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The Washington times., 1920-06-04
FOLK SONG SINGERS
WILL OFFER JUBILEE

"The Chariot Jubilee wwill be
sung by the Afro-American Folk
Song Singers, under the auspices Of
the. colorcd branch of the Salvation
Army. at Polls Theater tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The singers will be under the direc-
tion OF the composer of the song. r..
Nathaniel Dett, a graduate Of the
obcrlin Conservatory OF Music, and
for the last seven years director Of
music at Hampton Institute, Virginia.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
SCORES DUE FOR PAROLE
FORGOTTEN BY OFFICIALS
Prisoners Eligible TO Freedom, IL
Years Overlooked. Remain
Behind Bars.

LEXINGTON. Ky. June t.-scores
OF friendless prisoners In the Frank
fort State reformstory. which 10 In
reality a penitentisry. and the Eddy
willie penitentiary have been forsotten
by State officials for years sfter they
were eligible to q parole, some hsvisk
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
equally .ff.otixaY

Virgil q. Hinshaw, chairman OF the
pr"hibition natiOnsl committee. an
nonocec thaf ~ 600 neNNpaperH snd
many public officials throughout the
country had been asked by the com
mittee TO use their influence In get
ting all political parties TO adopt
plsnks In support OF the Eighteenth
Amendment.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04
10 CLIP. o. COAL USE.

Postmasters and employees OF the
Postofrice Department throughout inc
United States were directed 10 curtAii
their coal consumption to the mini
mum today by }. c. Rooms. hrst as
sistant postmaster general.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

MISS BYRD MOCK, who has
been chosen assocists pastor
VI the Church of LIfe and Joy.
She 10 the only woman In Wash
ington 10 hold that Office. She
will give her first address ON
The key Of Destiny" tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1920-06-04

Creates reserve health. energy and
vitality. doubles strength and endur-
ance, renews ambition. vim and Yisor,
soid under an iron-clad. money-b back
guarantee OF satisfaction by all drug
Rists.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17
Black and Tan!

National woman's suffrage could
not have made the south more demo.
cratic than it was, and it certainly
has made both the north and south
more republican than they were
Two years ago, as governor, ad-
vocated in a message to the legisla.
ture the submission of an amendment
to our state constitution granting wo-
men the right to vote, 1t was sub
mitted. I worked hard for its adop-
ton by popular vote. The country
went for it, but the New Orleans reg
ular machine defeated it. One more
submission would have ended in sue.
cess.
At the same time I wrote TO ali OF
the southern governors and urged
them to join me in an attempt to
amend our respective state constitu-
lions SO as to give the women the
right to vote, and l further requested
them to unite with me in determined
opposition to the federal amendment.
Most of them answered me, and an
except one indicated that they believe
my idea to be correct, but could not
induce them to form the cabal, ap-
parently on account Of pressure from
national democratic sources.
South Put it Over
The solid south, with its thirteen
democratic states, could have prevent.
ed the ratification Of the national
amendment, and thus consistently
maintained its continuous and persist
net opposition to the principle con.
tanned in the fifteenth amendment
Each state could, and. in time, would
have given the women the right to
vote by state amendment, as the prin.
ciple was passing through its natural
development. Suffrage then would
have. continued, in all of its phases,
under the control of the sovereign
state, and we would have gone on as
heretofore, except white women would
have been added to the electorate.
Consent by several southern states
is all that the republicans have been
waiting for in order to put over their
political and racial schemes.
Let US hope that southern constitu.
tional conventions win find some way
to meet the disaster that many south
ern legislatures have brought upon
us. / still believe in the ideals Of
Southern Caucasin Democracy and
will contribute any effort within my
power to help restore it and perpet-
uate it.
shall never cease to be proud Of
the stand taken by the general -
sembly Of the state Of Louisiana
against the federal suffrage amend.
ment last July.
Yours truly,
R. G.. PLEASANT.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17
R. Mornhinveg & Son
Main Street NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., La

the federal suffrage amendment,
which gives equal political rights to
the white man and the black woman
and to the black man and the white
woman, with congressional authority
to enforce these rights, has amounted
to an absolute approval of, and con-
sent to, the fifteenth amendment,
which deals with the kindred princi-
pie of no discrimination on account
of race, color or previous condition
of servitude.
The fifteenth amendment has never
been enforced by congress for the rea-
son that the white people of the south
have always stood out solidly against
both the principle involved in the
amendment and its enforcement None
of our representatives in the United
States senate or in the lower house
of congress ever yielded to that prin-
ciple until lately. Therefore they were
in position to fight force bills with
united front, as did stalwart old
Senator Morgan of Alabama, and his
southern colleagues thirty years ago.
Enforcement Bills
Today we find that legislatures,
representing half of the people of the
south, have approved and ratified the
nineteenth (suffrage) amendment,
which is tantamount to. ratification
of the fifteenth amendment, and many
southern senators and members of the
lower house of congress have advo-
Gated it. The second sections of these
amendments provide that congress
shall have power to enforce them.
How can these people now consistently
oppose such an amendment?
Heretofore the fifteent amendment
has amounted to nothing more than a
declaration of political sentiment on
the part of the north because congress
has not enacted an enforcement bill,
under the amendment, to carry it into
effect.
But now, as half of the south has
consented to the principle contained
in the amendment, such bills undoubt-
eddy will be pushed by the republicans
in congress. They will no longer
fear a second secession and a conse-
quent disturbance of business rela-
tions between the north and the
south because Of the south has regis
tered its consent to enforcement.
South in Trap
What a trap the south has been
caught in by many southern legisla-
tors listening to the plea that a rati-
fication Of the national woman's suf-
frage amendment would elect Cox and
bring about an approval Of the Will
son administration! How the repub-
lican leaders, men and women, and
the negroes must be chuckling at the
way many of our southern democrats
have been worked for the benefit of
the republican party, Lily White and
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17

mended that corn so stored be hlsk-
ed in the field. Detailed descriptions
of wooden and galvanized cribs sue
cessfully used by two Louisiana farm
ers are given. In cribs or rooms that
are gas tight or nearly so 4 to
pounds of carbon disulphid per 100
cubic feet of space is enough for thor
ough fumigation The corn should be
fumigated as soon as it is all in the
crib and one or two later fumigations
may be necessary if it is kept in stor-
ags until spring. The ned for these
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17

subsequent fumigations will depend
upon whether or not living weevils ap-
pear in the corn.
Corn canot be satisfactorily fumi-
gated in loosely constructed containers
and where tight cribs or rooms are not
available it is advisable to separate
the corn at harvest time into two lots
one containing theears with long,
tight, uninjured shucks, which protect
the ears from weevil damage, and the
other containing those ears with loose
broken, short, or damaged shucks. The
latter should be fed to stock during
the fall, or they may be husked and
fumigated in tight boxes, barrels, or
other containers. The ears that are
covered with the good shuck cover
ings can be stored in for later use.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17
FORMER GOVERNOR
SHOWS HOW SOUTH
FELL INTO TRAP
Pleasant Says Suffrage Rati-
fication Did Not
Aid Party
FEMININE VOTERS
SWAMPED DEMOCRATS
Solid South Could Have Pre-
vented Ratification,
He Says

Former Governor R. G. Pleasant,
who made gallant fight against rati-
fication of the woman suffrage
amendment. writes the New Orleans
States as follows:
! Shreveport, La, Nov. II, 1920
Editor New Orleans States.
Dear Sir: On the morning of the
third instant the exultant cry rang
out from republican sources at Wash
J ington that more than one thousand
negro women voted the republican
ticket in Richmond, the historic CAPT
toll of the Southern Confederacy.
From New York came the victorious
shout that an overwhelming majority
of the women of North, East and West
voted for Harding and against Cox, and
made those sections solidly republi-
can.
The report came from the border
southern states of Virginia, Maryland,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and
Oklahoma, that the republicans, re-
cruited by thousands upon thousands
of negro women and negro men, have
sewpt the democrats off their feet in.
many instances and for many posi-
tons
Indeed, Maryland, Missouri and Ok
lahoma have gone republican for presf-
dent and Tennesses has both elected
republican governor and cast her
electoral vote for Harding.
\ Negro for Governor
A negro candidate for governor of
Arkansas has attracted thousands of
negro, and some white voters to his
standard. Many negroes ran for To-
cal offices in southeast Arkansas and
in other states, and a negro was elect
ed to the legislature Of Missouri.
New Orleans cast more than $4,000
white and negro republican votes, and
many country parishes in Louisiana
went republican.
| Florida cast large republican vote
and so did some districts in georgia,
Alabama and Texas.
In view of these and many other
similar facts not mentioned, l wish to
ask:
In what respect did the much herald
ed woman's suffrage amendment to
the constitution of the United States
benefit the democratic party of the
nation or our southern white civiliza-
ton?
Before the Louisiana, Tennessee,
Maryland and other southern legisla-
lures it was asserted vigorously and
continuously by local and imported adj
vocates that the success of the suf-
frage amendment meant the success
of the democratic party, and that
southern shotguns would keep the ne
groes from voting. 1t did neither.
Helped Republicans
1t has helped the republican party
as l have always claimed it would,
and it has invited the negro women
and negro men into the body OF the
republican electorate Of the south.
The consent of the white Demo
cratic legislatures of the southern
states of Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma.
Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee to
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17
FOrdSOp
TRADE MARX
TRADE MARX

the means nprty m farmer dosntmaE eanyd nernceh
is n it in hesh cmso manchne
Tar from the d- a y ndanmg labor hefamh
o m n power lie farm heneeH Hfsonya ues
him can qu@ton 1.-THE
jus much
Tractor heco
Of ne o arm more flexible horse
in can il keep Then will
an farmer o he yn Trr but h may
t par
p h ~ before him w enow
Tractor sshg him Hhad Let
to him than ndesto us When wesea
e buys w k him Ia Yin
b
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17

The lower tleft) picture shows how
the sick are handled by navy hospi
tai corpsmen in removing men to the
base hospital. These boys are spe,
ciaIly trained at the large hospitals
ashore to handle and care for the sick
and also at the bases trained female
nurses are employed When you see
great fleet of American dread
naughts or destroyers assembled you
will see the hospital ship also. Every
device known to medical science is
quickly adopted by the navy hospital
corps. 1t is, therefore small wonder
that the American sailorman is the
healthiest chap in the world. Broad
statement, but an actual fact.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17

gical assistant, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, at Louisiana State Uni
versity.
Methods for conserving. corn from
weevils in the Gul States are de-
scribed in Farmers Bulletin 1929 of
the U. S. Department Of Agriculture.
Two systems are mentioned The one
that is considered most satisfactory
consists in protecting the corn in
tight cribs or romos by fumigation
with carbon disulphid. 1t is recon-
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17
Corn WeeviI Works
Fast in Louisiana

Weevil injury to stored corn is Of
much great Importance in Louisiana
than in the states farther north. In
Louisiana the weevil is able to breed
much more rapidly during the months
corn is held in storage than is the
case in those sections of the country
where lower temperatures prevail, ac-
cording to Thos. H. Jones, entomolo-
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17

The coming of the hospital ship in
the navy brought about very import
ant change from the old way Of hand
ling the sick. In the days of the old
merchant ships, when the skipper of
the craft was the DOCTOR, the men de-
pended on a small medicine chest for
their ills. Although it has long been
the custom to have a hospital ship
with the fleet, it has remained for
aviation to accomplish the task of
carrying sick or injured men to and
from these specially equipped craft.
It is generally conceded that the
Sick Bays on board our vessels are
IS nearly perfect as they can be. How
ever, hospital ships are built for one
purpose only-caring for the sick, and
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17

they do it in fashion that has re-
ceived favorable comment from the
foremost medical officers of the world.
Carrying sick by aeroplane in
stretchers is one of the latest develop
ments and can best be told by the
above Photographer enlisted man was
suddenly taken i'll one hundred miles
from the, base and navy plane was
sent with a surgeon on board to care
for him. lie being necessary to oper-
ate, the bluejacket was rushed by
plane to a naval hospital and the oper-
alton saved his life. The upper pic
ture shows a patient being hoisted
aboard hospital ship in navy
streteher which fits the mans form
perfectly.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-17

Rub-My-Tism relieves Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia, SpFains.
Rub-My- Tism cures bruises,
cuts, burns, sores, letter, etc.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-30

The inaugural ball was begun In
1909 by President Madison.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-30
THOUSANDS Have kidney
TROUBLE AND never
SUSPECT IT
Applicants for Insurance
Often Rejected

Judging from reports from drug.
glsts who are constantly in direct
touch with the public. there is one
preparation that has been very
successful in overcoming these
conditions. The mild and healing
influence Of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root is soon realized. 1t stands
the highest for its remarkable rec
ord of success,
An examining physician for one
OF the prominent Life. Insurance
companies, in an interview of the
subject, made the astonishing
statement that one reason why so
many applicants for insurance arc
rejected is because kidney trouble
is so common to the American peo'
Pile. and the large majority Of those
whose applications are declined do
not even suspect that they have
the disease. DR.. Kilmcr's Swamp
Root is on sale ut all drug stores
In bottles Of two sizes, medium and
large.
However. if you wish first TO
test this great preparation send
ten cents to Dr.. Nilmer & Co.,
Ringhamton, n. y. for a sample
bottle. When writing he sure and
mention this paper.
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COUGHED FOR 3
ORDERED 10 DIEllE.
Doctor said she Ceultn't q
In Illinois, epE She q

Il had a very bad oouh ar
years all the time, day A1ld ma ~
Gould sleep but little. ] trled every
thing but got no relief. Fdp1Ik
doctor said no could d1ynp 1oE0 etg
me, that l had better 90 tg
as l couldn't live in nllnol
I tried Milks Emulsion.
very frat It helped uEe. 81 .sas.s
time / he'd taken 10 bod
cough left mo entirely. 4sll2N8 4
ed in strength and flesh and IN
now in perfect health. "-Alrs.
NJ. Huntley, 1919 No. Pearl \
Galesburg. III.
Build up your system andtg
a chance to fight OF disease.
Emulsion costs nothing to Try ana;
it has done the work for thoQBa1eS
OF others,
Milks Emulsion is pleasant nue
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need of pills and physlcs.alt tpEqs
notes appetite and quickly nuts the
digestive organs in shape toiaR
ilate food. AS builder 5ot hes y
and strength MiilSs Emulsion ia
strongly reconm ended tor thpsai
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This is the only solid emulsion
made. and SO pRlatable tbatsi 10 .ia
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Truly wonderful for weak, sielkiyl
children. ~
No matter how severe your scaae
you are urged to try Mtlks 4nInul r
sion under this guarantee Hlka
six bottle home with you sllBle iiS
according TO directions and 7itasuotI
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money will be promptly roSlnaed.
Price 75c and $3.50 per bottle. The
Milks EmulRion Co., Terre Hatte
Ind. Sold by druggists eyerywhere.
Sold by w r. Crane Drug Coz.
Mountain City Drug Co.,ERpa All
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-30
ARE 100 READING
A BOOK A WEEK?
Cleveland Librarian Gives
a List of Books to
Start On

CLEVELAND. O.. Nov. 30.-Stnee
the days when the wandering min
strols banged their harps and s0ne
their songs OF adventure and o.
iove in the castles Of MerTie Eng.
land, the Anglo-Saxon has cTayed
tales OF romance and adventure.
When the leaves fail from the
trees and the air is raw With the
first taste OF winter the average
American makes his annual re-
solve
This winter III read a book g
week and by spring Ill know a lo'
more than do now"
That brings the question: Where
will ] start? What shall read?
Miss Linda A. Eastman, librarian
of the Cleveland public library. has
prepared a list of 81 books worth
reading" The list contains pirate
and adventure stories, like Treas
ure Island" interesting travel
works and biographies. Here is the
list:
Fiction,
Man OF the Ages. Bachelor.
Neer Do Well, Beach.
Ben Twig, Garfield.
Rising Tide. Deland.
Fanny Herself, Ferber.
Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Fox
Cabhages and Kings, Henry.
portygee, Lincoln.
White Fang, London.
King OF the Khyber Rides, Mum
dy.
Bllndmans Eyes, McHarg & Boil
mer.
Otherwise Phyllis, Nicholson.
Mother, Norris.
Red ana Black, Richmond.
Amazing lnterlude, Rhinehart.
Leerie, Sawyer.
Whispering Smith. Spearman.
Treasure Island, Stevenson,
Penrod. Harrington.
Seventeen, Harrington.
Turmoil, Harrington.
Tom Sawyer, Twain.
Real Adventure, Webster.
Blaz4d Trails. White.
Still Jim, Willsie.
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Mrs. Osman Swartz
Hurt in Auto Crash

Mrs, Osman E. Swartz was Sc
verely injured yesterday afternoon
when the automobile in which she
was driving struck car owned by
]. E. Watson and dashed into a
tree as she was turning into her
home at Eighth street. Mrs.
Swartz was slightly cut by broken
glass from the Windshield and was
stunned and shocked considerably.
She was carried into her home in
a semi-cOnscious condition but re-
gained consciousness within a
short while. The machine was
badly demolished by the impact.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-30

with brown paper, this is what was
served at the noon dinner:
Big bowl of beef soup with barley.
Irish stew with vegetables.
Third Of pound of whole wheat
bread.
salt and pepper.
Tapioca pudding.
Coffee.
This was also one OF the 17.Cent
meals! In the % cent class a more
expensive kind Of meat, potatoes, a
side dish Of vegetables and pie are
served.
Mcgowan, who has three-year
contract to feed the immigrants,
showed us through the whole food
plant. Efficiency and cleanliness
describe 1t in nutshell.
Ills office contains few old
desks and chairs. Girls were max
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-11-30
Observations
By THE MlBLM.

The hotel lobby was about sixty
feet long and twenty-four wide and
was dimly lighted by three pairs
Of gas Jets, two set in the wall on
one side and one in the other. The
effect was far from cheerful as
two travellers, chilled by lonG
ride, alighted from an automobile
Sunday evening and entered. But
al the Tar end Of the lobby, door
stood invitIngly open, showing tho
warm.looking, brilliantly lighted
dining room. Thlther, after aOlu'
tion, they went. gave their order
and while waiting, INDUCED in
idle speculation at the cold,
funereal aspect OF the lobby.
ut reminds ME" said one. "of a
stage trick played by Augustin
Daily, the greatest master Of stage
craft American has produCed.s
In one OF his plays. many years
ago. the curtain rose on living
room with a CRATE fire on the left.
The first actor 10 appear was Il
cot, who entered from the right
wings. crossed the stage with state
IL tread. tail erect, and CURED up
IN front of the fire. A pleased
murmur arose from the audience
at the home like touch, then one
by one, the speaking actors came
on.
Might after night the cat ap'
peared and performed. Stage man
ayers marveled, likewise animal
trainers. who knew how hard It IS
10 train the domestic cat to do a
trick without hesitation. Columns
Of speculation we're written by the
critics on the question, How does
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Ing ont bills Of fare tpr the dayn
b come.
Everything was spic and span in
the kitchen. Cooks wore white .ov-
erals, coats and hats. Waters and
mattresses were spotlessly clean.
One felt almost like wiptng on his
shoes and keeping his hands in his
pocket as he entered, the retr1ger-
ators where sides OF corn.fed steers.
milk-ted veal, lamb and mutton
hung.
were turning great heaps OF dough
into bread, pies and cakes. The
-four consumption IN this bakery
runs as high as % barrels a day.
Pure lard only Is used in the
cooking.
The secret
Efficiency and large quantity buy
ing is the reason for these Cheap
est meals" During October over
10000 meals were served on the
island. Leading firms send in bids,
for groceries, meats, etc, and the
lowest bidder gets the contract.
New bids come every month.
a crew Of SIS make up the day
and night shifts under Mcgowan.
Children are allowed all the milk
and crackers they want and tho
night mHtron gives out milk free
to mothers or women in usnoare
health. -
At one time Magowan's father
was worth 100000. This amount
dwindled away in speculation apd
Mcgowan went into the restaurant
business.
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FINE MEALSSERVED AT
ELLIS ISLAND, I7cTO25c

| Immigration Commissioner F. A.
Wallis to sample one OF Magownn's
meals. The verdict is unanimous
great grub!
The bill OF fare for the l7-cen;
breakfast that day was: Boiled
rice, stewed prunes. coffee. and
bread and oleo. Supper-Lamb hash
with green peppers, blackberry jel'
iy tea or coffee. bread and oleo
taIso II centsJ.
At a great long table. covered
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M Y ~
YiTBiniRis Wister. ID
E TarVel.
jungle Peace, Heebe.
VaBAbouding Down the Andes
Frank.
Cruise Of the Shark, Lonaon.
Abroad at Home, Street,
Through the Brazilian Wilder
ness, Roosevelt.
Lure OF the Labrador Wild. Wal.
lace.
Biography.
Cut OF the Shadow, Cohen.
Far Away and Long Ago, hudson.
An American Idyl, Parker.
Short Life Of Abraham Lincoln.
NIcolay.
Theodore Roosevelt. Thayer.