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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
Death TO Rats.

A study Of barium carbonate az g
rat poison. made by the United States
Department Of Agriculture. indicates
that a 90 per cent mixture with food
makes a satisfactory bait. With this
percentage a rat ordinarily needs to
eat only one-thiEd OF three-eighths OF
a meal of average size 30 get a fatal
dose. It was found that with this
dose many OF the rats poisoned died
within "a hours, though an occasional
rat was found which survived an even
larger amount, thus Indicating that 100
per cent mortality Is not TO be expect
ed in any case.
A summary of results Of expert
ments conducted by various persons
with a view to determining the dead
illness of barium to different animals
shows the fallacy OF the assumption
that barium Is poisonous only 20 rats
It is pointed out that the fatal dose OF
barium per pound tends TO decrease
relatively as the size OF the animal In
creases. and that a bait calculated To
be fatal TO rats may be assumed To be
more or less dangerous TO small do
nestle animals also.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL
BEGUN IN DETROIT
LATEST INFORMATION Is THAT
AUTOMOBILE FACTORIES ARE
PUTTING MEN TO WORK.
GRADUAL RECOVERY NOTED
One Plant Plans Distribution of So
ooo, 0oc in Bonuses to Employees
Manufacturers Confident of
the Future.

Detroit, Mich.-A beginning OF in
dustrial revival in Detroit was noted
during the past week in a survey of
conditions made by Geo. W. Grant
secretary of the Employers Associa
ton. Approximately 5000 men have
been put back TO work and indica-
tions are that a gradual, though prob
ably a slow Improvement will con-
tinue until the automobile industry
has reached it's normal activity, Mr..
Grant said. He added that manufac-
turers here gradually expect the end
OF the slump in retail business to
follow the annual automobile shows,
now about to open.
Although some of the largest fac
tories in the city are completely
closed and no definite date has been
set for their reopening. there are in
dications, Mr.. Grant said, that the
inactivity may not be extended.
AT the Ford plant preparations are
being made for the payment of the
profit-sharing bonus, which amounts
to practically 100000. The volume
of work entailed. it is said, has de
layed payment, which was originally
set for Jan. 1.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
DEBS MAY Be SET FREE
Pardon Attorney viii Report His Find
ing of the Facts to Atty.-Gen. for
Submission to President

Washington.-Com within a
week of an investigation of the case
of Eugene V. Debs. who is serving a
prison sentence at Atlanta for viola
ton of the espionage laws. to deter
mine whether recommendations for
pardon would be warranted. was indi-
Gated by the department of justice, in
an announcement.
All cases of persons serving SEN
fences under the espionage act are
under investigation, department OF
Gals added, and the Debs case has
been reached in its order and is now
on the desk of the pardon attorney.
who will report his finding of the
facts to the Encouragement for sub
mission to President Wilson.
AS yet officials say the investiga-
ton has not progressed far enough 70
determine whether the facts warrant
the granting of a pardon to Debs.
White House officials have previously
made 1t clear that President Wilson
looks with disfavor upon the approval
of the extension of clemency to Debs.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
FIaa Holstsd Below Water.

The British flag has been raised
under unusual circumstance in the
past. but perhaps the conditions were
never stranger than those at "a cere-
mony which has just taken place ut
Swanson bay. British Columbia. where
two divers. nearly 100 feet below the
surface OF the sea. hoisted the ships
ensign on the flagstaff OF the Sunken
ship Prince Rupert. which IS now in
process OF being salvaged. One diver
bent the colOrs 10 the haiyards and
slowly hoisted them while his mate
stood at the salute nearby and sent TO-
the surface, through the telephone
connected with his helmet. the strains
OF the national anthem Many ship
has gone down with cOlOrs flying. but
in will be the feat OF the salvage com
pany engaged in raising the Prince
Rupert 70 bring the vessel to the sur
face with the British flag masrheaded-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
CUT ACREAGE OR NO CREDIT
Resolutions Adopted az Meeting IN
New Orleans Asking That Cot
ton Be HaIved.

New OrIeans--R Resolutions adopted
at a meeting here Of Louisiana bank
ers, merchants, cotton farmers and
owners of cotton-growing land favor
ed denial of credit TO planters who
refused TO curtan 1921 cotton acreage
so per cent.
Land owners will be asked to sign
pledges that they will do all in their
power to assist in the reduction prop
osition.
President Ben Johnson of the Lou
isiana Bankers Association stated
that the bankers were compelled to
cut down credit as a matter OF self
preservation and to save the planters
from distress.
The meeting, called by the Louisi-
ana division OF the American Cotton
Association, was attended by repre-
sentatiVes of the Louisiana Bankers
Association and merchants who deal
largely with supplies used by cotton
growers.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
JOKE ON MOTHER
Precise Old Lady Convicted Of
Using Slang.
Dictionary Brought Forward to Prove
That Term With Which She Fright
ened Youngsters Was Taboo.

My mother detested slang. says g
writer in Scribner's- The use Of slang
expressions was TO her something very
closely akin TO making up a bed with
out properly airing ID or going 10 a
party without clean handkerchief
When my sister or / used some o.
the slang OF our day. she used 10 say
plaintively that she couldn't think
where we got hold OF such expressions
Had anyone said 20 me then that my
mother used slang I should have been
ineredulOus and very likely Indignant
While I considered my own right 90
latitude Of language inalienabie 20 my
youth. / felt. IL only sUbconsciOuSly-
that mothers land especially mine,
who was Of the good Old-fashioued vac
riety OF genuine mothers) we're DIFF
ferent. One would no more expect
them 70 use slang than one would ex-
pect them TO wear short SKIRTS or
dance, or ride a bicycle. or want the
largest helping Of ice cream. i ana
sure If had heard ms mother say
''rubberneck" or for the love Of
Mike" the sound Of such words On
her lips would have Mortified me even
more than they Mortified her when she
heard them on mine
It was only recently that the great
revelation came TO me. HarEing back
to my childhood I had used one OF my
mothers favorite words, "rambunc-
tious," and was promptly asked what
il meant by a person who had not
had the advantage Of being brought
up in New England Surprised at
her ignorance. explained at once that
il was my mothers word for-wel. FOR
what7 | had TO put my reluctant brain
TO work before ] could find words
that gave even a faint flavor Of what
mother meant when she said Vow.
you children. you're getting altogether
too rambunctiOus." Not satisfied with
my own definition. I finally sought Mr.
Webster's aid. Rambunctious was not
in the abridged on my desk. When
had turned, grumbling at the words
they select to leave out Of the abridged
10 the unwieldy colossus in the
hall. could scarcely believe my 6nowl-
edge Of the sequence of the alphabet
But a careful resurvey failed TO find
me tripping. Rambuncuous WAS not
there. The dictionary passed hlithely
on from rambler to rameal (the same
as ramaI. if you must know.
As laid the dictionary down new
light burst upon me. Rambunctious
was not a word in good standing
What was II. then. but the slang OF
an older generation Ny mother had
used slang.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14

New Orieans.-Ihe United States
sub-treasury at New Orleans ceased to
exist last week when il was absorbed
by the Federal Reserve bank
Under a recent act or congress the
bank will handle the government
treasury finance exactly as it would
handle any other account. The bank
will also take over the functions Of
redeeming currency. of serving as q
government depository. liquidating
government drafts and operating as q
general agency OF government ex-
change.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
Two Dead: Many Hurt.

Traverse, Mich.-Two persons per.
ished, several were injured. firemen
and spectators were overcome Dy
smoke. and a score OF persons had
narrow escapes from death when fire
did $4,000 damage to the Wilhelm
block.
Miss Leona Way. % was killed
when she fell from the fifth story OF
the burning building to the Sidewalk
while her. rescue was being attempted
BY firemen. Mrs. Patrick Dockery. IA.
was overcome by smoke and died on
the way to a hospital.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
BUSINESS coNDlTIoNssOUND
Mississippi Valley Association De
duces concIusIon-s,ooo Question
naires Sent Business Men.

St Louis.-The condition OF bust
ness in the United States is basicaIly
sound and fear for the welfare OF
commercial America is due principal
ly TO a state of mind"-a natural
consequence of the war
That is the gist OF the results O.
an economic survey conducted by the
Mississippi Valley Association and an
nounced at the headquarters of the
organization here. Out Of 5000 queS
itonnaires sent TO business men.
bankers, agriculturists and economic
students in the % states in the val
ley" 5000 replies were received.
The underlying thought in the an
swSrs is that the present business de.
preston is caused by the consequent
and necessary deflation of the infla-
ton" and the universal demand for
lower living costs. This condition
was augmented, numerous replies
stated. by an era OF extravaganza in
buying, without consideration for the
future.
Many expressed the belief that war
time prices were too high. which.
when the natural reaction came.
brought about a tendency to confine
purchases TO actual necessities. and
thus. created a doubt in business As
TO the future, resulting in a general
attitude on all sides OF "watchful
waiting" for price sterilization
Many asserted no additional system
of credits is needed and but few laid
the blame of business conditions TO
the present system OF taxation.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
SEVEN KILLED AND % HURT
Communist Riot in Germany Follows
Funeral of Leader Hoffman.
Forty Arrests Made.

Berlin.-Seven persons were killed
and % wounded in communist dem
onstration at Flensburg. following the
funeral of the communist leader, Hoff-
man, who was killed while escaping
from the police.
Attempts to dispense the mob by
means of a fire hose when the mob
was storming the police barracks were
unsuccessful. The rioters broke down
the gates and the police were forced
to fire into the mob. Forty arrests
were made.
Many arrests were also made at
Hirschfield, near Halle, where a mob
of farmers, armed with fails and
hunting rifles attacked the govern
ment's grain commission. There were
no casualties
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
TWO EMPLOYEES ADMIT THEFT
Two Employees of u. 5. Concern In
Chill Admit Theft of Near
Million Dollars.

Valparaiso, Chili.-Henry Turner
Baird and J. William Robert, manager
and assistant manager of the Du Pont
Powder company's interests in Chill,
who pleaded guilty of the theft of
nearly 100000 pesos (normally about
$1,0OO.O00) on Nov. %, were in jail
awaiting sentence. They lost the
money on horse races and in specu-
latiOn.
The two men, who were arrested
on the complaint of the American
Surety company, which was on their
bond, admitted having speculated with
the powder company's funds intrusted
to them. They are not expected to
receive their sentence for three or
four months.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
ALL MAY HEAR HARDING.
inaugural Address at Capital May BE
Sent Out BY Wireless.

Sent Out BY Wireless.
Westinghouse Hard
ing's inaugural address may be heard
by persons thousands of miles from
the national capital if plans of the in.
augural committee. now forming, sue
coed.
Army and navy wireless apparatus
will be employed to convey the new
presidents voice from the platform to
every army post, naval station and
American battleship in the world, it is
planned. The occasion will see the
most extensive use ever made of wire
less telephone transmission, experts
of the army and navy hope
Inauguration parties" also may be
a development, committeeman said, if
private interests take advantage of
the opportunities to use amplifiers in
the larger cities where wireless tele-
phone communications is possible.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14

Belzcni.-The financial condition OF
shows the town in prosperous con
dition. When the new board of may
or and aldermen took charge there
was placed on the table by the clerk
a summary OF the condition OF the
town, which showed quick assets and
stock on hand $35,071.40, with liabil-
i:y OF $50. 509.54, showing that the
town was to the good to the tune of
s14.11414.
Indianols.-The supervisors or Sun
flower county passed an order reduc-
ing the salaries OF all deputies IN the
superintendent OF education. chancery
clerk. circuit clerk, sheriff and assess
ors offices to amounts equalfng from
about sixteen to thirty per cent. The
order to take effect on April l, next.
Hazlehurst.- Hazlehurst's new eff
GERS were sworn in in the city hall by
Mayor Ed NJ. Cooke.
Hattiesfurg-Su filed by the
state of Mississippi involving titles to
iaUQS IN litS celit INANCA SSNl4OA tOlH--
ing mora than 81 100000, are shortly
to come mp for settlement in chancery
courts A test suit is to be heard be-
fore Chancellor d. NJ Russell at Pop
larvisle. Pear River county, the first
Monday in February.
Gotten moved here in a
small way the cotton compress CON-
pany having comm ssed about 500
bales. 100 bales OF which were com
pressed at high density.
University CT Nississinpi-George r..
James of Memphis. Tenn. delivered an
address 10 the student body here. He
prese nted to the mind Of the young
men some OF the opportunities the
business world has TO offer. He stress
ed the idea that he who would attain
success must first render service.
Hattieeburg.-Thc Mississippi Wom-
ans College and the State Normal Col
'exe OF Hattiesburg resumed work
srtey two weeks vacation. More than
400 sfud~nts came I'm 20 resume their
stua.ea at the local institutions.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
ATTORNEY KILLED;
KENTUCKY TRAGEDY
JUDGE SAM X. BAIRD is SHOT
DEAD BY CLIENTS
HUSBAND.
DISPUTE OVER FEATHER BED
r. L. Prewitt, of ShelbyViIle, KY, Is
Said to Have Slain Attorney Ac-
companying Wife to Prewitt
Home

Shelbyville. Ky.-"Wholly unjusti-
fable" was the coroner's jury's yer.
dict in the staying of Judge Sam K
Baird, attorney, by r. L. Prewitt, re-
tired flour miller. in the Prewitt
home here.
Judge Baird, a years old, acting
commonwealth attorney, was shot to
death when he, with Mrs. Prewitt
who had been separated from her
husband, went to the palatial Prewitt
residence to claim her personal eff
fects on the eve of sale of the house.
1t was all because of feather
bed that the Shelbyville lawyer is
dead and Prewitt is in the Louisville
jail, safe from possible violence, and
with a charge of murder hanging over
his head.
An argument arose between the two
men over removal of the feather bed.
Prewitt procured a pistol. Five shots
rang out. When the smoke lifted
Judge Baird was dead with a bullet
in his heart.
Two versions of the shooting have
been given by Mrs. Prewitt. who over
heard the quarrel, but did not see the
shots fired. In her first statement
she is quoted as saying:
my God. she shot him for nothing.
He shot him five times while he was
walking down the stairs with his
hands in his overcoat pockets"
In a second statement made to the
county attorney and recorded by
al N
hearing the men arguing in an up
stairs room. Then Judge Baird
started down the steps and she heard
her husband say:
Il won't allow any man to dictate
to me what to do with my own
things"
Judge Baird replied, according to
Mrs. Prewitt:
"I1I knock h. out of you If you
don't get out of my way"
Then she hear the shots, she said,
and Judge Baird ran back up the
steps and into a room across from
the one in which she was in. shout
ing TO her, Close your door"
Her husband did not follow tho
wounded attorney up the stairs. Mrs.
Prewitt said, and when she went into
the room Judge Baird had entered
she found him lifeless on the floor
Prewitt after the shooting. unloaded
wis weapon, reloaded it, carried it up
stairs. placed it on a mantel, then
returned downstairs. Ordering away
the truck driver. who had been sum
moned by Judge Baird and Mrs Prev.
lit to haul the household goods. Prev
lit, according to testimony at the in
quest, said to him:
You can take that truck away
I've killed the AID settled the
difficulty"
"A few minutes later Prewitt left
the house and walked down the street.
telling several persons he met on the
way that he had shot the attorney
because he was breaking up his
home"
Further on he met a policeman on
his way to the Prewitt home and he
was taken into custody. County
Judge Ballard half an Aour later or
dered him taken TO Louisville.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14

California redwOOds are commonly
found planted in every section Of Italy,
and they seem TO develop speedily
under the conditions OF the Italian eli
mate. says the American Forestry
Magazine In Bologna recently a red
food tree over four feet IL diameter
was cut. which had been planted only
about 90 years ago. SeetitEls of This
tree are now exhibited in the Museum
OF the Royal Forestry college at Flor
puca
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
Panama Canal Tolls Levied Last Year

Panama Canal Tolls Levied Last Year
Panama.-During the calendar year
of 1920. ships numbering 2.St4, with
a total tonnage OF 1O,37S, 900 tons and
carrying 1926, 600 tons OF cargo.
passed through the Panama canal. ac-
cording to an official statement made
here. This established a new high
record for the great waterway. ex-
ceeding the traffic Of the fiscal year
ending June 80 last by approximately
20 per cent. being nearly so per cent
above that for i.-e calendar year of
1919. Tolls levied aggregated $40,
fs5. coo.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
Two Are Burned TO Death.

Fort " ORTIZ, 4 e. 80 lc~--- were
burned TO death in a fire which de
stroyed the Lone Star hotel at Desd.A
mona, an oil town in Eastland county.
The victims were Mrs. Bantell and
her 19-year-old daughter. They were
members of a vaudeville company.
Their bodies were recovered. The
loss is S25, 00O
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
Nv, Fishino Methode

Lamont man who is charged with
having taken a fish from private hzh
pond declares the fish were 80 tame
that one Of them was eating out Of his
hand. and he simply closed his fingers
on il and carried It away our own
method has always heen go whistle 10.
the creatures from across the fence.
and walk away. innoeent-like. while
they frot down the road after u.s.
Detroit News
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
statue to AdmIral Dewey

Manila.-The Dewey Memorial COM
mittee decided upon the erection of
a statue to cost 100000 as a monu-
ment to Admiral Dewey, on the shore
of Manila Bay. The United States
government will be asked to appro-
pirate half the funds and the Philtp-
pine Legislature the other half
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
cox INAUGURATED.
Massachusetts, Governor Takes Office
Following Brilliant Ceremony.

Boston.-Channing s. Cox was in
augurated as governor of Massachu-
sets, amid traditional scenes of cere-
monial brilliance. Vice President
Elect Calvin Coolidge, his predeces-
sor, after relinquishing office, left
the state house without escort, once
more a private citizen for the few
weeks that remain before his inangu-
ration at Washington.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
SHIP COWS TO GERMANY.
742 Sent From Galveston on Steamer
West Arrow.

742 Sent From Galveston on Steamer
West Arrow.
Galveston, Tex.-A shipment OF TAP
Texas mich cows designed to help
restock Germany's depleted herds,
left this port aboard the steamship
West Arrow for Bremen. Loaded at
Texas City, where the West Arrow
was refitted for the cattle-carrying
trade, the shipment is the first OF
several shiploads to be made from
this state, according to announce
ment
Upon arrival at Bremen, the cattle
will be distributed through govern
ment agencies to various points
throughout Germany, which at pres
emit are IN sore need Of milk.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14

Leonardo da Finci Is considered BY
several competent judges 90 have TIE
strongest claim 10 the title OF the
greatest man In history. He was the
outstanding genius In the golden age
OF genius. the age Of Shakespeare
Luther. Erasmus. Cervnntes. Michael
Angelo. Titan and RaphseA
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
TWO SHOT IN BATTLE.
Garage Man and Officer Probably Fa-
tally Wounded in Encounter with
Auto Thieves

McAlester, Okla. A. Wilson, a
garage man, and W. w. Reese. ex-dep-
uty sheriff, both Of Calvin, Okla, west
Of here, were probably fatally wound
ed in a gun fight with two alleged
automobile thieves at the Calvin-Stuart
bridge, over the Canadian river. Both
men were shot through the head, &C.
cording to report to the sheriff
here
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
rwo Safes Were Forced With Dyna-

Mobile, Ala.-Thieves robbed the
postoffice et Chronicle. Mobile coun-
~, il became known here with the
arrival or postoffice inspectors who
started an investigation.
Two safes were forced with dyna-
mite. but only about SIS In money was
stolen. as the burglars were appar-
entity frightened away before they
could open a third safe. contsining q
large sum OF money. The third ssf
lad been tempered with. an ef..-s
10 blow Il also being started
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
British Shoot London Priest.

London.-The Rev. Father Finbarr
Darcy, a London priest, was shot ard
killed during a raid BY British troops
upon the Imperial hotel at Cork, said
a dispatch from Cork. Five arrests
were made.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
GROCERY FIRE LOSS $4,000.
Mov'. Grocery Company in Little Rock
Has THo Fires.

Little Rock, Ark.-The Movie Gro
Gerry Company here. in two fires at its
plant suffered a $60.e00 loss.
The first fire was put out without
much damage, shortly after O'clock
Before wagons returned to the fire
stations, however, q second alarm
came in and the second fire de-
stroyed the plant, including six big
trucks
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
eon am in Prizes

Chicago-A total prize list of 500
600 has been offered the u teams con-
testing in the six-day bicycle race
which starts here Jan. L. The win
ners will be decided on the sprint
point system.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
BABY Burned to Death.

Shreveport. While she was
standing in front Of an open fireplace
the clothes of little Hazel Louise Nc
Coy, baby daughter OF H P Mccoy.
Of Bossier. La. were ignited, causing
deaht soon afterward
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
Packard Plant Raenens.

Detroit.-The Fsekard Motor Car
company's plant, closed several weeks
ago. has reopened in some depart
ments, with several thousand men on
part time.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-01-14
Find Merchant shot In Head.

Dallas, Tex.-S. E. Matz. merchant
OF Celina. Texas. was found with q
bullet wound in the head in his room
at a local hotel. A large calibre pie
toll was lying in his room. Physicians
think he will die.