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The courier-index., 1921-05-06
Daggett's WindOlU
 PLeuSeS NinlrOdS

Fishermen, natural and artificial, have been complimenting Maxcy Daggett and his efficient window dresser. John Westbrook, on the very pretty display of fishing tackle shown in the window at Daggett's Drug Store. The centerpiece, taken from well known sporting maga- zine, is surrounded by lavish dis play of "bugs" and lures" and para phernalia which only a fisher man can really appreciate. Rods, reels, tad pollies" guaranted to get 'em-strings and everything that goes to make up the full equipment of an angler are shown. In fact it makes a fellow yearn for the lakes when he sees the attractive furnishings" Daegett has on ex- hibition.
The courier-index., 1921-05-06
Bishop M0uzOn Will
 Preach Here Sunday

The people of Marianna will have the rare privilege next Sun ay night of hearing one of the most taleated ministers in the south in the person of Bishop E. D. Mouzon who will preach at the Methodist church at the evening hour. Bishop Mouz0n is said to be one of the most eloquent pulpit orators in Southern Methodism and it is in deed rare pleasure that will be afforded the people of Marianna in being permitted to listen to him Sunday. He will preach in the Methodist church in Helena Sun day morning and will arrive in Mar;anna on the evening train, leaving here Monday morning.
The courier-index., 1921-05-06

and is not slow to advance opinions on the subject.
 ''The hope of the American farm CT this year." he said, flies in his ability to grow everything in the way of food and fed that his land will produce. We can no longer plant all our acreage to cotton and buy things we need to sustain life. We must grow them. High freight rates make it imperative, and the man who plants nothina but cotton simply takes his financial life in his hands.
 .'It would be infinitely better for us cotton men if we could get our cotton to Europe, even if We have to wait a year or two for our mon- ey. do not think much of the scheme for taking manufactured goods in payment for the raw cot ton. But the idea is to get this low grade cotton out of the United States as quickly as possible Then we might get something like req sonable price for the better grades. Eyerybody knows that it is the number of bales and not the grade of the staple that affects the cot ton market.
 We have got to establish bal ance between the various industries before business will get back to a normal basis. Agricultural products have registered heavy declines, but other lines have not come down proportionately Transportation costs must be lowered in order to meet the reduction in prices of farm products. Labor must take it's share of the loss, because we cannot have lower transportation costs with high labor costs.
 Just as ar illustration, let me give you a personal experience. bought some alfalfa recently in Ne braska and had it shipped to my Illinois farm. The farmer received S6 a ton for. the alfalfa and tho railroad charged me over Sl3 tc haul it to Illinois IL might not be profitable to raise alfalfa at S6 a ton, but certainly there is profit at $20 per ton. Then, the thing for the American fsSmer to do E to raise everything he can on his own land and evade the penalty oi highfreigh t ratea"
The courier-index., 1921-05-06
Speakers
Faculty For Next Year

Fred L. MacChesney, superintendent; Lewis r. Mann, principal high school
 High School Teachers-Kittie R. Sanderson Jackson, Miss. mathematics and home economies; Frances L. Cook, Latin and English; Lewis r. Mann history, general science and athletics, Fred L. Mac Chesney, physics and chemistry.
 Eighth Grade-Not filled; seventh grade Luclle Taylor
 Grammar School-Mamie Johnston, principal sixth grade fifth grade Frances Rogers fourth grace Mrs. A. C. Parker; third grade, Rose Cheairs; second grade Mrs J. Gregory; first grade, Winona Reeves music and sight singing, Louise Barnes drawing ana physical culture, Susie King
The courier-index., 1921-05-06
Diversity Of Crops
 Is Urged By LOlrden
Commercial Appeal )

'.This talk you Hear about busi- ness being better as a result of the programme of readjustment that has been in progress for the past few months is just simple rot" de- clared Frank 0. Lowden, former governor of Illinois ancr candidate for the Republican nomination for president last summer, in an inter view yesterday. ''The worst is not oyer" he continued, land will not be over until we strike balance of prices as between agriculture and other industry. So far this has not been done, and agricultural prod ucts alone have been oeflated 70 somethink like the pre-war level.
 The governor stopped sn Memphis for the day and was the guest or the Rotary Club at noon. He was on his way to his plantation at South Bend, Arkansas, where he will spend several weeks. He was accompanied by Mrs. Lowden, whe returned to Chicago last night. They were in Washington last week. hay ing gone to the Capital to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary and to visit old friends.
 Speaking of national politics MT. Lowden stated that the Harding cab met has gone to work on the na- tion's business and the machinery of the new administration has been we'll oiled and adjusted. "I think Secretary Hughes is handling him self admirably" he said, comment ing upon the latest note to Germany on the reparations question.
 Mir. Lowden was asked for a statement of his position on the reparations demands made by the allies. He would not say whether he thinks the present demands ex- cessive, but declared emphatically that Germany "should be forced to pay to the limit of her ability"
 Tn commenting upon questions political, the former governor care | fully avoided the use of language that might be construed either as criticism or praise for the Harding | administration. A better way to express it, perhaps, would be to say that he was noncomnittal m his discussion of national and in ternational problems. His complaint to the secretary of state was the most intimate comment he made with reference to the admlnistra- tion's policies. Discussing the distribution of pat ronage. Mir. Lowden was also re 1 ticent. He did not know anything about Tennessee's fight for share of the Republican pie and had not ! heard that Judge Mccall had died creating a vacancy in the fedora court at Memphis. He was ac, quainted with Judge Mccall anc | expressed deed sorrow over hi. death. He asked about the succes sor to the eminent iurist, and man ifested considerable interest in th' men named as contenders for th' post. When told that President
 Wilson had nominated Finis J. Gar rett for the judgeship and the sen ate refused to confirm him, Mr Lowden remarked that Garrett | an able man." but further thar that he would say nothing about 1t
 But when the conversation drlftet easily to business and agriculture the governor "opened up' and talk ed freely. He is a farmer himself and likes to be called a farmer. H' is interested in anything that per tains to agricultural development
The courier-index., 1921-05-06
SUNDAY IS MOTHERS DAY

Sunday is Mothers Day. and in Mariana 1t will be most fittineiy observed. The ministers CT the city and the officers of the Sunday Schools are working for record break ing attendance at Sunday School and church Sunday nloraing. There ought to be at least one thousand men, wo- men and children in the various schools on this special occasion as tribute to the good moth CTS. living and ceac.
The courier-index., 1921-05-06
Marianna High School WiH Close
 Hay l9.
Glass Roll

Winnie Davis Roane, Mary Bernice Jones, Eva Pearl Carlow, Edna Marion Marable, Maude Marie Goodwin Judith Ruth Felton, Marie Jasmine Hale Nellie Opal Thomasson Ellen Virginia Dupuy, Charlie Frank Hopkins Robin Drake Benthall
 Speakers
 Commencement Sermon-John T. Caughey pas tor Baptist Church. Augusta Arkansas; Commence ment Address-Dr Erwin L. Shaver, Hendrix College Conway, Arkansas.
 Commencement sermon Sunday morning, May l5 eleven o'clock at the Methodist church.
 Class Day exercises Tuesday evening May IT, at o'clock. High School Auditorium. Commence ment exercises Thursday evening, May l9, at eight o'clock, High School Auditorium
The courier-index., 1921-05-06

As a result of many years of study, machine has been devei- oped in Lyon, France, to make raised embroidery in gold and silver, The stitch is a copy of an ancient form of embroidery and gives an impression of handwork. The ma chine uses the metallic thread.
The courier-index., 1921-05-06

W. R. Schisler spent several days last week in Nashville, Tenn, on business.
The courier-index., 1921-05-06
ODDS AND ENDS

. h New York magistrate sentenced
 Soroe oaroer to five days in the work ~ to TOT presenting bill of $6.15 sS., J customer desiring only a
The courier-index., 1921-05-06

One of the greatest butter centers in the world is Cork, Ireland. One years export of butter amounts to nearly 75O,000 tons.
The courier-index., 1921-05-06
 PARAGOULD CONTRACTS
Waterworks Reconstruetion Will
 Cost City $1O7 900.

Paragould, May 2.-The con tract for the reconstruction of the Paragould waterworks system was let today to J, B. McCrary of At lanta, Ga, his bid being SLOTTED. Other bidders were Mooney & Dun bar, St. Louis; H. D. Perry, Besse- mer. Ala; Moody, Knight and Lewis of Little Rock; McEachin & Me Eachin, Little Rock. The work in- cludes new reservoirs, new pump ing machinery, repairing and ex- tension of water mains and other work. The improvement is to be commenced within 50 days.
 Marianna is going to get busy and rebuild its water system some day. We are confident of this be- cause committees have been work ing on the project for more than year and some day something IS sure to happen that will look like actual work.
The courier-index., 1921-05-06

;Guri1g the past year the Chicago, hnSHsukee and St. Paul Railroad
 anao Hmoled nearly sixteen million pass ss ssers' not one of whom was kill
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
Children in Pantomime.
Event for Home Thrift Arranged by
Mrs. L. C. Mckeeyer.

novel entertainment by children of
the Home Thrift Association. which is
at 5l6 East Eighty-ninth street, was
given last night at the Plaza before a
large and appreciative audience. The
chief feature Of the entertainment was
the "Pantomime of the Willow Pattern
which was arranged by Mrs. l. Chauncey
McKeever. the Incidental music for 1t
having been composed by Mr.. S. l.. M.
Barlow. Mrs. McKeever In her ar
rangement of the pantoinime followed
the old legend that is familiar to all
those who know what Canton china is.
The stage was set so as to suggest the
old fashioned willow pattern china, all
the participants being dressed In blue
with touches OF vermilion and orange,
wearing veritable Chinese costumes.
There was yellow background which
effectively set off the costumes. Mr..
Ben Ali Haggln attended to the stage
setting and lights.
To give variety to the programme
there were folk songs by pupils OF Mr..
Henry Geieer's class from Thrift House.
and Miss Charlotte Fairchild. a daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Fairchild,
gave "a graceful Oriental dance. There
was additional music by Miss Marie
Miller and Mr.. Carlos Salzedo. who
played on two harps movements from the
French suite Of Bach. Mr. Paul Rel
mers sang "Sylvelin." by Christian
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
To Urge Aid for Soldiers.
New Jersey Women to Make Appeal
Ia Mrs. Harding,

TRENTON, N. j.. May 13.--A resolution
OF thanks and appreciation for her work
in behalf of disabled veterans OF the
world war will be presented to Mrs.
Warren @. Harding by delegation rep
resenting the New Jersey Women's AUX
Hilary of the American Legion next Tues
day afternoon at the White House in
Washington. At the same time the dele
gatlon will urge the necessity Of inn
mediate action to relieve the suffering
of former soldiers who are not yet re-
ceiving adequate care.
Mrs. 0. D. Oliphant OF this city State
president of the organization. will act
as spokesman. Among those who will
accompany her are Mrs. d. c. Ollphant
Mrs. John Mccullough, Mrs. Richard
Stockton, Jr. Mrs. Charles f. Adams.
Mrs. Percy b. Richardson, Mrs. w. Scott
Taylor and Mrs. William n. Morrison
of Trenton, Mrs. Hugh l.. Scott and Mrs.
David Stockton Of Princeton, Mrs. r. r.
Shoemaker, Bridgeton Mrs. J. w. Dan
forth, Mrs. J. r. Voorhees,. Mrs. Charles
w. Steele and Mrs. Edward +. Eber-
stadt of East Orange. Mrs A. l.. Patti
son, Ridgewood Mrs. A. X. Stults and
Mrs Annie r. Stults. South Amboy
Mrs. Thomas l.. Parker, Dunellen; Mrs.
Lyla w. Thompson. New Egypt; Miss
Mary Kerney, Spring Lake; Mrs. Will
lam Taylor, North Plainfield, and Mrs.
L. Dunham, Plainfield.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
Uncle Sans Sugar Crop.

The 1920 sugar crop in the United
States was the greatest ever produced
IN the country. The gross tonnage
OF cane and beet sugar was 1,266, 14S.
The previous high record, made in
1915, was approximately 10000 tons
under this figure. The crop Of 1920
exceeded that Of 1919, year Of un-
usually unfavorable weather, by 40
per cent. The sugar crop. cane and
beet. In this country first passed
1 .OO0. 600 tons in 1913. and since then
II has fallen below that total only
twice.
This is due TO the growth Of the
beet sugar industry. It's products
passed 100000 tons In 1920. when 1t
stood at 1,00O.O21 tons. SO per cent. Of
the total beet and cane sugar product
In that year. Cane sugar has de-
clned In production for about fifteen
years. or II 1922 tons were regis
tered in 1920, a low mark, but not the
lowest.
Cane sugar is produced almost en-
tirely I'm Louisiana. Beet sugar is a
profitable crop over great terri
tory from Michigan and Ohio to Cali
fornia. The United States has. in
fact, a sugar beet belt, and needs It,
for our consumption Of sugar Is con-
stantly increasing.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
Coal Cost Must Be Cut.
The Public Unwilling to Buy at the
Prices Now Charged.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: As life-
long reader OF your paper ! ask you
to accept my sincere thanks for your
editorial article Goal Prices Must Come
Down." The general public will GER
tainly continue to strike against further
buying OF supplies as long as the pres
ent unreasonable, inflated prices are de-
manded. 1t is my earnest hope that
THE NEW YORK HERALD by a persistent
campaign on this subject will exert its
powerful influence to the end that ade-
quate relief may be secured. In letter
to the Department of Justice at Wash
ington calling for an investigation OF
present coal prices l say:
'"Thc public are urged by hysteric ad-
vertising propa ganda to lay in coal now
at SIS a ton. to create a market demand
and give the 100000 coal miners work.
This price is s2.25 higher than two
years ago and 81 ton in excess of
last year. with 225,0oo empty, idle coal
cars available. the lack of demand Is
not to be wondered at. for the price
Is prohibitive The average consumer
is both unable and unwilling to buy
and pay for the coal and store it for
six months before It is required. A rad
ical reduction from present prices should
be enforced at once"
O.. w. GooDsELL.
BROOKLYN. May 13.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14

OF proper facilities for determining that
fair return. In fixing a rate the entire
properties OF the utility company must
bs taken into consideration and large
portion Of the investment is outside the
municipality In many cases. One of the
most insistent complaints on the part of
municipalities that has been called to
cur attention is their inability to cope
with the large utilities In rate making
cases. How utterly impossible then
would It be to fix a fair rate If left
alone without the assistance Of the COM
mission and its records!
Another element that might enter
into the fixing of rates by municipali-
ties Is the danger OF politics entering
into the question TO the exclusion of
fairness. If municipal body had the
question of rate making in its power. Ia
many eases struggle would ensue be-
tween the utility on the one hand and
the consumer on the other as to who
would control that body.
And finally if we are to accept the
principle of rate making as sound then
that principle should apply TO all con-
sumers alike. Tho committee Is con-
vinced that rates for all consumers
should be fixed by a central State
body"
1t may readily be concluded that this
report was not submitted to Senator
Johnson or else he concurred In such
expressed opinions being sound In Cali
fornia but unsound in New York. where
he Is being paid to insist that only
local talent must control n municipal
ity's affairs. Lawyers and some Mayors
are so peculiar. The California report
comes at a time when Hylan's Home
Rule League Is freshly Incorporated
with perhaps no fear or danger of poll
tics entering into the question to the ex-
clusion OF fairness" TO quote from the
report OBSERVER.
NEW YonK, May 13.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
Two Rates of Fare.
Choice Of Five or Ten Cent Trains
Proposed on the InterbOrOugh.

TO THE NEW YORK HERALD: In view
of the Importance of increasing the in
come of the Interborough system and
in order at the same time to make 1t
possible for passengers to ride for a
FIVE cent fare the management might
provide two classes of passenger SER
Vice. one at a five cent fare and another
at a ten cent fare.
BY running trains on the basis OF
three trains on which the fare was five
cents and two trains on which the fare
was ten cents there could be collected
an average of seven cents a passenger
on the five trains.
If this plan were introduced n pas
senger paying Ave cents would receive
him to a five cent train. and one pay
ing ten cents a ticket of another color
admitting him to a ten cent train.
Patrons OF the Fifth avenue bus line
do not object to paying ten cent fares.
and these vehicles are crowded the
greater part Of each day.
A trial of this would soon decide
whether 1t was sufficiently popular with
the travelling public to warrant its con-
tlnuance and would serve also as a
referendum on the transit legislation re-
Gently enacted in Albany.
This plan should not only increase the
revenue of the corporation but also
insure the passenger paying the ten cent
fare less crowding and more comforta-
bio accommodation. S. Il. ZABRIsYIE.
NEW YORK. May 10.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
Costume Designs Shown.
"Clair de Lune" Drawings at French
Museum Exhibits.

The Museum of French Art. placed on
view yesterday the original costume
drawings made by Helen Dryden for
the production of "Clair de Lune." now
running at the Empire Theatre, and at
the same time shows the original mod
els for the stage settings designed by
John Barrymore.
Miss Dryden's small drawings are ar
tistic and give the spirit of the char
acters os the play In a most fragile and
impressicnistic way, SO that 1t is an
added marvel that the dress-architects
for dressmaker is an entirely made
quate term for the builders OF such I'M
posing sartorial creations as thes-could
so completely reproduce them In silks
and damasks. Mr. Barrymore, on the
other hand, has been at great pains 70
be exact with his stage settings, ana
both the formal garden and the snip
scene appear to be complete In every
detail, and the lighting of them Is both
clever and charming.
Many members of the museum at
tended the private view yesterday ana
the ladies of the committee served tea.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
No More Manslaughter!

The testimony given at Chicago In
the investigation Of the air mail ser
vice bears out what this newspaper
said about the service while Mr..
BURLEsoN was Postmaster General
and what 1t still. believes. And that
issthat the air mail service, for all
It's pretenslons TO progress, has been
and IS a CHASTITY mistake.
The principal objection Of THE New
YORK HERALD to the air mall service
as II was conducted was not that II
served no particular purpose, letters
generally reaching their destination
no more quickly than II they had been
sent by train. Our chief complaint
against the service was that It was
murderoua Week after week pilots
and mechanics were crushed or
burned to death In crashes We pro-
tested. BuRLEsoN sneered. "Stupld
partisanship" was his phrase in dis
missing the charges. At last the hid
eous procession of death became too
much for even him. After the crash
OF two machines In one day near
Cleveland, with the killing OF two
men and the injury Of a third, Mr.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
Stop Throwing Paper.
Danger in . Practice INDUCED In by
the Thoughtless ut Parades.

To THE New YORK HERALD: During
a parade on Broadway recently some
persons undertook to celebrate the
event and incidentally to add to the
excitepent by tearing newspapers and
other kfuds OF paper into small pieces
ana throwing them out of the window.
They had a lot of fun. but apparently
they failed to notice the fact that as the
scraps OF paper glided through the air
some blew into the eyes of nervous and
high strung horses In the parade,
causing them to rear and cut other
capers. Because OF the nervous tenn
permanent of these horses the possibility
of one or more of them getting out OF
the control OF their riders and plunging
into the crowds of spectators was ever
present. Fortunately no such thing hap
pcned, but II was not the fault Of the
paper throwers that It did not
Nor did the paper throwers notice the
next day that the lawns of a park fac
ing the building from which the paper
was thrown were covered with the
scraps. II was necessary for Park
Department employee to spend hours
picking up the scraps.
The point is that this paper throwing
habit ia obsolete and the few persons
who stick to 1t should stop before they
do some real damage or cause serious
accident. Moreover, II costs money to
pick up tho scraps. and this is a good
time to begin economizing. X.
NEW York, May 10.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14
Blackwells Island.
a Descendant Of the Former Owners
Would Retain the Name.

To TmM Nrw Yorx HEasiD: To-day
psychology eliminates much OF the hor-
ror of prison life, giving 10 the prisoner
,as beneat OF every doubt and making
mary NJ subjects for medical diagnosis.
whatever the cause OF criminal tenden-
clcs. let us forget the sordid conditions
that exist. remembering that psychology
ana religion 60 hand In hand and en-
dsayoring through scientific methods 10
eradicate evil and prepare the way for
better and higher things.
Cannot this huma nixInw work still
continue n Bisckwells Island goes under
the nasno Of Biackwell7 To those who
have known II In the past hs name win
live. and in the minds OF those of the
present day may the lesson be taught
tha, q name and place ~ historic can
not be forgotten now In this age Of COM
merciaiism.
And lastly my ancestors William Dray-
ton and Letitia Blackwell came into pos
session OF the deed of the island through
Inheritance. Cannot this relationship
which intensifies a wish plead for It's
continuance? LETrrrA HARsrLL.
PHILADELPHIA. May 10.
The New York herald., 1921-05-14

on the rack o. the lockwood com.
mittee a Biz man In the archlteeiaIal
iron work trade, SFECErNREuM Was
confronted with one ~ bis own great
schemes. This was report In which
he advised the Association ~ Archi.
tectural Iron Workers 10 exchange e.
Inmates before bidding and 70 cstab.
lish prices. IL was the Hettrlck game
all over again.
"The joke" wrote SrncKESKEr1Ea
to his associates. "will then be on
the general contractor"
But when Mr.. SrKcKENKElrER had
this read 70 him by Mr.. UNrERNYEa.
counsel for the Lockwood committee.
he remarked The joke Is On me"
or course, however. the joke was
never on the general contractor. never
on STEcKESREITER. The butt Of all
such jokes Is always the public.
When labor conspirator or q ma
terial conspirator plays money Joke
on a general contractor the victim
passes 1t right on to the waiting recip-
lent Of all pecuniary slams and bangs,
John $. Public.
The public may be the builder.
buyer or tenant. Ii does not matter
which he Is. When the Brlndells ger
theirs and the Hettricks get theirs and
all the grafters, big and little, for
whom the Brindells and the Hettricks
worked have tucked away the profits
OF conspiracy the good old public must
pay for all the graft.
The joke was and is on the public,
but perhaps 1t won't be forever. And
even now that public has little con
,olation. These jokes may send IL ~
The poorhouse, but not to the lslard
or to Sing Sing.