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Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
BETTER SCHOOL WEEK.

w. E. Bond, State Superintendent of
Education, has given out the following
statement with reference to better
school week which will be observed. in
| all counties of the state during either
the first or second week of October.
In accordance with the suggestion
of the United States Commissioner of
Education, and upon the unanimous
approval of the county superintend-
ents of education Better School Week
will be observed this scholantic year
in every county of the state. during
either the first or second week Of Oc-
tober.
During this week everybody is re-
quested to give serious thought to the
needs of the common schools of the
state, and therefore are requested to
meet at places to be designated by a
county committee, for the purpose of
discussing with one another plans for
the betterment of educational condi-
tions in the county At all sush meet
lings there will be speakers who are
able to give the people the necessary
information encouragement and in
spiration along educational lines.
All state and county officials, col
lege presidents and professors, editors,
ministers of the gospel, candidates
Tor office, congressman, district Off
GERS members of the state depart
Iment of education and leading men
ana women generally throughout the
state are called upon to lay aside poll
tics and other things that might stand
in the way, and give whatever or
thmeir time they can during this week
to the encouragement of educational
matters along the following lines:
l. All children should be encourag-
de to provide adequate educational ad-
vantages for their children, lay aside
petty quarrels and jealousies, and to
cooperate whole with the
teachers.
8. Teachers should be encouraged
to either try to make better teachers
|of themselves every year, or get out
of the profession.
Mississippi ranks low educationally
because of the poor attendance of our
children on the common schools, and
because of the relatively poor support
given schools in financial way. Dur
ing the last three years, we have made
more progress than any other state in
the Union, according to the United
States Commissioner of Education,
and it is our hope that the coming
session shall be by far the most sue
cessful year educationally in our his
tOry
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
POTATO GROWERS MEET.
Will Discuss Marketing And Proven
tion OF Rotting.


Agricultural College, Miss, Sep
16.All persons interested in swc
potato growing and curing are urg
by the Mississippi State Plant Boz
to attend a meeting of sweet pot;
growers and storage house owners
be held at Jackson, Mississippi. on
tober 5, at s. A. M. in the Chamber
Commerce offices. p. p. Gar
State Commissioner of Agricul
will preside. The purpose of
meeting is to assist the growers
storage house owners in preve-
the enormous loss caused every
to stored potatoes by the warrior
tato diseases, as Black Rot, ant
age rots. Several specialists
present to give accurate infor
about controlling these disease
it is hoped that a large number
growers and storage house owners
will avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity to secure first-hand fnforma-
tion and protect themselves from loss
during the coming storage season.
T. M. Patterson and j. F. McKav
State Marketing SPECIALISTS, will be
present and the question Of organiz
ing q State Cooperative Potato
keting Association for handling tNe
present crop and succeeding crops w
be discussed.
Those planning to attend are r'7
to write the Chief Inspector. g r
Plant Board, Agricultural C9noae
Miss.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

NO MASKED MEN CAN MARCH.
SAYS FITzMoRRls--WlLL NOT
ISSUE PERMIT.
kLAN MAY FIGHT RULING
Ex-Gov. Dunno Issues Statement A.
tackine Secret Organization.
Rep. Dyer of Missouri
Draws Up Resolution.

Washington.-Re Dyer
(republican), Missouri, has begun prep
aration of a resolution OF inquiry into
the Ku Klux Klan, based upon the
charges preferred by number OF
newspapers, and hopes to have II
ready when congress meets.
Experts on the constitution and fed
eral statutes will be consulted before
the text is finally decided upon. Mr.
Dyer wants the measure to be flaw
less. He believes ample authority OK
lists for an investigation.
Chicago.-First official action by 10
cal authorities against the activities
OF the Ku Klux Klan was taken in Chi
cago. 1t came in the form OF a def
mite declaration from Chief of Police
Charles Fitzmorris that parades OF
members of the Khan or other organi.
cations whose members appear masked
will not be permitted in Chicago
streets.
Reports have reached me that a
loop parade of Klansmen is being
planned the chief said. mo permit
will be issued for such parade.
IF the Klansmen or other masked
persons attempt ITO march the police
will break up the parade roughly II
necessary. Masks are all right in ball
rooms, lodges or in other private
places, but they will not be permitted
on the streets"
While the chief was stating his atti
tude, the Illinois committee of the Ma
tional Unity Council, recently formed
to fight the Ku Klux Klan, was draw
ing up lines of battle at meeting in
The Morrison hotel.
Ex-Gov. Edward F. Dunno, chairman
of the organization, stated that it was
growing with the same astonishing ra-
pidity with which the khan had swept
the nation.
He issued a statement in which he
denounced the khan, and at the same
time made known the principal objects
of the council.
THE National Unity Council he
said, "contemplates by peaceable
means and open methods an appeal to
the conscience and sense of fair play
which exists in the great body of
American citizenship, to discourage
and suppress lynch law and violence,
to uphold the American courts as the
only tribunal for settlement OF all pub
lie and private controversies, and to
inculcate friendship and good will
among all classes of American citizens
N this great cosmopolitan country.
ut will be open no every citizen"
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
NEW CHARTERS APPROVi ..

Jackson, Miss, Sept. 1.-THE og-
ernor has approved new charters AZ
follows:
Tallahatchie Farm Bureau, Carries
ton, Miss, capital $4,000; non-profit
sharing. Incorporators--H. l.. ass,
Stanley Denman and others, C.lailes~
fon.
Lee County Gin Company, Tupeo.
Miss; capital $4,000. To begin busi-
ness when $4,000 paid in. Incorpor-
ators-D. w. Robbins, R. G. Strain
and others, Tupelo.
Moon Lake Club, clubhouse, Moon
Lake, Coahoma County; capital $500;
non-profit. Incorporators-J- r. Shell
ton, Clarksdale, and others.
Yacht Club Amusement Company'
Bay st. Louis; Capital stock $4,000;
non-profit. Incorporators BATHS
tella, August Schiro and others, Bay
ST. Louis. Miss.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW

For two reasons, In 1918 when an
educational rating Of the states of the
nation was made, Mississippi ranked
next to the lowest. Our children were
not attending school, and our schools
were receiving very poor financial
support as compared with other states.
During the last three years, we
have tried hard, as you know, to raise
our standards. The compulsory school
law last year brought to school over
80, 900 white children. over seven years
of age, who had never been to school
Fbefore, and who would not have gone
to school last year had it not been for
the law.
This law togethre with the in
creased interest in better schools en-
abled us to enroll in public schools
last year 10000 more children than
was ever enrolled in any previous
year. This one fact alone has raised
our rating considerably.
Last year, school districts, counties,
and the state, spent more money on
schools by far than any previous
year. Furthermore, for the first time
in the history of the state. was the
state school fund disbursed in such q
manner as to give every child the
same chance on state money.
During either the first or second
weeks Of October, we are going to
observe Better School. Week through
out the state and this letter is to ask
your whole-hearted cooperation in
this campaign.
We want to urge all the children to
go to school and stay in school until
the close Of the session and continue
to do this every year until they have
finished at least the common school
course. We want to urge the parents
to co-oprate with the teachers and
trustees more thoroughly than they
have ever done before. We want to
encourage the teachers ito give their
very best service to the children and
the people of the district in which
they teach; and we want to encourage
all the peopel to support as they have
never done before, the common schools
of the state to the end that the chill
dren of Mississippi may have as good
chance in an educational way as the
children Of any other state in this na-
tion.
Thanking you for whatever you may
see fit to give in the interest Of this
campaign, / am. ..ss
Very truly yours, -.
State Cnnnr;nfnnrenf ~ Ef3nrafinn
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
MISS. NINA HERND On.
Resolutions Adopted By The sietho-
dist Sunday School.
To The Memory OF Miss Nina Eiern

To The Memory OF Miss Nina Hern-
don:-
Since it has been our sad experience
to have physical death realoye from
us our beloved> and faithful CO.
worker Miss Nina Herndon, aad
since we feel so keenly ;as sesss'b'y
that our loss is irreparal K md that
our community and chua las muca
to thank God for in the beautiful IN
fluence that fingers fror. hes Christ
like life of unselfis11 scrvicc and de
.votion to duty.
Be it resolved, 1st, that we profit
bv her rare and beautiful Christ an
character by striving to emulate hei
virtues.
Resolved, End, that we commend
her brother and sister VINO are 50
sorely bereft to Him who was her
sweet comfort and suffieiency IN life,
in death and in the glad foreve'.
Resolved 3rd-That these resolu-
tions be published and a copy sent
to her family.
MRS. A. F. GALLOWAY,
MRS. GILL JOHNSON,
MRS. ROBT. FURR.
Committee.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
SUPERINTENDENT OF BEAUvOIR

The subjoined editorial contains a
very fine tribute to Mr.. Elnathan
Tart for the manner of managing
/ the Old Soldiers Home at Beauvoir.
Mr.. Tart is a fine man, and he is
making a great Superintendent, but
we would not overlook the splendid
help which he receives from his good
wife in performing this most difficult
function. Mr.. Tariffs heart and soul
is in his work, stimulated and sustain
lie dat every point by his good wife.
The editorial from the Biloxi Herald
will be read with interest.
eff there is any place in the world
where ebullient good humor and per-
sistent efforts to make things bright
and breezy have the best results, it is
| in home for the aged. As the sun
goes to the west for them, many of US
may slip around and paint the sky
with bright colors for them. There
tagging spirit of the old, and bring a
smile to their lips and a twinkle to
their eyes; there are many who once
in awhile, to one here and there, warm
| the heart with kind words and with
good deeds. But to be ever-presenr
with many who need this uplift; TO be
|ever-resourceful and never-failing in a
real desire to brighten lives md help
on; and at the same time to carry the
Ireal material cares Of q big institu-
ton without appearing to worry-and
without failure in any of these things;
this requires the thoughtfulness and
ability cf q man. the heart Of a Wo-
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
BOARD PR0I
RAIL WORK
ROADS MUST IL
FOR pIscHAR {
Lie iNTERE,
ORDERED T.
Missouri Rail
Out With
Given
q

~~~~~-~9>'
labor board IA "a III
that railro@. II e
to discharS e. ses
cause, in IS, %
Butler Cou
in Souther ~ l4 ia:
two men r, .si
to the san ,.s as
that the board was fully aware sts
ruling was contrary to numerous Unit
ed States supreme court decisions on
the matter, but that 1t construed its
duty to be to decide every question
justly and reasonably regardless Of the
legal rights Of either side.
.'The board is fully aware OF the sur
preme court decisions Chat corpora
tion has the right to discharge ITS men
as it sees ht) and has no disposition
in any way to question the eoundnees
or justness Of these decisions" said
the boards ruling.
The ruling then pointed out THAT the
transportation act, creating the board,
gave it no power to enforce its decree
and that one might take the view that
the board was to decide its cases ac-
cording to the legal angles and that a
court would uphold and enforce thom,
or that it was ito decide "in a just and
reasonable manner which would be
as fair as possible for all concerned.
"The public interests demand con-
tinuous and uninterrupted operation
of the transportation lines," said the
decision.
st is plausible ito assume that the
purpose OF cor gress Tin passing the
transportation act) was to provide as
effective means as possible to prevent
an interruption of traffic growing out
of disputes. Rlt without regard to
which the view Of the purpose of this
legislation Is correct the board
nevertheless fees shat 1t Should de-
eide all disputes in . manner just and
reasonable to the parties concerned.
and +. that congress did not intend
or expect to limit tho labor board . +. I.
according 20 the ~lrs legal rights OF
the parties, becal 80 II it did s. the
disputes never corsla 10 solved"
The railroad. which runs from Pop
lar Bluff. to Mo. 10 Tipperary Mo-,
discharged Jesse nicls and Frank Mos
ley. two subordir lie officials. when
they Joined the TTrfss d Brotherhood OF
Maintenance OF Employees and
Railway Shop I"b rers. The board
orders them reiaet ited and paid in
full for the time .,ince their discharge,
less what they ~ have earned in
that time through other work
The decision he'll that while rail-
road could pick its officials as 1t saw
fit, joining a unicn was not just cause
Tor discharge.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
THE MISSISSIPPI FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY

TIE MISSISSIPPI FIRE INSuR-
ANCE COMPANY keeps their cus-
toner's money here at home and lends
it to home people. Demand Of your
local agent that your policy be written
by YOUR Home Company.
Now is the time of the year that
windstorms prevail.
Tornado insurance is cheaper than
fire rates. Take out a three year
policy right now in the Mississippi
Fire Insurance Company. That good
Home Company sells both fire and
windstorm licies.-Advertisement.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
WE'D SEVENTH WIFE AT 80.

Atlantic, Icwa.Fred Harris, 80
years old, has just married his sew
enth wife. All his wives were daugh-
ters OF Peter Yost, who lived in Mil
waukee and sailed freighter on the
Great Lakes in the sixties.
Harris began by marrying the Oldest
daughter of Yost and has gone right
down the line. The last i've were
widows. Mrs. Gustaye Hidelmann u
the last bride, and she ts now 78 yaara
old.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
Cleaned md Cursed.

London. Worl-,1en cleaning the
beautiful east window of st. Catherine
Cree church, which was damaged in an
air raid in 1917, discovered an inscrip-
tion which read: Thomas Jordan
cleaned this window and damn the
job, 1915. Albert Truement ditto,
1873" The present workers admitted
also that cleaning the windows was q
troublesome task.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
ED E. COLE, INDICTED,
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Had Wrecked Auto,iob:ie Earlier !
The Day.

Had Wrecked Auto.iob:ie Earlier IN
The lgas.
Columbus, Miss, Sept. 19.--fd r
Cole, pressing clul operator and wei
known throughout tlli; entire section
sent bullet crashing through his
brain last night at his home on Bel
Avenue in East Columbus. lie died
within a few minutes after ne tired
the fatal shot.
The bullet VIII; oh was from a -
caliber pistol entered the head lust
above the temple. The unfortunate
man was lying on the bed at the
time.
A combination Of circumstances is
believed to have been the cause Of the
rash act. Cole was under indictment
for having liquor in his possession, the
Indictment having been found by the
Lowndes County grand jury last week.
He was out under bond.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Cole got in
his car and drove down the Piclens-
vile road, and wrecked his car about
seven miles from Columbus. He es-
capped without injury. Friends brought
him home and he had gone to bed.
Within an hour after retiring he fired
he fatal shot.
Deceased was about 35 wears of age,
nd leaves wife and three children.
It is known that he had been NOR
bid and depressed for several days.
and the bringing in of the Indictment
an court the past week IS believed to
have been a factor in driving him to
the point Of taking HIS own life. Fus
neral arrangements had not been COM
pleted today.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

70 say that I feel twenty-five
81 us younger, twenty-five years
re ltn. er and twenty-five years
L. oilp express what Tanlac has
dcne i n me better than any other
way { can put it," said George D.
Shaw ,Jeteran of the Civil War, who
now Ii es at 321 Walnut street,
Gpriag ield. Mass.
= "a now seventy y-eight years old
ark ont hesitate to say have
acsee lown & medicine to equal Tan
lae. er fifteen years was sub
ext to. attacks of indigestion that
sye...e bad at times ] would have to
10 or week or two. For a long
ived on crackers and milk
ac nothing else agreed with me.
l started on Tanlac weigh
~, eah one hundred and seventeen
.ogat and my days were thought to
he gltE ,ered. I've been so wonder
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
WILL SEEK AMiTY.

Tokyo.-The Kokumint0, or nation.
alist party, has decided to send one
Of its leaders, Representative Dtsujiro
Uehara, to the United States during
the Washington conference on the limi.
Hation OF armaments and Pacific prob.
lems, with the purpose Of advocating
friendly relations between America
and Japan. The Seiyu-Kai, or govern.
ment party, win dispatch several Of its
members privately to act as adyiser
To the official delegation.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

fully built up, now weigh one hum
dred and forty three pounds and my
stomach is as sound as dollar. In
fact, | believe / could eat the old army
rations again without it hurting me
in the least.
II never miss chance of saying
good word for Tanlac and l would
like to urge the boys of the "Sixties"
who are not feeling right to give it a
trial, for / am sure it would put them
in line again just as it has me. For
man of my age to have no physical
ailment, to be we'll and strong and
enjoy life as he did twenty-five years
ago, is certainly something to be
thankful for an dthere is nothing too
good | can say for Tanlac."
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
Observation-Disclosures.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
TO WORK EIGHT HOURS.
Order includes First, Second and Third
Class Officials.

Orocf ihciuueS FlrSt, second ana mira
Class Officials.
Washing!on.-Pos of ths
first, second and third class from nov
,n must put in an eight hour day un-
de- au ordfr announced by Postmaster
General hayes.
Postmasters "shall devote a mini
mum of eight hours daily during the
business part of the day, to their du-
ties as postmasters, the order reads,
ami shall give their personal atten-
tion to the business CT their offices
and shall rot absent themselves there
from for d longer period than Two
days without written authority from
the postoffice department"
% explanation accompanied the
order.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
HAIL. Cafarrh Medicine

Those who are In 4 run down conlli-
ton WIN notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are In
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is q local disease, 1t is greatly
HALLts CATARRHs MEDICINE II
Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through
~ hIoqd upon the mucous surfaces of
tho body. thus reducing the inflammotfou
o1d restoring normal conditions
~ drueGi6te CircularG froo
= cheney = c. Ioledo OLA
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
HARVARD CUSTOM UPSET.
Woman Mirister conduits Chapel Ser
viics at Venerable University.

WIGS al VeheTdbIe UnIVerSIty.
Cambridge, Mass. = DR.. Rowena
Morse Mann, minister of the Third
Unitarian Church in Chicago, the first
woman to receive a degree from the
University Of Jena in Germany, has
attained new distinction.
When she appeared recently in the
pulpit of Appleton chapel at Harvard
University to preach to the students
OF the summer school she broke Har-
ward tradition. Never before in the
nearly 800 years OF the institution s
history has woman conducted chapel
services.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
MOLD STATE LEGISLATION.
Farmers and Laborers' Reconstruction
League Formed in Oklahoma.

League Formed in Oklahoma.
Shawnee, Okla.-The Farmers and
Laborers' Reconstruction League was
formed here at a meeting of farmer
and labor representatives, the an
nounced purpose Of the new organiza-
ton being to foster program of state
legislation which was to be outlined
during the session. John Simpson,
president Of the Oklahoma's Farmers
Union, was made chairman Of the
meeting, and r. T. Harvey of Okla
homa City, secretary Col. w. H. Har-
vey OF Monte Ne, Ark. was the princi-
pal speaker
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

There is something good in the
worst 81 us and something bad in the
best Of US. So make the best or the
worst Of it. or vice versa, or the other
way around-we don't care which.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
Virginia League Head Sustains ArbI-
ter's Decision,

Portsmouth, Va.-Acting under the
recent decision of X. M. Landis, su.
preme arhiter of baseball, w. B. Brad
ley, president Of the Virginia league.
announced that he had thrown out all
games won by the Wilson IN. CO. club
up to July 70 in the second half pen.
nant race. This decision pulls the
Wilson team to fourth place and puts
Norfolk on top.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

Why say that the heart Of q maid
is past understanding, when all the
world knows that it has never been
understood?
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

There is plenty Of room at the top
of the lsdisr Of success, but the top
won't come down to You.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

Amy one can spend money except
those who haven't it to spend.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

People who "count the world well
LOST forget that they never owned
it.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

Beauty that is only skin deep is not
always skin.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

The man who fails in his first at-
tempt should take heart. He u better
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22
SHIP IN HURRICANE.
Makes Only 1903 Miles In Forty-EIsht
Hours

San Juan, p R.The steamer Porto
Rico, with 125 passengers. arrived here
from New York, "a hours late, having
been delayed passing through hurrf-
canee. The wind blew at rate of from
80 to 100 miles an hour. In 48 hours
the steamer made progress of only
l03 miles.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

equipped to avoid the pitfalls Of th'
next.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

The person who pauses to think
seldom stops to regret.
Oxford eagle., 1921-09-22

In Cook county, Illinois, the preach
ers marry them just five times as fast
las the judges divorce them.
Evening star., 1921-11-23

Miss Lindsay Wood entertained a
company informally at dinner last
evening preceding the reception at
the British embassy. Her guests were