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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-21
Ford Proposes to Buy Government
,.'''.' Plant in Alabama.

Washington, July Is.-A, proposal
BY Henry Ford to purchase and COM
plete the government nitrate plant at
Mussel Shoals, Ala, has been present
ed to Secretary of War Weeks by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
Ford offers to pay $1,000, ooo. in
cash for the plant and TO taksess ; a sI.3 100
year lease onStbe Wilson dam. and
No. 3 dam, with their electrical
equipment when completed. The
cost of completing ythese dams is
estimated at $28,ooo,opo. Ford offers
TO pay Is per cent interest on that
sum, and eventually fsmortize it, to-
gether with the entire scost Of main
tanning the dams. for 100 years.
Furthermore Ford offers to con-
vert and operate the great No. 2
building for the plant, for fertilizer
products and to keep the equipment
in such shape that it could be turned
over to the government Immediately
for manufacture of explosives in the
event OLA national emergency.
He agrees further to limit the
prices of the fertilizer business to 8
per cent, thus making the profits
available to farmers at very low
cost. He suggests the creation OF
- x
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-21
Foreign Debt to U. s. May be De.
ferred for IS Years.

Washington, July I3.--Postpone-
,nent for IS years of the payment of
the principal and even the interest
on the $4,000 100000 allied debt to
the United States is not improbable,
Senator Smoot, Republican Of Utah,
. member of the senate finance COM
mittee. admitted in the senate
Wednesday afternoon.
Smoot indicated that there may
already BE . tentative understand
ing" between the America govern
meat and its foreign debtors that coll
Iection Of the interest. now amount,
ing 10 aeariy $1,000 100000, 10 to be
deferred i9definiseiy.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-21
Shoes for Every Fourth American
Made In State.

Washington, July I4.-Virtually
every fourth man, woman and child
in TIE United States could have been
shod with the shoes made in Mis-
sousi during 1919. Fifty-four estab-
lishments turned out NO less than
s6.36e.ao7 pairs that year. OF these.
8.3oplo3 were mems shoes, Io,7s6,o o4
wese for women and 4,so6.6s7 for
misses sAd children.
II sol4 the total number produced
was aA1As3s4 Of which about the
sss,ae Number were turned out for
men - IN 1910. In 1914 there were
oaly 6zsR6II pairs made for women.
Of tee principal shoe manufactur-
iae soeeea. Missouri stands fifth. The
figatse ore taken from census sta
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-21
s,.lIa $50 80 80

HI1lll1 - = !. 5
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-21

During this period Of drilling inactivity big
fields devog their proving
territory locating drill sites and making geological
of probable oil fields The Ransomean Oil Geology
Engineering exclusive
work with the school training will enable this
field of endeavor possible participate
millions that being expended this great enterprise registrar
of the Department of Geology Rnsomen School, will
for few days and will limited
i6caons imply adttance profession
Geology The Times
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-21

The house hte Friday took hide
off IL fee lit IN the Fordaey tariff
bin - imposed IN I'd vaiorem dut,
Of $ - ceat. The vote was Isa 4
~.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-07-21

dHu "IoPo'
The convicts employed at the Man-
sion follow, together with the crime
for which they were convicted:
Jess Bailey, Macon County, as
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
soyer. Spanish "E!#e L.2""

Kissing ores vie IL pEh;;i: is a
crime. according to the laws Of Ma
dr7l. Spain. Therefore q severe
reD:imand and warning not to let
the misde nearor occur again has Just
been administered to a visitor to Ma
drid who, when he assisted mis- wife
into cab at the door OF his hotel
on the Puerta Gel Sol. kissed her good
by. \ policeman on duty close by Wit
messed the ofenSe and demonstrated
threatening to take the man to the
police station, whereupon the visitor
a traveler> >in many lands, smiled anG
said: do YOUR worst. Take me tt
the station house and We'll see what
the punishment is for kissing ones
wife" The policeman led him off to
face his captain, who, on hearing the
nature Of the charge was even more
severe than the ordinary policeman.
He informed the offender that ignor'
ance Of the law was no excuse, but
that he had committed a serious Of
fense against the laws Of Madrid.
which forbids a man to kiss any wom'
an while in the streets of the city:
with or without her consent. He, how
ever, let him off with a caution.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
WILL TAKE LAND FROM SEA
People of Holland Meet Problem OF
Expanding Population in charae-
teristic Dutch Fashion.

After, many years deliberation the
people of Holland have decided that
they need more land, and, having
reached that decision, they have gone
about the acquisition of it with char
acteristic Dutch energy and determi-
nation, says Popular Mechanics Maga-
zine. The program contemplates the
building Of 3U-mile dixie across the
outlet of the Zuyder zee and gradual
reclamation of parts of that body by
means of smaller dikeS and filln2-ln
and pumping process. The dammias
OF the north end of the Zuyder zee pre-
sents difficulties, not only on account
Of the length of the dam, but also due
to the fact that at the Fricsland SEo"e
end. the water depth varies from II to
SO feet. The foundation OF the great
dam will be. literally, billions OF all
sizes Of tree branches, lashed together
into great bundles. These will be sunk,
forming a supporting mat OF enormous
area. Upon this will be placed thick
layer of coarse crushed stone, and on
this. powerful foundation will be rear
ed the masonry Of the dixie.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
American Cutlery in Demand.

The natives of many foreign coun-
tries sit down to tables spread with
fine American cutlery. During the
past year exports Of American table
cutlery amounted to $2,300,OO0. In
Europe Norway was the best custom
er of our cutlery industry with pur-
chases totaling S225,000, while such
a comparatively small market as Den
mark was able to take table cutlery
up to the value of S146.000. But the
most important markets for United
States table cutlery are now found
in the two American continents. The
biggest purchaser Of table cutlery is
Brazil, with total requirement Of
S524,OOO during the last year. 1t was
followed by Argentina with purchase
totaling S2S9,O0O, While Chile and Cuba
each took far in excess Of 100000 and
Mexico was just touching the 100000
line. This growth Of the foreign de-
mand for American table cutlery
shows best the great progress that
has been made in the manufacture Of
hish-cIass cutlery in the United States.
The table cutlery business of the world
was in the past practically the domain
of European producers.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
Lacks Sense Of Right and Wrong.

A chilGs freak intellect is puzzline
the Hampshire lEngland) authorities
and the board of education. The
child, G. twelve-year-old girl, cannot
distinguish right from wrong. Her IA
ther applied to the Oldham magistrate,
and obtained an order to send her to
an industrial school. The attendance
officer said she had been absent from
school fer six months, and stayed out
all night several times. and recently
walked Is miles to Basingstoke, where
she was found at midnight on the sta
ton platform. A doctor described the
girl as morally and not mentally de.
fective. The case was so unusual, he
said, that all the facts had been sub
mitted to the board OF education. The
child was normal. except that part OF
the intellect which enabled a person
to discern right from wrong was miss
ing
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
l,!ScE 0,1 ss,.p *: : :Js...::..,
Holland Neyc: A5o to S.l:cdus Fierce
Tribe Living - E:ch East Ind.an
Archipelago.

The military fcTceS Of Holland,
which the rows di:. patches >ay are 10
be reduced nearly one-half. fad CON
siderable employment III the EsSt
Indian archipelago nearly ali Of which
belongs 10 the Dutch. 1t is con-
siderable territory. covering & dista"ce
from east to west as great as fAat
from New York to San Francisco.
The wild native tribes are trouble
some. But worst Of all ere the Ach.ee-
neSe, who occupy litti" country at
the north end Of Sumatra. Ache2E is
an absolute monarchy, recognizing no
authority or control from the Dutch
or anybody else.
One Of the longest wars in history
has been fought by the Dutch against
the Acheenese. 1t was started i'll 1S!2,
and has been going OF ever since, With
no present prospect Of bringing it to
an end.
In former days the Acheenese. who
are Malays, engaged largely in piracy.
In their swift sailing proaS they
secured the seas. capturing every un-
armed vessel they came across, and
customarily butchering everybody on
board. BY their depredations they al
most destroyed trade through the
straits of AIalacca.
The Dutch did away with this mis-
chief by running down the pirate
craft with small steam vessels and
destroying them. But the AcheeneSe
are still independent and defiant on
land. When the Dutch avenge an out
rage by burning their villages and rice
plantations. they retire to inaccessible
Businesses of the mountains. The best
the Dutch can do is to hold the eX-
treme northern tip Of Sulnatra. where
ttey have planted Il fortified town
called Kota Radia. Usually about
eight thousand troops are Kept tnere
in garrison.
Across the base Of the tip string
Of fourteen, little forts extend con-
nected with the town by railroad and
telegraph Each is defended By eiahc-
rate ba..5cd-wire entan%.@mentS and
by hedge OF the spiIzy plants cailed
Spanish baycnets. thirty feet w:Ge,
which is even more effective. Il q
fort is attacked re-enforceE!entS ircnl
Kota RaG,;a are summoned by wire.
Not far from the town IS Gold
m9untain which IS said to be full "t
the Yellow metal; but it is outside The
line Of foits and SO the gold rc:na rs
undug. For the Acheenese are 5t'St
about TIE mos! fe.cciolls s2I2&as in
the world. little G;;d oi' theirs i1a;7 :;
mutilatign Of thcir eIem.e:;, W:,oSe
le;@s. lin.a and cars t!.cy cHt q.
'Tlieis country IS 9 il'.n}cy.,i -o:.'<;'S,
peoricd by craEg-out&nGs az, id.. OF
a deadly malaria.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
INGENIOUS Saffron imitation.

A curious and ingenious imitation
Of Spanish saffron has been brought
to light by chemists Of the United
States Agricultural department in a
recent consignment of dyestuffs. SAT-
from, obtained chiefly from southern
Europe, is a yellow dye consisting Of
the stigmas of the crocus, aud. as
more than 1000 flowers are required
for an ounce. the material is sCme-
what expensive. Samples of the sus-
pected importation proved on analysis
10 be flowers Of a common plant re-
sembling the Scotch thistle. These
had been colored with red and blue
dyes, weighted with saltpeter, boraX
and slycerine. favored with something
like saffron of. and crinlled to give g
close resemblance to the dried crocus
stigmas.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
Plant Diseases Costly.

Millions of bushels Of grain, fruit
and vegetables and big tonnage OF
cotton were lost to American farmers
last year by plant diseases, according
to figures compiled by the plant dis
ease survey Of the Department OF As-
riculture The survey said that the
statistics indicate that lack of prompt
application of known measures of con-
troll was largely the cause of the loss.
The plant disease survey estimated
the losses at 112,O00,0G0 bushels Of
wheat, 5O,00O,0O0 bushels of oats. So
100000 bushels of corn, 5O,000,0G0
bushels OF potatoes, 100000 bushels
of sweet potatoes, 1S5,0OO tons of to-
matoes,. s5o,00O bales of. cotton, 5000,
600 bushels of peaches and 16,0OO,0OO
bushels of apples.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
CUT COTTON COST
BY Making FOOD
Southern Farm Prosperity Absolutely
Dependent on Cutting Produc-
ticn Cost Through Food
Making and Saving.

Atlanta, Ga.-(SDecial)-"A right
about-face movement in 1921 is neccs-
sary if the farmers OF the South are
to get on safe firm ground agar" }"
said H. G. Hastings, President OF the
great Southeastern Fair.
ut looks as if We all went cotton
crazy last spring. despite al, the dan
ger signals flying and the disregard
Of plain facts as to costs Of cotton
production. We have repeated cur l"l
lies Of 1911 ana 49, and piled rp
debts. based, or costly iood and grain
to ho paid for by cotton tda. Is no#
below cost o. production.
with few exceptions these items
Of food and Ecain ccgid ,.Ad should
have been produced On hcG2 @@Tgs
at one-tiii.d 20 ore-haI what the SIP
ply mercaant charges l9T ;ha-l.
Gotten Is ,:ia -oz:e best money cEo4
for the South, aad rroN2Diy always
will be. Iaa time ol,M4t pEic,a IS
over and the problem from nov or IS
20 lcuer cos CT production G:2d at the
za::Hs. tine afford the cotton grower a
it.lI piS-i' :,
Cost OF making cotton is primarily
the cost of food. grain and torage
for the farmer, his family, his labor
ers or tenants, and his work Stock
Cutting food, grain and forage costs
by home production will reduce coz
ton costs from one-third to one-ilalf.
sPlant for an abundance OF food,
grain and forage, thus cutting down
store bills, and the lower prices for
cotton will not hurt so much. We can
not, with European countries SO thor
oughly disorganized, reasonably expect
hisE prices fo- cotton for several'years
and we must make cotton at lower
cost, or else quit cotton growing.
Most of US cannot quit cotton
hence tie absolute necessity of food
grain and forage planting in 1871
the making on home acres OF every
pound of food and grain needed to see
us through.
"In this food production program,
take the home vegetable garden serl'
ously. Give the home garden square
deal aid it will surprise you in the
amount of healthful food produced II
takes the least ground, can be plant
ed the earliest, brings quick returns
and if kept replanted and worked Will
stay by you all the season through.
-xSSs, q .rSs~ g
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
SOUR STOMACH
INDIGESTION
Theaford's Black-Draught Highly
Recommended by a Tennessee
Grocer sor Troubles Re-
suldng from Torpid
Liver.

East Nashville, Tenn The efHt
iency of Thedford's ack-Draught, the
genuine, herb, liver medicine, Is
vouched for by Mr.. w. N. Parsons, q"
grocer Of this city. 1T is without
doubt the best liver medicine, and I:
don't believe I could get along without
it. I take it for sour stomach, head
ache, bad liver, Indigestion, and all
other troubles that are the result OF
q torpid liver. I
~ have known and used 1t for years. y
and can and do highly recommend tn
to every one. I wont go to bed with
out it in the house. 1t will do ALL It.
claims to do. l can't say enough fog
It." rgto
Many other men and women through.
out the country have found Black
Draugat just as Mr. Parsons describes
valuable in regulating the liver TO-
its normal functions, ard in cleansing
the bowels of impurities. us b
Thedfor1s Black-Draught liver medk
cine is the original and only genuine;
Accept no limitations or substitutes.
Always ask for Thedfocd's. Ea
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
NO SECOND PLACi:: FOR Hin
corny Rusi;Fs Ambition Certainly Was
f.ot No5:e, but 1t Was Ills
Eui;n3 Passion.

Senator Hiram Johnson said in an
after-dinneE speech:
''The radical movements of the day
have achieved at least one good thing.
They have taught our boys that there
are nobler ambitions than the one
to become a millionaire.
"When I was boy the millionaire
ambition was drilled into all of us,
but today such an ambition seems as
wrong-headed as Cornelius HuSk.
"a traveller stopped his auto in front
Of old Corn Husk's place and said:
"'How far is it to Quag, stranger?
"Corn took his pipe out Of his mouth.
"'Asked anybody else that there
question: he inquired.
eyes: 1 asked the blacksmith down
the road.
".Huh! Ye asked Jinks Hobson, did
We? Wall, how fur did Jinks say it
wasp
"'He said it was two miles,
give miles is the correct fgger,
stranger
with a disappointed oath the
stranger pushed on again. To his as
tonisnment he reached Quag in few
minutes. Instead of being FIVE miles
away, it was hardly mile.
"The next week he happened on
Corn Husk a second time.
"Look here he said. why did
you tell me it was FIVE miles from
your place to Quag? It's only about
a mile
"Jinks Hobson told ye it was two
miles. didn't hep said Corn calmly.
Wall, Jinks thinks he's the biggest
liar round these parts. I told We 1t
was five miles, stranger, SOS to show
the gol-durn cuss he's got hard man
to beat. by crimus, when he tries to
git the best of Corny Husk.'"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
The COLLEGIATE Handicap.

Side by side in commuters train
sat horny-handed son of toll and an
Office man five years out Of college.
The H. H. s., Of T. turned out to be
a painter by trade.
"You fellows make pretty good
wages now," remarked the Office man.
"About 81 day?"
"Ten," replied the painter lacon-
ically.
'But it doesn't average that much,
does it," persisted tie office man.
s'Bad weather must hold up outside
work"
"No outside work in New York. }"
said the painter. "All brick buildings.
We work the year round eight hours q
day. five days a week. Some want to
wor, a half day on Saturday to make.
it a 500 pay envelope. I'm satisfied,
though. I'm managing to put my two
boys through college. Tie educated
fellows get the real money. How
much do YOU make?'
The Office man hesitated in some
confusion. "Of course. two years in
the service held me back Some." he ad-
mitted, "but in any case I doubt I
would be making as much as you do
now"
ais that so?" exclaimed the painter
in great concern. "iIayhe l made
mistake at that with my boys. I
should have learned EN- the trade."-
Wall Street Journal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
tuberculosis Ebbs and Flows.

The decline of tuberculosis is lik-
ened to that Of leprosy by Dr.. Louis
Corbett, lecturer in pathology at the
University of Cambridge. Leprosy was
formerly one of the worlds great
scourges, but has become practically
extinct in western countries. Tuber-
culosis seems to be following, as it is
declining at an increasing rate. it's
deaths having fallen off nearly 60 per
cent since 1865. Apparent causes Of
the change areeIessened overcrowdins,
otherwise improved social conditions,
more and better food, and the adop-
ton of methods Of real ventilation.
The war has given tuberculosis u new
lease of life in European nations, es-
pecially in half-starved Austria, where
it runs riot.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
Famed Memorial Trees.

On the beautiful capitol grounds In
Sacramento, CAL, there is a group of
trees set out because Of their historical
interest, says the American Forestry
Magazine Of Washington. There is a
red maple from Antietam, Nd; a
white elm from near McKinley's tomb.
Canton. O.; white ash from Vicks-
burg, Miss, and many others from
equally distinctive points. These
trees are studied with surprising in
terest by visitors from many states
and foreign lands. Could anything
be more befitting to the memory Of a
fallen soldier than to plant walnut
tree grown from nut produced at
such historical points as these?
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
ANOTHER SWAT For THE Fl
Supreme Court OF Maine Adds Its
Voice to Dsnunciation Of Almost
Universal Pest.

The dog having had his day before
the Supreme court in Washington. we
now find the busy, curious, thirsty
fly" prcening his wings in the solemn
precincts of the Supreme court OF
Maine as Il co-defendant He finds
few sympathizers. For his size he is
the most malodorous and deteStable
of beasts, and the mischief he does is
unreasonable. In this case the court
of appeal was told that summer
boarder had engaged rooms at Il hotel
for two weeks and had LETT at the end
of four days, declaring the flies intol-
erable. IAe Supreme court upholds
the plaintiff in his refusal to pay for
his infested accommodations.
The Journal Of the American Med
ical association makes the case the
text of one of the most eXcoriatlng
denunciationS Of the fly that have been
penned; but will the fly carer
Not bit of it. "a fly" wrote Emer-
son in his despair, ''is as untamable as
a hyena." Probably fly was teasing
the sage of Concord as he wrote. The
best thing Josh Billings ever said was
Cd fly" Shakespeare would
have said it if he had thought Of it.
As carrier of pestilential putreScence
the fly is without Il peer. The help OF
the Supreme court Of Maine is vel
come in putting him down.-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
Euried Forest Found.

A prehistoric forest buried unler
80 feet Of meadow marsh. has been
found near Chestnut Neck. on the New
York-Atlantic City motor route. Ee-
Oar and oak trees have been found in
Il perfecr state IF preservation. While
at other points the buried timber had
been reduced to charcoal. The dis
covery was made by linemen erecting
poles to carry electric power to the
transatlantic wireless plant in Tack
ertor. Poles 50 feet long are hp:nG
used across a "h0E0M'"S.>". St2tr!l CT
the N1ulli'n liver meadows.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
"PoIite" Motor Horn.

The magazine Motor announces the
arrival of the courteous motor horn.
Up to now the motor horn has been
decidedly cacophonous. 1t squawks I'M
pleasantly; it bellows alarmingly; it
utters noises disagreably suggestive Of
nausea.
But the new horn, which is appear
ing on the market, has tone that is at
once polite and powerful. 1t warns, yet
does not offend the sensitive ear. The
tone-adjusting mechanism is so con-
trived and arranged that the horn is
easily regulated for any degree OF vo-
ciferousness, but it yet carries warn
ing to the pedestrian.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28
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Fairy Tale
6INlAQY GRAHAM BONNER
-coyrAohT ~ StSItxN NsvYAptx UNION -~------'>
VtEE-cOVERED CABIN.

81 have a story to tell you this eve
ming" said Daddy. "of the adventures
Of the boy and girl who were looking
for the House of Secrets. You know
they were in search Of adventures so as
to find out how they could become
great. and they thought riches, too,
might help them,
"1'hey found q road at the end of the
woods. but it seemed unendin@ rs they
trudged along. They could see it wind
ing this way and that for miles and
miles and miles, but they could see no
house of any sort at the end. For they
could see no end to the road.
Neither could they see any house
along the road which by any chance
might be the House of Secrets.
"I don't believe there is such a
thing said the boy.
"'Stll.' said the girl, we must find
something or some one who will tell us
what we are to do if we are to have
our wishes granted. Some one Will
have to tell us how we must start out
in order to command and lead and be
successful. And we must keep on go
ing If we want adventures.
Look said the boy, I see a tiny
cabin along the road. 1t can't be the
House Of Secrets. but perhaps some
one there will tell us if were going the
right way
"They walked along Il little distance
until they came to the tiny cabin. Its
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-28

Notice IS hcre@% e;yc@ tEat ! spe-
al meeting of The stockholders Of
Kentachy-Carolina Oil company VIII
be held at the Office Of E. V. Chap
man in the town Of Newberry, South
Carolina, on Tuesday, the 8th day of
February, 1921, at 80 o'clock. The
purpose Of said meeting being to in
crease the capital stock of Ken
tucky-Carolina Oil company from
one hundred thousand (S100,0 ,0OO.Oo)
dcllars to two hundred thousand