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The Washington times., 1921-05-21
Optimists are expecting to
soon get two full bites out OF
every two-blts. HARVARD.
THE WAITRESS FORGOT.

A waitress from the Bellevue res
taurants took a Ninth street car the
other day to go home for her rest
hour. She had forgotten to take on
her apron and across the front was
"BELLEVUT." Two Walter Reed boys
discussed her and finally agreed that
she was a nurse from Bellevue Hos
nital New York KATZIE.
QUESTIONS A LA EDIsONtAN.
Who was Gains wife, and what was
her origin?
why is electricity spoken of as
'juice?"
How old is the civilization OF China?
Where was helium first discovered?
Who invented algebra?
who founded Rome?
what is the nebulae hypothesis?
why does II hail in summer?
What is RELATIVELY?
who is accredited with making
nalleable glass:
The Washington times., 1921-05-21

ADVERTISING TROUBLES.
"Why don't you advertise"
Town Storekeeper-"No stree. | did
1t once, and it pretty near ruined me-
How was that?"
"Why, people came in and bought
durn near all the stuff had"
EMORK.
The Washington times., 1921-05-21

MOVIE BUGs-By Phil Mansheld.
The Washington times., 1921-05-21
TINE AND CHANGE.

" h.n sprinr arrives with scented breeze
when buds are noted on the trees ,-.
Our minds are turned to Thoughts hks
these:
New motor vans
And beevee dees!
The Washington times., 1921-05-21
MRS. BPADLEY's THANKS s
K. G. B.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES:
Kindly permit me to thank you and through
you, your highly efficient co-workers. for the
many courtesies extended in my bereave-
ment caused by the death OF my beloved husband
who lost his life in the line of duty serving the
public as a member of the Police Department.; II
consistent would appreciate a small space Of your
valuable paper to extend to my many friends
my deep gratitude for their thoughtful and high
ly appreciated assistance: I assure you their
many kind acts have been consoling and healing,
and are indelibly stamped upon my saddened
memory. thereby giving me courage to fight iife's
battles alone.
The Washington times., 1921-05-21
Railroad Rates
Must Be Cut

4 bushel of grain can be shipped
~ from South America to New
York for II cents. From Min
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ITHACA
uiIlIIIIimImIIIrilIilIIIiinliInIuIiIIIIIIIIu

Bert Parker, son Of the late d. S.
Parker, graduate of the Ithaca
schools, and Tor many years editor
Of a leading daily paper Of Okla
homa, was the guest Of Ithaca
friends last week lie recently ac-
cepted the editorship of the Cleve-
land Press, the largest paper in Ohio
Miss Theo Slaybaugh of Royal
Oak spent last week with Ithaca
friends.
Mrs. {. Il. Doan Of Long Beach,
Calf, spent part OF last week with
her niece and husband Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Petit.
VIM. Eichenberg Of Mexico, Ind,
and Rev j *. Eichcnberg, pastor Of
the Church Of the Brethren, at Mar
ion, Ind, and his family left for
home Tuesday after spending a week
in the home Of the formers daughter
and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Wright.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Crossman of
Santa Monica, Calf, were recent
guests of Nh and Mrs Rolla Barber
Merritt Cook Of Sumner and
Gladys Hill Of Saginaw were united
in marriage Tuesday by Rev l.. l..
Dewey at his home They were ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Of Ithaca.
Mrs. Grace Doran and daughter
Dorothy are spending few days
with the formers sister and husband
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Shirley IN Lansing.
Mrs. Leslie Addison AND children
returned Saturday TO their home in
Flint after spending week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Reynolds.
Afttr a score OF more of years at
Hamtramck, Ellis Nandcventer is
still superintendent of schools IN that
suburb Of Detroit Mr. Vandevcnter
was d recent guest of his brother
Charles Nandevonter and sister Mrs.
G. Chalker OF ithaca
The annual convention of the Sun
day schools of Seville township was
held Sunday Aug -, IN the grove
Of c. c. Phelps northwest Of Elwell.
Dr. NJ G. skinner, sccrctary-treasur-
or of the Gratiot County Sunday
School Association, he'd charge Of the
forenoon session and Rev Frank
Vrecland, Alma College student, Of
the afternoon session. A basket din
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
How Women Took Seals.

Newfoundland women of the little
fishing village of Tilt Cove are the
pride of the bay The wife Of the
llghtkeeper on Gull island saw signs
Of herd Of seal floating on the ice
sent word ashore TO the women Of
Tilt Cove and marshalled them into
scaling crews. They went in boats,
armed with clubs and gaffs, and climb
ing on the Ice cakes set out TO round
up catch. They found the seals
sprawled on all sides. and learned
later that they had struck the main
patch, the hope OF all seal hunters
The women went about their work
with vim and had captured or killed
100 seals when approaching nightfall
compelled them TO cease their labors
and make their catch secure.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
Statue to Balboa.

Panama is to have statue of Bal
boa. the discovercr of the Pacific ocean.
The contract for the work has already
been signed at Madrid, and the monu-
ment has been intrusted TO the sculp-
tor Benilliure. That there is to he
no undue haste in the matter is signi-
fed by the fact that the contract DOES
not call for the delivery of the monu-
ment until two years after the signing
of the agreement. The opportunities
for most effective piece Of work are
many. with the likeness Of the man
overlooking the ocean Of his discovery.
The grandioSe setting would seem to
call for grandlose actor to dominate
the scene, says the Christian Science
Monitor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
Newspaners in Spain.

The Spanish newspaper presents
problem TO the American citizen who
contemplateS an advertising campaign
in the Spanish press. There are 20
newspapers printed I'm Madrid, but as
rule these newspapers are supported
by political, religious or Industrial
groups. and the advertiser is neither
the source OF income nor rs some
times happens in consequence, the oh
ject of deferential admiration that he
IS In the United States
The editor edits for n public more
interesting in local news than any
other. One must remember also that
of the approximate 22,O0OOOO people
in Spain, more than half are Hitter
ate and read no newspapers at all.
No evening paper issues Sunday
edition, and no morning paper comes
ont on Monday, for Sunday work Of
any kind Ia newspaper plants is for
hidden by the government.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
How TO Waterproof Tents

solution OF parafiin and gasoline
Is recommended as simple and cheap
process for interpreting cloth for
tents. Mix In the proportion OF one
pound of paraflin, melted, to one gal
Ion Of gasoline. Stir we'll and immense
the cloth. Allow 10 stand. away from
buildings or danger of fire. until the
gasoline has evaporated. The paraflin
will permcate the cloth MS the gasoline
evaporntes, rendering the cloth Inn
permeable TO moisture. Coarse I'M
blenched muslin is recommended In
preference TO cloth OF finer texture.
ms the former permits better absorr
ton ~ tho pnrailln.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
A HERO OF LEGEND
King Arthur Never Proved to Be
Real Parsonage.
Early Saxon Chronicles Shed No Light
on His Personality-His Burial
Place Found by the Abbot Of
Glastonbury.


The story Of King Arthur. rich In
the poetic element is weak on the
historical side That hero-king, an
swering in some respects 10 the de-
scriptiOns in British ballads. had ex-
iStencc, IS possible, for IL seems UNI
likely that SO many associations should
cling around an utterly mythical per
sonage. Yet ne has no mention what
ever in the Saxon Chronicle, whose
pages are rich In illusions 10 British
kings struggling for freedom against
the Anglo-SaNon invaders; and our
main authority on the subject Is the
account written, six centuries later
than the reputed period of King Ar
thur, by Geoffry of Monmouth. whose
narratives no one can accept seriously
as truth. The legends collected and
handed down TO us by Sir Thomas
Mallory, a writer OF Edward Tvs
reign, were printed by CaXton under
the title of 'Morte d'Arthur"
When Henry IL. in 1l77, was in
Wales, receiving the submission Of the
princes, he CHANGED 10 hear the deeds
of King Arthur sung by the Welsh,
and was told the exact place of the
hero's burial at Glastonbury. Some
years afterward the abbot OF GastOn-
bury, the kings nephew, searched for
the body. with what result let Glraidus
CambrensiS, described I'm Camden's
"Britannia" rs IAN eye Witness" tell
us:
AT the depth OF seven feet huge,
broad stone, whcreOn leadcn cross
was fastened on the part that lay
downward. In rude and barbarous let
tiers. this inscription in Latin was
written upon that side Of the lead that
was toward the stone, Here lies
buried King Arthur in Avalon Isle
Digging deeper they discovered his
body I'm the trunk OF tree. the bones
of great higneSs His Queen CUNT
we're, lady Of passing beauty, lay by
him. whose tresses of hair. i'm color
like gold. seemed perfect and whole
until 1t was touched, but then showed
itself 10 be dust"
When Glastonbury abbey was made
n ruin I'm Henry Wits time the re-
mains of King Arthur and his queen
were ruthleSsly swept away. 1t was
on Cadbury hill. In Somerset the
famed CamclOt Of the Arthurian ro-
nance, that the British king pre-
pared for his great stand against the
AnglO-SaXon foe; and the name of
Arthur still clings 10 the locality i'm
"Arthur'S Lane" and "Arthur's Well"
In the battle almost the only event
OF his life To he regarded as historical
fact. Arthur seems 10 have come out
of the darkness by which he is sur
rounded. The Welsh songs are full ~
praises to his valor in the fight with
Cedric, the Saxon king; THE Saxon
Chronicle" unwilling. perhaps 10
record n severe defeat. Is silent upon
the subject. hut the result for time
was n crushing blow 10 the invaders
and Cedric was never able 10 push his
way into Somerset.-LOndOn Tele-
graph.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
FIRST TO ADOPT UNIFORMS
and Martial Music Came Into
General Use

The early LacCdemonians were the
first who awaited thmselves of mar
tial music for regulating the march,
ns well as making the will OF the lead
ers ineligible without words TO the
practiced ears Of the warriors. The
learning of the various melodies.
which. that they might remain unin-
riety, was one of the chief occupa-
tons OF the army training school. They
also first adopted military uniforms,
choosing red that the enemy might
not perceive II he had inflicted
wounds.
LacedemOnian troops were wont
To wear their hair long as sign Of
freedom, privilege which was not
allowed 10 mechanics, as il was not
permitted to slaves 10 bear arms. Al
the opening and during the continu-
nnce OF war the military officers al
ways accompanied the army and
drilled II in the morning with march
ing. I'm manipulatlons and evoluti0ns
they ate with the warriors. exercised
them I'm their songs Of praise 10 the
gods and heroes, and slept like the
private soldiers, on their arms. ~
the conclusion of war the king gave
mn account of his administration OF
II. Men who died in battle were hon.
orcd the same az other immortalized
heroes. The whole country put on
mourning when the king died. and
business was suspended for 10 days.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
How Sounds Travel.

A prevalent impression has been
that explosive sounds travel much
farther than ordinary sounds, with Il
velocity of several times the normal.
The experiments Of Dr. -. C.. Miller
ut Sandy Hook proving ground have
shown that the velocity az 100 feet
from ten-inch gun is about 1.2i0
feet per second. or 22 per cent above
normal NJ 200 feet from the gun, only
: per cent above normal; and at all
distances greater than 800 feet the
velocity Of the explosive sound from
the largest gun Is practically normal.
The tests were made by sensitive mi
crophones Mt the muzzle, and at dis
tances of 100. 200, 300. 400 500, 600,
1000, 1000, 1900 and 81 900 feet, the
records of six Of these stations being
taken simultaneously 10y special NOV
ing film camera and string galvan-
Ometer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01

ner was enjoyed at noon and pro-
gram rendered.
During the severe electrical storm
Friday night the house Of Mrs. En-
dora Goodwin was struck--a bolt
SCATTERING the chimney, tearing off
considerable plaster from upstairs
walls and paper loosened from some
Of the walls downstairs. The patent
roofing was considerably damaged
from falling bricks. Insurance fully
covers the loss.
Dr. and Mrs. h. G.. Dean left for
Peterboro, Canada, one day the past
week where they will visit relatives
for month. They made the trip by
automobile.
Mrs. {. NJ. Hoyt is spending a few
weeks in the home Of her cousin and
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Pres
ley at Glare.
Mrs. Lillian Bingham Of Los
Angeles, Calf, is the guest OF her
sister Mrs. II. +. Lewis and brothers
G. NJ and f. S. Brown
Charles II. Boots Of Washington
township and Miss Lula Henry Of
North Star were quietly married last
Wednesday afternoon at the NJ. F..
parsonage by Rev l.. l.. Dewey. Ac-
ompanying them were Mr. and Mrs.
Ivor Jessup of Pompcii. The party
vent from here to Flint and there on
to lIoughton for a few days outing.
Az the recent conference at Bad
Axe Rev. Myron Dubois, district elder
of the Flint district the past year,
was assigned to the pastorate Of the
Ithaca Free Methodist church Rev.
W. A. Knight, who was at Ithaca the
past year, was not assigned a pastor
ate because OF i'll health.
The I.eitelt Iron Works of Grand
Rapids are installing a hydraulic Gle
vator at the county house at a cost
Of $4,000 ordered by the board Of
supervisors at their April meeting
This is MUCH needed Improvement
and when completed Gratiot county
will have one Of the best equipped
homes in the state They also have
q fine farm of 100 acrostwith plenty
of good stock which includes a fine
herd of Holstein COWS and some fine
Dmoc hogs.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sclanders Of
oak Park, H., are guests this week
OF Mr.. and Mrs. =. Z. Hoffman.
Auto Races, Saginaw, Labor Day
Advertisement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
Aviation in the Sahara

The French do not regard alrplanes
as profitable for use in commerce over
the Sahara desert; II costs too much
TO move the mineral wealth OF the
territory by airplane when pack mules
and camels can be used instead. But
10 supplement the desert police and
70 maintain French prestige military
aviators are we'll worth while The
Arab tribes have deep respect for them
and take TO their heels whenever an
alrplnne arrives.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01

"a teacher wrote list Of spelling
words on the board. asking the pupils
TO put them into sentences to Illus
trate their meaning One word was
goblet and boy wrote this sen.
tence: II had piece of cake,
would goblet"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01

SIDEWALKS VARY IN THE
CITIES, OF OLD EUROPE.
The sidewalks and pavemeiits
In different countries vary as
much as the people. In many
towns Of Holland the sidewalks
are private property, and one II
not expected 10 step across them
unless entering the house To
which the walk belongs. In many
cities the streets and sidewalks
end I'm canals, especially IN The
Hague and Rotterdam.
In many Swiss towns side
walks are under nrcades, the
masonry houses being built 10
the curb. Under the arcades are
paved sidewalks, which I'm sum
mer are swarmed with tourists.
In Chester, Eng, some streets
have sheltered sidewalks sim
har 10 the Swiss sort, but they
UIt tNth ltOAt tuA tOo't -'HNN
they are raised TO the second
floor. The island of Malta has
flights of stairs for sidewalks,
that lead 10 the sea.
In certain old German towns
the sidewalks seem TO be re-
garded as incidental, sometimes
narrowing to n foot or two. An
Italian nobleman had the court
yard OF his palace paved with
slabs of stone, each piece OF
which had been brought from a
different part of the world. The
famous Rue de Ia Republique, IN
Lyons, Is laid in glass blocks,
eight inches square, SO system
atically fitted together that wa
ter cannot penetrate. Tomb
stones have been employed for
paving In some places In Eng
land, and in Africa human skulls
have been used
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01

"Msw snys you can't kiss me any
more, Willie Jones. cause you might
get microbes and I might get your
crobes."-Sun Dial.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
Navy Never Supplied President.

No naval man has ever held the
presidency while II of the presidents
were at one time or another connected
with the army
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01

Auto Races, Saginaw, Labor Day
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01
1T MUST, HAVE BEEN DEAD AT
LEAST SIX MONTHS. BIT
DIDN'T SMELL

'Saw big rat in our cellar last
fall" writes Mrs. Joanny, "and
bought a 30 cent cake of RAT
SNAP, broke it up into small pieces.
Last week while moving we came
ross the dead rat. Must have been
dead six months, didn't smell. RAT
SNAP is wonderful.
Three sizes-35c, G5c, $1.25. Sold
and guaranteed by c. X. Murphy and
Winslow Bros. Drug Stores.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-09-01

If you want first class printing,
have The Record print it.-advertise-
ment l0-3w
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
coMpR0M1sE AM nEM0CRACY.

political nothing unexpected in
When the
hold fast to that which he has, when over
his be pred from his hands he
could allow and then begins
hagge position the house Washington has
substituting amendment to the appoonment bill for the
like it at this distance
administered faithfully to Congress
the public still of the
reduction the number members of
possible opportunity makes appear that there was
behind his the constitutional penalty from
have been and still
that the house has by formal vote
indication that Tnham have had considerable
down the number from the south
with striking relief
democratic people desert the uwa
mbedded constitutional guarantee
admitted weakness democracy Nothing the his
prominent the defiant Acknowledgement
Notification of the consi
preudces is pronounced Negro dsnehe
assault The emanc
stands out history with greater effect than
badly this Acknowledgement of Ne
proclamation with the seal of Bour-
Tnkhm apparently sort of
Pyhc conquests which strikes blow
at freedom and American democraey-Pittsburg Leader
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION
THE HARDING CABINET.

particularly individuals selected
Harding members of his Cabinet they
safely Nation the There
in patriotic will
guided cardinal principles He will recognize: That
Amendments including the Fourteenth
enforced both letter and in spirit
half politically slave half
ticay half and half
1861
That the Acknowledgement of
nawng at the vas of the American
people.
That twelve million
only VOTE
honestly counted
officially American peopeagey white
considerably Americans before the law
impending of the Nation
be permitted in the departments
carriers and in all other relations under
the
hostile the unity and future of the Nation
taxation representation is tyranny.
their share of
official order that they become
part md the American body polite.
the best spokesman of and to their
either home abroad
the Republic its Cood citizens debt Of
sympathetic announcement the
political protection of their civil rights because
fifty unrequted
Republic well because they Loyalty
by their unparalleled
all the rights of citizenship
Administration
immediate to be followed will be
the welfare of the Nation
conflict Of color
Coored citizens to her with chains of
generation nothing
slavery pedtion ahesw be content with
citizenship with American
acceptable
to us--New York News.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
THE NEGROES in GEORGIA.

white fond of telling that they are the only
Booker Washington other Of
Nevertheless the endDess of the
whites blacks good deal like the fe illness OF
domestic anmas it is conditioned their dociEty
impressive Northern said it, but it Is d
District Attorney Alexander of Georgia that
of petty cheating deliberate plotted
s a Southern and Democrat
bitterly the past few that
the Negro in the North is not especially
try north view of
Comparatively little effort
being by the officers to end these conditions
interesting American crime and police systems Mr.
law told him there
kills white it's murder if a
it's justfable homicide; niger kills
other, it's niger less
claims be the most progressive state IN the South
contains the enterprsng and progressive city the South If there
chyaTy
womenwhite
praetd after
brutality
world Evidently chval mat
something of social class but not
due to cooed women course
IN good society--New Port Or, - News
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
SATURDAY FEBRUARY !, 1921.
MIp.wINTER GnlpUATIoN.

No one who witnessed the gradu-
alton exercises Of the Mid-winter
class Of the Colored High School
could fail to be impressed with the
appearance and performances of its
members. The program we'll balanc-
ed and Of appropriate length was
highly enjoyable.
The particularly noteworthy fea-
ture of this class was that the boys
outnumbered the girls by one. Sell
dom ever has this occurred before
in a graduating class Of our local
high school. 1t has always SEEM
ed that there has been less incentive
held out to boys or that the press
Of economic circumstance has been
such that the male members Of
classes lave dropped out before
graduation.
1t is to be hoped that this class
is to mark the beginning Of a long
succession Of classes In which hoys
VIII be yell represented.
Special credit is due the parents
Of these boys for tftcir accom-
vfishmenl in seeing to heir remain
ing in school until evacuation, for
IN the final analysis they are respon-
sible for having made this possible
TO them by their unusual exertion,
encouragement and provision for
them.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
AMERTCAN BARBARIANs.

Front The New World
Republic heretofore unpublished
County Florida last Election Day
story given that named Nor
July Perry they qualified and
had fouhe revovers the nchns that followed was
according certain Southern ideas the
But
qualified entitled He
unpopular posperoushe owned
times
owned by Northern
that the had belonged to white
surrounded the Colored settlement
houses two churches schoAouse and
the killed Perry wounded
that ftysx Ne
killed those burned to death mother and her
baby girl White
exultngly burned up
were they had onl IAN air Of meroiou
require Probably the people
the rest Of But there It
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
cnoReIA LYNoHEs ANoTHnR.
tBy A. N. P.)

Camilla, Ga. Feb Jim Roland
was lynched near here recently after
shooting Jason I. Harvel, a well to do
white farmer. who had held a pistol
on him and ordered him to dance. The
daily Herald of Albany. Ca, Is auth
GRITTY for the above reason for the
brutal lynching which shocked Nit
chell and Decatur counties.
Roland and Harvel were part OF a
group standing IL front OF county
store when Harvel ordered the Color
ed man to dance for the amusement of
himself and friends. Roland took the
white mans pistol from him and in
the struggle shot him.
Roland owned a two hi5dred acre
farm in Mitchell county. was inde-
pendent and had been known as a
thrifty hard working man. He never
mixed much with others Of his
race however, and never had a great
liking for White people. After the
shooting sheriffs Perkins Of Grady
county and Crow OF Mitchell county
began to search the district with pos
es, but a mob found the fugitive first
and rlddled him with pistol and shot
gun bullets. At last report, every
thing was peaceful and serene here.