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The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

1T isn't often that anyone puts
anything over on tanker" rela'as
the Bolton Star, but recently a man
walked into bank and asked to bor-
row IS. The banker didn't want to
loan so small a sum at first but fin
ally agreed when he was handed
$4,000 in bonds as security. 1t then
developed that another bank had
wanted ten dollars for a deposit box
so the bonds would be safe, and the
owner devised the cheaper way to
have them safe and get a loan, too"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18
WHY THE FEDERAL Gov
ERNMENT Is HARD UP
TOO MANY BUREAUS EACH OF
WHICH HAS ITS READY
EXCUSE TO LIVE
AND WHY TAXES ARE
STEADILY ON UP GRADE

The New York Herald, Republican
Organ, Which Did as Much as Any
One Paper I'm the United States TO
Elect the Present Administration
Gives q Clear and Concise State
ment of why the People Are
Ground Down by Taxation as I'm
necessary as If IL Is Unneeded and
Which Goes to Keep Up Thousands
OF Public Hangers-on,
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

The Springfield Leader thinks Mr..
Edison missed a chance TO ask some
really hard questions when he over
looked the income tax blank.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

The Chula News is of the opinion
that many a man has saved himself
a good licking by springing that 're-
spect for old age" stuff.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

All the rest of his life, the Rev. p.
o. Ortt of Excelsior Springs will, know
how it feels to be arrested for a
crook. The Call says that recently
when he was returning from a trip
to Indiana he was talking amicably
with another minister in the, station
at indianapolis when three men who
had been cycling the two stepped up
suddenly and slipped handouts on
them. Protesting they were led away
to the police station. There it de-
veloped that a big confidence game
had been pulled off in indianapolis
and Mr.. Ortt's companion answered
the description of one of the crooks.
The detectives were satisfied of their
mistake when Mr.. Ortt asked them to
call the mayor, whom he knew, by
phone. At the station when the ar
rest was made, the proverbial big
crowd gathered to glimpse the ban
dts" at the time of the arrest, .
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

Who knows but that in short
time our own Ozarks may be the rival
OF Hollywood as the Mecca for all
that pertains to fiImdom. According
20 the Joplin Globe, Joplin has a
"studio" already and one morning
recently a private exhibition was Civ
en- Of the first "releaso" of a picture
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

The Stone County Ncws- Oracle de-
clares that one of the best ways to
test ones religion is teaching a calf
70 drink from a pail.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18
HoNK! HoNKi HoNKi

Hardware Merchant-what kind OF
stenographer have you?
Motor Car Manufacturer-Run
about, self-starter. variable speed.
seldom tires first-class upholstering.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18
GOODBYE, WILLIAM ~o
JENNINGS BRYAN
THE ONCE GREAT CONIMoNER
SEWERS HIS HIsIIATToN WITH
THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
AND TAKES UP HIS
RESIDENCE IN FLORIDA

In An Extended Article on the Pass
ing of One of It's once Famous
Characters the WorId-IIcrald Which
Did as Much as Any Newspaper in
the United States Gives the Ex-
Ncbrasltan Left Handed and at
the Same Time Much Deserved
Farewell to the state That lie Long
Resided In.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

A. w. J. thinks in the Salisbury
Press-spectator that it is all right to
take things easy if you are sure they
are your own.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

"About the most facetious people
we know" snaps the Fayette Adver-
tiser, ARE the officers of insurance
companies who insist on writing this
question in their applications for
policies: Do you drink liquor and If
so, to what eXtent?"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

It is said President Harding wears
q 1O-D shoe. Placards announcing
the fact should be posted in the Of
fices Of the appointees,-Excelsior
Springs Call.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

1t is the belief of the Bethany Re-
publican that the guiltiest feeling
plainly about someone and find that
you are talking to a relative.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18
NEWS FROM ALL over
IMPERIAL MISSOURI
lntereSting Happenings Which Have Taken Place
in The Greatest State in the Union
The Product Of the Scissors, the Pen AID Very
Little Actual Labor

Oregon will celebrate the Fourth Of
July this year with an old fashioned
celebration.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

The Stoughton & Little tent show,
which jumped from Nevada owing
printing and other bills, clear to
Boonville, run on the rocks in the
latter place, and was not able to get
out of town until an "angel" came
to the relief of the stranded players
the road again. This has been a
poor year for tent shows, and not
withstanding this there are more OF
them touring than usual
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

The Breckenridge Bulletin pessi-
mistically observes that when a
woman starts out to make a name
for herself she generally ends by let
ting the preacher do it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

A Craig man was given IS gold
piece at a local bank the other day
This was the first gold piece given out
al the bank in over three years. Gold
has disappeared in this country like
new members for the bartenders' un-
ion.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

The Linn County Ledger thinks it
is all right to love your neighbor as
yourself but does not believe the bi-
blical injunction meant you should
get mushy about it.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

The approach 10 a country bridge
in Bates county was badly damaged
by a dynamite explosion which rem
dered the bridge unsafe. Whether it
was spite work or the result of an
effort to dynamite fish, cannot be as
certained.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

A few days ago John Mccoy, north
of this city, was walking along the
road with two of his children when
he heard a rattlesnake sounding his
warning. When he found the reptile
II was within two feet of him. He
killed his snakeship, which measured
3 feet 8 inches in length and was 3
inches in diameter, having seven rat
ties and button. 1t was one of the
largest snakes of this species seen in
this section in many days.-Ralls
County Record.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

-Missourians are the real easy
marks. The state of Missouri has no
desire to go bankrupt just now"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

There is possibly a good reason for
the lack of public interest in govern
ment extravaganza, or at least for the
absence of public protest against it.
The public itself has not come to
realize what the colossal expenditures
mean, what keeps them up to fig
ure five times as large as before the
war. The public has not regained
the perspective which makes it see
dollar as a dollar, or even $1,000,000
as a sum which is any more than a
trifle when spent on government
functions. When the total expendi-
lures of the government are consid-
red the contrast between the 1921
figure of $4,000, ,0oO, 900 and the 1914
figure of $1,000, 100000 is striking
enough.
But when the individual items are
segregated and the increases of
$4,000 here, $4,000 there and $780,
900 elsewhere are considered the
general attitude and the general ex-
cuse is that these are unavoidable;
that the cost of living has gone up
and the cost of government has as
cended with it, This is not true. 1t
is not the cost of government, as gov
ernment is generally conceived to
mean, that has gone up 1t is the cost
of the special activities of the gov
ernment that eats into government
receipts and piles up the burden on
the taxpayer.
The cost of primary government
functions and of such activities as
public works, research, development
and education represent but a small
Ioportion OF the national expense
bill. 1t is the cost of keeping up
activities inherited from the war; the
cost of the army and navy, the cost
of administering the swarms of bu-
reaus and boards. This is graphically
shown in a table prepared by DR.. E.
2. Rosa in a scientific study of gov
crnment disbursements in 1920:
Glance Over This Table
Per Cent.
Obligations arising from recent
previous wars ........... 67.s1
Army and navy. .....,........ 25.O2
Primary government functions
Legislative, executive and
tudiciaD ......,........... $40
Public works ......,....... 2.97
Research, educational and de-
velopment work ........... 1.01
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

"Being urged to cultivate optim-
ism," states the Linn County Budget,
'some folks in Brookfield order goods
on credit that they can't possibly pay
for"
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

A number of Richmond people
were in Plattsburg the last three
days of last week as witnesses in a
civil suit in the Clinton county circuit
court, which was instituted against
Miss Maude Milligan, of this city, as
executrix of the estate OF the late
Senator John f. Morton, OF Rich
mond. The plaintiff in the suit was
Mrs. Matte F. Huston, OF Lexington,
relative of the deceased senator.
The note was supposed TO have been
made against a trust fund which al
ready had been probated. 1t was
brought out by the defense that the
note in the action was not implicated
in the forgery. Penmanship experts
discovered that the name OF Senator
Morton and that of his mother had
been traced upon the note which was
offered in evidence of the claim made
against the estate. The attorneys for
the plaintiff filed a motion for a re-
hearing following the decision of the
jury.-Richmond News.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

Seven Missourians are among the
264 successful candidates for admit
tance to the United States Military
Academy at West Point this year.
Thoy are: Philip 3. stephens, CO.
lumbia; James Wentworth Clinton,
st. Louis; Donald Dunforth, Lexing-
ton; T. J. Brown, Charleston; Vibien
G. Smith, Joplin; Hyman Ferer, Rol-
la, and Robert NJ. Sampson, st. Louis.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18
Its Anguish Tempered

With Mr.. Bryan's departure Ne
braska loses its most eminent citizen.
Its present anguish is tempered by
the fact that it lost him eight years
ago when he went TO establish his
residence in Miami, Florida, retaining
only a citizenship for voting and
fighting purposes in this state. There
has been some gossip in the public
prints to the effect that the near fu-
ture may find him an aspirant for
high political honors in the common
wealth that is now his home. How
ever, that may be, Nebraskans will
join in wishing him well. They will
hope and expect to see him from
time to time. as he journeys back to
the old home, keen and polished
snicker-mee in hand, to keep the
boys in order or know the reason
why. But there are thousands, we
suspect, of the greying generation
who will delight to think OF and re-
memter him. not as the Bryan OF
Baltimore, or Of the Wilson cabinet
or of the trying war days. but as the
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18
Both Easy and Hard

1t has been easy to be proud of Mr..
Bryan, hard to be obliged to accept
and deal with him as an implacable
and tireless foeman. He has shed
honor and renown upon his adopted
state. He has been wonderful fight
er for the ideas and policies to which
he gave himself. Nebraska has ad-
mired and respected him even though
for the most part it has refused to
follow his leadership, much less ac-
cept his dictatorship. He has had
few equals as popular orator, and
nne as a gladiator in the rough and
tumble of convention debate. No one
who saw him in action at Baltimore,
as he was administering the coup de
grace to honest old Champ Clark,
will ever forget the spectacle. In the
political history of. the last quarter
century he has played always a prom :
inent part, and by his activities, sue
cessful and unsuccessful, has left his
imprint on his generation.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

When an old time neighbor departs
for SUMMER climes, whether terres-
trial or celestial, we like to think not
so much of the times we fell out with
him as of the happier DAYS when we
were comrades and friends. This
frame of mind seems to be instructive.
1t is indicative of the reassuring fact
that amity, not discord. p, ace rather
than strife, is the condition for which
the soul of humanity yearns. We
want to like our neighbOr and we
want him TO like us. When differ
ences interpose, and a long enduring
and valued cordiality gives way to
coldness, and coldness is followed ~
harsh words and hard actions, uphold
we ever so Justify our END of the
quarrel, down deep it hurts If tho
quondam friend and later enemy be
an outstanding man of parts, estimahle
and esteemed, whose broa6 smile and
genial greeting were once n delight.
one wonders that so good a friend
could have become so staunch an en-,
emy, and hopes for the old glai days
of confident sunshine again. .r .
Even If He Spoke Unkindly
1t is in this mood, we fancy, that
many a NebrRskan will receive the
tidings that William ]. Bryan is no
Nebraskan. The World Herald feels
that way about it, even If Mr.. Bryan
did take occasion to say, on his latest
visit to the state, that the kindly word
spoken by this newspaper for the the
;ory of evolution was only another
evidence that Senator Hitchcock was
a tool of the brewers and distillers
We have grown so hardened to his
blows they seem but love taps And
we have known him so long and so
well. He was once editor of the
World-Herald. He went as its re-
porter to the republican national con-.
vention in the year that the demo-
cratic convention first nominated him
for president. Moro than thirty years.
ago the World-Herald enrolled itself
as his friend, and helped fight his
battles in his successive campaigns
for congress, for senator and for the
presidency. Twice, when he was de-
feated for the latter exalted office,
the writer of these melancholy rem
iniscences shed the salt tears of sor-
row.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-06-18

tions emanating, not from a law max
ing authority. but from the brain of
a single individual or group of indi-
Viduals"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

g." ii
Miss Mary Evelyn Stockiey ot ms
diaIapoIis Ind, isIthe guest 6t Miss
Grace stealey3in this city
Mrs Oscar Mol OF Clarksburg
the guest OF MIS- Clara Murphy al
her home on jackson street She
viii alsoS visit friends In Morgan:
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. "A. Pollock left
this morning for Pittsburgh where
they Will spend several days betoTat
going to- Canton, Ohio, where theyi
viii visit Nj. PoIlock's father.
Mrs. M. Y. knight who hadSbeeni
very Ill at her home at Rtyesyiiiel
Is somewhat improved at this time
She is the mother Of A. N. knight
Of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wrick have
returned home after a visit OF al
few days in Pittsburgh.
Miss Frances Hall, of Paden5 City,
Is the guest OF Miss Marian Kramer
on Spence street.
Mrs. w. "A, Mestrezat returnedfo5
day to her home in Morgantowna aft.
err a visit of d few days with mrs.
Florence Gray at her home on the
East side and with Mrs! W.T., Hen.
mem and Lawrence Hennen and
family.
Mrs. Harry P. Robinson and
daughter. Miss Mildred are SPEND
Ing several days in Washington
DC.
Miss Winnie Cole, OF Grafton, Is
the gues Of her brother, ]. 3. Cole.
on Chicago street. Miss Cole came
here to attend the Christian En-
deayor convention in session at the
NJ. P. Temple.
r. Maurer, OF Morgantown, was
in the city yesterday to see his
daughter, little Miss Leona Belt
.agoSat Cook hospital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

MoRGANToWN, May 5.-Last
night in Commencement hall one
|ot the most enjoyable recitals OF
the University school Of Music was
given by John Reed. assisted by his
sister, Miss Pauline Reed OF Fair
mont. I
Although the weather WASH most
nnfayorable a large audience greet:
ed the singers, giving them enthu-
siastic applause after every NUM-
lber. The hall was made attractive
with flowers and shaded lights.
The entire program was a pre-
tentious one and the singers gave
evidence OF more than the usual
ability. In the Handel number,
which was the first on theiprogram,
Mr.. Reed demonstrated his usual
sureness Of poise and ease 81 man.
ner. His songs were Of such ma.
ture that they gave him variety
OF opportunity which he met with
ease.
In the little son ION the Shore
by Niedlinger, MI. Reed was prob.
ab1ly:at his best and his final mum.
Der pipes Of Pan was particular;
lily well received. Mr., Reeds inter
pretiye gifts were especially good
and his voice pleasing.
Mss Pauline Reed In assisting
her brother demonstrated the fact
that she Is as gifted as he In the
Interpretation Of her songs. Her
voice has lovely qualities and Wide
range.
The Brahms and Schumann num-
bers are fayorites with all great
%contraltos and even in these songs
though trying for a seasoned voice.
Miss Reed was very successful.
The flexibility OF her voice was
brought out in the fourth number
of her second group "canticle Of
Love-" by, KuTsteiner,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

The Asher Business Girls Bible
class held an interesting meeting
last evening at the "Y7' when an
elegant supper was served by tho
women Of the NJ. p, Temple and
the supper was followed by an hour
study of the Bible led by Mrs. w.
Mayara.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06
Charleston Guests

Mrs. Ephralm Franklin Morgan
has her house guests at the ex-
ecutiye manion, Mrs. James A,
Hughes. OF Huntington, and daugh-
To- Mss. Mary Eoise Hughes.
Eenielss OF New York. Mrs.
Hughes and Mrs. Daniels will al
tend The Woman's Club tea at
Edgewood Country Club this after.
noon.-charleston Gazette.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06
.Had Elne Dance

A large number Of the 7lks and
their ladies enjoyed the dance held
last evening by the lodge sat its
Headquarters in the Deyeny build
ing. In addition TO the local peo-
pie several were present from out
OF town. SINNERS orchestra turn-
|ished music for the dance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06
ekNpY-FLETcHER

The mafriage OF MisE Nell fetch
.er Of this city and Ralph Candy, q
McMechen5 ". Va, was gsolemntzed
Festerday evening at 5 o'clock At.
In horneiof the brides parents, M.
lshd Mfs. Harry Fletcher on Hay
mond street, IN the presence OF q
|tew intimate friends and relatives
)oi The families. The ceremony was
|psrfofmed by the Rev. |. &C. Buck
pastor Of the Diamond Street
EM u church. The bride and groom
entered the living room to the
STRAINS 81 Mendelssohn's wedinS
|march, played by Miss Jeanette
ccrdray and previous to the cere.
mony sohs Promise Me- was sung
by Frank Jordan accompanied by
Mis- Gordfay.
The bride was gowned in a pretty
coat suit OF dark blue %tricotine with
grey hat gloves and shoes and she
wore q corsage Of pink roses and
freesias, The room where the GER
auouy took place and the dining
fooni were pFettily decorated for
the occasion a color scheme OF
pink and white being effectively
carried out by the use OF spring
flowers.
Previous to the ceremony an ele-
CANT course dinner was served at
the home Of the bride and follow
ing the ceremony they went to
Wheeling where they will spend sey.
eral days before taking up their,
residence at McMechen where the
groom holds a responsible position
as suppIysagent for the B. & o: rail
road company.
MISS Fletcher Is a charming and
attractive young woman and has re.
sided In tDhis city the greater part
OF her life. She was born here and
later moved, with her parents, to
Shinnston where she resided for
several years. later coming to this
city. For some time she had been
doiding an important clerical posi-
ton IN the freight offices Of the
B. q o.
III. Candy is a splendid young
man and the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Candy OF McMechen.
Among the guests hare for the
Wedding were Mr.. and Mrs. William
Candy parents of the groom, and
Miss Christine Bartlett, Of shinn-
ston,
The engagement OF Miss Fletcher
and MI. Candy was announced re.
centlysat Q pretty at:home at which
MISS Bellah Lowe was hostess at
her home on Maple avenue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06
Returned From South

Miss Lucy Kelley who had spent
The winteta ttsalRetersburg Fla.
md otierS points In the south, has
retifned 10 lei home in this city,
nfoute het6siMiss Kelley visited.
school friends al, the Maryland col.
lege Euthefville, Nd, where she
gradaatea recently. Miss Kelley IN
company with her uncle and aunt,
Mr. and Mrs. Fran p. Kelley. and
their son. James Kelley, and Mrs.
keAey ststerssMrs: sDavidzArnofd.
~ Keyser made the trip by boat
rom Jacksonville, Fla, o New York
md stopped for a few days in New
York city. Mr.. Kelley and son
lanes came here and Mrs. Kelley.
accompanied her sister to Knobley
arms and Keyser for a visit OF a
.sw days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06
Glass Entertained

The Baraca class Of the Barrack-
vile Baptist church met Wednes.
day evening at the home Of Shirley
Murrell. There were 10 members
present. One new member was re-
ceiyed into the class. Officers for
the, ensuing six months were elected
and matters OF general interest to
the class were: discussed. Tempting
refreshments were served by Mrs;
Murrell. The class adjourned to
meet at E. NJ. Bells home the first
Wednesday In June.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

Homo from snhonL

Miss Irene Vincent daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs! @. 3. Vincent, has re
turned TO her home having finish.
ed 9 ten weeks, course OF study in
violin at the Cincinnati Conserya.
tory OF Music. It Is the aim OF.
Miss Vincent to resume this course,
Of studysat the conservatory in Sep
TENDER.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06
"a Meet

To Meet
The Junior Guild OF the NJ. P.
Temple OF which Mrs. Ernest sher
wood d the leader, will meet to:
forrow afternoon at three o'clock
at the church, 1t is desired that
an the members be present as this
Wild be the first meeting for some
time ant important matters will
come up for discussion,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

The Business and Professional
Women's club will hold its monthly
dinner and meeting on Tuesday eve
ming beginning at 5:45 at "Yp. A
feature OF the program which will
follow the serving Of, the dinner will
be an address by Miss Susan Reb-
ham. Of Cincinnati, a Y. w. g. A.
worker who will have an important
message to bring to the business and
professional women OF this city.
The officers recently named will be
installed and reports OF the years
work will be given.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06
AusIiiary "a Meet

The Womeu's Auxiliary Of the
'Heintzelman Post OF the American
Legion win meet this evening at
81 O'Clock at the home Of Mrs Rollo
]. conley on Monroe street. Menu
.bers are urged TO be ipresent as we'll
as prospective members is plans
will be made for the opening OF the
bridge, May 80.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

ts2-crepe Roma--a
new and lovely fabric
makes this gown which
may serve for street,
afternoon and dinner
wear The embroidery
matrhes the trock's
color.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

1st-Glittering with
crystal ca d 5 this
Georgette frock in pas
telle shades is not to be
excel1ed for afternoon
or dinner wear. The
front and back panels
are loose and tlaring.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

tso- Plated panels
Of uneven lengths strike
a new note on the
skirt OF this Canton
Crepe frock. Motifs and
vest Of contrasting col ,
or make this a charm.
Ing street frock.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

Carl Becker, Jrs OF Fatfmont, who
IS her guest for the Weekend A
pink and white color scienew was
beautifully carried out The int
rior Of the home wasitastethlls dec
Grated with ferns and spring
flowers, with dainty French 6as.
kets arranged here and there. "a
huge bowl Of pink and white tea
roses formed the tables center.
piece. Dainty fayors were given
each OF the guests Covers were.
laid for twelye.-clarksburg Tele.
gram.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-06

/. 1893 ~ Introducing q
new way Of making a
Tatteta and Georgstte
combination In which
tafteta is the dominat
ing fabric. Loops and
loops Of tatteta fail
over the tunic. !