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$ajmfo gftato PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY BT The Herald Publishing Co., Inc. J. T. Stainback Editor Subscription $2.00 Year in Advance TELEPHONE 70 wast that it was all a question of votes. But now they discover that they may have to choose be tween votes and a campaign fund. The Republican Chair men already organizing for this year's Congressional elections are getting some surprising re plies from Republicans of stand ing from whom they have re quested contributions. Blunt refusals are the rule. And the . . Entered as Second Class Matter A pr . reason 13 plainly Stated in SUCn a 3, 1914, at the Post Office at Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1879. All communiiitions should be addressed to the Herald Publishing Co. Persons wishing return of mss, must in all rases enclose stamps. All cards of thanks, resolutions of re spncts etc., etc., will be charged fo the rate of ten cents per line, casa must accompany article in all cases ex cept where customer has a regular bc uount No insertions made for lesh than 25 cents. Friday. March 10, 1922 Weather works or waterworks? Communism is sound says Len in. Exclusively. At last there is Work Postoflice Department. in the Four more days in which to tell it to Uncle Sam's tax col lectors. When a cyclone hits as near as Wilson its a litt le too close to be comfortable. If this weather keeps up the spring gardener's choice of crops will be limited to rice or goldfish. A body will soon have a chance to win a famous isolation by not confessing to the murder of . D. Taylor. Only ten of last year's 21,000 suicides were editorswhich goes to show the tribe is bother ed very little with iiinancial difficulties. Strange as it may seem," Mr. Hull, Chairman of the Demo cratic National Executive Com mittee appears not to be entirely satisfied with the results accom plished in the first year of the Harding adminstration. Secretary Mellon says taxpay ers can pay their income taxes with Victory Notes, and if we had anv our tax payment prob lem would thereby be solved. Our improved sandclay roads have been subjected to a test that, it is said, comes rarely of tener than once in a decade. They have met it by going out of business as a means of trans portation, in spite of the most valiant efforts on the part of the Highway Commission's mainten ance forces. Hard surfaced roads are the only permanent highways. Q. E. D. CONGRESS IN A PANIC The American Legion is in luck. It bade fair to become the most unpopular body in the coun try. But Congress has stepped forward to claim that odium for itself. People are leaving off talking about the demands of the Legion, and are saving up their amazement and reproaches for Congress. This may be inferred from the deliberate statement made by that steadfast Republi can newspaper, The Boston Transcript, that "this Congress is the worst we have had for twenty years." Truly, the spectacle which it presents is pitiful. Members of the House of Representatives rush from one device or trick in behalf of the bonus to another. And through out they make no pretense that they are actuated by ahy but the lowest political motives. They are visibly in a panic over the possibility of losing the soldier vote, and cynically treat it as if t were merely a commodity to be sold at auction to the highest bidder. All the proposals for bonus legislation, changing as they do from day to day, are frankly based upon a mixture of fear and selfishness. Now, however, comes another panic to affright spineless Congressmen. They are finding letter as the following I have your peremptory re quest for a donation to our party. On former occasions I have al wa s been glad to send in my check. I am a born Republican. My father ws a an Elector in Grant's second election. But I have no use for the Republican Party if they ,are going to pass the bonus bill. Two of my own were in the war, and they feel keenly the in sult of the bonus. What shall it profit the Re publican Party to gain a minority of the soldier vote and to lose a great body of its long-time fi nancial supporters? The longer the plan of deferred payment for the bonus is before the public the more severe is the condemnation poured upon it. Treasury officials, bankers, busi ness men, skilled experts in finance unite in denouncing it as the most vicious scheme that could be devised. That it is an unscrupulous political stratagem is not denied. But it is worse than that. It is a formidable menace to sound public finance. No one can speak on this ques tion with more authority than Senator Glass of Virginia, and his attack upon the project is unsparing. He gives his reason. This great new mass of certifi cates of indebtedness, if the banks could be compelled to take them, would simply pile up in their vaults as three or four billions more of frozen credits. The country has for nearly two vears been struggling to free its banking and business from that great burden. And now it is proposed to help one still greater upon its back. Senator Glass also points out that the certificate plan, if it could be made to work at all, would not only lead to "unsafe banking" but produce a marked "inflation of values," burdensome to all, and perhaps ruinous to many. The conclusion which Senator Glass reaches is that the issue of billions of de ferred certificates would "desper ately cripple the business inter estsofthe country," while, if the banks should refuse to take such securities that would not be liquid, the ex-service man would in the end find that they have received "a gold brick instead of a beneficence." ine pressing question is whether the Republican Party can possibly stand tor such a reckless scheme. Can Secretary Mellon allow it to proceed with out the most vehement protest? Can President Harding permit so great an injury to oe done not only to the country but to the reputation of his party? No Re publican boast has been prouder than that of caring for the true financial interests of the nation That can never be heard again if the party adopts a measure open to such damaging criticism as that of a Democratic Senator, Carter Glass. It is industriously put about at Washington that the President will be won over to sign the bill as agreed upon by the Repuplicans of the Ways and Means Committee. This seems to us flatly incredible. It may be that the President's policy is to await developments and to hope that the bill, even if it passes to the House, will be put to death in the Senate. But if the measure comes squarely be-1 fore him for action, there ought to be no possible doubt what he will do. The Republican Presi dent cannot stand by consenting when so great a danger threatens the country and when his party is starting out to run down a steep place into the sea. New York Times. ISN'T IT FUNNY that the first thing a business man will do) when his wife catch es him kissing the maid; and starts an awful muss; and drags him into court for the Judce to that tie matter Is not so simple j Iook over; and tells the Judge as thty thought Their. beliew-vM. a soft oldYool he-is: and the size of his family; and of what her suspicions about him have a'ways been; and every-thing-that his first thought will be to rush to the Newspaper Of fice and try to keep the story out of print? The next day he turns down advertising with the argu ment that advertising doesn't advertise. He Knew How There was an old greezer And he had a lot of sense, He started up a business ' On a dollar eighty cents. The dollar for stock And the eighty for an ad. Brought him three lovely dollars In a day, by dad Well, he bought more goods .nd a little more space, And he played that system With a smile on his face. The customers flocked To his two-by-four And soon he had to hustle For a regular store. Up on the square Where the people ppss He gobbled up a corner That was all plate glass. He fixed up the windows With the best that he had, And told them all about it In a half-page ad. He soon had 'em coming And he never, never quit, And he wouldn't cut down , On his ads, one jit. And he's kept things humping In the town ever since, , And everybody calls him. The Merchant Prince. Some say it's luck But that's all bunk Why, he was doing business When times were punk. People have to purchase And the greezer was wise - For he knew the way to get 'em Was to advertise. Exchange. Myra Dell'f Fortune Br CLARISSA MACKEY 1;:.'. ty Mci'lum .NVwupdper Syndicate. Myra I Ml had lived in the big city for iilmnst a yi'iir when she awoke to the fact she was twenty-live, unmar ried, quite homeless except for the boHnliiii;-li(iiist' room and with no one in partieiilar to rare about her. She had u clerical position nnd was saving a little money. Oeeuslonallj she went out with some of the girls she knew, lint she was very lonely she urew tired of the small room look Iiik out on n neat fenced-lu square of back yard, weary of the dally round of duties and lonely evenli'gg sewing or knitting If she was not reading. "I cannot do this forever!" she cried passionately one night after she hnd eaten an unsavory meal at a, nearby restaurant. "If I only knew wliere to start to change my fortunes I would begin this moment. I might change my position nnd not fare so well. I have no capital to start In busi ness " She stared at the celling for n while and then liegan to study the want columns of the evening paper for lack of anything more Interesting to do. All at once n name flashed be fore her sight and held her Interest. "There she can tell my fortune and advise me where to begin," The very next evening after dinner Myra wnlked toward the West Twen ties, where the clairvoyant's sign was propped against a front window. In the background were cheap lace cur tains nnd everywhere lurked a min gled oilnr of boiling clothes, corned beef and cabbage and fried onions. The front door was open. "Ugh !" sniffed Myra as she tiptoed across the oilcloth of the dim hall to rap on the parlor door, where another Ml ?S - "Not Till You Pay Me heail Poor Wlddor. sign was affixed to the nlddlt panel. "I hope she will buy some soap when she receives my fee It really needs It here." The door opened, haM an Inch an Inch two Inches, and a large, dark eye surveyed her suspiciously. "A customer?" asked a woman's voice. "Yes." "Walt a minute." She disappeared and presently the door opened and dis covered "Madame Sadie," gaudily at tired In a red and yellow kimono with a ragged wisp of black lace draped over her grity locks. ' "Come In, miss, but first I want to know If you're one of them newspaper Indies who come snoopln' around look ing for stories, as they call 'em?" "No," smiled Myra faintly. "I only came because I wanted my fortune told-" "Sh-h h h hl" hissed madnme, pull ing her client Into the room and clos ing the door. "I ain't no fortune teller I'm n respectable lady who some times ears a bit of extra money by ivndlng the future, pnst or present." She lumbered to the window nnd pulled the shades down, then cautious ly peered out. "Aim ! I thought so drat him, a snoopln' around and spoil ing business!" She motioned Myrn Into a chair nnd took one opposite, dropping her head back on the cushions and closing her heavy eyes. She breathed audibly. The room wns very quiet, but beyond the closed doors Myra could hear children crying and the rough voices of men. She wished she hnd not ven tured Into this unknown neighborhood alone, Madnme suddenly awoke from her trance. "Fee two dollnrs," she said violently. "Ob, of course," nnd Myra pulled the money out of her little purse. The fortune teller snatched tit the bills and tucked them away; she watched Myra's purse with greedy eyes uut'l It vanished. "I could give you a better fortune for five dollars, dearie," she urged. "I will take two dollars' worth," said A1vh, disgusted. The heavy this settled over the avid yes. The bourse xolce droned monot onously liimlllar paltering talk, famil iar to all who have ever attended a country fair; suddenly the mumble became distinguishable words. j "I see water and ships and I see uniforms blue uniforms with gold i stripes and brass buttons. Miss, you are golug to meet a stranger. He Is an officer lit let me see the navy; j yes, mu am you ii meet ,111m soon. You will tall in love with each other and marry there, v lint girl wunts a better fortune than that?" Her big eyes popped w ide open, anil sb? rolled them at .Myra In a rather alarming way. "Thank you very much," said Myra, anxious t' get aw, 'i.v. "I'll go now." "Sot till you pay uiu for your for tune, pretty miss." "I paid you," said Myra quietly, al though she was much afraid. She walked to the dour. "Let me out, please." "Not till ynu pay me cheating a poor widder womnn; you never paid me a penny, and me handing you a regular ten-dollar fortune. A navul Ulcer, says I, with gold Ince on him I What else could he be, I ask youl Who else wears blue uniforms and hrnss buttons and gnld stripes? Who else, I ask you, miss?" "Police officers wear 'em, Sadie, and you know It!" said a quiet voice from an open window. Myra fairly flew across the room. "Please let me out," she begged. "I am nfrald !" The window slipped up, the certains were pushed aside and a policeman entered such a young Adonis of the force as Myra had never gazed upon. "At It ngnln, Sadie, eh?" said the officer grimly. "Whnt did I tell you Inst time? If I cntch that sign up again, If I And you doing any more crooked work, you know what It means?" "Now, Mister Rock, you were listening at the broken pane were you?" cried the woman. "I certainly was heard every word! Even the holdup afterward!" "Then you know I gave her her money'u worth a naval officer gold buttons and ell !" Officer Rock laughed softly, and Myra thought that a ship's officer could be no finer, look no finer nor braver than ke In his blue and gold. "Ship's officers are not the only ones that wear uniforms," he reminded her, and then he turned to Myra a If he had Just noUced her, but she had been conscious of his protecting glance til the time. "Yen better come with dm bow and Til put you on yew way home." Strange to say, Madame Sadie's for tune almost came true, for Myra did marry and next spring an eflcer who wore blue and gold, a young Adonis who answered to the name of Job Rock. Tbey sent Sadie a piece of wedding cake, which, being of a s pldons nature, she dared not eat -Thos. W. Wafford Jeweler High Grade Repairing Our Specialty. Terms Cash Phone 88 Roanoke Rapids. N, C Allen C. Zollicoffer Attorney at Law Rosemarj, N. C. Office Over Old Poitoftic Building META B. JONES Rotary Public Offce: Horald Publishing Co, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. MUSIC STUDIO Over Roanoke Pharmacy Instruction given in Piano, Violin nd all String Instruments C. S. STANAGE NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of a power of sale conferred upon the undersigned by a certain Deed of Trust executed by C. H. Allen and Lugene Allen, his wife, to W. L. Long, trustee, which is recorded in book 3a) at page !20, office of the Register of Deeds for Halifax County, said State, default laving been made in payment of an in. lebtedness therein set out and thereby ecured, and having been duly request :d by the legal holder thereof, I will, n Wednesday, March 22, 1922, at 11:30 o'clock, A. M. in front of the Post Office in Rosemary, Halifax bounty, North Carolina, expose to mblic sale to the highest bidder for cash .he following real property, to wit: That certain tract or parcel of land n Roanoke Rapids Township, Halifax bounty, North Carolina, adjoining the ands of George Powell, Mrs. W. H. Harrison and others, bounded as follows: Beginning at an iron stake Mrs. W. H. Harrison's corner in George Powell's line; thence S 87 1-4 E 421-4 poles to a stake near a gum', J. R. Allen's corner; thence N 1 E68 1-3 poles to a itake in an open held, J. R, Allen s corner; thence N 87 1-4 W 42 1-4 poles to Mrs Harrison's line; thence S I W. W. 68 1-4 poles to the beginning, containing 18 1-4 acres, more or less, and being the identical tract orparce of land conveyed to the said C. H. Allen by deed of J. J. Allen and wife, dated December 17, 1920, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Halifax County in book 202 at page 391; reference to which is hereby made forgreater certainty of description. This the 27th day of February. 1922. W. L, Long, trustee. A. C. Zollicoffer, Atty. 3-3-4t act Weldon Opera House March 17th and 18th Matinee 2:30 Night 8:00 Special Symphony Orchestra Metro Presents "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" By Vincente Blasco Ibsnez A Rex Ingram Production Reserved Seat for Nights at Murphrey Drug Co! Write or Phone for Seats Prices: Night $1.10 - Matinee Children 55 Adults 85 Mary Pickford In Through The Back Door Tuesday, March 14th Matinee 3:15 and Night 7:30 & 8:45 Prices: 55 Cents Adults 30 Cents Children Under 12 Dread the Surgeon's Knife, A prominent surgeon says he has found that boxers who have a repu tation for lameness In the ring; are like a small child asked to take castor oil when they must submit to oper ations. "You have seen boxers absorb terrific punishment." said the surgeon, "getting knocked down for counts time and time again, yet rising with natural Instinct to receive another blow th sends them to the canvas again. These men, or the majority of them, are shy on nerves and do not feel much pain merely a sort of shock that dulls their mind and causes them to weak an But take the same man and show him a knife and his gameness ends to great degree." D heavy Selfish Extravagance. He Tour bills are awfullv again this month, my dear. She well, the nerve of on ohWt. Ing to my hills when you know It la papa who pays them. He That's Just It I How ran T h. the cheik to ask him to meet an nt mine ten you're touching bin ip all wt TOflBosion Transcript What of the Future Are you as sensible person is, planning your future now? There is a time during your life when you can make your future what you want it. A savings account, Started now and added to regularly will mean a future of independent com fort. We aid you by paying 4 per cent interest on all deposits. We Pay 4 On Savings The First National Bank of Roanoke Rapids Member of the Federal Reserve System W. T. COUNCILL. Pic.1. S. F. PATTERSON, V PreH. T. W. M. LONG. V-Pres & CmU R. L COOPER, Ant, Cashier ' A ji "v ..w&fc).aM1.,.daU fc. ItMirtBiinanii Vim