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The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-25
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GREATEST WEEKLY, THE
DALLAS EXPRESS"

published at Dallas. Texas. every Sat-
urday sold at 1906 E. 9th street. Los
Angeles, Cal, Phone or mail your
news to j. ID. DANIELS NEWS STAND
1406 y. 9th street. Los Angeles, Cal.
For further information write S. B.
CARR, 100 W. Green Street. Pasadena,
Cal. Agent.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-25
Ell BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH,
OAK CLIFF.

Rev. Moore and congregation of
Il Bethel Baptist Church. Oak Cliff.
were delighted with the presence of
Rev. NJ. c. Claiborne of Mt. Olive
Baptist Church of Shreveport. La,
last Sunday evening. The doctor
was surely at himself He also pas
tors Camp Zion Baptist Church at
Horton, La.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-25
PROSPERiTS Is THE OUTLOOK
FOR THE FARMERS OF MERkEL,

e Merkel, Texas, June 23-On ac-
count of splendid prospects of farm
ing in Merkel, and the shortage of
farm labor, the Dallas Express is
in receipt of telegram from Mr..
l.. w. King, our reporter, announc-
ing that cotton choppers are needed.
Wages Three Dollars and up.
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MOTHER OF TABORIAN GRAND
MENTOR DIES IN ALABAMA.

News had just been received by
the Express of the death, o. June
9Th of Mrs. Mary Adair. mother of
Rev. ]. S. Adair of Corsicana, Chief
Grand Mentor of me Taborian lodge
CT Texas.
Mrs. Adair, who died in Troy
Alabama is survived by three bro
theirs.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-25

be a high day with us. There will
be dinner on the grounds. Rev. F.
X. White will preach at $3.50. Come
one and all and be with us. Rev. P,
E. Donnell, pastor.
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Our readers will favor us greatly
by mentioning the Express when
answering an advertisement or pur-
chasing from merchants who ad-
vertise with us.
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LANE-SCOTT ENGAGEMENT
ANNOUNCED.

Mrs. D. A. Orange announced the
engagement of her daughter, Miss
Ollie Lee Lane to Mr.. Carlyle Levon
Scott, on the evening of July Goth,
nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-06-25
THE CREMATION CHARITY CLUB.

The Carnatton Charity Club met
with Mrs. T. Mathis in Washington
avenue Friday June 10th. Prayer
was offered by Mrs. Cadell "oh for
Closer Walk with God" was sung;
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The fact that a merchant adver-
tises in the Express is proof that
he will appreciate your patronage.
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MRS. n. A. BRADLEY.

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your particular needs. A Spencer
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that is charmingly irresistible along
with comfort that is Incompatible
Phone x S768 for special fittings
in the privacy Of your home, or
call at 2319 Flora Street.
o-A-61t
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For Sale-A good corner lot in
desirable locality in Waco, Texas.
Apply: M. Lemons, 4423 Indiana
Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
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Department Of
INSURANCE AND BANKING
State Of Texas.

No. 1856.
Austin, Texas, MAJ 23, 1921.
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CON-
Germ:
This is to Certify, That the Stan
dard Life Insurance Company, At
lanta, Ga, has in all respects fully
complied with the laws of Texas, as
condition precedent to its doing
business in this State, and have
issued to said Company a Certificate
of Authority from this office en-
titling it to do business in this
State for the year ending the 2Sth
of February. 1922.
Given under my hand and seal OF
office az Austin, Texas, the date
first above written.
I'D HALL, Commissioner.
6-11-3t
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CLASSIFIED "ADs.T

Wood and Edwards-Stetson Hats,
Ladies' Hats cleaned and reblocked.
Wood and Edwards Hat Factory,
421 South ErVay Street. Dallas,
Texas. If.
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MRS. E. RICE, President.
MRS. GEORGE, Sec'y.
MRS. PETTIGREW, Treas.
MRS. NJ. E. BREWER, Rept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20

Government operation of railroads
was expensive but government opera
ton of a mercantile marine appears
to be more so. On the latter expert
ment of government in business the
loss last year was $3.50. 100000. ac-
cording to Mr.. Lasker, head of the
shipping board, and he is asking for
an appropriation of S300,o00.000 10
carry on the business this year. The
mercantile marine it seems is oper-
ated under a system by which the
government pays the expenses above a
stated figure and the operators pock-
ct all the receipts. Probably it will
be long time before the people will
consent to their governments going
into any other kind of business. ANY,
body who has plan along that line
will be compelled to walt for another
generation
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20

Miss Lizzie Wooster has discovered
that the poverty. immortality, insanity
and crime in existence are due to the
use of the cigaret. Other advanced
thinkers OF Miss Wooster's class hold
the automobile responsible for exist
ing conditions. Why do not the re-
formers join forces and abolish both
the clgaret and the automobile at the
same time and thus, at one whack,
make a world safe for the pure at
hearth Il was promised that prohibit
ton of the liquor traffic speedily
would empty the prisons. almshouses
and asylums, but it's failure to do SO
need not be surprising in view of the
fact that the deadly work formerly
performed by whisky has been taken
over by the cigaret and the automo-
ollie.
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Questions-Ansoers

o. Is It necessary for an engineer to
guide a railroad engine or does the en-
CINE guide itself? =. X.
A. The engineer does not guide the en-
CINE. The front wheels of an engine are
the guide wheels and the track deter
mines the direction taken.
Q. Ny father moved to Texas in 1865
when there were only 30 miles OF railroad
in the state. How does Texas stand now
A. Texas leads all states in the mileage
OF railroads. This. excluding siding and
yard tracks, was 1850 miles in 1914.
@. How is menthol produced, and In
what is it soluble? II. L. 7.
A. Menthol is a eolorless crystalline
substance obtained from official oil OF
peppermint or from Japanese or Chinese oil
of peppermint 1t is but sparingly soluble
in water but dissolves In considerable
quantities in alcohol. ether, chIoroform and
other organic liquids.
(Any reader can get the answer to any
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau, Frederic ]
Haskin, Director, Washington, DC. This
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bureau cannot give advice on legal, medi-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20
REGULATING BUSINESS.

President Harding struck a popu-
lar chord when he declared for more
business in government and less gov
eminent In business. The net bene-
fetal results of government regula-
ton OF the railroads, when disadvan-
tages are also taken into considera-
ton, are so slight as to leave the
country in no mood to sanction any
extension of the policy OF government
regulation to other lines of business.
To suggest that the interstate COM
merce commission be abolished would
lay one open to the charge of being
an extreme reactionary, and yet it
may be doubted whether the ship
pers, the government, the railroads, or
consumers of commodities would be
aay '. orse off il 'he whole business
were wiped off the statute books.
They certainly couldn't be much
worse off and in some particulars they
might be better off.
The interstate commerce commits
sion act was passed thirty-four years
ago. 1t was passed because the ship
pers OF the country were dissatisfied
with some of the methods of the rail
roads, PARTICULARLY the granting of
special favors to shippers or territory.
After thirtyfour years of government
regulation. the shippers are still dis
satisfied, the railroads are on the
brink of ruin. and nobody is pleased
except the men who hold the jobs in
cident to government supervision.
Undoubtedly some evils were removed
by the law and its administration.
But the situation demonstrates that
government regulation has proved TO
be far from the success its proponents
expected.
The fact is that under government
regulation of railroads or of any Other
business, the power Of control is CIV
en- almost entirely into the hands OF
men who are ignorant of the practi-
cal problems OF the enterprise. Some
Of the regulators have studied books
on the subject-law books and the
oreticaf treatises-but few of them
Know anything about the subject from
practical experience. This applies not
merely to the members of the commits
sion. but to the vast army of advisers
and assistants who do the real work
\ OF the regulatory BODY
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brown-eyed Frank Smith who had
been a childhood sweetheart and
whom Mary had not seen for years.
Don't bother to set bread this morn
ing" she said after a long pause and
she smiled to herself as Mary started
confusedly evidently the girls
thoughts had not been properly TO-
cussed upon cooking, for have my
with two loaves, just for luck" she
added, descending the side steps.
Mary, her mind a tumble of
thoughts, hurried over her busting
She wanted to get out into the old
fashioned garden and see the flowers
trip home. The yellow roses, badly
in need of pruning, swarmed up
against the squat bush of Towering
ounce and trailed in long, thorny
sprays along the thick grass that was
dotted with blossoms of pink and
swhites=clover. To 1.-The east Mary's
eyes wandered and fell on the thick
row of lilacs that divided the Meddli-
colt grounds from the Smith estate:
There, no one has touched those
bushes for years." she thought, re-
calling the old happy times when
Frank squeezed thru the bushes that
he persisted in calling lilac-trees,
those branches are growing over and
spelling my hedge. 1 guess I'll just
start right there with my trimming"
the turquoise blue of the summer sky
and then jumped up and went in
search of her shears.
Shipping away she worked steadily
and there was a growing pile of
branches as tribute to her industry
when an abrupt sound on the other
side of the hedge startled her. All
her boosted disregard of the haunted
house fled in an instant and she stood
notwithstanding.
What do you mean by touching
my lilac-trees?" the voice was mas
culine and touched with a crisp an
noyance, the voice of man who was
accustomed to obedience.
Mary looked startled. She could
see no one but the voice came from a
few feet away beyond the hedge:
What do you mean? Your lilac
trees?" she demanded, II guess"
There was a crashing sound and a
gray tweed arm made an opening in
the tangie of blossoms and a pair of
brown eyes peered thru: You sound
mighty confident but as I happen to
be the-why. Mary. hello. I didn't
know you were expected home" he
ended with glad note in his voice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20
JUST FOLKS

BIZ EDGAR a. GUEST.

hAKRN MAN.
Roam the whole world over and search 1t
thru and thru,
Aud the only happy man you'll find is the
man with work to do;
The man who cares to battle, the man
with dreams to win,
Is the one who wakes to gladness when
the dawn comes streaking in.
You may dream your dreams Of leisure,
you may envy idle men,
But 1t hurts to know that duty will never
call again,
And the days grow long and dreary. tho
the akies above are blue,
To the man who knows no burden and has
no task to do
1t Is good to know life needs US, Il is
good to walk with care,
1t is good to toll for dresses for our little
ones. to wear,
And tho we pirate Of resting when the gold
we crave is won,
The gaddsst men around US are those
whose work is done
There Is no sweet contentment in being
free from care,
The stout hearts are the giadde6f By the
burdens they must bear:
And tho we dream Of resting when all cur
tasks are thru,
When that day comes. well envy the man
with work TO do.
Copyright, 1921, By Edgar A Guest)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20

In the building trades an effort has
been made in New York to induce the
twenty-five unions involved to accept
an average reduction of 81 per day.
Aside from the fact that this would
mean more houses, lower rents and q
reduced cost of living, it probably
would give the men in the building
industry much larger wage payments
than they receive now. One con-
struction company makes the esti-
mate that if the reduction be ac-
cepted and it can go ahead with its
plans, it will disburse weekly in wages
approximately $4,000 against about
$4,000 weekly under present employ
ment conditions. High wage scales
are all right if they carry jobs with
them. but without employment they
are merely reminders that labor is
charging more than the traffic will
bear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20

vested in the board would make it GER
tain, advocates of the bill claim. that
the market value of the bonds would
always be great enough to compete
with other offerings, and insure their
speedy sale. A failure to sell bonds
would result, they say. in tying up this
system now working so smoothly.
The bonds issued have Away been
of the ''ten-twenty year" variety. That
is, they are reasonable at par by the
land banks at the end of 20 years, but
with the option on the part of the
banks of calling the bonds in at the
end of 10 years. This provision was
included so that the board could take
advantage of any conditions which
might arise in the financial world,
without iTnpairing the bonds as perma-
nent income producing investments of
the safe and sane sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
THE DANGER SINE
BY EEH PATE
A Play,

Scene, outside of 33 story biiding.
Ferst sitizen. G. look at all the
people wawking out in the street in
sted of on the pavement Watts they
doing that for?
End sitizen Don't you see that sine
says Danger?
Ferst sitizen I see the sine but
don't see the danger
End sitiZen You must be one OF
these people wunt to see everything
Ferst sitizen Sure, seeing is be-
leeving, that's me Whoever owns this
33 story biiding must of had a old
Danger sine and jest stuck It up so
as not to waste it
End sitizen Holey smoaks but you
got Suspicious nature
Ferst sitizen. Wen do you dare me
to wawk rite past Jest to prove that
amt eny danger?
End s:tizen. 1 don't dare you but ID
like to see you.
Ferst sitizen Well then all you
got to do is watch.
and sitizen. @ wiz he's a quarter
ways over already and nothing hasent
happened yet. Now he's half ways
over and the danger is still all on the
sine Now he's 2 therds ways over,
watts you know about that? Now he's
Fights ways over, well Ill be darned.
Hay, hay, look out, heer comes a load
of bricks off the roof.
Ferst sitizen- Its too late to tell me
now. I'm underneath of them.
End sitizen. Is your life insured?
Ferst sitizen. 1t certeny is.
2nd sitizen- That's good.
The end
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that brought a rush of rose to the
face that had gone white.
And l." returned Mary, under
stood that your house was empty ex-
cept for ghosts. So 1 thought I'd prune
your lilacs for you. They are crowd
ing my hedge" she added a bit trem-
ulously as his dark eyes dwelt discon-
certingly on her embarrassed face.
There are ghosts in the house." he
said seriously, ghosts of old memories
ghosts of an old love that has never
been forgotten I was just about TO
close up the old house and offer it
for sale as no one seemed to know
where you were or when you would
return. The folks seemed to think
you would remain in France and l
couldn't bear 1t here with your home
closed Suppose, Mary" the dark
eyes glowed and he took her hands
in his ''Suppose you come thru
the hedge and help me keep the
ghosts away in the Smith house?"
Perhaps I WILL" murmured the girl.
her eyes starry with JOY, "a ghost is
an induecment and you certainly need
help with your lilac trees"
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-20
Dorothy Dix Tails
By DOROTHY DIX
worIa's highest Paid Woman Writer.
Ten commandments Of the summer

Ten Commandments OF the Summer
Woman.
First: Take a holiday, no matter
how much you think you can't. Grid
up your straight front, and take purse
and scrip. and journey to some place
as different as you can find from your
regular abiding place. Even the beasts
of burden are entitled to a respite
from their labors, and no housewife
can find rest in her own home tho
she seek 1t with a search warrant
and with tears.
Even the butcher. and the baker.
and the ice man. and the laundry boy
the cry of "Mo-o-e-ther" will never be
out of her ears, and her husband will
be asking Where is the tack hammer
and my clean shirt?' And the daugh-
tiers crying out: please put a new
ruffis on my blouse" and the sons de-
manding to have a razor crease
pressed in their trousers. And there
Will be no peace for her under her
own roof.
And the nerves of the woman who
has prepared 1925 regular meals and
Heaven knows how many extra ones
in q twelve month. and who has
washed little faces million times
and picked up bushels of cigar stubs
and tons OF newspapers, need to be
ironed out. Also her temper requires
to be soothed and the ache in her back
assuaged, and there is Balm of Gilead
for her only in spots afar from her
family.
Second, When you take your va
cation, go not with the partner of your
bosom. Reflect that IN a twelve
month. a husband and wife tell each
other everything they know, and they
weary of each others jokes and stories
and become so bored that they are
driven to fighting in order to prevent
themselves from yawning in each 9TH
er's faces.
Therefore go east if your husband
goes west, or vice versa, and when
you come together again you shall be
as interesting to each other as Stran-
gers, full of new tales.
Third: Perhaps your husbands
business Is such that he can not leave
it even for a short trip to the sea
he can get is being free from you and
the children for a little while, and
getting out of the domestic grind while
you are away. Do not spoil his little
holiday by writing him to be sure to
take in the milk. and put. out the cat.
and not to forget to water the flower
boxes, and to send you by parcelkpost
about a million things you forgotg Re
member that the family goat has q
right to his hour Of freedom, an the
patient OK that treads out the co{sn to
slip his yoke, now and then.
Fourth: Remember that absence
makes the heart grow fonder If ad-
ministered in homeopathic dosess but
that given in heroic quantity it kills
the need of love. Therefore so time
your stay that you will remain until
all the dishes are soiled, and stacked
in the sink and no clean towels or
sheets are to be had, and hubby s
shirts and ties are permanently lost,
but do not stay until your man has
bought a patent dishwasher and
learned to do without you.
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THE RISING DOLLAR.

The liquidation Of commodities AMI
the decline in the cost of living ap-
pear to be working gradually but
steadily in favor of increased purchas-
ing power OF the dollar. Several in
teresting examples of this. says the
Wollman Review, have been furnished
lately in comparative price tables for
food and household necessities.
One list published by Massachu-
sets grocery concern showed that a
long list of articles which in June last
year cost ss1.5s, could be bought in
June this year for $72.10. A Pitts
burgh drygoods concern in advertis-
ing a recent sale stated that $3.50 one
year ago would buy only 1000 yards
of a popular brand OF muslin, while
now the same sum will purchase that
quantity of cloth of that grade and
5000 yards OF other fabrics in addI-
ton.
Still the prices of many necessaries
of life remain at the war level. Among
these might be mentioned rent, light,
heat and water. Besides there is no
increase in the purchasing power Of
the dollar when said dollar is pre-
scented at the window of the railroad
ticket agent
Observation of the comparative
price level of different commodities
now and before the war. says the
Bache Review. presents a most I'M
even and Jagged line. Some articles
are below pre-war levels. but many
are only little below the peak prices,
and some have not gone down at all
But each month the general level
swings lower.
Dun's Commodity Index shows re-
duction in June of 81 per cent, COM
pared with only 0.4 per cent decline
in May. but after fourteen consecu-
tive months of yielding, the index
number is 3s.4 per cent below the
high point touched on May 1, 1920.
And the rise over the pre-war basis,
which exceeds 11S per cent at the
maximum level. has narrowed to
about 81 per cent. Except in dairy
and garden products, in which small
advance developed, the price deflation
during June extended to all of the
groups into which the index number
is separated-the widest changes being
in breadstuffs, meat and niscellane-
Gus. For all foods together, there
was a decline of ga per cent.
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Dinner Stories

when I was once in danger from
a lion," said the old African explorer,
IT tried sitting down and staring at
him. as I had no weapons"
How did it work." asked his COM
panion.
Perfectly. The lion didn't even
offer to touch me-
Strange! How did you account
for it?"
well, sometimes I've thought 1t was
because 1 sat down on the branch of a
very tall tree"
A CHEEKY little fellow of seven,
whose optimism was a perpetual sur
prise to his parents, was being
punished by his father.
He was sprawling across his parents
knees and after about six strokes of
the cane he muttered to himself. ut
won't matter. I don't sit down much"
The broker. Isidor Cohn, was in
Producing his family of four to a
business friend of his.
This is my wife, said he, land
these are the consequences of our
marriage"