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Evening star., 1921-12-25
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK. December 24.-The
actual condition of the clearing house
banks and trust companies for the
week shows that they hold s2S,3s3.690
reserve in excess of legal require
ments. This is decrease of $500
710 from last week.
The statement follows:
Actual condition:
Loans, discounts, etc, s4,453, AIS, 900;
decrease, $l4,255,0O0.
Cash in own vaults. members fed
eral reserve bank, s79,27l, 900; in
crease s2,759.000.
Reserve in federal reserve banks of
member banks, $521. $4,000; decrease,
s12,470.000.
Reserve in own vaults. state banks
and trust companies. s9,227,0oo: in
crease, $4,000.
Reserve in depositaries. state banks
and trust companies, ss,242,0o0; in
Net demand deposits. ss.s7o,os1.-
900: decrease, s23,5s4,000. United
States deposits deducted; s9s.46s'oeo.
Time deposits, s2lS,294,00o; in
crease. s472.OOO.
Circula ton, ss3, ,262, 600; increase. s13.-
600.
Aggregate reserve, s54o.122,oOo.
Excess reserve. s2s,3S3,69o; de-
crease, SS,655,710.
Summary of state banks and trust
companies in greater New York not
included in clearing house statement:
Loans, discounts. ETC.. $6i2, ,621, 700; in
crease, s2,1S2,90o.
Gold, s4.9S9.20e; increase, $1,000.
Currency and bank notes, s17,l51,-
coo; decrease. sS32,900.
Deposits with federal reserve bank
of New York, s53,724.S00; decrease,
s2.993, 600.
Total deposits. $673,1s1,ooo: de-
crease, $2,O3l.200.
Total deposits. eliminating amounts
due from reserve depositaries and
other banks and trust companies
of New York and United States:
Deposits, s62S,05S,s00; decrease,
s4,756.400.
Banks: Cash in vault. s25,793.s0o.
Trust companies: Cash in vaults,
s50,0S1,S00.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
AROUND THE CITY

when SO many live children needed
love and money-so:
While it isn't likely any truly child
would stand for a bush with acorns
on it instead Of shiny balls. still: The
woman accepted the criticism so far
as to earn the right to her whim.
Which is why the small. rickety,
wooden thing whose name is Alta
1anta, adopted French orphan, and
why she gives to every playground
and nursery tag that comes along.
just that she may sit in a little
white chair all the year round and
have, a tree-bush when Christmas
comes.
Without being fused at.
Y * \
THIS is about a wonder tree that
was differentest of all as long as
it lasted. and it lasted for years,
though Washington's only share in
it was to help out with the expense,
Once hunter was making a cross
cut through the way.down Maryland
pines. when he came to a sapling
loaded with the queerest ornaments
he had ever seen or heard tell of. and
nearby to the sapling was a. cabin.
and in the cabin was an oldish col
ored man, who told him all about 1t.
He had studied it out that it wasn't
right that. the Savior Lord. who
around white and colored. should
have to die. on the cross without ever
having had Christmas tree of His
own. So he fixed Him one. EEL
Some Of the things had been begged.
but most of them were picked from
trash heaps, one treasure being a
broken plate that had a gilt rim to
it. and his ,chiefest one. thrown
away sled. that he had nailed together
and painted with polkberry Juice. He
had been saving up since summer, and
he shoiy hoped the Lord Savior liked
the 1ooks+of it:
That hunter-man interested his sis
ter. who was q Washington woman.
and from that Christmas on the tree
in the pines became a shrine for chill
dIen and a feast FOR. birds. Guarding
his treasures by day and taking them
in at night. to hang back in the
morning. the oldish man picked out
larger tree each year and. at last. in
glory of electric colorS that brought
the neighbors from far and near. the
tree and its owner went out Of exist
ence forever.
Which shows what curious things
you think up when you live. alone,
whether in the pines or along the
kings highway. no matter what color
you be.
X X \ r
FOLLOWING the example of the
: song gentleman who requested
his lady to drink to him with her
eyes. here's quaf1ing a toast to, dear
Dickens, who gave us for Christmas
company sScrooge and Marley's ghost
and. Caleb. Plummer and his blind
Bertha, and Gabriel Grub. who drank
schnaeps alone in a churchyard on
Christmas eve, and to Dryden. who
did the appropriate thing with the
wassail cups, including. likewise. the
jovial landlord who filled the flow
ing bowl, and Washington Irving.
dear writer of Christmas tales, and
to all tire YuIetide friends who went
their: way leaving behind progress
that takes small time for carols and
waits and poems and tales of Christ
mas day. in the morning, and to you
and you-and everybody!
God bless you. merry gentlemen; may nothing
you dismay.
For Christ. our Lord and Savior. was born on
Christmas day.
MAMIE LANCASTER
Evening star., 1921-12-25

Katherine Simmerman, pianist, a
member of the faculty of the Peabody
Conservatory in Baltimore, gave the
following exacting program before an
enthusiastic audience at the George
town Visitation Convent last week:
Clique" (Loeilly), "Gavotte, bee
thoyen).. lie Concon" (paauin): "Des
Abends" and .AufschWung" (Schu-
mann. ~Waitz in g sharp minor"
'Nocturne in e" and "Etude in G
minor" all by Chopin; MAY Night"
Evening star., 1921-12-25

Marguerite Wickersbam was enthu-
siastically received last week at the
YtM. c. A. when she gave q short
program Of songs, including "Caro
Nome" from ''Rigoletto," "Vous dam
seB Marduire" Dalcroze), winds in
the South" (Scott) and Bonnie Sweet
Bessie" (Scotch). Marion Lawson as
sisted at the piano.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
TEXAS LEADS IN OIL.

DALLAS, Tex, December '24.-With
more than one-half of the: oil of. the
United States now being produced
within ovesAisht; travel of Dallas.
here are reporting ahstiiR-
|ulus to business. particularly in the
t1exia region. Texas is now leading
the fatfons1n oil production. AT the
of November the Mexia
dieIds were producing little more than
|35, 600 barrels day. while last week
Fthe daily production was $4,000 bar
rels, as compared with 54,775 for
burnett, other leading Texas fields.
The Mexia field is unique in that ap-
80 per cent of the de-
kelopment is being carried on by
STANDARD Oil subsidiaries and other
companies numbered among the big
'Eest in the country.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
STRAWBERRIES $3.50 QUART.

PHILADELPHIA, December "a
The first Florida strawberries. arrived
in small shipments. on the Philadel-
phia market this week, and sold at
s2.25 to $3.50 per quart. Business was
not very active. on many lines of
wholesale produce. The Christmas
trade apparently did not come up to
expectations, particularly on such
acknowledged holiday commodities as
apples. celery and lettuce. The apple
market opened firm for good stock,
but the moderate movement soon
slowed up and conditions were dull on
all stock.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT.

CHICAGO, December 24.-Aecording
to the Modern Miller, there is still
great deficiency of moisture in Kansas
and Oklahoma, although certain parts
of those states received precipitation
this week. IN portions of that terri
tory the crop has freshened. Winter
wheat in the southwest will go into
the winter looking poor, but there is
still opportunity for the crop to re-
cuperate, and actual condition cannot
be ascertained until next spring. The
acreage will be smaller. Nothing has
occurred to mar the prospects in the
soft winter wheat states. Generally
favorable conditions prevail There is
plenty of moisture in practically all
sections and the stand is good"
Evening star., 1921-12-25
PLAN GIANT SHOE FACTORY.

NEW YORK, December 24.-Endi-
cott-Johnson, the largest manufacture
ers of shoes in the world, are planning
a new giant shoe factory. Ground
has been broken at West Endicott,
N. Y, near the present factories at
EHdicett and Johnson City. The plans
for this factory call for a structure
four stories high, $50 feet long by,.SO
feet wide, capable of producing from
1000 to 5000 pairs of shoes in a full
days operation.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
LAuNCH1NG's Low RECORD.

NEW YORK, December "a. "A low
record for the year in ships launched
by ,shipbuilders on the Clyde, in Eng
land, is reported. Figures issued
show that only seven vessels, aggre-
eating 10000 tons. were sent down
Fhe ways. For eleven months the
baunchings have amounted to 202 ves-
sels of $4,000 TONS. or $4,000 tons
below the output during the correspond
Ing period of last year. -
Idle British shipping at home ports
hurtng November is estimated at $50
vessels Il i.1I1042'tons.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
COAL MERGER APPROVED.

NEW YORK. December 24-Directors
Of Burns Bros. and William Farrell &
Sons Coal Company have accepted re-
ports from the recent stockholders
meetings, at which the merger of the
of the two companies are now perfect
ing the consolidation. Announcement of
directorate of the new company, as well
as teDs regarding exchange Of securi-.
ties, Is expected soon.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
EYES TOWARD LONDON.

NEW YORK, December 24.-Canadian
bankers are hoping that it win soon be
possible to float Canadian loans in Lon
don again as a result of tae improve
ment in sterling exchange. A further
improvement of 80 cents in the value of
the pound in. Canadian dollars would
place British capital on the same footing
with the United States in regard to
Canadian fnancihg. There have been ne
Canadian loans IN England Of any con.
sequence since 1914, when practically all
large financing was done in London.
Evening star., 1921-12-25
BIG POWER CONTRACTS.

CHARLOTTE. N. c., December 24.-
Southern Power Company has let con-
tracts for the new ydro-e1ectric sta
hion; at Mountain Island. n. c., and
|for. the new power house at Great
tFaI1s, S. C. 1t is estimated the work
at Mountain. Island would cost around
SIS, 10000 . .-s
Evening star., 1921-12-25
LIGHT TRADE IN DRY GOODS

NEW YORK. December 24.-Cotton
goods markets were partly closed today
and trade was light. Prices were
steady. especially on sheetings. Yarns
were quiet. Raw silk was dull and un-
changed Burlaps were inactive. Wool
goods showed no change.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
MORE BAD NOTES
DETECTED BY U.S..
TREASURY HEADS
Federal Reserve Fifty, Twenty
and Ten Dollar Bills Found
To Be Bogus

Washington, Sept, 7.-Detection OF
three additional counterfeit federal
reserve notes was announced by the
Treasury department and the public
was warned to be on guard.
The first described was that Of a
$50 not of the Federal Reserve bank o.
$50 note of the Federal Reserve bank
OF Kansas City. which was said 10 be-
identical with one recently detected.
except the latter was on the Federal
Reserve bank Of New York
The second was a $50 note on the
Richmond, Va, Federal Reserve bank
and said to be plainly the work Of an
amateur The third was a $40 note of
the Federal Reserve Bank OF Boston
and said to be so poor that it could
easily be detected by the ordinary
careful handler of money
The Richmond counterfeit bears
portrait of Cleveland and the sigma
ture of ID. f. Houston. and John
Burke. II is printed on two pieces Of
paper Between which silk threads
have been distributed In the portrait
Of Cleveland. the face is so indis-
tinct as readily to attract attention.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
PICTURESQUE LAND OF HIGH HILLS AND
DEADLY FEUDS IN WILDS OF WEST VIRGINIA
Description of Country Rendered Famous By the Late Movement
Miners-Czens Live Close To Nature and Execute Own Laws

Logan, w. Va, Sept. THE south
ern section of West Virginia, scene
of the present conflict between min
ers, residents ard public authorities,
has been noted for its bloody conflicts,
feuds and lawlessness for a century.
The picturesque mountain section
comprising the counties of Wyoming.
Logan, Mingo, Mcdowell and Boone
has rarely Been without some sort of
warfare or smouldering quarrel!
likely at any moment to burst into the
flame of rifle fire.
Hemmed in by rugged mountains,
he early settlers were cut off from
the outside world and succeeding gen.
Crations have so remained to a more
-0r less extent. Roads are few, travel
is slow and tedious and the advance
of civilization has skirted this noun
famous region until today it has gain
Cd the reputation of being one of the
most primitive sections east of the
Mississippi river.
From the early period when the
hardy mountaineers fought the In
dams until today, the inhabitants
have had a tendency to take the law
into their own hands and to mete out
justice according to their own ideas
This, no doubt. has been due in part
to the fact that law and order have
had a hard struggle to gain foothold
in section sparsely settled, almost
impossible during the winter months
and often almost entirely cut off.
Except for the small towns, the
inhabitants for the most part are
mountaineers. Many live in log cabins
and combine farming on small scale
with fishing and trapping. Schools and
churches are few and far apart. Many
children do not attend school, others
have the advantage of a six months
term.
Probably one of the first affairs of
the section to gain the attention of
the outside world was the Hatfield
Mccoy feud which continued inter
mittently for the greater part of half
century.
Few of the many feud killings re-
suited in prosecutions and fewer still
in convictions. In many cases il was
found almost impossible to obtain
juries as practically every inhabitant
knew the feudists or was related.
The section, like some other noun
famous regions, also became known
years ago as stronghold for moon
sinners. Revenue agents and state
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
FORT PIERCE LEGION
CELEBRATES LABOR DA!

Fort Pierce. Sept. Labor da.
was celebrated here yesterday unde
the auspices of the Stephen n. CLAD
wyn post of the American Ilegiol
DR.. |. o. Bishop, post commander.
The city was crowded with peopl
from nearby towns up and down tn
coast
A fine parade made up by Bo
Scouts. Campfire Girls. Girl Scout
and the legioners. headed by the Yer
band and the Fort Pierce band am
followed by line Of beautifully dec
Grated automobiles nearly a mile lonl
was the feature of the morning
AT noon a fine and bountiful dinnei
was served by the leading ladies' O
the city.
In the afternoon baseball games il
the city and world of sports on tn,
beach, including horse racing, was tn
feature. Tonight beautifully illum
mated street dance occurred, as wei
as siX-round boxing match.
1t was one of the most successful
celebrations ever held in Fort Pierce
Bradley Hull, head of the Bureau o
Domestic Relations in Cleveland. ad
vises women to serve their husband.
with plenty of cold drinks.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
HARVEST TIME
IS FAVORABLE
In this STATE

Gainesville. Sept. = Fine harvest
lg weather continues for Florida
rops according to the weekly review
lade Ly the Federal Bureau Of Crop
Estimates for the week ending Satur-
ay. Rain is still needed for all fall
rops and blowing Harvesting oil
3rn continues with the yields show
lg up better than expected. Cotton
being opened, picked and gnned.
,alcs OF both old and new cotton have
cen reported.
Rain is said to be needed for pota-
oes. Sweet potato yields are low. the
eview says. Harvesting OF hay is iii
I'LL swing. Some counties will have
ay 70 sell. the bureaus reports indi-
ate.
Rain would help the citrus fruit
rops over most of the belt. according
the bureau.
The review reports some cholera
,mong hogs. Condition of stock is de
Scribed as generally good.
The strawberry acreage will show a
zig increase and many new fields of
Dineapples are being planted. Truck
rs are said to need rain in all sec
ions Peanuts, peas and velvet beans
re in good condition.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
DEDICATION OF
new RAILROAD
IS CELEBRATED

Moore Haven, Sept :. Formal
opening of the Moore Haven and
Clewiston railroad, the new line be
tween this city and the townsite OF
Clewiston, sixteen miles from here.
was celebrated yesterday at Clewis-
ton. with several hundred persons AT
tending from all over the state.
President j. J. O'Brien OF the Moore
Haven and Clewiston, Vice President
A. c. Clewis, who is one OF the leading
bankers of Tampa, and other we'll
known persons, took part in the cere-
monies which marked formal opening
|of the road
The railroad has been in actual OPP
Grafton for practically its entire length
or several months past, and during
the trucking season last spring hauled
rainloads of vegetables out of the
wonderful trucking country through
which it passes.
The townsite of ClewistOn, which
marks the end of the road. is on a
sandy peninsula which iuts out into
he western side of Lake Okeechobee
[ is surrounded by hundreds of thou
ands of acres of the richest muck
ands in the entire Everglades section
md is certain to grow rapidly once
development of the town begins in
earnest.
1t is regarded as certain that this
Dad will eventually be thrust forward
to either Fort Lauderdale or Miami
Plnd thus form the first cross-state
railroad through southern Florida.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07

prohibition officers had almost in
Vulnerable clashes with mountaineers
when they penetrated the region in
search of mountain dew. Often they
were successful in seizinz stills and
illicit liquor, seldom however did they
bring back prisoners for the noun
tGineers. according to the revenue
agents, had an intelligence system OF
their own and their coming was usu
ally heralded long before their arrival.
The Mingo coal fields, however.
have proven the latest and most
blCcdy ground OF conflict. This trou
Bile started with efforts of the miners
Union to unioniZe the AIingo fields
almost the only coal section in the
state not organized.
The operators resisted and at first
the miners themselves showed slight
enthusiasm. There were frequent
clashes between union and nOn-uniol
miners. Many of the mines were
closed down, union miners began tC
picket the mines and the operators re-
taliated by evicting union miners from
company houses.
1t was such an affair that resulted
in the noted Matewan trigger" fighi
in which number of citizens of Mate
wan, including the mayor and severa
private detectives employed by tbs
mine operators, were killed.
Nearly a score of Mingo men in
Guiding Sid Hatfield, were indicted IL
connection with the death of one OF
the detectives. Weeks were spent re-
Gently in obtaining a jury and other
weeks in trying the case. The ac-
cused were acquitted. In the mean
time there had been other acts of VIC
lence. miners from outside the region
had been brought in and often tho
situation was beyond control of the
state police and the county authori-
ties.
At various times state and fedora
troops have been sent to the section
and maintained order under martha
law
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
10 SECOND HEAT TO
BE RUN in BOAT RACE

Chicago. Sept Announcement
hat no second heat would lie run over
he Harmsworth trophy course, was
made today by the racing committee
IN charge of the international speed
boat contest here.
Maple Leaf VII, the British chal-
enger, was put out OF the contest late
yesterday when she sprang Il leak and
sank before being towed into her slip
The closing events on the program
oday We're the completion OF the one
nile trials for the Lake George tro-
iihy and the final heat Of the Detroit
News trophy for displacement run
bouts.
Miss America II and Miss Belle II
if Detroit, We're entered for the sec
md section of the military trials.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07
Catchers Have To Do Some
Guessing These Days

of the new boys that was overseas to-
gether in the war and after they got
back to America they didn't see each
other till this spring when they both
joined our club. So one them asked
the other where he played last season
and he says he didn't play only a
couple of months. He says he was
laid up with long sledge of sickness
Then one day one of the boys was
talking about a pitcher on another
club and we hadn't seen this pitcher
yet, but this boy had been in the same
league with him last season. So we
asked this boy what this here pitcher
had and he says he got a great curve
ball that amt fast or it amt slow, its
just mediokum."
Listen" says my friend, they use
to say that Connie Mack had intricate
signs that it took smart bail players
to learn them. Well, you ought to try
and learn the signs we are useing. For
insth say the other club has got men
on second and third base and it's a
close game and their best hitter is up
and we don't want to take a chance
on him.
wei, Dill sets tHere ON the DeHCH
and yells at the pitcher and finely the
pitcher looks and Bill holds up four
fingers. This means he wants the
pitcher to give the man four balls.
Then Bill points to first base. That
is to show the pitcher that it is first
base and not third base that he wants
the man passed to. Then the pitcher
is as libel as not to stick one right
in the groove and the star batter
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07

TO the editor: ...... 49,. .......
l got a letter the other day asking
wry l didn't write about baseball nc
more as l used to write about nothing
else, you might say. Well friends,
may as we'll admit that l have kind
or lose interest in the old game, or
rather it amt the old game which
have lose interest in it, but it is the
game which the magnates has fixed up
to please the public with their usual
good judgment. y
A couple yrs. ago ball player
named Baby Ruth that was a pitcher
by birth was made into an outfielder
on acct. of how he could bust them
and he begin breaking records for
long distance hits and etc. and he be-
come big drawing card and the mas
ter minds that controls baseball says
to themselfs that if it is home runs
that the public wants to see, why
leave us give them home runs, so they
fixed up a ball that if you don't miss
it entirely it will creal the fence and
the result is that ball players which
use to specialize in hump back liners
to the pitcher is now amongst our
lSdulI5 SiuSSSlS WHICH ny llSHlS they
couldn't take ball in their hands
and knock it past the base umpire
Another result is that | stay home
and read a book.
But statistics shows that about {
people out of every 100 is 1-2 cuckoo
so they's still some that is still in
terested in the national pastime so for
their benefit l will write a little about
it as long as l don't half to set
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-09-07

through a game of it to get the ma =
terial.
Well, was in a certain town a lit
tie vile ago and run acrost friend Of
mine that is a big league ball playe
which | won't say which club he is
on, but he made the remark that now
days when his club comes to the Polo
Grounds in N. Y. he don't never see
me setting in the press coop no more,
and | says | was working pretty hard
and he says:
You would be surprised the num-
Der Of people that is too busy to come
and watch us play ball.
So l said it wasn't only his club
that 1 didn't have no time for but it
was all the clubs and l couldn't get
maybe it was because / was getting
old. d.
"Well," he says, "they's a lot of
others getting old, too, and if they
keep on ageing like they have so far
this season, why pretty soon we will
he haveing secret practice at $3.50 P.
M.
Well, I finely got up nerve to ask
him where his club stood in the race.
I'VE are a good eighth he says,
"and we are proud of it. A club that
is out in front in the race hasn't got
nothing to brag about as you can't
see how they can help it. But when
you look at the clubs in this league
you will half to own up that it takes
genuius to be worse than the other Z
and believe me we got the genius.
Listen" he says, why don't you
come out and \bench SONS
q They's 2