The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 18, 1922, Page PAGE 2, Image 2
N?ws Notes of
Mayesville
S?le-of Large Lot of Cotton
' Reported?Local News
Briefs !
; >XarcPvrne, Jan. 12.?Mr. J. F.,
&and~i* selling some of his cotton. ;
He states that five hundred bales;
are- being moved at a price a little j
above seventeen cen-.s. We. would',
like to see five thousand iJales get
oh-"the move, for business might j
pick ' up, and business here is cer- ;
fainjy. oniet.
; v&iss Ruth Taylor, formerly of \
fhe Atlantic Coast Line, as freight
clerk, was cut off here by the com- !
pany*iit reducing the force January j
Jrtt. Kb* she is still with the com
pany a* clerk in the A. C. L. yard,
oifeeaf Sumfer.
? . Mr. A. F. Ragan. clerk-operator\
stt^Si&Zk. C. jL. railway office, has j
.bid. W$ on the Pinewood agency \
and~/^3:uects to move very soon to j
h^'jgew position. He states this
,wilF??it him'-much better as it is |
Ms)jfeie town.
\ .Tjg& Masonic Lodge here elected
new -officers for -the coming year ,
a^te?&-good series of meetings and !
?ddlfig a good many new members j
icr^?? year 1921. The past of-j
uSerE'E. A. Alexander, W. M.; J. i
jkv?yes, Sr., S. W.; J. C. Parnell. !
i.yVt^lR. 1j. Grier, Secretary: Joe !
&aft ii> treasurer: Lucian Keels. 1
T|fc*.* New officers: Joe Kahn. W. I
Mit X' C Parneir, S. W.; Lucian j
E. A\ Alexander. Sec- !
rH&ry: J. R. May es. Jr.. Treasurer: i
j; Mw&ooper. Jr., S. D.: D.'A. Ber- ;
Jr;P^. G. A. Simpson, Tiler. Wei
^p^?f-have a successful year and !
w liflptv that the new officers will;
Z.& their best in making it so.
; '-'Mjvv Hunt from Columbia, the ;
?tate^'eompany representative, was ;
itv tew today looking after bust-;
i-css^for the paper. Glad to have \
hlin,^th us. j
. The Farmers' Supply Co.. of. the j
city ihasr moved from the store re- '?
ceut^^ccupied by them to the
SteTJfcfcen store, under the Kineen
* We had quite an excitement here :
f.irst of the week. It. seemed that ;
lour men irom the- Sumter carni- ,
\ at hired ? taxi and drove over to!
Lynch burg, S. C. . On returning.
r hey stopped at the st?re of * The ;
pi P. Tv Co.. just out of town, and;
t^urchased smokes. After ihey had j
fcrft. the clefk noviced, a* five dollar j
i?iil they had given him for" a ten j
and "he - and the proprietors raced !
\rt their car to town and with the j
police department-halted them on!
tl^ej'..corner of Lafayette street,!
'4?^gih,g them to the city jail. I
They plead not guilty and after j
?ontte time they were turned, loose i
?4>on: a', payment of $25.00 to The!
B: P. T. Co. The impression got
^nt-?hat.they had captured a band ?
of - robbers.
V." "
j-^h?t incessant cracking sound;
you- hear is the breaking of Xew I
*T??e resolutions, j
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; .The' :bobk that has the greatest
iii?uehce on the average man's life!
yS the; cook book.
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. * Sorte men work always under
fitgli-..pressure, and some think they?
a^^rtheir jobs cinched.
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'--IjetX-see: what was'it we used;
headlines for before we thought up;
^S^fr?rd "crisis?"
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'^^^Peration restores sanity." says;
'^.V-fe&dline. Huh. We've seen an!
^ci^dKtai do that.
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."? Another reason why it is bad
fprm/to talk about the weather isj
Treatise cussirrg isn't polite.
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A-historian says the chorus is '
f?str thousand years old. This is a
r^btrfd ron with the original cast.
# m #
: %ii ? small town, a social leader
;?..any woman who can say "coif- ;
fHrar' ? without looking self-con- 1
*eious.
i
- ?.Whatever else the 100-per-cent '
Aiaerican may be, he is a chap who '
jfoesn'f know now to make a bomb, j
?.\nother difference between death
an?-caies is that death doesn't ap- j
pca> to-have a suite at rich men. j
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. rS5ubbmg a high price will make !
it-feet cheap.
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.A man with a frown had better;
taTie another look.
Th<? Xew Year is producing its:
?pu?'l number of propheteers.?
EYtutsville (ind.) Courier.
In America
Ernst Lubitsch. the greatest
tttovfe director in Europe, recently
arrived in America to study film
conditions. Kc says Germany now
believes that Chaplin is the greatest
comedian hi the world.
Wireless Market
Reports Used;
Department of' Agriculture
Providing Valuable Service
to Public
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The wireless is now being used j
by state and federal agencies to i
broadcast national and local -agri- j
cultural market reports throughout j
virtually the entire country. Re- j
ports on the national markets are \
dispatched daily by the United ,
States department of agriculture j
from wireless stations of the post
office department at Cincinnati. '
Omaha. Washington. North Platte, j
Xebr., Rock Springs. Wyo., Elko, j
Nov.. and Reno. New These re- ]
ports are received by hundreds of
amateur wireless operators. Xat- ;
ional market reports are also re
! ceived by state" bureaus of markets j
i and agricultural colleges, supple- i
! mented with local market reports,
! and relayed by wireless telegraphy
and telephoned to farmers, ship- j
i .ping associations, newspapers, ,
I banks, and other agricultural in- j
ferests. and a 'telephone company j
in eastern Illinois which receives j
j the reports telephones the news j
j to its 5.000 subscribers.
At Lincoln, Xebr., the University j
; of Xebraska anxl the Xebraska Wes- ;
; leyan tfnlversity are cooperating in j
i broadcasting crop and market re- j
! ports furnished by the, state bureau !
I of markets. Both radio telephone j
land telegraph are used. At Wis-i
I cousin the state ' department- of j
I markets broadcasts national and I
local market reports from the Uni
'versify of Wisconsin wireless station
j at Madison. At Minneapolis, crop ;
and market reports are broadcast i
i from the University of Minnesota |
: radio station. The' Minnesota Col- i
lege of Agriculture has also as- j
signed an extension representative
to instruct the farmers in the use ;
I of wireless receiving apparatus. |
The College.of Agriculture of Cor-i
r.ell University has assigned an ex- !
pert for similar work, and to assist
rural radio clubs that are being or- '
ganized in Xew York.
A high-powered transmitting!
wireless telephone is being install
cd in the office of the Missouri State!
market bureau at Jefferson City, I
Mo., and will be ready for disse- j
minating market information about j
January 10. Government reports j
from the larger market centers of
the country will be recieved by
means of a "drop" from tue leased
wire system of the United States
department of Agriculture, and
transmitted by radiophone to all
sections kof Missouri. Demonstra
tions mtend^d to interest farmers,
dealers, * and shippers in install
ing the necessary wireless receiv- i
ing apparatus will be held in vari- j
ous rural communities of the state. ?
and it is anticipated that telephone ]
offices, newspapers, chambers of
commerce, county agents, banks,
high'schools. and cooperative mar
keting 'associations will be among;
the first to install recieving sets. !
A most complete program in the 1
dissemination of market reports by!
wireless is being planned by the j
State bureau of markets in Ohio, j
a 'specially constructed radiophone !
transmitter of the most improved j
type k? being installed in the radio i
station of the University of Ohio
for that purpose. The Texas mar
kets and warehouse departments j
are also planning a market news
service by radiophone for farm
ers, dealers, and shippers in Texas,
arrangements being made to use
the radio equipment of the Univer- '
sity of Texas at Austin.
The firn national market re- j
port to be broadcast by wireless:
anywhere in the world was sent
out by the United States Depart- j
menr of Agriculture from the radio ;
station of the P nited States Bureau j
of Standards only a little over a
year ago. The department soon |
demonstrated the practicability of I
utilizing the radio for disseminat- j
ing market information, and rapid
progress in expanding the work i
has been made possible through
the cooperation of State and Fed
eral agencies. To make the Ariieri- j
can farmer the best informed
farmer in the world is the aim of)
these agencies, and equal progress!
during the coming year will go !
far toward securing that result, 1
say officials of the Federal depart - '
ment.
Satisfied With
Partisan Whitewash!
Detroit. Jan. 13.?Tve political;
leaders who were associated with j
Senator Xewherry in the 1919 elec- j
tioii joined in declaring that the!
vole of the senate giving Xew
berry his seat was a vindication of
the charges of corruption brought]
against him.
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The Smallest Town.
"How big is Terrapin Ford'/'*
"Small, very small."
."A one-horse town, is it?"
"Wors? than that."
'-*] low come ?"
"A one-auto town."
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The Swiss have an arm;/ "2G?.000
stron.;,' and cheese stronger th.au
that.
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"l>ont Have Gray Hairs." says
a dyeing request.
One time you certainly pay .-is
you jc?> is when you ride on a train.
Thin people are said to be ;h>
hardest workers, but fat <>n< < say
that's why !'-.<?>? are thin.
It'-s nice to think a girl is as
white is she is powdered.
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U. S. Flyers set world's record
for endurance. ?Headline. ('bu ll
ing: the laurel wreath from the
brew of the golfer's wife, as 'twere.
Buffalo Express. f
m w *>
Learn one thing every dav: Or
dinary scissors may useti i<> re
move* grease spots from Irish lin
en. j
Red Cross Holds
Annual Meeting
_ i
Officers of Previous Year Re
elected. Reports Read
and Filed
The annual meeting .of the Red
Cross was held Thursday night,
January 12th at the Girls' High j
school audirorim. The following1
officers were re-elected: L. I>. Jen- !
m'.p.gs. Chairman: Mrs. A. C. Plielps, j
vice chairman: "Miss Annie Purdy. j
Secretary and Mr. EL L. Edmunds, j
Treasurer.
The following reports were sub- j
ojiiUod. received as information and j
ordered published:
Report of Home Service Section fori
October. November, December, j
11)21.
The work of the Home Service j
Section was resumed on October j
1st. after having been discontiued j
for two months. During October, j
November and December 10S cases
were handled by the home service
section, 54 of these n involving as
sistance to ex-service men in filing
claims with the government: 32
being civilian families, and 21
cases involving only information
service.
Four hundred eighty-seven visits !
have been paid throughout the
town and county in connection with ;
the work, an average of 102 visits
a month, and 2 71' interviews, an av
erage of !>3 a month have been held
in the Red Cross office.
Thirty-six disabled veterans have
been assisted with claims for com
pensation"; 3 with applications for
vocational training: s with claims
for unpaid allotment, and hospital
treatment has been secured for
eight men at the expense of the
government.
S5f*.3S was spent during the 3
months for relief to ex-service men.
One man repaid a loan of $13.00
as soon as his first compensation
check was received.
$113.24 has been spent from
Red Cross funds to aid civilian
families, in addition, to donations
from individuals and organizations.
The Needlework Guild gave a great
quantity of new clothing of all
kinds, which has been a tremen
dous help, and various individuals
have given second-hand clothing
in good condition, and warm bed
covering, all of 'which was greatly
needed. The contribution of Mr.
Korn, president of the Sumter
Hardwood Co., deserves special
mention. Pie has donated a hun
dred loads of wood, to be distribut
ed to families recommended by the
Red Cross, and is paying for having
this wood delivered.
The missionary societies and
"Bible classes of the various
churches have co-operated splen
didly, not only by assisting with
financial relief to families in which
they were interested, but by keep
ing in closer touch with these
families than the Red Cross Secre
tary is able to do.
Through -the generosity of some
of the citizens of Sumter, a Ford
car has been purchased, and has
greatly facilitated the problem ol
transportation throughout the
county.
The car expenses, gasoline, oil.
license, etc., for the three months,
have amounted ot $16.o'J, and of
fice expenses, supplies, etc.. to
$27.41. The total spent for direct
relief to needy families was $172.62.
Treasurer's Report.
Receipts.
Koine, service section _$17 8.03
l!>2t> membership fees, 1-2
Of $1,043.00 .321.30
Donation, per L. D . Jen
nings .218.73 j
Sale of coffee urn 7.30 |
_!
Total _ .. ... .SU23.3S j
Balance Jan. 1, 1021 __$1,392.0S j
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Total.$2.31 7.0 G3j
? Disbursements.
Home Service Section __$2,034.77
.Miss Mamie Chandler,
Secretary.__167.50
Stenographers. Clean-Up j
Squad. 3".'!'' j
Supplies. 7.15 1
J. 1. Purdy, milk '_ 17.2s i
Groceries for M. Glvver_. 7.<>5 |
Medicine for M. Clover _. .60
Medicine for Joe Wells 1.50
Total.$2,2"'5.S5 j
Jan.. ] balance._ . .$51.si
Credit of Mrs. Heath, Chair
man membership com
mittee _._827.05
Collected by L. D. Jennings
for automobile feu- Home*
service secretary _ 750.00 i
Paid for automobile 750.00
1-2 of membership roll call
1921. 413.50
Balance. 51.Slj
$46 5. 3! j
It wa> brought to the attention
of the meeting thai the Junior Red
Cross is doing splendid work*. Miss
Wheeler. Home Service Secretary,
presented before the meeting some!
of thed eplorable conditions sur-j
rounding several of the cases which ;
she is handling, it was the sense
of the meeting that these condi
tions be brought before the public*'
and methods for doing so were de
cided upon. j
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Tim second big meeting at Pine
wood, t" carry ni;i the ideas of the!
meeting lie Id there couple of
weeks ago to organize a truck grow- '
inu association, marketing corpora- 1
tion. and sweet potato storage and
curing house will be held nexi week,
the date to be set when tin- hor
ticulturist '?:' (Temson College wires
what day he can be there t<? or
ganize the farmers, bankers, and
merchants. Messrs. I >. P. Lide, j
<?. I?. Harvin. and X. L. Broughton
<>.' Piwwood were in Sumter Kri
day conferring wi:h Chamber of
Commerce officials aboui this meet
ing. Two meetings have l><---n held
recently about planting sweet peas,
and these gentlemn say thousands |
of pounds ni se? d peas have been j
ordered.
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These millionaire movie directors ]
can thank 4heir lucky stars.
Sumter Cotinty
Budget
Recommendation of the Coun
ty Board of Commissioners
to the Legislative Delega
tion For Budget For Cur
rent Year 1922
Roads and bridges _$25.00400
Chaingang ~ -'- - - - -35.00o.u0.
Road & chaingang equip
ment -- -. 5,000.00
Salaries: ? -
Clerk Of court .. -- -- 400.00
Sheriff .2,200.00
Treasurer.- 750.00
Clerk to treasurer -50 0.00
.Auditor -- - - - - . 75ft.00
Clerk to Auditor- 500.00
Supt. of Education l,??o.?0
County Attorney_ V0 u')
Coroner. 500.00
Janitor.- 4S0.0U
Rural policemen .. (J.O00.-O?
Commissioners __ - 900.00
Clerk to board._ 1.S00.00
Magistrates..- 3.10 3.90
Constable, 3rd Dist._ 4S0.00
Jailor._ 900.00
Tax assessors _ 600.00
Engineer .. ._ .. _. 3,000.00
City-nurse .- ISO.00
Board of Education. 120.00
Fiscal agent . ?00.00
Clerk to Judge Probate .. 300.00
Alms House and pryuper.. 6,000.00
Public buildings _2,100.0'J
Jail. _ 1,200.00:
Books and stationery _. 1,500.00
Camp Alice ? _ 3,600.00
Coroner and itfnacy L. .. 1,200.00
Disinfectants . 200.00
Gas. expense Rural Police 1.2?O.00
Gas. expense Supt. Ed... 300.00
Interest on money -borrow
ed '.. 3,500.00
Interest on bonds. 1,400.00
. (Plus provision for road
highway bonds and bonds
assumed from Clarendon
county).
Official bonds . 450.00
Orphanage .. ... SOO.OO
Telegraph and telephone 350.00
TranspVn. sheriff. 500.00
Vital statistics._ (iOO.OO
Vaccinations. 250.00
Traveling expenses Auditor 25.00
Rent, Master . 100.00
Court expense . _10,060.00
Confederate pensions_2.O00.00
Court House, f?r. & fix].. 400.00
Alms House repairs (spe
cial) .... 1,000.00
Police equipment. 26.50
Election expense _ 250.00
Total .. .. ..$129,375.40
Memoranda of bonds:
Permanent road
bonds_500,000.00
Interest on pennant road
bonds at 5 1-2 pc.27,500.00
Clarendon county bonds
assumed 49,114.56 '
The rate of interest on the
Clarendon cotm,t,y bonds
assumed is not of record
and therefore not ' ob
tainable.
Grand total exclusive of
interest on Clarendon
county bonds assum
ed ...$156,875.40
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Public Installation.
The regular monthly meeting of
Hollywood Camp Xo. 19'W. O. W.
will be a public one and will be
held Wednesday, next, at $ p. m.
sharp.
The officers arc to be installed
and we are to be entertained with
music, short talks and light re
freshments are to oe served.
The Hon. Max G.. Bryant, head
consul of Ihe society in'this state,
will be with us and give,us a talk.
The wives and daughters of all
members of the tV. O. W. are es
pecially invited to be with us.
Let us all turn out for a good
time.
R.'S. Hood. Clerk."
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Game Cock Strutters First Dance
The first dance which was g"iven
by the members; of the Game
Cock Strutters club last Friday
night was a big success. This club
was gotten up by the boys of the
senior year of the high school. Jt
includes "twenty five members of
good standing. The club is trying
to give one big dance a month. The
music being furnished by a Boston
premier pianist. These dances aro
well chaperoned by the mothers ot
some of the members.
Naval Limitation
Treaty Not in Shape
Washington. Jan. 1-3.?Although
the arms delegates had given up
hope of putting the naval treaty in
final shape for announcement at
tin- plenary session this week, it
appeared probable, when the big
five resumed their discussion, that
the completed treaty would be
ready for tin- full naval committe
tomorrow or Monday.
Nations Invited To
Genoa Conference
Cannes. Jan 13.?Invitations to
tin- Genoa economic conference
have been forwarded to the va
rious nations. The I'nited States
ami more of the important na
tion-- have been asked to send a
minimum of three delegates and a
maximum of five. March 8th is the
date tentatively fixed for the meet
iti^.
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House Ihidorse* Marketing Plan.
Columbia. Jan. 13.?Cooperative
marketing of cotton was sfrong
lv endorsed in a resolution passed
by the house of representatives to
day and <-wry farmer in the state
urgred to sign the contract.
The extension forces of cieni**on
College were requested to continue
r<> lend their full cooperation and
assistance In the movement as
were the bankers, merchants and
business men of the State. It had
ion been acted <>u in the senate to
night.
Farmers Need
Help Now
Secretary Reardon Writes To
Senator Dial Concerning
Conditions
i Secretary Reardon has again
! taken up with Senator 'S. B. Dial
the question of the possibility of
I and the great necessity for tin
War Finance Corporation doing
: something to help thousands of
poor white and negro share-crop
pers and heretofore tenants to get
? some assistance in farming. Mr.
1 Reardon has very plainly told
(Senator Dial that unless some
thing is immediately done t<i as
1 sist thousands of this class of
I farmers to get money, fertilizers,
j and other facilities to farm with,
[that hundreds of thousands of
.-?eres of fertile lands will be idle
jand that thousands of farm lahor
ers will either have to leave this
[section or go hungry. At a meet
| ing of the Young Men's Business
I League of Sumter yesterday. Mr.
\ L. D. Jennings, president of the
I Peoples Bank, of Sumter. suggesf
i ed that something ought to he done
i immediately in the shaped of a
j temporary organization of farm
j ers and other business men to see
[if the War Finance Corporation
I will let these farmers have money.
LbeCause there will he thousands
'who will not be able t<> do a thing |
j unless somebody or some number,
I of responsible men take the lead j
I to see what ean be done to help i
them out. Secretary Reardon has'
;sent copies of his correspondence |
to the Young Men's i Business ,
j League and Senator Dial has been |
urgently appealed to to see what
can be dente along the line suggest
ed by Messrs. Jennings and Rear-j
don.
The Sumter secretary thinks
j that if every member of the Sum-:
! ter County Committee of Progress;
Sumter County Chamber of Com
merce. Young Men's Business
League, and many other business!
men ; id farmers will write to
'Senators Smith and Dial. <Con
| gressman Fuller and other South
Carolina representatives endorsing
the appeals for War Finance Cor
poration assistance, as far as pos- ,
siblc. that these letters wilf,
'strengthen the appeals of .the]
South Carolina representatives. I
and also cause our representatives
to' get busy trying to do something. ;
In Writing these letters the actual
distress as known by the writers
should be legitimately and candid- j
ly expressed, because every letter
written will be just that much
more ammunition and informa
tion, and indorsement for our rep
resentatives in Congress to work
on. There is no time to * e lost as
it is nearly time for the thousand*?
of helpless farmers to get busy ;
planting 1-922 crops or get busy
moving to some other sections, j
Farm laborers movinpr away in
considerable numbers will prove as
niuch of a menace as the boll I
weevil. Jt, will only require a few
j minutes to dictate a letter to these ;
{representatives and will only cost;
two cents to mail the letter.
A Noted Russian Prison.
&h?lmogori. Near Archangel, I
Russia, Dec'. 8.?Famine and priva- I
tibn are killing off the 6.000 j
or; T.0O0 men and women political '
prisoners here, mostly sent from I
Baku. Tii.'lis and other points of
the Caucasus republics. Unless j
released under the clauses of the
conditional amnesty. published
November 7 it is believed all will
perish of hunger during the winter.
Many of the J.5-00 who came
here last March have been robbed
of their clothes and valuables, and
their hunger is such that they are
how in the swelling stage of famine
that precedes death.
They are confined in a monas- i
jtcij", with red pickets posted sev
eral miles distant so no one can
approach the place, of a group of
l'ii sent here from-Baku, many of
whom were companions of the
'.'.'hglish prisoners there, all bur
en* have been executed.
This Tittle town, the sire Of the
first English trading settlement in
? Russia has been long noted as r,
I I * ison. Anna Leopoldovna. wh<>
. v*as regent of Russia in 1746-47.
j-ictinR: for her infant ?on. Ivan VI.
?died a prisoner here in 1746.
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Being Driven.
i "I saw you out driving yester
I day. ''
j "So, my wife was driving."
"But she was in the baCk'scat."
! "Just the same, my wife was
(driving." ^
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; When every dog has his day he
wants to make a night of it. ,
Fine motto: Keep your mind on
your work but not your,work on
your mind. -
.lot/less don\ want t<> l>c helped
out: they want to be helped in.
Ryder's Alley rind Jacob street
j are two of the oldest Xew York
streets that few Xew Yorkers can
'direct a stranger to.
That St. Louis man named Will
rain *rh'o married a Miss Doyle
need not be surprised if she keeps
him in hot water.
People might gel enthusiastic
about building houses if they could
build 'em to pass neighbors on a
hill.
Charity also covers a multitude
of skin games.
.\b>\i.- beauty is only screen deep.
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Quickest way to reduce is weigh
on the coal dealer's scales.
They don't have Sleeping cars on
t he road t o success.
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The < orreet use of "lie" a i d
"lay" a!s>> worries a farm* r every
time a hen cackles.
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Some tiii-ti are wise, some other
wise.
Soft Lines Enhance Oval Face
Soft lines arc the thing for the girl with the slimly oval face. Per
haps it was the consciousness of this which influenced Miss Ailsa Mellon,
daughter of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew "vT. Mellon to select this
hat with softly rolling lines rind a suit with a similarly soft neck line.
A Solution of the Bath Problem
Recip0 for the Saturday Night Bath: Take or.p.tub. fill it with water,
flavor with soan. Place in <that one child. If child cries, add one pup.
Never rrind y&p or ?up> child will stop crying: Jennie Mahoney, of New.
York, wants to bathe twice a day since l?r mother followed this recipe.
A.nd who thought there were still tin bath tubs in New York?
The Jamit.
On the Boad.
"My husband is laid up for re- Frank?My engine is missing,
pairs.*' Wift?Oh. Frank, and the garag*
"Exceeding the speed limit?" isn't locked!
"No. exceeding the feed limit." Frank?What's that got to dc
? o ??- with it?
There is $1.05 worth of silver in Wif<?The engine will bo.stoler.
a dollar. And s.Sf worth of steak. : before we get b&ck.
She' "Rotates the Seasons"
Pe?*gv II >yt. N w Eork milliner, sell* spring rats 12 months a year.
When the spring season is ended in America her stores get busy in other
countries where it is spring. So with other seasons. She will leave soon
for China where o: e of her stores is located. Chinese women are de
manding up-to-the-minute American hat styles, she says. ^
Ravenna
_
I Shrine of Dante and Reliqu
ary of Rome
I Washington. Jan. '12.?"Many a
mean place marKs the shrine of ?
'?great man: but in Ravenna' crowds
aj'c honoring Dante in a cky as
nearly unique as the singular gen
ius of that poet," says a bulletin
from tire Washington. D. C. head
i] lartcrs <u the National Geo
graphic Society.
? Us geographical position once
rendered it an 'impregnable City
.of the Sea' and preserved it as a
? "Pompeii of the Byzantine" Era.' Its
Jl resent interest is associated with
the 'Jettth anniversary of the death
[of Dante who is buried there; but
? its permanent significance lies in
the fact'that it was 'the death bed*
oi tin- (Roman) Empire and its
J tomb.'k *
? Ravenna is the Hamlet of Ita!
; ian cities. To its isolation and?
?solitude it owed the presence of
I the emperors of declining Rome,
and the same quality has preserved
the mystic spirit of the four cen
[turies. the fifth to eighth, which it
clone typifies. t
How Goograplry Made Ravenna
' Recall that ^he Apennines cut
( across* the upper pa:t of the Ital
i ian boot from Genoa to Rimini." just
! north, of Ravenna. There the rantce
j tarns south, short of the Adriatic.
I Ravenn? therefore has a stretegic
; position in relation to CisaUyn?
Can?, the Italian peninsula and the
Adriatic.
?j "This position, in conjunction
? with its inaccessibility made' the
[little town ol Gallia Cisafpina.
Caesar's rendezvous to plot with
Roman-adherents while he cam-"
j paigned in Caul, into the mighty,
Ravenna, when* Honorius first
! established an imperial residence.
Odacer set up a kingdom, and The?
iodo-rfc the Ostrogoth finally es
. laMishod a Versailles of ,the mecft
ei.i I world.
"Ravertua was inaccessible be
[cause .1 was laid out along canals
hamohg marshes. The tide' was the
| sanitary <igent. The principal com
I plaints in this respect were against
! flies and frogs and an inad-e. ej
? water supply, one writer i\ .s.
i *\Ve were ttiirsty in the midst of
j the waver'. .Martial wrote:
! "That landlord at Ravenna is
i plinly but a cheat. I paid for wine
j and water, but he served wine to
t mo nent.'
The Brooklyn of Europe
J "Architecturally Ravenna is the
j Drooklyn of Europe. Its churches
jan- unique because they" exhibit
'the threefold influence of Roman.
I Byzantine and Christian art. A
I dozen or.more'of these edifices are
I counted of high artistic and his
torical merit, and about them en
j tire volumes have been written,
j No place affords >such an oppcr
I tunity as Ravenna to study the
years Just before and after the
break-tip of the Roman Emigre.
"Ravenna long -had passed the
i zenith of her influence and power
; when Dante spent the last^years of
j hh: life there. He was the invited
guest of Guido Novelle, lord of the
I city, whose patronage of art and
j letters kindled a. flicker among fKc
j. embers of the city's great past.
Byron's Description of Danfc's
Tomb
"It. is paradoxical- that in a city,
noted chiefly for its architectural
treasures the ashes of its most
famoi's resident should repose in a
shrine described by Byron as 'a.
hi tie cupola more neat than
solemn.' ?Byron, it will be recall
ed, lived at Ravenna in 1S20-21
during the time he was enamored
by the Countess Guiccioli.
"The sea has receded from Ra
fVenna. its lagoons flow are
marshes. Two streams which a&
not navigable and a canal connect*
it witn the Adriatic. It is capital
j of the modern province of Ra
[vehna. in tin- compartment of 3
? Emilia, and lies 45 miles east o>
! Bologna. It was among the first
?. cities to cast its vote for Italian
umty in 1 5i?. Ten years earner
[Garibaldi's wife. die4 in the
1 marshes outside the city while she
accompanied her husband in his^
flight from Rome."
o? ?
Autos Before Trains.
The first automobile was built
and tested 50 years before the
i first railroad track was laid. Cap
| tain Nicholas J. Gu^not. in 17<5f>. is
j credited with having constructed
|thO'.fii*t motor-propelled road ve
; hide that actually ran. ' Steam was
j the power.
A doctor says jazz is a germ.
Well, the air Ms eatchv.
Tf Woman's place is in the home,
lots of thorn .ire but of place.
The needle Ts mightier than the
pin.
Greatest overhead expense is a
roof.
Would you call a clock that fails
to go off ,-i false alarm.
Chicago man who claims rela
tives robbed him of his two hotels
didn't km.w much about hotel
k eeping.
? -? ? ?
Most self-made men made them
selves at home.
hots of people are on the right"
track. pU[ headed the wrong tray*.
AH the king's horses ami ah the
king's then "can't get Hunipty-,
Dumpty back down again.
Monks in the" middle ages owned
not a single thing of their own.
One manufacturing plant has in
stalled a chewing gum stand for the
benefit of its girl employees'.
Some girls think they have got to
ho fast to ;itcb. a husband. ' ?
?
< un- dou n and olit club is the war
lub.
Lookout will help the outlook. '