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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26
PETITION FOR PARDON

To the Governor of the State of Mis-.
sippi and the Board of Pardons OF
the State of Mississippi:
The undersigned respectfully petit
ton that you grant pardon to q ne.
gro boy. Earl Bell. This boy was
convicted au the October term. 1919.
of the Circuit Court of Monroe Coun-
ty. Miss. for forgery. He forged a
check for the sum of $500 and was
sentenced. upon his plea of guilty. to
a term of,two years in the state PEN
itentiary. He was not represented
in court by counsel and 1t was not
developed that this boy is feeble
minded. He was injured when a baby
and his skull fractured Co such an ex-
tent az to cause this condition of his
mind. We believe, on account of his
youth and the condition of his mind.
that he should be pardoned. rs he has
been sufficiently punished.
Respectfully submitted,
r.. w. CHANDLER.
K. 8. ELLIOTT.
It. Nj. DEAN.
HOWARD BEAN.
A. r. GREGORY. Et. AL.
Paine & Paine. Attorneys For Petit
tioner. INSIST
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26
HAS GREAT MEANING TO-DAY

When the United States gov.
eminent minted its first copper
cents in 1887 by FrankIin'S di-
'rection, the injunction Mind
your own business" was stamped
upon them. meaning attend to
your own business, whereby
more copper cents. and dollars
will come your way. Franklin
was the greatest preacher OF
thrift any country eyer had, and
he practiced what he preached.
Nearly all our maxims of thrift
were penned by him and origi
nally were published in his Poor
Richards Almanac. These words
of advice stamped on our first
pennies are as important today
as they were then.-Exchange.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26
Notice of the Sale of Bonds of
SpIunge Consolidated School
District.
THANKSGIVING DAY last year.

| Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Monroe coun-
| ty, Mississippi. will, until 2 O'Clock
%. M, Monday, December 9Th. 1920.
receive sealed bids for the sale of
the Bonds of the Splunge Consolidat-
ed School District In the aggregate
| sum of Nine Thousand Dollars
| ($9, 900. O0D, the said bonds TO be of
the denominations of Five Hundred
Dollars $500. O0I each. numbered
from 1 to Is inclusive, dated January
1st. 1921. and to bear interest at rate
not to exceed six per centum per an
mum, payable semi-annually on the
first day of January and July of each
year, and said bonds to mature as
follows: Bond Number One, January
1st. 1922. and the other bonds. num-
bered two, three. four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine. ten. eleven,
sixteen, seventeen and eighteen. re-
spectively. January 1st, 1928, and an
nually thereafter until all of said
bonds shall have been paid. The
principal and interest shall be pay
able at the Office of the County
Treasurer of Monroe County, Missis-
sippi. or elsewhere as the purchaser
may elect.
Said bonds are exempt from all
J84CB III the ot6Do VI u1leolSSlDPls
No bid will be considered for less
than par. Bidders will be required
TO accompany their bids with certi
fed checks in the sum of One Thou
sand Dollars Isl 900 Oe) on some SOL
vent bank or trust company doing a
commercial business, payable to the
order of Joe Il. Morgan. Clerk. as
an evidence of good faith. This
amount will be held as a credit to the
successful bidder and applied on the
purchase price of the bonds. Checks
of unsuccessful bidders will be imme- |
diately returned to them. The board |
reserves the right to reject any and !!
all bids.
Witness my hand at Aberdeen. Mis- |
sissippi. this the 10th day of Novem- |
Der. 1920.
JOE T. MORGAN.
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of |
Monroe County. Miss. nI2-45 |
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26
WHO IS TO BLAMES

Newspapers and politicians
have spent much of the time
since the election. Nov. End,
making an effort TO determine
who is responsible for the solid
South being broken. Tennessee,
no doubt, feels sensitive as the
finger of scorn is pointed 10 her
by all the sister states, who have
fought to hold the solid line for
the party that protected the
mothers and daughters of Dixie
for forty-five years.
AS is the usual case, the re-
sponsible parties are the first 10
speak out and attempt TO locate
the responsibility elsewhere than
on1hemselves; and as Governor
Roberts had committed the un-
pardonable sin of chasing down
the tax dodgers, who incidental
ly are the political schemesters
ia Tennessee and elsewhere, the
whole blame was heaped on
him. No less an authority than
the Commercial Appeal who is
always boastful of the resources
and PROSPERITY of Memphis and
Shelby county, when there are
no taxes to be paid, and then
ready to hollow unfair when
this prosperity and these unlim-
tied resources are approached by
the tax assessor. has said that
Governor Roberts is TO blame
for the defeat of the party, boIh
state and national.
Men should be judged by their
enemies as well as by their
friends; and Governor Roberts
needs no greater vindication in
the eyes of Mississippians, whose
very hearts bleed over rhe loss
of the solid south" than the ev-
idence furnished by the Com
Appeal. viz: that Gov
ernor Roberts opposition in the /
democratic party was of such a /
class as would vote against the
ticket because they OPP |
posed the governor.
We believe that the revela-
lions of Governor Roberts adj
niniStration will make the road
rough for the dodgers for awhile
even though they have been
able to combine with republi-
cans and defeat the man who
stood pat for the enforcement of
he clause in the fundamental
aw, requiring all property to be
assessed at its actual cash value.
It's all done now, and Missis-
ippians are more interested in
eeing the sister state return 10
be fold, than in who led her
stray.-West Point TimeS-Her- .
Id.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26
What the Democratic Party Real
ly Needs

Senator Pat Harrison and Ton
Taggart, in statement issued in
Montgomery, Ala said:
The party has already selected
its leader for the next four years.
That leader is James NJ. Cox" The
party needs no reorganization. 1t
only needs to have those Democrats
who sulked or refused to help the
party give it full support. 1t is
presumption on the part of anybody
TO say that the Democrats who
knitted the party should try to re-
organize it. The party is all right.
and James NJ. Cox is the leader. J"
The New York American makes
this comment:
What the Democratic party
needs is not an expulsion list, but
an invitation list. And the best
thing the various leaders can do. if
they are really leaders. is to stop
talking blacklists and whitelists.
drop the repudiated policies that
the people of this country obviously
don't want and unite on some pol
icies that the American people do
want.
TabuIation of the votes to date.
show that Senator Harding ran
about eight to ten million votes
ahead Of Cox, not mentioning about
two million additional votes cast
for the socialists and perhaps
million more for the other tickets
in the field.-Yazoo Sentinel.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26
St. Johns Episcopal Church
SUNDAY SERVICES

SUNDAY SERVICES
First and third Sundays each
month. Morning service at IL a. m.
Other Sundays, at 7:30 o.. m.
Holy Communion. first Sunday
at IL, a. m. and third Sunday at
7:30 a. 10.
The Rector's Bible Glass Monday
at 8 D. M.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all of these services.
vWM. j. WILSON. Rector.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

The theory that the Demo
cratic party is dead does not inn
press rs. As one, who eight
years ago declined an invitation
to attend the bariaI OF the repub-
lican party, we LOOK upon the
demise Of democracy with sus-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

600 has more limitations than
any other Chill and Fever Tonic
on the market, but no one wants
mutations. They are dangerous
things in the medicine line Adv
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picion.-Ino. E. House in Phila-
delphia Public Ledger

About the only international
agreement that would be generally
popular. it seems. is one ~ which
NO nation actually agrees 70 do any
thing. Columbus Dispatch.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

We are showing a display of
PEARL NECKLACES that can
not be surpassed in any city for
beauty and quality. Eyerywoman
loves Pearls. Our guarantee goes
with every string. We invite
your inspection.
MAIER JEWELRY STORE.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

Are you thinking about Xmas:
It's time. From past experience
you should profit. Shop early
while the selection is not bro
ken. It's lots easier and so much
more satisfactory. Come in and
let us help you.
Maier Jewelry Store.
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See What We Can Give Yen
Before Y0u Place an Order
The Aberdeen Weekly.

There were twice as many d.
vorces in France last year as the
year before. Peace seems to bring
almost everything except peace.
New York Evening Mail.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

Let lis make your Xmas shop
ping easier. Come in and look
Over our large, well-selected
Iii OF gifts. You will be sur
priced how easily your needs
will be filled.
Maier Jewelry Store.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

Congressman Ben HUMPHREYS be-
lieves in getting in on the ground
floor as he has been credited with
announcing his candidacy for gov
ernor of Mississippi in the primary,
nearly three years hence. -Ex.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

A Denver newspaper says that
the wild western bandit has died
out" We don't believe it. He has
merely come to the eastern cities.
where he is Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

Texas will probably be the
next to legislate against Japa-
nese ownership of property with
in its borders. There is no doubt
as TO the sentiments of Ameri-
cans on this question wherever
il becomes an issue.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26
The Christian Church

Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
Communion and Preaching, IL a. m.
Evening Services, 700 D. m.
Choir Practice and Prayer Meet
ing Wednesday. 700 D. m.
The public is cordially invited.
Church located one block north of
the postoffice.
M. F. HARMON, Pastor.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1920-11-26

We are proud of the confidence doc
tors. druggists and the public have in
$50 Chill and Fever Tonic.-Adv
Evening journal., 1920-01-30

oslllon and lmperatlvely as an eco-
nomlc requirement, the American peo-
pie might pay a billion more In trans
portation bills, and because this and
only this would give adequate, fast and
safe trsnsportatlon-the most efficient
transportation in the world-gain ten
billion dollars a year in world indus
trial, commercial and financial supre-
macy.
The American people have got 10
have the best transportation Obtainable.
The only way TO get such tFansporta-
tion is out Of rates that will not send
the railroads to the scrap heap, but
Will enable them 60 do their part Of
tho nations economic Job as nearly 100
per cent. efficiency as possible.
Commissioner WOOlley was right I'm
saying that freight bills must be passed
TO the pubic They must be. But he
was wrong In deciding a case In which
he sits as q Judge before hearing the
facts. He was wrong In cOnceivlng that
his function, under his oath Of office,
IL TO keep railroad rates down II that
means the ruin OF the railroads and II
II means as well the ruin Of the indus
tries and the business OF the nation.
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
FACTS ARE FACTS.

xxy HEN British miners first advanced their sevenhour
w day program their leaders insisted much coal
would be mined by the same number Of men In the
shorter day. And July i6 hour was taken of the
miners day
In the three months before the seven-hour day was
proposed it took 100000 miners to produce 599OOOO
OF coal For the quarter ending 30 (whie the night
for the short day was being Fought iiiOOO miners dug
5sss6OOO tons. But for the first quarter Of the seven
hour day It took i47OOO miners to produce 80 256sOOO
tons.
Before the short day went into effect the pro
duction per man employed amounted to 56i tons After
the hour was cut of the output fell to 1888 tons per per-
son. or decline Of i3 per cent, compared with the
preceding quarter
These figures are taken from statement, undsputed
by labor made in the House Of Commons by Sir Auckland
Geddes, British minister for national service and recon
struction
This seems TO indicate that there is close connection
between amount Of production and hours Of work and
the fewer hours the less produced
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
JERSEYS EXAMPLE.

= ovERNoR EDWARDS OF New Jersey in his inaugural
- address, promised TO DO every lawru thing to de-
feat prohibition Among other steps, no urged passage
by the Legislature OF a resolution refusing TO rafy or
accept the amendment
The eighteenth amendment IS now part OF the Amer-
constitutional the organic law Of the land. There
is only "lRwfu thing to do. and that is to support
IT, Refusal by the State Of New Jersey, through It's Legs
ature to acknowledge s part Of the constitution would
be unlawful and rebellous
State executive, Hworn TO uphold the constitution
and the laws pleads that his State officially defy the ma
ona government to enforce part Of the covering nstr
ment OF this nation.
It's a sorry spectacle, indeed.
II such action isn't preaching rebellion, what consti-
tues that ofense?
The Encouragement has been rounding up and the Inn
migration department has been deporng patches of for
elgners for preaching similar doctrines But most Of them
took any oath TO do otherwise Governor Edwards
did
Justice must laugh every time they round up bunch
Of New Jerseys so-caled REDS"
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
WHAT HELPS FARMERS.

~ WEN soil seed machinery and agricultural exper-
" ience al farmers would progress at about the same
pace fields here and there would attain about the same
yield
nut this isn't the actual happening Some farmers do
better than others Some farms more productive.
Why is this so9 The probably lies in the ques
tin recently asked 23OO representative farmers by the
Department Of Agriculture: "What helps the farmer
most?" The words"
Mere words words OF advice suggestion, experience
discovery nyeltion spoken by the county and
tained in the papers monthes weekes dalles that
10 the farmers gate
sxtynine per cent gave these two sources Of inspra-
ton and suggestion credit for helping the farmer most
3 per cent said they received help from the county
agent the farm bureau, 81 per cent placed the agrl
cultural press first.
The agricultural extension OF the Department OF
Agriculture under the Smth-Leaver act which reaches
the farmer through the county agent and farm bureau
has made good in Delaware and other States.
the county agent doesn't do much else than talk,
few words about what this is doing for his cattle
what another does for his corned how another battles
successfully against this insect ha' plant disease
So too with the agricultural press. 1t talks lot about
the same things that come from the county agents tongue
only It's Of information, experiences discoveries ad
vice is broader more varied placing before the farmers
eye the product Of OF minds trained and able to
solve his problems for him.
He reads and learns Thus tho press becomes an agr-
cultural school in every farmhouse and is factor along
with weather, soil and muscle In the production Of food
Bearing all this In mind is not hard see how and
why is that taking both acreage and yield per acre into
consideration the American farmer produces 2
times much as the average Belgian farmer 23 times
as much as the English, 32 times much as the German
and over times as much the italian.
Evening journal., 1920-01-30

, crease OF three billions Of dollars which
has TO be paid by the American people
is for our ii0,O00,0O0 population an
average increase Of some 500 a head and
some 800 a family.
But that isn't the point. The point
Is that to keep up their industrial and
commercial pace the American people
must have not merely transportation,
but adequate transportation, fast trans
portatlon, safe transportation-the most
efficient transportation In the world.
The point Is that, given the Industrial
and commercial high pressure OF this
nation, the cheapest transportation can
be only that which will do its share OF
the vast economic Job right. The dear
ost transportation, however low the
traffic rates, is that which will not do
its share Of the vast economic Job
right
Saving at the right splgot and wasting
at the bunghole, the American people
might cut of one hundred million dol
lars or five hundred million dollars IN
railway charges and waste five billions
In lost production. lost distribution,
lost trade profits and lost consumption
benefits.
Spending wisely as a business prop
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
KNOWLEDGE-LITTLE OR MUCH.

u ARLl Spanish adyenturers sailed their ships up the
H ST. Lawrence, then followed the Ottawa far north to
Lake Tlmlskaming.
Silver was found there and they sank shaft But the
wealth they sought was not to be obtained from IT,
They sailed away, not knowing how close they came
to treasure great that which filed the tabled
Of Ali Bahia.
It lay open to and rain, with a thin covering Of
moss and chen only few miles from where their search
abandoned Centuries passed before Il discover
ed on the present site Of Cobalt.
Meanwhile the rocky hills were stripped Of timber The
spiked heels OF the lumbermen SCARED the almost pure
silver with which Deep wide cracks in the rock
plugged.
The laborer who found at last once had worked in
cobalt mlne When he a patch Of pink a hillside
he recognized II cobalt bloom and he investigated
He knew nothing Of silver. But what he did know led
him directly to it His slender knowledge OF cobalt
all that distinguished him from the others who had pass
ed that spot
They say little knowledge is a dangerous thing That's
knowledge. however limited is good. Any pos
sbe item of knowledge may sometimes be Of utmost value
to tho by whom it Is possessed.
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
WELL, MIR. PALMER?

It he cost OF living is going up not down. There isn't
a Wilmington housewife who doesn't recognize that
fact Reports Of lower prices are not borne by sta
tstes OF retail food prices which carefully collected
and complied by the L. Bureau Of Labor Statistics.
These prices are secured direct from retail dealers
through monthly reports Of the actual selling prices on
the 18th OF each MONTH and identical brands,
grades and qualities Of goods This Is the only scientific
method of collecting food prices
According 70 these figures thus compiled the retail cost
Of p articles OF food December the highest ever
attained in the history Of the United Staec. being &c per
cent higher than in November 1912 per cent higher
than December 1915 and SO per cent higher than in
December 1918.
The prices secured "a food articles OF common
American tables The bureau has completed sta
tstcs for "a the articles for the whole period from
1913 TO date. During this si-year period ending in De-
cember 1912 Of the q articles upon which this COM
parison based increased 100 per cent Rice
increased i03 per cent cornmea 1i3 per cents lard 2i
per cent; potatoes 1926 per cent? -FOUR i4 per cent;
granuated sugar 100 per cent All the other articles in
creased 50 per cent with the single exception Of
tea which increased q per cent and plate beef which
Increased 80 per cent
These articles come from so Industrial cities As
pared with the average expenditure in the year 1913,
number Of these cities sAeRed increases in prices Of food
sus Of 100 per cent or over Richmond and Providence
showed 400 per cent each Buffalo, Oi per cen Atlanta,
i02 per cent Milwaukee and Washington iO3 per cent
each ST. Louis, fOi per cent; Charleston Memphis and
Minneapolis iO5 per cent each; Detroit iO6 per cent;
Omaha, iOs per cent and Birmingham, 100 per cent.
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
WOODROW WILSON HYPNoTIzED.

aEHR. WILSON seems to be hypnotlzed by Mr.. Car
Nl ranza," said sworn witness recently in san
Antonio Texas before the Senate subcommittee invest-
eating Mexican affairs.
This expression coming from man whose business
compels him to travel in Mexico and who for that reason
asked that his be used for fear OF being at
tackled, explains the whole situation.
Woodrow Wilson has been "hypnotized" FIRST by one
and then another.
Carrsnza is undoubtedly assisting the "Reds" TO the
best Of his ability. That he has added Insult to injury
regards Americans and all things American is too well
known for further comment
Through it all Mr. Wilson has taken languidy senti-
mental attitude and meets each and every insult from
Mexico with perfumed asking Carranza to inyes-
tigate.
How much longer must red-blooded Americans watch
this farce which has taken the role Of tragedy?
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
ARE YOU A
TARGETFOR
Influenza +?
1t Hits ListleSS, Rundown
People First-Their
Blood is Thin
GERMS EVERYWHERE
IN EPIDEMIC
Be Prepared - Strengthen
and Build Up Your Blood
With Pepto-Mangan

II it is true that you are not feeling
your best-if you have that always
tired" feeling and no interest or enthu-
slasm-then you should be careful OF
the influenza,
10 is thin-blooded, anemic people that
disease strikes first. The fact that you
have had a very few serious illnesses
has nothing 10 do with It, Everyone
gets rundown occasionally, and when
they do, the blood is in no condition to
fight off disease germs, because it has
not enough red corpuscles. 10 is the red
corpuscles Of tie blood that fight dis
ease and save you from sickness.
You simply can't afford 10 take
chances when influenza is striking
down thousands everywhere. Fortify
your blood-build It up with the pleas
ant tonic, Pepto-Nlangan.
And should you be just recovering
from influenza, you need Pepto-Mangan
because your blood has exhausted its
strength. Pepio-Mangan will help
build you up.
pepto-Mangan is widely snd heartily
endorsed by physicians. II is effective
and easy 20 take Comes in either LIQUID
or tablet form. No difference in medic
inal properties
Sold at any drug store. But be sure
you get the genuine -Mangan-
Guides" ASK for it by the name and
be sure the full name is on the pack
age Advertisement
Evening journal., 1920-01-30

and going up sharply, but that would
not prove and could not prove that
commodity prices might not have gone
stlll lower If trafno rates had not
gone up.
You cannot get away from the fact
that only very recently the American
transportation bill was three billions
Of dollars year; and It had to be paid
by the American people.
You cannot get away from the fact
That the American transportation bin Is
now Increased to flve billions Of dollars ;
and It has to be paid by the American
people.
You cannot get away from the fact
th0t II the railroads must receive a 20
per cent rate lncrease-and they may
need more-there Will be another bill
lion OF dollars. and 1t VIII have to be
paid by the American people.
You cannot get away from the fact
that an annual transportation bill In
Evening journal., 1920-01-30
Gems Of Thought

with every despair new hope is born'-is Won don't
stop to despair too long to grasp It,
-:
Riches never rest upon the shoulders OF a man who is
always engaged in playing a slot machine
:--:-.
1t not wealth or ancestry but honorable conduct and
a noble disposition, that make men great
:-:--.
He who makes habit Of breaking his promise but
hnds out that the habit finally breaks him.
=:--:
In any love affair nrs kisses are foretaste then coma
those too good TO waste, then the las-taken in haste
-.
There is one word which may serve as rule OF practice
for ones life the word reciprocity What YOU do not
wish done to yourself do not do to others