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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14

Straws, while often showing the direc-
ton of the wind. political or other kinds,
are often annoyingly prophetic, as, for
instance, on Monday Of last week when
Governor Cox spoke at the Minnesota
State Fair 13S. 900 persons paid admission
to the grounds Two days later came the
front porch photographic candidate q
Senators Penrose, Smoot and Lodge to the
same fair and spoke from the same plat
form and there were only $1,000 paid ad-
missions to the grounds Less than half as
many people in that strongly Republican
State had either interest or curiosity to
hand over the admission fee TO the grounds
as paid to see and hear Cox. Hardipgs
utterances thus far during the campaign
have not stimulated the slightest interest
in the man, the candidate, or in his litter
ate meaningless twaddle ard the political
and wisdom of his Senatorial
sponsors in keeping their pick for Presi-
dent chained TO the Marion front porch is
now more fully recognized than ever.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
PRESS COMMENTS
HARDING AS A FRENCH SCHOLAR.

In his speech from the porch Saturday,
Senator Harding attacked what he de-
soribed as discrepant versions in the
French and English OF Article XXI OF
the Versailles Treaty. He gave literal
translation OF the French words, which is
here contrasted with the official English
text:
Harding rsion-International en-
gagements, such as treaties Of arbitration,
and regional understandings, like the
Monroe Doctrine, which assure the main
tenance of peace, are not considered AS
incompatible with any Of the provisions
OF the present pact.
Official Text-Nothing in this covenant
shall be deemed to affect the validity Of
international engagements, such as treat
les of arbitration, or regional understand
ings, like tho Monroe Doctrine, for secur-
ing the maintenance of peace.
For busy man who has been long out
Of school, Senator Hardings translation of
the French text is excellent. But even in
his own version, what is there to sustain
his charge that zone text is the complete
reversal of the other2" Nothing what
everl
Any lingust can see Mt a glance that
the Official English text docs not pretend
to be "A literal translation Of the French.
1t is a rccasting of its essential intent in
more vigorous English form. And that,
according to the State Department, is
precisely what it was meant to be. More
over, if Mr.. Harding has not been so
eager TO boast of the mares nest he had
found he might have read in Article
CCCCXL this statement: "1'he French
and English texts are both authentic"
All signatures are subscribed to both.
Remembering the years Of trouble we
had over the French words meaning
"sinuosities of the coast" in Alaska treat
les, an English%peaking Ohio statesman
ought TO have praised the forcthought Of
the Versailles Congress in providing an
authentic English text. Mr.. Harding has
subordinated treaty in his own language
TO parallel version in foreign tongue
and misrepresented both.-New York
World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14

the change, but these mcide nts are isolat-
ed: Juries composed wholly Of women
will be = novelty for time. They can
use their intuition TO determine whether
OF not witness has told the truth and
they should be as expert at sitting con-
flIctin9 testimony as are men.
A few women will run for Office and
~ time goes on that will ccase to be a
novelty There are many Offices that
women can fill as acceptably as men.
Some Offices, il would sccm, call for the
peculiar qualifications that women pos
sess. But things will move along pretty
much as they have in the past. The
moral tone Of politics should be rnised end
the private life Of public candidates may
be subjected TO more careful scrutiny than
has been customary. The entrance Of
women into politics is q good omen and
the best sign noticed Is that they are not at
all foolish about their new privileges
Indianapolis News.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
Com Il feet Z inches tnll growing OF

Corn IA feet inches tall, growing on a
farm in Pencader hundred, is enough TO
excite the envy of farmers of ether less
favored sections of the State. Such a
promise would indicate yield of up
wards Of 100 bushels to the acre, or pos
sibly more. The rich, loaIny land of the
old Bohemia Manor section of this county
cannot be surpassed for growing crops
where high fertility of soil is requisite
There are sections of New Castle county
that are not surpassed in the excellence
and abundance of their crops by even the
super richness Of the Kansas farm lands.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14

New England is sending to the Eastern
Shore for seed oysters with which to i'm
prove her own bivalves, but unfortunately
for our Yankee cousins, there is a law pre-
venting their shipment from the State.
Broad Creek oysters are coming to be re-
garded as the finest that are obtainable,
and the demand for seedlings has become
50 great the State has been obliged to
prohibit their shipment outside. The whole
nation is to realize that thefnest things to
eat are to be found in the great natural
food storehouses of Delaware and the
Peninsula.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
West Chester ie q little later than som

West Chester lie little later than some
other communities. but she has formally
entered the list for divorce honors-or
dishonors, just ss one looks at it. In one
day eighteen applications were heard by
the Chester county courts with the de-
PENDANTS being about evenly divided be-
tween the two sexes Five divorces year,
q record reached fifteen years ago. was
regarded as being so large as to warrant an
apology TO the country.
However, Chester county, too, has
come TO regard the separation of man and
wife and the breaking up Of the home with
a. much complacency as do the rest of the
country, all of which goes to show mankind
eventually comes to embrace that which at
oue time he despised as monster
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14

We are informed that as the result Of a
meeting held yesterday afternoon by local
Republican leaders with agents of the Re
publican National Committees sub-com-
mittee on ways and means, an intensive
campaign for funds is to be launched in
Delaware" At least that is the statement
given in the Morning News, with brutal
frankness. Does this mean that the $685.
900 which was sent to Delaware two years
ago, and spent in shameless ballot de-
bauchery, is to be far exceeded this
year2
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Bethany Band.
Coremakers Union.
Blacksrniths Union.
BrAndywine Fire Co.
Smyth Post, G. A. R.
Division No. /, A. o. E.
Waneta Council, D. Of P.
Calanthe Lodge, X Of P.
Humanity Circle, B. of L.
Corinthian Lodge, 5. Of II.
Crusaders Castle, X. C. Z.
Eureka Conclave, S. W. NJ.
Germania Temple, L. G. +.
Fame Castle, 4. o. X. NJ. G..
Patternmakers Association.
Corinthian Lodge, A. It & A. NJ
Y. p. S. Zion Lutheran Church.
German Beneficial Society No. /.
Peerless Conclave, III. or S. W NJ.
Mutual Encampment, /. Q. 0. F.
Brandywine Com, A. L |. o. X. NJ.
NJ. B. A. Of p r. R. Employees, Ire.
East End German Democratic Club.
Sheet Metal Workers Local, No 3o2.
Harmony Council, No. l, L. f, of A.
Washington Camp, No. Is, ?. o. s. A
Guiding Star Temple, No. 6, o. Of Z.
vii. Branch No. 26, Grand Fraternity.
Car and Ship Painters Protective Asso
Snowflake Lodge, No. 65, L. A. r. B. A
Camp Farrel, No /, Spanish War Vets
Camp 1926, Royal Neighbors of America
Nj. B. A. of z. r. X. Employws.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14

1t will be well to remember that to-
morrow lis the last day of this quarter for
the payment of the Federal income tax.
Blanks have been forwardedto all taxables
and unless the payment is made in person
tomorrow or by mail 80 that the envelope
bears the post mark of September Is, or
earlier, and shows that it was mailed
before midnight of the 10th, each taxable
will be required to pay penalty for the
delay. Attention TO this matter before the
date limit has been reached will perhaps
save some expense later.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
THE NEW CITIZENS.

sets, darkness follows daylight and the
as it did before the Nineteenth Constitu-
tional Amendment. There have been no
indications in Indiana that the new citi-
zens are going to have their heads turned
by their recently granted privileges. Here
and there, throughout the country, some
thing spectacular happens to emphasize
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
EVENING SMILE.
SHY OF PROOF.

Senator Knox was once compelled by
financial affairs TO visit a boom town in
the West.
In the evening, as he sat in the office
Of the corrugated iron hotel trying TO
digest dinner OF salt pork and beans,
the landlord thrust 3-cent cigar into his
hand and said
II sartinly am proud Of Boomville,
Would you believer II, sir, that two years
ago there wasn't no town here at all?'
"Humph," said Senator Knox. "And
what makes you think there Is one here
now?'-Detroit Free Press.
you see the man standing yonder?
He is a rirger for every man IN this con-
gregation." HE must look ike lot of
people. Not necessarily; he's the church
sexton. baltimore American.
They saw the cause of their quarrel
was a lettes his wife found In his pocket
Zone that he had forgotten to maIl?'
'No; one be had forgotten to burn. -
Boston Transcript.
81 don't complain about high prices
any more" why not7" i've Just
got tired Of hearing the perfectly good
excuse any tradesman can offer for soak
ing the life out OF me. Detroit Free
Press.
Would you call Bhthersby stupid?'
''Well. he has a limited amount Of in
telhgencc?" "Yes?' "He can trace the
decline in the popularity of mince pie TO
the Eighteenth Amendment -Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
By Walt Mason.
FEET OF CLAY.


!. At times some sanity writer has
made hit with me, some sane and
forceful fighter against iniquity.
Without too much of preaching,
great truths his books expound, the
truths that should be reaching this
weary world around. And every
time | read him, | think, ''His hfe's
a pomel The soul sick people need
him, to bring their sunshine homeP'
And | assume he's living like those
of whom he writes, no thought or
longing giving to lurid days and
nights. Then comes some sickly
scandal, some drama rank and
coarse, in which that sanity vandal
is screeching for divorce. And thus
some actress winning is shrined In
all our hearts; she seems remote
from SHINING and all the sordid arts.
The moving films unfold her in
strictly moral shows: whenever We
behold her, our admiration grows.
We christen her "Our Lizzie, and
praise her till we're hoarse and
then she knocks us dizzy by asking
a divorce. A lot of us old wedges
still look on weddings rings and
solemn marriage pledges as being
sacred things. And now we find
them firing, these gifted girls and
men; they had us once adIairing,
but never viii again.
= ~ : a ~ - 4 L L 4 A l.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14

New Jersey proposes to check the theft
Of motor cars by taking the licenses away
from the thieves. This is about as feasible
~ would be al edict to kill all poets at
their birth. One cannot pick out auto
thieves until they steal an auto, after
which it is too late to get. their license, as
III auto stealer seems to have some safe
guarding immunity from arrest. It's
ease Oh first catching the hare before skin
ningit
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
HIS ssHfn

Flrye Cftixen n-rhrrvs COS wNs ~
might gee reilef re clignt rse uarwclwrs
arrested FOR main aiming a nllsAuCe.
second Citixcu-I cont xet ysg.
First Citizen Well rs azAAasx ffe
law 20 xerp swtne Ia the city Ulaals Aul
Cn nicago Views.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
Ask Harding; He Doesn't Know.

just what is ia Mr.. Hardings mind when
he breaches national salvation by and
through the Senate p plaintively inquiries
the Springfield Republican. Ask MIR. Hard
Ing. he docsn't t know.--BaltiInore Sun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14

ACCOMMODATING PRoRTssoRs.
Always o professor can be found some
Hltis 70 indorse any plan, however Ina
practical IL may be.-Alhany Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
BUG-OLOCY
Figure This Out

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that vii Stii the egNs a. vel as 500 i've
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bed buss. aches. boss snd snfs 4 IO ~,
the new discovery leSas DcVNs ouirfu.
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enough 20 hth niiliOn ueJ huxs fusr hs.
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.ver, pscAaSe 60 ~ot ths pcSAs asVtIs lu a.,
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
WHY THEY LEAVE.

" M LEAsE
Why, then, do 50 many country boys
go TO the cities? Chiefly because there :
no other place for them TO go. Go into
any old, settled farming district, such as
Eastern Maryland Talk 70 farmer who
has four boys. Three of them, he VIII tell
you, are going away. The fourth boy viii
stay and inherit the old homestead. Why
don't the Others buy farms? For several
reasons. In the first place, the good farms
are not for sale, and they don't want the
poor ones. In the second place, TO buy
unimproved land and put it under culti-
walton takes more capital than they can
command.
So the boys go to New York or 70
Philadelphia and become automobile me
chanics or electricians, or else they 20
West IN search Of land. But going ~ est IS
getting to be a poor expedient. The
greater part of its arabic lands are as
crowded as those Of the East. OF its public
lands little is left but desert. Just as the
East has its swamps and cut-oyers which
might be made into farms so the West
has its irrigable deserts. But in both cases
it viii take the strong hand of government
to make these lands available.
There is no mystery in this so-called
movement of the country population TO the
cities, nor does it represent any great
change in the feeling or viewpoint Of the
people, or any new restleSSneSs. The
simple fact is that there are Just so many
farms in the United States. Every one
of them that will yield hving for hard
work is being titled, and a good many
that will not yield a living in the long run
are being titled. The area of cultivation is
being extended slowly which is the only
way il can be extended by men working
singly, with little capital and upon the
least desirable land in the country.
1t is true that the population is in
creasing faster than the food supply
the food supply is still
adequate. Its high price is due almost
wholly to the way it is distributed.
The movement from the country TO the
cities will go on steadily and for long time.
1t is inevitable in a nation which is chang
ing from an agricultural basis to a COM
mercial and manufacturing one. But the
farms will always be TILED, and as soon as
the government gets down to the neces-
sary work of creating more farms, those
Will be titled, too.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-14
RIPPLlNG RHYMES.

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-07-21
"IIIiterate New York"

Two hundred thousand persons
above the age Of 21 live in New
York who can neither read nor write
the English language. The "illiteracy
dots" prepared on census bureau
map show them to be thickest on the
lower East Side in Harlem and the
Bronx. These people are American
citizens. The figures compiled by the
census bureau comprise only Man.
haitian and the Bronx.
Of course it is recognized that
large percentage of these non-Eng-
lish speaking people are educated in
their own languages. But what is OF
most concern to America is that they
should be able to read and speak the
language of their adopted country.
In every section of the country there
are men and women who do not
make the slightest effort to learn
our language. Only enough OF it for
the purposes of business is assimi-
lated, and that little is "pidgin Eng
lish," hard to understand by the
average American.
What is most needed and is plan
ned now in New York is a "go to
school, drive, that the board of edu-
cation believes will counteract the
conditions existing in the city. Edu-
cation in the language of America
is essential for an understanding and
assimilation of her ideals and tradi-
tions. Without that no true citizen
ship can result.-Columbia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-07-21
NOTICE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD.

Whereas a petition has been filed,
and all legal requirements met, it is
hereby ordered that the regularly ap-
pointed Board of Trustees of Beech
Creek school district No. IS, do hold
an election at the Wimbly Branch
school house Saturday, July "a, 1920
for the purpose of voting upon the
question of levying and collecting an
additional special tax of six (6)
mills on the dollar of all taxable
property within said district, pro-
ceeds of such additional levy to be
used for school purposes in Beech
Creek school district No. 1S.
At this election only such resident
electors as pay taxes on real or per-
sonal property shall be allowed to
vote. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock
a. m., and close at 4 o'clock p. M,
and in all respects comply with Sec.
1742. Gen. School Law of South
Carolina.
w. W. FULLER,
E. H. FOLK.
Co. Board Education, Edgefeld, S. G..
July 6, 1920.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-07-21
Figuring 1t Out.

From the standpoint of sport,
Cox and Roosevelt have practically
sure thing chance at the polls. In
the most matter-of calculations
their prospects are better than those
of Harding and Coolidge. Let US see.
The Cox and Roosevelt ticket starts
out with the Solid South and New
Mexico and Arizona. This gives them
1s1 electoral votes. Cox is counted
on with certainty to deliver the
twenty-four votes of Ohio to his
ticket. Roosevelt is practically GER
tain to bring forty-fve more from
New York.
This total gives the Democrats an
even ESQ of the 266 electoral votes
necessary for a choice. The electoral
college has 531 votes and it will be
seen at a glance that the Democrats
have splendid chance to gather the
sixteen ballots, necessary to their
salted down $50 to win. They have
twenty-nine states from which to
draw these sixteen votes. Vice Presi-
dent Marshall says that his state of
Indiana will give it's Is votes to Cox.
This puts the Democrats within one
vote of the goal.
Governor Edwards of New Jer-
sew says that state is going Demo-
cratic by a good majority. Califor-
mia by thirteen votes, Colorado with
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-07-21

six votes, Michigan with fifteen
votes, not to mention any other
doubtful cmmonwealths, where the
Democrats have the best of the bar
gain, insures Democratic victory.
Governor Cox shows every evil
dence of putting in the campaign
both speed and power. He has demon
strated that he is an expert cam
paigner and a successful vote-getter.
1t is no ordinary office-seeker who
comes to the post after winning a
seat in congress and governorship
thrice over in a leading state tradi-
tionally, normally and famously Re
publican. 1t is no ordinary admins
traitor who can show to the satisfac-
tion of taxpayers of his state that
he has made good. Mr. Roosevelt is
likewise a giant in campaigning and
in the winning of votes.
Every wing of the Democratic
party, except the professional dis
senters, who never should have been
credited to the party, have lined up
for Cox and Roosevelt. If we all
keep at work and watch the enemy
closely he can pull no camoufiage
victories. Supremacy is written on
our banner in 192O.-Columbia Rec
orJ
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-08
FORMER BARNES
COUNTY LADY dies

The following notice of the death
Of one of the former Barnes county
pioneer ladies istaken from the Far
go Courier News this morning:
Mary J. Siegfried, widow of the
late Colonel B. F. Siegfried. died
suddenly of heart failure at p. nj.
yesterday at the home of her son in
Sanborn, N. D. Mrs. Siegffied left
Fargo Wednesday morning for San
born, accompanied by her son, H. E.
Siegfried, and was then in the best
of health. 49,
The body will be brought to Fargo
but funeral arrangements had not
been made last night.
Deceased was one of the pioneers
of North Dakota, coming to Sanborn
with her husband in 1881. They
moved to Fargo about IL years ago
and at the time of her death she
resided at 348 Ninth avenue south.
Mrs. Siegfried wa born in Mercer
County, Pa, Jan /, 1847. She was
a member of the First Congregational
church of Fargo, the Eastern Star
and the Wennen's Relief Corps. The
late, Colonel Siegfried, who died about
three years ago, was veteran OF
the Civil war.
She is survived by two sons, Il: =.
Siegfried of Fargo and W. A. Sleg-
fried of Sanborn.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-08

The Minneapolis Symphony Orches-
ira, which is to be heard at Valley City
on April 10th is unique in that it is
the only one of the great American
orchestras which has grown to artistic
maturity under the conductor which
formed it, and still continues under
his baton. Emil Oberhoffer has been
the conductor Of the Minneapolis SYM
phony Orchestra from it's inception
16 years ago, and the unprecedent-
ed development Of this orchestra from
its beginning to its present position as
one Of the greatest symphonic bodies
in the world, is due largely to his
genius, tact, and magnetic personality
Mr.. Oberhoffer has been called the
"Poet-conductor" and his interpreta-
tons are remarkable for their virility,
unusual musical insight, nd temper
amental warmth which lends pecul-
lar charm and reveals new and unsus-
pected beauties, even in familiar
works. Mr.. Oberhofer comes from a
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-04-08

Messrs. Harry P. Bassett and F. D.
Sadtler of Meigs, Bassett & Sadtler,
Philadelphia, were callers Wednesday
at the plant of the Valley City Fibre
Co. These gentlemen are touring
the west looking for fax and hemp
tow with which to operate their Phil
adelphia mills. Owing to lack of i'm
-portation Of these products it is MAX
ing American thread and Irvine man.
ufacturers' hustle to find enough raw
material with which to operate.
Knowing that these conditions exist,
naturally makes the officers of the
local fiber mill little peeved to think
that delays in securing machinery has
kept them from operating. However
these obstacles are gradually being
overcome and several cars Of machin-
cry parts have arrived in the past
few days nd construction Of their
mmmoth dryer is now progressing
rapidly.