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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-26
Read This Testimonial Of
An E1ide's Performance
Covtngtop, Tenn. May r., 1921,

Sheltons Garage,
Covington,
inquiry regarding
battery touring to
that original equipment Buick
1916, and throughout It's term Of
absolute satisfaction
until had used it for four did I
the either for rechargtng
The first winter owned the it was kept in
to expectations
the battery did during the cold period The
add
The first put in the battery ar
car n months.
I do not hes1t
being will
perfect absolute satisfaction.
very truly
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-26

For Sale-One black tip jack;
Roman head, mouse-colored nose,
sure foaler and IN good condition.
Price $400 for quick sale. / prefer
the cash, but will take one-half
down and a good note for the balance,
bearing 6 per cent. interest. Write
T. M. Edwards at once, Burlison,
Tenn, R. 2. D. No. z. 19may2w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-26
CITY SCHOOLS HAVE
AlISPICIOIlS CLOSING
HON. ]. W. BRIsTER DELIVERS
GRADUATING ADDRESS

Large Audiences Witness Commence
ment Week Exercises Track
Meet Held at Athletic Field Thurs
day Afternoon List Of 1921
Graduates and Honor Roll Of the
Entire School. 80.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-26

For Sale Shetland pony and sad
die: also round oak dining table;
practically new. Mrs. Robert Nell
vain, phone lot. 19may2w
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-26

For Friday and Saturday Only
One-pound s1.00 box Of chocolate
candy for SOC. Alexander Drug Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-26

Find it with q classified.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-26

For Sale-TIolstein COW fresh in
milk. S. S. Rose, Brighton, Route
2. 26may3w*
The review., 1921-08-18
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF Tttie
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
9RvEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
Vvhat 10 Taking Place IN THE eeweh
Iand VIII De Found sR
DrIoS Paraaraphs
Foreign

In spite Of the intimation Of Pre-
mier BRAND that the British and
French delegations were deadlocked
on the Silesian question, and the feel
ing in diplomatic circles that this was
the real reason underlying Lloyd
Georges announcement Of his decision
to return to England, the French for
eisn office denies that a rupture has
occurred.
The United States shipping board
steamer Black Arrow sank recently off
Cape V1lano, on the west coast Of
Spain. The crew and passengers were
saved, but the ship and cargo are to-
tai loss.
It has been officially announced that
the receipt of Eamonn de Valera's re-
ply to the British government on the
Irish peace proposals, necess1tat1ng
early action by the British cabinet, is
the real reason for Lloyd-George's de-
parture from Paris. ri
Col. George Harvey. United States
ambassador to Great Britain, an "ob-
server at the supreme council meet
ing in Paris, spoke up for the first time
since the conferences began. He Of
fered to obtain more complete 1nfor-
nation to assist the allies in whatever
they may do to alleviate Russia's dis
tress and to that end has cabled his
government at Washington.
Negotiations between representa-
tives of American and British shipping
interests on the question of freight
rates for Egyptian cotton have been
broken off, according to advices from
Alexandria. .t>-
The pope has named Bishop Michael
]. Curley of st. Augustine, Fla, as
archbishop of Baltimore, which is the
achepiscopal see of the Roman Cath
olic church in the United States.
An explosion in the, Hiroshima ar
tillery magazine is reported to have
injured or killed over two thousand
Japs.
It is reported in Lindsay, Ontario
that Gen. Sir Sam Hughes, former Can
adian minister Of militia and an out
standing figure in Canada's war ef.
fort, is at the point OR death.
All members of the Irish Republican
parliament now in custody will be re-
leased, with one exception, in antici'
patton OF the meeting of the parlia'
ment called for August 16, according to
Dublin advices.
OF the entire Spanish detachment
which defended Zeluan against the on
slaught Of the Moors, only Lieutenant
Bravo and eight soldiers managed to
save themselves by jumping into the
sea.
The review., 1921-08-18
Washington

Frank A. Linney, Republican state
chairman Of North Carolina, to be
federal attorney for the western North
Carolina district, has been confirmed
by the vote of 81 to II.
Congressional investigation of the
American Legion's organization and
alleged "scanda1ous and disgraceful
conduct of a small coterie of self-con-
stitution, self-perpetuating officials"
has been asked in petition present
by to Vice President Coolidge and
Speaker Gillett.
Congressman w. G. Lankford of
Georgia advocated in the house, re-
Gently, the passage of his $500, ,000, 900
farmers relief bill, which provides for
immediate purchase through the war
finance corporation from banks, either
national or state, farmers notes matur-
ing within three years from the pass
age of the act and secured by either
first or second trust deeds or liens.
The packer control BILL a subject
Of contention in congress for nearly
a score Of years, was passed finally by
the house without record vote and
sent to the White House for executive
action.
Formal invitations to the Washing
ton disarmament and pacific confer
ence will be sent shortly now that
agreement on the date for the opening
Of the conference practically has been
practically has been reached. Off
cial notification from Japan that she
accepts November IL as the date will
make the agreement unanimous. This
notification is expected hourly.
Even more extensive changes in tax
1evies than were agreed upon at the
white house conference between Pres
ident Harding an Republican leaders
of the house of representatives have
been voted tentatively by the majority
members of the ways and means COM
mittee.
| The federal trade commission was
| directed, under a resolution adopted
| recently by the senate, to investigate
| conditions Of tobacco trade, including
prices to producers and consumers.
President Harding probably will
open the Washington disarmament
and pacific conference personally, il
was strongly indicated on high author
| ity at the White House recently.
The Whilst Campbell anti-beer bill
was passed by the senate recently, 80
to 20, and sent to conference with
the prospect Of its final enactment be-
fore the weekend. go
The review., 1921-08-18
FLEMISH TENACITY WINNING OUT

etons of German soldiers, buried in the
mud of the User river banks, wheat
and barley, corn and potatoes, flowers
and young apple trees are now -four
ishing.
For two years the Belgian peasants
lived in huts the ruins of their homes,
or in German concrete shelters, suffer
ing untold hardships in winter, but i'm
bued with the spirit of regeneration.
They worked to remove the barbed
wire and unexploded shells, and many
of them lost their lives when the plow
met some buried shell. But persever-
ance won. From $4,000 souls in 1914
the population dWindled to nothing in
1913, and back to 185, 900 in 1919. There
is now a population of 237 900.
The ministry of agriculture, under
the management of Baron Ruzette and
his staff Of specialists, with M. Boer.
enboom at their head, organized the
relief work. Motor tractors were
loaned by the government. The fields.
soaked with sea salt, were revived
with chalk and chemicals, and Elan
The review., 1921-08-18
Can Open Any
Safe With Wire

said the king. Mr.. K inserted the
wire. felt with the wire inside, deli
cately twisted it here and there, then
opened the safe door.
'.Here, your majesty, your safe ts
opened" .~-
The king was very much astonished,
and said: ''You are the most danger
GUS man have ever met" Mr.. K re-
piled: II would be were not hon
est" 49,
Mr.. x is rarely in his store, as
his fame has travelled abroad and he is
often telegraphed for to start at a
moments notice. Before the war he
was called many times to Berlin to
open the ex-kaiser's safe and he was
recommended also to Francis Joseph,
who often left his keys inside his Sc
cret safe, and would allow no one but
Mr.. x to open or try to open 1t.
Many Diplomats Call Him.
Diplomats. lawyers, doctors, all call
him when they need reliable doctor
for their safes. When asked how he
did the trick, Mr.. K said: ut is
purely a question Of touch. / am like
a specialist who, without operating
can tell by examining a patient, by
touching him what Is the matter In
side. Jamming of safes is like case
Of lockjaw. With my wire I can 10
cate the trouble inside the lock. Be
sides, my experience inherited from
father, who in his time was the only
lock specialist in the world"
Sometimes it takes five minutes, and
often he has to probe for 20 minutes
or half an hour, but never in his life
has he had to damage lock in order
to open a. safe. He is the most ex
The review., 1921-08-18
THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CARR
LIMA TO, BE AT MAIDEN
cARoLINA'E EXPOSITION,
HUMAN ELEMENT IN INDUSTRY
Throws Weight Of His influence A..
Efforts Back Of Plans to Broaden
Viewpoint Of Rank and File.

Greenville, S. C.-The Made.in.Cor,
linas Exposition will afford Gov, RoS
ert A. Cooper, of this state, an onro,
tunity to make an address on a auh
ject which he has given much tbouub.
during recent months, and the CHIEF
executive of the Palmetto State a6
mits an increasing interest in the sy
position. He expects to talk on "Tho
Human Element in Industry" and Said
he felt his appearance at the openirv
on September IL would be the proper
occasion and time to tell the people n,
the Carolinas the views he holds az
a result OF his study and thought
Governor Cooper has a broad vision
of the future greatness of these states
as he explained during a rather e.
tended conversation. Much of the iu
portance he attaches to the Madeiu.
Carolinas Exposition is due to its ed
ucational value, particularly to those
who are not industrial executives.
One of the first outspoken Of
South Carolina's exponents of com.
pulsory education, Governor Cooper in.
varfably throws the weight of his in.
uence and efforts back of every plan
intended to broaden the understand.
ing of the rank and Ale of the people,
for he pointed out that progress Of
every nature is based on knowledge
and made stable by loyalty, faith and
cooperation.
The review., 1921-08-18
Kinu Victor Emmanuel Calls Lock
Specialist Europe's Most
Dangerous Man.
SERVICES MUCH IN DEMAND
Employed by People of All Nations
and Professional Men to open
Safes That Have Jammed-
Does It by Sense Of Touch.

Rome.-The man whom King VIC
tor Emmanuel halls as the most dan
gerous man in Europe is neither Com"
munist, Socialist nor criminal. de'
like his father and grandfather be-
fore him, keeps a store where sares
are sold. This in itself Is not an un-
lawful profession, but he inherited
from his father, besides the small
store off the Piazza di Spragna, the
knack Of being capable Of opening any
safe in the world with the help OF a
bit of stiff wire.
Never in his life has he been forced
to break q safe open. He has been
Summoned by people Of all nations and
professional men to open safes that
lad jammed. But not only private In
dividuals call him; the other day King
Victor Emmanuel needed his services.
The king had left his keys in his pr1-
vate safe, where his wonderful collec-
ton of coins Is kept. He was worried,
as his favorite amusement every day
is rearranging these coins. He was very
much worried until they told him that
a specialist for safes lived in Rome
and would be called to the royal villa
His Real Name Withheld.
Mr.. X (his real name must be kept
secret, as the tax collector would levy
a heavier income tax were it known
that he was called to the villa)
hastened to the Villa SavOia and found
the king pacing up and down the
study.
"You must not damage the safe, as
there is my precious collection inside, p
said the king.
mo, your majesty" replied Mr.. K
81 do not need even to damage the
lock-" Mr.. X looked with a profes
sional air at the safe.
II am afraid you will find it diff
cult task, as it Is Chubb Special
The review., 1921-08-18
RegeneratIng Efforts of Peas
ants Restore Flanders Fields.
BeIaians, Working to Rebuild Homes
and Salvage Barren Lands, Aided
by Loans of Motors.

Brussels.-"No Mans Land" again
belongs to the brave Belgian peas
ants, an apparent miracle having been
wrought in Flanders fields by these
courageous people, who, with the help
of the Belgian government, have re-
gained the ground which once seemed
devastated beyond rehabilitation. Not
satisfied with the deaths Of soldiers,
murders of women and children and
devastation of Cities. the German in
vaders sought to wipe out nature en-
tfrely, but their efforts were in vain.
On the very places where, two years
ago, the armies were rushing TO lib
crate Belgium, and where the sea wa
ters, receding uncovered grinning skel-
The review., 1921-08-18
Domestic

Reports that five persons had been
killed and ten or twelve injured when
train No. 13 on the Yazoo and Missis-
grade crossing at Anguilla, Miss,
were received at Vickburg.
DR.. j. e. Slaughter, a planter, was
shot and killed at his plantation at
Schlater, near Greenwood, Miss, by
a negro tenant farmer who escaped,
but was reported surrounded by sher-
iff's posse in a woods near the scene
of the killing.
Two men were killed and five in.
jured, three seriously, when the party
was buried under several tons of de-
bris by. a fall of rock in No. 6 shaft
Of the Quincy, Mich, mine. The cave
in was caused by an air-blast.
Ten of the nineteen Craighead coun-
| ty, Arkansas, farmers recently convict
ed on charges of night riding arrived
at the, state pentitentiary at Little
Rock to begin their sentences. Their
arrival was delayed because of time
allowed them to cultivate their crops.
! They will serve terms ranging from
two months to one year.
Rear Admiral George Fink Kutz,
U. S. N, retired, said to be the Sec
ond oldest living rear admiral in the
navy died at San Francisco recently,
at the age Of &c.. He participated in
most Of the important engagements Of
! the Civil war
Governor Small Of Illinois, under ar.
rest in connection with charges of mis-
use of public funds and embezzlement
while he was stated treasurer, has de-
manded a change of venue and an, im-
mediate trial. .-
AS the result Of a quarrel over
''moonshfne'' Emmett Bates, 18, is
dead, and Clarence Wells, 10, is held
in the Wise, Va, jail in connection
with the killing.
Fourteen-year-old James Burnett,
alias Charles Hickson, is being held
in the Waits Home, New Orleans,
while the police are investigating a
story imputed to the boy that four
months ago he killed companion
in Dalton, Ca, and then fled to New
Orleans.
Rev. James E. Coyle, for many years
rector of st. Paul's Catholic church,
died at a hospital after having been
shot three times by Rev. E. R. Stephen
son.. Methodist minister. Stephenson
went to the county jail and surrender
ed. The cause is given that the Cath
olic priest performed marriage cere-
mony between the Methodist minister's
daughter and a Catholic.
An indictment charging murder was
voted against A. G. Burch, held in con-
nection with the Staying of J. B. Ken
nedy, Kennedy was shot i'm the back
! at tina had
The review., 1921-08-18
Haunted Years;
Victim Is Alive

letter received by Mr.. Shatzer was
signed with a strange name, Harry 3,
Thomas. It contained this story of the
disappearance OF the new name:
In Perpetual Torment
For Ii years Hall, under the name
of Harry e. Thomas. Of Denver. has
Quaked at the sight Of police officer.
He has avoided all persons he knew
when he was Hall. He has spent wake
full nights, fearing arrest for murder.
A wife and then q child served to add
to his anxieties. What, If they should
discover ne nad killed a man2
But the worry is over. Thomas was
walking recently on a Denver street.
He met the man for whose murder he
believed he was hunted, the letter
states. The two recognized each other
at the same time. The 'tmurdered'
man held out his hand in greeting.
II thought I killed you,"~ Thomas
gasped.
Land, no." the victim" replied. II
was only bruised q little"
In the IA years since his disappear
ance Halls family has mourned him
as dead. Relatives after a diligent
search, took steps to collect his insur-
ance, but lacking proof Of death, were
unable to do so.
OF what happened after Hall, with
$175 in wages, left the harvest fields
the letter has this to say:
II got into a dice game. l won $3.50.
One Of the heavy losers was John Will
Hanson. He and I fought over the
game, then patched up our differences.
Friendly, we climbed into q box car to
go to Kansas City. We Quarrelled
again, fought, and Williamson fell
from the train in the fight.
Not Guilty Of Murder.
"Tne next day 1 read in a paper
that the body of an unidentified man
had been found on the railroad right
of way. I was not guilty of murder,
but to prove it was a different thing.
Others had seen us quarrel.
II went West, changed my name to
Thomas and grew up with the country.
Finally I settled in Denver, was mar
ried and now have a daughter six
years old.
"You cannot imagine the relief now
Williamson went home with me, and
we told my wife and daughter. am
| the happiest man in the country. We
are coming to see you and all the rest
| of the folks right away. can hardly
| watt .
The review., 1921-08-18

ders awakened from her deadly sleep
and is, again bright with vegetation.
The farms are bigger than ever before,
and the concrete shelters which, two
years ago, heard the German officers
yelling to the unfortunate soldiers,
'schweinhdnde," now hear the grunt-
ing of little pigs, for the thrifty Flem-
ish peasants have turned to account all
Of the salvaged implements of warfare
which could be used.
Here and there are sacred spots,
bright with bloody poppies, marking
the final resting places of the brave
Belgian, French, British and American
soldiers, untouched by the regenerat-
ing hands of the Flemish workers.
The review., 1921-08-18
Missourian Meets Man He
Thought He Had Killed in
Quarrel IL Years Ago.
LIVES IN PERPETUAL TERROR
Man Falls From Train During Fight
Which Resulted From Disagree
ment over Dice Game and An
taoonist Thought Him Dead.

Kansas City, Mo.-Reuben E. Hall
of Paris, Mo-, met face to face in a
Denver (Colo) street man whom ne
thought he had killed IA years ago
and the memory Of whose alleged
death had haunted him all these years.
r. A letter telling of the remarkable
case came from Denver to l. H..
Shatzer manager of the Tool Speciality
company. It was from Skaters half
brother, Reuben E. Hall.
Hall, a young farmer near Paris,
Mo-. went to the Kansas harvest fields
to work in 1907. He disappeared. The
The review., 1921-08-18

"A definite disqualification program
for former service men involving the
immediate expenditure of $s.11O,0O0.
The new program is said to have the
approval of Secretary Mellon.
( Diplomatic negotiations preliminary
to the disarmament conference reach"
ed a formaK stage for the first time the
other day when the state department
drafted notes Of invitation to- the five
powers that are to be asked to parttc-
ipAte.
Jobs for 100000 idle men viii be
provided tf congress passes the ad'
ministration's railroad credits bill,
Eugene Meyers, head of the War Fin
ance, declared recently before the sem
ate interstate commerce committee In
In opening hearings on the bill.
A double-barreled campaign for open
sessions of the forthcoming dtsarma-
meut conference was on here, under
the leadership Of Senators Hiram
Johnson. Borah and other senate in
dependents.
Former agents of the alien property
custodian are now in Germany trying
to get retainers from German dye COM
panies seeking American business, H.
o. Metz, New York dye maker declar"
ed recently in resuming his opposition
to the proposed dye embargo before
the senate finance committee.
A bill authorizing the president to
confer congressional medal OF honor
and the distinguished service cross
on the unidentified American soldier
who will be buried in Arlington ma
tiona1 cemetery by November IL, has
been passed by the house and sent to
the senate.
/ Announcement Of renewed 1ns1steno
by the United States upo nadjustment
on the lines of the White award OF the
boundary dispute between Costa Rica
and Panama is forecast at the state
department as the next step in the
controversy between the two repub-
lies.
The whole question of prohibition as
it operates in the United States has
been thrown open in the senate. An
anti-beer bill was passed, with twenty
senator's voting against it, after de-
pate WHICH 1uO1CdL0O Lu0 A1ESI OI6dAAA
ed reaction toward present-day en-
forcement of the Volstead act. While
they did not succeed in defeating the
bill, or in sending it back to commit
tee, the opposition group did achieve
the passage of an amendment which
requires every enforcement officer to
obtai ma search warrant before he sets
forth on the liquor trail, provision
which "rduys" declared would "nullify'
the Volstead law.
Easier cred~s for farmers, provided
for by the bill which passed the senate
will provide some relief for the present
disorganized condition Of agriculture
representative OF the farmers says.
The war department has 1000 com
missions for second neutenants and
only 126 applicants.
Cost Of labor allowances to railroads
for the six months guarantee period
following government control will in
clude only increased wages and moi
alleged "inefficiency Of labor factors
under a decision handed down by the
interstate commerce commission.
The review., 1921-08-18
Crook Is TemperamentaI.

Vienna.-Forcing, his employers
safe and finding only about $40 worth
of crowns. Rudolph Twrdik hanged
himself, leaving a note that the dis.
appointment after so hard a job was
more than he could stand.
The review., 1921-08-18
Deposit of Stone Age,
Mans LeaVingS Found

Mixnity, Austria-One Of the
greatest finds of relics OF pre-
historic man in Austria comes
from a cave near this place. The
Dragons Den" is being exca-
waited for it's enormous deposits
of bird-dropping phosphates. In
side cave evidences of human
occupation were uncovered.
Great quantities of quartz i'm
plements and other utensils and
human bones have been taken
out.
The review., 1921-08-18
Growing ChauImoogra.

Oroville, Calif.-SIeps have DEC. a.
taken to grow the Chaulmoogra Wv
in the United States plant lnIrouu.
ton garden near Chico. The ue''
oil has proved a great beneht III 'u
treatment OF leprosy in Hawaii
The review., 1921-08-18
A Noted Woman is Dead.

London.-Miss Sarah Emily Dawes
a pioneet in the woman suffrage move
ment, who recently died in London a.
the age of 81, was one of the founus"
of Girton college, the first English cOF
lege for women.
The review., 1921-08-18

Belfast. Little surprise was felt
here at the tenor of the letter from
Eamonn de Valera to Prime Minister
Lloyd George, rejecting the govern
ment's offer of dominion status lot
Ireland, as talk of peace has been re
garded with much skepticism.
The review., 1921-08-18

Jailed for Beating eo-Year-old Mother.
Machias, Wash.-Jack Vance has
been jailed on a charge Of assaulting
his mother, who is more than eighty
years old. Finger marks were found
on the throat Of his mother and bruis-
es on her face and chest. Too much
moonshine was the explanation given
by Vance.
The review., 1921-08-18
DYNAMITE and Carrie rt

Wilmington, N. c. , schOO'''
Howard, dynamite laden sfnoupdsrsi
sailing from New York Ior so eutrsI9I
the Beaufort, N. c., narOOt obort NJ
bar this morning, and SD"
later broke uD and Sam
The review., 1921-08-18
Priests Murderer Exan,l"irn AMMAN

Redwood City, CaIif, - murder
Hightower, accused OF tne os broul
Rev. Patrick E. Heslin' "0D wbere
here from San Francisco, ,oct to
four days he has bean S"
animation.
The review., 1921-08-18

Washington.-Government loans to
farmers of the South to tide them over
until they can market their cotton
crop was urged by Martin AmouroI
of Marietta, Ca, before the congres
sional committee investigating agrt
cultural conditions.
The review., 1921-08-18
False Renort About Bernhardt.

Paris.-Sarah Bernhardt, the world
famous French actress, rumors Of
whose illness we're current here on
Saturday, is in good health, says
telegram from an editor on the staff
of the Journal.