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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-28
s. The United States could
withdraw from the league at

any tlme.
Every Senator-Knox, Lodge,
Brandegee. McCumber. Hitchcock,
to name a few who discussed the
dinner yesterday-agreed that the
President actually made these state
ments or admissions. The Republi-
cans naturally were elated. The
Democrats correspondingly down.
cast. Senator Lewis Uil.) paced the
senate corridors muttering:
He made a great mistake; oh,
dear. fear he has made q fearful
error"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-28
DIVORCE rs CRANTED

divorce was granted today sep
arating Anna from w. Sherman Keis-
ling. of Juniata county. Cruel and
barbarous treatment was alleged in
the proceedings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-28
Dizzy? Bilious? Constipated?

Don't permit yourself to become
|nstipated. as your system immedi-
|ely begins to absorb poison from
|e backed-up waste matter. Use
/. Kings New Life Pills. and keep
ell Try them Al druggists
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-28

DIGEST Topics of the Day are flashed on the
screen the enthusiasm which greets this novel and
attractive feature is unbounded The audience rocks
with laughter and applause each one in the series
of punch paragraphs with their lively humor keen
SATIRE and trenchant witticisms on the social, pot-
cal and other foibles of the day. The movies"
are but the mirror of the world and the popularity
of the Topics of the Day is but the echo of the ever
increasing chorus OF acclaim that greets each weekly
reaPpearance of THE LITERARY DIGEST
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-28

10 ue aoftereo uy sFusaes.
captain Ceilings made a study Of
hself. of his condition-and at last ne
is rewarded by the finding of the
|thod that so quickly made him Q well,
long, vigorous and happy man.
anyone can use the sa me method; (;
simple, easy, safe and inexpensive.
|ery ruptured person in the world
build have. the Captain Ceilings book.
Ping all about how he cured himself,
b how anyone may follow the same
Eatment in their own home without
b trouble. The book and medicine are
ZEE. They will be sent prepaid to
y rupture sufferer who will MI out
lay y-now-before you put down this
per.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-23
Dixie Motor Sales Co.
30l Madison Ave.
Tel. M. 2O28.

WHITE MOTOR TRUCK FOR SALE
A five-ton, 72-H. p, 1~6-valve White
q. Nj, motor truck. equipped with Fire
stone Giant rubber tires. This is the
regular heavy DUTY Good Roads truck
with the dump body taken off and log
hunks put on instead with an SKIS flat
body, Can be used for logging, road
work or heavy hauling. Motor in first
class mechanical condition. Am now
hauling a. bales Of cotton at a load on
truck and trailer over country roads.
This truck cost new last April $3.50
without the rubber tires.
JACK p. ALDRIDGE,
Arcola. Miss.
FORD Touring 1919 in perfect condi-
ton. Run 500 miles. No extras. No
trades, Have purchased Sedan, reason
for selling. M As, News Scimitar.
AIIrn SIIppI Lee ANn nrnAIne
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-23
SEWING

SEWING MACHINES repaired, any
make, rented. sold; old machines ex-
chanred, club plan. r L, Setssinger 4
Co. ia North Main. NJ 1888,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-23
S%SzD
Cbr nEms 85rtmttar
Classified Section
AUTOMOBILES
AUTOS FOR SALE.

EXCEPTIONAL bargains in used cars
which have Just been painted and put
in first-class running order. These cars
are positively as stated above. The
tires are good, the batteries are good
and the motors are good.
1 Apperson Roadster .......,.S 10000
This car has only been run l,46O miles.
1 Apperson Roadster .......... 100000
/ Apperson Touring q pass.)... 10000
/ Saxon Touring ...,........ 10000
I Mitchell Touring ..."........ 10000
l Hudson Super-Six ........... 1,425,0O
1 studebaker Touring .......... $1,000
1 Paige Touring ................ l.110.0O
1 7-passenger Packard ......... $4,000
If you will come in and look these
cars over you will agree that they are
bargains, and If you are in need of a
used car you will certainly drive away
In one.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-23
MOVING. HAULING AND STORAGE.
III SfEo,
nRNIGON cTIrDTOS


SAFE AND LOCK EXPERTS-We
have two Of the most capable ex-
perts In the South. Their services are
available on short notice at any hour
Of the day or night to open or repair
safes, Bank work a speciality, Orgill
Rrns. & Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01

in the primaries is seeking to disrupt the
party then the whole theory of the pri-
mary is wrong and it is crime for any
man to disagree with the small group
that does the selecting.
We do not believe that the mass of
Republicans of this city hold any such
view The right of Congressman Moore
to seek nomination is as sacred as the
right of Judge Patterson. No argument
is needed to prove it. The man who gets
the greater number of votes will be the
legal candidate of the party, whoever he
may be, with his rights hedged about by
all the sanctities of law A contest at
the primaries is the most wholesome
thing that can happen in the party.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
THE LETTER MEN,

4 TNOR the rank and Gle Of Americans thc
letter carrier has lost very little Of
\ the romantic glow with which a general
friendly regard surrounded him in earlier
days when, before the telephone, he was
the only messenger of friends, the most
anxiously awaited of the days callers,
the personifcation of governmental cffi-
cheney and cheerful voice without which
no morning could be complete.
Somehow or Other the genera cIti-
cheney of the postal service is being main
tanned despite the successive disasters of
the Burleson regime. The mail system
goes on by its own momentum. 1t is
sustained by the traditions of earlier
years and the inherited enthusiasm of
its personnel.
The letter carriers deserve the best
that the city can offer them during their
convention here 1t is 10 to everybody
to see that they are made to feel at home.
1t has been said that they may attempt
to do something about the postmaster
general. That is asking too much. The
whole country has fought Mr.. Burlcson
and lost-temporarily. 1t looks as if we
shall have to endure him to the end,
which-prajses be!--isn't far off
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
WHERE LIGHT is NEEDED

THE Public Utilities Commission in
l. New Jersey seems destined for an in
Yestigation of sorts, no matter how the
next election goes. So far as we know
public service commission has never
been "probed," Lexowed or subjected to
the harsh but invigorating process of
formal undertaking. They are too new in
the various states.
Superficial evidences, such as the rates
for electric light and power service on
the far side of the Delaware and recent
astounding decisions relating to trolley
fares, make it appear that something
new in Investigations which would he of
benefit in good many other states may
we'll have its beginning. in New Jersey.
State utilities commissions are pretty
important organizations in these days of
strain and high prices. If they are lax
and easy-going or worse they cannot be
investigated too soon or too thoroughly.
If, on the other hand, they function eff
GENTLY and exclusively for the public
good, then the people will feel better to
be formally assured of the exceptional
fact.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
THE "R" MONTHS MESSAGE

NO MATTER what the astronomers
tell US, summer ends today. The
Labor Day weekend puts a period to it..
Take vacation from an American citi-
zen and what remains? Work. The
average chap accepts the residue and
plunges in philosophicaly.
But besides going to the Office tomor-
row he has one other duty which is i'm
perative. If he has any regard for the
city's welfare, he should register for the
right to vote in the primaries and the
mayoralty election. The second of the
three registration days is usually the
slackest Let the summerers respond as
they should and it may not have to be so
rated this year.
The return of the "I''' months has
triple significance this year: the gour-
met rcgains his oysters, the good citizen
his vote, the week -ender or tourist of
longer range renews business at the old
stand. And process of registration will
neither tax his purse nor his pent-up
energies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
THE CHAFFING DISH

with lined faces and old eyes, with bodies
powerful and supple. The sea echoes hard
words, threats and curses spoken long ago,
breathcs of cruelties that broke bodies ard
hearts, bringing the weakness and occasional
strength of great despair. The old and
salty wind of unrest, bearing countless bits
and tossings of memories from all the days
that have been on the sea, flows past their
faces, and from the sordid broken bits there
flashes here and there CLEAN of color or
bright metal, poignant and compelling to
wonder with the greatness of ships and
deeds of which they are but the dust of
dreams.
Then all the sea magic Of half forgotten
recklessness and freedom and enduring
hardship becomes one with the thresh and
unrestful expanse of the changing waters,
and for a cleansing moment they know, who
sail in ships, that they are but children and
the mercst passengers on the sea, beautiful
of old and desperately wise
MCKNIGHT BLACK.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
A PREPosTERoUs GRAFT

IN VIEW of the Public Service Commits
= sion's exposure of the practice Of
renting" streets to taxicab companies, it
is really astonishing that sidewalk pc
destrians have been exempted. The
hotels and railroads have been overlook
ing good bet. Concerns which charge
cab companies $4,000 year to use the
public thoroughfares can really not afford
to be so free with all the other "privi-
leges" over which they have no legal
control
The whole preposterous deal divulged
might be extravagantly funny were it
not SO extensively actual. As usual the
public is the victim. Taxi fares have
been increased 100000 year to patrons
because of this disgraceful tribute ex-
acted by property owners in lively traffic
centers.
1t ought to be easy to regulate the taxi
stands, The first step is to end for good
one of the most amazing CRAFTS revealed
here in some time.
The hotels own their properties.
The taxi companies own their takes.
The public owns the streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
Going Down to Flerceforest;
Or, chivalry in Camden
"A True StorV)

Dear NJ: Well. about our trip down. Well,
I was down at Second and Market first then
Mabel came on the next car, and We then
proceeded to the ferry Well ,were there
at Sis sharp and we waited and then
waited some more until 1t came $3.50 and no
girls So I went and bought mine and
Mabels ticket and We were just going to
go ourselves when we saw the two girls come
flying down the steps of the L. (She said
her clock was y hr. Slow. Well one girl
had a pass, but he other girl had to buy
ticket, and the line was about SS long. So
/ pulled her up to the window and the
people were yelling everything at her but
she got her ticket and we just had four
minutes to make the train, well we made
one grand dive off the ferry, and the handle
to one of the girls suitcase came off. and
we all were so excited to catch the train, but
we bust stood there and roared 1t looked
so funny and the man was yelling all aboard
for Fierceforest Well saw fellow in the
checking window, so / said for heavens
sake give us a piece OF rope. Well he could
not find any rope but he came out and picked
M the suitcase himself and We, just got on
the train when II started. He certainly was
a good sport and he would not take a cent.
Ask Dad II he does not think that would be
n good story for Socrates column
GRACE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
McADoo ABOUT PASSES

II HAS transpircd through the posting
= of notices in the conductors rooms in
the Camden railroad terminals that the
Aon Of William Gibbs McAdoo, the for
rner director general Of railroads, has
lost his annual pass. Somebody stole it
and is touring the country on it. But
young McAdoo does not have to pay his
fare, as a new pass has been issued to
him.
Now, what the rest of us would like to
know is why he is so highly favored. His
father stopped the use of private cars
when he took charge of the railroads for
the President, but when he wanted to go
TO the Pacific coast he used private car
himself. The orders against private cars
and free passes were proper. Why are
members of the McAdoo family privi-
legged TO disobey them?
Can it be that the government is play
ing favorites with passes, just as the rail-
road companies did before they were for
bidden to permit any one to ride for moth
ing?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
To Sea Again

ITO SEA again! They know, who go down
\ to the sea, that each Homecoming adds
to their age, makes them wiser and less free;
and each sailing awakes in them again the
knowledge that the first trip to sea opened
TO their hearts--of the eternal freshness and
Young glory of the deep and the sky and the
shores of the world, spirit, strength and
a courage that blows through their souls as
the impatient breath of the sea fills their
lungs and plays, roughly and caressingly,
through their hair They believe again in
magnificence, in inconceivable and simple
realities, in the vastness Of the world which
is as of their dreams, in naked beauty, inn
personal, glowing and illimitable. And so,
for the magic realization, men, few who
have given over quiet for the great peace,
have ever left home and companionable days
ashore for the light of far skies for strange
fortune and for the glad restlessness of youth
itself
When they go back to the sea. they re-
member the past of inmemorial daring and
color and grief Old songs steal back, old
tales are heard far of. and they feel about
them for moment the tattered garments
Of romance, stirred by the life giving breath
ofsthe sea- There come heeting Elimpses Of
tht. thopehtiess strength and hard lives OF
fpfSostsn seamsn. " kfonnsds hairy men
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01

number is decreasing, yet it is unfor-
tunate that they can always make them
selves heard when the dominant con-
servative opinion on both sides is left
voiceless. That is why public opinion is
frequently misled and confused. The
President and his advisers Mr.. Gompers
and the better-informed officials of the
railmen's union, doubtless knew that
there would be no general railway strike.
What they have done is to go little far
ther toward the point where fixed
method of conciiation will be possible.
That method can come only when the
radical capitalist realizes that his power
imposes new sort of obligation on him
an obligation not only to the men who
work for wages in his organization, but
to the state and general public. which
also are affected by all reactions 70" good
or i'll in large elements of the population.
Equally necessary Is an Intelligent
conception OH the part Of the wage.
earners of some of the very real troubles
and strains that go with the direction
Of big businesses at time like this.
Neither side is as we'll informed as it
ought to be of the way in which the other
half lives. 1t requires a man with pio-
neers mind like Roosevelt or Wilson to
find way to better general understand
ings in the industrial world. But the
time is certain to come when all ques-
tiOns affecting labor and industry will, be
settled without Thought Of trouble. with
view to the national welfare rather
than upon basis Of any technical
"rights' which happen to conflict with
the common interest of the whole people
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
LABOR

TNHE Lord gave Eve to Adam and in giving
l. gave him love.
The Lord gave Eve to Adam and in giving
gave him labor.
In the giving of helpmeet there was
lagniappe from above:
Two boons-and each must always have
the other for ncghbor.
Produce Produce was then the cry
AS shut went Edeu's gates.
Produce. Produce or else We die
The world awaits.
Old Adam sweated as he shaved in sunshine
and in rain;
Old Adam sweated as he shaved and won
great reward.
The earth he tickled with a plow and
made it laugh in grain; y
And Adam profted thereby and humbly
thanked the Lord.
Produce Produce! the inward urge
The painting heart elates.
Produce Produce. years onward surge
The world awaits
Inc world at times grows sick and sore and
hearts grow weak and faint;
Inc world at times grows sick and sore
and lacks all vim and force
But, cheerily, my heart, look up and never
make complaint.
lis love that makes the world go round.
lis labor steers its course.
Produce. Produce! the stirring cry,
Gloom sweeps and dissipates!
Produce Produce. or else we die,
The world awaits
'GRIF ALEXANDER. '
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
putting the Wine Ia Swine

A Philadelphia publisher has received the
following letter from Nebraska:
I have some OF your books also one swine
breeding and Feeding BY William Dietrich
] have been cooking corn oats and Barley
for hogs but a farmer tells that am
keeping my hogs drunk by giving them to
much alcohol is that the way they make
alcohol | do not drink booze or smoke but
would like to know how alcohol and whisky
is made.
II you have book by. which could find
out how alcohol is made or where / could
buy such a book, would sure like TO read
such a book so ! would know when the feeds
are turning into alcohol so l wouldn't feed
any alcohol TO my hogs.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
CRIME OF SEEKING OFFICE

4XEHEN Peter Y. Costello charged Con-
gressman Moore with attempting to
disrupt the Republican party he disclosed
the point Of view of men of his kind.
Mr.. Moore is a candidate for nomina-
ton in the Republican primaries against
man selected by the organization. His
sole oifense lies in accepting the primary
IS the place where the members of the
party are to decide for whom they wish
- vote at the regular election. Any
Hther view of the primary makes it a
f6sfe and disregards The rights of the
Ifters
n WHEN ne 6reanisatiop has selected a
s'aA'es's sas a'Pp who runs against him
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
HOME THOUGHTS ABROAD

THE French Parliament has the peace
= treaty and it hesitates. Of course the
ratification will come, but probably not
without motions of regret" and floods
Of pro and con oratory
And yet certain individuals will have
il that Europeans and Americans are
races apart! One touch of interruption
makes two allies kin.
There is yet chance for the Senate to
heat the French chamber in the adoption
race. Assertion of the principle of
America FIRST" in this contest would
make the irony of this international
fnma delicious
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
The Escalator

WE MOUNT in inactivity
" The steps of escalator Time;
We scorn its steep activity,
Or jostle madly as we climb.
Slowly the jointed steps unfold,
Nor see we them until we feel
The giant impulse, strength untold,
That bears us up with hidden wheel.
And when we little comprehend,
Almost browse with it's movement slow,
We bump the barrierRt the end,
And willy nilly, off we go.
J. NJ. BEATTY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
The Sale

GOING. going, gone
~ To the lady with auburn hair,
Some first-cass Army biscuits,
You'll find them very rare.
If you put some water on them,
And put them in to soak,
You'll find them very filling,
Now, isn't that joke?
GOING. going. gone -
- To the lady with corkscrew curls.
The very best canned willie"
The Auctioneer now hurls %
There's nothing else just like It,
No matter where you 80.
SO take few cans with you,
Then you will sarely know
GOING, going. gone
~ To that housewife over there,
A box of the choicest Native Sons"
Has fallen to your share.
Just cook them for your breakfast.
And I'm sure you'll like them well,
You'll be surprised how big they swell
GOING. going. gone
To the little girls and boys,
The most delicious pastry,
That makes up childhcod's Joys.
Fried Holes" crisp and dainty,
To sit beneath your belt,
When in your mouth you put them
You'll find they almost melt.
GOING going. gone
- To the public whole.
The very\ choicest Army food
That you ever did behold.
For Uncle Sam demands the best
For his stalwart sens you see.
Aud what he really doesn't need,
j. q. BULLOCK,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01

The economic world Is
The Puzzle jigs saw puzzle
which has been jun
bled up by the war. 1t awaits readjust
ment. but. happily. none of the parts is
missing. There is no shortage of food
or crops would not be allowed to rot on
the fields. There is no shortage of clothes,
for people are well dressed ,dcspite high
prices. There is no shortage Of luxuries,
for people drive automobiles, wear jewelry
and patronize the ice cream saloons. There
is a shortage of houses, but no shortage of
clay for bricks nor trees for timber. There
is shortage of rolling stock, but no short
age, of ore for metal nor coal for power.
And. with existing unemployment, there is
no shortage of labor. Our Jig saw puzzle
world can be built again with labor and
patience-but every new patternmaker with
his own particular little jig saw but COM
plicates the situation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01

Suit has been entered
The Milk In the against the Ohio
COcOanut Farmers Co opera
tive Milk Company
on charges of limiting the supply of milk,
preventing competition and fixing prices.
If the Farmers Co operative Company had
been linked up with municipal o-oper-
ative company-or, indeed any organza
tion composed of consumers-the supply
would not have been limited and "a fair
price would have been easily arrived at.
The trouble is not so much with the CO.
operative idea as with its limitations and
restrictions
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01

Would it not have been
Glory and Junk delightful if Don't
give up the ship!'' had
been the cry Of Admiral Farragut instead
of Captain James Lawrence? Yes, indeed
We say so. 1t would have been boon TO
all paragraphers who note with concern that
the Richmond, the admirals flagship, is now
in Bridesburg presently to be torn to pieces
and sold for junk. Damn the torpedoes
Go ahead !" said Farragut, and Time damned
them and went ahead until the junk pile
appeared in the Offng.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01
Anawers to saturday,s ouIz

/. The name of William Penn's family was
originally Tudor.
2. The tonnage of the Leviathan is 30 1000,
8. ''The Forty Five" was the Jacobite
Rebellion in English history in 1745.
1t was led by the Young Pretender,
Charles Edward Stuart, against the
government of the House of Hanover.
4. ergo" is Latin for therefore"
8. The Danube is longer than the Rhine,
8. Bismarck was called the Man of Blood
and Iron"
z, A manatee is a sea COW.
s. Three of the principal Allied powers
must sign the peace treaty before II
becomes operative for them.
0. The sea route from Europe TO India hq
way Of the Cape OF Good Hope was
opened by yssco da Gsms IN 1898
10. Thomas Buchanan Read wrote the poem
"Shesidana Ride.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-01

Absolutely nothing has
Everybody Critical been developed by the
passing of the wires
from private to government control and
back again to prove that either one system
is better than the other; the exigencies of
current events precluded the possibility
during the war the unrest incident to re-
construction hampers the management now
but be sure that the telegraph and tele-
phone companies are going to be judged
by future performance.