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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Last fall about
thousand women came to town as
delegates to some sort of a talkfest,
and the citizens were asked to furnish
them with board and lodging during
their sta2. These danes came to town
logged out in purple and fine linen and
bespangled with precious stones, and
most of them had money in every
pocket, yet not one of them thought of
going to hotel and paying her way
like little man. In the bunch were
the wives of bankers and laundrymen
and editors, and other VIGOROUSLY
wealthy citizens, and they we're such
poor sports that they were willing to
accept handout rather than loosen
up few bones at the carayansary.
There were six of these female del
egates at our house. Aunt Julia goes
the limit when it comes to hospitality.
When she first heard that the women
of the town were expected to take care
of the delegates she said she would
take care of two of them. A day or
two later she sent word that she could
provide for four, and then she conclud-
ed she could handle six, and If she had
had few more days, she'd have vol
unteered to take charge Of the whole
convention. She's good sport, even
If all the rest of the women are four
fiushers.
The six women arrived on time and
the look of them gave me chills and
fever. They were fierce old relics with
tortoiseshell combs in their hair. /
was hoping our delegates might be
young and attractive, but these women
all had false teeth and large feet.
II was expected to live in the COW
stable during their stay, and before
they came protested bitterly, but af-
ter seeing them was perfectly salts
fled with the arrangement. Aunt Julia
actually gave up her comfortable bed
room and slept on a cot in the kitchen.
She had been busy for days fixing up
things so the women would be comfort
able.
"You should have seen those six
women when they came down for
breakfast the first morning they were
there. They looked as sour as though
they had just been given ten days on
the rockpile. They began grumbling
among themselves, taking care to talk
loud enough for Aunt Julia to hear.
One said she had always been used
to good big pillow, and she couldn't
sleep on a pillow the size of pin
cushion. If strangers ever stayed
over night at her house, she said, they
would be given real pillows, and not
craven images.
another old bag said the bed she
slept in kept her awake all night with
its creaking and groaning, 1t evidently
needed oiling. She didn't believe that
any woman with proper self-respect
would let guest have such bed.
Aunt Julia listened for a while, and
I could hear her teeth grating like a
coffee mill. After a while she went
upstairs and gathered all the hand
bags and other traps belonging to those
beldames, and put them on the porch,
and when the women were done eat.
ing she led them out and showed them
their junk, and invited them to go
down to the railway yards and find
lodging in box car"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Examiner.

If anyone has kick coming on the
law of supply and demand it's the hen.
for no sooner does she do her full part
in creating a food supply than unseen
powers decree against her product by
making it entirely too cheap.-Falion
(Nev) Standard.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Rich kitchenware.

In the days when the Roman en-
pire was at its height, If you went into
the culinary department Of an ele-
CANT establishment you would find
saucepans lined with silver and pals
Of various descriptions richly inlaid
with arabesque in silver, and shovels
handsomely and intricately carved.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
lines to Be Remembered.

A gentleman puts words into deed,
and suits what he says to the deed.
He is broad and fair. The vulgar are
biased and petty. A gentleman con-
siders what is right. The vulgar man
considers what will pay, A gentleman
wishes to be slow to speak and quick
to act. He helps the needy; he does
not swell riches.-Confucius.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

If the old man who induces a girl to
marry him for his money had always
shown as poor judgment in his invest.
ments he wouldn't have accumulated
enough wealth to have induced the girl
to have married him.-Emmett Qdaho)
Examiner.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Now it develops that the proposed
Yellowstone dam project lin so far as it
pertains to the Montana side of the
fence, will have to go over until the
next session of congress. Let us hope
in the meantime that some of our eth
ical friends of the east will accumulate
something beside water on the brain
and see the thing aright.-Pocatello
Udah6) Tribune
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Isn't it bit strange that the prices
of goods are so much lower in the big
cities than they are in the small towns
1t is so everywhere you go. In the
small towns the dealers are quick TO
discern the advance in prices, but oh
my how slow they are to discern any
drop in prices Mammoth (Utah)
Record.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Our old friend Sim Sterrett was
caughth in a slide in the Phosphate
mine last Monday, breaking one rib
and otherwise bruising him up. This
makes another time Sim played lucky,
Sim attributes his good fortune to be-
ing a Democrat.-Soda Springs Qdaho)
Chieftain.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

There is no question but what the
coal mines are prOfiteering to some
extent and the railroads are gouging
the shippers for all the traffic will
stand. AS result the coal consumers
are paying a rate which is entirely out
of reason.-Eureka (Utah) Reporter.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Left an OPENING.

Opportunity is knocking at your
door," said the 0ptimist.
Il hate the whole tribe of knock.
ersl" grcwled the Pessimist.
THAT being the case" said the Op.
timist, preparing to duck, Its quite
obvious that you hate yourself"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Debs says he would sink the navy,
disband the army and then raise naked
arms TO the sky, and no enemy would
have the heart to attack. Mr.. Debs is
just as much wrong one way as the
militarists are the other. The middle
course is the proper way, and it is that
way about everything.-Brigham City
(Utah) Journal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

observation-disclosures caused consider
ly. The first instance of nobody
home" occurred when, as a bill was on
its third reading and final passage,
Howard moved suspension of the rules
and referring the measure to desig-
mated committee, thinking that the bill
had just been Winnie
mucca (Ney.) Silver State.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

And in addition tc occupying certain
strategic Germanic localities, if Ger
many does not "come through" with its
war obligations, the allied forces are
sure to occupy the undivided attention
of Germany during very interesting
and perhaps exciting period. butte
(Mont.) Miner.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

in which to live"
"Yet you must
admit that women
b a v e a yell o w
streak . protested
the low-browed
man. "They are
great people in a
general way, and
If they were abol-
ished it would be
little short of a
calamity, but they
are cheap sports.
That's the worst
/ know shout
them.
Last fall about
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

4ulHS u u6SIBldCe
the tribeiliving near Blue Hill in Mil
ton, now a state reservation near
Boston and the highest hill in the
eastern part of the state. This name
was later applied to the great bay
which Blue Hill overlooks. 1t was
from this bay that the state was
called the Massachusetts Bay colony,
and after that the Province of Massa-
chusetts Bay until the Revolution
made it commonwealth. Even today
1t is often called the Bay state.
It was Capt. John Smith who first
made a map of the New England
coast and named the Charles river in
honor of "Baby Charles" who after
ward became King Charles I. Other
captains visited the coast from time to
time, but it was not until the fall of
1920 that the Mayflower brought the
first permanent settlers to the Massa-
chusetts shore. The landing of the
Pilgrims at Provincetown and Ply
mouth three hundred years ago was
recently celebrated. OF the original one
hundred passengers on the Mayf1ower
more than half died during the first
winter. But the sturdy survivors,
with indomitable courage, soon be-
came firmly established and from
their beginning, augmented by the
Puritan settlements of Salem and the
towns around Boston, grew the state
of Massachusetts,, which now extends
over S,2SS square miles. In proper
ton to its area Massachusetts is Sec
ond only to Rhode Island in popula-
ton and has eighteen presidential
electoral votes. This makes Massa-
chusetts one of the six most important
states from a political point of view.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Inter -Mountaiin
.Editorial Hilites
Selected for Western Newspaper Union
Service by r. A. C. and &. B.W.

The country is said to be undergoing
period Of reimbursement. We aave
progressed as far as the first syllable.
Parma Qdaho) Review.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

What a boon, in public credit there
would be If congress bound itself to
repeal two laws for every new one il
passed !-Kemmere (Wyo.) Camera.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
CHEAP SPORTS

SGT GROW weary of reading the des-
n picable filings at women which
seem to pass for wit in some newspa-
per offices" said the professor. aIf men
were only half as good as women the
world would be much better place
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
A NIGHTMARE,

II dreamt last night" said the land
lord, that / owned the EARTH"
"That must have been a pleasant
dream"
Quite the contrary. People were
all the time moving out, and as for my
rule against taking in babies, it
wouldn't work at all."-Boston Tran
script.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The cigarette bill, as it now stands, Is
joke in the minds of those seriously
attempting to curb the use of tobacco,
for while it prohibits the sale of cigar
cites it does not prohibit their use or
mportation.-Filer Qdaho) Record.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Somebody reads the small ads. A
woman who advertised aigrettes for
sale had game warden incognito for
a caller and learned she was violating
a federal law.-Idaho Falls IIdab1l
Times Register.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

1t is one thing to enact law and
quite another to enforce it. No one
can really believe that Idahe's anti,
cigarette bill means the last of the
cigarette in Idaho.-Mackay Qdaho)
Miner.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Of Course.

She-rve confided the secret of our
engagement to Just three of my dear.
est friends.
He-Three. all told?
She-Yes-all told. :
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

A man will lose $50 in poker game
and never say word about it, but
if his wife loses s. from her shopping
bag he'll reprove her for her careless
ness.-LOgan (Utah) Republican.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

's--s-s-.s-
| THE STORY OF |
| OUR STATES |
BY JONATHAN BRACE |
4
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.l
CONNECTICUT
. :" =: 8. !: ! 9 !. !. !.
$500 CONN ICUT
MI hINA " stands unique as
G M B@ probably the first
El WtyfsM III state which was
Ely NJ AIS created In the world
SsssS~ ISTgzM by written consti-
NSEa tuition. 1t was really
an offshoot fro m
Massachusetts, for in 1886 there was
dissatisfaction over the form of gov
eminent among the Puritans in Cam
bridge, WATERFOWL and Dorchester,
the three towns surrounding Boston.
A large part Of. these three towns,
therefore, decided to journey to the
Connecticut valley, as they had heard
that there was to be found excellent
farm land, and the Dutch from New
Netherlands had been forced out the
previous year by the erection by the
English of fort at Saybrook at the
mouth of the river The Cambridge
people, under the leadership of their
pastor, Hooker, founded Hartford, the
Dorchester people settled Windsor,
and those from WATERFOWL established
Wethersfield. For few years they re-
manned part of Massachusetts, but
early in 1889 the people of these three
towns met and drew up written con-
stitution and agreed to govern them
selves. Meanwhile, in 1888, a large
company of colonists under the leader
ship of John Davenport arrived from
England and settled the town of New
Haven, later spreading to Milford and
Stamford. These two distinct colonies
were later united and took the name
of Connecticut from its principal river.
This is an Algonquin Indian name
meaning "long river" 1t became the
fifth state to join the Union when it
adopted the Constitution on January
8, 1888. 1t is sometimes called the
Land of Steady Habits, but is more
popularity known as the Nutmeg state
from the humorous accusation that
its peddlers were accustomed to palm
off wooden nutmegs to their Gus
toners. The area of Connecticut is
4,965 square miles, the third smallest
of our states. Its population, however,
entities it to seven electoral votes for
President.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Solomon said of the making Of books
there is no end. The state legislature
has revised it TO read .of the making
on new bills there is no end."-Gooding
(Idaho) Leader.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The anti-tobacco movement is gain
ing some bulk and momentum as IL
goes along, and many who came to
sheer may stay to weep.-Jerome
(Idaho) News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Official reports say that about half
of the soil in bolshevik Russia is COW
cred with forests. And the other half
is covered with whiskers.-Carson
City (Nev.) News.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

A woman speaks volumes with her
Ieyes and whole libraries with her
Tongue.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

We wonder how many bills the leg
islature would have introduced if they
hadn't been cautioned not to be over
Spanish Fork (Utah) Press.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Important to Aothers

The man who stands on his dignity
aeVer gets very far.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
MASSACHUSETTS

MA s S A G FL q
NA SETTS was an
Indian word, mass
awachuset, which
m e ans Eat the
great HILL" 1t was
used by the Algon-
nuinS to deSipnata
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

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their VII
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IRIS. BUMP
with Ad''
Ter.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-21

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Ln1on Hnj,, ,,,ls Ii ~ ;t,>,~ :t., vi he
~src;vo6 Contract % he awarded to
he Lowest responsible bidder. Right
% roiey. anv ana all bids.
800 bushels fec,t cats.
100 bushels feed co-n.
/ barrels fist patent tloyu III cloth.
q gallons AaTo iaoiasses, IN cans.
Z p2UHv5 i-uZ.&a2e c@nee.
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-21
JURY WAITS
FOR MORE INFoSMATioN
Jury VIII Nos Render Verdict for
Two Weeks Waiting for Addi-
tionat Evidence.

The State.
Florence, Jan. l7.-Coroner ".
Marvin Smith tonight returned from
the scene of the tragedy near Pamp-,
lieo in which L. S. Righam is be!'ev-
ed to have shot and killed his mother,
Mrs. L. II. Bighana, his sister, Mrs.
Marjorie Black, and her two adopted
children, Leo and John .MeCracke:',
and then TO have gone into she woods
and shot himself to death.
The coroner declared there were
no new developments. The jury has
postponed rendering a verdict Tor
two weeks, pending the discovery OF
additional evidence and viii make a
thorough investigation, especially IN
the light Of the belief on the part
Of some people that L. S. Bigham,
whose boey was found in the woods
apparently suicide, WAS not the
perpetarator OF the terrible crime
hut that some one else killed the
members of the Bigham family IN
Guiding L. S. Bigham himself. 1t Will
be recalled that there were no eye
witnesses and that Edmund Bigham,
brother, was the first on the
scene.
The only Development of any IN
terest in the case today is ,:he report
that Mrs. Marjorie Black came to
Florence last week and made her
will leaving all Of her property TO
L. S. Bighana. The attorney VINO
drew the will was not in the city
today and the report could neither
be affirmed nor denied.
All the dead were buried this aft
ernoon in the same grave which had
been dug in the graveyard OF Beuian
Bapss;st church at Hyman, which is
about two miles from Pampllco. 1t
is stated that there was great
crowd at the funeral which was con-
Quoted by the regular pastor of the
church.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-21
SELLERS BETTING ON
BIG COTTON CROP IN 1921

Clemson College, Jan. 19-The
bureau Of markets Of the Georgia
department Of agriculture in a late
December issue of its weekly bulletin
presents clearly the case, in regard
to the low price Of cotton, says Mr..
". W. Long, director Of the EXten-
sion Service Of Clemson College, IN
further urging the need for reduc-
ton of the 1921 cotton crop.
".As this bulletin goes to the press
you can buy ali the cotton you want
for next October delivery in New
York at 1890 cents a pound. CO..
ton delivered at New York is worth
nearly cent pound more thar at
Georgia shipping points. a cash mar
gin of two cents per pound is requlr-
ed. This bureau has never encourag-
ed our people to speculate and does
not do SO now. The man who VIII sell
YOU cotton at the above stated pflee
for October delivery is the gambling
short seller who does not produce
sound Of cotton and is permitted un-
Ger unWise law to sell something
which does rot exist. This gambler
who has so loag been parasite OF
POTION is willing. to oct that you VIII
go ahead aad raise another normal
crop of cotton IN 1921. This gambler
knows that export trade in cotton as
net funetioniae now; due to finan-
eial disturbance in Europe. He fig
rres that with our normal export de-
raard suspended, chat you VIII pro-
auee q 1921 cotton crop in excess OF
the demand and that, he, therefore,
eaa make money betting at these fig
ures.
@The gambler is willing to be-
that we lack the common sense to
cis::rsail eur production 50 thai! it
Will rot exceed the demand OF
temporarily crippled market. ::
.We OF tie south know that we.
should net produce over half a cot
ton crop this year. It has been care.
fully figured out that If no farmer
shall plant more than oFe-third OF
his cultivated land to Gotten in 1921
that we viii not produce oyer han
a crop, or approximately SIX million
bales.
s.Les us once and for all prove to
The cotton gamblers who are taking
advantages Of our situation that we
have got sense and manhood TO pro-
tect ourselves and families
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-21
MANY cLAssRooGs CLOSED
OWING TO LACK TEACHERS

Washington, Jan. 16.-Cohditlcns
in the public schools are contributing
nuch to unrest throughout the coun-
tyv and THE situation has become so
eey;ous shat the states and the nation
should cooperate to remedy II, ac-
co,d;no to a statement issued by Jos
enb D. Defrees, preside?ES of The u.
s chamber Of: commerce, today.
"om short-sighted policy in fall
ing to recognize the dignity of the
teachirg profess.cn has led to q class
consciousness II, that profession,
which has made itself felt in the class
room and left its indelible imprint
upon the impressicnab'e minds of the
Young" declared Mr.. Defrees, who
adds that Of the 100000 public
school teachers in the United States
100 600. ere under the age OF 2l.
Thirty thousand have no education
beyond the eighth grade.
One hundred and fifty thousand
have no education beyond the third
wear high school, ard 48G,oGo, or
four-fifths Of the tctal have rot haa
two years of special training, the
minimum required in other coun5r!es'
cone reason why radieallsm has
not made the same progress in the
United States that it has III Europe
Mr.. Defrees continues, "is the fact
that hundreds Of men occupying po-
.sitions of the greatest Importance il
this country began lie as poor boys
But what have we go. to say OF the
INEQUALITIES of education?
Eighteen thousand classrooms III
this country are said to have stood
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-21
LOCAL TAXATION
SHOWS INCREASE
Swearingen Says Tidal Wave
Sweeps Over the State

- During the year veritable tidal
wave of school district taxation has
swept over the state" says j. r..
Swearingen, state superintendent OF
education. Every county has shown
marked activity and in some coun-
lies more than half of the districts
either voted tax or increased an eS-
isting levy.
sThe experience of the last two
years has convinced school officials,
trustees and educational leaders Of
fhe pressing need for more money"
continues Mr.. Swearingen. "The first
Step in the program was the passage
of an amendment to Section l742 OF
The code, raising from mills to IS
mills, the maximum district levy al
iowable. A considerable group of
counties secured special acts allow
ing II mills. Districts in one county
were granted the privilege of voting
80 mills
Mr. Swearingen says that state AID
ed high schools are required to have
81 local levy of at least four mills.
THE high school act imposes no top
limit, fortunately and allows districts
Maintaining state aided high schools
to- vote whatever local tax the free
holders and electors may approve.
No limit on local school taxation is
prescribed IN a number of states,
State and county funds are supple
mentea annually by whatever local
levy may be needed to run the
schools. Mr.. Swearingen thinks this
IS a privilege enninently desirable IN
South Carolina.
The 1920 amendment to section
Il 743s of the code allows more latitude
IN the issuance of school district.
boaas, which amended raises the bond
limit from 4 per cent to 8 per- cent
af the assessed valuation.
An active, campaign was planned
last,M Mareh at a conference of county
superirten6ents, says Mr.. Swearin-
gen. The program was pressed ysgor-'
ously dnriag April, May and June.
BY July i favorable elections had
49, q, a. $50 o&e srIyl,t, M nyo
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-01-21

removed. Absolutely no clue was
left behind aid officials stated their
opinion that it was the work of a
gang Of robbers. as quite a number
of cars have recently been broken
into. Had the gang not continued
operations, becoming bolder as they
progressed, it is probable that the
mystery Of the disappearing trunk
would have yet been unsoived.
Just one week after the trunk dis
appeared, however, another raid was
decided upon and using a Ford and
the purloined truck the band made a
dash into erstwilile Chester and en-
tered the Lando business house.