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New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

The Actors Equity Association announces
that the annual Equity Ball will be held
at the Hotel Astor on Saturday evening,
November 8.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

agcment in London. to open not later than
the end of January.
Oliver Morosco has selected "Ohi Marfont'
as the title to replace walt Till We're
Married" for his play now running at tho
Playhouse.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24
On the Screen
Conflict at the Central. Full of
Thrills; Will Rogers, in 'Doub-
ling for Romeo.' a; Capitol
By Harnctte Undcrhill

Universal possessed the biggest
thing in river scenes ever screened
and, as the interest in thrilling rescues
en- the river seems to be universal,
some one wrote story around these
scenes and called it Conflict" 1t is
the feature at the Central Theater this
week. AS we watched these river
scenes we were constantly reminded
of "Way Down East" only ID. w. Grif-
fifth did his picture in the winter and
Carl Laemmle did his in the summer.
Inste.s of ice floating down the river
there are logs and If you do not believe
that q hero floating toward the faiis
on raft of logs can be quite as spe /
binding as . heroine on cake OF Ice
20 and see Conflict"
As matter of fact, there Is not
dull moment In the whole picture,
whatever its faults may be. The nrst
mart OF it reads like one of Poe's tales
written in his most despondent mood,
for there are two distinct periods in
tbs nicture--t G first where the hero
inc is held against her will IN her
uncie's home, and the second wnere
she ESCAPES and goes to live with the
Ginger brothers.
This sounds like team OF acrobats
but it isn't 1t is three brothers VINO
cut trees for living and 1T was IN
their cabin that our heroine tooS
refuge when she escaped from -, Sne
home of her hcrrid old uncle. inls
uncle looked just like Disraeli, but he
SaSn,+ b;s vii or he would have found
nut long before he did that his old
honsekeeper was putting something
over on him. -,
The story opens with the heroine
stenninr off train III the dead OF
nirht and asking the Old man at the
station why her uncle had not met har.
when the old man says 'vour uncle amt
the kind that meets folks you know
there is something rotten in Denmark
and there surely is. The heroine is
named Gwynne Rama'ie and she con-
tinues to live with her old Uncle Jonn
until finally the housekeeper tries 10
murder her. Then she jumps from
three-story window and escapes. 1t rs
ali terribly grewscme. but we VINO
love being horrified, enjoyed every
minute Of it.
The hero, Herbert Rawlinson, is try
inc T. aoat logs down the river and the
opposition party threatens him, but Is
he afraid? should say not. He laughs
in their faces. with the result that he
Ia spirited away. When the heroine
blows UP the dam to switch the hero's
logs into an old dried-up river bed she
unknowingly directs the flood over, Che
course in which stands the cabin where
The villain has tied up the hero: When
1t is swept away by the torrent Gwynne
Ramalie jumps in the river and leap
from log to log until she reaches the
hero and drags him out of the torrent
They are just at the brink of the
falls! That's the thrill The star of
the picture is Priscilla Dean, the young
lady with the hawklike features and
the aggressive personality. She is Sc
sggres ssive, in fact, that one is almost
inclined to cali her shrewish. When
we first saw her we fancied that she
must be assuming that manner for the
character which she was nHrtravin~
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

Romance" with Doris Keane. begins q
weeks engagement at the Bronx Opera
House.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

performances for the benefit Of its
building fund.
Novelties by Broadway favorites
made up sne program AmeIla a. b1ng. ing
time in America one-act drama by
Frank Ferguson called Catherine, EN-
press of Russia" Miss Bingham was
supported by Frank Sylvester, Robert
Vaughn. Celeste Macarthur and Irene
Mesmer. Otis Skinner appeared in one
act Of 1.-THE Merchant of Venice" A
one-act version Of George M Cohan's
"Broadway Jones" was especially pre-
pared by Richard Clarke. Other par
ticipants were Huston Ray, Vivian Con-
nors, Harry Truax, Lou Lockett and
Alma Clayburgh. Howard Kyle, secre-
tary of the league, said the advance
sale for the series indicated big sue
cess.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

'"Who Is Mary?" will be given at the
Beechwood Theater Scarborough, next
week. Henry Stiilinan lis directing the
performances.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24
This Is the final week of 'Tha Last
Waltz" Mt the Century Theater.

"The Lonely Heart" new play by
Edward sheldon, in which the Shuberts are
presenting Basil Sydney and Margaret
Mower. will be produced tonight at the
Auditorium Theater. Baltimore.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

In Hotel Pennsylvania there
are six restaurants Of
them good which yoa really
should hiow more about
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24
Chaplin kissing Pola Negri as one of
the minutes.

At the Rivoli Camille" with Nine
Nazimova, will remain another week
Gloria Swanson in "Under the Lash
will remain another week at the Rialto.
At the Strand Charlie Ray is playing
in 'Two Minutes to Co." This will be
reviewed tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24
Stage Stars i'm Novelty Bill

Actors Fidelity League Opens
Series of Performances
The Actors Fidelity League pre-
sented at Henry Miller's Theater last
night the first Of a series of monthly
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

Wagenhals & Kemper have closed a con-
tract with Gilbert Miller sfor the presenta-
tion Of The Bat" under their joint man
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

Grace La Rue and Hale Hamilton IN
Dear Me" will be the attraction at the
Shubert Riviera this week.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24
The Stage Door

At the Comedy Theater tonight Richard
Walton Tully will present THE Right to
Strike" by Frank Hutchinson.
Lee Kugel will offer comedy drama by
Kate McLaurin, entitled THE Six Fifty
at the Hudson Theater this evening
New-York tribune., 1921-10-24

"The Great Way" an adaptation of the
novel OF Horace Fish, Win be produced ut
the Park Theater on November T.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
China Famine Day--May IS.
GOVERNORS PROCLA-
NATION.

The reports which come to us
from the famine-stricken dis
tricts, of Northen China are
such as to make an irresistible
appeal to the heart that is hu-
man. Milliona of our fellow
beings must speedily starye to
death unless they receive help.
What more friendly act could
the people of America show
China today than to reach out
a helping hand across the seas
to feed the hunger of her fam
ine-smitten people?
God has blessed us with abun.
dant crops. Shall we not share
our bread with the hungry?
AS Governor of Tennessee.
direct that Sunday. May 18th,
be observed in this behalf.
ask that as far as possible oul
ministers present this cause
from their pulpits. and that of
ferings be taken in the churche:
for the China sufferers.
1t would also be a fitting ex,
preston of our interest if tht
school children were given al
opportunity to show their sym
pathy. and if in all our publ,
gatherings as we'll as in our pri
vate benefaetions we make
place for this hunger-line of
friendly nation.
A. A. Taylor.
Governor Of Tennessee
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
An Answer.

AS is usually the case, in ev-
cry vocation of life or in effort
where a man fails to make good
or fails to do what he hopes to
10 or fails to accomplish what
he said he would do, he almost
without exception, tries to ex-
cuse himself and justify himself
in that failure by making eX-
cuses and saying that the other
has given him bad deal. When.
ever the world sees a man whip
ping the devil around the stump
by putting up excuses for his
miserable condition by making
such apologies, they always just
ly say that that man was a fail
ure, and as he must have some
excuse they pass a decree on
him saying that he must have
some excuse so that is about as
good as any. Just so it is with
North Springs. They must have
some excuse for their failure so
the one they have serves the
purpose of an apology for their
failure to win first as well as
any and we accept it as such.
There are two ways of telling
the public that YOU have won
something One is to get out
and do the stunt and the other is
to send forth heralds claiming il
whether you have won it or not
and to publish it far and wide.
One way to obtain the banner in
a school meet is to get out and
win it, and still another is to
make up money and send some
one to Nashville and buy one.
| We, the Gainesboro High
School "prefering to be rather
than to seem" prefer the former
method in both cases. have Sc
cured our banner by working
for it and by actually producing
the goods.
Their contention reminds me
of the story of the Jackdaw. Il
CONTINUED to page a
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
W. l. DIXON ISSUES STATE
MENT TO PUBLIC.

A note was read to the County
Court on first Monday in Janua-
ry, from State Superintendent
Albert Williams, stating that |
had only a twelve year cirtifii-
cate, which had expired Dec. 80,
1920, making me ineligible to
make the race for county super
intendent. | never knew any
thing about this until it was read
to the Court.
1t is true | have t yelve years
Certificate, expiring Dec. 30, 1920.
| also have a LIFE Certificate,
which i explained to the court.
have been in the office of the
state superintendent and took
the matter up with him, and
presented to him my life cirtif-
cate. | now have paper dated
February 28, 1921, bearing the
signature of Supt. Williams,
showing that | have a life cirtif-
cate.
Mr.. Williams expressed his
regrets concerning the mistake,
and said our association had
been very pleasant indeed.
write this in justice to- my
self as a citizen of the county
and state. 1t was quite humili-
ating to me when the notice was
read, to think that | had been
at the head of the cause of ed
ucation for six years and trying
to violate the law. | knew it
was different but it is hard to
convince some people. | will
take pleasure in showing any
one the recent acknowledgment
of the state superintendent con-
cerning my life Certificate.
Most respectfully,
W. L. Dixon.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21

county high school board laws.
In other words all district direc-
tors and special board laws are
repealed. This new law pro-
vides for a board of seven men,
bers elected at the July 1921
term of the County Court for a
period of seven years, one men,
ber retiring each year. The
purpose is to make possiable the
continuity of policy in the ad-
ministration of school affairs.
ltemized buget covering opera
ting expenses of county school
system required Senate bill 81
provides that county board of
education must make out an
itemized buget covering the ex-
pense of operating the county
school system and submit the
same to the County Court of
at its July session, 1921, and
annuity thereafter.
County Superintendants Bill
The county superintendents'
bill (house bill 1904 and bill
965), provide for the election of
the county superintendent by
the County Court for a period of
four years, fixing the minimum
state supplement at $500 and
the maximimum at 81, 900. Eff
fective July, 1921.
1t futher provides that appli-
cants for a county superintend-
ency before the state or local
examiners, shall furnish evil
dence of having had at least two
years of college or normal train
ing, plus teaching experance.
College and university graduates
are entitled to county superin-
tendents, certificates with out
examination.
Rehabilitation Bill-The re.
Mobilization bill provides for a
fund of $4,000 lin round num-
bers) to meet a like fund COM
ing from the Federal govern
ment, to be used in the re-
habilitation of citizens injured
in industry.
Tax Levy for Maintenance of
One Firstclass County High
School i Senate bill SAL requires
every county in the state to
levy tax sufficient for the
maintenance of one frst-class
high school.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21

wolf" loose. so to speak, to
such an extent that the civil au.
thorities can't cope with the
situation, and | am now fixing
to wire Gov. Taylor for the state
police.
This is indeed a sad calamity.
as the ones that went down with
the vessels, were the very cream
of our society.
Anyone desiring to hear how
their relatives looked in their
last minutes, or what their
last words were would do well
to wait until tomorrow before
talking to me as ] am somewhat
groggy, and a little dazed.
| can't tell you much about
this though even at my best for
| had only a twinkling view.
The drunken
Slicker Snake.
: 2. S. Just as | go 10 press |
hear that Thompson and Malone
swan out. I've ordered the roll
called in Yuby Dam to see if
they answer. -Whizzer.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
How | Feel About A Few
Things.

You can't expect rough men
to be even-tempered.
What a woman spend on silk
stockings they save in skirt
goods.
What every frat" boy knows
| is that his school days are the
snappiest.
The green fields are alway
far away. "but there are plenty
of green folks all around.
A man never gets his just
deserts in this world, which is
mighty lucky for the man.
The man who has always op-
posed the laboring man still
thinks the laborer is worthy of
his ire.
You are the most intelligent
man he ever met if you allow
another to talk to you until he
runs down.
Push without intelligence
doesn't amount to much. An
elephant has lots of push but all
he gets out of it is his hay.
Many man who has a poor
eye for figures in the Office
books, is all right when it comes
to figures among the office help.
Looks like anybody ought to
be successful in business when
you consider the large number
of persons who try to help him
mind it.
If a man is so poor he doesn't
have to worry about the price OF
gasoline, he still has to worry
about how fast silk shirts and
socks wear out.
When a girl praises the
good looks of another, it is
to induce the man to whom she
is taking to announce that the
other is not half so rretty as the
one who is doing the praising.
Divide a million dollars equally
among ten men on a desert
island and in three or four years
nine of them will be working
for the tenth and he'll have al
the million.
If farm life is the most inde'
pendent life in the world" a:
city dwellers are so fond of say
ing. now is the time for them tt
became independent. Ever,
farm is calling them.
The man who tells the NAKED
truth has a bare chance to liv,
to old age.
The spawn of Europe shal
never make suckers of Ameri
cansi
A young widow who is al
artist at it. can appear more in
nocent than any girl of 16.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
SIX SOUTHERN STATESSUr.
FERED GREAT Loss OF
life and PROPERTY
BY TORNADOES.

does and heavy rain storms
which swept over six Southern
states late Friday and Saturday
will reach 100, was indicated by
reports coming from isolated
section. while the loss to prop.
erty and crops will run into
millions. The known dead to-
night total 80.
MANY of the storm swept Sec
tons are still shut off from wire
connection with surrounding
country and reports of additional
casualties are slowly coming in
from relief parties. sent out to
the devasted regions.
The list of dead and injured,
according to reports available is
as follows:
Texas -Avinger, 6 Atlanta. 1,
aod Probably 3 hear o Farrell.
Queen city, Cass County 2
known dead and several missing
believed deud.
Arkansas-Pi County. L
dead A probably fatally injured
and 20 less seriously hurt; Yell
County. / dead, 2 probably
fatally injured, ana 8 hurt less
seriousley; Miller County, 10
whites aud z negroes dead, %
seriously injured, a number Of
whom are expected to die; Pope
County. 8 dead and a number
searsly injured; Hampstead
County, 20 whites and 8negroes
dead, IA searsly injured several
fatally. When reports are re-
ceiyed from numper of sections
hit by the storm which have not
been heard from, the number Of
dead in the state is expectnd to
reach 20.
Mississippi-Five dead at
Steen, 2 at Sontag, 2 Rural Hill,
and one killed in railroad wash
out near Moselle.
Alabama Five dead at Cave
Springs, near Tuscumdia: 5 at
Ralph, Tuscaloosa County; 8 at
Sulligent, Lamar County and !
in Dallas County.
Torrential rain which followed
the wind in all the states hit by
tarnadoes have delayed relief
work and have, it is reported in
some cases, prevented the Sc
curing of accurate lists Of
casualties.
In Arkansas. which was the
hardest hit, the Red Cross is at
work in Hampstead anb Miller
Counties, where hundreds Of
families were rendered homeless.
Tents have been furnished be
the national guard. and blankets
and provisions are being rushed
homeless families.
The extend of the property
loss cannot be determined for
days. in Arkansas on many
plantations in Miller and Hemp
stead Counties. are rich farming
sectiogs, practically every build
ing was destroyed. newly plaht-
ed crops washed out. orchards
ruined. roads and bridges badly
damaged, while telephone and
telegraph wires were almost all
destroyed. Railroads in that
section report tracks washed out
at many places. Farm houses
some distance from the direct
path of the storm were badly
damaged. Estimates made on
the property loss in these two
counties tonight place the prop.
erty and crops loss at over
81. 600, 900.
AT Atlanta. O'Farrell and
Avinger. across the Arkansas
4 N
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
A GREAT RIVER CATASTRO.
PHE NEAR YUBY DAM.

Dam or any OIIleT udIIlIl place.,
since the sinking of the Titanic,
happened this morning when the
RED Devil, f" a Yuby Dam whis.
key schooner plunged into the
Jack Daniel, a large fruit jar
and beerbottle brig, on its way
to Yuby Dam. loaded with ves-
sells to be filled with the precious
mountain dew.
The RED Devil" with SHIN
my tail Thompson at the wheel
and wild Bill Malone" as cap
tain, going at about a forty mile
clip. bore down on the Jack
Daniel" and struck her midship,
rammed a hole in her big enough
to turn the river through and
the terrible ram that was given
/
the 'Red Devil" tore off about
twenty feet of her bow end and
split her from stem to stern,
shook down the smoke stacks on
both vessels, put the bumps out
of commission and so demoral
lied the crew, that no one turn
ed a hand to save either vessel,
and both of them sunk in about
81 minutes in 80 fathoms of
water, carving down all the
crew, beer bottles, fruit jars
and five hundred thousand gal
Ions of whiskey.
Everything was lost and every
body drowned but me. | am
the only one left to tell the tale
So you will have to take what |
say about it.
Shimmey tail Thompson had
taken one too many and Wild
Bill Malone had also dwelled en-
tirely too long over his cups"
and | had noticed for some time
that the Red Devil" had been
zigzaging down stream, but
everything went well enough
until we met the Jack Daniel"
around a bend, coming up stream
with bad William Till at the
wheel, about nine-tenths shot,
taking both sides of the river at
once. | had just taken Bill
Malone's place as master of the
boat. He having said to me that
he couldn't any longer see the
banks and that he didn't think
that there were any. if SO, both
must be on the opposite side
from where he was looking and
he finally said that he believed
they were both on the same side
of the river.
told him that they looked
somewhat dim to me but they
were both there and the river
between them.
This was about eleven O'Clock
in the morning, then came the
collision and the "biler busted
and / was worse added than
ever for a short minute, until |
came to myself and found that
| was standing head downwards
about ninety feet under the wa
ter, but by buoyant force and
cat.like action on my own part,
| came back up into daylight
and straddled a fifty three gal
lon barrel of white mule" and
managad to keep above the wa
ter until the ferryman at Fid-
dlers Green caught the barrel
and towed me ashore.
The whole town has turned
out and we are making a desper-
ate effort to fish out all the
liquor we can today and after
we have saved as much as
possible, we will look after the
crew.
| Understand just now by wire
less, that they have caught sew
eral barrels at my other towns
down the river and there is
much rioting and much disorder,
in fact nearly all the people
down the river have turned their
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-04-21
RECENT LEGISLATION AT.
FECTINC The PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM OF
TENNESSEE.

tent Oh TuDllC IIlSCruCUlOIl, d. ID.
Brown the school legislation
enacted by the sixty-second gen.
eral assembly will go long way
toward the improvement of con-
ditions in the rural schools. and
will also increase the standards
of teaching, especially as the
county school supertintendents.
Under the provisions of house
bill No. 1918, which combines
the permanent school fund, gen.
eral education fund, and the
five-cent elementary school tax
into one fund to be known as the
state school fund, each county in
the state is to receive Sc, 900.
This money is conditioned upon
the county levying an elemen-
tary school tax sufficient to pro-
duce S. for each child of school
age. It is provided futher how
ever, that when a county has
levied the minimum of 80 cents
on the $l00 of the assessed val
uation of property, it shall be
entitled to state funds. The
distribuation of the $4,000 to
county is to be made from the
equalizing fund of $570. 600,
Under the bill 100000 is set
aside for the aiding of consolida-
ton work and supervision of
teaching.
The supplementary fund of
$4,000 provided for in the bill
is to aid the various counties in
supplementing the salaries of
their county school superintend-
ents. The minimum is $500,
while no county may receive
more than $1,000 toward supple
menting the county superintend-
ent's salary, the county to pay
a similar amount.
Something like $8l, 900 is to be
devoted to the three state nor
NAL schools is to receive $50, 1000
this being a slight increase over
that made by the 1919 legisla-
ture.
The bill also carries $3.50, 600
for the county high schools,
$1,000 to each county and toe
balance to be apportioned on the
basis of average daily attend
ance in county high schools.
The Tennessee Polytechnic In
stitute at Cookeville is to re-
ceive $60,0O0.
The A. & |. Normal for Ne
groes is appropriated $55, 200.
The sum of $25, 600 is set aside
for teacher.training in high
schools.
The public school library fund
is $40. 200.
Section 3 and 4 provide for the
distribution of the remainder
of the state school fund among
the counties of the state for the
elementary schools on the basis
of average daily attendance,
House bill 1887 provides for a
8 cent tax for elementary schools
to be distributed as follows:
(a) $1,000 equality to all coun-
ties.
(b) Remainder on basis of
average daily attendance.
House bill l0lS was amended
by making house bill 1887, Sec
ton 5, of said bill.
Section 6. 7 and 3 safeguard
reports as to average daily at.
tendance. requiring affidavits as
to correctness and specifying
penalties for false reports.
The county board of education
bill, 1886, applies to all counties
not now operating under the
county board Of edusction and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-27

Ladies and gentlemen introducing
to you the endmen who will provide
entertainment of the hot shot variety
Monday and Tuesday evenings at
the Opera house. Ladies and gentle
men seldom, indeed do 1 have the
honor conferred of making known
such real comedians, each and every
ones endmen count 'em S-a sing
er and dancer as well as a funmak-
err. Whirlwinds in the art of COM
edy and men who have earned the
reputation of real actors.
First 1 present Walter G.. Doc)
Thomas who began, his theatrical
career in Richmond and who has
continued onward up the ladder and
who has for the past three seasons
appeared with the Elks. The doctor
has earned the reputation of being
a 100 per cent laugh getter and this
year he is better than ever.
Then we have with us Dan Ivory
formerly of Lewiston who can hit
his unfortunate victim with a joke as
easily as he can slam the pill when
he plays baseball. This year his
punches will be home runs-see the
Babe Ruth of the Elks' Ministries.
We have with us o. Fl. Ooc.)
Brann who when he starts things
would make a Souix Indian laugh