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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30
FINANCE PLAN FOR
KATY" ADOPTED

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.--Completion Of
a plan by bankers and committees rep
resenting the interests Of stockholders
for reorganization of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas RailrDadscompany, was re-
ported here yesterday. The plan, 1t
was stated, will be presented shortly to
the Interstate commerce commission for
its approval
The scheme proposes issuance of APP
proximately S254,000,000 of securities In
tive classes. An assessment of $25 q
posed. Common stock outstanding to-
tails $63 1903, 757, and preferred $1S, 000,-
900, and assessments are expected to
bring In $19,500,000.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30
Oldest Woman In
East Tennessee Dies
At Age of 100 Years

Especial to The News Seinnitar.)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 3d.
Funeral services for the oldest per-
son in Knox county and possibly in
the South, Mrs. Lucinda LaRue, age
log years, were held from Lovell's
church on Kingston pike near here.
Mrs. LaRue died at her home on
Knott avenue, Marble City.
she was the widow of the late
William LaRue. whose death occur
red near Concord 10 years ago. She
was born in Virginia, but moved to
tennessee when a small girl. Her
father settled in jefferson county.
nut later moved to Knox county.
Mrs. LaRue often talked TO rel
attves and friends of the early DAYS
When Knoxville was only small
village. She could recall the time
when there were only a few houses
IN knoxville and told OF her father
trading with the Indians. She was
very fond of discussing current
events and could tell of many Of the
garry happenings in the United
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30


CAMDEN. Ark.--A petition is being
circulated to get Representative r. X.
Mason, of 0uachita county, to intro.
duce a bill In the legislature next
month putting all county offices OF
ouachita county on a salary rather than
q Zee basis.
CAMDEN, Ark.-The Camden cham
Der of commerce has sent resolutions
TO Gov Elect Thomas c, McIaae indors-
ing, his stand for the abolition of the
various state commissions. The resolu-
tons were passed at recent meet
ing of the chamber of commerce when
the platform of Mr.. McRae was warmly
commended.
BRISTOL, Tenn.-The Cranberry fur
mace company, near johnson City, and
the mines at Cranberry will close
down within the next day or SO for an
indefinite period, according to Informal
tion received here. The cause of the
shutdown is understood to be due to
the falling price of ore, which makes
the cost of production greater than
the price obtained.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn,--CaI Atchley,
charged with the murder of William
n. Miller. . jefferson county farmer,
walked into the sheriff's office at Dand.
ridge and surrendered. Atchley refused
to make a statement as to the shoot
ing,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30

PINE BLUFF, Ark.--Miss Julia Ward
and Ell Smith were married by the
Rev. John II. 4 Moore, pastor of the
First Baptist church.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30
Kentucku Briefs

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Mrs. Rachel Dea-
con, suing T. J. Deacon, brother-in-
law. for $1,000. alleges SANDER. When
her husband died ut the City hospital
she says Deacon claimed the corpse,
and disputing her claim to it, de-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30
RGillUay Postal Hen
GiUe Shields Watch
Especial to The News scimitar.>

Especial to The News Scinitar.),
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 30
Senator John K. Shields was pre-
senred with gold watch here by
the employees of the railway postal
service in appreciation of his efforts
in behalf of the men of that branch
of government work. Several
speeches were made and Senator
Shields expressed his appreciation
for the gift and sentiments ex-
pressed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-30

BRISTOL, Tenn.--Funeral services for
Mrs M. L, Blackly, who died at her,
residence here on Fifth street, were
held at the First Presbyterian church.
Rev Charles c. Carson officiated. De-
ceased leaves four sons and two daugh-
terS'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-24

on a trestle, with the city far beneatl
them, and only the red, white, and blut
lights for company; and into tunnel
filed with roaring noises and swift
moving shadows. Then came the enc
of all things-a flying leap down, {
heart-breaking, delirious thrill, an up
ward sweep just as the strain was tO
great for endurance.
Above the roaring of the wind il
their ears, neither child had heard th'
flying feet Of dozen horses coming
down the alice. They never knew tha'
a hatless young lieutenant, white
Tipped with fear, had checked his
horse to its launches at the ticke
booth. and demanded to know who wa,
In the land of desire.
"Only the son of the manager, ant
a boy friend Of his" replied Billy
Grimm, in what he called the lingo OF
the country. whats wrong? Los
anybodyT
But Hedwig's lieutenant had wheeled
his horse without word, and, jump
ing him over the hedge of the alice
was of in a despairing search of the
outskirts Of the park, followed by his
cavalrymen.
As the last horse leaped the hedge
and disappeared, the car came to Q
stop at the platform. Quivering
Prince Ferdinand William Otto reached
down for the degniSed hat
would you. like to go around
againf" asked Bobby, quite casually.
His highness gasped with Joy. III
If you would be so kindi" he said.
And at the lordly wave Of Bobby's
hand, the car moved on.
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we're only three short minutes, before
As the early spring twilight fell, the
gas lamps along the alice, always burn
ing, made twin row Of pale stars
ahead. At the end, even as the wan
derer gazed, he saw myriads of tiny.
red, white, and blue lights, rising high
in the air, outlining the crags and
peaks OF the sheet iron mountain
which was his destination. The land
of desire was very neari
There came to his ears, too, the &C.
casional rumble that told Of some pal
pitating Soul being at that moment
hurled and twisted and joyously
thrilled, as per the lieutenant's descrip-
ton.
Now it is strange thing, but true,
that one does not reach the land Of
desire alone; because the half Of
pleasure is the sharing of 1t with some
one else, and the land of desire, alone,
is not the land Of desire at all. Quite
suddenly, Prince Ferdinand William
Otto discovered that he was lonely. At
that moment there was soft whirring
on to one side OF him. and a yellow
bird, rising and falling erratically on
the breeze, careened Suddenly and fell
at his feet.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto bent
down and picked 1t up. 1t was small
toy aeroplane, with yellow silk places,
guy ropes Of waxed thread, and q
wooden rudder, its motive power
vested In tightly twisted rubber. One
of the wings was bent. Ferdinand
William Otto Strengthened 1t, and
looked around for the owner.
A small boy was standing under the
next gas lamp. "Geei" he said in
English. "Did you see 1t go that
timer
Prince Ferdinand William Otto eyed
the stranger. He was about his own
age, and was dressed In q short pair
of corduroy trousers, much bloomed al
the knee, a pair of yellow Russia.
leather shoes that reached well to his
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old, and because there were few PEG
pie to'whom king dares to speak his
Utmost thoughts, he frequently spoke
TO the photograph. The older he
grew, the more he felt, sometimes, as
though 1t knew what he said.
! IF they've got him." he said now
to the picture, ut Is out of my hands,
and into yours. my boy"
Much Of his life had been spent In
waiting, In waiting for son, in wait.
ing for that son to grow to be a man,
In waiting while that son In his turn
loved and married and begot a man
child, In waiting, when that son had
died violent death, for the time when
his tired hands could relinquish the
scepter to his grandchild.
Quite suddenly the door opened.
The old man turned his head. Just
inside stood very dirty small boy.
The Crown Prince Ferdinand viii
Ham Otto was most terribly fright
ened. Everything was at skies and
sevens. Miss Braithwaite had been
crying her head of, and on seeing him
had fallen in a faint. Not that he
thought II was a real faint. He had
Enthusiastically seen her eyelids culver.
And when she cams to she ha6 or.
dered him no supper, and four pages
of German translation, and to go to
bed at seven O'Clock instead of seven
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calves, and, over all, a shaggy white
sweater, rolling almost to his chin Or
the very back of his head he had tbs
smallest cap that Prince Ferdinand
William Otto had ever seen.
'This is the best time for flying,
he said, in his perfect English. AL
the exhibition flights are at shutdown.
The boy walked slowly over ant
stood looking down at him. "You oughi
to see 1t fly from the top Of Pike'l
Peak !" he remarked. He had caught
sight Of the despised derby, and hil
eyes widened, but with instructive
good breeding he ignored It "That's
Pixies Peak up there"
He indicated the very top Of the land
Of desire. The prince stared up.
SHOW does one get upT he queried
Ladders. My fathers the manager
He lets me up sometimes"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
stared with new awe at the boy. He
found the fact much more remarkable
than If the stranger had stated that
his father was the king Of England
Kings were, as you may say, directly
in Prince Ferdinand William Otto'f
line, but scenic railroads +
II had thought of taking a Journey
on It." he said, after a seconds re.
Election. "Do you think your father
will sell me a tcket9''
"Billy Grimm win. TIL 60 with
you"
The prince rose with alacrity. Then
he stopped. he must, Of course, ask
the strange boy to be his guest. But
two ticketsi Perhaps his allowance
was not sufficient.
Il must see first how much it costs y
he said with dignity.
The other boy laughed. "Oh, gee
You come with me. 1t won't cost any
thing" he said. and led the way
toward the towering lights.
For Bobby Thorpe to bring q small
boy to ride with him was an everyday
affair. Billy Grimm, at the ticket win
dow, hardly glanced at the boy who
stood, trembling with anticipation, In
the shadow of the booth.
The car came, and they climbed In.
Perhaps, as they moved off, Prince
Ferdinand William Otto had a qualm,
occasloned by the remembrance OF the
English child who had met an I'M
timely end; but if he did, he pluckily
hid Ii.
"Put your lid on the floor of the car"
said Bobby Thorpe, deposlting his own
atom there. "Father says, If you do
that, you're perfectly safe.'
Prince Ferdinand William Otto d.
vined that this referred to his hat,
and drew a small breath of relief. And
then they were off. up an endless, click
ing roadway, where at the top the car
hung for q breathless second over the
gulf below: then, fairly launched, out
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thirty for a week. All the time cry.
ing, too. And then she had sent him
to his grandfather, and taken aromatic
ammonia.
His grandfather said nothing, but
looked at him.
"Here-here / am, sir" said the
crown prince from the door.
The king drew long breath. But
the silence persisted. Prince Ferdi.
nand William Otto furtively rubbed
a dusty shoe against the back. of a
trousers leg.
''Pm afraid I'm not very neat, sir"
said Prince Ferdinand william Otto,
and took step forward. Until his
grandfather commanded him, he could
not advance into the room.
Come here" said the king.
he went to the side of the bed.
where have you beenT
am afraid-I ran away, sir"
"Why?"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto con.
sidered. It was rather an awful mo-
ment. 81 don't exactly know. / Just
thought / would"
You see, 1t was really extremely diff.
ficult. To say that he was tired Of
things as they were would sound un.
grateful. Would, indeed. be most i'm.
polite. And then, exactly why had he
run away7
Suppose" said the king, "you draw
up chair and tell me about 1t. We'd
better talk 1t over, / think"
His royal highness drew up a chair,
and sat on it. His feet not reaching
the floor, he hooked them around the
chair rung. This was permissible be
cause, first, the king could not see
them from his bed. Second, 1t kept
his knees from shaking.
Probably you are aware" said the
king, shat you have alarmed a great
many people"
I'm sorry, sir. / didn't thing"
"A princes duty is to think. Where
did you goT"
ITO the park, sir. IL thought I'd
like to see the park by myself. It's
very hard to enjoy things with Miss
Braithwaite, sir. She does not really
enjoy the things l like. Milky and
+"
"By Milky you mean Lieutenant
Larisch?"
''Yes, SIR"
"Go on"
"We like the same things, sir-the
Pike's-P eak-Or-B Bust, and all that"
The king raised himself on his ell
bow. "What was thatT' he demanded.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
blushed, and explained. 1t was Bob
by's name for the peak at the top Of
the scenic railway. He had been on
the railway. He had been-his en-
thusiasm carried him away. His
cheeks flushed. He sat forward on the
edge of his chair, and gesticulated.
81 was awfully happy, sir" he ended
sit feels like flying, only safer. And
the lights are pretty. It's like fairy.
land. There were two or three times
when it seemed as If we'd turn over
or leap the track. But we didn't"
The king lay back and thought. More
than anything in the world he loved
This boy. But the occasion demanded
g strong hand "You were happz." he
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to raise our children here" he sait
impatiently. "The English do better
And even the Germans"
1t is not etiquette to lower onei
eyebrows at king and glare. Blu
General Mettlich did 1t. He was rathe
a poor subject. ''The Germans havG
not our problem, SIRE" he said, ans
stuck I'D his mustache.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-04
RELIGION IN THE CHURCHES.

T\R. ARMSTRONG'S plea for greater amount Of
religious instruction IN the Sunday schools, made dur
ing the course Of his address at the First Presbyterian
church Sunday, would have been interesting at any time,
but coming as it does at The time when course Of
preached by Rev. Dr. John Roach Statton in New York
against modem tendencies in the churches is attracting
great deal of attention it is apt to strengthen the impression
that healthy reaction is setting in.
Rev NJ strattOn's sermons without any stretch of i'm
agnaton may be called sensational but there nevertheless
an amount of plain spoken common sense in them when
he deals with the weaknesses Of the modem church which
is thought compelling 1t is his theory that in seeking to
make religion popuar" the church has been travelling in
the wrong direction, and instead of increasing its influence
with the public is actually losing.
To recover the ground that has been lost he advocates
return to the older stemcr ideals Of domestic virtue and
Sabbath observance. This also to be the goal that
Dr. Armstrong is seeking incorporating adherence to
such purpose at least would have the merit Of sincerity,
and even church cannot make genuine Roadway without
that
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RUFF STUFF

Bulletin board at the front door Of
the Court house Is beginning, to look
Ike the rogue's gallery in detective
6Eeucy
The way the Demmie candidates
have plAstered up their cards over the
9urt house illustrates how far the
gang has gone with the idea that the
Sgst house y It's private property.
ceording to Wheeling announce
mont the Sutherland boosters up that
sF are going to- use airplanes to. car
therland propaganda throughout
Ana every time one Of the aviators
into trouble the incident will
land Uncle John Darst laugh.
some one ought to pass a law, issue
i if&de, or thunder forth a ukase
j. f6iiiht the simple guy who believes
pulling q stunt is good politics.
Ffat kind Of cleyerness belongs to
tIfs bnckbcaTd stage Of civilization.
fhsse extra jnning baseball con-
Ittis 9f0bably are running the sleep
ol the ma nntes:
Thst gang is 80 naturally generous
M ~ giving the public more than 1t
psgs Icr a 4. great jcy-not'
3ittsdo not worry, IL the long games
tonl lnNHS the generous magnates Will
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-04

81 inoTly That 5 tue sotasmts. bl even hsn I 8
ie minority + moi Is small as that which used 70 control
party nominations IN The old log rolling convention days
But when minority does make The nominations under the
system now IN use It is Ike ali other shortcomings Of the
primary system, the fault Of the voters They all have
right to participate in the ticket making and at time when
But mere turning out at the election is not enough. A
majority Of those who do turn out must look the situation
squarey in the face and make up their minds choose the
strongest possible ticket without regard to their personal
sympathies In that way alone can the Republican party
hope to win the fight in this state next November.
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lE.vlaalE 4 TICKET THAT CAN WIN.

III BECAUSE the presidential preference primaries this
year not only have failed to provide guide for
Say leaders and national conventions, but actually have
introduced element Of danger to party harmony in both
line some newspapers which always have been
opposed to The primary system OF making nominations have
upon the situation prelext for renewing their
S6rpostioh to primary elections.
His thinks this taking an unfair advantage,
never was any real call for these presidential prefer
bce elections They grew out Of popular regarding
he function and powers of political parties and the mis
Of primary protagonists who carried their
far 1t the preferences projects had been sub
cthe scrutiny of who understand the processes
~ which our political system developed they would
have been put INTO effect They never have been Of any
( 1se and they never will be.
us to say that is not to admit that the primary system
6f iakng nominations for all offices within state is not
c best system that so far has been devised 1t has its
from the standpoint Of party management, but
works very well wherever politics gets up to the plane
ought to occupy in this country. And it places the re-
sposbiy for nominations right where it belongs upon
shoulders Of the people who expected to win the
ections here is practically nothing 10 prevent any
becoming candidate, but if the voters select weak
from the field and the inevitable effect is party
at the general elections 10 blame but the
rank and file Of the party They had an opportunity to
pisk strong men and they deliberately ignored it.
lis state Of affairs is particularly significant for the
Republicans Of West Virginia this year. The Democrats
disclosed enough Of their state campaign plans to make
clear that they have abandoned every hope Of carrying
election except that which lies in the possibility that the
Republicans vail blunder in their ticket making. They are
set for bunders Of that kind and if any made the
lext governor, Ike the present one will be Democrat
Obviously the one thing that should guide every Repub.
as he coempates the coming primary election and its
n0sshle results IN the necessity of nominating ticket that
Il able 10 WIN the respect and the support of united Re
publican party What is needed in short is ticket that
Be elected The year decidedly Republican one
Z IA ~ Virginia. but in view of the way the Democrats
dposng Of their forces and preparing to take advan-
ii every little opportunity is not entirely Re
g6Eean ycar that the Republican party IN the s'se can
&cls II make any mistakes.
sernor right on down to constable the nominees
lie st1pngrs men in the field, the who stand
Is chance II winning the Democratic opposition.
to get that kind of ticket all the Republicans
Inn on at the primary election. The stock objec-
Is Tie primary system is that only few Of the voters
out to II and because Of this the nominations made
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-04

Senator Johnson yesterday lost in the Maryland pri-
maries and his friends in New Jersey announced that
they would press the petition for recount in that
state But it would not do to that the johnson
invasion Of the east in the ehb Considering the
lack of both organization and funds johnson has made
wonderful showing in the east and he is as much Of
factor to be reckoned with the situation stands to-
day as Wood But this is critical week. When it is
over the public will have more definite idea Of what
the Republican outlook is.
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ls ElEsss|E

The records Of county clerlu are
both valuable and interesting. Col.
John Stuart wrote, starting on page
754 Of Deed Book No. Of Greenbrier
county, some memorandum" regard
ing first settlers along the Greenhrier
river which are quite valuable to his
torians. Col Stuart declared IN this
memorandum hat be was no only
person alive acquainted with tho cir
cumstanees a the discovery Of that
river and The manner Of eefling the
country. Smart records thRt the river
was first discovered 6y the whites in
1740. Either Jacob Marlin or q man
nom virginia, discovered the river
and Marlin and Stephen Smell were the
first settlefs. These twp men settled
along the Greenbrier and then quar-
other, though there was no sociabaity
between them. f
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Hat you are certain W INC.
Smocks of Linene and Ba-
tiste in white and pretty colors
embroidered in silk. Fine val
ues at $500 and $3.75.
Shocks char1ningly develop
ed Of Wolfe, Batiste, Crepe
Beachcloth, Ramie and Linerle
in plenty Of attractive colors.
Dozens Of unique new styles.
$500 and S5.B.
Shocks in French Voiles are
the cleverest we have seen;
silk and wool yarn embroidery
All summer colors. $500.
Skirts in Gabardine and
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find a way to make the public come
across.
Wonder what genius set up the
type scheme IN the official election
proclamatlons this year?
You can understand what the proc
lamation means If you know all about
1t before you begin.
But the public is not expected to
know much about these things.
The kind political bosses arc al
ways prepared to do the thinking for
It
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-04
TRANSFERABLE.

0R. JAMIsON'S argument before the City Directors
= yesterday against the placing of long Traction COM
pany switch in Jackson street is unanswerable
Only public necessity Of the stenet kind would justify
the destruction Of property values such he outlined and
it is not apparent in anything the M V. T. has 50 far ad
vanced that the transportation facilities of the city could
not be improved quite as much in some other way,
At all events as the matter now stands the City Directors
would be entirely justified in refusing the request for per-
mission to construct this switch.
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Grasping Chicago landlords have rather overreached
themselves according to press dispatches from that
town. which say that while hundreds Of families upon
whom dispossess warrants had been served refused to
move many that were not expected to move did. and
as result there are thousand vacant apartments in
that town. The landlords are puzzled but they are
guessing that the families have doubled up or have
gone to hotels to escape the high rents And this is not
the only sign that we are nearing the point where the
cost Of living situation will crack under the strain.
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1t may pay to keep eye that cotton mill strike
which began yesterday at New Bedford Mass. but
promises spread to the other textile centers of New
England. 1t comes at time when the mill manage
ments seriously contemplating reduction of pro-
ducton because of sweeping cancellation of orders and
general market duness. and it may mark IN industrial
turning point for the United States.