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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1921-06-23
BITTINGER

While running along the public
road near this village on Thursday
afternoon of last week, a motorcycle.
driven by Allen Stanton, got beyond
control and turned turtle, resulting in
a broken leg and other injuries to
Mr. Stanton.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. Ash
ford Powell, a B. &. 0. engineer, re-
siding on the east side of Meadow
Mountain about five miles from this
village, suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis and at this writing is said to
be in a critical condition.
Lawrence Bittinger and family, of
Grantsville, visited friends and rel
atives here on Sunday.
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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-11

not tho complaints made are just; and II just.
who 1t s that 4, 10 blame. II is reported that In
the archives at the courthouse there are great
bundles Of forfeited bonds that have nct,ed the
county not single penny.
why?
There Is the question that must be answered.
II Is ore thing for criminal 20 give u bond
and secure his freedom, that fault may lie
with the Justice fixing the bond But II Is most
dainctiy another matter when such forfeited
bond is not collected and precisely the same
bodsmnn Ia accepted at "a later date on another
such bond. In such cases II is not the justice
OF the peace that is al fault but men higher
mp"
The crime that has ragged around Tuls, dur
ing the last few years does not merely happen.
Thcrc II n reason Ana that reason In most
casca is finely traced 20 an organization that
fattona or crime. We hope no such thing VIII
be- discovered IN Tua- the courthouse or
elsewhere. But the public N entitled to the
facts.
when the police officers Uppr"hend criminal
suspected of grave violation Of law; when the
sherirf's office catches such suspects. every
agent uf justice from the justice OF the peace
up should cooperate fully. not TO deny any
man his lust constitutional rights. but TO serve
the community nt large In the enforcement or
law. And to such an end the bar and It's mem
bcrs are rolomnly sworn also. win all tho
agencies Of government honestly funcioning
10 enforce the law no criminal has chance.
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Barometer of Public Opinion


Editor World: Historians OF the future will
refer TO the year 1870 as epochal In the consti-
tutional history OF our country. However. one
does not have to review from the retrospective
vantage point OF the historian the paramount
i*rhe tLcague OF Nations) over which the lnst
campaign was waged, to be convinced Of the
incstimablc bonefacton the American people
conferred on posterity by inflictlng such n
crushing defeat on the democrats. II is doubt.
ful that the sacrifices given in four years OF
carnage to rout william the Hun measure In
ERECT tho services To the cause of true democ-
raCy rendered by the republican obstruction
lists In Curbng Wilson the WifuL" Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty, and the graft
tudc OF IA great and free people is given to those
watchful senators who so jealousy guarded our
heritage. From 1918 when King Woodrow, the
first--an last. asccnded the throne, until his
abdtcation last November, republican chiefs had
been marshalling the people to give battle to
the imported Imperialism which threatened our
free institutions Reconnaissance conducted by
Generals Borah, johnson. Knox, and Pcnrosc
aided immeasurably in directing attacks on
enemy entertainments AZ we'll as perfectins the
morale OF the patriot army and. nnaHy on No
vcmber 2, we went over the top to the cry of
America first"
A lew bridgeheads have yet to he stormed !;
hut along the southern front. particularly the
Oklahoma sector. we are busy garnerng the
spoils and garrisonng the country. Here and
there along the line are some troublesome dug
outs which must be cleaned out. before complete
capitulation is effected. The Drumright salient
In particular should be the scene of "A concen-
tration In force at the forthcoming municipal
campaign.
Apropos local politics It is the purpose Of
this article to give the proper oricnlation: Here
toforc We have endured the sorry spectacle of
republicans, staunch enough In national poll
ties, entered in cahalistic junta with unscrupu-
lous politicians who are governed more by eN-
pedicncy than guided by ideals or conscience.
In fact We have been maintaining an emergency
or coalition form of government. You abolish
representative government, and anarchy fol-
lows. History has proved II; has not Drum
right been subjected to the rigors Of martial
law ? For the first time. party nominees Tor TN,
various elective city offices VIII be named
through direct primaries, and speaking in be-
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-11
The Promoters Wife
By JANE PHELPS

was in my mind all day. | hated TO
tell an untruth. especially TO Nell.
lie might never trust me again
should he discover 1t. That blonde
girl at his office-had she noticed
the letter particularly? II so she
would be sure to tell him. sure To
put the blame of It's loss upon me.
!, Someway l knew that girl did not
like me. did not even respect me
because OF my actions at the office
when Neil was West. lntuitively !
telt she would be glad to humiilato
me.
Il will tell the truth e he asks
me-" | said aloud. ! was alone In
the library Lorraine had gone, and
aunt was dressing for dinner. | had
dressed early and hurried down. If
Neil came in | preferred to see him
alone, always supposing he had
missed the letter.
1t was only little after five when
| heard his key in the door. | pick
ed up a magazine and tried to act
| Indifferent. Little Robert was sit
ding on the floor with picture
| book.
Send him away" Neil said stern
~. Il wish to talk to you"
| called the nurse and gave
Robert TO her. Then as innocently
Is 'Ouiu L dShtu
what is it, Neil? Anything hap
pened?"
Yes. something has happened.
Why did you take a letter from my
desk Yesterday ! was not TO have
the chance to deny taking 1t. He
knew | had.
Because | recognized the writ
ing" I spoke in low voice which
| vainly tried to keep steady.
That is no reason. What did you
| do with the letter."
| Here 1t is." | had kept II about
me, not quite daring to destroy it,
Neil took the letter from me, looked
at 1t, then said in a rage:
80 you opened and read IT, did
you? You pretend To he so punctil-
ious about what do, and you
stoop to do n thing servant would
not do ! am glad | have found out
the sort OF wife / have. Talking
20 me about what ! should not do,
what is honorable or dishonorable,
and you doing something that the
| lowest kind OF a crook looks down
| upon. Opening and reading a let
Ter not intended for You. No-don't t
speak, bat from this time ! alb
solutely forbid you my office.
have told the hookkecper and ste
nographor that YOU are never TO 20
inside OF my private office again,
And
You told them that" scarcely
believing,
Il certainly did and emphasized
the fact. Another thing don't YOU
ever dare find fault with anything !
choose TO do. l never want 10 hear
YOU preach to me about business
methods. or anything else" as he
finished he turned and before |
ould answer went on up TO his
lroom.
| had made him dcspisc me-, and
had learned nothing, II would he a
lesson to me- Little did | know
what anguish my foolish act was to
lCause me.
lTo -morrow--Ncil Refuses Bab His
Usual Caress.
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on New Years day nineteen hundred twenty
Work on our now church building was begun
And IL will continue from day to day
Trough January. February, March, April ana
May,
And we all hope that by the first on June
Tho work on the basement Will have been done
Then wc can move from this noisy corner
Down to our new home whore II will be calnhcr
There we can worship with nothing to mar
Not even the noise OF a rickcty street car;
Rut when we're pleasantly located there
We must not think of ccasing the work mere
nm we viii continue the troNel to ply
And place STONE upon stone through June ana
July , ,, ro,.
And when cometh August anu '"o u''' e'N"
hot.
M, ,yen then will We falter or stop,
So wall continue as We tondly remember
Tho cool days will come by the last OF sep
Through october and November well continue
to work , .,tr,.
Ana not one will attempt to dodge or shrN'
W. ,ypu labor on and never, never TIRE -
And complete our new church with peautllu'
Then well be enchanted to see this Structure
risC ,-, 49,, ..i,s
WIN tts beautiful steeplc piercing the skies
And when the cold days of pecemb'r snhIl r c".uT
We'll nc comfortably housed IN our peau''u
new home, - ,,,., =,
And when it is completed from basement TO
woli give God the praise and three cheers for
AVN W NJ ROBBINS.
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RALPH EMMEnsoN CAMrBELL

when a man like Ralph Emmerson Campbell
dies humanity Itself is poorer. The loss ls not
to his family or hls community alone great ~
that is; but TO the ~ ate and the nation also.
For no not only man unusually en-
dowed mentally, he was something even crater
than n gentleman: he was In tho best and
broadcst s,hse that rarcst Of characters, good
citizen. term, rightly interpreted that em-
braces all the qualities of honor ana vrtue-a
God fearing man. q devoted husband, loyal
alike To the requirements ~ his nuptlal CON
tract and the demands OF honor. splendid
nclghbor and delightful companion.
IL was "a secular speaker whose eloauence ms
such has never been matched. who said. Death
is at best tragedy" II is. But when II
'l,i.,es down the cyclids' OF life that in its
brondness Ia touching intimately the problems
II It's period: that has earned the confidence
and trust OF mult,udcs and appears destined
TO influence yet more potently for good the
age of i,s reasonable duration, 1t becomes
doubly NO.
Tho suddenncs OF Judge Campbeiis death
was shockingly tragic. the circumstance which
cncompassed 1t, impertincntly trivial. 1t turned
sabbath OF unusual brinancy and warmth
into IA day OF cold chill mourning tor a devoted
ana tnousanOS or men ana women VINO
felt Themselves honorcd to call him their friend.
To the writer 1t was and is almost a personal
loss
Much might be said of the mans ability a.
iurisi and 1t wus supcratve. II would be easy
to write a wondrous story of his unselfish devo-
tion TO tho various social movements OF his city.
that would DO interesting and could only with
great difficulty bc exaggerated. Yet others
have done much. One could with equal
ease expatiate upon his services 10 his church
and his God; for here he, too was loyal and
devoted. But we think OF him as crowned
among his kind with a quality greater oven
than these--more raro than all combined.
To those who knew him exceedingly Intimate
ly and well, he will live In memory not he
cause OF any OF the qualities enumerated, which
after all are cheap by reason OF their very com
monncss but MS rcal man to whom one could
and would unhestitatingly cntrust the virtue
OF women ana tho honor OF men. That. to our
mind, IL the mos. sublime compliment that can
bc paid any man.
Like all good citizens, Judge Campbell wns
always tremendously Interested In tho public
affairs OF his time. His influence was con-
stanty excr,ed for better and cleaner politics
His party suffers a loss second only to society
! In general. Yet we must believe that his influ-
, cncc will be felt for years to come.
why men OF his type should he taken in the
| very prime OF life, when they are all too rare
| and needed so tremendously In the affairs OF
| men. Is another of the mysteries that the mind
/ OF man Is incapable OF fathoming lie lived
, no better cleaner. or more useful life than any
| citizen may hut he attained a higher standard
| In all things than most citizens do. That ts the
distinction his memory must claim from one
! and all
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CHAPTER NCII.

CHAPTER Nt1l.
At ten aunt excused herself and
retired. | sat in the library. pre-
tending to read until half past
twelve, and then I too went to my
room. II might be three or four
o'clock before Neil would be home.
| was tired. and In spite of my anN-
iety soon fell asleep. and did not
wakcn when Neil came in.
lie was up even earlier than usual.
| could see that he was not entirely
at ease. although he did his best to
disguise the fact. In view OF what
Frederick had said. and the letter
Mrs. Orton had written, | imagined
1t had something to do with the
BUSINESS OF the preceding night;
that things had not gone to his salts
faction.
The pos,man came while we were
at breakfast, and Immediately he
left Neil commenced to speak about
the slow delivery of city letters.
trcmbled with apprehension. Was
he about to tell of the letter which
he should have had the day before
cral way, and once more | breathed
freely.
After he left for the office wan
dercd about the house. too nervous
TO set myself at anything. All I
could think of was the attitude Neil
would take when he found no letter
from Mrsi Orton was at the office.
1t was too much to hope that no one
had noticed 1t. 1t had been too
prominently displayed on his desk.
Lorraine Norton came over about
eleven, and never was | moro de-
lighted to see her. She was fun OF
npNa aud ua ppSsippl until hIpph .
con which had persuaded her "a
take with us. She and aunt got
along famously together. and made
II quite unnecessary for me to ex-
ert myself.
shall tell Neil tho truth, that
took that letter, or shall | deny all
knowledge OF it7" This question
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HIS EDUCATED HEART

Copyright, 1921, by Edgar A. GucstD
lie had "A way about him that was gentle
like and kind,
lie didn't have much schooling, but he had
splendid mind,
And he seemed to know the right thing with
out studying II out
Tho kind of man YOU like to know and want
TO have about
It's difficult TO picture Just how good he was
TO know
His words were plain an simple. an no
wasn't built for show.
Hut lac seemed to know exactly what to say
an what to do
To smooth the way for others an the people
that he knew,
Some folks learn things hy rcadin'. an some
are trained in school,
An many an educated man can be blum
dorin' fool
Hut he did little readin an in school he
wasn't smart
II seems the good Lord gave him an cdu-
Gated heart,
lie never said a mean thing an he never did
wrong,
Tie seemed TO know exactly how to help
man along
| His grammar wasn't perfect an his writin'
| far from good,
| But tho needs of human beings were tho
| things he understood,
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Bennie's Notebook

We all went In the dining room TO
eat supplr Friday me feeling exter
hungry and wondering wat We was
going to have. and wat ala Nora
bring I'm but a big thing fun OF cut
up fish. me saying, An heck, fish.
Benny, how menny times must
tell you II you don't like a thing 10
keep strictly quiet about il? sed ma,
Well gosh G., ma, all | sed was
Aw heck. fish. II | started To sly
everything | really thawt about fish
IL would take me from now 10 the
middle OF next week, ] sed.
Never mind any long explanations,
IL YOU don't want eny fish you don't
need ~ cat eny, but never mind Ak
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The HOroscope pe
The stars Incline but do no, ,,,..-
tCpt. 1921 by Mcclure Newspaps, sIe

Astrologers read this an u,cou.-
day. for Neptune, Uranus spd al
arc adverse while Venus and tbe ' S'
are in beuetic aspect eva
1t is n day that should Offer o.,
ceptional opportunities to Won
hut they should distrust their ,nS1
ment and should be very rautior.
important decisions
There is n promising sign for d,
who seek employment or dos,ro ,
sort of prefermcnt. Tor il IL b's
that men In places Of power ara ~
clined to be helpful during this ce.
figuration.
Women who desire 10 obioin NO..
tions or to procure the sippor, y,
persons OF Influence should d. M
possible under this rule uf tho eta,
An official appointment " rrs..
honor will bo given "A woman Nh.
will earn fame through 81.
During the next four years ,bo..
will be many persons who viii proy,
that they have extraordinary fitns,,
for great responsibilities. tho ses,,
phophesy.
Uranus is in an aspect believed >,
menace the regulations Of prufnirps
persons, both mon and women. co,
sip that Is cruel and without ION,
dation viii he freely circulated.
Although the potency or fhours.
has been recognized 20 certain .,
tent astrologers declare that 1t MIN
be many years before the crime a.
slandcr is sufficiently punished
Foreign relations are to BE- on n.
whole satisfactory in tho next ,v
weeks, 1t is prognos'icatcd. sIthoub
there will bc many newspaper 10.
ports to the contrary.
Vanity will continue IN domi,aa
many women. even though they ar,
concerned with national affairs 4
the stars arc to be believed.
Persons whose birthdatc IL is hay,
the aururv of an active. successfg
year, but they may he too much ~
clined to indulge in amusement. T.
young will court and marry.
Children born on this day may o.
individual to the point OF occcntrcl
ty but they will probably be yer
successful in whatever profession @
business they happen to choose.
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ENFORCING THE LAW.

Tho World Is not given to cheap praise for
any public official who merely does his duty
II does however. feel that It should note with
generous appreciation tho splendid work being
done by the city police department In particular
and tho peace officers OF this section In general,
towards dscouraging crime and Kidding the
public OF various characters who have dclibcr-
Atoy set out to exact u living by mean, erin
tnal and unlawful
At the Elks club last Saturdnj nisht the po-
lice performed piece OF work that should go
u long way towards re-csablishing n proper re-
gard for government and it's laws. That n man
was mortally wounded must regret for
there is no disposition to take human life even
In the name OF government. But the fault was
his. and the official that shot and shot TO kin
is to be commended unhesatinsly His type is
all too rare
But the peace officers OF the community can
make progress only II the courts support them
vigorously. which brings us to tho real meat OF
our subject. There is some reason for believing
that the court ana Its agents are not doing this
In the apprehension OF several characters during
tho past ten days the peace officers seem TO havo
-unduestionaby rounded up "A gang of desperate
bank robbers who have been ravishing the II.
nancial institutions OF this and surrounding
states.
They are in custody or were The full import
OF the arrests cannot at the momcn. be made
nanifest. Yet tho conviction IL all pcrvasvc
that a desperate gang has been put out OF
business, One OF those men. 1t IL asserted.
is already free ON bond that is OF no worth
whatevcr--a freedom arranged by whether in
tcntionally or not We may not ssv "A Justice OF
the peace who apparently is utterly lacking in
q sense OF the responsibility he shares in Gu
forcing law and protecting the law-abldlng
citizenship. The fear has been expressed that
other members OF this gang will gain their
freedom In the same way, That may have oc.
cured by the time these words are in print
There has been much complaint against the
method OF bonding criminals. The evidence ap.
pears overwhelming that there is gang OF
bond makers operating In this country that
have become almost much OF a menace
10 society as the criminals themselves. Tho re-
sponsibiity for tho practice rests primarily
with the justice OF the peace who fixes the
bonds and passes on them, but it is also shared
by the bar whose member must in the nature o,
OF things be particops ormnis and the count,
prosecutor who has the privilege OF objectinl
TO the sufficency OF bond
Tho World now serves notice that it pur
poses going into this straw-bond matter Th
sesrchlight OF publicity will show whether
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pressing cny opinions one way or
the other. sed ma,
And she started TO put some fish
on pops plate, and | sed, | haven't
got enythiug agenst fish, fish would
he all rite IL they didn't look so
funny, but nuthing looks as funny
as dcd fish.
Father, make him stop, sed my
sister Gladdis.
Benny, would you injoy being sent
away from the table, so YOU could
be as far away frum the fish as pos
s!blc? ssd pop.
No, sir, sed. And ma started to
put some fish on Gladdiscs plate. me
saying | dednt say ! had enythinc
personal agcnst fishes, they'd be all
rite II they lived on land ware peo-
pie could see wat they was doing.
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ImDaticnt First Day,

81 came here to iegislatc. not 90
play politics" II was the maiden
speech of senator :. Morton Ruther.
ford. noted Muskogee attorney, who
was bc!aboring Bob Wallace. Joe
Fleming. w. a. Briggs. r.. +. wood
Joe sherman and John Golobie In
the opening OF the senate.
THE senators know how they are
going td vote and this delay hurts
me: makes me impatient" continued
Rutherford. II was hard fight and
required two hours o. nominate Tom
Simpson for president protempore
and who will probably not occupy
the chair four hours during tn" ct.
tire session. Never mind, senator.
replied Hin Of McAlester. "when
they really get 10 fighting, it takes
days ins cad of hours"
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warming 10 Labor.

r1t,or world: Win YOU publish this for The
bpnefit of the working people .... ,>,,
10 the working people of the country Don
,,a'as f,r work AS there is over 1000 Idle peo"
Mo here now and every train coming IN orlnss
more | have toured tho entire uelus S'eNNts
n,nrk and have failed to find II ana am an an :
around oil field worker, as l nave spent -
yrnrs in different fields, have put N zen Sea! :
Al rig building and find over NV 'a.t ts
Suaor, In Tho field. | am not telling TINS pS
h'"' say Wv - Il. |. wOLrAN
,,,s,o rcx,s lana, RiS Builder.
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Told at Oklahoma City

Leslie Salter. Carmen, member o
the representatives, strayed into the
senate chamber when the senators
We're discussing the issue az %
whether Bob Wallace or Tom Simp.
son should .be president protempore
and the senators were discussing the
topic. too. Perhaps it would he as
well as to cut off the first syllable
of the word discussing anyhow
Sal,er, who is "A student at the uni
versity. left with the remark, "l
guess that is the senatorial courteg
I've been reading about"
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Daiiv Biblical Quotation


january ~ -, t.. i,ts
In the time or trouble he nhali h'u' ",r "'h,n ,n he
nn,ilIon. in the secret of his tah"thh''' ~ n usa
hido mo- lac shall set me up upo"
27.J. .tts,,.vcd
The saints should never be dIHm'H'"'
Nor sink in hopeless fear -,
For when they least expect MS NV"
The saviour win appear 49, an,
Thou hast been my help; ieaVe t,,tnn n
neither forsakc me. q God ot my e"""
Psalm 21'p. ------=---
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but how do We know wat They're
swimming erround In down In the
bottom of river in the mud and
everything how do we know wa.
things people throw in the rlycr2
one more Werd on cny subiecs
and you ieeve the table. sed pop.
Yes sir, sed. Meening that wa.
all ] was going to say.
WiCh | was.
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This ought TO bc pleasant news. The doe
tors are prescribing yeast instead OF lances for
boi,s and things. n the mait-drink manufac-
turers can't tako hint from that they are OBJ
tusc beyond all hope.