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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-24
A SUBJECTS ARE
PROBLEM in FRANCE

possible with white leadership to
make these black soldiers into arm
les the equal in bravery and oivili-
zation of any we have under our
flag.
/ do not believe 1t q vain dream
to think that one of the tasks of
France is to raise to q higher level
of mental training and civic rights
the blacks who inhabit French
domains. The peril for France is
not to attempt 1t but to try to DO 1t
too quickly and to give them the
functions of civilized men before
they have been fully civilized In the
modern sense Of the word.
For France I think the problem
could be solved by making service
in the army one of the prelimina-
ries to acquiring the rights of full
citizenship. In many French colo
niles the army Is the nearest, best
school for the colored man.
II is in the army that he sees at
Its best the order, the discipline,
the justice and the industry of the
French In that part of the world.
All the French qualities are in
play In our colonial troops. where
the army, In lieu of other agencies.
concentrates and sums up for that
part Of the world our civilization,
our respect for law and justice, our
| sense of fraternity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-24

NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 24.-If
YOU want to make a favorable I'M
preston upon a bonding company
be fat, profane, married. and nave
bad penmanship. All of these char
acteristics, usually looked upon as
handicaps by the general public, are
regarded as highly desirable by the
big New York bonding companies
which upderwrite thousands of en-
bezzlement risks every year.
1t is estimated that the large total
of 500, 900, 900 is annually embez-
zled in this country. The total num-
Der of known embezzlers whose de-
falcations are discovered is around
1900. These startling figures ex-
plain why the bonding companies
have found 1t necessary to make an
elaborate study of character, envir-
onment and psychology In UNDER
writing embezzlement risks. After
many years of such study and ex-
perience, they have been able dehn-
itely to label some human traits good
risks and others bad.
According to William B. Joyce,
president of the National Surety
Company OF this city, the man VINO
cusses a lot is a good risk. not be-
cause he is profane, but because ne
is essentially human. His mind
say MI. Joyce. has a safety waive
through which he pours his excess
emotions. He is far safer than the
quiet, suppressed individual who stiff
les his natural impulses"
Mr.. Joyce has been studying the
characteristics of embeZzlers for
more THAI twenty years, during
which time he has formulated the
following guides for underwriters:
at is always the trusted employe
who gets away with the most money.
There is nc age at which embez-
element ceases.
Young and uniformed characters
are the chief offenders.
Margin speculation leads to more
embezzlement than cards or dice;
betting on the ponies ranks a close
second.
"Ex-convicts are the poorest risks
of all.
"Since prohibition, many embez-
Elements have been caused by the
n cost of bootleg liquor"
Fat people are considered better
risks than lean ones, because the
obese are on the whole more placid
and content with their lot, and less
inclined to morbid recklessness.
Married risks are preferred to single
risks, as tame horses r preferred
TO wild ones. Cranks of every kind.
moreover, are readily accepted by
the surety companies for the same
reason that profane men are favored.
In other words. people who fiaunt
their idiosyneracies sufficiently to
be termed cranks at least get the
poison out of their system.
Coed Penmen Often Bad
Perfect penmanship is regarded
with the deepest distrust by most
bonding companies. H. T. Cole. in
spector of the American Surety Com
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-24
Learn One New Thing Every Day
NEW MEXICo HAD FIRST ANE RICAN APARTMENT HOUSES.
BULLETINS By THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIE TY

More astounding still, some of
these larger structures, such Is the
Pueblo del Arroyo (arroyo-wash)
n of the two ruins upon which
the society's expedition is to concen
trate its Investigations, are built af-
ter the familiar E shaped ground
plan of the modern Office building,
with the addition of a curved wall
binding the ends of the e projections
forming inner courts, The other ruin
to be studied. Pueblo Bonito (bonito
beautifully. is a ID shaped build
Ing, with it's curved wall 500 feet
long.
"Archeologicaily this ancient ISL
and of Manhattan, surrounded by a
sea of sand, may accurately be de-
scrihed as a hundred miles from
anywhere for it is 100 miles north
to the cliff dwellings Of the Mesa
Verde, 100 miles south to the an
cient Zuni towns and 100 miles west
to the ancestral site of the Hopis.
within an area less than half
that of the District of Columbia
there are eighteen enormous conn.,
munity houses having from 100 to
500 or more rooms. There also are
other structure types, such as the
three : to = twelve : room dwellings
groups Of 'talus pueblos' under the
wall of the canyon, in the Immediate
vicinity OF the large buildings, and
tiny cliff houses and storage cists
under the canyon wall itself.
Then there are circular struc-
lures, adjacent to both large and
small dwellings,. and a semi-subter-
ranean home built of mud instead
of stone-the last mentioned found
by the Biographies reconnaissance
party-which point to possibility OF
other ruins of greater antiquity that
will be invaluable in tracing the de-
velopment of this aboriginal civiliza-
ton. The existence of these last
mentioned in the Chaoo Canyon re-
gion had not previously been sus-
peeted.
"If the major groups were inhab-
tied simultaneously, it is estimated
the canyon population could not
have been less than 10000. This In
dian city lay in a region so unfriend-
" that even the nomadic Navajo
has not attempted to cultivate it.
Hence the question. what has hap
pened there? Did the climate
change? Were the surrounding arid
wastes once fields of cotton, corn
| SQUASH and beans? Or did these
aborigines of northwestern New
Mexico have an irrigation system
akin to that of the Ifugaos of the
Philippines oil the rice terraces OF
China?
was the American Indian indie
| pcndent of any Nile, toward whose
| d,lta such an ~ineerious people as
the Egytiirs tended; and did II
build apartments no less colossal
and of more immediate service than
the Egyptian race of undertakers
constructed for their dead?
zone fact is fairly certain. that
this people OF a period variously
placed between the time of julius
| Caesar and William the ConqueIoF
had a democratic form of govern
ment ard elected a governor every
year."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-24

The first summers work of the
National Geographic Society's ex-
petition to study Chaco Canyon, New
Mexico. where vast apartment dwell
ings housed one of the most thickly
populated and highly cultured COM
munities In North America before
Columbus came, has just been COM
pleted, according to a report made
to Gilbert Grosvenor. president of
the National Geographic Society by
Neil NJ. Judd, leader of the expedi.
ton, upon the latter's return tc
Washington this week..
While details of the summers
finding must await formulation to be
presented to members Of the Nation
al Geographic Society it is stated
that the results of the first seasons
work fully justify the belief that the
studies in New Mexico. which will
be continued through several sum-
mers, will rival such expeditions of
the society as those which revealed
to the world that Pompeii of South
America, Machu Picchu, and made
known the Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes, Alaska's vast natural cauld-
ron, which has been set aside as a
National monument.
A bulletin from the society ex-
planning the significance of the abb
original apartment houses. which
are veritable treasure chests of pre-
Columbian history, says:
"Chaco Canyon is that segment
of the Chaco River which is cut
out near the borderland of San Juan
and Mckinley counties. New Mexico.
Its sheer, but sometimes crumbling
walls of sandstone rise from it's
floor anywhere from 100 feet to a
height nearly equal to the United
States Capitol dome. From their up
per ledge stretch semi-desert wastes,
making for an isolation which adds
another mystery to the by-gone me-
tropolis of the canyons nav:
Whence came the lumber to build
and whence the water to cultivate
the corn. beans. and squash of these
aboriginal farms?
From an airplane this cash in the
desert surface might resemble a
Canal. Closer inspection would dis
close, however, not an expanse OF
water, but an unwatered canyon, in
or bordering which are a dozen huge
! ruins that look to the casual observ-
err like remains of giant apartment
house, containing hundreds of rooms
with associated temples or sanctua-
ries, known as kivas, and lesser
dwellings, the true significance OF
which is not yet known.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-24
Daily Letter by Frederic j.. Haskin

| pany here. who in the last twenty
| years has accumulated handwriting
| specimens of hundreds of embeZ-
zlers, says he believes that superior
penmanship is an unfailing charac-
| t~eristic of embezzlers. He oes not
| deny that many an honest man
writes a tidy hand, but it is extreme
~ ARE to find a defaulter who writes
poorly.
"My opportunities for studying
such handwriting follow the opening
| of each new embezzlement case"
. says Mr.. Cole. "for the first pro-
| cedure is to study the application
which the accused man filled out
with his pen before being employed
in a position of responsibility. And
I'm not speaking only of bookkeep-
ers, bank tellers and other men in
positions requiring a good hand. for
we are called upon to bond office
boys, salesgirls, railroad conductors,
restaurant cashiers and others to
handle money without any tall feats
of penmanship.
I'm looking over our files of bust
ness criminals. comprising examples
from every kind of trade every
where, / come across few specimens
of poor handwriting-not more than
one TO every fifteen that are above
the average of excellence. In other
words, about SO per cent of the de-
faulters in our files have been first
class penmen. And / have examined
thousands of applications OF men
who afterward went wrong"
Richard NJ. McKenna of the detec-
tive division of the New York police
department, who has made a special
.k,,l.v "a - Iftin - IN nannantinn
| with criminal investigation. supports
Mr.. Coles interesting observation.
From my study of the handwrit-
ing of crooks" he says, II believe
that vanity and the desire to deceive
have a great deal to do with the
cultivation of a certain type o. very
fine penmanship. The normal man
in forming his handwriting has the
ideal of writing freely, legibly and
speedily, but the man with the max
ings of a crook in him has the ideal
of showing off his cleverness. win
ming admiration and concealing his
own true character with a false APP
pearance of highly ornamented per-
lection. That's the feeling I seem to
read in crook handwriting. and l
believe I could distinguish it eight
times out of ten"
Environment and Crime
The environment in which a risk is
located is also an important consid-
Grafton TO the bonding companies.
Movie cashiers rarely embezzle, but
a good deal of money has been lost
on people associated with musical
comedies. There is something about
a musical comedy-probably its gay
carefree atmosphere of wine, wom-
IN and song-that seems to pave the
way to easy embeZzlement.
1t is also interesting to note that
in the new. rich sections of the
southwest. particularly in Texas and
Oklahoma, where fortunes are often
made (and lost) in a night, there
is much more embezzlement than in
the northeastern states, where
money-making is a hard and slow
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-24
BY MARCEL PROVOST
Member of tic French Academy
and EamOus French Novelist


There are in the French colonial
domain a great number of black
subjects. Ought one, while treat
ing them with humanity. hold them
apart from the civic privileges en-
joyed by the whites? Or, on the
contrary, ought one raise them to
the same level of learning and
manners as the whites and give
them equal privileges?
I know there r many French
creoles who do not believe our black
subjects should be given full civic
privileges. But have you ever heard
the testimony of the officers of our
army who have commanded black
troops?
These troops which excite the
rage of the Germans have by dint
of a strong discipline under wise
chiefs become elite soldiers. Our
German enemies speak of these
troops as brutal. Nothing of the
sort,
The modern soldier If he Is a
brute is a bad soldier. The great
French military chieftains who
have commanded black troops have
not only praised their military
qualities but also their devotion,
their fidelity their affection. 1t is
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-24
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vidual o. the family.
The most dangerous thing about
cancer is that its onset is frequent
ly painless. If ance in its begin
ming were painful most people
would take warning and less cases
would be fatal. 1t is therefore the
part of wisdom for al adults to
have insidious sores that have been
irritated for some time examined.
The courier-index., 1921-07-01
ChautauQua Opens
 Next WednesdaY

Next week the big chautauqua opens in Marianna. For several years the Redpath- -Horner Company of Kansas City, has supplied the people of Marianna with chautau- qua attractions and this year the company promises series of up- lifting entertainments and high class lectures far superior to any given here before. Fifteen or twen- ty local business and professional men signed the guarantee to put the chautauqua over, and they now have parties out disposing of tickets. So far the people of Marianna have supported the chautauqua most lib orally. This year should not prove an exception. The programs are in- spring and uplifting and are well worth several times the small amount charged for season ticket. The cost of tickets for adults is SAYS, while children will be ad mitted to all the attractions for $1.10. The opening attraction will be next Wednesday afternoon and will consist of musical number. That evening the musical organiza tion will render a prelude and will be followed by a lecture. On Sat urday afternoon a special lecture will be delivered for the benefit of those interested in agriculture, the subject being "A Message for Ev cry Farmer and Business Man." by Frank K. Johnson. On Friday night the feature of the entire chautau- qua will be rendered It is play entitled, Nothing But the Truth, and is said to he one of the most wholesome comedies ever staged.
 R. V. Saylor has charge of the local arrangements.
The courier-index., 1921-07-01
Moter Commissioners WiU
 RuiLd New Steel Reseruoir

Commissioners J. K. Stevenson. M. H. Ford and Nj. D. Miller of the city water district let the contract last week for the erection of steel reservoir at the plant. It will have a capacity of one hundred thousand gallons and will be placed on a concrete tase level with the surface of the ground. The com missioners decided upon a steel res ervoir instead O, one of concrete because of the probability of the concrete cracking. The steel will last almost indefinitely if kept paint ed. The placing of the reservoir above the ground will make the clean ing and flushing of it an easy mat ter. There will be steel cover.
 When this new reservoir shall have been completed the district will have storage capacity of two hun dred thousand gallons of water. The old reservoir will be repaired and with the. two new boilers in use that have been put in by the Peo- pies Electric Company, we need feel no fear of real water famine this summer. Our position so far as a continuous supply of water is con cerned will be better than it has been for years.
 We congratulate the commission CTS for having made valuable per manent improvement. We sincerely hope that as soon as this improve ment shall have been completed they will find some way by which they can in connection with the Peoples Electric Company, tear away the pile of junk that now poses as a building and construct serviceable, respectable building to be used by the water district and the electric light company.
The courier-index., 1921-07-01
7,ooo PERSONS APPEAR IN BIG SCENES OF DECEPTION" Remarkably Realistic Crowds Add Force to This Wonderful
 Picture.

Presenting remarkable scenes in which more tkan seven thousand persons take part, Deception" a tremendous Paramount pict u which will be shown at the Regent Theatre for two days, July 13 and 14, next, is undeniably one of the most massive photoplay productions ever released ia this country. The European screen artists, Henny Por- ten and Emil Earnings, head one Of the largest and finest casts ever assembled in any motion picture
 The scenes of the photodrama are located in England during the reign of Henry VIII, in the first half ot the sixteenth century. They sho" the espousal of Anne Boleyn by Bluff King Hal, the hero of hun dred armours, the coronation cere monies in Westminster Abbey, the water carnival on the Thames, knightly tournament, the sitting oi an ecclesiastical court, the trial anc condemnation of Anne. Every scene was directed in a masterl ly manner by Ernest Lubitsch, Bohemian al rector who produced Passion
 Henry Porten as Anne Boleyn ant Emil Jannings as the king, have roles of great dramatic power anc they head an usually large ant capable cast of players. The stor. has deep heart interest and It's ap peal is irresistible.
The courier-index., 1921-07-01
TO SUUeep ArkQnsas
 CgeGN Of EgNOrQnce

Lee county is to have an active part in the work of the Forward Education Movement which has been launched by the Arkansas Education al Association. Announcement was made last Saturday of the appoint meut of Hugh Nixon as q member from this county of the Central Committee of 100 which has been selected from the several counties for the purpose of directing the campaign. The citizens of this county feel highly complimented by this selection of one of our most distinguished citizens for this i'm portant work.
 Let's Sweep Arkansas Clean of Ignorance" is the slogan for the movement that has been suggested by Garland Hurt, Newport banker. MT. Hurt was @ member of the A. E. F. and returned from his ser vices in France with high ideals for the educational status of his home state. James J. Harrison, an- other veteran of the World War, is director of the movement and these young men, fired with ambi- ton to lift the state from it's low rank educationally, are undertaking to enroll in the army being mobil- ized against the forces of Ignor- ance, Illiteracy and Tradition, at least 1000 men and women of Ar kansas by next fall. The Forward Education Movement proposes to en- ter every county and enlist the sup port of the citizenship in it's efforts to raise the standard of our public school education for every child in the state, to improve the grade of the teachers and guarantee them adequate salaries for their work
 It has been estimated that at least 90 per cent of the districts of Ar kansas in the recent election voted the limit of 12 mills taxes, while many voted for a voluntary addi- tional levy of to 10 mills. Our schools are confronting a crisis and such men as those appointed as members of this Central Committee of the Forward Education Move ment must be relied upon for re- lief.
The courier-index., 1921-07-01
CITY rENIs TOURNAMENT

A tennis tournament to determine the single champion of Marianne is starting today at the Elks Club and also on the court belonging to Angus Mahan. The matches in the first two rounds will consist of the best two out of three sets while the semi finals and finals will consist of the best three Sut of five sets.
 There win be five prizes and after the winner of the tournament is determined the losers in the other rounds will play it off for the prizes in their rounds. thereby giving ev- erybody a chance.
 All those who have entered this tournament will please see Dod- dridge McCullocn at once and find out when their matches can be played. also the rules of the tourna- ment and other matters pertaining to same.
The courier-index., 1921-07-01
Worms Of SlOeet
 Potato Diseases

Little Rock, June 27.-Bankers; merchants and farmers should make strenuous efforts to prevent the spread of sweet potato diseases, &C., cordng to H. M. Cottrelf, agricul- turist of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau of the Little Rock Board of Commerce. He says that should black rot and stem rot be- come widely spread through the hill farmers most profitable ctop.
 Sweet potatoes will become the most profitable cash field crop on the sandy and sandy clay upiands of the cotton growing part of Arr kansas unless disease becomes gen. eral," says Mir. Cottrell. Should black rot and stem rot become vide ly spread through our hill districts, it will be goodbye to sweet potato growing for several years and the hill farmers will have lost their best paying crop.
 "These diseases have already made raising sweet potatoes un- profitable in a few widely scattered districts in this state. The most strenuous efforts should be made by bankers and merchants, as well as by farmers, to keep the disease Disease is introduced by setting plants grown from diseased seed or from plants from healthy seed plant ed in beds that have diseased soil. Once disease gets scattered through the soil in a field, the germs that perpetuate it I've in that soil five to ten years, even when sweet potatoes are not again planted in that field.
 Albert Zimmerman, Carlisle, is one of the most successful sweet potato gorwers in Arkansas. Last year he raised 400 bushels of sweet potatoes on an acre of rice land and sold the crop locally for $560. He raises 10 to IS acres of sweet potatoes every year and his losses from disease and storage are prac~ tically nothing. His sweet potatoes kept in his storage houses until the following June in a sound and fresh a condition as when dug.
 He uses vine cuttings to produce all the seed he needs. Mir. Zim- merman's plan follows:
 llE CuLlAhBo AiANNhhNO " duce seed should be set on land that has not been in sweet potatoes for several years. No part of the vine should be used closer than 1S inches from the stem and from vines grown from healthy potatoes. Cuttings made early in July and not closer than 18 inches from the stem are almost certain to produce disease-free potatoes.
 "Use short length cuttings, those having not more than two joints. They will produce good sized pOta- toes. It is frequently recommended to use cuttings IS inches in length. Roots from such long cuttings start from too many joints and produce crop of small potatoes.
 "Mr. Zimmerman recommends planting vine cuttings up to July IS in his district. One year he planted them July 20 and raised 110 bushels of marketable potatoes. but the frost was unusually late that fall"