.n'irx, " r.i n;t
. v -.. f-' - w t a. vjit. i-L vi y uuwu
arJirn'ni-ntr "mfmo 4t" axiW o .o Tfcr
pHr-s anH i mr ifi'n r.r.
hfld,f i0,x0x nfo,..
President Coolidee. and is at the
same time an ambassador 'without
liii, oaHua ciLuiina isiana. iu ;
island.
i.ne more 1
or less gentle. Pacific
ocean and then
this island. The latter has been late-
Jy "acQuired" by an American "Lord
pf Chewing Gum," who has built his
"Palac" on a lofty hill. He is th
mainaW of the activities, include
inS the;ferry-boats. The island is not
so attractive as Nassau in the Ba-
no-WQcr virtu nvx 4- U t .
"-"f' "ic garaans ?o
entrancing; viewed through glass-bottomed
boats.
(To Be Continued)
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r PESSIMIST
Governor Gore or West Virginia was
talking about the Mexican situation.
"You can look at it," he said, "either
optimistically or pessimistically. A
good many of us Incline to be pessi
mists in the matter.
"Yes, we're like the chap to whom
an optimist said :
44 'There's nothing like hope.'
" 'There certainly isn't,' was the an
swer, 'for disappointing you.' "
Finally
"What would you do If de worl
come to an end?''
"Jump on de end an' trust in de
Lord."
"But spose de end broke off wid
you?"
"Fer de Law'd sake,, don't ax slch
questions. Mak3 ud your min' ter
Jive twell .yo'.dlaand :pass Je 'poa-
OUUi i
BETTER THAN NO ACTING
"That stage giri Ls .always acling
foolish."
"Well, that's something--, didn't
know she could act at all."
The Difference
When you mate in the same of che-sa
The game is-srely won.
When you mate In the game of Ufa
The game has just begun.
Figures of Speech
"Who are you?"
"Sir," answered the bill collector, "I
am inflexibility."
"I am politeness," said the other,
entering Into the spirit of the episode.
"Then we shall get along all right.
Politeness pays."
The Lesser Evil
Editor Your writings have gained
you prosperity, but you 'have written
nothing that - will' live.
Author Perhaps not, but when it
comes to a question of which shall
live, myself or my writings. I never
iaeirte to sacrifice nj writings. ,
A
DEATHS
(Continued from front page)
paralysis, but had not been critically
ill. This past week he appeared not
'eo well, but almost up to the time of
his death he was practically conscious.
The funeral was from the home
Monday morning at 1 1 o'clock, con
ducted by Dr. C, M, Hawkins, pastor
f the Methodist Church, of which Mr.
Covington was a member. Interment
was in the old Covington cemetery
near the residence.
John Smith Covington was born
March 27, 1861, the son of' Thomas
P. and Rebecca Anne Smith Coving
ton. His father was born in 1832,
died 1898; his mother was born 1836
and died 1915.
There were 11 children in this
Covington family, but there now sur
vives but four. The dead brothers
and sisters are H. H. Covington, J.
A. Covington, W. W. Covington, A.
P. Covington, Miriam P. Covington,
Ella R. Haywood. The surviving are
Mayor T. L. Covington and E. N.
Covington, and Missi Margaret G.
CoVlngton and Mrs. Eliza M. Mc
Laurin. A large number of friends attend
ed the funeral, for he was endeared
to a wide circle. John S. Covington
was a friendly man, a lovable nature,
and many a camping party of young
folks will sadly miss his presence in
the future. He had the rare faculty
of not growing old, and he delighted
in the companionship of his "younger
friends and kinfolk.
The pall-bearers were six of his
nephews, Bill and Jack Haywod, Ned
Covington, Tom, James and Hamp
Covington the three latter of Laur
inburg. IN MEMORY OF SARAH E.
RIDDLE
Miss Sarah E. Riddle died Sunday,
September 11th, at 6:15 o'clck, p. m.
after an illness of two or three -months.
.
The funeral was conducted from
the West Rockingham M. E. Church
Monday afternoon at three o'clock
by Rev. W. T. Yarboro, her castor,
with interment in the Zion church
cemetery, where are buried two sis
ters. ' The active pall-bearers were
Michel Stone, Thomas Young, Frank
Currie, E. C. Thomas, Walter Hasty, '
and W. T. Mullis.
Miss Riddle was 67 years old and
was am daughter of the late Wiley Rid
dle" and was born in Moore county.
Surviving her are only one more
sister,-Miss Londia Riddle ami one
brother, Mr. Silas Riddle of Roftking
ham. He father and mother moved
here in' 1876 with seven children aiuLt
aI1.of ...tnem placed their church let-
ters in the M. church of Rockirie-
ham, and . now all except one son and
one daughter having gone on to their
eternal home.
She moved her church letter to
the West Rockingham church when it
was. organized, placing her ii Ail q
and contributing the first money to
w?rd the establishment of that
church.
j She had many friends and relatives
jand will be greatly missed. She 'was
a lover of children and flowers and
ja band of little girls placed the many;
Mowers on her grave. "
We hope to meet her again . some"
pweet day, and pray God to help us
live a life as near spotless as she did.
'Wrhen our work here is done,
And our life's crown is. won
And our t-oubles and trials aze o'er
Ail our sorrows will end,
And our voices will blend
With the loved one who's gone on be-
fore.'
A loved or.3;
NEWS AND VIEWS '
FROM EAST R'HAM
East Rockingham Methodist Church
Union Revival Methodist, Presby
terian, Baptist.
Rev. William Y. Stewart, evangelist
of Burlington, came to us on August
28th and held a union revival in' the
Methodist Church. He v piteached,
twice daily and three times on Sun
day. His messages were filled with
spiritual" appeal and masterfully de
livered. The church was taxed to its
full seating capacity,- seating seven
hundred and fifty, with great crowds
standing on the out side and Brother
Stewart, held them almost at his will
from beginning to end.
On Sunday, Sept.' 11th, at the
evening closed one of . the - greatest
greatest meetings ever held in this
town, almost every one received a
mountain-top experience and the peo
ple were, almost unanimous in ex
pressing their desire to live closer
to the Christ they came to love.
Brother Stewart made s piritual
things real to us. and the people
caught some of his contagious faith in -
God s word.
Brother Stewart is one of the few
preachers that the writer has heard
who made heaven attractive, most of
them make us want to stay here just
as long as we can. There were two
hundred conversions with fifty seven
additions i to the different churches.
When Bro. Dawkins "asked the con
gregation to rise to their feet if they
wanted to extend an invitation to Bro-
her Stewart to come back for another
meeting next year every person stood
except some mothers who had babes
in their arms or aged or infirm and
they l expressed their -approval by
raising their hand.
--. Correspondent.