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CAN INSURE YOUR WEATHER

4 A stunning blow to the raincoat,
umbrella and goloshes industry was
believer today by the announcement
| that hereafter all loses, injuries,
damages, etc., suffered because of
the weather can be covered by in
surance. 1t makes no difference
whether the damage was done in
doors or out, you can collect on
your policy any time the clouds
gather and break up an otherwise
perfect party.
Weather insurance is the latest
importation from England and is
vouched for by insurance brokers,
who contend that they will do ev-
erything that the weather bureau
tries to undo. Take a simple case:
The season of the Sunday school
picnic, the annual outing and clam
bake, the fete champetre, the lawn
party, the moonlight excursion, the
historical pageant, the folk dance
on the village green, the band con-
cert, the patriotic rally on the
courthouse steps and the firemen's
tournament is at hand. Every
thing is set for perfect day. The
committee on arrangements has
done everything it can to give ev-
cry one a right royal good time.
| Just as it looks as if the commit
tee was about to make good-bang
comes thunderstorm, tornado,
a cyclone, a deluge or some other
well known weather bureau product
and all bets are off All hands take
to the nearest barn or the tallest
trees and wish they hadn't left
home.
Well, it isn't going to be like
that any more. Let the rains de-
scend and the floods come. What
care the picnickers, the patriots, the
volunteer firemen or the enthusias-
tic supporters of "our next presi-
dent?" Nothing, absolutely moth
ing. They are covered by insur-
ance. A good time has been spoil
ed and many a frockcoat and DASH
| ing uniform may be runined, but
what of it? Somewhere the sun
is shining and the insurance policy
is dry. Tomorrow will be collection
day.
1t is as lovely as that, say the
insurance brokers. The rates here
will be the same as those in eff
feet in England-15 to 20 per cent.
of the amount of the premium
New York Evening Post.
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CITY Council IN
REGULAR Session
rrrs TO BE OILED WHEN
,oprRTY OWNERS PUT UP
,r MoNEY-DRAY CHARGES
EYED BY ORDINANCE.

!. .ho meeting of the city coun-
~ Tuesday night, an ordinance
v nassed fixing a penalty for
.anertv Sa, owners who fail to connect
ne isoir premises with the sewerage
thel where such connections are
syssem;h sya;hle Another ordinance was
aceeoI''fi sod fixing the schedule OF rates
paSss p,on will be permitted to charge
aar a.r their services. Both ordinances
aye sye published in this issue OF the
rourier-Index. -,
0ort,s Tho council authorized the pur-
In of two cars of road oil which
s.;r e.;II be distributed on any street
More w, the property owners first pay
WIZ WV tbe city treasury an amount
ln,v ar"sl to Is cents per lineal foot OF
.Ss tSe street. Not less than full
sIock II, Of any street will be oiled and
uiO,h y .here be any vacant lots they
l.ns. he taken care of by the part
as a,a'; interested in having the block
IL n;Iod The city will oil and take
Oa. .ars Of the street intersections. Ap-
sH oI;eations for oil should be filed at
pnce with J. M. McClintock, secre-
tarv ~ of the board of public works,
designating the street or streets TO
be oiled. and accompanied by the
reouisite deposit of funds.
The matter of throwing waste pa
nor and paper from bill boards on
he M streets and sidewalks was
brought to the attention OF the
souncil by a committee from the
Civic Improvement League. At
tention was also called to the nee
essity of keeping the weeds and
Grass cut on vacant lots and be-
tween the sidewalks and curb lines.
The ordinance covering this sani-
tary and civic Improvement VIII De
enforced. The ladies are also IN
terested in the installation of two
street lights in the city park and
Indicated they would furnish at
tractiye poles if the lights, would
be furnished. 1t was suggested TINS
was an opportunity for the Peoples
Electric Company to exhibit a ilttie
additional public spirit.
The police department was COM
ulimented on the vigorous law en-
forcement campaign waged during
the past thirty days and urged TO
continue the good work. The sal
ary of the chief was increased $lO
per month on the showing made,
having reported more than $500 IN
fines assessed and license collected.
The police department has always
been self-sustaining, but this is a
more creditable showing than FOR
any one month in the past.
A scarrifier will be ordered ana
additional street force put to work
in an effort to improve the con-
dition of the streets.
All who have received proper no
tice to repair concrete sidewalks
and have failed to comply with the
notice will be held amenable to the
ordinance governing. This means
a good many property owners VINO
have received notice more than a
year ago and covers varied por-
ton of the city.
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THE ABUSE OF TOLERANCE

Have you ever stopped to reflect
that tolerance is not alway virtue?
1t is praiseworthy, to be sure, to
be tolerant of the opinions of 9TH
ers, whether these opinions be re-
ligious or otherwise; but when we
extend the territory of the concept
to an endurance of rotten politics
and bad schools and other ailments
of the social fabric, we are cover
ing just a little too much ground.
After all, a general glance over the
activities of mortal men leads one
to the conviction that we are, as a
rule, tolerant of those things we
should be intolerant of and intol-
Grant of those things we should be
tolerant of.
We are satisfied to elect to of
flee demagogues and philanderers
to condone crime by suspended SEN
tences and sentimental juries, tc
wink at the study undercurrent OF
public immortality so long as sur
face appearances are kept down tC
some extent, to reward mere ora
tory while scorning silent ability, t
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1920-06-04
THE STORM CHILD OF TEBA

One night in 1872 during a
great thunderstorm, girl was born
at the castle of Teba, in Andalusia.
Today, "a years after, Teba is
welcoming back it's storm child.
There is something unreal in the
ex-Empress Eugene being still alive.
| know there are older people on
the coast of Clare, but all you can
associate with them is the history
of a hovel. Eugenie's name con-
jures an epoch thumbed in the his
tory of the schoolboys, and OF the
great of Europe who curtseyed to
her in her heydays most have been
coffined in this half century.
Eugene does not seem to belong
to this age at all. 1t is as if, dead,
she were living on among US, a
phantom of the past :. she
who journeyed across the Pyrenees
to Parish in a stagecoach, and now
lives beneath the drone of Briston
Scout aeroplanes at scarborough.
As the proud guardian of per-
iod, she seems to take no interest
in our lives, choosing to wander
from place to place, to live again,
in locked regret, her days as en-
press.
Wonderful self TRANSPORTATION
permitted only those whose lives
have been truncated in the long
ago, must crowd upon Eugene as
she roams.
Today, at Malaga, she is the
sparkling southern maid in Spain
of almost the Peninsular War; to-
morrow at ST. Cloud, she is the
reigning beauty, Mademoiselle de
Montijo.
Now she is at Fountainebleau liv-
ing again the zenith of her woman
hood, those almost Roi-Soleil days
of the early fifties, when, at the
sparkle of mad young eye, the
gouty and erudite of Europe would
slide down the banisters in her
wake and so to dinner.
Eugene, alone of her line and
time, wanders on, searching out the
past, living it gladly, sadly again.
Now the applause of Crimean
War London is ringing in her ears
as she smiles and bows and waves
beside a very stern contemporary
queen now swerves, life
time later, in a silent limousine.
| Or else she is regent of France
again while her husband gains his
swift triumph across the Alps, OF
she is sailing radiantly through the
Suez Canal beside Ferdinand de
Lesseps on the great day when the
waters of the east met the waters
of the west.
Was woman ever granted such
memories as Eugenie?-Ferdlnand
| Touhy in the Continental Edition
! of the Tondon Dailv Mail
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TIT, -
LITTLE BOY KILLED BY
AUTOMOBILE IN PARACOULD

Lutte Harry Donaldson, seven
w year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
y v donaldson of Paragould, was
ta sgn over and killed by an automo-
sse ~. orven by Will Fritts Tuesday
Ssoesllhoon, Ssosl Mr.. Donaldson is a
NV orO'ner OF Med Donaldson formerly
v;s;. viz Vi the game wardens. He had
nan. ~s.eu Marianna frequently in COM
r. sa"y with his borther and is known
many people here.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1920-06-04
Holds License LdJU
Is Unconstitutional

Little Rock, May 31.-Federal
Judge Trieber today held unconsti-
'utlonal the Arkansas statute pass
ca In 1917 authorizing the secretary
Of state to revoke licenses of for
esalgn corporations to do business in
,ne state, who brought or trans
ierred suits from state courts to
federal courts.
;, The case will be taken to the
United States Supreme Court by
ne state. Judge Trieber held that
sne act was unconstitutional and
soid because it was in conflict with
sae act applied only TO domestic
IsDrporatlons and was not apphca'
ole to foreign corporations.
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CHILDREN, CATS AND DOGS


large store had this advertisement
printed in a Spokane paper:
"What shall we do with the child
ren? | have one wife and four
well-behaved children. Our home
having been sold, we must move.
Landlords says children are child
ren,' and give US the icy stare. |
have house-hunted nearly a month.
/ am still hunting"
The same day another father of
family in that city submitted this
"bargain"-if it can be called a
bargain-in an advertisement.
"Will trade two nice boys for a
dog or cat in order to rent desirable
furnished rooms"
When questioned as to the cause
for inserting the ironical advertise
ment, the father said:
at simply states situation for
which | believe some remedy must
be found. 1t is fact that man
with a family is at disadvantage,
but why should he be? have
found many apartments and houses
that were suitable, but when the
owners or rental agents found there
were four children in the family
thew refused to lease to me. What
are we to do with the children?"
There is nothing novel in the pre-
dicament of the Spokane fathers.
Similar complaints have been made
in every city in the country. You
should buy a home," the apartment
house owners retort. "Then you
will have a right to fill it with
children if you are so disposed"
A day or two after the above ad-
vertisements were printed in the
Spokane paper Spokane mother
presented the landlords side of the
matter, and perhaps she touched the
core of it when she declared pa
rents were to blame for the disin-
clination of owners of apartments
and houses to lease their property
to those with children. She epi-
tomizes reasons in what she terms
a list of Grimes committed by
children. Here are a few of them !:
"Window shades and curtains rum
ed; chairs broken, scratched and
pasted with jam; carpet sweepers
wrecked from use as sleds; couch
and bed springs ruined from use
as foundation for bounding aero
bats; china wrecked by children be-
cause older persons carelessly leave
it within reach; use of bath rooms
as Fairgrounds"
She makes these assertions:
"a big majority of parents don't
care whom their children annoy so
long as they don't annoy their own
parents. On second floors the
children spill water and spoil cell
ings of the rooms beneath. 1t is
all the fault of parents for children
will do what they are permitted to
do. A large percentage of parents
will move rather than clean up al
ter their own children. | have been
renting rooms and houses for II
years and have tried children of all
ages. There have been, in all that
time, only three parents who kept
their word to take proper care of
their children and replace what they
destroyed. | know what ! am talk
ing about because | konw children
and I know parents. ! have raised
a large family myself"
In this presentation, the case of
People With Children versus Land
lord is submitted to a jury of their
peers-without further comment
CaaftIp Post st-Intellipencer
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MISTAKES AND COMEBAcKS

When the plumber makes a mis-
take he charges twice for it.
When a lawyer makes a mistake
he has a chance to try the case
all over again.
When the doctor makes mis-
take he buries it.
I When a judge makes mistake
it becomes a law of the land.
When a preacher makes mis-
take nobody knows the difference.
But when an editor makes a
mistake-good night.-Credited to
the Country Press.
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tana ~ spanish Morocco, lecturer
wbs vvas US there is tribe of natives
hnss rO treat their wives as beasts of
MIA ,uen and their daughters are
WIN 70 their highest bidder. But
EcS. plck on illiterate and unen-
IL tIisened i"aied Morocco? We have only
sso 'Ook s around in our own land to
toll sn sne beast of burden" at her
peakaho ana the daughter decked out in
hushaaooIIo tlnery to catch the richest
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1920-06-04
1T DIDN'T WORK

Bacon-Did you ever hear of
touching a hunchback for luck?
Egbert-Oh, yes.
"Ever try it?"
"Sure. l touched one today,
but he wouldn't lend me cent. =
Yongers Statesman.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Bible school 9:45 a. m. -,
Preaching and Communion at IL
Senior Christian Eendeavor at
900 p. m.
A short Junior Christian Endeay-
or service and practice of the Child
rem for the Children's Day Exercises
will be in the afternoon Sunday
The children will give the entire
program Sunday at 7;45 p. m.
The taking down of the Service
Flag will be a feature of this serV'
ice. :,
Prayer meeting Wednesday al
7:45 p. m. :,
Everyone welcome at all these
services. cop
Pastor
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beeomo world, we are assured, will
But r'L reasonably decent in time.
a thoraO nO OF us has hopes of living
ment m1ssnd ss years to see the fulfill
VI doubtful prophecy?
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Modern civilization is popular in
Of least one respect. 1t is becom-
ING a great aid to the double stand
ard of morality.
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There is one sweet consolation IN
he;ng uoor. We don't have to wor-
nv over how to prevent the gov
ernment from annexing the most
of our income.
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applaud bigotry to the neglect of
justice: but we are generally dis
satisfied and highly indignant over
the personal affairs of our neigh
bors. over Sunday amusements and
other such superficial evils, where
ever found.
Sometimes, when we hear the
word tolerance being banded about,
we wish Webster had never invent
ed it. II fools so many people into
thinking that they are very broad
minded and liberal when, as a mat
ter of fact, they are merely indif-
lferent.=Dallas News.
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Children's Day Exercises at the
Christian church Sunday night al
TAB. This is for everybody.
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Buy a horn. Blow into it. Make
noise for this town. You viii be
heard.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1920-06-04

With Carranza in his grave at
the hands of a treackerous and
brutal assassin, there is a possibili-
ty of a return to something like
normal conditions in Mexico. A
possibility-that's all.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-22

a fault. He did not possess the quail
ltles which enabled him to become a
brilliant lawyer, nor was he learned
or original. He was Industrious and
had he desired to enter any profess
sion, doubtless he would have over
come all difficulties leading to a
failure.
He never claimed to be a genuius.
but was always modest and unassum-
ing, but with natural dignity which
never left him.
His natural tendencies were to-
wards military activities, and in his
very early youth was appointed major
and acknowledgement of one of the
military districts of Virginia.
The depredations of the French and
indians on the border rendered mill
tary vigilance necessary for the pro-
lection of the colony, and his admir-
able conduct in these visits to French
headquarters resulted in his appoint
ment as Northumberland of the Vir-
gina regiment of six companies to
the Ohio frontier.
SPECIFICS by Welcome.
! On one occasion when he was elect
ed a member of the house of bur
| gesses, and went into that BODY to
take his place, the welcome extended
him was so overwhelming that he
stood speeches. and abashed before
the agust body. The venerable speak
er OF the house exclaimed, "Sit down,
Mr.. Washington; your modesty equals
your valor, and that surpasses the
power of any language l possess"
about this time he acquired pos
session of Mount Vernon through the
death of his cousin, and this made
INN the richest planter in Virginia.
his fortunes were still further en-
HANGED by his marriage with the rich
est woman in the region, Martha
Curtiss. He passed many happy years
in magnificent style in his acquired
home, and was noted for his genial
hospitality. His house was filled with
aristocratic visitors. Everything
about him felt the thoroughness of
his supervision. His kitchens, his
smokehouses, his stables, his stewards,
his tobacco sheds, his fields of wheat
and corn, all indicated his great
wealth and the result of his care.
how he became associated with the
war between England and America is
well known history that every school
boy and girl know. His brilliant mill
tary insight, his successes, his hard
ships, his hardly won laurels, make
him to US today that which he was
then-the Father of His Country, and
the pride of the succeeding centuries.
he is venerated not so much for his
military genius and success in bring
ing the war to a triumphant conclu-
sion, as for his patriotism and disin-
terestedness, since such moral worth
as his is much rarer and more extra
ordinary than military fame.
When he had concluded the presi-
Continued On Page Ski
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Department conducted by Mrs. r. c. Moran East
Church Street, Phone $40.
NEW PLAYGROUND CONTROL
BOARD PLANS BIG THINGS

At the initial meeting of the board
Of control for the Americas play
ground property the following officers
were elected: Mrs. Frank Sheffield,
chairman; Mrs. W. W. Dykes, vice
chairman; Mrs. S. H. Mckee, secre-
tary' The board of control is COM
posed Of four members of the board
OF education, George R. Ellis, W. w.
Dykes, S. r. Heyes, and John Shelf
field, and Mrs. Frank Sheffield, repre-
sentative of the Americas Woman's
Club, Mrs. S. H. Mckee, representa-
tive of the Americas Study club;
mrs. j. W. Harris, Jr., representative
OF the Americas Council of Safety
Chapter, Daughter of the American
Revolution, and Mrs. Frank Cato, re-
preventative of the Daughters of Con-
federacy.
At this meeting Mrs. Frank Shelf
held who has displayed great inter
est In the movement from its incep-
ton, read a tentative budget Of ex-
pense for equipment and maintenance
OF the playground. This budget,
which was unanimously adopted, pro-
vldes for the expenditure within II
months of $1,000 for salaries; S1,7O8
for equipment; 1910 for Improvement
OF the community club house; ST.
952.5O for the construction and main
tenance of wading and swimming
pools, adm the erection of necessary
bath houses, including the conversion
Oh barn now upon the property into
bath house, and incidental charge
TO cover unexpected increases in the
budget and the purchase Of additional
equipment Of $969.50, making a total
Of $4,000 to be expended on the
property. Plans for raising the funds
necessary to defray the expense of
these necessary improvements were
discussed by the ladies. One thous-
and dollars has already been raised
by the woman's club and the order
Tor necessary material has been plac-
ed. The work of repairing and equip
ping the grounds in accordance with
the budget adopted will begin Mon
day morning, and it is hoped by the
ladies directing the movement that
the community club house and play
ground will be ready for occupancy
by April 1.
Team No. 3, of which Mrs. J. Rails
ton Cargill is chairman, is perfrecting
plans for wonderful May festival
and pageant on the grounds, which
will mark the official opening of the
property to the public. The details
of this pageant and opening cere-
nony have not yet been worked out,
and they are to be announced later.
Another interesting action taken
by the ladies was the appointment of
a board of control which will draft
rules and regulations covering the
use of the playground property by
clubs and others. This board is com
posed of three members of the board
Of education, George R. Ellis, John
Sheffield, and W. w. Dykes. 1t is
tho purpose of the ladies who have
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ALICE MORGAN HARRISON.

yond the rudiments of reading, writ
ing and arithmetic, his attachments
were small. His general knowledge
was far behind that of Franklin. He
wrote legible hand, and seemed
gifted with accountancy. His asso-
Gates were gentlemen of position, and
with these he hunted and Toasted.
and attended the balls of the time.
1t is said that he danced with unusual
grace.
he was in stature very tall-over
SIX feet and his face, while not hand
some In the accepted term of the
word, was genial, urbane and intelli-
gent, with perfect health written
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thereon. His habits we~a very tenn
perate, his morals above all reproach,
and his sentiments lofty. He was es-
pecially skilled in athletic sports. ard
was considered the best rider of his
time. His tempcr was quick and i'm
petuous, but he learned to control
this early in life.
Such a young man was NEURAL
the idol of the society in which he
moved. 1t does not APPEAR that his
conversational powers were brilliant,
but his infectious good humor rem
dered him a favorite wherever he
went. He was truthful, practical,
straightforward, and conscientious to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-22
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BIR THDAY IN 1920

One would feel a hesitancy about
writing on this subject were it not
desirable to keep his memory fresh
in the minds of the people of this
great country. He was called the
Father of His Country, and it is the
most august name in our history,
and one of the greatest in the history
of the world.
Washington was not of humble
origin, as was Benjamin Franklin.
Nor can he be strictly classed with
those aristocrats who inherited such
vast landed estates in Virginia. Still
his ancestry is traced back to the