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, 1920-06-25
PRO DIN G S
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
70 ST. CROIX
Continued from yesterdays AV5s

Continued from yesterdays AV2S
LIST Member for Frederiksred Country
District Andersen remarked: Mr..
Chairman. | appreciate the information
given by the Government Secretary. |
have very little to say in reply, except
or the income tax; the Secretary says
that the income tax budgetted is only an
estimate and that the Government did
not know what the amount would be
when the budget was prepared, but if
we go as far back as the time when the
Congressional Commission was here, we
will find, as stated in their report, that
the Despatching Secretary said the right
figure for 1919 would be about forty
thousand dollars. May be he did not
speak with authority, but then he should
not have been brought to testify before the
Commission. | think myself that the
income tax for this year will be pretty
close to two hundrend thousand Frcs,
The then Despatching Secretary in not
making it clear what year he was talking
about gave the Commission the impress
sion that some of US were paying too little
income tax and the Commission has re-
commended to send tax Inspector down
here to investigate. | shall welcome an
investigation.
However Congress intends, as far as
we have learned, to make us as much
se~lf-supporting as possible, and may
make use of the Budget figures. Should
that be the case it is necessary hat the
figures for the taxes are as nearly cor
rect as possible.
Personally | should prefer to see a
budget made up with the total expendi-
lures exactly the amount Of our revenues,
and in addition have each department
give an estimate of what it thinks would
be necessary to carry it through the
fiscal year on modern American lines.
Then the appropriation from Congress
can be allotted to the various Depart.
ments by the Government accordingly.
/ fully agree with Member Stakemann
that so long as we can get appropriation
from Congress we should try to get as
much as possible for this island.
In regard to libraries, | do not wish 70
90 on record as being in opposition. On
the contrary, | am in favor of a library.
May be the amount proposed is too small,
be it should be doubled or trebled;
the Council had no time to look into the
matter when the libraries were estab-
lished.
In regard to detectives, | think it would
be a wise thing to have one or two de-
t|ectives and eventually do away with
- = H. CL;oF- Ioox>oLouo g.,
, 1920-06-25

think we need a detective even if we
have to pay him a good salary. in re-
gard to the other matters / have nothing
further to say; | am sorry ia see that
the slaughter houses are proposed for
the two towns; the proper place for a
slaughter house is in the country. the
animals are killed in the country and
we see cattle drawn on the roads and
through the towns with their threats
cut, and the blood dripping out, these
things are not pleasant to look at.
Government Secretary Timmons re-
marked: Mr.. Chairman. About the In
come Tax | do not think the argument
is we'll founded, for the reason, a copy of
the budget is not ever sent to Washing
ton. An annual report is made every year
and that gives all the figures.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Country
District (Amdersen) remarked: Mr..
Chairman | understand that if any Con
gresham asks for 4 copy of the budget
he would get it and that is as good as
having it,
Government Secretary pimmons re-
marked: Mr.. Chairman. | only mean as
far as Government is concerned; as far
as the official report is concerned the
budget is never sent.
4th Appointed Member (Bt0ckWOod)
remarked: Mr.. Chairman. Our expen-
ses are running up daily and there is no
doubt that we are taxed to the limit at
present, let US take our Land Taxes, our
Income Taxes and our Horse and CARR
age Taxes, and our Road Taxes, cost of
labor and material, all these amounts to
a good deal, and unless we are sure of a
good crop we are bound to suffer loss.
At present we are short of labor and one
of the first things our Government should
do is to rectify the provisions we have
made so that we can have laborers. At
present many of the Planters are sacri-
ficing their estates for want of labor,
that seems to be a pretty hard condition
| never expected to see ssuch conditions
as are existing today under Old Glory,
but on account of the action Govern
ment has taken on our immigration
Fund, we are going through very hard
times. We have imported machineries
and agricultural implements into this is
land, but machinery cannot do it all, we
must have manual labor to help, and I'M
less we have manual labor, we will not be
able to pull through. We are trying to
work in harmony with Government, yet
we must take things into consideration.
Despatching Secretary Commander
COLby) remarked: Mr.. Chairman. For
the benefit Of those interested Frcs. 19l,
283 is the amount of income tax for the
Calendar Year 1919.
There ara several OunStjOnC that have
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
YIELD PLACE TO
 MASSACHUSETTS

Chicago, June i6=fAt the Celi= seam3-The Cehheetieut delegation meeting tonight ia the Coliseum while the national convention await ed the arrival Of the resolutions committee, voted to yledd Its advant- ageeus place on the convention roll to Massachusetts to permit the early delivery of Speaker Gillett's speech nominating Governor Calvin Coolidge for President.
 Speaker Gillett personally ap- preached the Connecticut delegation to ask the courtesy, Connecticut stands sixth in alphabetical eenven- ton roll. The action of the deleya- tien has no bearing on it's interest in the candidacy of Governor Lowden of Illinois for President; in fact it is virtually assured that, at another meeting to be held tomorrow morn ing, the delegattSa will decide to vote as unit foD Howden with the excep- ton of John r, King, whose seat was occupied by his alternate, Frederick M. Salmon of Westport, at both ses- sions today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
'MExlCANS ARE
 GOING HOME

Dallas, Tex, June 11-Hundreds of Mexcans are trekking back to the land of the tamale and their nativity as a result of the latest revolution in the southern republic. according to railroad officials who are watching the steady flow of swarthy-skinned persons toward the Rio Grande. Dallas own Little Mexico'' which gained in population from few score ten years ago to more than 5000 in the 1920 census is reported to be los ing ground rapidly.
 Since announcement of the death of Venustiano Carranza, 75 Mexicans, men, women and children, purchased tickets here for the border. Since then, railroad men said. from 30 to 50 citizens of the nation to the south have been leaving daily. Similar con- ditionS are said to exist at other southwestern cities.
 Leading Mexican residents here de- clare confidence in the present revo- lution is responsible for so many na- lives returning home- Practically every native Mexican in Texas, they said, believes the new regime to be the foundation for a stable govern = ment in their revolution-torn coun- try.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
GENERATOR TO
 CHARGE BATTERY

Owners of motor-cars should realize that a storage battery is gradually discharging itself whether the car is in use or idle. The reason for this is that the electricity from a charged storage battery to due to chemical ac- tion of dilute sulphuric acid on its lead plates. This e1ectro-chemica1 ac- tion begins the moment at which the electrolyte, or solution, is put in, and the battery is brought into operative condition by electrical charge.
 Long periods of idleness, due to traffic delays while the battery is in transit, inactivity while the automo- bile is standing i'll the showroom or in the garage when left for repairs, cause the battery to lose some of it's power. In order to correct this it is often necessary to give the battery q freshening charge before the car is taken out. It is, moreover, very im- portant that the generator chargin g rate should be checked up and any inaccuracy corrected at once.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
DEMOCRATS PICK
 THEIR ORATORS


 San Francisco, June f1-Names of the men chosen te make the noni- hating speeches of eight of the presi- dential candidates at the Democratic national convention here June 20 were announced yesterday at the Democratic convention headquarters
 Candidates whose sponsors have been shosen, according to the an nouncement are:
 William G. McAdoo, whose name is te he presented by pr. Burrfs Jenk- ins, Kansas City. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, by John H. Bigelow, Pennsyfvanias Gov. James Cox of Ohio, by Supreme Court Justice James c. Johnson. Columbus; Gov. Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey, by Charles F. F. O'Brien, Jersey City; Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, , by D. Hayden Linehaugh, Muskogee, Okla; James W. Gerard by U. s. C. Cherry, Sioux Fallss s D., Senator Gilbert M Hitchcock of Nebraska, by A. c. Schellenberger. former :sover- nor of Nebraska; Secretary B. T. Meredith by Claude Porter of Iowa.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
NO FUNDS YET TO
 PAY 0N.REBATES
Saloon Men May Have to
 Wait fer the Next General
 Assembly to Pass Bill to Get Back License Money.

New Haven, June 1e-AlI hope of staying fin the saloon business having been destroyed by the recent decis- 1eh Of the United States Supr1-1 Eonrt, dealers in this city are {. = n Edrning to the county commissioners for a refund on the money paid a year ago for their 1920 lieensee. Un- der a decision of Frank E. 11ea1y, the Attorney general of Connecticut, the lAfquor dealers are entitled to d re- bate of their licenses money for [, period Of four months. This amounts 't1 in each case, it. is figured, about i$a5o. Winding up their affairs deal- ers have asked the county commis- Si0Aers for rebate. The rebates are hot Forthcoming as readily as some expect. The commissioners explain that the funds received from pay lhaents of liquor licenses has been 'dEstributed to the different towns in tAe county and 50 far the commits sioAers have not been successful in having it returned in order that the febate to the liquor dealers may be made.
 It is the opinion of those familiar with the situation of the liquor tlieeases that the liquor dealers will now have to wait until the next gen. teral assembly convenes in January
 
 next before they can hope to get back 4hedr money, The legislature will Eprobab1y pass a, bill that will in eff fleet levy an assessment upon the diff ferent towns which shared in the license money distribution, and Funds with which to pay back money to the men who were in the liquor business and bought licenses will be raised by that method,
 The Supreme Court decision has already caused several dealers here to pull down the blinds. They have been told that the fight has been made to the last ditch and there is nothing more that can be done to save them.
 The State Liquor Dealers associa- tion will meet Sunday at the Garde Ehotea and at that time a decision will be made whether the association will continue it's existence or die with the Prohibition Enforcement.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
The Gifts of Gifts

Since time began its been rings. Men and women have always ex- changed these sentimental tokens.
 For birthdays, weddings. gradua- tions, for every occasion. You never make a mistake when you choose a ring. We are showing some excel lent values in Watches, Diamonds, Pearl Necklaces and many other ap- propriate gifts for graduation and weddings.
 Come in and see how well we can serve you.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11

The announcement said it had not been decided who would place in nominations of the names of James D. Davis of West Virginia, Am bassa dor to Great Britain; Senator Sim mons of North Carolina and Senator Carter Glass of Virginia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11
FIND W. A. HoLDENs BODY.

Norwalk, June 1.-The mans body found here yesterday was identified as that of Walter A. Holden of An sonia, who had left a sanitarium in Westport earlier in the day.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-11

None of those newspaper reporters who say ''obseQuies'' when they mean funeral is reported to have gotten any job as efficiency ex- sert
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
WHAT GOOD ROADS DO

When you build hard road
from a country center into the
outlying districts, you make
not merely an economic but a
social transformation. Not
merely can the farmer haul his
goods cheaply to the railroad,
but you connect him up with
all the facilities of modern life.
He and his family will come in
more frequently to buy goods at
the stores, instead of sending
away to mail order houses.
They will all come in more to
social events, and churches and
societies will get better support
This will help the center to take
on new forms of community
activity, and it will help the
rural family to broaden out into
higher scale of living and
doing business.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
ADVERTISING

There are many kinds of ad-
vertising, but not all of them
pay. Some store keepers think
they can draw trade by defac-
ing country roads and city va
cant lots with their signs. They
distribute circulars wholesale,
meanwhile more or less neglect
ing the opportunity the news
paper gives.
Newspaper advertising is read
because people have paid good
money for the newspaper, and
they feel interested to get all
it contains. They sit down to
read it with the preconception
that it is going to have interest
ing things in it, and among the
most attractive of these things
is always the advertising.
Other kinds of advertising
don't start with this prepos-
session. A man has paid moth
ing for a circular, and didn't ask
for it nor want it. Consequent
ly he often throws it away. Cir
cular advertising of course has
it's uses and is sometimes desir-
able for supplementary use but
as compared with newspaper
publicity it is far less efficient {.
People are interested by seeing
advertising in a thing they have
bought and paid for.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
THE TEACHER SHORTAGE.

Liscten to these figures from
the Chicago High schools, Mr..
Taxayer, you fellow who has
been growing about the cost of
schools.
In 1918 out of 500 girls grad
uating from or leaving the Chi
cago High Schools, 247 became
teachers.
In 1918 out of 500 girls grad
uating from or leaving those
schools, only 94 became teach
ers.
As that condition prevails ev-
erywhere, you should not be
surprised when you hear that
many schools are having to
close for lack of teacher. If
you want your children educat-
ed so they will have a fair
chance in life, you will have to
pay enough to teachers to get a
class Of men and women who
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
OBITUARY

Just as the sun had dawned
Sunday morning, Dec. 14th,
1919, Mrs. Magarette Elizabeth
Towery passed quietly away at
her home in the Shady Grove
nieghborhood after an illness
of pneumonia. While her death
was expected yet it came as a
shock to her family and friends.
She bore her sufferings with
patience and closed her eyes in
peaceful slumber to awake in
the bright world beyond. We
can see her by faith and with
beckoning hands a guide to our
pathway to the glory land. She
called her children to her bed
side and told them she would
soon be asleep in the arms Of
Jesus and tried to show them
the heavens in all its glory and
beauty. We hope some day to
meet dear mother where there
is no more sadness or parting,
where all tears are wiped away.
Oh. its hard to give her up-it
will be so lonely without her.
Gods will be done, not ours.
She was born Oct. 10, 1843,
was married to Chesley Erwin
Towery April 10, 1864. She
professed faith in Christ at the
age Of 10 and united with the
Clear Spring Baptist church at
Shady Grove of which she lived
a member until death. Five
children survive her and two
brothers to mourn their loss.
Sons are w. M, G. E. and
r. E. Towery; daughters Mrs.
Sarah Kemp and Mrs. Dora
Asher; brothers, G.. G.. and r.
R. Tudor of Caldwell county
She was laid to rest Monday
following in the presence of ma
ny friends in the Towery cem-
etery, Rev. Norman Robinson
conducting the funeral services.
A vacant place is in our
home, a mothers voice is stilled,
grim death has left an aching
void that never can be stilled. |"
R. E. TOWERY.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

are mentally competent to per-
form this eXacting work.
A good school teocher must
have education, which costs
money, also mental force and
originality. The teaching pro-
ffession will never be filled
again, until it pays higher sal
aries than the ordinary business
position.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
FARM BOYS AT COLLEGE

An increasing number of boys
are entering the agricultural
colleges. The increased price of
land has made it necessary for
the farmer to know the very
best ways of cultivating it. He
must get the limit of produc-
ton out of every acre. To do
that he needs to know what
modern science teaches in every
branch of farming.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
Card of Thanks

We wish TO express our ap-
probation to our friends and
neighbors for their many deeds
of loving kindness rendered US
during the illness and death Of
our dear mother. May Gods
blessings rest upon each and
every one Of you is our prayer .
Mrs. Sam Asher
G.. f. Towery.
Robert Towery
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Don't be afraid that if YOU
give your boy or girl a good
education. it is going to lure
them away from country life.
If you base that education on
technical preparation for rural
industries you make country life
far more attractive.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The city folks who wave the
red flag are the same fellers
who are listening to soap box
orators while the country peo-
pie are studying how they can
perfect themselves in farming
and the trades.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

These folks who are running
away with other peoples hus-
bands and wives display the
same enthusiasm and ardor
that they manifested the time
when they picked their first
mates.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The man who claims that an
organization in his town would
never accomplish anything is
usually the same one who would
complain of being too tired to
attend when regular meeting
night comes around.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Women organizing in many
places to beat down high prices.
If they don't handle old H. c.
L. it will be the first thing in
the world so far they haven't
been able to control.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
THE FARMER AND THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING
(By Ed Cook J.

Wy Cu NochsJ
AS the high cost of living has
been discussed by everyone but
the farmer, will say a few
things from his way of seeing
it.
To begin with we will not 90
any farther back than 1917 or
just before the U. S. joined
the allies in the great world
war.
Then the farmer could get
from 60c to 81 90 per bushel
for his corn, $40 to S15 per ton
for his hay, 6Oc to SOC for his
oats, &c to 12c for his cattle,
&c to l2c for his hogs.
At that time he could get
help on the farm for SOC to 81
per day and the hired man
would have a good living and
the employer have good inter
est on his money or his invest
ment. Then everything raised
on the farm advanced in price
until about August, 1919, then
this same stuff began to GO
down-and what the farmer has
to buy began to go up. Such
things as shoes, clothing and
farm machinery. In 1917 ant
1918 shoes that cost us 81 so &c
50. 90 are now S.. 90 to 81 90
suit of clothes then So 90 to
SIP. 90 now $25. 100 to $50. 90
And everything else in pro
portion. So the farmer is il
the middle of a bad fix.
Something must be done ol
else he will go out of business
The new tax law has knocked
on him, also every thing he ha:
is hit pretty hard, His land ha.
been raised high. Stock, tools
chickens, and old clothes ever
do not get by-ln fact every
thing but cash, notes and mort
cages (Which should be as higl
as land) are not far from tn,
free list and you know the far
mer never deals in cash, note
or mortgages-the other fellow
has them.
Even the tax board of super
visors knocks on him.
We notice in the county
annual report of expenditure!
! that the item of coal, light an,
| telephone for county Offices ap
pear often. So all of this an,
everything makes expense
for the county come high whicl
most of it falls on the farmer
Now we have good men. bot
republicans and democrats. i
the county that would furnis'
their own coal, lights and tele
phones for their Offices. No
that we are blaming the pres
ent officer any more than thei
predecessors or their success:
ors but just calling attention {
expenses.
Lest we might forget it or tn
road commissioners might ovel
look it, us river farmers ar
looking for one of those by
roads or inter county seat road
to come this way.
The next time we will writ
a few lines for E. Jeffrey Travi
column.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The people who employ chile
labor and thus obstruct thu
mental development Of these
youngsters are about the same
ones who kick so hard because
their grown up workers are no
intelligent.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Why not plan now to improve
your place with trees and shrub
berry? If you plan ahead il
won't take much time Other
wise when spring comes you'll
he too busy.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20
TWO SPOTS

The figures collected by the
census seem needlessly elabo-
rate but of course enough work
must be provided to keep the
force busy until 1880.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The people who kicked the
hardest on standing in line for
sugar, now make the most COM
plant at the higher price that
is necessary to encourage more
production.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

While the newspapers are
asked to restrict paper consump-
tion ten per cent, it is hoped
ates in saving paper stock by
cutting down on the number of
diplomatic notes to Mexico.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The country town merchant
need not think that his money
spent for advertising serves
merely to draw trade from
some less enterprising towns
man. It's principal effect is to
save money from flowing to the
cities and into competing towns
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Claimed the Little Red School
House used to bring up better
children. Perhaps the little red
woodhouse had something to do
with it.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The country people of today
are uniting in all kinds of en-
terprises for community and
business benefit. The city folks
spend their spare time in seek
ing pleasure. Which will pro-
gress the faster in money, civil
ization and solid advantages?
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

When you send money away
to the city stores you pay for
the high rent of the city To-
cation and the high expenses of
the city salesperson who has to
pay city prices.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Many folks who complain of
shortage of production are the
ones who take good money need
ed to develop productive re-
sources and put it into wild cat
schemes.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Many people feel that the
farmer must work IA hours so
that the six and eight hour day
city folks can get their food
products for less money.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

There are claimed to be some
great statesmen in public life
now, but so far none of their
orations has been printed in the
Fifth Reader.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Among the people who are
getting the grip are the Reds
and the symptoms are felt in
the back of the coat collar and
the slack of the trousers.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Under prohibition it is point
ed out that the moon will get
full, also the fog will be dissi-
pated. And the tide will get
half seas over.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The interest taken by women
in politics is an elevating infu-
ence and anyway they can prove
it by the fact that taxes have
gone up.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

Americans. and the United
States government firmly says
Tut, Tut"
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

When the school children 60
on a strike it is time to spank
the parents.
The Crittenden press., 1920-02-20

The people of Marion who are
not able to save money now be-
cause prices are too high are
the same ones who couldn't save
anything a few years ago be-
cause wages were too low.