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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-28
Huntsville, S. G.
Box "a.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: wonder
if you have yet found room in your happy
band Of boys and girls for me? 1 have
written five times before, but there was
never room for me. The wastebasket seems
to like my letters better than any one
ese's. But I am not going to let that dis
courage me. 1 guess he ought to be fat by
now.
Some one said, 'T wonder how he looks"
I'll tell you if you won't laugh: I have
fifteen years old. Well, 1 guess this is
about enough for the wastebasket's break
fast so 1 will 60. 1 want some of you
girls near my age to write to me. I am,
Your nephew and cousin,
J0SEpH HYDE
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-28

Please tell me how and what to
serve in courses for breakfast, din
special company and don't know how
to serve and what to serve in
courses. Would it be stylish to
serve punch Immediately after the
guests arrive? Your advice will be
appreciated. Please print this at
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29

Each package of Diamond Dyes
contains directions so simple the.
any woman can diamond-dye a new,
rich, fadeless color into worn, shabby
garments. draperies, coverings,
wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed
goods.
Buy Diamond Dyes''-nO other
kind-then perfect results are guar
teed even if you have never dyed be
fore. Druggist has color card.
(adv-F)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Beware! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets
you are not getting genuine Aspirin
prescribed by physicians fol- twenty
one years and proved safe by mil
liors. Fake Aspirin only as told in
the Bayer package for Colds, Head.
ache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Ear
ache, Lumbago, and for Pain. Handy
tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin cost few cents.
Druggists also sell larger packages.
Aspirin is the trade mark OF Bayer
Manufacture Of MOnOaceticacidester
of Salicylicacid. (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29
INDIVIDUAL CHRISTMAS AND
HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS

We are sending off orders every
day for engraving. All orders should
be placed this month.
Our display is the largest and
choicest line of two of the best en-
gravers in the country.
The individuality of our line makes
IT the best. See our window display.
Stop, look and hasten in.
THE BOURBON NEWS ENGRAV-
ING DEPARTMENT.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29
ARE YOU GOING TO MARRY?

We have The most exclusive line
of samples of wedding invitations,
announcements and Individual
Christmas cards now on display in
the State. Let us sell you now
while you have time to get them
before the holiday rush of work be-
gins.
THE BOURBON NEWS JOB DE-
PARTMENT. (tf)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29

The Order of the Thistle dates
from 1887; it is limited to the king
of England and sixteen knights.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29
CASCAREIS
"Ihey Work while you Sleep"

Make it your hobby to keep liver
and bowels regular. If bilious, cou-
stipated, headachy, unstrung, or if
you have cold, an upset stomach, or
bad breath, take Cascarets tonight
and wake up feeling clear, rosy and
fit. No griping-nc Inconvenience.
Children love Cascarets, too-10, rs,
SO cents. (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29

The first successful penny news
paper in the United States was the
New York Sun, established in 1888.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29
GOV. cox's MARE DIES

Easter Bells, by Maple Bells. own
ed by Gcv. james M. Cox, died sud
denly last week at Walnut Hill
Farm, near Lexington, where she
had been for several years. She
leaves a weanling colt by Manrico.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29

The indians, at the time of the
discovery of America, were consider
ably advanced in surgery and medf-
cine
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29

Slang originated from the gypsy
tongue. 1t used to be a secret lam
guage of that race.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in a run down. condi-
don will notice that Catarrh bothere
them much more than when they are In
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease, it is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE IL q
Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces OF
the body, thus reducing the Inflammation
and restoring normal conditions.
All druggists. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
(adv-sept)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1920-10-29

When a cameleon is blinded it
loses all power of changing its color.
and Its entire body remains of 4
uniform tint.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

ing at some higher institution is no lcnger to be had.
 It has been proposed in the Towner bi!l that department of education be created so hat the head of it miphs have a plaHc in the cabinet and SO that all it's energies might be devoted to the one purpose of doing away with ignorance in the United States and laying the foundations of an educa- tional system so broad and deep that such a condition as at present exists could never return. Yet because the powers of the federal government in this respect are confined to the Dis trict of Columbia and the territories, it is believed by many of the national legislators that such department would be too great piece of machin- cry for the task. 1t is more likely that the scope of the bureau of educa- ton will be enlarged so as to further spread the gospel of the need of edu- cation.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17
BLUE LAW FOR SUNDAY
 OPPOSED BY CONGRESS

WASHlNGTON.-Cl for the
 enactment of a national blue Sunday
 law, which has been started by Wilbur
 F. Crafts, head of the National Re
 form bureau, will receive scant en-
 couragement at the hands of the new
 ly elected republican members of the
 sixty-Seventh congress, to be called
 into special session in March by Pres
 ident Harding.
 The movement, which has as it's aim
 return to the tyranical and narrow
 mined restrictions of the Puritans, is taken seriously everywhere except in
 the national capital, where political
 gossip is centering upon the makeup of the new administration.
 Senator Jones, of Washington, who has year after year introduced bill of this sort "by request of some of his well-meaning constituents, admits he has never read all of its provisions and that he has not the slightest ,n- tention of ever asking for Hearings on the measure, to say nothing of push ing it to conclusion. Representa- tive Sims, of Tennessee, who has also introduced several bills of the kind, has been defeated for reelection. Rep resentative Randall, of California, au- thor of the wartime prohibition law, who will be superseded in the next congress by republican, says he will have nothing to do with blue laws. Speaker Gillette and Majority Leader Mondell scof at the idea and declare that they have no chance of being put through congress at any time in near future.
 While republican leaders in the sen ate and house and the members gen erally are opposed to any attempt to deprive the people of the country of innocent Sunday amusements which do them no harm, they are quite as determined that the prohibition ques- tion has been settled by the ratifica- tion on the part of forty-fve out of forty-eight states of the eighteenth amendment, and by the enactment of the Volstead act and by the majority of six million given last month by the electorate to Harding and Coolidge, and republican house and senate. Fence, they have no intention of re- wiring dead iSsre. =
 Those moral forces in the country which secured the passage of both the liquor and woma-, suffrage amend ment to the constitution will probably be guided, so far as republican leader ship is concerned, into the field of ed ucation, where is a fertile field of ,n- telllgent accompli shment. For some time those wh) are influential in con Iress on the republican side have been sod hy tha fact that airh4 mil liors of people who live within con. tirental United States do not know how to read md write the English language. They are concerned also over the fact that the pay of school teachers has so far declined, while that of other vacations has been increas- ing, that the earlier grade of ambi- tious youth which was content to teach school as a stepping-stone to other things or while receiving higher learn.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17
BURROS ARE RUINING
 PARKS SAYS MATTER

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The lowly burro, enshrined in western legend as the heroic, inseparable and invaluable trail companion of the lone prospect or, who wandered the waste in search of earth's treasure, now has been of ficially classed as "veritable pest" by the United States government. This animal and its progeny in count less numbers, abandoned by it's form CT human sponsors, according to Stephen T. Mather, director of the national park service, has selected the Grand Canyon of the Colorado for its habitat and the availability of the can yon's scenic beauties in consequence are almost disappearing.
 The burro, MT. Mather says, "de- stroys the trails, denudes the plateaus of grass and other forage so that na- tive wild game, such as antelope, has been forced out, and it is even neces- sary for working and exploring par ties to pack feed for working ami mals."
 He adds ominously-for the burro that "the time is not far distant when radical steps will have to be taken to eliminate the burro evil"
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17
CHRISTMAS TIMES

Christmas times in Georgy! know il
 by the way The little boy is talkin' bout the toys
 every day; Fer he's seen 'em in the winders wher
 his mother walked along, An What you goin' to buy me ?" is
 his everlastin' song! Christmas times in Georgy! jest as
 sure as fate; Know it by the little girls that hang
 aroun' the gate, Waitin' with kiss fer me when even-
 in comes along; An What you goin' to buy me? ?" is
 their everlastin' song! Christmas times in Georgy! Pears to me that they Are in a powerful hurry for to mind you O the day; As if the old-time fellers that's lived so mighty long Didn't know the time O Christmas 'thout that everlastin' song! But-thank the Lord, there's some one in the homes aroun' us yit To kiss us all fer Christmas sos we never kin forgit! An thank the Lord fer little ones that think the time is long An make us young forever with the music O that song!
 Atlanta Constitution.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17
"A Hunt for Santy''
Continued from Page Six.)


 It seems that he was bachelor. liy- ing on a clearing of his, and who had heard of the children's disappearance while in town for supplies. On his way back, skirting the woods he hap pened to notice some little footprints in the fresh-falen snow of the early afternoon, and had followed them, led by clues only visible to those keen of eye or accustomed to the woods, till the happy thought came to him to sing and whistle, as they might hear him and answer. This had been the case.
 Ire happy and grateful parents showered him with thanks and offer ed him the reward, but the flustered and f1attered old man declared that he would be amply rewarded if they would allow him to continue his new role of Santy, which to his delight was granted.
 Bright and early the next morning three excited little girls rushed into the parlor and shrieked with delight when they saw their stockings full almost to the bursting point and the tree laden with presents and beautiful with decorations.
 The elders awakened by the noise. came down to join in the fun and watch the delight of their happy little ones.
 The little girls, now almost grown up, cherish to this day of all their gifts received on that memorable Christmas, the gifts each had wanted so much, but were willing to give up and delightful Christmas letter from Santy which had been attached to each gift.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17
WHY HIGH NOON WED-
 DINGS WERE POPULAR

Why is noon the traditional and fashionable hour for we'd ding ceremonies? Because the hour became the customary one in England many years since, for the reason that the bridegroom could not be relied upon to be sob CT any later in the day than 12 o'clock. It was naturally desir- able that he should be responsi- ble for his promises, and unless he was in a state of perfect so- briety this could not be. Hence the precaution of a monday we'd ding.-From the Dearborn Inde- pendent.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

Mrs. Brown-"When I was a girl we used to have proposing parties. l don't suppose you ever heard of such a thing now?"
 Miss Bright-"Why-er-yes. l had a proposing party call on me only the other evening. How do you like my ring?"
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

What has become of the of. woman who was afraid her children would be kidnapped by gypsies Luke Me- Luke. She's an apartment renter and wishes they had been.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

Do you konw," remarked a lady, "that We have several thousand Poles in the Connecticut valley?"
 How nice to grow beans on," re- piled the lady from Boston.
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

What did he think of Miss Idle pate?"
 "He said she reminded him of the creation"
 Because she resembled Eve?" No; because she was without form and void"
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

Did your wife enjoy the book sent her to read?"
 Did she? Had the time her life; cried herself sick over it."
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

"Yes," said Mrs. Twick, "our state room was very close. In fact, never could sleep unless the bung- hole was open"
The Coconino sun., 1920-12-17

Farmer Hawbuck-"I've bought a barometer, Mandy, to tell when it's goin' ter rain, ye know"
 Mrs. Hawbuck-"To tell when it's goin' ter rain? Why, I never heard of such extravagance! What do ye s'pose the good Lord hez give ye the rheumatiz for?"
The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-23
CHRISTMAS.

Christmas is again at hand--in all
Christian lands the gladdest of days
an because the day calls forth more
than any other the love and the good
ness of the human heart. The Christ
mas spirit is the spirit of unselfish-
ness, of giving JOY to others, and it
but amplifies the thought that it is
mere blessed to give than to receive.
In this season. the sweet legends,
the mysteries OF Santa Claus, the
Christmas trees and the gifts, the
popcorn and candy and nuts and
fruits fill the children's hearts with
joy unrestrained, and this reflects to
STIR the pulses and bring out the love
OF the older ones-the grandmas and
grandpa. the mothers, fathers, broth
ess, sisters, aunts and uncles and
coolies of other just folks.
But. too, these hours and days are
net all happiness. Christmas is the
time of times in all the year when we
most miss the dear ones that cannot
share with US the seasons pleasures.
There are some who are miles and
miles away whose hearts and thoughts
we know are with us, who can send
and receive words of greeting and Of
love-and then there are those who
have CROSSED the dark river" whose
handclasps and smiles and voices are
AVID can be but memories. And in, oh
SO many homes, are aching hearts
made doubly sad because of these alb
sent ones at Christmas time!
But even this is not all loss. Who
can estimate how much closer to the
suiferings and needs of others, these
things bring humanity's heart anc
sympathy! Who can so well under.
stand the hurts in the hearts of 9th
ers as he who has suffered?
Christmas Christmas time
is the best of all because it leads VI
most to realize those things, and tt
follow more closely the only true rul,
of life-to do good for others anC
thereby receive good in return.
After all, the Christmas spirit i.
but another name for the Colder
Rule.
The Star wishes it's many reader.
the best of the seasons blessings.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-23
LIFTING THE LOAD
FROM EYES MEMORY

Did Adam eat the apple? Indeed,
did Eve tempt him at all with the ap-
pie?
These questions loom large in the
newest controversy lin the Christian
church. Over in Britain they are
much agitated because Canon Barnes
Of the Church of England, has stated
his belief in the scientific theory Cor IS
lf now law2) of evolution. The canon
US It has been definitely proved bv
science that man lived on the earth 4
full 100000 years 40 and pertains
longer than that. The theory is that
something produced electrons. thai
electrons produced matter. that mat
ter produced life and that life pro-
duced mind Then history blossomed
out Of the mist of tradition. This be-
ing so. it follows that the Adam and
Eve of some six or seven thousand
years ago were fictitious and there
fore, that original sin was fictitious
Perhaps the most interesting fact
in this whole controversy. providing
Canon Barnes is right, is that woman
comes out from under the age-lono
load of being the daughter of her WIZ
tempted that poor, weak masculine
person to his disaster in the nlare
called Eden.
The ladies are constrrti. yettina
ahead these days, in more ways than
one.-Exchange.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-23
DROVE FARMERS TO DRINK" |
High Freight Rates of 100 Years Ago
Marked Start of Whiskey Traffic.

The inhabitants of the earlier Unit
ed States were, as it is not unknown,
in a situation peculiarly adapted to
the inception of the economic control
of capital. Scattered across large
fertile and often muddy continent,
their needs for capitol invested in the
form of transportation greatest
of all needs for capital in fact,
as DR.. Frederick A. Cleveland so well
points out, fast driving them to drink
largely to corn whiskey--in the fol-
lowing manner:
A hundred years ago, report to the
New York state legislature in 1917 de-
monstrates the cost of transportation
of ton of freight from Buffalo to
New York was $100-four times the
value of a ton of corn and twice the
value of a ton Of wheat at Buffalo at
that time; and the traffic between these
two points had, of course, the greatly
superior advantages ST the Hudson
river haul down from Albany.
So then the only logical course for
those desiring to transport these two
main products of the country from AL
bany to New York or still more plain
ly in the case of other points connect
ed only by pioneer country roads
was to boil them down into whiskey.
And so it was, of course, that Amer
lean whiskey at 25 cents gallon or
less became the great factor it grew
to be in American history-ineiting
the widely known whiskey rebellions,
starting the prohibition movement on
it's sweep round the world from its
starting point on the American
farm, and laying the way for the ar
rival of capital in the United tates
via the American railroad.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-23
ANCIENTs swATTED THE FLY.
They Were Regarded as a Pest in
Biblical Days.

From the New York Times.
"Beelzebub," said the elderly man,
was the lord of flies. That's what the
word Beelzebub means. The fiie%Ae.
longed to him, or were holy to him.
Nowadays we don't believe that flies
are holy, to Beelzebub or anyone else.
We swat 'em That's why call nv
swatter 'Beelzebub.' Watch me use
nm to swat that one nowl" And in a
moment there was one less fy on
earth-and there will be million few
ef next summer, according to the mer-
chants association.
The owner and wielder Of "Beelze-
bub," the fly swatter, is a student az
the Bible.
Most modern folks think that it
took the present generation to djscov-
e. that flies are dangerous" he saws
That's y. 2 mistake. Why, long ago. n
Biblical times, they knew that the
pests were among the most dangerone
insects in the world, and they wrote
down their belief that the flies cansed
plaques. The Egyptian fly was On
dangerous that it might be swattad
even on the Sabbath. Sometimes thera
were such large numbers of fiies i,
Palestine that they became tarr;hlo
nuisance, and public PRAYERS were
said. were
IN tne slaughter house of the tenn
PIE IN Jerusalem no flies were sean
ana tins was taken as a sign that 49,
pace was especially holy. But Some
Writers say that the insects wasa
arlven away by the smoke fror, ~
I ln,'4 while others believe the flies
i hepe away because the tables in tbe
9 9rnaugIter mouse We're made Of marble
5nere's an old story, legend that t H.
nnulamlte woman knew tbat AZ
rrophet Elisha was holy nsan ~ ~,
he ate. wy 1aoie where
The ancient Hebrews halieyod !. f.
I woman permitted a Av a faIl ~; ~
o ~ remain IN her husbands food ~" ~
t L5qg divorce her for It But sow, y
heid that The woman was not 30 y soi z,
e9lamed and that the preseneo y Is
.y was accidental Once &, . 's,e
ehey found flies in their wine WINE
10y neld that the wine wae q. el,n
lIahK-of course, after the A.. 70
peen removed Some critics ealg. haa
o,o, lIlsorews flnicky lot because M ~
b mu9'u not drink wine which t c'ies
Wiz; Mi my touched, while thew Me- n.'.%
slililng Y drink It even after I, w I,
own WV ,,: ~ ~ SO long as it was tba;,.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-23

FORCED LABOR FOR BULGARIA
Young Men and Women are Both Sub
iect to the Law.

A Bulgarian law provides that
young people of both sexes must sub
init to a period Of compulsory labor
that is fixed at one year in the case
OF young men and six months in the
case Of young women. The scheme IS
quite similar to compulsory military
service. On Joining the colors," so
70 speak, each recruit receives q
course of instruction in some trade,
after which he or she is employed for
the remainder of the period either on
public works or in industry or agri-
culture. The law also provides for 2
sort of general mobilization Of labor
IN case Of public calamity, great dis.
asters creating urgent need" etc, and
liability 10 respond to such mobiliza-
ton covers all Bulgarians between the
ages of 20 and so.
While the young men are gathered
INTO barracks during their period Of
active service the young women
continue to live at home, going each
aay 70 the nearest trade school or to
me workshop designated.
The objects Of the law, as set forth
p recent address by the Bulgarian
premier, M. Stambolisky, are
10 hasten the economic reconstruc-
tor. Of the country by speeding up
PRODUCTION thru compulsory labor.
10 give the Bulgarian youth nod
ern physical and mental education.
10 cultivate loving interest in the
common good of the country, and to
develop in the Bulgarian people a
help.
10 create new sources of state i'm
come.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-23
USING THE BEST MATERIALS.

Presidant-elect Harding is taking
steps that seem at wide divergence
from those of his predecessor. He is
calling into conference the leading men
of the nation, regardless of political
utilization among these men being
William J. Bryan and Raymond Rob-
ms, the latter former leader of the
Progressive party. He seems to like
to keep in touch with men of all class
es, who have shown themselves as
leaders of thought. That sort of
thing will do much in not only decid-
ing many trying questions to the best
interest of the country, but in bringing
about peace and amity among our own
people. 1t is the reverse of auto
crazy.
The Mena weekly star., 1920-12-23
aPAssING SHOVE DECEMBER. IS
Director for American Legion Sho"
Promises Good Attraction.

Miss WillelIa Pearson of the Book
Production Co. Of Tulsa, Ok, is in
Mena directing the Passing Show =
which viii be presented December 2e
and 20 under auspices Of the Amer
lean Legion. Miss Pearson has sew
eral years experience in directing sue
cessful shows, and with the talent
Mena has, feels sure that she will
have a very successful show here.
The cast has been selected in part,
and actual rehearsals are taking place
now.