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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12

One item of the field work was
the expense sendicg Miss Fleeta
Dilworth as a delegate to the State
Sunday School Convention at Jack
son. Miss Dilworth is great help
in the children's division work of
the county. Another item was the
work done by Miss Mamie Love
Thompson in 1920. when she and
her helpers made a Sunday school
survey and census of the whole
county. A full report of Miss
Thompson's work has been put in
book form and each one of the
beat presidents has been furnished
copy 6f that part pertaining to
his beat We feel sure that much
of the increased interest in the
schools of the county is due to Miss
Thompson's work.
Rev. w. Fred Long. Secretary of
the State Sunday School Associa
ton. addressed the convention on
the progress of the state work. Mrs.
r. B. Barton. superintendent of the
children's division. made an inter
esting talk on the cradle roll. Other
subjects discussed were the follow
ing: Early youth. its training and
possibilities by Mr.. r. S. Fraker;
the organized adult class by J. s.
Hopkins, Mrs. Preston Cornelius,
DR.. G. B. Baker. w. T. Ware; how
the public echool supplements the
work of the Sunday school by Hor-
ace Howell and Horace Baker.
Same officers were elected for the
coming year with the exception of
Fl. g. Wood. president for beat
five. He was unable to serve on
account of his heavy work as court
stenographer. w. L. C. Bailey was
elected to lnis place. Also Miss
Fleeta Div orth was elected assist
ant superintendent of fine children's
divisions
A resolution was adopted to ex-
press the thanks of the convention
TO the people of New Prospect COM
munity for their generous hospital
ity. and to the press of the county.
the Commercial Appeal and the
Sunday School Herald for the lib
eral amounts OF space they have
each contributed to our work dur
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12
All Editors Know Him

Most all newspaper men are
familiar with the fellow who allows
his subscription to run over three,
six or nine months, or q year, may
be. and then has the postmaster
send notice TO the publisher mark
ed refused. " As a rule this is in
tended to mean that the subscriber
refuses to receive the paper, but it
also has more significant mean
ing. viz: That the subscriber re-
fuses to pay what he owes before
having the paper discontinued
From standpoint of honesty, there
is no more difference in one who
will do this than the fellow who
will deliberately take %. so or 100
cents that did not belong to him.
Commenting on The Refuse No
tees" an exchange remarks: The
postmaster sends them to the edi-
VII VI IuctduCca VIC IL Say JOIlu
Jones, who refuses to take his pa
per out of the postoffice. He did
not want it any longer We won-
dered what was the matter. Upon
investigation of our subscription
books. we found John was short
s1.85. He had stopped. his paper
as matter of economy to US. A
few evenings ago we stepped into
church and John's melodious voice
rang out loud and clear in the soul
stirring song: Jesus Paid 1t All. =
We might have been mistaken, but
his interest impressed Us. The next
day we sent him receipt in full. 8
begging his pardon Tor not know
ing be had made an assignment OF
his liabilities to the Lord Winona
Times,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12

tioIs 3, 10. 10. -. township 10. range
II, to the southwest corner Of section
q, township Is, range l7l thence east
along the south line of sections -
%, "A. township IS. range Il. ana sec-
tion 19. township Is, range to. 10 The
Mississippi Alabama X tate lin e.
thence in a northeasteFly direction
along said Mississippi- Alabama State
line TO the north line of section A.,
township Il. range 10; thence west
along the north line of sections u anu
Is, township II. range l6. 10 the
northwest corner of said section Is
thence south TO the southeast corner
of the northeast quarter OF section -,
township "A, range IL thence west
along half section line of sections a.
q. p. township IA. range l.. 70 the
point of beginning All Of said lands
being in Monroe county. Miss
All qualified electors residing within
the said consolidated school district
as above described. are entitled To
participate in said election which
election will be held in accordance
with the general laws governing cleo
tions so far as the same are appHea-
BILE
Witness our hands at Aberdeen.
Miss. this the 18th day Of August. a.
D.. 1921.
@. s. CLoPToN.
CULLIE MCKUNNEY.
C NJ KoIB
Election Commissioners. Monroe
County, Mississippi.
al2 ID
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12
SENATOR BoRAH TALKS
LIKE A GOOD DEMOCRAT
he is q Big Man in The Senate.
Though a Republican

Senator Borah, really one of the
big men of the senate. though a
republican. talks like a democrat
in the following taken from one of
his speeches recently made in the
United States Senate.
Mr.. Borah. discloses himself a
better democrat than others who
pretend under that name and are
performing under the mesmerism
of plutocratic persuasion.
Read what Mr.. Borah says and
see if you agree with him:
Mr.. President. this debt which
now rests like a mortgage In process
of everlasting foreclosure upon the
brain and energy of the human fam
lily really staggers computation and
in its demoralizing and deadening
effect heggars description. We
seek to estimate it in figures and
speak to each in terms of billions.
but all this signifies but very little.
It is when you undertake to meas
ure this debt in foot pounds of hu-
man toll that its magnitude liz be-
wildering. The privatiOn and the
misery, the suffering and the sacri-
fee, the men and women bending
in hopeless drudgery, the children
starved in body and stunted in
mind, the families discouraged and
broken up. the pauperism. the
crime, the suicide, which is ever
pressing weight and subtle tyranny
imposes, place it's size and its eff
feet beyond our power to portray
The most exacting taskmaster in
the world is the public debt. The
most remorseless cruelty which a
community "a whole can exper-
fence is this ceaseless, reverend
ing struggle to meet its obligations.
If it has any advantages to bestow
it bestows them upon the few and
we'll favored-those who are able
to hold bonds and collect the in
terest. But it sits with the average
citizen at his meals and accom-
panies him in him in his daily avo.
cation to take from him all that he
can be persuaded or driven to give
and leaves him nothing in return
| have read of theorists who argue
that public debts are really a bene-
fit; that at least their evils are
greatly exaggerated. | think ne
public debt a curse. 1t eats out
the substance of the people, kills
initiative. undermines and corrupts
society, breeds-discontent and dis
order, and often destroys govern
ment itself. The immediate and
most commanding task of all those
who would see a composed and
prosperous and orderly commune
ties and states is to devise ways
and means to reduce it if possible
and in the name of humanity to
see it goes no higher"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12
Obituaries. Tributes and
Cards of Thanks.

Obituaries and cards of thanks win be accep
ed and pubIished in The Weekly. at charge of
one cent word for each word contained. TTib-
utes Of respect ana resolutions emiDating from
lodges churches or similar organizations. .
charge of one cent word win be made and col
cected. Count the words IN your copy and
init one cent for each word counted as the cost
of each publication.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12

ing the past year.
The report and suggestions of h.
d. Gilmore, County President. will
be given out. for publication next
week.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12
INCREASED INTEREST
ALL OVER COUNTY
Sunday School Convention Held
at New Prospect Church

Monroe County Sunday School
Convention was held at New Pros
pect church, in the Third Beat, on
August 9th and 7th. There was a
good attendance of officers, teach
ers and workers from all of the FIVE
beats of the county.
The following beat presidents re-
ported for their respective beats:
D. H. Streetman. first;. DR.. c. T.
Tubb. second; j. G. Crosby, third;
L. B. Cole, fourth. and w. L. C..
Bailey reported for H. G. Wood of
the fifth.
These reports show an increased
interest in Sunday school work in
faIl parts of the county. More than
fifty schools have been kept in
operation twelve months in the
year. This is rather unusual. as it
is a common thing for many Sun
day schools to suspend during the
winter months. 1t is evident that
the people of our county are waking
up to the value of Sunday schools
as .civilizing and Christianizing
power.
The Treasurer's report showed
the following expenditures during
the past year:
| Printing = 345
Armenian Relief ------ Al As
To State Association $500
Total $3.50. SO
After meeting these expenses
there remained balance of So 55
in the treasury.
E. D. Gilmore. President. report
ed that S798 95 had been spent for
field work during the past two
years. A few OF the Sunday schools
have contributed 10 this work, and
several liberal-mjnded citizens have
made donations. The balance was
paid by the Gilmore Sanitazium of
Amory.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-08-12

Try The Progressive Farmer
The Kusko times., 1921-03-19

the methods of geometry and trigo- nometry, the astronomers find the star on Orion's shoulderstrap to be 309. .080,- 900 miles in diameter. It is the largest star that has ever been measured though there may be many larger ones at greater distances.
 What baby our own mighty star. the sun, is when compared with Betel- geuze may be imagiued when we re member that the sun's diameter is only 866, 300 miles. If the sun were hollow sphere it could hold 1,000,000 globes each as large as the earth, but if Be telgeuze were put in place of the sun without disturbing our planets posi- ton, the earth would find itself mill ions of miles inside Of the new suns shell. Tn fact. Betelgeuze would reach as far as the orbit of Mars, and if hol- low could hold. perhaps billion globes like ours.
 The astronomers at Mt. Wilson are confident that they have the diameter of this stupendous star calculated with in 10 per cent of the true diameter.- Current Events.
The Kusko times., 1921-03-19
MEASURING A STAR.

Tie shoulder Of the giant Crlou has late4y: beer. measured, with ,tha~ aid of the 10O-inch telescope at Mt. Wilson observatory. in California. The shoul- der is the star called Beteleeuze, which means. in Arabic, the giants shoulder. The aacients imagined this most con- spicuous constellation to be the figure of 8 belted giant.
 Betelgeuze is bright red star. which has for some time been suspect ed to be the largest of all the stars that are near enough to be measured at all. Measuring this one was TO easv task. With the mosts deiicate~in instruments shat coald be made, and with tae help off 5hiss11los5 powerful of telescopes, the angle which had to be measured ac- curately proved to be only .046 of second of arc-hardly visible to the unaided eye.
 The star is so distant that it's light requires hundreds of years to reach 5he earth, and we see i5 not as io is now, but as, 1t was about two hundred years before Columbus ~ discovered America:
 Working out the delicate angie oy
The Kusko times., 1921-03-19

Japan has 350 people to each square mile of it's territory, and .ts population is increasing at the rate of 750O0 a year. What to do with the people is Japan's serious problem. Curbed by United States, Canada and Australia, it has no desirable land toward which it can turn for emigration. To solve the problem without serious trouble will require the wisest of Japanese states ship.-Ex.
The Kusko times., 1921-03-19

Naturally, when silk stockings cost a lot of money the girls were all boon to wear lem. Now that silk stockings are cheaper, the girls are wearing wooden ones. A few years ago they would have scoffed at woolen stockings. It's the style that makes the difference. The manufacturers have lot of sur plus wool on their hands, and they know how to transfer It to the feet of the women. People seem to have plenty of money to spend still. and it is their privilege to. say what they shall spend it itfor.-Pathfinder.
The Kusko times., 1921-03-19

The coughs of many women prevent ed 8 lecture on British American rela- tions in Brooklyn. The women were Irish sympathizers who thought the lecturer was going to say something unfavorable to Ireland. Fifty police men were there to prevent a disturb ance, but there is no law against eoug ghing. So the police could do noth- idg, and the lecture could not go on.
The Kusko times., 1921-03-19

A partisan contest now seems prob able during the Harding administra- tion, the Democrats defending the present Federal reserve banking sys- tem, which they put into operation. and the Republicans wishing to substi- .tute for It g. system with one central iZed bank.
The Kusko times., 1921-03-19

The largest disappearing gun in the world has been made at the U. ar senal at Watertown, Mass. It can throw, shell weighing 2,40O pounds a distance of B. miles, and. disappears after firing until ready to fire again.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08
LEADER
OF DEMOCRATS, ILL
FOR ONLY FEW DAYS
Framed Resolutions
for War on Central
Powers.
SERVED q YEARS
Also Had Been Nation
al Head of Party
Organization.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Repre-
sentative Henry Delaware Flood,
Democrat, of Virginia. died at his
home here today.
Representative Flood had been Ill
from bronchitis for several days md
his heart action had been weakened.
1t is believed this led to his death.
Representative Flood was formerly
chairman of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee and introduced the resolution
declaring war with Germany on April .,
1917.
On Dec. 8, 1917. Representative Flood
introduced the resolution declaring war
on Austria Hungary.
For years Congressman Flood had
been prominent in Democratic national
politics. having served as chairman of
the Democratic congressional committee
Representative Harrison Of Virginia
announced the death of his colleague in
the House, which Immediately adjourned
out Of respect. committee of eighteen
was authorized to represent the House
at the funeral.
Representative Flood had been a con-
tinuous member of the House since
March 4, 1901, serving eleven successive
terms
He is survived by his wife, Anna
Portner Flood, and two children.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08
Former Soldier Swears He
Saw Dozen Americans Hung

had of her own volition come to his
bed after he had retired and gone
to sleep, and had awakened him. He
denied he had attacked her and de-
clared she had accepted money from
him, Taylor said
do you believe American soldiers
were executed when they were limo
cent?" asked Senator Brandegee, Re
publican, Connecticut, the committee
chairman.
81 do, I'll show that" Watson an
swered
Watson was the first witness called.
There are eX-service men who are
afraid to come here lest their com
pensation be cut off," Watson said.
when Brandegee asked him il he
wanted the committee to summon any
witnesses.
Some of these men had their very
souls she'll shocked by the horrible
outrages they were subjected to by
their officers in France" Watson
continued
Watson read from Waco (Texas)
newspaper charges he said were made
by John j Forbes, an ex-marine of
Cleveland. Ohio, which CLEARLY
showed that American soldiers were
hanged on gallows in France during
France
IF the American people don't
know that American boys were
hanged on glolows in France during
the war, it is high time the real truth
was revealed to them" Watson quot
ed Forbes as stating.
The committee decided, with Wat
sons consent, to summon Forbes to
appear before It.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.-The affi-
davit of a Philadelphia ex-scrvice man
who swore he saw twelve American
private soldiers hanged while he was
member Of the military police at
Is-Sur- TILE, France, in 1919, was sub
mitted today by Senator Watson,
Democrat OF Georgia, to the Senate
committee Investigating his charges
that Americ soldiers were hanged
and shot without trial overseas dur
ing the war.
The affidavit, sworn to by George H.
Taylor Of 2737 South Beulah street,
Philadelphia, was one of n large num-
Der Of letters, kilograms and other
documents WATSON presented in sup
port of his charges.
Taylor averred that when he left
Is-Sur- Tile he understood several
more American soldiers were to be
hanged
"All of the condemned men were
executed in uniform" Taylor swore.
II do not know whether they were
all condemned by courts martial or
not"
1t was at Is-Sur-Tille that several
negro soldiers were hanged for at
lacks on French girls, the War De-
partment admitted recently.
ION April %, 1919, saw two negro
soldiers and white sergeant
hanged" Taylor added. 1.-THE ser
geant was tried by French court
martial on Wednesday, April 49, 1919,
on a charge of rape. was found guilty
and hanged on the following Friday"
Taylor further alleged that the con-
demned white sergeant told him the
girl he was charged with attacking
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08
CHEST
RALLY WILL BE
MONSTER EVENT
Dick Miller, Campaign Chair
man, Anticipates Great
Results in Drive.
FACTORIES ORGANIZED

"The Community Chest pre- campaign
workers rally at Tomlinson Hall tomor-
row night will be the biggest meeting
of It's kind since The Liberty loan drives,
said Dick Miller, campaign chairman, to
day. I'VE want there every division
chairman, every team captain, every team
worker and every chairman of an inside
organization in the factory, mercantile
governmental and utilities division. We
expect every one of Wallace O. Lees
five hundred men who are to solicit more
than forty thousand individuals to sit
down with the rest of us and tell us that
they are all set to get the S250,000 which
this army Of spirited solicitors are de-
pended upon to bring in.
II hope all indianapolis understands
that we want them at the festival night IS
entertainments at Cadle tabernacle next
week when the daily reports will be made
and when fine programs by the best tai
ent in our city will be provided. There
will he no admission and no collection
The only time money will be mentioned
will be when team captains announce
what they have Obtained during the day.
ANNOUNCES LIST
or CHAIRMEN.
II. c. Atkins. chairman of the fac
tory division, announced this morning
chaIrmen of organizations inside more
than eighty Industrial plants of the city
The spirit the workers in this divi-
sion find in the factories is cheering,
Continued on Page Twel9e)
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08
Mrs. Kir0ff Found Guilty
ON Manslaughter Charge
by Morgan County Jury

I escorted from the Jail to the courtroom
and counsel was summoned
The court, in his instructions, dwelt at
| length on the punishment for first and
| cond-degree murder and manslaughter.
He went into detail concerning the va
rious attributes of the three degrees.
Probably the greatest surprise of the
courts instructions was when he stripped
the case of all sympathy or sentiment by
adMonishing the jury not to acquit Mrs.
Kiroff because she will soon be a mother.
IF you find the defendant Is guilty,
you should not acquit her because you
may find that she is pregnant the
court instructed the jury.
The court also admonished the jury
to remember that by the acquittal of a
guilty criminal, the safeguard erected by
society for its protection is weakened,
for, by the nOn-enforcement of penalties
affixed to criminal acts, contempt for law
is bred among the very class 1t is intend
ed to restrain
Judge Balm, in discussing his instruc
tons to the jury on those points, stated
that all practically were the statements
or findings of cases by the Supreme
Court.
Deputy Prosecutor Sidney Miller of
Marion County asked for copies of some
of the instructions so he could place
them on file for possible future use.
Mrs. Kiroff was indicted by the Marion
County grand jury on charge of the
murder of her husband, Carl Kiroff, 20,
On the night of July 10, last, at the
Kiroff home in Indianapolis on West
Michigan street.
Kiroff told the officers, according to
the evidence, he saw a man in the bed
room of his wife and when he entered thu
room, his wife shot him.
This was denied by Mrs. Kiroff, who
claimed her husband demanded she give
him his gun so he could kill man."
She denied that a strange man was in
her bedroom and the State failed to pre-
sent any conclusive evidence along that
line. Mrs. fSirof claimed that the shoot
ing was accidental.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-08
FORMER COP Is
SENTENCED IN
BANK ROBBERY
Mckinney Given Reformatory
Term for Part in Beech
Grove HOldup.

Thomas Mckinney, 2S, former motor
cycle officer of the Indianapolis police
department, was sentenced from three to
FIVE years at the Indiana State Reforma-
tory AMI fined 500 and costs by Judge
James A. Collins Of the Criminal Court
today His sentence is the fourth to be
imposed as p result of the Beech Grove
Bank robbery.
Mckinney was tried by the court
without a jury after he had waived his
right to a jury trial, on a charge of
stealing an automobile belonging to f.
G. Gardner, 947 Udell street, which was
found in a garage belonging to Glenn
Stout, one of the convicted robbers.
Judge Collins in ruling in the case said;
II am satisfied that the car now in the
possession of the police at headquarters
is the property of Frank C. Gardner. l
am convinced that the car which was
stolen was taken to Glenn Stout's ga
rage McKinney's explanation does not
explain here. He had Leen honored by
being made a member of the police de-
partment. No honest member of the
police department would have bought au-
tomobile parts, as Mckinney claims he
ulu. his Close TeIdIlOHS Will OIOut
is responsible for the condition he is in
today"
ENTERS FINDING
AND SENTENCE.
The court then entered a finding of
guilty and pronounced sentence.
The chief witness of the State against
Mckinney was Clint Shaw, alias Sims
who is now in Jail after pleading guilty
to his part In the Beech Grove bank
robbery.
Shaw testified that Stout told him that
Mckinney, while acting as a motorcycle
policeman, "stole" Mr.. Gardeners car and
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