davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

y
my boy" spoke his father after
a moment of OminOus deliberation.
when / was lad of ten, my father
taught me a lesson that has LEFT its
impress on my whole life in salu-
tary way. Upon the tick of midnight
just preceding my birthday he always
called me down to the kitchen and
gave me good sound strapping. 1t
hurt him more than it did me, he used
to say, but the reminder would be
ever present with me. Until / was
twenty one, regularly, upon each birth
day the strap played its part and
think it did good deal towards
teaching me that had master and
in making me better man. have
concluded to adopt that feature with
my system. You're pretty good boy,
but for fear you might kick over the
traces I'm going to bulk the system
until you are Of age. Now. then
take your punishment like man."
Joel Hardy produced a short, thick
piece Of tanned cowhide and Norman
WINGED. but did not cry out during
the unique castigatiOn. 1t was five
years later. and with the usual routine
late In the afternoon Joel Hardy re-
minded Norman Of the pending mid
night event His eyes bulged and his
face betrayed overwhelming amaze
ment as Norman stood up before him.
tall, well-knit stripping. almost men,
acing In his bearing as he said:
Father. there will be no strapping
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
TREATY
SIGNED BY NATIONS

Washington. Representatives of
the United States, Great Britain,
France and Japan in attendance at
the armament conference have signed
a four power Pacific treaty
Each of the parties agree to rec
ognize the others rights ''in rela-
tions to their insular possessions and
insular dominions in the regions of
the Pacific ocean"
In the event that dispute arises
that cannot be settled by displomacy,
the other parties to the treaty shall
be included in conference to which
the whole subject shall be referred for
consideration and adjustment
Where one of the parties threaten
the rights of an associate the injured
party shall communicate with the
others to arrive at an understanding
as to measures to be taken "jointly
tor separately to meet the exigencies
of the particular situation"
In the event that the governments
of the contracting parties accept the
treaty, the treaty between Great Brit
ain and Japan shall terminate
The life of the treaty is 10 years,
but a nation may withdraw after
12-months' notice.
With the collapse of Russia and
Japan's seizure of the Chinese prov
ince of Shantung from Germany the
four powers that have signed the
treaty dominate the Pacific.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
PITTSBURGH PLUS"
Shows Trusts Power To
Fitch Profits From
People

Chicago advocates are
still insisting that workers reduce
their income few pennies an hour
and thereby reduce their living staEd-
ard and their purchasing power, but
no mention is made of pittsburgh
plus" which is added to every pound
of steel by the steel trust.
Pittsburgh plus" means that a
steel manufacturer must add to every
ton of steel he sells the freight cost
of the steel from Pittsburgh Mil
lions of dollars are annually filched
from the people through this system.
Outside of Pittsburgh, the three
largest steel producing centers are
Chicago, Birmingham and Duluth.
The three latter cities are known as
low-cost centers, mainly because of
their proximity to the raw material.
To enable the high-cost plants in
Pittsburgh to operate the trust has
evolved it's pittsburgh plus" scheme,
which it enforces because of it's con-
troll of the raw material and it's finan-
cial power
Under this system, if a Chicago
contractor buys steel at local mill,
he is also charged the freight rate
on the steel from Pittsburgh If the
nrice of hars at pittshl,rph is $50 a
ton, and the freight rate is $3.50 a
ton, he is charged $3.50. If a Bir-
mingham contractor buys a ton of
plates from a Birmingham mill, and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

this time. Pm through with 1t. Half
the town has heard of 1t, and the
boys taunt me and the girls twit me.
Not that l care for any Of them ex-
cept Milly Daniels, and she's true
blue and stands by me, and l won't
have her humbled and shamed I'm
going TO spend this New Years eve
with the crowd, and I'll be home TO
breakfast"
If you don't report here by ten
o'clock I'll send the town marshal
after you," pronounced his father, with
fire in his eye.
Norman marched out of the house,
hung around downtown until eight
o'clock, and then repaired to the
agreed-on rendezvous of the crowd, an
old buggy shed attached to a grear
barn owned by Farmer Logan. He
felt uneasy, stubborn and nettled. Re
Gently he had been dared by his COM
panions TO smoke a cigarette. He
had met the dare and now, with two
Of them in his pocket, he lit one, and,
in sheer rebellion against his fathers
system, was about to pun out his re-
sentiment when the signal cry of his
comrades echoed forth Carelessly
throwing the lighted cigarette into a
corner of the she'd he bounded out
and for over an hour forgot all save
the excitement of the moment. The
unruly coterie rolled a giant SNOWFALL
and let Ii slide down the hill leading
to the town common; they got up into
the town hall tower and rang It's bell.
In the midst Of setting loose drove
Of cattle from q live stock enclosure
they were attracted by the dash and
rush Of the village fire cart, making
fer vivid, spreading glare.
why. it's Farmer Logan's place!"
shouted chorus Of excited voices, and
Norman Hardy's heart stood still He
recalled the cigarette and the Uttered
woodshed. He stood dumb and
scared. The flames completely en-
gulfed the great frame barn. Norman
skunk of alone by himself, oppressed
with an appalling sense Of guilt. His
emotions were doubly intensified when
he heard some one say:
Logan thinks it was set abiaze
Arson. pity the firebug II he's
caught. It's straight IA years in the
penitentiary."
1T will ruin Logan. they say. spoke
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

kuAh.
1t was few minutes after midnight,
tive years TO day since Norman
Hardy had gone forth into the world
to seek his fortune. Milly had pleaded
to sit up and watch the old year out
and the new year in. All three OF
the family, though in different ways,
were thinking of the boy who had run
away from home. The bells had just
finished resonant chime when the
knob of the outside door turned.
There stepped into the room pronzed,
stalwart young man, at sight OF
whom Joel Hardy gasped incredu-
lously, his wife uttered q joyous
scream, and Milly stood breathless and
futtering.
Il waited till | was suret the final
hour OF discipline and the strap was
past and gone" spoke Norman Hardy.
Mother" warm embrace Father" /"
and a sturdy hand reached out.
"Milly," and the young girl swayed
to and fro and would have fallen
mad not Norman caught her
Il said | wouldn't come back till 1
could pay for the damage | did to
good old Farmer Logan" continued
Norman. I've kept my word hear
you are struggling with a two-thou-
sand-dollar mortgage, father; can
pay 1t off and loan you as much more
If you need 1t. Milly, dear, am well
Gomez have come to keep my
promise true"
Joel Hardy left the room. He re-
turned with the strap that had been
so familiar to his son. Taking out his
pocketknife. the old man proceeded to
cut the strap TO pieces and flung them
into the blazing crate.
you've cheated me out of several
years, my son." he observed, but !
forgive you. It's enough to know that
you are back home safe and sound
this blessed New Years dayl"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

bors. That's me-" and he looked it
and acted 1t out until Norman fancied
he had been placed In the world simply
TO become the butt and victim of rigid
rules.
When Norman's tenth birthday was
only eight hours distant, his father
gave the order, sternly spoken: You
will be in the house for the night at
seven O'clock" and Norman moped
In martyrlike way, envying his boy
friends who had mapped out joyous
New Years eve program of skating,
Hill sliding, and like boyIsh pranks
He wondered what was coming, but
his father simply viewed him specu-
latively and sent him TO bed al the
usual time. He was awakened to find
his father roughly pulling at his arm.
"Get up, Norman and come down
to the Kitchen" said Joel Hardy );
"y0u needn't dress"
Norman arose, rubbed his eyes, and
followed his father downstairs. There
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
The New Year

fri .|0t T Fl the whiriing and
fEDlXl0ll drifting of SHOWS
IlrFHS$HNI c En- es bresthless the
t&$MEEt wild New Year;
tGSSVyZyH While bitter north wind
blows,
Ger the fields that lie stark and
dreaY
Yet hope is alight in her eyes
As she looks from the heart of the
Earth sleeps in her shroua," she
cries,
'sBus the life in her heart 10 warm.
Death is but "a dream of the night
And the hymn of JOY is begun,
For slowly seeking the light
The great globe turns to the sua.
Behold. l will bring delight
In place of darkness and cold;
Is hiding ths buttercup gold.
"And summers splendor shall reign
In place of the winters de&rth,
Her color and music again
Shall gladden. the pati&Ht earth"
H&rk to the New Years Voice
Through the murk of winter dresr |
Oh, children of men, rejoieel
At the tidings of hope and cheer.
Celia Tnaxter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
INJUNCTION AGAIN WINS
ARIZONA STATE LAW BASED ON CLAYTON ACT
is HELD VOID IN FIVE-FOUR DECISION
OF u. S. SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice Taft Suggests Workers Make Simple State
ment of Fact of Strike and Request to
Withhold Patronage"

Washington.-In 5-to-4 decision,
handed down by Chief Justice Taft,
the United States supreme court has
set aside an Arizona statute which
prohibits the issuance of injunctions
in labor disputes unless necessary to
prevent irreparable injury to property
or property right" Justices Ban
deis, Pitney, Clarke and Holmes dis
sented
The Arizona law is similar to sec
tion 20 of the Clayton act, passed by
congress in 1914. Chief Justice Taft
explained that the courts decision
does not invalidate the Clayton law
because "the equality clause of the
fourteenth amendment federal consti-
tution) does not apply to congression-
al, but only to state, action"
The case came before the court as
result of a boycott against a Bisbee
(Ariz.) restaurant, owned by William
Truax, who refused to grant an eight
hour day to employees. He was de-
MED an injunction in the Arizona
courts, which held that the law of
that state prohibits these writs when
property is not injured, and that pa
tronage is not property.
mo man has vested right in the
esteem of the public" said the Ari-
zona supreme court. while he
plaintiff (Truax) had a clear right to
refuse the demand of the union, the
union had right to advertise the
cause of the strike"
In reversing this decision, Chief
Justice Taft held that patronage is a
property right and must be protected
by the fourteenth amendment.
The court took the same position in
this boycott case as in the Granite
City picketing case-that there must
be no importuning by workers to win
public sentiment.
The court expressed displeasure at
boycott methods that stir the public's
emotions by recital of the workers
wrongs, even though the methods
were not criminal, but resulted in a
successful boycott
The chief justice suggested that the
workers should make "a simple state
ment of the fact of the strike and a
request to withhold patronage"
The chief justice failed to state how
he reconciled his two positions: First,
patronage is property and can be pro-
tected against boycott by an in
junction. Second, workers have the
right to take this alleged property
from an owner CD if they use dane
ing master methods
1t is clear that the chief Justice
looks upon his first position as a
principle and his second position as
merely method to soften his blow
against the boycott. Or, in other
words, workers may boycott, but if
the boycott is successful they can be
stopped by an injunction Judge
The decision would seem to mean
that state can not pass anti-injunc-
tion legislation along lines of the
Clayton act
Federal judges are beyond the
reach of the people, and they ignore
the labor sections of the Clayton act,
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
WOULD OUTLAW STRIKE
NON-PARTISAN MEMBER OF RAILROAD LABOR
BOARD IN PUBLIC UTTERANCE IGNORES
OATH TO SERVE BOTH SIDES
IMPARTIALLY
Declares There Ought To Be "Can't-Strke" Law and
That There Will Be Such Legislation

lie group on the present labor board,
who are appointed on the theory of
fairness, and who now demand hand
cuff legislation for labor
The partisanship of Mr.. Hooper was
most apparent when he .lectured labor
without stint and smoothed over the
managers defiance of the boards
orders as follows:
"On account of the fact that the
holiday season of peace and good will
is so near / will not mention anybody
that has violated the boards deci-
sions. 1t is not in good taste to hang
lemons on the Christmas tree"
Mr.. Hooper was equally solicitous
for the managers of the Pennsylvani :
railroad, who have repeatedly flouted
the boards orders and who have Sc
cured an injunction to stop the board
from calling the public's attention to
this defiance. Instead of laundering
against the offending railroad, and
demanding that it obey the law, Mr..
Hooper makes this sickly comment:
Personally, / am glad that this
honest difference of opinion as to the
meaning of the law is to be judicially
settled The labor board is not SEN
sitive about law suits brought against
it."
The speech was so Extensively par
tisan that the question arises: "Is it
part of plan to discredit the board
and thereby make the fight of the
railroads against the labor sections of
the railroad act easier?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

New York.-Does congress make
federal laws when Benjamin Hooper,
of the railroad labor board, and his
secret hackers give the word?
According to speech before rail-
road officials in this city by Mr..
Hooper, members of congress are
order takers. In discussing railroad
strikes, he said railroad employees
have no right to quit in concert, and
"If this is not the law, it ought to
be, and it will be-"
Five other members of the railroad
labor board were present. They came
from Chicago to attend this meeting.
1t was an unusual spectacle. The
vice chairman of a board, charged
with adjusting grievances be-
tween employer and employed, and
who is under oath to fulfill the in
tent of the law, standing before sew
eral hundred railroad executives and
declaring that there ought to be a
"can't-strike" law-and there will be
such legislation.
Probably no one holding an import
ant judicial position in this country
ever exhibited such partisanship as
did this representative of the public
group on the railroad labor board.
Mr. Hooper revamped the old,
threadbare arguments for cant
strike" legislation that have been dis
credited in every country where the
scheme has been applied. He talked
of an impartial tribunal"-supposed-
ly as "impartial, as some of the pub
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
mot LEGALLY RE-
QUIRED"

Philadelphia. of proper sig
nails on the Philadelphia q Reading
railroad branch line between Bryn
Athyn and Churchville resulted in the
loss of 25 lives In its story of this
disaster, the Philadelphia North
American said
"A high official of the Reading
was asked why, despite blind curves
between the two stations, there were
no signals.
Why, man, we are not legally re
quired to have them, he said"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
CANTWELL ELECTED

Washington Edward j. Cantwell,
secretary of the National Association
of Letter Carriers, has been elected by
the national welfare council to rep
resent them in the welfare department
of the post Office department. The
council consists of the several organi-
cations of postal employees, including
those affiliated with the A. F. of l..
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

aucifer The harm VAS stored with
-rain and machinery and the insur-
ance ran out last week.
Norman was crushed with a sense
OF his cu!pablity. He felt like flying
from home. town and all the peo-
pie he had ever known He skulked
behind hedge as a group of girls
came along. They were discussing
The fire so excitedly that they paid no
attention to lone member of their
group trailing on behind them. Nor
man noticed her, however. She was
Milly Daniels. He startled her by
stepping directly In her path.
Just linger for a moment, will you,
Milly?" he spoke under high agita-
ton, "or I'll walk with you a bit. I'm
In terrible trouble, and I'm going to
leave town for good" and Norman re-
cited the entire story of the evening.
There's only one way out don't you
see 1t, MillyY' he said. az don't dare
to face Farmer Logan; I'm going away
to make something Of myself, and the
day l have got the money to make 1t
square with Mr. Logan I'm coming
back. And Milly, dear, you have been
my truest friend and have always
stood by me. win you try to think
OF me while Pm gone. win you-wil
you wait for me? For ] shall never
love anybody but you"
Five years went by. Not q word
had been heard from the truant SON
Joel Hardy had forbidden even the
mention Of his name In the home
Mrs. Hardy, half heartbroken, repined
In silence. Milly Daniels became an
orphan, and when Mrs Hardy needed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

u nurse ana then
q companion, 1t
came about that
she found a per
manent home with
the mother Of the
man she loved.
She and Nj r S .
Hardy, with the
tyrant father, all
unaware Of 1T,
cherished a NUT
ual memory of
the absent youth
and took comfort
in watching and
hoping for his re-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

the Pittsburgh price is $50 and the
freight rate to Birmingham is $3.50
he must pay $62.50.
The federal trade commission has
opposed this hold up on industry, as
has state legislatures, manufacturers,
contractors, farmers and shippers, but
the steel trust is more powerful than
all these.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

was a light on the
table and beside
it the house clock.
Norman noticed
that 1t told the
time as ten min
utes TO twelve.
All was still and
solemn except its
monot0nous tick,
and outside an oc.
caSiOnal echo of
s h o o t in g, an
nouncing impa-
tient celebrants
already prepared
to herald in the
no -aar
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

SO the supreme court states that these
abor sections are valid.
State judges are responsible to the
people, and it is risky for them to
ignore state legislation based on the
Clayton act, so the supreme court out
laws such legislation.
In both cases the injunction judge
has free hand.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

lands school system should be
strengthened, said Governor Reilly in
his annual report. The island is a
good customer for the United States,
as $97,OO0,0OO of it's $1O5, ,0OO, 900 i'm
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

ports came from this country.
Monarchial interests in Porto Rico
are attempting to oust Governor
Reilly. Their agents are in this city
but to date have made little progress.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

ORMAN HARDY was born
on New Years day, and
deemed the fact a decided
misfortune. There was one
feature In which his father
specialized - system - and
this involved discipline. "a
strict disciplinarian," be
wolll0 hOaSf fo hfS neigh
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30
PORTO RICO'S NEEDS

Washington. Sanitation work in
Porto Rico is in need of Improvement
to lower the death rate and the is-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-12-30

copyrlxht. ls2l, we..ern Newspaper unio.
The Monett times., 1921-06-17
WILLIAMS

Miss Zella Hicks and Mr.. Walter
Williams were quietly married Sun
day afternoon at the Baptist parson-
age of Purdy, by the Rev. B. F. Craw-
ford at four o'clock, They were at
;eneed BY M.s Reulah Hicks, sister Of
the bride, and Eugene Douglas. A six
o'clock dinner was served at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
j. W. Hicks, 515 Euclid avenue. Later
in the evening they We're Joined by
relatives and at a late hour were
serevd light refreshments.
Mrs. Williams is the oldest daughter
of Nj. and Mrs. j. w. Hicks and is
well known in Monett having lived
here the most of her life. She gradu-
ated from the Monett High school and
taught one term in the public schools.
Mr.. Williams is the Oldest son of MI
and Mrs. John Williams and is a well
known and highly esteemed young
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams will spend
their honeymoon on camping trip
in the Ozarks.
The Monett times., 1921-06-17
TO THE PEOPLE IN
AND NEAR MONETT

We wish to take this opportunity Of
thanking you. for your kind acts,
Workings and beautiful flowers that
you extended to us during our dark
hour of bereavement. We cannot find
words to express our heartfelt thanks.
To all, TO Brother Goodnight we
want to especially thank you for the
picture you expressed in words IN
cur home and at the church. May
that Father who guides the destiny OF
all of us be with you and guide you
in your work that you are doing in
His cause.
To you, Legion, as father and mo-
ther we speak from the depths of our
hearts thanking you for your ap-
pearanc and your kind words. You will
never know how we appreciate what
you did for us.
To the choir, we have seen you in
mothers arms, we have seen you grow
into manhood and womanhood. You
never spoke words that fell into our
troubled hearts like words of the songs
you rendered into our ears.
To the flower girls, and Mrs. Nc
Caslin, representing what we have all
looked at as the Mother of Mercy, you
never looked more beautiful to us than
you did the day you represented this
Cause.
And to friend Galloway, with your
thoughtful and your kind words and
your way in which you say words and
handle the people, in your thought
fulness of everyone interested.
And to you, Friend Mermoud, as !
well know, my friend, you have now a
closer place in my being than you
have had at any time heretofore. I
seen the thoughtfulness of your acts,
and no one appreciates more than my
self what was done in my behalf by
you during my absence.
To each and every one Of you, may
it be Gods viii that he blesses you in
that own Heavenly Fathers way.
D. P. CouTdin and family.
The Monett times., 1921-06-17
FRUIT GROWERS TO
MEET AT TONTITOWN
Ozark Orchardists From Two States
Will Meet on June 20 to
Discuss Grapes.

| A mass meeting Of fruit growers
of Northwest Arkansas and South
west Missouri will be held at Tom
/ titown, Ark, near Springdale, Thurs
day, June %. The chief subject on the
program is grape culture.
The meeting is being arranged
Tontitown is unique spot in the
grape growers of Tontitown, where
they have 1000 acres under cultivation
of the Frisco horticultural department,
of which D. E. Eicher of Springfield
is the head; the Springfield Com
mercial club; Earl Smith, county farm
agent of Benton county; R. Mulbrow,
county farm agent of Washington
county, and the Welch Grape Juice
company. The Springdale CONNER
cial club will run free busses from all
trains arriving at Springdale.
through the cooperation of the Italian
Ozarks, Mr.. Eicher said last night.
1t was settled about 20 years ago by a
worn-out, sick and poverty stricken
group of Italians led by Father Ban
dinni, who died recently. The Italians
had come from Italy with the priest,
had settled in the eastern part of Ar
kansas. Then malaria began its toll
and soon the colony was in a pitiful
shape. The priest, who was both
spiritual and material adviser, led the
settlers to the Ozarks near Spring
field, where the contour somewhat re-
sembled the mountains Of Italy.
Tontitown was the result.
For years the Italians raised wine
grapes, but with the advent of pro-
hibition they cut back the vines and
grated Concord buds and now the
orchard is the largest and probably
the most prosperous in the middle
west.-Springfield Leader.