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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01
HONORING THE POET OF THE WEST
By Frederic j. Haskin.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Joaquin Miller, the
picturesque poet of the west. is to be immor-
talized in Westinghouse far as a bronze bust
unveiled with speeches and songs can immor-
taliGe a man.
A good many people have come to regard
Joaquin Miller as one of the greatest American
poets. The British acclaimed him as such
during his lifetime, perhaps because they read
his poetry before they became acquainted with
the man. over here, attention was arrested by
the sensational facts that he liked to live alone
in q cabin in the mountains: that he preferred
to build the cabin himself; that he wore a long
beard like that of Moses in the famous Michael
Angelo painting, and that he wore it because
he admired Moses and the painting; that he
attended a reception in England in overalls.
These and many other bizarre tales America
heard about Joaquin Miller. and his poetry
became for most people only another manifes-
tation of a strange personality. such as his
addiction to top boots.
Like Walt Whitman and other strongly in
dividualistic poets, Miller will probably always
be a subject of controversy. But California, his
adopted state, has begun to realize that Joaquin
Miller understood, better perhaps than any other
poet, the beauty, terror and romance of the
pioneer west, and that the record preserved in
his poems is a valuable heritage.
The California Society in Washington paid
tribute to Joaquin eight years ago, when the
poet was still alive, when it had one of his log
cabins placed in Rock Creek Park, with appro-
pirate ceremony.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason
The Law

The Law
Some recent laws don't suit me,
quite, they seem to me 100 drastic;
the statute that would hit me right
should be a bit elastic. But while
I criticise the laws. and eloquently
fay them, and daily ply protesting
Jaws. l none the less obey them. l
used to drink Hostetter's Balm of
Ginseng and Cucumbers; it made my
troubled spirit calm, and soothed my
fevered slumbers. And often I'd have
a bowl of that inspiring tonic, when
life has Jared my weary soul with
troubles that seem chronic. But l
must violate a law, If / would quah
a fagon; and so the line I sternly
draw, and ride the water wagon.
From half a mile of garden hose I
drink the limpid fluid then sink me
down to my repose, majestic as a
Druid. The water Stops in my inside,
and sloshes through my vitals, and
often OF the gods I've cried, by all
their stored titles. and asked then
why / am condemned by water mains
to languish; alas. they only hawed
and hemmed. and chortled at my
anguish. The law Is written in the
books. and I shall not defy 1t, and
I'll consume the babbling brooks. nor
raise unseemly riot. If we defy the
laws we make through statesmen by
us chosen, our governments an emp
ty fake, and Orders feet are frozen.
Copyright, George Matthew Adams.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01

provable estimate, but it is probably not too
high for the direct economic loss. There is
great additional loss in the suffering and sick
ress that follow unemployment.
In behalf of the Federation of Labor, Mr..
Gompers asks the government to consider the
planning and undertaking in such dull times
as this of great public enterprises by which
workmen can be employed until economic con-
ditions change and bring back their regular
employment. He also wants an effort made to
provide, regularly, work in the off seasons for
workers in seasonal trades.
Neither the government nor the public is
likely to take up these proposals practically at
the present time. Public opinion in general
has not developed far enough to demand action
of the kind the union workmen desire Yet it
is sure to come sooner or later. If modern
society is not hopelessly unintelligent and I'M
progressive.
In the ages we call dark there were no
such periods of general unemployment. Work.
men may not have made much, but their
economic system was so organized that they
were able to keep at work. Modern industry,
enormously multiplying productive power, has
failed to solve the problems of regulating pro-
duction and distribution, so that every now and
then the human machinery is brought to a
stop.
A real solution would be one that kept the
regular economic machinery running con-
Eventually that must be found.
it may be found advisable, in the
near future, for governments to adopt the arti-
fetal device of providing, in dull times, the
public employment suggested. There are plenty
Of great, constructive enterprises that could well
be undertaken at such times. Foreign nations
seem to be making more progress in these
than we are.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01

@. Can you tell me the name OF
a solution that will tarnish silver
ware quickly? I demonstrate a sill
YER polish and must be able to put
a tarnish on at short notice.-A. r.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that a dilute solution of postssium
sulphide Oliver of sulphur) which
may be obtained at any drug store,
should prove satisfactory for this
purpose.
Q. How are the metric systems of
weight capacity and length related?
N. E.
A. All measures of length and In
meter" Of capacity in liter" and
Of weight in gram" For practical
purposes it is assumed that / cubic
decimeter equals l liter and 1 liter
Of water weighs / kilogram.
@. When was the typewriter In
vented ?--I. Fl. N.
A. The first typewriter Of which
there is a record was patented in
England in 1714. In 1889 a machine
known as a typograph or an Ameri-
can typewriter. was invented by w.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01
DUTY ON ASPHALT.

Declaring that he would vote to put asphalt
on the free list, Congressman T. Frank Appleby
of the Third district, in his recent remarks in
the House debate on the tariff issue, pointed
out that it is practically impossible to build
good roads without the use of asphalt in some
form or other, and that action must be taken
to keep down the cost of bodybuilding.
Congressman Appleby's logical remarks are of
great interest to this locality from both an
industrial and bodybuilding viewpoint. Large
shipments of asphalt come into this port every
month to be made into oils, paving materials
and building materials. The asphalt industry for
Perth Amboy is a growing one. The local plant
has greatly enlarged its factory buildings, added
new features to manufacture asphalt products,
which, through chemical research, have been
developed wonderfully. 1t has been claimed
that even now all the uses of this material
have not fully been discovered.
As far as road building is concerned, Con-
gresham Appleby points out that about a year
ago congress appropriated 5000, 900, 900 for good
roads. We will soon be called upon. in all
probability, to vote for an added appropriation
of 5000. 900, 900. In 1920 the various states
passed bond issues for good roads amounting
to 5000, 900, OOo, making in sight a building pro-
~ AOL AOodo dhA 80 IN ohAHN0
States of surely 81. 800. ooo.o 900. and this. supple
mented by city and county construction, can
reasonably be assumed will reach 1000, 900. 900.
The decrease in purchasing power of this enor-
nous sum through increased cost of materials
should this tax on asphalt prevail may well
give us pause. At the least calculation it will
cost the people of the United States, through
the decreased purchasing power Of the money
A. Af---- A.. "a ~ --,o
nue. to be derived from the tariff on this
product.
Mr.. Appleby is right. The people who are
dependent upon and use the roads should not
be penalized by placing a duty on asphalt. One
of the greatest domestic problems, as the third
district representative points out is that of
transportation. The capacity of our railroads
are taxed to the limit, and realizing their in
adequate facilities, are not even attempting to
meet the demands of traffic. The countryside
rs praying for cars to get its produce to market,
hamlets and cities are ~insistent in their de-
mands for transportation to the metropolitan
centers and the seaboard. and all over the land
the cry is being raised. Give us transporta-
ton" Transportation by rail must be supple
mented. The only practical supplement of rail
transportation is transportation by highway.
Highway transportation is Impractical unless we
have good roads. Never in our history did we
need good roads so badly.
Again, too, American industries must be
helped. The asphalt industry means much to
Perth Amboy. Under normal conditions it gives
employment to hundreds of men. Everything
possible should be done to foster this industry.
not endanger its future by placing a heavy duty
on the asphalt supply.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01

Parents have been in trouble ever
since Adam and Eve raised Cain.
That is a very old pun, but it is per-
tinent. 1 am frequently called into
counsel concerning bad boys.
There are bad boys. How bad they
are, 1 should not like to tell. They
have in them badness that runs out
of their mouths in vile words and
out of their finger-ends where they
scrawl lewd pictures and sentences
Ion fences and walls.
They are guilty OF hold-ups and
innumerable crimes. Before the war
the English reviews contained arti-
Giles on the startling increase of juve-
nile delinquency, and now that de-
linquency is still apparently on the
increase they are charging it to the
war. There are boys that are bad.
criminally bad.
4 But all good boys are bad some
times. And it is these good boys
who are sometimes bad of whom I
am o writing particularly.
I have o You may ask any
of the neighbors about them, and
you will be told they were good boys
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01
GOOD AMI BAD BOYS
BY DR.. w. e. BARTON

and are now good men. I have not
made a failure of my boys. They
have a good mother. And their fa-
Their has neve been Indifferent to-
ward them.
My boys have always been good
boys. But ven good boys, INCLUDE
ing my own boys, and perhaps in
Guiding myself in boyhood. have had
periods of being less good than
usual.
1t is not necessary to take too
seriously the nasty pranks Of
habitually good boys. Some of those
would better pass unnoticed. Some
of them should be corrected prompt.
ly, by means of a frank and loving
conference. 1t pays to be frank with
a boy.
One thing parents need to remem-
Der is that not all boisterousness and
forgetfulness and rudeness is delib-
erately bad. Nearly all of the good
men in the world had periods OF
restlessness and rudeness and oc.
casions for anxiety to parents. That
is n part of the process of max.
ing good men.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01
KEEPING WORKERS AT WORK.

Samuel Gompers, transmitting to the Presi-
dent the proposal of the Denver labor conven-
ton to alleviate unemployment, deserves a
thoughtful hearing from the government and
the public.
The 1000, 900 American workers now out of
work, says Mr.. Gompers cause a loss to the
nation of $40, 900. 900 a day. That is an I'M
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01
TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question BY writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D.. c. This offer APP
plies strictly to information. The
bureau cannot give advice on legal,
medicinal and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles. nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on n subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-01
BETTER MILK SUPPLY.

The Board of Health took the only stand
possible in refusing to allow out-of-town milk
dealers to ship any more milk into this city.
Drastic action was the only course. The
methods used by this concern, the health board
found, were not conducive to the general health
of the city. The shippers were given a chance
to improve the condition of the milk, but even
then did not come up to the city's standards.
Prompt and drastic action, with the utmost
vigilance at all times. will force dealers to
keep the local milk supply clean and whole
some. The good work should be continued.
Maybe America needed the rest cure after
the armistice, but what it needs now is the
work cure.
Those war bonds are going up now. but
Sans word is still a good deal better than his
bond.
Is it quite fair for the next tariff bill to put
fossils on the free list, when we have so many
native fossils needing protection?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27

he had slipped his collar and followed
the car. | must have left him far be-
hind, poor little besgar. If ] had only
known'
Sandy was leaping now between tho
man and the girl, torn between two
loves, DO you mind keeping him
while longerI' asked Bob Mason. II
will come for him later--it's too bad
TO tear him away 80 suddenly"
THAT is very kind Of you,' said
Evalyn primly, but her eyes shone with
JOY. When she was alone with the
amazed Sandy, she kissed the startled
canine on its black muzzle. 81 don't
wonder you like him. Sandy" she
whispered. ....... -. ~"
Bob Mason, who turned out to be a
stockholder In the lumber mill. living
In the adjoining town. came many
times TO visit Sandy, though Mrs. Addy
declared the poor beastio played second
fiddle TO Evalyn. But late In the fall
when it was too cold to sit under Che
maple. Bob told Evalyn that they must
reach decision about the ownership
of Sandy.
She looked wistfully into the glowing
fire, while Bob adoringly regarded her
dainty profile. LET Sandy choose. "
she evaded, and when they asked Sandy,
that most intelligent Of Aircdalcs, stood
erect and placed one paw on Evalyn' &
hand and the other on Bob's knee.
Just what ] was going to suggest. -
whispered Bob softly. and as Evalyn
said nothing for awhile. IL Is TO be in =
ferred that Sandy had his own way
about il. 90.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
$3.50 and S18.65
for Party Dresses
Beautiful Sample Tailored
Dresses at $3.50 and S39

The finest dresses we have ever had for
such sums. Quiet, dignifed dresses of the
finest grades of piquetine and Poiret twill,
very simply trimmed with embroidery done
in heavy black silk threads, touched here
and there with tiny pleatings of narrow
grosgrain ribbon. Others are frightened
with a combination of fuchsia and Amer
lean Beauty duvetyne that is decidedly
French
Half price for every one of these beau
tiful frCcks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
H0USEKEEPER WINS FIGHT
ihiing viii Ordered probated Giving
Her Majority OF Eetate

The will Of Samuel w. Ihling. who
left two thirds Of his estate OF $50. 600
to his young housekeeper, and which
was SO long and bitterly contested by
relatives. on the ground Of lack Of
testamentary capacity and the cxcrtion
Of undue influence. has been directed,
in mn opinion by Register Sheeban. TO
be admitted to probate.
Mr.. Ihling, who was widower and
sixty six years Of age, died March Il
Of this year at S2I Preston street. The
disputed testament, which was executed
on September 20, 1910. bequeathcd to
Mrs. Anna II. Souder, married
woman who had served as his house.
keeper. his residence on Preston street,
together with all It's contents and an
automobile. Mrs. Souder also was given
two thirds Of the residue Of the estate.
the remainder being bequcathed to An
ME j. I. Woodruff. half sister OF tbc
tcstator.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
Unlined Polo Coats
$8.75, $11.75

Heather mixed sports coats,
wonderfully soft and warm to the
touch, are in sports style with
large pockets and broad belts.
Sizes IA to a at SS.75.
Double faced heather mixed
coats (plaid on the inside) are in
blue and brown, sizes l6 to 40, at
$l1.75.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
S9.35 and S10.75

Beaded and embroidered velour dresses,
embroidered tricotines and serges in coat
style, tailored styles and so forth.
Navy serge dresses with skirts deeply
embroidered. Pipings of gray or Copen-
hagen crepe de chine match the pleated silk
insets in the sides of the skirts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
savings ranging from
$40 and $25

$50 for heavy polo coats, We
lour coats and coats Of cut bo-
livia. Most of them are full lined
with silk and have pockets.
S25 for blouse coats with fur
collars (some with fur cuffs and
pockets, too) and for coats Of cut
bolivia and velour. Belted and
loose-back models with collars Of
self material or beaverette (dyod
coney) fur. Every coat lined WITH
silk.
Market
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
Sample Coats at
$35 to SIS

They are Of soft. luxurious
coating materials in navy, brown
and reindeer, beautifully lined
with silk. The coats at $50 have
handsome collars Of beaver, nutria
or wolf.
Special at S32.5O-a group of
Normandic cloth coats, full lined
with silk, and topped with collars
of nutTa.
Other handsome coats at SEQ.
S15,, SS5 to $3.50 are marked at
much less than their original
prices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
Wonderful Sample Groups
SIS, S16.5O, S18.65

Nearly every kind of frock one can
think Of will be found in these three big
groups. Scores and scores of different styles
in tricotine. Poiret twill. Russian crepe,
Canton crepe, crepe de chine, Spring taf-
feta and few of chiffon velvet
Particularly interesting to women who
wear black are some all-back dresses of
heavy Canton crepe at $18.65.
CMarkep
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
There's No Better Investment Than
These Good Coats for Women
$8.75, $11.75, $40, $25, $35, SIS

the
handsomely fur
and ulOfc
didl L a<aa als
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-27
Sale of Skirts
$3.50

,Pleated tweeds and plaids and
plain checked velour skirts are
well tailored and ia good colors.
The lighter plaids arc really
lovely.
$685.
BoX-and-knife pleatcd pla.d
skirts have stripes of hcnna, blue
or red running through them.
$6.35
These are the skirts that will be
worn this Spring. All are fire
prunellas and some show the new
glearamg silk stripes. In browns,
blues and black with contrasting
or harmonizing checks and stripes
under the pleats.
(Market
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-06-09
County Court Land Sale

By virtue of a decree of the County
Court of Smith County, Tennessee. in
the case of Webb White ct al VS.
Bailey White ct ais on the
25th day of June, 1921, on the
premises, in Smith County, Tennessee,
at 2 p. M, / will sell to the highest
bidder the tract of land described in
the bill in the case, situated in Civil
District No. IL of Smith County, Ten
nessee, which is bounded as. follows:
North, by the lands of w. y. Massey;
East by the lands II Grishetl e Hale;
South by the lands Of. J. +. Lewis and
west by the lar.,l< of j. +. lewis; con-
talpnigl75 acres, more or less, and has
dwelling houses on it, Minimum
price 100000, POSSESSION given Jan.
TERMS Or SALE: Crhdit of one.
two and three years, /yith interest
from date of sale, tax:Sft ten per cent
cash to pay count doSts, etc. and nctcs
IN equal installtncnts for the deferred
payments, with go ID securities repuir-
de; lien retained on the land for the
purchase money; said land will be
sold in three tracts rs follows: Tract
No. l., containing about 2 1-2 acres.
and is known as part of the John Low
man tract, this land having neen
bought by B. P. Massey from Jere
Lewis; Tract No. is bound on the
east by the division line between
tracts Nos. 2 and 8, thence from said
stake in Chester Massey's line, run
ming with Chester Massey's line and
w. z. Massey's line to- H. C. Kings
line or corner; thence with H. G. King
line to Jere ouis' line; thence with
said Jere Louis line to the corner of
the B. P. Massey and Jere Louis tract;
thence with Jere Louis and B. P. Mas
sey line to the beginning corner of
Tract No. 3, containing about 40 acres,
more or less. Tract No. is on the
east side, and the division line, near
the branch, running from there in
northern direction, a straight line to
the center of the ridge, at. the corner
of the Ridge field; from thence in
northwestern direction, straight line
to the Chester MAssey's line, about
200 yards, practically with the old
turning row to a. stake; thence with
the Chester Massey's line in an cas-
ternly direction to the L. r. Grisham
corner in Chester Massey's line.
thence with the line of L. R. Grisham
to the B. P. Massey corner in the L.
r. Grisham line to the beginning cor
ner of this tract, containing by esti-
nation about 35 acres, then tracts
numbered l and 2 will be offered to-
gether; then said tract will be sold
as a whole and knocked off the way
1t brings the most money.
This End day of June, 1921.
j. Z. HIGH, Clerk.
L. A. LIGON, Sol. for Compartments.
w. V. LEE, Guardian AID Litem.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-06-09
Trustees Land Sale

By virtue of the power and author
ity vested in me by trust deed, exc
cuted by Miles billiard and wife, Ada
billiard, on Feb. 18th, 1919, and re-
corded in Registers office of Smith
County, Book No. Is, pages 595-7
said trust deed having been made to
save harmless Will High and T. ]
Ford, as sureties on promissory note,
due j. h Gardenhire, and default
having been made in the payment of
said note by the said Miles billiard
and said sureties having paid
and satisfied said note in full Now,
therefore, in conformity with the
terms and provisions of said trust
deed, will, on Saturday, June 18th,
1921, at the courthouse door Car
thage, Tenn, sell to the highest bid
der for cash, the tract of land des-
scribed in said trust deed, free from
the equity of redemption, homestead,
dover and all other exemptions. Said
tract of land is situated in the 10th
civil district of Smith County. Ten
nessee, contains 100 acres, more or
less, and is bounded on the nroth by
Jas. Warren and r. M. GiIlehan, heirs;
on the east by Henry Ballard and
Peter J. Ballard; south by J. NJ Woods
and Owen billiard, and west by Will
liam billiard
Proceeds of said sale will be ap-
plled, 1st, to the payment of all costs,
attorney fees, insurance, etc, incident
TO this trust deed, second, to the pay
ment of the debt, due estate of j II.
Gardenhire, including, costs and at
torney's fee, andwhich have been paid
by said High and Ford and third, the
remainder, If any, to the said Miles
billiard and wife.
Said property will be- sold subject
to mortgage of $3.50 in favor of
the Nashville Trust Co., and accrued
interest. if any.
This May 18th, 1921
B. H. WALDEN, Trustee.
Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-06-09
Dixon Springs

The continued dry weather has fin
ished the early Irish potato crop,
dried up pastures, cut short clover
and oats and ruined the tobacco beds
and has otherwise reached the dis
tressing point.
Flippen Beasley was married to a
Nashville young lady in Nashville last
week. Mr.. Beasley was born and
raised here and is now connected with
a successful business in Nashville.
His many friends wish for him and
his bride long and happy life.
Our people have read with genuine
pleasure of the news carried in Nash
vile papers last week of the presenta-
ton of fine gold watch to Prof. D.
M Galloway by the graduating pupils
of the Columbia High School as an
appreciation of his interest as their
teacher. Mr.. Galloway is remembered
as farm demonstration agent for
Smith County during the world war
His work was so well done here that
there is a growing demand that we
again employ farm extension agent
for Smith County.