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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-15
Habitual Constipation Cured
in II to ~ DAVIS

"LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation. 1t relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for IA to II days
to induce regular action. 1t Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. Coo
per bottle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-15
Worms in a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms have an ur
healthy color. which indicates poor blood, and as
cule. there is more or less stomach disturbanc.
0 TASTELESS chill TONIC given regular.
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood. in
prove the digestion. and act as q General Strength.
enine Tonic to the whole system. Nature will the,
throw of or dispelt the worms. and the Child will b
IN perfect health. Pleasant to take. 6Oc De. bottle
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-15
NOTICE TO GRAVEL DEALERS.

The Board of Supervisors of Lee
flore County, Mississippi, will receive
bids on the First Monday in Novem-
Der, 1919, for $4,000 or more tons of
gravel, for use on the public high
ways.
This October 10TH, 1919.
A. R. BEW, Clerk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-15

Colds Cause Grip and lnfluenza
LAXATIVE BRoM0 QUuN1NE Tablets remove the
cause. There is only one 'Bromo Quinine."
Z W =" IS signature on box. SOC.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-15
Piles Cured in E to II Days

Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fail
to cure tchins, Blind. Bleeding or Protudine Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1919-10-15
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By WALT MASON

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benefit You.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
NEW SCHOOL CODE WORKING
SPLEADIDLy AT TOWNSEND
ALSO MAKING SATISFACTORY
PROGRESS AT MIDDLETOWN
How The New Law Is Working In
The Special As Well As Rural
Districts Up Country.

How are the public schools of Della
ware getting along since they opened
for the present term, operating for
the first time under the State Code.
Are the school children of the State
receiving broader, more liberal edu-
cation and getting it with less incon-
venience to themselves. The story
herewith of observations made as to
actual conditions existing in the
schools today serves to partly answer
these questions, which every parent
of a school child is asking.
Honk, honk!
Promptly at 8.45 every school day,
new, up-to-date busses whisk into the
school yards at Townsend and Middle
town, two of the schools operating
under the State Code. Sixty happy
youngster, laden with books and lunch
boxes, file by, and the onlooker real
ICES that in Delaware a new day has
come.
This fall there is no premonition of
frost-bitten fnfers, wearisome trudg-
ing through snow and slush in the
shortening days of the season; in
stead, there is, for the first time, for
the rural boy and girl, a fair chance
to establish an attendance record, sat
isfactory alike to himself and the
State which provides the opportunity
for him.
The installation of four auto busses
last Monday by the New Castle coun-
ty School Board, responsible under
the new code for the maintenance and
operation of all school, both white and
colored, in the county, outside of the
special districts, marks the real be-
ginning of consolidation in Delaware.
For the first time, in 1919, children
under ID years of age are required to
be in school 18O days; and for the
first time such a demand on the part
of the StaCe is made a reasonable and
practical one.
According to the new school law,
''The County Board of Education shall
not maintain any single one-room
school without the written approval
of the State Commissioner of Educa-
tion, which, during the three preced-
ing school years, has had an average
daily attendance of lesss than II pu-
pills."
In such cases the County Board of
Education is required to provide free
transportation for all children living
distant from the schools as much as
two miles if below the sixth grade, or
three miles if above that grade.
8 Auto Routes Reach so Children.
Accordingly, in the vicinity of
Townsend and Middletown, three auto
routes have been established, each
covering approximately 10 miles, and
reaching about 60 children. Four
small, one-room school houses, which
ante-date the Civil War and violate
every modern conception relating to
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01

serious in the educational field here.
Delaware, in the last report published
by the United States Bureau of Edu-
cation, ranks forty-ffth in the aver
age attendance of school children. For
the first time, Delaware can make a
demand of her school population. The
way is provided and an effective or
ganization is at hand to carry the rul-
ing of the State into effect. Eleven
community which tolerates them,
have already passed, and others will
be added to the list as time and con-
ditions warrant it.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
New Spirit Manifested.

ALREADY there is manifest a spirit of
appreciation on the part of the peo-
pie. Drivers of the new busses report
daily expressions of appreciation on
the part of parents.
"I make a complete round trip
day, leaving promptly at o'clock
one driver declared. My first stop is
made at 8.15; I halt at every lane, and
round out the circle on my evening
trip so that the child who has the
longest ride in the morning has the
shortest at night
Educators, parents and the boys
and girls themselves are declaring the
plan a great success"
1t would cause a sensation of any
thing but mild character were the
past conditions of school buildings re-
counted. Local commissioners, in
many instances, failed to realize that,
regardless of the education of the chill
dren of the neighborhood, they were
human beings.
Under the School Code, one school
years was a disgrace to New Castle
county. The other day it was brand
ed by a prominent farmer as being
unfit to house hogs. Only two years
ago this school was closed for a time
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01

school buildings, have been closed, the |
children have been brought to the |
more progressive graded schools, and |
for the first time are enjoying privi-
leges equal to those provided for chill
dren of the Incorporated districts. |
Three of the schools-Brown Cottage,
Mill Lane and Woodlands-have been
closed by the Board in conformity
with the above quoted section of the
law, the action at the fourth school
FieldsborO - where the enrolment
last year was %, is voluntary on the
part of the people of the district.
A drive through this section of New
Castle county presents a striking IL
lustration of the inconsistency pre-
vailing in many a neighborhood.
There are great cultivated fields of
farmland; there are barns, trim and
progressive looking, stamped all over
with marks of prosperity; there are
homes, spacious and comfortable, sug-
gesting in every line the special
brand of hospitality which Delaware
claims as her very own. But along
side of them stand the school houses,
small, frame and neglected, like a
child's box houses, with windows pen
etrating every wall. Time and wealth
er have obliterated the signs of the
paint brush. Four walls and a roof;
20 by 20 feet of oor space, al told,
into which there has been crowded
heating apparatus, washroom, cloak
room, lunchroom, school equipment,
pupils and American standards for
the coming generation!
Reasons For Closing Schools.
Superintendent Jump, secretary of
the County Board, in commenting on
the situation recently, stated: "The
schools were closed after an intensive
I survey of the situation; all routes
were carefully mapped out; survey
was made of the districts covered,
and the distance of every child from
the chosen school center indicated on
maps filed at the Office of the County
Board in Wilmington.
"a general plan of Statewide con-
solidation is getting worked out by the
State Board of Education. Although
the plan cannot become effective for a
number of years, when the building
program initiated by the State Board
shall have provided proper facilities
for consolidation, a marked improve
ment in conditions can be made by
such concerted effort as is now in eff
feet in the Middletown-T Townsend dis
trict.
"a new building has already been
erected at Townsend, which, it is very
probable, will eventually become the
center for grades up to the high
school, with the high school center To-
Gated at Middletown.
"Plans are under way for a new
building in conformity with the most
modern standards in school construc-
ton, by the people of the Middletown
district. At present, two sites are un-
der consideration, apparently the most
popular being a tract of 10 or II
acres near the New Century Club
Building. Departments of agriculture
and home economics, under the Smith
Hughes law, have been established
this year. In the near future it is
planned to serve hot lunches to the
rural school children.
"For years the problem of school
attendance has been one of the most
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01

CONTINUED ON SIXTH PAGE.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
LUDENDORFF is
LIKENED TO XERXES

lBy Associated Press TO The Bannerj
BERLIN, Dec. Theodore Wolff,
writing in The 1ggeblatt, compares
General Ludendorff, formerly chief of
the German general staff, with Xerx-
es, who, after the destruction of his
feet, ordered the sea to be whipped. !"
ut does not indicate much strength
of SOUL" he continues, when Luden-
dorff repeatedly seeks to make the
people responsible for the revolution,
which was occasioned only by mill.
tary failures. He is considerably more
unjust than Xerxes.
"The Americans whom he had rid.
iculed came and the tanks that he
had made fun of arrived also. On
June 6 the announcement was made
to the German people that the proud
nlaneuvre army of the entente as
such exists no longer, and five days
later came the dissolution and com.
plete destruction of the Foch maneu.
vre army
yet all Of a sudden, as four years
before, the German army had ven
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
Editors Tabooed Subject.

In order to draw the line clearly
and have 1t understood, this column
will not In the future permit the
slightest jocuar reference to the fol-
lowing subjects:
Dairy-Cow. milk. pump, butter fat
and products.
F.. Paradlse-Adam ana Eve, particu.
larly reference to Ewes clothes and
turning over Il new lcat.'
-Mothcr-ln.aw, wlrc'sre,a.
tives. cost of food. hypochondrla.
tServant girls may be joshed without
using poiicemen.)
Poitics--No plays on graft; kid.
ding president about Bryan, which Is
passe; as little reference as possible
to Burleson, and then In parliament.
nry language. A
Materla Medlca-No illusions 70 n.
Iuslons; doctor bills and substitution
of plain water for aqua pura forbid.
den. All doctors and druggists are
as honest as doctors and druggists
can be. and we shall therefore re.
spect their weakness. Richmond
Times-Dispatch.
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Ordinance No. 1895

Authorizing the Treasurer TO edvertise
for bids for the deposit OF Public Moneys.
Re II ordained. by the council of the
city of Mt. Vernon. State of Ohio:
and he Is hereby authorized and directed
to advertise for bids for the deposit of
all public moneys coming into the hands
of the city Treasurer from February Sth,
tisements shall be published once In two
newspapers of opposite politics and of
general circulation in Knox County, Ohio
they shall contain the time when the bids
shall be received and opened the place
where they shall be received. and the
authority designated to award the de-
posts.
Section . Said bids shall be addressed
at the Office of the Republican Publishing
CO.. of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. until twelve
O'Clock noon, ON the 2ith day of January,
1920
the Council and the City Treasurer shall
have authority to determine the suf-
ficiency of any bonds or securities ten
dered with such bid or bids.
authority to designate such bank as the
denository OF said public moneys as shall
offer the highest rate of interest Tor the
deposit of said money, ana II bond or
proved by the Finance Committee anu
City Treasurer, as mentioned In Section
= hereof Council reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
feet and be hi force from and after the
earliest period allowed by law.
's''' wv 80 j. ID. WEAVER,
President of Council.
Approved Dec. %, 1919.
y. H.. BAlR. Mayor'
Attest: HOWARD G. GATES;
2t-Wed-2t CITY Auuitof'
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
VICTORY ARCH
IS TAKEN DOWN;
THE WAR ENDED
Try Associated Press 1, The Y,anner

tBv Associated Press , The Manner,
NEW YORK, Dec. The war is
over for New York. Workmen are
now pulling down the great white
Victory Arch" at Fifth avenue and
23rd street, erected that Americas
victorious legions returning from
France might march beneath it in
triumph. The Welcome to our Re.
turning Soldiers" signs are being
removed from municipal buildings.
Orders have been given for the re-
moval from the parks of the many
welfare huts' and other temporary
edifices erected by soldier welfare or.
ganizations.
The big wooden battleship still
Floats" in the center of Union Square
her Quaker guns dominating the
reaches of Broadway and Fifteenth
street but is being used solely foI
peace-time recruiting for the navy.
There Is no indication when she will
be scrapped as obsolete.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26

here to spend part of the holiday va
cation with John McNutt and wife.
Lisle Gable and family of Bellville
visited relatives and friends here this
week.
Mrs. Emma Duke of Mansfield is
the guest of Clayton Faulk and wife.
The r. S. b. club met at the home
CT Mrs. Harry Smith Friday evening
for their annual exchange of Christ
/ mas presents.
Presbyterian Church F. l.. Har.
per, pastor. The Sunday services: !:
Sunday school, 9:45 a. M; morning
worship, IL a. m. sermon: "The Char
acter of New Year Planning" Even.
ing worship, 1880 p. m. sermon: "a
Coed Resolution" Next week: Pray
er meeting, Wednesday 1880; Wed.
nesday at $50 the Young People
have Watch Party. All the Young
People of the Church. connection and
their friends are invited. A real well
SoiiiO III tNcIy oeINlCc.
On New Years Eve there will be a
watch night service at the M. T..
church at Fredericktown at $3.50 D
m.
There will be picnic supper
Served by the ladies of the church in
the Sunday school room, to which al
members of the church are invited.
| Come, bring your baskets and spend
the evening in social enjoyment.
gram will be given.
Impressions Of the religion o.
Christ from Experiences Overseas
Mr.. Charles West
Impressions of the RelDNon of
Christ as noted by an attorney-Mr.
Paul M. Ashbaugh.
The opportunity of the church-Dr
G. II. Wright.
Impressions of the religion o
Christ from business mans point
OF view-Mr. II. F.. GLENN.
The Church awakened by a vision
OF the World Need-Rev. c. u. Stock
dale
>>'s program will be intersperset
with vocal and instrumental music
The public as well as members of
our own church and brotherhood are
invited to this watch night service
Let us see the old year out and the
new 1920 begin.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
MEXICAN WOMEN
TAKE A HAND IN
P0L|T|CALS NOW
Intend First To Eliminate So
cial And Industrial Evils
In The Republic
fBy Associated Press TO The ranne,1

fBv Associated Press to The Eannei1
MEXICO CITY, Dec. Mexican
women are preparing to lake a hand
in the affairs of the Mexican repub-
lie. They intend first to eliminate
social and Industrial evils and later
to make fight for political equality.
This is the program of the Mexican
Feminist council, a national organiza-
ton with headquarters in Mexico
City.
the mass Of Mexican women are at
present prepared for complete suf-
frage but the council hopes eventual
ly to make them a vital political
force. The present Mexican govern
ment looks with favor upon their eff
forts, according to Senorita Elena
Torres, general secretary of the coun-
Gil. Heads of the government, she
said, advocate complete emancipa-
ton of Mexican women"
| The Feminist council has organized
groups to teach Mexican women how
their conditions may be improved
industrially and socially. The next
step, said Senorita Torres. will be or
ganization of women workers in in
dustry to demand fair and equal
tire atment at the hands of their en-
ployers. They will not countenance
any bitter sex war which has charac-
terized the feminist movement in
some European countries, but expect
cooperation from the men. The
council intends to bring the Mexican
women's movement in contact with
similar organizations in other coun-
tries and to work with the women of
the world for peace, disarmament and
anti-imperialism
Senorita Torres predicts that Mexi-
can women will create new era OF
amicable relations and a more COM
pete understanding between Mexico
and the United States. Later, she
said, the Feminist council intends to
propose the formation Of Latin
American union to bring about a
closer Friendship, culturally, indus
trially and politically between Mexico
and the countries of South and Cen
trail America.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26

The Nationalists are now in power
Their leader is the Prime Minister
William M. Hughes. He is seeking
reelection to the House of Represen'
tatives by his electorate, Bendigo'
Victoria.
The campaign of Thomas j. Ryan,
until lately Labor premier OF the state
of Queensland, who is a candidate
for election to the House of Repre-
sentatives from Sydney electorate.
If elected 1t is surmised that ulti-
mately he will become the leader OF
his party He is noted in Australia
for his sympathy with Ireland. and
for efforts by his administration in
Queensland to provide cheap meat for
the people. These efforts took the
form of state butcher shops and state
cattle ranches.
Should the Nationalists be kept in
power their policy, according to Mr..
Hughes, will consist of increased
benefits for returned soldiers; anti
profiteering legislation; improved ar
bitration of industrial disputes; un-
employment insurance and tariff re-
vision.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
MANUAL WORK IS
DONE BY WOMEN
rBy Associated Press to rne Banner,

rBy Associated Press to The BarnerI
HELSINGFORS, Dec. !: An as
tonishing sight for the stranger in
Finland Is the number of women en-
gagged in almost every field of employ
ment. In England during the war
one became accustomed to the sight
of women performing various kinds
of work in which previously only men
were engaged. But in Finland the
visitor gets the impression that the
women are doing everything. They ev-
on serve as porters on sleeping cars.
Not only are they at heavy manual
work in fields and factories. but they
have become skilled as mechanics and
have invaded business offices to an
extent that is probably undreamed of
in any other country.
In banks, the proportion of women
employees to men appears to be about
10 to l. In the biggest financial in
stitutions in Helsingfors, women hold
positions involving great responsible
ty and calling for exceptional ability.
At the Finnish Foreign Ocice, the
Associated Press correspondent no.
ticed that women were holding offices
that would be entirely beyond the as
pirations of their sisters in the State
Department at Washington or the Brit
iub Enraigp nffioa
This change has come about almost
over night Finland's man power has
been greatly depleted and large
part of what is left is required for
military service.
The Finnish business woman is re-
markably keen and intelligent. She
has kind of masculine interest and
absorption in her work that seems to
admit of no margin for sentiment or
frivolity. She dresses simply and
smartly, as do the majority of the ci
ty-bred women of this country. An
American walking through the princi
pal streets of Helsingfors might well
believe. judging from the costumes
and brisk walk of the Finnish women
hta he was in the heart of Chicago.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
BASKETBALL PROGRAM
FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL

The high school basketball sched-
ule for the season was announced
this afternoon as follows.
Jan. Newark at Mt. Vernon.
Jan. o Mt. Vernon at Bucyrus.
Jan. l0-Open.
Jan. lG-Mt. Vernon at Edison.
Jan. I7---Lancaster at Mt. Vernon.
Jan. 23--Mt. Vernon at Barberton.
Jan. "a GAINESVILLE at Mt, Vernon
Jan. 30 Mt. Vernon at Akron,
Jan. 3l--Coshocton at Mt. Vernon.
Feb. 7--Open.
Feb. l4-Mt. Vernon at Cambridge.
Feb. 20 MT. Vernon at Newark
Feb. 2.-East High. Columbus. at
Mt Vernon.
Feb. 27 and 2s Tournament at
Delaware.
March 10 Gallon at Mt. Vernon.
March 19-Mt. Vernon at Mans
field
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
Christmas Day Is Appropri-
ately Observed In City Of
Mt. Vernon
BIG DAY AT l.F
STATE SANATORIUM
Elks Distribute Checks;
knights Templars Hold
Observance At Noon

The best day OF all the year
Christ,nas-was most appropriatcly
celebrated by old and young alike in
Mt. Vernon.
The day was given over to family
reunions, family dinners and Christ
mas trees for the little folks.
At the Sanatorium
AT the Ohio State Sanatorium, this
city, Christmas was observed with an
entertainment and an exchange OF
gifts among the patients.
On Christmas eve large tree was
lightcd and tableau was given EMIT
led, "The First Christmas.
The various cottages were approp
riately decorated and on Christmas
Day there was an exchange of pres
ents among the patients.
Christmas evening farce comedy
was presented by the patients, EMIT.
led my Mother-in-Law' The scene
was laid at the "Skarkin's Home"
and the following persons took part
in the farce:
Mr. Sharkins-G. NJ Ditto.
Mrs Sharkins Katherine Bell.
Mrs. Ironsides-TIelen Coats.
Charles Chopsticks ks-Perry D. Sea.
man.
Maude Loretta OConner.
Clerh PARSONS.
A num-. VI specialities were In.
trodnced, including clog dance by
Harry liogne, cartoon sketches by
Floyd McDowall and a Yiddish mono
logue by c. M. Ditto.
Effort was made by officials and at.
tendants to provide cheerful Christ
mas for the patients
The Eiks
The members OF Mt. Vernon lodge,
No. 140, b. p. O. Elks. distributed
checks to needy families of the city
this year, instead of providing a
Christmas dinner and presents for
the Riddles" A large sum of money
was distributed by the lodge
knights Tempiar
The members of Clinton command
cry, No. 3. knights Templar, assem-
hled at the asylum OF the temple at
high noon Thursday and held the us
tlal Christmas observances.
Family Dinners
a large number OF family dinners
were held in all sections of the city
many visitors being present from out
of the city.
Picture Shows
The picture shows of the city had
large business on Christmas Day
Special matinees yere )given ant
many attended the regular perform
ances In the evening.
Many Visltos n re
Many visitors ", IA tie city owe
Christmas. Several came In from 1
distance to spend the holiday seasol
with relatives and friends.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
ELECTIONS SOON TO
COME IN AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. =
Federal elections will be held in
Australia today. Not only will new
Commonwealth Parliament be chosen,
but the people will pass upon pro-
posed amendments to the constitu-
ton empowering the government to
deal with monopolies, profiteering
and Bolshevism.
The opponents at the polls will be
the Nationalists and the Labor Party.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
MRS. JESSIE WARNER
MATRON OF COMMONS
AT GAMBLER, is DEAD

Mrs. Jessie Warner, matron of the
Commons at Kenyon college, Gam
bier. died Wednesday afternoon at
Grant hospital, Columbus, the result
OF an operation for gall stones.
Mrs. Warner went to the hospital
about one month ago.
Since last September, Mrs. Warner
has been in charge of the Commons
She came to Gambler from Arkansas
The funeral occurred Friday at her
old home in the south.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-12-26
INFLUENZA AGAIN APPEARS

MADRID. Dec, a'--Influenza has
reappearod at Santander. Valencia.
and other towns and is causing many
deaths. Precautions against the
spread Of the disease have been TAX
en- by the authorities.