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Evening star., 1921-07-14
Convention Slaves.

The rags I wear are always
duller than is the autumn
meadows hue, yet l would run
to gorgeous color if l had cour-
age so to do. I'd wear silk
shirts with stripes of crimson,
and gaudy garments brave and
smart; I'd be a sight to cast
your glims on, if had not a rab-
bits heart. But l am doomed
to somber raiment, like all the
other old boys here; for dreary
duds we make our payment, and
like morticians we appear. If
l should drape my ancient body
in brighter tints, the folks would
say, THAT pelican is much too
gaudy for one whose head is
bald and gray; instead of wear
ing silks and ermines, he should
in humble garments stand, and
spend his evenings reading SER
mons, preparing for another
land" I'm old in years but
young in spirit, and 1 would
dress like sweet sixteen; but
mems rebuke! alas, l fear it, and
cut out pink and red and green.
My maiden aunt in years is
stricken, but she has raiment on
the mind, and you would take
her for a chicken if you should
see her from behind. But if l
wear dash of yellow, she lifts
her hands in wild dismay, and
cries, "You foolish, silly fellow!
Such colors when your head is
gray!" Thus men are doomed
to colors dismal, though danes
may wear what hues they
Evening star., 1921-07-14
WILLS FOR PROBATE.
Bequests by Seth Shepard, Jr., and
Capt. N. M. Brooks.

The will of Seth Shepard, jr., son of
the late Chief Justice Shepard of the
Court of Appeals, who died suddenly
last Thursday at New London, Conn.,.
has been filed for probate. 1t is
dated September %, 1916, and pro-
vides that his entire estate go to his
wife, Grace P. Shepard, who is also
named as executrix.
Capt. Newton NJ. Brooks. former
superintendent of foreign mails. who
died July 2. provided in his will that
the volumes containing the proceed
ings of the three universal postal
congresses at which he represented
the United States be preserved. After
few personal bequests, the remain
ing estate is devised to his daughter,
Minnie E. Brooks, who also is to act
as executrix.
Evening star., 1921-07-14
PARKING PLACE NO MORE.
Center of Pennsylvania Avenue

The center of Pennsylvania avenue
will be clear of automobiles next
Wednesday morning. under the new
police regulation adopted several
weeks ago by the Commissioners. The
thirty-d day notice required before in
stituting a change in the regulations
expires Tuesday night.
Capt. Albert J. Headley, head of the
police traffic bureau, is preparing q
list of all the places in the downtown
section where private vehicles may
park, and will make it public for the
information of motorists on Sunday.
Publication already has been given
to the points where hackers who now
have stands in the center of the Ave-
nue. will be permitted to park after
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1921-07-14
NINETEEN TENANTS GET
REDUCTION IN RENTS
Occupants Of Apartment House
Are Awarded Decisions by the
D. c. Commission.

Nineteen tenants of the apartment
house at 2109 F street northwest were
granted rental reductions yesterday
averaging SO q month each in de-
Examinations handed down by the Dis
trict rent commission. j. c. Weldon
&, Co. was the defendant.
Reductions from $55 to s45 a month
were ordered in the following cases:
H. H. RideOut. apartment 2O1; Helen
F. Shannon. apartment los; G. n.
Newlove, apartment 304: Mrs. V. H.
Newlove, apartment 306: Miss Eva
Hedden. apartment 3O8: James 0. Da-
Wis, apartment 305; Verna r. Ander-
son, apartment 209: Wilfred c. Gill
bert, apartment 80; Mary A. Gardner.
apartment 106; Roger L. Calbert.
apartment Ill, and Annie M. Bell.
apartment 800.
Reductions from $75 to se5 a month
were granted Katharine c. Lacy
apartment 2O3. and Elizabeth B. En-
men. apartment 103.
Reductions from SIS to $3.50 a
month were granted A. c. Mead
apartment 4O6; NJ. NJ. Davenport
apartment 40S. and Mrs. H. 8. Hard
castle. apartment 404.
Reductions from $50 to $3.50 a
month were granted J. A. Breau'
apartment 201, and George Dexter
Wait. apartment 301.
T. r. Pickett, apartment 107. receiv-
ed reduction from $50 to $40 a
month.
The commission promulgated an or
der amending the rules so as to per-
init the introduction of new parties
or the amendment of petitions before
the final hearing by filing an amend
ed petition. subject, it is stated. to the
objection of the defendants.
Evening star., 1921-07-14

Guides Flowers Are Fresh and
fragrant-renowned for their beauty
and variety. 1914 F.-Advertisement
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please, and age becomes a grief
abysmal, a sordid thing of soup
and cheese. WALT MASON.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams.)
CALLS OFF DIVORCE SUIT.
Mrs. Rose Kline has discontinued

Mrs. Rose Kline has discontinued
her suit for the annulment Of her
marriage to Mil Franklin Kline,
which she filed some weeks ago in
the District Supreme Court. Kline
was recently brought here from
Texas to answer an indictment for
alleged failure to pay internal rev.
enue tax on certain tickets sold for
amusement ventures. Kline is at
liberty on bail.
Evening star., 1921-07-14
FOOD COSTS INCREASE.
Slight Advance Shown in Wash
ington During Month.

Food costs in Washington increased
four-tenths of l per cent in the
thirty-day period ended with June
Is. according to figures announced
by the, Department of Labor. Most of
the other cities from which reports were
received showed decreases in food costs,
although there were increases in Little
Rock, Ak. and Savannah, Ga, also.
Charleston, S. c., heads the list with
a decrease of per cent. and Kansas
City and Philadelphia reported de-
creases of 2 per cent in the month.
while Atlanta. Baltimore. Indianapo-
lis and New York showed reductions
of l per cent. Reports from other
cities previously made public showed
declines of 2 per cent in Manchester.
NIL and Rochester. n. Y, and of
l per cent in Birmingham. Detroit
and Jacksonville.
For the year ended June Is. 1921.
Indianapolis led with 40 per cent
reduction. Kansas City being next
with 3S per cent.
Prompt Floral Service for All
rao,,;roy,apte Sho ffar Q00 14th NJ oA1S
Evening star., 1921-07-14

Prompt Floral Service for All
requirements. Shaffer, 900 14th. NJ 2416
advertisement.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-29
NOTICE OF LAND SALE

By virtue of the authority vested
in me By certain deed of Trust, I
will sell at public auction, on the
5th day of July, 1921 at Abbevil1e
Court House, S. c., at II a. NJ, or
as soon thereafter as practicable, the
following described real estate:
All that. lot or parcel of land sit.
ate, lying and being in the City of
thbeville, in the County Of A5bev:!ie,
II the State of South Carolina, fac
ny on short street leading from
Magazine Street to Jail Street.. and
)elng bounded by lot of Jim Buchan-
IAN, by lot of Harriet Vance, by lot
If Thomas Culbreth, and by Street
separating this lot from lot of G. "A.
Harrison.
Terms of Sale: Cash, purchaser to
pay for papers and stamps.
D. H. HILL, Trustee.
June goth, 1921. 6-22- St.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-29
THAT EDISON LIST

The fundamental defect of the
much-printed Edison list of ques-
tions for college graduates is that it
is a mere rarge-of information test.
1t leaves unillumined the far more
important matters of reasoning
ability, initiative, imagination and
constructive power generally.
A man might be able to answer
every one of Mr.. Edison's questions,
dimes to the manufacture Of shellac,
yet be sad numbskull as regards
to efficient thinking and doing. 1t is
to the credit rather than the shame
of the college that they have not
produced human encyclopedias such
as Mr.. Edison seems to desire.
Though, to be sure, it cannot. ex-
actly be affirmed that the colleges
avoid the acquiring of useless know
ledge error as completely as they
ought to do, and that they conform
as closely as they might to the prime
requirement of fitting young men
and women to live up to their maxi
mum.
They founder because the COL
leges have, after all, over-empha-
sized in various ways the Importance
of information acquiring, and have
understressed the development of
mental and moral power.
knowledge of Greek and Latin, or
of the abtrusitiles of higher mathe-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-29

matics, or of the antecedents of
modern English prose, does not
necessarily carry with it social adap-
liability or power to think vigorously
when cofronted with problems in
everyday life, or freedom from
timidity and self -distrust. Yet the
latter are essentials in successful
living.
And if it is the business of the
colleges to prepare men for life
as it most emphaticaHy is-they can
by no means afford to turn out any
graduates capable only in the schol-
astic sense. Better far to "pluck" a
hundred prize men than send one
into the world unfit to meet the de-
mands of business, professional, and
social life.
'Scant comfort will it be to that
one to recall that he was a prize
man in college. The plans and penal
ties of his failure in maturity will
weigh upon him too heavily to per-
init of his rejoicing in his early COL
lege "triumphs." They will now
seem empty and futile.
All Of which suggests that it
would not be aniss for colleges great
and small to establish professorships
and compulsory courses in the sci
ence and art of living as we'll as in
the numerous other sciences and arts
now ordinarily taught in college lee
ture halls. This might mean cutting
into some of the time devoted to the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-29
DISEASE OF LARNYX
CAUSE OF CRIMINALITY
New York World.

New York World.
County Judge William R. Bayees
of Kings county yesterday deferred
sentencing woman charged with
burglary on account of peculiar all
ment she was found to be suffering
from.
The ailment is described as hypo-
thyroidism, an affection of the gland
IN the larynX. This ailment, accord
ing to physicians, is thought to create
certain criminal tendencies.
The woman, Mrs. Fannie Liebowitz
No. 633 Snediker avenue, Brooklyn,
the mother of five young children,
previously served a three-year prison
term at Auburn, according to the au-
thorities, on a similar charge.
Yesterday as the woman was about
to face arraignment and a subse-
quent prison sentence, the court was
handed a written statement, signed
by Ernest N. Vaughn, medical ex-
aminer for District Attorney Lewis
Of Kings county, describing his medi-
cal opinion of the case and asking
that sentence be deferred to permit
the woman to undergo treatment.
The ailemnt hypothyroidism, as ex-
planned by DR.. Vaughn, is a lack of
certain oils that act as secretion in
the glands of the larynx. This is said
to cause a dull mentality, as an ex-
cess Of the secretion would cause a
morbid condition.
Judge Bayes, in discussing the case
yesterday, said:
81 consented to request of DR..
Vaughn readily. have always rec
commended the medical study of a
criminal. I do not know what course
of treatment DR.. Vaughn contem--
plates, whether he proposes observa-
ton or operation. AS I understand
the ailment, the particular gland
does not function properly. Whether
it has anything to do with her being
able to differentiate between right
and wrong that is a question up to
the medical fraternity"
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NOTICE! SCHOOL ELECTION

Whereas petition has been cir
culated in Rocky River School Dis
tric.. No. 4 asking for an election for
the purpose of voting an adG;t;onal
tax Of fG) six mills for school pur-
poses, and whereas it Appeals to be
properly signed an election is be-
by called to take place at the schoo!
house in said district on Tuesday,
June 18th, 1921.
Those in favor Of the tax will cast
4 ballot upon which there is written
nr printed the word "Yes." Those
opposed will cast ballot upon watch
there is written or printed the word
NO"
Trustees to act as managers of
said election.
Rules governing General elections
to be observed.
W. j. EVANS,
s, 13. St Co. Supt. of Education.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-29
TELLS HOW TO MAKE
LAWN IN SHORT TIME

4 new, quick method of establish
ing stands of sod on lawns and more
especially on golf green's where the
grass gets severe usage, has been
worked out by botanists of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
Bent grasses, which grow from rum
ners, are principally used in the
method. A quantity of healthy sod is
stripped at a depth of approximately
! 1-2 inches, which gathers in most
of the grass roots with as little dirt
as possible. The sods are run through
feed cutter which is so arranged as
to slit them into ribbons about 2
inches wide and the ribbons are
shredded by hand, leaving mass of
grass roots. These roots are sowed
broadcast on the ground, which has
been carefully prepared by plowing
and narrowing; and II gol1 green
is desired it is usually covered about
n inch deep and rolled.
For ordinary lawns it has been
= ind sufficient to broadcast the sod
a.eds and harrow or disk them in. By
this method a good stand of sod has
been obtained in as short a time as
three weeks. The method has been
used on golf courses throughout the
country. A green of the public golf
course in Potomac Park, Washington,
D. c., prepared in this manner, is
regarded as one of the finest in the
country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-06-29

study of these other arts and sci
ences. But it would not be a cutting
regretted by college graduates in af-
ter years.
And in any event it is much to be
hoped that no college great or small,
will be stampeded by the publicity
given the Edison list into pursuing
more zealously the encyclopedia will
o'-the-wisp. That would be folly su-
preme.-Ex.
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1885 1921
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

Open to Men and Women
Entrance examinations, and exam
nations for the free tuition county
scholarships at all county seats Fri
day, July 8, at 9 a. m.
Four-year courses lead to the B. A.
and B. S. degrees. A special two year
pre-medical course is given.
Spacious buildings and athletic
grounds, well equipped laboratories
unexcelled library facilities, dor
mitory for men. Expenses moderate.
For terms, catalogue, and illustrated
booklet, address
4t 6-24 Harrison Randolph, Pres.
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Watch the label on your paper and
renew your subscription promptly.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-01
SIMANTON'S
STEAMER NOT
in THE RACE
Owner Says He Is Being
Unjustly Disseminated
Against In Race
Editor Caledonian-R

Editor Caledonian-Recor
| was greatly surprised at the
action of the committee in refusing
to allow my Stanley automobile to
participate in the Eastern avenue
hill climbing contest July 4.
Let me state, | have late
style five passenger car. 1t is not
a special, but a regular stock car
for use on the highways under all
conditions. This car the contest
committee have seen fit to bar
from the contest on the ground
that it is Stanley steamer car.
Why not bar the Packard on the
ground that it is twin six, IL
cylinder, whereas my car is a two
cylinder, not enough to hurt any
body. My car | contend, is not a
freak. It's regular four wheeled
automobile, and by every reason
able argument or condition 1t
should be allowed to participate
in the race.
You might say also we cannot
allow you to decorate your car
and participate in the best decora-
ted automobile contest because it's
a steam driven car. You may go
further and say | cannot even en-,
ter the parade because have a
steam driven car.
The committee have stated that
they might as we'll allow a motor
cycle to enter the contest as to al
low my Stanley car. | will say the
comparison is unfair and untrue.
A motor cycle is not an automobile.
They have but two wheels and are
in the motor cycle class only.
My Stanley car is a full-sized
regular four wheeled automobile. J
will permit them to fill NV tank
at the same supply tank with the
same fuel, enter high at same point
and comply exactly with all re-
quirements the same as the otheI
contestants.
Perhaps they are afraid of my
speed and power. | will state that
my engine is a 20 Horse Power;
probably smaller than any other
contestant will use. | will admit
that | have power to climb either
fast or slow and that have the
safest car in the world to handle
under all conditions. But this
should not bar me from the race.
| say let the best car win. Yoar
statement calls for hill climbing
contest by regulation automobiles.
You do not in a horse race bar
horse because it's Morgan or
Hambletonian or an Arabian. In
the army contest from Fort Ethan
Aleln 10 Camp Devens any and all
horses were allowed to enter.
| say, the people want to see n
Continued on page 81
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-01
BANDITS HOLD UP AND
ROB PASSENGER TRAIN

VEEDERSBURG, Ind, July l.
Two bandits early today held up
and robbed big Four passenger
train No. near Covington, In
diana, shot and wounded Fred
Beckman, the express messenger,
and rifled the express car safe. No
money was obtained by the rob-
bers, an investigation disclosed,
Their loot consisted of a large
number Of railroad bank drafts
and non-negotiable securities.
The bank drafts had not been filled
out. The robbers jumped off near
the edge of this town. 1t is be-
lieved they escaped in waiting
automobile. During the search for
the robbers, Alexander Fortner of
Indianapolis, who is said to haze
been beating his way on the train
was shot and wounded by one of
the police.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-01
POliOmyelitis Clinic at
BrightlOOk July II

Under the auspices of the State
Board Of Health a clinic for in
fantile paralysis cases will be held
at Brightlook Hospital on Tues
day, July IL. Miss Bextha Weis-
brod will have charge and DR..
Ober of Boston will be the ex-
amining surgeon.
About 80 patients attended the
last clinic held a: St. Johnsbury,
May 31st, 10 of whom attended for
the first time. This free clinic is
open to adults as we'll as children
who are crippled from any cause,
and is especially designed to help
those suffering from the after eff
fects of poliomyelitis.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-01
MISS LEACH
IS BRIDE OF
MIR. DAVIS
Wedding at West Burke
Church Is Brilliant
Social Function
(By Myrtle A. Aldrich)

The big event of the season was
the marriage of Miss Ruth Mabel
Leach of West Burke to Clarence
Adelbert Davis of North Scituate,
r. l., which occurred on the ev-
ening Of Thursday, June 30th, at
the Methodist Episcopal church,
West Burke; the occasion being
one of unusual interest to many, as
it was the first wedding ever SOL
emnized in the church during the
fifty years it has stood on the nil,
guarding and protecting our little
village.
The auditorium was beautifully
decorated with evergreens, ferns,
daisies and roses, and looked ex-
actly as a church should look at
June wedding. The arches. over
the center aisle, the altar rail,
aims of the pews, ETC., were trim
med with greens, roses and daisies.
A large wedding bell, under which
the party s.ood, was made of yell
low and white daisies. Smaller
while bells were suspended down
the aisle, and great bowls of roses
ornamented each window ledge.
Promptly at $50 O'Clock, the
strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march, played by Mrs. Annie NJ.
Fairbrother, of West Burke, greet
ed the ears of the two hundred eX-
lpectant guests, and six ribbon
girls, the Misses Ruth Cole, Doro-
thy Smith, Annie Gallagher, Grace
Richards, Clara Hill and Gladys
Thompson, all graduates of Mont
peher Seminary, appeared, gowne1
in delicate shades OF organdie, and
made the aisle, leadinp to the al
tar, through which the wedding
party were to march to Their
places. At the same time, DR..
Hatch, of Montpelier Seminary,
the officiating clergyman, and his
assistant, Rev. J. @. Angel, of
Moultonville, N. H., passed down
the side aisles, meeting just back
of the altar rail. The bridegroom,
and his attendant, Thomas c.
Prince of Wheaton College, H.,
then came down the center aisle to
the altar, there awaiting the bridal
party, who came next, escorted by
the four ushers, MeSsrs. Ernest
Winsor, John Bisby Jr., Gordon
Webster and Loren jenkins.
The four bridesmaids were the
Misses Harriet Davis, sister of the
groom, who wore flesh colored
satin, Evelyn Hill, of Boston Uni
versity, dressed in turquoise satin
Continued on page 4)
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-01
Five Men, Representing 16 Unions,
To Render Decision On Wage Cut
INVESTIGATE MYSTERIOUS
DEATH AT CANAAN

States Attorney Oliver Cameron
of Essex county and other state
officials are attempting to ferret
the mystery surrounding the death
of an unidentified man, whose
bruised body was found in the road
between the village of Canaan and
Beecher's Falls last Sunday morn
ing. Discovery of the body was
made by Alba Kelley, a resident
of Canaan.
Several ribs were broken and
marks were found on the mans
head. Belief was expressed that
the man had been run down by an
automobile but it was decided to
call DR.. B. Fl. Stone, state path
ologist, to make an examination of
the body. This report has not been
made public. An inquest was held
this week into the death but the
findings have not yet been disclos-
ed.
The remains were buried in the
Canaan village cemetery on Thurs
day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-07-01
OFFICIAL
PROGRAM FOR
JULY FOURTH
Continuous Performance
for Young and Old I'm
til Midnight

The general committee Of the
American Legion having the
Fourth of July celebration III
charge held a meeting Thursday
evening and completed their
plans for the days festivities.
Among the enjoyable features Will
be band concerts throughout the
dav by the St. Johnsbury band,
the St. Gabriel's Boys band, the
Lyndonville band and the Newport
city band ,
The day will be ushered in at 4
a. m. by a sunrise barrage fired by
world war veterans. At 8 o'clock
comes the ball game on the Sum-
mer street common in the Caledo-
nian-Record juvenile league be-
tween the Yankees and the Cana
dians. This will be a six inning
game and close in ample season for
the big parade. At 9 o'clock there
will be a concert on the Railroad
street park by the st. Johnsbury
band and one on the Court House
grand stand bv the Lyndonvllle
band.
The world war cannon presented
to Chamberlin Post, No. l, G. A.
r., will be dedicated at the Rail
road street park at $50. The st.
Johnsbury band will furnish music
for this occasion. The address will
be given by Rev. DR.. F. A. Poole.
The service will close with the
singing of "America' by the au-
dience.
AT 10 o'clock there will be
startling aeroplane stunts over the
village by two Curtis biplanes. The
pilots will be Lt.-Col. TTenhole
and Albert Tungstall.
The big parade will start at
1915 and there will be a slight va
ration in the route. Instead Of
countermarching up Railroad
street the procession will proceed
directly up Eastern Avenue when
they start. After covering the
CONTINUED On page 5)