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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

The supervisors of Allamakcc county
have suspended their paved highway
program for the present. owing to the
surprise they received when bids for
the construction of a road northeast
from Waukon We're opened recently.
The bid for paving was $4,000 mile,
thing $1,000. and grading $1,000. or Il
total of $4,000 Il mile.-Dubuquc
Telegraph Herald.
SJS.000 Il mile is enough to induce
almost anybody outside of the Wilson
administration 10 change his mind.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

There is a movement on foot to in
duce the state legislature to enact a
law putting policemen and fircmen I'M
der civil service rules in all towns har-
ing the city manager plan and bill
providing for such a policy is now be-
fore the general assembly. Such law
might he all right so far as firemen
are concerned and it might even be all
right in the big cities so far as the
police department is involved, but it
is doubtful. The police department
ought TO be responsive to the policies OF
the city administration and the adj
miniStratiOn in turn ought to be
responsive to public needs and law en-
forcemcnt sentiment. City administra-
items ought to have power to discharge
a police officer if the officer is unsatis-
factory and it shouldn't be required to
file and sustain charges against such
officer. 1t is enough if the officer is
out of harmony with the administers
tion. as there must be harmony if best
results are to be attained. The bill
rutting police officers under civil serv-
ice rules in city manager towns ought
to be defeated. The city manager IS
charged with law enforcement and he
ought to be free to select his Subordi-
". tns xybn ora fn assist i'm maintaining
law and order.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

Before the war the national wealth
CT Germany was placed at SSO.OOOmo.-
coo to SS5OOO.O0O.O00 1t has been esti-
mated that the war cost her S3Q.000.-
100000 Possibly these figures are
what enabled the allies to decide upon
Gcrmany'S reparation bill-S510Oo.
COO. That is about all she has left
after paying the cost of the war. In
fact it is more than she has left. be-
cause she has lost Alsace Lorraine. the
Saar region and her colonies, besides
her ships. much of her railroad equip
ment, etc
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

Guess this country can get along
very nicely without Grover Cleveland
Tcrgd0ll. 1t would be good thing for
IL if all of his kind would flee to some
foreign land. The man who shirkS
lis responsibilities TO his country in
time Of war has no right to its pro-
lection in time of peace.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

Readers. Help us Find Most Fam
Gus Tree in State" imp!orcS the DeS
MoineS Capital. Well. we do not know
just where it is located. but the most
frequently mentioned is the one re-
fel1ed to 50 often when it is declared
that il looks so and so ito Il man up Il
tree"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

Winning wars has turned the head
of Japan" says the DeS MoinpS Capt.
tai Well. hasn't Uncle Samuels head
been turned" somewhat by the same
thing: We have won every war we
ever engaged in and there is 10 queS-
ton but that ii has made us rather
chpSty.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

Il lot of republicans are now in
curing about the railroad fare to
Washington" notes the DeS Moines
Register Yes. and lot of democrats
arc inquiring about the price Of tickets
10 their homes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

What has become of the Old-fash-
toned citizen who imagined he would
die if deprived Of his daily booze:-
Register.
Why, he's dead. Of course.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

The consumers of gasoline will be
excused if they fail to try to stop Il
price war between the Standard Oil
company and some of the other oil
handlers. If would be a fight that
would be enjoyed by everybody except
the participants.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

And TO think it was Boise penrose
that led in the fight for cloturc in the
senate to permit Il vote on the emer-
sency tariff bill? The senator appears
10 he progressing in his old age
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

\ New York dispatch says that ''Sev-
en- cent sugar for the table is a posi-
bility in the not distant future" Well.
let her come. Seven cent sugar will
NOT look 50 bad III company With 40
cent corn.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

In looking over an old copy of the
Daily Frceman-Tribune of October ;.
1905, we note that prices on the Chi
cago market were as follows: Wheat
say. corn 30. oats IS, hogs So to 500.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

The state senate of Arkansas has
passed a bill making bank robbery Il
capital otfense. If it includes robbery
ll bank officials it is all right.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

panies TO keep their equipment en-
ployed. and lessen the probability OF
another congestion of traffic when bust
ness picks up in the spring.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

his cereals as to prove that there is Il
very big niger, yes whole regiment
of them, somewhere in the woodpile.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

The Freeman and Journal, both
papers, per
The Daily Freeman.Journal, by
mail, per year----------------$5.0 100
Delivered. in city per year-S6.O0
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

Foreign Advertising Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-02-07

Entered at the Webster City Post
office rs Second Glass Matter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08
Notice To Bidders.
Lige Williams

Notice is hereby given that seal
ed bids will be received at the of
flee of the chancery clerk up I'M
til II o'clock noon on the first
Monday of December, 1921, for
building bridge across Rocky
creek in beat 5, according to plans
and Specifications now on file in
said office. Bids will be received
for bidder to furnish all material
and also for county to furnish all
material.
Bids will also be received up
until the same hour for feed strffs,
ETC., fer the various road districts
of county.
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
This the 9th day of Nov, 1921.
S. d. DONNELL, Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08
PETITION For PARDON.

To the Honorable Lee. NJ. Rus
sell, Governor of the State of Mis-
sissippi, and the Honorable Board
of Pardons:
l, Lige Williams, would most re-
specially show that at the July,
1921 term of the Circuit Court of
Rankin County, | was sentenced
TO serve for a term Of two years in
the state penitentiary on charge
of grand larcency.
| most respectfully ask that
be granted a pardon, as | believe
that | have been sufficiently pun
ished for the offence committed
under the circumstances, and if
given an opportunity, l viii. make
a law abiding and respective ne
gro citizen.
Lige Williams.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08
The Brandon News
w. S. MAY, Editor
MIR STELLA MAY. Mgr. Local Advertising
sI..'S GREATEST MAN.

lie more information one OBJ
tains of the character and ability
OF Woodrow Wilson, the more fully
5 the TACT realized that he is the
greatest man in the world to-day.
me series of articles on "Woodrow
wilson as | Knew Him." by Mr..
Iumulty, reveal in a remarkable
way OF the real greatness of the
man and the giant intellect that
ne possesses, as we'll as the great
service lie mas performed for hui
manly and the whole world. Few
en- realize the wonderful influ-
e.-ce lie welded at the peace con-
Iollence ana the trials tnat taxed
ms Draln and very life at that
meo.ing, ana to think tnat the men
VINO represent this nation in the
lawmaking body, for petty politics
with their narrow, partisan vision,
Snu selfish ideas, refused to con-
firm the work of the peace con-
ference. AS Mr.. Wilson says, it is
difficult ito find adequate terms
in which to describe the faulty of
these gentlemen with their poor
little minds that never get any
! where but run around in a circle
and think they are going some
where. | cannot express my con-
tempt for their intelligence"
The last days of the peace con-
ference at Versailles, when the
greatest problems were deferred
to the last were enough to rack the
human brain and make a raving
maniac of the president. His phys
ician wired back here at that time :
Japanese situation hanging on a
thread. They are in conference
now. These are terrible days for
f; the president physically and other
wise" The situation was finally
adjusted through the agency Of
the president and DR.. Grayson
again wired: 1T is regarded as q
wonderful victory for the presi-
dent. The Japanese admit that
they made greater concessions
than they ever dreamed would be
required of them, and the Chinese
agreed that they have great con-
fidence in their interest being safe
guarded in every way and they APP
preciated that the League Of Ma
tions eventually will look after
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08

them"
Ray Stannard Baker in his Book
"What Wilson Did at Paris says !:
"Of all the important decisions
at The peace conference none wor-
riad the president so much as that
;.o,etting to the disposition Of the
Sbants,ng peninsula-and none,
i4ally, satisfied him less. Not one
& Ire problems he had to meet at
1is, serious as they all were, did
lie take more personally to heart
th.Ia this. He told me on one occa-
sion that he had been unable to
sleep on the previous night for
thinking of it.
Those last days before the trea-
!, was finished were among the
hardest of the entire conference.
AS / have said before the most diff
ficult and dangerous problems had
inevitably been left to the last, and
hcd all to be finally settled in
tsose crowded days of last April. /"
President Wilson was the chief
fsctor in getting these delicate
matters adjusted, and then after
the task was finished, the U. 5.
senate rejected the matter, and
now the delegates at the coafer-
ence in Washington are founder
ing around trying to effect some
sort of an agreement hat is diff
fe.snt from that brought about
by Wilson, and yet realizing in
/ their hearts, perhaps, that there
is no better plan that will meet
the situation.
The rejection of the peace trea-
ty and the league of nations, which
Mr.. Wilson came near giving his
life for. was q fearful tragedy and
Mr.. Wilson could hardly speak of
it. In addressing the members of
tie executive committees of both
great parties, President Wilson
pleaded with them to lay aside
partisan politics and stand togeth-
er for America. because the world
cannot afford to have us lose this
fight"
The president further said"
II tried to state in Boston what
it would mean to the people of the
world if the United States did not
support this great ideal with cor
diality. but was not able to speak
when / tried fully to expresses my
thoughts. tell you frankly, I
choked up; / could not do it. The
thing reaches the depth of TRACE
dy. There is q sense in which / can
see that the hope entertained by
the people Of the world with re-
gard to us istra gical hope-trag-
|ical in this sense, that it is so great
so far-reaching it runs out to such
depths that we cannot in the ma
|ture Of things SATISFY it. New
ton Reoond,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08
CURRENT MARKETS.

An exchange prints the follow
ing reports of present day market
conditions.
Young men, unsteady; girls,
lively and in demand; papas firm
but declining; mamas, unsettled,
waiting for higher bids; COTE con-
siderably mixed; fresh fish, active
and slippery; eggs, quiet but ex-
pected to open soon; whiskey is
still going down; onions, strong ;
yeast, rising; bread SUITS, havy;
boots and shoes, these on the mar
ket are soled and constantly going
up and down; hats and caps, not so
high as last year, except foolscap,
which isstationa1y;; tobacco, very
low and has q downward tenden-
cy; silver close but not close
enough to get hold Of
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08
FINE WATCH AND JEWELRY
REPAIRING
AT YOUR SERVICE
WORK GUARANTEED
Send me your next package
Of work.
J. d. GRAVES, Jeweler
DLO, MISS.

To Florence Hines, A non-Resi-
dent, p. O. Address Unknown, De-
fendant:-
You are commanded to appear
before the Chancery Court of Ran
kin County, Mississippi, on the
fourth Monday in March, 1922, to
defend the suit of Hugh Hines,
complainant, wherein you are de-
PENDANT.
This November 18th, 1921.
S. D. DONNELL,
Chancery Clerk.
w. E. MCINTYRE,
Solicitor for Complainant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08
WANTED

| want to buy from owner or
owners, 2300 acres non-improved
lands, near Railroad in Rankin,
Scott or Newton counties. Must
Be level and plenty running water.
Quote best price on Z or 900 bu.
sound corn, f. @. B. Il. r. station.
J. w. BUSICK,
Brandon, Miss.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-12-08
LANDS POSTED.

All lands belonging to me are
posted against hunting, trapping
and fishing, and all tresspassers
are hereby warned to keep of.
G.. II. WEBB.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-02

giving. The incurslon ~ ak ntrana-
/ ers. four ~ whom were children. into
a household. - sufficiently upaeiiiug
~ itself. But when the mother ~ ths
family O. 4 critical sister 81 -iaw-for
4 had no reason 90 believe that Dlcky =
sister Elizabeth would - Bess cap
tlous than bis mother the prospect
ive hostess may wei BE- pardoned FOR
having qualms o. anxiety cnnceruinE
the outcome ~ the experiment
My mother-in-iaW's answer was not
particularly soothing 90 my fears.
There "a = perfectly good bedroom
next 70 Kafie'a." she said cody. with
that walnut bedstsad ~ mine iu b.
IL la most comfortable bed. Dlcky
has slept IN Il many a time ia hls
boyhood"
IL Il be 80 comfortable. Why not
the three boys sleep In 81" asked
rsbsiilouaiy. and re9rxttsd tho words
the moment they left my iips. for she
was regarding me with Mortified a.
maKemsnt.
"ff that Il your notion % hospi-
faiity. % put the guests tn q room
next % the servants a. the end - the
hall while you yourself sleep IN the
best bedroom. have nothing more 90
say. she re3alnsd. and then went on
talking In sublime uncousciousness ~
the silence vow she had lust taken.
However. am afraid fof thin
once sou viii have - modify your very
peculiar ideaa che Nent GA. Tor
Eiizaheth's boys are subject % Group
and must be near their mother. Thev
must not sleep IN 80 COLI q room ~
that back ore. either They are not
used le a.
-Of course I agreed instantly. FOR
sick child o. one who e subject 20
illness appeals % M very strongly.
waH really q trifie ashamed - my re-
luciance 10 entertain Dickys aister
and her family. but @ Do myself Iua-
tice l believe I would have fclt very
differently about % y Mother Graham
bad not adopted such a hiFh-handcd
attitude toward thn matter.
My mofher-in-iaw paid no aftsn-
ton 20 my sudden acpifuistion con
cerning the rooms. evidently consfh-
ering my attitude. favorable ~ unfav-
CRADLE. a. not worth considering inI
her plans.
We must have al thoss windows
AMI window curtains washed" she
said. and the house given = thorough
clcaninw. Katie u getting rather care
Jess since her marriage" she passed
her finger over the edge - the window
frame and Withdrew q triumphaniiy
showing me the mark ~ duet upon if
J was ~ used - these captfouH
strictufes - my mofher-ln- Law con-
cerniu@ Kauaa work that I ala nni
give her the indignant answer her
words well deserved Dear loyal
Katie. whose god vas Cleanliness and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-02
TnE lMPgRlAL eoNFgRgNeg

Two questions Of vital Importance.
not only 70 the people q the British
empire but TO the people Of the Unit u
States. viii be discussed al the i'm
perial conference IN London next
month.
The conference Is composed Of the
British premier and the secretary 81
state for the colonies and the pre-
misrs and leading statesmen Of the
sels -governing British d0miniona.
The two questions have 20 DO win
the future size ana distribution q the
British navy and the renewal Of the
Angio-Japansse treaty.
Britain's navy problem Is tnextri-
cahiy bound up with the problem Of
her future relations with Japan. Just
as Il ours
Australia. New Zealand and west
orn Canada are especially interested
IN The Angio-Japanese treaty because.
Ike as. they have an exclusion policy
to which the Japs take exception.
Premier Hughes Of Australia. in a
notable speech Just before sailing TO
take part IN the conference. said that
/ the hope OF the world depended. upon
good relations between America and
Great Britain.
lie deprecated a British policy that
would sacrifice the friendship OF Amer
lea for the friendship OF japan
and expressed the hope that the Lon
don conference would arrAYe At some
agreement satisfactory alike 20 Japan
Great Britain, America and the Brit
ism Pacific dominIons.
such a result would be a long step
toward the great objective Of world
peace and would furnish a splendid
background for the armament mmlta-
ton conference. which the senate has
asked President Harding 70 ean.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-02
A DAILY MESSAGE
nv DP. WILLIAM G. BARToN

II is related. and therefore may ne
true. that a small boy. VINO had no.
made a brilliant success 81 recitations
IN geography. came 20 bis written ex-
animation. and confronted the queH-
ton. what is the shape ~ the earth -
lie could not recall the answer that
was In the book, hut ~ remembered
more or less indissnctiy some things
which he had heard. and 50 wrote his
answer;
The earth il IN bad shape
That answer should have given HIN
a passing mark on his entire paper.
The earth - in bad shape. Those
people who regard d as flat are trou-
bled ~ its inequalities 81 surface. ana
those wha regard q - round are
compelled - admit that Il a. flattened
al the poles. and that Il wabbies AZ an
absurd angie a. Il makes SIS daily rev
olutlon upon 90 own unsteady axis
and mnnlfesfs no little eccentricity IN
its annual journey aroun the sun.
Even THIS % rot the whole story
The human part - II II badly out ~
adjustment. Nest % the people ln the
having more OF less: and the more We
we are that we also are not in bad
shape.
Nevertheless. D. am unwilling that
the boys answer should SO unquali-
fled. The earth has fairly creditn .
be record for q good many centuries
Zoe keeping regulars tnoura it does
the days WORK on q schedule that
can but excite our admiration for So
reliability.
n il the best world any 81 IA has
known thus far. and may be the best
that some - rs are iikeiv 90 have.
Let us admit that u i. IN some re-
spects. In lad shape. Let us see e
working AL together Ne cannot SGT
Il into better shape. We cannot DO
much 10 rsstors the rofuncity % ths
poles bat not many % us are anxious
90 live there. anyway.
We can 40 something 70 Improve
the part of the earth where We ac-
tuaIly live. and that il the part that
most concerns um.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-02

70 Japan. the Hcisnfi@tH say. The Jap
anese originally were Aryan or white
people. not Monaghan. Their saffron
complexion - the result Of cross
breeding their white ancestors (aslm
found IN the pure white state IN the
island 81 Yezol with coffee-colored
eonquerors from the Mai;y Archipel-
ago and China.
An interesting study-the origin %
races -why one man is white and
another black. yetlcw. red or brown
We might know more about the pre-
historic peoples and our own origin.
had II not been for the burning o. an
Client libraries BY eonquerlng soldiers
whose first act Of vandalism Wa TO
destroy the records Of the people they
had subdued.
A particular atrocious case was the
burning Of the Han-Lin College at
Pekin BY the allied soldiers during the
Boxer uprising with this college
persisted the priceless Vung-lo Ia Tten
encyclopedia o. 22.s77 volumes. COM
piled $500 years ago. each volume
dealing with a separate subject and
the whole including every biz % the
knowledge known 20 ancient Chinese.
A great institution. warl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-02

Who was generally - 30 seen n 1
whirl q brooms and srruhhlnE pals
1 I had a sudden forebudinK that lhis
pro- sectnd visit wtth fhe general clean
ing ana upscttlnw that my Fnofher-in-
law appeared 20 deem Necessary.
uouid mean truuh'e wifh ny faithsai
maid.
You remember Katie cleaned the
house Thoroughly just before she waa
married IL October. ard has gone over
I ID weekly Since I replied. o. a. en-
deavor - modify the tempestaous tine
{ saw coming.
"rhaf may - your idsa - gsttlng
rf1dy for guests az birthday csie-
brati0n.f mT mother tn-iaw returned
causticaily. ~bat q iant mire. NyheFa
i Kafie1 m the ktehenf
Katie Decides ouiskiy
n suppose co. I returned. anA =
fear ms tone vas d fFifie aulky. ~
mother -in-iaw glanced "a ne sharply,
Il thimk wfn interview Katie mg-
self shs saiH ioftiiy. and swept out
q the room.
As I followed her down ths stairs
Tor Z feared the result - eng confer
ence between my autecratie mother
in-laW and my fiery tempered maid
without ray presence - mlbdma Kafis
- had hard wurk - keep back TIE
, angry words that rose O. my upa. The
thought - an 90 mental safety valve
! had Used when = tsmpt siuouN child
came 10 me. ard ! reDeatsd ever and
ever 20 myself the nnoaf wixeniMh asm=
fences I could think ~. prWtwnatnR
that they were ADDRESSED 20 ny moth
81 in-iaw. ~ fha time ! reached ths
kitchen. the greater part ~ any -
sentiment had vanished On amusement
at ny own chiidishness.
A. I open the aitchsn deer Katls'a
voice came 10 M. hiHhpliehed. sxett-
81
Vets DOT yon sayf SEEK peoples
coming for q riNiL mma you want fh2
whole house cleaned. wash windows.
wash curtains. exerytinx. an Dot Wet
not one week awav already YET Vet
you tlk I am. var truck horse from
brewery Wen. , guess net no ean
a.. Dota an
Katie" ny mother-in-inw'H voice
vas Outraged. stern. Never speak %
me in fhaf manner again. ID yea r.
aAzo how impeFtlnent Nou aref Nau
wil 40 exactly az wish about this.
~ you wfii leave
Win a panfhsr-iike movement Katie
mwept her arm acruss tne kltcnen -
be where she was beating ~ = oaks.
sending cake. bowl with ifa uixtuse
and fke other thinEa on the table -
the floor. Then enc united her aprun.
rolled q ~ IN = ball and threw q AZ
ter the bowl
r leave din mlnnlt~ nhe wu1pef hyn-
terioaiiY, and swept p4st mg nsotA-
sf~la-law O. the kitchen door