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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28

IT. ENTATIyE plans for the CONSOLE
dation of all major railroads of
the United States into 10 sys-
tens. have been announced by the in
terstate commerce commission. The
proposed consolidation was authorized
by the transportation act The con-
solidated systems proposed by the
commission include these
New York Central, including the
Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago & st,
Louis: Monongahela Boston &. Maine
Bangor & Aroostook and others.
Pennsylvania, including Toledo
Peoria & Western. Long Island, Mo
nongaheIa, as an alternative to the
inclusion of that road in the New
York Central system, and others.
Baltimore & Ohio; Reading; New
York New Haven & Hartford; Lehigf
& Hudson, and others.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28
WINATIONALH
CApITAL AfFAIpS
Worlds Active Armies Total 100000

Greece, S255,OO0;- Spain, 253,000;
Switzerland. 10000; Turkey, $4,000;
Czechoslovakia. 10000.
In considering problems connected
with attempted reduction Of armed
forces ashore 1t Is to be assumed,
however, that the Washington con-
ferees will OF necessity take into con-
sideration many other factors than
the forces actually under arms In COM
putting the army strength Of any ma
tion for purposes Of discussion. Re
serve systems. the extent to which
reserves have been organized for quick
mobilization and the degree of train
ing they have received all would be
reviewed by technical experts.
In many countries some form Of uni
versal military service obligation rests
upon the entire male population.
Japan. Italy. France, Greece. Czecho-
slovakia, Poland, Switzerland and
Spain all have in force such laws,
while among British colonies, South
Africa, New Zealand and Australia
have similar enactments.
One thing clearly established by
these army figures. military experts
said, was that the United States alone
among the victor nations in the war
seems to have completely demobllized.
The regular army today is little
stronger In numbers than 1t was be-
fore tho mobilization In 1917. The
National Guard, due to reorganization
after the war, actually is weaker.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28

Patrolman Is Responsible for condi-
ton Of His Section Of Highway.
feeling that he alone is responsible
for its condition. While these men
work under the direction of the coun-
ty engineer, the details are left large
ly to their Judgment.
A specially constructed light road
machine, called locally road fxer,
Is used. It has a long wheel base and
two cutting blades rigidly connected
with the carrying frame Of the ma
chine. The rear wheels are on sep
arate axles, controlled by separate
levers. The patrolman carries the
necessary small tools for clearing
weeds, trimming shoulders, cleaning
bitches, and for handling surfacing
material. He makes his own repairs
In the county repair shop under the
direction of skilled mechanic.
The annual cost of this system,
states the bureau of public roads, av-
erages 1928 mile, which Is less than
other counties pay where roads receive
attention "only when they need It."
Grant county has graveled roads sec
ond to none In the state, and its PEG
Pile are enthusiastic supporters Of the
patrol system.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28

court, have rendered an opinion, in
which the Bible in effect is judged
to be a sectarian book. and in which
II is decreed to be unconstitutional to
read or teach of the Bible In the
schools"
Extensive arguments have been pre-
sented In the presentment to show
that no state has right to exclude
from its system Of education 'instruc-
tion in the science of religion as set
forth In the Bible. the only book
which sets forth the existence, laws
and other attributes Of the Divine
Providence to which the Declaration
Of independents Is committed. with.
out this excluslon being repugnant e
the DECLARATION. md thss@srs tod.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28
BY JOHN OLIVER la GORGE.

With unsettled Russia Just over her
,order, and the border itself In dis
pute, Rumania Is conducting a watch
IN the Dniester, the boundary which
HE claims, as vigilant as any that was
.ver set on the Rhine. Rumania has
organized her government In Bess-
arabia, but the Russians have never
consented to the severance of this for
mer Russian province, and each move
ment of soviet troops toward the
Dnfester has set Europe afiutter for
fear new war will break out in her
southeastern corner.
However, 1t is not Bessarabia nor
the other war-gained territories that
have doubled Rumania's size, that are
In the mind of the average person
when Rumania is mentioned. He
thinks rather of the pre-war nucleus,
the little kingdom that since the Turk
was pushed south, has stood EMBODIED
by, the lower Danube, the River Pruth
and the Transylvanian Alps.
In the whirlpool of racial rivalries
Of southeastern Europe where Ro-
man and Goth, Hun and Slav, Magyar
and Mongol, with all of their descend
ant peoples, have run over one anoth-
er and been run over, in their turn
fate left the Rumanians in the major
ity in a territory of more than 10000
square miles. 1t scattered more than
100000 of them over these lands
more, than 100000 in old Rumania
and some 100000 elsewhere.
The old Rumania was country OF
$1,000 square miles, with population
of less than 100000. 1t was thus
slightly larger than PENNSYLVANIA, al
though 1t had half a million fewer
/ people than the Keystone state. The
new Rumania has an area of 122O0t
square. miles s. and population OF
( 17060,000s .,ss.,.e y. ,ss,.e ,.s9 .s4t-
! The country is governed by king
who Is d, constitutional monarch, ant
parliament made up of senate anC
chamber of deputies. The pre-wal
constitution was rather reactionary
with the masses practically disfran
chfsed. The new CONSTITUTION, how
ever, is more liberal, permitting votinl
by air citizens over 81 years of age
paying taxes! 49,
Small Farms and Big Estates.
Industrially. Rumania Is almost en-
tirely given over, to agricul ure, anc
area for area. 1t produces more cereal
than any other great grain-producin
nation In the world. Before the Worl
war it's farm. lands were about equal
divided between the small farmer an
rich landowner. There were about
million farms with an average size c
eight acres, and then there were owe
1000 estates with an average size
1900 acres. Since the conclusion {
: the World war steps have been take
to- break up many of these large e
, tates and to create body of peasaI
! proprietOrs.
[ The result Of the occurrence Of bot
huge estates and tiny farms Is TIT
one finds the strangest contrasts
: farming methods. Here is big esta
: where every sort of farm lnachinel
: that the United States has to offer
;. to be found the .biuder, the move
4. the steam gang. pillow, the riding cul1
vator, the manure spreader and ev'
! the steam header and thresher. Al
then hard by are hundred sms
farmers who still harvest their gra
: with the sickle, thresh 1t with the fla
y or tread 1t out with oxen and winne
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28

RE har Dod-
bridge Binckmore
was born nj Long
worth, Berkshire,
England, june z,
1 8 2b. He was
educated mt Blum
deil's school, T3v-
erton, and mt Ex-
eter college. Ok
ford, where he OBJ
tanned . schoiar-
ship. His first
publication was q
volume of poems
which showed NO
particular prom
Use, nor did a later
tolumet hut he
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28
Bio Work In Ohio.

The great highway system Of Ohio
TOR this year Includes the construction
Of 500 miles of heavy duty roads, re-
presenting an outlay or $11 1000, 900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28

was, nevertheless, ambitious to sue
coed, and enthusiastic I'm his pursuit of
literature. A complete breakdown in
health rendered II necessary for him
to leave city life In London, and he
determined to combine a literary life
I'm the country with q business career
as mnrkef-gardener.
He settled down I'm TeddingtOn, and
set earnestly 20 work. Several publf-
cations followed, the nrst novel being
~Clara Vaughan the merits Of which
were promptly recognized. But II was in
1850 that he suddenly sprang into fame
with sLerna Deone.1 This story WINS
one Of the hrst In the revival of the
Romantic novel, and appearing, ~ II
Cid, at time when the reading public
vvas waiting and ready for q work, Of
this type, Il was n great success, and
pronounced q novel of singular charm.
vfgor snd imagination.S
Though Blackmore wrote many other
stories, none has reached the popular
heart like "Lorna Doone"y and he will
be remembered chiefly NJ the author OF
this charming story, which II u classic
Of the west country. Many pilgrimnges
are made annually to the D0one valley,
although the actual characteristics OF
the scene OF the story differ greatly
from the descriptions inspired by the
lively imagination of the author.
sfLorna Doone" IL q truly outdoor
story mt times It b. very dramatic and
picturesque and threaded with advea-
ture-
BinekmoRe kept to his quiet country
life to the last, and passed away al
TeddingfOn On JaH. 20, 1900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28
Rloht Of Way In France.

In France at crossroads the auto
mobile coming from the right has
the right Of way.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28
: N nxAIooR in the county Of S,

IN EXAIOOR in the county Of Son.
erset, In the year of grace 1861,
dwelt the 0utlawed Doones. who
huge and brutal defied king and COM
mon, committed brazen robberies with
impunity. and took refuge after every
outrage III the well-nigfl lmpregnable
Glen Doone. On the nearby farm Of
Flowers Barrows dwelt John Rid, q
great limbcd lad who had been snm-
un0ned home from boarding school In
shis teens TO learn that his father. q
wealthy farmer, had been slain in a
might raid by the Doones. John, blunt
and honest, was kind to his mother
and his two sisters. did his share Of
the farm work. and, as he grew to
manhood, learned to ride horse and
shoot a blunderbuss with unfailing
skin,
One day. while yet q boy, his fishing
excursions IN Bagworthy water led
him to discover an entrance to Glen
Doone, 80 secret SO remote that the
rebber band stationed no guard there,
never dreaming that living soul would
discover 1t. Following little cascade
John emerged at last into dell bloom
ing with primroses and beheid with
amazement beautiful child of eight
with hair like black shower and eyes
full of pity and wonder. Her name
(pretty, like herself) was Lorna Doone
and John often had her in his thoughts
through the six years which followed.
He was twenty then and Lorna four
teen, and already John Rid knew that
he loved her, that fate had decreed it
SO and that all the world was. naught
when weighed against this girl.
To be found in Doone valley spelled
death for any man. but the thought of
Lorna Eight and white. nimble, smooth
and elegant" filed John with yearning
and lured him to the hazard. Again
and again he sought the maid in the
primrose bower above the cascade and
then one afternoon In the splendor OF
an April sunset John once more threw
down the gauntlet which love ever
casts at danger. TO Lorira's tremh'
lous, aYou are mad to come; they will
kill you If they find you here" John
smiled and thought her fairer thar
the primroses amid which she stood
She lived In constant fear, she con
fessed, for the gigantic and passionate
Carver Doone openly paid her homage
and glowered with jealous eyes at any
man who burst cast glance at her.
1T care naught for him or hi
jealousy," cried John Ridd. 81 have
loved you long, as thifd. as comell
girl, and now as full grown maiden.
love you more than tongue can tell o.
heart caa---hold---ia -Silence.u- -&sesnl
raised her glorious eyes and, fiingin.
her arms about his neck, cried, will
her heart on his, Darling, shall
never be my own again. I am your
forever and forever" But before b.
went she was in tears. "How dare
dream of love? Something in my hear
tells me 1t can never be-"
THAT fear OF his beloved,s. spurre'
John to penetrate INTO GleneD oene on
nirht at the risk Of his life for wor
ofL0rna. Once a guard lessaed hi
gun at him but went of cringing q
tn thought that after all so huge
form could be only that Of Carve
Il va / RAJ danger which tArea
ened Lorna, for old Sir Ensor Doom
head Of the robber crew. lay dying an
b. alons had ben be- projects
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-10-28

Cash Value ~ Good Read.
The actual cash value Of . good
road b something that \ hard y -
osrmlnss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
BACK PAY
Steel Workers Wanted More
Than 100000.
Declared War Labor Board
Award Promised It.
NJ EIaE NnT IcnAI WrrKe
CLAIM NOT WEEKS
Steel Company Never Gave
Workers Pay Awarded.
Was for Rush Orders of Guns
Asked by Pershing.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Elaims OF
former employees OF the Bethlehem
Steel company for more than one and
one-half million of dollars in back
pay are rejected under decision just
reached by Acting Secretary of War
Wainwright, it was learned today.
The case, which has been pending
for nearly three years, involves some
3S. 600 men, many of whom are said
now to be destitute as a result of
slackness in the steel industry and
consequent unemployment.
The Bethlehem Steel company en-
ployes' claims grew out of decision
of the war labor board awarding
wage increases to machinists and cleo
tricians, when such increases ap-
peared to be necessary to keep shops
working at capacity on important war
orders.
An appeal to Secretary of War
Weeks from the decision of the acting
secretary of war is being made by the
workmen's representatives and it is
understood the matter will be carried
to the White House if necessary.
letter written by former Assistant
Secretary of War Crowen in Septem-
Der, 1918. to President Grace, of the
bethlehem company, played an i'm
portant part in the decision of Secre-
tary Wainwright. This letter stated in
effect that if the Bethlehem company
pay Tie luCIcdSG OTQ6T6Q by the
war labor board and thus keep the
plants functioning on important big
gun orders demanded by General
Pershing, the war department would
see that the company was coIApen-
stated.
No Legal Obligation.
Under the opinion rendered by Sec
rotary Wainwright, this letter does not
constitute just grounds for a claim
against the war department, inasmuch
as the Bethlehem company never
complied with the terms of the award
of the labor board.
Regardless of whatever moral obi
cation may have been incurred by the
war department the opinion holds
there is no legal obligation and the
war department, then, has no right to
pay the claims
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
WEATHER.

Continued from Page One.l
Friday was SO at o'clock in the aft
ernoon, lacking only a fraction of a
degree equaIing the hot mark for the
year At o'clock Friday night the
temperature was ST and it was IS at
midnight 1t was SO at 2 o'clock and
rs at o'clock. The temperature will
reach 95 Sunday but may go down to
20 tonight.
The hot wave is general over the
middle west and is affecting every part
of Kansas. Out of the twenty-six sta
lions in the state reporting to the To-
cal weather bureau, eighteen of them
reported temperatures Friday of 100
or higher, and Kansas was the hottest
place in the United States. McPher-
son and Macksville We're the hottest
points, each reporting temperatures of
100. Liberal was the coolest spot this
morning. reporting a temperature of
54.
Practically no rain has fallen in the
state during the past twenty-four
hours. A sprinkle fell at Topeka but
was not enough to measure. Horton
and Lawrence report showers of 10
of an inch or less and Kansas City
had .16 of an inch.
The highest temperature ever re-
corded at Topeka on this date was 1903
in 1913 and the lowest was so in 1915.
AT IL o'clock today the wind was
blowing at the rate of eight miles an
hour from the south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
HIS DREAM GAME TRUE
As Student He Worked in Man.
sion, Now He Owns It and Heads
Million Dollar Concern.

Evanston. ILL.,, Aug. 27.-The dream
of a poor boy win come true here next
month when Thomas G. Russell, presi-
dent of an electrical appliance manu-
featuring concern, moves into the
mansion owned by Henry J. Patton,
one of the show places of Evanston.
Several years ago, while a student
at Northwestern university, Russell
was helping pay his way thru college
by working nights in the shops of the
Evanston Public Service company.
One night he was called upon to fix
the fuses in the Patton home.
"Gosh," Russell said to himself,
SHOULDN'T 1t be great if could marry
my girl and move into a Buckingham
palace like this?'
He made up his mind to do it. Since
leaving school, Russell has married
the girl" gone broke once and today
is head of concern rated at $1,000
600. And shortly, he and the girl will
move into the Patton mansion for
which he is said to have paid 800, 1000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
FAIR ROAD PLANS
State Highway Commission in
Big Exhibit in Topeka.
Instruction to Visitors at Free
Fair Next Month.
k. SAC. TESTING LABORATORY
Samples of Materials Inspected
by State Commission.
Manufacturers Will Be ON Hand
With Their Wares,
K. SAC. TESTING LABORATORY

One of the most interesting displays
at the Topeka Free Fair this year viii
be an exhibit arranged by the state
highway commission. The exhibit will
give Kansans valuable instruction in
the use of materials in hard surface
road building as well as eulvert and
bridge construction.
The United States Bureau of Public
Roads has been requested to send
models and samples of various road
materials to display in Topeka dur
ing the fair. A number of manufac-
turers will send road building ma
chinery and other Interesting exhibits.
NJ. W. Watson, state highway engi-
neeF, has urged a score or more OF the
larger road material and machinery
manufacturers to send exhibits and
photographs. The Service Products
agreed to send a large exhibit of ma
terials used.
To Give Instruction.
Interesting instruction will be given
Kansans as to the use and preparation
of materials in hard surface roads.
Information will also be given as to
road building materials available in
various communities which may De
used in reducing expense of construc-
ton. Kansas road maps ana charts
will be available.
Thru the display of maps and charts
and photographs free fair attendants
will learn of the progress made IN
Kansas and other states in the build
ing of good roads. The lesson will be
driven home with records of facts and
figures as to the saving to producers
in hard surface road districts.
Testing Laboratory.
The testing laboratory at the State
Agricultural college will furnish sam
pies of tested materials inspected by
the state commission. The state
highway commission has had tests
made of materials in all hard surface
roads in Kansas and the methods en-
ployed in making these tests and han
ding records will be explained by ex-
perts from the Manhattan college.
Scores of photographs showing
work now under progress in various
sections of Kansas will be on display.
Several of the large material and ma
chinery manufacturers are expected to
send experts here for the fair. They
will tell Kansans of the use of the
various machines and materials and
will aid in arousing interest in the
road exhibit which will be made a
distinct feature of the big free show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
PENNSY WILL FILL JOBS
Men Who Walked Out Over Working
Rules Locked Out.

Cincinnati, Aug. '27.-The Pennsyl-
vania railroad will Immediately fill
the positions of 200 shopmen Who left
work at the shops here late yesterday,
it was stated by R. K. Rochester, gem
eral superintendent of the PennsyI-
vania lines, with headquarters at Co
lumbus.
The walkout was due to dissatisfac-
ton with working rules promulgated
by the company, it was stated. No ef-
fort will be made to negotiate with
former workmen, Rochester declared.
He added that no other point on
the Pennsylvania system in Ohio was
affected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
Milk WOULD HAVE PREVENTED
PELLAGRA

The United States Public Health
Service says peilagra is due to under
nourishment of the body, caused by an
unbalanced diet.
Milk is the great factor Of safety in
the diet. 1t completes and balances
the ration needed to keep the body
strong and healthy
Milk is not a beverage, it is a food.
A quart of milk supplies as much fuel
to the body as two pounds of potatoes
or eight eggs. But milk must be good
or it is highly dangerous. That is
why ten bottle-fed babies die to one
baby fed by natures method.
DIR. Milton ]. Rosenau. professor of
preventive medicine hygiene at Har-
ward university, and formerly director
of the hysienic laboratory of the
United States. Public Health Service.
has prepared a booklet on the subject
of milk.
You need this for the protection of
your own health or that of your
family.
Our Washington Information
Bureau will secure a free copy of this
booklet for anyone who sends two
cents in stamps for return postage
Fill out and mail the coupon, writing
the name and address legibly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-27
ACCUSE army Men
German MiIitarist Hate Cause
of Erzberger Murder.
New RoyaIist Crisis Approach
ing in Berlin Is Claim.

Berlin, Aug. 27.-The assassination
OF Matthias Erzberger, former chan
cellor and minister of finance, near
Gutenberg, Baden, marks a crisis in
the increasing royalist and militarist
activities in Germany, it was admitted
today.
1t is believed the militarist and mon
aFchist revival was responsible for the
murder of Erzberger, who was a bull
wark Of repubiieanism and orderly OBJ
servance of the treaty of Versailles
Both royalist and democratic news
papers condemned the murder in their
comment today.
Chancellor Wirth has telegraphed
his condolences and those of the cabi-
net to Frau Erzberger, who accom-
panied her husband when he went to
Baden to visit his mother.
Royalist and militarist activities
have been more marked this week
than at any other time since the armi-
stice. Prince Eitel Friedrich and
General Ludendorff reviewed the Ger
man world war veterans in q great
military display in this city and the
ex-kaiser sent messages showing SYM
pathy for the demonstration. 1t is IN
derstood that militarist rivals have
been planned turnout all Germany.
Army officers are again appearing
in the streets in full uniform and deco
rations and the old military spirit is
showing itself IN other ways. Inc
government, will take precautions to
prevent outbreaks when the funeral
is held.
Additional details from Gutenberg
show that Erzberger was walking
along a highway in the Black forest
when attacked by two youths. After
the shooting began, Erzberger jumped
behind a hedge. The assailants walked
off some distance, where they watched
IN mako SIRE their victim was dead.
The body was discovered Immediately
afterWard riddled with bullets.