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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-20

selected to teach in the schools of
this district, who had not acquired
the proper certificates to entitle
them under the law to receive
public money. When those certificates
were called for by the Chairman Of
the School Board, whose duty it is to
see that the law is complied with.
Mr. Meadows asked the Mayor and
1 City Secretary and Treasurer to is
sue checks without pay certificates
from the Chairman of the Board. Mr.
Meadows tried then to mtimidate the
Chairman of the Board and force him
to issue the pay certificates, which is
an open violation of both spirit and
letter of the law, but threatened to
mandamus the chairman aud force
i him to issue pay certificates to those
teachers who had not acquired the
proper certificates to entitle them to
receive their pay. We think it dan
gerous precedent for US to have a sup
erintendent who has no regard for
the law.
! Mr.. Meadows was advised b. Super
intendent of Education f. A. Stanley,
chairman of the Board of School Di-
rectors, not to apply for reelection
but to resign. Director R. A. Car
son advised Mr.. Meadows that his
usefulness as Superintendent Of the
schools of this district was ended.
Opportunity was given Mr.. Meadows
to resign or not to submit his APP
plication for reelection, but the con-
tinuation of his connection with the
schools Of this district as superinten-
dent was brought up by him at the
meeting of the school directors on
February 28th, 1921, and requested
that action be taken on his future
connection with the schools of this
district, which was done, n which
time majority of said Board of
school Directors declared the position
of Superintendent vacant.
The agitation of few over the
action of the majority of the Board
of School Directors in declaring the
position of Superintendent of Schools
vacant, has not caused the majority
lof said school board to change their
views in the matter, but the action
on the part of the said few, has in
"a large measure tied the hands of
said board and will make it difficult
for the board at this time to secure
suitable man for this position. Had
this ineffective demonstration on the
part of said few not been made, the
board would have allkady without
doubt filled this position.
Before closing this statement, we
wish to assure the splendid teachers
in our schools whose homes are out
of this state, that we do not in any
way intend to reflect on them, but
hold them in the very highest esteem.
The foregoing facts can be sub
stantiated, together with a great
many more that we do not care to
bore the people of this district with,
but submit the foregoing as suf-
ficient to justify the action of the
majority of the board of schools di-
rectors in declaring the position of
Superintendent vacant.
Respectfully submitted,
f. A. STANLEY,
GkDCDNT
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-20

Attractive display Of spring sample
hats at remarkably low prices at the
Ideal Millinery Store. See them early
or they will be gone.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-20
SLAP STICK FUN,
JAZZ AND FROLIC
ATPYTHIAN SHOW

As panacea to drive dull care
away the big Pythian minstrel which
will hold the boards two nights on
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-20

with first team.
"16. All games are to be seven IN
nings."
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-20

production and it will be an attraction
Of artistic beauty as well as min
strel success.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1921-03-20
ENLARGE
BASEBALL PARK

Continued from Page One)
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
COTTON PAVED
ROADS FOUND
BY SCOUT CAR
Highways Are
Discovered by Dodge
Machine In West.

Roads paved with cotton-Ncrltapie
fleece-lined highways-are the latest
the fact that old King Cotton had
been relexated TO this lowly though
extremely useful duty was not gen
orally known. even In California,
where the cotton boulevard idea
seems to have originated, until the
discovery was made a short time ago
by a road-scouting party down In the
Imperial Valley.
"Old 500 ,OO0," the famous Dodge
Brothers. car used by the .Albertson
Motor Co., Dodge Brothers dealer In
Los Angeles. W. going through the
valley on her res ularly appointed task
OF finding new points OF interest Tor
tourists, when a snow white road sud
denly loomed ahead OF the tedious.
sandy path over which the car had
been pulling for bours. The driver
was perpiexed and II was not until he
got out and made an examination that
he found the explanation. II was
carpet OF cotton. stretching as far be-
yond him as he could see.
OFF the highways the roads Of I'm
perial Valley in the vicinity OF Indio,
CT achelia and Mecca. and throughout
the whole Imperial Valley In general,
are poor, the constantly shifting sandy
BOIL pftNtHtinS tIc "Soi Va ~ oaic
and country roads.
So, in order to make satisfactory
roads for the purpose Of inter-com-
munication, the farmers have found
that raw cotton makes an excellent
surface for automobile and teams
alike.
1t was found that many other roads
which branch off the main highways
leading to the farms and ranches were
similarly paved" The cotton pods
seem to bed down in the sand of the
road and give a good traction surface,
especially for light automobile traffic.
That cotton, maker Of fortunes dur
ing the war years Of 1917 and 1918,
should be 80 valueless that II can be
used for making roads is due to the
collapse of the cotton market in late
1919 and early 1920.
Recently, however, there has been a
sharp revival and the cotton-growing
industry in the Imperial Valley. as
elsewhere. is on the upswing.
The Dodge Brothers dealers party
reported that the intense heat Of the
valley, although 1t made 1t necessary
for the drivers to wear sun helmets,
had no effect upon "old 800, ,000." No
trouble was experienced in the daily
grind along the blistering stretches
of "fleece-lined" roads, and upon its
return from this trip "old 800, 900"
was placed on the salesroom floor of
the Albertson Company, where 1t now
rests with the desert dust upon 1t in
contrast to Dodge Brothers car $780,
OOO"
The Washington times., 1921-10-15

automobiles. with prices ranging from
10000 marks TO $50, 900 marks.
II is figured that there Is approx.
mately $4,000, ,000,0 a year saved in
In the City OF Mexico the municipal
license fee on seven-passenger auto
mobile Is 80 pesos. or s14.50 evecy
two months, and a five-pessenger cur,
20 pesos every two months,
The first automobile show ever held
In China is planned at Shanghai dur
ing the week or November 26 to de-
cember 3. There will be on display
the best known American, British and
French cars.
Motor manufacturers in Germany
are planning to exhibit this year var
ious types OF cars In motor shows in
the United States. It will be the first
appearance In American shows since
1914.
AS a result OF a gasoline economy
test In France, a motorcycle was lie.
Gently operated over a course of S4.9
kilometers about 5 miles, on one liter
OF gasoline. This is nearly 200 miles
to the gallon of gasoline.
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
lMOTOR, |
| DIGEST |
Automotive Activities Through
out the World.

Illinois has 2s.102 tractors on farms.
q gallon In Mexico.
In Germany. automobile speed races
nave resumed near Berlin.
rifty-five out OF every 100 farmers
IN Pennsylvania own automobiles.
London has 1000 motor sight-see-
ing buses and 5000 passenger buses.
Indiana. has at present 10000 more
motor vehicles than during the whole
Of 1920.
Government, private and CONNER
ciaily owned motor vehicles In Peking,
China. number 1900.
There are 129 passenger automo-
bile factories and 222 motor truck
nactories In the United States.
There are three and one-half times
as many motor vehicles in New York
City az there are In London.
Chicago is the largest postal motor
equipped city In the country. having
no fewer than 460 vehicles.
The automobile industry, as Q whole,
- running approximately IL per cent
or what 1t was year ago. -.
California, at this time, claims to
have more automobiles registered than
any other State In the Union. =
A motor bus line, operating In Can
ton, China, has Is trucks and trailers,
each accommodating 10 passengers.
Mrs. Daisy Golding, a member of
the police department of New York
City, is the only woman motorcycle
officer in the world.
Germany Is now manufacturing
eleven" different kinds of passenger
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
LAST TITLELESS
AUTOPUb[|SHEO.
IN TIMES TODAY
Contestants Have Until October
20 to Send In Their
Answers.

Car No. 80, the last TO be shown In
The Washington Times $3.50 Auto
Title Contest, is published today.
Also you are furnished with a cou-
pom on which you can write the names
OF all the cars. You do not have 10
use this coupon unless you want to.
You can send In the names OF the cars
on the clippings you have torn from
the paper from day to day or on q
plain sheet OF paper.
Remember that Car No. rs was pub
lished two days In Observation-Disclosures
10 and October IL. and that only thirty
different cars In all were shown. Car
No. 26 was reprinted at the request OF
a number OF contestants who said they
failed TO see II because II was not pub
lished In its accustomed place In the
paper.
You have five days In which to COM
plete your titling of the cars and write
short suggestion for improving traffic
conditions in Warrington
All answers must be, In the hands OF
the walk Right; Drive Right Editor"
by midnight October 20.
The judges In the contest win be
Capt. Albert Headley. of the Traffic
Bureau; Chester Warrington, president
of the Washington Automotive Trade
Association, and Rudolph Jose. presi'
dent of the Washington Cadillac Com
pany. Their decisions will be pub
iished In The Washington Times. Sun
day, October 23.
The prizes are: first, 500; second.
$50; third, s25; fourth. SIS; fifth. $40.
and 80 prizes of 81 each.
Besides winning money, the success.
full contestants also will be perform
Ing a civic service by helping the Ma
tional Capital solve. It's traffic prob.
lens. 10
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
WhyNot?

In the fiscal year ending June
80, 1921, I'VE, the people OF the
United States" spent s40s.T2s.-
$50 for candy. and s44. 4.405. 800
for chewing gum. The ladies'
Qargely) spent sl46,0l9,100 for
paints, cosmetics and perfumes.
Without throwing further light
on our extravagances, II may be
deduced from the foregoing that
the United States can well af-
ford the proposed annual Federal
appropriation OF 100000. 900 TO
aid the States In the construc-
ton OF highways, which will add
greater usefulness and longer
life to the motor-cars and trucks
for which We spent last year,
.l,676,76S.s00.
The Washington times., 1921-10-15

ment n unique. II Ia practically Inn
possible 10 depend upon mathematical
formulae TO give the effect OF even
the most minor change In construction.
SO complex Is the distribution Of
forces operative upon the tire. that no
change may be made without most ex-
haustiye, practical tests-roAd tests
that embrace such severe service that
II the tire stands up under them. Il
must OF necessity stand up under nor
NAL usage.
IL Is no uncommon oocurance In the
Miller tire factory TO Try out a hun
dred IDEAS TO prove one practical.
Often years OF careful study and test
ing In all kinds OF service are required
70 complete an analysis OF a conteIn-
plated change In construction. One
experiment naturally suggests an
other. Perfection OF construction does
not come from any good idea. bat
out OF the failure OF many.
The best place TO find out about a
tire Is the place where Il Is going to
run-to test Il here on taxicabs. lit
neys. salesmen's cars. commercial cars
and trucks.
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
Automobile Title Contest
. /. 1. COUPON II
"Walk Right, Drive Right Editor"
. The Washington Times:

The Washington Times: ---- -,|r--s =
Below am sending you the name of the thirty
cars and attaching my suggestion for improvement
in traffic conditions in Washington. .... ....
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
Timely Tips
I'D the engine clean.

Keep the engine clean;
Flush the radiator occasionally.
Test the valve springs for strength.
Grease the wheel bearings at inter-
walls. -
Drain the vacuum tank of impur-
tiles.
Keep the spark we'll advanced und
save gas.
Wash the car with light stream
and a sponge.
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
Road Auto Clubs.

) In England, road clubs for motor
Its are being opened along the
main highways at a distance Of 80
miles apart. The plan, grew out Of
complaints of overcrowded hotels
and expensive rates, The club
houses, which give a superior kind
Of hotel accommodation, together
with everything the tourist may
need in the way Of garage, repairs
and supplies. The annual member
shin is So ..-
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
AMERICA DOMINATES
so. AFRICA AUTO MARKET

There is one foreign car market
which is dominated by the American
car and that is South Africa. Of
ficial reports show that last year.
in spite of difficult business condi.
tions in South Africa, that colony
bought 1884 American motor cars,
the total purchases from all coun-
tries being 7.415.
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
PRODUCTION OF DURANT
CAR STARTS At MUNcIE

Durant Motors. Inc, has formally
begun production Of the Durant Six
at Muncie. The former Sheridan
plant where this car will be built
will be considerably expanded to
raise it's present production facil-
tiles. which are equal to $4,000 cars
per year.
The Washington times., 1921-10-15
lS MILLION Of
MILES RUN BY
: TIRES IN TEST
Factory Devotes Much Time and
Expense to Picking Out
Shoe Defects.

One and one-hslf times around the
world every twenty-four hoursl Tires
run 10000 miles a year just for
betterment tests. Thfs rs the story OF
tire uniformity In one factory. OF how
tires are made 10 Withstand the grind
and punishment OF the road.
Tire experimentation and develop
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04
Shoemakers Out of the Arabian
Nqhts

Far to the north, in the Mesopo-
tamian capital, Bagdad. the once
glorious city Of the Caliphs, I have
fingered in the bazars until I have
been bewitched into not disliking
their smells and not seeing their
filth and not being Jared by their
din. One breathes in them still the
atmosphere of romance. They are
long. winding brick corridors, built
in between the houses, 50 narrow
that carriage can scarcely pass
| down them, though they are used
as main thoroughfare for all kinds
of traffic. They are rooted by a
series of low, irregular domes con-
tanning openings to let a little light
and air into these dim, malodorous
retreats from the intolerable warmth
and brightness outside. They are
! lined with shops. which are mere
shallow recesses in the walls but
I have front doors that can be fas-
tened at night with fearful and Won
derful padlocks. The different trades
,
gorgeous hued silk bazaar, the cotton
bazaar, gay with prints, the copper
bazar. not quite so dangerous per-
haps, as a naval shipyard, the silver
and goldsmiths' bazaar. with it's mini
allure anvils and its furnaces blown
with primitive skin bellows, and the
native shoe bazaar.
Tho Shoap, IN rr;5a h;s.
craftsmanship, and rejoices in the
| work of his hands; for most of the
time he is making handsome canoe
shaped shoes, with scarlet outside
and yellow lining, which Arab men
| wear in the city. and which har-
monte admirably with their silk
and gold abas. If he is an enter
prising cobbler and likes to keep
! ahead of the game, he may festoon
| the ceiling of his little shop with
dozens of pairs of uppers ready for
F! the soles to be sewed on. To be
sure, as he sits comfortably beating
the finished shoe into shape with his
wooden mallet, he is not at all dis
turbed by the fact that the pairs
are none too exactly matched as to
length and width. The prospective
customer will have the amusement
of trying on the shoes that he thinks
will fit him and. if he please, of
bargaining for them until the cool
of the evening. What more should
one ask? But if one does ask more,
the shoemaker is prepared to grant
it, for during the war he picked up
many new idea and learned to
make shoes after the west ern pat
tern. So lager is he for foreign pat
ronage that, if he receives a western
shoe as a model, he copies it faith
fully, even to a patch on tho vamp,
and perhaps he goes so fay as to
make up shoes for stock and to send
out his son-who speaks a ja,gon Of
mixed Arabic, Hindustani and Eng
lish Of a type not exactly appropri-
ate for drawing -rooms-to hsil a
passing Englishman with the cry !
Lovely shoes, sahib!" or English !
shoes, sahib"-From Shoes Of Asia. |
by Roland Gorbold, in Asia Magazine
for June.
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THE JOURNALS AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT

stay all day to catch few. A meal
can be obtained in a very short time.
That is a pleasant part Of vacation.
On the shores Of the lakes of Lincoln
are many ideal camping grounds sur
rounded by beautiful scenery.
Among the beautiful lakes OF Lin
coin is Mattanawcook Lake. One can
place boat into the waters OF this
lake from the back doors of some OF
the houses on Main street and does
not have to sail far to get away from
the hum of the village. Within a
few minutes sail from Lincoln vii
lage are many ideal spots for vaca-
tionists where they can enjoy rest
and comfort. And a big feature Of it
all Is that the short distance from the
village makes it possible to go to the
village after fresh supplies. mail, ETC.,
every day If need be.
One can in a short time go from
Mattanawcook Lake to Folsom stream
thence to Folsom Lake. Many large
pickerel can be caught at Folsom.
From Folsom stream one can sail
up to Crooked Pond, the jewel, where
can be caught the gamey bass.
Crooked is a most beautiful pond and
a visit to it will greatly reward one.
One can go from Folsom Lake to
Long Pond by short carry. This
is another beautiful pond and there
can be caught the trout. Dead
Stream which flows into Mattanaw-
cook has many trout holes and visit
to this stream rewards one with a
well filled basket.
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How the Super-Six
Eliminates Vibration

II find that while most people
recognize the consistent excellence
with which all Super Skies perform,
the chief reason for it is not so well
understood" says P. NJ. Lawrence,
local Hudson Essex dealer.
1.-The reason lies in the patented
Hudson motor. 1t accounts for all
Hudson's supremacies. Men talk of
the smoothness and ease with which
Hudson accomplishes every obliga-
ton. Thousands depend upon it for
the hardest tasks of transportation
with the same confidence they hold
in the reliability of the finest watch.
ut is all because the exclusive
Super-SiX principle frees the motor
of vibration to such extent that it's
new car smoothness is retained
through long life.
THAT is so clearly shown in the sort
of service earlier models everywhere
are giving Owners of these older
Hudsons know that after years of
duty their Super Skies are still Civ
ing a character of performance that
many new and costlier cars are in
capable of.
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crease run as high as 96 per cent.
over the figures of 1917.
THE Wall Street Journal further
says:
opment Of motor cars, the introduce
ton of new models, etc, prices be-
fore 1917 scarcely admit of compari-
son with existing levels. Taking &c
prominent cars as an index, giving eff
feet to reductions of last fall, but not
those of this spring an average in
crease of 81 per cent in the years
19171921 is Indicated
"'Greatest increase was in that
group of cars selling under $1,000 in
1917. Seven makers in this class in
creased an average Of $500. The in
crease was smallest in the $1,000 to
$500 group, where a 45@o advance
was noted. This increased to Acc in
the $15G0-250O class and again to 53eo
for those cars selling above $4,000.
Decreases this spring have been
from IL to 21cs.
Because of changes in models, it
Is practically impossible to study
price variations of some Of the most
prominent manufacturers. 1t should
be pointed out that in some cases of
greatest increase the manufacturer
has developed his car to the point
that it has passed entirely from it's
original price class.
The movement toward lower
prices in the industry is unouestioned
ana further recruits are expected
from now until spring. But manu-
facturers assert that with the con-
slant increase of motor car refine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04
NO PRE-WAR
PRICE CERTAIN

No actually pre-war level of prices
in automobiles is possible at present,
according to Wesley w. Albee, agent
for the Chandler car in this vicinity.
1.-The Wall Street Journal has made
a careful survey of this situation"
said Mr. Albee in discussing this sub
ject with the Journal In a table CIV
en- in the article, it is pointed out
that. since 1917, the Chandler has
shown the least increase in cost of
any car. In other words, the price of
the 1921 model is but 10 per cent. more
than the 1917 figure. The next low
est percentage of increase is % per
cent. and from this figure the in
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Lincoln, Me-, Has Many
Fine Lakes and Ponds

The town Of Lincoln, Me-, has Is
lakes and ponds and many streams.
The lakes are not the largest but
they are plenty large enough upon
which to enjoy a pleasant vacation.
There are plenty of fish to be caught.
The common fish are perch, .ickerel,
bass and trout. Whenever a person
goes after fish in Lincoln he usually
returns with a good feed. The beau
tiful part of it all is that a person
going out fishing does not have to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04

Examination Of the teeth of an
cient Egyptian mummies shows that
the decay of the teeth, pyorrhea and
other forms of dental diseases oc-
Cured 5000 years ago much as they
do today. The preservation of teeth
by filling appears never to have been
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04

Hector. BY turning the end cap, it
may be focused near by or so as to
send a brilliant shaft of light 800 feet
ahead. One of the most pleasing
things about it is the reasonable
price.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04

which cause meat to decay and Inv
whole was then placed at tempera..
ture slightly above zero Fahrenneh
for five months after that time 10.
meat was still perfectly fresh an'
good.
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AUTO NEWS NOTES

F'ifield Bros. report that the new
Eveready focusing spotlight, is very
popular hand fiashlight. 1t takes the
regular three cell battery, has a
brighter bulb and a new scientific re-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04

The value of cold in preserving
meat has been shown by a recent ex-
pertinent in Australia. Fragments of
meat were placed in a liquid contain
ing numerous microbes of the kind
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04

discovered by the Egyptian surgeons.
Toothache must have been common,
but was probably regarded as ineyi-
table.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-04
Bankruptcy Proceedings

A schedule has been filed in the
United States district court for the
northern division in the involuntary
petition in bankruptcy, filed against
Fred w. Durepo of Limestone, last
April, showing the assets and liabili-
ties. There are mortgages to the ex-
tent Of $4,000 secured by property
valued at $12,440. In the unsecured
claims, the largest creditors are the
Limestone Trust Co. with an account
of $1,000; Conant- Patrick & Co. of
Portland, an account of $3,245.23;
American Agricultural Chemical Co.
of Rutland. an account of $3915: and
Fl. o. Perry & Son of Fort Fairfield,
sos. Durepo's assets are placed at
5000 with liabilities of $2S,118.01.
The following petitions in volun-
| tary bankruptcy have been recently
| filed:
Harry L. Stems of Newport, mer-
chant, assets $4,000; liabilities, s47,-
23709.
| Clinton Foss of Danforth, assets
$120; liabilities. $1,329.25.
J. Douglass Brown of Fort Fair
field. assets, 1925: liabilities, $500.