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Il, n z En.ertains Veterans

The D. c. Govan Chapter, U. D C.. entertained the veterans of Lee county with theatre party at The Regent on the 3rd of June in mem ory of Jefferson, the beloved presl- dent of the Confectionery. The guests were received by Mrs. w. l.. Ward. president of the local chap ter. and Mrs. F. H. Govan ande Mrs. Mattie Ford. The theatre had been decorated with Confederate flags and colors and the overture was Southern airs. After the matinee the guests were served ice cream at the Candy Shop. The weather was inclement that it kept many away. The following were there; A. $. Rogers, J. P. Farrar, George Slaughter, W. A. Johnston, Robert Hancock. F. B. Blount, MT. Miller of Memphis and MT. Mclean of Morrilton. The Chapter wishes to extend thanks to MT. Megibben' manager of the theatre, for numer- ous courtesies.
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FOR SALE-Beautifu building lots on Texas street opposite Bev- erly Place. Lots are full size. TO X 210, we'll located and moderately priced. If interested see E. J. Beazley. t1
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cockpit of the rnsschine for this purpose:
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WANTED-M with team or auto who can give bond to sell 137 Watkins home and farm products. Biggest concern of kind in the world. $I500 to $500 yearly in- come. Territory in this county open Write today to J. R. Watkins Co, Dept. IA, Winona, Minn. *llp
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FOR RENTING furnished rooms for one or two months k. M. Hays. l1
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FOR SALE-Four room cottage at 408 Walnut street. Electric lights, city water. Lot 70 Zio' good garden spot See J. E. Grlt. fin. t1
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FOR SALE-Good three room house, we'll located in south part of city. Also one vacant lot ad- joining place. See c. N. Houck. :. *tf
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FOR RENT-One furnished room for gentlemen only. Close to busi- ness section of city Call phone 232 II
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FOR SALE-PraetieaIly new one horse wagon, Tennessee" at S65. Coa, M Warrfnoton *tf
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FOR SALE-Two good milk cows with young calves for sale. Both are young cows and give rich milk Apply to B. F. Breathett, Marianna, Route 2. My place is six miles northwest of Narianna this side of R. E. Brooks place. llp
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brought into tly, spotlight. in 1851,
James w. SimW,ton. then correspond
ent-o1 the NeyJ York Times and later
director of I the Associated Press
There was ryuch display of injured in
nocence any. outraged virtue when ms
first articYe was printed. and he was
verbally yarred and feathered. At the
height OK this Indignation meeting In
the House one OF the most respected
membsr rs stood up and announced that
he haf! ibeen offered a bride of $500 II
he v ould support. the railroad land
srYnt bill. Some of the members re-
sV,ned to escape expulsion.
Then followed a few years during
(which some of the less important in
/ Congress sought to make themselves
seem more important by repeated in
reference with the correspondents,
occasionally imprisoning for con
i tempt" those who refused to divulge
the source of their information for
certain stories" The printing Of what
happened in ostensibly executive ses-
sions of the Senate 'vexed some mem
| bers sorely. One senator made him.
self ridiculous by raising hue and
cry that he had discovered an caves
dropping reporter in ventilating
shaft. only to have it shown that what
he had seen was a black cat.
| The parliamentary privilege" was
never more ridiculously asserted than
lin 1858 by a western representative
named Sawyer. He demanded the eN-
uuI 40. 81; the s.,,ci3,i tDf..gsDQ.iu I al
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basting the gentlemen of the press"
in language that members would not
dare to use today, the press gallery
had a staunch defender in Repre-
sentative Matthew Lyon, who served
both from Vermont and Kentucky.
and was delegate from Arkansas.
Lyon was prominent in anti-revolu-
tionary affairs. deputy paymaster in
the revolutionary army and clerk of
the court of confiscation in 1856. He
was imprisoned during the presidency
of John Adams, under the sedition
law. for having published letter
which contained some animadversions
on the cabinet of the administration.
Lyon had several fist fights on the
floor of the House. one with Repre-
sentative Griswold of Connecticut.
x :: = ::
A MOTHER congressional stenog-
rapher bloomed out as a CORE
spondent about the time that the
j.. conf1agration spread by the torch Of
the British vandals in 1914. when they
made their mad rampage from Bla-
densburg. This was John Agg, who
is pictured as having bright blue
eyes. musical voice and agreeable
manners. He seems to have special
events while Mistress Dolly Madison
| held sway in the White House
, Among others who wrote regularly
| from Washington in those days were
| Lund Washington. who claimed rela-
| tionship to 1.-THE Father of His Co1n-
| try" and who had entire into ex-
! elusive circles on that account; James
F! Montague. a gifted Firginian, bur very
! successful press correspondent and 10
seph l.. Buckingham. Il sarcastic and
sef-satisfied Bostonian, who patronized
! Congress and got away with it quite
profitably.
! However. these were all a sort of
prologue to the coming into the theater
| of national politics of the first real bona
, fide Washington correspondent To
! Eliab kingman, a native of Providence,
! r. l., goes the distinction of being the
| Capital as a professional correspondent.
| He graduated from Brown University in
! 1916 and taught school as makeshift
! in Virginia. His first letter for publica
ton from Washington was sent out in
1922 and he cont inued his labors in this
years. He was tall, spare man, with
a bright eye. excellent education pleas
ant manners, a keen thinker. four.
square writer and smile that carried
him anywhere. In the closing years Of
his professional activities he contributed
to the New York Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Advertiser, the Balti
more Sun, the Charleston Courier an(
the New Orleans Picayune. He made q
fortune by his writings while at all times
giving practical example Of the ethics o.
the profession. After he retired from &C
tive work his home and hospitality wer,
enjoyed by the leaders i'm political life
; who leaned upon him for advice
Then, there was Col. Samuel L
Knapp. who came from Massachusetts
to write for the Boston Galaxy an,
who soon took on the Charleston
Courier. He also wrote letters to othe
: papers and magazines was in deman'
for framing reports of committees 0
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take notes on what he had to say, and
usually would settle it by saying III
send you something prepares" just as
wish it, and as he was brilliant and
clever. forceful and individualistic. any
correspondent to whom he made such a
proposal considered himself very for
tunate.
1t was conceded at the time that a
co.crie of dozen Washington CORE
spondents beat Schuyler Colfax and
nominated Henry Wilson Vice President
at the national republican convention in
Philadelphia, in 1872.
The work of the Washington CORE
spondents entered another era about
1876, when leased wires came into serv-
ice. 1t was about that date that the
New York Tribune started the practice
Of using a single line between its New
York plant and its Washington bureau:
employing its own operators. rms
not only expedited the transmission of
news. but made it possible for the edi-
tor in New York to know early in the
evening just how. important and how
much news he could count on from
wa shington. Other big papers soon fol-
lowed subtitle Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette and the Enquirer, the Louis
Vile Courier-Jeurnal, the 1nter-Ocean
and Tribune of Chicago. the st. Paul
Pioneer Press and the New York Herald.
In these days when women are shar-
ing the votes with Elei,.. nlention must
.soI be omitted of the woman CORE :
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Heath, assistant postmasters general:
Louis A. Coolidge, assistant secretary
of the Treasury; William Wallace
Warden, one Of the secretaries to
President Johnson. and who made
fortune betting on the result of the
Impeachment proceedings: John ".
Forney. secretary of the United States
Senate: Henry v. Boynton. president
of the Chickamaugua park commission;
John NJ. Carson. chief Of the bureau
of labor, and Albert HalStead. a con
sui general.
The press gallery is a sacred pre-
serve: here no member of the House
or Senate, general or ADMIRAL cab
met member or diplomat. may enter.
save on invitation of an accredited
icorrespondent The conditions for ad-
mission to the gallery are rigid. The
CORRESPONDENT must be engaged actu-
ally in daily transmission of news by
telegraph He must have no other
means of livelihood through appoint
ment in any of the departments. He
must swear upon his honor that he
has no interest in pending legislation.
The correspondents are thrown in
contact daily with the leaders of the
ation and Of the world. and meet on
terms of equality. From their point
of vantage in the gallery. the cor
respondents look down upon the am
pitiohs, jealousies, passions. self
seeking so patent before their trained
saze. They see behind the scenes.
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tracted some attention by writing
letters to a number of newspapers.
In the days of Washington, Adams
and jefferson the correspondents
wrote in a much more vigorous style
than today and COX sides bitterly in
dpoltics. Calling the President "a
thief or "blackleg" in bold type was
not uncommon in those days.
From the earliest days some, NOM
b.is of Congress haN> SOUGHT II ne
tate or color the news from "ashlEg-
ton that goes into their nome DIS
tricts and have resented the sending;
of any political items that have not
received their 20 X. heN nave
shamelessly denounced the c"rrt-
spondents in public, even Whiie sc
cretly furnishing them wish lnforma-
ton, which frequently the corre-
spondents have found TO be ''manufac-
tured" 1t is a matter OF aistor| 1hal
Washington correspondents nave re
pt ttediy pe.en ''haled before the var
OF the House" or before congress,
sional investigating committees. anu
even imprisoned. because they h"Ne
WITH Il Enaiity u dctefb inssI -ei
fused 10 livulGe tn" sou"c. cl ''e''
information.
John Randolph of Virginia. who
served in both House and SENATE. inc
-; same man who fought blooG.ess
.
! duel with Henry Clay. ard was ia.e'
minister to Russia. and who was M
! variably "against' reporters. Deca.lie
! much excited over letter prih,,su
! in the Philadelphia Press when he
! told the House charged HIM Win re-
| ceiyins British gold as II bride LOT
opposing the war 1t was ascer seer ,.n
F.. that the ncwspaper article hau Deei
prepared on information supplied ny
! REPRESENTATIVE Willis Aston. Jr., OF
! North Carolina. John G. calhoun
! tat.d openly III the House that IL was
Randolph himself who leaked the
secret decision of the foreign reia-
! tious committee to propose an EN-
| harro. This same leak" furnishes
a vivid picture of the enterprise @. OF
:! the correspondents in those early days.
/ The news was sent to Boston by an
! express rider" who made the journey
| in the unprecedentedly short time OF
| seventy-nine hours. This quick action
! enabled scores of New England yes
| sells TO put to sea before the ports
| were officially closed.
! But while Randolph. who was con-
siderable of fire-eater. was lam
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encidentally, it was a correspondent
of the San Francisco Examiner and
The New York American who first
flashed over the press wires the news
Of that great battle.
srHE entire Union has another strik-
ing illustration of how it would
feel with Washington news cut of
On, the day of the Taft inaugural. when
a Very severe estorm tore down means
of communication the people were
without direct word for many hours
that the man of their choice had been
sworn in as President.
The Washington correspondent
have not only written the history OF
this country while it was yet throb-
hing with passion, dripping with
1,Iood and seething in bitter and con-
tiicting opinions, but they have made
history by guiding public opinion In
7he most pregnant days OF the natioh.
ITO their everlasting credit be II -Said
that they have been men not only Oh
Superior talents. education and Juds-
,nent, but also of unimpeachapie III
1egrity.
But while they have been making
great men greater, the Washington
CORRESPONDENTS have been relatively
little known themselves for the part
taken in building up great nation
even though in the earlier days the
Offices of these correspondents were
1he haunts of senator's ana repre-
s..ntattyes. of cabinet officials and
even the Vice President. OF foreign
siiplomats and the governors oil SOW
sreign states who came there 10
,eot the essential facts and the real
aneaning of the moves in national
political circles.
when the seat Of the federal gov
ernment was established on tht
hanks of the Potomac, HARDLY iloci
creek and on the mountain ina
,,ad some wears previous been con-
.idcred nv the'pioneer Jesuits for the
location of their prospective unitei
s,itv. there was only one small tri'
NeekIy newspaper here-the Nationa
nntelligencer-owne and edlted 10y
samuel Harrison Smith. Tine early
,nembers of Congress with whom M
differed politically dubbed that sheet
as Mr. Silky Milky Smiths Nationa
Smoothing Plane" This paper "a'
later published by Gales Seaton
conspicuous among the first news
vaper correspondents of the new
capital was James Cheethanl, who en-
aoyed the confidence of Thomas Jef
dersop. He is described as an Eng
fish radicaH and man of parts ii
was editor of the New York Citize'
end directed it's political policie
from the young metropolis. Jane
Duane. a young Irishmsn OF decided
vigor, had come by marriage int
control of the Philadelphia Aurora
and proved his belief in the impor
sance Of Washington as news cente
tby spending mos. of his time here
Joseph Gales was one OF the ear!
employees of Congress as u stenoS
rapher. but after time vas mad
taLitoT If the In;r,1IgenC ana AT
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facts: my instructions do not allow
me to make any comments upon the
facts which j communicate. Ny dis
patches are sent to papers of all man
ner of politics, and the editors say
they are able to make their own COM
ments upon the facts which are sent
to them. ] therefore cOntine myself
to what / considr legitimate news.
do not act as a politician belonging
to any school. but try to be truthful
and impartial My dispatches are
merely dry matters of fact and detail.
Some special corresponds may
write to suit the temper of their own
organs Although try to write with
out regard to men or politics, ! do not
always escape censure.
Exposure of congressional corrup-
ton in land grants to railroads
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NHE incoming of the Hard
ing administration, while the
nations of the world are

TINE incoming of the Hard
ing administration, while the
nations of the world are
anxiously awaiting its deter
animation of the foreign and .interna-
1ional policies of this government.
(which will have direct bearing on
their affairs and destinies. emphasizes
that Washington is the news center
Of the world. and that in these days.
more than ever. the doingS of Con-
Eress are light and guide to the
rulers and parliaments of the world
besides.
The Washington correspondent,
1laving had unchallenged part in
Snolding the public sentiment of this
country during the last century, finds
shat his training. his powers of OBJ
Hervation. his discernment, the con-
fidcnce OF real leaders that he has
won. and his insight into human
nature are called into service to lay
before the world the conditions upon
which the future of civilization is to
be built.
Since the fratricidal days of the
civil war Washington has been tie
a,WS center OF the country. This was
never mere effectively proven, than
during the 50 ,rish American war.
when the Washington correspondents
Furnished the news to the papers
throughout the entire Union. beating
the special war correspondents in the
field. That was due largely to the
fact that Gen. IL. &. CorpIn. who was
hdjutant general. lived in his offices
those dayS-slept and ate there-and
gave the official news to the CORE
epondents as fast as it came in. The
reverse picture of how the country is
dependent upon the Washington cor
respondents was proved during the
week of the battle of Santiago, when
Admiral Sampson sunk Cervera's
Sieet-the most important event of the
spanish war. It happened that there
was a printers strike in Chicago. and
all the Chicago papers were forced I'd
suspend publication. The people Were
Just crazy" for the news. and all the
Washington correspondents of Chi
cago papers could do was tear their
hair and boil down the news into
brief bulletins to be pasted up in the
windows of their home papers. Thus
they worked for days and nights
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Press Gallery While the World Awaits Decisions
l. Mighty First Washington of Newspapers Who
Sent Their Coach-Fst Use of T
graph Sending From the Stories andd Down
Nv ordo Of Mont
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Weekly Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, June l9-'rradc in
cotton goods has been dull for the
past week and SINE prices for gray
goods and unfinished cloths arc easier.
Colorcd cottonS of tho heavier de-
and are not obtainablc from mills
In ay siZeablc quantities for early
delivery. Conditions in working suit
attention. 1T now being expected that
new prices will be named on indigo
blue dcnims for delivery. in July.
August and September by one of the
large producers some time next week
Last prices were based on A cents
Tor ZOOS, but have sold in second
hadS as high as 81 cents. Ii is now
considered doubtful whether the last
prices named by the largest factory
Will he Increased
Some houses have offered out
Drown shcetings for future delivery
on basis OF ~ cents for four wards.
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So x COS. but this price is cent or
more u yard under prices current
i IS0r spots Print cloths have eased II
wills and other lining fabrics arc
much easier in second hands. hills
m,akinE no effort to secure new bus
Elmo yarn goods have been very
quiet. Converters are doing little In
nnished goods in tho way OF new
orIers, but ara delivering on old
ORDERS. Finishing costs have been
uuNanced and comparatively little
new business is being placed. Yarns
aTe easier and knit goods are dull.
IMercerlzcd hosiery has been reduced
IN price. Cloth prices current are
as follows: Print cloths % inch
niN64s 10 dc: 6iXG0s. II ale: 3S 'l-2
men biN64s. 2ic: brown sheetings.
southern standards. &c: tickings s
ounce staples. 55c: denims 2.20s.
az l,2c nominal: prints. 23c: staple
SOC ana BIC
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CHICAGO GRAIN AND rnop,-cr

CHICAGO. juno l?.-Evpcctcd curtail
',.c"' OF reeeip's had a bullish effect on
-" oI" market today aud all deliveries
reached new high price record for IN.
present crop. The close was nervous mt
~ to : cents net gain with July ISL TO
a mia ana sTntGmbcr LIN to 1:la oats
changed 20 i0G:l2 cents lower u"-
Iibnr .mi"I I'm, as rule traders looked for
opininn waS positive" thar n falling on
WON'T ne witnessed thereafter With this
%, ,7 me t" i,;S that during the summers Of
~, , n,.u I'll cash com In Chicago ruled
a ao n so ms year, Sentiment in favor OF
Dy continued difficulties OF transporiaiio Ion
as , VII - ny gossip that farmers wcr"
refusing I" let 40 of holdings th,, 10
size OF the country elevator stocks had
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expected to continue long as the car
ehortage becomes moro acute. Nut.
bolt and rivct makers have advanced
their quotations 10 per cent MS pro-
uu Tho i Is no better than TO per cent.
representing large Independents re-
ports export demand in large propor-
ton. although China and japan have
more and Ohio embargo on foreign
tonnage due to strained conditions al
baltimore has hit the steel trade
hard. New York. Philadelphia, Bal
timoro ana Galveston. are now block
AIDED insofar rs shipments abroad ar.
concerned. with Norfolls and New
Orleans the most active terminals.
Shipments of iron tonnages on
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BANKS STAND STRAIN OF
I. i..s INCOME TAX PAYMENTS

s.ss2 lCon,inucd from First PageO
later date OF Union Oil with Philips
Petroleum. Ownership OF the two is
almost identical.
Steel shows Up Well
,. Tho same kind of buying was seen
in vanadium, Rcpogle, Consolidated
pextile and Pneumatic Tool that was
in evidence a few weeks ago before
all these issues rose sharply II rs
Known that all these arc doing well.
Textile has not had Il cancellation
anu is still earning ut the rate OF
S23 n share for the year. 1t is sell
ing at only Sl1.00. a 8 II arc
, more than it will earn this year.
Tool is taken on the theory tnai
railroad reconstruction work Will
soon begin and the products of that
company are necessity of the wcrk.
D Vanadium Is expected to earn ".
100000 n month in the last months or
the year as the new railroad VII
then be finished The demand LOT
Vanadium is far in excess OIL the
supply.
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COTTON MARKETS,

NEW YORK. June ls.-rhere was more
sifc to the cotton market today than for
sometime and the undortonc showed
strength on fairly general purchasing due
to continued unsettled wea Their in the belt
and apprehension OF unfayorablc develop
snents over sunday Wall Street and West
izinc sales were absorbed readily. Trade
interests also were credited with buying
Initial inquiries were 80 to 81 points
higher with the demand heavy. After the
call there was some irEcEulaTity. but in
the second hour prices again tended up.
ward on predictions Of continued unsettled
weather over the central and eastern belt
and for unseascnablv low temperatures in
some sections.
Tate In the day. hut shorts took advantage
OF the reaction 10 resume buying with the
result that most OF the setback was re-
gained In the final few minutes. Tho
close was steady Al a net advance OF 10
The .rcceipts at the ports for the day
! were 5.5Gl bales.
81. .Sc. there were no sales.
Spot AT New Orleans was quiet with
fnddling unchanged at loH.c: the safes be-
Receipts AT leading por,s: Galveston. ESQ
bales: -'w Orleans. 2bi.: ST Louis. 1868 {.
houston. ] 10
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weekly crlneYic,r.

NEW YORK, June 19.-Thc market
tone Tor semi-iinishcd steel is stinen-
ing owing to Il pcrccptiblc decrease
OF available supplies in the market
SAFES at So under the SIS minimum
previously have now disappeared.
Sheet bar operations are around SIS
10 ~ per cen:, but This rate is not
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PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
RepOrlel by RGdgers. PluINmer !: Co. Int

Petersburg. Va. Juno 10. 1920.
SPNNISH-Farmcrs' stock.
Market weak and unsettled. S2.5 to s2.5(
buahcl
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS stock.
Market weak.
Fancy Jumbo. 9kc per ID.
Jumbo. &c per 10.
Extra prime Sic per ID.
Prime. Sc 10 size per Id.
Smelling stock. 74c to Sc pcr H.
Wholesale.
.Iuinbos. l3ikc per Ib
Fancies. lgSr per ID.
Exira, large va. SHIELDED, lie per ID.
No. va shcllcd. L per ID, :.
No. l SnaniSh SHIELDED. .l6hc pcr ID.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. June l9-,cattic: receipts. 1880
butcher bulls and choice cows and hcifcrs.
:'S lower: other classes. 80 to zoe lower.
Hogs: receipts. 500: ma rkct mostly
stcndy To Ice higher than Yesterdays av-
sraEe. better grades Ea!ninE most: bulk all
weights E.afr Il. 20
Sheep: receipts. 10000: no market today
Most receipts direct to packers. Com :
Iac to 81 lower: snots. $50 lower: ycari,
,nEs, or shorn lambs. $3.50 TO $3.50 lower:
h hanuS wrlsht ewes mostly 81 lower: