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The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24
VISITS LITTLE ROCK
 AFTER ABSENCE 56 YEARS
Special to The News.

Little Rock, May 24-To return to a place that you have once visited. after an absence of 56 years. and at tempt to recognize any of the old landmarks IS an experience that comes to very few.
 Yet, this is the experience of Lean der Maxwell of Bentonville, father of w. T. Maxwell, State Bank Commis- sioner, who is visiting his son in this city. The elder Maxwell served throughout the Civil War in the army of the Confederacy. He was a pris- oner for two months and was ex- changed in the North, making his way back to Mississippi, where he was paroled in 1865. He then started for his home in Benton county and landed in Little Rock from an old river steamboat, spending short time in this city, before he proceeded on his way to the northwest. Yester- day he went over the older part of the city and visited the ancient wharf at the foot of Rock street, but he was unable to recognize any locality. This is the first time that he has visited Little Rock since he left for his home in 1865. He is now 79 years of age.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24

Mrs. Scott Haltom and little son, Scott, Jr., are in the city visiting relatives and friends. Mrs. Haltom's home is at Austin, Texas, where her husband is taking a course in higher accounting at the Texas State Uni versity under the government voca- tional training act.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-05-24

day drove the Polish insurgents in Silesia back toward Gross-Strehlitz for a distance of five miles, said a dispatch to the London Times from Oppeln. The Times correspondent declares there is every sign that the Germans have the resources of the regular army at their disposal.
 Paris, May 23.-The allied high commission in Upper Silesia has sent delegations to intervene with both the Germans and the Poles in an en- deavor to obtain the cessation of all military operations in that territory, according to French official dispatch es today.
 Each of the delegations is com posed of representatives of France, Great Britain and Italy.
 In French circles the Silesian situ- ation is regarded as most grave, fol- lowing the German attack on the front Grossteiner Striezenaus Krem- pa against the Polish lines. The Poles, according to French informa- tion, retired from this line, leaving the important Annaberg position in the hands of the German volunteer corps. This corps, the French dis patches say, was recruited largely in Hamburg and Wuerttemburg, with only a small proportion of Silesians in it.
 The German attack, although re- garded as very serious, is not consid- cred in French official circles as a casus belli, as it was carried out by irregular forces. It is thought here, from information received from Op- peln, that the German officials are winking at the action of the volun- teers, if they are not actually encour- aging it, but confidence is expressed in the good faith of Chancellor Wirth who is regarded as sincerely endeav- bring to prevent trouble.
 The allied representatives in Berlin will call on Dr. Wirth today and ask him to close the Silesian frontier and take all possible steps to prevent in tervention by other volunteer forces.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
OXFORD FARMERS
SHOOT IT OUT
Have Row Over Cattle. w. j.
Beard Dies-John Purvis
and Son Held

OXFORD, Miss, Nov. 30.-W. J..
Beard, 63, is dead, his son, Wilroy,
is seriously if not fatally wounded and
John Purvis, So, and his son, Hubert,
20, face charges of manslaughter as
the result of row over cows at the
Purvis home yesterday. The two
families were neighbors. The elder
Beard died at the Bramlett Hospital
here this afternoon. The condition
of the boy, who~is also at the hospital
is declared tonight to be extremely
critical.
John and Hubert Purvis came to
Oxford Immediately after the shoot
ing and surrendered to Sheriff ]. c..
fairfield.
While reports of the quarrel given
by the Boards and the Purvises are
greatly at variance, it is known that
the Boards seeing some of their cows
corralled in the Purvis yard stopped
at the latter's home. They offered to
pay for their "taking up" and the
damage the animals had done, accord
ing to their story, and called the
elder Purvis and his son out and
agreed to compromise the matter by
paying SIS. Beard said he gave Pur-
Wis $40 bill. The latter not having
the change, sent the boy in the house.
According to the two Boards, when
the boy came back he had revolver
in his hand. While the boy was in
the house the elder Beard declared
that the elder Purvis attacked him
with knife, and that Wilroy Beard
made an effort to take the knife from
him. Young Purvis, according to
Boards story, came at him, and he
attempted to take the revolver from
him, but young Purvis shot him first
in the thumb, then in the stomach.
He said that young Purvis then shot
his son.
The Purvis men charge that the
two Boards were attacking the Pur-
Wis, senior, who called his son to his
rescue, and that the boy came out of
the house with the pistol, and the
shooting followed.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
HEREFoRDs pREDoMrNATE
Lead All Other Breeds for Beef
Purposes in United States

According to figures made public
recently by the government, pure
bred Herefords are the predominant
type of beef cattle in the United
States.
The census figures for 1920 show a
total of 14,931 farms in the United
States producing pure-bred Herefords
for beef. The total number of regis
tered cattle on these farms was 405,-
582. or 1924 more than any other
beef breed raised in the country. The
same report shows total of 159, l26
registered Hereford bulls in service.
For every 100 Hereford bulls there
were 81 Shorthorn and 20 Aberdenn-
Angus. Twenty-Five of the 48 states
had more registered Herefords than
any other beef breed.
Coming closer home, the report
shows that there were 4.084 register
ed Herefords in Tennessee at the end
of 1920. This number is larger than
that for any other breed produced in
this state, and the figures show that
800 more farms were producing the
leading breed than any of the other
pure-bred types.
Sixteen states, grouped as South
Atlantic, east south central and west
south central, are credited with 108.-
483 registered Herefords. By groups
the figures are given as follows:
South Atlantic. including the states
of Delaware. Maryland. District of
Co 'umbia, Virginia. West Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida. 10.640; east south CEN
tral, including Kentucky, Alabama.
Tennessee and Mississippi, 1898;
west south central. including Arkan-
sas. Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas,
85,220.
The number of Hereford bulls in
sci vjce in these states is almost as
great as the numbers of all other beef
breeds combined.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
CROWN PRINCE NOW
RULER OF JAPAN
Only 20 Years of Age. Yoshi-
hito, a Mental and Physical
Invalid, No Longer Able to
Rule His Subjects.

TOKYO, Nov. 25.--Crown Prince
Hirohito has been designated regent
of japan. An imperial rescript max
ing the announcement was issued by
Emperor Yoshihito yesterday after
noon. 1t said: "We are unable to
attend in person to the affairs of
state, on account of protracted illness,
and accordingly appoint Crown Prince
Hirohito regent, with the approval of
the council of princes, the imperial
family and the privv councillors"
1t bears the imperial signature and
hat Of the crown prince, and is signed
also by Baron Maxine. minister of the
imperial household. Premier Takaha-
shi and the cabinet ministers.
Afflicted From Infancy
Simultaneously bulletin was is
sued stating that the emperor's men,
al condition was such as to preclude
his further attention to state duties,
traceable to an affiiction of his in
fancy. 1t added that there was no
serious development in his physical
condition.
According to DR.. Ikebe. chife ply
sician to Emperor Yoshihito. his con-
dition has changed little since last
October. Restraint of speech and
nervous debility are said by the ply
sician to be his chief ailments.
The emperor continues the eccen-
tricities which have marked his con-
dition, but DR.. Ikebe reports they are
not so frequent as formerly. He re-
quires assistance only in mounting
stairs. His appetite does not show
signs of serious decline. While there
IS no prospect of prompt recovery,
there is no reason to look for an ag-
eravation of his condition in the near
future.
The emperor and empress, it is ex-
pected, will pass the winter at Haya-
ma. removing to the Aoyama palace
in Tokyo in the spring.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
cAMoUFLAcED CANAAN"
Real Scenes Filmed in Meighan's
"The Conquest of Canaan"

One of the outstanding features in
the production of Booth Tarkington's
novel, "The Conquest of Canaan" a
Paramount picture starring Thomas
Meighan, is the complete fidelity of
the scenes. For much of this picture,
which will be shown at the Grand
Theatre next Friday was taken in
Asheville, N. C. This southern town
was transformed into Canaan" for
the filming of the picture, which gave
an air of reality to the entire setting,
something that<is hard to obtain with
constructed sets. The nature of Mr..
Tarkington's story was such that it
demands real houses, streets, street
cars, and railroad stations. These
were all obtained in Asheville, but
the camouflage was done so perfectly
that the identity of AsheviIe is COM
pletely hidden.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
SOLDIERS RETURNING
FROM GERMANY
81 Bringing Wives They Wed
in Germany

COBLENZ, Nov. 25.-Reductio in
the American expeditionary force
a 'ong the Rhine began today, when II
officers and 500 enlisted men left here
on special train for Antwerp. to sail
tomorrow for home on the transport
Cantigny. They are due to reach
Hoboken about Dec. z.
In addition to the soldiers there
were three nurses, Is former service
men and 80 wives of the soldiers who
were married in Germany. The wives
of 40 of the men, eight of whom
carried babies, travelled in two army
hospital cars which saw service in
France. The former service men
with the party, who were furnished
transportation home by a special act
of Congress, came mostly from Paris.
A minute before the troop train
left it was discovered that a satchel
containing the passports of the 80
wives of soldiers had disappeared.
The authorities made arrangements
for a search of the train between
Coblenz and Antwerp in the hope of
finding the satchel and avoiding COM
plications with the American immi-
grafton officials when the Cantigny
arrives at Hoboken,
A great crowd witnessed the de-
parture of soldiers, who are travel
ing as Overseas Casualty Troops No.
SO. Their enlistments expire within
a few months.
In addition to the thousands of SOL
diers who saw the train leave the
COhlapz wards fhara xuara caxyaraI
hundred German men, women and
children who assembled to bid fare
well to German gir's who, as wives of
soldiers, were leaving for a new
homeland across the Atlantic.
Several of the soldiers who were
booked to leave for home did not
make their appearance at the train.
Officers here have taken steps to
round them up for sailing on the St.
Mehiel about Dec. 2.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
TWO BIG STILLS
CAUGHT THIS WEEK

The Oxford Eagle says Night Mar
shall Black reports the capture of two
stills this week, one Monday, near
Splinter with one arrest and one We'd
uesday with one arrest.
Six officers, Buck Collins, Messrs.
Heard, Billingsley, Temple McLarty
and Black composed the party making
the raid on a still out on the Porter
place, six miles south of Oxford We'd
nesday. The still, a galvanized iron
gasoline tank with copper cap was
cut to pieces and considerable mash
destroyed. No whisky.
1t is said that several men were near
the still when the six officers sur
rounded the white mule machine, but
all made clean getaway, notw;th-
standing the fact that full twenty
five shots were fired by the officers
1t is said that each officer singled out
a man, but the men in the swamp be-
ing more familiar with the surround
ings, made their escape.
Later one of the men, a negro, was
captured. He had shot gun and
claimed that he was hunting and had
just passed the still when the officers
spied him.
1t is understood that the officers
have the names of those connected
with the white mule outfit and that
their apprehension and arrest will
follow.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
SOLD 100000
WORTH BAD LIQUOR
Made "2O-Year-Old Whisky
in 20 Minutes"

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 -Manufactur-
ing "20-year-old whisky in 20 min
utes" has been the boast of DIR. Au-
gust Roah, alias DR.. T. J. HaenneIt,
alias DIR. John SNYDER, until today,
according to John HIGHLANDER, federal
prohibition director, who with force
of revenue men raided what Mr.. Kje'-
lander termed perfect distillery.
Over 800 gallons of whisky were
se'zed. Roah is said to have sold
100000 worth of the liquor.
According to the evidence in the
hands of Mr.. Kjellander, the doctor,
by means of oxygen and ozone tanks,
to purify the whisky, and electrified
coils to age it, has been manufactur-
ing his product since last June.
According to Mr.. Kjellander, he
employed several statesmen, who OBJ
tanned between $100 and $3.50 per
case of "a bottles.
Labels and strip stamps, soaked off
bonafide whisky bottles, were pasted
on the bottles containing the ego
minute hooch," and after confidence
had been established, they would
paste false stamps on the bottles, it
was said.
DR.. Roah was held in bonds of $10,-
900.
"The amount of booze sold by this
man will amount to over $200,000,"
said Mr.. Kjellander.
According to Mr.. Kje,lander, DR..
Roah's process of making liquor was
as follows:
He would make moonshine whisky
and then attach electric coils and
oxygen tanks to the container. The
electric coils would age the moon
shine, but at the same time bring a
large quantity of fusel oil to the top.
This would be drained off and the
oxygen applied, thus purifying the
liquid, Mr.. Kjellander said.
"The entire process would take
about 20 minutes" said Mr.. Kjel-
lander, "and a grade of high proof
whisky would be the result"
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
STRIKES in U. S.
COST FOUR BILLIONS
l 100000 Lose Time-IIlness
and Other Causes of Tdleness
Cost 26O,000,O0O Days An
nually, Reports of Labor De-
partment Show.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-wage
earners throughout the United States
are incurring losses at the rate of
$4,000,000,00 a year as a result of
strikes and lockouts and deliberate
absenteeism from their tasks, accord
ing to data collected by officials of
several governments departments.
Despite widespread unemployment.
this year will establish a new record
for strikes, officials of the Labor De-
partment foresee. During the first
six months of 1921 the number of
workers on strike was far in excess
of the number in the same period of
1920, it was shown in summary of
industrial relations prepared for Sec
retary of Labor Davis.
More than 100000 workers viii
have lost time through walkouts by
January l. That is in addition to a
greater number of workers tempo
rarily thrown out of their jobs as a
result of the refusal of their COM
panions to work. The exact number
of workers thus indirectly affected by
strikes cannot be determined by the
Labor Department officials because of
a lack of suitable data.
The average strike involves more
than 1000 men, the Labor Depart
ment records show, although contro-
versies involve many thousands of
men and women. Most strikes con-
tinue in effect at least two weeks be-
fore settlement can be effected, it has
been found.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
WILLIAM TRUETT
FOUND GUILTY OF
MANSLAUCHTER
Given Indeterminate Sentence
of 2 to 10 Years For Killing
Memphis Fireman-Motion
For New Trial Filed.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
reports that William Truett must
serve an indeterminate sentence Of
two to 10 years in the state peniten-
tiary for the death of George Gilmore,
according to the verdict of the Jury
returned to Judge Harsh early We'd
nesday morning. The case went to
the jury at about adjournment time
on the previous day.
Gilmore was a member of the city
fire department, and the killing oc-
CURED with pistol of a policeman
which Truett took from the officers
holster while he was at lunch in his
shirt sleeves.
Gen Bates and John T. Shea prose
cuted Truett on the basis that he was
guilty of murder in the first degree,
Tut two things worked strongly in
his favor. The war of words which
preceded the killing started about re-
marks that Gilmore made in reference
to female employees of the Shelby Bis
cult Company. The one witness for
the state who heard those remarks
stated that they were not derogatory.
Truett stated that they were. What
ever they might have been, the fact
that Truett had resented the remarks
was of benefit to him with the jury.
The other fact was that the main
witness for the state admitted on the
stand that in Water Valley, Miss,
the question had been raised as to
whether or not she was fit person
to rear her children. This naturally,
to some extent, weakened the weight
of her testimony.
The usual motion for new trial
was made, and counsel for Truett
asked that the court fix bail for him.
Judge Harsh set $4,000 as the amount
and declined to lower it.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
NO WOMEN AS JURORS
Can Not Serve in Mississippi Until
Status Changed

JACKSON, Miss, Nov. 27.-Not-
withstanding the fact that many state
ments have been given out concern
ing the status of women voters as to
jury service and payment of pol.
taxes there still seems to be wide
spread Misunderstanding Of the mat
ter. Women can not be required to
do jury service under the existing
laws. In fact, they can not qualify
as jurors until the statute is changed
for the reason that the statute speci-
fies ''male citizens" as eligible to
jury service. AS to voting qualifica-
tions, women are now on exactly the
same footing as men, and must pay
all taxes assessed against them and
their property before February if
they desire to participate in next
years elections. The constitutional
provision as to poll tax puts the poll
tax on men only, but a statute pass
ed by the last Legislature puts the
same tax on women. Payment of the
poll tax is not compulsory, if the
party has no taxable property; if he
or she has taxable property the poll
tax may be collected by distress Just
as other taxes are. Where the poll
tax is not paid, however, the party
owing same can not vote.
Under existing laws women can
not be required to do road service.
If the bill proposed by the woman's
party should pass, women will be re-
quired to do jury duty and road duty
just as men do.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
LOOKS LIKE WAR
FOR ENCLISH-RISH
Craig Refuses to Accept All.
Irish Parliament but Of
fers Other Solution

LONDON, Nov. 29.-An anxious
day in the negotiations designed for
the pacification of Ireland ended to.
day with the hope that a complete
collapse of the parleys still might be
averted.
Sir James Craig, premier of vi.
ster, as was expected declared before
the northern parliament in Belfast
that Ulster had absolutely refused to
accept an all-Ireland parliament, de-
manded as a solution by the Sim
Fein delegation. But he announced
listers willingness to discuss other
proposals for an Irish settlement il
they were submitted by next Tuesday.
Premier Lloyd George immediate y
summoned the Sim Fein delegates
to consult with him and his ministers
and consider with him new proposals,
which if they meet with the approval
of the Sim Fein will be presented to
the Ulster officials before next Tues
day The nature of the alternative
proposals will not be d.vulged pending
their consideration by the Sim Fein-
ers.
The situation still is very critical
owing to the double deadlock. Ulster
refusing to yield to an all-Ireland
parliament and the Sim Fein steadily
refusing to yield on the question of
allegiance to the crown. The ne
gotiations, however, have not been
broken off, and may be continued on
a new basis.
Eamonn De Valera has left Dublin
for tour of his constituencies.
An immediate problem in the Irish
situation which has not been decided
is whether armed hostility would fol-
low a complete disagreement or if il
shall prove possible to arrange an ad-
journment of the negotiations and
meanwhile maintain the truce. The
governments military advisers have
pointed out that it would be easier for
them to deal with guerilla warfare in
the winter than in the spring, but the
general feeling against renewed fight
ing is so strong on all sides that con-
tinued truce is preferable.
The argument for a postponement
is that if the deadlock situation has
to be submitted to the people at a
general election such an election
would more conveniently be held in
February than now, when it would
dislocate the annual pre-Christmas
activities of the nation.
The latest idea on the proper action
for the government to take semi
officially advanced today, is that the
terms offered Ireland be drafted in
treaty form and the treaty be placed
before the House of Commons.
1t is suggested that the treaty
should embody the provision for an
all-Ireland parliament and give
northeastern Ulster, as that territory
should be defined by boundary COM
mission, to declare herself out or in
after a definitely named time.
Neither the Sim Fein or Ulstrities
would accept this, it was said, but
it would exhibit to the world, it as
argued, the governments judgment
on the situation.
The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1921-12-02
LABOR BOARD
STRIKES BLOW
AT SHOP CRAFTS

New Rules, Effective Today,
Will Take Jurisdiction Over
100000 Railroad Shop Work
ers-Scope of Work is Broad
ened.