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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14
State Of Ohio. City OF Toledo.

State Of Ohio. City of Toledo.
Lucas County. 60.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
be is senior partner of the 6rm of F.
J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in
the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that aeaid firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tsrrh that cannot be cured by the use
of HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK ], CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence. this 9th day of De-
cember. A. D. 1856
A. w. GLEASON,
(6eaD Notary Public.
Hall's Oatarrh Medicine 10 takep
internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the Sys-
tenn. Send for testimonials. FREQ.
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Sold by all druggists. 76c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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NONRESIDENT Notice

State of Mississippi. County of Mon
roe. Chancery Court. July Term. 1920.
William Edgar billiard. complaint
ant, vs. Edna A. billiard.
To Edna A. billiard. whose post
office address is Memphis. Tenn:
You are commanded TO appear be-
fore the Chancery Court of Monroe
county, Mississippi. on the third Mon
day of July, 1920. to defend the suit
in said court of William Edgar Hill
lard. wherein you are q defendant.
This the Sth day of May. 1920
JOE T. MORGAN, Clerk
PAINE & PAINE. Attorneys For Com
plainant. MIA
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14
NOTICE

To the Stockholders of the Monroe
County Fair Association:
You will take notice that a meeting
will be held at the City Hall in Aber-
deem. Monroe county Mississippi. on
MONDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF
MAY, 1920.
ct p. m. o'clock, for the purpose OF
determining whether or not the char
ter of the association shall be snrren-
dered. the property sold. and the af-
fairs of said association wound mp,
and for any other business that may
come before the meeting.
This the 26th day of April. 1920.
q. A. FERGUSON. President.
J. A. GAY, Secretary.
McFarland& Holmes. Attys. a30-3 t
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Nonresident Notice.

State OF Mississippi. Monroe County.
Chsncery Court. July Term, 1920.
Levy Randle. Complainant.
vs..
Nora May Randle.
To Nora May Randle. whose postoffice
address ID unknown:
You are commanded to appear be-
fore the Chancory Court Of the coun-
ty Of Monroe on the third Monday of
July. 1870. to defend the suit in said
court OF Levy Randle. wherein you
are = defendant.
Thfs the Sd day of May. 1920.
1T. MORGAN.
Ohancery Clerk.
PAINE & PAINE,
4teorneys Tor Oomplainant. m7-4t
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
United States Land Office at


Jackson, Miss. April %. 1920.
Notice is hereby given that Thomas
B. Camp. of Gattman, Mississippi,
who. on March 19. 1917. made adj DIN
ing farm homestead entry No. 076l7.
for north west quarter. south west
quarter, A. F., to south half OF
south west quarter Section 20.
Township Is south, Range IS west.
Huntsville Meridian. has filed notice
of intention to make final three year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described. before United States
Commissioner. at Aberdeen, Missis-
sippi. on the 5th day of June. 1920.
Claimant names as witnesse:
Eugene Tate. Joe Tate. Zelder d.
Pickle. all of Greenwood Springs. Mis-
sissippi, r. F. ID. No.
Charlie B. Camp, CT Gattman, Mis-
sissippi. w. f. CUMMINS.
a30-5t Register.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14

ABERDEEN MA.
TIONAL BANK. located at A g.
ERDEBN, in the STATE OF mis-.
SISSIPPI, is closing it's affairs.
All note holders and other creditors
Of the association are therefore here.
by notified to present the notes and
other claims for payment.
March 4. 1920.
J. Q. MCFARLAND. JR.. President.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14
MISS THOMPSON TO ASSIST
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. WORK

4
ThompsOn's Sunday School
Work in the county for two
and half months from May
to July Is. 1920. and others
that may follow up her work:
1. Miss Thompson shall have a
central lodging place in both Am
DRY and Aberdeen. where informa-
ton of her work and where she is
working in the county can be given
| out to personal and telephone call
ers at all times.
2. She shall visit all school dis
tricts that she can in the county.
visiting one Supervisors district at
a time, then go to another, working
under the direction of the vice-pres-
ident of each district. except on
Sundays she may go into other dis
tricts, returning on Monday morn
ing to the unfinished district
3. Nothing but general rules of
her work can be given in writing
and shall approximately be az fol-
lows:
(A) In each school district
that she visits she shall organize
a local Sunday School workers
committee of not oyer FIVE mem
bers.
OBJ This committee shall get
from the local school teachers
list of families in numbers, and
other persons not having a fam
lily. in the district.
(C) They shall see the heads
of each family and get state.
ment of what Sunday school in
the county they prefer to attend
and get promise from the pa
rents that they will attend that
school or send some or all of their
children during the year to that
or some other school.
(D) They shall make a nota-
ton of all Sunday school litera-
ture wanted in their district and
report same to the officers of the
county association.
Miss Thompson shall pass from
lone school district to another as
fast as practicable. enlisting county
helpers where she can, and holding
services where practicable in the
churches. school houses and homes.
using the Holy Bible as her text
book. She shall organize Sunday
schools where needed.
: A. 1t shall be the duty of Miss
Thompson to advertise beat con-
yention in the fret district at --,
on the fourth Sunday in June; in
thelsecond district at. on the
first Sunday in July; in the third
district at on the second
Sunday in July; in the fourth dis
trict at on the third Sun
day in July; in the fifth district at
on the fourth Sunday in
July. The places are to be named
later. The county convention shall
meet the first Sunday in August at
Woods school house. or Wren. in
the fifth district. Miss Thompson
and her helpers are to make out a
program for the beat conventions, |
5. All Christians and Sunday
school workers in the county who
put all their hopes and the hopes of
the life to come in Christ. our Lord,
are urged to take part and help
push along this great work in saw
ing souls and making Monroe coun-
ty better place in which ourselves
and our children shall live.
Respectfully submitted,
E. d. Gilmore. President; d. H. |
Streetman. Vice President First
District; DIR. G. T. Tubb. Vice Presi-
dent Second District; ]. G. Crosby,
Vice President Third District: l.. B.
Cole. Vice President Fourth Dis
trict; 81. G. Woods. Vice President
Fifth District. Board q Directors.
WALTER r. SMITH.
Of Monroe County Sum
day School Convention.
|.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14
BROOKS FLETCHER
TO LECTURE HERE
Noted Dramatic Orator at Red
path Chautauqua.
VIII Deliver One Of the Great Ad.
dresses Which Have Made Him
Nationally Known.

Thomas Brooks Fletcher, who will
give one of his great dramatic lectures
at the Redpath Chautauqua here, Is
one of the real stars of lecturedom.
Thomas Brooks Fletcher" says
Judge Ben Lindsey Of Denver, sis one
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14
REORGANIZATION NOTICE

lNOTICE-The Commercial Bank &
Trust Co., organized under the
banking laws Of the State of Missis-
sippi and located in Aberdeen. Mis-
sissippi, has q paid in Capital OF
500. 900 90 and Surplus of $40. 600 90.
has purchased all the assets and as
sumed all the liabilities of the Aber-
deem National Bank of Aberdeen,
Mise.
March 4, 1920.
j. G. MCFARLAND. JR.,
m26.10t President.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14

600 has more limitations than
any other Chill and Fever Tonic
on the market, but no one wants
limitations. They are dangerous
things in the medicine line Adv
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14

OF the most powerful orators OF our
time He is not an old-time platform
entertainer. He entertains. but he al
80 has q powerful message and knows
how to tell It. People want to hear
about the things that are being done
and need to be done In this country,
and that Is what Fletcher is telling
them about. He leaves the impress
Of his lecture on every community"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14

The State of Mississippi, Monroe
County. ChsnCery Court, In Vaca-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-05-14

City Clerk of the City Of Aberdeen
Mississippi. m7-4t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
War Mysteries.

A news article in The Star yesterday
told of the effort of the American
Legion to assist in solving "mysteries"
Of the war. There are some 1000
cases, it is stated, of men whose exact
fate has never been ascertaincd, who are
borne on the official rolls as "missinp
in action" or presumably dead.'
While this is not perhaps large per-
esntage, it is large number, and the
American Legion is engaged in a most
commendable work in seeking to solve
these mysteries.
When the magnitude of our partici-
patton in the war is considered it is
rather remarkable that only 1000 men
should remain as unrecorded on the
rolls. The circumstances of transport
and service abroad was such that it
was impossible to keep track of every
body. An ideal organization, perfect
in its details, would, of course, have
done so. But the organization was not
perfect, could not be in the circum
stances. The American Army was
hastily Differed and recruited, the mil
itary and naval administrations were
quickly expanded from a peace time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29

basis. In the haste of preparation
there were many loose ends, and
through the inexperience Of officers
the recording Of the personnel was at
times a task beyond possibility.
Probably some of these 1000 cases
will never be solved. Perhaps some
of the men who are recorded as "miss-
ing suffered the awful fate of abso-
lutte disintegration in the violence OF
the conflict. Such cases are known
to have occurred. Then there are
other cases where men have perhaps
lost their memories through shock and
have wandered away and are possibly
now living somewhere on the other
side of the ocean under other identi-
ties than their own. Perhaps in some
eases advantage has been taken of the
confusion to slip away and sever all
connections with the old life.
For years probably these cases will
come to light and some will be solved
from time to time, and clues will be
found that will lead to Identification
and to the solution of mysteries. The
work now undertaken by the American
Legion is one that will never really be
finished, but with every solution and
every record cleared the organization
will have made helpful contribution
that will be greatly appreciated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
Organizers and Orators.

The organizer in politics is seldom
an orator. The capacity to marshal
voters for the polls and the capacity
to marshal adjectives for the stump
are seldom found in the same man.
Hence the selection so often made of
a silent man for campaign manager.
Two exceptions to the rule are now
of record.
When Vance Mccormick retired from
the Craftsmanship of the democratic
national committee he was silent
man. Homer Cummings succeeded
him. Mr.. Cummings was chosen sole
ly because of the ability he had shown
for organization work. The public
was not advised that he was an
orator of rank. Nor did it receive the
information until the meeting of the
San Francisco convention, when Mr..
Cummings as keynoter delivered
speech of such force and excellence
he was complimented on all sides. In
deed, opinion is quite general today
that it was the best speech the con-
vention heard. AS result, Mr.. Cum
mings, no longer in the organization
line, is now in the oratorical line.
When Mr.. Wilcox silent man
who had managed the Hughes cam
paign, left the craftsmanship of the
republican national committee Mr..
Hays was chosen to succeed him. The
Indianan had reputation only as an
organizer; but that was so high at
home his name led all the rest for the
vacant place. Two years ago his rec
ord in the congressional campaign full
ly justified his selection for committee
work. And now he appears as an
orator of power. His speech opening
the Maine campaign was full of mat
ter, and will probably do service in
other states as we'll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
Metropolitan Murder Mysteries.


New York has another "body" mys-
terry. That is to say, the crime was
actually committed in New Jersey, but
it was a metropolitan affair, for the
victim was identified as q New York
girl and all the clues probably run to
Manhattan. Police life in the metrop-
oils is just one sensation after an
other. The other day limbless and
headless torso was found in the water
near the city, just like the Gulden-
suppe case of long ago. The police are
working on that yet. At about the
same time notorious bootlegger was
found shot to death alongside of a
lonely suburban road, and that case has
not been fully cleared. There is some
comfort in the arrest on q steamer in
Brazil Of Leroy, believed to have been
the slayer Of his wife, whose body was
found in a trunk in New York city
some weeks ago. That case may be
wiped off the List shortly. But there
remains the Elwell case, which is sp-
parently as far from solution as the
morning the body of the turfman and
whist expert was found in his home
in New York. These are only the mys-
teries Of the present year. There are
others on the records.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
u. S. PAY ROLL HERE
TO CONTINUE LARGE

5000 employees during the last
year. which has reduced the net
decrease by that amount The
machinery for the enforcement OF
national prohibition has added
hundreds to the pay rolls of the
Treasury Department and the De-
partment of Justice, offsetting in
part the reductions made in those
departments by the reduction OF
war work.
When the liberty bonds were
out in temporary form. because OF
the time and labor necessary to
prepare a bond with all the cou-
pons attached. Since the war the
facilities Of the bureau of en-
craving and printing have been
taxed to get out the millions OF
bonds in permanent form. while
the clerical work necessary to ex-
change them for the temporary
issues has been enough to look
after the affairs Of a large rail-
road. The payment of interest on
these bonds. their redemption as
they become due and similar de-
tails will keep a large force busy
for the next twenty years.
Principally through action OF
Congress the duties OF every de-
partment Of the government have
been increased during the war or
postwar period and many inde-
pendent activities created or ex-
tended.
Prohibition enforcement. war
risk accounting and liberty BOND
accounting have been mentioned.
to which might be added the in
creased powers and duties of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
under the transportation act ef-
fective March /, last; the air
service of the Post Office Depart
ment. the United States Shipping
Board, the federal board for voca-
tional education and the civil
service retirement act which lays
additional work on the pension
bureau of the Interior Department.
X X X X
Research work, which 1t is
claimed the government has long
neglected. is being carried on as
never before by the bureau Of
mines. the bureau of standards,
the public health service, the bu-
reau of education and other fed
eral agencies. All of these ac-
tivities call for additional federal
employees to a greater or less de-
gree, and the proposition of get
ting government pay rolls back to
the size of other years is much
like the one of getting the chicken
back into the egg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
POLITICS AT HOME
Harvey and Wilson.

For some days Col. George Harvey
has been at Marion, a welcome guest,
in consultation with Mr.. Harding about
issues and the campaign. In the wind
up at Chicago Col. Harvey was Hard
ing man, and naturally is earnestly
DESTROYS Of the candidates success at
the polls.
In 1916 Col. Harvey was a supporter
of Charles E. Hughes, both for the
presidential nomination and for cleo
ton. He worked for him, contributing
the force of trained pen and the
knowledge of an experienced politician,
and was accorded some of the credit
for the excellent Hughes organization
in the east.
May we consider from these two
manifestations that Col. Harvey has
gone over to the republicans perma-
nently! He was reared a democrat, i'll
the pugnacious New England school,
and until four years ago had never
supported republican for office. But
the first Wilson administration had I'M
settled his democracy and landed him
in the republican camp; and now the
second administration finds him at
home and apparently contented there.
And yet Col. Harvey enjoys the dis
tinction in the political world of being
the political discoverer of Woodrow
Wilson. 1t was he who first pointed
out to the democrats of New Jersey
the capacity of Mr.. Wilson, then an
educator, for politics, and suggested
that by making Mr.. Wilson governor
OF the state they might start him on
the road to the presidency.
We then have this: Woodrow Will
son is Col. Harvey's contribution to
national democracy, and Col. Harvey
is Woodrow Wilson's contribution to
national republicanism. Can you beat
it7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States.
. Public Service and Sacrifice.

1t is assured that any District man
who is willing to take the Office of
Commissioner will be moved by spirit
Of public service rather than of mere
odiceholding. The emoluments are not
such as to attract The duties are diff
icult enough to make any business
man hesitate long before consenting.
Still there are numerous "possiblll-
ties" for the two vacancies now exist
ing or about to occur in the District
building. The President has a long
list from which to choose two names.
Perhaps there are before him other
names than those that have been an
nounced. The present hope of the
District is that if there are surprises
in store the District will get the bcne-
fit of even higher talents than those
that have been indicated in the public
proposals.
Barred from the polls, to some extent
barred from congressional committees,
the District people must rely for the
expression of their desires and needs
upon the Commissioners. These Off
cials must be accessible to the public,
sympathetic with it, at its service at
all times and on all subjects. And to
the degree that District Commissioner
is thus available for consultation and
the statement of requirements, he
serves the community.
1t is desirable, then, that in the
choice of Commissioner the President
select a man with whom the people can
have ready communication, who will
understand their wishes, who will ap
prcciate the peculiar relationship of the
citizens to the government. In other
words, man who has been sufficiently
long resident of Washington to know
the community. The spirit as well as
the bare letter of the law of eligibility
should be strictly observed.
Such men can be found, even though
the salary is ridiculously low. Wash
ington has many citizens who are COM
petent to serve as Commissioner and
some of them are willing to make the
sacrifice that such an appointment in
the present conditions entails. One Of
the two vacancies must be filed by the
18th of September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
Cochran,

Bourke Cochran coming back to the
Housed Such is the report.
It has been some years since he re-
tired from Congress. When and while
a member he was one of his party's
principal oratorical assets there. He
was equally good in running debate
and in set speeches. On what are
called state occasions he excelled.
At the San Francisco convention Mr.
Cochran was the leading spokesman for
the wet cause. He was heard with a
show of great appreciation. He did
! not arouse as much enthusiasm as Mr..
Bryan, but pollcd twice as many votes
The convention event wild" over Mr.
Bryan as an orator and party leader,
but rejected by an overwhelming ma
jority the dry plank he offered for the
platform.
The vets are maneuvering for con.
troll of the next Congress. They are
giving close attention to the congress
sional races. They are supporting
candidates who are fright" on prohibi-
tion-candidate who favor a modifca-
ton of the Volstead act.
If they win, their course in the
House will need skillful plotting; and
Mr.. Cochran is not only a crack ora
tor, but good parliamentarian. What
more likely, therefore, than that if
he becomes member of the next
House he will be chosen, as at San
Francisco, to lead the wet forces?
Mr.. Bryan ought to try for the House
againf The presidency is beyond his
reach. The Senate is rather too sedate
for him. But in the House, with its
cut and thrust, it's slam and bang. he
would find full opportunity for the
exercise of his talents and the pro-
mitigation of all the theories he enter
tains about government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29
NHE number of government
II employees. like the amount Of
/. government appropriations,

>AAD hoLIUCI VI sVVCTIlulSUI
employees. like the amount Of
government appropriations,
while being reduced from the
peak reached during the war or i'm
mediately thereafter, can never be
expected to return to the pre-war
status Net reduction in the number
OF men and women employed in
Washington amounted to more than
1000 in July. and was much larger
outside the National Capital, but the
Civil Service Commission does not
expect the next ten months to show
any wide change in Uncle Sans pay
roll.
There were 90,360 civilian govern
ment employees in the District of
Columbia, on August /. and about
$4,000 outside Of the capital Where
as, at the time of the armistice it
was estimated that there were $780,
900 government employees in the
country at large and 117.760 in
Washington.
The very fact that larger appropri-
atoms have been made makes neces-
sary the employment of additional
clerical forces. 1t requires more
bookkeeping to administer the ex-
penditure of $4,000, 200, 900 than it did
for $1,000. 100000. In fact, a large
appropriation works in two ways
to increase the personnel of the gov
eminent Offices, for the collection of
additional funds. as we'll as their
disbursement must be done by those
on the government pay roll.
This is aptly illustrated in the
Treasury Department, where there
are 30,400 persons employed at pres
ent, compared with 29,342 at the time
of the armistice and a peak of 49,
SS5 last March. But two bureaus Of
the department have added thousands
to the total since the pre-war days.
One is the bureau of internal revenue,
which includes the big force collect
ing money through the medium of in
come taxes, excess profit taxes. CAPT.
tai stock taxes, etc, and the other is
the bureau of war risk insurance that
is disbursing money to disabled SOL
diers and the relatives of those who
have died.
X X X
The war risk bureau. the growth
of which was forced like a mush-
room during 1918. now employs
some 1000 persons. while a little
moro than a year ago the number
was 1900.
The net reduction of govern
ment employees in Washington
since the armistice has been
$1,000, but the figures do not in
dictate how fully the general pay
rolls have been trimmed. The
census bureau of the Department
of Commerce has taken on some