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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-22

President Bruckner is himself head OF
one Of the largest soda water manu-
featuring concerns in the city.
Ny
In going over some old records.
Henry G. Mallan Of the Guaranty
Trust Co., was reminded Of what now
seems amazing-that only as far back
as '9S, that big bank had just one COM
mercial account opened by woman
earning her own living! Less than 25
years ago! Such condition doesn't
seem possible. But Mr.. Mallen is an
accurate authority.
Ny
The latest scheme of theatrical man.
ayers is too send their women-folk
abroad to negotiate transactions in the
acquiring Of plays. William A. Brady
empowered his daughter Alice to adj
wise him concerning new productions
in London and Paris, and Earl Carol
has sent his wife to Biaritz to discuss
with the family of Edmond Rostand an
adoption of "The Last Night of Don
Juan" by Mr.. Carol, who last season
presented "The Lady Of the Lamp"
and Daddy Dumplins," and is now
building a theater at Fiftieth street
and Seventh avenue.
Ny
Why DON'T people try to get back
their belongings which they leave on
trains? Are they just naturally too
discouraged by their pessimistic idea
o fthei rfellow travellers, or what is
the trouble? When they are taking
long trips, you might understand it.
They get too far away and they have
learned that they took too much bag
gage anyhow; they're grateful f orany
that is lost. But here's the Long Is
land railroad, a commuters road, pure
and simple. Same people travel on it
right along and are never far from
home anywhere along its course. Yet
of the 1900 articles left on their trains
and in their stations last year, only g.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Seeger, broth
err and sister-in-law of the immortal
lied war poet, Alan Seeger, arrived
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-07-22

A public library, costing 100000
Is now under construction In Phlladel-
phia.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
US GIRLS
mon ruin

A bevy of ladies, all worthy and
attractive, who have passed the
armistice period, and are now recep-
tive of negotiations for the future,
held a joyful symposium at the Nor
NAL, Saturday evening. Papers were
read on the probabilities; sympathetic
condolences were exchanged; the
number of proposals audited; the
lapses for good and sufficient reasons
credited; resolutions of revanche and
amplifed self determination were
passed; quantities of ice cream dis
patched; and the wedding march
played to hear how it would sound in
case anything should happen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR
HAYS CATHOLIC COLLEGE
A Small Army of Workers are Busv
Making Ready an Intensive Cam
Paign to Secure the "Sin-
ues of War"
Three Hundred Thousand is Ellis
COunty's Allotment to the
Grand Total

"One Million Dollars for Hays
Catholic College" was the news that
stirred this city, last week, as
news has seldom stirred it be-
fore. The Free Press knows of the
wonderful work of the Capuchin
Fathers. In common with all the peo-
pie of this city and county we are
happy to know that our boys are soon
20 be provided with the necessary
buildings and equipment, and that
-heir educations can be secured right
here at home.
The condition of Hays Catholic
College, as it exists today, is not a
thing that is likely to rouse pride in
any mans breast. When you think of
the small building now being used as
administration building, gymnasium,
dormitory, class rooms, in fact, the
complete college housed under one
inadequate roof, you realize the
necessity Of additional space. The
crowded conditions have forced many
parents to send their children to
schools a great distance from home,
and at greatly increased expense to
them. Proper facilities at home will
not only save our people thousands Of
dollars every year, but viii give our
city educational advantages possessed
by no other city in thi sterritOry. This
feature alone will attract many peo-
pie to Hays, where homes viii be
bought.
Hays Is already fortunate in hav-
ing the State Normal School here;
with the Improvements to be made at
Catholic College-which, no doubt,
will rate as a University before long
Hays and Ellis County will soon
have unsurpassed educational facil-
ities. Peace and prosperity always
exist where the people have the
opportunities of securing a higher
education.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
NUMBER THIRTEEN

The shadow that superstition has
tried to cast upon number thirteen is
both foolish and absurd. America
has reason to cherish number thirteen
for it is the solid rock upon which
was founded our independence-the
worlds best hope. We hold in rever-
ence the old thirteen colonies, which
made the supreme and triumphant
struggle under Washington and the
fathers. The old song says "there is
luck in odd numbers" and so it
proved in our contest with George
III. Ever more, let US place full high
advanced number thirteen for by that
sign we conquered. We commend to
our young people the thirteenth day
of the month for their nuptials; let
the ceremony take place under the
stars and stripes and the bride and
groom should wear boutonnieres of
red, white and blue.
There is further significance in
number thirteen. On the thirteeneth
birthday childhood is left behind and
the period of youths ''teens" entered
upon, the most beautiful, happy and
delightful under-age interval of life;
crown the thirteenth birthday with
the national colors and test all the
celebrants whether they can name the
thirteen colonies offhand.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
OUR DANGER
(By NJ. H. j.

1t is possible for our Republic to
perish as the ancient civilizations
slowly crumbled into oblivion.
The average American resents that
imputation; he summons the shades
Of Washington and Abraham Lincoln
and assures himself that our govern
ment viii endure; but the catastrophe
vicissitudes which lie ahead of Us as
foretold by the founder of christian
ity seem to deny the perpetuity of
any form Of government.
The progress of the race does not
necessarily promise the survival of
the established order upon which we
rest with such fancied security today.
We are confident of one thing only,
that we are headed toward a great
uncertainty, the ultimate finaity of
which the combined wisdom of
thoughtful man is unable to solve.
The malign resolve of a small group
of men in 1914 shook the founda-
tions of the world-came within a
hair of destroying the garnered
achievements of twenty centuries,
and worse may easily come to pass.
To depart from Christ's teachings
is to take the fatal plunge, and that
is the purpose of gigantic forces at
our very hearthstones today. What
has Buddha, Confucius or Allah to
offer the modern world? Nothing.
They are alien faiths that bode no
good to this country. They would
combine for plunder tomorrow. The
world is bankrupt. America is the
only creditor nation, and is the shin
ing mark to be plucked.
Twenty years ago the British EN-
pire was esteemed the most stable
government on earth. Now her far
flung jurisdiction is her weakness.
The hordes of India are in revolt. Ire
land would make the English channel
an impossible gulf between Tipperary
and the Albion shore, and the DOmin-
ions enjoy absolute anatomy-no whit
less absolute than that of the mother
country. We do not intend to lose
sight of the fact that British rule is a
benevolent despotism. She has borne
the cross wherever she has gone. Men
are free under the Union Jack; it IS
possible for them to say and they do
say with entire truth: Here the free
spirit of man has thrown her last fet-
ters off. But Britain is in Egypt
where she has no business. Take
note: Before she took the reins of
government there, she built the
Assuan Dam at cost of millions of
pounds stirling whereby the fertile
valley has been made doubly fertile
and the toilers of the ancient valley
have bread a plenty. Is that the role
of a tyrant? Let US be just; let who
will be clever. But we have fallen
upon evil times. England is bankrupt
through no fault of her own. She has
borne a heroic part in behalf of her
weaker neighbors and at infinite loss.
When the tempest ragged in its fury
Lloyd George declared: I would not
have this dreadful war upon my soul
ten seconds if I could get rid Of it /
honorably.
Now she is bankrupt and cannot
pay interest on what she owes; over
burdened, she is carrying her unem- I
ployed at a great financial loss. Hun
pry and out of a job is where our dan
ger lies, and we have our share OF
these. Threatened from without, the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
Disgorge In-Getten Gains

1t comes hard-this giving up of
money that people thought they had
made, some honestly and some by
outrageous profteering, out of the
worlds dire extremity; but it must be
disgorged, just the same. We. made
the statement in these columns last
week that the so-called war profits
were never righteously made. We
still insist that this is the sound view.
When we say this we refer not merely
to temporary advantages gained by
farmers and manufacturers, but to
the great ''windfalP' that came to
labor because of the imperative de-
mands of nations in deadly peril.
Labor had no right to expect wages
based upon war conditions to be made
permanent, and in some lines the
necessity for work has led its leaders
to sane conclusions; but in many in
stances the unholy advantage that
came while the war issue trembled
in the balance is looked upon as some
thing still belonging to them. 1t is
not so, and so long as labor resists
restriction just so long will the af-
fected and related industries Ian
guish.
Will people never learn the lesson
that we are all absolutely inter-de-
pendent? 1t seems not. The start
ing-point of the prosperity of every
man, woman and child in the United
States is living wage for the farmer.
That ought to be plain enough even to
an East Slider in New York City. The
farmer has had the very heart cut out
of his business by prices that fell be-
low production costs. A western
farmer who has to take eighteen cents
a bushel for his oats is in no position
to buy merchandise or machinery,
made and transported by labor re
ceiving the price Of from twenty to
fifty bushels Of oats per day That
fact Is not too deep to penetrate into
the inner councils Of wage arbitrators
and other price-fXing conferences
Every individual, every cO-partner-
ship, every corporation resisting the
imperative readjustment to parity as
between all classes of producers and
consumers, is a near-traitor 10 hls
country this very hour; and a lot of
people, certain manufacturers. and,
above all, many retailers, ought to be
taken in hand by state or national de-
partments of justice, and forced to
act the part demanded now by decent
citizenship. We have more respect
for plain, everyday highwaymen than
we have for those who have not yet
relinquished ill-gotten gains and ac-
cepted their losses. Of course, you
hate to take a loss, even though it is
a mere return of money you thought
came to you as blessing from heaven
while Germany sat on your neck; but
it came from the hell of war, and you
have no business trying to hang on it
any longer, at the expense of barring
the return of general business activ-
ity. The sooner the war booty IS
turned back into the common pool the
sooner all will again find incomes
equal to necessary expenditures
Breeders Gazette.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
CAUSES MOST MOTOR
ACCIDENTS

A three-months' study of motor
accidents on Maryland roads has
brought to light the interesting dis
closure that a vast majority of the
disasters that overtake motorists are
brought upon themselves by their own
recklessness, and that ninety per cent
Of them are due to speeding, says a
writer in the September issue of Pub
lie Roads, published by the Bureau of
Public Roads, United States Depart
ment of agriculture.
Few Accidents in Dangerous Places
Zone of the interesting develop
ments (of the investigation, the
journal goes on to say, sis that the
largest number of accidents have Oe-
CURED at the places that have always
been considered safe, while the sec
tlons which have been commonly re-
garded as being extremely dangerous
are proving to be relatively free from
accidents" Where the State highway
crosses the Blue Ridge Mountains, In
the western part of the State, and
grades are steep and curves sharp,
there were but eight accidents during
three months. On the National Pike.
between Baltimore and Frederick.
where there are forty-eight miles of
the straightest road in the State, the
record for the same time showed six
teen accidents, three of which were
fatal. "And yet" says the publica-
ton, few stretches of highway in the
whole road system are so free of any
features which might be considered
as dangerous"
On the Baltimore Washington road.
with all apparent danger spots re
moved, the record shows that during
the same period there was one acci-
dent for every four miles of road.
There seems to be only one
answer to account for these hitherto
unsuspected conditions" the article
says. That answer is:
Gwen the less careful motorists
drive cautiously in the presence of
recognized dangers, such as steep
grades, sharp curves, grade crossings,
etc, while the absence OF such dan
gerous features gives the driver a
sense of security which prompts him
to take chance and yield to the we'll
nigh universal passion for speed"
Few accidents were due, it was
found, to the condition of the roads
themselves, and most of those were
due to slippery surfaces caused by
rains.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03

On every hand the question is ask
ed, when will you begin building?"
The answer is simple When pay
ments on pledges are sufficient to
warrant beginning. Money is neces-
sary and We ought to have $4,000
IN bank before breaking ground If
you are a subscriber you will want to
make your payment as large as pos
sible.
Several have paid their subscrip-
tions in full. One man, not a resident
of Hays, has paid the pledge of his
daughter who died last Spring. We
appreciate such interest and generos-
lty.-By permission of The Church
Herald.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03

ranks close up in the common de-
tense; but conspiracy is at work
everywhere, secretive, subtle, crafty.
wicked men, foes of discipline, are at
work to undermine the stable forces
OF society; they gnaw at the heart of
governments, and insult our courts.
Two of these Observation-Disclosures
commit murder in cold blood on our
shores and from all points of the com
pass, the commune threaten US and
dare to imperil the life of our am
bassador in Paris. These scoundrels
knock fol admittance to America
with the thought that in free coun-
try they can proclaim their propa-
ganda and enforce their schemes of
hate and disorganization.
We will have to reckon with many
such men in our beloved America.
A very considerable per cent of
the alleged civilized countries are
essentially pagan; they are unchris-
tian and what else can you call them?
And they are numerically preponder-
ant, assertive and dangerous for the
potent reason that they prefer dema-
gogue leadership.
With the immense majority it is q
struggle for bread, and Capital holds
at arms length the man it is able to
crush at viii. He will patronize him,
but at heart he hates him; he travels
IN limousine and the toiler goes
afoot with a cold lunch in his pocket,
and is despised and he knows it, and
in his heart he says, there are many
of US and we will get even in the
great day that is coming"
Is our governments any govern
ment-safe with such an overwhelm-
ing majority against US?
Macaulay's New Zealander casting
his line from the ruins of London
bridge is not a mere film of the fancy,
and if the British government IS to
pass, where is the colossus of the
western world to appear?
These dreams of permancy are
mere Pigments of the brain Man in
his pride refuses to be extinguished
as you would snuff out candle; ''but
what is man that thou are mindful of
him, or the son of man, that thou Wis
itest him?"
The book says that no man has any
thing but what was given him; to be
a creditor therefore-to be endowed
at birth with the art of acquiring
wealth does not give one the right of
way over the majority who must
walk the humble paths of life. The
race is an unequal one; labor is handi-
capped at the start, and justice cries
out for fair play; the injustice of
equipment, the fastening of the ball
and chain upon the leg of labor at
birth is the wrong that must be right
ed, or an avalanche of humanity that
no man can number will overwhelm
society and involve the state in COM
mon ruin.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
BETTER SPEECH WEEK OF NOV.
EMBER 9Th

To arouse the nation to the evils of
slovenly speech-careless enumera-
ton, ungrammatical construction,
mispronunciations, the use of slang,
poor choice of words, as words which
crowd close upon actual blasphemy.
We say it with due respect for all.
that in an educational center, such as
Hays, We have more than our share
of guilt in these respects for we know
better.
This Will require US TO say yes"
and "no" instead of an Indian grunt
-'umhum" or a foreign yah" or
'yeh" and nope" in other words,
get down TO good United States"
rather than Gosh, Mamma" or when
you expostulate with the preacher and
round up ''F'or the love o Mike" and
at the table say Gimme the butter"
at the phone answer 'airite" instead
of ''all right"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
MARRIAGES SETTING A RECORD

There will be more than one million
marriages in the United States this
year, according to government sta
tistics. That will set a record. The
number may go as high as one and
one-half million. There is a world
matrimonial wave, marriages have
greatly increased in all civilized coun-
tries even surprising war times when
there was a rush of lovers to the
altar. The sociologists don't know
whether it is due to the pursuit of
happiness" linked with life and liber-
ty by the American constitution, or
greater willingness to take dare at
this time of unrest.-Ellis Review
Headlight
Wonder if the editor of the Head
light will be one of the number?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03

rooms of the ghost parlors. This
gave many scares and great excite
ment. The rest of the evening was
spent III pranks and stunts filed with
superstition so common on ghosts
and witches night.
Then came the witches brew from
the caldren which consisted of
pumpkin pie and coffee.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
The Wheat Report

The October government prelimin-
ary estimate Of spring wheat yield,
l97 million bushels, and the prelim-
mary winter wheat estimate announc-
ed previously makes a total wheat
crop this year of 74O million bushels,
forty-seven million less than last year.
The carry-over last July was eighty
million bushels, making a total supply
for this year of $40 million bushels.
The estimated home consumption for
bread and seed last year was 554 mil
lion bushels. With the same con-
sumption this year the expOrtable
surplus would be 236 bushels, allow
ing for a minimum carry-over of thir-
ty million bushels next July. Of this
quantity about 136 million bushels
has already been shipped abroad,
leaving only 100 million to be export
ed. Last years home consumption
figures were about 100 million bushels
below the normal consumption of the
country. Consumption thus far this
year undoubtedly has been larger
than in the same time last year. If
consumption should be at a normal
rate this year the country will need
all the wheat available; in other words
all the exportable surplus has already
been shipped. There will continue
to be fairly large export movement,
however, as long as terminal supplies
1.ha-a1 nrA tho M
from the country goes on in excess of
current domestic needs.
Kansas farmers have marketed &c
per cent of this years wheat crop,
according to an estimate made public
today by the statistician for that
state, representing the federal depart
ment of agriculture. A year ago
only forty per cent OF the 1920 crop
had been marketed. The report says
that weevil are a menace to stored
grain remaining, and are present in
portions of the state where they
never were known before.
Export demand for wheat at the
gulf is reported moderate, probably
little better than it was last week.
Premiums were said to be about
steady. Fairly active buying of Pa
cifc Coast and Canadian wheat was
reported, with India, Italy and Japan
in the market. A fairly active export
demand for Canadian and Pacific
Coast wheat was reported Saturday
and late Friday.-Kansas Stockman.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION

The State Teachers Association
meets at Salina, this week. The fam
Gus author, Herbert Quick, is to ad-
dress the teachers upon the subject,
From Worst to Best in Education"
Among other things which Mr.. Quick
will say in this address are the fol-
lowing:
''From worst to best is long step,
here to discuss, not the city schools,
even in education = = am
but those which we call rural The
rural schools, instead of being better
than those of the cities and towns,
are, in the main, much inferior to
them They are the worst schools we
have. AS matter of plain truth, ex-
cept in the cases of some rare exeep-
tions, we have no rural schools at all
in the United States. We have schools
located in the country, which are set
up to meet the needs of rural popuIa-
ton; but they are not, with some ex-
ceptions, rural schools. They are bad
copies of poor city schools
The country school should not be the
worst school in America. 1t should be
the best. 1t should be so clearly the
best that parents woud flock to the
country in' order that their children
might have a chance to get an educa-
ton I am here to utter a
prophecy, and to tell something about
how l think it will come to fulflment.
I prophesy that the rural schools of
America will be so metamorphosed as
to be far better schools than any city
school can be. And I believe this will
come about by evolution, not by
revolution; but in saying this do not
mean that the change will be slow.
Considering the vast body to be
moved, I believe it will be so rapid as
to leave many teachers behind; but
I believe that all teachers who are
worth having will be able to keep up
with it, and to adjust themselves to
it. I believe it will take magnificent
teachers out of many who are in no
wise exceptional now"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
1t comes to US from a

1t comes to US from a reliable
source that a Democratic paper is
soon to be launched in Hays. The
hackers of a new paper in Hays per
haps know whereof they speak, but it
would seem to US that the third paper
IN Hays is spreading the newspaper
business pretty thin in a town of bare
" $500. Just now with a $4,000
Presbyterian church, S25O,OOO
Community Church, and a S1,OOO,OOO
Catholic College, the business men
and other interests OF the city and
county are going TO be kept pretty
busy-digging, without the added
burden of a new paper.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03
Ghost Party at Methodist Church

Tuesday evening the ghosts were
seen prowling around in the east part
of town and made headquarters for
that evening at the Methodist church.
Entering the back door, with every
thing in darkness, the ghosts followed
the rope, which was wound around
over chairs, tables, etc. in the dark
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-11-03

Children to Eat Sheep Glands as
Intellectual Aid" says a headline,
and, adds Pip Daniels, ''the idea is,
evidently, that the children may ulti-
mately become as intellectual as
sheep" Wrong this time. This is
done to give these children and their
descendants, as an experiment, the
proper bleating of Ma-a-a-a and Ba-a-
"a, the present generations being
taught Ra-a-a-a.