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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
CLOSING IN FOR THE TREATY

THE assumption has been prevalent
- that the treaty wranglers were poles
apart in their views. Candidly surveyed,
however, the situation is reduced to
debate concerning the Democratic and
Republican conceptions of good manners.
In his letter to Senator Hitchcock the
President acceded to such an interpreta-
tion of the mooted Article X of the cove
nant as specifying the prior powers of
Congress regarding any action to be un-
dertaken 'to respect and preserve
against external aggression the terri
torial integrity and existing political in
dependence of all members Of the
league" What chiefly seems to trouble
him is the form of the reservation, which
he regards as "very unfortunate"
Is this, then, all that is left of the
political chasm in which the treaty has
been sunk for seven months? The
President agrees to the statement of the
self-evident fact that the rights of Con-.
gress cannot be impugned by any ar
rangement with foreign powers. He
would like to see that truth proclaimed
gently. Mr.. Lodge inclines to the vigor-
GUS method.
But the meaning of the reservation
which Mr.. Hitchcock recently proposed
and the meaning of the one upon which
Mr.. Lodge insists are precisely the same.
Political jealousies, narrow partisanship
have magnifed these mere Emergencies
of style prodigiously and absurdly.
Peace is denied a great nation because
neither faction is willing to face what it
preposterously calls breakdown"
Happily the opportunity for the res
toration of common sense is at hand.
According to anticipated procedure, the
treaty was revived in the Senate yester-
day and referred once more to the foreign
relations committee, which is to report it
today with the Lodge reservations.
Modification of the ill-tempered pre-
amble seems inevitable. Article X is the
only feature of the covenant now capa-
BILE of provoking further deadlock and
disputes thereupon cannot be, aught than
trays over the color of the phraseology.
Democrats and Republicans alike should
be ashamed to defy the public any longer
with hair-splitting verbal battles on that
score.
Plainly, if unintentionally, the Presi-
dent has exposed the weakness of Mr.
Hitchcock's position should the obduracy
of this senator lead him to maintain a
blockade because of sentences not
couched according to the previous liking
of the Democracy. Mr.. Wilson has shown
that trife, largely of his own making,
now bars the road to peace.
Only nine senators voted yesterday
against the Lodge motion for reconsider
ing the treaty. Here is at last an en-
couraging index of the sentiment of the
Senate. Here also is marked list of
irreconcilables of whose ignoble, small
and selfish perversity the public now has
explicit proof. Two in the self-branding
group voted against the war with Ger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
END THIS FooLlSHNESS

T'HE squabble over the number OF
= clerks to be appointed by the City
Council is interrupting important bust
ness and ought TO be ended without fur
Their delay.
The issue involved is petty, but the
disposition of the majority members to
magnify it is tending to destroy conf
dence in the efficiency of reformers.
1t is waste of breath for the council
men to blame the Mayor for what is hap
pening. They control their own actions,
and if they hope to retain the respect of
the city they must demonstrate their
ability to agree and to go ahead with
their work
When they spend their time pifling
over petty economy in clerk hire they
are in danger of creating the impression
that they have seven-by-n nine minds, too
little to comprehend the bigger questions
with which they must deal in the future.
The postponement of action by the
finance committee yesterday afternoon
simply delays the matter still further
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
SHovELING BEGINS AT HOME

TT is easy to damn the street-cleaning
= contractors or the Highway Bureau
when the streets are blocked with snow.
But part of the responsibility for the
conditions rests upon the househoders
themselves, who do most of the damning.
They are required to keep the cutters
IN front of their property clear of ice
and snow; but few of them do it.
The police have been instructed to call
attention to the ordinance and warn the
householders of the penalties that are
provided for neglect.
They might also call attention to the
ordinance requiring each householder to
shovel the snow from the sidewalk, an
ordinance observed tardily in most cases
and not at all in too many instances.
The neglect is especially glaring in the
case of unoccuped residences. The
owners make no arrangements for keep
ing the walks clean and pedestrians had
to wade through drifts above shoe tops
last week long after the snow stopped
falling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
RISE OF THE OFFICE GIRL

TT is not uncommon to find in the
= sketch of the life of successful bust
ness man the statement that he began as
an office boy and rose to a partnership.
The death of Miss X. M. Haun, treas
urer of the f. f. Houghton Co., reminds
one that 1t is not boys alone who can
achieTe commercial success Miss Haun
began to work for the company at the
age of sixteen. She displayed such
abilities that in the course of time she
became assistant treasurer When the
treasurer died in 1910 she was elected to
succeed him at a salary of $4,000 year.
She invested her savings in the shares of
the company and was large stockhoder
when she died at the age of forty-four.
If she were the only successful busi-
ness woman in the city it would be i'm
POSSIBLE to draw any conclusions from
her career about the business ability Of
her sex, but there are scores of women
occupying responsible positions and
owning shares in business concerns here.
and holding their own in competition
with men.
The time is coming when we shall have
a woman Carnegie or Rockefeller, as well
as women mayors and governors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
NEW YoRK's TRAFFIC TIE-UP

TN THIS instance Philadelphia enjoys
= the virtues of its defects. Reports
from New York describe the complete
suspension of the surface-car service be-
cause of the ice and snow. which have
closed the slots characteristic of the un
derground trolley-wire system. Severe
winter storms play havoc with such
equipment, otherwise so admirable and
respectful of metropolitan charms.
Nine-tenths of the year, of course, the
Manhattan transit arrangement, entail
ing no Disagreement by poles and wires,
is far preferable to ours. But the tie-up
of our great neighbor has been so com
plete and the ice blockade so tight that
the temptation to make comparisons in
g crisis is hard to resist
The privilege of smiling self-com.
placently at ones blunders is one rarely
accorded. Philadelphians who wish to
indulge themselves have fitting oppor-
tunity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
headquarters before Hoover can be dis
posed of.

posed Of
Hoover sets an example of frankness.
lie is for the League of Nations because,
apparently, he knows of no endurable
alternative for it. He is against war be-
cause he has seen the results of war. Hc
is against socialism and socialized trends
in national affairs and his opposition may
be explained by his discovery Of the
American farmer.
Hoover sees and reads the farmer in a
new light. In the farmer he perceives
the individualist whose free initiative is
essential to the life of this or any other
country. If the initiative of the farmer
is lessened the ambition of the farmer
declines and the food supply declines
with it, and prices climb.
1t is altogether logical to read the
meaning of the farmer into the affairs of
the country. If men are denied the right
of free initiative they cannot have ambi
ton. And it is only necessary to ask
how America will survive without the
ambition that made us nation of pio-
neers.
Hoover knows that there can be no
substitute for free speech. He knows
that Mr.. Palmer's injunction didn't settle
the greatest economic crisis in our his
tory and that that crisis has only been
postponed to gather force. He knows
that politicians still believe that you can
cure an evil by ignoring it. And he knows
that the two big political parties have
been developing some of the characteris-
tics of independent nations separated
from the people of the United States.
He implies all this and more.
1t is not necessary to accept Hoover as
a presidential candidate to admit that, as
political policeman, he is beyond praise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
1T DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK

FRIENDS of Governor Calvin Coolidge,
L of Massachusetts, are calling atten-
ton to the coincidence that Stephen
Grover Cleveland and Thomas Woodrow
Wilson each dropped his first name and
was elected to the presidency.
The pertinency of this lies in the fact
that the governor was named John Calvin
Coolidge by his parents and that when the
boy reached the years of discretion he
dropped the John
They forget, however, that the curtail-
ment of a name. does not necessarily
carry man to the White House. If it
did. then Champ Clark, who in his early
youth was known as Beauchamp, would
not be cursing fate whenever he thinks
of what happened in the Baltimore con-
yention in 1912.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

Answers 10 festerudyS Su'E
l. Three victories won by Washington III
the Revolutionary war were Irentop
Princeton and Yorktown.
.. The total population of the earth ma mas
been estimated as about 1,7Oo, ,0oo'oVV
3. A hyrax is small rabbitlike quadru'
ped of class which includes the Syiian
rock rabbit and the South Air'"D
rock badger.
4. A palmer in the middle ages was
pilgrim returning from the Holy Laps
with a palm branch or leaf. u wa
also an itinerant monk under vow ",
poverty. The word also describes =
destructive hairy caterpillar ana
hairy artificial fly.
j. A joss is a Chinese idol.
&. A mon sequitur" is a conclusion wniSa ,
does not logically follow from NV
premises stated. The Latin pnraSS'
literally means, "It does not follow
Z A suffragan bishop is one consecrateu
to assist a bishop of see by manss
ing part of the diocese, or any piSnOr
in relation to his archbishop or meH'
politan.
s. Eight Vice Presidents OF the uhl..s
States became Presidents. lhey W. W..
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Msru' ti,I'
Van Buren, John Tyler, Mlllaro "a
more. Andrew johnson, Cnestcr -
Arthur aud Theodore Roosevelt =,
.. The Olympic games are to be nc'u =
Antwerp this year. !,
10. On November II, 10iS, the granu, a ,Sinr
in the United States army lnc'u''1'
marines, was 3.703,27 men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

now applied to political representation.
Unless something unforeseen happens in
the intervening months the estimate of
Congressman Fess is likely to be justified
by the outcome in November.
For example, he anticipates the cleo
tion of four more Republicans from this
state, three more each from New York
and New Jersey and two more from
Ohio. The present temper of the voters
warrants the opinion which he expresses
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
FEss's OPTIMISTIC FORECAST

CHAIRMAN FESS, of the Republican
~ congressional campaign committee,
announces that his party will gain forty
seven seats in the House at the next cleo
tion, which will give majority of ninety,
and that it will elect enough senator's to
increase the Republican majority from
two TO sixteen.
This is counting the chickens before
they are hatched. But this ancient and
respectable proverb was made long be-
fore experts qualified to foretell the pro-
portion of fertile eggs that was likely to
produce chickens. The modern poultry
,niser knows approximately how many
chickens he will hatch and how many he
viii succeed in bringing TO maturity.
%hs samefknd Of expert knowledge is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
With the Stormy Petrels
T WATCHED the sunset glowing on the tur

T WATCHED the sunset glowing on the tur
L quoise South Pacific
While the first faint star shone dimly In
its purple eastern field;
And my heart was sad within me, and I felt
alone, forsaken--
For I'd buried you at sea, dear, where the
stormy petrels wheeled.
The water seemed like blood, dear, and
thought heard you call me,
But twas just the kissing wavelets as
they trailed along astern;
And / thought of how we'd started on our
first long trip together,
Till my heart was filled completely with
the memories that bum.
l watched the pale moon rising, and the
waves We're luminescent,
While the calm sea- breezes whispered,
Then I bowed my head and kneeled
And l prayed that / might join you as you
slept beneath the waters
For I'd left you far to sea, dear, where the
stormy petrels wheeled.
ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
What Do You KnoU?
QUIZ

QUIZ
/. What former head of the German ad'
miralty has fed into Switzerland be-
cause of the allied demands for extra,
diting Germans charged with criminal
offenses in the war?
.. What is the origin and meaning of the
phrase THAT'S feather in your cap ]
8. Who was Apuleius?
A. What is meant by the center of popu'
lation of a country?
5. What is faux pas"?
6. How should the phrase be pronounceo' :
Z. OF what country is Bangkok the capital
s. When did the United States acquire
Florida from Spain?
9. John Milton declared that Greek
dramatist was quoted in the Bible
What is this alleged quotation!
10. Where was George Washington born:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

In declaring that the
Aims and Interests farmers of the country
would not join the Amer
lean Federation of Labor in its nonpartisan
campaign r. C. Atkeson, representative of
tbe National Grange, said that the interests
Of farmers and of organized labor were not
identical If for Interests one reads aims"
his assertion may be accepted. The inter
ests of both demand a speeding up of pro
duction, a fact which many labor unions fail
TO recognize.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

Moreover, because truth is an excellent
weapon and straightforwardnes very con
fusing to tricky adversaries, it may be said
that Mr.. Hoover proved himself wise poll
tician and a clever strategst.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

The fact that the government permits the
circulation in this country of foreign news
papers containing liquor ads will enable their
readers to tease their palates through their
eyes and imaginations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

One cannot hope to
Little Drops in Prices convince the consum-
Little Grains Of Sense er that the drop in
prices due to follow
the drop in foreign exchange can by any
chance be considered drop too much but,
unfortunately, it has more than one angle.
Philanthropy apart, when the family next
door is starving one needs to keep wary eye
on the truck garden and the chicken coop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

Nowadays, when a man tells his wife
that he has been visiting sick friend. she
may point out the fact that he is fatty dis
obeying the orders of Director Furbush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

When the intellect wishes to sleep there
is always bunk enough in which to bed it.
And there are hunks to suit all sizes For in
stance, the Old 'Spanish prisoner letter
has bobbed up again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

The fourteen foot eel that caught n
Philadelphia sportsman at Newton, n. J..
would not dare make its appearance in state
that has Endorsed the prohibition amendment
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

The complaint against contractors is
that they will neither clean the streets nor
let others do it. Perhaps they were afraid the
Boy Scouts would show them up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

The ruling of the Internal Revenue De-
partment that the householder must have
permit to move liquor from one residence to
another may discourage moving and there
fore reduce the business of the transfer man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

In considering Mr.. McAdoo as a presi.
Dental candidate one somehow can't forget
that he got from under when the railroad sit
uation became precarious
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
Foch as an Immortal
Put Var Into Phrase
"Intelligent Audacity''
Classed With the Poets
Where the CeIt Scored
Greatest of Come-Backs

it was in his case audacity, Intelligent au-
dacity.'
Certainly it was audacity for college pro-
fessor of a nation beaten in 1870 to study
the art of war as practiced by his peoples
conquerors, see just what were the great
Moltke's weaknesses, believe that the weak
nesses of Moltke were the weaknesses of Ger
many and with that idea beat the Germans
out of their boots in 1918.
Certainly it was audacity for Clemenceau,
nearing eighty, to take up the government of
a nearly beaten France and furnish out of his
old heart the will that kept his people in the
fight till they won.
Certainly it was audacity for the son of
Welsh shoemaker, Lloyd George the once
dear foe of the ruling classes in England, to
make himself their master and supply that
indomitabiity of spirit which brought Eng
land through to victory.
A ND what is the quality in Wilson which
L makes us maddest?
Why, precisely his audacity,
His vision of a League of Nations making
all men brothers was audacity
His getting the whole world to follow him
like new Peter the Hermit was audacty.
His treatment of the Senate is audacity.
Some call it obstinacy but they overlook
the Celt in him.
Intelligent audacity' is a French quail
ity. In France the Celts were exposed. They
were conquered by the Romans, with ad-
vantage to them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

The arrival at Reval, Esthonia of tvo
carloads of fax marks the beginning of cx-
ports from soviet Russia. II is understood
that the Bolshevists need all their hemp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

Three torpedobOat destroyers left Phila
dclphia on Sunday for trip around the
world; and many thousands OF individuals
tied to desks enyed the youngsters who are
taking the trip,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
ITTHAT is the quality

w of the race that has
made this singular come
back?
To go back to Focb, is
it "audacity?"
Certainly one of the
striking qualities of the
Celt is audacity. Foch,
who is the kind of man
who knnwS himself Saws
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10
FROM DAY TODAY

ENOCH, the victor of
l. the Marne, the win
ner of the great war,
is now a member of the
Academic Franchise.
1t is an honor which
he, as a true French
man, values more than
his marshal's baton and
almost as much as his
place in history among
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

OLIVES kill six in Memphis. Head
line.
Curious the number of people who are
travelling the Olive branch of the River Sty1.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-10

1t is not necessary to accept Hoover as
a presidential candidate to admit that, as
q political policeman, he is beyond praise.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
No. 5SS
In the Circuit Court at Benton
w. M, Rymer
VS..
Dora Rymer

In this cause it appearing from
the petition for a divorce, which
is sworn to, that the defendant il
a non resident and her residence
is unknown and cannot be as
certained upon dilligent inquiry,
so that the ordinary process of law
cannot be served on her.
1t is therefore ordered that
publication be made in the Polk
County News, a newspaper pub
lished at Benton, for four CON
secutive weeks, requiring said de-
PENDANT to appear at the next
term of the Circuit Court for Polk
County on the 3rd, Monday in
July next, and make defense to
said petition for a divorce, or the
same will be taken for confessed
and the case set for hearing ex
parte.
Witness my hand at office this
23rd, day of June, 1920.
JAMES PARKER,
Clerk Cir. Court.
h. b. C. Witt Sol.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15
Let Us Print Your
Sale Bills

When it comes to neat
and effective printing
of any Kind we will
guarantee to give you
satisfaction.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15
WANTS
column will be charged at the
rate of l cent per word each
insertion. No ad saken for
less than 25c~

FOR SALE-Six room house.
with electric lights, good concrete
cellar and over two acres Of land
Good garage. coal and wood house
and chicken house. and enough
material to build good size barn.
Location, near Baptist church.
on pike road. i'll sight of Court
house and High School.
For price and full particulars
see or write A R. Arp, Benton,
Tenn.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15
: AT The Moneta
Cleveland, Tenn.

You will always find a good
show going on during show
hours. When in Cleveland don I
fail to come around and bring
the Riddles with you. enjoy YOUR
self by seeing the MOVIES. We
have the coolest Theatre in town.
and you can rest yourself, hear
good music and enjoy a good
show all at the same time.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15

In this issue of the News will
be found the announcement oi
Capt +. +, Peck, for Governor.
Less politics and more business, is
his platform, and by the way, n
mighty good one. Capt. Peck is
a former newspaper man and
knows that it pays to advertise.
He is not oaly 4 newspaper man
but is practical farmer, He
made one OF two trips 10 This
county while serving as Comn1s
sioner of Agriculture under Gov
Hooper and has been here quite
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15
TERMS OF SALE

Said lands will be sold on 4
credit of six and twelve months
with 2Oper cent paid down on
day ofsale, taking notes drawing
interest from date of execution,
with good personal security tor
the deferred payments, and retain
ing lien as further security.
Said lands will be sold subject
to the homestead and dover rights
of the widow, Mrs. Rosa Runions
formerly Trentham)
This June y, 1920.
A. K. ARP,
County Court Clerk.
John S. Shamblin, Atty. us SIP
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
No. $50
In the Circuit Court at Berton
Lille White
VS..
Frank White
BENTON, TENNESSEE

In this cause, it appearing iron
the petition for a divorce, which
is sworn to, that the defendant i
resident and his residence
is unknown and cannot lie as.
certained upon dilligent inquiry,
so that the ordinary process Of law
cannot be served on him.
1t is therefore ordered thatpub
LEGATION be made in the Polk
County News, newspaper pub
lishcd at Benton, for four con-
secutive weeks, requiring sail de-
PENDANT to appear at the neXtterm
of the Circuit Court for Polk
County on the 3rd, Monda in
July next, and make delcns, to
said petition for divorce, oi the
same will be taken for confessed
and the case set for hearing ex
parte.
:. Witness my hand at Office this |
BIRD, day of June 1920
JAMES PARKER,
Clerk Cir. Court
B. B. c. Witt, Sol.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15

Senator Harding may have a
chance for the presidency, but il
he gets an. offer of a good job i'll
the meantime he'd better Jump at
=.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15

Eugene V, Debs, SO it is under
stood, will follow in the foot steps
of Harding in that he will make
only front door speeches.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-15

Henry Ford and Son have pur-
chased a railload and coal mine
but why mention small matters
like that.