Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, December 01, 1921, Image 2
IMPORTANT NEWS !
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THI8
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWSHTTHE SOUTH
What la Taking Place In The Southland
Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign?
A flying automobile Is the latest
development In the French aero world.
A successful demonstration of an ordinary
automobile with folding wings,
two engines, one of ten-horsepower
for land going and the other of 300horsepower
for air travel was held
recently at Buc, Seine-et-Oise. The
machine performed all the usual feats
of an airplane and also of an automobile.
Two persons were killed outright and
eight wounded when a bomb exploded
In a tramcar carrying a load of shipyard
workers along Royal avenue, Belfast,
Ireland.
November 21 was a day of funerals
In Belfast, Ireland. Twelve Roman
Catholics and six Protestants were Interred
as the result of the recent rioting.
Belfast (Ireland) reports that a new
reign of terrorism and much looting
have rendered that city as turbulent
as it was a few months since.
Informal exchanges anent naval
armament continue between individual
delegates to the arms conference
and naval experts, with an air of growing
confidence that details of the
American plan, although requiring con'
slderable time for determination, will
eventually bring all the powers into
agreement
War broke out again in Belfast as
the Ulster government assumed control
of the police establishment, taking
over police affairs from the empire
government. At least twenty persons
are believed to have been killed
by bombs or bullets.
Washington?
Spokesmen for all the powers in the
disarmament conference have pledged
themselves to cut land armaments. Briand,
premier of France, told, in sparkling
French, of France's fears that
the restoration of Prussianism was a
possibility. and?that Germany and Russia
could mobilise an army of seven
million men at an instant's notice. But
Balfour, spokesman for Great Britain,
rose and said Great Britain was unterrified
and pledged Britain's aid to
France against an invasion of France
by Goth or Visigoth.
A resolution declaring for the territorial
and administrative integrity of
China was adopted unanimously by
the conference committee on Pacific
and far eastern questions. The resolution,
the first concrete action of the
armament limitation conference has
been drafted, and presented by Elihu
Root, one of the American delegates.
An agreement emDoaying tne resolution
has been signed by eight powers,
China refraining from attaching her
signature because she could not very
well pass upon a document expressing
a policy concerning herself.
Both houses of congress have agreed
, upon the maternity bill, and it has
gone to the president. It is stated that
there is no doubt about presidential
approval.
The first and special session of the
sixty-seventh congress ended recently,
after President Harding had visited
the capitol and signed measures enacted
in the closing hours. Chief among
the measures signed by Mr. Harding
were the tax revision and maternity
bills, each of which, for several
months, has occupied the attention of
one branch of congress or the other.
The final adjournment of the special
session of the sixty-seventh congress,
says a correspondent, accentuates a
seven and a half months' national
legislative record that Is the most remarkable
in the nation's history for
its absolute lack of tangible constructive
result.
A 10 per cent reduction in carload
freight rates on farm products, coupled
with reduction in railroad wages,
was proposed by the carriers to the
Interstate commerce commission recently
as a substitute for the order
of the commission dated October 20,
reducing rates on hay and grain shipments.
The protest of Mayor Stewart of
e ??-v r?~ ?
OUVilUliClIl, vja., agatuoi ntuuu ul \j~
hlbition agents in that city in entering
private homes "apparently without
warrants." was received at the white
house recently and forwarded to Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes, with a
request for an immediate and thorough
investigation.
Postmaster General Hayes has formally
requested postmasters to lend a
hand in attempts to locate missing people.
Heads of the delegations of nine nations
participating in discussions of
far eastern questions are understood, |
at the executive committee sessions,
to have expressed themselves as heartily
adhering to the principles of the
open door, equal opportunity and territorial
integrity of China.
The interstate commerce commission
has followed up its recent order
Haas rates in territory south
tauvv<*uQ v?? w ?
of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi,
which railroads sought to put into
effect June 28, by cancelling carload
commodity rates as well.
Fifty six advances for agricultural
and live stock financing, aggregating
$2,073,000, were approved recently by
the War Finance corporation. Of this
sum Georgia received, $25,000.
The anti-medical beer bill was signed
recently by President Harding.
Signature of the bill on which congressional
action was completed recently
automatically closed the gap
in the nation's prohibition laws revealed
by Attorney-General Palmer in
an opinion that there was nothing in
the Volstead act to preclude the prescription
of beer as medicine.
The negotiations relating to both .
the far east and armament limitation I
Is moving more slowly as the atten- J
tion of arms delegates is passing from
general policies to specific details.
China's economic embarrassments is
forming the text of the far eastern
discussions, which resulted in the appointment
of a sub-committee of representatives
of nine nations to study ^
the whole subject of administrative
autonomy for the Chinese republic
with particular reference to tariff and
tax restrictions.
The land armament problem is being
considered at various informal confer- ?
ences during the day, and a meeting r
of the armament committee of the
whole has been called, with the expectation
that Premier Briand of the ^
French republic will say at least a
word as to hjs country's attitude on
reduction of armies.
Senator Thomas E. Watson, like a
bolt of lightning from a clear sky, sent
thrills through the country when he
lined himself against Ford In the eel
cUialUU ruiU'ncny^ii/ ociiatuuai vwu a
test in the United States senate. He t
made it plain that he was not willing c
to condemn a whole race, as he alleges F
Ford has done through his paper, for *
the sins of a few men. He pointed to t
the scintillating stars the Jewish race o
has produced?David, Solomon, Abra- t
ham, Jesus?and pointed to the fact e
that the sacred literature of the Jew 6
contained the germ of all political and 2
religious freedom, and roioted the way c
to life beyond this earth. F
By a vote of 232 to 109 the house ap- a
proved the tax revision bill as rewrit- f1
ten in conference, and the probability
of an early adjournment becomes almost
a certainy. Before adopting the
conference report on the bill, the house 0
defeated, 202 to 141, a motion from tho ?
Democratic side to send the measure
back to conference.
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Domestic? J
A man identified as George Feif, 45, 3
a former brewer of Chattanooga, f
Tenn., committed suicide recently by c
inhaling gas at a boarding house in
Cincinnati, Ohio. '
Glenn Suttton, aged 29, of Morgan- 0
town, W. Va., an engineer for the
West Virginia Utilities company, was *
killed and an assistant was seriously
injured recently when an explosion 1
wrecked the gas compressor plant of v
the company.
Dr. Max Heiner, of New York City, '
who has recently returned from Europe,
reports that cancer of the face C
is being successfully treated by the 8
use of radium.
The bridge tender at Longport, N. ?
J., noticed buzzards flying around a ?
particular spot. He got a skiff and
rowed and poled to the center of the c
buzzard's circle. There he found the
body of one of the eleven fishermen .
who went out from the village of AngleBea
recently and were overtaken
by a storm and lost.
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The directors of the Christian Sci- c
ence church, in a suit against the e
trustees of the mother church in Bos- v
ton, won out, and the court decides ?
that the directors have authority to
remove the trustees. c
It is stated from Richmond, Va., that
there Is probability that Marshal Foch ii
will cancel his entire southeastern b
itinerary. C
Announcement is made after a con- t
ference at Memphis, Tenn., between t
Asa J. Rountree of Birmingham, Ala., b
director general of the Bankhead 11
Highway association, and represents- 1
tives of the state branches of the organization
in Tennessee, Mississippi E
and Arkansas, that the next annual
meeting of the association will be held 1
in Phoenix, Ariz., April 24-29, 1922. E
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A short address the regiment of
twenty - four hundred midshipmen ^
marked the visit of Marshal Foch to
the naval academy at Annapolis, Md. ?
He was given a great ovation.
Thomas M. Price, a merchant of
Waco, Texas, shot and fatally wounded
his wife at Gulfport, Miss., as they
alighted from a Gulf and Ship Island
train that had just arrived from Jacksoil,
Miss.
Zey Prevon, known in musical comedy
circles as Zey Prevost, gave evidence
against Fatty Arbuckle through
which the state is going to try to hold
him guilty of manslaughter in connection
with the death of Virginia Rappe,
in the celebrated San Francisco homicide.
Oliver Vandervort, 22, who claims
to be a fur dealer, in Wilmington, Ohio,
is held under a murder charge in the
Clinton county jail following a triple
murder at Cuba, a village near that
city.
Miss Grace Halstead, a nurse who
attended Miss Virginia Rappe at the
time of her death in a sanitorium at
San Francisco, testified in the Roscoe
Arbuckle trial that bruises found on
the girl's body could not have been
inflicted after her death.
The Automobile Association, in session
in Detroit, announces that It will
make an effort to increase the number
of automobile clubs throughout the
country and bring about a closer cooperation
between various clubs for
the benefit of the members.
New York bade Marshal Foch "au
revolr" November 20, sending him off
on a swing about the continent that
will not end until December 23, when
he returns to New York to sail the
next day for France,
come effective before Christmas.
The provisional government of District
14, United Mine Workers of
America, recently Issued a proclamation
from Pittsburg, Kans., to all locals
and members of the district revoking
the charters of locals which
did not resume work on November
16 and suspending the members.
The United States railroad board announces
that new working rules for
the six shop crafts will probably be
completed and Issued in time to beA
movement to educate the people
of the world to live one hundred years
is suggested by Dr. Stephen Smith,
99 years old, who declared in an address,
in New York City, that the Mosaic
law limited the 6pan of life to
three-score years and ten was all
wrong. He pointed to the fact that
Moses himself proved the falsity of
the law by living forty years beyond
hia allotted time.
SCHOOL SITUATION
THROUGHOUT SIATE:
ei
SUPERINTENDENT SWEARINGEN ii
STATES THAT ATTENDANCE y
IN 1920-21 WAS 70.11. ?
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'OOREST SHOWING IN HORRY '
ii
rhe Lots In Attendance, According to
Report of Superintendent, Largest a
Single Item of Waste
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Columbia.
School attendance drring 1920-21 81
hows some interesting conditions in
he 46 counties, according to a state- s'
aent of J. E. Sw?earingen, state su- 11
terintendent of education. In the * '
k'hite schools Georgetown reports Y
he best attendance with an average p
if 82.70 per cent. Horry, just across Cl
be Waccamaw river, makes the poor- t]
st showing among the 46 counties of
2.45 per cent. This variation of
0.25 per cent between the extremes p
hallenges careful study from taxlayers
and school folk. The state n
.verage of 70.11 per cent compares ti
nost favorably with the correspond- si
ng figures for the scholastic year ti
919-20 of 67.91. tl
In this connection, too, the federal tl
ensus of 1920 showed that 62.8 per
ent of the total population between r<
he ages of five and 20 was attending fi
ichool. Furthermore, the census is
howed that of children between the tl
,ges of seven and 13 years 81.7 per ci
ent were attending school. The fi
chool age under the constitution runs ci
rom six to 21 years, hence no ?<cact t
omparisons can be made. tl
The loss of 29.89 per cent in at- F
endance is the greatest single item c<
if waste. ti
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4ereford Cattle are Popula*.
Kansas City, Mo., (Special).?The
920 government census figures, C
rhich have recently been made pubic,
reveal some very interesting cat- 1<
le facts. These figures show that w
here are mqre registered Hereford tl
attle in South Carolina than there o
.re of any other beef breed. They o
,lso show that there arc over 700 $
nore Hereford bulls In service than ti
ii lis of any other beef breed in the C
tate. C
lole L. Blease to Run Again.
Cole L. Blease, of Columbia, for tl
our years, from 1911 to 1915, gover- ci
ior of South Carolina, defnitely an- ti
K>unced that he would be in the dem- *
cratic primaries next summer as a
andidate for the nomination as gov- tl
raor of the state. This information e
i-as imparted in a letter to A. John 9
Joggs, of Pickens, i>
ti
Mphtherla Leads In Disease.
Diphtheria led hi number of cases ^
n the list of contagious diseases kept
iy the s{ate health department for tj
)ctober. The reports of cases of conagious
diseases over the state for c,
he month of October have recently y
ieen compiled by the health depart- p
sent. The numbhrs of cases of diphheria
totaled 642. gl
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Examination for Postmaster. 0
Washington, (Special)/?George M. j
JcGruder has been appointed acting g,
ostnaaster at Blackville, S. C. Subequently,
there will be an examinalon.
It is a policy of the postofflce ^
lepartment. Democrats charge, to appoint
prospective postmasters assist- n
nt postmasters pending examina- w
ions. - 1
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iooper to Welcime Foch. 6
Governor Cooper is planning to go c
o Spartanburg Deceuber 9 to greet P
Marshall Foch in behalf of the state e
ind to extend to him an official wel- ^
ome to the Palmetto state. e
The governor will probably not go
o Charlotte, he said. P
iovernor's Secretary Resigns. tl
Governor Cooper announced the n
esignation of James C. Derieux as c
lis private secretary and at the same c
ime told of the appointment of W. R. i
Vatkins of Greenville. Mr. Derieux n
ias resigned to enter newspaper work a
n New York. ii
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*utomoblle Trades Luncneon. S
L. H. Thomas, secretary of the state
lighway department, and L. M. Weis- g
ger, division enginoer 1n charge of c
he western district for the depart- E
nent, were the principal speakers at g
he luncheon given by the Columbia g
Automotive Trades asso:iatlon nt the b
Tefferson hotel. G
These two highway officials fold of 8
he work the department is doing and n
>f.the signs and danger signals which s
ire to be placed on the highways
They also told of the license plates b
lutomobile dealers will use in 1922. >
'robing Charleston Election. /
Walter E. Duncan, comptroller gensral,
began bis investigation of the a
>ooks of the county treasurer of Char- a
eston county in connection with the y
ileged improper issuing of poll tax tl
eceipts which were used, it is claim- d
?d, in the waterfront bond election 8
leld November 8. The charges of a
raudulent issurance of poll tax re- r
:eipts were made by B. F. McLeod in b
\ letter to Governor Cooper. o
M. S. Connelly, treasurer of Chareston,
has Issued a statement in ti
vhich he says charges ar false. h
Mortality From Appendlclta. S
The period of financial depression,
ias reacted to send the mortality ti
ate in operations from appendicits c
lp to a mark that is in many ways s
ilarmng according to the Rev. W. M. f<
ft'htesides, general superintendent of p
he Baptist hospital. The percentage h
>f gangrenous cases in operation for w
he removal of the vermiform appen- p
lix performed at the hosptal during fi
he last four or six weeks, Mr. White- T
.ides said, shows a marked increase f<
iver the number of such infected c
:ases in days of "normalcy." y
enumeration of Teachers.
South Carolina teachers are receirlg
more money now than they have
eretofore, the salaries being on the
pgrade, according to information
iven out by the state department ol
ducatlon.
The average salary paid white men
I South Carolina in the scholastic
ear 1920-1921 was $1,151.36. Five
ears ago the average salary for white
lale teachers in this state was $601/
II and ten years ago it was $562.13.
The average salary paid wh:e wolen
teachers in South Careiini lant
ear was $717.98, as against $353.59
l 1916 and $292.02 in 1911.
The average salary for all white
sachers in the state last year wai
773.33, as against $387.32 five years
go and $332.48 ten years ago.
The statistics of expenditures by
ountes for the education of negro
upils in the state ih the school year
920-1921 have been compiled by the
tate department of education. The
gures show that Charleston county
pent more, per negro pupil enralled
can any other county, the expend!are
for that county being $21.28.
ork was second in amount expended
er negro pupil, the figure for that
ounty being $9.68. Georgetown counr
came third with an expenditure ol
8.04 per negro pupil.
alnless Extraction of Teeth.
That painless extraction of teeth la
ot only possible, but is being prac?????
fKo nnlninn nf thfl
UCU CVCIJ' ua/, ia lug U[/iuivu U4
upreme court In a decision in wh'th
10 court reverses Judge Townsend in
le case of J. E. Harris, dentist, vs,
le state board of dental examiners.
The state board of dental examiners
svoked the license of Harris and relsed
to allow him to practice dantitry,
alleging that he had violated
le state laws in advertising that h<>
ould extract teeth without pain and
irther claiming that he was unethial.
An appeal was made to Judge
'ownsend and he upheld the action ol
le state board of dental examiners,
[arris then appealed to the supreme
ourt and this court reversed the ac
ion of Judge Townsend and the den11
board.
Justice Cothran wrote the opinion.
harleston't Election Muddle.
Another election muddle in Char
sston developed when allegations
rere made of fraudulent voting in
le special electon held November 8
n the question of the city taking
ver the port terminals and issuing
2,500,000 in bonds to buy and mainJin
the terminals. B. F. McLeod ol
harleston wrote a letter to Governoi
ooper on the subiect.
Mr. McLeod claims that between
00 and 500 persons voted in the elecion
on poll tax receipts which, he
harges, were dated back by countj
reasurer in order that the voten
'ould apparently conform to the law
Mr. McLeod furnished the informa
ion to the governor and the chief ex
cutive turned the letter, together
rth a number of affidavits regarding
nproper votng, over to the conip
roller general for investigation.
xamlnation for Postmasters.
Washington, (Special)^?Examina
ions for postmasters to serve at the
blowing South Carolina towns were
ailed by the postofflce department:
iarion, Clemson College, Piedmont,
inewood, Troy and Walhalla.
South Carolinians in the consular
ervice were promoted as follows:
onsulof Class 3 to be consul general
f Class 4, Douglas Jenkins and Claude
Dawson; from interpreter to con
ul of Class 6, Joe E. Jacobs.
latlon-Wlde Farmers Meeting.
Commissioner B. Harris received
otice from Washington of the nation
dde meeting there December 14 and
5 of farmers from every section ol
lie United States and representing
very organization in the country. .1
ommttee on arrangement was ap
ointed at a meeting in Washington
arly this month and this committe*
as completed a program for the gei*
ral conference.
'relimlnary Ginning Report
The department of Commerce
trough the bureau of the census, an
ounces the preliminary report or
otton ginned by counties in Soutl
larolina for the crops of 1921 and
920. The total for the state up tc
lovember 9 was 623,084 for this yeai
gainst 867,715 up to the correspond
lg date one year ago
tate to Borrow More Money.
The state finance committee, con
isting of Governor Cooper, Sam T
larter, state treasurer, and Walter E
uncan, comptroller general, has ne
otiated another loan for the state
overnment. All arrangements have
een completed for the borrowing
Governor Cooper said .and only the
igning of the notes is left before the
loney will be turned over to the
tate's credit.
Th amount arranged is $200,000, tc
e borrowed through the Palmettc
lational bank of Columbia.
icts Being 8tored Away.
All the original acts of the general
ssembly from 1720 to date are being
ssorted and placed acocrding tc
ears in a room on the third floor ol
tie State House. Much work is being
one in getting the acfj properly
helved, assorted and listed by years.
. greater portion of them were al<
eady in the room, but a large num
er are being moved from the office
f the secretary of state.
W. P. Blackwell, aisistant secro
try of state, is handling the Job and
e has completed a large part.
mall Sun Needed by Clemson.
Governor Cooper heard approprlaion
requests from authorities ol
tlemson college, the Citadel, the
tate Negro college and the School
jr Feeble Minded. Dr. W. M. Riggs,
resident of Clemson, was here and
e asked for no increase over what
'as appropriated in 1921, except ap1
A 4 ?. *19 AAA fn trt Qat fo^nrnl
I WAHIiaiCIJ- fit) ,UUU vu Uivvv ivuuiui
inds under the Smith-Lever act.
his fund is not for the college, hut
>r extension work, and has been inreasing
for the past few years, next
enr being the last increase.
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hrnrn,
: LEGION <
(Copy for This Department Supplied hr I
the American Legion News Service.)
i FINDS JOBS FOR LEGION MEN
i Minnesota Department Commander
i Holds Remarkable Record as Sol- ^
i dier, Citizen and Legionnaire. 3
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' Dr. A. A. VanDyke, Minneapolis,
Minn.. newly elected commander of the saj
\fl nnoonta r\ono rf. _
tment of the Amer- whJ
credited, araoni ^
Ice men. The new ^
remarkable record
Pa
? * Jjy
zen and legionJkK
J noire. erfl
When the Amer- ne<
! * lcan Legion came 1
, Into being, Dr. VanDyke Immediately an<
( became on active member. He was the
first vice commander of St. Paul Post v'?
No. 8, which at the time was the larg- ,n
est post In the United States. He has d|E
served as chairman of the Ramsey te
i counfcy welfare committee and was a
, member of the legislative committee
, Instrumental In getting the soldiers'
[ bonus bill before the legislature. ^
> Doctor VanDyke was born In Alexan- j
| drla, Minn., and was graduated In 1908
. from the University of Chicago School
i of Medicine. He later completed a rj
I course In dentistry at University of Jo
, Minnesota. During the war he enlisted Jr|g
i In the signal corps and because of pre- j
. vlous training In artillery was sent to b ^
. the M. O. R. S. camp In New Jersey ?
as Instructor. ,
de?
tle<
THE DISABLED ARE FAVORED 'an
the
' Director of the Government VeteranI'?l
1 Bureau Aims to Give the Doubt tra
1 to Claimants. nai
I 1
| Gen. Red Tape, merciless foe of the cor
' disabled man, has been almost en- obi
| tirely eliminated en
through efforts of >'ec
the American Le- J&^"y rt's
glon. In its sue- ^ S
1 cessful campaign ft' JM ter
for the passage bul
J of the Sweet bill ^I est:
?and the efforts sa
' of Charles R. J lan
| ment veterans' bu
Himself a vet- E?1
eran and a Le- 1
gionnalre, Mr. Forbes has adopted a
policy of seeking out the disabled man,
Instead of letting the disabled man's
claim find Its way Into a pigeon hole 01
via the route of red tape.
The government put an end to dl- y
vlded authority In Its dealing with ex- '
? service men with the appointment of ^
Mr. Forbes ns head of the veterans'
bureau. This bureau dispenses the gh<
Insurance, looks after hospital care ?nd n
' the difficult task of restoring disabled ^
' men to their former earning capacity, QV(
or creating them anew through vocatlonal
training.
Mr. Forbes' policy In dealing with wI)
compensation claims of disabled men gh
I and women gives the doubt to the t0
claimant. "No claim," says Mr. pi0
I Forbes, "shall be disallowed unless the ^
t disallowance Is Imperative, and doubts t
' are to be decided Ln favor of the dls- ett
i abled man or woman." in
An
I HOW TO CURE UNEMPLOYMENT ?
for
atll
Secretary of Labor, Writing In Legion t .
Weekly, Telia How Situation
May Be Relieved.
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! Writing In tha American {Legion
l Weekly on "Seeking the Cure for Un- Mi
k employment," James J. Davis, secreI
tary of labor, sums up the cure In a
t single paragraph as follows: I
"Wage earners can help by giving
. up unreasonable demands, so that employers
can afford to start their mills r
again, or so that buildings can be ^
built?houses, schools, factories, An
. stores. Merchants can help by giving
up unreasonable profits, so that more lca
people can afford to buy clothing, jug
. furniture, food and general supplies. j7a
j The landlord can help by lowering un- j e]
> reasonable rents, so that workmen can we
afford to accept a wage that shall be- wn
[ come a living wage ns rents are cor
j lowered." i
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Warm Welcome for "Legion" 8teamer. tea
' After having clipped ten hours off the
the record run between New York and Fo!
Rio de Janlero, the all-Amerlcan- the
manned steamer American Legion, has am
returned to New York, following her tot
1 maiden voveize. The vessel, with the
f majority of its crew members of the
1 Legion, was greeted In every South i
' American port It touched by Legion
posts. Along the Platte river from ^
Montevideo to Buenos Ayres, the cap- the
tain reported, launches put out from 0f
" shore and their owners cracked bot- mn
' ties of wine and champagne over the a r
' bow plates of the ship as she slowly at
made her way up the river. This, he tlv
" said, was the South American Legion- ^
^ nalres* way of expressing their wel- to
come. eat
A Great Light.
The skipper was examining an am- ^
bitlous gob who wanted to be u gun- we
? ner's mate. j
1 "How much does a six-pound shell cJ(j
weigh?" he asked. chl
"I don't know," the gob confessed. L
"Well, what time does the twelve
o'clock train leave?"
"Twelve o'clock." "All
right; then how much does a of
six-pound shell weigh?" "
"Ah," snld the youthful mariner, a "
1 great light dawning on him. "Twelve the
pounds."?American Legion Weekly, pus
OMAN SAVED BY LEGION MAN
uissippi Lieutenant Awarded Frenct
Medal of Honor and Life
Saving Emblem.
I woman caught In a Jam of civil
is fleeing a town In the war zone
of France wai
E forced over th<
parapet of i
bridge, falling In
to a stream 7(
feet below. Sever
al French offlcen
looked on In hor
ror, but a younj
American office!
submerged worn
an, bringing he]
to the surface anc
'ely landing her on the shore.
The hero wae George A. Dunagir
0 at the time was a lieutenant lr
1 liaison service of the United State!
ny. For his bravery he was award
the French medal of hon^r and th?
agressional life saving medal,
["oday, Dunagin Is In charge of th(
reveport (La.) sub-station of th<
lted States Veteran's bureau lr
rls and London, and was assignee
the American Legion to assist Gen
:1 Dawes in the Investigation of the
;ds of disabled ex-service men.
)unngln was born at Laurel, Miss.
3 was educated at the Mlsslssipp
& M. College. His military ser
e, which, after an Injury sustained
a machine gun accident, was In the
domatic corps, took him to seven
u rjurupeuii countries.
EGIONAIRE" NAME 01* TOWN
/
kansas Doughboys Settle on Adjoinng
Tracts In Oklahoma and Form
2,500-Acre Colony.
They are beating their swords into
wshares Is the biblical way of say:
that veterans of the World war are
ng back to the farm,
n Arkansas, on a 2,500-acre tract, a
ilony" of sixteen former service men
'cendeti from Tulsa, Okla., and set1
on adjoining quarter-sections of
d. All of them were members of
1 Joe Carson post of the American
rion and they plan to establish a
ding center and town under the
ne '"Leglonalre."
The doughboy colony Is In Scott
inty. Most of the settlers will be
e to call the land their own In sevmonths
as the state allows two
irs of war service to count on the
ldence requirement,
lome of the wen will spend the winon
their land, clearing timber,
Idlng, hunting and trapping. It la
Imated that 100 service men of Tulultimately
will settle on government
d.
AR WORKER AIDS JOBLESS
tertainer During Conflict Enlists tc
Help Unemployed Ex-Service
Men In New York.
II8S Ellerbe Wood will be rememed
by many ex-service men for her
rk as an entnlner
of the ^
M. C. A. corps
own troupe
young women 'ft-jj
! spent a year i* ' jSKk9
leering the
jghboys In the V
erseas camps.
r service, how- Bjjjj|^^y.'
?r, did not end T ggOk
th the war.
e has enlisted'
help the unemyed
ex-service men In New York
rVhen "The Man Without a Coun
," the film-version of Edward Ever
Hale's historical story, w*s showr
New York under auspices of th?
lerlcan Legion, Miss Wood volun
red her services, and at each per
mance read the preamble to the con
tutlon of the Legion and gave a pa
>tle reading. The proceeds fron
i show were used In the welfare
rk among jobless ex-service men
\KES CITIZENS OF ALIENS
lerlcanlzatlon Committee of Montane
3ost Successful in Preparing Ap>
pllcants for Naturalization.
rralning aliens for citizenship hat
?n successfully carried out by tht
lerlcanlzatlon committee of the
eat Falls, (Mont.) post of the Amern
Legion. A class of 87 aliens hat
it finished preparation for naturaltlon
under direction of the
fion committee, and 37 of them
re admitted to citizenship. This
s an unusually high percentage, acding
to the naturalization officer.
Another class of 100 foreigners U
v In training for the citizenship
t. They receive Instructions from
i Legion committee twice a week,
flowing the course of Instruction
>y are subjected to preliminary exInntions
to determine their fitness
citizenship.
Many Graves are Unmarked.
Jecause of a shortage of government
ive-markers and the failure oi
lgress to appropriate funds for
ilr purchase, the graves of thousands
a b-uioH rwpr-HPflfi are un
rked in this country, according to
eport of the American Legion, filed
Washington. The Legion's legislae
committee will petition the
iKress to set aside sufficient funds
allow the purchase of a marker for
to grave, as required by law.
You Win.
Irlggs?Well, today Is Sunday. Shall
go to church?
Jlggs?I'll toss this quarter to dee.
Heads, golf; tails, fishing; edge,
irch. Get your tackle.?American
{ion Weekly.
An Added Attraction.
In one way the auto Is far ahead
the airplane."
How's tlmt?"
Well, if anything goes wrong with
auto you can always get out and
to."?American Legioa Weekly,
. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SimdaySchool
' Lesson'
By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
Copyright, 1921, Western Newspaper Union.
i *
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 4
! PAUL IN MELITA AND ROME. #
' LESSON TEXT-Act* 28:1-81.
GOLDEN TEXT?I am ready to preach
the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
I For I am not ashamed of the gospel of
. Christ; for It is the power of God unto
, salvation to everyone that belleveth.?
Rom. 1:16, 16. 9
I REFERENCE MATERIAL?Mark 16:11;
Rom. 1:8-17.
PRIMARY TOPIC?Tte End of Paul's
Journey.
JUNIOR TOPIC?The End of a Long *
Journey.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
?Paul Living In Rome.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
?Paul's Ministry In Rome. j
I. The Shipwrecked Crew on Melita
(vv. 1-10).
Through the storm they lost their
bearings, and when they were safe on
land they learned that the Island was
called Melita. ,
1. The hospitable reception of the
j natives (v. 2). They built a Are and
. made them as comfortable as possible
I from the cold and the rain.
, 2. Paul gathering sticks for a fire (v.
. 3). This Is a fine, picture of the world's
greatest preacher and missionary not
above picking up sticks for a flre. The
ability and disposition to serve natu
I rally In whatever way is the evidence ?
of capacity for great commissions.
8. Paul bitten by a venomous serpent
(v. 3). With the sticks that Paul
gathered there was a serpent. Perhaps
It had already curled Itself up
> for Its winter sleep, but when the
warmth of the tire aroused It It darted ^
i at Paul and fixed its fangs upon his
hand. The native expected to see him
i fall down dead, yet he shook It off,
> uothlng harmed. At first the natives i
concluded that he was an escaped
' murderer and that this was retributive
! Justice being meied out to him. When
they saw that he was unharmed they
concluded that he was a god.
i 4. Paul heals lhibllus' father (w. 710).
These people are now getting
some return for their kindness. When
i this man of note was healed others
came also and were healed. To this
i they responded In appreciation by loadi
lng them down with necessary sup
plies. 1
II. Paul Arrives at Rome (w. 11-10).
When Paul landed at Rome Christ's
i charge to the disciples was fulfilled.
After three months' stay at Mellta, *
Paul departs for Rome In the ship Alexandria,
whose sign was Castor and
Pollux. . At Syracuse they were delayed
three days, perhaps for favora
ble winds. At Puteoll he found brethren,
at whose request he tarried seven
1 days. At Applll-Forura and at the Three
Taverns brethren from Rome met him.
From Puteoll the news went before
Paul's coming, and so Interested were
the brethren that they came more
than forty miles to meet him. This
greatly encouraged him, for which he
gave God thanks. No one, perhaps,
ever enjoyed more close fellowship
with God, and yet &o man ever en- *
Joyed more and derived more benefit
from human fellowship than he. His
readiness to preacfc the gospel at
Rome, which he had expressed In the
Epistle to the Romans, written from
Corinth about three years before, was
now realized. He was treated with
great leniency at ivome, ror ne was
allowed to hire a house there and live
alone except that the soldier that remained
his guard was constantly with
* him. Being chained to a soldier was
* rather Irksome, but yet it gave him a
* chance to preach t* the soldiers which
1 he could not have hod any other way.
1 He rejoiced In whatever cl-cumstances, 4
' Just so the gospel was preached.
III. Paul's Ministry In Rome (vv.
' 17-31).
1. His conference with the leading
1 Jews (w. 17-22). He did not, as
1 usuul, wait for the Sabbath day to
speak to the Jews. He only allowed
one day for rest. His object was to
i have a fair understanding with them.
When they came he endeavored to
conciliate them. He told them that,
though he came as a prisoner, he was
not a criminal. Though his own
countrymen had so sought his life, he
( did not come with an accusation
, against them. The result of this Inter'
view was that the Jews cautiously
took neutral ground, but expressed a
desire to hear what Paul could say In
defense of a sect which was every,
where spoken against. The fact that I
this sect was spoken against Is no evl
dence that It was wrong. Many times
a thing may be wrong In men's minds,
because their Judgments are biased. If
( a tiling Is right in the sight of God It Y
matters not what men think about it.
2. Paul expounding the kingdom of
God and persuading concerning Jesu9
(vv. 23-31). He pointed out a real
| kingdom?the Messianic Kingdom with
Jesus as the King. The Kingdom to
Paul meant a definite reign of a definite
person, not simply an Improved
state of society. This he showed from
the Scriptures. He went through the
Old Testament, carefully showing this
Ko in inrmnnr with the teaehlnir of
IV l/V IU .? ? w
' the law and the prophets. This was
1 the method his Master had used (Luke
24:27). His exposition lasted from
1 morning till evening?a rather long
sermon. ,
( For 8?lfl-Pr?Mrvatlon.
1 For gelf-preservdWoa and self-pos.
' session, for the renewal of our purpose w
In life, for a fair estimate of Its
various Interests, for calmness and
strength of mind, we need to rise at
times above the ways of this world,
and to remember what we are, whom
we serve, whither we are called. And
It Is In this that the right use of
i Sunday may help us far more than we
fancy. For It Is by quiet thought In
..?.i? -t ,
the reanzuuuu w. uuu 3 preseuce, uoa
hy prayer and worship, that we must
regain and deepen this remembrance;
It Is by the Holy Eucharist that God
Is ever ready to bear It Into our
hearts, and make It tell on all our
ways.?Francis Paget