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Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23
HERE'SASTORY OF THE GREAT
 WHITE MULE
Washington Writer Gives Interesting Facts About Development of the ''ln- fant Industry"
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Washington, Dec 23.--There is wooded section not far from the nations capital which was once a favorite ground for the good old southern sport of coon hunting Some of the people whereabouts have been known to pay as high as $150 for a coon dog of good reputation In these parts you might slap a mans child and get away with it. But if you kick his coon dog it is a case of fight or run.
 And now most of those expensive coon dogs are getting fat and stiff in the joints from lack of use, and the coon hunters are all dis gruntled. The reason is not any shortage of 'coons, either. The req son is that every little branch and gully which the 'coons use is now the home of moonshine still, and if you blunder into a still suddenly and at night with a gun in your hand, you are more than likely to encounter a charge of shot.
 In some sparsely settled sections not too far from the great thirsty cities, there is still in almost ev- cry bush. Not long ago a posse was formed to chase murderer through the woods of Virginia near here, and it is said that in 16 miles of travel they uncovered 77
 
 stills. Usually the owners were not at hand. One of them was seen. however. He was sitting on a hill top not far from his still. A large flock of turkey buzzards was cir cling around over the still, at tracted, as buzzards are, by the odor of the mash. The man had a re- beating high power rifle and he was shooting the buzzards as they flew over him in order that they might not betray the location of his still.
 And he wasn't missin' none. eith- er,'' said member of the posse in recounting the episode.
 The posse decided not to arrest the man. They couldn't prove that he owned the still anyway.
 The stills are multiplying at an astounding rate. No doubt ever since prohibition there have been many stills, both for private supply and for commercial purposes, in all parts of the United States, but the great development of this infant industry is in the Appalachian noun tains and their immediate vicinity. As every reader of romance knows, it is in the mountain regions that the art of converting corn into li- quor in secrecy has long been prac- ticed. The mountain men all know how to do it. Before prohibition there was a little still hidden away somewhere in almost every noun tain neighborhood. Its owner, at some personal risk, saved perhaps 50 cents on each gallon of liquor he made by evading the revenue tax. At best he made a precarious living. Everybody who has read the magazines knows what he look
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23
First National Bank
 of Paragould

| ed like---a gaunt, hawk-eyed citi- zen, wearing no socks and carrying in the hollow of his arm rifle six feet long.
 Then came prohibition, ana moon shine suddenly jumped from dol lar or two a gallon to ten or twen- ty a gallon. The result was inevit- able. Create an opportunity for anyone to make easy money and that opportunity will be used to the full Nor will spice of danger in the least interfere with the pro- Fceeding. And especially is this true of the mountain men. They are adventurous fellows, they are. used to breaking laws where liquor is concerned, they are accustomed to the use of firearms, and they have a sort of clan loyalty which makes it very hard for a stranger to work among them.
 Not only coon hunters, put many others whose business takes them into the sparsely settled sections, have found this out. The work of all sorts of government field off cers has been crippled by the sus- picious attitude of the natives. Thus the Biological Survey, in it's work of trapping predatory animals, finds that its first and most difficult task in a given region is to convince the natives that the trappers are not looking for stills The Veterans Bureau in it's roundup of men who were entitled to compensation met the same obstacle.
 The stills seem to have first null tiplied within the mountain sections, and then to have slowly crept down into the valleys near the cities. There have always been a few moon shine stills in the Blue Ridge noun tains near Washington, but now there are a hundred in the woods along the Potomac river for every one that was hidden in the noun tains 10 years ago. The men who operate these stills are for the most part of the mountain type. It seems to be literally true that the noun taineer of romance has come down from his wooded heights bringing his art of liquor-making with him.
 And in coming down physically he has gone up socially and finan- cially. That lean, hawk-eyed, sock less man has become prosperous fellow with a good car and bank account. Many a mountain boy and girl is getting a better education and better food and clothes by reason of prohibition. There are no more staunch supporters of prohibit tion than these artists of the White Mule. It has been boom to them They are back of the Anti-Saloon League to man.
 There are risks, of course, but they cannot be great. In the cities the police frequently arrest boot leggers, but in the wild rural neigh borhoods, where white mule is made, the local officers are seldom hos tile. In fact, it is not unusual to find the sheriff part owner of a still and the local storekeeper supplying the sugar for share of the profit. In a word, the whole neighborhood is pretty sure to be in cahoots, and the way of the stranger there is apt to be hard. It was published not long ago that the prohibition enforcement depart ment was sending hundred men into the Appalachian region to comb out the stills" Probably thousand could not have done the job.
 Meantime the market for the product steadily widens. It has all ways been used largely in the south ern cities, such as Chattanooga and Birmingham, and the moonshiners
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Uses Arkansas Gum.

Philadelphia, Dec. 23.--According to H. K. Wellborn of Wellborn 6 Walls, their company has just re- ceived an order from Chicago's larg- est mail order concern for half a million feet of fine gum lumber, which will be used by tie great mail order house of Chicago for making the made-to-order houses which they make a speciality of supplying in knock-down form. The lumber is being planed at the local mill. Most of this lumber will be used for window and door facings, Wainscoting, moulding, etc.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23
N. '. Central Wants
 to Control Big Four Ky.
(By The United Press)

Washington, Dec. 21.-An effort to acquire complete control of the Big Four railway is seen in two ap- plications filed with Interstate Com merce Commission by the New York Central railroad. One application of the New York Central asked the commissions approval and the other authorization by the commission to acquire the capital stock, preferred and common, of the Big Four.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23
Says Lloyd George
 Forced Irish 10 Sign
(By The United Press)

Dublin, Dec. 21.--"Sinn Fein del egates were forced by Lloyd Georges monstrous iniquity to sign the Anglo-Irish treaty" George Cavan Duffy, the delegate who sign ed the pact, charged i'll Irish parlia- ment.
 'Im not apologizing for my sig nature" he cried, "but I desire to tell the manner in which the treaty was extorted." Despite the fact that the delegates were compelled to sign the pact, Duffy said he retommend- ed immediate ratification of the doc ument by the Dali.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23
Bonus From Liquor
 Tax Out of Question

Washington, Dec. 23.-Legislation to finance soldier bonus out of taxes on the legalized sale and manufacture of beer and light wines was declared yesterday by Repre- sentative Mondell, of Wyoming, Re- publican leader of the House, to be out of the question, "early or late, by this Congress"
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23

| ly moved he immediately wrote Col
 Watterson note of appreciation.
 The deans of American journal ists, Col. Watterson, came to be known virtually throughout the
 world as "Marse Henry" shortly after he took over the Courier Jour- nal, lifting~it to a position in Amer ican journalism where it's editoriasl were widely quoted. Hiss,penchant for touching upon topics necessar- fly commanding wide general in terest caused many of his articles
 to be represented in the biggest papers of the country. Early in
 his career at Louisville lie penned an article characterizing New York society women as "a flock of un- clean birds" He accused them of fondness of display, a taste of cham pagne and other things that even
 tually lead to the ruination of men. Col. Watterson's editorials, with their brilliant, original and phrase making compositions, have bridged over period of 50 years and more. His observations of men and events were incorporated recently into two volumes.
 Watterson, in his book, termed Samuel J. Tilden, "the nearest ap- proach to real statesman;'' he
 told of intimate association with the late Joseph Pulitzer, founder of the New York World, and of how he reluctantly turned down MT. Pulit- zer's offer to associate himself with the World in an editorial capacity spoke none too enthusiastically of Grover Cleveland, whom he did not like and in short, set forth the 'eoibles' as well as the better as- poets of numerous American of dis tinction, dead and alive, with whom he had come into contact.
 In his book Col. Watterson de- livered his democracy is dead" and that "a Democratic party has ceased to exist" He explained: ''The death blow to Jeffersonian Democracy was delivered by the Democratic sen ators and representatives from the south and west who carried through the prohibition amendment"
 Journalistic Enthusiasm. Col W1ftnTGOn a ant a1 = vocate of what he called "journalis- tic enthusiasm. He used to say journalism was 'the art of knowing where hell is going to break loose
 and having man there to cover it." He was extremely proud of having been born in Washington in what he called ''the center of diplo- macy" A man of simple tastes and
 detesting ostentation, Col. Waiter sen used to roll down to the Courier
 Journal office in big motor car,
 wearing a sailor hat, instead of an expensive fur hat, the Courier-J Jour
 nal office in which Watterson for so many years wielded his pen, was Q bare-Walled room, containing an
 old straight-topped desk. Stacks of papers were crammed illogically
 in cubby holes. Col Watterson
 wrote a miserable hand and the
 typesetters had difficulty in read ing it. But to the end he could not be induced to use a typewriter or dictate. Many men who have gained distinction in Journalism serv-
 ed their "cub' apprentice under Col. Watterson.
 Col. Watterson sold his interest
 in the Courier-Journal in 1918 to
 Judge Robert W. Bingham of Louisville. He then became editor emeritus of the paper, continuing as such for about a. year, when he rtired from journalism.
 An elephant rarely sleeps for jan
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23

the early days of the civil war Wat. terson. was on the staff of Gen Polk, who was operating in Western Kentucky, but was taken i'll and went to Nashville. When Nashville fell, Watterson, who had recovered |his health, was attached to the staff of Gen. Forrest. The rigors of wal were too much for Watterson's frail constitution and he became the editor of the Rebel, established al Chattanooga. This paper was es- tablished by the Tennessee state government and became the organ of the Confederate army.
 At times Watterson served as chief of scouts in Gen. Bronson's s army and was aide to Gen. Hood throughout the siege of Atlanta In 1864 he was assigned by the Confederate government to go tc England and sell several hundred thousand bales of cotton. It was a precarious mission, but Waiter son accomplished it. In London he met Huxley, Spencer Mill and Tyndall. He established a. lasting friendship with Artemus Ward and Mark Twain.
 From 1865 until 1868 Watterson was editor of the Republican Ban Iner, Nashville. In the latter years bo ror,ovod .+o T To,,ic1y;lJo to ae,e,,,,,, c the management of the Journal there. He consolidated the Journal with the Courier and the Democrat under the name of the Courier Journal, with which he continued his connection until few months before his death.
 Served in Congress.
 Watterson was member of the Forty-fourth Congress, filling a va cancy, largely at the urging oi Samuel J. Tilden, from 1876 until 1877. He declined a reelection He was temporary chairman of the Democratic national convention ir 1876 which nominated Tilden anG played an important part in the subsequent convention of 1880, 1884 and 1892. It was Watterson who coined the slogan Tariff for reve- nue only' Watterson bitterly fought Bryan in 1896 and support. ed him. rather indifferently in his second campaign for the presidency
 In 1908, Watterson was an en- thusiastic booster for Bryan, having announced he was convinced Bryan then believed his free silver heresy was as dead as African slavery 2 Watterson was one of number ot distinguished Democrats who were first to recognize in Woodrow Will son presidential timber After MT Wilson became governor of New Jersey, Watterson figured in a con- ference at the Manhattan Club New York city, at which the then Gov. Wilson is said to have in formed Col. George Harvey, now am bassador to Great Britain, that Harvey's support of the Wilson presidential candidacy in Harper's Weekly was injurious. In the poli- tical fued that followed, Col. Wat terson sided with Col Harvey and was exceedingly crucical of MT Wilson.
 In 1914 MT. Wilson and Col Wat terson buried the hatchet. Col Watterson went to the White House upon MT. Wilson's invitation and cordial relations were re-establish- ed.
 Watterson, however, bitterly as sailed the league of nations.
 How They Were Brought Together
 Watterson and the president were brought together through the publi- cation of an editorial in the Cour- fer Journal expressing condolence over the death of the first Mrs Wilson. The president was so deep
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23

be playing Dixie on parade, and
 the pretty girls will be distributing ,, The Chattanooga Rebel (the news
 paper published by him during the
 war between the state) to groups
 of ragged, red-nosed angels who have not forgotten the rebel yell. 7 His Picturesque Career.
 1 An outstanding and picturesque Ifigure in American public life for
 more than generation, Col. Henry Watterson 'lived through stirring times and the thick of events," as 1 he himself expressed it, dating from before the civil war and ending with his death. He came into close con- tact with virtually every distin- guished man who figured in the af- Hairs of America during his long span of life and most of them were
 his personal friends and associates. "I have never made party differ
 ences the occasion of personal quar- rels or estrangement, Col. Waiter bUu cApldlu6u III HIS duLOUlOSI dpIy . "On the contrary though I have always been called Democrat,
 have many near and dear friends
 among the Republicans/ Politics is not war.
 .'In many important events hay ing vital bearing upon the future welfare of his country, Col. Wat terson played a conspicuous role, along with presidents, cabinet off
 cers and statesmen whose names and deeds have long since been a part of history. Col. Watterson's personal. observations of political controversies absorbed the attention of the country previous to the civil war, during the period of recon struction and on through the de- cades that have followed, recently published under the title of "Marse
 Henry" will prove of enormous value to students of history. And
 in most of the political battles of
 his generation he took prominent part.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23
Fear for Towards Life.

Little Rock, Dec. 23.-J. c. How ard, convict, who killed Tom Slaugh- ter, notorious outlaw, after es- caping from the penitentiary With him recently, has bene transferred to the state penal farm at Tucker, it was learned yesterday. Officials would not comment on the trans fer.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-12-23
Was Not Converted.

Looking into the future when he reached four-score, 'Marse Henry detected only drab prospect The United States was beginning to turn crank he said.
 Look at woman suffrage!" he lamented Look at prohibition by act of Congress and constitutional amendment. Tobacco is next to walk the plank, and then
 Lord said the colonel. ''how glad I feel I am nearly 100 years old and shall not live to see it!"
 Col. Watterson was born at Wash ington Feb. 16, 1840, at a time when; he has recorded, linen took their politics, as their liquor, straight" His father, Harvey Me Gee Watterson, was a Jackson Dem ocrat, and had succeeded James K. Polk in Congress when the then future president was elected gov ernor of Tennessee Watterson s mother was Tabitha Black, and he was an "only child" and according to his written account, twas often an invalid.''
 Physically Watterson was a vigOr- ous youth, but he suffered from a defect of vision which precluded a university training and resulted in his acquiring an education mainly through private tutors. He did at tend the academy of the diocese of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia for a time.
 Remembered Mexican War.
 One of Col. Watterson's earliest memories was of soldiers leaving for the Mexican war. Another was of having been cuddled in the arms of Gen. Jackson. When Watterson' s father was in Congress, Henry used to go to the capitol and play amateur page" in the House of Representatives. His father was the youngest member. The oldest mem Der, whom Watterson has written was very good to me-" was John Quincy Adams, former president of the United States. Of Adams MT. Watterson has recorded: By chance was on the floor of the House when he fell in his place, and fol- lowed the excited and fearful throng when they bore him into the speak CTS room, kneeling by the side of the sofa, using an improvised fan and crying as if my heart would break"
 From that timec on, it seems to have been customary thing for him to meet important people and mingle with them upon terms of in- timacy.
 When very young man, Col. Watterson went to New York. being ambitious for career in journalism He knew music, was master of the piano, and obtained a place as substitute musician critic upon the Times. As such, he covered "the debut of Adelina Patti at the Aca- damye of Music"
 Watterson soon returnd to Wash ington, where he did newspaper work for the Philadelphia Press and other journals.
 Met Abraham Lincoln.
 As reporter for the Washington States, Col Watterson met Abraham Lincoln when he arrived in Wash ington for his Inauguration. He stood by Lincoln's side on the east portico of the capitol when Lincoln delivered his inaugural address. Watterson, who has described him self as "a Union boy at that time, at first ''distrusted" the Confederate SiYancey, Iverson and Harris; but in later years he came into confidential and affec- tionate" relations with them. In
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
NEW POSTAL STATION OPENED
Times square office Dedicated to
/ Public Last Week.

The new Times Square Post Office
sub-station. Thirty-eighth street between
Seventh and Eighth avenues. erected
by the Landcourt Realty Corporation.
A. +. Lefcourt. president. at a cost
close to 100000. was officially opened
on Wednesday by Postmaster-General
Will II. Hays and a committee of Con-
gressmen and Senators from various
sections of the country. The Postmaster
General made a tour of inspection Of
the new sub-station. which is said to
be the largest of its kind in the country.
Mr.. Lefcourt was complimented by
the Government officials, who charac-
terized the Post office as the most pre-
tentious one in Greater New York. Its
architectural beauty and the facilities
and comforts provided for in its interior
brought favorable comment from the
Washington representatives. as well as
local officials.
The Landcourt Realty Corpora ton
erected the new Times Square Post Of
flee on a plot 20Ox100 and leased it to
the Government for twenty-one years
The erection of the structure and the
details I'm connection with equipment
and the like were done under the per-
sonal supervision of Louis Haas, Sec
retary-treasurer of the corporation.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
MHrrdy Hills
Shining Present

At the Northern end of Murray
Hill stands the Library-whosc
daily service lauds the generosity
and commcnds the wisdom of an
Astor, a Lenox and Tilden. Here
also is the patriotic Union League
Club. On its slope rises building
housing a business that will always
be a monument TO great hearted
man, a lover of art and Of New
York, Mr.. Benjamin Altman. And
between these two landmarks
is the home of America First
Jeweler, and Gunther, its First
Furrier. In its precincts stand
the great stores of Bonwit Teller,
Franklin Simon, McCreery, Best,
Arnold Constable and Stern
Brothers. Here, too, are gathered
hundreds of charming littlc spcci-
atty shops - for Murray Hill is
New York's| Quarter of Shops.
Murray Hill-yesterday a farm,
today the fashionable quarter OF
shops - but yesterday, today and
forever, a location rich in the foot
prints of history.
The New York herald., 1921-06-19
HOTELS BOOKED UP
FOR DEMPSEY FIGHT
Persons From All Parts of the
World Making Reservations
for Titular Match.

Independence Day, which used to be
one of the darkest days on the hotei cal
endar. because nobody seemed TO want
to be in the big city for patriotic or any
other reasons, threatens this year 10
make a summer time record in the num-
ber of guests in the hotels of New YORK
The crowd is coming. not to hear the
Long Talk or even the Short Talk IN tne
wigwam of Tammany. but to see the
fight in Jersey City. July is the DAY
for that. but most OF the requests 1or
hotel reservations coming in literally
from all parts of the world are for rooms
until after July A. indicating that the
pilgrims are bent on having full hoil-
day here. And that they intend to De
here early is proved by the fact that
very many of the reservations start on
June 28 or 30. Some OF the appllcants
are wiring that they want rooms IL they
can get ringside seats.
None of the hotels at which inquiry
was made yesterday had absolutely niled
its space. The condition at the Penn
sylvania was that each single room hao
been engaged for July 3 and that there
was only small number of double
rooms available The Waldorf said that
It had booked everything except the
space which is always held open for
emergencies. such as the unexpected ar
rival of an habitual guest
A tentative reservation for 300 per-
sons from Los Angeles has been MADE al
the Pennsylvania. These are party OF
moving picture notables and sporting
men who are coming East on two special
trains IL the full 800 undertake the trip
or one special train If one is enough.
The 200 Chicago politicians and other
prodiges. marshalled by Mayor William
q
berths on the Twentieth Century Linn
tied, are going to the Hotel Commodore
They. are getting up a souvenir pro-
gramme which, when signed by the
fighters. will be nailed up in the Chi
cago City Hall along with the city's
other important memorabilia. A special
train from Los Angeles will spill 150
Californians at the Commodore, headed
by Tom McCarey and A. A. Schwab.
From Rio Janeiro Brazil. Capt. Will
lam Lowry has cabed the Waldorf for
rooms for himself and seven other Bra
lillian fight fans. From one of the
islands--namely, Whiskey Island. Can
ada--the Waldorf-Astoria is expecting
Robert T. Dunlop. b. F. Keith will
be host at the Pennsylvania to fifty
friends from the cities Of his vaudeville
circuit John O'Connor. Chief of Police
of st. Paul. and his brother Richard will
be at the McAlpin, as will Capt. Walter
Fletcher Smith of Havana, Harry
Hynds, a mine owner of Cheyenne. and
James Farnum of Charleston, s. C., The
British Army will be represented at the
Belmont by Major-Gen. Sir Robert Jones
| John A. Russell. president of the Detroit
| Chamber of Commerce. will be at the
| Biltmore. Upon returning from the
| fight Big Bill Edwards will give din
ner at the Commodore. One of the other
| guests there will be State Boxing Com
missioner George Morris.