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The evening world., 1921-05-17
YOUNG MEN AND POLITICS.

JAMES NJ. BECK in hc current issue Of the Satur-
J day Evening Post advises President Harding to
enlist the services Of young mea in responsible Gov
eminent work
Mr.. Beck has high regard Tor The up-and-comins
qualities Of young men, but il is evident that he is
somewhat puzzled by the comparative indifference
Of young men in politics When MI Beck was a
young man Presidential nominations "were hailed by
the booming Of cannon and the immediate organza-
ton of marching clubs"
These young men marched ITO emphasize their
loyalty to the party of their choice"
Times have changed according to Mr.. Beck
Nearly all of this militant activity seems to
have ended Most Of the young men are ap.
parently more interested in baseball and the
moving-pcture theatre than in the political des~
tnies OF their country"
Appearances are deoeitful, Il is not that young
men are more interested" in their diversions It is
that ley have lost all interest in political parties and
the sham battles which have no discenible connec-
ton with the political deStincs of anything except
group Of managing politicians.
It is not that young men are thinking less OF the
issues of the day, but they cannot find The issues in
political parties as now organized. As a result they
are turning their attention to such organizations as
clubs, night Schools trade unions, forums farm bu-
reaQB and the like
These eXtra-party Organizations are dealing with
real issues. They are not fumbIing over the dead
and gone ShibbolethS Of their grandfathes They
haven't much interest in political manoeuwing which
promises economy and then sets olt to spend half
billion dollars on navy expansion that mumbleS
over foreign trade and then enactS an Emergency
Tariff Act.
Real issues would gavanze Young America INTO
political activity. A leader Of men with message
could attract ami inspire the youngsters who have
grown to manhood in an era when party ties have
become slack and party loyalty has ceased to be
matter of heredty
When a great political leader materialzes to re-
form parties on fundamental lines, young Americans
will again join the ranks and talk and march and
vote as they did before 1896
The evening world., 1921-05-17
Men Who Made New York
NO. ta JOHN AUGUSTUS RoE6'
LING, 18O5-1S67.
BY Irurn Thomas.
CnpyrEht, 1927. ~ The r I',,AwiinG Co.
rTv1e New Y0t ~. VOID

John Augustus Roebling was borH
In Prussia. There ne was graduated
as a civil engineer, served his time
in the army and when he was twenty
six years old had come to the United
States. ROebling was tired Of the
army, and his profession made no
great appeal to him. He settled in
Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and
carved a home out of the wilderness
that existed ninety years ago.
1t was a time when men were doing
things. The great railroad era Of the
country was in it's infancy. Streams
had to be brldged to take the place
OF rOped ferries that carried. stage
coaches. RoGoling was filled with
ideas and soon left the farm for the
work for which he had been educated.
He built many bridges that are still
standing, notably tine suspension
bridge at Niagara Fails and that
over the OHIO at Cincinnati.
In the East there had been talk OF
connecting Brooklyn with the main
land. In the West, Eads had planned
the structure OF stone and steel that
stands as q memorial TO him over the
Mississippi. Roebung proposed n
suspension bridge over the East
River. He had become a manurac-
turer Of steel and wire. He came to
l L
ages. His plans were drawn and APP
| proved. Then came the accident thas
ended his life.
A ferry that was destined to go QUA
of business eventually, because OF the
bridge he was planning, caused IT, In
a landing the foot Of the engineer was
caught and crushed. L4ockjaw set in
and caused his death. 1t was as
though the inanimate object that was
90 H.. 4.fsfy
! reached out and killed him.
Washington Augustus Roebling. his
son. an engineer, VINO had been a
/ Major in the army of the Union and
| had been trained with his father, after
a technical education, was selected to
follow out the plans his father had
made. He took a house on the Heights
in Brooklyn and day and night was on
the work. Then came a day when ho
| was brought from a CaiSsOn, more dead
than alive, suffering from an attacle
of that dread disease Of the caisson
| worker, the bends.
For a time his life was despaired
of and his active connection with the
work came to an end. In his Illness
! he wrote what he thought would helm
! those at the task he had been fenced
! Ia forego. He placed on paper that
which ne had learned by ObservatioH
employed.
He recovered sufficiently to return
and one day the great bridge was
| finished, a monument to the geniua
Of John A. Roebling, built by his SON.
Eads had finished his work in the
/ West. Roebling had matched it in the
East. 1t was the beginning of the
chain OF bridges that have 1Inite6
Long Island TO the mainland and HAYS
added to the greatness OF New York
The evening world., 1921-05-17

10 bhc Ehtur Ol 'H,e Evening World
Robert =, Green is indeed 4 lucky
man not 70 have had his rent raised.
! might say he is one in a thousand
and perhaps one in ten thousand, for
tho majority OF people are dealing
with gouging landlords.
| am not salaried man, but | feel
for those who are, and particularly
for those who have had their salaries
reduced and their rents still remain
high, in many cases from 100 per
cent TO $50 per cent. higher than they
were three years ago,
The apartment house in which !
live brought in $l,0S0 per year three
years ago, Since that time we have
had four new landlords and three OF
them have advanced the rent, until
now the building brings in S2,124 per
year, an advance Of Sl,044 per year
or sc "a per cent
The increased taxes and mainte-
nance amount 10 $500.
II this is not gouging, ! would like
TO know what II is?
Landlords like Robert p. Green!
are as scAtce a. hens teoth ana ere q
The evening world., 1921-05-17
THE REAL DEFILERS.

IF GOV DORSEY of Georgia is repudated for his
i efforts TO rid the State of the foul stain of
peonage and persecution of negroes it will not NEAR
that he has not the support OF the better and decent
element in the State.
1t will simply mean that the decent element is in
the minority. 1t will also provide the strongest pos
sible argument for the advocates OF Federal nterven-
ton national anti-lynching legislation and renewal
of something similar to the Force Bills" in South
ern States.
The true quality Of the opposition to Gov Dorsey
Is perhaps best indicated by the fact that one of the
leaders in the anti-Dorsey movement is the discted
tied demagogue, Tom Hardwick, Govemor-eloct
A manifesto from the so-called "Guanaians of Lib
The evening world., 1921-05-17

rested for carrying a half-pint of
hOoch; where automobiles have been
conflscated because booze was found
In them, and even where a lien has
been put on property because drinks
containing more than one half OF l
per cent. had been found there. Can
any one tell me why the New York
police should not confiscate this
steamer, take the booze as evidence
and arrest the owners, If they really
want 10 enforce the law, as they pre-
tend they do. or is there one law for
the little fellow and another one for
a large company which openly defies
the state law by bringing into the
state without a permit forbidden
drinks for commercial PURPOSES and
which have been bought since PrOhi-
bition came into fore?
A PUZZLED WET.
New York, May l >.
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America-IO21.


With apologize to ). II. smith, LID, the ORG
inal author
Ny country, It's on thee,
Sweet land Of liberty
(Hhat line is OutO
Land that was once so free,
way back in eighty-threc.
Now times have changed. YOU sec,
Without a doubt.
My native country. thee
Land OF the once was free,
Your voice is dumb.
No freedom now have you
Under your sky so blue,
They certainly have put you
Right on the bum!
No laughter now we hear.
No sounds OF old good cheer
Like bygone days.
bach one you see looks sad
Down in their hearts they're mad,
Each daughter, sOn and dad,
On the highways.
Sweet land of liberty
Sounds like a Joke to me)-
You'll say so too.
No more of IL We sing,
No more shall freedom ring.
For Nolstead now is King
And We are blue.
Staten Island. May Is. 1891. G. NJ
The evening world., 1921-05-17
No Rule by Reformers.

To the bhtor Of the Bvening World
II Prohibition is good, then tn,
free people Of the United States
should have a chance to vote on it
with their eyes open and with NJ
cheap suhterfugcS.
Fhe very last thing We want to en-
courage in this glorious country is
rule by reformers. T.. r.
F!atbush. May Is, 1921,
The evening world., 1921-05-17
From the Wise

toOuld neUeT enter heaven II =
thought the tDOnldn 7 adored nm
earth todS not here-de Prades.
an fHed toith riches 1phen =
knoo holo to do without them.
-Vigee.
Pleasure must first haze the
todrraHt that IL is toithout sin: thr.
q, measure, that IL Is without erces.
H q. Adams,
The evening world., 1921-05-17
4 big Question.

10 tIe Bhf0r u The Evening World.
Why is 1t that in the wealthiest
country in the world three million ciu-
gems are without work, when most of
the railroads are worn out, retail stocks
are depleted and we need ten million
homes? NJ. SEIBERT.
Brooklyn. May 10, 1921.
The evening world., 1921-05-17
The whipping POST

To une Editor Of TIio BvcninS World:
1t seems To me from an article re-
Gently published in the newspapers,
that all "numbskulls," otherwise
known as eccentrics. are not yet de-
funct. | refer To the theories of a
New York Supreme Court Judge on
the Whipping Post" To all people
of intelligence 1t is not "thcoretical,"
but an established fact, that brutal
ity is an absolute failure. Brutality
never did and never will cure crime.
IL instead OF advocating brutality,
he would advocate Work" and
plenty OF 1t, he would he wise, Crime
usually increases after every war.
Unemployment and the reaction due
to the war are responsible for the
"crime wave" and until the country
gets back to normally, such will con-
tinue. but this whipping passwords
fail ira The days OF the Spanish in
nuisitlun nNl its inhumar torture are
past. Shall we, the leaders of "C.vili-
aation,' lower our standards 70 the
level OF barbarism with its crude and
inefficient ways? Let's hope not!
JOHN NJ. T..
Caldwell, n. J.,' May Il, 1891,
True Patriotism.
! To the Editor u The Evening World:
believe John j. Giles IS all wrong
when he backs up the person who
Will not Fly his flag as long as the
| eighteenth Amendment remains part
1f our Constitution. AS ! heard Mr.
| Urban, an Anti Socialist, say last
I Saturday, you either love your coun-
/ 'ry or you do not love your country"
| There is no half way. And love Of
| HOuntry and patriotism imply one
| hing, and that is this, that each one
! u us uphold the Constitution and
! avs of the country even II they are
! personally distasteful to us
If we are displeased with any law
! now in force We have our remedy in
the ballot box. Elect men pledged to
the repeal Of that law. Taking down
your flag Will get you nowhere.
I am not in favor of Prohibition,
! Tut II Is at present part of the
law of the land and II is the duty of
every citizen of the country to do his
best to enforce il, This is what cali
true patriotism,
A. J. STEPHENSON.
Brooklyn, May II.
! The ship DOcked In New jersey,
70 tho Editor Of TSs Evening World:
| read in your valued paper that an
American steamer had arrived in this
port with a quantity OF alcoholic
drinks bought abroad and that the
liquor had been put under seal await
ing a decision from Washington. OF
course the decision regarding the
sale OF liquor outside the three lie
limit is undoubtedly matter which
only concerns the authorities II
? Washington. But what l should like
to know, and perhaps one OF youl
readers can enlighten me, is how is
it that the New York police, whC
have shown SO much zeal In cnforc.
ing the new state Prohibition Law
have done nothing in this case.
5 Everybody lately has read Of cases
) whdfe some poor man has been ar.
The evening world., 1921-05-17

erty' says, "Ceorgia--our mother--s being defiled
before the world"
This passes as reason for mplachng ooug.
age5us and rght-thnking pl6lic Official
Georgia is being defilej before the world, Dui not
by Gov. Dorsey The real defierS are The mis-
named Guardians Of Liberty who would perpetuaie
the black stain that now rests on Georga's record
The evening world., 1921-05-17
Exc,n DaugI,tcrt

To- 'Aa Editor n The B,eHnE WOt'G
Here !s one for Thomas 4, Edison
10 answer: "WhO was the second
" 0man2' EVA ADAMS
New York. May IL -
The evening world., 1921-05-17

lard to find as needle On hay
stack w. A MONTICfNA.NI.
Brooklyn, May is, 1921.
The evening world., 1921-05-17
From Evening World Readers

What kind OF
that 0vs the north
Thec kne trpInO
- much o be brtet
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21
MANY DESTITUTE IN
 ARKANSAS STORM
Reports Continue to Come In or Dam age Done In Tornado Hemp
 stead Hit Hardest

Texarkana, April, 19-With the discovery of 25 refugees in the woods along the south state line in Miller County, the list of injured in Miller and Bowie counties has reached 150.
 According to the Red Cross there are 16 dead in these two counties and 39 in Hampstead County, 19 of which are whites.
 Five hundred and fortyfive peo- pie in the three counties are desti- tute The property damage in Hemp stead county amounts to $1,250,0O0, 2o5 homes being destroyed.
 Rescue workers are rebuilding fences to prevent stock from destroy ing the crops. Very few live stock were killed.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21
HELPING BUSINESS

Constructive decisions which prom ise to revive exports in cotton and end the stagnation in the cotton trade were reached in Washington on April 4 at conferences in which the President, Secretaries Mellon and Hoover, Governor Harding, Eugene Meyer, Jr., and other directors of the War Finance Corporation parti- cipated.
 Plans decided on include active and material financial assistance by the Government, through the War Finance Corporation, in the financ- ing of Southern farm products. The program will be extended also to in- clude wool, grain and other farm products of which there is surplus in America and deficiency abroad. Loans through the Government will be for three years. Governor Hard ing advised the conference that bank ing conditions are now such that Southern bankers should refrain from further timidity and be less conservative in making loans, par ticularly as commodity price values are so low
 It was agreed that the Government plans depend for success largely on the cotton acreage campaign in the South. They might be nullified by heavy planting.
 Government officials expressed themselves as convinced that relief plans proposed are entirely sound economically, and that the situation calls for Government aid.
 But the farmers of the South will not be led astray by the little jokes about the reduction of acreage.
 Cotton needs help and the reduc- ton of acreage at this time is the very best help it can receive. The only way the government could help cotton if a normal crop is raised this year would be to guarantee a price and even that method would be doubtful, because the world is dem onstrating to us right now that it is possible to get along without much cotton.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21
NAVY WILL ATTEMPT
 LONG AIR FLIGHT
Preparations Are Now Going For ward For Trip Across Pacific
 From SanDeigo to Manila

New York, April 19,-The United States Navy, first to make the trans Atlantic flight, will send giant sea plane across the Pacific late this sum mer or early next spring.
 The triplane which will be giant boat. has been under construction for more than a year. The time of the flight will depend upon the comple- tion of the craft and upon the re- suits of exhaustion tests which will be made before the long flight Is at tempted.
 The tentative flight contemplates three landings en route and the total length of the flight will be 6,0O0 miles.
 The flight will begin at San Deigo the first landing being at Honolulu, 2.1OO miles distant. From there to Wake Island, 1900 miles; then to Guam HOO miles, and on the ob- iective point Manila, 1 200 miles.
 This will be the most ambitious flight ever attempted and its sue cess will be watched with great in- terest throughout the world.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21
STRIKE BREAKERS ARRESTED
Believe To Be in Sympathy With Strikers and to Have Damage
 Engine

Harrison, Ark, April 1s-George Miller and Harry Williams, pipe fit ters in the M. 6 N. A. shops were ar rested today and arraigned on charg- es of conspiracy to destroy railroad iroperty. The case has ben set for next week.
 The men were recently employed O take the place of men out on strike. The men are believed to be in sym pathy with the strikers as recently several engines have been put out of commission with apparently no good cause.
 The arrests were expected to lead to further important developments.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21

Did MT. Lansing write his book in order to vindicate MT. Built? It will be remembered that MT. Built charged MT. Lansing with having said that the American people would never tolerate the treaty if they knew what it would let them in for. T.. the light of his recent comics sion" there is little doubt that MT. Lansing used these words.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21

It is rumored that the United States will be asked to name the indemnity which Germany should pay. This is one plan where there is no call for the U. s. to interfere.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21
For Twenty Years Family Remedy

snvder's Fever Headache Powders ana iap % ut+ env years been giving quick and rehef to done they will do for you. II any VI ~ ly are from headaches or eVefs' g , n E snd Headache Powders Tablets
 If vou are so fortunate need them ehe e them in an hour Frepafeoiiess G o secret of preserving and this wondertuiy adv in vonr home will fortify you against serlou s ffe " anu Aoe pe ~ ,ronbon+s adv. Sold by all Druggists and hefchan
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21

A bumper corn crop is bothering the farmers of the corn belt, and prices are low. Think of the corn that Peoria, H., used to consume in her factories" which are now shut down.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21

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Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-21
Assessors Notice

hereby given that will be at the following places capita tax property of each resident of Please bring correct numbers of land. a
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
HERE'S A TIP FOR MOTHERS
Sage Advice Offered Without Charge
by the Pastor of the Arkansas
Thomas Cat.

Take a little tip from We pastor OF
the Thomas Cat, mothers, and maybe
the angels will fight on your SIDE
Watch your young daughters friends.
Scrutinize carefully her men friends,
for many wolves there be in sleeps
clothing. Keep wary eye on her
girl friends, because birds of feather
are supposed to flock together, and
one silly, loud, indiscreet young person
can compromise all who associate with
her. But as you value your daughters
safety. turn a searchlight Of investiga-
ton upon the character and antece-
dents of her middle-aged women ac-
ouaintances Thomas Cat.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
Baked AT WORD COMMON"
pro6+eer Felt II Was Due to His
Dignity to Have Nothing But
the Very Latest.

Bishop Homer Stunts said at a DIN
nee in Omaha:
IF we were all as ambitious 10
progress officially IS our war protiteers
are to progress socially, it would De
very good thing.
"A war profiteer decided recently
to drop the Baptist faith and turn
Episcopalian, as all the bang-up people
in town. went to the Episcopalian
church.
$50 he visited the bookstore ana
asked for the hymnals, Bibles and so
forth that he would need in his new
way to worship.
"He seemed well enough pleased
with the volumes that the salesman
laid before him tin he came to the
Book of Common Prayer. Over this
he frowned and shook his head.
""This'll hardly do he said, and he
tapped the title with his forehnger'
Let's have something a little more
select, boz"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
I:sIEs Evening"
S1ST
IA - a
NARY GRAHAM Bonner
THE cAMELs.

1T always strikes folks as funny
said Sophia Camel, that we look our
best i'm the winter time and not III
the summer time. when the zoo Is
filled with people and when so many
come to ride US.
"Rut we don't care about our looks
We have our family ways. Ana one
of our family ways is TO mott our
hair after the long winter Is over
1--WE can't change our ways TO SUIT
people. even if we would like to chahse
them"
1--WE can't. indeed said Sally Camel.
"And though they may think 1t pity
we don't dress up in the summer tlhe
they will have to take us as thes hilu
us and be satisfied"
"That is So" said Sophia Camel
give been giving so many rides to-
day." said Sally. Truly | didn't kno"
there were so many children in the
world as came TO the zoo today. Out
in the desert there weren't lots ana
lots of children as there are here.
81 never saw so many as l saw TO-
day" said Sophia. "Never in all my
camel life"
"Well," said Sally, perhaps we may
have forgotten. We have been here
other summers and there may nave
been as many children here, and we
may have given as many rides, 700.
Put of course we aren't so remeh-
dously bright and so we may have 1or-
gotten.
I'VE aren't supposed to be SO bright
And why should we make the effort
when it isn't expected of usY'
"Why. indeed2" asked Sophia.
"Besides it would be great effort
to be very bright, great, great ef'
fort, indeed" said Sally. I'm sure
1t would take alt of my time and at
tention if l tried to be bright.
81 wouldn't have the time for chew
ing that now have, and wouldn't
be able to move my mouth from side
to side as do now.
II enjoy chewing and moving my
mouth from side to side. Those are
harmless amuSementS.
"But if had to make the effort OF
being bright, I'd have to think OF De
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
Petrified Apple.

DR.. G. E. Holt of Otis, Me-. is puz-
cling local scientists with what appears
to be petrified apple. 1t was picked
ND oh the shores of a nearby lake
and whether the apple" is petrified
the work of nature, or of clever
stonecutter cannot be decided. 1t is
perfectly formed, yellowish white in
color. natural fruit shape, about two
inches in diameter and exact even to
the stem. leaf and decayed portion
of the skin.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-09-08
Poorly Equipped.

"Funny how some people try to ges
along with no household equipment at
ALL" remarked Juggins. why, those
new neighbors of mine haven't a lawn
mower. hose, a stepladder, saw,
fishing rod, an ice cream freezer o.
any new books"
"How in the world do you know they
havent?' asked Muggins.
"Why, the day after they moved In
] stepped over in neighhorly waS
and tried to borrow those things. y
New York Sun.