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Srptrmtwr 1, 1021 THE CITIZEN rati Fire V THE CITIZEN A aon-partlsan family newspaper publishes svtrjr Thursday by BKREA PUM.I8HIN0 CO. (Incorporaltd) MAMHAM.E. VAIKiHM. hitter JAMKS M. RK1NHARDT. AMnrtet Editor and IwmMMtr. Entmd at the olnnVa at feVna, Rf ., M tmmt tm (Mil matter. UBHTRimON RATK On tmr. 11.10; Hi inmths, M ranu; UirM atwitnt, M mil Fsrabl hi advanra. Pwvtca Avrtlin mimihi, Ttia AtMrfesa Pma A A City the World Forgot The readers of The Citizen will doubtless he interested in knowing about a rity that was lot to the world fur nearly fifteen hundred year. Mr. E. M. Newman, a traveler and lecturer, ha recently mado a vlait to the rity of Petra, on the Sinai Peninaula, in Arahia. A very illuminating account of hia visit to this city, hidden away in a irreat mountain gorge far from the haunts of civiliard men, and arrompHnied with graphic viewa, appeared In recent number of the Mentor Magaiine. It ia claimed that fewer than at hundred civilized men have aeen thin city sinre the Roman RmpTor Hadrian occupied It many hundred yrara ago. Burkhardt, a Swiaa explorer, atumbled upon the loat city of Petra in 1812. He waa endeavoring to reach Mecca, the aacred city of the Mohammedans, when he waa led into a trail that wound around among the mountaina and Anally led to the gorge whic h is the gate-way to the city carved in solid rock. At the close of the World War, Mr. Newman was in Jerusalem, and determined to realise a life-long deaire that of aeeing Petra. The town ia inhabited by a savage tribe of Bedouins. These half starved people live in the deserted tombs of Petra. They subsist on wild wheat and the acant food stufTs the desert affords. Mothers cradle their babea in the coffins of the vanished dead. It ia nothing unusual, says Mr. Newman, to see children sleeping in the stone coffins where the dry bone of dead people had been removed to furnish a resting place for the living. There is Roman amphitheater with a seating capacity of three thousand people, and all around on the walka and in the alleys, Hebrew and Roman coins can be picked up coins that have been of no use to this wild tribe for two thousand years. Petra waa undoubtedly a rity in the dawn of hiktory, situated as it was, near "the cradle of civilization" and a natural strong hold, it was the inevitable gathering place of whatever oeopte lived in the Sinai region in pre-historic times. The Bible mentions Petra as the rock city of Selah. The Arabs hive a tradition that Moses, leading the rh'ldren out of Egypt, spent twenty years at Selah. The valley leading into die g rge where P.'tra ia situated is, called Moses' Valley. Gladitnrial games were witnessed during the Roman occupa tion. The Crusaders built a citadel on the height about Prtra in 1189, and with the exception of the Crusaders, no Eurt.rean looked upon Tetra from the days of Hadrian, the Roman Con. queror, until Burkhardt re-diacovered it in 1812. The finest ex ample of Semitic sacrificial offering ia to be found there. The steps and the trough for the flow of blood to the baiiin beneath are in perfect condition. In fart, evidences ran be found that will carry Petra bark before the daya of the Pharoah'a. and it even ante-dates the pyramids of Egypt. l etra is a great riddle; the ruins are iU nn'y reality. Rome's Coliseum, the Acropolis at Athena and the pyramids will leave no greater impress on your memory, according to Mr. Newman. Trade At Home A little while ago on the train we met one of our Berea citi xena making hia way to a neighboring town to buy a suit of clothes. We asked him why he didn't trado in his own town, and he replied that he could save money by trading elsewhere. Several daya later we looked at this man's new suit of clothes and priced the same suit in one of our loral rlothing stores to convince our selves that thia man was losing money by going away from home to trade. The practice seems to have become an obsession among people living in small towns of going outside of their own community to make their purchases. This is a mistake. Most people are willing to admit that there are good reasons why they should patronize their home merchants, but they do not atop to analyze those reasons. Why should we trade at home! Because it saves time, and time saved is money. Because the home merchant ran only remain in business thru tha patronage of home people, and a town without merchants would he a poor place in which to live. Because the home merchant can be depended upon to sell goods to his local patrons that do not have to be returned because of defects or inferiorities. He knows that he must depend upon his neighbors for business, and it behooves him to treat them honestly. The local merchant in a small town cannot afford to charge excessive prices. We do not doubt that you may at times be able to get the same article elswehere for a little less money, but the quality will, in almost every case, correspond with the price. Your home merchant cannot afford to sell cheap "stuff." Hia customers will not tolerate it Another important reason why we should trade at home is because the prosperity of a community depends upon the amount of money circulated in that community, and that is regulated mainly by the marketing of goods in such a manner as to keep the receipts at home. A community that spends most of its money abroad aoon ftnda the amount of its circulation decreased and money hard to get Trade at home. Keep your money in your own community. Pon't pay the same price for goods elsewhere plus the cost in time and train fare. INGRAM BREWER Charlie Ingram, son of Peter In gam, living one and one-half miles east of Berea, and Lucy Brewer, of Richmond, were quietly married in Richmond on Saturday, August 27. They left Immediately for Long Mount, Ky., In Bell county, where they expect to be for several months . HOME-COMING AT GLADES CHCRCH N A home-coming will be held at the Glades Christian Church next Sun day, September 4. An all-day meet ing will be held, and dinner will be served on the grounds. Protracted meeting will begin at this time. Everybody is invited. O. L. GARRARD BACK ON .THE JOB ' O. L. Gabbard, who has been sick for seven weeks, ia now up and on the job again at his barber shop un der the postoffice. We have just had a haircut with hia new electric clip pers, and he handles them as tho he had never been sick. He holds out the same welcome for hia old customers. .AUTOMOBILE TOURISTS The large party of Automobile Tourists, who are to pass over the Dixie Highway from Chicago to rioriad, are due to pass thru Berea about the 7th of September, stopping in Lexington the night before. All the citizens of Berea should be ready to give them a good welcome and hand shake. BIRTHDAY PARTY Misses Ruth Johnson and Margue rite Lewis were given a delightful joint birthday party, on the evening of August 24, at the home of Miss Lewis on Jackson street. Ruth and Marguerite were each six teen, Ruth's birthday being on Aug ust 23 and Marguerite's on August 24. Each received many nice pres ents. GRADED SCHOOL OPENS TUESDAY The Berea Graded School will open Tuesday morning, September 6, at 8 o'clock. It is urged that every parent see that every child of school age be on hand promptly at that time. It is believed that we have a good teaching force in charge of the school this year, and every citizen should use his influence in making the school year as profitable as possible. ANNUAL MEETING OF TATES CREEK ASSOCIATION OF BAPTISTS The Baptist of the Tates Creek Association held their annual meeting at Gilead church, August 20th and 31st. The attendance waa better than ever before and from the spirit of Interest manifested by those pres ent,' the Baptists of this district may look forward to a more successful year than they have ever known in the past. MADISON CIRCUIT COURT J. A. Tarks, Admr. etc. vs. Mollis Parks Notice to Creditors All persons having claims against the firm of Parks & Parks (lumbe dealers) or the estate of Hugh Parks, deceased, will present them properly verified to the understgned an or be fore Sept. 17, 1921, or same will be barred. The undersigned will sit, hear pmct, and pass on such claims as may be filed at the Law Office of A. R. Burnam, Jr., from Sept. 12 to Sept 17, 1921. R. B. TERRILL, Master Commissioner Madison Cir cuit Court. fearing Hiai franco would come crosM, (teruitiiiy "cauie acro." The chief problem In tlie liusiucsa v. oriel uoh U llit ('lotted liuix-r. The sun. unllLe the leopard, pos sesses the power to chance Its smis. We can avoid foreign entuuxleiiieiila with a navy that does the uumU kuots. The fellow who goes on a still hunt gets pretty uolxy If he has auy suc-ceaa. To get to the top. heglu at the bot tom, but t sure It's a bottom that has top. Btlll, Bolshevism should not be much additional worry to a place like l'pier Bilesla. One good way to restore Individual normalcy Is to take a cooling plunge la the lake. Being a constable In Ireland la even more dangerous Uiau being a human fly lit this couiitry. It lw't so much the heal ss It Is the stupidity of the man who tells you It Isn't so much tlie best as It Is the humidity. Tli reort that 40.0HO Europeans are out of work must be a niMiike. They can't afford It, with 4.0UV100 Americans Idle. While a plohUrlte Is looked upon as a much more withfitctory way than by war, the two have the defect In common, that neither one" seems to settle anything. fiasolliie stocks In this country are said to he the lurgwt ou record, hut a few more good Kiinciiiys should end that condition. It wouldn't be surprlKlng If they should find, after It bus beeu de termined v.liHl to do with Yap, that In the ineiintlme they lost It. Wouldn't It be a fine world If It were as eiiNy for a uiuu to live up to ha Ten ('oniinHlidilii'llts as It U for hint to live upto hlsjjicoiiicjt CHRISTIAN CHURCH Bible School. Topic, September 4: From Philippi to Athens. Golden text: "The Angel of Jeho. vah encampeth around about them that fear Him tnd delivereth them. Psalm 34:7. It ia with deepest regret that for mer teacher of Class No. 6, Mrs. Hacker, ia sick. We hope she may have a speedy recovery to health. We expect to meet with Glades Bible School, Sunday, September 4. Every member on time, 9 a. m. Conveyance will be furnished for all. Come early. If you, are not enrolled in Biblu School work, come to Christian Bible School. Now dont wait. Begin now. The pastor, W. J. Hudspeth, is down at Wildie thia week conducting a revival meeting. We are glad to see C. B. Holder and family home again. Island Red Poultry Association, Sat urday, on the Berea College campus ia direct outgrowth of thia plan. And no one who saw this demonstra tion snd observed the friendly spirit of cooperation that prevailed among the farmers men and women gathered there could doubt it suc cess. It was evident at this meet ing that County Agent Spence "Red Bob," as he is called is making good his slogan, "Paint the County Red." This was not a competitive exhi bition, no prized were offered, no blue ribbons given. It was a demon stration for the purpose of selecting the best birds for exhibition at the State Fair at Louisville. Out of 107 birds exhibited 32 were selected for display at the State Fair. And we believe that if these picked Rhod- Island Reds do not take premiums in Louisville next month, the birds that win over them will do it by such a narrow margin that they will never be able to cackle or crow again. The meeting on the College campus Saturday was not only instructive but was enjoyable; each lady brought a basket of dinner. and tables were ar ranged on the bandstand and din ners were spread out in good old communion fashion and all sat down together and ate. They drank ice water and hot coffee. Mr. Spence demonstrated by this occasion that in order to have a successful poultry exhibit it is not necessary to have I elaborate equipment. A few fire lad ders placed on wooden horses served as stands for the coops. The open air was ideal. AMERICAN LEGION 1. State Headquarters will locate in the Lafayette Hotel. 2. The business sessions of the I Convention will be held at the La fayette. L 3. The Delegates, Alternates and visitors will register at the Lafayette in the lobby. 4. Certificate receipts for railroad tickets should be turned in to the State Adjutant when you .register. 5. The Convention will open Thursday morning 11 a. m., Septem ber 1st 6. District Caucuses will be held at noon Thursday to name Commit teemen. 7. The Convention will recess Friday morning, September 2nd forj the parade. The uniform will be , your old khaki with black tie and ithout blouse. 8. Following parade the Legion- aires and their visitors will be the guests of the Lexington Post at Luncheon in their Club Rooms. 9. Immediately after the luncheon everyone will head for Stoll Field, on South Limestone Street to wit-i ness the struggle for the State1 Championship of the American Le gion Baseball League. On Saturday,, August 27, the Louisville Post will Dlav Williamstown and the winner of that srame will tie up with the strong Pikeville Post team on Stoll Field during the Convention for the Championship of the State. The State Department will present a lov ing cud to the winning Post and in dividual medals to the members of the winning team. 10. Following the baseball game the delegates and alternates will re convene at the Lafayette for Com mittee reports, election of officers and alternates to the National Con- vention. 11. Following adjournment of the Convention during the evening of September 2nd the Lexington Post will give a grand ball for the enter tainment of the Legionaries and visi tors. Notary Public Phons No. 49 W. B. WALDEN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Practice 48 C hsstnut St., by M. K. C hurch in all Courts BEREA, KY. Milk and Cream For Sale Until September 20th: Sweet Cream... 40c per qt Whole Milk .... 10c per qt BEREA COLLEGE DAIRY tf. "RED" DEMONSTRATION ON BEREA CAMPUS Five year ago waa started the poultry standard plan in twenty seven counties of Eastern Kentucky. The exhibition of Rhode Island Reds by members of the Berea Rhode TO THE MAN WHO IS WILL INC AND WILL We are prepared to of fer unusual opportuni ties for money making NOW and creating a competence for the FUTURE. Fm CsatrecU sad Tarritsry AtMrctts COMMONWEALTH LIFE IN SURANCE CO. LW villa Keatacky Build Your New Home We are well prepared to furnish all kinds of building material to build good houses at re markable prices. Flooring $2.50 to $5.00 per hundred Poplar weather boarding $3.50 to $7.00 Framing $3.50 per hundred Let us supply your needs in BUILDING MATERIAL at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES Stephens & Muncy BLUE GRASS FAIR LEXINGTON, SEPT. 5-10 $50,000 prue,;mes $50,000 LIVE STOCK EXHIBITS, ALL KINDS Poultry, Fox Hound, Baby Shows BIG LABOR DAY CELEBRATION Jr. O. U. A. M. Day, Wed., Sept 7 HARREL'S FLYING CIRCUS -TUES-WED. Sensational Hazardous Parachute Leap, Etc. FIREWORKS EVERY NITE RUNNING RACES DAILY ZEIDMAN & POLLIE 25 Car Exposition Showa Something New Every Day. REDUCED R. R. RATES "And the Price Remains the Same" 50c Maysville Boys Band Every Day and Hite Louisville & Nashville Railroad ANNOUNCES ROUND TRIP EXCURSION FARE $7.32, including War Tax BEREA TO LOUISVILLE ACCOUNT KENTUCKY STATE FAIR Tickets on sale Sept 10 to 16 inclusive, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Louisville before noon Sept. 17th. Tickets good for return to reach Berea before midnight Sept. 19. For further or detailed information, apply to local ticket agent. Hc'COATI-G THIS is a better roof coating made of preservative oils, genuine asphalt and real asbestos rock fibre. It pene trates old dried-out roofs, resaturatcs the old felts, Alls all pores and softens dry scales. The asbestos fibre cannot rot, burn or evaporate. It acts like hair in plaster. Fibre Coating is equally effective on old wood, metal, or composition roofs. Apply it with a brush, just as it comes from the can or barrel. Adds years of life to any roof at very small cost. STEPHENS & MUNCY BEREA, KY. PHONE 113