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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
GEDDES SUPPLEMENTS CARSON

HAMPTON l.. CARSON'S presidential
IL address before the American Bar Asso-
citation in st. Louis was a scholarly dis
cussion Of the evolution Of representative
government In the course Of it he reminded
his audience that the United States is not
q pure democracy, but a representative
democracy.
The distinction is one Of which the adyo-
Gates of the initiative and referendum do
not seem TO be aware. They have sought to
introduce pure democracy into our govern.
mental fabric 10 supplement the rrpresen-
tatve system. The representative system
has worked pretty well Indeed, it has pro
duced better results thun any other system
with which the world is familiar.
The experiments in pure democracy in the
western states have been farccul Thick
pamphlets have been issued containing the
laws which the people were called upon to
consider. The arguments for and against
them have been printed along with the draft
Of the laws. But the voters have not read
the pamphlets and they have rarely voted
ON the proposed laws. They have been con
tent with the representative system under
which they have delegated to others the duty
az studying the questions at issue and pass
Ing the necessary statutes.
Mr. Caapn's address was admirably sup.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
COAL PRICES

THE order of the attorney general on Mon
L day to all United States attorneys to
inquire into the alprice situation has
been followed by fall in prices in Balt
more. 1t has been charged that in that city
prices have been boosted by combination
of local dealers in bitumuous coal. The
dealers seem to have decided to rush 10 cover
before the federal attorney catches them.
The anthracite" situation waits on the pub
lication of the report of the commission
appointed by the President to settle the
wage controversy. The commission finished
taking testimony two or three weeks ago,
and after considering the evidence it wrote a
Report which IT submitted to the President
yesterday. The President will study the
document before making it public. If it
grants the demands Of the miners the CON
sumers will not be able to get coal at lower
prices than those which now prevail
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
NOW MY IDEA IS THlS!,
Daily Talks With Thinking Phiadephans Subjects They
Knotv Best

Latin American countries has developed to
a greater extent than any other countries
in, the world.
= Located right alongside of Mexico, it is
but natural that we should get a great deal
of her trade, Even prior to the war we were
supplying about one-half of Mexico's i'm
ports, while our European friends were sup
plying the other half. With the circum-
. stances of the war their facilities for sup
plying the class of merchandise required by
Mexico were naturally minimized, and as a
result the United States is now supplying
about 50 per cent of the merchandise i'm
ported into Mexico and taking about 90 per
cent of her exports.
Still another reason for the large trade
between Mexico and this country lies in the
fact that Mexico has tropical or sub
tropical climate, while the climate of the
United States is that of the temperate zone,
and as result the interchanges of tropical
products on the one hand for temperate zone
products, and especially manufactured goods,
on the other hand, are very large.
I'm the last ten years the import trade
OF the United States with Mexico has in
creased from $53, 400, 900, to $l6S,300, 900,
VIII while 1 her export trade has jumped from
$6l 200 600 to $143, zoo, 900. One big fac
tor in the trade relations between the coun-
tries lies in the fact that they are SO acces
sible to each. other and that shipments can
be made. in a short space of time.
One furtheE reason for the gains in
recent years Of our share of the trade Of
Mexico is presumably due to the very large
and steadily increasing amount of Ameri-
can capital invested in that country, which
before the war was estimated at over a bill:
lion dollars and was recently estimated by
Senator Fall, of New Mexico, in speech
in the United States Senate at two billion,
or far in excess of that from any other
country.
Instructions Dying Out
1T is fact that the sales by the United
States to our 10, 900 900 neighbors in Mex
leo last year were more than to the 30O,-
O00, 900 inhabitants of India or the 400,
O00,000 of China. =
THE insurrection habit in Mexico has
pretty well died out in the last few months.
with the surrender of Villa and several
other bandit leaders, the principal obstacles
to the formation of good and stable gov
ernment have been removed OF the, 15,-
600 900 Inhabitants Of the country, about
12,O00,OOO are Indians or of that origin,
many of them descended from the old Aztec
and other tribes. They are, however, sus-
ceptible of civilization and self government.
There have been few fareups in the
way of incipient rebellions, notably among
the Indian tribes of Lower California. buf
they are pretty well under control. The in
dications are that with a little help and
encouragement Mexico will soon take its
place among the stable and constructive
nations of the world"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

THE bomb which Governor Cox threw into
L the Republican camp last night was
"dud.''
1t did not explode.
All he had to offer was a memorandum
which he said had been secured from the
headquarters of the Republican National
Committee in Chicago containing a list of
sums with the names of various cities
attached. the total amount being about
SS,OO0,OOO, not $15, 900 900 as he has been
saying!
He had no proof that there was any inten.
tion to raise these sums or that the commit
tee had seriously considered the memoran-
dunn.
1t is explained today by those familiar
Win the facts that the list which the gov
ernor's agents got hold of contained some
tentative figures prepared by John f. Blair,
who had been aiding in raising War Camp
community and. other funds to indicate on
the oasis of the war service contributions
OF the cities what could be raised for DO
litical purposes.
That is all there is to 1t.
Governor Cox did not ATTEMPT TO prove
that any sinister influence had made any
contributions, nor did he offer the slightest
raised has been used corruptly. Yet that is
what he has been trying to make the people
believe.
Chairman Hays insists that SO, ,OOO. 900
is all that the Republican National Com
mittee is trying to raise, and he announces
that the name of every contributor will be
made public, so that the country can Judge
of the sources from which the money comes
The Democratic candidate has revealed
himself as q common demagogue. Such
hearsay would not stand two questions
under cross examination in a court of law,
which is clearly the reason why Cox has
lodged going before the Senate Investigating
Committee. If he can do no better than
this the Republicans will not need even the
comparatively modest sum Of $3,O00,000 to
pay the expenses of the campaign. Intelli-
gent men and women cannot be induced to
support for the presidency man who
tries to bluff his way into Office by Tam
many methods Of bombast and buster.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
4 FEEBLE PROTEST
TN THE pulsing, throbbing city

TN THE pulsing, throbbing city
l. In the summer in the city,
He is shaving, toilng, striving,
Putting by the most he can,
To be married in the autumn
To girl that's rather witty
Very pretty, rather witty.
As she lies on the veranda
Overlooking sea and heather
And comments upon the weather
And that creature known as Man.
For though man must make the payment
Not in nature is there payment,
AS the she bird in half mourning
Fetches worms to- the male.
While he quite unaffected
Struts around In gorgeous raiment-
Very blatant, gorgeous raiment.
But twas just the same old story
Take the female chimpanzee chasing npts
up In a tree)
Till the monkey lost his tail.
Oh. the woman pays, I've heard 1t;
But the woman plays I'd word it,
While the man Is striving, toling,
Putting by the most he can
To support the pretty creature
In the style her parents teach her
And they certainly did teach her.
SO the moral simply goes
II yOud marry some one's daughter
support her as you 0ughter
q Ihe get another man.
-Af ~ ISlsr, ~ New York Evening Sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
WAR ON THE FERRY GoUcE

nUBLIC sentiment in this region will be
i heartily back of the fight, definitely begun
IN Camden yesterday. agrinst the increased
ferry charges. Mayor Ellis In his message
30 the Council Of our New Jersey neighbor
vigorously reiterates some palpable facts.
Everybody knows that the ferries have
keen immensely profitable and that the cross
river traffic is increasing prodgiously. The
20 per cent increase allowed to the railways
nv thu Interstate Commerce Commission Is
arroeantly exceeded by the one-cent fiat
raise In passenger fares and higher rates for
autos for the Delaware passage. The first
class in arithmetic can figure out that the
percentage of increase is thirty three and
q third.
The law under which the railway rates
throughout the country have been raised
opens the way for redress in case charges
for service in any locality are proved exces-
siye when compared with the earnings Of
tfe operating company. Philadelphia should
e. operate energetically with the municipal
administration Of Camden and its Chamber
of Commerce in presenting this clear case OF
extortion to the proper authorities. There
is no apparent necessity whatever for the
four cent Fare.
The battle that Is on might be considered
capital bridge propaganda were it not SIM
ply another invasion into the realm of the
trite and obvious. The ferry companies are
naturally making the most of our lack Of
q vital public improvement. We are behind
the times and the situation Is becoming
painful.
Without the bridge there is no guarantee
that even the adjustment of one uncomfort-
able crisis will protect the public from sub
sequent exploitation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
What Dc, You Kno,o?

!. What famous detective discovered evi.
dences Of plot to assassinate Abra.
ham Lincoln on his way to be inau.
gurated for the first time in Washing.
. ton, in 1851?
2. What Is oxide Of hydrogen7
the victor lost his flagship.
4. Which Is the largest island In the East
Indies?
s. What Is the rule for fixing the date Of
the November election?
8. Who wrote the historical romance
'Thaddeus Of Warsaw?
z. What Is meant by carnation tints In
painting?
9. What kind Of an animal Is a yak?
3. In what century was the great fire OF
London? :
10. Which heavenly body has moro effect on
the tides. the sun or the moon?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

Now that women have the vote an Gu.
terprising young woman has already III nj
nounced that they ought also to nave pot,'' of
cal jobs, She has applied for the posh Nm, n,
chauffcuse for the Mayor ana shc wup' VIII ariy
TO use fiyver because that + the "o aot
kind she knows how to drive. THIS " ~ avs
the kind Of revolution the women ~
expected to bring about n government
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. The word madam literally means my
lady.
2. Taiesmen are persons duly summoned by
writ to serve on jury duty
o. me inhabitants Of Finland belong to the
Finnish or Finno Ugric branch of the
Mongolian race, in which are included
also the Laps Ehsts and Livonians.
State"
g. September II is called the birthday Of
the constitution OF the United States
because on that day. In 1887. the federal
convention which drew up the funda-
mental charter of our liberties com.
pleted it's work In Philadelphia and
adjourned.
o. Frances dHs rHodgson Burnett wrote Little
z. Prima facie evidence Is that which seems
likely unless II can be explained away.
y. Onymous poetry Is poetry Of which the
authorship Is known In distinction from
anonymous poetry.
o. A meter is longer than a yard, contain.
ing 39.37 inches.
10. The first permanent English settlement
IN Virginia was made by tho EnSl1h
In 1907. ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
Phn,deiphi,. Fritsy. August II, 1920
A rOuR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PUIADEIpHIA

Tbinr. on which the people expect the new
,dminIstration TO concentrate its attention;
IN, Deld,Ud-e river bridge. a.,
A dr1dOck big enough to ACCOMMODATE 'no
largest ships. ,, .,
Development Of the roptd UonS" SbS'e"''
4 Sy,idi"G Tor the Free -.ordrv.
Emra,oenic Of the tcdtsr supply.
Ho,ner 10 accom- N oddte the population.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
Members of the army fying exneditio,

Members of the army flying expedition
from New York to Nome have arrived at
their destination after being in the air fifty :
six hours. 1t would take as long as that TO
get to Denver in an express train. But the
ing the Bering strait to Siberia. They are
not likely to be In the air more than twelve
or fifteen hours on the trip to the coast of
Asia. Then, when flying has been perfected
so that it can be continuous, we may ex-
pect to travel to Siberia In seventy two
hours from the Atlantic coast. We all are
more ready to believe this possible now than
we were to believe that a man could fiy
fifteen years ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

If Franklin d. Roosevelt, who SO airily
declared that the United States could coz.
troll dozen votes of the Latin republic, ~
the League of Nations, Is ever serena9aeSi 9sUi
by South Americans, the old song, II ish y I;
what l used to be, it's what j am TO-DAY,
may take on a new and somewhat einpA'
RAISING significance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

The new assistant secretary Of the navy
to succeed Franklin Roosevelt is a. grand
nephew of Andrew Jackson's naval secre.
tary. Mr. Daniels cites this fact as one of
the mans qualifications. But Assistant
Secretary Woodbury.. will have to live up I'D
the reputation of his distant kinsfnan before
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

One of these days the Pennsylvania
Ferry Company may have reason to re-.
member what happened when the PUBIC
Service Corporation of New Jersey illlro, ,.,
duced zone fares on the Camden tfo''s'
system.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

Lieutenant Commander Venable, U. ..
NJ, who ran his DESTROYER out to sea in order
that he might welcome and honorably esco,s
the ship that brought his fancee back nVms s,s
missed one glorious chance. He d'dn h'''
a salute.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

Without going into details it may DO
said that civilization will not breathe COM
fortably until the Polish frontiers have De-
come the bounds of discretion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

Ministers of state selected wife iol
Prince Carol of Rumania. And yet no one
has thought of starting an agitation TO ID
sure self determination for royalty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

The thin Red line Is no longer q
metaphor, but a fact.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

Political parties are unquestionably th..
monarchs of indirect advertising. Most Oh
their time is spent in talking about the other
fellow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

When 1t comes to a question Of sum.
mer breezes the weather man may get as
fresh as he likes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

millions for the bridge, but not one
cent more for ferry tribute J" might tit tho
case of the Jersey commuters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

The junk seems to be about all there D.
left of injunction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

Germany, observes Senator Edge, Is
greatly in need Of help. But who Is to
blame?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

Well, something got ratified. anyhow!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27
THE cox BOMB WAS A "DuD"

TNHE bomb which Governor Cox threw into
the Republican camp last night was a
'dud"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

LIVERY day OF our lives, we In Philadef-
IL phia walk through thousands of vital
messages teeming with the happiness and
sorrow, the Joy and tragedy, the failure or
success of our fellow men. We are not con
scious of it; the mystery of the ether wave
Is beyond the power of our senses to feel.
but, though 1t remains a mystery still in
its very essence and identity. we know never
theless what we can do with it and we are
doing marvels undreamed Of even in the
far vsioned imagination of Jules Verne.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-27

The question that obtrudes after a read.
ing of the anti BOlshevist reports formally
rendered by British and German radicals re-
latcs to the sorry quality of sta esmanship
which has persisted in European countries
to defeat its own ends in Russia.
Where will it lead to at the last?
Within n month the tide of labor seuti-
ment in Europe has turned powerfully
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07

There may be several assistant vii
lains, but there is only one master
mind, and, although he makes life
miserable for the aforementioned
heroine through fourmteen episodes,
he always finds himself eliminated
in the fifteenth.
Director Seitz who glories in in
novation decided that the fifteen
episode villain has become apsse, so
he jumped to the other extreme. He
would introduce a new villain in
each episode, making u grand total
of fifteen villains Miss White would
have to encounter and put the
grand blinger on every two reels.
1t was approved and so ordered, and
THE Black Secret" contains the
finest collection of thugs and law
breakers one can find outside of
Sing Sing.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07
Everyone Should
Drink Hot Water
in the Morning
Wash away all the stomach, liver,
and bowel poisons before
breakfast.

To feel your best day in and day out,
to feel clean inside; no sour bile to
coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or duh your head; no constipa-
ton, bilious attacks, sick headache,
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom-
ach, you must battle on the inside like
you battle outside. This is vastly more
important, because the skin pores do
not absorb impurities into the blood,
while the bowel pores do, says a we'll
known physician.
To keep these poisons and toxins
we'll flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels, drink before break
fast each day, a glass of hot water
with a teaspoonful of limestone phos-
phate in it. This will cleanse, purify
and freshen the entire alimentary tract,
before putting more food into the
stomach.
Get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from your pharmacist. IL
is inexpensive and almost tasteEess,
except a sourish twilge which Is not
unpleasant. Drink phosphated hot
water every morning to rid your sys-
TEN of these vile poisons and toxins;
also to prevent their formation.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became saturated with an &C,
emulation of body poisons, begin this
treatment and above all, keep 1t up!
AS soap and hot water act on the skin
cleansing, sweetening and purifying, SO
limestone phosphate and hot water be-
fore breakfast, act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07
MINT

Mrs. Harris Griffitts was seriously
injured when a team they were
driving became frightened and ran
away.
Friends of Miss Maud Long are
glad to know she is recovering from
measles.
Mrs. H. L. Clark is on the sick list
On account of the bad weather
there were not many attended the
egg boiling at Onley Clark's last
Saturday night.
Miss VIOLA Carver is very sick with
measles.
A very large crowd attended the
Mr.. Sam Crowder is still on the
mend.
Farmers of this section are getting
behind with their work on account
of so much rainy weather.
The twins of Mr.. William Garner
and wife have been very sick with
measles.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Kellar is very sick with
measles.
Mr.. John Long and family visited
at the home of Mr.. Boss Tindell last
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Hugh Lee Miller and Rushia Dun
lap.
J. S. Brown and N. n. Burchfeld.
Lewis Cross and Corine Burch.
J. A. Benson and Hazel Caldwell.
Ben Dorsey and Sallie Stinnett.
Jerry Compton and Martha Rudd.
Clarence Symmetry and Bessie Lee
Upton.
Ebert Gilbert and Mandy Emert.
Geo. W. Brannom and Jessie
Ellouise Simmons.
Two Don't Print
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07
FIFTEEN VILLAINS IN ONE
SERIAL.

A brand new idea in serial max
ing has been introduced by Director
George B. Seitz in "The Black Sec
ret" the Pathe serial by Robert W.
Chambers, starring Pearl White,
which will be seen at the Palace
Theatre on Friday of each week,
commencing April 16.
Heretofore, a serial heroine has
been called upon to battle with a
super-villain through fifteen episodes.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07

"A Twilight Baby, at falace 10
To Splash Tears on Sub-Titles of
Today.
Those motion picture fans who
have been waiting for some fearless
comedy producer who would dare to
bring forth "take-off" on the high
spots in fildmom, will realize their
fond desire if they see ga Twilight
Baby" Henry Lehrman's initial pro-
duction for First National Exhibi-
tors Circuit which will be shown at
the Palace Theatre Saturday of this
week.
Lehrman's "Tight-Riders"
For the first time in memory Mr.,
Lehman has produced a picture
that contains every laugh-essential
of the funniest comedy, but which
at the same time is built around a
logical plot that provides for anus
ing satire on the average motion
picture of today.
As an instance of the cleverness
with which GA Twilight Baby" is
characterized, the fearful, heart
rendering, verbose subtitle of today
is subtly burlesqued. Those pictures
which have been featuring wild rides
of the night-riders come in for a
share of the fun-poking and many
other spots in the present day mo-
ton picture are used for laugh pur-
poses.
Lloyd (Ham) Hamilton and Vir-
gina Rape are seen in the leading
roles of this attraction.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07

Sunday.
Mrs. H. L. Clark is on the sick
list.
There was not very large crowd
at the egg boiling at the home of
Mr.. Onley Clark's Saturday night,
on account of the inclement weather.
Miss VIOLA Carver is very sick
with the measles.
The Easter service at Kagley's
Chapel Sunday was largely attended.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1920-04-07
"A Twilight Baby" Nursed by 2.75
Cows, Fathered by Henry Lehman,
Becomes Bootlegger, Rock File Soldier
and Champ Crier in Plot With Chick
ems Fed on Gunpowder,
ZONE DAY ONLY

BORN WITH FOURTEEN TEETH A CAT AND
THIRST FOR RED LIQUOR, THE COURTESY OF a
Jersey COW AS A MEAL TICKET-ROCKED TO
SLEEP WITH A SAND-BAG, VACCINATED BY
MOSQUITOES AND EDUCATED BY CRAP-SHOOT-
FRe-"A TWILIGHT BABY" BECOMES DEsTINY'S
child TO UPLIFT BoOTLEGGING, MAKE COUN-
TRY TOWNS SAFE FOR SWEETHEARTS' TURN
DIARIES INTO WET-NURsES AND PUT PEP INTO
THE LIVES OF FARM HENS.
"A Twilight Baby" manhood Lloyd C1am) Hamilton
gnghamcad sweetheart Virginia Nappe
Chickens, pups goats, cows, baby by themselves
Pootepgers convicts, farm-fok and tight ridders"
SYNOPSIS
Different from other great men, "A Twilight Baby,
is born as the sun sinks in the golden West when an IN
oxcaed musician makes noble effort to play Pretty
Rabv" without the halftones Shocked for what the
world may think of his arocOus deed, the musician de-
sers the child in hay stack.