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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-01

sible under any scheme OF ownership
by the workers. No organization Of
workers would have accumulated the
savings needed TO build the plant and
buy machinery - profits would have
been distributed In monthly dividends.
No organization Of workers would
have built reputation for quality
OF goods and financial dependability.
No organization Of workers would
have been able to buy raw materials
at Just the right time and in the best
markets or 10 discover the best mar
kets for sale OF goods. No organiza-
ton OF workers would have been able
10 borrow huge sums necessary to tide
the concern over a bad year or bad
five years. Neither could any organi-
cation Of workers hire manager who
would do for them what a manager
did for himself under the inspiration
of desire for reward and pride OF ac'
complishment. Such an establishment
turned over to an organization OF
workers in perfect operating condit'or
would be ruined within one-tenth OF
the time It took to build ii up.
in view Of these considerations
here is no room for doubt as to who
owns or ought to own business bnili
up by any individuals ability, iuita-
tive. thrift and integrity"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-01
OIL BURNERS

Every great tends modify materially the art of The
great war; peoples hardly less than of armies had likewise IL
effect upon the arts of peace
According Loyds Register of Shipping 1914 the
tonnage of ships using oil for fuel aggregated 10000 Today
63 an than 100 per Since the fS
year of the has thought of building coal burning fight
ing ship any class This year merchant ships been
built to burn fuel oil than coal Economy in operation compe
No wonder Great Britain busy Mesopotama and Abyssa
the East nde prospecting everywhere for OIL No wonder
this continent being searched Patagonia
north Before re through there may be IAN Of electricity
but this deserve the appelaton of age of OIL
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-01
HUNTER STEPS IN FRONT
OF HIS COMPANIONS GtN

Bowling Green. 49, W. c. Martinez
automobile salesman, is in the hes
pi'al in a serious condition as tha
result of a charge of shot accidentally
fred into his head and neck by W. H.
Rogers. They flushed covey of qua
en- the Edwin Kirtley farm, and Mr.
timer ran in front of Rogers gun u!
tempting to find a vantage point
from which to fire.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-01

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WASHINGTON LETTER.
0cGCG:
ParlOr BOlsheyists Answered.


Washington. The bolshevistic
theory that the workers own or ought
to own the business is readily seen to
be fallacious on careful analysis, and
yet there are lot of honest-minded
men who are misled by the sopristry
of dishonest minded but crafty agita-
tors" declares the Republica Publicity
Association "Parlor bolshevists have
made for too many converts to their
communistic teachings. Posing as the
friends of the workers, these non-pro-
ducing breeders Of discomfort would
prove to be the worst enemies of all
workers, if their teachings gained gen.
eral acceptance
Application of vague theories to
concrete cases will 500 ntest their
soundness. For example, one OF the
largest shoe manufacturers in the
United States-perhaps the one best
known to the public - began his ca
reer pegging shoes for wages in a
small ship. He saved his earnings and
started a one-man shop Of his iwn. lie
worked early and late, made good
shoes, pand his bills, treated his Gus
toners coutreously, and saved his
profits and built up trade which en-
abled him to enlarge his shop, hire
assistants, and gradually increase his
output until he now has an immense
establishment giving employment 10
thousands of workmen and supplying
shoes to all sections of the United
States.
THAT establishment is typical OF
thousands of others, great and small.
In such a business as that, who owns
of should own the concern-the work
men at the benches or the man who
gradually built up the industry by ini-
tiative, ability, thrift and integrity?
1.-The answer is clear. There were
undoubtedly ten thousand other shoe
makers apprentices who had exactly
the same opportunity as this man.
Some of them had equal integrity but
lacked the skill. Some had both integ- |
rity and craftsmanship but lacked the
business sagacity necessary to build
and manage large and complicated |
enterprise. Some OF them may have |
had the skill and organizing ability |
but lacked thrift, and never could |
save enough to enlarge their business |
Others had ability and thrift but yield
ed to the temptation to make immedi- |
ate profits at the sacrifice Of honesty, |
and they never built up reputation |
that would sell their goods. For one |
reason or another, the vast majority |
continued as wage earners or small |
operators while the few became pro-
prietors Of large factories, giving |
profitable employment TO large num-
bers Of men.
THE development Of such a manu-
featuring establishment with cost OF
production, would have been impos-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-01
LIFE SENTENCE FOR MAN
iCCUSED OF Staying 1Nt

Stearns. - Nose Walker was 2i,t.
q lfe sentence on the charge of ha,
IN; slain Kay Anderson and Starr -
Angel, unarmed men, following III
argument at the August primary cleo
ton over Walkers right to vote. II
bert Anderson and William Walker
are under indictment for the same Of
Tense.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-01

Franklin - Drilling to new deptho
for Oil has been started in the c.
fields in this section of the State. Sey-
eral rigs are at work in the Glen Lily
and Davenport pools, where it is said
by operators that they are going to
test the 1,100-foot sands.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-12-01
DARLING BABY
BRIGHTENS HOME
Children's Laughter Pleasing Sound

Altoona, Pa. am writ
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Pinkh1m's Vegetable Com
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G. W. BENZ, 1871 3rd Avenue,
Altoona. Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
TWELVE IDENTIFY
 PORTION OF LOOT.
Witnesses Name Homes From Which Stolen Property
 Was Recovered
By Associated Press

Macon, Ga. March 23.--Through f2 witnesses who took the stand during the last 30 minutes of today's session of federal court the. government iden- tified some of the goods mentioned in the testimony of W, A. Hughes as hav- ing been stolen from the American Railway Express company during gov ernment control There were other wit nesses who named the specific homes among the B defendants on trial on charges of conspiracy to steal from the United States government, from whica the property was recovered.
 It was announced tonight that the continue tomorrow morning.
 The cross examination of Hughes was finished today and the redirect examination lasted only five minutes. Hughes was i'll when he left the stand, but Assistant District Attorney E. Glenn Powers declared that his story had not been shaken by the cross examination of more than a day.
 Hughes denied that he had given an Eart square to NJ A. Sheppard as a wed- ding present. Il said, Shep, there's an art square without any marks lie said, Good, I'll take it. the witness declared,
 On. cross examination regarding a whisky transaction with the .Smitn crew" the witness said he got 24 half 1pints from one shipment and did not recall how many Conductor Smith or Baggage Master Smith received He said that Albert Smith the porter was given some and walked through the train selling it.
 Where's the porter?" asked Miller.
 Hes dead" replied the witness.
 You were not interested with H. L.. Rocker were you?" asked Attorney c. c, Hancock. who represents Rocker
 Yes. sir" replied the witness. 'We were all interested together.'
 Floyd Morris, he said once persuaded him to steal barrel of oceans against his wish
 Asked if he accumulated any money from thefts, the witness said he had not. that he lost it all in poker games. J. L. Johnson, he said taught him to play.
 We all lied" Hughes said when we were stealing" But he insisted that he would not lie on any of the defendants regardless of what be- comes of me"
 Hughes said that he couldn't sleep for six months before his arrest and he was determined after he was caught Ito make a clean breast of it all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
LONE BURGLAR NABBED
 IN ACT-MAM IN PRISON

Heflin. March 3.--(Specfal.) 1.-The gem eral merchandise store of J. A. Harper was entered by q lone burglar between 2 and o'clock this morning, but noth- ing was stolen. as his presence was dis covered by Dave Reaves, an empioye of the Southern railway at Anniston, but whose home is here. MT. Reaves had returned from Anniston on a freight and on passing MT. Harper's store noticed a stranger standing in the doorway. and becoming suspicious, went Immediately to Sheriff McWhorters home and fn~ formed him. Chief Isaac Wheeler and Joe Wade were soon on the scene ard went to the rear of the store. Then the guard at the front. seeing that the door was standing open. invited the burglar out The man. who gave his name as "Howell Jones' and Anniston as his home. now languishes in the jail here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
MERIDIAN IS GRATEFUL
Mayor and Council Commend Action in
 Phone Case

Meridian, Miss, March 2s.-(speciaL,-- Mayor John w. Parker. at the request of the city council, has wired the fol- lowing telegram to Attorney General Frank Robertson with reference to the latter's action in checking for the pres ent at least the railroad commission S recent order granting an increase oI rates to the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company: By order of the council I express Meridian's profound gratitude to you for the action taken in the telephone rate case and pledge you our loyal support through the fight tha! we presume is coming"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
TO ATTEND CONCLAvE
Heflin Educators Leave for Montgom
 cry Session

Heflin March 3.-tSpeciaL)-Prof. E. J. Landers and Supervisor A. J. Ken nedy left this morning for Montgomery, where they go as representatives of Gle burne county schools to the Alabama Ed Icational association. which convenes there this week. Miss Annie Bell Nor rison, who taught in Randolph, but whose home is here goes as delegate from that county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
Big Plant to Resume Ky Associated PreSs

Chattanooga. March 2s.-Announce- ment was made today that the Colum- bia Iron Works. one of the largest manufacturers of fire plugs hydrants and similar products in the south and Which has been closed for the past three months, would resume full time operation next Monday. Morrow Cham berlain. one of the officials of the company, stated that between 1S0 and 200 men would be put to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
ROCKFORD WATERMELONS
 TO HIT EARLY MARKET

Rockford. March 2s.-( Special. DAThe prospects are good for bumper water melon crop, and as a result of the pre- vailing warm weather, a much earlier crop than has ever been raised in this county is expected. Last year 147 car loads of watermelons were shipped during the melon season to Birmingham, aggre- gatng a total value of $3o00o. The water melons brought fancy prices on account of their size.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
CHALLENGE ISSUED
Auburn Students Want Debate With
 Jacksonville

Jacksonville. March B. tSpecial.c IT The Auburn High school has challenged four pupils. Emily Fremlin, Willie War ren yowell, Alfred Lusk and Alton Crow of the high school for debate April at Auburn. The local students have accepted the challenge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
-7--- THE WEATHER

Alabama. Missssippi Local thunder showers Thursday, warmer in north portions, Friday fair.
 Tennessee. Showers and probably thunderstorms and warmer Thursday.
 Georgia: Showers and warmer Thursday, Friday fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
A. H. SPARKS IN ATHENS
Local Man Takes Charge of Power
 Plant

Athens, March 22-(SpeciaL}-A. H. Sparks. the new superintendent of the light plant has arrived to assume his duties. Mir. Sparks is man of expe- renee and will no doubt make splendid man for this place He comes from Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
.MOONSHINERo PEST

Regarding ''moonshining,' to which na- tional enforcement headquarters directs it's attention at the present time, 1t ls said that sectional lines are after all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
Nickel Loaf Returns
sy Associated Press

New Orleans, March 2s.--For the first time since before the World war. 5-oent loaves of bread were offered for sale here. Several bakeries announced they had reduced the l2-ounce loaves from and 10 cents to B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
State Superintendent Commends In-
 stitutional Progress

Hefling March S-(Special.l .l-Mucn new equipment has been added to the County High school this week. New equipment has been added to the physics and chem istry laboratories, the home econ
 and also to the biology and agricultural departments, Also a new supply of books has been added to the library. The state superintendent of education who recently visited this school said it is doubtful if any school in the state is better equipped than Cleburne County High school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
Local Data
CLEBURNE SCHOOL LEADS

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24

about to be eliminated. The east, which has clung with strange tenacity to the bitterness of the war between the sec tions, becomes aware after all these years that something good can come out of the south. Mountain dew''s is makins itself felt in Washington and as far east as Boston, it is reported to headquar- ters.
 Iii the same connection 1t is claimed by kentuckians in Washington that pro- hibition is eliminating classes in ken lucky. Whereas in the old days the blue grass folk had little to do with the mountaineers, or hillbillies, it is reported as fact that now there is between the two most agreeable and fraternal spirit The one has the money and the appe- tite; the other the most excellent grade of doube-distilled corn liquor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24
pay 5 or $3.5o or

any price you please. The amount doesn't matter to We're concerned only with what you get for that Knowing do, that the better hat values the be ter our chances to you in other lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-24

Thank You N Mr. Jen1ison We know it is rather un- usual for a newspaper ad- vertisement to directly ''sell" an insurance policy fact is, few life insurance agents expect this kind of results. But we are not sur- prised- advertising has a way of producing unex- pected results in
 The Age-Herald
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04

reason the best scout troop is one in
which patrol leaders and not the scout
masters have charge of ordinary phas-
es of the troops work.
Initiative Is Stressed.
Next to responsibility, the require
ment of initiative is one of the most
valuable for the Boy Scouts. They do
not have every problem worked out
for them, but must plan and scheme
for themselves. For example, if they
need equipment for the troop they
must figure out some way of earning
it rather than wait until some kind
person puts it in their hands. Both of
these characteristics are invaluable in
must very o be passing.
Equally important is the teaching
of obedience. This is achieved not by
exacting that obedience from him, but
by putting him in a position to see
how ~disobedience can hurt every one
concerned. A patrol leader, for exam
pie, is punished when a member of the
troop does not carry out a certain or
der. Naturally the lesson sinks in.
Attention to small details, as in
the matter OF equipment and uniform,
is another accomplishment of the
movement when it is properly direct
ed. The patrol contest, lasting
throughout the year. in which scouts
are penalized for small points, is a
mean to this end.
THE sense of fair play which is
worked up is also of great value in
business. The scouts may enroll with
an exaggerated appreciation of their
own Importance, but they soon learn
that they cannot get away with certain
things without making the rest of the
patrol, or troop, as the case may be,
suffer.
Told of Clean Living.
1.-THE value of keeping fit and the
understanding of what clean living
means to a man are, of course, too
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04
Page 3.

well known as part of the Boy Scouts
equipment to need further discussion.
Merit badges are awarded for a profile
iency which can only be obtained by a
strict care along both these lines.
Each point of the so-called scout
law can, and should, be applied to
some form of practical service, and
thus the scouts can obtain an under
standing of how they may help their
country. When they first come to us
they believe that this can best be done
by losing an arm or winning a D. S. c.
in the service, but they soon come to
observe the practical ways in which
these various assets can be put into
actual practice. A good example is the
plan which Mr.. Pinchot and others
connected with the State Forestry Ser
vice are interested in to effect a defn-
lite cooperation between that service
and the Boy Scouts.
"All Scouts, especially those any
where lear the State forests, will be
enrolled and later given instructions
as to their duties, which will consist,
speaking generally, of prevention,
Concluded on page 81
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04

Prince Albert 10
sold in toppy red
bags, tidy red tins,
handsome pound
and half pound tin
humidors and in h
pound crystal glass
h u m d With
sponge moistener
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04
Boy
Scout
Notes
OF
Interest
CLIFTON Isle ON THE
WORK OF BOY SCOUTS

A new field has been opened to Boy
Scouts this summer in the plan of co.
operation launched by Clifford Pinchot
and the State Forestry Service, ac-
cording to Clifton Lisle, prominent in
the Boy Scout organization on the
Main Line.
Practical advantages resulting from
other phases of scout work are also
summed up by Mr.. Isle, who has had
an opportunity during his service in
the wal and in his business career to
observe the benefits a%ccruing from
the training and service of Boy Scout
troops.
The Boy Scout movement has
worked UP a sense of responsibility in
the boys which they would not other
wise have at this particular age,
twelve to seventeen years." he say
This asset is developed best when
the boys become patrol leaders, which
they can only do by industry and
proficiency. AS patrol leaders they
have the responsibility and care of
seven other boys, and must learn to
think, not solely for themselves, but
for the good of their fellows. For this
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04
PLEASANTVlLLE DONATION TO
NEAR EAST is APPRECIATED

Newark, N. J., May 12th, 1921.
X. A. Gale. Pleasantville, n. ].
We are grateful to you for your check Of
contribution made art the Goodfellow-
ship dinner of prominent citizens OF Pleas
antville. New Jersey.
We appreciate the interest that you have
in our work. We do not know of
any better cause to which you could have
given, than to the Near East. Thousands of
little children are living today because men
like yourselves have kept the need In mind.
Only through the continued support will we
be able to provide the necessities of life to
these children and yet there are untold thous-
ands who are wandering uncared for and it
Is our hope to care for them also.
Please accept again. our thanks for your
help.
JULIAN ZELCHENKO,
State Secretary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04

Week. Well, there were eight people
at that dinner party, and each one
had a piece of duck about the size of
Il one-cent stamp.
Everybody but my wife thought the
mistake was funny, but the most SUI
perfcial observer could see at a glance
tina her heart vas broken. She tried
her blamedest to smile, but right in
the middle of the effort she broke
off with a yell, and left the room to
weep a few ~stanzas and she neyer did
recover from that humiliation. | tried
time and again to convince her that
there was nothing to be ashamed of in
such a misadyenture, but she thought
the finger of scorn would be leveled
at her as long as she lived.
II can't sit here and moralize in this
strain all day, but l feel just as sick
as anybody when l make a break.
When the mayor was buried three
years ago there vas aabig procession
in his honor. A lot of mounted men
led the parade, and if you were look
ing you doubtless saw me. | was
iiuinS Il DlS Didch HORSE, Wnen tHe
big black horse wasn't riding me. |
never supposed there was any trick in
riding a horse, SO when they asked me
to sit on a foaming charger l didn't
hesitate a minute. l got seasick be-
fore | was on the nag two minutes,
and | let go the lines and hung to its
name and the fool horse cavorted all
over the street, so that 1 looked like
the idiot who tries to ride Il trick
mule at the circus.
MY evolutions simply broke up that
funeral parade and turned it into a
joy ride. l really wasn't to blame In
any way, but whenever l think of the
episode a cold sweat breaks out on
me, and l feel like offering myself to
the first conner for seventeen cents"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04
DIED.

CORSON.-At Atlantic City. on Mag "a, I.
Adelbert, son of late Walter A. and Amelia
S. Corson, in his 21st year. Funeral SER
vices at his late residence. Maple avenue
and Shore road, Linwood. Friday, May 27,
Vile Cemetery.
HAWK.-At Linwood, on May 23, Mrs. VIM.
II. Hawk, aunt Of Gen. Lewis It. Bryant.
Funeral Wednesday morning from her late
residence.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-06-04
E

SSVOUNG REIMENSNYDER'S wife
L thought she was going to get
rich quick" observed the druggist.
"She read somewhere that there is
chickens. so she bought an incubator