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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-12-26
ROAD :
BULL DING
ORDER ALL MATERIAL EAR
United Action Urged to Overcome
fclency In open-Top Care
Much Work Ahead.

prepared by the United States De2a
ment OF Agriculture.)
While the expenditures during 1e
for hard-surface highways, Accord
to estimates Of the bureau of pub
roads Of the United States dep1
ment of agriculture, viii set new n
ord with total of $685. 100000, e
figure Is small in comparison W
the computed available total for Il!
or $633, 100000, the spending of VIII
promises to be dependent chiefly
the quality of materials the pres@
limited railway facilities can ira
port.
The items entering into next yef
estimate are: Brought forward III.
unfinished work, 1919 contracts. ST.
100000; funds available from st.
and county taxes and federal aid. 81
100000; one-fifth state and cous
bond issues not before available, ST.
100000; one-third unexpended balas
of state and county bond issues
viously available, $45,00O.000; avail;6
from new bond issues to be voted
In the fall of 1919 and spring of IS
$100,0O0.O0O. 81
Unless the available open-rop c4
many of which normally lie idle
the late winter, are utilized In
slack season the work which canN
done will necessarily be curtailed
lack of materials. The total for "
is more than four times the amdI
that has been expended durings X
previous year for like purposes. T4lN
fore there must be a tremendouf s
crease not only in the material
plies and shipping facilities, but
in the labor supply, and an enlH
ment of contractors organizat
First of all, according to Thoma
Macdonald, chief of the bureau o4&
lie roads, the attention of all
conaty and city road-building III
ests should be directed toward
coming this car shortage. Ell
1t has been customary to walt
contractors organizations were n
to begin work before starting the /
ment of material. Under these q
tons many thousands of opeI
cars lie idle during the latter paf3s |.
February, all of March, and thej u
lier part of April. During the Y u
spring the number of open-top card
were idle totaled more than 25# u
This, of course. was partly IN Vi
;sale, owing to the late date at nj
work got under way, following
signing of the armistice. by uN !
ing contracts as early as ppssibssf
tractors viii be able to ascertairf \
material requirements at din H
points, and so viii be IN positi4 \
place orders dependent on rail i II
portation a considerable time y
vance.
While the placing Of mater
storage, which may result from 81
course, involves some expense.
be small compared to the loss tho
result If contractors are not in d
ton to go ahead with the work BID
of lack of materials. In view
experience of 1919 and the great
creased program FOR next ye$
seems probable, according to stf
reau of public roads, that cor
which are not awarded during tkrI
fer months will have little oppoNf
for being supplied with md (
which require transportation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-12-26

A Perspective View Of the Ro|
quickly constructed Of plasti'
rial, which may be nodded
In sections. The roadway
of spaced parallel side traf
a central track Of which the'
track has a plane surface and |
tracks longitudinal wheel-recef
pressions. j
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

state, and that he hoped would get
as many concrete statements OF fg-
ures into Il as possible, as that would
catch peoples eye and give them
something to base their judgment
and comparisons on. He said he
wished would tell the public more
about the feet Of 225 motor trucks
and what they are doing. He wanted
me to ind out just what wages the
chauffers are receiving and what
they will be doing during the winter
time. know that is q good cue, SO
I am. going after the information.
Some other people have told me
they read this series very carefully,
and they are glad l am putting 1t in
story form, or like / was sitting down
talking to q bunch of friends. It
makes 1t SO much more readable and
understandable, they say, and more
like 1t was human. Some Of them
said they were glad was leaving
statistical, (say 1t state list icle) mat
ter and not Fostering them with rows
and columns of figures, as they are
nearly always unwelcome. Some of
my readers have said they were glad
was explaining why so many news
papers. do all the acts Of pure
"cussedness" they are doing. They
never could understand it before. and
now they have more charity for the
meanness Of the press since they
know that they are made so by a
semi-perverted public impulse.
One newspaper man told me that
he takes my articles home and reads
them in the evening, where he can
read and study them without being
disturbed, and that he fully approves
Of them, and Is laying the foundation
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

in their places. When we all CO.
operate to get the best prices pos
sible for all the crops and
products of all the fields, orchards
and herbs of Idaho. all the towns
and cities will be full Of life and
business and there will be less
need of scrambling for self.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

publishers note: New readers
of this paper are informed that this
series is written by the, editor to
make good many matters Of state
business better known than they
have been. A similar series cover
ing county business in Bingham
county in recent years, and treated
in series of 81 chapters. are said
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02
Chapter VIII

Chapter VIII
l always claim that an editor has
more fun and more chances for fun
than anybody else. Sensitive people
tell me that they would not edit q
paper for all the wealth in the bank
Of England. There is no danger of
editors corralling that much in the
way Of rewards, but there is a great
deal of fun that. is not expressed in
money. Within the past few days
sound, level-headed business man
and statistician pronounce it, stat
US tishen) told me that he was en-
joying my articles on managing the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

As a result of those
operations on cherries,
farmers who were
never out of debt in
their lives have paid
up their bills. Business
houses got their old
accounts Y off their
hooks and got the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

Under the department of farm
markets they tried to get the price
raised and it was not until the
? 1919 cherry crop was partly sold
that Commissioner Miles Cannon
learned enough about the cherry
market to extend his information
to the press of Lewiston, and have
their little market report tell what
was the price of cherries in GER
tain distant cities and who was
paying that much for them. When
the paper went to the people in
the evening, cherries were selling
at around $100.a ton. The next
morning cherries began selling
in Lewiston for $3.50 a ton, thanks
to Cannon and the press. During
the rest of the cherry season
about 500 tons of cherries were
n sold for cash at the ad-
N vanced price, and by
/; ! !: Z: !: ! ! !:
s7A the time the season
H closed, the cherrygrow-
A ers in that country had
IN $4,000 more money
than they would have
III. had If it had not been
~. for the farm markets
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

for better newspaper work and better
editorial service. Several other edi-
tors said they were following the
articles closely, but did not say they
approved of what have been saying
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02
What Idaho Did to the Cherry

Idaho is a fine new state with
differences of altitude and climate
that grow elk among the high
peaks and upper valleys, winter
wheat, timothy and other hardy
things near the elk, and pears,
peaches, cherries, watermelons
and canteloupes in the lower alti-
tudes.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

ing cherries and that the farm
markets and the local paper would
just camp on the cherry markets.
OF course the cherries have to
be right as to quality, and mark
cts cannot be kept dependable and
profitable unless there is depend
ability among producers and deal
ers. When each man tries to
cheat the next man it never de-
velops business and markets.
Political fights and charges Of bad
faith between men never pro-
duced a crate of cherries. I. w.
W-ism destroys cherries and
cherry trees, cherry markets and
good faith. All the grades Of l.
w. W-ism and sabotage down to
the mere spreading Of bad reports
about the good faith or lack of
good faith in neighbor or dealer
need to be weeded out of ourselves
and cooperation and fair play put
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

to have brought about so much bet
ter understanding and SO much bet
ter conditions, that requests from
many men have been made for what
is being treated in this series. In
order to give it as wide publicity as
possible, the publisher is sending
the whole series to all the 140 news
papers in Idaho, hoping that some Of
the press of the state may approve
If the work and aid In similar eff
-orts.5
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

department and few lines in a
newspaper that circulated thru all
the Lewiston country
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

Business was so good
and whenever the
cherry growers were
in town, the mer-
chants wished that
everybody was rails
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

money where they could use it.
Families that had never dressed
we'll before, bought all the clothes
they needed, and many who had
bought the least they could get
along with, loosed their purse
strings and bought lots of goods.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02
Market

For a long time the
cherry growers around
Lewiston did not prosper.
They thought they ought
to have more than SIS or
500 a ton for their de-
licious cherries, but they
were not getting it.
Snmafimas thew fnccod of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

thought the society Of
equity or the non-part-
isan league was the
thing to join, and
some thought that all
the producers and
business men ought to
join each other and
have all working for
oo oh
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

A big darby was being registered.
"Ah can't 60 to wah," he answered
in re exemption, fob they amt mo-
body to look afteh ma wife,"
A dapper little understood colored
brother stepped briskly up and in
quired, What kind of a lookin' lady
Is yoh wife?"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

about the press and its habits and
methods.
When ! was at the capital getting
what information J could In the de-
Confined on page z
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02

the Democrats, sometimes they
fused at the Republicans, some
Of them Joined the grange, some
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-02
Managing the State Business

Plain facts about institutions. Information
the common people and for high brows q well.
q ( Meeting Boshevism with information and
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
HILL.

Mrs. Rolnda Hill, relict Of the late
S. A. Hill passed away at her home in
Buckeye last Thursday evening,
death being due to the infirmities of
age, she being so years old at the
time of her death.
Strange to relate she was the re-
naming child Of family of four,
her three brothers, Nathan, Milton
and Tom, having died several years
ago and all reached the age of so
years.
Mrs. Hill was a life long member
of the Buckeye Baptist church and
was christian woman in every sense
that the word implies. She is sur
vived by three children, Mrs. Lizzie
Walker and Messrs ]. W. and T. o.
Hill, all of this county.
After appropriate services the re-
mains of this dear good woman were
laid to rest in the Lancaster cemetery
last Friday afternoon.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
GOOD CROWD
But Not Much Business
Last Monday.

Last County Court Day brought a
good size crowd to town but there
was very little business transacted
during the day. The stock pens were
well filed with cattle and all were
sold at prices ranging from to IL
l-2 cents pound.
During the day several mules
changed hands and among the sales
were the following; W. v. Gastinean
sold young team Of mare mules for
$4,000; Will Denny sold Monte Fox
a nice one for s275; and Richard Hall
a team Of light ones to Willard Ham
for $3.50; Viii Rogers bought three
year old mare mule Of Robert Shear
er for $40, V. A. Lear sold to J. ID.
Whitehead a team Of z year odl null
es for $685., and and a five year old
team for $500.
X. E. Henry sold a nice three year
old horse to J. W. Elmore price $3.50,
Will Cornett bought a walking horse
of Lem Teater for $3.50; Joe Aldridge
sold bunch of heifers to Les Har-
Dor for $50 a head.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
EVERY MEM.
Der CANVASS
To Be Taken Next Sum
day Afternoon. All
Members Are Asked
To Remain At Home.

The men Of the Christian church
will 20 out Sunday afternoon to take
its annual Every Member Canvass.
Fifty men have been selected to 40
out in teams Of two TO call upon
every member Of the congregation.
The canvass will start from the
church at I 80 p. NJ. and continue
until completed.
II will be n breach Of christian
courtesy IL you are not at home to
receive the team who calls to see you.
The men who comprise the teams
will be served dinner at the church
Immediately after the morning SER
vice. Therefore, the teams are re-
qucsted to come prepared not to go
home for dinner.
The sermon subject Sunday morn
ing will be Looking Backward and
Looking Forward.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
ARNOLD

The sad death of their infant
daughter, Claudyne Hagan, was a Sc
we're shock to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. T. Arnold, who live near
Bryantsville. After only short ill
ness of pneumonia following in
fluenzs, the spirit of the dear little
child took its flight last Monday
morning at one o'clock. The parents
are both stricken with influenza which
makes the affliction doubly sad in the
loss of their child. Mrs. Arnold be-
fore her marriage, was Miss Ella Mae
Hagan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Hagan of this city.
The remains were inferred in the
Lancaster cemetery last Tuesday
morning after appropriate services at
the grave conducted by Rev. C. S.
Conant assisted by Rev. Palmeter of
this city.
The sympathy of the community
go out to the parents and relatives in
their sad loss.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
GERWICK.

A telegram reached here Sunday
morning announcing the death of
Mrs. Beula Ray Gerwick, daughter
of Albert and Annie Huffman of this
county.
She was twice married, the first
time to Luther Ray, who died, leaving
her widow with three small children,
two of whom died in infancy.
Later she was married to Charlie
Gerwick Of Clinton. Illinois. To this
union were born three children all of
whom are real small.
She united with the Baptist church
early in life and has ever lived up to
her confession. She was kind
neighbor and loved by all who knew
her.
She leaves one sister, Mrs. 7. L.
Broaddus by whom she will be sadly
missed and ten brothers. Ben, Price
Scott, Taylor, Andrew and Carl Of
this place, Everett Of Clinton ILL.,,
Oscar Of Tulare California, and Grow
err and Lee. who are Somewhere In
France.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
DOTY.

Mr.. John G. Doty, aged As years,
died at his home near Marksbury this
morning at one o'clock after an i'll
ness of only few days.
He contracted influenza which de-
veloped into pneumonia in the very
acute form and his death had been
expected for two or three days.
He is survived by his wife, who be-
fore her marriage was Miss Mary
Doores, of this city. He also leaves
eight children, several of whom are
sick at this time and the youngest not
expected to live.
Mr.. Doty was good citizen, a son
of the late Capt. John Doty and has
lived in the county all his life.
The widow and children have the
deepest sympathy Of the community
in their great affection. Funeral SER
vices will be conducted tomorrow
afternoon at three o'clock at the Lam
caster cemetery where the interment
will take place.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
Mat Cohen Still
Looking After
Farmers Interest,

Mat Cohen, who has been making a
great record on behalf of the farmers
of Kentucky during his term as Com
missioner of Agriculture, has taken
another step looking to the eradica-
ton of communicable disease in live
stock. Commissioner Cohen is just
back from Washington where he urg-
ed federal appropriation to be used
in the control and eradiction of COM
municable diseases in live stock, the
money to be used comparatively with
the states, The last session of the
General Assembly appropriated $685.
100 for this purpose and if the federal
government makes the appropriation
it will match Kentucky dollar for dol
lar. In fact, for every man Kentucky
puts into the field, the federal govern
ment will put up man.
Commissioner Cohen believes that
the eradication Of communicable di-
seases in live stock will, in a large
measure, help to answer the demand
for more meat. Since Commissioner
Cohen has been on the alert looking
after the interests of the farmers and
this last step taken by him will not
only aid the farmers, but will in a
measure help to decrease the cost of
meat by increasing the supply.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
.CREATORE OPERA
Company Given High
Praise By Critics In
The East.

IL the repetition Of success augur:
well for continuous success then the
audience which will have the good
fortune Of hearing "Rigolette" given
by the Creatore Grand Opera Com
pany at the Lexington Opera House
on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, will surely re-
ceive a splendid musical gift.
The Creatore forces opened their
season in Brooklyn and it was on this
occasion that New York's most Sc
we're critic paid them the following
tribute:
1.-THE Creatore Opera Company
opened with Rigoletto and offered the
most delightful surprise. In this
great spectacular and exacting opera
it rpoved to be an organization far
above the level of the average Italian
Opera companies which tour the
country with occasional minor ap-
pearances in New York theatres.
Indeed but for thelack of sensa-
tionally advertised stars it proved a
fair match for the Chicago Opera
Company, with which Campanini
crowded Lexington Avenue Opera
house last season. 1t raises wonder
how any management can afford to
give operate performances of such
all around excellence at theatrical
prices"
As if the critical critics of Boston,
by the way the most high-browish
musical city in the United States,
were not satisfied with the Brooklyn
tribute, here is one from bean Cen
tire" who goes even one better:
Enthusiasm was on tap at the
Boston Opera House when the Crea-
tore Grand Opera Company opened a
fortnight's season with aida. The
enthusiasm became more and more
marked as the opera progressed until
at the close of the big acts there were
curtain calls for both principals and
conductor almost without count"
And so the song of praise contin-
ues to come from all over the land
where the Creatore Grand Opera
Company has done its bit in behalf of
musical culture.
1t seems as if there were no chance
left even for the worst skeptic to
doubt even for moment that there
is a genuine musical treat coming to
Lexington with the Creatore Grand
Opera Company. (adv)
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
Two Red Cross
Nurses End Life,

Misses Gladys and Dorothy Crom.
well, sisters, of New York, leaped
from the rail Of the French steamer
La Lorraine, as the steamer was in
the Caronne river bound for New
York last week. Both we're drowned.
The bodies have not yet been recov-
cred.
Both the young women belonged to
the American Red Cross and were re-
turning home. A letter found in
their stateroom and addressed to the
commanding officer Of their Red
Cross unit, informed him of their in
tention ito end it alp.
The Misses Cromwell are said to
have belonged to a prominent New
York family. They had spent much
time at the front and friends said
they had complained of being tired
physically and mentally.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
Great Enterprise
Shown In Covering
Peace Conference

In accordance with its regular pol
icy, that the best is none too good for
its readers, The Louisville Herald,
with its usual enterprise, has secured
what is probably the most complete
news service possible in covering the
Peace Conference.
In addition to the Associated Press
with its army of correspondents, The
Herald has obtained the services Of
such writers as Guglielmo Ferraro,
the famous Italian historian; Albert
Thomas, former member of the
French cabinet, and Naboth Hedin,
Paris correspondent Of the Brooklyn
Eagle, and five other noted writers,
including Senator Gore, of Oklahoma.
This means the covering Of the Peace
Conference from every possible an
gle Of interest to Herald readers.
But the greatest stroke Of all is the
acquisition Of the exclusive news ser
vice for Kentucky Of the London
Daily Express. This great newspap-
err has for years been the most enter
prising Of London journals, and its
cables will bring to Herald readers
the most distinctive and exclusive
foreign news printed in the United
States.
A Herald advertisement, printed
elsewhere in this paper, gives further
information Of the special service The
Herald is offering its readers, togeth-
er with its subscription rates, and
when one considers the galaxy Of
talent represented in the Herald's
news columns, it seems almost i'm
possible that one newspaper should
be able to offer its readers such an
exclusive intellectual treat. 1t sure
ly shows wonderful newspaper enter
prise.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-01-30
ROBBERS GET.
TING BOLD
Many Have Occurred In
Lancaster During Last
Few Months.

During the past few months sew
eral robberies have been reported
throughout different parts of the city
and as yet none Of the guilty parties
have been spprehended. One that
startled the neighborhood occurred
last Saturday evening about six
o'clock, Mrs. H. J. Tinsley being the
victim Of a purse snatcher. Just at
that hour as she was entering her
front gate a young negro slipped up
from behind and snatched her purse
which she carried on her arm. She
screamed and the young culprit ran
hurriedly by the office of Hudson,
Hughes and Farnau and in Campbell
street to the "chute" and disappeared.
Several saw the negro boy running
but paid no attention to it. A few
months ago little Saufey Hughes had
Ave dollar bill snatched from his
hands as he was on his way home
about six o'clock one evening. This
boy tallies with the boy that robbed
Mrs. Tinsley.
The Puritan was entered a few
weeks ago and soma money and about
twenty-five dollars worth of cigaretts
taken. No clue. During the fall the
pool room was robbed, the safe open
ed and it is said about $3.50 was TAX
en- from 1t. No clue
But the robbery last Monday at the
depot caps the climax. Mr.. G. M.
Patterson was counting his money
preparing to take it to the bank, when
the train pulled in and he left the
money on the table together with sew
eral checks amounting to over hun
dred dollars, and when he returned a
checks were gone. In this haul the
thief got about $50 in money beside
few minutes later, the money and
the checks. No clue.