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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
NOT GENERALLY ENFORCED
Dr. Thomas Fnegan Informs REVISION Commission OF Step
Taken to Keep Children in Classes

COME amazing facts about conditions
~ in the public schools of the state
have been laid bare by DIR. Thomas r.
Fincgan. state superintendent of pubic
instruction. in statement which he
made at the request of the commission
on constitutional amendment and re-
vision.
The commission made request for IN
formation in the following resolution
"Rcsolvcd. That the superintendent
of public instruction be respectfully re-
qucstcd. for the information OF TINS
commission and to assist in the per,
formnncc of its duties. to advise IL
upon the following questions:
First. Are the facilities for ~"
education of the children rcsldcnt III
any part of this commonwealth insu1 .
fcicnt to give such education to all surh
children desiring and entitled by law TO
receive the same? II So, where ducS
such insufiicicncy exist and what ON .
ciaI agency is responsible for such de-
fault?
Is the Law Neglected?
Second, Arc the provisions Of law
proyiding fbr compulsory education OF
children in this commonwealth neg
lrctcd. ignored or violated in any part
thereof? II so, where docs such do
fault occur aud what official agency is
responsible therefore:
DIR. William Draper Lewis. secretary
of thc revision commission, received
the following reply from Doctor Fine
gan:
"Pursuant to constitutional mandate,
tbc General Assembly has cuurtcd laws
] g., tbn int pnlInrp and
! npcration of state system of public
schools, Public laws 800, approved May
/ IS. 1911. and acts amCndatOry thereto
nrc the laws which now regulate the
maintenance and operation of such SvS
tenn of schools.
Call for 40 Day Term
Under the provisions of these laws
! it is obligatory upon each school dis
trict to maintain II term of school for
ut lcnSt twenty eight weeks. or llt
! Joys. In five cighths of the school dis
tricts of the state school Is maintained
| for this minimum period only. 1t is the
practicc, however. in school districts
which include the cities and in certain
ntbcr districts. to maintain school fOl
forty weeks. or 2GO days. Boards oI
| directors in school districts of th,
fourth class possessed, until the cur
rent year, the legal authority to excuse
children from th" operations of til,
compulsory Attendance law for 80 pei
cent of the time school is in session
Thc right of such excuses is now
limited 10 children who have attaincC
the age of twelve years.
"Thc directors of many districts have
exercised this authority, and in sucl
districts the period of time whirh chill.
dron have attended school is onl!
twenty weeks, or 100 days. The pcrio,
Of instruction which children receive
therefore, ranging from 100 days il
certain districts to twice that amount
or 300 days, in other districts and no
exceeding 40 days in five cighthS o
thc districts of the state, results no
only in great inequality of school priv
lcges. but in weakening the efficiency q
the state system ns whole.
Qualifications Of Teachers
"In the following table the ,uialihra
tions of the tcuchcrS employed in til
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18

Philadelphia, TUESDAY. May IS, 1920
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18
Qualifications Of Tcarhcrs

"In the following table the uualifra
tiOns of the tcach"rS employed in the
schools of Pennsylvania are compared
with those Of the teachers employed in
Massachusetts and IN New Jersey:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18

DIT this is getting ahead of the story.
- Johnny called on the business
man and said he could fix things up
for him. for n consideration and told
how: and bnbblcd and babblcd and
babblcd. There was no unsccmy rcti-
ccncc about Johnny. And all the time he
talked the stcnographcrS were busy.
Moreover. Johnny was perfectly will
ing to bring the other counrilmcn and
introduce them. Johnny was satisfied
that this was one of the best geese he
had ever pluckCd. Easy picking, easy
picking
Some Of the couucilmcn were wary
birds They were men with regulations
for honesty and responsibility, men of
culture some of them.
The dramatic finale of this first act
came with the tlashight photographing
of one of these birds" accepting roll
of bills from the 'busincss man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18

Nov Captain Johnny Kline. of the
~ excursion steamer Katie Stockdalc,
was as full of vim as Captain Kettle.
as big as a minute and had u smile like
Sunny jim.
He was the best tempered little guy
that ever engineered q crooked deal and
then Squealed on his pals.
lie never had any trouble in being
elected to council. for cvery voter in
the First ward was his friend.
Why not? Johnny was square, ac.
cording to his lights.
As n CRATER he was simply getting
what was coming to him.
As II squealer he was simply beating
the other guys to it.
And when he went to the pen at last
he went chccrfully, and was still smiling
when he came out.
The pens no place for decent
man." he told the writer. "A mans got
to keep to himself to keep straight. But
! was glad the place is on the river
bank. heard the old boat whistle every
time il passed. The boys saw TO that. :"
OF course the boys would. They un-
dcrstood his point of view.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18

SHORTLI aftcrwavd a Bunch of
~ Earnest Citizens got together and
saying that something would have to be
done, got \. Leo We'll. local lawyer.
to do it. With their financial backing.
he framed up Il scheme that sounded
like dime novcl-but brought home the
bacon.
lie hired ''slcuth as was n
sleuth."
This individual hired room in "a
local hotel and fitted it with pccphoIcs
and hidden stenographcrs. Then he lot
the fact be known that he was big
busint ss man, wished to start plant
in Pittsburgh. and there were ono or
two ordinances he wished to have
passed.
And the councilmanic 'paymastcr, ="
one johnny Kline. called on him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-18

~ address all Communications to Ercnino
Public Ledger. independence square
PHILADELPHIA.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
Reindeer Meat
May LOWer Cost
BY United Press.

Dy OhllSQ iCoo.
Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 23.-Aecording
to an order in council just gazetted
here a vast territory in Baffin's Land
will be leased to Vilhjamur Stefan
son, the Arctic explorer for the pur-
pose of grazing reindeer and musk
OK herds the meat of which will, it
is said, go far toward solving the
problem of cheaper food.
The land which is to be leased for
thirty years with renewal period
not to exceed twenty years, is that
section described as the southern
half Of Baffin's Land south of par
allel 6S degs. north latitude and in
cluding a strip ten miles wide along
the north boundary Of Lake Metil-
ling.
For the first fifteen years Stefan
son will be given free grazing priv
ileges, but for the remainder of his
lease he will be asked to pay S11,390
a year According to Stefanson's
statement to the dominion govern
ment he has interested sufficient
capital to insure he success Of his
project
While musk OK meat is known only
to a very few epicures Of the north
land, reindeer meat is quite com
mon dish on the northern Pacific
coast and is often available in res
aurants as far south as Portland,
Oregon. The meat of the reindeer
is very palatable and not unlike that
of the white-tailed domestic deer of
the western states.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
Americans Preach
Dry Doctrines to
Jamaican Peoples
By United Press.

By United Press.
Kingston, Jamaica, (by mailD
American prohibitionists, aided by a
good many aforementioned persons
in this island, are maintaining a
strong and well sustained campaign
TO make Jamaica dry
Rev. r. H. Curtis Of Ohio, has just
concluded four months whirlwlnd
fight for prohibition; ana on leaving,
gives it as his opinion that in ten
years the sale of drink viii be re-
duced to practically nil in this colo.
ny, He did not mince words at his
last lecture in telling the men OF the
middle and upper classes here how
disgusted he was at the general low
standard Of morality he had found
amongst them Governor Probyn is
in favor of restriction Of liquor sell
ing, and there are many peolpe in
the island who are dry advocates.
But there is plenty Of money invest
ed in the liquor industry. and they
are preparing plans for a fight to
the finish n
Professor Ralf E. Danforth, a pro
fessor of zoology and anatomy at
Rutgers college, New Jersey is in
the island for a two months study
of its agricultural possibilities and
the living conditions, from the social
point of view. His Investigations are
with the object Of proving that the
tropics are the ideal home for north
ern races, and that they would live
in the torrid zone under better con
ditions than in the temperate The
only drawback which he sees is ma,
laria, which can be got over tack
led correctly. He is also prohibi-
tionist
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
ANOTHER SCARCITY
lin ARTISTS MODELS


Tokyo, fbay mail Art along for
eign lines in Japan is having hard
struggle because of the difficulty in
securing models, Japanese girls hav-
ing a marked dislike to posing in the
nude
An art school which recently
spent considerable monev advertis-
ing for models, received only seven
answers, in spite of the fact that the
work is not hard and the pay, rang
ing from As to 100 yen a month, con
sidered very high in comparison TO
wages paid in other lines of work.
This condition led an enterprising
young man to make a speciality of
collecting models, with the result
that on a certain day he gathered
together about ninety girls, and in
vited all the prominent painters and
Sculpture Of Tokyo to attend AMI
make their selections. Business was
so brisk that the entire number was
disposed Of even though it j believ-
ed that only about ten per cent Of
them will remain in the business.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

By United Press.

BY United Press.
Portland, ore, Aug. 29.-Miss Hem
rietta McGaughan, reporter for a
Portland newspaper didn't follow the
beaten path when She took her voca.
ton
Dressed in mans attire and with
man-size pack on her back Miss Nc
Gauhan started out for the Olympic
mountains over a transportation route
which included train, boat, stage, ca
noe-and shank's mare.
I'm starting ahead Of the Seattl.
Mountain Climbing club, which is GO
ing to cross the Olympies this sum
mer, said the young newspaper wo.
man, because | don't want to fol-
low their beaten trail and walk over
their leayings."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
OFFICERS LEARN
SIX MEN ESCAPE
At DUNCAN JAIL

Six prisoners, including alleged
"hijackers' and automobile thieves
broke jail at Duncan last night
about + o'clock ana escaped with.
out being noticed, according to a
message received early this MON
ing at the sherifls office.
Grady county officers were
searching for the jail breakers this
morning. No clue had been founl
at o'clock today that might lead
to their apprehension.
The six who escaped from the
stephens county prison last night
were: Tom Dodgin; 9. r. Weeds,
R. L. Newell, Andrew Logan, T. L,
Barton and Jack Smith, local Off.
GERS were informed
8 Newell, according 70 records in
the sheriffs ofsaee, was arrested
here August 1st and held for
stephens county rofficers. He was
alleged to have stolen an automo-
bile at Empire City, newly founded
oil town near Duncan
The sextet gained liberty by saw
ing through the bars.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
APPEAL IS MADE
GENERAL BOOST
RAILROAD RATES
By United Press.

Oklahoma City, Aug. 23-Okia-
homa railway officials applied today
to the interstate commerce comnii5-
sion for an increase of 35 percent
in freight rates 20 percent in pas
senger rates and so percent for Pull-
man service.
Shippers who were attending the
hearing made statements in whicn
they declared in favor of the raise
in these rates.
Assistant Attorney General Ful-
ton filed a motion for delay in the
rate raise until October in order to
give the state an opportunity to pre-
pare its side of the case. The rail
roads argued strenuously against
this propositions
No action had been taken when
adjournment was taken for lunch.
The hearings were to start again
at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
CREWS DESERT SHIPS.
By United Press.

By United Press.
Montreal, Que, Aug. 23.-sheds
and freight houses on the wharves
and piers of Montreal are now plac-
arded with warnings to sailors no.
o desert their ships while in Cana
las largest and wettest port.
The warnings are the result of a
ampaign by the shipping federation
and local police to put an end to the
numerous desertions occurring when
ships reach this port, which in the
last few weeks have left many ships
With only part crews for their re.
turn voyage.
Cheap railroad fares to the harv-
st fields of western Canada, big
wages and whiskey are given as the
easons for desertions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
Rain Stops Game.

Rain prevented the Chickasha LIE
gionaires- Pocasset base ball game
scheduled to be played at Pocasset
yesterday afternoon, Boss Smith,
manager of the Legionaires, stated
this morning. The game, Smith
said, probably would be played some
time in the near future.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
When you feel duh. aehey an

When you feel dull, aehey and
sleepy and want to stretch frequent
ly, you are ripe for an attack or ma
laria. Take Herbine at once. 1t cures
malaria and chills and puts the sys-
TEN in order. Price. Gee. sold by
Wren Drug CO.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
child Cured Of Bowel trouble.

A child OF Floyd Osborn. notary
public Of nungannon, Va, was taken
with bowel trouble. Mr.. Osborn gave
II Chamberlain Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy and it quickly recovered In
speaking of this remedy he says;
1t is the best ever used"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

When you feel lazy, out of sorts
and yawn good deal In the day
time, you need Horbine to stimulate
your liver, tone up your stomach and
purify your bowels. Price, 60c. Sold
by Wren Drug Co.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
Spell it backwards

Milk is Z water and x solids. The
colds give milk its character, its
favor, its food value. Remove the
water and all the valuable part is
left. Replace the water and it be-
comes liquid milk instantly-just as
rich, as fresh, as delicious as the rich
est, creamiest country milk you ever
drank.
Know that your children are get
ting the best milk from the greatest
dairying center. Keep a supply Of
Kim on hand. Give it to the children
often. Their growing bodies need it.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

Summary: Two base hits, Crisp
Powell, Jakubick. Sacrifice hits
Thomas, Johnson, Pettigrew, Stein
berger Struck out by Powell 6, by
Smith 4 base on balls OF Smith 4;
of Powell /. Time of game 1;40.
Umpire Setley.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

Western League: Des Moines Go
Wichita Al; Tulsa 6-S, Omaha 81 !,
Sioux City, A; Joplin 81; st. Jo
seph CA, Oklahoma City 4-3.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

Western Association: Enid 6, Oh
mulgee 4; Henryetta 4, Chickasha l;
Springfield 9, Pawhuska i.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23
GAMES TO-DAY.

Western Lea ue: Oklahoma City
at Omaha; Tulsa at st. Joseph
Wichita at Sioux City; Joplin a
Des Moines.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

National League: st. Louis 3-1l
Boston 20; New York 4, Chicago
/; Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati 3; only
three games scheduled.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

American League: Detroit II, New
York 8; Chicago 8, Washington 4;
only two games scheduled.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

Western Association: Pawhuski
at Springfield; Drumright at Fort
Smith; Okmulgee at Enid; Henry
eta at Chickasha.
National League: Boston at Chi
cago; Brooklyn at Pittsburgh; New
York at st. Louis; Philadelphia At
Cincinnati.
American League: st. Louis a
Philadelphia; Detroit at New
York; Cleveland at Boston; Only
three games scheduled.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

Come in and select your Fall Hat now.
We carry the best hats that are made, none
others than Stetson and Knox makes They
need no introduction You will find any
shape or color that you want Buy your
hat at "The Dixie WE SELL FOR
LESS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

Serve Kim for supper tonight and see
howenthusiastic the whole familywill
be over its genuine, fresh-milk flavor.
Kim comes in two forms: Kim
Powdered Whole Milk (full creamy
and Kim Powdered SKINNED Milk
(for all cooking purposes). A 21z-lb.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

package OF Kim Powdered
Whole Milk makes 10
quarts Of liquid whole
milk,
Go to your nearest
dealer and get a supply
today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

are for the young men, they are
full of Pep. and real nifty. We
carefully selected the snapplest
suits they manufacture in the
seasons newest patterns. Come
in and be shown. Priced from
$3.50 and up
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-08-23

4 OF course you want your children
to have the very best milk that you
can buy. Milk with all the growth
Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-27
FATE2
BY MINNIE NJ. TOWNSEND,

10 you really believe that. Dave -
Inc big, athletic fellow, Iolling on
the not beach sand, turned toward his
Sompahlon a little bit impatiently.
sure If two persons are meant for
each other they will come together.
clothes and fine looks have nothing
10 90 with 1t. What is to be, wiz be-"
Inc girl at his side shrugged her
thln shoulders and skipped stone
into the Tranquil waters as if TO dis
miss the subject A distant bell
changed and the man arose with alac-
rlty. First call for dinner. Coming?
NO; well. so long, then"
She watched him swing easily down
the beach. How typical of his attitude
toward her were those last words At
nrst when they had met at the sea-
snofe resort she had been happy in
MS jolly companionship, but now she
was no longer content to be merely
"kiddoed" and 'sOlOnged."
If what he had expounded was true,
there was no chance at all for her g,
When her boss had granted a we'll
earned two months vacation she had
thought only Of the long lazy rest she
could enjoy, and had come prepared
only for that sort Of time. Just re-
Gently she had begun to realize that
her life's happiness was at stake Da-
Vid could argue brilliantly, but Anne
was fully conscious that despite his
latest argument he paid much more at
tention TO certain fiuffy-clad feminine
creatures at the hotel than he did to
her own plain drab self.
Suddenly she jumped to her feet, a
little smile of determination about her
lips. Ocean Beach would see plain
Anne Brown no more-a new Annette
Browne would grace the pleasure re-
sort.
David scarcely noted the two days
absence of his little chum, but when
she did reappear he was somewhat
perplexed and very much aware Of her
presence. He did not voice the ad-
miration in his eyes, but Anne's intui-
Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-27

tiOn told her that he had taken stock
of her trim green linen suit which
went so well with her dark hair, now
displayed to advantage under the soft
gseen outing hat. That evening she
wore the new frilly pink organdie, and
this time David paid her the first COM
pliment since their acquaintance. With
arms akimbO he viewed her from shiny
hair to white satin slipper MY, how
fine we look" he said boyishly. "Anne,
l never knew before just how becOm-
ing pink is to you"
"NO wonder Anne told herself
GROSSLY. Il never wore it before"
The long summer days drifted by,
and before many days had gone be
yOnd recall Anne realized that her
dream was coming true. She was no
longer just Dawes pal but very near
to being something infinitely Sweeter.
But somehow Anne was unhappy. A
little gnawing worm of suspicion en-
tered her heart. Dave had never real
Iy cared before she had donned all her
new finery. arranged her hair becOm-
ingly and affected certain little airs of
her own. The solution must be that
he was merely in love with her new
adOrnments
A miserable time followed this over
pOwering discovery, and soon her ap-
parent disillusionment began. She Pc
fused his invitations. ignored him
careleSsly, and finally cut him from
her list of friends. One week remained
Of her vacation, and these last days
she spent mostly by herself, reading
or musing on the perversity OF man
kind. She longed to be back In the
cool sanctuary of the office, in white
waist and neat dark skirt. The sham
of life smote her tragically.
The last day was rainy and cold
Defiantly Anne dOnned her very old
est clothes and went for a walk out
over the breakwster rocks. Rounding
a huge rock suddenly, she came face
to face with a very woebegone-looking
David. Surprise and CONSERVATION
halted her a moment. but regaining
her self-compOsure, she turned to re.
trace her steps. David was at her
side In q moment ANNE this seems
to be the Opportune moment for an ex.
planation. What on earth have done
to merit such displeasure on your
part?"
Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-27
Furniture Dealer of
Amerlcus Testifies

forming on my stomach and l would
bloat terribly I had rheumatism so
bad at tmies l could hardly walk.
""Since taking Pomeroy's Puratone
I feel just fine in every way. | have
a good appetite now and eat anything
l want without suffering any bad af-
ter effects. l am no longer nervous
and l sleep like a child. | am no
longer bothered with shortness of
breath, bloating or dizzy spells and
| haven't a rheumatic pain about me.
I no longer feel drowsy or sluggish.
The constipation has been overcome
and my strength has been increased
wonderfully. In fact, l feei just
great.
Puratone is sold in Amer;cus by
the Carswell Drug Company, and by
one leading druggist in evry town.
Il there is no Pbratone dealer near
you Pomeroy & Company; Atlanta,
Ga. ,%win fill your orders at $1.04
per bottle postpaid.-(adv.)
Americus times-recorder., 1920-05-27

away teaching music, returned to her
home here Wednesday.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. L. S.
Worthington are grieved to learn that
their baby has a severe case of bron-
chial pneumonia.
Mrs. B. H. Suddath is away on a
trip to Florida, where her daughter
has been teaching school.
Mrs. Mary Patten and children mo-
tored to Preston Wednesday and
spent the day with ner daughter, Mrs.
o. R. Lowrey.
Oreon Goss, of Dawson, and Miss
Rose Culpepper, of Columbus, pass
ed through Richland Wednesday en-
route to Columbus.
Miss Carme Brightwell, of Rich
land, spent few days with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Turner near here this week.
]. N. Clements, of Richland, spent
Wednesday in Columbus, Ga.