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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
ADRIFvT WITH THE TIMES
HOME GYMNASTICS
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HOME GYMNASTICS T want to make The best of life" Remarked a brute Who beat his wife, And every man, If he is, wise, VIII take some form Of exercise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20
A MORNING. PRAYER

"A MORNING PRA ELK
 Give to me faith, 0 Lord, to dare greatly in Thy name, for with Thee 1 cannot fail, and give me humility that l may not try to stand alone, or else success can never como. Amen.--1I. 5. B. -t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

--Gsichard ILL E $ <
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-20

Secretary Lansing writes another H. luminating article in yesterdays Sat. urday Evening Bost on the Paris peace conference.
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05
No ''MOral
Obligation"
by People

year. Harding, as a president
elected by party which made
all kinds Of promises to big busi-
ness, is perhaps morally obli-
gated to help the railroad get
this new financial grant, but
there is no such obligation on
the part of the people or the gov
ernment. -
When government operation
of the transportation system
ended on March l, 1920, the rail-
roads, according to the United
States railroad administration,
owed the government about ST.
677,000,000 for additions and
improvements put in during gov
ernment operation. At the same
time the same authority esti-
mated that the government owed
the roads about $661, 100000 on
various claims of the lines. So
that, as accounts then stood, the
railroads owed the government
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05
Railroads Nervous About L01ver Rate Agitation

valuation of 8 railroads by the interstate
showed that their actual value just HALF of their
property investment value Yet it practically this
"book" or property investment" value of the rail
Faeo V.o that the took vauing the rail-
Pnso % % f roads for rate purposes last year!
AoA this evidence it reasonable suppose
BOOK Losses that actual physical valuation Of all the rail
roads would show much the result, and that
making fair valuation
such actual physical valuation covering all
nes evidence that the roads, if they admit making
really making that. The of dv
paid of railroad profits. small dv
might be
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05
Argument
on Wages
Not Sound

tives, published in the last issue O.
this. But it fails to state that tf
the railroads will save $400,0Q0,-
900 a year. Did the railroads,
when this wage cut was made
a few weeks ago, cut rates in
proportion to their savings by
reason of the lower wages? No,
they did not! Then what assur-
ance is there that further wage
cuts will bring down rates?
We have repeatedly pointed
out that the big increase in rail-
road rates year ago under the
Esch.- Cummins transportation
act was only partially to cover
increased wages. 1t was an
nounced by the interstate COM
merce commission at the time
that the great rate raise was
granted, that the additional rev.
enue the railroads would get un-
der the new rates was estimated
at $1,500,0O0,000 year, while
the railroad wage raises grant
ed just prior would cost the
roads only $500,000,00O a year.
The roads got rate raises that
were intended to bring them
three times more additional rev.
enue than necessary to cover
higher wages for railroad work.
erS.
But that railroad wage boost
has practically been wiped out
by the recent reduction in rail-
road wages. The 12 per cent re-
duction in wages made the other
day saves the roads $400,000,000
year. Wages are practically
back to where they were before
the wage raise of a year ago, yet
rates are 20 to 80 per cent higher
than they were at that time.
Wages have practically gone
back to the basis existing before
the Esch-C Cummins law resulted
rates. Yet these sweeping increa
circumstances what right have
put any confidence in the wage al
II
T VIE fallacy Of the railroad
ruptcy (see railroad ads nj
IL ing the Leader) lies in the
or lack of profits on an excessive
tising practically admits that r:
year. But obviously 8 per cent
should be, is 6 per cent on a FA1
ers are making 6 per cent they 9
is at this time-even 3 per cent,
is more than farmers and most b
The issue of the Leader for
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05
HADN'T YOU BETTER PUT SOME GAS I'M q

cool billion dolarshe difference between what Uncle Sam
coming from the railroads and what he owed the railroads. But
since then
OFFSET far possible what they owed the govern
ment for improvements and additions during
eraton the roads brought all kinds Of outrageous
tua fraudulent claims for wear and tear etc. Some Of thes
80 cents the dollar The has agreed h
Others but when these disputed claims settled the road
will owe Uncle Sam hundreds of millions.
Now would be perfectly fair for the accep
railroad bearing interest for what they the
ment This would give them time it. But instead of eg
innate funding operation such that President Harding pro
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05

- VHE inside details of the
proposed new grab Of the
IL railroads are surprising.
They are asking to be financed
by the government ITO the tune
of another half-billion dollars.
President Harding says there is
moral obligation" on the part Of
the government to give the rail-
roads this cash, but the moral
obligation can more reasonably
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05


Argument raoad workers must De urher cut rates
Wages wants transnortaon cornprations are ns%n@
Not Sound As matter of fact the railroad labor board
few weeks made cut of IL per cent in railroad
vages advertisement of the Association Railroad
ive published the last issue Of the Nonparisan Leader admits
his that this wholesale wages
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05

be supposed to be
the promises Of
t h e Republican
party to big busi-
ness during the
campaign | a s t
The nonpartisan leader., 1921-09-05
VOL. 13, NO. 5

DARQAD shippers in general and farmers in particular
we'll business demand that railroad rates be cut
pre-war basis Railroad that this demand is
making headway Hence the national advertising campaign the
railroad executives conducting The published farm
to convince the farmers that rates not too high
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
CONVICTION BANKER ON
FARM CREDIT COMMITTEE

Appointment Of 16 local agricul-
tural loan committees to handle APP
plications for loans under the con-
gressional authorization making
ST ,000,000,000 available for agricul-
tural and livestock advances was
announced Wednesday night by the
War Finance Corporation in Wash
ington.
The committee members, the corr
poration said, are familiar with con-
ditions in their respective localities
and it is expected that great deal
of time will be saved in the distri-
button Of the loans by having the
preliminary work done on the ground
and the applications forwarded to the
corporation in Washington for act
ion.
District headquarters at Memuhis
R. B. Snowden, chairman, Memphis,
Tenn; D. M. Armstrong, Memphis,
Tenn; 7. M. Preston, Chattanooga,
Tenn; Peter Fyfe, Covington, Tenn;
John D. Mcdowell, Memphis, Tenn.
It will be announced later when
the committee will be ready to re-
ceive applications for loanE on farms
in this county. Mr.. Fyfe is famil-
lar with local conditions, and Upton
county is very fortunate in having q
representative in the organization.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
LOCAL NEWS

Born Tuesday to Mr.. and Mrs.
F. A. Bogard, Of Brighton, girl.
Mrs, Allie Griffith, Of this city,
is reported convalescent, after an
illness of several months.
Miss Louise Hill left Thursday
morning for Greenville, Miss, where
she will teach mathematics in the
City High School.
Mr.. George G. Harvey, ST., is
suffering an illness at the home of
his son, Mr.. George G. Harvey, Jr.,
on College street,
Miss Lena Fortson has returned
from st. Louis, where she made pur-
chases for the Enterprise Millinery
Co. Mrs. G. B. Simonton purchased
goods for the same establishment
in Chicago and will be associated
with Miss Fortson.
The West Tennessee Presbytery
Of the Presbyterian church will
convene at Munford Wednesday,
September II, at 7:45 p. m. and will
be in session Thursday and Friday.
Rev. E. L. Orr will preach the open
ing sermon.
Among the new cotton buyers
on the local market this season are
Mr.. E. M. Rice, Of Ripley, repre-
senting Messrs. Barbee & Rice, Of
that city, and Mr.. w. B. Hays, of
Memphis, buying for the account of
| NeWherger Cotton Co.
Mr.. G. z. Green, representing
the Blount Plow Co. in this territory,
had the misfortune to sustain a
broken arm at Solo Wednesday,
when he attempted to crank his
automobile. He was brought to the
office of DR.. L. A. Yarbrough here
and given treatment.
Mr. Russell Goodman, Of Rialto,
was victim Of negro robber We'd
nesday night, when the black met
the former and asked him to open
his store, which Mr.. Goodman re-
fused to do. Therefore the negro
struck him down and relieved him
of $40 in cash and fled. 1t is
thought that the Negroes intention
was to first get his victim in the
store and force him to open the safe.
The Tennessee Inspection Bu-
reau, upon completing the compila-
tion Of the new insurance rates for
Coyington, have forwarded new rate
books to the local agents. A rep
resentative Of the bureou, who was
here Wednesday on official business,
stated that the average reduction in
rates here amounted to 81 per cent.
This reduction was made on account
Of the improved fire protection
equipment Of the city.
The work Of paving the streets
here win most likely be completed
the early part of next week. North
Maple street is the last one under
the present contract. However, pro-
vision was made in an ordinance
passed by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen several weeks ago to pave
the public square, East Pleasant
avenue and West Liberty avenue
when municipal bonds can be sold
at par value.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
VEST POCKET STILLS
CAPTURED BY ELLIS

Accounts Of giant stills captured
by state and federal officers have
been numerous, but George r. Ellis,
Jr., deputy United States marshal,
claims new honors for capturing the
first west pocket" still.
The midget stills found by Dep-
uty Marshal Ellis were two in num-
Der and each was about a gallon and
a half capacity. They were found
at Jesse Culbreath's place on Island
81, where Ellis went to arrest Gull
breath on charge of robbing the
store and postoffice at Mabee, Tenn.
The stills were complete in every
respect, were made of copper and
evidently had been as efficient in
producing corn liquor as the larger
stills which have been found in va
rious localities. 1t is said that the
stills were secured from a Chicago
mail order house.
Culbreath was brought to C0ving-
ton for hearing before Commissioner
J. L. Richardson, where he waived
examination and was bound over II
the sum Of $500. watch he was un-
able 70 furnish.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
POPULAR AND RESPECTED
CITIZEN PASSES AWAY

God knew Thomas r. Hanna and
welcomed him home on Friday, Sep
TENDER 8, 1921, having died suddenly
with heart trouble. His death was
indeed a shock to his family, rela-
tives and friends and quite a gloom
was spread over the entire little city
of Covington when this sad intelli-
gence was learned.
Mr., Hanna was the son of Mr..
Abner and Mrs. Mary Wylie Hanna.
He was born November, 1856, He
was married to Miss Jennie Strain
in 1888. One child blessed this hap
Ply union.
AS a man Mr.. Hanna was honest,
faithful and true. We can not think
of him practicing fraud or deceit
upon his fellowman. He was always
willing to be as good as his word.
He was always reliable and true
and dependable at all times. and the
secret of it was that he was first
true to himself.
AS citizen, Mr.. Hanna always
had the good of his country and
community at heart. He always
gave his aid to the moral uplift of
his town and was always ready to
Dut forth his hands to tighten the
burdens of his fellowman. He was
modest and unassuming and always
busted himself with his own affairs.
Many kind words were spoken to
him and for him while living. He
was a man who was rich in friends.
May it not truthfully be said that
he numbered his friends by his ac-
quaintances?. AS husband and
father, he was kind, loving and
gentle.
Mr.. Hanna was an elder and faith
full worker in the Associate Re-
formed Pre- gbyterian church, of
which he had been a member since
childhood.
We can not see beyond the purple
dawn or the crimson rim of sunset,
but we know God loved him, and
when the pearly gates swing open
for him to enter we are sure he was
erected with the words: "Well
done, thou good and faithful SER
want" for he took through life the
sunlit highway Of Eternity that
leads over the everlasting hills and
opens into the fields of God.
Mr.. Hanna leaves wife and
daughter, Mrs. w. L. Brownlee, Of
0ue West, S. G., an aged father and
one brother, Mr.. w. H. Hanna, Of
Halls, Tenn, other relatives and a
most Of friends to mourn his death.
The funeral services were held in
The A. R. P. church Saturday even
ing at $3.50 o'clock, conducted by the
pastor, Rev w. G. Kerr, assisted by
Pew. ]. +. Boyd, of Brighton, and
Rev. j. A. Baird, Of Rives. after
~hich the interment took place in
Munford cemetery. ***
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. r. s. Calhoun is reported
ruite sick at his home on South Main
street.
Miss Katie Lou shoaf has
organized a large class of music
pupils at the Phelan school, having
begun teaching Tuesday.
"A protracted meeting is in pro-
gress at the Baptist church at
Phelan Revs. G. l.. Bowden and w,
R. Pickett are conducting the SER
vices, and the meeting promises to
be very successful.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued this week by the
county court clerk: William HI.
Reynolds to Florence Andrews, Ned
Jones to Ora Williams, John w.
Young to Cornelia Allen, Ed Nelson
to Annie Hurst, William Fowler to
Lois Glass.
Mrs. BERTHE Rogers, wife of Mr..
Lee Rogers, of South Covington,
died Wednesday night, following an
extended illness. Rev. s. R. Hart
conducted the funeral services at
Smyrna this morning at 10 o'clock.
She is survived bv her husband and
one child, her father, Mr.. Louis
Smith, Of the Gilt Edge community,
and brother.
| Bonner, the nine-year-old daugh-
| ter of DIR. and Mrs. Carey T. San
ford, Of Henning, died suddenly at
the family residence last Friday.
The remains were brought to Cow
ington Saturday, following the
funeral in Henning, for burial in
Munford cemetery. A large partv Of
Covington friends and relatives
Joined the funeral procession to the
cemetery.
Mrs. Ashley Downing, who has
been confined in the Protestant
Hospital at Nashville for several
weeks following a serious surgical
operation will arrive at her home
here Friday evening, according to
a message received by her husband
Wednesday. AS soon as her health
will permit, Mrs. Downing will teach
the modern language classes in the
Byars-Hall High School.
Bishop Troy Beatty, of Chatta
nooga, preached Sunday morning at
Trinity Episcopal church in Mason
and in the afternoon at old Trinity
Chapel. Large congregations were
present at both services. A splendid
dinner was served on the church
grounds following the morning SER
vice at Mason. Bishop Beatty is
one Of the ablest members of the
Episcopal clergy and is well known
in Covington and Upton county.
"A committee appointed by the
county court to obtain the right-of-
way for the south end of the Jeff
Davis highway in this county have
been busy this week interviewing
the farmers over whose lands the
road win run. Fifty-six of the land
owners have consented to donate the
right-of-way to the county. while
about 20 others have not seen their
way clear to do so. Mr.. J. w
Darby. superintendent If roads. az
sisted the committee in tLeir work
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
sIDELIGHrs ION ELECTION

A very interesting and unique
sidelight on the election was the
"wheelbarrow party staged by John
Walker. of Atoka, in honor Of De-
Witt Glover and Elmore Forbess. as
payment Of his wager lost to them
on the sheriff's race. Walker was a
very enthusiastic supporter of viii
Vaughan, and so keen was his en-
thusiasm that he could see only a
landslide for his favorite.
Under the agreement Of the bet,
if it may be SO termed, he proposed,
in case of Sheriff VOLTS reelection
to roll Dewitt Glover, deputy sheriff,
in wheelbarrow from the Atoka
hotel to the residence of G. B. Lloyd
and back again, and Elmore Forbess
on round trip up and down the
Atoka hill and through several
alleyways in the corporate limits.
The tabulated returns Of the
election late Saturday night dis
closed an Overwhelming majority for
the present incumbent. G. N. Volz.
John acknowledged his defeat that
night and early Sunday morning,
dressed in overalls, he rolled out an
old dilapidated wheelbarrow of the
type immortalized in verse by Walt
Mason, and, gathering up the said
parties, was ready to take them
over the routes mentioned above,
when they, in recognition of his
sp0Ftsmanlike spirit, waived his
part of the agreement and the
Wheelbarrow ride was dispensed
with then and there.
Quite large number of Atoka
citizens had gathered in the mean
time to witness the wheelbarrow
parade. AS young Walker pushed
his Stone Age vehicle to the place
from whence it came, he responded
to the cheers of the throng with that
same care-free, happy-go- ! u c k y
smile that distinguished him in
doughboy life overseas.
After the would-be ride he took
his hosts to his place around the
corner, where he treated them in true
Dinty Moore style to coca cola,
Americas most popular beverage,
and, as they touched their bottles in
token Of friendship, Walker gave a
toast to 'vive lie Volz" and then
they drank deep to the health Of the
sheriff.
The party broke, and loser and
winners, discarding their parade
clothing and bedecking themselves
] their best. departed in company
for Sunday school.
So far as is known, this is the
first time a wheelbarrow has fig
nred in a political bet. in this coun-
| ty, and, BY virtue of the scarcity
Of tfilthy lucre," it would have been
we'll for those who backed their
| favorites in the registers race had
they used this medium Of exchange
in the payment Of the wagers.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15

No more important work in behalf
Of the men who served in the armed
forces of the United States during
the World war has been undertaken
than the campaign Of the Cleanup
Squad Of government agencies-the
Red Cross and the American Legion,
which begins in Memphis on Sep
TENDER rs to October /. Appliea-
tions from Upton county viii be re-
eeiyed in Memphis.
Practically as soon as the armis-
tice was signed the various govern
ment bureaus began activity in set
Ting the thousands Of war claims of
men who were in the service. A
tremendous amount of work has
been accomplished, but still there are
hundreds upon hundreds of ex-ser-.
vice men entitled to the various
forms Of governmental and who have
either never filed claims for this as
sistance that the governsent is glad
to give, or whose claims have never
been satisfied because the business
had to be done through lengthy, red
tapped, misunderstanding CORE
spondence alike unsatisfactory to
the government and to the man the
government would aid.
This is the situation the Clean
Up Squad would remedy. Briefly,
the plan is this: A squad Of ex-
perts, familiar in every detail with
war insurance, the vocational educa-
ton provisions, monetary eompensa~'
ton, medical treatment, hospitaliza-
ton, is sent out to scour the country
for men entitled to aid. BY getting
in personal touch with the men, these
experts can file their claims properly
and can oil the government machinery
SO that all claims filed will Dc
properly and satisfactorily settled.
Instead Of the men having to seek
out the governmental bureaus, those
same bureaus, through the Clean
Up Squad, seek out the men.
In this connection, it is vitality inn
portant that anyone in any COM
munity in which the squad Is oper-
ating, who knows of a man who III
entitled to aid or who may be en-
titled to aid, furnish members Of the
squad with his name and address
50 that he may be found and salts
fled.
Through this means the Cleanup
Squad can accomplish the one pur-
pose that actuates its activities. 1t
can clean up.
Anyone in Upton county can Sc
cure the necessary information for
filing applications from Messrs. wv.
+. Owen, Two McFadden and Paul
}ringle, Of Covington.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15

Mr.. Dodson Turner is at Gold
Dust this week hosting the books OF
Mr.. C. G. Shoaf, a merchant planter
Of tina tplace.
The Churchill Compress of this
city has received 266 bales OF cot
ton since September ! to Wednes-
day night of this week. A largc
number of bales have also been re-
ceived from points in other counties
along the Illinois Central railroad.
On the local market this week cot
ton has been selling st an average
nrice Of about 20 cents per pound
and rs we ~ TO press the future
market appears bullish.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
10 CANVASS VOTE MONDAY

The Democratic executive commit
tee will canvass the returns of last
@Saturdav's primary election Mon
dav afternoon at o'clock. Any can
didate who so desires may be pres
ent or may appoint representa-
tive.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
EX- SERVICE MEN
BEING SOUGHT
GOVERNMENT NOW ANXIOUS
TO MAKE SETTLEMENTS

Squad and Government
Agencies Will Eendeavor to Find
Men Who Are Entitled to Claims
Campaign Begins in Memphis
September 26-Plan Briefly Out
lined.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-09-15
INTERESTING LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Told IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

TTMTiT BHTi T Observation-Disclosures
Evening journal., 1921-06-03
KEEPS SPIRIT
DESPITE PRISON
Dietz, Defender of Cam
eron Dam, Bears no
Malice
FINDS WORLD
MUCH BETTER

MIIWAUKEE.-Ten years be-
hind the cold gray stone Of Waupun
State Prison have broken the spirit
of many man. To John f. Dietz
they have emphasized the determin-
alton and courage which won him
the immemorial title Of "the de-
fender Of Cameron dam"
Back in civilian clothes. fresh from
the exhllaration of his first automo-
bile ride in ten years, and surround
ed by the loyal wife and children
who have staged an unrelenting fight
for his freedom, John Dietz presents
the same picture of sturdy manhood
which won the sympathy Of a nation
during the most spectacular siege"
in Wisconsin's history.
Physically. John Dietz has chang
ed from the man who entered Wau-
pun a decade ago. The husky frame
is slightly stopped. His once Wg-
orous hair has grown sparse. The
lines Of age have crept into the
strong face. The fingers which so
determinedly clutched a rifle trigger
in defense of home and personal
convictions have become drawn. But
mentally, 'the defender Of Cameron
dam" is the same John Dietz Of ten
years ago.
81 haven't a worry in the world.
/ never did have My own heart has
proclaimed the innocence of the
crime with which l was charged.
have had the peace Of an innocent
man."
1 This statement is characteristic Of
the John Dietz OF today. There Il
no malice toward those who hav,
taken ten years from his life. Nc
threats, or desires for revenge. Only
the sense of a wrong which he il
willing 10 forgive and the strength.
ened manifestation Of right.
Il can appreciate my freedom