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The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09

At the request Of the Lefore county
authorities Sheriff D. ]. Crawford We'd
nesday stopped large motor truck pass
ing through here with family and
household goods enroute from Sidon to
Gulfport. The truck, at the request Of
the Overland agency at Greenwood, was
placed in the custody Of G. p. Moseley.
The people with the household goods con-
tinued their journey from here by rail.
f. H. Eubank, of Bethesda, mingled
with Lexington friends yesterday.
The Peoples Drug Store has placed a
most modern gasoline tank in front 1t
is one Of the very latest make and the
last word in convenience and utility.
Capt. v. c. Ashley went to Thornton
Monday to begin .his work as census
enumerator for that precinct,
Judge J. W. Whittington's first official
act after being inducted into the office
Of JUSTICE of the peace, was to 90 to Jones
Crossing and take a number Of acknowl-
edgements. His second was to perform
marriage ceremony for colored couple,
He is scheduled to hold a preliminary
trial of a party from Cruger charged
with murder.
H. f. Terry, ]. f. Terry, H, s. Terry,
L. S. Terry and Howard Terry motored
down from Acona on business yesterday.
Miss Ellen Stearns and brother, VIM.
Stearns, Of Natchez, were priced guests
this week Of B. s. Swayze and sister, Mrs
Poffenberger, on Route 2, Benton. Miss
Stearns is a professional millinery de-
signer and one of the most popular young
ladies' in Natchez
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09
The DauntIess Doughboys

At the Orpheum Theatre on last week s
bill were two persons who have an en-
viable record for entertaining the boys
in the trenches "over there" They are
Horace Wright and Rene DIETRICH MRS.
Wright and they were among the first
Of the actor folks to go across to cheer
the fighters. They we're right up at the
front ana they had many taste Of real
soldier life
One night in the trenches a soldier,
hurrying past Mr.. Wright on some mis-
sion thrust scrawled paper into his
hand and hurried on. On the paper the
soldier had written this glowing and in
innate appreciation Of the American SOL
der:
You may talk of kings and princes,
and the glory show;
You may talk of knights and ladies, and
the days of long ago;
You may paint with vivid pictures, the
wonder worlds to see,
But the smile on soldiers faces lsSk
the best to me.
They are gassed and shelled and tortured,
They are muddy, thin and weak;
They are shocked and shot and shattered,
And you marvel when they speak,
But they gave their all in battles that
the whole world might be free =
And their smiles amid their sorrows are
real miracles to see.
They have smiled since they were babies
laughter, love, have been their
charms
And their smile was patriotic when their
country called to arms;
They went laughing in the trenches,
filing fighting lines with glee!
And with smiles they came back wounded;
those were smiles that puzzled mel
Kings and kaisers may be mighty as the
bloody brutes of war
And they've used the worst weapons,
never dreamed of e'er before,
But they all have met disaster-over
land and sea,
For the soldier boys Of freedom fought,
and smiled the whole world freel
Times -Picayune.
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09

round. A 4-room house with stack Chin
niy; plenty 4 good wood; near good
school; fine place for stock raising.
Will rent reasonable on terms to suit you.
Call on or write JOHN H. HAYS, Lex
ineton, Miss. 25-f
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09
Notice

To the Members of the National Farm
Loan Association of Holmes county:
You are heerby notified to meet in an
nual session in Lexington Jan. 13, 1920,
at 12 o'clock M. All stockholders are re-
quested to be present, also any person
desiring loan on long time and small
interest will do well to meet at the M.
E. Church at II o'clock a. m, where the
association will meet an hour later on
same date.
R. H. MORRIS, President.
R. H. COBBINS, Sec'y-Treas.
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09

FOR RENT have 80 acres Of land 7
miles southwest Of Lexington, about
80 acres in cultivation; more can beNput
in cultivation with little work; two
springs running through the field, one
near the house; plenty Of water the year
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09

T. C. Jackson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ".
McDuffie and Miss Kittie Sones, Of Ore
gon, we're Lexington visitors yesterday.
DR.. L. L. Johnson and Rev. W. r.
Goudelock motored down from AconA
on business yesterday.
DR.. R. P. Johnson, Of Acona, attended
to business in Lexington yesterday.
Presiding Elder Brown was over from
Durant yesterday.
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09
HOME BREVITIES

fsa,
Miss Oracle Turberville returned Mon
day to Greenville from visit during the
holidays to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w J. Turberville, in the Hebron neigh
borhood
Judge J. G. Grace and B. S. Ellis, of
Shaddon, were here on business Monday.
The following attended the monthly
meeting Monday of the Holmes County
Camp of Confederate Veterans: W. H.
Faulconer, F. A. Howell, W. B. White,
]. Moore, S. R. Moore, ]. E. Covington,
DR.. J. R. Watson, B. F. Porter, ]. A,
Williamson, j. W. Wilmington, P. B.
Bradley, DR.. G. C. Phillips, Walker Grace,
J. G. Grace, R. P. Nevels J. D. Kyzer,
B. B. Farmer, W. S. Mcbride.
Philip Liberto and Lee McGinnis mo-
tored over from Thornton Monday.
George R. Strowd, of Durant, mingled
with friends and attended to business in
Lexington Tuesday
See Herman Bros. before
purchasing your feed stuff.
They have what you want.
Contractor John Webb, who is boring
deep we'll for the city near the light
and water plant, struck oil Wednesday
night and at once reported the matter to
Supt. Chisolm. The oil was struck at a
depth of 500 feet. 1t burns readily when
fire is applied to it. All the indications
are that oil may be found here or near
here in quantities sufficient to make
working it profitable. 1t has long been
known that this section is in line with
an oil sand strata that runs from Ken
lucky through Tennessee and as far
south as Columbus, at which place COM
pany has been organized to bore for oil.
--Tupelo Review.
W. E. Meek, Goodmans efficient and
popular mayor, visited Lexington in a
business way yesterday.
u. A. Henley has been engaged this,
week in placing new shelving furniture
in the store of Jordan McRae Herbert
Co. When fully installed this will be
one of the most elaborately and best
equipped stores in the state for the keep
ing and proper display of goods.
Ralph Humphries is in Water Valley
managing the photoplay theatre there
for S. J. Whyte, of Kosciusko.
William Monday left yesterday for
Granite, Oklahoma, after a visit to his
sister, Mrs. Roderick R. Rodgers.
Conductor jeff Williams returned yes
terday to Charleston from visit of sew
eral days to his mother, Mrs J. V. Will
liams, at Franklin.
Mrs G. L. Stigler and baby, Dorothy
Louise, returned Monday to Drew from,
a ten days visit to Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Fincher, at Owens.
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09

One Of the best stories told by return
ing soldiers is that of letter received
by a northern Ohio lad from his parents,
who lived on farm and knew little Of
rank in the service. According to the
story the father wrote to the boy not to
be ashamed Of the fact that he was a
private, that he had been "to town" and
the president of the bank had evidently
been a soldier one day, for he had "pri-
vate" printed on his door. And the
storyteller adds, without a smile, that the
letter said: "And when went to CO.
lumbus I found on the door Of Gov. Cox
the sign, private" so he must have been
one too."-Columbus Dispatch.
E. M. Hooke returned Tuesday from
Water Valley where he superintended
the building and opening of moving
picture theatre for 8. J. Whyte, of Kos
ciusko.
The Lexington advertiser., 1920-01-09
TCHUL.A


Maj j. s. Watson, Of Lexington, at
tended to business in Tchula yesterday.
G. L. Robertson made a trip to Durant
yesterday.
V. T. Arterberry Of Cruger, went over
to Lexington yesterday on business
errand.
II. B. Garnett attended to business and
greeted friends in Lexington yesterday.
r. l.. Peaster Of Quofaloma, visited
Lexington yesterday
James l.. Porter was over from Lexing-
ton yesterday on auto repair work.
Abel Bliss, Of Blissdale, had business
in Lexington yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
Today's News
In Paragraphs

Watson wins vote Of Georgia as foe of
league policy. Page
Attorney General Palmer asked to aid
United States employees retired before
fifteen years service without PEN
sions. Page
Judge Sellers bars filmy waists and
carmine lips from her court attaches.
Page
Ten-cent electric rate to continue pend
ing decision on valuation appeal.
Page 1
City Club committee ready to investi-
gate recent escapes from st. Eliza
beth's Hospital. Page 2
Federal Employees Union hears protest
Of changes in titles of treasury Gus
todians. Page 2
More violence reported in BROOKLYN
Rapid Transit strike Page 2
Reserves given high position in Army re-
organization plans OF general stan.
Page 8
Rent Commission grants reductions to
five Tenant appellants. Page 8
Endorsement of reclassification on nro-
gram at U. s. employees convention.
Page II
Gov. Coolidge favors world court !" he
tells crowd In Maine. Page Is
Ex- Secretary McAdoo denounces any at.
tempt to modify Volstead act. Page is
Industrial soviet movement in Italv
reaches crisis tomorrow Page Is
Kalorama citizens propose cheaper car
fares for school children. Page II
Harding leads Cox in reception by crowd
at Twin cities. Page Is
LEx- Senator Sutherland sees no prospect
of upset BY yEomaDVota RaEo2o
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Relief Is Hampered
by the InaccessibiIity
of Ruined Towns

ROME. September 9.-Governmental
and private relief agencies are en-
gagged in the work of aiding the sur
vivors and searching the ruins for
any victims who may still be alive,
but the work is seriously Handicapped
by the difficulty experienced in reach
ing many of the ruined towns. which
are situated in the mountains and are
almost inaccessible. Electric-light
wires have been broken and work in
the ruins must stop at nightfall.
New shocks. but none of them of
the intensity of the one which caused
the widespread destruction early
Tuesday, have been felt in Florence
and in the neighborhood of that city.
These have shaken down tottering
structures, however, and still further
delayed the work of rescuers. Mas
sa -Carrara. in the center Of the earth
quake zone. was cut off from commu-
nication with the outside world last
night, but it is not believed a new
catastrophe has occurred there.
Great Rocks Do Damage.
The upheaval was especially terrific
in the famous quarry district of Car
rara, from which come the finest
specimens Of marble. Great rocks.
dislodged by the shock. rolled down
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by her honor and told to go home. and
wash the powder and paint of her
face.
Judge Sellers version Of conditions
among the feminine attaches Of the
court, which led to issuance of the
order, was not obtainable today, ow-
ing to her absence from the city. She
left Washington yesterday on a va
cation of several weeks.
The girls themselves refused to COM
ment on the situation. but the effect OF
the order was readily apparent, even
to the eye Of male reporter There
were lots of pretty faces. few necks
some forearms. good many ankles
As for any Of the exposures for which
Deauville and the California beaches
are noted, there was none.
Several Of the young women were
dressed in white waists and skirts
A form Of Buster Brown. collar serv-
ed to accentuAte the absence Of low.
cut necks, The sleeves extended to
and inclosed the pulse. Others wore
knit sweaters. with half sleeves. OF
modest waists similarly equipped.
1t Is said that Judge Sellers held that
the girls were setting a bad example
for children brought into court.
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FZLiMY WAISTS, RED LIPS
RAISE IRE OF s:EzE,R HONOR
So Judge Sellers Sets Fashions for Seventeen
Young Women Of Juvenile Court-One
losses Her Head and Quits

Bare arms. ilmy waists and short
skirts have been officially frowned
upon by Judge Kathryn Sellers Of the
Juvenile Court.
Holding that modesty should begin
at home, her honor has decreed that
all of the seventeen young women at
tached to the court, including the So
cial service workers. must. while at
the court, wear sleeves reaching at
least to the elbows, anti-peek-a-boo
waists and skirts of sufficient extern
uation to hide-wen shat is. a hem on
fairly good terms With the ankles
Whatever may have been the atti-
tude of the girls with respect to the
attire edict, all but one OF them have
obeyed scrupulously. One, whose
ideas Of style are said to have dif-
fered widely with that Of Judge Sell
lers tossed her Indignant head con-
temptuously and resigned. it was
learned today. 1t is understood that
this young woman. dressed strictly
in the prevailing mode. even to the
final cosmetic touch on her cheeks
and nose. was publicly reprimanded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
so YEARS IN DIPLOMACY.
Alvey A. Adee Congratulated By
Secretary Colby. -

Alvey A. Adee, second Assistant Sec
retary Of State. today completed the
fiftieth year Of his service to the gov.
ernment. He was appointed secretary
of the legation at Madrid. September
8. 1870, and has been in the diplomatic
service since then. Bainbridge Colby,
Secretary of State. today wrote Mr.
Adee congratulating him upon this
most interesting and significant ans
niversary."
"It is particularly SO to the Departs
ment of State" said Mr.. Colby
(which has been the immediate benef
iciary of your patriotic labors dur.
ing all these years and. at SO many
points bears the impress Of your
learning and remarkable abilities. 1
congratulate you, my dear Mr.. Sec
retary. not only on the attainment a
SO rounded and full a period OF hon
orable years. but on the brilliant anA
notable services to your country
which have marked this long period"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
ASK PALMER'SA AID
FOR PENSIONERS
Committee Finds Employees
Retired Before IS Years.
Service Lose Money.

"A committee representing the Join,
conference on civil service retirement to.
day called on Attorney General Palme,
to discuss with hims the operation Of the
retirement law and his rulings in re.
gard to it. The committee took ur
with the Attorney General PARTON.
iarly the cases Of employees who had
peen retired before they had com.
pleted the fffteen-year service necas.
sary to entitle them to the hene31.
of the retirement law.
Iney pointed out that a number n,
employees have been retired who had
only tnree or four months to serve te
fause they were retired before con,.
pleting the fifteen years of servic1
they were unable to benefit under ths
law. 'ne
Attorney General Holds to Rul,,~
The Attorney General has ruled tha,
when the age of retirement is rea ch az
the empioye Is automatically senarafed
from the service unless there shouid
De issued to him certificate proyid.
ployment in the government serv;na
He said that he did not see how he
could change his ruling He exnreesaS
his sympathy for. the EMPLOYEES and
pointed out tnat 1T was a matter OF
administration in the departments and
bureaus which should be handled nv
the/ heads of the departments.
He made the suggestion that the
joint committee look into cases where
retirement before the fifteen-year
period Is completed in the future. and
tssss take them 1.nias up with wi. the department
Gated. In this way all the facts can
be brought to the attention Of The
executive heads and il the emn,ov.
ment of the superannuate is war
ranted 1t can be continued.
The suggestion appeared to meet
with the approval of the COMMITTEES
and 1t is likely that some such stems
will be taken.
The committee calling upon the
Attorney General today consisted of
Robert H. Alcorn. chairman of the
joint civil service retirement COM
mfttee; DR.. c. Eder Reed, secretary
Of the Joint conference: Edward j.
Ryan. president Of the Railway Mail
Association; Thomas F. Flaherty,
Federation Of Post once Clerks. and
Edward J. Gainor, president OF the
National Association of Letter Car
riers..
Members of the committee said to-
day that they hoped an order soon
would be issued by the President
bringing the government employees
in the unclassified service under the
operation of the civil service retire
ment law. Already. they said, ques-
tions have been framed and sent out
by the Civil Service Commission
looking to such action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
D. .C.FA|LS TOGET
ROAD WORK BIDS
City Officials Believe Money
Appropriated Too Little
for Jobs.

For the first time in many years. the
engineer department Of the District
yesterday called for bids for road
work without receiving an offer from
a single contractor.
Bids were asked for the laying of a
new bituminous surface on Bladens-
burg road from NJ street to the Dis
trict line and a stretch of. Alabama
avenue.
Congress gave the city heads $4,000
for Bladensburg road. which is badly
in need Of repairs, and $4,000 for
Alabama avenue. Officials Of the
engineer department presume that the
contractors all felt they could not
afford to undertake the work at those
figures in view OF the cost Of. labor
and materials. ..i,s r
It is likely that when Engineer Com
missioner Kutz returns to duty next
week an effort will be made to devise
some means Of having the work done.
Cites Another Instance.
Roland NJ. Brennan. chief clerk of
the engineer department, and Daniel
said today that such a situation has
seldom arisen in the District. Mr..
Garres recalled one other instance
some years ago, when the approprfa-
tion for sidewalk work was too low
to attract bids.
Mai. F. S. Besson, assistant engineer
commissioner, returned today from
trip to Baltimore and Philadelphia. and
declared that while there are still many
streets and roads in the District in need
of repairs, Washington is in far better
shane in this respect than the two
cities he visited
..Rut that is as it should be-" Mai
Resson continued. THE National Capt.
tai should be able to keep its roads in
better condition.
Mai. Besson expressed the hope that
Congress- win be liberal in road appro-
nristions. when it frames the next Dis
frict bill The assistant engineer COM
missioner said he observed on his trip
that the state roads in the rural sec
tions are in good condition. but in the
cities the streets are badly in need Of
repairs
Working on Benning Road.
Considerable progress has been made
in the work of resurfacing Bennng
road northeast, from 18th and H streets
to q point opposite the old trash dump.
Roadway also is being made by the
engineer department in oiling and patch
ing the main suburban arteries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
Hoke Smiths Defeat
Decisive, Incomplete
Returns Indicate

ATLANTA. Ga. September (by
the Associated Press).-Thomas E.
Watson, who formerly represented
Georgia in the lower house Of Con-
gress and who became. nationally
known as populist candidate for Presi-
dent years ago. received the demo-
cratic nomination for the United
States Senate. on the face of incom-
plete and unofficial returns from
yesterdays primary as compiled by
the Atlanta Constitution early today.
Senator Hoke Smith was decisiveiy
beaten for a third term as senator,
according to these figures. which in
dicated he was running third, with
Gov. Hugh Dorsey, second; John r.
Cooper, Macon attorney. who favored
modification Of the Volstead act, failed
to carry single county. according to
the Constitution.
The first returns compiled by the
Atlanta Journal today on the sena-
torial race in yesterdays democratic
primary on incomplete. unofiicial re-
CONTINUED ON EHnEenth Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
FLuEPlDEMIC NOT FEARED
public Health Service Foresees No
Virulent Outbreak.

There have been no indications that
a return Of last years influenza cpl
demic is due this winter, the public
health service announced today. Each
wear. it was said, between November
and May a number of cases are re-
ported, but experts of the service do
not expect the disease to be as wide.
spread or a. virulent this year as In
4 A1A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
SHIP BLAST KILLS THREE;
Tugs Bring In Lake Steamer With
Boiler House Wrecked.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. September S.
Two tugs brought the disabled ore
steamer Empire City into Cleveland
early TO-DAY WIN h'a ,ne Port s'oe OF the
q boiler-tube explosion last night,
which caused the death Of three men.
Anthony Cobb of New York and y.
]. O,Neil of Chicago were killed in,
stantly. Harry cooper OF Cleveland
The men were working near tho
boiler tubes. :,
The Empire City is sister ship
of the Superior City, recently Iosf
with twenty-nine lives twenty Saiiso
vest Of Sault Ste Marie -z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
MAIL AERO WRECKED.
Lieut.. Riddelsbarger Gets Lost Ia
Clouds Over Indiana.

ELKHART. Ind, September s.!The
Chicago New York United States
mail plane, driven by Lieut.. Riddels-
barger. was wrecked in landing in D
cornfield near here this morning. The
pilot was not injured. :.
Lieut.. Riddelsbarger stated on being
brought here that he lost his way in
the clouds and. unable to get back into
his course. was forced to land. He waa
about twenty miles out OF his course.
Five hundred pounds Of mail was re-
moved from the plane and sent east
on a New York Central train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
Stricken Cities
Report Varying
Quotas of Dead

The total number Of dead SO
far definitely reported from
towns stricken in Tuesdays
earthquake In Italy already ex-
ceeds 300, while scores Of bodies
known to be buried in the ruins
will greatly increase this num-
ber. The deaths reported from
the various towns In the dev.
astated area follow.
FivfzxanO. 432; vfEnatta, 124;
Pisa. 3:7; Villa COllemandina,
"a; San ROvanO, 2; San Domino.
o; Bagni a'Isopra, 4; Camp0r-
gianor 8; PogEio. 3; Fornf. 1.
In Marina. scores died when a
church collapsed, while mass
was being celebrated. Other
towns among the nearly three
score In the affected section re-
port many bodies in the ruins.
1t will be days before even an
approximately accurate number
OF the dead can be ascertained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
s:Muskrat'' Pulpit
Income TO0SmdU
MSeaLskinFanlily

OMAHA. Ncb., September D.
Retirement of preachers from
the ministry because their pay
is poor wns deplored by Bishop
w. F. Mcdowell of Washington.
ID. G., addressing n conference
of Methodist ministers OF
Nebraska. here today.
Bishop Mcdowell snid he had
heard one minister sny he was
retiring because he could mot
''keep q sealskin family ON a
muskrat income," and declared
that too many were getting out
of the ministry for that reason.
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QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE. Calf. September 9-An
earthquake. the heaviest in years
here. was felt at 1857 am. today. Ac.
cording to the Lick Observatory, or
Mount Hamilton, the direction of the
quake was from east to west. Nc
reports of damage have been. re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
NAVY ISSUES WAGE
SCHEDULES BASED
ONBOARD'S REPORT
Rates Approved for Yards
Differ on East and West
Coasts.

A new schedule Of pay for the 1885,
S45 employees at all navy yards. Navy
hospitals and stations, including
about 5000 at the local yard. was pro-
mulgated by the Navy Department
today. in accordance with the ap-
proved report of the Navy wage ad-
justment board, recommending an ad-
dition of 5 per cent in all classes
where the pay is less than $s a day.
The new rates of pay are effective
September Is. They do not include
the $240 annual bonus, amounting to
IS cents a day. There is a slight
variance in the rates of pay Of en-
ployes at yards on the east and west
coasts.
East Coast Schedule.
The 5 per cent increase makes the
new rate of pay per day for employees
on the east coast, which includes the
local navy yard and the local naval
hospital. as follows:
GROUP I.