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The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10

change in text books this year. The
same books used last year will be
used for the four consecutive years,
as outlined by the state board, who
make the selections.
A larger enrolment than ever is
anticipated, and all provision possible
is being made for their entrance.
Miss Flora Nichols will again have
charge of Lee school lunch room, in
which capacity she ha1 popularity
served for two years.
There are several applicants for the
new Atkins Porter lunch room, which
the lunch room committee will con-
slider seriously before making the ap-
pointment.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10
DEMPSEY LANDS K. o. ON
.-s. MISKE IN THIRD ROUND

Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion of the world, demonstrated he
still retains the terrific punch that
won him the title when he knocked
out Billy Miske, the st Paul fighter,
a big and as game as himself, in the
third round of a ten round match.
Three hard smashes We're sufficient
to win him between fifty and hun
dred thousand dollars, his City per-
cent share of the gate receipts at
Benton Harbor, Mich, last Monday.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10
Away With Dinks, Balls and
Bats; Out With School Books

Hide your dinks ehilluns! Away
with bats and mitts and balls! Om
with book and tablets and pencils!
School begins next Monday!
Prof Phillips is lining up his teach
esr and making due preparations to
corral the towns youngsters into the
school room on the thirteenth. The
out of town teachers including Miss
es Clara Carney Roach, Clarksville; !;
Mary Lee Harmed, Claragville; Fran
ces Waters, Springville; Essie Wal
ter:, Manlyville; Charlie sMcGehee,
Buchanan; Annie Nichols Erin; and
Rebecca Bayer, Cumberland City,
viii arrive the last of this week.
Of course there will not be another
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10
cTU MEETING CALLED

The members of the w c T U are
requested to meet at the Presbyte-
riar1 church parlors Tuesday after
l,oon, September IA, at three o'clock.
IL will be a most important meeting.
Oafeerj are to be elected, and dele
gates TO the state w c 7 U conven-
zion al Hartman in October are to
be elected, also plans made for or
spanizing an L T T and further ex-
1ending w c f U work. All men,
bers are urged to attend.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10
soPHs LOSE GOOD MEMBER

The Sophomore Glass Of Grove will
regret that Tim Hogan, popular
member of Glass '23, is not to be with
them this year, but will attend the
st Mary's College, st Mary, KY,
Just out of Louisville. Tim besides
being q baseball enthusiast, and a
staunch class supporter, won for his
class last year the medal in the an
nual oratorical .nterclass contest
the first time the me lal was ever
awarded a Freshman.
Tim, accompanied by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs T H Hogan, left Tues
day afternoon for Louisville, to enter
school.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10

most up to date dental equipment. In
the new offices, each will have a
practice room. with separate dentist
ry chairs, etc. Both firms will use
one large reception room. The X-ray
machine belonging to Drs Freeman
and Walter, which is one of the best
of its kind in the South, will of
course be assigned separate room.
In addition 10 a consultation room,
ETC., Drs Freeman and Waiter will
also have a small operating room in
their new offices. q
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10
THE EDITORIAL SCRIBE SAYS
THIS is A SECRET" BUT THE
HEAD WRITER SAYS 1T ISN'T

Being human, we just can't keep
this under our hats. but must let
our friends and appreciative readers
in on the Secret.
Col. W. |. Swain who in addition
to being a show man, is a property
holder and taxpayer of Paris, ex-
presses the opinion that The Partisan
is the cleanest, most citified, and
classiest country newspaper that he
has seen anywhere in his entire itin-
erary. He ordered fifty extra cop
les of the paper printed this week to
send to friends of his in Mississippi.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10
MEETING AT LITTLE ROCK

Rev S w Peoples announces that
qrotracted meeting will begin at
Little Rock Sunday night. Rev James
of the West End Methodist church,
Paris, to conduct the services. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
publie to attend.
The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-09-10

Continued on last page)
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11
Indians Coming
Into Their Own

dom OF this restriction, and that com,
potency must precede the control "t
property, otherwise great Injustice
would follow tn thousands of Indians.
In my last annual report said in this
connection:
OF the large number of Indians
still under The supervision Of this h,l-
rt;lu. ii should be uu,!erSt o",l that
mere than ,o.tsn are situated prlcti-
tailN the Sulne a> the reservation Nay
ai". liualapa. Hopi and Apache
whose property cannot now. nor for
many Years To come. he wisely al
io1ivd. There are thousands Of full
hoods and near tuIIhiuo,,> whose
personal possessions and prospects
are suggestive of Il capacity for indie
pendent >rIt->lpport but who are not
qualified Ia withstand! the colnprti-
tive tests that would follow Il with
draMal of Federal guidance. To Hhau-
l"u these III Tie point in ,hcir prog
Ec>> where elementary requirements
are shaping INTO >elf-reliAnrr and Il
comprehension al practical me'hohS.
would he 10 leave them Il prey To- rv-
cry kind of uil>crupuuu> lrickrry
that masks itself in the conventions
IF civiliZation.'
Pew things have been more o.
s'rucliNe Ia lndinn welfare than the
professional aGitatnr who claims the
establishment Of governmental super
vision rs the salvation Of The Indian
The Indians are growing III knoWi-
edge and general initiligcncr Three
fourrh> nj HEIR children eligible for
attendance are enrolled in some
school. federal. State or mission Near
~ lWo-thil'l> of 1hcir rntire l,op,l1, ION
speak English AMI about unn-h;lf read
and write EnGliSh. Their gain in the
us" of civilized speech has been re-
nlarkahIe in The last seven Years.
Too much las been said ahour In
dian >,ho"! graduates Going back Ia
til" blanket, .AnN assumption that
more than Il negligible percentage nj
such students az" n"n-pro-re>>ive is
WWarraiitra. In >ulne Instances
NtL'i' HHl'ii> i!ti ipliS III SCHOOL nave
returned /" backward hnne conditions
III" results have been disappointing.
but by 40 nlrdh> an entire loss. Ii
these boys and girls carry no nurt'
HAN Il speaking use al English into
homes sill undcr The lAraIl of bar
haric ignorance. They hav. started /;
lifting force ANA planted iMperi>hahl.
seeds uf civilization. Considering the
effect of previous environment. habits
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11

coast t" the vicinity "f Reersi,eha. GO
or ~ miles inland toward the desert.
In the push for Jerusalem. General
Allenhy'> yran'li">e plan hinged main
~. If not entirely. on the swift md
sure reduction of ReerSheba. Unless
this were effected, the whole action
stood in danger of tizzling out.
Well. the Turks go: wind Of Cen
era Alenhy'S plan. and shortly be-
fore ~ lay-the day of our often
>ive--they moved II division from GAIA
across into reserve at Eeer>heba. The
move about balanced the opposing
forces. numerically. in The vital Beer
Sheha sector. and 50 it became ahso-
lnt"ly necessary tn d" something To
ca,l>e the Turks I" move this division
back ~ GAIA again or. for that mat
ter. to any part of the line as long as
it WIS away from Berr>heha.
The head nf the cnemy'S intelligence
service opposite was one Captain
Schiller.
An Intelligence service exists tn find
out wha, Your opponent c"ntemplates
deins next.
1t ROW bchnnved our intelligence to
make their-,he Observation-Disclosures
believe that there was nothing to fear
in the Eeer>heba sector. that the VI
tai attack was coming elsewhere.
| Scheme after scheme was weighed
and found wanting. and the days We're
slipping by. In the end 1t was agreed
thu, one hope would he IL devise Il
means Of getting "faked" documentary
evidence through To Schiller himself.
and so to set the stage that even that
willy customer would be taken in. 1t
would he a risk. for should Schiller ,le-
| eide thar the Information in question
! had been purnoSel: conveyed to him.
that. in fact It was "dnpe." we had
! better far have left the whole affair
most severely alone. BUT now. To re-
count this queer tale through its de-
. velnpmenr. LET us reconstruct the
scene in SchiIler's office. as We believe
il 10 have hecn enacted. that October
night following the discovery Of Il
British hAver>ack by II Turkish patrol
Schiller opens the haver>ack and
finds inside some sandwiches. an elec-
tr;c torch and n flask. map and II
wallet and notebook combined. He
reads intently several pages 1T scrih-
hled pencil notes written In diary
form. then pushes back his chair and
laughs outright:
ola. ha: Das list gut: Specially
dropped for us to pick up! They're
getting quite clever. these English: :"
4 signal officer announces:
"The English have just sent out n
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11

wireless message saying that every ef-
fort is to he made tonight to recover
Il haversack that was lost this after
noon in No Mans Land"
1T can't he: 1t can't be: Don't you
realize. Schmidt. that If these notes
are genuine all our reckoning has been
wrong that they're going to attack
GAIA first. not at Reersheba? These
notes refer to all Allenby's conferences
for the past month. I'm certain
they're faxed. Why. look what those
prisoners told us only yesterday! And
their artillery preparation and wire
less activity"
There are still some papers in the
wallet. sir" said the younger officer.
list mir egal:" rasps the other fierce
~. Then. changing tone: Colt IN
hmmel What have we got here?"
And he reads:
Dear X: Sorry we must delay
"nr little shoot as I'm running down
I" Cair" for II few days rest. Back
November !. Yours. T.. Allenhy."
Schiller looks slowly from the let
Ter 10 Tue cHIenIaE.
The British offensive was expected
for October %. and here was the Brit
ish cnmnlanler-in-chiefg going away on
leave,
"Donnerwct,er." proclaimS the Ger
man. ''Ii this isn't becoming Yes
what is it?"-thiS to junior officer
just entered.
English prisoners taken at FL Tug
ger say they We're warned this after
noon about the loss of Il haverSack.
II anyone found II. he WAS not on any
/ account to open it. hut was to send it
direct to headquarters"
Schiller doesn't answer rs this fur
thcr evidence If authenticity teens In.
| Eagerly. almost feveriShly. he re-
turns to the wallet. and takes ont its
remaining content>-a photograph. the
| photograph of Il woman. written across
in rn,learing terms. and Il letter.
Schiller reads the letter avitlly. on
and on. 1t tells Of the birth Of first
born. Of little hands and little feet: 1t
rambles Oh in that tender language
.
her own. The letter is crinkled and
has heen clearly read and reread \
hundred times 1t is Il letter in II mil
lion. Its loss could only be acci-
dental.
So reasoned Schiller!
The division that had been hastily
/ moves! into reserve nj EcershchN was
us hastily moved back to GAIA.
On October 2S we attacked tho
weakened Turkish position ut Beer
sleha and. as all the world knows. car
ried everything before us.
And the letter concerning the first
hOrn--the letter that saved hundreds,
possibly thousands. Of British lives
and went far to giving us Jerusalem.
and ultimately a whole country:
Has the little hospital nurse ut FL
Ari>h. with the girlish handwriting.
forgotten all about 1t?
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11
Calls Women Unmusical

Women are naturally mechanical.
therefore no woman is really musical.
cOnteniesl J. Swinburne in an address
before the Musical association in Lon
don.
ut is commonly believed that wOm-
ems brains are just like mems and
that they can .iO everything that men
can do just ~ WELL" he said. 1.-THE
assumption IL quite unfOunded. WOn,-
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11

lt ulStUIttt bSlNttIl
The Turk and ourselves at this desert
end "f the line was sometimes as great
rs eight miles. and frequently mount
cd reconnaissance patrols We're neceS-
| Sary- the more S0 ut this particular
| iun'ture in that Alenby's push for
| to day.
Followed by an orderly. the staff
| office rn,.e about for some little time
now consulting his leather enca>e,
| map, now scanning with field-ylusScs
the unending camel scrub and sand.
Sudrnly-zip, zip. zip.-several rifle
shots rang out. and the officer half fell
from his horse. then recovering him
self. headed about. The couple had
apparently ridden right on to II Turk
i>h post. and the orderly needed no
| second word Of command as to the
direction in which lie was now to pro
! coed.
Before following him however. tile
staff officer swung round ivy" or three
| times in an effort to recover his haver-
sack. which had dropped To the ground
as he lnh tilted over when hit. Bur
the Turkish fire was becoming more
| rapid. and he apparently was getting
| weaker. Finally. the haver>ack had
| to he left there on the sand under
the noses of the Turks.
In the course Of the evening a
! GIRO. something in this style was cir
| culated throughout the three corps in
! line:
! "IRGEET--Whlen IN reconnaissance
| patrol in y" Mans Land this after
| noon. about Y II Il l. 3. Il staff officer
! lost II hav"r>ack. II found. the hnver-
sack is to be returned forthwith IL
opened ar its contents examined in
any way"
Later an .ncipherel wireless mess.
age added:
'pr,.rmned efforts nr" l." DO mad.
| tonight by troops in the sector in,
viewed /" Recover the lost lavcrSack
mentioned in g. Il. q. No. 1872"
! That night the writer messed at a
corps headquarters and was gree,ed
| somewhat after this fashion: "Oh
Lord: Here's one of these CLIO
wallah>: Nice business this after
noon. Can't 60 out on patrol with
ont giving the whole show away Il
| the Turks. Found your blessed hay
erSack yet? should say not! No,
! likely to. either. The old Turks
l fnirlv plOntipv over n hy NOW rnn
tanned the whole plan of the push.
| SllpnOSp: The fellow who dropped j
ought to he strung up. Prancin.
ni,"it M to the Turk with operation
orders in his packet
TN the GAIA front at this periM
the British line extended from til,
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11
Evidence Of Progress.

il!> HtNHHtiGt.
Evidence Of Progress.
"The Indians progress is too fire.
uUenliy measured by his yarb. W.
want the Indian Ia cut his hair and
Wear citizens clothes. We urge him
To live in II white mans house. but il
he does not entirely ana promptly re-
>l,onu in all Of these respects it is not
proven that Ii" is not Il progressive
man. Sometimes young men return
ing from our schools To the reSprvn
lions Resume certain outward forms
of tribal fashion us Il matter IF eN-
petlielicy or social Difference 10 their
elders. but their activities show what
they are: their farming. their stock.
raising. the homes they build and til,
MAY they furnish them. and their de-
sire Ia have their children go to
school are the hest evidences Of theil
progress.
The social and domestic life Of the
Indians is steadily Improving. Mar
rlagr Ivy tribal custom is notably Civ
ing way Ia legal rites. At present
there is hardly more than one-fourth
HE drunkenness among Indians that
prevailed ten years ago. The mis-
>iol'ary workers have been Il powerful
aid and their number among the In
dlal>> has doubled since 1900. with Il
corresponding increase OF churches
and chnrrh attendance.
The Indians iu,ll>l rial urourpSS is
especially Noteworthy. Their in,ifvid-
tai funds On deposit have Increased in
the last {. -ilt years in excess of So
rh'.hM. During ina, period they have
expended Tor homes. barns and mod
ern farm implements SlS.NW.oN aud
have adde,! Sl3,sW.WM Ia their capi.
tai in livestock. The Indians trans
formation from Il game hunter and
Wanlerpr 10 Il settled land-holdrr and
holne-buller is everywhere evident.
Nearly $1,000 Indian farmers are cul-
tivutiny almost l.WN,ha acres. ZOO
are engaged in stock raising. and their
livestock is worth close to S:sS.WD,nD
Their i;isl Years income from the sale
na'rly >l4.NOtaN.
The Indians are ,lepcuti;,hie Wage
workers. Their annual earnings in
public anal private service exceed S.
RU.lsH. Their number receiving ra-
items and supplies not l'ai. for ia la
Dor has decreased onehalf in the last
seven wears"
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on are nowhere in science. although
scientific training has been open 10
them for more than Il generation.
''Tha cultivation of music by women
hinders the development of the art.
One effect If the supposed musical
gifts of women is that girls are taught
music. while boys are neglected In
this training"
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11

The Atlah,sca river Of British, North
America has two Important salt
branches. one of which rises In a nat
ural salt sprin. and the other has iss
source In the CaribOo mountains.
which contain vast deposits Of salt
rock. Another salt river. having it's
origin in similar formation. Is one
Of the tributaries of the Great Slave
river.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11
The Wife Paws.

Eellaire. O.-Two Young men carry.
in- income lax hlank> called ut HE
home of .\nnunzin Murche>i With the
news that her husband owed Uncle
sam S.,4 income tux. She paid. Her
husband i seeking rlie bogus federal
nc Ills.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11

There is something the matter with
any woman when she Is willing to
let q man do all the talking.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11
BY CAPT. FERDINAND Tuohy.

NJ Afternoon toward the
close Of October. 1917, 4
staff officer attached to
general headquarters in
the field Egyptian cxpe-
dictionary force, rode out
into No Mans Land in
the direction Of Beer
Shtba.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-11
Rivers That Are salty

There is a salt river In Australia.
and another. the Rio Salado. in the
Argentine Republic Ii South America.
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dian compares f;,>nrahly with the av-
traye white student whose home sur
rnundll.S as :, rule are generally to
his advantages.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Anti-Fire Program Out :,
Exercises on Saturday TO Cekf6Es
in Public Schools

FIRE Commissioner Thomas yrDpn-
nan announced the program yesterday
Tor Fire Prevention Day, October 9.
ine day will be observed in all the
schools, where fremen win address
the pupils on fire prevention. Mayor.
hyIan viii award to the school enilk
dren and high school students the
medals donated by the New York Board
OF FIRE Underwriters for the. best es-
says on Safeguarding the Home
Against Fire"
Forty thousand automobiles in the
city will carry fire prevention pcsters
on the windshields, 10000 sign sard3
will be posted throughout the city and
l,6o0 motion picture slides will he.
shown IN the theaters, all relating III
fire prevention. The progrg:n will
close with dinner at the Comsaoaors
Hotel, under the auspices of rtks I'm
formed Officers Association of the Fire
Department. Mayor Hylan. Arthur
Brisbane, James ". Gerara and Comm
troller Charles L. Craig are scheduled.
TO be among the speakers.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
second Quartet Program.
Pleases Large Audience
Lnndon g, Players Again Prove
themselves Worthy of inter-
Pretativc Tribute 10 Beethoven

n me musicians of the London String
Iuartet gave the second program Of
1 rne,r Beethoven Festival in Aeolian
a,aii yesterday afternoon. Three more
o. o +. the composers quartets, the fourth.
nlth and sixth of his Eighteenth Opus
were played, leaving eleven for the re-
i"alhing programs. In the three is
some OF the finest music of this earlier
groun-the Minuet and the variations
On tne andante cantabile theme of the
MAJOR quartet, and the last move
lnent OF the B fiat major, with the
ahIternation a of the exquisite adagio and
the allegretto. ''''a
The London musicians again proved
themselves worthy to pay the tribute
OF Interpretation which they have nm
oertaken, There was breadth and nm
oerstanding in their performance
visanty and warmth. The ensemble was
admlrable. 1t is true that at times in
ene more vigorous passages, the first
vloinIst seemed to sacrifice balance
70 emphasis, and that once or twice
as IN the prestissimo Of the C minor
quartet. there was a, blurred effect
!hese flaws were almost insignificant
III performance of so high a quality.
performance to which a large audi,
ence paid the tribute of sincere an
probation. "p
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Four Liners Sail: {
Passenger Lists
Unusually Small
Westbound Traffic Above
Normal; Tank Corps Com
mander's Sons Have Diff
Guilty Getting Into U. S.

Four transatlantic liners left port
yesterday for England and the CONT
nent with 1,175 passengers, an unusu
ally small list despite the fact that
eastbound passenger traffic is usually
light at this season.
Westbound traffic is continuing
above normal, which was apparent yes
terday with the arrival Of the Red Star
liner iceland from Antwerp and South
ampton. The iceland carried 1,164
passengers, which is eleven less than
the entire passenger complement car
liner La Savoie, the American liner
Philadelphia, the Red Star liner Fin
land and the Celtic Of the White Star
Line.
The French liner France, from Havre,
and the Cunarder Imperator, from
Southampton and Cherbourg, are ex-
pected to dock this forenoon. Both
have large passenger lists.
On the iceland, which arrived yes
terday from Antwerp, were John Darcy
Baker Carr, fourteen years old, and
Darcy Arthur Baker-Carr, twelve
darcy Bloomfield saitern Baker Carr,
commander of the I'd British Tank
Corps.
BEING aliens under sixteen and un-
accompanied by parent or guardian,
they were automatically ordered to
Ellis Island for hearing before a board
of special inquiry On the iceland,
however, were three immigration in
| spectors qualified to sit as such q
board and with the consent of Com
missioner Wallis they heard the case
and permitted the children to land
1t was explained that their mother
is dead; that their father is stationed
in part of East Africa, where there
are no schools, and that they were
sent here to be educated. The boys
were met at the pier by an aunt from
Concord, N. H., who will enter them IN
the McAllister School
Also on the iceland came Matthew
Labrousse and Ernest de Muyter, Of
ficers of the Belgian army, who will
pilot the balloon Belgica, which will
enter the race for the international
cup from Birmingham, Ala The Bel
gians brought the balloon with them
on the iceland.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Miss Armstrong a Bride

,PLAlNFIELD, N. j., Oct. =. The we'd
olng OF Miss Catherine Lillard Arm
strong, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
y lam al nsa Harold o., Armstrong, and Edgar
Nam ora Morthington, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John I. Worthington. Of New York
City, took place this evening at the
home of the brides parents, 835 West
seventh Street. Rev. E. Wears Steven
son. rector Of Grace Episcopal Church,
ofhciated
Miss Carol Grannatt. of this city.
was the maid of honor and the brides
maids were Miss Elizabeth Armstrong
OF Portsmouth, Ohio, and Miss Lillian
Johnson, of Plainfeld. Wayland Morse,
OF, New York, was best man and the
ushers were Robert G. Wilson ir. of
South Norwalk, Conn, and Charles Lee
Brand. of New York City. The bride
groom is graduate of New York Uni
versity and during the war was a lieu
tenant in the United States Signal
Corps