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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08

10 Na0e ~ Hosa eutsssa tate oss
esrs IL dso1 = lusnbsr prices. This
apDaAzv % Asvs Hssn aecspAsl " the
senate eommietss - . sa&tseAceesy ex-
sasrasisn % The states )purchaslng
agsnt
Nsse pssDle were Convinced that
tie prices q last summer were SO
high ana conditions vsre % uncertain,
thst purchases On q lAree scale were
unWASsaDted ana unsafe. Particular
" v1s this true Of building materials.
No M contractor would ut that
time contract for moro material than
would meet his Immediate needs. No
private business ma wished to be
caught loaded mp with high priced
masertal when the anticipated drop
came.
But Mr.. Pollard seems to have pro-
ceeded on the assumption that mas
much - he had been chosen to buy
things Il WAS up to him to buy, and
buy he did, regardless. He bought
materials which could not by any re-
mote possibility be used for many
months. Some OF it has not been used
yet. II the house committee, which
attempted to conduct 4 real ~investig2-
ton, had had time it might p~rofitably
have gone into the question Of inst
how m1eh material was bought by
this agent, on how many side tracks
It aosd unclaimed, and for how long,
and how much moro was paid for it
than It could have been bought for
little later. What commission, II any.
Ar. Pollard received Cor his services
in placing these large orders is an.
other matter. On that point We have
It presen: only the statement Of Mr..
Waters that Pollard had told him that
he received such . commission.
The Drake mill Is Carrying rs 4
credit on its books an item Of nearly
$4,000 for 9cks. The sacks are pre-
suned to be in existence somewhere.
Those sacks : part Of =. large pu-
chase made by the mill ,nanageMe mt.
The purchase Wa made At about top
figures. at q time whom other people
who had use Tor sacks were buying
cautiousiy in anticipation Of the sharp
decline which has since taken place.
The bottom has fallen out OF the cot
ton market, and the state OF North
Dakota is left holding the bAs-sver-
q, bau-
Thee two items are merely Hug
trs&1ve. The private corporation must
pay its own way. Il has no resources
other than the returns from its own
business. Therefore it does not cntrust
large business operations to amateurs
ineompetents or crook-not il it
knows it. And it takes very good
olre to hnd out what sort Of men its
employees are before It let's them get
very fA'.
The state government. has the wealth
Of it's citizens behind it. and il its
business operations f1ivver it has only
TO collect more taxes. Hence the fell
low who has proven himself a useful
political worker is rewarded by being
placed in q position where either the
salary or the ptckings will compen-
safe him for hts strenuous labors in
the political field.
That Is the sort of thing which we
must expect from politically con-
troiled business. We are getting it,
with a vengeance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08
PENAIdZ1NG

II the German purpose q been
to est the endurance Of the Allies
and see how far dilatory tactics
could be pursued without ~'entailing
penalties, the experiment may be con-
stdered satisfactory. The Allied troops
are today to march forward into Ger
man territory beyond the Rhine and
occupy positions in one Of tho great
industrial districts some distance . in
advance of the positions specified in
the Versailles treaty. That is the first
step, and because it is something Wis
IDLE to the naked eye it may be some
what more impressive than the fur
ther plan of permitting the imposition
OF K on German imports regard
less OF the original treaty sttDulations
and the establishment Of a customs
boundary along the Rhine under AL
lied control, where collections will be
made in lieu of the ~reparation Sums
which Germany has refused to at
tempt to pay.
h arrnistice Of November II, 1913,
was unfortunate in that it saved Ger
many from invasion by foreign armies
engaged in the actual business Of war.
Germany could have been invaded.
The Allied armies could have crossed
the Rhine. They could have dictated
terms Of peace at Berlin, as the Prus-
sian armies held Paris while Bismarck
dictated his terms of peace fifty years
ago. The decision was for General
Foch to make, and he made it. He
knew what the possibilities were. He
knew that all Germany could be occu-
pied. But he knew also that this could
no be done without more fighting,
more loss Of life, and the dragging out
for more months Of a war Of which
the world was weary. He decided for
peace, and the decision did honor to
him and all who were associated with
him either in the field OF the council
chamber. But the decision had the
unfortunate effect Of leaving the Ger
man people, who had upheld their
rulers in the savage onslaught they
had made on civilization, immune
from the actual experience of war on
their own ground. 1t left their cities
intact, their homes unravaged, their
farms still productive, and it left q
foundation OF which they could build
4 tradition, if not of victory. Of invinc.
F.! fhtltty. Germany still considers herself
~unbeaten, n it il unfortunate that
this is SO.
The present military movement, .
step farther into Germany, is not
likely 10 be opposed. 1t may bring
some stubborn Germans to their
senses and convince them that theirs
Is the role Of the arrested criminal,
and not that Of the free agent in the
affairs Of the world.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08
sHorsns.

J3ne Strong, living in an apartment on
MsseIside Drive: IS sitting at her window
1ne night looking at the ships in the
Clothes pursuing another man. The man
IN evening clothes returns in u few; min
utes TO the apartment e door' to the
one she Is In. and the papers on the fol-
man having been found dead at the cor
ner near the apartment. Jane feels that
door.
Jane is asked by Mr.. F1eek, secret
service agent. to do some detective work
Tor the government. She Is given the
page. k-1s. which belonged to he man
~. va vas murdered I'd and asked to watch
nephew Fred Hot. Carter, q detective
also employed by Fleck. finds = chauf.
eur. Thomas Dean. also q detective. to
work FOR the >Stronss, and he and jane
carry on their work. discovering evidence
that the Hohs are spies. They search the
HOT apartment, and: discover that thu
mad also Is In LEAGUE. going to the Eooi
certain days zach week to give signals
apparently to persons on the warShips in
the harbor. using red and white handker.
chiefs for this. -
Of their regular Wednesday trips, made
for a purpose not yet discovered, and the
motorcycle in which the two are riding
Is struck by the Hons machine. Fred
f1oH remains to PICK up the victims,
much against his uncle's will. and before
leaving Jane, he tells her he is in love
with her. Jane already is strongly at
tached to young Hon. Advertisements OF
Dento tooth paste, which are figured out
by F1eck, give the information that q
certain "wOnder-worker,'' is to be ready
on Friday, which is the following day.
Young Hon. who has been seen on the
street III the uniform Of a British officer,
and who is suspected Of being deep in
the plot against this country, calls to
tell Jane that he is leaving at once on 3
mission that he can not speak Of to her,
and leaves a sealed packet with her,
Jane. with F1eck, Cater and Dean To-
cate the spot that the IIoffs visit every
Wednesday afternoon, and find that it il
supposedly q club. where . dozen or more
Germans co~ngreg2te, and which they
have called FRIENDS Of the Air" The
members FATHER presumably for the "a.
3oylnent OF out. Of door exercise.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08
Just Folks
o-r;n-rAsH1oNED LETTERS.

q #.". ~. ..H- rerH-. " H,4
ola abandoned letters! How good they
And nobody writes them NOW.
Never at all comes IN the scraM!
on the written pages which toid Us an
The news Of town an the folks We
An, what they had done or were going
II seems we've forgotten how
To spend an hour with u pen IN
hand
An, write in the language we under
stand,
Eo%,d-fashioned letters We used to get
And ponder each fond line DER;
The slad words rolled like running
gold,
AS smoothly their tales OF JOY they
told,
And our hearts beat fast with a keen
delight
| AS we read the news they were pleas
And rathered the love they bore.
But few of the letters that come today
| Arc nenned TO us in the old-time way.
| Old-fashioned letters that told us all
The tales Of the far away
| Where they'd been and n folks
they'd seen. a.
: An better than any fine magAoDo
| Was the writin' too, for It bore the
style
Of a simple heart an a sunny smile.
An was pure as the breath OF, May.
Some Of them oft were damp with
tears,
But those were the letters that lived
for years..
Old -fashioned letters! How good they
were!
And, oh, how we watched the mails,
But nobody writes Of the quaint de-
| OF the sunny days and the merry
nights
Or tells us the things that we yearn
L. to know -
! That art passed out with the long ago.
And lost are the simple tales,
Yet we all would happier be, l think,
If we'd spend more time with our pen
o~1 jrE
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CHAPTER xv-Continucd.

Absurd" cried F1eck Indignantly,
what to you mean? It's frightfully
serious"
"Of course, / understand" Jane
FASTENED to say. II was just think
ing, though, how funny we are here
In America, especially in the big
cities. We know nothing whatever
about u neighbors, about the peo-
pie right next door to US. In one
apartment wen be doing all We can
to help win the war, and in the apart
ment next door the people will be
many win. and it is only by accident
We find out about it. Take my own
father and mother. They haven't the
slightest suspicion OF the people mex,
door They would hardly believe me
II I told them the Hoffs were German
spies. They see them every day in
the elevator. Young Mr.. Hon has
been in our apartment several times.
Ny mother has met him and talked
with him. I was just thinking how
amazed and Mortified she viii be
what I have been doing"
"You are perfectly right" said
Fleck soberty. I'VE are entirely too
careless here in. America about our
acquatntances and neighbors. We
know that we are decent and re-
spectacle. and we're apt to take it for
granted that everybody elee is. We
don't mind our netghborG' business
enough. Nobody in a New York
apartment house ever bothers to
know who hts neiehbors are or what
their business is. 50 long as they pre-
sent q respectable appearance.
know New York people who live on
the same moor with two e1.convicte
and have lived there for three year
without suspecting 1t. We should
have here in America some system oi
registration as they have in Germany.
Tenants and travellers ought to be re.
CURED. to file reports With the police
giving their occupation and other de.
tails II that plan were in use here
enemy spies would lack most OF the
opportunities we have been g1yina
them"
Yes" said Dean, you are right
I've lived In Germany. Over there q
without the police knowing It. Their
system certainly has it, good points.'
IT surely has" Fleck agreed. 'Il
the Pruntansf character we're only
sq.ial 70 their intelliEsncs they would
be the most wonderful people In Nthe
world, but they are rotten clear
through. They have no conception
OF honor 40 We understand It. Onl,
the other day ! read Of a Prussia
Iofhcsr who led his men in an attack
Ion q ciiateau, 9nidinglthenl b. .5pIaul
lei 20 place he had made himself
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08
STRIKES HINDER SHIPPING.

/, Sydney, n. S. w. March S.-For
about the eighth time in three years,
the steamship services between Aus
tralia, and New Zealand and the trans
Pacife service to British Columbia r
disoreanized by strikes, leaving $4,000
idle:
A strike of stewards caused the lat
est trouble, which resulted in a tie-up
Of the ships. The strikers want an
eight hour day, with pay increase.
Owners Of the boats say extremists
are leading the strikers and declare
the stewards must go. back to work
Internationally or not at all. Other
maritime unions, it is said, are not
supporting the stewards strike and 1t
is expected they will endeavor to,. in
duee the stewards to drop their Nde-
mands. =
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08

Herald Want Ads. Bring Results.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08

A little lad said. =
I do want a sled,
And his money he counted once more.
The one he wanted, was more at the
store
Than his cash twice over.
But a Herald want ad
Placed there by his dad, =.
Quickly brought one right to his door.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-08

"You bet We didn't" said Carter.
Every one az those three planes u
fairly loaded down with big bombs,
scores OF thef1.sf
soberly; "~thatssstheir plan. Zeppelins
FOR England, big guns to shell Paris,
Ebornbs from the mir for New York.
ITS. psrt .ef thsfr campaign to spread
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02

the following: Four year scholar
ships-Newberry county-John Will
liam Kibler, R. 2, Pomaria; Irby M.
Goree, Newberry. State at large for
next session-Drayton E. Smith, XII
nards, Newberry county; L. S. Long,
Jr., Prosperity. One year agricultur-
al course-Furman Sterling, Newber-
ry. State at large-Thomas P.
Crooks, Pomaria.
Mr.. B. B. Davis and son, B. B., Jr.,
of Columbia are in the city.
Mrs. Iva Cromer and little Iva, DR..
of Spartanburg are spending the week
in Newberry with relatives. Mr.. Gro,
mer will come the weekend and re-
turn home with them through the
country in his car.
Mrs. S. L. Callahan of Newberry
is spending this week with relatives
at Zarline. She will be joined the
last of the week by Mr.. Callahan
who will be the guest of relatives in
that community for while.-Honea
Path Chronicle, 31st.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Zeigler and
children, Miss Elizabeth and Horace.
motored Wednesday morning to visit
Mrs. Zeigler's people near Orange
burg.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Trakas of Har-
rington street have three little girls
at their home now, the latest having
Joined the other two Thursday morn
ing.
Mr.. Abe Vigodsky returned to his
home in Newberry Wednesday, having
completed the law course at Yale. We
predict that Mr.. Vigodsky will "make
a good lawyer" one of the best.
Mr.. E. S. Coppock was carried to
Columbia Thursday for X-ray exam
nation. He had fall several nights
ago, from which he has. been suffering
and which left him in a serious con
dition. He was accompanied to the hos
pital by DR.. F. D. Mower. His sister
Mrs. Leroy of Greenwood, has been
called here on account of the atf1ic-
ton.
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itorium on Friday evening, Septem-
Der 2. After that, it is planned to go
ito Newberry, Laurens and Able
vile"
1t is a sad sight in any city to see
ia beautiful young woman, married or
single, walking the crooked primrose
path
Now for the American Legion con-
ivention, following "Cinderella in
Flowerland.
The preachers of Newberry have
all arrived home officially.
The Woman's Missionary society of
Central church will meet Monday af-
ternoon at 5 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Mary FAINT.
The union service for Sunday
might, September 4th, will be held in
the Baptist church at o'clock. Please
note the change in the hour. DR.. ]
NV. Carson will preach. (This notice
shows that the Rev. E. V. Babb is
officially, as keeps US posted in
this matter.)
If as reported Newberry county
will make only half crop of cotton
we hope and believe it will bring bet
ter prices.
The county missionary institute of
the Presbyterian churches will meet
at Whitmire Friday, September 16.
More than ever it is just one thing
after another in Newberry.
Regular service will be held in ST
Luke's Episcopal church next Sunday
morning at the usual hour.
The regular preaching service will
be held at Kings Creek next Sab
bath afternoon at o'clock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02
VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT.

The Insurance Press of New York
prints interesting statistics in refer
ence to insurance. Among the items
we find: Newberry, $4,000; Robert
McHolmes, $12,5O0; Leesville, $16,-
600.
"Cinderella in Flowerland' will
hold the stage at the opera house for
Fridays program. Matinee and
night.
That was nice little shower COM
ing up all of sudden Tuesday after
noon in the city, but not drop fell
at Oakland.
That cleanup man, Mr.. Ralph Mills
wants us to write card of thanks for
him. He says the people have been
so prompt and obhging in acceding 70
his request for trash to be placed con-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02

veniently and securely in readiness
for his trash mover" that he feels
like voting them a card Of thanks.
Starting out like it's going to be
a good one, "The White Horsemam"
is now on a run at the opera house.
See next episode Saturday night.
We would like to know what's the
matter with the Hendersonville, n.
c.. postofice. The Herald and News
sent to that office to subscribers visit
ing Hendersonville have not been de-
livered from the general delivery Win
dow. They have been called for by
parties who were told there were no
papers there for them. They were
sent from this office. The postoffice
operating from headquarters in Wash
Iington is entirely. too careless or in
different, considering the fact that it
is always wanting lot of free ad-
vertising.
GA Day in Camp" by the boy
scouts at the high school auditorium
tonight, Thursday, at $50 o'clock,
after the presentation of the troop
charter by President Geo. B. Cromer
of the Rotary club, promises to be an
Interesting affair. The public is invlt-
ed.
A fight occurred near the peanut
parcher Tuesday night between
Messrs. Leo Adams and George Rob
inson. They answered to the charge
of assault and battery Wednesday
morning in the recorders court, 'anc
paid their fnes-Mr. Adams $40 anc
Mr.. Robinson SIS.
The Greenwood Index-JQJurna
saws: "The American Legion dra
matte troupe plans to &C on regular
tour with their play, "A Friend II
Need" a farce comedy with music
lif all goes we'll with the presentation
here, one of the troupe stated yester
day. The play will be given for thu
first time at the Magnolia school aud
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02
NOTICE OF OPENING OF BOOKS
OF REGISTRATION IN The
TOWN OF NEWBERRY.

Notice is hereby given that the
Registration Books for the Town OF
NeWberry will be opened at the office
of the Clerk and Treasurer OF the
Town of Newberry on September 8;
1921, and will remain open to ana
including December 3rd, 1921, tor
the purpose of registering voters Tor
the regular municipal election OF the
Town of Newberry, which will De
held on December 13, 1921: >. w.
Chapman has been appointed super
vsior of Registration. No one can
vote at the regular municipal election
held on December IS, 1921, unless
thew obtain registratio ncertifcate7
for said election during the time said
books are open.
EUGENE S. BLEASE,
Mayor.
9-2-1taw-tf.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02

B. Y. P. U. convention. Not only
Camden but the whole association
will greatly miss Mr.. Mcdaniel.
He goes from the Camden chamber
of commerce to the secretaryship of
the Newberry chamber of commerce.
Camden Letter to Baptist Courier.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02
Newberry Market.
Cotton, II cents.

U. S. Department of Agriculture
has issued an explanatory bulletin in
which it says everything has gone
wrong with this years crop and that
many portions of the belt will not pro-
duce over Is per cent. to net third
of a crop.
Shannon.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02
{ (AMDEN'S LOSS is
NEWBERRY'S GAIN

Mr.. C. P. Mcdaniel has done great
work in a very short time in the Cam
den B. Y. P. U. He was also recent
ly elected president of the Kershaw
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02

Wanted TO Buy-Shetland pony we'll
broke. R. E. Livingston, Kinards.
8-26-3tp.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02

Fer Sale-We have a lot of extra
heavy selected bagging and ties.
The bagging alone weighs one
hundred and forty pounds to the
roll. We will sell it awfully cheap
while it lasts. Be sure and see US
before you buy. B. B. Schupmert
&: Co., Prosperity, S. c. 9-2-ot
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Shannon.
u. S. Government Condition Report
Issued II A. M. Thursday.

The average for the cotton belt is
1913, the lowest on record.
The following is the estimate by
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02
New York Market.

Spots, 1850; 145 points up from
Wednesday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02

Wanted-Good milk cow fresh IN
s G.. 8-30-2tp
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02

Wanted-Room and board or three or
four furnished or unfurnlsned
rooms for light housekeeping. Man
and wife. No children. Refer
ences exchanged. Apply P. 0. Box
3qe 8-19-tf
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02
New Orleans Market.

@ o 8 o o 9 Q o o o o o o o o o g
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-09-02
SPECIAL NOTICE

A flag in every home during conven-
ton. Headquarters for flags and
decorations. Hal Kohn.
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teachers, principal and
assistant, for a two-teacher school
near Dyson, in Greenwood county.
Applications will be received up to
August Is. Address ]. L. Aull,
chairman board of trustees, Dyson,
S. C.. 8-12-td
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MARKET REPORTS.

Corrected Monday and Thus
day by Summer Bros. Co.
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
siaekfoot Indians Do Battle

Biaekfoot. Idaho.-Lester Roubidou,
and John vernes, Indians, are In the
Bingham county jail, following fight
on the reservation two miles soutt
of this city, in which shotgun and 0
butcher knife were the weapons used
Roubidoux was shot and yernes was
cut in several places. Neither Il
seriously injured Following the fight
the men came to Backfoet togethe'
for surgical attention. They were Al
rested by Chief of Police Mol,len.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

I,aketown Irrigation Company f.
contemplating building reservoir in
aketown canyon. A committee mad.
an inspection trip over prospective
sites. If reservoir is feasible it will
do away with the extremely heavy
pumping costs. the community is now
subject to.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
Should shank Peonla

Fort Collins, Colo.-If the Lord die
His duty he would spank the people
smash their automobiles and tell their
10 walk. according to Bishop Irving
johnson, deploring the customs OF mod.
srn times.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18
81. vlsus, Dance.

This nervous complaint derives Its
name from st. yitus, Roman Catbo-
lie saint and martyr who lived In the
fourth century. 1t used to be the
custom to dance before his shrine OH
his festal day, June 18th, In the belief
that good health was thereby ensured
for the next year
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-18

Application for a permit to apprc
pirate public waters of the state O.
Idaho to divert $50 second feet OF wa
ter from Rock creek In Twin Falb
county. The water is to be used 70
power development purposes and spc
eifieations and plans filed show tina
1880 horsepower will be. generated
works for the project viii consist OF
q concrete dam 20 feet high and 20 feet
long. with three gates, each three fesi
wide by four feet high. 500 foot
stave conduit six feet In diameter
The pipe viii be laid on grade Of
10 feet to the mile.
Canyon county will soon embark upon
q comprehensive road building pro
gram that viii embrace the expenditure
OF almost $4,000 of state money In
this county.