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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09
JUDGES. DISTRICTS AND PAY.

<Irlnborating q thought which was in
sfIuated in q recent editorial In this
lpaper. the Columbia Herald insists that
A. 10 the duty Of the incoming legisla-
tire 10 rearrangs the judicial districts
Sk The state no a. TO effect reduction
Iii the number Of courts. In urging
This reform, the Herald hanks back to
me legislature Of 1899 when, under the
leadership Of Benton McMillin. q great
saving to the people was effected. Al
most Immediately following this. how
ever. there began n practice Of increas-
inn the number Of courts which has
gone steadily onward ever since.
Judges now feel that they ought to
hnye more salary, and We are COM
peiied by candor to confess that they
are not overpaid. There are legal diff
ficuities in the way. however, Of ex-
tending relief at this time. But II q
pian 10 devised by which u modest ad-
difion to judicial stipends can be made.
IL ought 10 be accompanied by q sur
vey looking to q recasting OF judicial
districts and TO o reduction Of the num-
ber Of courts. The forthcoming ses-
sion Of the legislature being the nrst
following the federal census, q general
reappcrtionmsnt 10 logically in order.
The state ought to be willing to pay
irsasonabie salaries for services reauir-
ing such q high order Of ability, but
everybody recognizes that the present
IL not nm suspicious time TO make ma
teriai additions to the aggregate public
burden. 1t 10 doubtless this view OF
the situation which impels the Herald
10 demand that the territory OF judges
be 20 arranged as to necessitate the
employment OF more nearly all Of their
time. n 10 a matter to which the leg
isiaturs should devote careful study
before determining upon Its course OF
action.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR
BANKHEAD, OF ALABAMA

Washington, Dec. .9.-Memorial sery-
ices in honor of the late Senator BANK
head, OF Alabama, were held today by
the senate, Eulogies We're delivered by
numerous senators, and all other. bust
ness went over until tomorrow. Among
the speakers were the two Alabama
senators, Oscar w. Underwood demo
successor TO Senator Bankhead: Sena-
tor Lodge. OF Massachusetts, republican
leader, and Senator Townsend, ,repub-
lican, Michigan, who succeeded Senator
Bankhead as chairman OF the postoffice
cnt,n Nit tee
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09
SENATORS WOULD KNOW
Why Elk Ruler of Guatemala
Kent in Prison.

Washington. Dec, "a resolution
calling on the state department for In
formation regarding the incarceration
Of former President Estrada Cabrera OF
Guatemala. was introduced In the SEN
ate today by Senator Moses. republican.
OF New Hampshire. member of the sem
ate foreign relations committee.
Moses charged since Cabrera ABB
dlcate on April II last, he had been
kept In communicate in prison and had
been ill-treated In violation with an
agreement signed with the American
legation In Gutalama that he should be
provided with a private residence and
well treated.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

tive session OF the Joint sub scale COM
mittee OF the anthracite miners ana
operators, which had been holding al
most continuous conferences during the
last three days.
Pending a meeting OF the operators
to make a more formal answer As TO
their position on general wage In
creases. the miners representatives
will make a report on yesterdays reply
at a special meeting OF the mine. work.
ers' general scale committee called for
next Saturday at Hazelton, Pa.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

AEissourians are said 10 enjoy being
shown. That being 80. they ought TO
watch the new republican admlnistra-
tion, In that state. dispose OF that ten
and a half million surplus in the
treasury.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

II young Garland, OF Buzzards Bay
who declined 10 accept a million dol
lar Inheritance, should decide to EN-
bark on the chautauqua circuit. the ad-
vertising he has received would enable
him IN get away TO a good start.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Under the leagues own Interpretation
Article x appears TO be quite tame
arrangement. What republicans seem
TO fear. however. Ia the things own
Interpretation OF itself.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Rumor has It that Col. George Bailey.
II the Houston Post, Ia spending his
vacation in Kentucky seeking inspira-
tIon for his "colyum." II 10 probably
here for him.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Az n to remind US OF how rapidly
we travel around a circuit the Jack
sonvills Times Union observes that at
win soon be time for that annual Joke
about the Georgia peach crop"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

"A contemporary 10 mean enough to
suggest that Cox was elected = life
member OF the national democratic club
because Harding was not running for
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

why all this fuss and chase Of a
mythical woman to the Mexican Dor
der because, forsooth, an Oklahoma
politician, In cleaning a pistol. acoiden-
tally shot HIMSELF
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09
MEDITATION CIGARS

A hint to the women looking for a
Xmas present for the. men-a box OF
Meditation cigars. At all dealers
ChaneyScott Cigar Co. distriouters'-
(Adyl
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

There Ia said to be 20 100000 Chinese
starving, which indicates that food
conditions In the celestial republic must
be better than usual.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Apparently, tho new regime in Ohio
Is to be q practical affair. Two dollars
admission 10 TO be charged Mt the In
augural ball
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

why not promptly revive the high
tariff, m an aid 10 the farmers, instead
Of the war finance corporationf
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

President Wilson now has congress
on his hands for the last tme,-Brfs-
toi Herald Courier. Also vice versa.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Uncis All 10 stili said to baik at be-
coming the Santa Claus OF the Pie
counter brigade.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

II the present congress should really
undertake TO do something at the short
session, wouldn't that Jar your But
don't become alarmed.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

N IL a reasonably safe bet that there
van be greater diversity Of crops in
the south next year.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Some fear OF an agreement on the
Irish question 10 expressed by both
eidesl
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Mr.. Harding's parting address TO the
senate was n sort Of au revoir, but not
good by.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

Maybe the democrats can get some
comfort out OF the reflection that 1t is
better 70 be right than to be president.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

K Maybe its because Mexico Is 40
changed that there 10 hesitation about
recognizing her.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

VI hook agents insist on the right Of
Tree speech.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09
Homemade Remedy
Stops Coughs Quickly
The keat cough medicine you ever
used. A family supply easily and
| quickly made. eaves about ~.

You might be surprised to M
know that the best thing you w
can use for coughs, Ia a remedy IN
which is easily prepared at home IN
in Just few moments. It's III
cheap, but for results it beats III
anything else you ever tried. III
Usually stops the ordinary cough III
or chest cold in "a hours. Tastes
Decentralization like it.
Pour 2m ounces of Pinex In O
pint bottle; then flll II up with
plain graduated sugar syrup. Or
use clarified molasses, honey, or
corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup,
II desired. Thus you make full II
pint-a family supply-but cost
ing no more than q small bottle
Of ready made cough syrup.
And as cough medicine, there
10 really nothing better TO be had
at any price, II goes right to the
spot and gives quick, lasting re-
lief II promptly heals the in
famed membranes that line the
throat and air passages, stops the
phlegm, and soon your cough
stops entirely. Splendid for III
bronchitis, Group, hoarse-
ness and bronchial asthma. n iii
PincN is q highly concen- IA iii
trated compound Of Norway SX%
pine extract, famous for A
healing the membranes. AlI
To avoid disappoint- %~AM,
ment ask your drug SxFTN'
Cist for "2E ounces Of AILA
Pinex" with full djrec- NSE
tions, and don't accept 1
ANYTHING else. Guar -N.S4HEy
antecd 10 give absolute fsslss1
satisfaction or money NSSssse..,S
refunded The Pinox n
Co, TT, Wayne, Ind. -
DIN EZC
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-12-09

A Tenncssean 10 holding down tho
office Of secretary OF state through
Christmas. while the secretary 10 GALL
wanting down South America way.
MIR. Harding announces that he Will
call an extra session Of congress to
deal with taxation. And nobody need
be surprised II this extra lasts until
time for the regular session.
Have Secretary Baker and Congress
man Kahn exchanged attitudes7 The
latter wants TO know what the sccre-
tary means by recruiting such a large
and expensive army.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
Supervised Play Reduces Crimes

Advantages of supervised play in
decreasing juvenile delinquency are
pointed out by William L. Engle in a
recent issue of The American City
a magazine dedicated to municipal i'm
provement. The article by Mr.. Engle
is quoted in the current issue of The
Playground, official magazine of the
Playground and ReCreatian Association
of America.
"The dust is gathering on the gavel
of the Superintendent of the Juvenile
Court in Binghamton" Mr. Engle
quoted as writing
Five years ago, the writer points
out, juvenile crime was increasing
yearly in the section of New York
State which includes Binghamton, En-
dicot and Johnson City. Boys in the
factory and railroad districts were
pillaging, burglarizing, committing a
dozen kinds of youthful depreciation
that kept police and Humane Society
officers anxious day and night.
Someone, says the article, suggested
Fairgrounds The superintendent of
the Humane Society agreed, and in this
way the program for supervised amuse-
ment parks and clubs was begun. 1t
has since turned guttersnipes into boys
whose fathers are proud of them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
BRANDON NEWS

Mrs. George H. Kelley of New York
City was a visitor in town Wednesday
on her way to Shoreham.
Mr. and Mrs. E. r. Rising announce
the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Alice to Arthur H. GIBSON.
The merchants have signed an agree
ment to close their stores every Thurs
day afternoon beginning June 3 and
continuing uneil September 80
Rev. w. T. Weston for the past three
years rector of St Thomas Episcopal
church here and Grace church in For
estdale has resigned and will leave for
Cleveland, o., June |, where he has re-
ceived an appointment as divisional
superintendent His work will be or
ganizing and building among the sea-
men of the Great Lake ports. His
headquarters will be in Cleveland. Mr.
Weston has made many friends here
not only in his parish but in the COM
munity who regret that his labOrs take
him to other fields. He will preach his
farewell sermon Sunday, May 30.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14

The highest point OF achievement of
Yesterday is the starting point OF today.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14

shortage really acute. The bureau es-
Inmates that the farm labor supply of
the country as whole is 30 per cent
less than normal.
WHEAT SHORTAGE POSSIBLE
The only crop upon which an esti-
mate in figures can be placed is the
winter wheat crop. This, of course, is
the most important one
The United States needs about $780,
100000 bushels of wheat for domestic
consumption. This is the amount that
we must produce if you and are to
get our regular rations of bread and
butter.
The winter. wheat crop alone last
year was 732,000000 bushels This
year it is estimated that it will be
100000 bushels.
The spring wheat crop last year was
209000000 bushels 1t cannot be esti-
mated this year yet, but it will GER
tainly be smaller. 1t is evident that if
the spring wheat crop is as much be-
low normal as the winter wheat crop,
our production of wheat will scarcely
be what we need for home use. 1t is
also evident that a very unfavorable
season might make production con-
siderably less than domestic need
The danger of shortage of breadstuffs
is practically abolished by the fact
that we have a carry-oVer from the
bumper crop of last year of about
lOO,000,000 bushels But it is clear that
the United States has passed the day
when its food production is vastly more
than its need.
/ At the root of the matter lies the
fact that the farmer, despite many
claims to the contrary, is not making
enough money to keep him on the farm.
He cannot make interest on the money
invested in his land and also a fair
wage for himself. 1t pays him better
to sell the land, invest the money at
six per cent and himself get a job in
factory. This would be the eXpedi-
ent thing for a considerable percentage
of all farmers to do Habit and devo-
ton to the soil are all that keep many
of them on the job of food production.
The prices of foodstuffs are high
enough, as all will agree, but farmers
are not getting a large enough share of
the money. Better methods of dis
tribution, involving fewer middlemen
and less waste, say the experts, are
necessary to insure maximum food pro-
duction in America,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
Feeding Young Chickens

Young chicken should be fed from
three to five times daily, depending
upon ones experience in feeding, says
the United States Department of Agri-
culture. Undoubtedly chickens can be
grown faster by feeding five times daily
than by feeding three times daily, but
it should be borne in mind that more
harm can be done to the young chick
ems by overlooking than by underfeed-
ing, and at no time should they be fed
more than barely to satisfy their appe-
tites and to keep them exercising, ex-
cept at the evening or last meal, when
they should be given all they will eat.
Great care must be exercised not to
overfeed young chicks that are con-
fined, as leg weakness is apt to result.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
CROP OUTLOOK
DISCOURAGTNG
Season from Two to Five Weeks Late,
With Too Much Rain-Lack of
Help Adds to Farmers
Troubles

Remarkably unfavorable weather
combined with shortage of farm labor
make the outlook for food production
in the United States this year perhaps
the worst the country has ever faced.
This is the gist of an interview with
Leon M. Esterbrook, chief of the bu-
reau of crop estimates Of the depart
ment of agriculture,
Mr.. Estabrook says that from now on
weather will be the decisive factor If
it is favorable we need not worry; we
will have enough to eat and small
surplus for export. If it is fair, we will
probably have just enough for our own
use. If the growing season is markedly
unfavorable, the United States may for
the first time in its history fail to pro-
duce enough foodstufs for domestic
consumption.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
VERGENNES NEWS

Joseph Dukett has entered the en-
ploy of the Bristol railroad as section
boss
Mrs. David Manning of Fitchburg,
Mass, is a guest of her sister Mrs.
George + Young.
Mrs. Cordelia Page of Danville on
her way from Boston is visiting her
son. f. M. Dana and family
Mrs. William A. Dalrymple has pre-
sented the Vergennes Baptist church,
in memory of her son Arthur, a Blymer
bell. 1t is A inches in diameter and
weighs 1900 pounds. 1t will be installed
this month.
Mrs. Mary Foster, who makes her
home with her daughter, Mrs E. G.
Norton, has received news OF the death
a Spokane, Wash, of her only sister,
Mrs. Eugenia L. Hall, widow Of the
late Capt. NJ d. Hall. She was a ma
tive Of Vergennes and a resident for
many years.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
Wettest April in Five Years

Reports show that the month of
April was the wettest April in five
years, the total moisture being LA
inches. The mean temperature was
404 with the maximum at 6S degrees
on the Dist and the lowest point at 20
on the 9th of the month. Only seven
days during the entire month were
clear and seven were partly clear.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
The Reason.

'Here's n magistrate reproves man
severely for using only one arm when
he is driving his car with girl"
81 suppose the reproof was for let
ting his energy go to waist"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
GIVES CREDIT THROUGH THE LAND

Backache lame and stiff muscles and rheuma-
tic pains are often symptoms of deranged kid
neys. 81 had weak bladder bad kidneys and
liver" writes Willie Carter LuXar Pa. VI
awful. | had dizzy feeling in the morning.
Since taking Foley Kidney Pills have been
relieved of all such ailments. They rid the
system of the poisonous acids that cause aches
and pains.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
Immediate Response.

81 asked Mr. Smith to give me a
show that would afford me an opening
for my peculiar abilities"
did he do it?"
"Oh, yes. He showed me the doot."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
RAIN NEEDED LATER

The rain will be needed later If
this late spring is followed by a dry
summer, it will be a catastrophe, be
cause the young plants, started late
will be unable to resist drought
Aside from the lateness of the season,
manv farmers are forced to plant less
than last wear because they cannot
get labor to help them in planting and
blowing. and they do not see much
prospect of getting the necessary help
in harvest time. The tendency, as
shown by reports coming to the bu-
reau of crop estimates, IS for the farm
er to plant just what he can handle
comfortably with the help OF his lam
ilv. The fact that prices Of farm pro-
ducts are showing tendency to iau
without the ultimate consumer get
ting anv of the benefit is also dis
couraging the farmer from large plant
ing. Prices for hogs, for example, have
fallen % per cent, although pork has
not fallen nearly that much. And the
farmer is told that prices of foodstulis
are going still lower Therefore he IS
not enthusiastic for large paintings
! ROADS ROB FARMERS OF MEN
But the shortage of labor, next to the
late season, is the chief factor in keep
ing down the acreage There are sew
eral causes for this shortage. One OF
the most immediate is the great ac-
tivity in road building In almost
every section of the country roads are
being built by federal aid, and farm
labor is turning to the roads A hired
man on a farm makes from 500 to 500
a month and his board The road
gangs offer him from 81 to So a day.
The workman prefers the larger cash
return.
Industry in the cities is also draining
the farm labor supply, as it has always
done. A very usual thing these days
is for a young man raised on a farm,
} and having some aptitude for tools,
to 90 to the city and become me
chanic. He makes from 81 to Sl2 a
day, which is more than a whole fam
ily can earn on a farm. Besides this,
he has more amusements and more OPP
portunities for education and progress.
The draft took about 100000 young
men from the farms. While they were
gone the old folks, the women and the
children pitched in and worked as the
farm population of this country never
worked before. They were aided by
volunteer farm labor from the cities to
some extent They not only kept the
} fields planted, but increased the total
farm acreage about 10 per cent
Now, with no price guarantee and
with prices for farm products falhni'
the farm people are not going to make
} any such heroic efforts again. And
the young men are not coming back
to the farms Discharged from the
) army, they are staying in the cities
finding places in industry. All of these
|, factors combine to make the labor
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-05-14
LATE SPRING SERIOUS

The chief unfavorable weather CON
dition so far is late spring. The sea-
son is from two to five weeks late all
over the United States. A late spring
in one section of the country is not
unusual, but a late spring all over the
country does not occur once in 20 years.
As a result of this late spring with
much fain blowing and planting have
been delayed in almost every section,
Oats in Maryland and Virginia for eX-
ample, should have been planted about
March ID. For the most part, the land
in which they should have been plant
ed has not even been plowed. The
land has been too wet for blowing 1t
would not "hold up a horse and be-
sides if land is plowed when too wet,
it compacts and cannot be cultivated
As a result of these conditions, many
farmers in this section will not plant
any oats at all
Cotton has suffered in much the
same way. An early planting OF cotton
needs a long growing season, but also
because the crop must be matured
early to escape the ravages OF the DOH
weevil In the more northern cotton
States. it has been impossible to plant
the crop at the right time, or even to
pillow the ground The result is that
some farmers will not plant cotton,
and that some crops will grow up late
at the mercy of the boil weevil.
These are merely examples. Many
other crops are equally threatened by
the late season. The thing needed
above all is a warm period without
rain. Farmers say that it has rained
every Friday for months. A couple
of rainless weeks now would be a
GndSend