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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25


 of the conference. Mr. Taft however, gave out a formal statement in which he discussed the senators views on the Versailles league and the proposed society of nations advocated by Senator Hard ing. No intimation was given that cabi- net positions were discussed.
 TAFT'S STATEMENT
 MT. Taft's statement follows;
 'I enjoyed very much my conference witt Senator Harding. ] found that he had been using the conferences with his visitors to formulate and confirm the general views he expressed in his speech of acceptance and that of August 2S. and that he felt confident that the desire of the American people, as interpreted by him in his campaign experiences and in the results of the election was to avoid the political and military obligations of the treaty and the league, but that he feels strongly the necessity for reaching a common ground with leading powers of the world for an agreement that shall se- cure ~a gradually effective limita ton of armament, a court with jurisdiction over justiciable questions, and conference Of nations to negotiate and press a compro- mise of every non-justiciable question threatening war, and which shall give us the benefit of the adjustment of our rela- tions with Germany secured to the United States in the treaty without objection able features of the provisions of the treaty as shown in the republican reser- vations and without participation in such commissions under the treaty as concern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25

lhilary. nstitute, stopped iR Bessemer
 friday to visit his mother, Mrs. R. A.. hiclSle. He was en route to Trenton, \. J., to spend the Christmas holidays with his son, Lieut. Gerald St Claire Mickle of the United States army.
 Mrs J. Ellis Tyler is visiting relatives n Maplesville for the holidays and later will go to Mobile for a short visit
 George Waller, :r., arrived Friday from Vanderbilt University. where he is q student this year, to spend the holidays with his parents, Dr and Mrs. George Waller.
 Mir. and Mrs. Gordon Jones will go t9 AI,niston Saturday, where they will spend the weekend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
TAFT AND HARDING
 SILENT REGARDING
 LONG CONFERENCE
PreSident-EIect Holds His Last Conference Before Casting Aside Politics to Enter Into
 YuIetide Spirit
By Associated Press

Marion, O.. December M.-President- elect Hardings last conference on the proposed association of nations before casting aside political affairs to enter into the Yuletide spirit and it's activities was held today with former President William Howard Tafe whose ideas as to the League of Nations have not always coincided with those of the new party leader.
 The former chief executive of the na- tion arrived early this morning from Chi cago. and had breakfast with Senator and Mrs. Harding. Then they began a conference which continued until almost noon when MT. Taft left for Cincinnati, where he will spend Christmas with his brother Charles P. Taft, his son, Rob- ert and other relatives.
 Neither the former President nor the President-elect would discuss the result
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25

ssueu in the le4oaue Ori.Ic 4u-- J. B. Ford and Miss Lola May Whitsett: Walter Parsond and Miss Maybelle Box; Milford Watkins and Miss Maud Kelly; J. I. McC1endon and Miss Mary E. Tyler.
 ORGAN RECITAL
 An organ recIta wil be g4s en on Sun day afternoon by Miss Iris Vining. talented young artist of New Orleans who is the holiday guest of Mrs. Charles Kutchins. The appearance of Miss Vim ing in the recital will be of particular interest to Bessemer people owing to the fact that this was her former home, she having lived here Then a child with her parents, MT. and Mrs. F. F. Vining.
 At an unusual age. Miss Vning dis played rare talent and gave promise of being unusually gifted in music. At the very earliest age her musical education began, and after every advantage, she is recognized as one of the leading or ganists in New Orleans and was chosen from among the organists of the city to play the handsomest organ recently installed there.
 This recital by this gifted young ar tist is being arranged by T. Bryan Wal Ter, organst and musical director of the Baptist church
 Friends of Mrs. H. L. Rains will regret to learn that she is i'll at the Elizabeth Duncan hospital where she underwent an operation for appendicitis Friday morning.
 PERSONALS Prof. R. A. Mlckle, from the Marion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
NEGRO PREACHER IS HANGED BY MEMBERS
 OF HIS OWN RACE

Jackson, Miss, December 24- Coleman Brown, the negro preach CT lynched at Purvis yesterday, unquestionably met death at the hands of indignant members of his own race. according to authentic advices received here this morning. While no arrests have been made thus far, Sheriff Will Hams has made a thorough investiga- tion and is convinced that white men had nothing to do with the lynching. and had paid no attention to the case. Brown was charged with the murder of Della Green, a 14-year-old negro girl, who had been hanged from a tree with a clothes line
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
UNCONSCIOUS AS HOURS
Young Man Found Near Tracks Has
 Lapse of Memory

Anniston, December 24.-(Special.)-- William Michael, the young ex-service man found unconscious beside the Sea- board tracks at Wellington Thursday morning and brought to St. Lukes hos pital here for treatment, had only par- tially recovered consciousness Friday, lapse of memory and delirium having developed. Michael claims that he was knocked senseless, robbed and thrown from Seaboard train No. near Well llngton Thursday morning, his uacon- scious form beins found after daylight by section hands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
BOY INJURED

Homer Whaley special delivery boy for the postoffice, was struck Friday after noon about o'clock by an automobile and rendered unconscious. He was taken to the Eliza beth Duncan hospital, where his wounds were dressed and pronounced not serious
 According to the weekly report of the health office of the county, smallpox is the only preventable disease that seems prevalent in Bessemer. For this week. according to V. o. Bishop, health officer, 12 cases have been reported, and for the previous week there were nine cases. There are a number of cases of this disease in Bessemer but chiefly among the negroes
 The following marriage licenses were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25

Mrs. L. D. McCulium,
 correspondent, re- reives news items. Phone Bessemer 1o72
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25

Bessenler, I1eceaaoer -t-t topecial.)-A 9 per cent bonus. with 1 per cent ad- 6itionai Tor each years service.s was granted the employees of the First Ma tional Bank of Bessemer, the average bonus given in this way amounting to over 30 per cent. The bonus is given on their annual sa.aries and will reach large amounts. as in the case of Henry Hurd. who receives 70 per cent of his salary for 1920.
 This is the largest bonus ever declared among the larger business enterprises of the city. The great volume of business handled by this bank is indicative of the progress of this community during the past year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
WOMAN SEEKS SENATE
Miss Belle kearney Would Succeed
 John Sharp Williams

Jackson, Miss, December 24.-Miss Belle Kearney of Flora, Miss, prom. inent suffragis gist-prohibition lecturer and world traveller, today formally an- nounced her candidacy for the United states senate to succeed Senator John Sharp Williams
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25

peace so far as that is practicable Of course, the senator is far from a definite programme, because it must depend on the circumstances, which only actual con- terences with all concerned may develop, but that he is bent on working out in very practicable way a real and useful association is most apparent. He is in an accommodating state of mind as to details, and even important provisions if the definite objections he always ex- pressed to the method and aims and ob- legations of a political and military char acter contained in the treaty and the league are obviated in the new agree ment."
 Senator Harding has no conferences nor engagements scheduled for tomorrow. With Mrs. Harding he will eat Christmas dinner with half dozen newspaper men, whom he has invited to be his guests. Most of the morning will be spent by the President-elect and Mrs. Harding opening the hundreds of presents which have been received from all parts of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
BANKS WITHDRAW
 STATE SECURITIES
Action of Mississippi Money Houses Believed to Be Pro-
 test Against Commission

Jackson, Miss, December 2i.-Five banks acting as state Repositories withdrew their securities from the state treasury today and announced they did not longer wish to act in that ca pacity. It is authoritatively stated that others acting in the same capacity viii take similar action.
 While the announcement did not so state, it is generally known that these withdrawals were made as a protest against the action of the state board and improvement commission in keep ing its funds in a local bank. The commission has recently issued $1,000,- 900 in bonds and contracted for the is- suance of a half-million dollars more.
 State Auditor w. J. Miller made a proposition to the commission to dis tribute it's fund among the different Repositories subject to the payment of confederate pension warrants which are now due but are unpaid because of the fact that the tax collectors have not paid sufficient money into the treasury to pay them, but this propo- sition was declined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25

Mrs. E. K. hanby and daughter, Mss Maurine. of Atalla. are the guests "f friends and relatives in the city Tor the Holidays
 XIV. is the guest of his brothers, George and Robert Stevenson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25
MUCH ENCOURAGED

T am much encouraged to think that the senator is working out practicable solution which may not be wholly satis- factory to the enthusiasts at either eX- treme, of whom l may be considered one, but will satisfy those anxious to make progress and anxious to give the United States the leadership she should have in guiding all the nations to permanent
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23
GALVESTON UNDER
MARTIAL LAW
,IyII OFFICERS SUSPENDED Bi
TEXAS GOVERNOR-MlLlTARN
IN FULL CHARGE OF
THE CITY.

Thursday Of last week the military
,ommandant at Galveston. acting un-
der orders from Governor Hobby, sus-
ncnded all the police and detective de.
par,ments of the city Of Galveston and
restrained the mayor. city commits
.ioncrs, city attorney and city judge
from interfering with the enforce
mcnt of the civil laws by the provost
guard
The suspensions have been ordered
hy the governor because of alleged r.
',,,al and neglect by the officers in
volyed "to maintain order and pre-
~crvc the peace, nor would they make
any attempt to prevent and suppress
'hr riots that occurred in said city. or
to arrest and apprehend the persons
who engaged and participated there
in" Ii is further alleged that the Of
ficials failed, refused and neglected
to protect the citizens of this state in
,kcir constitutional right to engage in
Il lawful occupation, namely. the load
ing and unloading of vessels at the
docks in said city"
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23

make all or part of the family bread.
and 60 per cent have churning to do.
Eighty-onc per cent of all poultry
flocks are cared for by women. One
fourth of the farm women help to
feed and he'd the live stock, and "a
per cent of them spend over six weeks
in the year assisting with some part
Of the field work. All of this is in
addition to cooking the family meals
and caring for the children.
This, of course, is the dark side of
the shield. 1t does not take into con-
sideration the many compensations
that come with the woman's daily
round of work for the comfort Of her
family, and anyone who has cxper-
fenced the satisfaction of living in the
open country knows that the average
farm woman is more fortunately
placed than her average city sister.
But the task is sufficiently grinding.
as Miss Ward says, to send the farm
woman to bed breathing Il prayer
that her strength may be equal to to-
morrow's duties"
business Principles Needed.
What is to be done about it? The
department suggests some very def
mite things. 1.-THE interets of the De-
partment of Agriculture in the re-
turns from these studies as to labor.
working equipment, and compensa-
tions of the farm woman are as
practical" says Miss Ward, 'as its
interest in farm studies regarding
labor, machinery, and crop returns,
and for the same general reason" The
farm wOman's working hours might
be shortened, she continues. if the
principles of modern business were
applied to the farm home. Running
water for the SO Ger cent who now
must carry water and bath rooms for
the so per cent who have none are
other things that would tighten the
woman's labor and add to her comfort
and contentment. Labor could be les
sened if the farm house were as we'll
equipped as the up-to-date barn,
which the farmer looks as so much
currency with which to buy efficiency.
The installation of modern lighting
systems would release some of the
time of the women in the 79 per cent
of homes where kerosene lamps are
used. The initial cost would be small
when weighed against convenience
and comfort. The installation of heat
ing systems wiuld release some of the
time of the "a per cent of women who
care for two coal or wood stoves.
AS power on the farm is the great
est of time and labor savers for the
farmer" Miss Wards report says. $50
nower in the home is the greatest
Loon to the housewife" Forty-eigh,
per cen, of farms covered by the sur
vey reported power for operating
farm machinery, but only 22 per ceh.
have this advantage for the home.
THAT" says Miss Ward. ''is singu-
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23
FORM CEMETERY
ASSOCIAT'N HERE
COMMITTEE FROM CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE REPORTS THE
OUTLINES OF PLAN FOR
CEMETERY UPKEEP

The Chamber of Commerce commit
tee on Cemetery, comprising Messrs
f. p. Hynds, J. T. Foote and T.
A. Blakeney, met with the directors
of the organization at special meet
ing last week and recommended
ed that a cemetery association be
formed and incorporated to manage
and look to the keeping of the ceme-
terry in good condition.
The committee has made careful
study of plans, ways and means used
in a large number of other cities for
the upkeep of cemeteries and recon-
mendcd that similar plan be adopted
here. The essentials Of the plan pro-
posed are as follows:
The incorporated association to own
all the vacant lots in the cemetery.
The city to own the streets and al
leys.
The association to look after the up
keep Of the cemetery in two ways;
first. create permanent up-keep funds
for each lot by having the owner do
nate sum sufficient that the interest
on the donation will pay for the up
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23
FRIDAY. July =.

keep ,e Of the lot con.i,,,.'.
lot lot owners not msEins ~.
pa! pay for the up.keep s ~ NJ.
the same. Wv" year b
.,a me s.ts,, committee expects :, 3
the sSs.set details IL of this plss' ~ .
cal call a a, meeting Of all ints''! s"uu! q
tion. VI Tie 7
The. The directors Of tn. o...|
Commerce Commerce agreed that = ~ y
sho shows sufficient intere,a, = ~
th .ne permancy of the s,s,,s .
the Chamber Of Comms,Ns. a'N''ts
aside the sum of $500 s1tse ,o' y y
diate cleaning up Of a. h. ~
with the understanding NJ ts,, . !:
present :a, emergency the e..'s y
sociation will attend the m,,.'
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23
4 LITTLE SIDELIGHT ON THE
ALLEGED LABOR SHORTAGE

4 good farmer. who lives clos, io
town needed man Friday to help him
haul some oats and stack them in his
barn, and although the bugaboo Of
labor shortage stared him in the face
he came to town bright and early 90
see if he could find man at 'up
wages to help him do the task. On
certain corner of Durant he enc III
tered several men, all of them appar-
emily able bodied and apparentl} in
search or in need of work. He ST r.th
one of them. who appeared to 10. q
working man, and asked him il hc
desired days work at any wap he
might name within reason. The f, .uw
wasn't sure. and inquired as t. he
nature of the work and when appr.rL.
decided that the weather was to- hot
to permit Of that much physica' cf-
fort on his part. The same que ton
directed to seven more men, idlin. on
the corner. ELECTED the same sort ul IA
reply and the farmer, with nionc. in
his pocket with which to emplo, an
unemployed man, went back t. his
farm near town and without the / red
hand
So long as able bodied men ar not
willing to work, they surely have no
rightful complaint of the cost o: nv
ing. 1t is just such conditions that
are here revealed that have bror sht
about the shortage" of labor.
On the same morning the writer
of this article observed a man with
one of his legs gone at the hip. and
walking with two crutches, at work
moving lawn, and incidentally, he
was doing more and better work than
two-legged man working next door
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23

lar fact when we consider that fre.
quently it is a simple matter to cor
meet the engine used at the barn wit,
the household equipment" The wa'h.
inp machine is another labor sa,cr
Selling the cream to cream,rr
wherever possible instead of churraG
it at home is still another. In short
the same sort Of intelligence and a
fraction of the money applied to MAJ
ing field and barn work conven"nt
would, if applied to the home, >a.'
untold drudgery to the women of III,
farms and would add both to the pre-"
fit and the comfort of farm life
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23
FARMER BREAKS LEG

A rather unusual accident happened
to G. j. Jay, farmer residing two
and half miles north of town. last
Friday. He was riding one horse and
leading another, having the lead rope
wrapped around the horn of his sad
die, when the lead horse pulling back
caused the cinch to break and Mr..
Jay fell to the ground. His leg was
broken near the hip by the fall and
he lay where he fell for some time be-
fore help reached him. At last ac-
counts he was getting along as well
as possible and will doubtless make
Il good recovery.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23

Z Editors Note, The News IS glad to
publish In this department any item
from any source. pertaining to farm
work. farm development and farm
interest. All that is required Is ac-
curacy In all statements made 1t
Is orr desire TO make this depart
.rent of real interest.)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23
PLAYED PREACHER-IN IA

PLAYED PREACHER-IN JAIL.
ID. +. Carpenter was bound over to
District Court at Guthrie last week
on charge of impersonating min
lister and performing a mock mar
riage Carpenter was sent to Jail in
default of bail.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23
Waste of Woman power


rhc waste of woman power is one of
ahc greatest mcnaccs to the rural life
of the Nation, according to deduc-
tions that specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture
.raw from farmhomc survey con-
tlucted in the 33 Northern and Wes-
tern States. The survey was made
,indcr the direction of Miss Florence
j.. Ward, in charge of extension work
with women, Office of Extension
Work, North and West, States Rcla-
tion Service. The records cover 1O,-
Dl5 farm homes. averaged by taking
typical communities of the counties
in which the survey was made. Much
D.. the information was gathered per-
sonaly by home demonstration agents
who are the field representatives of
the United States Department of Ag-
~iculturc and the State agricultural
colleges.
Facts Shown by Survey.
Miss Ward points out, from the
facts shown by the survey, that a
reasonable amount of planning and
well directed investment in modern
equipment for farm homes would pre-
sent large part of this wastage of
be energy of the Nations rural home
makers.
This is a serious matter" she con-
tinues, because we have live nat
ional problem now in working out the
economics of country living in such a
way as to make those who are living
m farms satisfied to stay on the land
and help build it up. Per-
haps the greatest factor in bringing
ths about will BE- the healthy. alert,
and expert home maker. who will see
% It that part of the increased in
.omc from the farm goes into i'm
provemcnt of the home. At time
like this. when the dearth of farm la
Dor is Il limiting factor in production
it i:' very doubtful business policy for
farmers to use increased income to
buy more land instead of using u
part of it in raising standards Of
living 81 tha, women and young pco-
pie Will not want to go to the cities
m search Of attractive living cond
lions and amusement"
The survey diScloScS number of
the reasons why many women do not
fipt farm life attractive he working
day of the average farm woman. a.
shown by the survey, is l.3 hours, the
year round. In >unmcr it is 1912
hours. And 81 out of each 100 women
nave no regular vacation during the
year. On the average the farm wom-
AB can find lG hours of leisure dur
ing the summer and only 2.i hours
IN winter. Half of the farm wum
an are up and at : o'clock in the rlr,n
ing.
Forty-eight per cent have water in
lhr kitchen. but the other - per cent
must go to the spring or the pump
to bring the water for cooking break
fast. Thirty-six per cent help with
the milking. On the average. the farm
woman has 7-rOOm house to keep in
order. Sevcnty-nine per cent have
= Kerosene lamps to trim and fill.
Ninety-six per cent do the family
washing, about half of them having
washing machines and the other half
|ioing the work with tub, washboard
and boiler. Twcnty-six per cent have
gas or electric irons to make more
comfortable the task of ironing
Ninety-two per cent do some or all
Of the family ewing. Garden work
is done by 56 per cent, "a per cent
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-07-23

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The Pascagoula chronicle., 1920-03-05
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

| By virtue of authority vested IN me
under and by the terms of that certain
deed of trust dotted on the 22nd day OF
November, 1913, executed by F. G.
Francis of st. Joseph, Mo-, by the
terms of which said F. C. Francis con.
veyed in trust to the undersigned for
the benefit OF H. D. Money & M. M.
Kitchen that certain property known
and described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection OF
the Ocean Springs road and the Rose
Farm New Orchards road, running
along the north edge Of the Rose Farm
New Orchards eastward a distance of
1920 feet to the point Of beginning;
thence north 1872 feet; thence east $3.50
feet; thence south 1872 feet; thence
west $50 feet to the point of beginning,
being 6 acres known as tract No. Z
of the Rose Farm New Orchards.
Which said deed of trust is recorded
in Book No. 4, pages STATS Records
VI DccuS VI lIuSI anu luOlt6d6Co Ou
Land in Jackson County, Mississippi,
on file in the office Of the Chancery
Clerk of Jackson county, Mississippi,
and which deed of trust provided for
sale on said above described property
in the event of a failure to pay certain
promissory notes therein described
and thereby secured, and whereas the
terms of said deed Of trust have been
broken.
Now, Therefore, l will on the first
Monday in April, 1920, the same be-
ing the fifth day of April, 1920, at
the front door of the Court
House Of Jackson County, Mississippi.
within legal hours offer said property
above described for Gale and will sell
same to the highest bidder for cash.
Witness my signature. this the 9th
day of January, 1920.
L. M. MCCLURE, Trustee