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Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
Rush 10 the Cities

One person in every in the United States lives in three cites-New York Chicago and Philadelphia, according estimate by the bureau. and of the entire population of the in 6S cities of 100000 population. In degree the shortage of food production and sequent high cost living migration from the country the cities cannot be estimated be doubted that has been responsible in no small measure for this condition,
 with call thousands O munitions workers previously unheard wages largely from Also the soldiers the country districts were content down on the farm after they Farce and added to the population of the large cities. Altogether, told 6.5OoOOO people have during the past 10 years abandoned country for the larger urban centers.
 results will follow if this condition keeps up indefinitely Already it is difficult farmer hire sufficient and satisfactory help although wages and hours have undergone a radical change but this has failed to keep the turning to the cities in such numbers that there now an alarming shortage of help the farms
 Unless farm to the city and i+s consequent trend increase of all farm roducts be checked it develop that the price of all agricultural products will reach such figure the scale will tilt back again and labor be more ren,unerative than city workers will be content to the country spite O the many other attractions the big cities have offer tIem
 Many have found that the change from the trx to the cities turned out ba altogether o desirable as they had expected After the innova- t+o, of the bright lights. the crowds and the many ,s of arntlsement and entertainment had worn ef the realization that their city wages large they nDeared at first in comparison with their former
 s were hardly sufficient them from pay
 to ra, day and that city life was not such
 o to,, ride as they had anticipated has caused
 , for the farm, friendly country r-roaning dinner table
 rrhere are ample reasons why this movement from the country the cities Sh0ui0 'e e1e'Neo' The
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
CHINESE JAZZ

The hunt for the origin jazz has led to the African jungle and to the music of feasts and orgiastic dances. But, further back it can be traced to the beginnings of civilization China itself Confucius who lived nearly 25O0 years ago. edited a book of ceremonies called the "Li The book of ceremonies venerable Chinese classic long be- fore Confucius gave his attention to it. The say ings in the 'I Xii" viewpoint of musical criticism in China which perhaps corresponds to the date assigned by the Jewish Chronology for the Garden of Eden. The "Ii Kip describes music as a powerful influence for good pictures the prehistoric syncopation follows:
 "The airs of Kang go to wild excess and debauch the mind; those of Sunk speak indulgence and of women, and submerge the mind; those of Wei strenuous and fast and perplex the mind. and those of Khi are violent and depraved make the mind arrogant The airs of these four states all stimulate hbidinous desire and are injurious to -
 If not jazz, what else falls in with the descrin ton? Rang Sung, Wei and Khi-au their scores have been lost Only the monotonous drum bes which they doubtless contributed to prehistoric remains in modern Chinese music
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
C. G. H. Editor
TRAFFIC IN DRUGS

There's a temperamental h{ghstrung individual known from one end or the state to the other. who, through ruse. was iack-rolled to a local hospital where it was proposed to subject him to minor operation that he had been opposing. The morning following his interment a crony of his called at his room He found the old duck flat oD his back with the sheet tucked under his chin, eyes glued to the ceiling.
 (For the purpose of disguise we will call the sick man links, and his pal, Jones)
 Footwork Begins
 Jones-Hai Ha! So you're here are you?
 Jinks-(Boiting to a sitting posture and pulling the sheet up by the roots) Here? Dammit, yes, of course I'm here! How far could I get, with them taking my clothes and leaving me nothing but this disgraceful shirt that buttons down the back? Then ask me if I'm here! Where's that nurse? I , want my breakfast-it's nearly 9 o'clock.
 Jones-Go easy, links and give them a chance. It's not time for break fast yet.
 Jones-Time yet? Hell, man. they fed the rest of them in this place at o'clock this morning. All but me. Fine way to treat a man. No wonder I'm getting weak. l say
 The nurse enters and hurries to the bed where she firmly lays JinlIs back on the pillow and inquires what's the trouble.
 "Trouble!" storms links. trouble enough When do I eat Along with the house cat, I suppose. Woman. do you know that I haven't had any breakfast yet? (Rising on his elbow)
 Nurse-You can't have any break fast this morning.
 Jinks-Can't have any! (Pawlng the air). Wassa matter?
 Nurse-Why, they are going to oper- ate on you this morning. at Il o'clock
 Had Only Little to Eat
 Jinks-( (Bolting up again) Operate on mel" he shouted. Well I'll be damnedl Who said they were going to operate, on me? They don't operate or me until I get something to eat. Why didn't they tell me they were going tc do this that I could eat something last night? I had only little to eat
 A small steak, a little vegetables. and pie and coffee. must have something to eat now
 As the nurse left the room, Jones ex- plained to his friend on the bed that il he were to eat breakfast he would suf- fer more following the operation. They argued a while and then the nurse re turned to the room. Before Jinks knew what was going on he had received 2 hypoderm.c injection.
 look of apprehension crept over his face and he almost reverently in. quired Whats that for2"
 ITO quiet you" says the nurse, "ant make you more susceptible to th' anaesthetic."
 He Rivets His Eyes
 When she left the room immediatel! after, Jinks suddenly sat up in be- again and riveting his eyes on hi companion, said Jones. you don suppose that was morphine she gav me, do you? You know, I've got al awfully weak heart" "Oh, mol" assured Jones. 'Docto - knows you have a weak heart
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
THEY'RE GOING

Nearly 100000 American farmers have purchased 3,0o0,000 Canadian this
 They are transplanting their food producing ener gies Canada, the Dominion's profit and Uncle Sam's loss.
 They going largely because of their inability make profit growing food upon high h-cost acres of the United States. Land in Canada is cheap. The time is coming when it won't be cheap Acreage will cost much there here And then what is the farmer going to do? Where is he going? The of the world excepting Siberia and the Sahara, already crowded.
 Maybe by that time he will have learned the of the overcrowded Dane, Hollander and Bel gian. He will try to more food in a smaller He will cultivate more intensively. He will try doing what Jim Hill advised years ago He will make two blades where but has grown will harvest bushels the acre.
 The wiser of the agricuturists already doing that. They find it more profitable and more com fortable than selling and settling in a colder cline.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
BIBLE REPuplATEn
(Frorn the Chi. Trib's Vox PopulD
 You Can't EooI This Bird

You Con't Tool This Eird
 Chicago. Sept. g. (Editor of the Tribune) 2 few words to the Tribune and thls Mr J. r. Bible. l read the Tribune every day because there is so much Bull in it I have to laugh. and this I F. Bible what does he know about Chicago and us Repub- licans and are great Mayor Thompson I see his letter was from Cairo, III a little one horse town I guess he only reads the Tribune why MT. J. F. Bible we live in Chicago and we know what this great man is he has got it on the Tribune that is why and do not fool yourself MT. J. F. Thompson's men will ease win this man Thompson is a man and we know because we live here and know what he is for Chicago only.
 MIR. FRED JOHNSTON.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

Very likely they gave you adrenaline or something along that nne-it's not so hard on the heart.
 Huh" murmured links and sank back on his pillow.
 He was quiet for the moment and his friend began to think that the drug was beginning to take effect until the patient suddenly startled him by sit ting up and demanding Jones, what did you say they gave mel"
 "Adrenaline, I think"
 "A-wachacallit2 Drelin2 What does it do to you2"
 Why. that's the stuff they give that produces this twilight sleep. I think.
 Twilight sleepl" fairly shouted links Great scott. man! That's not what ails mel Where in helfs that n1lrse ?''
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
HEY HEVwnnnI

Next to reading a good book we ike to read a good review of a book, and in this branch of slavery Heywood Broun, of the N'Yawk Trib. is fas~s cfnating. Ever and anon he pulla something that is irresistible. Witnessss fellow Democrats, the following: ~s
 Although we have said once or twice that we were not among the enthusiastic admirers of the literary style of Woodrow Wilson, his note about Russia fills us with envy and admiration. Only master could trans- late tut! tut!" into 2,0O0 words" If MT. Broun will take a squint mt the price of this fearful weekly he will see that as 0 translator of tut! tut!'s we are batting about .666-and weekly, at that. Does MT. Broun suspect that Dr. Wilson used a pony" fn his trans lating and if so, wouldn't it have been a sweet idear for the Poles to have re- piled, Ne credite equoi"?
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
ORDER YOUR cAMEL's BACK NOW

From Arthur BrIsbane's CoI.)
 Senator Harding's management says that his 12word slogan will be ad vertised in all billboar ds all oyer the country. Poor advertising. Better use small country newspapers such as Harding and Cox own. and especially small weekly newspapers. They cost Hess than bilboards and are worth a thousand times more-THE people be- [ IieYe them.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
THE WEEKS BEST (Fron B. L. T.'s Line O-Type)
The Mortunarx Wheeze--

Sir@ Crossed Spoon river yesterday, and fancied I could hear echoes of it's Masters voice rising from the little cemetery. The night in West Liberty was spent in counting the trains that passed under the hotel windows. I re- peated Madame de StaePs slogan( or was it Recamier or Yale2) anent the crimes committed on the name of Lib erty, and arose and shaved. I shall add the headline, Cork Mayor Sinks Slowly to my collection of mortuary wheezes. The other one was born when a newspaper reported that Vic toria was dying by inches. As ruler should I chertled.
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Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
o. SAY CAN YOU sEE?

Bro. Hays, commenting on the re- suits in the Maine election, said The north star of the Union remains un- dimmed." Now that he has thrown that much light on it. we begin to un- derstand why they sometimes refer to the n. s. as the poll star. On the other hand. there is a certain constant rela- tiOn between the now designated poll star and the dipper, which might auger well for a wet candidate at the coming polls. And they do tell of Jimmie Cox being a wet" candidate. Win some kind seer enlighten usT
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

Somebody has yet to explain what the big idea was in setting a price of four cents a pound for picking cotton for picking 15-cent cotton. For spend ing the other fellows money some birds are sure fliers.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

Edith Redwood writes in and chides us for probably losing some poems she sent in. Tn the same letter she com ments on the Cub Reporters camp let ters. Poor Edith Each of the Cuh Reporters letters was bolstered uu with one of her poems.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

We unnerstan that upon hearing about the Humps proposed cotton edi- tion, the Mesa folks have called hur- ried meeting to discuss the need of changing the dates of it's cotton car nfval so as to coincide with the Humps dates. We are nothing if we are not elastic. in Mesa" commented Dan Klineman. the venerable mayor of the Gate City.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
A JUDICIAL MIND AT WORK
 fE~a~1 TLa Rar,,hI;1anl

Judge R. C. Stanford commended the Mexicans present upon the readiness those of their race adopted the GUS toms and adhered to the laws of the United States while an this country.
 On the other hand. Col. McClintock invited our Mexican guests to spit on their hands and get to work After al there really are two sides to a question, are there not?
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

farms are pleading for aborers assist in harvesting the big crops Cities point proudly to their astohls inc. gains in population, but they have been made largely at the expense of the country where the con seo,ient loss is felt by the entire nation.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
PLAGUED
sy Edmund Vanee Cooke

 Perhaps you a monarch and your sword Is bared against some rival over-lord. You know not that am, do I Whether you live die yet share The sweat and blood the triumph defeat The world is compact and complete. Mayhap you are a slave whose swarthy face Is never seen in any market place And yet the product of your hardy thews Affects the terms of all sell, Borne by the deserts pack. oceans gale, Your little ounce decides my trembling scale Perhaps you a poet and you In some forgotten hermits buried cell, Yet some chance passer-by shall heed your And every breeze shall blow your along, Until all human hearts shall beat with yours, long red blood and love endures The former kaiser has founded a hospital at Anerongen Well. he filled plenty of them in his time.
 There seems to be at least a chuclIle in the an- nouncement that C. w. Slaughter elected presi- the New York reunion of the Bull family.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
MAKE FEM BITTER

SEATTLE-Fans here are boosting for better boxing shows this winter. Promoters say prices for pasteboards will go up. Main event bouts of any class are hard to land on the coast
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
CONCENTRATIONS

The local Poets corner complains that, although these here new fanSled high school girls costumes are all right, it is difficult 10 find suitable words to rirne with 'middy" We offer the following epitaph free to be used by the survivors of any of the village rimesters who try to eulogize with verse our local hischool girl in her new costume:
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
THE JUDGE LIVES UP TO HIS
 NAME
fFron the N. Y. Trit

Judge Wait decided to withhold tenn porary action against the firm fol- lowing a statement by Attorney Bailen, appearing for MT. Ponzi, that all ob- legations are being met.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
HAVE A HEART,
 BUTCHER

Now that we have a calf on our hands we have been studying the stock markets, local and out in the world. Good vealers are quoted in the Kansas City market at 1G cents with bulk good choice $l4.50G 15.5O. The local butchers are offering cents. First thing these birds know we'll take our calf and move to k. C. with him.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

The Republican must have new conner on it's staff. In writing the elec- ton story he mentioned Vaughn as nominated for corporation counsel
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

Anyhow, 1t suttinly is fine weather in which to sit tight and wait for the buyers to raise the ante on cotton quotations.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

We are making our last call for ma terial for the Humps cotton edition Bring in your tears and sobs.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

One of the largest British engineer ing firms has transformed its i'm mense ammunition works into a loco motive factory.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
SQUEEZING LEMoNs

SAN DIEGO" "Strangler" Ed Lewis is now getting into condition for the winter mat campaign by grappling with lemons on his 600-acre ranch near Fallbrook, Calf
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

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Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

The Republican editoriaiized. on the Texas primary "Neff was not the choice of the majority--not even a re- spectable minority How different from the average candidatet Take the Republican presidential candidate this year. for example.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

Tn seeking to rime with 'middy' He used both "Biddy'' and "giddy." When they told OCT his bones
 Why the co-eds used stones,
 The mourners queried, "Oh, did he?'
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

However an enterprising and ambi- tious swain might sequester his lady s geometry and pen something not un- like the following:
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

Hortense, when I behold thee
 In thy lilly white middy And figger up the laundry on it,
 My heart grows sick and giddy. (Note to the freshmen: The selec- tion of the lady's geometry is studied one.)
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
]. u. N.

Has anyone suggested that in these days they ought to get out a list of The Weeks Best Cellars?' It's not a very deep one and ought to give yous a litter once you get the point.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

City that the Mexican army now com prises 117.000 officers and men, 500 of whom are generals.
 o. What is meant by lat the mar tcet?" F. X. A.
 A. In Wall Street parlance this is a form used in orders to brokers to buy or sell at the best price that the mar ket affords when the order reaches the place of trading.
 o. Which oF President Wilson's famous fourteen peace points was the one said to have paved the way for the league of nations covenant in the peace treaty? c. E. R.
 A. It was the "14th point" to the effect that "A general association of nations must be formed for the Pur- pose of guaranteeing political inde- ren6ence and territorial integrity to great and small stakes alike
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER IS 1920

If there ever was a time, now is the time we should have cool heads and warm hearts.
 Whiting Williams.
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

The former kaiser a hospital at Amerongen We'll he filled plenty of them in his
Arizona republican., 1920-09-18

When she left the room Immediately after, Jinks suddenly sat up in bed again and riveting his eyes on his companion. said. Jones. you don't suppose that was morphine she gave me, do you? You know, I've got an awfully weak heart
 "Oh, mol" assured Jones. Doctor
 knows you have a weak heart.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-08-04
PROBABLE LYNCHING AvElsTED
Negro Attacked Anderson Woman
Officers Spirited Him Away.

Anderson, July 2S.-Anderson is
quiet this morning after the excite.
ment Of last night, when Scott Gar.
ner, 14-year-old colored youth, is
alleged to have attacked promi-
ing arrest Of the boy, he was identi-
fed by the woman, and local officers,
by clever ruse, fooled the crowd of
people who had gathered, and as
the mob chased decoy automobile
loaded with policemen, Deputy
Sheriff billiard made his escape
with the prisoner.
The Young woman was attacked
while standing in front Of her home
waiting the return Of her husband,
who had gone to put his automobile
IN the garage. The woman was un-
able to defend herself when seized
by the negro, owing to the fact that
she had her baby in her arms. The
negro became frightened and ran
when the young woman screamed
and brought the husband to her as
sistance. The negro was later ar
rested at his home and taken before
the woman, who, with he's husband,
Identified him as the right person
News soon spread over the city OF
the affair, and within short time
crowd had gathered which in all
probability would have dealt severe
ly with the negro had not the officers
spirited him away. It is not known
where the boy was taken, but II
is thought the officers headed for Co
lumbia with him:
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-08-04
BA,lBEna an,esttr sA,lxs.+ "
Eighty Cents Pound Pad Tor
Some Of Weed.

Bamberg, July 24.-Special: Thir-
ty-five thousand pounds Of home
grown tobacco was sold on the Bam-
berg market yesterday. at prices
ranging from cents to 80 cents
per pound, the average being about
20 cents.
Local tobacco men claim that the
highest price paid in South Carolina
this season for tobacco was paid in
this market yesterday. One pile Of
the weed from the crop Of Jordan
and Burch was bid in by the Export
Tobacco Company buyer for $50 per
hundred. So far as known no other
market in the State has yet equaled
this record. This sale was made in
the Denbow warehouse.
Another good sale was Of pile
from the crop Of Thomas Jenkins,
which brought $68 per hundred, this
sale being made at the Farmers
Warehouse.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-08-04
Wheat Supply More Than 1910.

Washington, July Wheat
from last years crop carried over
into 1920 totalled l09,31S,OOO bush
els on July /, compared with 49,
56l 900 bushels Of the 1918 crop
on hand the corresponding day last
year, said an announcement to-day
by the Department OF Agriculture.
stocks on frams. in country mills
and elevators, and in points Of large
accumulation all showed an increase
over 1919 totals. 'lhis year farmers
held 47,756,000 bushels, against
l9,261, 900 bushels in 1919, the
figure perhaps rejecting disturbed
transportation conditions during the
past year. At the larger central
storage points this year the depart
ment found 24,574,000 bushels,
against 9,532,000 in the same
places on July |, 1919. In country
mills and elevators this year, there
are 36,988, 1000 bushels, while in 1919
there were 19,768,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-08-04
GREENvlLIE NEGRO MURDERED.
Was Walking With Girl When Fired
OH by Three Mon.
(The Piedmont, July 2S.)


Sam Abercrombie, % years old,
negro employed by the local office
of the BurroHohs Adding Machine
Co., was she and killed last night
about II &C k while returning
home after III. Knights Of Pythias
meeting in TL. e hall. The negro
was walking t~ross the old circus
lot in West Greenville in company
with a girl and another couple when
three men, who were walking some.
distance behind them, opened fire
with Il pistol. killing Abercrombie.
The dead man is known to have
been Of good character, and enjoyed
his employers confidence and re-
spect. His father is an honest and
respected fan mer, living near Green
Vile.
The three people who were with
shooting are being held at the police
station pending the coronerA in
quest. The girl with Abercrombie
stated at the police station this
morning that they were walking
along the path, going to her home
when the three men who were walk
ing behind opened fire. Abercrom-
bic pushed her behind bush. and
turned toward the men, falling as
he did so. After firiHe five or six
shots, according to the girls story,
the assailants fed. and she went to
Abercrombie. She thrned him over
and tried to talk to him, but he
died within n few minutes without
speaking. The girl went to house
nearby and notified the police, who
with Sheriff Willis and Deputy Par
kfns, began an immediate investiga-
ton.