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New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
Allegiance to America

At Albany the first day OF the de-
bate brought from Mr.. Stanchfield
substantial admission that the
course of the Assembly is contrary
to American parliamentary usage.
Senator Newberry, of Michigan,
whose eligibility is contested, sits as
q Senator. Senator La Toilette, of
Wisconsin, whose fitness was chal-
lenged because of disloyel utterances
attributed to him, was not unseated.
Nor was Senator Clark, of Montana,
during the long period his title was
under investigation; nor Senator
Hanna, of Ohio.
In view of these precedents Mr..
Stanchfeld was led to reply that the
Assembly was not bound by prece-
dents-could make its own prece-
dents. Of course. The Assembly's
power is plenary. 1t may do as it
pleases. Its acts are not renewable.
But it is significantly conceded that
the course Of the Assembly is not in
accord with American practice.
This is matter of consequence in
a controversy wherein men assert
great solicitude for pure and un-
adulterated Americanism.
More important still was the fol-
lowing admission by Chairman Mar
tin: eve are not claiming these
men are criminals" If the men are
not criminals, then what are they?
On what ground can expulsion be
justified? 1t is felony under the
law of New York to advocate a for
cible overthrow Of the government.
The effect Of the Assembly resolu-
tions is to charge the five with doing
this. The whole case against them
seems to rest on this accusation. If
there Is reason to expel them from
the Assembly there is reason to send
them to the penitentiary, and with
them, In strict logic, all others who
voted for them. But Chairman Mar
tin turns around and says the men
are not claimed to be criminals. No
wonder there is a whirling in many
heads.
The public waits with growing i'm
patience the production of definite
evidence that the accused Socialists
are dlrect-actionists. If they are.
obviously they are not fitted to be
lawmakers. Even their lawyers con-
cede this much. The chief activity
OF Socialist newspapers is to estab.
lish that their party is slandered,
thereby implying that sympathy
with Lenine's most conspicuous
dogma would destroy the party's
legitimacy. Among the anomalies of
the situation Is the fact that the mil
liant anti-Socialists pretend to be
better judges Of what the Socialists
believe than the Socialists them
selves.
Scraps Of platforms and dead let
ter rules are not to be accepted as
PROOF OF reasonable allegiance else.
where. America rejected this areu-
ment in Know-Nothing days when
attempt was made to torture treason
out of relations Of Catholics to the
rope. No one says that Zionist Jews
are false to America, nor that the
IRISH are traitors because of their
sympathy with the so-called Irish
republic. Socialists should have lib.
erty equal to others-no more, nc
less. The Republic is based on the
principle that one mans right is as
good as another's, and neither Mr.
Sweet nor Mr.. Martin can kin tb;.
feeling in the hearts of loyal Ameri
cans.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
Mischief for Little Brains
From Tho Kansn, C;,y S,orl

bereft Of their active "Reds." what
new nuisances will tho parlor radicals
md to patronize7 Can you not suggest
few Of your pct nvcrsions who de-
serve the blighting affections of these
rich uttlo brothers Of the anarchistsY
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
FOREIGN RATTS
ella & AMY

You can purchase merchandse advertised In IHe
TRIBUNE with absolute safety-to- II dlssatsfae-
Hon results in any TIE TRIBUNE guarantees
10 pay your money back upon request No red tape.
No guihblinq. va make GOOD promptly II tns
advertiser docs
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

MEMRER OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tie Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tn:
use for republication of all news dispatches credited
20 Il or otherwise credited in this paper. ana
also t,is local OF spontaneous origin published
herein.
herein also ars grsd.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
Shifting for Herself
From Tbs Toledo B,aIe)

Hard work will save Europc-haro
work performed for love of homo and
in fear Of God. Europe cannot expect
tho United States to keep her inden-
nitely In the style to which shs va
accustomed before the war.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

Mr.. II. L. Mencken is speaking, in
the current Smart Set, of Philip Lit
tells Books and Things" and OBJ
serves, a. o. t., that zone is never chal-
lenged or surprised" Any non-pro-
fessional Freudian can tell you that it
is Mr.. Mencken's desire, though never
suppressed, to challenge and surprise;
that he dislikes writing that neither
challenges nor surprises. But if Mr..
Mencken's own writings were not 50
tense with the wish always to chal-
lenge or surprise, they would be more
effective and more readable-and even
more challenging and surprising.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
Books

In spite of what we were made to say
in the last book column, Harold Mac
Grath has q perfect right to "cut the
Gordian knot" if he has mind to. But
that wasn't what he wrote. 1t was "the
Gorgon knot" for which we chided him.
The proofroom set it straight again be-
cause 1t thought we were sick and didn't
know any better. We can testify that
it is pretty difficult to get mistake into
The Tribune, even if you want to.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

Owned ard published daily BY New York Tribune
Ire. . New IorA corporation. Ogden Reid. PTesi-
dent G. ve-nor Rogers vice President. Hesn
RoSsrs Reid. Secretary: L. Su:er Treasurer.
Address Tribune Bu.dihg l34 Na-sau Street New
SosA Telspaole Hickman 5000.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

thac wasn't what he wrote. 1t was "the
Gorgon knot" for which we chided him.
The proofroom set it straight again be-
cause 1t thought we were sick and didn't
know any better. We can testify that
it is pretty difficult to get mistake into
The Tribune, even if you want to.
We can't remember whether old Frank
Wilstach went through "Sons and Low
ers" in preparing his Dictionary of
Smiles" At any rate, we nominate the
account of the miner Morel reading the
newspaper to his wife "He would read
to her from the newspaper" writes D.
II. Lawrence, "slowly pronouncing and
delivering the words like man pitch
ing quots."
"Sons and Lovers" is, of course. a
magnificent book, and just why it should
not have been among the big sellers is
puzzle to us. Somehow or other the
impression has gone about that b. H,
Lawrence is little difficult and obscure,
and that he has of his own free will
made dead set for oblivion. Certainly
there is nothing to justify any such
opinion in "Sons and Lovers" 1t is
an engrossing story, written straight
forwardly, without tricks or any devices
whatsoever to fool the reader.
"And one night band Of nine men
came to tho rancho where Jack was
sleeping, and, leaving two at the door
to kill him If he attempted to escape
that way, the others burst into his room,
their long knives in their hands. AS
the door was thrown open Jack woke,
and instantly divining the cause of the
intrusion, he snatched up the knife near
his pillow and sprang like cat out Of
his bed; and then began a strange and
bloody fight, one man, stark naked, with
short-bladed knife in his hand, against
seven men with their long facons, in a
small pitch-dark room. The advantage
that Jack had was that his bare feet
made no sound on the clay floor, and
that he knew the exact position of few
pieces of furniture in the room. He had,
too, marvellous agility, and the intense
darkness was all in his favor, as the
attackers could hardly avoid wounding
one another. At all events, the result
was that three of them were killed and
the other four wounded, all more or less
seriously. And from that time Jack was
allowed to live among them as q harm
less, peaceful member Of tho community,
so long as no person twitted him with
being a gringo"
The passage which wc have just
quoted Is not from any ono Of the latest
Western novels, but is taken from w.
H. Hudsons autobiography called Ear
Away and Long Ago" And, as a mat
ter of fact, the things which Hudson OBJ
served and heard in the Argentine are
about twice as exciting as anything set
down in any recent novel which we can
remember.
Hudson seems always to have a keen
interest in pets. In his recent "Tho
Book of Naturalist" he recommends
the pig most enthusiastically, and In
"Far Away and Long Ago" he seems
to have been much impressed with a pet
ostrich which he encountered at ono Of
the ranches.
"a tame ostrich. or rhen, was kept at
&ha houan y ha uritaa ManA n.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

The New Workers. in Athens, Tab be-
lieves, undoubtedly spoke of her pol
lerr.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
And He Whistled an Air, Did He

And He Whistled an Air, Did He
Sir: The way I haven't whistled after
stepping off the Park Place escalator in
the last two days Is doubtless tremendously
gratifying to you. And yet, somehow. my
days are not just the same l have dis
covered. however. exactly why you and I
and all of US do it. It's that anamic little
blondish 1nterborough boy who sits at the
top waiting for us to trip. But no one has
ever trippcd in the memory Of man. so,
having nothing else to do, and his ennui
weighing heavily upon him. he whistles.
Could some kind Park Place contrib tell me
what he whistles7 I've been trying to find
out for months. MILDRED
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

"Those are the things that seethe
and foment," we wrote; and If the limo
typer, the makeup, and the proofroom
,collaborated to make it "Those are the
things that weight my foment," prob
ably there was q good reason for It,
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
The Coming 7'ower
Our Candidate

Our Candidate
Air: Barbara Allen"
The World for Hoover hath declared,
The Sun for Wood is swelling,
But the candidate of The Coming
Tower
Is Governor Henry Allen.
Concerning the law, ours Is the
cloudiest notion. But we trail with
Mr.. Hillquit when he says that what
may be treason to-day may be the law
of tho land tomorrow. In Art, Litera-
ture, and Music that is a statement
far from false; and-said we, to our
self, said we've fancy that rule might
apply to the Bar.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

Why newspaper readers should ex-
pect more knowledge on the part of
newspapers is not to be understood.
The slovenly- -mindedness of the aver
age newspaper writer is exceeded only
by the slovenly -mindedness Of the
average newspaper reader. 1t is ono
OF the continuously astonishing things
in life with how little knowledge and
information it is possible to make
living.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23
Our Own TraveIogues

Our Own Travelogues
Sir: | saw poor lone American
officer seated outside the Cafe de la
Paix.
Imagine the boulevards here without
8 Yank uniform on them.
All the Joy Of A. W. o. L. in Paris
is gone. No M. P.s at tho Cares.
Peace is hell. 8. A. D.
Paris Jan z
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

but Mr.. Hoover'll tell us that
ne is the sort of sturdy man
" no either little Democrat,
or else a little Republican,
Fal Ia lal
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

ware tho flu. Boil tho highball
water.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

Persons who interview colyumists al
ways ask about the letters colyumists
get. "Do you read them all 7" Is usually
tho first question after "How many do
you get a day?" Next time an inter-
viewer asks whether we read them all,
we are going to say, "No, only every
other one," and see what he says.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

certainly, P. A. B., it is possible for
IND Lieul0ant to riso to the rank
of eel
New-York tribune., 1920-01-23

But there are statistics not without
interest to the psychatric expert.
Twenty-Five per cent of our mail is ad-
dressed to Park Row; 6 per cent of it
is marked "Personal" and 2.75 per cent
of it is sent Special Delivery. Of
this last last class, only 1-10 of 1 per
cent is what is known as urgent.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
PARENT TEACHERS
IN INITIAL MEET
First Regular Session VIII Be At
Lee School On Tuesday
rThirteen nth October.

The Parent Teacher Association of
the City Schools makes the appended
announcement relative to the initial
meeting of the year:
1.-The Parent Teacher Association
will hold its first REGULAR meeting on
Tuesday, 3 o'clock p. M, October Is,
at Robert E Lee School. A large
attendance is desired because of the
nature Of the meeting. 1t is purely
business session and means SO
much for the accomplishment of real
Worthwhile and practical things for
our schools and the childhood of our
town. Our Association has accom-
plished wonderful things in, the past
and has done so with an active, eff
cient membership Of from 80 to 120.
If every parent and friend of the
school: would line up in active sup
port of this great work, the beneti-
cial results would far .surpass our
past achievements. So. ht our mem
bership and work this year be larger
and more effective than it has ever
been.
The Program Committee has not
yet completed the Year Book for the
year but will have it ready for thi;
meeting. Again appealing for a
most active support upon the part OF
every person in our town."
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
FUNERAL SERVICE
FOR MRS c. BRITT
Interment Here Follows Death In
Jackson Of Wife of Former L.
& N. Conductor.

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie
Britt, wife of Mr. Chas. Britt of
Jackson, Tenn, were held at the
Episcopal church Sunday afternoon
at O'clock by Rev. w C. Waters.
Interment followed at Maplewood.
Pail bearers accompanying the re-
mains here from Jackson were E L
Jones, T J Tate, T H Campbell, j W
Boon, J R Crockett, A B Crenshaw.
Serving as pail bearers from Paris
were: F M VanGleave, j L Holland,
Joel Porter, Cardwell McGehee, Gus
Orr, Ed Tayloe.
Mrs. Britt, age 65, died at her
home in Jackson, Friday October /.
Heart failure was the immediate
cause of her death, though she had
been in i'll health for some time.
She was a former resident of this
city. her husband, who is now an M.
g 0. conductor, then serving the 4.
& N. Many friends here will grieve
to know of her passing. She was a
good Christian woman, a member of
the Episcopal church, a devoted wife
and mother.
Surviving her are one son, George
Britt, of Memphis, one daughter, Mrs
Hal Berry of Jackson, and one neice
whom she reared, Miss Jennie Bess
McClain of Jackson,
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
OPEN SEASON FOR DOCTOR
BRUCE; DECLINING PRICES
STIMULATE ADVERTISING

The general treaa Of retail busi-
ness operations over the country,
would seem to indicate an inclination
on the part of the dealers to invoke
the potency of expert advertising
and high grade printing, in reducing
stocks in anticipation Of what looks
like an era of somewhat lower pri-
ces. This office has been turning
out quite bit of business for clients
Of Business Doctor, H L Bruce. and
the Doctor reports the biggest de-
mand for his services that has exis-
ted during his professional career
He left Wednesday for Columbia
Tenn, where he is booked for a ter
day engagement, and several of his
sales will open at other points curing
that period. Mr. Bruce S IN receipt
of an inquiry. itoM Haverhill, Mass.
conc3ergslspg exclusive specialties useC
III hfs publicity n1etlbds, SO Pari:
seems to be getting on the map from
an advertising standpoint as well a.
many others.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
PLAN GATHERING
OF WOMEN VOTERS
Notable Women Speakers and Dem
ocratic Leaders Assemble At
Court House Tom orrow.

Democratic women, YOUR presence
is urgently requested at the mass
meeting of Democratic Women, at
the court house Friday, October 8,
at 2 o'clock. 1t is very important
that the Democratic women of Paris
and Henry County get together for
organization and instruction in vot-
ing before the November end, cleo
ton. Captain Gordon Browning
eighth congressional democratic
nominee declares that it is necessary
for all democratic women to cast
their ballots in the approaching elec-
ton and that the question of their
voting is serious one.
Mrs j ? Peoples and Ms Travis
Norris, who is secretary of the Henry
County Democratic Steering Commit.
tee, appointed by the County Demo.
'ocratic Executive Committee, are
taking the lead in organizing, await,
ing, and inspiring women voters.
All thinking, caring, conscientious
women, if possibly they are able to
do so, will attend this mass meeting
of Democratic Women arranged fol-
Friday afternoon. Miss Charl Will
liams of Memphis, county superin-
tendent of Shelby County Schools
and prominent and highly intelli-
gent woman of the State; Mrs Gull
ford Dudley of Nashville. another in.
fiuential and able leader of women
and several other prominent women
of the state are expected on Friday
afternoon to be preent and address
the assembled Democratic Women OF
Paris and Henry County. Local
speakers will also be introduced.
Attend the meeting on Friday af.
ternoon, Acquaint yourself with
the laws Of this state and prepare
yourself for the most conscientious
and intelligent use of the ballot.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
COTTON GROWERS
ORGANIZE; HOLD
CROP FOR PRICE
Henry County Branch OF American
Cotton Association Is Now
Forming.
LOCAL GIN WOULD DO
CUSTOM GINNING NOW
Cotton Planters Who Can Financially
Afford, Can Now Have Cotton
Housed.

What promises to be new era in
cotton marketing in Henry County
developed this week when plans were
launched to organize here branch
of the American Cotton Company,
that is doing so much now to protect
the cotton industry throughout the
South.
Under prevailing conditions, cot
ton planters have in Henry County in
the past been selling their cotton in
the seed to the gin operators, who
have been handling the ginning and
baling for their own account. 1t is
understood, however, that the organ
izers of the local branch of the cot
ton association have already arrang-
ed with the local gin at Paris to do
custom ginning. Thus, the cotton
planters may bring their cotton in
the seed to Paris, have it ginned and
baled and take it home or warehouse
it, to be held for an even marketing
of so many bales month, or still
further hold it until the market pri-
ces justify the cotton in the bale be-
ing sold.
Under the custom ginning arrange
ment the association is to furnish the
bagging and ties and gin the cotton
for 55 cents per hundred pounds of
seed cotton, market the seed for the
planter, and also market the cotton
as soon as ginned or store in bon
ded warehouse, issue receipt to the
owner upon which may be obtained
money in cash from the bank to the
extent of certain percent of the
then market valuation of the cotton,
according to the federal banking
rules.
1t is expected to naugurate the
new plan With an initial membership
CT some 80 cotton planters in Henry
County. Without awaiting general
membership as the latter will devel-
op itself when the plan proves that it
is really a practical arrangement
being the same as is now in effect all
over the cotton area where there are
| bonded warehouses.
The planter, becoming a member
of the local branch of the cotton as
sociation, which has headquarters in
Atlanta, must agree to harvest his
CoItoH III So0u shape anu market
given number of bales through the
association, delivering same to the as
sociation in the seed in quantities of
not less than bale, and specify the
dates upon which the delivery can be
made.
Locally, there is to be manager;
and each member assessed 81. from
the sale Of each 1000 pounds of
seed and So from the sale of each
bale of lint cotton, plus SO cents from
the sale of each 1000 pounds of
seed to defray the expense of en-
ploying the manager, who will do all
the accounting, issue the warehouse
receipts, and himself furnish sub
stantial bond that the banks NAV
honor his receipts as collateral, etc.
Edward Routon has been selected
as the local manager, and those in
terested should see him Immediately.
This is a movement that means much
to the cotton planters of Henri
County, and is new innovation n,
the local cotton marketing, that viii
lprovide for custom ginning and not
force the planters to sell their cotton
at forced price when the market is
not active
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
new WEST PARIS
VOTING PRECINCT

OF Importance to those living in
West End and in fact west of a line
drawn through Porter street, will be
the provision made by the county
court in session last Monday for a
voting precinct in West Paris, which
is to be ready at the grocery store
On Irvine street in time for the No
vember End election.
The committee having the detail
in charge was composed of d M No
BILE, ] M Freeman and J S Waddy,
and they have reported to the court
the following division line:
Those to vote at the new precinct
will include all living west of Porter
street, including those on the west
side of that street. The line drawn
through this street extends northward
on tangent to the L & N Railroad
main line, thence along the main line
to the overhead crossing of the N &
c railroad and then on out the N & c
main line to the 4th district line near
the old Tom Allison place. The line
extends south from Porter street to
the south side of Russell's Lake on
through the roadway back of the lake
and on tangent terminates at the
top of the hill beyond the levee on
| the Huntingdon road.
All residents living east of this
| line vote at the uptown precinct al
! the court house,
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08

are expected to be completed by
Sunday, and Rally Day has been ar
ranged by Pastor Waters as sort
Of get-together day preparatory for
expansive Sunday School and church
work this fall.
The primary department will go
Sunday to their newly prepared
quarters. Mrs M M Phillips, the
efficient and capable superintendent
of this department, studied Sunday
School work at Columbia University
this summer, and has many new plans
to perfect when established in the
new Sunday School rooms. Be cer-
tain to send all the kiddies to Sun
day School next Sunday morning.
S P Fitzhugh's class of young la
dies will also meet in their new quar-
ters on Sunday. Other readjust-
ments in class locations, ETC., will
be made. Let every Methodist, OF
anyone Methodist inclined attend all
the Rally Day services.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
RALLY DAY PLANS
METHODIST CHURCH
Special Music And Features To BE
Inaugurated At Local Church
Next Sunday.

Rally day is to be observed at the
First Methodist Church Sunday at
Sunday School and at all Of the sery
vices at the church during the day.
Rev w C Waters, pastor is anxious
that all pupils who have ever attend
ed the Methodist Sunday School be
pte ent on Sunday morning, and
that every person who knows thai
| he is member of this church attend
the morning and evening services.
Also a cordial invitation is extended
anyone who has a preference for
the Methodist church, but who is
not affiliated or has not attended.
An effort will be made to make
Rally Day a big Methodist Day. Spe-
cial music will be given, and other
Rally Day features staged. The
improvements being made in the
Sunday School facilities of the churcf
which were made necessary by the
rapid growth of church and Sunday
School attendance for the past year
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-10-08
TOBACCO CROP IS ~
NEARLY ALL CUT
(BY w. B. Kennedul

The weather for the early part of
the past week was clear and warm.
turning colder toward the latter part
OF the week and there was slight
frost.
Farmers have continued cutting
and | estimate that 85 percent of the
crop has been cut, and much of it
already fired.
Deliveries have continued light
to the various factories, but the
Planters Protective Association have
been receiving steadily.
Sales on the loose floor and the
chute have been light and prices are
ranging from to S cents for lugs,
and from 9 to 15 cents for common
to- medium leaf, and 16 to 23 cents
for medium to good leaf.
The Planters Protective Associa-
ton report no sales of their tobac-
co. They are perfecting plans for.
the 1920 crop to be handled by loose
leaf floors operated by the Associa-
tion in their own houses over the dis
trict, and are signing up many of the
| farmers for their crops.