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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
A CRIME AGAINST THE
STATE

The deplorable. not 10 say outrageous
AFFAIR, which occurred AT Matewan. W.
Va. In which twelve men were killed
without any warrant OF law. Is a logical
result of the maintenance in West Flr-
ginIa by large employers OF bands OF
armed mercenaries. 1t was supposed
that when the state constaoulary Dill
passed that the custom OF big coal COM
panies maintaining their particular
gangs OF thugs would be discontinued.
1t was argued with justice in support or
that bill that the state would furnish all
proper protection, and that the system
Of private armed guards would cease
On the contrary II seems that the mer-
cenaries OF tho coal companies are quite
as active as ever.
= Tho blood OF the men killed at Mate
wan rests primarily upon the men ~h"
sent the Baldwin-Felts detectives into
that town. II there were legal proceed
ings to evict non-paying tenants. those
proceedings should have been carried
through by the regular officers or MinSo
county. If they failed the statea con-
stabulary was there TO be called. There
was absolutely no justification Tor this
horrid outrage, and the authorities OF
this state will fail OF their duty II men
responsible for the affair are not
brought TO Justice.
One thing must be accepted anywhere
and everywhere as absolutely essential.
In q democratic government, no set OF
men have a right. or can be allowed TO
maintain a set OF armed mercenaries
empowered. or permitted. to do their
bidding regardless OF the DEGREES of the
courts. or the authority OF local orhct-
ais.
We are not going back to the Middle
Ages in this country
We are not going to allow any indus
trial baron to surround himself with a
bunch OF retainers, licensed to commit
crime at their own sweet will.
The law OF the state must prevail
and the legally constituted authorities
Of the state must enforce the law.
Any deviation from this principle
means finally the breakdown OF Repuo-
hcan government revolution and ruin.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
GOMPERS OPPOSES The
NATIONAL GUARD BILL

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Efforts to
work out an agreement on the army re-
organization bill which the house mas
refused to accept because Of its national
guard provisions, will be resumed TO-
morrow by house and senate conference
The conference was called to-day ny
Chairman Wadsworth. OF the senate
military committee after the senate had
refused To recede from its amendments
and ordered the bill returned to confer
Cnce.
Prospects OF ar agreement, however,
were further complicated by protest
by President GOmpers. OF the American
Federation of Labor 10 Chairman Wads-
worth against provisions which inc
labor leader said would bring about the
conscriptlun of industrial workers in
case of any national emergency.
The term national emergency, ne
said might he construed as covering An
Industrial disturbance.
In the discussion which preceded the
senate's refusal to yield on us amend
ments, Senator's Thomas, democrat, ol-
urado, and Wadsworth, attacked state
adjutants general because OF their oppo:
sition to the provision of the senate Dill
tn permit individual states To decide
whether their guard should be federal
IZ"d.
Senator Mcclellan. Democrat. Tcnnes-
see defending the national guard Jill
GERS, said their opposition was shSht
compared to others brought 10 pear IN
drafting the measures.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
RIPPING RHYMES
OYERALIS.
BY WALT MASON.


bought q suit OF overalls, suit
OF dingy blue. with creases down the
outer walls. and bib and tucker, too.
And all my neighbors did the same.
and everyone in town. to knock the
protiteering game. and bring the
prices down. The rich men IN their
Eilded halls with poor men fell In
line: We all were wearing overalls.
and feeling mighty fine. At last
we'd found q useful way to curb the
rising cost, and make the profteering
Jay feel like an early frost. And
then the price OF denim rags went
soaring to tho moon: the dealers
sprung the sapse old gags. and Groom
ed the same .|old tune. The honest
toiler In the ditch could not AFFORD to
buy new overalls-we idle rich had
sent the price sky high. The honest
workers everywhere in fiE-leaves were
arrayed; the dealer had no duds 10
spare-we'd bought, his stock in trade.
We wore our overslls q week. and
then the thing grew stale: we took
and threw them In the creek. or hung
them on a nail. And thus great
reform. my dears. was TO the DIS
card hurled: and still the busy protii-
teers are fencing in the world
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
A Protest From WeIlSburg

Editor Intelligencer.
Sir:-At the request Of numerous citi-
zsns Of Wellsburg, l desire to enter 4
protest against an article appearing In
the wellsburg Herald on wednesday
last under the caption Small crowd
greets Wood in speech here.
1t is lust possible that we should con-
slider the source and drop It. but when
man OF such national prominence az
General Wood il criticized by one If SO
little prominence. we blush for our
town, and feel that some one should
arise and apologize. and let the people
know that We recognize the real worth
Of the distinguished man who honored
us with a visit. We have never hal
any other than the kindliess reelinS TO-
wards the editor, and our people support
his paper, more through pride than
desire for the knowledge he tmpsrts,
but there Is a limit.
He should recollect 1t is long march
from the seat of q BARRIERS chair to the
front ranks Of the army Of the glorious
L. s. A. and govern himself accord
Respectfully.
NJ, L. WELLS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
HON. NJ. Il. KING

Hon. NJ. II. King Of Elkns. was =
distinguished visitor to Wheeling yes
terday. Mr.. King Is a candidate for
the Republican nomination OF Secretary
-of State with very bright prospects OF
success. Few Republicans of West Vlr-
. ginia have stronger claim upon the
!, gratitude OF the Republican party than
mike" King. For nearly thirty years
he has been an ardent. active. aggressive
Republican worker. Called upon In
every campaign. he responded cheer
fully and gave Of his time, his strength
and his means to party success. Mr..
Kings standing in his own community
10 best evidenced by the remarkable
vote he received in the primary four
years ago when he was a candidate for
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
FUT|lITY OF PRICE FIXING
Good Old Automatic Machinery of Demand and Supply
Will Keep On Running Markets.
By HOMER HoYT
Authority on Economic and Business Administration.

enough buyers to take loo units al thdt
price SO buyers will compete against
cahC other to raise the price.
The bidding goes Ia So. at which point
there is demand for only 800 unit ;.
The price is successfully |" -, - aua
at last $40. at which figure mere IS
demand for just 100 units OF goods Al
this point the demand equals the supply
and the price will be fixed al $40.
The price cannot go any higher be-
cause of the competition OF the sellers:
Suppose. for instance. Il price or Sio
were asked. At that amount only ~
units of the goods would be demanded.
Hence there would he a surplus Of 20
unsold In order 10 sell all OF the goods.
the sellers would bid against each other
to sell their wares. thereby lowering
the price to $40.
The calculating machines or demand
and supply thus work on the simple
principals Of a paid of scales. The supply
is heapcd on one side and the demand on
the other and when the two exactly pal
ance a certain price Is flashed on the IN
diCHtor.
This is tho market or the ruling price.
If the scales do not balance Tor any
reason. nm equilibrium tends I" De es-
tablished automatically it,, -
Thus. if too many goods ar" niied or,
the supply side. the indicator rams ana
points to lower price. This lower
price attracts heavier demand so mat
more weight is piled on the deman" SIDE
until the scales exactly balance again
or suppose the demand side Is 100
heavy. Then the Indicator rises and
points to higher price. This stlmu-
iates Increased production ana makes
the supply side heavier until 1t exactiE
balances the demand.
/ Now this is the wonderful system OF
balances that operates 10 fix the price
of everything. Unlike everything eIse,
IL operates at zero costs and 1t never
breaks down.
Yet legislators and commissions some
times think they can invent better
machine for fixing prices than the mag
zeal machinery of supply and demand.
At great cost and effort they erect
price-fixing boards. and then they ma
out at last that these boards are long
narrow and wooden" and that they have
obstructed for operation of the normal
market machinery.
All efforts, 10 fix price in defiance
Of the law Of supply and demand have
in the end proved as futile as the ef-
forts Of King Enute to stay the rising
OF the tide.
Copyright. 1920
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
WATER At NINE
SCHOOLS UNFIT.
,r1opr or COLEMAN LABoRATo-
ITG no ROARD OF EDUCAT1Oh
sTARTS MOVE on DIsTILLA-
TON,
.4,,.+,, rtsla to BE walled at Cost OF
a25. Ooo-Petitions Prom several
Teschers Ask Reimbursement OF
Salaries.

The report Of the Coleman Lahorat"-
-;as N the board OF education for the
month Of April as presented lsst NAV ;tv
shows that the water in nine or Ihe NY
Schools are Jefferson. Webster, Madison
Mckinley, Kitchie. Center. washington;
Ciay and high school. MchInl"y ana
Clay schools test slightly better 'hah
the others. ,,.;,,,
The report brought about discussion
OF the water conditions which nave en-
listed in the schools for some tltne pas
DR.. NJ B. Williams, VINO recenI!S u
a position on the board. spoke AT lchs l"
upon the filters now In use. lie saIu ily
THE filters now In use are EehcraI!E
unreliable and unsafe. From time 10
time during my ADMINISTRATION az Vbs
school doctor take up this matter WI"
the hoard. but nothing ever resulted
There ia but one satisfactory system
available as see the trouble. ana lnat
tsllation in order to absolutely Kill hac-
tnrie In the water for drinking purposes
IN the schools. This Is the only logical
solution of the problem. ,, ,..,s-
we'll a committee composed Of r. l.
Dancer. Charles Seabright and pr. VIII
iisms who will act as chairman. was
epnonted to look into .Scn the as m possol care
After q hot tight in which the onrosl-
tion was led by Col. Jerc \. Miller. tho
board adopted report from tn" com
mitee on buildings and grounds calling
for a contract with the j. X. Butts
Sons company for the erection or an
eight foot brick wall around the new
athletic field. The cost viii be SZ"'oo9.
The field Is located on the Stone prop
ertY.
The wall will be finished by the opcn-
ing OF the 1920 football season. enabling
the High school football team TO hold
It's games upon a suitable nela. Inc
wall will be eight feet in height with
in length. Old brick will be used in
construction so far as possible
salaries Again Discussed.
Ten petitions from employees OF the
school board were presented last niEht
in complaint OF tho salaries fixed by the
board ut its special meeting. May II.
The petitions came from the teachers
and principals of both High and ward
schools. including three from Lincoln
school.
The principals petition set forth
claims to the effect that their wages
were not advanced in like ratio WIN
other school employees ana asked thnl
they be increased by the board. W. w
Keylor, head Of the commercial de-
partmcnt, asked that his salary be made
commensurate with those given heads
Of other departments. He was given
salary Of $4,000. as compared with "
900 given other heads of departments.
Misses Luella Wallace and Jennie Nc
Gown. heads of school annex. asked that
their pay also be increased
Four teachers Of Lincoln school. II.
II. Jones. NJ. l.. Shields. May l.. Nc.
Mechen and ]. w. Mckinley. presented
wordy petitions asking that their sal:
aries be increased TO the same sum paid
experienced teachers in Wheeling High
school
Petitions were received from teach
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

the position which ne now seeks. In
this primary. out of about $3.50 votes
cast. Mr.. King received all but $50 OF
them. and he carried every county ad-
jacent TO his own.
Mr.. King is well qualified for the posi-
ton OF Secretary Of State. and his name
on the ticket will be source of
strength to the party.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
porun TO HAVE AZ PARK.

The editor Of The SentineI IS boostIng
n park on Prospect Hill. He has beer
boosting a long time. We believe II is q
good idea. If city council won't act
fr,.s organize community park associa.
lion and each OF us take little bag OF
grass seed and sprinkle II around on
top Of the hill in question.-Parkcrs-
hurry News
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
Dear Sergeant:
COSTLY FARMS.

Money can be expended on farm as
RI n!dly as by operating private yacht;
consider what these experimental
farms" usually cost 1t always costs
the limit OF the available appropriations
iTuc RI farms run by rich men. One
such spent S2,pOO.OOO on a farm; How
,onId he"". a"visitor asked. He had
It." was the port Observation-Disclosures
Now Dominion.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

The Intelligencer Is being printed on
most any kind and size Of paper today
that is ohtainabls The freight con-
gestion holding up several cars Of print
paper. adds very seriously to the nor
NAL trouble Of the newspaper business.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
CENSUS FIGURES

WASHINGTON. May 90 - Denver.
Col. 256.369: increase 42.9SS or 20.l per-
cent.
Tacoma. Wash 1896; increase 49,
o22 or l5.S percent.
New London. Conn. 25.6SS: increase
6.029 or 30.7 percent.
Elizabeth. n. j.. 95.6S2; increase e.
273 or 800 percent.
Englcwood. \. j.. 1857. increase l.
693 or Ill per cent
Garfield. y. J., 1881. increase 9.l6S
or S9:S percent
Hamilton County. Ohio. containing
Cincinnati 493.67S, increase 39.946 or
7.2 percent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
rru TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

An alliance between Germany, Russia
and Japan is predicted. An alliance be-
tween Jap. kultur and cootie would
make a formidable combination.-Hun-
tington Advertiser.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
sr1F-w1LL UNCONTROLLED.

When il comes 10 acting without pre-
ccdcnt the present occupant of the
White House holds the blue RIBBON
Preston County Journal.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21

Senator Thomas OF Colorado. an
nounces ne will wear his old clothes and
Will not buy any moro until the prices
como down, Probably Senator Thomas
doesn't have to wear good clothes to
keep his credit UP.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
SHOULD BE FIRED,

Perhaps there would be greater pro-
duction Of essentials II the departments
at Washington were enptied of the
horde Of press agents and political pro-
pagandlsts .-Charleston Mail.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-06-19
He FEELS MORE LIKE
SIXTEEN THAN SIXTY SIX
SAYS GEORGIA FARMER

Vous that I used to shake like lea,
at the least little thing. I got the bes.
advice ! could and took various medi
cines, but It was all to no purpose and
never thought I shouldpull through.
Then my sister-in-law, Arthur
Henslee, got me to taking Tanlac.
He's always recommending 1t to peo-
PIE because it did so much for his
wife. Well, it just seemed as though
That medicine had been made specially
1or me. Every dose of it seemed to
40 me good and before had finished
the third bottle it had put me in such
good shape that was back at work
On the farm and able to do davis
work with anybody. I now eat as
hearty as you please, my nerves are
steady and strong and 1 feel more
like a boy of sixteen than man Of
sixty-six. consider Tanlac the great
est medicine on earth and I don't hes. |
tate to recommend it to everybody y
Tanlac is sold in Lakeland by Hen |
ley and Henley; in Winter Haven nv
Drug Co. and in Mulberry !
by s. e. Gibson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-06-19
But q Year Ago He Was Down in Bed
for Fourteen Weeks as Weak As q
Kitten
TELLS OF ONLY TIME
HE NEEDED MEDICINE
Takes Tanlac on Advice Of Son.in.
law and Started Working on Farm
After Taking Third Bottle

Another well-known villa Rica
georgia, farmer to come forward with
a strong statement as to the remark
aoie merits of Tanlac as a medicine
els Robert H. Cooper, who is one Of
Inc oidest residents Of that locality
and who recently made the following
statement.
I don't believe l had to take a
a thimbleful of medicine in al, INV
sixty-six years until year ago, when
! mad very serious illness and was
lad up in bed for fourteen weeks with
catarrh of the throat and stomach 7
wasn't able to eat thing scarcely an
sot as weak as kitten. was 80 ner-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-06-19
opportunities in Florida

grounds at Tallahassee. having beer
transpianted from their native heath
NO State in the Union offers NOR,
opportunities for growing trees thar
Florida-frui trees, nut trees, flow
erlng trees, ornamental trees, forest
Trees shade trees,-trees to stand as
monuments to You when you are dust
AS William Cullen Bryant said:
Father, Thy hand
Hath reared these venerable columns
Thou
Didst weave this verdant roof. Thu
! didst look down
Upon the naked earth, and, forthwith,
All these fair ranks of trees. Thew
in Thy sun,
Budded, and shook their green leaves
in Thy breeze
anu sHot towards heaven
A record story is told of an old
orange tree in central Florida that
enc year produced ITO boxes. AL
yield of 10000 oranges is of record
in Florida. with half or quarter
or such a yield, there is money in
citrus fruit. AS Hoyt said in his |
poem, The Orange Tree"
Yes, sing the song Of the orange
with its leaves of velvet green;
with Its luscious fruit of sunset hue
The fairest that ever were seen:
The grape may have it's bacchanal
verse =
To praise the fig we are free:
but homage l ray to the queen Of all,
The glorious orange tree
Picture tree on this Florida land,
golden orange or a grapefruit tree,
Which lives for many years and when
lightly tended gives abundantly of
ruits not equalled elsewhere in the
possible of being trans
orted to Americas best markets in
rom one to three days. It must have
cen an orange tree that Milton spoke
in his description of the Garden OF !:
den:
And all amid them stood the TreeI
Of Life, II
Continued on Page ~
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-06-19
Ry Moses Folsom /,

nerson said America is another
name for opportunity. Look AZ ,he
map. Florida stands as front ward
state OF the republic. None other i
more favorably located in the way Of
easy access to the world by water
obstacles that Florida does no,
nave to contend with as in the North
are mud, snow, sleet, slush. icv
sidewalks, frozen pumps arctic over
snoes. heavy overcoats and underwear
and frosted ears and fingers. and
stones in the ground to Jolt wheels
and plows.
The growing season in Florida is
longer over its entire area than in
any other state in the Union It ha,
more sunlight and more rainfall thar
any other, both so necessary to sue
cessful plant growth.
At first sight the visitor sees a good
zeal Of sand, and may conclude off
nand that nothing will grow. II Il
only necessary to look around ami
see that there is wonderful variety in
every form of plant life. Investiga-
tlon shows that Florida is first in the
number and variety of merchantabI.,
forest trees, having over 200 kinds
or AZ per cent Of all the trees of the
country, a half more than can be
round in any other State. Lumber !, !
sent from Florida by the shipload to !
foreign countries and by the train
load to the North.
Investigation also shows that Flor
Ida is the only state with trees not
found elsewhere in the world, as far
as known to botanists. These are tech
nically known as ''Tunion taxifolium"
and Texas fioridana.' The former. a
graceful confer which has received
from the strong pungent odor arising
from its foliage when bruised, the un. {
enviable common name Of Shrinking :,
cedar 1t is not known to grow on J
It's own account in any other locality t
tnan along the east bank Of the I
Apalachicola river. The second re- 7
lated and even more restricted tree Of f
this locality is known as the Florida b
yew' These two trees are probably o
Of early growths, having z
died out in other, parts Of the coun-
Try, but continue an existence in Flor '"
ia. Samples Of the taxifolium are
g he seen in the State Capitol
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-10-28
THE OFFICIAL BALLOT
All Voting
Must be Done Under
n Party Head.
STATE OF MISSOURI,
County of Iron.

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1920 and certificates of nominations MM Mh Directs B% office bM-'
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-10
DEMOCRATS SEEK
MINORITY LEADER
Garner of Texas and Crisp of
Georgia IN Line.


Special Despatch to THE New YORK IiERAtn.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Nov. D.
Democratic leadership In the House.
upset two years ago when the overturn
of the Republican majority sent Speaker
Champ Clark back to the floor, is again
up in the afr.
Prior TO the election two years ago
Representative Claude Kitchin IN. c.
was the Democratic floor leader How
ever, Champ Clark's claim to the leader
ship went further back. Clark, 1t was
who led the Democratic minority in its
fight against control of the House under
the regime of Uncle joe Cannon, and
when the Republican majority vanished
and was supplanted by Democratic con-
troll Mr.. Clark was elevated to the
Speakership Claude Kitchin became
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee When the Republicans regained
control of the House two years ago.
ousting Clark as Speaker, he was named
minority floor leader. and kitchin be-
came virtually only a private In the
ranks.
Now, however. Mr.. Clark has been
beaten. The choice which naturally
would fall on Mr. Kitchin is expected to
be diverted, because the North Carolina
Representatives health probably VIII
not permit him to undertake this arduous
task.
According to Democrats now here. the
mantle relinquished by Champ clark
viii fall on the shoulders either OF John
N. Garner (Texas), or Charles r. Crisp
(Georgia) Both are members OF the
WAYS and Means Committee. 1t Is be-
lieved that If Mr.. Garner aspires TO the
position. he can have 1t.
There is a possibility that Mr.. Garner
will not want the position. In that case
Judge Crisp, as he is commonly called,
will be in line. Mr.. Crisp first came to
Congress to serve out the unexpired
term of his father, the late Speaker
Crisp, during the Fifty-fourth Congress.
He then became Judge in his nome
state. resigning this position In March
1919 when he became parliamentarian
of the House under Speaker Clark.