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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-12

SEvENTH-NIORE DTvIDENDS-NEXT payment o. dividends
positively VIII be paid JULY 18th and the
18th and the NEXT JANUARY 18th, pros
poets in the world Of being larger than
EGHTH-CAN YOU BEAT IT9-Those EXTRA DIVIDENDS to
be added to that next payment should
HOUN WELL to be drilled the J. A. tract BESIDE
THE MIGHTY NORWOOD Wen, which is said TO pr0duc-
ing 10000 barrels of high grade oil daily, NOW.
NLNIH-AND MORE DIVIDENDS-EXTRA DIVIDENDS. if Won
please. should be paid a Of in the
RANGER toWnsite- say dividends because the
present production ABSOLUTELY ASSURES the mere ~
which guaranteed
IENTH-AND STILL MORE-Our splendid BURKBURNETT hold
ns should be producing added dividends adding the price
Of stock within days. The DAYS reports show
two 400-baITe wells and sOO-bare RIGHT N
THIS DISTRICT
ELEVENTH BESIDES-There HOOD COUNTY vel down
$500 feet and roaring production practicable as
sured within THIRTY DAYS.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-11
EFFICIENCY TALK
 ID BUSINESS MEN
Illustrated Lecture Next Tuesday
 Open to All Interested

The three reel feature film, 'Trou- bles of a Merchant, and How to Stop Them," will be presented for the first time in New Britain next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Elks' hall. In connection with a film, a lecture on retail merchandising will be given. All merchants and salespeople in the city are invited to attend. No charge will be made for adm isSiOn.
 l.. A. Sprague, secretary of the chamber of commerce, has secured the film and merchandising lecture through the National Cash Register company, Dayton, o. s. F. FannOn, expert lecturer of the Dayton com pany, will be the speaker. The lecture has been given before commercial organizations and conventions throughout the country and has been highly commended. Causes for losses and failures in retail business are shown, and their remedy told in the lecture, which has been prepared from the experience of the National Cash Register company in it's 34 years of dealing with merchants in all parts of the world.
 A prominent place in the lecture is given to the value of newspaper ad- vertlslng. By means of stereopticon slides Mr. Fannon will tell how to pre- pare newspaper copy, how to secure best results, and why a merchant should advertise continually. Window display, efficiency of clerks, selling methods, credit business, delivery problems and other topics of interest to merchants will also be discussed
 The film tells in a, vivid manner the story of MT. White, a merchant who is near failure. As the film progress es the reasons for his lack of success become plans. Poor arrangement of goods, an unattractive front lax busi- ness methods, and most of all, out-of- date business methods, all contribut- ed their quota of loss.
 Finally a change comes in the ca reer of MT. White. He cleans up his store, installs a modern system, and rapidly rises to success. The film is declared to have a business lesson in every scene.
 Many merchants and salespeople in this city are expected to welcome the opportunity offered by this lecture and a large attendance is expected.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-11
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
Mrs. Lobdell Was Take1s Suddenly III in Dental Office Yest' eath Was Due to Heart FailsgiaA

Mrs. Ida Alice LobdeI1, w1~>Was taken suddenly ill while waiting To nave some dental work done in the Of hce Of Dr. Monks yesterday aftern oon and who was removed to her home in the police department ambulance, died at her home last night Death was due to heart failure.
 The police were called to the office Of Dr. Monks at about 12:45 o'clock yesterday and Officer Herbert Tvon droveEthe ambulance at the reauest of the doctor, who stated that a woman had taken suddenly sick He found Mrs. Lobdell in a weakened condition and brought her to her home at 95 Smalley street. Doctor Mary Moura- dian was called to attend her. She died early in the evening"
 The deceased was 55 years of age, and member of the Trinity Metho- dist church. Rev. H. A. Cook will be Tn charg of the funeral serVxes-Eo he held from the home this afternoon at o'clock and following the ceremonies the body will be sent to Ashland. New Hampshire, where interment will be held Sunday afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-11
CITY ITEMS.

s1.oo shoe sale at Besse-Leland's.- advt.
 We still have. a few straw hats l left. Conn. Hat Co.-advt.
 Carl NeuratI, discharged from the navy a few days ago has entered the employ of the Adams Express com pany.
 New shoes added daily to our shoe sale. Besse-Leland Co-advt John Vita, who was committed to the County Home at Warehouse Point Hast Monday by the local court, has kescaped from the institution. The local police have been notified of the &escape.
 e July sale mems suits at Besse-Le- fand' s.-advt. SJoseph Donlan has been discharged from the Naval Reserve after a years S \ service. He was in transport duty for several months. s1.00 shoe sale at Besse-Leland's.- advt. ! Jolly Three dance Sat. night, Berlin. RNadvf
 Tess Be1oin has purchased of Roy 3Arbour, the restaurant, formerly con- ducted by the latter at 62 Church street.
 New shoes added daily to our shoe sale. Besse-Leland Co.-advt. ! The Sunday school picnic of the HR eformation Lutheran church will be |held at Hart's Pond tomorrow. The truck will start from Main street, 2corner of Arch street, and not from fne Green. The hours of leaving will be 9.3o and 10:30 a. m. and 1 and D n.
 July sale mems suits at Besse-Le- land 's.--adyt.
 Big clearance sale at Go1denblum Millinery Co.--advt.
 s1.00 shoe sale at Besse-LeIand s. advt
 New shoes added daily to our shoe
 ale. Besse-Leland Co.-advt.
 Joseph Negrola purchased the con-
 erts of store at No. 692 North Main
 p-vet owned by Teof1 Drcbinski. Mr.
 egroIa has moved from Church
 rect to North Main on account of
 he new block being erected by George
 ogers.
New Britain herald., 1919-07-11
DISTORTED SENSE OF HUMOR.
Newspapers Have to Guard Against
 Unauthcntic Notices.

Through somebody's distorted sense of humor this paper published a short item recently announcing the engage- ment of Miss Edith Kirke of 173 Park street to James H. Parkington. The Item was accepted at this office in good faith and was, apparently. given in good faith since it was signed prop- erly Subsequent Investigation has shown that the story was not only un- authorized, but also false and the signing was not done by the one whose name was signed
 All newspape make every effort to exercise all caution in the printing of announcements concerning marriages, births and engagements because there are, unfortunately, not few poor deluded mortals who consider it the last word in humor to send a newspa- per a story announcing the engage ment of some acquaintance There fore the rule has been made that no items of this sort be printed unless it's truth is verified by some of the inter- ested parties. For this req son many such items, mailed or telephoned into the office, never appear in print and those in charge are ofttimes treated to a verbal assault by the disappointed reader. Fortunately there are only a. few instances where the paper is giv- en false information, but in an effort to protect all, no items of this nature are accepted unless, as far as possi- ble, they are verified Heretofore if was deemed probable that if an item was signed it was authentic. Now standards of authenticity must be changed. .E
New Britain herald., 1919-07-11
WILL ATTEND MEETING.
|aator. Klett Notified of Special Ses-
 sion of July 15.

Senator George ". Klett has been Fotifed Of g meeting of senators and representatives from Hartford county be held at Warehouse Point, July at M o'clock in the morning for De purpose of discussing the pro- Resed addition to the County Home Ed the new bridge extending from &indsor Locks to Warehouse Point. The County Home is overcrewded } d several cases from this city have l on refused admittance because of Ne crowded conditions. The new Edition is to be a, temporary one to used until conditions are inn #eved. The bridge question which T arisen since the old structure
 Aen pronounced unsafe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25

cafe in Los Angeles, in partnership with
 Billy Ripper, which is proving good
 paving investment. As an automoplle
 expert he also writes frequently TOT
 newspapers and magazines.
 Barney Oldfield will go down In nls-
 tory not only as daring and successtui
 driver, but as one of the greatest race
 track generals who ever lived and prac-
 tical automobile expert who has few
 equals.
 Then Bong Joor!' says Barney Old
 field "Himself." i've been engaged to
 give my personal attention to your car IL has just been discovered that I've been absorbing a whole lot of valuable infor- nation about the care and upkeep or every car built in the past 20 years. Dur ing that time the public thought my soie interest was the establishment of repu- tation for holding most of the world worthwhile speed records. l plead guilty. But it was my intimate knowledge of cars, the designing and construction and l general ability to force the last ounce of 1 power out of them that enabled me to l pull down so many 'firsts Just to help 1 out a whole lot of good fellows who have | been too busy with other things to de- | vote 20 years of their life to acquiring | this practical knowledge I've written a | book for you. Do not merely glance my 1 book through, or read it carelessly, but l study it with view to understanding 1 it Keep at this study until you have i thoroughly absorbed the general advice | and suggestions, even if you fail to grasI | the more technical information it con tains. No matter what class or price | your car represents, I'll try to help you
 reduce the upkeep and increase its ser vice. You know mel
 l BARNEY OLDFIELD."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25

c IGTORE Tn your IIttu d piS'NN' ID young professor, serious. Oeauti- fully educated, with all the qual- &S flies of heart and mind that go to make up the idealist, and you have clear idea of pr. Robert Lemuel Wiggins who so ably occupies the chair of Eng fish at the Birmingham-southern college the biographer of Uncle Remus' De- loved and adored by thousands; the intl- mate friend and admirer of the one and only Joel Chandler Harris, the idol of hundreds of southerners, both young and old.
 A few years ago this young Georg1a professor. Robert Lemuel Wiggins' al ways a great admirer of literature ana always a devoted student of belle lettres' decided that he would make a contriou- +;on to the literary world by compiling inc intimate life story of Georgias own "uncle Remus," in ''The Life or 1oei Chandler Harris: From Obscurlty Ill Bovhood to Fame in Early Manhood and right we'll did he accomplish HIS task as those of us know who have nad the delightful pleasure of perusing ms charming and Interesting book.
 Dr. wiggins deals with every phase or the life of Joel Chandler Harris, from bovbood to manhood, through his su- nreoe achievement in creating Uncle Remus and in making him world character.
 Ii is difficult to obtain a true perspec- five of a human life. It is still more .s,se;o,,,+ +o transfer the scenes to the biosranhical canvas and to place the lehts and shades where each belongs to hiring out the true harmony and artis- Tie condolences of the picture; so com naratively few qualify for the position hut pr. Wiggins, whose successful career al the Rirmin gham-Southe college, anc othep colleges, has placed him in posi- ton to do excellent work as plosra' pher, to put down in cold, gray type very feelingly the beautiful life of the man beloved by so many myriads Of hearts for. besides all his talent for writing Dr Wiggins had the enviable privilege nj a close, warm friendship with tho Harris family, dSSlSllHS MI Q. A'ohA' A'H' S-i' wife of Uncle Remus,' in working ou many problems concerning the life ane letters and fortunes UT Uncle Remus. Many happy days has he spent visiting at .'Wren's Nest,'' the famous Harri' home on Snap Bean Farm" over 1T Atlanta.
 Dr. wiggins, may say en passant, IS a man of extraordinary mentality he ha had excellent advantages taking his A B. degree at Emory college, in 1903; hii M. A. degree at Vanderbilt university il 1907, and his Ph. D. at the University O Virginia in 1915, beside pursuing graduate studies at Chicago and Columbia uni versities
 pr. wiggins began his career as
 teacher in the public schools of Georgia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25
Pussy Bosses and Others

Edgar White, in Leslies.
 It is given to few men to control wisely Most of those in authority seem disposed to show it.
 The noisy boss may get the work done, but he doesn't win the confidence and re- spect of his men. They don't like to be bawled out among their fellows, even when they have made an error.
 One of the most effective superinten- dents I ever saw was the quietest and most modest man about the shop. He decided questions promptly, in a low but easily understood voice, in a few words, and then stopped. During business hours he never let any one speak to him un- necessarily. He occupied a small table over in one corner of the large work room, and a visitor to the shop would never know he was there Yet the power and direction of hundred machines and twice as many workers emanated from that quiet corner, and the man writing there knew what was going on in every part of the big room.
 In that shop every man who stayed felt an interest in the output, and was work ing toward higher position. The tares were carefully weeded out. There was no friction, no hard words between the su- perintendent and men, but all came under that memorable law which demanded steady improvement. Good men gladly
 
 clared it harsh The workman must think as well as the men over him, and if his mental process are disturbed by a noisy boss he can't make the progress a man should make under normal conditions. The indifferent boss is as bad as the noisy boss. Men like to feel they are ap- preciated by those for whom they work. l If they are not they will soon lose inter l est. I know of case where men quit and took other jobs because the man they were working for never spoke to them. | Perhaps there are some establishments where the exigencies of the service do not permit of friendly exchanges between l workmen and employer but in the great majority of cases there is way of let- l ting the workers know if their service is l sa tisfactory, and the employer who with | holds just recognition from the selfish | fear that his men might ask more wages | is imperilling the reputation of his estab- | |lishment For l don't believe the man | or woman lives who will continue in loyal l and steadfast service of any person who refuses manifestation of appreciation | for fear of "a demand for an advance. The ideal workshop is great family. | with all pulling in the same direction, 1 eager to build up the concern and make 1t tower above others of its kind. This situation can only be reached by an aml- cable understanding between employer and employe, and that understanding is arrived at by making conditions pleas ant and by showing consideration as vel as by the wage paid.
 1 It is within the power of business concern to inspire devotion in It's em- ployes the same as a considerate officer develops the affection of his soldiers. On< the way is found and followed prosperity and good results will come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25

then in Wofford college, and was instruc- tor in English at the Universities of Texas and Virginia a year each, before becoming professor of English in the Southern university in 1915. His father. Rev R. |. Wiggins was for 52 years an active minister in South Georgia and Florida Methodist conferences, and his brother, Rev S. P. Wiggins, is presiding elder of the Athens district, North Geor- gia, conference. His wife. formerly Miss Gertrude Holland of Georgia and their handsome little 5-year-old son, are at- tractive members of the college commun- ity.
 Since his boyhood days pr. Wiggins has been active in religious life. Several times during the summer vacations he has been engaged as business manager of the Christian conferences for young people meeting in North Carolina, ana was first financial secretary for the great Christian workers training plant at Blue Ridge He is keenly interested in college life, and, as the students say, He knows
 English and how to teach it."
 pr. Wiggins has two hobbies" if l
 might call them such. One is Uncle Re- mus" and the other is the Birmingham
 Southern college, and the sincere and
 genuine admiration in which he is held
 by the faculty and students of that in
 stitution proves his popularity and the
 gentle influence he has wielded in the great work he is doing.
 Many times we have read of how Joel Chandler Harris in an accidental way became the author of Uncle Remus; that Mir. Clark Howell, editor of the "Constitution," called on him one morn l ing to supply some negro talk such as Sam Small cold Sf) had taught the readers to expect, and that this turned the trick
 l However, as is to be expected in the career of great man, what appears on i the surface as an accident is to be ac- counted for through an extended period | of preparation. Dr. Wiggins as the au- thor of "The Life of Joel Chandler liar ris From Obscurity In Boyhood To Fame | Tn Early Manhood" has made exhaustive | researches and given to the world, as 1t | has never been done before, the sue cessive steps in MT. Harris literary ca
 reer.
 i In pr. wiggins' Preface" we read 1 these line:
 l opportunity to contribute to the knowledge of Joel Chandler Harris came
 to the author, a native of Georgia, While
 he was living in the city of Atlanta. The Sign of the Wren's Nest was throwr | open to him by Mrs. Harris just as she began setting things in order for the ap preaching occupancy of the home by tho Uncle Remus Memorial association. Sht generously laid before him MT. Harris lboyhood scrapbooks, an invaluable file O. The Countryman, letters, pertinent clip pings, etc., and through leisurely con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25

impressions of these juvenile writings, pr. Wiggins has incorporated complete reproductions, arranged in Part IT. of the biography-"H Harris Early Literary Efforts
 Further reproductions supplement the simple but scholarly story of Joe Harris graceful rise from the trade of typesetter ! to the profession of journalist. From Ma | con, New Orleans, Forsyth and Savan- nah are brought evidences of his intel lectual progress and literary inclinations. i The Atlanta Constitution discovered Joel Chandler Harris before he was 25 and lost little time in attaching him to it's staff.
 l Dr. Wiggins reproduces from an issue of this paper, dated April 23, 1873, a half column or more that was published un- der the leading:
 "Jinks Conundrum Harris: An Illus trated Biographical Sketch of One of Georgia's s Funny Men,
 l Under a date along about the middle | of September, 1876, we are told, there ap- peared on the register of the Kimball house in Atlanta the following sigma ture: 'J. c. Harris, Wife, Two Sons and a Bilious Nurse" Capt. Evan P. Howell, editor of the "Consttution, seized upon the young journalist, who had brought his family away from the yellow fever in their home city, and said to him: You are not going back to Savannah; you are going to stay right here and join the Constitution staff," and he did.
 From the biography: "A flood of press congratulations poured in upon the Con
 stitution' from all sections, marking the
 high esteem in which MT. Harris was
 held throughout the state and beyond It was primarily as a paragraphist, un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25

(Ga) editor who knew wrote: Who ever recalled a spfteful or malicious paragraph from Joe Harris pen?' Henry Grady said: He has developed spirit or nu- nor, gentle, tender and sportive. that IS equal to the best of Willis and recais Iruin and Lamb. Through his jag ged and crude work of daily Journarsm there shines the divine light of genius Verses with his signature appear ed occasionally During 1877 he wrote several special stories for the Sunday Constitution" which betokened his sue cessful short stories of later years.
 Startling to MT. Howell and Mir Frank L. Stanton, long time associates Of MT. Harris on the Constitution" stall, as well as to readers everywhere, was Dr' Wiggins discoverey of a novel published serially by MT. Harris in the Weekly Constitution of 1879 entitled "The Ro- nance of Rockville
 This proved to be previous handling into the well known Sister Jane." This novelette,, and those contributions to the "Constitution' that show the gradual evo- lution of the short story in MT. Harris writing, are included in Part H. of the book The whole story of the creation 1 of Uncle Remus" from the day of "Old sis- withdrawal from the paper is told bv pr. Wiggins as it has never before ! been told.
 1 With reproductions" Dr. Wiggins shows every stage in the progress of Mir. Harris experimentation leading into his supreme achievement.
 1 Tn Dr. Wiggins' biography we have matter that everyone who loved Joel Chandler Harris will read with eagerness. And here we have that which will be a | ioy to scholars in all the years to come.
 Truly did Professor Trent of Columbia university write to Dr. Wiggins:-
 q was much interested in the material
 you have gathered which seems necessary to an understanding of Joel Chandler
 Harris. You have done valuable piece of work
 In this war-worn and war-ridden world of today-when every heart is at fever heat and many of us find little or nc time for the beautiful old-fashioned sen ItlmentS ee.s of self-orientatioA, at time when tht
 voice of the past grows faint ano there is a crying need for us to keer our memories green and experience
 those forces to which as section ane
 a nation we are so sacredly indebted
 the volume of Dr. Wiggins comes at
 most opportune moment
 Among these forces that call from thu
 past are the heart and the genius O. ssUncle Remus'' and today when his owi
 native southland is once more abloon with the beauty of the springtime; wher the flowers are unfolding their fragran
 petals and all the earth is glad ant joyous, let us pause for moment ant Hook upon the graphic description of ; life which was always beauty and alway springtilne, always love and alway
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-25

versaton from day to day afforded such illumination on the life and character of her husband as could come from no other source"
 In the scrapbooks and "The Country man. were found, one might fairly say, everything that Joel Harris wrote until the age of IS. It is revelation that there were only trifling puns and conon- drums bearing the signature Country mans Devil" of which we have heard
 so much, but that there were dozens of
 poems signed Joel c. Harris" and many
 columns of prose.
 Back to these early productions the author of the biography traces character
 istics of MT. Harris mature work. "In all the sketches of Harris that have so far appeared" writes pr. Wiggins, much has been made of his contribu- lions to The Countryman' signed 'Coun- tryman's Devil As a matter of fact, he did put some things in The Country man over that signature, but they gave little evidence of literary possibilities. Indeed, they were only series of puns; and the evidence of anything literary about Harris, so far as they are con- cerned, lies perhaps in the fact that his critical judgment would not allow him to sign his own name. Of the first piece that appeared in The Countryman' over his name we read 'Grumblers' was pub- Ished nine months after Harris arrival at Turnwold. when he had just passed | his 14th birthday. In addition to snow | ing his inclination to write, 1t shows an early acquaintance with the Arabian Nights and taste for imaginative writ
 ing. May we not, too. foresee the mis- chieyous boy of the playground becom- | ing the humorist of literature?'
 Not content to give us merely his owr