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the same time, for he was dartinE in
 and out of the coaches and pirOhetting
 around on the ground like a second Asa
 You know there are some men who are
 just born chaperons or guides, and so I
 tied up to N. T. Grandlund, director of
 publicity for the Loew circuit.
 Now, this is a mans job by itself, for
 I had always looked on a press agent as a man who remained awake at nights
 on his natural enemies, the city editors
 of the great dailies, whose business it is
 to keep from being worked. It's no
 easy job and requires gifts of high
 order to make good in it. One thing is
 sure. the oldtme arist who dropped
 in with pocketful of passes and few
 good stories is. out of date.
 new tribe has been born, and the
 game It is in this bigger business of exploitation that Grundland is embarked. The score of lesser lights never know
 what he is going to pull next, but they are sure that whatever it Is he win get
 away with it. He works state executives.
 city commissioners, mayors. social clubs.
 chambers of commerce and any kind of
 organized body that will lend hand to helping him put Loews shows on the map His fine Italian hand was seen here on Saturday
 It seems that I have given enough to show that his job is no sinecure, pus besides using the papers and mar shaling the civic and social organisa- tiohs he was "the wet nurse of the show in prohibition territory" ana what's more, in spite of the fact mat
 he has an aggregation of tempera- mental stars, both male and ienaAe'
 everybody is just crazy about him. as
 can be seen by his pet name, TSranny."
 lie is mother to the girls and father
 tp the boys. and this is why he gets
 them to work together in peace and
 harmony.
 It,s funny that two such good-na-
 tured people as both of us are should
 have ever gotten our wires crossed.
 sut we did just before we sat down
 tc luncheon and the sparks flew thick and fast and for a moment I thought there was going to be trouble. I'll confess that he acted better than did, and just because of it I immediately began to like him and to sympathiz. with his difficult position. for if there was ever a man whose nerves had a right to jangle and be out of tune he is that individual.
 I made a little welcome address on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce.
 and then presented MT. Danforth, men, tioned in the beginning of this story. l. then became my pleasure to present Mir, Grandlund, whose business it was to introduce the various celebrities. He soon had the crowd in a gale of laughter by his sallies of wit and the 1 free and easy way in which he handled his troupe. This latter is intended to
 be taken literally. as he was very gal lant in giving them a lift to their chairs and unusually tender in getting them down again. There were some l present who were willing to assist him.
 F-I haven't space here. and the story
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A DRAMA IN FIFTY WORDS

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 James Snuffin, a Gloucester motor cycle policeman. while riding on duty yesterday, struck dog and was thrown only slightly injured but boiling angry, the dog went over and licked his hand.
 The policeman then saw that the ani- mai was blind.
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STORY OF PITCAIRN ISLAND

From the Bridgeport Post.
 The merciful mutineers of the good ship Bounty. British frigate. set their officers af1oat in a dory, took the ship
 to a lonely lot of land in the southern Pacific, called Pitcairn Island. and in- augurated new nation. This was in 17so
 In 1920 the population of the Inland is 375, says the staid British census taker. Behind that dry figure turks . finger nail history. gripping in romance. For
 once the mutineers had burned their ship. in Bounty bay, they set to drink ing, gambling and quarreling over tho
 Polynesian wives whom they had im- ported from larger island in Tahiti.
 One man. John Adams. who had been leader in the rebellion, was at length
 the only full grown man left alive. virtual king. he resolved to bring up
 the sons of his former cronies as decent
 men. He set up schools. . government
 and when the ship TaEus touchAA tbere
 quite by accident in 1917. Adams told
 the spipper he'd like to have his na-
 tion made part of the British empire. It was decided not to moleet the Pitt cairn islanders, and then the little pin point on the map-the island is but two by three miles in dimension-slipped
 out of notice until this year the census
 taker. that man of many pains. want there and counted noses He found tho islanders happy lot, as proud of thair from the Mayflower instead of from the
 Bounty.
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terday.- He's speaking in a different state today"
 THE SPELLBINDER Observe him exhortinE
 The voter to stand By the nation that bore him And the heroic hand Who fought the oppressor In days that are past And still struggled upward To greatness at last His party is as pure as
 The new-fallen snow, All those who assail it Are wicked and low. We're facing a crisis, But patriots will save That Star-Spangled Banner Oh, long may it wave.
 stt The base opposition
 He's putting to rout, But nobody knows
 What he's talking about.
 POURED IN "The moonshine's in the river,'s be- gan the poet who was reading from his own works. shouldn't you substitute on for in ?' asked captious critic. ~No,' replied the bard. I'm de- scribing the aftermath of raid on a rural distillery."
 JUST ANOTHER VICTIM Do you care for jazz?" ssNo. renIiad Mr. Crur,pSoo .1 .sor.,
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Negro Emigration Cut
 Down Census Figures

D) UT for the emigration of negroes lO from the southern part of the state during the war period, the pop ulation of Alabama would have shown twice the increase that it does. This is a reasonable estimate. The state of Mississippi actually lost in popu- lation, due to the departure of a quar- ter of million blacks.
 Alabama's gain of 209,O0O, or 9.8 per cent, would have been 100000. or g per cent, if the 100000 negroes who left this state had not done so. In that event, the increase in population from 1910 to 1920 would have been greater than in the preceding decade.
 What has Alabama lost by the ne- gro emigration? What has it ac- quired? It lost just so many sets of muscles. It has gained, in the neces- sity for the white mans doing his own work, a superior efficiency on his part.
 From the time the tide of negro emigration set in there was hue and cry of a labor shortage on the farms. But what happened? More acres were planted in diversified crops and larger yields were gathered. The Ala bama farmer made more money than during any preceding years. ,
 High-priced lands in states of more rigorous climate and shorter sea- sons have enabled white men to earn good livelihoods and retire on compe- tencies in their old age because they titled their own acres. Improvement
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return to their homes, or more fertile fields for their labors

return to their homes, or more fertile fields for their labors.
 And so no candidate can be found to buck the democratic organization ot Jefferson county and run as an inde- pendent against that splendid road builder, Jerry Gwin, for the presidency of the board of revenue. The trumped-up opposition to Jerry Gwin has been laugh able. Plenty of zealous men have been found to tall: against him but none to buck him in the field of politics where every intelligent man and woman in the county is permitted to vote.
 Jerry has been successful in his work of making Jefferson county good one in which to live. He is making the roads the best in the south. Of course 1t is costing lots of money. And when i'm provements are going on and material is to be furnished those who do not partici- pate are always ready to bring charges.
 However, Jefferson county is getting the best of roads and the great mass of citizens hope that the good work will
 AeHR,usa
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Democratic Prospects
 Grow Much Brighter

N T this time four years ago, the EA chances seemed favorable for the republican ticket. The democrats had virtually given up New York and Indiana and without these states Will sons prospects were considered all but hopeless.
 But the democrats continued their ef- forts, with promise strong in the west. Three weeks before the election the tide began to turn; as it unmistak- ably is turning now. If New York was lost to the republicans, several western states where the progressive spirit prevailed and which were hith- erto counted in the republican column were rallying under the democratic banner.
 For the first time since the Civil war, the democrats were victorious without New York. It may be SO on the 2d of next month.
 The effect of President Wilson's strong appeal to the American people to support the League of Nations is be- ginning to be felt. Dr. Charles w.. Eliot's calm and scholarly articles in favor of the democratic cause are far reaching. No thoughtful or open minded voter can resist his argument.
 It may take little time for the honest counsel of the Harvard sage to sink into the heart, but when it does the change from the party of reaction to the party of progress will be rapid.
 Herbert Parsons bolt is of deep
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in farming methods and more remu- nerative returns in the south the past few years are due to the closer con- tact of the white man with his land.
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LOOKING BACKWARD

From Inc 6rookAyn G6Ble.
 Very modestiy 'Pussyfoot" Johnson owns, T can't make any prophecy about Scotland" Nor can Scotland make any prophecy about herself. but the past and Bobby Burns are at least secure.
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Herbert Hoover Does Not
 Face the Setting Sun

7 HERBERT HOOVER still com JOl mands the respect of the American people. His ideas on the League of Nations coincide with the enlightened sentiment expressed by some members of the republican party Speaking at Indianapolis, he said: "My personal view is that some of the articles in the present treaty must be abandoned and some modified, but great many parts of the present treaty are good and are intertwined with the stability of the world"
 The attitude of Governor Cox is not widely different from that of MT. Hoover. Governor Cox has repeatedly stated that he does not object to changes in the league covenant or clarifying reservations which do not destroy it's purpose. The Johnsons, Borahs and, just recently, Senator Harding, assail the league as at pres ent constituted as a nefarious scheme to set up a superstate and rob Amer lea of her sovereignty. It must be "scrapped." There is no other alter native.
 No man is better acquainted with conditions in Europe than Herbert Hoover. No American citizen, per haps, realizes to a greater extent how closely the future of this country is bound up in the future of those na- tions with which we were associated during the war, as we'll as the three quarters of the world now in the League of Nations.
 If Harding should be elected and he attempted to repudiate America's obligations to humanity, men of Hoover's stamp would be heard from.
 The great mystery of the 1920 presidential campaign is the ale glance to the republican nominee of conflicting clements within the party known to be out of sympathy with Senator Harding.
 The old-fashioned animal trainer who coaxed lions, bears, tigers and other wild animals to perform in the same ring without free-for-all fight failed to give such an amazing per- formance as the spectacle of Root, Taft and Hoover, Hiram Johnson and Senator Borah, Senator Lodge and Boss" Penrose appealing severally and together for the election of Sen ator Harding to the presidency.
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Kind Words.

q have been attending the Alabama State fairs for number of years" said Carl Olsson of Nashville. Tenn yesterday, and never have I seen any thing to equal the one put over this year. The agricultural exhibit was splendid and the entertainment was all that could be desired. There are few fairs in the country that give as sood free attractions as your fair has done this year. The hippoGfome acts alone were worth the price of the general admission.
 'The fair does your state great credit and the Management Is certainly to be congratulated. I hope to attend many more of your fairs in the future and ara anxious to see it go on grow ing in ever larger proportions"
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Mn1NING PRAYER

A MORNING PRAYER q tho., who are the G"d or 'ns ,nyymrd and the lost. look upon me, and ,caI ne, shrGtigh darkness m" f,tlure, home al last to thee. Ameh' M. S. II.
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QUICK CHAN,

QUICK CHANGES How does your candidate stand on the League of Nations question:?
 He's for it, said the party worker. ''Wny. I heard he was against it yes
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GETTING EVEN

Are the Gadsbys still regarded as so. cial climbersr'
 T believe the Gadsbys have arrived.
 "Ah."
 And they are nov in position to pick on other people whs have social ambitions"
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Eager to Qualify


 The women of the Birmingham dis trict certainly want to register" said Miss Exa Aldridge, chief clerk in the office of the board of registrars, '.judg- ing from the large number coming into our office during the past two days. Although the registration books of the county are open the books will not oren at the courthouse until October 21 and will close again on October PC.
 "At the present time the board of registrars are visiting the various precincts registering new voters in them. We are making preparations to handle the large crowds when the books are opened in Birmingham again and expect to register at least twice as many as we did the few days be- fore the books closed on September B."
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PROVE IT.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
 The price of baby carriages has re- ceded a trifle. It is as cheap for three to live as for two.
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NOT PERSUADED

NOT PERSUADED
 What are the prospects for getting little loan this naorning?' asked the im- pecunious caller.
 Not chance" snapped Mir. wad- leigh.
 "oh, all right. Itss | fine day, sir.-
 Maybe it is. but I'm not one of those week-kneed individuals who believes in the old saying, The better the day, the better the deed.'"
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NEGRO woMEr LEAD

From the Tampa Tribune.
 In Jacksonville to the close of books "Wednesday night. s,27z women had reg istered for voting, negro women lead- ing by 2S4.
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Raises Her Own

Where there is will there is way is true saying" said Russell Eunt land I am reminded of this by lady who. having only very small front yard. yet dug it up and sowed it down in turnips, and in spite of the drouth is going to have some nice greens before long, as she has taken the trouble to water the little patch. There can be raised on small plot. I am speaking from experience. for when the cry was for war gardens I tried i. out"
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With hopeful eyes The man who's wise Win view life's changing scene; He'll do his best And sink to rest Untroubled and serene. There's much to gam, So why complain If fortune proves unkindf They only fail Whose faint hearts quail When sorrows fetters bind.
 PAUL COOK.
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1s.pt3,u

care for rheumatism. either. but have
 to grin and bear its
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VIII be told elsewhere of those who re- sponded and of their happy hits. think. however, that all who wore present will bear me out in saying that gale of laughter was blowing all through the luncheon. The entire party were appreciative of the courtesies snown. They raved over the beauty of the Country Club and narveled at the beautiful residences and the won- derful views from Red mountain. In the background all the while, but a!- ways keenly alert to add to the joy of the visit of the party. wore MT. and Mrs. James. tho modest but charm ing. couple who help to Make I.oew's Bijou popular in Birmingham.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A CONSUMERS SONG

A CONSUMERS SONG Who would not wear A joyous air,
 With prices coming down7 A prodigy
 That one may see
 By rambling through the town. Price tags appeal To those who feel
 The cosmic urge to buy; No more we fear The profiteer
 With cold and ffishy eye.
 EASY TO GUESS Did you ever have the telephone bell ring when you were in the bathtub and there was nobody else at home?" "Ch, yes," replied the fa.uily man. What did you dor well, I play little golf. and have also addressed a few remarks to a pune tured tire, so draw your own conciu. sions."
 AN ENTHUSIAST Did you get an interview with Mir Grabcoin?' without the least difficulty" said tic smart salesman. How did you manager 'l put my golf score on the card sen. in to him."
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TO business thnt we love. we rise DC times, And go to ii with, delight
 Antony and Cleopatra
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"f rut my golf score on the card sen. in to him."
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EASY TO GUESS
AN ENTHUSIAST

Did you get an interview with Mir. Grabco;n?'
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TELEPHONE Bell (privatc exchange eonnec,ihS all" departmental. Mn1n saVS,
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haven't space here. and the story
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
SAW HUMOR IN SITUATION
Speaker Might Have Been Bore, but
He Had Tact Enough to Garry
Off His Joke.

A teachers institute was being held
and number of noted speakers had
been engaged for the three-days' ses-
sions. On the second afternoon, after
q morning of round tables and lectures.
a group of us teachers were sitting in
the auditorium of the church in which
the meetings were being held, debat-
ing whether to remain for the next lee
ture or not.
ooh, let us co." exclaimed; SIN
tired, and I've heard that this man is
just a perfect bore, anyway"
A rather insignificant man sat next
to me, who turned his head, and with
a merry twinkle in. his eye, said:
"Yes, ladies'; l know the fellow, and
he is bore!" However, we decided to
remain, and the neighbor continued to
talk to us.
After the meeting had begun, and
the prelminaries were over, the pres
ident of the association called for the
speaker of the afternoon, and to our
dismay the nice stranger. arose, ad-
vanced to the platform, and prefaced
his remarks by telling the incident
which had just occurred, and expressed
the hope that the women might be able
to hear him through. in spite of his
honest confession.-EXchange.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
HARD TO GET CONDOR EGGS
onIy Seven Are Known to Be In Ex.
istence, and the Bird Itself
Is Near Extinction. 49,.

The Academy of Science in Phila
lelphia. some years ago, lost an egg
Presumably it was stolen. 1t was the
egg of California condor, and worth
lot of money.
Only seven eggs Of that bird are
known to exist ip collections. 1t fire.
luents the most inaccessible peaks In
southern California, and matches its
young at dizzy heights in caves in the
faces Of cliffs. Thus the task of pro-
curing an egg is one involving utmost
danger. ~
The species, a gigantic vulture, has
been almost exterminated. Cattlemen
and sheepmen poison carcasses to de-
stroy woIves~and bears; the condors
cat the bait and die.
That an ostrich egg may be danger
Gus, If Overripe, was discovered a
while ago by Doctor Bauer of the
Smithsonian institution. While he
was boring a hole in one, it exploded,
the flying fragments cutting him bad
iy.
The eggs Of some orioles are marked
with grotesQue figures, often resem-
bling Chinese characters. Experts In
oriental languages have on occasions
been asked to read them, but no sat
isfactory translation has been OBJ
tained.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
TRUSTEES SALE

- Pursuant to authority vested, in
me by certain deed of trust of re-
cord in the Clerks office of the Cir
cult Court of Highland County in
Deed book No 19 at page 403, dated
March %, 1915 made by w. B. Cor
bett conveying the property herein
after described to the undersigned
trustee to secure and save harmless
-C. C. Folks and others as endorsers
on a negotiable note therein de-
scribed the said c. C. Folks having
been required as endorser thereon to
pay, the said note and after due not
ice from him as required by said trust
deed, I will, on the 5th day of April,
1920 at the front door Of the court
house of said county In Monterey, Vir
5ginia, proceed to sell by way Of pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for
cash: one Thornhill two-horse wagon
in good condition. one brown mule
and set of double work harness.
J. c. Mathsny, Trustee.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Noah's Wife.

There must be some foundation for
the perpetually recurring story, in the
medieval mystery plays of Noahs
wife, Noah's name means rest"
Noah's wife's makeup was restless.
Her name was Naamah. Naamah
was daughter of Enoch, "who walk
ed with Cod" says holy writ,
but ,Naamah walked about with
her temper and nearly upset the
ark itself with the "kick'' she
made at it's uprcaring. She fought
Noah with doughty fists all the way
through, and when the great man had
completed his work she said she would
not 90 in with the animals The an
imals behaved better, and went tidily
into the ark. At last Naamah con-
sented to carry in the Tyre bird. When
they were afi0at Naamah declared she
was as blue as the sea. The lions be-
came outraged at this carrying on,
and attacked Noah to attack Naamah.
Pretty woman with the melodiOus
name, you have come all the way
down history from 244S B. c., to the
year 1919, A. D., as the peacock
of temper. When n man builds his
house (ark) his trouble begins.-Chi-
cago Journal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
Why Three Meals a Day.

The theory is advanced from time
to time that one or two meals day
are preferable to the three commonly
served in this country. If the same
amount Of food is 20 be eaten it is
hard to see the advantage of wo very
hearty meals over three ordinary ones.
The best physiological evidence i'm
plies that moderate quantities of, food
taken at moderate intervals, are more
easily and completely digested by or
dinary people than larger quantities
taken at intervals, remarks an ex-
change. If the food ordinarily taken
is considered excessive and the aim
is simply to reduce the amount, it
would seem more rational to make all
the meals lighter than to leave out
one. The very fact that the custom
Of eating number of meals a day has
so long been almost universal ihdi-
Gates that ii must have some advan-
tages which instinct. based upon ex-
perience, approves and justifies.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1920-03-19
HOW CANARIES ARE TRAINED
French Expert Explains HIS Method
Of Teaching the Birds to Pro-
duce Sweet Notes.

Parisians are so paSsionately fond
of canaries that it Is estimated there
are 100000 of these birds in the
City of Light. Writing in the Wide
World magazine, Henri GaiIlard, the
famous French canary trainers gives
some interesting particulars regarding
his method of teaching his pets to
sing. .- 49,. r..,....s =
"The musical training Of my pupils"
he says, as conducted with theRid OF
n bird whistle or fiageolet. 4 fort
night after the young bird has learned
to feed itself 1t is put into saiitary
cage, where, If it Is a male, 1t, soon
begins to warble. The cage Isl then:
covered with white muslin and Its Oc-i
cupant Is fed on cola seed and bread
soaked In water. During thes: first
week of isolation I don't allow him to
hear the song>of any other Bird and
during the second week play only a
few notes of medium pitch every
morning before his cage. After this
I advise covering the cage with very
thick green or red serge, thus keeping
the bird in darkness until it = has
learned a few short musical phrases.
How long does it take to train a
canary to sing properly? Well, that
all depends on the birds aptitude. l
should say the time varies from two
to six months"