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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Douglas MacLcan at Crescent

That there are few, If any. more
popular juvenile screen stars than
Douglas MacLean was evidenced at
the Crescent theatre yesterday when
that young star was presented in his
first individual starring vehicle. THE
Jailbird,' a Paramount picture pro-
duced by Thomas II. Ince. The pic
ture scored a decided hit with the
big audience and laughter and APP
plause frequently rewarded the big
scenes of an unusually clever story.
Sent to prison for an offense
against the law. Shakespeare Clancy,
a likable young chap, scapes in a
novel manner. He falls heir to a
small estate in Kansas. this includ-
ing a newspaper of which he as
sumes the editorship. His advanced
ideas of journalism estrange his
townsmen and to get even. Clancy
decides to victimize them by selling
them stock in a fake oil deal. But
at the last minute. a gusher pre-
sents itself and not only balks Clan
cy's plans. but enriChes all concern
ed, himself included.
Having fallen in love with his
society editor, Clancy decides that
honesty is the best policy. He re-
turns to prison to serve out his
interrupted term and all ends hap.
PLY. This picture is exceptionally
entertaining and is one of the best
of its kind seen here in many months
THE Inside of the Cup" the Par
amount-Cosmopolitan picture which
will be shown at the Crescent thea
tire next week is said to be a great
picture with a soul. It is interpret
ed by a large and competent corps
of screen players.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
At Majestic Tuesday

Seldom can a theatrical organiza-
ton boast of a better balanced cast
than that carried by the whats
Your Number" the delightful farce
comedy which will be presented at
the Majestic theatre on Tuesday,
February %, under the direction of
Jules Hurtig. Miss Grace Valentine,
It's leading woman, while young so
far as the calendar is considered,
has already made her mark on
Broadway in the stellar role of many
successes of the same character.
Dorothy Mortimer. an equally
charming young woman, was last
seen in the principal role of "Nightie
Nightie." having previously appear
ed in the support of Leo Ditrichstein
in THE King" Isabel O'Madigan. a
leader in the type of roles which
she loves to portray. was prominent
ly cast in Scandal"
Lyn Overman. leading man, has a
long list of successes to his credit,
as has Tom Lewis. a comedian whose
unactious methods of pursuing the
elusive laugh, have gained for him
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
THEATRES
RnrIesnne nor MniestIn

The quality of the Offering being
presented this season by Joe Hur-
<tig's well known organization. 'The
Bowery Burlesquers'' is best indi-
tcated by the fact that the more criti-
cal a person is. the more he finds
70 praise in the production. The
show win be seen next Monday at
the Majestic theatre. For a vehicle
MIR. Hurtig has secured a screaming
Tly funny burlesque. Going Up and
Coming Down" which was written
BY Loney Haskill and which deals
with the timely subject of aviation.
Two unskilled aviators attempt to
ny around the world in one hundred
and fifty minutes, their incentive be-
ing a purse of $4,000. They have
many ludicrous adventures and the
book abounds in original scenes of
"A laugh provoking character while
THE dialogue is unusually brisk and
CLEVER. being consistently punctured
by laugh ingredients. Billy Foster
rand Frank Harcourt, whose capacity
as fun manipulators is to well known
4 to require extended notice. have the
roles of the two aviators and make
them vivid and impressive in comedy
interest. They are supported by an
admirable cast which numbers
among its members Marty Semon,
straight man; kittie Glasco. prima
donna; Louise Bennett, soubrette;
Mallen and Well, wonderful singers
on the type of Van and Schenck:
Libby Hart. ingenue: and Bobby
Barlow. Juvenile. The company is
augmented by an enhancing chorus
of twenty-five bewitching girls who
appear in dances and ensemble spe-
cially arranged by Arthur Conrad
and in musical numbers specially
written by Hugh Shubert. The fact
that Mr.. Hurtig has spent more
money on the production, than ever
before. may be taken as a guaran-
tee of the quality of the scenic and
costume investure. The book lends
itself to various atmospheres and the
scenes which are represented in
clude Sunny Spain. Gay Paris and
Darkest Russia. Among the big
scenic features Is one which shows
a spectacular wreck at sea and an
other showing an aviation field with
a huge aeroplane in actual opera
ton. In short. THE Bowery Bur-
lesquers' is this season the very
top-notch attraction of the Columbia
circuit in beauty. m~agnificence. ex-
fravagance. tu%nefulness. variety,
comedy and general efficiency.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
Hobart Bosworth at Ditmas

Hobart Bosworth. popular screen
eRctor OF virile types. is the star of
~"His Own Law" the latest produc-
ton by J.. Parker Read, Jr.. releas-
ed through Goldwyn, which opened
at the Ditmas theatre yesterday, for
three days. The drama of friend
ship between men gives Mr.. Bos-
worth one OF the best roles that has
fallen to his lot and he gets out of
1T every bit of entertainment and
acting value that 1T contains.
AS MacNeir, member of a great
Engineering firm. who goes off on a
prolonged spree after every big job,
Mr.. Bosworth gives a touch of natur-
oalness and humanity that makes the
character continuously human and
s~sinteresting. After a most realistic
light with a Frenchman In a saloon
lin San Francisco's underworld, he
becomes fast friends with Jean Saval
because OF his grit. Saval had also
been educated as an engineer and he
goes with MacNeir off on a big job.
He falls in love with Sylvia Harris,
but is called to the colors by France
suddenly and Is there is no one at
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
The Bowman Brothers

Comedians are born to the art and
not a manufactured product. Humor
and the faculty to impart it to others
in order hat they may be amused
is a natural gift which few possess,
which cannot be taught and which
cannot be acquired through practice.
1t is for that reason that we have
so few clever successful comedians.
and they are the most sought after
article by managers to head their
productions. Two of the few really
born" comedians on the stage to-
day are the Bowman Bros, chief fun
makers in their own big minstrel
company that will be the attraction
at the Majestic theatre, March s..
matinee and night.
The Bowman Bros. have won their
way to the fore in blackface comedy
and have been known as The Blue
Grass Boys" and the head-liners on
the big time" vaudeville for years.
Born and reared in Louisville, they
are just naturally likeable for their
sincerity and sense of humor. even
as boys their ability in initiating the
slow drawl of the typical Southern
negro came in for a good bit of COM
ment. and in their d~elineation of
negro comedy. they show the genu-
inc article and make the real
Southern negro interesting to many
who have never known the harmless
vanity in dress, the love of melody,
and the quaint sense of the ridicu-
lous possessed by the negro the Bow
man Bros. impersonate. In every
action, and in every line of their
parts they are able to produce the
required effect-the creation of
laughter. They are comical from
top to toes. their grotesque appear
amuses when they enter and to
them ONE hearty approval in every
move they make and in every line
recite.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

Coal is the true king. ne told
Premier Lloyd George of Great Bril-
tain, just after shaking his fist at
Millerand. From coal you go on to
iron and steel, and then to ships and
forests, wood pulp and paper"
He was born in the coal business.
He inherited 5000. 900 francs from
his father. and his activities in the
coal market when only twenty threw
him into association with the. great
steel and coal magnate, August
Thyssen.
SHINES was thirty-four when he
bought up the coal and iron. inter-
ests in the Dutch-LuxembourS re-
gions. In the following eight years
their value rose from 10000, 900 to
1870. 1000 900 marks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
N. u. a. staff special

~. IL y. 6tdl GltNldiJ
BERLIN-Hugo SHINES, the gold
kaiser of Germany. is soon going
to America. In announcing his in
tention. SHINES said:
Il believe there are many ways
in which American and German in
dustry a cooperate, and that end
| will seek"
SHINES is the man who nearly
broke up the Spa conference when
he shook his fist at Premier Mil
lerand of France and said: The
allies won't get the German coal
they want; no, sir. not even if they
station soldiers at the mouth of
every pit / own"
SHINES is the German coal king,
possessor of 5000, 900 900 marks,
owner of seventy newspapers and
dictator of a gigantic chain of in
dustries.
He is termed "the man of the
hour" in Germany. He surpasses
the ex-kaiser in the magnitude of
his schemes.
Just before the war SHINES and
associates bought mines in England
and Turkey and were reaching out
to pick up colleries IL Virginia.
a wide following. Richard Taber is
described as a conner" and his last
production was The Blue Bonnet"
Other prominent members of the
cast are Gesmonda Nicolai, Purnell
Pratt. Anton Ascher, Roy Foster.
Robert Harrigan and James A.
Boshell.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18

the camp to marry them he car only
pledge his faith with the ring which
he had bought for the wedding.
When MacNeir learns that Saval has
been killed in action. he marries
Sylvia in order that his friends child
may have a name and a father. Saw
al returns after -four years in a Ger
man prison and then comes the big,
thrilling human drama which makes
His Own Law" one of the big pic
lures of the SEASON.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
FALLS NEAR ONE MILLION
DOLLARS SHORT
The Assessment, Rolls of Monroe
County For 1921 Filed

The assessment rolls for Monroe
county filed by Tax Assessor II. l.
Pickle were gone oyer by the Board
of Supervisors at its July meeting
and the footings disclosed that the
aggregate of realty valuations fOl
the year 1921 falls near a million
dollars short of the years l919-1920
The assessment of personally in
the county is practically up to that
of last year as the roll shows.
The assessment of realty last
year, and the year previous, were
burdensome indeed. making it diff
ficult for taxpayers to meet the tax
exacted, In many cases the farm
lands assessed were not productive
enough to meet the tax demanded
on their valuations.
The Weekly does not know what
the State Tax Commission will ex-
act in realty valuations in this
county this year. but does know
that realty owners will find it bur-
densome to meet the tax at the
prevailing rate on the assessed val
uations as they are now written in
the tax rolls.
When the cost of government
exceeds the ability of the people to
pay. the decadence of patriotism
sets in, For this reason it would
be well for those who fix the ex-
pense to adjust the cost of govern
ment equitably and commensurate
ly with the benefits received so that
the people may be prosperous, hap
py and cOntented.
1t is the consensus of opinion of
the people, as we'll as of the Monroe
County Board of Supervisors, that
the valuations as they now appear
on the assessment rolls are as great |
as real estate valuations in this
county under prevailing conditions
will allow. These gentlemen are
On the ground and ought to know.
The State Tax Commission may
differ from them, but if they do it
will be a clear case of guessing.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
CLEANUP WEEK IN
OUR LITTLE CITY
Begins the First Day in August
and Continues One Week

Cleanup week has been desig
mated by those in authority to be,
gin the first day in August and
continue throughout the week
Every person in control of premises
of any character is urgently re-
quested to & operate in the move
ment and give his or her premises a
thorough cleaning up.
1t is desired that all tin cans
and debris of other kinds be col
lected and placed in receptacles on
the streets adjoining the premises
go that city carts can haul it away.
These carts will call each day dur
ing the week to take refuse away
In this connection, the Weekly de-
sires to call attention to the pres.
ence of barns and other outbuild-
ings. some of them near to the
heart of the city that are standing
open and are used for improper
purposes in such way as to make
them dangerous to the health of
the city. They are. also, otherwise
offensive to residences near which
they are situated.
1t is hoped that our people will
join with sanitary officers and the
city administration and thoroughly
clean every corner of every part of
the city, giving due attention to
places that afford breeding places
for mosquitoes.
Everybody put on work suit
the first Monday in August and
make a drive for sanitation and
health which. after all. are the
most desirable and profitable as
sets of clean living.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
Cutting Out the Waste

If General Dawes, as head of the
budget, can inaugurate a system
whereby the eKtraYagant govern
mental waste will be eliminated
he will have performed a great and
signal service to his country.
Governmental waste is house
hold expression from ocean to ocean
and from Canada TO the gulf. 1t
signifies a lack of organization, in
efficiency and a spirit of don't care.
1t is time to eliminate the three.
The burdens of taxation are
heavy enough whenever legitimate
exposes are met without adding the
millions and millions that are
squandered through lack of good
judgment and business acumen.
General Dawes is by no means a
new broom, but we are rather of
the opinion that he will neverthe-
less make a clean sweep.-Corinth-
ian,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
600 cures Dengue Fever.
History of the Wilkes Booth
Monument

The monument erected in Troy,
Ala. honoring John Wilkes Booth
! for the murder of Abraham Lin
coin, which Nebraska veterans have
asked President Harding to de-
strOy, was only a small marble slab
costing $25. which was erected by
Pink Parker on his own private
property. according to information
obtained today. The monument
long ago ceased to attract attention
and the last heard of it had been
cast aside and was under the Par
ker home in Troy.
Despite reports that it was erect
ed in the Cos. the fact is it was
made in Montgomery about I5
years ago on order of Parker. The
inscription on il is as follows:
Erected by Pink Parker in honor
of John Wilkes Booth for killing
old Abe Lincoln"
1t WAS placed in Parker's front
yard, on Hanchey street. after the
city refused to permit its being
placed on public property. Parker
was member of the 18th Ala
bama Regiment in the war between
the states.
Reports have spread throughout
the United States that the slab was
erected by public subscription and
the report has been that it was an
elaborate monument carved by
world-known- scultors at great ex-
pense,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
Rub My -Tism kills infection.
Living at Home

Many sections of Mississippi may
learn a lesson from the remarkable
record made by the truckers OF
Crystal Springs. The season OF
1921 there eclipsed all others. The
truckers of Long Beach have
caught the spirit, and in short
time will get more and better re-
turns from truck patch acreage
than a cotton farmer will with his
thirteen months crop. Cotton
farmers are slaves with overnight
ening bonds. The only way, the
only safe and reasonable way to
raise cotton at steady profit, not
subject to unsettling or ruinous
fluctuations such as have been ex-
perienced in the last year or two, is
by diversification such as on small
farms, raising everything to sustain
itself and the farmers family right
on the farm, letting cotton be the
extra or money crop. Sugar. cof-
fee, flour, taxes. harness, clothes,
implements and some other things
which cannot be made on the farm.
may be provided for by cotton
crops. but this one-crop will kill
any man and his farm.-Gulf Coast
Herald.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
A WOMAN'S BACK
The Advice OF This Aberd cen Wo
man is of Certain Value

The Advice OF This Aberd cen WO
man is of Certain Value
Many a woman's back has many
aches and pains.
Oft'times tits the kidneys fault.
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills are
SO effective. Ask our neighbor.
Many Aberdeen women know this.
Read what one has TO say about it /:
Mrs. James Young. All 8. Chestnut
ST., Aberdeen. says: II was so bad
of with my kidneys at one time that
could hardly get out of chair, MY
back was always lame and sore and
sharp pains would cut through it, NY
kidneys acted irregularly and I was
generally rum down. / had tried
many remedies, but nothing ever did
me any good until began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped
me from the first and kept on with
them until / was rid of the severe
pains and my kidneys were reg
ulated.o
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Dosn's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Young had. Foster Milburn Co. !,
Mfg. Buffalo. N. Y. lAdv.I
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
Pagan Religion Would Be
Taught

The delegates attending the re-
cent annual convention of the Sun
.lav school workers IL Philadelohia
at the Holy Trinity Parish House,
advocated the teaching of religion
in public schools Edward Ser
geant, of New York. a member of
the Episcopal board of education,
said. This is the only answer to
the pagan menace with which we
are faced" We should like to
know how Mr.. Sergeant would set
tie which particular brand of reli-
gion shall be taught. The pagans
have a religion, and according to
governmental statistics, sixty-One
per cent of the inhabitants of the
United States are pagans. that is.
nOnmembers of the Christian
churches. Since the majority rules
in America. Mr.. Sergeant would be
bound to teach the religion of the
pagans if he taught any religion.
1t seems strange that American
citizens when they advocate the
teaching of religion in the public
schools, can think of no other re-
ligion than that of their own Sect
Liberty.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
600 cures Biliousness.

In this country every man is his
own master---until he gets married.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
666 cures a Cold quickly.
Worry Enough in World

An w
All the money in the world is
no use to a man or his country il
he spends it as fast as he makes it.
All he has left are his bills and the
reputation of being a fool which he
can get much more cheaply in other
wavs. There's nothing fine or
funny in throwing away cash on
things you don't want merely be-
cause the cash is there. We've all
done it in our time, and we've all
had to pay for it. The man who
says he never worries about money
is the man who has to worry about
it most in the long run, and good
ness knows there's enough worry in
the world already without our going
out of our way to add to it. Any
fool can waste, any fool can mud.
die; but it takes something of a
man to save, and the more he saves
the more of man does it make of
him. Waste and extravaganza un-
settle mans mind for every crisis;
thrift. which means some form of
self-restraint and confluence, stead
les it. ."-Rudyard Kipling.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
WEATHER FOR THE PAST
MONTH MOST FAVORABLE
The Condition of the Cotton Crop
5tsIy IS, 1921

The following report of the con
dition of the cotton crop as pre-.
pared by George L. Fossic. was
published, Monday, in the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal, and is
based on correspondence covering
1872 counties and parishes of the
belt of the average date of July 13:
The cotton crop has as good as
held its own, and probably inn
proved somewhat since the last of
June. Boil weevil is the chief
cause of most of the apprehension
that exists as TO the yield. Weevils
are more numerous and active in
some sections, notably in those
where heavy infestation is of COM
paratiyely recent date, and less act
i've in others.
Weather influence upon weevil is
marked. Lack of moisture and
high temperatures have perceptibly
checked weevil where a month ago
great damage was in prospect, and
less damage than was expected has
occurred.
1t is noted that the plant, where
far enough advanced, is fruiting
well, despite boil weevil, although
there are exceptions to the rule
The plant, correspondents almost
unanimously report, is healthy in
appearance, has a good tap root
and fields are clean and we'll culti-
waited.
The weather during the last
month has been mostly favorable
for the crop. Most of the drouth
areas of the Atlantics have been
relieved by good rains, while ex-
cessiye rains in the west abated,
the unfavorable condition in most
instances having been relieved be-
lore occurrence OF important DAM
age.
Boil weevil is somewhat more
active and has made fresh inya-
siOns in Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Is more active in Georgia and the
Carolinas, and is still doing con-
siderable damaOe In Alabama and
Southeast Arkansas, but is less ac-
tive and apparently not so numer-
Gus in Texas. Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi. Texas complains of boil
worm and Georgia and the Caroli-
mas report red spider.
Lack of fertilizer is beginning to
show itself in the east. +"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
1t Looked Like q Battlefield in
Europe, Said Mr.. c. Dunster.

Was staying at hotel in small
Pennsylvania town. Early one morn
ing | went to the stable to hire a
rig and was shown a pile of dead
rats killed with RAT-SNAP the night
before. Looked like a battlefield in
Europe" Three sizes, 35c, 65c.
$1.25. Sold and guaranteed by
Phoenix Drug Co.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
Rub -My-Tism cures sores.
ireland and fhe PHILIPPINES Enti-
tied to Autonomy

ireland and fhe PHILIPPINES Enti-
tied to Autonomy
There is no doubling the fact
that there exists in the United
States large sentiment favorable
to the independence of Ireland-a
right and privilege every civilized
Nation should enjoy; and a condi-
ton that would be hailed by sim
cere approval throughout this coun-
try. The same sentiment also
stands for the independence of the
Philippine Islands. which was
promised them by our government
when it assumed control following
the war with Spain. From all fair
and honest reports of the condi-
tions and the ability of the Pilipi-
nos to govern themselves they are
entitled to the freedom they have
looked forward to for these many
years. and trusting in the good faith
of the American people to fulfill
that promise the little brown men
have strenuously and successfully
striven to qualify themselves for
self-government. They ought to
have it-COast Beacon.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22

But as the convention of North.
ern Baptists must know. the mod
ern divinity student is growing
scarcer mainly because of Difficult.
ties in rearing a modern family on
locusts. wild honey and goatkins.- =
Boston Herald.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22
600 cures Malarial Fever.

Along with its other troubles, the
new tariff bill is in bad odor with
the perfume manufacturers. New
York Post.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-22

Chicago has an epidemic of
ghosts. Now why should a disem-
bodied spirit 60 out of it's way to
haunt Chicago2-New York Sun.