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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-12
FREDER|CKTOWN

The Ladies' Aid society of the M.
T.. church will hold their Christmas
food sale at Davis & Dague's grocery
Saturday, Dec. 10.
Community silver at Carr's. x11*12
The columns of The Banner are
open to the different churches and
lodges of Fredericktown for notices
OF meetings and services held by
them. Call 300 and tell them or mai,
to G. L. Marple.
Charles r. Taggert on the lecture
course at the Fredericktown high
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-12
Stomach Trouble

Before ] used Chamberlain's Tab
lets doctored great deal for stom.
sch trouble and Eat nervous and
tired all the time. These tablets
heped me from the first, and inside
OF a weeks timc had improved In
every way" writes Mrs. l.. A. Drink.
ard' JEFFERSON CITY, No. --Advt.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-12
MILFORD

Mrs. Manville Pickering very pleas
antly entertained the Needlecraft club
at her home on last Thursday after
noon. The time was spent n sewing
The hostess seryed dainty refresh
ments.
Mrs. George Stamm spent Monday
in Mt Vernon.
Mrs. E. p. Thompson and son, Earl
were guests of relatives in Mt. Yer
non over Sunday.
The Milford township farmers in
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-12

stitute will be held at the grange hall
Jan. s and 8.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-12

On account of the illness of Prof.
r. A. Knox, the play to be produced
by the grades has been postponed un-
til after the holidays.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Hanan Shoe
Co. Segregate
Customers

Miss Fannie Lyman, colored cashier
employed by Walgreen's Drug COM
pany, reports that she entered the
Hanan & Sons shoe store at Wash
ington and State SITS. and took a seat
preparatory to having pair of shoes
fitted. She was told by one Of the
fioormen that it would be necessary
that she take seat in a section re-
served for colored people. This Miss
Lyman refused to do. The employee
then tried to point out the fact that
they had a few customers of our race
who submitted TO this indignity and
he could see no reason why she should
not abide by this ruling. The young
lady soon told him where he could
"get off at" and departed to find a
place where our people, as well as our
money, is welcome.
The Whip having stopped this prac-
tice in Marshall Field & Co.'S, is TAX
ing steps in this case to find out the
reason our people are Disseminated
against in Hanan & Sons.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
DOCTOR CALLED TO
FRONT DOOR AND IS
BEATEN BY FIVE MEN
-Four Jump from, Auto When He Tells
Visifor He VIII Not Go Out
Because Of Death in Family.

st. Louis, Sept. 19.-Dr. William
Marten, 4O42 North Eleventh street,
was called to his front door at o'clock
last night by man who said there
was an urgent case of illness at
house on Ferry street. DR.. Martens
wife informed the caller that owing to
death in the family the physician
was not answering calls.
The man persisted in seeing the doc
tor and when the door was closed he
kicked it and pounded violently until
the doctor appeared. Four other men
who had been waiting in an automobile
ran up the steps and the five beat the
doctor with their fists until he broke
away and ran into the house.
A policeman went TO the address on
Ferry street and found woman suf-
fering from epilepsy. No trace of the
doctors assailants was found.
The body of DR.. Marten' -)rmer
wife, Mrs. Mary c. Marten, who was
drowned in the Mississippi River while
swimming last Sunday, was recovered
by fisherman last night.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Colored Woman Cuts
High Cost of Living With
Spinning Vince

Poteau, Okla, Sept. 19.-Although
various schemes have been put into
operation to reduce the high cost of
living, it remained for Nora Cooper,
a colored woman of this city, to bring
forward an industry that flourished
100 years ago.
She has taken quarters in an old
school, where she has installed an old
fashioned spinning wheel that is said
to be more than 100 years old. She
spins her own threads from raw cot
ton and cards and weaves it upon the
looms into cloth. The machine can
turn out ten yards of material day.
Nora is southern born woman and
intends disposing of her cloth prod
ucts at prices that make the present
tariffs on cloth look sick.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Two Girls Put Up
Fourteen Hundred
Cans of Fruit

Wolfe City, Texas, Sept. 19.-Four
teen hundred cans and jars of fruit,
berries and vegetables, all grown by
Negro students of the Farmers I'M
provement Agricultural School near
this town, were put up by two girls
of the school and recently placed on
exhibition. About thirty articles of
food were included in the exhibit Or
ganized about twelve years ago for
the purpose of preparing Negroes of
the state for farm and rural life the
college lays special stress upon agri-
culture. The institution is under the
auspices of the Farmers Improvement
Society of Texas which has for its
aims the following objects: % To
fight the credit system; (2) to buy and
beautify homes; 90 to cooperate in
buying and selling; (4) to promote
education among its members; 90 to
assist its members in distress and pro-
vide decent burial for its dead.
The college has ninetytwo acres Of
land, according to NJ J. johnson, prin-
cipal. Most of the land is worked by
the students to give them practical
experience in intensive farming. Big
crops of corn, oats, wheat and peas
have been made this year.
Enrollments last year reached a
total of Id, and the faculty is ex-
pecting a much heavier attendance for
the next term. R. l.. Smith is presi-
dent of the school.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Blind Tiger"
Charges

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 19.-Thomas
McQuiston and Roy Robertson, ITO
English ave-, were arrested yesterday
on charges of violating the prohibition
laws. McQuiston and Herbert Franz
man, $40 Douglass ST., who was charg-
ed with drunkenness, were arrested by
Lieutenant Woollen and squad when
they were found in an automobile in
front of 129 E. Wabash st. The police
said McQiston had quart bottle part
ly filled with whisky.
Edward Duncan, colored, sl4 Brook
er ST., was fined $500 and costs and
sentenced to forty days on the state
farm by Judge Walter Pritchard, in
,;ty court, Tuesday afternoon, for op-
Grating a "blind tiger" Twelve gal
Ions of whisky and eight bottles of
ale were found at the BROKER st. ad-
dress.
Robert Staten, colored, 324 Damell
ST., who also was charged with operat-
ing a "blind tiger" was discharged,
on motion of Ralph Spaan, prosecuting
attorney.
A man giving his name as George
Slattery, 1861 North Arsenal avenue,
and two women, giving their names as
Fannie Williams and Ruth Roe, Oil
N. Oxford ST., were arrested on statu-
tory charges when Sergeant Ball and
squad raided the house at the Oxford
st. address.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Colored Waterman
Murdered by Robbers
Boy Acting as Lookout Re.
ceives So.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 19.-Francis
Berryhill, youth of II years, went
before the Fulton grand jury Tuesday
and was said to have related to the
jurors dramatic story of how, on
the night of August 20 he stood UNI
der the Bellwood avenue bridge and
acted as lookout" while two boyish
companions stole into the plant of the
Southern Furniture Company, near by,
and murdered the Negro Waterman,
Mack Herndon, for a paltry SIS. Hern-
don was beaten to death with an iron
pipe.
Young Berryhill, who admitted that
he knew his companions meant to rob
the Waterman, denied he knew MUIR
der was to be done, and said he re-
manned on watch until he heard the
Waterman "holler," then became
frightened and ran.
Murder Charged
The grand jury, acting on the con-
fession of the youthful lookout" and
other evidence presented by the state,
returned an indictment for murder
against Charlie Powell and Marvin
Galloway, both about the same age as
Berryhill. The two alleged slayers
are still at large but, following the
action of the grand jury, state, county
and city authorities redoubled their
efforts to apprehend them.
Berryhill is held in the Tower as an
accessory to the crime. His case has
not yet been considered by the grand
jury, he having appeared Tuesday
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Florida Necktie Party
Fails to Find Its Prey

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. led.
Jones is charged with attacking a
young white woman here and is held
pending trial. Where he is being held
is a mystery.
A mob formed and searched the jail
here, failing to find the man they
moved on to st. Augustine and Palatka
thinking that they would be sure to
find Jones in one of the aforemen-
toned places. They failed again. The
crowd of southern gentlemen then
wended their way back home and
cursed their luck and the sheriff Of
Putnam county for outwitting them.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
u. S. Prepares to Release
All Spirits from, Bond

San Francisco, Sept. 19.-Admis.
sion that internal revenue collectors
throughout the country have been in
structed by Commissioner Roper to
apply Immediately for all revenue
stamps required for the withdrawal
from bond of stored Whistles, gins
and brandies was made here today by
Collector Wardell. 1t was denied,
however, that internal revenue COL
lectors had been advised wartime
prohibition was to end soon.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20

merely to turn states evidence against
his companions. His case was ex-
pected to be acted on at the next ses-
sion of the grand jury.
Berryhill told the fury he had been
offered "a dollar apiece" by the other
two boys if he would watch for them
under the bridge while they went into
the factory and robbed the Waterman.
He ran away, however, before receiv-
ing his part of the spoils.
Heard Negro Yell
Berryhill, according to previous
statement, and which he was said to
have repeated to the grand jury, said:
81 met these two boys near the
Bellwood bridge and they confided to
me that they intended to rob the
night Waterman in the furniture fac
tory. They said they knew he re
ceived his pay on Friday, and this
robbery was on Friday night. They
told me that if l would stay under the
bridge and watch for them, they said
they expected to get SIS, as this was
the amount he was supposed to have.
They gave me small piece of iron
and told me to rap on an oil tank
under the bridge if I saw any one
coming. The boys then went away
toward the factory and stayed under
the bridge until heard the Waterman
holler Then got scared and ran
away"
Berryhill, it was said, will be held
in the Tower until his alleged slayer
companions are found and arrested.
Their arrest was expected at almost
any time.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
CHIEF TO RID DEPT.
OF UNDESIRABLES

Reorganization of the police force
is under way. After the voters showed
that they would not have any more
extra police on the force, Chief Gar
rity issued an order to all command
ing officers asking for a list of super
animated and unfit officers.
The chief said that there was plenty
of good police timber among the new
appointees, especially the discharged
furnishing white girls to wait in the
tended to keep some of them on the
force.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Sews Up Heart
To Save Life

New Orleans, La, Sept. 19.-The
attempt of Arthur Rainey, Negro, to
end his life by shooting himself in
the chest with a revolver is expected
to be defeated by an operation per-
formed in Charity hospital by DR.. Je-
rome Landry.
The bullet tore through the cover
ing of the heart. To reach and mend
this, DR.. Landry resected four of the
Negroes ribs, bent them back and
made an opening in the chest five
inches square. The heart itself,
which was not touched by the bullet,
was in plain view during the opera
ton.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20

last week touring the "bone-dry" sec-
tions of the North and Northwest.
The beer, from a st. Louis brew
cry, was put aboard when the presi-
dent was in this city on Sept. 5, and
according to the brewery record was
consigned to the presidential train in
care of Joseph Tumulty.
The record further shows that the
three cases of beer were to be charged
to the st. Louis Chamber of Com
merce, but that in view of its having
been ordered for the presidential train
no charge was made.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
SUNDAY, SEPT. Fl, IS
EQUAL RIGHTS DAY

Boston, Mass, Sept 19.-Mass meet
ings on race defense will be held in
Negro churches all over the country
on Sunday, Sept. 81, according to an
announcement made by the National
Equal Rights league. At these meet
ings delegates will be elected to the
twelfth annual meeting Of the league
to be held in Washington from Sept
% to 25. A national program for the
protection of the rights of Negroes,
will be outlined at this ,convention.k
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
81 Strikes Are Put Up to
Labor Department; 96
Other Controversies

Washington, Sept. 19.-There were
fifty-seven strikes before the depart
ment of labor for settlement, and,
in addition, ninety-six controversies
which had not reached the strike
stage. On this total of 1853 cases
pending thirty-six were new cases
brought to the attention of the depart
ment during the week. This COM
pares with nineteen and thirty-five,
respectively, for the two previous
weeks.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Can Tell Army to Go to
He'll Only on Proper Form

London, Sept. 19.-In giving vent
to his feelings on his discharge, an
old soldied wrote to his late colonel:
"Sir: After what have suffered,
you can tell the army to go to hell"
In due course he received the fol-
lowing:
"Sir: Any suggestions or inquiries
as to movements of troops must be
entered on army form 1913 XYZ, a copy
of which l inclose."
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Look Out for the Flu

The health department has issued
precautions which if closely followed
there will be no chance for a flu cpl
demic.
The following are the suggestions
offered:
Avoid exposure and keep the body
warm.
Keep regular sleeping hours in we'll
ventilated rooms.
Exercise daily.
Avoid contact with crowds in ill
ventilated places.
Don't spit in public, and if you must
sneeze, sneeze into your handkerchief.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-20
Beer Found on the
Presidents Special

St. Louis, Sept. 19.--With three
cases, or seventy-two pints, of 2.75
per cent beer aboard, President Will
sons special train has been for the
The Pulaskian., 1919-06-27
PROTECT THE MIAMI VALLEY
Work of Protecting Immense Reser- voirs One of the Greatest Projects
 of the Kind.

Were it not for the fact that the the greatest of world wars, the build-. ing of the five dry reservoirs as part of fieod-prevention plan in the Mil ami valley would arrest the attention of the nation, says Howard Egbert in Popular Mechanics Magazine. Further than that, international construction. experts would be watching the work with considerable interest, because the project is by far the greatest of It's kind ever attempted in this country. The plan, of course, is to insure per- manent protection to the more than 100000 inhabitants living in the Miami conservancy district, region follow ing closely the Miami river, an in- portant but not navigable waterway which threads it's way through south ern Ohio counties The cost Is estl- mated at S20,000,OO0. More than 2,O00 men are required to complete the con- struction work, and three years as a minimum Is the length of time esti- mated as necessary to carry out the designs of the district. Five huge re- tention basins, or dry reservoirs, are being constructed, all of them now we'll under way. To construct any one of these dams means the digging, trans porting, depositing and compacting of from 850,O0O to 100000 cubic yards of earth. For the Miami river chan nel the estimate is 100000 cubic yards. Dams and river together will mean the excavation and transporta- ton in all of some 100000 cubic yards of earth.
 The f1ood-conservaney project con- sists of the dry-reservoir system, which, once constructed, will occupy five different tracts of land in the dis trict. At unusual periods of high wa ter 1t is designed to permit all over flow water to run into these basins They will be so stoutly constructed that they cannot break under pressure of millions of gallons of water. The river channel, thus relieved of the ad- ditional burden of high water, will not be threatened, and the customary dam ger of banks breaking or overflowjng is entirely eliminated.
The Pulaskian., 1919-06-27

Geneva. On August 10, 1885, Geneva formally adopted Protestanism
 A year later, John Calvin, a refugee from France, stopped at Geneva, in- tending to remain there only one night. Favel induced him to protract his visit. In 1539 the opposition succeeded in having Favel and Calvin expelled; but, although Favel never returned, Calvin went back in 1541, and gained such an ascendancy that he was soon enabled to set up theocratic form of govern ment, with himself at the head. He was at that time, in his thirty-second year.
 The site of Calvin's house. at Ge- neva. Is at No. 13 Grand Rue That of Rousseau, which still stands, is at No. 40, the same street.
 After the French revolution the city was the capital of French depart- ment, but in 1914 1t became the twenty second canton of the Swiss confedera-= ton. Since that time the history of Geneva, as regards it's foreign policy. has been identical with that of the confederation.
The Pulaskian., 1919-06-27

CopyrIght by Dodd, Mead .and Company, Ene.

T mean just what I said. What do you know about this business?p it?" '- 2 "Dou'
 "Well, we don't know who you are. nor what you're doing up here, nor what your real profession is. That's why l ask the question"
 T see" said Barnes, after a mo- ment. He grasped the situation and he admitted to himself that Jones had cause for his suspicious. s''It has oc- cured to you that may be a detec- tive or a secret service man, isn't that the case? Well, am neither. Did you know any more about these two men, MT. Jones, than you know about mel"
 T don't know anything about 'em."
 "What was their business?"
 "Mr. Roon was lookin' for a place to bring his daughter who has con sumption. He didn't want to take her TO a reg'lar consumptive community. he said, an so he was lookin' for a quiet place where she wouldn't be as-
The Pulaskian., 1919-06-27
Birthplace of Rousseau.

Few cities have produced so many illustrious sons or been the arena for the activity of so many great men as Geneva. Jean Jacques Rousseau was born there. And 1t Is no small coin cidence that the city of his birth should have been chosen as the capital of league of nations of democratfzed world For to no other one man does democracy owe greater debt than to Rousseau. His pen was the fiail which first set thrones a-tottering. Kfngcraft began to decay beneath the corroding assaults of reason which he leveled at the divine rights upon which royal prerogatives were based.
 Lord Byron's noble tribute to both Geneva and Rousseau constitutes al- most the entire theme of the third canto of his magnificent "Childe Harold"
 The same great poet has also cele- brated the misfortunes of another Gen. evan in the well-known poem of "The Prisoner of Chillon."
 Chiffon is castle on top of crag which rises perpendicularly nearly l. GOO feet above Lake Leman. Here, early in the fifteenth century, Francois de Bonnivard, prior of St. Victor, was imprisoned.
 Where Calvin Ruled.
 In 1532 William Favell, Protes- tant preacher from Dauphine, who had just won Vaud, Swiss canton, to Professionalism, made his appearance at Geneva. His success was so consider able that he established his home there and, in the following year, Geneva en- tered into closer religious relations with the Swiss city of Berne. which had embraced Professionalism. Fribcurg. which remained loyal to it's old faith,
 ithdrew from the alliance with
The Pulaskian., 1919-06-27

from here. isn't it? You don't shoot burglars a mile from the place they are planning to rob, do you?"
 "I'll admit it's bit out of reason" !" said Barnes. "The second man could only have been shot by some one who was lying in wait for him."
 NBedad," said O'Dowd, 'sit beats the devil. There's something big In this thing, Mir. Barnes something long shot bigger than any of us suspects.'
 You'll find that 1t resolves itself into a problem for Washington to solve," said De Soto darkly. "Nothing local about 1t, take my word for it.. These men were up to some interna- tional devilment There1l be stir in Washington over this, sure as any thing"
 sWhat time was it that you heard the shots up at Green Fancyw ven- tured Barnes.
 "Lord love you," cried O'Dowd, i've didn't hear a sound. Mir. Curtis, who has insomnia the worst way, poor devil, heard them and sent some one out to see what all the racket was about. The man, it seems, made such devil of a racket when he came home with the news that the whole house was up in pajamas and peig- noirs"
 q think I have slight acquaintance with the chauffeur" said Barnes. "He gave me the most thrilling motor ride I've ever experienced. Cad, I'll never forget it.,
The Pulaskian., 1919-06-27
Tragedy and Mystery.

Smopsis.-Thomas K. Barnes, wealthy young New Yorker, on a walking trip in New Eng land near the Canadian border, is given a lift in an automobile by a mysterious and attractive girl bound for a house called Green Fancy. At Hart's tavern Barnes finds a stranded troupe of transforming" actors, of which Lyndon Rushcroft is the star and Miss Thackeray" the leading lady. They are doing hotel work for their board. He learns Green Fancy is a house of mystery. That night two mounted men leave the tavern under odd circumstances. A lit tie later one of the two riders is brought back dying, the other having been killed. Both have been shot. The whole affair is most mysterious.
The Pulaskian., 1919-06-27
Best Way to Stain Floor.

To stain your floor a dark walnut have the floor perfectly clean, then take a pound of burnt umber ground in oil; paint stores sell this prepara- tion. Next take boiled linseed oil and mix enough of the umber with 1t to color the oil, but not thicken it. Try on small piece of board and add um- Der until you have the required shade. Rub this into the floor until the stain ceases to come off and the wood is of a rich walnut brown. Some of the color may dry out, in which case am other coat should be applied.