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The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-27
AWILD' FAMILY
 PUZZLES POLICE.
Swamp Dwellers Caught in Missis- sippi Have Baby Whose Percentage Is in Doubt--Believe Child Has
 Been Kidnapped.

Laurel, Miss, Jan. 23--Authorities are still unable to shed any light upon the probable identity of the 2 year-old girl found with Albert Par son, 72, the "wild" man of Leaf River bottoms" He, with the 50-year-old woman he says is his wife, was driven by high water from the swamps, in which the couple has lived for years in primitive manner.
 County officials expressed the opin- ion that the child was kidnapped, but have been unable to get any informa- ton about her from Parsons or the woman, who have been taken to the Jones county poor house at Ellisville. Interest in the effort to identify the child has overshadowed the public curiosity as to the manner of the aged couples existence.
 The baby stares with wide eyes at unaccustomed sights and shrinks like an untamed animal from kindly hands. Plump, apparently we'll nour- ished and active, the baby shows no effects of hardships, such as have scared her guardians"
 Parsons tonight still insisted he ''caught his wife" in a bear trap twenty-three years ago. Thru crude farming, gathering of wild fruits and trapping of game, the pair, according to his story, have managed to exist and keep healthy. A ramshacklc cabin was their home. The few times Parson ventured within sight of civil ization resulted m reports that the "wild man" had appeared
 The man, authorities assert, is men tally defective, while the woman is less able to talk or reason than her companion.
 My eye was scratched out by a wildcat" the woman said. q had a fight with one once" Other efforts to make her tell of herself were un- availing.
 Parson insists he was within his rights as a homesteader on the pro- perty where he was found
 Apparently willing to care for the couple, tho accepting with reserva- tion their statements as to how they lived and how they came to adopt the wild life, the authorities tonight ex- pressed themselves as principally in terested in finding the parents or other relatives of the girl.
 When found the mans clothes were in tatters, the woman wore only a single torn garment and the child was naked.
 Parson was aided in his primitive farming by blind horse, which he said he captured. He was blowing a hedge field yesterday when found High water drove the trio from their habitation close to the river and, ac- cording to Parson, brought them for the first time in years close enough to. civilization to enable them to be taken.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-27
Don't Kill The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg
ITS TIME TO WAKE UP

What ganeth man of flour he needs sell for Two Dollars he has only thirty cents to his And is looking for a job and can't find
 The people of the country right now today facing su- xkcn that calls for common sense
 Let's forget about Psychology Economies and eadust nuent and all the other much-talked of things.
 And common sense
 In every city town hamlet in the land people telling each other what the country needs
 But you know know what the people of the United States need most of all just now is Common Sense.
 If you are shoemaker furniture worker the the natter, the machnest, the miner
 And the producers of hundred other commodities buy during the year stop buying the shoes you make
 doing get the buy the things they pro duce?
 You've got to help the other fellow produces snd he help to consume what you produce
 Today the country good shapehe troubles exist most Iy n the minds of the people
 But if we do not up and do buying it won't be long before troubles will be real
 Nations like individuals make themselves sick by ing when there is cause for worry
 An ounce of prevention pound and the way prevent industrial breakdown in the future is to- Buy what the fellow produces and start doing it today of high prices has faded
 The cutprice advertisements of reputable merchants fill the pages of the daily newspapers,
 them today and buy the things you have put of buying so long.
 Keep this fact everlasngly before you.
 you don't buy what the other fellow produces he cannot buy what you produce
 buying thousands of people, not actual of the things will be thrown out of work Rsrad men, instance cartmen clerks and bookkeep ana people employed in thousand different ways That's about all there to the whole situation
 the and congressman and and commissioners talk their heads off and can't change it. Men America and especially who well able to buy. YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU-needs the patriotic that freely during the
 the nonbuyng condition continues exist ideness will continue increase turnout the land
 Industry after industry will close and want poverty soup hous and bread lines will naturally follow.
 And country gets into such miserable situation it will take a long and weary time to get out of it.
 There isn't reading this message who can help the troubles drafting into by supplying themselves with the things they need
 If you haven't ready cash, your credit
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-27
1'The Silent Partner
Sermon of the Rev. G. ". Green of
 Sunday. January l6.

The text will be found in the third chapter of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians and at the sixth verse
 q have planted, Apollis watered; hnt God gave the increase"
 The theme that I desire to discuss is that of the Silent Partner: God sup piementing the finite strength in all worthy occupations. It's a wonderful thing for you and l to realize the ef- feet of this statement. That is to say that every person may fully realize that in every occupation # life no diff ference how small it may be nor how inferior to you 1t may seem God is .there snppIementing your strength.
 A few years ago in the southern part of the state of Indiana, going out @ meet an engagement on an evange- itstsc tour, l discovered places along the highway number of men at diff terpnt places along the roadway with 1helr hammers breaking stone. It at stracted my attention; first, it was the 3hinx ueeder in that part of of the Try: second, 1t was the material that sEds needed, third. it was the occupa- preeiated. 1 noticed three things in that performance; the strength of the arm that used the hammer; the ac- curacy that put the stone in pieces and the cheerfulness and the spirit of the men thus employed What did | get from that applies to this subject II H this. There would have been .su man had there been no Creator. There would have been no accuracy in the blow of the hammer had there beer no strength superhuman.
 take 1t that all honest toll IS hon arable and that in all honest tcil Coo ls Secret Partner.
 AsAw noticed the Silent Partner ot whom l speak this morning demon sfrated especially in the wife an, mother. The home is the beautiful city where you find the Queenship 0 Woman. The toil. the labor and tn spsinstaking of the housewife; the de epgton. the suffering and the saerific 9f the mother. It is something wort youE xhiIe and mine to consider There Is I blessedness in domesti life that few of us appreciate.
 l call your attention to this one ] lnstration. t is marvellous to me wha one woman can do. 1 call to mind 11uEe woman who weighed 97 pound zvn. dupais about the biggest woma 1 ever knew She was religious. SE WAS a shouting Methodist of the fir type. She was a devoted mother. Sl was | careful painstaking housewif She waS always faithful mo servi. In the church but what she WIS ther I grew from boSho0d ta nanha0d TT pears passed swiftly by. l entered n
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-27
The Success Family.

The father of Success is Work.
 The mother of Success is Ambition. The oldest son is Common Sense. Some of the other boys are: Perse- verance, Honesty, Thoroness, Fore sight, Enthusiasm, Cooperation.
 The oldest daughter is character.
 Some of the sisters are: Cheerful ness. Loyalty, Courtesy, Care, Econ omy, Sincereity, Harmony.
 The baby is Opportunity.
 Get acquainted with the "old man. and you will be able to get along pretty well with all the rest of the family.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-27
BANDIT
 DRUGS YOUNG GIRLS
Woman, Fashionably Gowned, Steals After She nopes Victim With
 Smelling poison.v

Chicago, Jan. 21-Ruth O'Shea. an IS year old university student, found unconscious last night in an alley a block from her home in the north sides residential quarter, when re- vived told the police that she had been drugged and robbed by woman she had met while riding home in a bus. She said the woman held handker- chief to her face under the pretense that it contained rare perfume.
The Mena weekly star., 1921-01-27
Carlessness e.nsts I.ife-

Fredericton. N. E., Jan. %.
 Ihirty-four inches of surgical guaze left in the abdomen of Henry 4 Lar lee of Perth, world war veteran. after he had been operated upon at Portland, Ore, . year ago for appen- dicitis, caused his death here today at the soldiers civil establishment hospital.
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-05
Bylaws OF the Noble Order OF Gloom CEa@ers

The purpose of this organization is the elimination of Old
Gus Gloom.
membership limited to one hundred million
ing conservative estimate OF the population OF the country at the
time ofawritng.
s. Any man, child with eyes signs of pros
perity and catch optimism eligible member
ship and becomes duly accredited Gloom Chaser upon signing the
regular membership blank and thereby promising actively support
the order and its intent
A. Note the word ACTIVE. From the of swearing
$50 help Gloom Chaers member in good standing chase
gloom wherever he twcthc be the office
workshop conversations by of the that is within
thy gates Further he must the by giving to
his official publication local newspapers any signs Of
perlty he may or hear
s. Any member failing carry the above provisions is
liable to the extreme penalty be swallowed by gloom and
plunged eternal goomnesor be suspended for inde
mite period from fellowship with brother Gloom Chasr be
punished as his local conclave may direct.
g. Any member in company with Old Gus Gloom upon
whatever peteXt may be suspended indefinite period
Any member acknowledging membership in relations
with sympathe for any perists club gloom club sob society,"
other with similar purpose heenbeore hereinafter
organized may be taken before firing squad with the poison
pessmism any beautiful optimistic sunrise and
surmarly dealt with, hereinafter prescribed
() The fallen brother shall listen for half hour read
from the Pessimists Handbook, after which shall be
played funeral drge. lie shall be blndfoded that by
chance will he natures optimistic face So that he
contaminae other or thing he shall be
caused cry aloud, 81 the lcper Of pessimm" and
the gbes all brothers of the Noble Order Of Gloom
Chasers shall greet his cries.
(b) Only pnicnce and the
shall this fallen brother be reinated.
The dues for membership is daily activity conscience
OF the Gloom Chaser dictate There paup member
ships The dues paid Look each day and chase its
gloom. ,.a
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-05

The dues for membership daily activity the conscience
OF the Gloom Chaser dictate There padp member
ships The dues paid Look each day and chase its
gloom. ,.0
The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-05
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Noble Order of Gloom ChaserS

smingy support actively the and
laws the and intent OF the Noble Order of Gloom Chae
letter and spirit until gloom is banshed Old Man Gloom shall
enter office work again. help Gloom Chas
ers. am Gloom Chaser until death do part
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09

South spinach can b. planted In DC
tOber and remain IN the open ground
all winter
For growing spinach In the home
garden bed about feet In width and
- or "a feet IN length should b. ~pad.
ell and quantity of w-ll.rotted ma.
nure worked into the top 8 inches ~
soil Thre. pounds Of commercial fer.
tilizer should also be- scattered over
IN. surface. aud well worked into the
soil. Six Oa.ight ounces IT seed will
he sufficient for this space. SOW In
little drills or burrows running length
wise ~ the bed. the rows 20 he about
Is or inches apart. III. seed should
he covered "a inch deep and the soil
slightly frmed over 10 Watering
may be necessary n the weather
should b. extremely dry following the
planting ~ the spinach seed.
Spinach grows quickly and requires
very little cultivation, except To loosen
the soil a tribe between the rows and
keep weeds from getting a start. II
crowd each other-they can be thinned
cut and those removed In thinning
cooked for greens. The plants left will
then have room TO grow larger. Spin
ach is very desirable ms an early spring
green, as II contains plenty Of iron and
other mineral matter II should al.
ways l.. used while young and tender.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
LLOYD


Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Tcater were
in Danvlle Tuesday.
Miss Kent sas been visitor ~
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Matthew.
Mrs. J. u. Ray was guest Of Mr..
and Mrs Henry Ray Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs l.. l.. Matthew enter
tanned several friends Saturday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs Harris Teater and
little son spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshal Ray.
Mr.. and Mrs. jess Ray and boys.
Of Lancaster. spent Friday night with
Mr.. and Mrs. j. u. Ray,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ray and Mrs
J. d. Ray visited Mr.. and Mrs. 5.
y. Sanders at Bradshaw Mill Sunday.
T. Frank Ray. Miss Monte and
JAMES $. Ray visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Ray at Gums Chapel re-
Gently.
Mrs. Adams and daughter. Miss
Dollie and Mrs. l.. l.. Matthews and
Miss Kent. were pleasant callers Of
Mrs.. Ollie Black Friday afternoon.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
Seven Die When
Airplane Falls.

Evr army officers and two civil
ians were Killed instantly when the
Eagle; large ambulance arplane.
crashed 20 the ground near Indian
Head. Md. late Sunday afternoon.
MAY 10Th The plane went down
during the severe electrical storm
that was raging.
The dead Lieutenant Colonel Ar
che Miller. a recent graduate Of the
War College. Lieutenant Stanley VI.
Ames, Of Washington, pilot Of the
machine; Lieutenant Cleveland W.
McDermott. Of Syracuse. y. Y. sta
toned al Langley Field; Lieutenant
John VI Pcnnywcll. stationed al
Langley Field; Sergeant Richard
Blumcnkratz, mechanic az Boiling
Field; 4. c. Bathclder. Of Washing
ton, chairman Of the executive board.
American Automobile Association.
and Maurice Connolly. sales mana
ger Of an airplane company, major in
army service corps and formerly con-
gresham from Iowa. There were
no survivors. The Eagle was head
ed for Washington and was about
80 miles away
!, was flying low when It crump-
led and crashed TO tive ground. The
airplane was one Of the largest IN
the army service. Il was designed
as an airship ambulance. but the
s,retchcrs had been removed and
chairs had been substituted for the
trip.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
QUALITIES OF FARM FENCES
To Give Satisfaction Barrier Must Be
Made to Turn Al Stock Without
injurino Them.

Farm fences should combine two
the United States Department Of
Agriculture. To give satisfactory
service the fence must be constructed
80 AS 10 turn all kinds of stock with
out lnjuring them. TO be economical
II must be built Us cheaply As is con
sistent with durability. The fence that
Is erected at low initial cost Is not
necessarily economical. for II may be
80 shovt that Il will be very eXp.n.
rive In the end.
The cost ~ maintaining a farm
fence II determined by such factors
as interest. repairs. and depreciation
on the fence itself. interest ON the
value ~ land rendered unusahle. and
the expens. Of keeping down weeds
The cost of repairs and the annual
depreciation depend largely on the
construction. II a fence Is made OF
cheap grade ~ material and IL
cheaply constructed II will need fire.
qucnt repair and will be short lived
Such a fence will have a high repair
aud depreciation charge. which IN
most eases will more than counter
balance the increased investment cost
that the erection of more substantial
fence would require. lf fence Is
made OF good materials and Is properly
built It's repair and depreciation
charges should he very low.
The efficiency 81 fence depends
upon the quality OF wire and posts
used and upon the manner ~ con.
sir1ciinn.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
What Man Learns

Another thing the thoughtful man
learns after while as he bundcrs
along through this old vale OF tears
and laughter trying 10 do the best he
can under all the circumstances. is TO
distinguish rather carefully between
the reformers who really mean II and
the ones who are doing Il To make
their jobs last.-Ohio State Journal.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
Whole Truth About Genius.

A great idea grows like flower. II
,hanges. In It's evolution It leaves
,rudiiy and imperfection behind. II
assumes n new form. more pleasing In
It's outline and more striking in It's
beauty. as IL Is nodded into a thing
u deathless energy. An idea which
Is different TO all else i n thing Of
wonder-lf 10 Is true. II Is original
thought and this Is all that genius Is.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
Iceland Peoples Bloom All Summer.

Iceland peoples are perennial peoples
from the far north. which will produce
flowers from seed almost as soon as
the annual varieties. They grow less
than a foot high and bear small bios
SONS OF yellow. white or deep grunge
on graceful stems. II cut before open.
ing. the blossoms keep satisfactorily.
II dead blossoms are picked OF. thu
plants will continue 60 blossom all
summer aud far into the fall
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
Possibility OF Another Ice AGE.

A succession Of such eruptions as
that ~ the Nj. katmai volcano In
Alaska In June. 1912. would plunge
the earth into another Ice age by re-
duclng the suns temperature 10 low
degree on earth. pr. Robert r. Griggs
said hefoO the American Association
for Advancement ~ Science.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
Uncle Charles whistle

Anna and her mother often 20 10
see her Euni and uncle Her uncle
plays clarinet. Of which she i much
afraid. When sh. Sees him reach for
~ Oh. takes hold Of her mothers hand
and says Come home. mamma.
Uncle Charlie i going TO blow hlm's
whistle"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
rsndlss Sell Thew

Manufacture, say most women
shoppers select umbrellas NOR. for the
atiractiVcnrss of the handle than foe
the wearing qualities 81 the cloth. To
that end fancy handles this season are
being mad. even more fancy. Ivory.
amber and c'Ilulold are used TO make
them.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09

family Of girls. one dsy shortly after
the family had moved into new
neighboriood an interested neigihbor
asked Donald how many sisters he
nad Without thought % heing either
funny or Impertinent. Donald replied.
promptly: "Oh. q whole house full
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09
plant, Grow Bes Tiansplanted.

Plants do not always select the mos,
congenisl habitat. for Il has been
found that some specimens found
growing mciestly on the mountain TOT
flourish ~ a marked extent when
,ransplsnted at tie sea level
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09

Generous Old Lady tusing teie
phone Zoe frs, time. to operator) Al
you've been 80 nice and attentive. IN,
dear. I'm putting an extra nickel In the
box Tor yourself
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09

To see white swan 10 a good
omen and denotes riches and
pleasant Journey. A black one fore
TELLS los. quarrels. and 10 ominous Il
the sick
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09

Man VAS some millions 90 YEAR
rschins his present stage Of develop
rn.nt but H. II Enacted MAP sp..t
him up-S, Louis Globe D.mocrat.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1921-06-09

one reason why We don't accept IN.
theory Of eeavitation IL because wher
the bottom drops out We hit the
ceiling
The diamond drill., 1921-08-27

run ana Dekuao9 % 90 oo(u-
1fake no mfgtaha Tie gUverumut
are not c0uzrds; tho admiralty are
gUutSemen ~ Determination II men
lino Admiral Howe support the admir-
aity-Howe, Cne Of the best friends
the seanran ever had--what DO ycu
think the end WV bei Hive you hoard
what happanx1 n spftheads The sen
men chivv1ad Admiral Alan Gardner
and his onrhDfus aboard a ship He
csnght bold of seaman Delegnte by
the cDdlaf aun shook him. They ciosed
10 90 him Uey handled him roughly.
He epnny On the hammock nettingx
put the mon uf the hanging-rope
round lbs nacl. and said 30 tho men
uto advuncud Densctngly:
IN pom Win return To your outy.
yon may hang up at the yard-armr
That's uH kind Of stuff otr ad-
mtrais are unf1e of. We have no quar-
rel WITH cfe majority OF our officers
They're stratsht, they're honest, and
they're true 10 their game Our quar-
rel h with parliament and The admir-.
atty; our s1ug5e Is with the people
Of Oe kingoun, who have not seen 10
Il that our wrongs are put right uhat
we have food 10 cat water 90 drink
and money 70 spend.
He waved hand. 0s though TO
sweep gway The criticisms he felt must
be rising agafnst him
"Dont cIinh becauss I've spent four
pears In prison under the sternest dis
cipline ho world offers. and have
Dever been a seaman before. hat Tn
not fitted to espouse your ausa BY
Heaven, UNI am ami I know
the wrongs you've suffered I've
EDelied the water you drink. I've
tBsted tbe rotten meat I've seen the
honest seaman who has been for pears
upon tfe untn-Ive seen the scars
upon his back got from brutal ofiSccr
Who gave him too big 700 10 90. and
aogged him for not doing IL I know
Of men who, fevered with bad food.
have fallen, from the main masthead.
or have slipped overheard, glad TO 60
because OF uls wrongs they've Suffered.
The diamond drill., 1921-08-27

b0wst Under Parker. H 80 GF1s
from any wish for uuthy. bur Be vNs
ths friend Of an agitation which might
epd as soccessfuily as The Trouble a.
Spithead
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-12-29
Doughty Ple,sax passss.

In the hands Of lazy laborers the
pickax becomes the irritation. despair
or agent Of humor Of the average OBJ
servant man. Symbol Of toll, proper
.ly speaking, -shirkers have turned 1t
into mockery, Of labor because Of the
carefully calculated leisure with
which they swung 1t. BY their meth
DDS these ca'canny clock watchers
changed the pickax into q visible sign
Of leisure.
But without knowing It these lsi-
surely pickax wielders were working
change Of great Importance. They
were attracting the attention Of mes
whose business It is In life to SEQ
that work is done promptly, efficiently
and economically. From these men
has come the air hammer or air pick.
In tta street work New York COM
4 .pany has used one Of these new Inn
plements with a gssoline engine and
fnir compressors mounted on q large
/. metortruck behind It. Where Is men
were hired to do the street job three
/ are enough to do the work with this
instrument New York Herald.