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Arizona republican., 1920-05-23

MT. Cooper was waiting for me. He called me in his office and told me that 1t was the wrong thing to do and warned me not to let it happen again The next Sunday I did the same thing He called me in his office and warned me again. I was pretty good after this for two weeks. I then decided one night that I would go to Mesa to a dance, so I went. I stayed ir Mesa that night and came home the next morning. As nothing was said to me for several days, I was beginning to think that l had got away with it until one day, l found with my mail a letter from the discipline committee, asking me to meet them on Thursday. met them and got a severe talking to and was told that the next thing that I did, I was to be expelled from school
 This started me thinking. have de- cided that it is much easier to abide by the rules, and listen to what other people tell me.
 JOSEPH ENRIGHT,
 Humboldt, Arizona.
 Tempe Normal Second Year.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-23
BACK TO YOUTH


 Long into the night Margaret lay with dry, aching eyes, stunned, dreari- ly trying to understand. Her mind caught feebly at word, a sign of ex- planation and then drearily abandoned 1t. No,-he had never intimated that he had ceased to care, his last letter had not been~quite the same, but he had added a postscript to say that he still loved her, and that she was the only girl in the world for whom he could really ever care. Except for the longer time between that and this last note, she had not noticed anything un- usual Torn between a dread at this sudden news and a love that stubborn ly refused to mistrust, she lay through the long black hours. ~
 When the sun shone again, Margaret opened her eyes to a world of radiant beauty-and believed again. It was utterly impossible that under that glorious sun anything so terrible should happen,-there would be some explanation. But the days passed and others, with the black, sleepless nights between It was the fourth night that Morgaret rose from her bed, stagger- ing upon 1eaden feet. Her heart had been slowly gripped by the merciIess. torturing fear, that 1t was really true, and with desperate hope she sought some way of escape, she wanted to walk in the air, she wanted to breathe again Finding he clothes. she tried to dress, when things grew suddenly black
 A long time afterwards she heard voices, and infinite number of them that dwtndled at times to two, one that sighed, an one that trailed off in a grumble.
 Has she been worrying. or had a mental shock of some kind?" Dr Wiley put the question delicately.
 Yes. she has. doctor"
Arizona republican., 1920-05-23
THE BRAVERY OF ESSENCE

Essence, or Little Shell, was a small Indian boy of the Apache tribe in Ari- zona- He had a very dark skin, large brown eyes and coal-blac hair.
 When he was about fourteen wears old, during a war between the Apache and the Pima Indians. the chief of the Apaches sent out a scouting party Of about twenty Indians among whom
Arizona republican., 1920-05-23
CHURCH ADVERTISING

Advertising has been practiced more by the Americans than by any other people. We advertise our farms, our politics, our stores, our schools, our shows, our patriotism, and now our re- hgion and our churches. Today large spaces in the newspapers are filled with advertisements for the church advertisements that appeal to all classes of people.
 History tells us that after every
Arizona republican., 1920-05-23
THE REsT Rooks

HumbOIdt, Arizona. Tempe Normal, Second Year
Arizona republican., 1920-05-23

wife, because he had been so brave Afterwards he was always called Chief Essence.
 FRANK SINE, Freshman, Glendale, Arizona
Arizona republican., 1920-05-23

heart In this world of ours there is not room for bitterness. no place for the destructive tides of hatred. before the overwhelming forces of the uni verse only the best in us can survive, and those hearts that are not strong in the divine quality of forgive ness must perish"
 THELIA ROBERTS,
Arizona republican., 1920-05-23

" hlIe walking down a crowded city
 street the othe rday, l heard little urchin to a comrade
 turn and say: Say, Jimmie, don't yer know, I'd be
 happy as a clam, If only was de feller dat me mudder
 links T am. She links I am a wonder, and knows
 her little lad Would never mix wit nottin' dat was
 ugly, mean or bad. often sit and tink how nice 'twould
 be-gee whiz, If feller was de feller dat his mud
 der t'inks he is.' So, folks, be yours a life of toll or un-
 diluted joy, You still can learn a lesson from the
 small, unlettered boy; Don't tr yto be an earthly saint, with
 eyes fixed on a star Just try to be the fellow that your
 mother thinks you are
 NOODLES PAGAN.
 IRISH WIT The above poem reminds one of the stories famous, of the subtle Irish imagination. and of the most popular poem of jingle, the limerick. How do you like this one straight from Ire land? There was a 1.-the freshman of Oriel. Who climber up the Martyrs Memo
 rial, There he stood on his head And indignantly said Who says we're not active at Oriel?"
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Jackson, Miss, May 30. One
hundred and twenty moonshine"
stills were raidsd and destroyed in
orty-four counties in Mississippi
from February to May 26, 1920,
according tn 4 report issued today at
the Office Of Major w. Calvin Wells,
Federal Prohibition Director for
Mississippi.
Only three, gun fights occurred
during the raid. G. r. Williams.
alleged Georgia 'moonshiner" was
shotand killed by A. S. Campbell.
deputy sheriff. near fernando, De-
soto county, who was raiding a big
still with Federal Agent Whitehead.
Agent Lovelace shot and wounded
Abner Polk, who officers reported
resisted arrest at a still. Agent
Whitehead exchanged shots with
an unidentified moonshiner III Mon
roe county.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03
The Mississippi Oil Company.

The Mississippi Oil Company was
organized this week. Charter for
incorporation has been filed and
approved. The incorporatovs and
stockholders are, Minnie G..
Thompson, of Iuka. Ex.Gov. Brew
er. of Clarksdale, Fl. c. Morgan, a.
Texas Millionaire, Ex-senator Per-
cy. Mr., Greene, OF Marshal, Texas,
and Mr.. Holland, banker of Meri-
dian. Miss. 1t has long been
thought that oil in paving quantities
could be found in Tishomingo
County and recent tests by compe-
tent authorities make it almost an
assured fact. Several wells will be
drilled by the new company, one or
more in this county. The money
for the drilling etc has already been
paid in. With oil wells, and cleo
tricity for all purposes, from the
big dam, Iuka will be even better
business town than at present
and it is now the best of its size in
the state.
The following telegram is self ex-
planatory;
Shreveport, La. June /, 20.
Mrs Minnie G. Thompson,
Iuka, Miss,
Will drill test well for oil to depth
Of 100 feet on your block Of twelve
thousand acres around Iuka, block
ed solid. Will agree to start actual
operation within ninety days from
date OF approval OF titles. Ready
to ship rig and casing now. Havs
ordered shipped rig and casting for
~ --ffsaR COUNTY acreage. E.-plct
TO return to Mississippi Wednesday
night. viii keep you advised.
II. c. Morgan,
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03
] !BIasically Sound Conditions.

Az long as there is an urgent de-
nnand for labor at high prices, az
at present, and az long as there is
an under production in all classes OF
merchandise and everything else
needed for the urgent demand, of
trade, there should be no trouble in
The financial world. The conditions
are fundamentally sound in the
United States. The following from
the MalufactureSs Record states the
caee oonoretely: There can be no
period OF depression in the United
States unless il Is deliberately
brought about. The only possible
panic Is an artificial panic. Over
production is what makes panic.
The vail of the world is far pro-
ducts. Housing demands alone
would assure prosperity for months
to come. There is, in addition, the
enormous requirement for railroads.
for highways. tor almost every staple
product known. ami the shortage OF
| foods makes of every farm a dragnet
! for labor, Basically, there was
never better outlook for continued
!, prosperity. Florence Times.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03
Mr.. FARMER. Mk. PLANTER Nh, RENTER

he following prepased expert southern agricn
nr was prominently published on the front page Of the Commercial
important thing in the paper
Are going again wnters
of what feeds have cost this year THEY WILL NOT BE
CHEAPER NEXT Do ions call fer little thought
and immediate action?
Owing wet backward Spring. many
These planted
perhaps at all where the boil wecvi
present
have enough cotton without this late planting bnt plant
this land and all other possible food and iced the poi
already planted go priced feeds
doubts that eedstuf will be high priced nayt spring
What crops may ses be planted e CORN SORGHUM, COW
PEAS, SOY BEANS, PEANUTS, SUDAN GRASS ETC.
But don't put poor Give
BILE. IT you have no good aud, plant sorghum
half bushels per ace will make three hay 100
200 gallons of syrup, or may be used to fill the silo
Peanuts will make ro 30 - bushels and to
and a half tons of gooL hay
Soy make three hay one
of stover and 10 to IS bushels of beans be used
with sorghum in the sIo. ~
Cow will make from onehaf tons of fine
which will keep the IN good condition without
necessary to clean, cultivate aud pick.
will plenty cotton grown, get mach
hungry south compete
Europe for the and other stn produced in the northern
states.
The south has never prcd AS much ou and feed AZ she cod
because she has enough crops
the seedsmen in this section have only
amounts of seeds for garden and feed
What will be condition and what yon give
next winter entire cotton paying this
bills and must out tight market 70 borrow buy
high priced feeds to keep live stock a make
next years copsf
Ely YOU GET FOR YOUR COTTON CROP IN THE SOUTH
To buy hy and at the high prices which will PREVAIL with
borrowed suicidal When food high
priced the farmers of the should grow get
instead OF giving them to thc corn belt. &
s.s G. W. WATSON, Marketing Specialist,
FARM DEyELOPMiNT BUREAU.
Memphis, T,nn May %
|
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

And the man who made corking
good shoe that retailed for So a pair
became Governor Of great state.
The Manufacturer WHO restores that
price for equally good shoes will be
in danger of being elected president
for life.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Wanted-Man with team or auto
who can give bond to sell 1877
Watkins home and farm products.
biggest concern of kind in world.
$500 to $4,000 yearly income
Territory in this county open.
Write TODAY. ]. r. Watkins Co..
Dept liz Winona. MINI. (35-stp
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Census returns show that Pitts
burg's gain in population is rela-
lively the smallest of any of the
largest cities. No wonder, most
Pittsburgers move to New York on
getting rich, and most Pittsburgers
get rich sooner or later.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

The Japs are doing just what
they please In Siberia. Well, 40
far as America is concerned, we
have concluded that Siberia is a
good country to keep out Of.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Those newspapers which have
been talking about what the situa-
tionwould be i" HooveEbeats him
in California realize now that
they've been wasting time.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

There is no royal road to learn
ing and no substitute in achieving
success has been found for hard
work and saving. ''o
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Senator Lodge is to he the Re-
publican temporary chairman. and
for once we agree with the Republi-
cans that the choice is entirely
fitting.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

rs the highcast OF living to,coms
down with : rnsh? asks the Balti-
more Sun, just as II it really be-
lieved there was possibility Of
something Of the sort. ~ s
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

The Republican peace resolution
may be talked to death in the Sem
ate. 1t certainly ought to be.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

"Ex-tanks form a nationwide or
ganization, ? saysan announcement.
What mighty membership if they
all join.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

It'pis said that Carranza while
getting ready to flee. transferred the
contents of the Mexico Treasury Ia
his trunk. An old Mexican custom
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Republicans laugh when they
think of the trouble Bryan will give
at San Francisco. but the Demo-
Gratis even up by chuckling over
thoughts of Johnson at Chicago.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

With their long primary contest
ended. the Republicans find they
have developed no invincible can
didate for the Presidential nomina-
tion-but they have had lot OF fun.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Our Presidential politics are not
a pleasant spectacle, but Mexico'a
are even worse.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

A s50O.OOO, 900 steel merger has
been made in Canada. In plain
English this probably means that
all the independent and smaller
c)mp anies have been submerged.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Sweetness doesn't always behave
as it should--look at the price OF
sugar, for instance.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Has the census shown any city
to be as populous as it thought it
was?
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

But for prices one might think
the scantiness OF women's clothes
due to economy.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Daylight saving appears to ba
what Hancock said the tariff was--
" a local question"
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

And just think, only a few years
back a peekaboo waist was thought
daring.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Some Sayings.

A sweet tooth is an expensive
possession just now. r
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Jawndee, Jr., divides his time
between social uplift and oil prica
uplift.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

The long felt want is now relieved.
We have the Mccall patterns.
Broughton d Whitten.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Wanted, Stock to Pasture.
S0acres, good grass, plenty of
fresh water. Two miles south of
Iuka.
3S 4tp. J. A. Jherauit.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

J. With Hoover is it a. case of
how happy he could be with either
dear party we're t'other dear party
away2
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Miss Spring is retiring when sh
should be perspiring.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Someday resumption of produce
tion in Europe will step on the pay
envelope of this country.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

England is going 10 tax war
fortunes" If the tax is heavy
enough it will prevent any recur.
renee of Jingoism, which is the
English equivalent OF German Junk.
erism.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

Many foreigners are now seekinas4
homer in America, says a headline.
So are many Americans,
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

If the price Of gasoline mounts
much higher, 1t will atari as'baek
to the horse moyement, So -
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

s.-Aso keep hs garden going The keep
wect potatoes
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1920-06-03

A dispatch says that Poindexter
has withdrawn nc m the Presidential
race. Left ut the post. ses,,.S !.
Let The r ?ople -ale" Is sIo.
gan oil the outs who want a chanca
to do the ruling for the people.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-11-13
THE HORIZON
Industry
(From the Crisis)

The highest paid colored city employee
at Cleveland Ohio is Dr. j. T. Sykes who
receives $4,000 per year as District Physi.
clan; there are inspectors in the garbage
department, bookkeepers, weight masters,
bathhouse superintendent, street foremen
and q men on the police force at salaries
of $4,000 per year; 80 men and women
foremen and clerks at 81, 500 per year; and
POO garbage cart drivers at $3.50 per day.
The Ideal Progressive Laundry Corpora.
ton has been chartered as 100000 col
ored enterprise at Pittsburgh, Pa to do
general laundry. cleaning and pressing bust
ness The promoters are G.. E. Thomas,
president; Mark King, secretary; and DR..
j. F. Jackson, treasurer.
Bob Lindsey, Negro, has realized on
$4,000 worth of cotton at Gadsden, Ala.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-11-13

Seattle's port commission election in De.
cember next will be called upon to give one
'Col." Lamping a drubbing like unto the
one he recently got in the primary election.
Republicanism will be sufficiently strong
in the coming Congress to cut down the
representation from the South in proper
ton to the votes she cast and we hope it
will dO So
During the campaign Senator Harding
was accused of being a Mulatto. Now the
question is, if half Negro could run as
fast as did Senator Harding, what the hell
would a whole Negro have done?
In view of the fact that port commits.
sion election will be held in December next
keep not of the gulf of Innocuous Desue-
tude, it of much Grover Cleveland fame.
1t never takes any great amount of
physical effort to kick man when you
think him down and that's the only time
some persons ever make an effort to kick
the one he or she has a grudge against.
Harding spoke in Oklahoma, Missouri,
Tennessee and Kentucky and all of those
states except Kentucky went Republican
and even Kentucky is still in doubt. The
question is, was it not campaign mistake
not to have sent Harding to even Missis-
sippi?
His district having become hopelessly Re-
publican Champ Clark, who went to defeat
in the late battle of ballots, has decided
to permanently withdraw from politics, but
before he goes, he will doubtless look visit
fully at the White House and after signing
deeply calculate, Damn Woodrow Wilson
Even President Wilson seems to be COM
ing round to the idea that he is not so
great as he has been pictured, and as re-
suit he will take the old way and transmit
his next message to Congress. 1t requires
some awfully hard drubbing to convince
some people that there are two sides to all
questions.
Hell bent for lection went the land, when
all the Democrats were canned. They hol-
Tered loud and hollered long, but what
they said was like a song, and sung TO
men completely deaf like winter trees with
so when election day came round, the
voters said we hate your sound, and Four
teen Points was sent to hell, and there they
will forever dwell Dear W. w. fare you
well and ere you go ring Jimmy Cox's
bell that he may follow fast your fivver on
which YOU'RE skidding up Salt River. TO
rule the world you vainly tried, but when you
failed you sorely cried, and dropped your
mantel on Jim Cox and thought yourself
sly old fox, but Uncle Sam saw through
your plot and snugly damned you in pot
and rolled you down the steep hill road
among your southern Democratic horde
But shake old man before you go because
your hell will be in snow and Jimmy Cox
will finally tire of trying to build for you
a fire. 49,.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-11-13

AT Superior, Wis, Mrs. Halle R. Salters,
coiored, is manager of the Western Union
Telegraph office; she was previously tele.
phone operator at Minneapolis. Mr.. Coins,
Negro at st. Paul. is an operator in the
Postal Telegraph Cable Office
The Wage Farmers Savings Bank at
Savannah, Ca, has resources of $1,O36, 900.
Harry M. Legg, a Negro, formerly of
birmingham, Ala, is operating a wholesale
and retail grocery business at Seattle,
Wash, valued at $65,OOO He employs 81
clerks, with w. H. Banks, also formerly
OF birmingham, as manager
Hinton D. Alexander, colored mail car.
rler at Chattanooga, Tenn, has been re.
tired after 38 years. service
The Paris Import and Export Corpora.
ton. capitalized at 100000, has been es-
tablished at Newport News, Va, by Negroes
for the import of tropical products princi.
pally from Africa and the export Of Ameri-
can products. Mr.. O. z. Paris is presi-
dent Of the company
Fitzherbert Howell, a colored real estate
dealer, recently sold at $4,000 each, eight
five-story houses in West 135th Street, New
York City, to colored buyers.
Two hundred colored clerks were ap.
pointed recently in the Bureau of the
Census at Washington. The salary is 1860
per year plus $240 bonus.
The Trift Commercial Company has been
organized at Washington, D. c., to conduct
a chain grocery business. Negroes in the
District Of Columbia spend $18,25OO0O an
nually, or $4,000 per day, for groceries,
etc.
R. w. Westbury, colored cotton dealer
at Columbia, S. c., has profits of 800 per
day; j. G. Sawyer has an income from cot.
ton averaging $4,000 per year.
At the Webster Witter Farm, Beeville,
Tex, colored woman 60 years of age,
Noumann by name, picks 43O pounds Of cot
ton daily, or one-third Of bale. At the
rate of $3.50 per hundred pounds, her wage
is $3.50 per day.
Albermarle Bank has been opened by Ne
groes at Elizabeth City, N. c., with paid
in capital of $4,000. DR.. b. L. Boffler is
president.
Dr. Leonidas Crogman Of Atlanta, Ca,
has sailed for Brazil with other colored
men from the South, for the purpose of
establishing business relations with South
America.
Ten Negro businesses with headquarters
in Atlanta are Incorporated under the laws
CT Georgia, with capital stock and assets
Of at least $1OO, 900 each; with smaller cor
porations operating out Of Atlanta, the
total capitalization is nearly 100000.
The De]sarte Film Corporation, capital
lied at 100000, has been organized by Ne
groes in New York, with F. Harrison Hough,
president; John S. Brown, Jr., secretary
treasurer; and Clarence E. Muse, director
general Among the players are Inez
Clough, Susie Sutton-Brown and Spahr
Dickey A party of ~ players will sail
during September for Haiti. In the fall
"Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Abraham Lin
coin of Haiti, will be released, featuring
Clarence E. Muse.
j. William Galewood, for 10 years en-
n]oved as a. colored general clerk in the
office of City Comptroller E. S. Morrow
at Pittsburgh, Pa, has been promoted to
Pay Counter Clerk.