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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-05-10
Let Mike Do L


DAPlST PERIODICALS point with pride to the 841
Jesuit priests who drafted to serve as soldiers
in the French army Their military service is Of
Tered as evidence that priests loyal and ready to sac
Efce themselves for the country in which they live
But the bald facts do not warrant such complimentary
conclusions They served in the French army because the
French government drafted them They had to 90 or face
firing squad for the French authorities reserve no spec
al privileges for the agents Of Pope Benedict In France
every citizen matter what his profession must do his
part or take the consequences
Let us note what happened nearer home Here. in
the United States of America, the popes priests de-
manded exemption for themselves and their theoogcal
students from the duties of plain soldiers and they were
not required or expected to fight for country or anything
more dangerous than profitable commissions as chaplans
Some Of them got lucrative jobs Ill the army compar
able with the soft snaps they monopoze in times Of peace
So far as Roman Catholics were concerned the fighting
was left to Pat and Mike who could dig trenches in war
time as well as dig up ducats in peacetime
Pope Benedict's aristocratc diplomats are Of too
much value to their imperial Italian master to be exposed
to German shells unless the civil power SO demands In
war; as IN peace they want Pat and Mike to do the dan
gerous and d1sagreeabe part of duty.
The Tablet diocesan newspaper Of papa New York COMPLAINS hit
tey April ~ OF Roman Catholics that 90 mass ON Psalm Sunday
and remain in bed dshonorng the Lord every Sunday during
the year Was the papa editor asleep when wrote that honest
copant Where the cepsor2 Roman editors are strictly m
CURED to write that it Protestant herecs that lie n bed on
Sunday and that all members Of he 20 to early mass e
Irish prelate recently assigned to the New throne must pne
this recalcitrant editor for telling the truth
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1919-05-10

The most conspicuous weakness
Of England in the late war was due
to Roman Catholic treason in
Ireland.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

of growing old-this generous heart
Of the little child, free from wrinkles.
But unfortunately, wrinkles continue
to grow in our dispositions.
The quarrel between the executive
and the last Congress is childish in
the extreme-"I will not play in your
yard, unless / can be captain"-that
was the spirit, not only unbecoming
to supposedly wise men, but rather
pitiful picture.
The same spirit, remaining child
rem is seen in the squabbles of state
Legislators municipal councils, many
clubs of women, and some clubs of
men, all squabbling like children
literally because certain ones cannot
have their own way. Almost all
quarrels over religion are childish,
and seldom in politics is there worth
while cause for contention.
People might laugh and forgive
these exhibits, if it were not for the
fact that sometimes important bust
ness projects suffer because of them.
Failure to pass the appropriation
bills creates at least complications for
the railroads, the steel and equip
ment makers, and perhaps may in
volve deferred payments of interest
and dividends to railroad security
holders although the government
guaranteed them, for the government
cannot pay its bills unless Congress makes
appropriations.
The unfortunate part of much of
this childishness is that some of it is
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
PAINT OR WHITEWASH.

The wise and frugal man plies the paint
brush during the spare time of spring
and fall, as he understands the dual
value of paint in protecting against de-
cay and weathering and in improving the
sightliness of the farm buildings. He
feels he can not afford to use paint on
his buildings, he at least can utilize cold
water paint or whitewash. The disad-
vantage of these materials is that their
use requires more labor, for they must
be applied every year, and if the owner
wishes to use oil paints later on he will
have to scrape away all the whitewash
first.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

wicked; most Of the children's
quarrels are innocuous but the
vicious in anything warrents re-
buke and sharp correction. When the
country finds itself inconvenience
or worse, by the childishness of it's
official servants it finds a way very
speedily to inflict needed chastise-
ment.
Early in life we learn that there is
more than one way of skinning a cat,
and SO the treasury and the war
finance corporation may find way
out of the present dilemma due to
Congressional childishness, and the
episode pass over with the minimum
of inconvenience.
After all the great things we have
done in the last four years these
last days of Congress bring at least
blush of shame that may grow into
indignation, just as the shame over
the pitiful displays of some of these
Senators in their anti-war demon
strations in 1917 turned to burning
indignation. When community be-
comes indignant over the actions of
its political representatives punish
met is swift and sure.
There was one sentence in Presi-
dent Wilson's address Tuesday night,
that is absolutely true and to this
effect: "I will venture to call the
United States the most famous and
the most powerful nation in the
world" He might have added truth
fully, land the richest"
Now, here is where the blush of
shame comes in; that nation like
this should have its chosen repre-
sentatives behave like a lot of child
rem. Our chest swelled. with pride
over the attainment of this first
place in the front rank but failure to
enact essential legislation tempts one
to temporarily take refuge in an OBJ
scure corner. The most famous and
the most powerful, from the begin
ming of history, have had weak
points, or weak spots. We are no
xception-human nature never
changes. And this time our weak
ness has proved to be childish.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
HOW ABOUT FENCES.

This is propitious time for the build
ing of new and the repairing of old
fences. WORKOUT posts and wire should
be replaced where necessary to make the
fields stock-tight. If possible the sup
ply of posts should be cut on the farm or
purchased from neighbor. Usage orange,
locust, cedar, and chestnut posts are sat
isfactory for permanent fences. It is
good practice to peel the posts and dip
the butts in creosote for preventative
purposes. ''
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Gowdy- Shepherd.

Miss Jane Gowdy, who has large
circle of friends on the Heights,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ.
Gowdy, and Lieut.. F. M. Shepherd,
was married Monday evening at 8
o'clock at the Second Presbyterian
Church, the Rev. Hay Watson Smith
officiating. The ceremony was wit
messed by a few friends and rela-
tives. Lieutenant and Mrs. Shepherd
will make their home in Wichita
Falls.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Little Rock Railway & Electric Co.
letter No. 2

Subject-Inia to Railway
activities
Yesterday the figures $48O53S1
by the of operating 1918 1917 But
before that in the beginning of the heavy
but it for work which, had not been pledged in advance
would have deprived Little Rock of the other
activities.
Before the the training Fort Roots
had to be supplied with for light Pike
without
AS patriotic and civic duty the subscribed
firms corporations did, the
operating
that the machinery would inevitably be strained
by the added burden These initial
follow:
building line Fort Roots 3.72146
Cost of building line to Camp 42,65652
Subscription to fund for bringing 100000
$4,000 paid November H. 917$5000 paid January, 1879
The total initial cost given above is $5665652
there later heavy loss
low the location of the details
which will be given in later article.
the letter will tell of the condition of the machinery
the house before the established here and what
o later
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
FROM START TO FINISH WI
ACT LIKE CHILDREN.

Everybody knows the little quar-
rels of children, and how human
nature reveals itself in them; every
body also knows that that is a pro-
cess of education absolutely essential
since the wisdom of ancestors can
not be transmitted to posterity-
every child has to learn for himself.
Some of us never do grow up and in
certain ways, it is well that we do
not. 1t has been beautifully ex-
pressed, recently, by an unknown
word painter, "There are no wrinkles
in the heart" That is the ideal way
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Snodgrass & Bracy's Mail
Order Business Increases
Every Day.

This frm-Arkansas Mail Ord,
Drug Store-has outgrown all expec.
tations. There was time when then
parcel post business would be attend.
ed to in a few minutes; now they
have a man employed especially fol
this department, and he's kept busy
getting out drugs, sundries, perfumes
hospital supplies, face creams tolet
articles, rubber goods of best quality
etc. The store has earned the repu
tation-namely, "You can get it Al
Snodgrass & Bracy's." Send in to
day your mail order. Arkansas Mai
Order Drug Store.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
LET US GIVE THE DEVIL HIS
DUE.

For many years Wall Street dread
ed sessions of Congress and general
ly voiced its dread by decline in
prices before each session and cele-
brated adjournments by advancing
markets. What has happened in the
last three months in Washington has
made most of us glad to see the end
of the Goth Congress and our tri-
butes to it generally take the form
of kicks and cuffs. That some of
them are merited is true but it is
only fair to give the devil his due.
No other Congress had to deal with
such big things as did this deceased
Goth Congress for it handled our
participation in the great war. For
months it forgot partisanship and
played patriotism to the limit with
only here and there a senator or
representative to play dog in the
Manager and most of those who so
played had their congressional ex-
periences nipped in the bud by
angry constituents. Whatever the
country needed for preparation and
prosecution of the war was granted
by this Congress practically un-
animously; that is big feather in
its cap and both of the dominant
parties share alike in what glory
there is.
1t may be that the tremendous tax
bills passed were unscientific, and
better ones could have been passed,
but they went through, and so did the
Liberty Bond measures, and the
Victory Loan Act, all achievements
of greatness for which due credit
must be given.
So, while we, as business men,
deplore the failure of the appro-
priation bills, and the interminable
talk in the Senate, we must, as just
men, contribute to the devil his due.
At the same time we must blame
ourselves for paying little or no at
tention to the character of the men
we send to both houses of Congress.
We do not prefer a lot of lawyers
and politicians but because those
men seek the office, we blindly vote
for them, when we might just as
well take the bull by the horns and
see to it that business men with COM
mon sense minds are chosen instead
We are the ones that make Congress,
and when we get bad one, it is
our own fault. Therefore the sins of
any Congress rest as much upon our
shoulders as upon those of Congress-
men. One of these days, business
men will comprehend the fact that if
they want sound business legislation,
they must send sound business men
to Congress to make the business
laws.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Little Rock Railway & Electric Co.
"A Stitch in Time Saves Nine"-Old Maxim.
Very Little Trouble
To Read Your Meter

1t doesn't take but few and very little time read
three times week Doing this know exactly
daily normal weather Extra cold
be allowed knowing the daily consumption
figure whether If excessive you look
the The by neglect perhaps by
off the after the immediate it 1t
left burning bedrooms hours by neglect
be used than Bedrooms be
ed hours advance of bedtime Gas left burning while the
away may leaky pipes faulty
type
n heavy bils-not the meter ~ -.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
COST OF TRACTOR FLOWING.

In order to determine the actual cost
of blowing with tractor in Arkansas and
in order to test the efficiency and stay
ing power of the engine, the College of
Agriculture of the University of Ark
ansas recently conducted a blowing test
for 80 IL hours. Somewhat more than
"a acres of land were plowed. The exact
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Eastern Star.

'eThe Boyce Glass;" the largest
class ever initiated in the history of
the Pulaski Heights Chapter of the
Eastern Star, was initiated Thursday
night at the lodge rooms. A recep-
ton was held in honor of DR.. S. G..
Boyce, for whom the class was
named, DIR. Boyce has recently re-
turned from overseas service at the
front. After the initiation buffet
luncheon was served.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Pulaski Heights News

Emerson; vocal solo, Mrs. 5. a.
Arnold, with accompaniment by Miss
Cappleman; "Japan's Relations TO
Russia" Mrs. Joslyn; pianologue,
Kathleen Kemp, with Mrs. Baldwin
Parker accompanist; vocal solo, Miss
Carolyn Joslyn, with Mrs. G. L.
Campbell, accompanist.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the A. R. Presbyterian church met
at 2:3O o'clock Thursday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. H. A. Pittard,
700 Martin street.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Birthday Party.

A delightful birthday party was
given Tuesday afternoon for little
Frances Mallory, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Mallory, who cele-
brated her fourth birthday. Each
guest received a novel annd beautiful
favor in the form of potted
hyacinth plant in bloom.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Guest Entertained.

Miss Grace Byarley entertained
with dinner dance Thursday even
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. R. Byarley. Miss Billie
Carter, a visiting girl, was honoree.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

Doctor and Mrs. Louis Witt have
returned after a few days at the
Eastman hotel, Hot Springs, where
they were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Pfeifer.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

cost per acre was found to be abo,. !.
Following the SO IL hours Of actual =
the tractor was run for l "a miles ~
the engine had been running for As h..
it was still cool.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

Sgt. "Billie" Babcock, who has
been for the past several months with
the American Expeditionary Forces
in France, has arrived safely in New
Yord, according to kilograms received
by relatives here and is now re-
operating from an operation at the
Grand Central Hospital. He was
operated on while in an overseas
hospital last December.
A meeting of the Pulaski County
Equal Suffrage Central Committee
will be held at $3.50 o'clock Saturday
afternoon in the parlor at the city
hall.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Drama League.

The Drama League met Tuesday
evening in the Greene room of the
Public Library.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
LE TER No. 1

SubjectWat Camp Pike and other activities the
company and impaired machinery.
location of Pike Little Rock big thing
merchants hotel restaurant drug popretor automobile deal
auto livery fact all lines of business proted largely by
the location of government activities here
Perhaps the Little Rock Railway and Electric Company stood
losing heavily proftng by the influx popula
ton and the increased traffic and
The following figures taken from the official
1913 will why increased business and receipts
resulted in heavy loss
INCREASE IN GROSS RECEIPTS IN 1918
OVER 1917 - S3100l9O6
MEL IOSS l49,O34.15
While gross receipts per
in operating costs Sc
This operating due largely to the increased
of coal and labor the Coal advanced
800 material advanced from per
uned labor at the house 100 And while
chants could meet increased by increasing selling prices
railway because of its held pewar
charge for transportation.
In later articles shall into further Details taking the public
unreservedy into confidence people
that the lost money the
heavily impaired machinery due to the strain it.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14

The Woodruff S. l. A. was delight
fully entertained at the home of Mrs.
w. M. Hardister on Thursday after
noon.
The house was tastefully decorated
with spring flowers and ferns.
Assisting in dispensing hospitality
were Mesdames M. B. Dunnam, w.
r. Beatti and w. P. Potts.
Under the direction of Mrs. D. E.
Bee musical program was pre-
scented.
Especially good was the solo, "At
Dawn" sung by Mrs. Julian Hamil
ton Miller; the readings by little
Miss Haven Bee and the violin solo
by Miss Helen Renfro, and piano
duet by Ruth Johnston and Emma
Jean Bait.
Refreshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. w. NJ Branch, 1920
North Palm street, received a tele-
gram from their son, Corporal
Harold P. Branch, saying he would
arrive here on furlough. He is
stationed at a base hospital at Camp
Merritt, N. j.
The Bay View Reading Club met
last Friday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. w. H. Halliburton, with Mrs.
Leavell leader of the following pro-
gram: Talk, "Red Cross Work." Mrs.
The Pulaskian., 1919-03-14
Woodruff S. l. A.

The Woodruff S. l. A. was delight
fully entertained at the home of Mrs.
w. M. Hardister on Thursday after
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-29

we personally wanted something worse
than anything else in the world and
got worked up enough about 1t, we'd
understand the word strike and
maybe we'd engineer one ourselves.
It's all in the way we look at az
fairs from the personal standpoint,
from the angle OF our own interests.
Naturally we see no reason for the
coal miner striking unless we're a
miner or a miners wife. Speaking
individually we knew, very little about
tn epersonal side OF 1t. Somebody
started the ball to rolling and all over
the country folks went on strikes, first
one kind and then another. NobodylI
ever get the ball untangled, not If they
talk and write till doomesday The
strongest faction wins out and then
everything settles down again and
that's the way we grow-whether to
greatest or to weakness is the ques-
ton which will not be solved in this
world AS long as there is world
people are going to get spells of rest
iessuess and something uproariops is
bound to happen periodically. It's a
whole lot i"-1nier just to keep out Of
the wraCgies and to watch curously
from 1istance-when it doesn't ma
terially concern one. When it does
oh, well, that's another story!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-29
HIGH SCHOOL ELEVEN
On A COSTLY TRIP
Toledo School Boys Make a
Tour of Pacific Coast
Towns.
BY FRED TURBYvlLLE.

Probably the most expensive trip
that a football team ever took is now
under way and will termine at Everett,
Wash, New Years Day, when the
Scott High gridders of Toledo, o., will
clash with the team there in battle
for the prep championship of the coun-
try. Taking IL regulars and 10 sub
sI':utes, coaches, managers, ETC., from
Toledo to Everett and back costs
$500. Toledo gets $4,000 from the
Everett game and the rest was made
up in Toledo in appreciation OF the
wonderful work Scott High boys dio
this season.
The Scott boys left Toledo Friday
December 10, by way of Chicago with
the first stop scheduled at Grand. Can
yOn. The day before Christmas and
Christmas day will be spent in Los
Angeles. Then the trip will pro-
coed up the coast to Washington,
where the athletes will have little
time to timber up and get acclimated
before tackling the home guard.
On Christmas Eve there will be a
big party in the Los Angeles hotel,
where the team stops, and huge
trunkful of presents will be opened
and hung on the Christmas tree and
in the stockings of the athletes. The
presents are from relatives, friends
and the city of Toledo,
Christmas afternoon the boys will
take dip in the surf at Long Beach.
They had hoped to play the Long
Beach High school team, California
champions, that afternoon, but the
game was called off. After day and
night in Frisco they will go on to
Mount Shasta for a short stopover.
After the game at Everett there
will be big banquet, the visitors de-
parting next day and will cross the
Puget Sound and visit in Victoria and
Vancouver before catching a Canadian
Pacific train eastward through the
Canadian Rockies. They will enter
The United States again in Minnesota,
coming through Duluth, Minneapolis
and St. Paul on the return, and will be
back at their desks in school Janu-
airy 6.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-29
The World Is a Harbor for Misfit
Ships.

Have you read THE Harbor' by
Ernest Poole? II you have not, I'm
sure you would like it. It's story OF
the great New York harbor written
from four dierent angles or view
points, Each slant is fascinating.
There's much in the story about labor
unrest and unions and strikes, all
three big subjects in the world today.
Is the average person bothering his
hea dabout these things? Not you or
l perhaps but many persons are and
these many each have an interest OF
some kind in them. A few weeks past
we read OF first one strike and then
another, Of this decision in congress
and then that-of the glory of prohi-
bltion and then OF the wall Of protest
from those who faced ruin financially
because of 1t. We read today of the
fools who must have a drink with a
kick and some Of them promptly kick
out OF the world on wood alcohol con-
coctions, And then we go back to la
Dor dissatisfactions. What do we
make out of 1t all? Ishn't the whole
world a harbor for misfit ships?
In 1.-THE Harbor' we sympathiza
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-29
YALE GAME BIG event.
IN VIVA. ATHLETICS
First Time a Big Three
Team Ever Played In
side This State.

MORGANTOWN, Dec. 20. = The
1919-2O basketball season will be
marked here by the biggest opening
attraction ever staged at the univer-
sity when the five wearing me Yale
Blue will come on Wednesday night
New Years Eve, to battle Coach
SLadsYold's Mountaineers. incident,
~, it will be the fist time in the his.
tory of sport in all of West Virginia
that any team representing The Biz
Three" of eastern Intercollegiate
athletics, has ever come inside the
boundaries of the state for . contest
II Stadsvold's men can win from
Yale, the position CT the new mentor
in the hearts OF MOuntaineer students
AID supporters will be firmly cStab-
fished, The cancellation Of the
scheduled opening contest with the
Pittsburgh Collegians last F:iday
night week ago, denied Stadsvold an
to see his men under fire
before the Yale game and was . dis7
appointment to him that was ontg
partially diss!pated by the hard fought
scrimmage game that was staged be-
tween the strong Varsity and RE
serve teams in which tho Varsity won
handily and showed excellent form in
Us first public appearance.
A big crowd 10 expected to see the
Yale team. The appearance Of Char
lie Taft as one of the coaches OF the
Blue, anu of Garfield, as guard on
the Yale team, both of whom are sons
of cx.presidents is enough Of an a.
traction in itself to bring out recoru
crowd for basketball here, but Van
Slyck, the captain and all-castern
forward; Thorne Murphy, son Of the
famous alike" ..iurphy and other
celebrated players combine to make
the attraction the greatest by far tnS'
was ever offered on the Mountaineer
floor.
Arrangements have been completed
for starting the game at 1880 so that
fans from Fairmont, ClarksbuTg and
other central West Virginia points
can get here in the late afternv'lr ~
go back the same night,