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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-03
Central and Eastern CUNTS
Facing Strenuous Schedules

ASkET BALL Central Eastern high schools
planned campaigns games
have been booked for the Capitol Hill boys while slated
The will competition
little a
with the Stewards Business College FIVE Eastern
week when
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VISITING TEAM BOASTS
FINE RECORD FOR YEAR
Play in Final Collegiate Gridiron Contest of Sea-
son at American League Park Tomor=
row Will Start at 2 O'Clock.
BY III. G. BYRD.

"EORGETOWN lines Bethany College
college
foot ball played here and the last collegiate
of 1920 The Blue squad will take field
College
ngt by fourt ouchdowns.
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SHOWDOWN ON BOXING
IN. GOTHAM is SOUGHT
Promoters of Dempsey Carpenter Bout Demand
Commissions Attitude Be Definitely Stated.
Base Ball Pilots Lean to Tank Towns.
BY FAlRPLAY.

EW YORK, December 3Pessure, learned today is being
brought the York
forth with declaration concerning the proposed Dempsey
bout Sporting feel that the held
working
numbers wouldn't
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How Teams VIII Start
in Game Here Tomorrow

Macdonald-Suits me perfectly. /
thought you'd insist on the opposite
OF what might ask for. Let's go to it!
Another incident of that same game
had relationship to a second washing
ton boy-"Cntz" Brewer. After the
game the Syracuse coach was ''bawl-
ing out" a player because he had
failed to stop Brewer when the latter
broke away and ran a punt back
twenty yards. The player stood the
calldown for q few seconds, and then
blurted out: -.
Say. coach. you never taught me
how to stop anybody I can't get my
hands on"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
STATE PROSPEROUS
BUT ASK CHANGES
Mississippians Wish to Have
Changes Made in Laws
and Institutions.
BY MARTIN ANDERSEN,

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3. (Spl, 1.-THE
higher cost of eking out a living in
prosperous Mississippi Is revolutionNing
conditions in that state.
The town of Decatur Is without
mayor,
Natchez barber shops are being
threatened with bankruptcy,
And the people of Greenwood have at
last been forced to pay cash for mar
riage licenses.
These necessities-or luxuries, in the
case of the marital doeuments--are all
traced directly to the 1popuIAr subject
of the day-what has begun to be
known as form 26 among the newspaper
fraternity-the higher or highest cost
of living.
]. s. Miley, who has held with Gus
tomary dignity the office of mayor of
| Decatur for number of years, and
whose ambition and boast of friends
| has been that he would carry the title
unto death, has finally been forced to
/ quit.
II couldn't survive on the price the
town paid me. And ! know that the
| people can not be taxed to pay more,
They would starve," he is reported to
| have explained.
over in Natchez the BARRIERS recently
demanded so cents for hair cuts and
rs cents for shaves
I'VE won't pay it, said the patrons
of the tonsorial parlors.
Business then picked up with dealers
in safety razors 1t seems that the
shaving public has stuck to their agree
ment BARRIERS are wondering where
| the rent for the first month of the new
year is coming from \
Case No. g. while not strictly due to
the effects of the wild rampage of
profteers on the country, has also to
do with form &c.
Sharkey Pate, circuit clerk of Lee
flore county, of which Greenwood is
the capital, recently admonished the
marrying public-just as the Natchez
BARRIERS warned the shaving public-of
revised arrangement in the purchas-
ing of the all-important to a holy we'd
lock.
This is to notify the public that no
marriage license will be charged" he
wrote in a notice through the public
press. mo more orders can be taken
over the phone. Irregular cash and car
ry system) 1t will be necessary for
each order to be accompanied by cash"
The obliging Mr., Pate concludes with
the statement that he would ''be glad
to extend the same courtesies along this
line that have done in the past, but
| will be compelled, etc, etc"
Such is life today in Mississippi.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
NORFOLK WOMAN
GAINS SO POUNDS
After Suffering Two Years
Mrs. Ingram Says TalIaC
Ended Her Troubles.

4 believe Tanlac is worth its weight
y gold said Mrs Mary ). Ingram. of
the Alsace Hotel. Norfolk, Va, recently.
tanlac has not only done me a
world Of good" she continued, but II
mas helped my daughter and several of
my friends who have taken H. / suf-
Tered from rheumatism in my shoulders,
arms and legs for two years, my joints
ached terribly and my fingers were so
stun and painful / didn't have good use
o. them, My appetite was poor and the
little ! did eat seemed to do me no good,
Tor | fell off till l was down to hun
dred and six pounds and felt so dull,
tired and exhausted it was an effort
Jor me to get through with my work.
But since taking Tanlac a while
teel Just like a new person My appe-
Ute IS just splendid and / can eat any
thing and my wonderful increase in
weight-thirty-nin pounds-shows how
well my food agrees with me. l never
reel sign of rheumatism now, | am
not the elast bit nervous and sleep like
a child That tired, wornout feeling Is
gone, and l have been built up and
strengthened till my work is more like
play to me. l just can't praise Tan
lac too highly for the wonderful bene-
fits | nave derived from it's use"
Tanlac is sold in Memphis exclusively
by Weiss Pharmacy and Warnock
Drug Co. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09

Bilbo estimates the amount necessary
at 5000 900, and this sum will doubt
less be accepted by his successor
Third-Issuance of $25 900, 900 in bonds
for the construction Of a state highway
system, sinking fund to pay the
bonds to be raised through a tax on
gasoline. Governor elect Russell will
deal at considerable length with this
subject.
Fourth--Reforestatio of the cut-over
lands of Mississippi not suitable for
agricultural purposes
Fifth-Retention Of the state tax
commission with amendments that will
put more teeth in the law" as the
governor elect expresses II.
Standardization Of the state pardon
ing board, with probably few amend
ments perfecting this method OF deal
ing with appeals for clemency.
All of the above subjects were touched
upon in Gov. Bilbo's message. Some Of
the new subjects to be submitted by
the incoming governor are as follows:
First--Providing for a millage tax
for state institutions in order that the
governing boards of each may know
exactly what portion Of the states rev.
enue they may expect for each biennial
period.
Second-Formation OF state depart
ment Of labor. The governor elect has
given this subject considerable study.
and will probably deal with the topic
at some length.
Third--Creation of state marketing
and publicity bureau that will enable
farmers 10 find ready markets for their
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
RUSSELL MAKES
RECOMMENDATIONS
New Executive Asks Solons to
Enact Some Radical
Changes in Laws.

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 2. (Spl) 1.-The
recommendations in Governor elect Lee
NJ. Russells inaugural address will not
differ in any material or important re-
spects from the suggestions set forth
in the final message Of Gov Theo q.
Bilbo.
The incoming and outgoing govern
ors think alike on nearly all Of the i'm
portant questions likely to be brought
before the lawmaking body at this sug-
gestion.
Among the important suggestions to
be made by Governor-elect Russell will
be the following:
First-Adoption Of the federal amend
ment comforting suffrage on women.
Second--Liberal appropriations to
state institutions for permanent i'm
provements, the necessary funds to be
raised with q serial bond issue. Gov.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
RUSSIAN OUTLOOK
BAD AS CAN Be
FOR ANTISOVIET
London War Office Reports
Show Denikine'S Army Is
Cut in Two and Its FIankS
Thrust Back.

LONDON, Jan. 9.-The situation in
Russia is about as bad as could be
from an anti Bolshevik point OF view,
according to British war office reports,
and there are few signs indicating any
likely Improvement. There are two es-
pecially menacing developments
In the first place, Gen sDenikine's
army has been cut in two through the
Bolshevik push to the sea Of Azov at
Taganrog and its flanks have been
thrust back, leaving a large gap. In
addition comes the claim of the Boil
shevik Of the capture further east OF
the town Of Krasnovodsk, on the Cas-
plan sea, and while this is not con-
firmed IL is generally accepted as true.
The capture Of this important port
of Krasnovodsk, it is pointed out, ere
ates the grave possibility that the reds
may overrun Northern Persia and oc
cupy Teheran which probably would
mean the establishment of Bolshevik
rule in Persia. The taking Of Kras-
novodsk permits the reds not only to
control a large part Of the important
Krasnovodsk-Me railroad, but gives
them free access to the Caspian.
There seems little then to prevent
them from gaining control of the Cas-
plan from the more or less inffective
volunteer fleet. Once in possession of
this sea there remains only small
Persian forces between the reds and
occupation of Teheran and Northern
Persia through which would exist the
possibility of their obtaining control
Of the whole country.
Baku with its important oil supplies
on the western coast of the Caspian
seems likely also to fall into Bolshevik
hands and its occupation would pro-
vide a base for further operations
against the rear of Denikine's hard
pressed right wing ...a
If the Bolshevik reports are true, Gen.
Denikine has suffered a considerable
disaster for not only have the reds
severed all land communication between
his left and right wings but they have
captured large quantities of war mate
rial, including much that was sent to
him by the allies.
There is little hope held out here that,
deprived of these supplies the Deni-
kline forces can hope to make resist
ance that would prove effective against
| the overwhelming red aFYnV
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
PINE BLUFF ORGANIZES
FREE BUILDERS EXCHANGE

PINE BLUFF, Ark. Jan 9. (SpL)-
The Pine Bluff Builders exchange was
organized by number of the leading
contractors and builders Of this city last
night, and this is regarded as step
toward an shop policy in this city,
although it is stated that the purpose
Of the organization is to give better
service to the public by cooperation
between the builders and members of
the different trades.
The three plumbing firms which have
refused a wage increase TO the union
plumbers who have been on strike since
the first Of the year, are members of
the new exchange. while the two firms
which have signed up are not members
Of the exchange. The officers are ".
W Richie. president: J. a Wright.
first president; II G. Burnham,
second vice president; W c. Rountree,
secretary: Adam J. Robinson. treasurer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
NURSE TO ARKANSAS.

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss, Jan. g..
(Spl Miss AWE Carmichael. a former
teacher in Blue Mountain high school,
and who was one of the Tippah young
women to see service as a Red Cross
nurse in Europe during the world war,
has just been given position as nurse
and some other work on the faculty
besides in Hendrix college, Conway,
Ark. During the perlous days of the
war Miss Carmichael spent most Of her
time in an American base hospital In
Liverpool, England, where she did a
great work for her country.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09

products, and provide means OF ad-
vertising the states resources.
Fourth-Exemption from taxation OF
all hotels built in the state for the
next two years, exemption to be for a
period of from five to ten years. The
governor elect believes that the dearth
Of hotel facilities In the state fully JUS
titles this measure.
Employment by each county of
a health officer who VIII devote his en-
tire time to the duties Of the office.
While goodly number OF other top
les will be touched upon by the gov
ernor elect in his inaugural address, the
above will constitute the high spots
in the document
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
OFFICERS ARRESTED
BY RUMANlAN'S ORDERS

PARIS, Jan. 9,--The Arrest Of several
military representatives of the allies by
a Rumanian officer in occupied Hun
gary Is reported in Prague dispatch
through Geneva today
The message says the members of a
military mission sent by the allies to
the Arad district to inspect prison
camps and report on alleged atrocities.
OF which informed Hungarians were said
to have been the victims, were arrested
by the commanding officer Of con-
centration camp. who became enraged
at the severe criticisms of conditions
made by the mission.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
APPEAL IS MADE
FROM SUPERVISORS

LAMBERT, Miss. Jan. 9. (Spl 1.-The
members of the former board of su-
pervisors have appealed the jail sem
tence imposed on them by Judge w. A.
Alcorn, of Clarksdale. The sentence
was for 10 minutes in Jail. Judge AL
corn issued writ of mandamus to the
board, requiring them to change the
realty assessment rolls to conform TO
the figures set by the state tax COM
mission. The board flatly refused to
obey, hence the Jail sentence
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-09
SET PRIMARY DATE,

RICHMOND. Va, Jan. 9.--The Dem
ocratic committee of the Fourth con-
as the date for the primary to nomi-
nate a candidate to succeed the late
Representative Walter A. Watson
Nomination is equivalent TO election.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
SIM MCKINLEY BRAGG
Is HERE ON THE JOB
And Federal Board Sent Man Here
Two Weeks Ago to Inter
view Him.

The following news item is tax
en- from Mondays Lamar Daily
News:
Two Prowers county men have
been named by the Federal Board
located at Denver, for vocational
training.
These men are S. Mckinley Bragg
of Holly and James JOslin of Lamar,
and If single, are entitled to $50 per
month, tuition, books and supplies
while in training. Ii they have de-
pendents the pay is increased de-
pending upon the number and re-
latiOnship of such dependents and
may run as high as $50 per month.
1t fs the object OF the federal
board to SO train these men in
school, in the shop, in the store, or
on the farm, that they may return
to civilian employment without
handicap from their disability.
'The board has been unable to
locate these men and anyone know
ing of their whereabouts will con-
fer a favor upon the board by re-
PORTING their present residence"
The last paragraph, while little
surprising to Sims friends here in
thoG CHC OCoul OCIdts w lIOl dp
pear to know where he is, is indi-
cative of the general tangle govern
lnent affairs get into.
The federal department sent a
special man to Holly something
like month ago to interview Sim.
my Bragg relative to his taking
course in vocational training and
Sim says he has been nearly pest
cred to death since his return from
overseas in filling out report
blanks and whatnot. In fact he is
very tired of all this manifestly
useless "red tape"
Bragg was wounded by q shrap-
mel shell which passed through the
calf of his left leg on Nov. 10th, the
day before the armistice was sign
ed, in battle in the ArgOnne for.
est and was sent to the hospital
where he remained until last Feb
uary. He has 80 per cent disabil-
ity and draws q small pension, and
rs yet is not fully decided as to
whether he will take a course in
training or not.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
Lock Eleven Persons in
Banks Vaults.
POUR UNMASKED MEN
CLEAN OMAHA SUBURBAN
Daring Exploit Pulled Oh at Noon
and Quartette Get Away With
Loot in Automobile-$16000 Cash
and Balance Currency.

An Associated Press news dis
patch in last nights Denver Times
says:
OMAHA, Neb, Dec. 3l.-FOur un-
masked robbers shortly before noon
today entered the Farmers and Mer-
chants National Bank of Benson,
q suburb of Omaha, lined six en-
ployes and five customers of the
bank against the wall and robbed
the vault of $1l5,00O. They made
their escape in an automobile driv-
en- toward this city.
According to officers of the bank
the robbers secured $4,000 in cash
and the remainder in Liberty bonds
and other negotiable securities.
After loOting the vault, three of
the bandits who had been guard
ing the bank employees and custom
ers, forced them into the vault and
locked them in. The imprisoned
men made microscope from the
vault by means of screw driver
which had been hidden in the
vault.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
Has Not Quit Holly Yet.

DR.. f. NJ Sherman and daughter,
Anginette came in Monday night
from Long Beach, Cali, where the
doctor and family are spending the
winter The doctor is here to look
after his extensive property inter
ests for a few days. He says that
California is unquestiOnably a fine
place climatically to spend the
winter months, but that he still
maintains Holly as the family resi-
dence. Mrs Sherman and the child
ren are enjoying the stay on the
coast, and the doctor certainly looks
fresh and younger Miss Anginette
who is attending Grinnell college,
came to spend a few days with
her many friends here, where she
has grown to womanhood.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
sTuNa THE VALLEY.
Ole and His Sweetheart Co. Bill
But Do Not Show.

The decadence of the travelling
theatre company was again indi-
Gated in Holly this week by the
failure OF the Ole and His Sweet
heart Co." to show here Tuesday
night after spreading much adver-
tising about town announcing its
appearance on that night at the
Star Theatre.
This company of insipid and shall
low title seems to have billed vari-
Gus towns in the valley while the
main stem of the institution was
mt Stratton, Colo. But before any
of these dates were filled the COM
pany seems to have had hunch
\ to get into Nebraska and they left
the famous Arkansas Valley with
/ out making good.
Besides thus bilking the various
opera house managements they
probably stung all the printing Of
fees where they had dates or other
printing DONE 1t is a peculiar fact
that about all the small travelling
theatrical troops on the road are
financially irresponsible and their
managers cannot be trusted for a
dime after they are out of sight. OF
course there is once in while one
of them who is honest but most
of them are morally as well as
financially bankrupt. Cash in ad-
vance is the only basis upon which
they may be safely dealt with.
Mr.. RunyOn of the Star Theatre
claims the "Ole" folks damaged him
to the tune of $50 and had he not
had an emergency picture program
on hand his house would have
been dark and his patrons disap-
DOinted
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
n. 1. christman Census Enumerator

H. l.. Christman, the auctioneer
has been appointed one of the cen.
sus enumerators for Prowers coun.
ty and will officially count the folks
and gather various other data for
Uncle Sam in Precincts 2 and 13.
Mr.. ChFistman was in attendance at
q meeting of the county enumerat-
Ors at Lamar last Saturday to or
ganized for the work, called by VIM.
b. Hughes who is supervisor of the
Ct nsus enumeration for this dis
trict. 1t was planned for the enum-
orators throughout the county to
begin their work tomorrw, Jan. I'd,
If their supplies arrived in time.
The work will require 30 days or
more to complete.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
RICHARD, SON OF ED.
JONES DIES SUDDENLY
Passed Away Monday Night Al
Home of Grandmother Near
Oak Grove, Missouri.

Richard, the 14-year old son of Ed.
Jones of this city, died very sud.
denly at the home of his grand.
mother, Mrs. F. w. Howell, near
Oak Grove, Mo-, last Monday night
ostensibly of pneumonia.
Richard was here short time
last summer prior to entering
school at Salina, Kas. He had gone
to his grandfDDthas's in Missouri
for the holiday vacation, and
though not feeling well when he
left Salina his condition was not
considered serious until Monday,
when Mr.. Jones received telegram
from his mother,in-law at Oak
Grove stating that he was danger
ously sick. Mr.. Jones left immedi-
ately for Oak Grove but the little
fellow had passed away before his
fathers arrival.
Richard was not q rugged boy
but was at the age when he gave
promise of gaining new strength
and weight when Mr.. Jones took
him to school last September.
The body, accompanied by his
father, arrived here at II o'clock
this morning and the funeral will
be held at the Presbyterian church
at 8 o'clock this afternoon, followed
by interment at the Holly ceme-
terry beside the grave of his mother
who preceded him to the great be-
yond some 10 years ago.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
Back from Siberia.

Capt. L. r.. Newbern and wife of
Denver arrived here Sunday en-
route home from San Francisco and
spent couple of days in Holly, the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Bean
of the Holly Pharmacy. Capt. New
bern was in the medical service of
the Red Cross and went over seas
Just after the armistice was signed.
However, he was in Russia and ST.
IBERIA, too, long enough to become
familiar with so and 60 degrees be-
low zero weather and all the fright
fulness of BOlshevism. The captain
left VladivOstok last September
and recently landed in San Francis
co where he was met by Mrs. New
bern, who had remained home and
operated their drug store in Den
yer during his absence. Capt. New
bern is a good conversatiOnalist
and an alert observer and was
eagerly listened to by all who met
him during his brief visit here.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
PREsBYTERIAN
Sunday School Elects Officers for
1920-Elmer Z. Powers, Supt.

Sunday School Elects Officers for
1920-Elmer Z. Powers, Supt.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
last Sunday elected new officers of
the school for the year 1920 as fol-
lows:
Superintendent-Mr. Elmer E..
Powers.
Assistant Superintendent-Mr. s.
Weigand.
Secretary-Mr. Edward Klein.
Assistant Secretary-Miss Mabel
Rockwell.
Pianist-Miss Irene Plank.
Chorister-Mi May Barnes.
In addition to the above Mr.. Ed.
ward Klein isl superintendent of the
Missionary department by appoint
ment of the WOman's Society.
There was a brief installation
service at the close of the Sunday
school hour last Sunday, conducted
by the pastor, the Rev. Wiley K.
Wright. At his request the new Of
fcers came forward and all tN
teachers with them. Then the en-
tire school, standing together, re-
Deated John 3:16, For God so low.
ed the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever be.
lieveth in Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life" and
prayer was offered by the pastor.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-01-01
Demand for County Map.

The frequent inquiry at The
Chieftain office for map of Prov.
ers county indicates that there is
a real demand for new map of the
county. These enquirers, many of
them have stated that it is impos.
sible to get county map now,
even at Lamar. 1t would seem that
with canvass of the county the
county surveyor could readily Sc
cure enough subscribers for an up.
to-date map of Prowers county now
to well repay for the work of max.
ing such map. There is daily
need for it here, and the demand
at the county seat should be even
greater.