The Hottest

The Hornet, published monthly at Mocksville, N. C., sells for 35 cents a year, $1.00 for four years. For this modest price its readers obtain monthly four pages of print that comprise the "Hottest Democratic Paper in the United States."

Its statement of ownership, management, circulation, et cetera: "Publisher--W. Henry Davis, Editor--W. Henry Davis, Managing Editor--W. Henry Davis, Business Manager--W. Henry Davis, Owner --W. Henry Davis. The known bondholders, mortgagees and other securities are : none."

In the current number Mr. Davis vented his heat among others on "Harvey, Hays and Hilles." They "are being spoken of as possible managers of the next Republican campaign. Well, it seems to take a H of a fellow to do their business."

He also published "A Republican Prayer," beginning: "Oh, thou great and beloved old G. O. P. elephant, thou spirit of the past, however petered at present . . . thou that dwelled in the heart of our late and unlimited Theodore Roosevelt when he picked up Willie Taft (now Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court) by the seat of his political trousers and sat him down in the White House. . . .

"Oh, great Spirit, we are thy most visible vanguard of villainy--a motley mess of gone-up goose bones.

"In 1924 we expect to bray like jackasses, and bark like dogs, crow like roosters, howl like wolves, kick like mules, run like lightning, lie like Satan--all for thee. And now, may faith, hope and power remain with thee until every vote is counted," et cetera.

For a club of 20 subscriptions The Hornet offers a "novelty knife" containing pictures of "the late candidates COX and ROOSEVELT."