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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

surplus fails?
The farmer can raise the material
necessary to clothe himself and fam
ily-wool, cotton and silk--but If he
raises no more the rest of the people
will go naked. 1t is the farmers sur
plus material that clothes the world
suppose the surplus fails?
The farmer can, if necessary. pro-
duce his own fuel. He can raise his
own wood; he can burn corn cobs and
even corn if he must, but what will be-
come of the railroads when the farm
er neither buys nor sells?
What will become of the packers
when they have no meat to pack? And
what will become of the grain gam
blers when there is no market grain
to gamble on? What will become of
the little stores when the farmers
cease to trade? And what will the
wholesalers do when the little stores
close? And what will the manufac-
turers do when the wholesalers 60 out
of business? And what will the
clerks in the stores, the workers in
the mills and the railroad employees
do when business stops? And what
will the banks do when they can not
grow rich loaning the peoples money I?
What will all the people do when no.
body needs them? What? Go to
work WITH THEIR HANDS and
wiring a living from Mother Earth
that is the last resort as it was the
first.
Will the middlemen continue to lord
| it over the producers of wealth, or
will they learn that they must SERVE
if they would live, and serve for rea-
sonable toll? The flower that blooms
in beauty on the stem should not de-
spise the roots that do their work in
the dirt. The roots will live when the
flower fades-not only live but fur
nish the sustenance for new flowers,
season after season. So with tbs
farmer, he lives near to Natures
heart, he draws the milk from Ma
lures breast and Nature will protect
him as a mother protects her child. He
will be last to die in the struggle for
/ existence. But why this conflict ?
Why not love, and brotherhood, and
cooperation? Why not work togeth-
err for the common weal?. Why not
justice to each and all?-Bryan's
Commoner.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
HYDE PROTESTS
AGAINST THE LAW

In statement given out to the pa
pers Governor Hyde says that he is
going to protest against the filing OF
referendum petitions on his consolid-
alton bills. Such conduct and such
spirit of intolerance takes us back to
the days following the civil war, when
preachers and teachers were forbid
den their professions unless they
would perjure themselves by sub
scribing to the infamous test oath,
which the Supreme Court Of the Unit
ed States later denounced and con-
demned. 1t also takes us back to the
days when judges of the Supreme
Court were dragged from the bench
by the military arm of the state gov
eminent. Think of the Governor Of
the great state Of Missouri protesting
against thing which the constitution
Of the state gives the citizens the right
to do. In the exercise of their wis
dom the people of Missouri so amend
ed their constitution as to permit
them to refer laws passed by the Cen
eral Assembly to the people for their
approval or rejection. Such is our
constitution now, and the right to
file such petitions is constitutional
right possessed by the legal voters OF
this state, and no man, be he high or
low, in the stations of life, has right
to say no. The Governor took an
oath of office in the presence of null
titude last January, and in that oath
he swore to support and uphold the
constitution of this state, yet he now
says that he will protest against the
voters of his state doing what that
constitution says that they may do,
and what they have the constitutional
right to do. The statement of the
Governor is sophomore in the eX-
treme. 1t either bespeaks ignorance
of the law, or it speaks defiance of the
law. Charity compels US to say that
it is an outburst of mere tyro in
craftsmanship. We are 10th to think
that one in the station of the highest
office in the state would defy the con-
stitution of the state. Charity COM
pels us to conclude that it is mere ig-
norance.-Missouri State Journal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
SIMS AND HARVEY

The hysterical excitement Of the
Harding Administration over the in
discretions of Rear Admiral Sims
London speech is in striking contrast
with its cynical indifference to the
far more glazing indiscretions Of Am
bassador Harvey's London speech.
When Mr.. Harvey insulted all the
American people in the name of the
President there was not Word of Of
fetal disapproval. Not Republican
Senator made protest. No hint Of
disavowal came from the White
House or the State Department. On
the contrary, the correspondents were
told in effect that the Harvey speech
was wholly acceptable to the Admins
tration.
What difference when Rear Ad-
miral Sims attacks a small fraction OF
American Sim Fem votersl Senator
Mccormick rushes to the White House
to call the matter to the Presidents
attention. Secretary DENLY sends a
cablegram tor the Rear Admiral, say
ing that II have read with amaze
ment certain extracts from a speech
purporting to have been made by you,"
and ordering Sims to "inform the de-
partment Immediately by cable
~whether or not you were correctly re-
ported" The Senate promptly orders
an investigation. There is to be dis
cipline for Sims but no discipline for
Harvey.
Yet the Sims speech, however much
it may be open to criticism on the
ground of fact and good taste, is
merely the opinion of an individual.
Nobody would dream of interpreting it
as an expression of the United States
Governments policy or opinion. The
Harvey speech, on the other hand, has
been accepted everywhere in Europe
as the formal expression of Presi-
dent Harding's own views on interna-
tional affairs
Why the reckless utterances Of q
Rear Admiral on leave of absence
should be regarded by the Administra-
ton as so much more serious than the
reckless utterances of an Ambassador
personally representing the President
of the United States we do not know
We are merely recording the facts.
It was all right, SO far as the Ad-
ninistration was concerned. for Mr.
Harvey to describe the American peo-
pie as a set of poltroons who went te
war only because .they were afrait
rot to fight, bnt all wrong for Rear
Adnairal Sims to assail the Sim Fein.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

e-s who are engaged in making Irish
politics an American issue.
Perhaps Sims in turn cen explain
that if he erred it was only in follow
ing too literally the address of Mr..
Harding's Ambassador. In his Pill
grims' dinner speech Mr.. Harvey as
sured his British audience Of Mr.. Hard
ing's Fidelity to his race" and to "his
ancestry. drawn from all parts of the
United Kingdom, not excluding
Wales" The Rear Admiral may have
taken it for granted that in attacking
the Irish and unfolding the English
attitude toward Ireland he was only
expressing his Commander in Chiefs
Fidelity to his race" and to his ances-
tors.
That may or may not be the case;
but it is plain enough from the devel-
opments at Washington that Sims
mistake was in assai!ing small fac
ton of American voters. Had he tax
en- the precaution to insult all the
American people as Harvey did, hat
he dragged their ideals and their ideal.
isms into the mud and pictured them
as nation of war profteers intent
only on defending their swag, he
might have counted on the same meas.
ure of Administration consideration
that has been accorded to George Har.
vey.-New York World.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
THE FARMER DIES LAST

In a fight to the death the farmer
will die last. If big business thinks it
can bleed him without limit it had bet
ter consider his resources. When it
comes to the pinch he can stand
squeezing better than any other class.
Food is the first necessity, and he can
feed himself, he can raise all that he
and his family need, but il he raises
no more than he needs the rest of the
people will starve. The farmers sur
plus supplies the world---suppose the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
THE GOVERNORS THREAT

Governor Hyde's announcement
that he will resort to injunction pro-
ceedings to prevent the filing of ref
erendum petitions against his re-dis-
tricting and consolidation bills, raises
question esttled centuries ago-the
question of who is the greater, the
creator or the created.
Since that period in the distant past
when worlds were created and flung
into space each to follow in its orbit,
and man was created to walk upon
the face of the earth, wise and mod
est men have recognized the truth
that the creator is even the master Of
his own handiwork. But from that
time to the present there have been in
every age, shallow and arrogant men
who when put in places of authority
either by the fate of circumstances or
by the will of the people, have become
intoxicated with the wine of power
and imagined that they were greater
than their creators. Such men accept
the commission of authority that tenn
porarily vests them with power with
out accepting many Of the obligations
and responsibilities that the commits
sion carries with t. They seem to for
get that they are answerable to the
law. They abandon all sense Of obi
cation to the people. q
Mr.. Hyde is Governor of Missouri
by sufferance Of the majority of the
people of the state and in his official
capacity, he is creature of the peo-
pie. AS such he has no more right to
violate the constitution or laws of the
state than any man or woman in the
state. On the other hand, as chief
executive of the state, he is under
oath to obey and uphold the constitu-
ton and laws of the state. This be-
ing the situation, it comes with poor
grace for him to take a stand to set
aside a part of the constitution and
announce that he will deny to thou
sands of Missourians the right to ex-
ercise a privilege granted them by the
constitution.
A number of years ago, the people
Of this state amended the constitu-
ton in such way as to give them a
right to say whether or not any law
passed by the Legislature should go
into effect. 1t isn't the Governors
duty to pass upon Chat part of the
constitution and say whether it is a
wise provision or not, but it is his du-
ty as a citizen and officer to uphold
and respect it as long as it is part of
our fundamental law.
Every woman or man has a right
to recommend change in our consti-
tuition or our laws and the right to
work to bring about change in an or
derby and lawful way. but in no other
way-and the sworn official who arbi-
trarily attempts to nullify any part OF
the constitution is fit subject for
impeachment.--Cape Girardeau Sun.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
MR. MING TAKES
US DOWN A PEG

One of the big men of China today
is Mr.. XII Hung Ming, who graduated
from the University Of Chicago a
quarter of century ago.
Mr.. Ming has written. a piece in
English for the "North China Stand
ard' about America in which he says:
III the United States were destroy
led tomorrow, / want to ask what great
spiritual thing have the Americans as
nation done which they can leave
behind them to show to men of gene
rations tat they were once nation
with civilization. In my opinion, the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

to speak convincingly. There are no
more bills affected by this movement
than were submitted at the last gen.
eral election. and the cost will not be
appreciably greater.
If it is legitimate for public Of
fetal to complain against the use of
the referendum, because it requires
the expenditure of funds to print the
proposition on the official ballot, and
to publish them in newspapers as the
law prescribes, then it is equally legi-
innate to complain against the holding
of elections for any purpose, because
it means some public expense. The
Governor himself is not in any posi-
ton to speak of expenditures in this
connection, because his legislature
FILTERED away millions in their appro-
priations during the regular session
enough to hold hundred referen-
d:ms on a hundred bills. Since when
did he become so greatly concerned
about the cost of things?
AS we go to press, the announce
ment is made that the Governor in
tends 80 have the filing of the petit
tions blocked by some process of le-
gal injunction, invoked in the courts
upon some pretext or other. He is
playing with fire when he attempts
any such measure. He manifests
thereby the same over-zealous, dicta-
torial and arbitrary spirit which con-
trolls in the legislation, against which
the Democrats have invoked the ref
erendum. The Governor knows he is
slipping. He knows that he has lost
the confidence and regard of the peo-
pie of the state, and his anger knows
no bounds. Apparently he would be
perfectly willing to employ any sort
of drastic method, including physical
force, to promote the achievement of
his ends. Therefore, he justifies more
than ever the referendum which has
so completely Infatuated him.
Let the Governor bring his injunc-
tions. Let him use his police to throw
officials out Of their offices. Let him
go to the most extreme lengths. He
is only heaping up trouble for him
self, and only intensifying the feel
ing against him. The day of the high
measure of condemnation, merited by
the Governors plans and policies, has
not been reached. But he hastens it,
as his anger grows, and his folly in
creases.
There need be no misunderstanding
on the part of the Governor respecting
the situation with which he is about to
deal. He faces a complete accounting
before the people of Missouri, and it
is not going to be any pleasant sum
mer days excursion, either. He can
thunder his warnings and threats, but
aone will heed them. He is dealing
with militant force, revived and
strengthened by his own acts, and
there is war ahead for him. and he
cannot escape it by any manner Of
oppression and official tyranny
Msaao,,s CHokn To,,r,nI
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24

only spiritual things which the Amer
cans as nation have done that, If
they as nation were destroyed to-
morrow, will be remembered by men
of after generations-is the work of
Poe's tANNABEL LEE and the music
Of the plantation songs"
Mi. Ming qualities this with the re-
mark that we are really young yet as
a nation--aged less than $50 years,
which is no time at all compared with
the age of the Chinese nation. Then,
too, hesrecognizes that we have been
busy taking over millions of immi-
grants which must be assimilated
Anyway, it is interesting 60 sensible
folks to read what the worlds oldest
civilization thinks Of the youngest.
Most Of us know one or more Of the
plantation melodies Brother Ming
speaks of, but, by the way, how many
of US know "Annabel Lee? Or ever
heard Of it? Even if you have read
of it, perhaps you would like to read
1t again. Here it Isl:
1t was many and many year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That maiden there lived, whom you /.
may know
BY the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she vile dhwti
And this maiden she lived with no
other thought
Than to love, and be loved by me.
| was child, and she was child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was
more than love,
| and my Annabel. Lee
With love that the winged seraphs
of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsmen came,
And bore her away from me,
To shut ker up in sepulcher,
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half SO happy in
heaven,
Went envying her and me.
Yes! that was the reason las all men
know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud
by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far
than the love
OF those vino were older than we,
Of many far wiser than we;
And neither the angels in heaven
above,
Nor the demons down under the
sea,
Can ever discover my soul from the
soul
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without
bringing me dreams
OF the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but feel the
bright eyes
Of the BEAUTIFUL Annabel Lee.
And so, all the night-tide, l lie down
by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life
and my bride,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
In the sepulcher there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Final Settlement Notice

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and others interested in the es-
tate of William B. Burgess, deceased
that l, X, c. Tucker, Administrator, of
said estate, intend to make final set
Element thereof at the next term of
Probate Court Of st. Francois County,
State of Missouri, to be held at Farm
ington, Mo-, beginning on the 18th day
of July, 1921. +
r. C. TUCKER.
Administrator.
June 10, IT, "a and July LIST.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-06-24
Operators of Passenger
Services
Free use of
Shipping Board films

Use Of Shipping Board motion picture
films, four reels, free on request Of any
mayor, pastor, postmaster. or otgani-
cation, A great educational picture
OF ships and the sea, Write for inform
alton 10 Il. Lauc, Director Information
Bureau, Room oil. 1919 F Street.
N. W.. Washington, d. c.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-06
{" P Rim &c SIS
JONE S"

Mr.. B. F. Boggs, OF Nelson
county, is spending a few days
with his daughters, Mrs. H. NJ
Tlarp and Mrs. Eugene Spurlock
Mrs. Vardy Taylor is the guest
OF her sister, Mrs. G. r. Combs, III
Shelbyville.
Master Victor Williams, OF
East Bernstadt, is visiting rela-
tives here this week.
Mr.. T. H. Pickles has returned
to Baltimore after brief stay
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
G.. w. Pickles.
Mrs. c. L. Wheeler and Miss
Louise Gelken, Of Lexington
we're guests OF their sister. Mrs
@ DIN Green. for the weekend
Judge ]. NJ, Benton and Mrs
Benton. Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Battaile. Miss Bessie Benton, al
OF Winchester spent Sunday witt
Mrs. G.. w. Evans and Miss Cur
raleen Smith.
Mrs. Margaret Boggs is il
Georgetown The guest OF he
daughter. Mrs. Walker Mcl\in
nCy.
Richard Green is at home from
Georgetown College.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-06
CHINESL ...o.3S SHOW ANKLES
Cut Several In, hes Of PantaIoons to
Display Silk Hose, Like Amer-
can GirIs.

San FranciscO.-Only decade ago
the most flrtatious Chinese maid
whose smiles ever started a tong war
would not think Of letting Caucasian
eyes rest upon her trim Oriental ankle.
any more than would her sutton go a.
woOing without wearing queue.
The Chinese revolution cut off the
queues. And now Dame Fashion has
clipped full eight inches OFF the pref
ty pantaIOOns OF the celestial maidens.
revealing for the first time on the
streets of San Francisco's Chinatown
pretty ankles and bit more, encased
in as enhancing bits OF silk as any
American girl cain wear
Sure, we like 'em, all same Ameri-
can girl was what Rose Gee had to
say about her new silk stockings and
tiny pumps which showed beneath her
lavender silk pantalOons embroidered
in white.
See, they pretty" she added, coyly,
looking downward.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-06
WORMS RUIN COAST WHARvEs
Chemists Seek Ways 70 End Wood
5orers' Damage 81 Millions Of
Dollars.

Madison, Wis.-Whsrves In San
Francisco harbor have been damaged
to the extent Of $4,000 600 In the last
two years by wood borers
The amount Of loss from the cause
on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts Is
very large, and to check these deoreds-
tons the forest products laboratory
here has started survey this year.
The log used for a pile Is strong and
sound when it is first driven, and the
wood borer is very weak and quite in
significant in appearance, but the life
and usefulness of the former is short
when the small enemy attacks it,
The supposedly solid wooden piles
upon which the wharf is built are
bored out By the teredo, q worm with
hard-sheli auger for head, and when
the ship tugs at her hawsers the piles
snap of like pipestems.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-06
RUSSIANS DOUBT U. S. REBELS
American Reds Kept Apart Under
Soviet Rule; Silent and
Sad.

Riga, Latvia.-Choice of a home is
not permitted in the land Of the Boil
sheviki, according to persons reaching
here from Russia. Everything belongs
to the government, which assigns liv-
ing quarters.
Special barracks have been assigned
to persons from America as soviet au-
thOritieS consider them unreliable le-
bells who must be kept apart from 9th
ers. Everybody knows these "Amer-
cans" by their sad faces and dismal
silence They do not answer if spoken
to in Russian, but their faces brighten
IL someone appears who knows Eng
fish, and especially the American
vernacular.
Don't you speak Engish?" is their
first question, followed quickly by the
inevitable second: rs there any way
to get back to American"
There is, however, no way out for
Russia is locked from within.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-06
Teaching EN- Respect.

Frankfort, Ky-Walter Trusty is
serving a years sentence in the Ken
lucky penitentiary because he took a
window cord from church shade TO
use as a plowline He's not the only
church offender, for there are prison.
ers here serving time for breaking
into a church and drinking communion
wine, stealing brass from church,
burning a church and breaking into .
church to start a crap game.
Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-06-06

Miss Marie Langford is ex-
pected home from Science Hill
Shelbyville Wednesday to spend
the summer vacation. She is
with Frankfort friends for a brief
stay, her school having closed
Friday.
Miss Helen James, of Berea
was guest of honor at a dinner
party in Lexington to which Miss
Dollie Hanna was host.
Mrs. d. r. Altman and daugh-
ter have returned from a visit to
Lancaster relatives.
S. NJ. Upton, James West, and
Waller Richardson. of Irvine, and
Dir. Z. L. Edwards were court
day visitors here.
Mrs. Julian Tying, Miss Wingo
ard Miss Dorothy Perry were
linner guests of Mrs. Hale Dean
Sunday.
Messrs. w. ?. Willard, George
Hembree, F. c. Gentry and Ed
gar T. Higgins were in Cincinnati
Sunday.
Miss Mary Herndon, George
town, is the guest of Mrs. L. B.
Weisenburgh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker McKin-
ney, of Georgetown, spent Sun
day with DR., r. c. Boggs and Mr..
Boggs.
Mrs. Caroline Farris, of Louis
vile, who was with her father.
Dr.. Maupin, during his illness.
will spend the month of July with
Captain Mangum and Mrs. Man
gum, in Trenton. N. J.
Mr.. Carter Graddy, of Peters
burg, Ky, is visiting in the homo
Of Mrs. Z. Tut Burnam at "Yor
ick."
Miss Fannie Crenshaw. of Ricl
mond. Va, is visiting her aunt
Mrs. James Bennett, on Mar
street.
Announcement has been re
,cived Of the birth of son at tn
come Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bush Rice
n Kyle. O.. MAY Doth. He wi
4. called Clark Push for his tIy,
'ncles.
Miss Florence Pollard. of Miss
,,ippi, is the guest Of Mrs. J. A
1rpin. at Red House.
Miss Dorothy Williams, OF Eas
'ernstadt. is The guest of Mis-
.ucy Blunschi, on Big Hill ave
ne.
Miss Sal1ie Lutz, of Lancaster,
vaS with Mrs. George Smith Sat
rday and Sunday.
Miss Lucille Boggs, OF Lexing-
on. spent the weekend with her
i>ter, Mrs. H. NJ. Tharp, at Rec
louise.
Mr. F. NJ. Silver has returned
ON Lexington. where he was
nest at a banquet given for the
Insurance men.
Hon. L. b. Harrington and
Mrs. Harrington. of Cherokee
roGd. Louisville. are in Annapo-
lis, attending the commencement
exercises. where Midshipman
Lewis Harrington. Jr.. is in
school this year. Mrs. Harvey
Chenault of this city. is with
Miss Eugenia Harrington during
the absence OF her parents.