ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C. Doughboys Bring German Brides Heme With Them (MFkovtt irroi.f imruTiosiL SIMSCIOL The Double Squeeze By HENRY BEACH NEEDHAM 1 "s T t i i . "V, Illustrated by IRIV1N MYERS Ccprriaht, br Doabledar, Pa & C ...s(?e.: t.' ' 1 s 1 .wA ) s lie 5 , V r .V OOSGOOCOOCCeCOCOOOSOaOQGOOGOi if1'. v x" ' I i' K 4 fit V 1 Amcrlrim suIiUits Inmi tlu army of oroupntlon with tlu'ir ('.cniiiui hildrs iirrivins In Ni-w Ymk on tlu tnms fort riiclwhimliis. Snnn- tif ltu hrlili'S wore war wijowsiiiul sumo nt llio soldier bridegrooms brought buck, u step children, ehildron of ihelr former enemies. t Building Homes for the Chicago Homeless F 'Ir ,r " ii Mr wLJ x 1 Si. HA tv 0 nun mil a The Chieaso llousiii,' nsyocintlon h;is undertaken u grent soei.il experiment In tho iM'eeUon of ninny homes for fnmillos wbleh hud nowhere to live owins to the house shortuno in thnt city. The homes nro of briek, two stories, :iml (lie teimnt pnys rental of about $3j u inontli which Is applied on the purclmso price. The house is sold nt exuet -ost. Polish Women Fighters Enjoy a Rest WINS PRIZE FOR HAIR jiholiim'iiph- sent from Wiirsnw niter the bolsheviki starled the drive on tint citv. snows memners 01 me l.eiou 01 i oiimi ioineo. nsiiins beljied to defend their city, Itiving their feet lifter u hind day's march. On Their Way to Help Armenians Mrs. Lottie Shanks, who won llrst prize in n "hair" competition tit I'.e mondsey, Knjiland. This is the second time she has won u lir.st prize for her long tresses. 1 I -isiaE . 3 I l OLDEST WEST POINTER t v vs -X? fc "Jsy1 i j . it..- ' I PART III. Continued. There was a doctor In the tourinj; ear wp jot him, too; he's a sure- enough crook," oontinuod Ford. "The doctor watched Shute every second of the ride to New York, keeping Ids hypodermic bandy. Hut the bid didn't rouse before they got him to the Colonla's pier. Then they woke him up n little by slapping his face, so ttiey cotdd curry him nboard as If he ! was drunk lots of young bloods are I cnrrled aboard steamers that way, I I understand. They spilled llqnnr on i his clothes and face, then called the ship's doctor you know the ability of I the svpratM ship's doctor! Told him that Shute who was booked us S. W. Jones had been celebrating before galling! The doctor looked him over and said: 'He's all seas over, all right.' " "Hut weren't they afraid he might come to before the ship sailed?" . "They took care of that. After the ship's doctor had gone, the doctor crook gave him a hypodermic enough morphine to keep him asleep till noon the next day, when the ship would be away out to sea. A liberal tip to thfi room steward, who didn't suspect any thing wrong, -and the greatest second baseman In baseball was shanghaied!" "All for the purpose of making a killing?" asked the ambassador. "The biggest killing the gamblers have mado In years," . said Ford. ".Take Stinger and his crowd are sup posed to have cleaned up several hun dred thousand dollars." "lint you've got him now Jake Stinger!" "That's the trouble we haven't." admitted Ford. "Not one of the crooks caught so far will admit Stinger had anything to do with It. They're being paid big lnonpy, P doubt, to protect him." "Then how do you know that he's mixed up in It?" "We know that the fellow calling himself Walter Noble has done dirty work for Stinger before. He would probably go to the penitentiary for Stinger for moftey." "Then you're up against It?" "Yes unless we're right In the way I we size up the case. You sea," con i tinned Ford, "tho crooks had to do more than put Shute aboard that ship and keep him unconscious until she was out at sea. When he came to and realized where lie was he'd naturally send a wireless to me. If It went through, why I'd try to rescue him. Say I'd have gotten from the navy yard a torpedolmat destroyer and over taken him! The crooks guessed that. So what would they naturally do?" "Try to buy the wireless operator!" answered the wily dlplomut. "They did better'n that, we figure. .They made sure of their man and then l put him on the boat got him in : stalled as the Marconi operator for 1 the voyage." "You don't tell me! Who'd they get?" "You'd never guess. Hp's popularly regarded hs r hero the hero of the Regent." "Wireless operator who saved the iteamshio Regent?" The ambassador was astonished. Tris Ford nodded. "Jerrold Man Bel." "British subject, isn't he?" "Relieve be is. Ies that compli cate matters?' "Somewhat. But we'll try to man age it," the amhusslidor assured Tris Ford. "If you don't mind I'll give you our position In regard to Jerrold Mansel. "Certainly go ahead," said the ambassador. "We have no desire to prosecute Mansel provided wo can get from him proof wkich will convict the 'man higher up.' We aren't bothering with the tools. "Anyhow, that man Mansel saved manv lives protected women and children when the Regent was sink Ing. That deed shouldn't be forgot tenand we ain't going to forget It. We look upon Mansel as the victim of othoi: men's greed. First, a greedy theatrical manager tempted him to commercialize bis heroism then cast him adrift when be was no Jonger a box-oflice attraction. Mansel wns broke, got to drinking, and had no Job He was Just ripe for Jake Stinger to plucls could all be fixed up diplomatically quietly. I'll see Sir (.eorge- (.'laugliton at once." Tris Ford looked puzzled. "The British ambassador to Italy," explained Jnhn Bismer. "Great crick eter in his day he'll taRe a keen In terest in this case." "Tell It iin if he'll help us out with Mansel I'll acknowledge thnt American baseball came fmm KngllsJi cricket!" "You're a born diplomat," was the ambassador's compliment. "That's si range for I happen to be nn Irishman." Tris I'onl thought It a good Joke. . The wife and three children of ('apt. F.rnest A. Yarrow, successor to Col. William N. Haskell as director of near east relief activities In the Caucasus, who have sailed to Jolu him In Tiflls, Georgia. WORTH KNOWING Ancient Romans used gold dust to powder their hair. A new Belgian law prohibits the manufacture, sale or keeping In stock of mutches containing phosphorus. There are more motors for hire than private cars In Japan. Mexico Is now export Ing oil at the rate of IICOXXVKX) barrels annually. During a remit morning fog about .".)) tons of guild matter was deposited on Lcndc" The ambassador nodded vigorously "So"f Mansel will confess and name i Brig. (Jen. linratlo nibson, H3 years old. the oldest living graduate of West l'olnt, and his daughter, Mrs. George W. Wallace. He is president of the Aztec Club of 1.S47 BIG RICE SURPLUS IN CHINA $10,000,000 Worth of Grain Stored In ' One City; American Buyer Hold Back. ' Hongkong Hongkong haa been Stocked with 'rice bought for export jnnd held for a rise In prices even dur iIiik the rice shortage, which has be come serloua In some cities of southern Ch'na and other parts of the Orient ' The manager of a big commercial Crm here estimated that thero was more than $10,000,000 worth of Saigon "long" rice stored In Hongkong. Recently the price fell rapidly and dealers and exporters found them selves loaded up with rice while the banks were pressing for the payment of bills. Japan wns not able to buy owing to the tightness of her money market, and It was stated thnt Amer ica, ordinarily one of the largest buy ers of rice In this market, has censed to purchase because she had obtained a suttlclent supply. There were food riots In Shanghai In the latter part of June owing to the high prices of rice there. On June 29 there was only a four days' supply of rice available In Shanghai. Where the Dead Exceed the Living. Wilmington, O. Wilmington's city f the dead has a greater population than Wilmington's city of the living, according to census figures. There are 8.071 sleeping the long sleep in Sugar Grove cemetery while Uncle LSam's enumerator! couuted only 5.03T persons living In the town, tho man higher up" "We're satisfied," finished Ford "We're after Jake Stinger. And It ain't Just for revenge. The only mennce to the Integrity of baseball Is Rambling and I want to hit the gam biers a crack that they won't forget Pay putting Jake Stinger In stripe means as much to me as putting a trust magnate In jail means to the. president! Understand, he's got his heart set on it." The ambassador smiled but gave no sign. Aftar a diplomatic puuse he continued (lie conrersatlou : "We ought to be able to bring Jerrold Men sel to time, somehow. He could be detained on the landing of the Colonla tomorrow nnd paroled In the custody of the JSrltlsh ambassador. Then It If Win Shute marveled nt sight of Tris Ford waiting on the quay at Na ples, the manager of the Giant-killers returned the compliment ami opened his mouth in astonishment. For James Wlnton Shute, quite evidently in the best of health, did not disembark alone! On his arm, glancing up at him In perfect trust, was a timid, sweet-faced woman of middle age, whose wistful eyes confessed that she bad been weeping. She was treated with a kind of gallant deference enjoyed only by the mother of a particularly attrac tive daughter. Win Shute bowled Tris Ford over with his effusiveness. "How are you, old bov? Tickled pink to see you! .e'me Introduce you to Mrs. Leonard Mrs. I.ecmnid, Mr. Carlingford isn't this skv some blue!" all before Tris Ford could get in a word. Incidental ly, Win Shute hud never said "Carling- Drd" on any other occasion. Pulling the manager aside, while Mrs. Leonard obediently examined the sky once again, Win whispered: "My name's James S. W. James remember! Ex plain later." Getting the sign, Tris Ford nodded. "Wlieu's the nxt train to Rome?" asked Win, smiling significantly upon Mrs. Leonard. "I don't know exactly," answered Ford. "Must start at once," announced Win. W h-n-t for?" Tris Ford could not suppress his curiosity entirely. "To see the American ambassador." Tho manager's face brightened. He's here cm the dock waiting for" Win scowled. "for an American he has to meet," completed Ford. After he sees his friend whoever be Is have the ambassador look us tip at the Excelsior that's the top notch hotel. Isn't It?" Mobile it Is." acknowledged Ford. "I'm stopping thero." "On our way," ordered Win, rather arbitrarily. But he winked at Tris Ford. "I'll join you there In half an hour," said the manager, "after I've arranged with the ambassador. Say John Bismol-'!? all right. Why he's a real fan." But. Win Shute was hurrying away out of range of the human ear. With Mrs. Leonard he rattled off in rue- borse victoria fortified by n taxi-fare register. That's why be didn't see the wireless operator of the Colonla taken from the ship and paroled In the custody of the British ambassador. At the t ime . agreed Tris Ford knocked at the ddor of S. W. James for so James Wlnton Shute was regis tered at the hotel In Naples. "Shall we talk here?" Ford asked, "or go to my room?" "Here Mrs. Leonard Is across the hall." "Say who's this Mrs. Leonard and what's the ganie?" demanded Tris Ford. "Y'ou didn't wise up to It, but the American ambassador was down on that dock looking for you." "Honest? Are you next to the am bassador?" Win Shute asked eagerly. "Sure I am. The president of the United Slates has 'released' him to me!" There was a matchless smile. "Fine business ! Now you can help me got Miss Leonard out of trouble." "Miss Leonard? daughter " "Only daughter only girl!" Win's eyes gleamed. Thou catching the look of understanding on Tris Ford's face, half humorous, half glad, he blushed blushed as a bush leaguer some times does when returning to the bench after his first safe hit. "You haven't been signed, hav you?" asked the manager. "Not yet," confessed Win. suppress ing tho inevitable sigh, "lint I'd sign In u minute If she'd offer me a con-ti'iiet-rootriH't with a reserve clause for life," ho announced boldly. Then ho told nil about It, ending with the why and the wherefore wf hln Incognito ot "S. W. .lames." "She'll never care for mo a second when she knows I'm a professional ball player. She's a dead swell." Win exuded gloom with every syllable "If sbo won't have you," said Tris Ford, "you wouldn't have her." This was not an Irishism. "Tris the unclad lad with the how and arrow has winged me might as well confess It." "You don't have to tell me that, laughed Ford. "Why not?" Win wns startled. Had the wrld begun to guess? "Because yon haven't so much as referred to your own case bow you got aboard that ship, und how you were treated." "Oh. I cabled that from Gibraltar. I'm all right so what's the use both ering over it now?" "Well, I'm" Tris Ford didn't fin ish. His expression was enough. "I know you think I ought to be fighting mad at the crooks Unit put me aboard that boat drugged," said Win. "Due way I am another I'm not. If I hadn't been sent otT on tho Colonlu 1 shouldn't have met Imogen Leonard." Tris Ford wagged bis head from side to side, looking the while like a lair reproduction of Resignation. He nsked the king of second basemen if lie had any objection to further activi ties ou the manuger's part to land the chief crook In prison. Win Shute bad none, provided he was not dragged into It until he had made his "play for the girl." Rut when Tris Ford sought information ubout Jerrold Mansel, there was a protest. "See here, Tris," argued Win, "what Mansel did to me suppressing my messages and faking a wireless from you to the captain was rotten bad, I know. But lot nie tell you something: nt the same time he was protecting Miss Leonard I" "How?" "The captain of the Colonia wns getting messages asking him If a per son answering her description was aboard the boat she traveled under the name of Riley, remember I told you. Same time she was getting wireless messages from some friend ashore warning her. As I understand It, her wirelesses wore in code but she didn't have the right code with her; so couldn't read 'em. and had to ask for translations in plain English. Of course then the wireless operator spotted her. But Jerrold Mansel didn't give lu'f away to a soul on the ship not even to the captain! "What's more he didn't take ad vantage of bis inside Information; he didn't try to to work on her sympa thies because lie was shielding her. There's some good in that chap yet." Tris Ford gave assurances of fair dealing in regard to the wireless op erator for Miss Leonard's sake! Ab ruptly he asked nhout the young lady: whore she was. He wns told that Imo gen Leonard was detained In the best hotel at Genoa, which was surrounded by guards, and that Win Shine wouldn't have left her there tilone if she hadn't insisted that lie take her mother to Rome to see the American ambassador. This mission had made It possible for Win to obey the cable gram directing him not to leave the ship until arrival at Naples. The ambassador of tho United States of America accredited to Italy welcomed Tris Ford Willi a broad, see-what-a-big-boy-am-I grin. Ford could guess 'twas the symbol of accomplishment. '.lob's done!' exclaimed Joh BIs- inor. "Jcrold Mansel has confessed and Incriminated that scoundrel Hung er ! Seems It took a lot of work and ! pull to get Mansel reinstated as an i operator and assigned to the Colonia. ; The wireless company had kept tabs on him knew ho was drinking and ! slipping down grade nnd they weren t keen to have him back at the key- Jake Stinger bad to give that part of the plot liis personal attention. He dealt directly with Mansel. So you'll get your man higher up. all right." (TO RK CONTINUED.) When Stoppers Are Obstinate. Bottle stoppers have an annoying habit of refusing to come out Just wlicu one wants them to do so. The following Is a sure way of removing the most refractory stopper. By means of a feather apply a drop of two of salad oil just where the stop per joins the nock of the bottle. Then put the bottle at a little distance from ti fire, where it will become slightly warmed, but not hot. The oil rapidly works down In between the stoppei 3Bd the neck, nnd by giving the wholt thing a slight tap the stopper will come out. Concealed In Earth's Bosom. The earth conceals many wonderful! objects, both natural wnd man-made, that nre being discovered from time to time. Remains of prehistoric animals and plants, skeletons and mummies, coins and jewelry, statues, old records, aboriginal Implements and toys, even whole buried cities have been found from time to tunc. Mammoths Ion been unearthed whole In frozen Si beria. Their bones or those of their relatives, the mastodons, have beet) dug out In Alaska. In New York state not far from the Hudson river, and In New England. (By iikv. r. u t-irzvvATMt. d. i, 'IV.i. !.! nf Ki siiSii b.ni" 111 llw MilJ ii.tj.r i,.s:i:..i vt Cl.aao) it. I : V..-.; rn N-ac; . r l'n?tn LESSCN FOR SEPTEMBER 19 EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE (TEM PERANCE LESSON). I.KPSi ' TKXT-ll.iv. :u 2-3i. Gdl.l'KX TKXT-Tiie ilruuk.ir.i and t!i.- uluui'ii Sinai come tu i-ovuiiy. I'rov. At'filTI'iN AI. MATKltl At.- I 'an. 1. I'HIMAllV HU'ie-Kcepimj Urn Butt Sti Otltf. JL'.MOi: ToPIC-What Ptr.mi! Drink lo,s to (tip !rniker. IXTKllMKIHATK AND fK.NMOK TOPIC? l'f-:l.llv l-'ocs In lis.;uist?. YlU Ni; 1 Kn.'M.K AND Allfl.T TOPIC -Al.oiv.l - Kulse Claims and True CharKi'a. I. A Father's Wise Counsel (vv.lSV -1 ). 1. What It Is (v. '.(I). "Be not among w ine'dhhers ; among riotous eaters of fVsh." Tills means person who meet together lor the express pur pose of drinking intoxicating liquors and eating purely for the gratification of their appetites. Wine bibbing and gluttony usually go together. 2. Benson given (v. 21). "The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty." Intemperatco in drink ing and eating leads to ruin. I'ovorty Inevitably follows in the!r wake. II. Woes of Those Whj Indulge In Wine vv. I'll. 'M). The miseries attached to the drunk ard's life: 1. The awful pain which causes on to cry out "(Hi I" Many, indeed, are tl pains which men suffer because of strong drink. 2. Sorrow the renn.rse which causes one to cry out "Alas!" Many are the expression) of hitter regret which daily come from the lips of the drunkard. Sometimes it is Hie sor row of poverty of hiniselS and family clothed in rags and half starved; sometimes it is the sorrow of follow ing a broken-hearted wife to the grave and seeing his children scat tered among strangers. Contention strife and quarreling. Much of the lighting among men V directly caused by their passions be ing inilamed by strong drink. The drunken .nan Is always iady to take offense, as well as to give it. 4. Babblings and complainings. The wlnebibbcr complains of everything; 111 luck, broken fortune, riined health, los of friends, of fate and of God. fi. Wounds without a cause. These are wounds which might have been avoided from lightings In which a soh"r man would not have engaged, and from accidents which are purely the result of Intoxication. 0. Redness of eyes. This lias ref erence io the bloodshot eye of the tip pler which renders dim bis vision. All these woes come upon those who tarry long at wine (v. SO). Those who frequent the places of drinking soon are tarrying long at wine. III. The Attitude Enjoined (v. 31). Look not nt It. Ho not put yourself In the way of temptation. The only I safe attitude toward strong drink is total abstinence, and the only sure ; way of total abstinence is not to even j look at it. j IV. The Drunkard's Bitter End (vv. o2-:tf). 1. The acute miseries resulting (. ?,'2). "It biteth like a serpent, and stingetli like an adder." Strong drink, like the poison of the serpent, per meates the whole system and ends In the most fatal consequences the bit terest sufferings nnd death. 2. The perversion of the moral sense (v. !t"). (1) This excitement causes the eyes to behold strange things. This denotes the fantastic Images produced on the bruin of the drunkard. Since unbridled lust always goes with wine drinking, no doubt It Is true ns the Authorized Version has it, "Tlilnff eyes shall behold strange women." Drunken men do desire and rave after unchaste women. (2) "Thine heart shall titter perverse things. His morn! sense being perverted, his utterances partake of tho same. He tells lies his words cannot ho rWted upon. Any one who has had dealings with a drunkard knows that his statements cannot be relic ! upon. I!. lie is Insensible to danger (v. 34). Tlio drunkard is unsteady; his brain reels to and fro. He is foolhardy, oven as one who would lie In the top of a ship's mast' where there Is tho greatest danger of falling off. 4. Ho Is insensible to pain (v. 3."). The drunkard is utterly Ignorant of what hnnpeiis to him wlille under tho Influence of strong drink. Many bruises and wounds Hie drunkard hna which be cannot account for. fi. His lib lee! bondage (v. .".."). After all bis 'utTerlng. sorrow, nnd disnp poijittoevrs In" irons nn ns a bond slnvw to follow the ways of sin. Yi. Hell tit last, for no dntnknnl shall Inherit the kingdom of benven (I Cor. C:1D). Grateful for Rain. To show how badly rain was needed, n native who came to Newcastle mar ket with his wagon was so overjoyed that he rushed Into the center of th street in front of the town hall whet the storm wns at Its severest and of fered up a prayer of thanksgiving. H then started drinking the muddy war as It flowed past him. Jotiaunetsbm; (Tmnsvaal) Sumlnj Time. GLUT OF RICE IN HONGKONG $10,000,000 Worth of Cereal Hoarded by Profiteers Finda No Market than $10,000,000 worth of Saigon "long" rice Is stored In Hongkong. Recently the price fell rapidly and dealers and exporters found them selves loaded up with rice, while the hanks were pressing for payment of Hongkong. Hongkong Is over- bills. Japan was not able to buy, ow- stoekod with rice, bought for export Ing to the tightness of her money mar aud hold for a rise in prices even dur- j ket, and It was stated that America, Ing the rice shortage, which has be- ordinarily one of the largest buyers come sorlous In some cities of south- j of rice In this market, had ceased to em China nnd other parts of the j purchase because she has enough. Orient. The manager of a big com-! The Dully Tress states that about merclal firm here estimates that more 75 per cent of the rice exported from Hongkong goes to Cnhn, but that Cuba's supply bad been purchased di rect from the producers Instead of the Hongkong middlemen. Isolate Ripe Olive Bacillus. San Francisco. Isolation of the ba cillus held responsible for the death of a number of persons who had enlcn ripe olives and Its Identification ns a product of the soil was announced at n meeting here both of olive grow ers, packers nnd distributors" and 4 committee of medical experts. Christianity. We talk about pure mathematics nnd applied mathematics, and the (lls tincdon of genius. But It Is absurd to talk, or think, about pure Chris tianity and applied Christianity. Un less Christianity Is applied, It Isn't Christianity. If the Holy Communion does not connect up with fellowship, among members of the congregation nnd the community. It Is empty form. Our Lord Jesus Christ Is our Savior only so far ns we become his slaves, busy about his duty. We minister unto him by our practical philan thropy (service to mankind), for "in asmuch ns ye did It to the least of these my brethren, ye did It unto me." Trinity Messenger (Alameda, Cal.). Loving God and Brother. As St. John reasons nhout love, thnt. If a man love not IiIh brother whom he has scon, he cannot love God whom he hns not wen : so may we nlso rea son about obedience, that, If a child docs not learn to obry Its earthly par ents, neither will It r.Twy tta Heavenly Father. A. W. Hare,