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The spectator., 1921-07-15

You have heard the story of the ante. bellum Colonel who met two negroes and said Good morning. boys. how are you this morning."
 Yves all right. Mas Tom. how is you?'
 Well, Pm not feeling very gay. but guess Pm statu quo.
 After thev had passed one ne- gro said to the other. What did Mas Tom mean by dat?" The other negro loOked,very wise and said Well. l ldon't 'zackly KNOW but think he meant he was in a hell of a fix"
The spectator., 1921-07-15
Joint Meeting of North and
 South Franklin Union

North and South Franklin F.. K. X C. U. of A., will meet in joint session at Ozark. Ark. July 22-23, 1921. All Locals who were not represented at Green wood should send delegates to this convention. All Locals who were represented at Greenwood will have the same delegates. and may he admitted on the same credentials, as have them in my possession.
 Yours Truly,
 J. w. Arbaugh, Pres.
 A. A. Williams, Sec. Treas,
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Card of Thanks

We take this means to thank our kind friends and neighbOrs for their assistance and kindness in the illness and death of our dear mother and grandmother.
 May the richest of blessings be yours and the trials of life he light.
 MT. and Mrs. Y. H. Byrd and children.
The spectator., 1921-07-15
Farmers Union County
 Convention Proceedings

North Franklin F. E. & c. U. of A., met at Greenwood July Sth, in regular session. Pres. M. M. Herbert being absent, E, s. Will Hams took the chair; Sec. A. A. Williams being absent, Ed Shuler was elected to serve in his place; Door-keeper being absent. Lige Mainard was elected door-keeper; Conductor being absent, w. D. Fowler was elected. After pray CT by c. A. Randolph the conven- tion was declared open for busi- ness.
 Resolution No 1 was adopted without discussion.
 No. 2 was adopted after a brief explanation by A. Strickland.
 No. 3 carried unanimously after much discussion.
 No. 4 carried unanimously.
 No. 5 tabled until a future time.
 No. 6 referred to scale commit tee.
 No. 7 adopted unanimously.
 No. s lost.
 No. 9 Thanking the people of Greenwood Local for their courte- sy shown the delegates at this con- vention. adopted unanimously.
 Officers were elected as follows: Pres. J. w. Arbaugh; Vice Pres, B. $. Williams; Sec. Treas, A. A. Williams; Asst Sec, Ed Shuler; Co. Organizer, A. Strickland; Chaplain. Aaron Page; Conductor. A. l.. Mullen; Door-keeper, Hall Parks; Exect. Con-, James Hyde. Allen Richardson, Will Lowery; Delegates to State Convention, Ed Shuler. Albert Strickland, B. 5. Williams; Alternates. John Ar baugh, Virgil Hogan, w. l.. Hard graves.
 The following Locals were rep resented; Marble Hill, Liberty, Stone Hill, Sandy Chapel, Alix. Sulphur Springs, Oak Hill, Den ming. Greenwood, Fair View. Boston. New Hope, Manitou. AL stOn. LOnelm and Ozark
 Great interest was manifested in the convention. The farmers are trying to get ready to take care of their own business, as the other fellow has made him feel the effect of his caring for it for him.
The spectator., 1921-07-15
Leonard Chi|dreSs
 Acquitted at Stig|er

J. D. Benson, one of the attor neys who defended Leonard Chil- dress, charged with first degree murder, at Stigler, Okla. last week, has received information that Childress was acquitted MT. Benson left Stigler before the jury returned a verdict.
The spectator., 1921-07-15
Must Build a Home
 For The Homeless

The letter to Judge King, pub lished in Tuesday issue. telling him of the excellent care being taken of the little orphans which he took down to Little Rock. impresses those who read it with the great need for home for the homeless of our county. Do our citizens, who justly pride themselves on having great county in a great state, know that there is not an institution in the state where the judge of Franklin county can go and demand as the legal right of his county that they take an or phan or a helpless man or woman and take care of them? The place in Little Rock is a place where they take a few orphans and keep them till they can find homes for them. If the mental or physical condition of the child is such that it is doubtful about anyone want ing it, they will not take it because they are not prepared to keep a child permanently It is only a small place with no fund to sus- tain it. Charitable people through out the state contribute to keep it going. and some of the counties appropriate a little money for it, but it does not get enough to take many children and then only such as can readily find homes. When Judge King first asked them to take these orphans they refused because they thought one of them was mentally deficient. It is reflection on our human ity. and conclusive proof that we do not practice christianity, when we let our friendless die alone by the roadside. It is foolish to say that their own acts bring them to this condition. If they lack the moral fibre to live model life. it does not relieve you of doing your christian duty of caring for them. If they have not amassed wealth, it may be to their honor Wealth is too often acquired dishonorably, and granting that they gambled away their money, or were too lazy to lay aside anything for a rainy day. that does not justify us in allowing them to starve> to death in a lonely hut. Suppose that Mountain Top farmers stock had not wandered off, and he had not chanced to pass the cabin in which the dead mother lay with the two little ones slowly starving, A few hours more and the babe would have been dead, and a few days and the little girl would have been dead and their blood would have Ibeen upon your heads be. cause you. as members of the quo. rum court, have failed to make provision for their care: you. as taxpayers. have not furnished the money to provide for their com fort; you. as citizens. have not de- manded that a home be provided for the unfortunates; you. as church members, have drawn you skirts about you lest you be pol luted and gone the other way.
 Am 1 my brothers keeper?' "Inasmuch as you did it unto the least of these you have done it un- to me-"
The spectator., 1921-07-15
Finger Prints Invaluable

The banks have seen the light of safety through finger printing. Many large banking houses have already realized the special appli- cability of finger printing to their work especially useful is this pre- caution when it is used to protect the banks against forgery and impersOnation of depositOrs. Every few days one hears of another bank which has intro duced the finger print system of identification. This IS, of course great value to them, but it's value would be enormously enhanced if the banks could tllrn to the gov- erment's finger printing records for additional confirmation. of the identity of doubtful clients. Five million finger prints were gathered by the army and navy officers during the war. There we have already the nucleus of a national collection. Already we hear of the great value of this collection in the matter of iden- tificatiOn of eX-service men. For one thing. it absolutely prevents the drawing of benefits or pen- siOns by persons not entitled to them. We know that after the Civil War the government lost large sums through false claims. That could not occur in the recent war. Every man who enlisted or who was drafted has his prints on record in Washington. There is no escape. Neither can q man falsely ciaimibeneiits, nor can the government deny a claim that is based on finger print identitica- ton. As always. this great in- failible system works both ways. 1t is d preventive of crime and blessing to the law abiding. l wish that every finger print worker would use these points in the course of personal contact with the business and profession al men of his community. If only each one of us would exert our personal influence so that the representative men of their city or county could be made to see the great advantages accruing from universal finger printing. the day of it's advent would not be far off.
 Facts are what the hard head. ed business man, the bank mana ger. the insurance director de- sires to hear, let us then present them with facts. let us tell them of the tremendous financial waste of the great suffering and mental anguish which is caused in a thousand and one ways through the lack of a universal system of identification. If we win only make up our minds that it is our mission to give things to the pub- lie. We shall be rewarded by an early and substantial change in public sentiment, and when that comes then Is the way well pre- pared for the introduction of uni versal identification. Let all of us work together and apprehend crimes ny the use of finger print
 JOHN BLAND.
 Finger Print Expert.
The spectator., 1921-07-15
Picnic at Stone hin.

The Stone Hill Sunday school and Farmers Union are prepar- ing for big picnic to be given July 30. A program will appear in our next issue.
The spectator., 1921-07-15

Clifton Simmons of Grand Prairie came over yesterday on business. and went back today.
 Miss Clara King went with him to visit relatives for a while. EErl
The Washington herald., 1921-04-24

wind made the FIRE dance and flicker and the
shadows wsvered, trembling, across the i'm.
passive face Of Buddha. This was entirely
too much for the miserable Kassui. Con-
vinced that the white mans Ndoki had
begun to increase in size and would finally
crush all the Gwappas, he hed into the
darkness closely followed By his daughters.
We heard them reach the shelter and COM
fort Of their respective quarters, and.
throughout the night, their voices reached rs
raised In angry discussion. Needless to
say, we slept lightly.
Dawn shorld have found the men and
women out in the yam fields and 'banans
plantations, but when we left our hut and
went down to the river for our morning
ablutions, we found the assembled tribe con.
'ducting a heated argument-this was q
bad sign, for 1t takes an important event 10
sitsr the tribes daily routine.
"A native meeting will last for hours, for
each man expresses his sentiments at great
length and al listen In silence until be has
quite nnishsd. We bad hardly completed
sss hrsakfaA. howsvsr. bsfsfs dsputatisa,
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behind his back before his strength returned,
and set Of with him, a. q mascot, 70 hrt
our horses.
That night, BY the light Of the moon, -
left Gwappa and rode ever upward alont
the narrow tracks. This time we turned
south toward the western coast. Dawn
found Us near the summit Of the rszorbaci
crest overlooking the valley. The clint
had been CHASTITY, for the path on the rusrsS
eopes disappeared entirely at time, and ",
round ourselves setting our horses st slno~s
vertical inclines. ] still recall a pictu,, :,
the wiser member" elingins desperst,iy n
q struggling horse, urging him, helping rim
up terrible grade, % rapid that the rrsv,I
dislodged By Its hooff stuns ne in ths f...-
On reaching the crest we saw the Paeihn.
deep blue, shimmering In the distance. w,
said q heartfelt good-by to Guapps, ana
turned our horses down the inelins vS1rA
was 70 lead us TO Neekliai, q viIlar, f.-
habited BY q coastal tribe which We viske6
to study, We hoped. under more peaceful
eonditiens, Il is hardly necessary to cay
cur rsssssehss In Gwspps bad been mere or
lsss Asyiigthis.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-24

YER eheep, mastah." In the tseming bazaar
Of Colombo and be had since Travelled WIN
US, placid and calm-e eyed, in an old cigar
box. Gautama Buddha promptly became
our own particular Ndoki.
Kassui eyed the glittsring figure with
deep curiosity, his fear momentarily for
gotten, and We embarked on campaign
Of pacidcation which exhausted our imagi-
nation and hesped infamous deeds upon the
head Of the peaceful sage of Sikkim. Buddha
was ours, the greatest of all Ndokis. Be-
fore him the New Caledonian spirits fled
into the outer darkness and lurked on the
SUBMITS Of the high mountains where the
dead ind asylum.E When Buddha was an
gersd he grew tremendously till he resembled.
. mountain Of brass and he crushed beneath
bin al those who failed to obey his com.
mands.
The little figure rested on q. stump cioss
beside rs and our three interlocutors eyed
IT with suspicion and dread. As If drawn BY
magnet, the chief rose. to bis feet and
cautiously advanced toward the image with
many pauses and halts. suddsaly . suss Of
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pietely to impress the tribe. might claim
all kinds Of attributes for the worthy Bud
dha, but with the image lying ct my feet i
was helpless. Ghosts and spirits in Me-
lanesia have not as yet claimed an eight
hour day and could hardly invoke this law
In favor of our Ndoki.
A FTER my address events began to move
n rapidly. Kassui gained his feet and,
turning toward his clansmen, spoke In an
impassioned voice. The gist Of his argument
was to the effect that the French authorities,
o. represented BY the itinersnt gendsrne.
had not visited the tribe for many seasons,
and the Catholic missionary bad long ago
been put out Of eommission when his horse
stumbled and rolled with him into q gully
in the neighborbood Of Wsngi. We had
offered grievous ofense 10 the tribs. vs had
been occupying our hut entirely too long,
we knew too much. and ws had tried cur
magic upon the chisfi 30 many eriAss for
which Ne should BE- punished, urged Kassui,
and be turned toward us, raising his great
hssds sbsvs his bod ia nssasas gesture.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-24

cred with shaggy tufts Of brown hair. Beady.
blood shot eyes glare malevolently at the
passsrby, but his thousand mouths are stsrn-
ally twisted in an unholy smile.
Kassui became excited and earnest, glane-
ing over bis shoulder to make sure that the
apparition did not materiaIise behind his
back Then Q branch craeksd In the dark
ness outside the circle Of ligat and the chief
shivered with fear. For thelpressnt we had
extracted all possible information about
Ndoh out Of him and We tried to talk Of
other things, but he was silent, suIlen,
afraid that be had told us too much, but un-
Wiling to Leave our company and 20 tn the
dark to his hut.
A RELIEF was afforded By the arrival Of
"A kassui's Two Oldest daughters. Mossiki
and Appuloni Joined u with broad smiiss
which emerged from behind the fstful u
sugar cane which they were masticatins
with snthusiasn. Both girls were married.
% We chattsred brightly about marrisss
ceremonies and feasts until We reached the
highly interesting part Of the ritual vhere
the brides mothers brother goes 10 the
skull shrine In the dense jungle on the hiI.
side overlooking the valley. We prssDed
them for further information, but thsy wsfs
restless and gloomy, unwilling to tell us
why this had to be done, and why be should
have to 60 alone. The point might Be most
important for the completion of our records
20 we insisted until Mossiki blurtsd out the
whole truth. The skull shrine was visited
that Ndoh might be propitated In the
presence of the tribes ancestors. At this
Kassui let out . groan of terror and, o.
luck would have 1t, the fame from the
wood frs spurted at the same instant. A
flying spark struck his bare knee and he
yelled with terror. The world at large was
informed that Ndoki had smitten him and
that It was only q matter Of time before the
Gwappa tribe would need another chief.
We, OF course. were The culprits, the evil
agents Of Ndoh who had led the chief astray
OF the safe path of silence, and we rapidly
realized that, II We wanted to see again the
corner Of Broad and Chestnut or the clois-
ters Of Cambridge, Kassui must be silenced.
Ny wife, who has way Of rising to the
.occaaop, hurriediy left me 10 aid and com
fsrt the distrsusht chisf and his two sobbinl
daughters. Our hut was close at hand and
she soon returned in triumph, bearing u
her palm little brasg image Of the great got
suddhsi We had picked him ~. "ehssp
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were busy recording details Of birth, mar
into their system Of land ownsrship and their
religious beliefs, and our notebooks hled
rapidly with hastily scrawlsd comments.
TT WAS our custom 10 tour the half -dossn
i small villages scattered throughout the
valley during the day and st night We fore
gathered with the chief, who rejoiesd In
the name Of Kassui, In front Of the drs IN
the communal cooking house, where we made
shift 10 understand one another and talk
over points which were not clear in our
minds- One evening the conversation turned
to ghosts and devils. We talked Of eva
spirits which haunt the neighborhood Of the
great banyan trees In whose branches the
dead are exposed, and to even up the score
We explained to Kassui about our own
mysterious vraiths which inhabit gravs-
yards and haunt Elizabethan houses Of GOOD
standing. Then the chief, growing eonhdsn-
tial when he realized that We understood,
told % In . hushed voics about the Ndoki
who turks near the paths In the bush and
has the power 10 enter into mems minds
and make them mad. II Ndoki cannot b.
exercised quickly the afaicted man dies hor.
rfbly, and In consequence the Gwappa have
q wholesome respect for this spirit. Ndotf
may assume q thousand shapes: . sharp
stone on the track, q thorn In bush, q
spark from the 6re, he may entsr the food
given you By your wife, or the body Of the
pigeon which you have Just brought down
with your sling. Some men have seen him
and lived. he 10 small, light. skinned, Gov
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followed By. the entire tribe, nsds Its way
toward cur hut. Kassm plsyed subordi-
nate role to Q coal black Meianesian with
wealth Of fuzzy hair died yellow through
repeated applications Of lime. We had only
seen this man once, for he lived alone In
crumblins hut lost in the bush on the very
crest Of the rampart-like hills which sur
round the Gwappa country. BY repute We
Knew him to be the greatest Of all masicians,
Auch In demand when love- potions or death
charms were needed, and his presence nsds
10 realize that trouble might Lie ahead.
The delegation halted In q senieircie b.
fore us and squatted on the ground, their
example being followed By the rsnstnder Of
the crowd. Mbo'ogna, the magician, then
larnched into IN account Of our misdeeds.
each rolling sertence supported By long
drawn .Aaa-ha" ef assent from tie g.
sembled villagers.
Then came the real pseee De rssistancs,
the information ve had awaited since ths
opening Of the meeting. During the night
Ksssui's brother, Who lived IN Q village
little farther up The valley, had bern sud-
denly attacked By violent and tsrrible pains.
This happened, % Mbo'ogns said, st the q.
act moment when Buddhs hsd been seen %
move. --..
Obviously, according 10 Abo'oSna. vs had
come among the Gvappa to steal their magic
and do them harm; obviously his povers
were greater than ours and he proposed
showing us how faulty vas our Judgment IL
We imagined ourselves cspsbis Of DESTROYING
any Of his fellow tribesmes By such Grim
inai methods.
Mbo'ogna became more excitsd than ever,
and from the folds of the loin cloth at his
waist he suddenly extracted our little brass
Buddhs! He dansied Buddha before our
eyes. Buddha be held head downward in his
great palm, and Buddha failed to increase
in siss and crush the Gwsppa beneath his
weight
DUBLIC speakins has always been my
! bette noir. Confronted By Q gathering Of
more than three persons, my ideas sink into
n black, chaotic Inconsistencies, and the few
rsrred sentences which survive to reach my
auditors usually fll them With pity and
Amusement. Moreover. have an extremely
poor command Of beche- -mer French and
my Gwappa hsls and limps. Leaning back
IN her chair, while the toe Of her right boot
,dly played with the fallen Buddha, sat the
Wiser member Of the expedition, silent and
,eheming. Beneath the shade Of the tilted
sun helmet her eyes twtnkled with meriment
and she left me TO conduct the wordy battls
With the eontsmptuous Mbo'osna-
To Be concise and truthful ] an com
PEELED to admit that my speech failed COM
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able to touch and feel rs, while their syss
rolled with inquisitive excitement.
OF course, We could have explained to the
ehief that We were hunting for traces OF an
pxypsian culture, but the wiser, more
nraetiesl, member Of the expedition,
nv wifi, restrained my enthusiasm and We
merely asked shelter, explaining that We
came from Q ar-of land b visit the tribe
The chief, q gray bearded, black skinned
native with enormous shoulders, arms and
hands, looked Us over thoughtfuny for .
few minutes while his henchmen shouted
advice, then he guided us TO an empty hut
and made clear to u that We could make
It our home.
An the villages In the interior Of New
Caledonia are built along similar lines. There
"a n big roundhouss with . eonical roof
vhsrs an the man deep togsther cnd where
the spears and clubs used In war are stored.
Each woman has her own roundhouse.
suallsr IN siss, where she cares TOR her chill
drsn and goes about her household tasks.
Thm In the center Of the village there
Is long rectangular hut whore al
the tribe cook, eat and gossip. The hut
which ve were given vas of the home type.
n had bsloagsd to . very old woman, {
With, and Q maksr Of danssrous magic,
who had disd suddenly IN ths bush - shs
made ksr way 10 The Jam fslds.
We ssttisd down rapidly, the horses wsrt
unloadsd and turned out b gram at tn
end Of the narrow valley, and We lost nt
,irs IN bssinning our investigations. Fo'
sssssi vssks Hfs vnt sa unsvsasfully. VI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-01

MOKTGAGE LOANS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-01

MANTED-Several good news paper solicitors; this is a com mission proposition. Apply to Circulation Manager, The Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-01
NoRwoOD

WEST END-115 Pine St., $4,500; 5 rooms and bath, with furniture included. This house has Arcola hot water heating system; was newly painted last fall; has large garage, indirect lighting fix lures, hot and cold water, and gas; immediate possession. See owner at house. Terms, $1,000 cash and $25 per month.
New-York tribune., 1921-01-23
Three Accused
OF $4,000
Whisky; Plot
u. S. Agents Pursue Alleged
Traders in False With
drawal Permits Through
Waldorf Lobby to Street
Smell Ink Eradicator
Two Others Charged With
Posing as. Officers to En-
tort $25 From Saloon

Three men were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Hitchcock
in the United States District Court
yesterday charged with engaging in a
conspiracy to defraud the government
by dealing in fake liquor withdrawal
permits.
They are Leonard Manchester. q
plumber. and William Toohey, superin-
tendent of construction. both residents
cf Mount Vernon, N. Y, Manchester
Icing released in $4,000 bail and
Toohey held in $4,000 bail, and Morris
Cohen, liquor dealer in Manhattan,
released in $4,000 bail.
The three men were arrested Friday
night on Thirty-fourth Street after
Agents George Golding and Water
Murphy, of the special intelligence
unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue,
had pursued the trio through the
lobby of the. Waldorf-Astoria and out
into the street.
! The agents said they interrupted a
deal which was being made by Man
y"eSCeI ana CoHen Win tnlrd man.
Toohey was standing off from the
group acting as lookout, they said.
Assert They Found Permits
From the permits said to have been
found later on Cohen the transaction,
according to the agents. would have
involved TOO cases of liquor valued at
approximately $4,000. But the deal
was not consummated, they said.
Information had come to Daniel J.