Custody Suits Ever a Tragedy to Children
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Is it light' that the ex-wile1
.should get the children ill nine out j
of ten divorces?
These are questions that prob-i
ably will never be satisfactorily an-!
owcred.
As long as divorce laws remain
what they are, and husbands in
their American chivalric manner,
allow their wives to blacken them
©n court records and marry the
“other man,” the children will be
awarded to their mothers, regard-1
less of which parent would be the!
better guardian.
Of course, in a great many cas
es, the mother is the better guard
ian for the child, at least while it
is very young. But later on, When
the child is a growing boy. he needs
healthy masculine influence.
Cosmo Hamilton, who was di
vorced some time ago, lias never]
ceased to miss his two step-children.
He believes a man is "a better
mother than a woman. ’
Mr. Hamilton probably isn't ac
quainted with Clarence J. Cleveland
of Los Angeles. If he were, he
might discover another angle to this
interesting question. And that an
gle is how' many fathers want to be
! School Head Out
I>and G. Millard (above), prmel
?;a. Rochester, N. Y.; High
i.'Chool, ousted after a row with
two students, Lyle Knapp and
Ivuart MacDonald. Three hun
dred pupils of the school, it is re
ported, threaten to strike unless
Knapp is returned to the school
tester.
Two Hurt In
Crash Of Car
Bpimlalr Men Injured Returning:
From Shelby. Shelby Man
Driving:.
Rutherfordton, March 9.—While
returning from Shelby near Second
Broad river Wednesday night and
rounding a curve Dave Walker and
Vailon Sliytle, both of Spindale,
vcre painfully injured when the:
l ord car in which they were riding
ran into a side ditch. Walker is Im
proving under treatment, at the
Shelby hospital while Shyile took
treatment at the Rutherford hospi
tal and is now recuperating at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J M. Shytle, of near Green River.
Sob Allen, of Shelby, driver of the
car. was slightly injured. It is re
ported that the car struck a rock
v bile going rapidly around a curve,
e rasing that wreck.
American gui rushed by the
prince of Wales at Panama City,
t>&y? H. R. II. is "not a bit offish.”
She was not, however, referring to
his horemanship.—Arkansas Ga
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bothered with a group ol' mother
less children.
Mr. Cleveland has been awarded
the custody of hi? seven children,;
for whom he fought his wife in
court.
"After babyhood the mother -is;
inferior to the father in every way,";
declared Hamilton. Women grow'
old at nineteen. Men are still boys
at thirty, and many of them retain
a good deal of boyishness all their
lives. Therefore, they are better
companions and playmates Tor the
children, because they understand
childish thoughts and ideals bet
ter.”
Perhaps. But father is not so
ready to give up an evening's pleas
ure for the sick little boy as mother
is. He is not so ready to mend the
broken toys and to wipe away the
tears after the street comer hood
lums have stolen his candy.
A ten-year-old lad sat on the edge
of a chair In supreme court, New
York, the other day and testified
against'his mother. His papa's law
yers asked him a great many lead
ing questions, to all of which Charl
es Eric White replied as well as he
could. And then his papa’s lawyer
asked him if Ills mother had treat
ed him well.
“No,” was the answer,
“In what way does she mistreat
you?*’
“She did not get me what I want
ed. I wanted an electric train.”
So in this instance it might seem
that Mr. Hamilton was right. The
little boy wanted the train. Mama
did not get it for him. Probably his
father did. Anyhow the judge ruled
that the boy should stay in his
father's custody.
But baby Ernestine rebelled bit
terly when the court gave her to
her father. It was the last chapter
in the case of Alfred Oxenham,
wealthy retired banker, against his
wife. Pauline Kallman. The hus
band had won the divorce on
grounds of infidelity. He had won
his son, Alfred, Jr, 6. Then he bat
tled for possession of his daughter.
“I feel sorry for you,” said the
judge to the weeping mother.” It
is not easy for me to separate moth
er and daughter. But I have no al
ternative. I will, however, set a date
later when you may see your child
ren.”
The little girl had to be coaxed to
”0 with her father.
The wealthy father of another
babe kidnaped his child and fled
r broad. Then the mother, Mrs.
Mary Kennard, of New York, was
awarded custody of the child, Mary,
2. This is the second time that
Mary has been kidnaped. Right
after her parents’ separation, the
little girl was taken from her fath
er by her mother. The mother dar
ed all to take her child.
Seven-year-old Michael Furey of
Jersey City, was heartbroken when
the Judge awarded him to his
mother.
Indeed, it is difficult to say which
parents should be given the child.
But if the courts would let the child
decide, we might come nearer to a
solution of this sad problem. Still
another solution can be found,
which may do more to solve it, and
that is, when parents are so fond ol
their children, they ought to forget
about their disagreements and stick
together, if only to be sure of the
joint possession of their children.
Ferryboat Damaged.
New York, Mar. 4.—A towering
tide rolling in shore before a brisk
northeast wind slammed a ferry
boat against an extension bridge, in
juring six persons and throwing ?o
others into a panic, The ferry Kest
Brighton, plying between Brooklyn
and Staten Island, was attempting
to reach its ship in Brooklyn when
the mishap occurred.
An aviation enthusiast says that
flying in an airplane is as safe as
sleeping in bed. But we can't forget
that statistics show that more peo
ple died in bed thany anywhere else,
ffa -hviilc Southern T.mhbeftnan.
Legion’s Program
Of Better Service
Outlined For 1931
The progres sot the American
legion for the coming year is
one in which every man, woman
and child in America can par
ticipate and in which every vet
eran of the World war is vitally
interested. It is a program of
continued service to disabled
comrades, to the war orphans
and to community, state and
nation. The record of the legion
in its first decade has been an
outstanding record of service.
The work of the legion has been
highly successful in past years
and it is steadily becoming ex
tended as its ranks steadily in
crease in membership.
The most important activity of,
the legion this year, as it has beer.!
in every year since its inception, is
the care and comfort of disabled
veterans. The legion will continue
aggressively its fight to obtain jus
tice for those who are still suffer
ing from the wounds of war. The
legion Is particularly concerned over
the hospitilization of those veterans
who are suffering with mental dis
abilities brought about by their war
service. The veteran who is now In
good health can help fight the bat
tles of his more unfortunate com
rades by becoming a legionnaire,
thereby subscribing his influence to
the legion’s effort.
Second only to rehabilitation is
the legion's child welfare program.
While the legion is particularly con
cerned with the welfare of the chil
dren of veterans, this program seeks
to benefit all children. This work,
as well as rehabilitation, is financed
with the income front the $5,000,000
endowment fund raised in 1925.
Last year the legion was successful
in having twenty-three states enact
improved child welfare legislation.
This activity will be continued and
special attention will be given to
providing world war orphans with
educational opportunities, through
the state aid.
The Americanism program of the
legion is being enlarged. Community
service is one of the principal ob
jectives. Legion posts all over the
country are engaged in useful and
worthwhile activities for their com
munities. The teaching of the prin
ciples of Ainericansm through the
youth of the land is carried on
through the junior baseball pro
gram, bigger and better than ever
before, and through support of the
Boy Scout movement. Through
many other activities the legion is
promoting its good citizenship pro
gram.
The objectives laid down by the
legion will not be difficult to attain
if every eligible ex-service man
makes a contribution to the cause.
The veteran who is not now a mem
ber of the legion but who believes
the legion is right, that its program
is worthy, should show his appre
ciation by carrying a legion card.
With a full membership all legion
endeavors will be assured of suc
cess.
Gospel Feast.
Roberts Tabernacle C. M. E.
church.
Sunday is expected to be a big
day at the above named church.
Sunday school at 9.30 a. m., Ellc
son Cromer, Supt. At 11 a. m. Dr.
E. L. Johnson will speak from a
subject “The Man by the Side of
the Road.'1 At 3 p. m. fifteen min
isters will take a part in the preach
ing contest. Also a choir of 13 male
voices will furnish music. This is
expected to be a great service. At 5
p m. Epworth league will render
prograjp under leadership of Miss
Mildred Rogers. At 8 p. m. Mr. John
son's subject will be Closed Door and
Are Waiting Quest. The public is
invited to attend all of these serv
ices.
It Pav* To Advertise
Old Boy Max
Knows Inside
Of Law-Making
Goerclt Says Governor Knows What
Each legislator l>ikes For
Breakfast.
(By ('ARE GOERCH.T
Virginia sent its former governor,
'Mr. Byrd, to talk to our legislature,
and New York sent its former gov
ernor. Mr, Smith, to do the same,
but things around the capltol don't
! seem to have improved materially.
What most of the legislators prob
ably are hoping for is a visit from
i he governor of North Carolina.
Some Important legislation has
been acted on during the past week.
The boys are beginning to do them
selves proud. The governor's road
bill has gone through a-kiting and
'here is no question or doubt about,
most of the Oth»r legislation he rec
ommended at the beginning of the
Mission. Of course he. probably won’t
got through everything lie advocat
ed. but ho batting average is going
to be mighty good, nevertheless.
And while we re on the subject of
tire governor, let me tell you a ill tie
secret.
The old boy's got sense. Plenty of
it. I don’t pretend to know all of the
i inside workings of our state politics.
,.but I'm willing to bet dollars to
doughnuts that two weeks before the
legislature met Max could have told
you the fate of each measure to
come up during this session, in oth
er words, it looks to me as though
he’s got Napoleon,, Alexander the
Great and George Washington com
pletely outclassed when it comes to
skillful maneuvering.
There's another thing to Ik1 con
sidered. too. You've heard of the
expression that So-and-so knows
his onions? Well. Max knows his
legislators like nobody's business,
lie's got 'em card-indexed and cross
indexed. He knows what each one of
them likes for breakfast, what kind
of cuff-buttons they wear, whether
they are addicted to halitosis or the
M-veri-year-ttch and whether they
approve or do not approve of dunk
ing.
By the way what's become of
Colonel Kirkpatrick and John
Sprunt Hill?
There whs a large and enthusias
tic crowd on hand to see and hear
A1 Smith In Halelgti Monday after
noon. He got a tremendous recep
tion and everybody In the state
seemed to be keenly Interested In
his presence and his speech.
But that's nothing. If a six-leg
ged giraffe that was able to play u
saxaphone and kettle drum at the
same time were to visit Raleigh he
would attract an equally large
crowd But he’d receive very few
votes for the presidency,
The legislature has been kidded u
lot since they went Into a trance in
Re.lelgh two months ago. but the
boys really deserve a lot of credit, j
They've been putting in some real
work and some very constructive'
thought. As a general rule, a legisla
tor never thinks of working and hej
hever harbors a constructive
thought, but this gang up in Ra
leigh seems to he an exception to
the rule. It is actually beginning to
look-believe it or not—as though
our proiK'Uy taxes Were going to
be ieduced; . ■
And here’s something I want to
get across in that connection. If the
boys actually should accomplish a
miracle and bring about any mater
ial reduction In property taxes, every
county might to singe a big home -
coming celebrutton for them when
they start hitch-hiking from Uu j
leigh on their way home. Th< y
ought to have banquets given in
their honor and oilier distinctions
showered upon them. Until now,
theyh'O been showered principally
with bricks, und I believe the Bible
says It is not well for man to live bv
bricks alone.
They have been laboring under
tremendous difficulties. On all sides
they have been confronted with lob
byists, who have been trying to con
vert them. We send missionaries to
foreign countries for the purpose of
converting the heathen. What we
ought to do is to send the mission
aries to our legislatures and send
the lobbyists to the heathen; par
ticularly those heathen who are In
clined to be cannibalistic In their
tendencies.
Things are beginning to look a lot
brighter. The soldier have got their
bonus, the legislature Is about to ad
journ and it looks as though that
bit of coal down in the cellar might
last during the balance of this cool
weather. Business Is picking up.
Sherwood Upchurch has shed his j
spats, Angus McLean tipped a bell-1
boy a dime the other day, Tobe Con- ■
nor had a facial massage last week
and Rivers Johnson has got ltd «1
his dandruff.
No. wonder the senate is all wet.
They’ve got a Fountain for presid
ing officer and Rivers on the floor'
of the senate chamber.
Mr. Lunsford, reading clerk of the
house, has Improved a lot in his
reading and can now enunciate such
words as tropics, duties, baker, land
slide, glycerine, etc., with perfect
clarity. He ought- to thank his stars
that he Isn’t reading clerk for the
general assembly In Moecow, where
the presiding officer of the lower
(on^ral illation*
.— - -----*—
A recent picture of Supreme Court
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the
grand old member of the United
States Supreme Court, who wilt
celebrate his 90th birthday on
March 8th, after spending more
than half his life on the bench, ,
house is name Muftanchywykiso
t'itch.
Taking everything into considera
tion, the legislature has been be
having very nicely during the past
week.
Here's knocking on wood.
Chicago is threatened with anoth
er failure to meet Its pay-roll and
about its only hope is hi getting
change for Ite "Dig Bill.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
IUI STf t. > SALK OK REAL ESTAtfc
real' ' tie' power anti authority contain
<h! In iTint/cortutii deed o( trust datsc
hvwtember - a. 11131. made by Thoa. J. B*t»
Iiiyimi and lner McFarland Bnbtngton, hlS
ul!r to W d Hinson and W. L Andrews.
Trustees, to •.enure the Shenandoah Lite
Insurance Company. Incorporated. of Roa
noke. Virginia, the aum o' *2500 00. with
ntor-st thereon from the 9th day of Sep
tember, iirto, so 111 interest help* payable
M'lntannuiilly and which deed of trust
wu duly recorded In Deed Hook ISO. page
U in (lie oil Ire ot the Register of Deeds.
Cleveland Count'1, North Carolina, to
which referetirr Is made; OP which said
debt there remains due and unpaid the
sum of S3'(III 0(1 with Interest thereon
from September 0, 1830; and on account
Of default in the payment or said debt
and the Interest thereon, aa stated above
and the whole of the indebtedness secur
ed In said deed of trust being due and pay
able. and being requested sp to do by the
Shenandoah Life Insurance Company. Inc .
of Roanoke, Virginia, the holder of said
debt the said XV. J. Henson and W. L.
Andrews, Trustees, or uJlher of them
said trust deed permitting either to acti
win sell for cash to the highest bidder at
the front door of the court house of
Cleveland County, North Carolina, on the
ath day of April, IDSL at If o'clock. A. M.
the following described lands situated In
the county of Cleveland, State of North
Carolina and more particularly described
as follows
That certain piece or parcel of land
situated In the Town of Shelby. State of
North Carolina, and being more particu
larly ite&c.rlbad. by metes and bounds, as
follows, to.wit.
Beginning at a stake t B Ross's cor
ner of the VVest edge of North Washing
ton Btreet, In the Town of Shelby, and
funs thence with this line West 380 feet
lo mi iron stake; thence North 70 feet to
an Iron stake, thence East 380 feet to
an iron slake on the west edge of North
Washington Street thence with the said
street south 70 feet to the beginning, con
taining 11,800 square feet, more or less,
Bctug the same property conveyed lo
Thoa J. Bahlngton by deed from L. Q.
Hoffman, which deed Is duly recorded tn
Bank 3Q, page 384 In the register of deeds
off Ice for Cleveland County, North Caro
lina. to which reference ts hereby made
for w better deaerlptlon of the property
herein described.
Terms of sale: Cash
Dated ate Roanoke, Virginia, this the Oth
day of March. 1031
xv J. Henson ami XV, L Andrews, Trus
tees.
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