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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
THE DANCE HALLS ARE
THE PRINCIPLE BLAME
That is the Cause of Downfall
of Girls. According to Poll

According to a special to the
Commercial Appeal from Ponca
City, Okla. the causes of the down
| fall of girls. at what ages they fall
most frequently, and to what ex-
tent the home is to blame. form
the interesting parts of question
naire, national in it's scope, which
has just been completed by Rev. E.
G. Cameron. pastor of the Christian
church at Fairfax.
Il tried to cover the entire United
States" says Mr.. Cameron in an
nouncing the results of his ques-
tionnaire, which was sent to homes
that receive fallen girls and care
for them, and | did succeed in
eliciting responses from "a states. !"
The questionnaire shows 80 per
cent of girls in receiving homes
were Is. 16. II and Is year old.
Twenty-three per cent were 16
years old, which would seem to be
the most dangerous age.
Five per cent were under Is years
old.
Two per cent were more than 20
years old; the oldest reported was
26 and the youngest IL.
OF the total number it is esti-
mated that SO per cent plus were
dance hall habitues and % per
cent plus owe their present condi-
tion to the dance hall
Each superintendent of a home
was asked to give a remedy. and
the answer summed up as follows:
Forty-four per cent favor aboli-
ton of the dance hall.
Forty per cent suggest better su-
pervision of such places.
Nineteen per cent blame poor
homes.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
The One Panacea For All

There are great many moving
picture shows that are not elevatine
or instructive. but | had occasion
last Monday evening to go to see
the dramatization of Winston
Churchill's novel, Inside the Cup" "
| wish every mother and father in
the world could see this picture. 1t
is an eloquent sermon-a moral
lesson and will be productive of
great good. As | saw the story un-
fold and thought again of the
teachings of the Man of Gallilee,
my convictions deepened and | left
the show place more thoroughly
convinced than ever before that the
life and teachings of Jesus Christ
is the one complete panacea of all
of our troubles, social and econo-
mic. There is no problem, local,
national or international that can
not be solved by the application of
the principles enunciated by Jesus
Christ. If one half the money was
spent for the dissemination of the
divine principles taught by the Man
Jesus, that is wasted on armies and
ma Ies, We would have no use for
the engines of oppression for which
the world is taxed to a condition of
to maintain.-Var
daman's Weekly.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
ORGANIZED IN CITY OF
ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI
First Meeting Held at Pine Crest
Farm, Charleston, Miss.

The Mississippi State Duroc-Jer-
sey Breeders Association will be
held at Pine Crest Farm, Charles
ton, Miss, in the farms sale pavil-
lion at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing, July 26th.
An invitation is extended not
only to the members of the State
Association. but to every breeder of
Durocs and to every farmer of the
state whether engaged in breeding
hogs or not. We feel sure the meet
ing will prove of interest to every
one interested in the agricultural
progress of the state
The officers Of the association
are firm in the conviction that now,
as never before, is the time for the
farmers and planters of the state to
enter into an era of sane and we'll
balanced farming, where feed crops.
live stock and cotton shall go hand
in hand and replace the one crop
system that has never proven econ
omically sound in any section nor
with any crop,
Our association is not advocating
the abandonment of the cotton
crop. We believe the south owes
it to the rest of the world to pro-
duce the cotton with which the
world may be clothed We do,
however. advocate the planting of
abundant feed and forage crops,
the development of herds of dairy
and beef cattle. and, above all, we
insist should be added to this COM
bination the old red SOW to help
pay off the mortgages our unswerv-
ing fidelity to cotton alone as our
cash crop has plastered over the
farming lands of the south. We be-
lieve this combination will make
for a much sounder and more in
dependent economic life in the
south, happier and more content
ed citizenship. better rural condi-
tions and mitigation of the shock
of such financial crises as we are
just passing through When all
these things have been provided,
then, we would say, it is our duty
to raise as much cotton as possible.
Advanced thinkers will discuss
the problems that confront US today
from a practical standpoint. and
we feel many helpful suggestions
will emanate from the meeting.
Every farmer and planter who has
felt the pinch of the readiustment
period through which we are now
going. as well as every banker and
merchant and others who are inter-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
A TALK With AN ABERDEEN
MAN
Mr.. Guy s. Kingsley, of 2O4 s.
Franklin ST., Tells His Experience

There is nothing like a talk with
one of our own citizens for giving
hope and encouragement to the anx-
ious sufferer from the dread kidney
disease. We therefore give here an
interview with an Aberdeen man:
''Some years ago had trouble with
my Kidneys says Mr.. Kingsley.
my back was lame and ached all
the time and it hurt me to bend or
lift. I could hardly get up or down
steps and knew it was caused by my
kidneys. as the secretions from these
organs were too free in passage and
highly colored. Hearing so often of
Doan's Kidney Pills I got some at
Gays Drug Store. The first box
helped me and / kept on with them
until entirely cured of the attack.
I haven't been bothered in this re-
specu since"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Kingsley had. Foster Milburn Co.. !,
Mfg. Rnffslo. N. Y. lAdv.i
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
1T Looked Like q Battlefield In
Europe" Said Mr.. c. DunSter.

Was staying at hotel in small
Pennsylvania town. Early one morn
ing l went to the stable to hire a
rig and was shown a pile of dead
rats killed with RAT-SNAP the night
before. Looked like battlefield in
Europe" Three sizes, 35c, Csc,
$1.25. Sold and guaranteed by
Phoenix Drug Co.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15

Booze is officially dead. but it is
doing lot of kicking around in its
coffin.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15

ested in seeing developed in Missis-
sippi a sound and diversified agri-
cultural system should be present
at this meeting and are urged to
meet with US that we may counsel
together for our mutual good.
Mississippi State Duroc-Jersey
Breeders Association.
]. A. Sisk. President.
E. B. Heller, Secretary.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15

666 cures Biliousness.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
Rub My -Tism kills infection.

A farmers wife. according to some
statisticen, earns 81 900 a year. We
are waiting for some other statisti-
clan to tell US how much she gets.
Minneapolis Better Way.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
Rub -My-Tism cures sores.
Horse Sense

If you work for a man, in heav-
ems name work for him. If he
pays wages that supply your bread
and butter, work for him. speak
we'll of him. think well of him,
stand by him, and stand by the in
stitution he represents. / think if
| worked for a man | would work
for him. | would not work for him
a part of his time. but all of bis
time. | would give an undivided
service or none. If put to a pinch
an ounce of loyalty is worth a
pound of cleverness. If you must
vilifY, condemn and eternally dis
parage. why resign your position.
and when you are outside. damn to
your hearts content. But | pray
you. so long as you are part of an
institution. do not condemn it.
Not that you will iniure the institu-
tion-not that-but when you dis
parage the concern of which you are
part, you disparage yourself.-El-
bert Hubbard.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15
666 cures Dengue Fever.

FliYvers are to be produced at the
rate of one every 20 seconds during
July. How insect life does increase
these hot days.-N. Y. Sun.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-15

The town of Shelby. in England,
boasts of a school principal who is
90 years eld.p
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
100000 UNEMPLOYED
IN NEW YORK CITY
Thousands Sleep in Parks-SeriOus Con-
diti0ns i'm Winter Fcared-GrOw-
ing Bread Lines.

NEW YORK, Aug. 30-A survey of
the unemployment situation in New York
yesterday showed 500,0 900 out of work and
brought portent of distress unparalleled
in the city's history this winter, with an
attendant crime wave of growing proper
tions unless relief develops.
The survey was prompted by the an
nOumcement of President Harding'S call
for a conference on unemployment and it
revealed conditions far more serious than
the casual had supposed. 1t showed that
mon out of work are sleeping everywhere
in the open now. Thousands have no shell
ter and have been introduced to the gnaw-
ing agony of hunger. Every park, every
pier, the alleys and open lots have their
quota to the homeless nightly in growing
numbers. They huddle together in great
rows, finding the sky q sufficient roof now,
while mild weather continues; but relief
workers shudder at the thought of what
is to become of these men when the nights
become cold.
The bread lines in the Bowery are
lengthening and these furnish the only
food some of the victims of the present
situation are able to find.
Men in touch with the situation say
they are frankly worried by its poSsibili-
ties, and they ascribe the growth of the
crime wave largely to the influence of un-
employment and say it would be hard to
tell what would happen when desperate
men became even more hungry than they
are now.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
WORTHINGTON MAY
EXPOSE FRENCH
Declares Alleged Head of $4,000, coo
Swindle Is Financial Nut-One
Victim Fails

CHICAGO, Aug 30.-CharIes W.
French, alleged head of a $4,000 600
swindle' trust, today was character
lzed as ''inancial nut who wouldn t
know. a good promissory note if he
saw one' by John W. Worthington.
who has indicated that he NAV tell the
government what he knows of French :
operations. Worthington, said by fed
eru authorities 10 be the "master
mind - OF a band of mail and bank rob
herS whose operations they believe
were related to those of French. yester-
day asked permission to appear in court
when French i arraigned
Writing to Col John Y. Clinnin. as
sistant United States district attorney,
from Woodstock JAIL where is pris-
oner. Northington " said:
there may possibly be information
| NAY be able to supply YOU with. |
believe that | can DC of great help to
you Clinuin Indicated Worthington
appeared to believe he had been double
crossed by French, and was willing to
help the state for revenge
The American Rubber company, one
of the S2000,000 concerns organized by
French, and of which Rudolph + Kohn.
another Of the alleged members of the
swndle ring. Is president, was thrown
INTO hankruptcy yesterday on petition
OF a third member of the alleged band.
\. \. Streizin of Milwaukee. Judge
henesaw NJ. Lands named the Central
Trust company as receivers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
BRIDGE DONE BY
END OF NEXT WEEK
Bridgemen Plan TO Leave Job Thursday
or Friday Road Commissioner
Half Through with PIanking.

While the exact date when the Ameri-
can Bridge Co : force of-men who have
been erecting the steel bridge leading from
Bridge street to Island Park will be ready
TO leave the job cannot be stated, indica-
tions are that by Thursday or Friday of
next week their equipment will be loaded
on the cars. Road Commissioner c. J.
Dube will have some work to do on the
approach at the Vermont end. but by the
beginning of the following week it is ex-
pected that the bridge viii be opened for
traffic.
The riveters plan to be through by
Tuesday or Wednesday of the coming
week. BY the time they are through the
painters will be practically through. as
they are painting evenings, Sundays. and
at such times as the riveters are not at
work.
This week part of the force has been
at the Connecticut River Power plant re-
moving from the river the scow which was
borrowed of the Power Co for use in
hoisting the steel that fell into the river
and in driving piles for the falsework to
areplace that which gave way June 16
The scow was gotten out on to land yes
terday.
When these men return the work of
removing the piles will be resumed. About
5half of them already have been taken out,
As Monday, Labor day. is a holiday.
THE bridge crew viii not work that dav
Road Commissioner DUDE is about halt
through with the planking job and is
making rapid progress. working his crew
overtime. He has a little cement work
to do on the Vermont end
James Rittenhouse. yard engineer
whose jaw was broken a week ago last
Sunday by being hit by a batted ball. Wis
tied the works yesterday and again this
morning. His jaw was broken in tive
places.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
SPECIAL SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE
Governor Cox Asked to Have Legisla-
ture Provide for Massachu-
setts Unemployed.

BOSTON. Aug. Ex-Governor Cox was
asked today to call special session OF
the legislature to consider the unem-
ployment situation in the state and
take steps to provide work for those
unable to obtain employment. The re-
quest was made in letter from Repub-
lican Hugh J. Campbell of this city.
Meanwhile the governor on his own
initiative held conference at his of
ice with Republicans of several chari-
table and social organizations to dis
cuss unemployment. Reports from EN-
ployment agencies and other bureaus of
large numbers of persons daily applying
for positions were laid before the con-
ference aud means of meeting the sit
uation were discussed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
GERMAN COMPETITION WEAKENs
Difficulty Found in Executing Cons
" tracts in Foreign Fields.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.-German
competition in the field of foreign trade
is showing signs of weakening, Secretary
Hoover said yesterday While the re-
ports to the commerce department tell of
strenuous German commercial activity in
various parts of the world, he added, the
Germans are having difficulty in handling
the business obtained through their at
tractive price quotations.
In particular. the secretary explained,
the Germans are finding it impossible to
produce goods up to their prewar quail
ity, while at the same time they are un-
able to execute large numbers of con-
tracts In Argentina. he said, the Ger
mans We're compelled to throw up con-
tract for large quantities of steel which
they could not deliver.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
FARM BUREAUS TO
PITCH HORSESHOES
Feature of Valley Fair Open to Team
from Windham, Cheshire and Frank
lin Counties.

Farm bureau members in most of the
towns of <Windham, Cheshire and Frank
lin counties are taking interest in the
horseshoe quot contest which is to start
on the Valley fair grounds at 9 O'Clock
Tuesday. Sept 81 the first day of the
fair. Teams from any town in the coun-
ties mentioned are eligible to compete,
each team to consist of two contestants
and two alternates. Entries must be
mailed to w. p Frost not later than
Sept. 24 Prizes of S15. so and 50 will
be awarded on the basis of points won.
The rules to govern pitching during elm
ination and final competition follow:
1. Distance between pegs to be 40
feet.
. The pitcher must stand to one side
of peg and not to exceed two feet ahead
of peg.
3. Pitcher can stand as far back of
peg as he desires
4 Ground to be loose, moist and level
around the pegs.
>. Pegs not to be less than three
inches high from the level of the ground
and not to exceed eight inches in height
q. HerseShoes to be used will be those
supplied by the fair association and will
not exceed 3l4 pounds in weight.
Z. Twenty-one points constitute a
game.
s. \ shoe which circles the peg is a
ringer, which counts three points.
. g. \ hubber must rest on top of peg,
which counts two points.
10. \ hubber shall not interfere with
the count of ringer when ringer is on top
or under hubber where peg should come
through.
II. Where there are no ringers nor
hubbcrs nearest shoes within two inches
of peg count one point.
l.. Where two opponents each have a
ringer one cancels the other, and then the
next closest shoe counts, if within -
inches of peg.
Is. Where there are three ringers on
peg the pitcher that pitched the two
ringer has n count of three points
II. -Four ringers all cancel.
10. Pitching for points. the pitcher
throws % shoes from each end.
16. Some rule as in contest would gov
ern for points.
II. In case of dispute the decision of
the referee shall be final
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
ASK LAUNDRIES
TO BE REASONABLE
Massachusetts Commission on Neces-
saries of Life Appeals for Re
ductiOn OF Prices.

BOSTON. Aug. 30.-The state com
missioner on necessaries of life today ap-
pealed to owners of laundries to main
tain reasonable prices and protect the
welfare of their respective communities
In letter to the laundrymen the com
mission said it had received numerous
complaints that the charges for Iaunder-
ing many articles were diSproportionate
to the original cost of the articles and
that some laundry agents were receiving
commissions ranging from 81 to ~ per
cent of the prices for the work
An investigation started by the COM
mission was halted yesterday by a ruling
of Atty. Gen. ]. Weston Allen, who
found that laundry work was service
and not a necessary of life"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
JURORS DRAWN FOR
COUNTY COURT
September Term TO Open at Newfane
Sept. Is - Judge Frank l.. Fish of
Vergennes Presiding Judge.

Sept. 13 is the date for the opening of
the September term of Windham county
court at Newfane. Judge Frank l.. Fish
of NergenneS, a native of Newfane, will
be the presiding judge. Following is the
list of petit jurors drawn to serve at the
coming term:
Athens-F. E. Ober.
Brattleboro-A. l.. Maynard John III.
Marks, J. l.. Howard. W. l.. Walker, J.
G. Stafford.
Brookline-F. A. Stevens.
Dover-Dan NJ. Hale
Dummerston-R. A. Newton, f. c.
Wilder.
Grafton-V. A. Wilbur.
Guilford-E f. Evans. w. G. Worden.
Halifax-HoSea Fisher.
Jamaica-A. Il. Stark, A b. Cheney
Londonderry-Car B. Doane, H. ].
Ramsdell
Marlboro-Gerald Adams.
Newfane-H. \. Williams.
Putney-E. E. Patterson, Harold Bug
bee
Rockingham-E. F. Day, Walter c.
Hadley, George l. Whitney, George S.
Buxton, George A. Miller.
Stratton-E. \. Eddy
Townshend-C. H. Willard, r. J. Hol-
brook
Vernon-P. f. Franklin, Bert Newton.
WardsborO-C. S Streeter
Westminster-ROlo Metcalf, f G. But
terfield.
Whitingham-L. H. Sawyer. NJ. ]. An
dersOn.
Wilmington-Erncst Corbett; George
Carpenter. ..#
Windham-F. f. Harrington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
Union Men Indicted.

WILLIAMSON. W. Va, Aug 3O.-In-
dictments yesterday were returned by
a special grand jury in session here
against c. F. keeney and Fred Mooney.
president and secretary, respectively, of
District I, United Mine Workers of
America, and c. II. Workman. an inter
national organizer for the Miners I'M
ION in connection with the deaths last
May of Ambrose Gooslin and Dan
Whit. The two men were killed during
the three days shooting in AIingo
county during the week of May l3
David Robb, an international organizer
for the miners, also was indicted as an
accessory before the fact in connection
with the death of William NcMullen, a
state trooper. last June McMullen was
shot on guard duty.
Prosecuting Attorney Stokes last
night announced that he had sent ca
piases for the arrest of keeney and
Mooney to the sheriff of Kanawha
county The men will be called to trial
he said, at the regular term of court
commencing September ).
Eighteen other indictments charging
various offenses were returned. Six of
them were against persons charged in
connection with McMullen : death and
five dealt with the burning of a War
Earle Coal company tipple on May Is.
The remaining indictments were in
connection with the Tobbing and burn
ing of a commissary of the Lynn Coal
and Coke company on May p.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
CONVENTION OF
UNIVERSA[ISTS
State Organizations Assem-
BILE in BrattlebOrO
Church
MORE ATTENDING
THAN ORDINARILY
Sessions Up to This Noon Devoted to
Young Peoples Christian Union OF
ficers Elected This Forenoon Earl
3. Smith Again President.

Nearly twice as many persons as usually
attend are here for the annual conven-
tion of Universalists of Vermont and the
Province of Quebec, which opened in the
vestry of the First Universalist church
at 6 O'Clock last evening with a pep"
banquet. The banquet was attended by
about 100 and was followed at 7.30
o'clock by service which included
keynote address by Rev. Percy T. Smith
of Barnard.
Last nights session and that of this
Christian Union of the district The
vestry of the church was trimmed prettily
in blue and white, the union colOrs. Over
the platform was a large welcome" sign.
The state and local officers occupied
banquet table just in front of the plat
form. During the banquet Miss Mae
Cook. pianist, and Miss Olga Scovell. vio-
linist, rendered selections. Appropriate
delegation songs and yells were given.
Devotional exercises opened the evening
service. in charge of Rev. Weston A. Cate
of st. JOhnSbury. Miss L. Marion, Knight,
honorary president of the BrattlebOro
union. then spoke briefly. welcoming the
delegates and visitors and a response was
made by Earl 3. Smith of Rutland, presi-
dent of the Y. p. c. L. of Vermont and
Quebec, Mr.. Smith gave review of the
work of the year. mentioning both the
encouraging and discouraging things
which had happened and making recon-
mendati0ns which win be of interest to
the unions the coming year.
Following Mr.. Smiths address Rev G.
T. F0rtier of Morrisville. UniversaIist
state superintendent, asked for pledges
for the state convention. Enthusiasm was
soon aroused and after ID minutes Mr.
Fortier announced that pledging would be
continued in the morning session.
The subject of the keynote address by
Rev. Mr.. Smith was Choosing Our Course
| in Life. He said in part:
I'm our democratic government
choice determines leadership. Choice has
made men and it has broken them. At
no point, however is it more important
than in the days of youth. Temptations
arc sure to come and we must choose
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-30
BLOW OUT AIR IN SILO.
Danger of Gas Poisoning Unless This Is
Done While Filling.

WASHINGTON, Aug 30.-Turn the
machine blower on and leave it on for
at least two minutes before anyone is
permitted to enter a partly filed silo.
Unless this rule is followed, the result
is likely to be dead men, says the
United States department of agricul-
tUre
Annually fatalities occur among far
mcrs and their helpers as a result of
the workmen entering half-filled silos
after the deadly carbon mOnoXide gases
have had a chance to accumulate di-
rectlv above the freshly ensiled corn
A few DAYS ago two Illinois farmers
were killed and another was rendered
seriously sick by silo gases which are
almost as dangerous as the poisonous
mustard gases used during the recent
war.