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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-31
Mrs. Littleton Dies

Mrs. Anna Belle Evans Littleton,
aged 80 years, died Monday night
at her home in Lexington after
short illness. Mrs. Littleton was the
sister of Mrs. William Henderson,
and Jesse T. Evans, of this city, and
was well known here.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-31

IMPORTANT-All you who paid
excess profits tax on sales of your
real estate, '"See McKee," and get it
back. H. Clay Mckee, 80 S. Bank St.
Mt. Sterling, Ky. 4S-tf
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FORMER PASTOR HERE

Rev. ]. S. Wilson, of Shelby
county, former pastor of the Mt.
Sterling Baptist church, is here on
business and mingling with his for
mer flock. There is always a glad
welcome here for Brother Wilson.
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LOST, sTRAYED OR STOLEN

An Amos buggy, a good one, was
taken from a horse Saturday, Mch
26. Also part of harness ANY infor-
nation will be rewarded by notifying
WILL SANDERS, Mt. Sterling, R. R.
No. 2. 48-2t-pd.
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FOR SALE

Small soda fountain with stools,
4-packer ice cream chest. Both good
as NEW. B. Small.
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AUCTIONEERING

Clayton Howell, auctioneer, sold
on Monday for Crouch and Sander
son thin-rhine SOW with eleven
pigs to the highest bidder for SIG.
Joe M. Henry made the purchase.
Mr.. Howell, on the same day, sold
a car load Of mules at good prices.
They brought better prices under
the hammer than if sold privatelyl
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WHAT HAVE YOU FOR SALE?

Clothing, shoes, furnitureJ We sell
absolutely anything of value. Call
913. We call for goods. The Market
Place. G. Howell, manager. If
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-03-31

A teacher must first of all be in
teresting, and what is taught should
be tackled onto the element of her in
terest.
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cation be built if the plan is to sue
coed.
Mr.. Sapiro, preliminary TO pre-
senting an outline Of his plans, de-
clared the "auction system of sell
ing tobacco is all wrong. People
have tried it for century, he de-
clared, "and found it was wrong.
They certainly should be willing to
try the commodity cooperative mar
keting for more than a year.
"Co-operative marketing" he said.
"would require the use of every
warehouse in the state; it would not
necessitate the abandonment of a
single warehouse. Warehouses are Of
two kinds and purposes, legitimate
and illegitimate. 1t is legitimate for
them to receive, grade and store to-
! bacco. 1t is illegitimate for them to
be used as a scene of auction"
In outlining his plan by which the
marketing association would acquire
possession of warehouses, Mr.. Sa-
piro assumed there was a 100000
warehouse at Lexington which the
marketing association wanted. The
association would purchase ware
houses wherever possible, building
only as a last resort, he explained.
Mr.. Sapiro advocated the forming
of corporation with capital of
100000 Of which 500 would be
preferred and 100000 common
stock, divided into shares of $40
each. At first, only nine shares of
common stock would be issued to
growers of the association. Only
common stock would carry right to
vote.
Preferred stock Of 100000 would
be divided into five classes of 5000
900 each. 1t would pay per cent in
terest and would be sold to the pub !
lie.
The system would be for the mar
keting association to deduct from
sales of tobacco of its members
enough money to pay interest upon
the outstanding preferred stock, re-
tire $4,000 of the preferred stock
each year and pay all expenses in
cident to operation Of the ware
houses.
The amounts deducted from the
sale of each members crop would be
returned to him in issue of common
stock.
Other marketing plan details pro-
vide for dividing the states into dis
tricts, appointing two directors on
he board of twenty three to look af-
'er the interest of the public, an ex-
scutive committee of five to conduct
affairs of the association; yearly
membership dues Of SO and the
bringing of all growers into the or
,anization. In event less than so per
'ent Of the growers Of the state have
lot joined at the expiration of set
ime limit members will be released
rom their obligations.
Members agree to deliver during a
eriod of five years all tobacco they
'roduce, giving right to the organi-
alton to grade and sell and deduct
rom the proceeds amounts neces-
airy for doing the associations
usiness. The association is to pay :
ne growers from proceeds Of sales
proportion to the total amount
andled, taking into consideration
rade, type and quality. Every mem
err is to agree to authorize the as
'eiation to enter into similar agree :
ents with associations in other =
iates. Each member is to have one :
,te, y
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MILK FOR SALE-Want to make
several regular engagements. Call
Clell Cockrell.
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Tobacco Growers
Favor Market System

Sapiro, cooperative marketing ex-
pert of California, at an all-day con-
ference of tobacco growers in Lou
isville Tuesday was favored in res
olution adopted by the meeting.
A temporary committee was then
appointed to begin Immediately work
on organizing under the plan.
Tobacco growers and representa-
tives from every tobacco growing
seetion of the country were present
at the conference, held under au-
spices Of the Kentucky Farm Blu
reau Federation, and approved the
plan, outlined as follows:
IA marketing association, COM
posed solely Of actual growers and
managed by directors, two members
of which shall be chosen by public
officials to represent the public at
all meetings.
IA warehouse corporation,
Bedding stock as follows and owned
by the marketing association:
(a) Non-voting stock, preferred,
owned by banks or by private invest
ors and divided into five classes,
one class to be retired each year
from the proceeds Of tobacco pass
ing through the warehouse. Divi-
dends are guaranteed.
(b) Voting common stock, which
shall be issued to growers, dollar for
dollar as the preferred stock is re-
tired. Nine shares shall be issued to
directors.
(c) The warehousing corporation
shall be controlled by the marketing
association. It shall make a cross
contract to cover costs of operating
expenses and for money to retire
: preferred stock.
3.-The grower agrees to sell all
4obacco to the association for five
years. If lien is given the market
ing association shall own the crop
Jointly with the lien holder for the
benefit Of both. The association
shall grade all tobacco and estab-
lsh pool for each type and grade.
4.-The association shall sell all
tobacco and return the proceeds to
the growers, minus operating ex-
penses and deductions to retire pre-
ferred stock Every grower shall get
the same return for similar guam
tity and quality of tobacco
> 5.-The association will raise the
money to make first payments to
growers on delivery.
\ Robert w. Bingham, the chairman,
'acting on authority of the Burley
Tobacco Growers, who met last Fri
day and Saturday, and the resolution
Tuesday, announced the appointment
of W. f. Simms, Woodford county:
John T. Collins, Paris; James C.
Stone, Lexington, and r. M Baker,
'arrollton, to act with him as the
preliminary committee to put the
plan in operation.
A resolution declaring the belief
that the general principle of Mr.. Sa-
pros plan is Economically sound"
was adopted as follows:
Resolved, that it is the sense of
fhis meeting that we endorse the gen.
eral principles Of cooperative mar
hing of farm products as set out
by Mr.. Aaron Sapiro, and believe
that they are economically sound.
Further, that we believe that it
should be the goal Of tobacco pro-
ducers to bring ultimately all to-
bacco producers into national CO.
operative marketing organization, by
federating present organizations,
alse those being formed and such
9TH Is may be formed"
c. FL Gustafson, Mead, Neb., a. :
pember Of the Committee of Seven
zen, recently engaged in devising
national marketing plan for grain
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VEGETABLE PLANTS FOR SALE

All kinds now ready. See or call
f. L. BRocKwAY.
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All kinds now ready. See or cali
E. L. BRocKwAY. A4sM8
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Ask your grocer for E-z-Baks
Flour. 49-2t
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cation be built if the plan is to sue
coed.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
Determining Careers
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

Hitherto we have been content to
dump the human product of family
life into the educational hopper and
allow the individual items to adjust
themselves into strata according to
their relative weight and activity.
The theory has been that special
competence would have it's special
urge and the product as ground out
would be a natural product. each
element taking it's place in the gen.
eral scheme of things, according to
it's fitness as determined by compe-
tition.
If we correctly catch the drift of
modern educational science. it is
proposed to change all that. In
place of the hurly burly of struggle,
competent psychologists are to be
employed, presumably by the public,
to test the little impS as they reach
school age and determine In ad-
vance as to each. whether he or she
is to be trained for a statesman, q
seamstress. a merchant, a housewife,
a cobbler or a schooimarm or what
ever the data thus assembled may
indicate as his or her appropriate
station in life. Obviously that should
save lot of wasted effort in train
ing for a multimillianaire one whose
appropriate place in society is that
Of sewer builder.
Surely the world do move and we
move with it. At least we think
we do, but how about the doctrine
of relativity? Perhaps this is part
of it. Anyhow Il is hard to under
stand. How. for example, are we
to test out the testers?
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
Swank the Penman.

Uncle Sam has just lost one Of his faithful
servants, man whose product was welcome
by every recipient, and who, unknown himself,
has been the means of gratifying more Amer
ican citizens than any other, alive or dead This
was J. w. Swank, for more than half GEN.
tury the official expert penman of the Treasury
department. Whenever anything required script
for text, whether a treasury note, a bond, or
an invitation or commission, to be engraved
on steel or copper, it was Mr.. Swank's deft
hand that prepared the copy. He had the re-
markable gift of penmanship in higher de-
gree than any of his contemporaries, and to the
very end of his three-score years and sixteen
guided the pen with no tremor of the hand, so
that his last productions showed as clearly and
distinctly as his early gems of chirography.
Probably this will be rated as small talent,
but it was a useful one and was we'll employed
for the service of the public. In the life of ].
w. Swank quietly spent in pursuit where
many knew of his handiwork while few had
any idea of its source, he provides an example
of modest excellence too seldom encountered,
yet worthy of attention and even emulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
About Foreign Loans.

Omaha, Aug. 23-To the Editor
of The Bee: Your editorial defend
ing the governors effort to hold ex-
penditure below the eXtravagant es-
Inmates and appropriations Is indeed
commendable. In our present de-
flated-paying power any sane person
will appreciate saving in cost of gov
ernment, as government cost Is one
of our chief ills. A very noticeable
instance of living up to permitted
spending was evidenced by the ac-
tion of the Wilson regime in con-
tinuing foreign loans six to eight
months after the war ended, the pro-
ceeds of the Victory loan was loaned
to foreign governments because a
congressional resolution permitted
such loans for prosecution of the
war, but the continued loaning after
the war was over simply relieved
Uncle Sam of the cash necessary to
finance himself in restoring rail-
roads, soldier bonus and other nee
essary objects. The result is we
are taxed to pay interest on the Vic
tory notes and there is no more in
come by way of interest en- the latest
foreign loans than on the first
loans made to prosecute war. Who
will deny the fact that Uncle Sam
would have the cash for these pur-
poses if Secretaries of the Treasury
Glass and Huston had refused the
foreign loans after the war was over?
Foreign governments came in ahead
of our own eX-Service men, and no
one can deny 1t. I. S. FENLON.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
Italy Measures by the Dollar.

In turning from the pound sterling to the
dollar as basis for measuring money values,
the Italian government not only pays the
United States a compliment that is appreciated,
but does itself really good turn. At the ex-
change rate on the day the decision was an
rounced the ratio between metal and paper
IHcney i'll Italy was materially advanced, the
value of 100 gold Ira going up from 335 paper
to ASS, a jump of l20, or almost 80 per cent. As
the government alone benefits by this the very
good business judgment which supported the
move will be understood However, when the
dollar is generally adopted as standard, and
the foreign nations begin to check the flow Of
paper money from their printing presses, an
approach to stabilized exchange will have been
made. The dollar does not fuctuate; the pound
sterling does. Exchange rates that rest on the
pound sterling are subject to more violent and
uncomfortable variations than those resting on
the dollar, for the reason that the pound itself
goes up and down the scale i'll value. British
money has been held within reasonable range
of Auctuation, because the government wisely
refrained from undue initiation of paper circula-
tion When industrial and political conditions
have settled little further the pound will begin
to assume something like its old time stability,
but the likelihood of its again becoming the
absolute standard of value is remote, because
the prestige and solidity of the American dollar
are too firmly fixed.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
What Went Wrong Up There?

The greatest dirigbe airship ever built is
d wreck i'll the Humber river, its final trial
flight ending in a terrible disaster Nearly all
tine crew who so proudly set out on the expcdi-
ton that was to begin new epoch in aerial
navigation are dead, and the fate OF some OF the
party aboard is not yet known. Something
went wrong while the great craft was soaring
over the city of Hull thousands watching its
majestic flight in the air of the warm summer
evening. These thousands viewed the spectacle
OF the huge body, breaking in two, rent by
terrific explosion, and then saw it settle to
earth, wreck.
In time the details of the tragedy, so lar as
survivors can furnish them, will be known here.
What caused the dreadful happening may not
be discovered at all, for usually the secret Of
such affairs is hidden. Whether man-failure or
machine-failure is to be blamed, the lesson will
be conned to its ultimate possibility, that all it
holds will be used in putting forward the science
of aerial navigation
Memory will turn back to the tragedy OF
Count Zeppens earliest attempt at flight over
Lake Maggiore, when his craft collapsed, much
as did the ZR-2 From that inauspcious and
rather discouraging beginning the work has
crossed, while regular schedules are maintained
by dirigibles in commercial use over land and
water routes in Europe.
The incident, therefore, does not contain
anything to deter the pursuit of navigation of
the air. Had the first fatal accident stopped
the development of any Of the methods by
which the growing needs of man are served, we
would yet be in state of social darkness. Lives
lost under such circumstances are not wasted,
for they inspire their successors and show the
way to greater conquests. Competer accounts
of the affair than are at present available may
explain what happened in the air at time
when all seemed to the watchers a serene prog
ress OF momentous experiment. Waiting for
these Americans will feel deep sorrow that any
brave men were lost and hope for the early re-
covery OF the injured ones, confident in the be-
lief that no blame attaches to the gallant SOL
dicrs and sailors of America and England who
were aboard the ili-fated monster of the air.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
AT Peace With Germany.

Formal signature and exchange of docu-
ments has taken place in Berlin and the treaty
Of peace between the United States and Ger
many is now in form to present TO the senate
and the Reichstag for ratification. While the
exact contents of the document have not yet
been made public, it is said to consist merely
of compact of amity and cordial relations, and
to provide for the usual interchange of diplo-
matte and consular representatives, with
restoration of commercial communications.
Details concerning 'the precise treatment of
financial commercial and economic issues" are
held in allegiance for future negotiations. This
will include claims against Germany growing
out of the war Those which accrued prior to
our entrance into the war were in effect ad-
mtted by the imperial government, and natur-
ally will be binding on the present government
with little dispute Those arising since are
largely subject to the Treaty of Versailles, the
terms of which were included in the resolution
declaring state of war no longer to exist, and
undoubtedly are recognized in the pact just
signed This assumption rests on the state
ment that the members of the senates foreign
relations committee, to whom the president has
communicated the text OF the treaty, are quoted
as expressing satisfaction with its terms.
AS the United States seeks no reparations
or public indemnity, other than the cost OF
maintaining the guard force at Coblenz, and
which item is already provided for, the main
point to be settled is how, when and in what
manner Germany will make payment. Tariff
questions may involve more discussion, al
though it is reasonably certain the most IA
vored nation principle will finally prevail. This
is the open door policy, and to it the United
States is committed, While the treaty in effect
merely recognizes condition that exists, its
formal signature will end some uncertainty
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
Fifty Years in Postohce.

Jim" Woodard-he recognizes his name
when he sees James I. Woodard" in print, but
he would not know it if any of his friends
called him by that formal ttle-is slow-mov-
ing piece of mail. He was deposited in the
Omaha postofice on September l, 1871, and
he still is there. Ten postmasters have come
and gone, millions of letters, hundreds of thou
sands of tons of mail matter of all descriptions
and kinds, have passed through the Office to
destination, and Jim" continues to wave. just
as he did fifty years ago. Only then he was
clerk now and for many years he has been
assistant postmaster.
Long service of this sort is honorable, be-
cause it means duty we'll done; capacity for
big things as we'll as small; wonderful quality
of personal adaptability, that has enabled him
to deal not only with the army of employees
who have marched through the Office in the
years he has been there, but to keep abreast
the growth and expansion of plant that has
expanded from the condition of small old
fashioned postof6ee to that OF one of the big
Gest and best OF modern institutions for hand
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
A Defenseless World.

Speaking of disarmament, Canada is setting
good example for the rest of the world On
August /, her standing army is to be reduced
from 1000 to 5000 officers and men.
According to our militarists Canada is de-
fenseless nation Virtually it has no navy and
no army, and Mother England is 1000 miles
away.
Troop ships may no longer cross the ocean,
the one-ton bombs dropped off the Virginia
capes few days ago settled that, and the great
battleship has become as medieval as knights
armor The truth is that today the whole world
is defenseless against the first nation which
militarizes the air.-Capper's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
Business Men as
Speakers.



A story is going the round Of the
Massachusetts newspapers to the ef-
feet that business men are forming
classes in which to. study the art
of public speaking. The impelling
force behind this movement is the
necessity for a better understanding
of business affairs by the people.
especially In connection with state
and national legislation. During
many years business has been in
articulate while politicians and the
so-called learned professions have
had access to the public ear.
1t is becoming better understood
that business men must get closer
to the people so that they will not
continue to be misunderstood. The
best brains and ability have during
many years been tempted to enter
business pursuits because Of the
large rewards offered to those who
succeed in commercial occupations.
The industrial organizations have
already done much towards develop
ing the art Of public speaking. In
practically all mercantile lines there
are men who can think on their feet
and speak eXtemporaneously in a
convincing and effective manner.
The man who thoroughly under
stands the subject he attempts to
talk about should have little to fear
About all he needs to learn is what
may be termed the technique of
public speaking. He must acquire
the art of distinct enunciation, some
thing about gestures and above all
to marshal his facts in orderly and
logical sequence.
If manufacturers and merchants
were to speak for themselves instead
of hiding behind lawyers who fire.
quently are unfamiliar with the sub
Ject under consideration a much bet
ter impression would be made when
business concerns are under discus
sion. before legislative committees.
A distinct advantage business
men have in public speaking over
politicians and lawyers is that the
conduct of large affairs induces
brevity. The business man soon
learns to conserve mis- time, to get
from premise to conclusion as the
bee flies. The average citizen is
weary of listening to orators who
emit streams of words, who below
and gesticulate, but do not instruct
or convince.
AS demonstrating the fact that
business men are better speakers
than they realize one can recall
many instances where big captains
OF industry have been suddenly called
upon to speak and rose grandly to
the occasion. Perhaps the greatest
need is something to inspire con-
f'dence in the ability to address an
audience. A very little class work
VIII do wonders in that direction.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-25
Eleven Million Tons of Hay.

If the statements made at the hay dealers
convention in Chicago are 10 be relied upon,
the country is short one rather sizeable stack
of hay. 1t would occupy some space if piled
up all in one place, for it is estimated at l,000,
600 tons. At the farm price on July |, this
stack of hay would be worth $l387l000O,
enough money to hold the attention of any
farmer Why is this so? Dealers say, and they
are in position to know that the farmers SIM
ply did not give the usual care to the hay crop
To explain this, the fact IS cited that the re-
turns received when the crop got to the market
in some cases did not pay the freight charges.
Under these conditions the farmer did not feel
justified in expending the labor requisite to har-
vesting the hay crop. Hay business is not in
high favor with railroad men, because of the
bulky quality and light weight of the load. In
the effort to establish some sort of a parity
between dried grass and pig iron as to pound
age, the freight tariff makers have set figures
at such point as is effective in keeping the
hay largely out of the box cars Perhaps a
readjustment may be reached by which the hay
makers the hay buyers and the railroads may
divide the price of hay on basis that will en-
courage its production. At present the Ne
braska farmer is not especially concerned, al
though the dairymen who have to buy forage
for their cows are wondering what the end will
be. Not to say word about the city dweller
who buys milk from the dairyman.