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The Neshoba Democrat., 1921-12-01
'DRAlNACE CITIZENS MEETING
PROPERTY OWNERS IN EERTAWKY DRaIRAGF
DISTRICT HOLM SESSION LAST FRIDAY

The property owners in the Ken
tawky Drainage District met in the
Court House last Friday to discuss
Hthe mattenof drainage and continu.
ying the'canal Brown Williams was
elected chairman and w. HI. Holland
secretary Many of the property
owners were heard from. j.. f. Nc.
kCauley, the secretary of the district
told what he knew regarding the
finances and the problems of the dis
/ trict. DIR. S. A Natures, j. d. Mil
ling, J. M. Cliburn, j. M. Benson
and w. w. Hardy were appointed to
serve on the resolution committee.
A round table discussion by the tax.
payers revealed the fact that the at
torneys of the district, and commits
sioners were doing all within their
power co get at the bottom of the
matter. and any action was deferred
until they could have time to consult
with an engineer, and determine the
actual status of construction. 1t was
learned that an accountant had al
, ready checked over the books and
his report made. Awaiting a time
until the Commissioners and attorn-
eys might make their report the
meeting adjourned.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1921-12-01
lONSllOCHER TAXPAYERS MEET

In the afternoon of Friday the land
owners in the Lonsilocher District
met, and decided to appoint a COM
mittee to confer with an attorney
locking forward to an investigation
of their district. AS in the Kentaw-
ky District the money has been
spent and the dredge boat is not
operating.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
THE WHlTEWASHED SOX

TT is almost useless to comment on the
i verdict rendered at Chicago in the case
Of former big league ball players who were
indicted in the State of Illinois for con-
spiracy to defraud the public by winning or
losing games at the dictation of gamblers
sCicotte and others of the old White SOx
dealt almost deathblow to the national
gkme. That they have been formally ac
omitted by a jury of deludcd hero worshipers
doesn't matter in the least Their own testi-
rpony given on the stand showed that they
didn't play fair and that they were involved
in deals by which, for money, they were to
betray the millions of fans who believed i'm
plicitly in their honesty and sportSmanship,
Z 1t is fortunate for tn" big leagues that
they have dictator in the person of Judge
Lands. who said, following the ncQuittal,
that none Of the accused players would ever
again appear in the major leagues Any on"
who wanted to kill baseball as professional
sport could do no better than invite CiCOtto
and his group in again from under the cloud
that no jury verdict can wholly dsSipate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
FREIGHT RATES AND BUSINESS

TT is notorious that many Large building
j operations have been postponed because
Sf the high cost of structural steel. Why
Che cost is high was explained by f. q.
Grace. president of the Bethlehem Steel
Company, the other day in a statement an
nauneing new price of $44. so ton for
such steel
Mr.. Grace said that the freight paid on
the raw materials used in making ton of
steel is now S7.S5 more than before the
war that the cost of the raw materials has
increased S7.10, and that the labor cost OF
making ton of steel is $J64 greater. This
amounts to an increase in present dav costs
of $40. 80 over the prewa costs. The price
at which the steel is offered now is eQuva
lent to pre- war price of $24.2l ton.
The ten year average price before the war
was $33, So.
But even at the now figures quoted steel
IL not moving rapidly. If freight rates
could be reduced to a reasonable figure the
railroads could move trains of cars loaded
to capacity and the cost of the goods moved
could be reduced to such a price as business
can afford to pay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
coMMoN.sENSE DIPLOMACY

HNIIE kind Of diplomacy now employed by
/ Secretary Hughes may not commend
itself to champions Of the mcGnphone school,
hut it unqucstionably is productive of re-
suits.
Rlazonod abroad, the recent interchange
Of cnrrcspondence between the United States
and Great Britain on the theme of prelim-
nary parleys to the Disarmament Conference
would possibly have created the aspect Of
tension between the two Governments. AS
it is, responsible parties have effectively dis
posed of the question.
According to official circles in Washing
ton Britain has dropped the idea of fore
Stalling the meeting with proludcs of her
own and has agreed to fresh discussion Of
tho problems according to the original plan
suggested by President Harding.
The outcome is not in the Least triumph
for secret diplomacy, the meaning of which
has been so unwarrantably distorted in some
quarters. The Treaty Of London. whereby
France and Great Britain pledged their sup
mort TO Italy in certain divisions of the war
spoils. was indeed secret diplomacy. Mr.,
Wilson and the American Government con-
sistently refused to acknowledge such a
covert pact.
What Mr. Hughes and tho British For
eign Office have cxempifod is common sense,
as legitimate as it is necessary to progress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
TEST OF BRYANISM

THE police officials at Antioch. H., who
/ refuse TO say whether tho tall man with
the broad black hat whom they arrested as
the occupant of a speeding motorCar was or
was not William Jennings Bryan, are with
holding information of a particularly valu
able and significant sort from the country.
The constable intimated broadly that the
accused in this instance was none other than
the great Nebraskan. What, then, did Mr.
Rryan dc when he was stopped, maulcd
verbally, hustled and subjected to the hard
ships which always await motorists caught
in the tolls Of country squire? From
Chautauoua forums and in the Department
of State the Commoner always insisted that
one subjected to pain or injustice should in
yariaby turn the other check. If on this
occasion he lost his temper and spoke harshly
70 the constable we should know it. Here
at last was provided an adequate test Of a
theory of action that has been loudly de-
batpd in recent years.
GcnrIy and smilingly Mr., Bryan may have
blessed the constable and begged to be ar
rested again If he did that, the victory
Of his spirit ought to be proclaimed upon
nil the Winds II he didn't, then Organism
is nothing more than meaningless and
misleading word.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
The WEI. WET SEA

CNlNCE the Government of the nttcd
~ States has no means of establishing an
exclusive title 10 the Atlantic Ocean and
no authority to regulate the habits of for
eign shippers who labor thereon, 1t is IDLE
to believe that random seizures OF smuggling
craft will solve the question raised by vessels
like the Marshall and the Pocomoke in their
vpnturingS between the Bahamas and the
friendly cOves of Jersey.
II the people of this country have a sin
cerc desire to make their land dry they must
prepare to provide nothing less than an
elaborate patrol and espionage system over
all the waters that flow between the beaches
and the three mile limit.
Two ships have been caught thus far in
the illicit whisky trade. That means that
hundreds or perhaps thousands Of smuggers
labor in peace and at an enormous proht,
What Of the coast lines further Southf
What Of the interior harbors of the Della
ware Bav and all the rivers and lnlcts that
seom TO have been made for SCurrying littI"
vessels with an intense desire to hide and
unload cargoes in secret? And what Of the
dry and inviting stretches Of the Northern
coast?
Prohibition history is repeating itself.
The earliest dry advocates felt that local
option laws were the only things required
to wipc ont what they called tn" drink evil,
When local option was established they felt
that the socinl millennium was almost within
sight But local option wouldn't work be-
cnuSc the bitter pndcrS among the thirsty
couId always find what they wanted on tn"
off side Of an imaginary line in territory
thnt elected to be wet, and vets were CON
stant!y invading dry areas with contraband.
1t was then that the cry for dry country
arose and filled the air. II was held bv the
urohibitionists that Federal ban on strong
drink would be alone adequate to protect
the drv principle expressed in local option
laws So provision was made for a dry
couutrv Yet the country as a whole is now
confronted with precisely the same problem
which incensrd local optionists who couldn't
prevent leakage into their particular com
munitips,
The cry for a dry world will grow
! stronger But it will be many years before
! the world goes dry--if it ever does go dry -
! and meanwhile. as the operation OF r"StrlC
five liquor laws becomes more effective, tho
price of contraband liquor will go higher
! 1t is not difficult to imagine tim" wh"I
| smuggling NAV become business likely Il
tempt larger and faster vessels than any o
those vet designated as whisky ships.
Citizens of the United states who con
spire to thwart Federal laws, whether thc
on,piracirs operate on land or on sea, may
Of course be put in jail. Foreigners whC
do that sort Of thing may be similarly pun
ishcd il they are caught on til" soil OF thu
couptrv or within the three mile limit, Bu
when one country begins to seize the ships
! of another on the high seas, trouble of
serious nature 10 pretty sure to follow
Every Government particularly sensitiy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

about the rights of its ships in deep waters.
In the end the Government at Washington
will make no effort to police the deep and
1t will not attempt to extend its authority
beyond the bounds fixed by international
law. 1t will have to enforce its laws by
intensified police work in its own waters
and by making examples Of those of its citi-
zens who enter Systematically into the busi
ness of whisky smuggling.
So the prohibition question has suddenly
become as extensive and as involved as the
Atlantic and Pacific coast lines. 1t will be
interesting to see what revenue agents who
cannot dry the streets Of an ordinary city
will be able to do in the wilderness of har
bors, beaches, rivers, covcs and bays where
the dry problem has unexpectedly presented
itself in an acute form.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW?

yNJTIEN the anthracite operators beg the
w people to buy coal, as they are now
begging them, the consumers who have
begged their dealers for coal in times past
will be inclined to smile
The operators are assuring the public that
It. can get all the coal it wants if it will only
order it, And then, as If it were aware
that the people are not ordering coal be-
cause they object to the price, it announces
that there can be no reduction in price until
there is reduction in wages
Perhaps not But there is law Of sup
ply and demand which works in most bust
ness relations. and it may be that it will
work in the coal business. If the people
will not buy commodity at one price. the
producer usually reduces his price until 1t
reaches n figure which the purchaser will
pay. The price Of coal must come down
some time Why not now?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
-FOUR MILES FROM A TELEPHONE

III USED to be said that the extreme Of
u isolation was when one was four miles
from a lemon, But four miles from a tole-
phone where President Harding now is,
might be described rs the perfection Of bliss
for man who has been rucompa>scd by the
cares of office for five months.
sThe telephone has penetrated into 50 many
ulaces that it is surprising 10 discover that
Secretary Weeks cottage on the mountain
near Lancaster, y, H., is not connected b.
vire with the outside world. Mr. Weeks
ekidently wanted complete relaxation when
hr went to Lancaster. and arranged to get
* If the truth were known. it would prob
sbly appear that the possibility Of escaping
from insistent calls of any kind was one Of
the reasons which led til" President to accept
the secretary's invitation.
EThe te'eplSnc is indispensable. but like
many other Indispensable things il has its
annoyances. no matter how busily man may
he engaged in conference at his desk, he feels
compelled to answer the telephone when the
bell rings. If man knocked at the door of
lbs Office the caller would be told to wait.
But the same man can go outside and send
m n telephone call and get attention.
tIt used to be possible for Il business man
ID escape the cares of his office by going Ia
sea. But the wireless has made that i'm
nossible. His business can follow him
xbereyer he may be on the ocean, and the
anews of the world will follow him also. Few
men have the moral courage to refrain from
- ading the wireless bulletins posted on ship
ard. and no man knows when that bulletin
n not contain an Announcement which will
xrcy his peace of mind. His bank may
Il rirsAWay destroy his place Of business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
A DESERVED TRIBUTE

THE Mayor continues to display a nice
i facility in the art of nomenclature. His
fitting revival of the fame of Phillis Wheat
ley in connection with the new municipal
playground at Tenth and Lombard streets
lis followed by an admirable tribute to
Rudolph Blankenburg
/ Mr.. Moore has suggested that the name
tof Philadelphia's picturesque, high spirited
'snd tireless reform Mayor Be accorded to the
city's newest fireboat. At the same time
the present executive has rejected the pro
posal that the vessel be eked after himself.
American muncipalitie Fare not always
happy in their ventures with nomenclature.
New York, however, has lately paid Its re-
spects to one of its most eminent champions
Of clean government and efficient admins
trntion in launching the fircboat John PurrOy
Mitchell The precedent is worth emulatug
in the fashion exemplifcd by Mr.. Moore in
n sister city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

J. Delaware IS called the Blue Hen state"
=. Camille Desmoulins was a celebrated
French reNOlutIOnist, prominent AS a
pamphleteer aud journalist. He was
guillOtined in 1874
3, The scenes Of Shakcspearc's Romeo and
JuIiet'ar laid in Verona and Mantua,
italy,
4, G"nghis Kahn was II Mongolian con-
Queror. He completed the conquest of
Northern China and captured Peiin in
l2l5 and conquered Central Asia in
l21S-2l,
8. The Articles of Confederation were finally
adopted in 1881.
c. The Administration OF Martin Van Buren,
was described by its opponents as
"Andrew Jackson's Appendix"
Z. The mints Of the United States arr located
at Philadelphia, New Orleans. Denver,
San Francisco and Carson city The
last named IL equipped as an assay
office.
s. Romanesque is the style Of architecture
prevalent in RomaniZed Europe be-
tween the classical and Gothic periods
0. The word lasso originated in Spanish
America and Ii a corruption Of the
Spanish 'lazo," q lace ~
10. Lanolin is extract from sheeps' wool n q
the basis of ointments, u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Phadelphians Subjects They
KnOU Best

convalescent children. This is need the
urgency of which can only be fully appre-
ciated by one in some phase of social service
work.
There are many children who have been
taken from their miserable homes in weak
cned condition who. having been discharged
from hospital, are yet in no condition to
return to the squalid conditions under which
they had been living.
IF they could be placed in suitable
place. where they could gradually return to
full health and strength under pleasant and
helpful surroundings, great work would
be accomplished in giving them that bodily
vigOr and cheerful mental condition that
would remove the handicap under which they
now labor.
would mark fitting climax to n kind of
service that the association has laborcd for
years to provide for the less fortunate chill
dren of this city,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
HUMANISMS
BY WILLIAM ATuERTON DU Pl,y

TNfiE Hon. Richard Ballinger, who used TO
L be Secretary of the Interior under Presi-
dent Taft, met an old friend on the street
in Washington the other day and was so
full of chuckleS as to arouse that individ-
uGls curiosity.
Ballingcr had just been looking in a book
store window and there he had seen a letter
exhibited and offered for sale for the modest
price Of SO.
The letter was written in the true hand
OF Mr. Taft while President. and it rOundly
denounced the individual to whom it was
addressed for selling to tourists facsimies
of the signature of the writer.
And now the dehunciation was being Of
fered for sale.
DIR. Luther Pfahler EiScnhart, lecturer on
mathematics at Princeton, is one of the
twelve men said to have understood Elm
stems reiativity before the recent popular
interest in 1t.
DR.. Allen Smith, professor of pathology
at the University of Pennsylvania is a no
less cruditc individual.
Both these gentlemen went down to the
College Of Pennsylvania. at Gettysburg. not
long ago to get degrees from that institution.
between them on the platform, likewise
being honOrcd with degree, stood William
Joseph Showalter, one of the editors of the
Nationa Geographic Magazine. Mr.. Sho-
walter has acquired the learning that en- e
titled him TO the degree Of doctor of science
by working as newspaper reporter as
signed to 'cover' the scientific bureaus OF
the Government in Washington
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

His wife may be killed in a railroad wreck,
and thousand and one different things may
happen to prevent the rest to obtain which
he set sail on the ocean.
The only recourse left seems to be that
Of Mr.. Weeks, namely, to get so far away
from the regular lines of communication
that one cannot be reached. Thus can rest
and recreation be secured.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
What DO You Kn0w?


|. What was the first name of Barnum. the
famous Snowman?
2. Where Is LuSitania?
3. When was Spain Il republic?
4, What is a piXy?
B, OF what realm was JustnIan tile Great
emperor?
6. Why is a schooner so called?
!. What Is the meaning of the Scotch word
fcCklesS?
$. What kind of an animal is an oryx?
Q. Who vas TamagnO?
10. What Is sOrtilege?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

The New York Citizens Advisory Com
mittrc. appointed by Postmaster Eehcrrss
Hays to MD him in improving posta iacl',,
ties there. is in a position TO register a.
close quarters kick in thG,mattcr OF thre''
cent postage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

An offer BY the Rockefeller Institute q
81. 600 COO for the right to use tuberruIos1i
serum in the United States has been acceptru'
by a Swiss hucterioogiSt. Evcrybod! WI
hope that this is where the white pasu'
gets black eye.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Great Britain has withdrawn her pIe'
for preliminary session to the Ihsarms,
ment Conferences There is here pr0oaoD
realization that informal conversations ca'
accomplish everything possible to sc
meCtng.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Viscount Bryce denies the assertion
that the hour brings the man, and points 70
the Versailles Treaty as proof. But perhaps
in this case the hour was postponed and the
man is on his way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Mayor Moore showed commendabl
modesty in waving in favor of Rudolph
Blankcnburg the honor Of having hreboa
bear his name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
Rate War
Vast teful

to British and American uQyts in preference
to American ships offering themselves y
lower rates, and the Shipping Board Lon
don agent is making n strong protest again,
the discrimination and. 1t is said threars
ing retaliatory measures unless America sev
half the trade. There appears to be roou
here for exact information. There is no y, "
in PLAYING Il cut throat game unless W
player holds more trumps than all His oppo
nents or has sure lead to rob them y"
no one country in the world is in sncn
position, Cargoes will best find Their poi
toms through rates and service, Dscr,mi
nation cuts both ways. A rate war Is h.l
OF scissors held by two persons. and ai'
Z cuts Is legitimate profits. %'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Asbury Park life guards had to p9mmel
man on Monday bcfor" they could lnduc'
him to got into sNfc waters. 1t is IN" recS.
less swimmer who does most 10 swell Inv
list of shore fatalities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

The National Wearing Apparel ASso.
citation. in convention in Chicago has de'
clarcd that womcn'S style for next wlntel
will call for straight lines. Hard lines fo'
the plump. O..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

The baseball players left the court
without stain on their characters. II
was only baseball that was smirched.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

1t was Caruso's fate to see Naples
again and die.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Perhaps it will be time enough to worry
about the treaty with Germany when ".
learn what it is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
Reform
Needed

Fifty eight n :
Reform were turned back
Needed from the port of New
York on Monday not
because of their unftncss for citizenship, but
because the months quota for Immigrants
Of their nationality permitted to land haa
been exhausted, There iS something
wrong with a system which allows a man
to stake his all on being permitted to land
and then sends him back broke. 1t is just
one other reason why the examination Of
immigrants should be undertaken by Ameri-
can vice consuls at the port or embarka-
tion. - ~ ~. j. ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Russia seems ready to demonstrate thai
though Hunger may lack skill as revolt
leader, it is terribly effcc i've
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Rum runners speed boats prove tina
Old Hooch is running in fast company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

The Greeks as yet have failed to get
the Turks Angora. Mustapha Kemal must
have camel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Northcliffe got rose and kiss from
a pretty girl in New York That should
take the curse off CurzOn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Why is a polka dot? asks Lord North.
cliffe. Why, to make the eyes toddle, old
top.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

The fact that Maloney appears to have
been released twelve days ahead of time
causing concern; but not to Maloney,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Secretary Melons tax plans cannot BE-
said to improve the chances of the Penrose
bill
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

The new Commissioner of Welfare say.
he will conduct his department regardless Of
politics. He has big job ahead of him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Hay fever sufferers realize that weed
destroying week Is not to be sneeZed at
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04

Frankford L is sadly in need Of an
asprate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-04
SHORT CUTS

When Jupiter Pluvius talks the corn l.
all ears.