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FROM THE PUBLIC
Dodging the Motor Car.
litor of The Times:

To tho Editor of The Times:
II you are walking to work In the morning,
striking Sixteenth street anywhere between U
street and the White House where no traffic Of
fcer is and by some unhappy misfortune have
to cross that beautiful road which leads south
ward straight to the portals of our most dis
tinguished residence, allow enough time for
the elaborate jumping lodging. and side-step-
ping which Is the toll for daring to so intrude
on the rights Of the motorist.
If you gain the middle OF the street. hold IT.
and perhaps IL you watchful, thoughtful,
careful, hopeful you may get across that same
morning. BY all means, II an opportunity offers,
lump at II, since the whole thing is done, more
or less by jumping. Show in your eye that
you mean to cross. and don't finch, no matter
what Ave thousand dollar model charges down
upon you, for after all II may be only re-
modelled wreck.
II automobing, like other seasonable killing
could be regulated by n sportsman-like law, the
human walking specimen would not run such
a risk of becoming extinct.
Is there any way OF bringing home to the
motoring enthusiast that the pedestrian, sur
prisinR as Il nay seem, is also on his way some
where, and stiil has not entirely given up hope
that he may be allowed to keep his engagement;
also that II might be of mutual assistance for
this same motorist to give Samaritan lift
when their ways lie in the same direction, and
this not necessarily toward the police station.
II done in the true Samaritan spirit.
(Just the point OF view OF the walking pub
lic-get out and try II once) A WALKER
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
ss11EARl. Rl.nS5EfnS91
NEW TRAFFIC RULES.

These new traffic rules have beel
especially for H and S b!
"THE GIRLS OF THE A. A.
american Automobile Association
Rule l. When two vehicles. going in
opposite directions. meet one pedes-
trian, each vehicle is entitled to nifty
per cent OF the bag.
Rule 2. Always stand pedestrians on
their heads. 1t doesn't hurt them and
makes them logical candidates for the
Presidency.
Rule 8. Motorcycles shall not park
on pedestrians for more than fifteen
minutes.
Rule I. When descending on a Pc
destrisn. think twice before slowing
up and three times before blowing the
horn.
Rule 5. when bouncing a pedestrian
around on the pavement. step on the
gas and blame II on the administra-
tion.
Rule 6. A nivver that is struck by a
reckless inmate OF a baby carriage Is
entitled to damages from the Associ-
sted Charities.
Rule Z. man who uses his legs
nowadays is slave to habit. They
can easily be broken.
Rule s. When meeting . deaf person
drivers should be very careful to blow
their horns
Rule .. When your engine is teeth
ing, give II = couple of telegraph poles
to chew on.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
THE GOOD OF FL AND S.

Contributors to the old column
would be deeply pleased II they could
read most earnest letter from
"SCOTTY," one of the guards at st
Elizabeth's Hospital for the Insane
Among other things, he says:
It's n great old column. and one
needs its influence and Inspiration
for such work as we have here.
II helps ms to be ever cheerful.
confederate and kind to the unfor~
tunate ones in our charge. Patf-
ents devour the column enthustas-
ticnIIy. One in particular cuts out
and pastes the &. o. g. in a scrnp
book. The album II public prop
erty and ts q constant source OF
amusement md recreation. as well
as q mental help. The physicians
and nurses consider the column
does great good in all directions
To know that your nonsense anc
fun carry sunshine to the afflicted
and healthy ought to be real Joy tc
every contributor and fan.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
Mary had a little lamb,
Whose wool made her q drera
But since those awful styles came In
It's getting less and less
whst7 The dress MILO IL
WASTED HOURS.

I've wasted hours Of valuable time,
Trying to write an acceptable rhyme;
Many's the time. In a mental flash
The thing" wac built--then came ths
crash.
Like house Of cards. u tumblcd down
Crushing my spirit into the ground;
INe stood the gan for the count Of ten,
will now give way for better men.
As a poet know I'm in a rut.
But wanna" become a regular nut,
SO on Aprls morn so bright and fair,
III be among those a nut to wear.
with heated brow and nerves unstruns,
Like a "Bust.d Bruiser' with q battered
lung;
I've come to the end-ny work 10 nil.
-sHow-Nu-
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
May God help our disabled sol
diers; their country dceant
seem disposed to.
IZZY FRANK.

motto the praise for soma
motormen and conductors Of tia
w. r. and e. Sorry We can't say
something good for all Of than.
/ saw a young conductor . day
or two ago who displayed No
manhood. A young lady. in the
rush of boarding the car. dropped
her token on the floor. The oon-
ductor called her back and show
ed her the token on the floor.
She had to pick IL up.
GIMME b. OOZh
Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust,
~ automobiles don't KIN 30
HONEST ABn
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

HARRY WILSON failed to include
in his high school stars of "yester-
day" such men as WALTER
HAIGHT, STERLING PUTSK and
BUCK" WISE, of Business High.
They earned laurels in four sportG
HARRY L. HARRIS
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
The Truth About Russia
and Our Millions Loaned
EFT us just see what the officials
who have been giving away our


& And do not forget that YOU are
an American taxpayer if you do
anything to earn your living. Taxes
can only come from production, and
ALL producers and consumers are
taxpayers in the long run, no matter
whether they appear on the tax
payers roll or not. So you have a
vital interest in the methods of in
dividuals who have been giving
away our public money to other
people.
Let us begin with the most fla
grant misuse of the public funds,
the gift of nearly two hundred mil
lion dollars to the so-called Russian
ambassador, Boris Bahkmeteff.
In March, 1917, the Gar was over
thrown, and a temporary provisional
government set up in Russia, headed
by Alexander Kerensky, weak,
vain phrase maker, with neither ca
pacity nor courage to rule. In less
than ten months he was runaway
fugitive and the rule of Russia
passed into the hands of the Boil
sheviki leaders.
Kerensky designated Boris Bank
meteff as his ambassador to the
United States, and the Democratic
Administration, which was then
throwing anything from a million
to billion into any foreign hat that
was held out, promptly gave Mr..
Kerensky's ambassador credit of
over three hundred millions.
Eventually this credit was reduced
to hundred and eighty-seven mil
lions-and from the day that
Kerensky ran away from Russia in
November, 1917, until the day in
February, 1921, when Mr.. Hearst ap-
pealed to the courts to protect the
public funds, this bogus ambassador
spent the money belonging to you
taxpayers like water.
, Bahkmeteff arrived here as Keren-
,sky's "ambassador" in July, 1917.
-Four months afterwards Kerensky
was driven from Russia. A gov
ernment which has no existence can
have no diplomatic representatives.
Therefore, Bahkmeteff's s authority to
represent Russia ceased in four
months from his arrival in Wash
dngton.
Yet from that time to this he has
Kept up an extravagant "embassy'
and retinue here, has maintained
luxurious headquarters in New
York, has financed costly propa-
ganda bureau, has had his apologists
and tools at work in the State De-
partment, the Department of Justice,
and the offices of magazines and
newspapers, has lived and enter
tained in regal style, and has
souandered in these extravagances
and in propaganda activities and
subsidies SIXTY MILLION DOL
LARS OF YOUR MONEY SINCE
THE WAR ENDED.
Moreover, the bonds of the former
Russian government were sold In
America to the amount of one hun
dred and fifty millions of dollars.
In addition to that, one hundred and
twenty-seven millions-exclusive OF
the sixty millions squandered as VIC
have related-were paid out of the
Treasury upon Russian account.
These two hundred and seventy
seven million dollars were ostensibly
spent for supplies to go to Russia
and the bulk of those supplies and
goods NEVER SAW RUSSIA and
NEVER LEFT THE UNITED
STATES.
Millions of dollars worth of these
goods-machinery, ships and mate
rials of all sorts-were either rent
od mort gaped or sold again by this
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
THEATER SIGN

Mile. LaBelle, champion diver
OF France and her six mermaids
diving in glass tank every day
at 2, 3, I, 6, s and 10 p. M"
They do seem to do their stunts
on divers occasions, don't they7
JULES BACK ENHEIMER-
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
Silence Is said 20 be safe-and
yet much trouble comes from the
still. RUTH and ILL.

Don't go looking for trouble.
Just stick to your income tax
sheet.
II a man has difficulty in maxi
a fool OF himself most any woman
can help him. -
CHEERUPADIST.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
THE TIMID GINK!

II SHE should see this and IN
derstand-well. bless you, Bill:
l long to take her hand in mine,
But dassent-
yearn to stroke her silken hair,
But dassent-
yearn to twine my arm around her,
But / dassent
Yes j long. I yearn. I ache pine
To press her sweet, dear lips to nina,
And softly. gently whisper in her ear.
But-Gosh darn it, what's the matter. any.
Yep. you've said t.: I'm the tinid ginki
daAsent.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25


back of the plot to seize Mr.. Mar
tens upon a warrant of deportation.
issued by the President at the
urgency of Mr.. Palmer, and ship him
out of the country without trial or
HEARING.
That warrant was issued, the
agents of Mr.. Palmer were watching
to seize Mr.. Martens, and the ship
in which to hustle him out of the
country was ready, when the edi
torial warning and a hasty sub.
poena issued by the Senate Commit.
tee ended that effort to prevent in
vestigations of the official relations
and the scandalous expenditures Of
the. fictitious Ambassador" Boris
Bahkmeteff.
If the Senate will thoroughly in
vestigate all that has occurred be.
tween officials of this Administra-
tion-and we particularly recon-
mend to notice the activities
of Mr.. Hoover in Palmer's
department., and of Mr.. Poole
and Mrs. Somers in the
Bureau of Russian Affairs, in
the State Departmental may find
mass of interesting information as
to what was done with some part
OF the millions of public money
handed over to the BahkmeteIf
crew, and what has been done with
some of the millions of dollars
worth of goods and commodities
which were supposed to have been
bought and sent to Russia.
And do not forget that every dol
lar of these squandered hundreds of
millions must be paid by YOU TAX
PAYERS-that every dollar of pub
lie funds handed to this Russian
spendthrift, adventurer and political
fraud, means that you people must
pay that much more in higher taxa
tion and in higher cost of living.
Your rent, your clothing, your food,
must cost at least four hundred mil
lion dollars more, because the Ad-
ministration lavished your money
upon this Russian crew of adven-
turers and spendthrifts.
Four hundred million dollars
wasted on that crew.
And these same Wilson officials
protest that the Treasury cannot af-
ford to take care of your sick, in
sane, disabled or unemployed sol
diers. And others of them protest
that the nation cannot afford to
maintain navy to defend itself
from future perils.
This alleged ambassador of a non
existent government is supplied with
millions upon millions Of dollars of
the American peoples money, which
is apparently spent in trying to
establish government in Russia
which the American people have no
interest in, and is further spent in
propaganda in the United States
which tends to deceive the American
people as to the actual conditions
in Russia, which abuses and mis-
represents the actual government of
Russia and tends to bring about un-
necessary ill-feeling between the peo-
pie of Russia and the people of the
United States, for no reason other
than Mr.. Wilson's personal favorit-
ism.
Mr.. Bahkmeteff is private citizen
of Russia. He is nothing else and
has been nothing else for three
years. And yet the Government of
the United States gives him millions
upon millions of dollars as a private
citizen to mislead the people of the
United States, to plot against the
people of Russia, and apparently for
no reason except that Mr.. Wilson's
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
CURE FOR HICCoUGHs.

Place the index finger on the left
superciavicular hollow several frao-
tions OF an inch above the middle
OF the clavicle. and then press caro-
fully the fifth ccrvical nerve. where
upon the hiccoughing will cease,
JOHNNY L. q.
Sounds pretty large. but noted
osteopaths are said to cure hiccouSh-
ing just that way.)
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

Mike-You're eatin' meat. Don't you
know this is a fast day7
Pat-Alright. I'm eatln' as fast as
I can. TOM CULHANE.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

General Won Boehn, Germany's
retreat" specialist, is dead. 1t is
possible that he never recovered
from a probable breakdown" in
Cured about the first part Of No
vember, 1918.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
Mr.. B. Baer
A sHARKEATING MAN.

Wall street is staggering
like an internal revenue
agent. An innocent by
stander horned in the other
day. spread rumors that zap
was an island, picked her
rings were salty, and that
whiske ers were made of hair.
Immediately, Amalgamated
Needles fell off a point.
Humpty Dumpty Preferred
took a tumble and NJ. T. and
Out broke loose from its
financial moorings.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

II they want to keep the vac
cination scars on girls from be-
ing visible, why not vaccinate
on the ears? PICKLES.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
BOGUS COLLEGE BOYS.

In reply to Isl KOLOGY'S" refer
ence to Georgetown University boys
not using much gas when they call
on girls, I'd like to ask her whether
she had in mind bona fide students
of Georgetown? There are a good
many Washington boys or "cakies"
who have abandoned their unique way
of dressing and have copied college
men in dress and action and try to
pass thmselves off as being from
Georgetown. Maybe Isl KOLOGY"
had experiences with some of these
"sharpshooters," as they are right
fully termed.
We are very much opposed to the
local union Of Gold Diggers," which
has a very large enrolment among
Washington girls.
BLUE AND GRAY
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
TALKING MACHINES.

The FIRST talking machine was
made from a mans rib and no
Improvement has ever been made
on IL. SOUTHERN SLIM
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

Wilton Lackaye's latest
success, The Pit" was a
play depicting the degrada-
tion and misery to which
a fat bankroll can sink in
the street after the margin
J wolves use it for a teeth
ing ring.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
HARPER'S FERRY.
FROST OR sUNsHINEf

Count that day truly worse than lost
That you might have made divine,
Through which you sprinkled bits OF fros
Instead of specks of sunshine -
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

Tramp-Sir. please give me a bit
Of change. ! haven't had a meal for
three days.
Mil1ionaire-Great! have been
saying all along that IL every man
will do this the price of living will
come down. EAMON g.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

But this time the turntable
has put the engine off on
the wrong track. Some
suburban scientist gets the
Nobel prize for oblonging
the circle and unscrambling
the omelet. Nobody knows
who he is. but after he got
through sprinkling rumors.
six hundred brokers tried to
walk upstairs on moon
beam. They will be cutting
out paper kewpies and max
ing mud pies for quite some
time.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25
BLUE AND GRAY.

Mary had a little corn,
II walked all over town.
She took IL to Dr. Runyon,
And now it's q large bunion.
HELEN H.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

Even a tombstone will say good
OF a man when he's down.
The favorite part of the Bible
for telephone girls is the Book
OF Numbers GOLD1E.
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

Tho Bradstreet and Dun
seismograph was still trem-
bling from the effect of
Allan Ryan putting out that
new Stutz car under the
name OF the Hesperus Six.
when Little Brighteyes gave
'em another shock that will
keep the brokers' rubber
bands very loose on their
bankrolls for some time.
Nobody knows who he In.
He told 'em everything but
that. Like the guy at the
organ. he knew not what he
was playing. nor what he
was doing there. But ~ he
is caught. there is no doubt
that the judge will punish
him with the keys OF the
city and reprimand him
with \ compliment
The Washington times., 1921-02-25

A rumor in Wall street is
tho yeast OF gossip. 1t is
generally used in the daily
roundup of the investor.
who once roamed the street
in countless herds. But
this time the rumor back
fred and tho boys were Bit
ten by their own false teeth.
The stranger led a small
but select band OF wilful
men into the works and
emerg ed stained with
profits.
He rumored his way in and
rumored his way out, leav-
ing a trail of devastation
and horror that eliminated
In Y. y. M. and A. G.. w. l.
being combined in a new
company to be known here
after as I. o. U.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-30
Noxubee County Agriculture High School
I'M Progressing Rapidly w.

Smith as principal and Mr. c, A. Nor
ri5 as AgriculuraIist, Mrs. Smith.
efficient and is loved by both faculty
and students. She is serving MEALS.
or an economical basis, yet nj COM
plant has been made at all.
One if the greatest features of the
school term will lie the Lyceum
course which is offered tbs year an
der the management Of the Continer-
tai Lvceum Bureau Louisville, KY.
The first number win begin in the
chanel auditorium Monday evening
oct 3, at seyen-thirty o'clock. 1t will
he composed Of four talented young
ladies who VIII present themselves in
yiral and instrumental solos. duets
auartets of classical and popular
music, folk songs in costumes, anl
character readings
A lvceum course means much u
the school In the way Of education
is wen as entertainment. and TIM
hare the FIRST ever offered in thin
school it is to be hoped that many vii
bake advantage of such a rare op
uortmity.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-30

the county and who meet the other
requirements set forth in Form No.
1917. Both men and women if quail
flied, may enter this examination
but appointing officers have the leg
al right to specify the sex desired III
requesting eertifieatior of eligibles.
Women will not be considered for
rural carrier appointment unless they
are the widows of u S. soldiers,
sailors or marines, or the wives Of q,
S. soldiers. sailors or marines who are
physically disqualified for eXaInina-
ton b- reason of injuries received in
the line of military duty. Form No
| 1877 and application blanks may ne
obtained from offices mentioned
above or from the United States Civil
/ Service Commission at Washington
! b. c. Applications should be- -orw !
ed to Tie Commission at Washington
d. c. at the earliest practicable Hse
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-30
FARM PRODUCTS
EyC.. FOR SALE

II ACss Il OH - AIN
We expect to move SO am. offer
ing the following property.
AND Mules
mares,
. mules
yearling mare.
j shetiend pon'as
COWS
ne cows-most Of which are
grade jerseys-and good
6 spring calves.
FURNITURE.
WIN sell some of our furniture
sell as a whole or separately.
1 Six-horse steam engine.
gas engine.
g. wagons.
1 buggy and harness.
l Ford touring car
l new mower
/ New hay rake
2 turning pows
2 sweeps
/ two section harrows
I cotton and corn planter
; cream separator
40 tons hay--some soy beans and
Germ.
win sell as q whole or separately
| The farm (John r. CockrelN place
is for rent. FRED G. MINER
Prairie Point Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-30

arnum with an additional $50 per
mile per annum for 49, milo Of
major fraction thereof in excess of
"a miles. The salary on motor
routes ranges from $2,450 to $500
per annum. according to length
Separate examinations for motor
and wagon routes are no longer held.
Appointments to both positions will
be made from the same register
The examinations win he open only
to citizens who are actually domicil
ed in the territory Of q post office j
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-30
NnrIcE nd cREnIr0Rs

The Estate Of " Cole deceased No. ii2s
in the Chaneery Court Of Noxuoee County
Mississippi
Letters Of Administration on said estate
having beag--on the 2Sth day of Septemhest,
1927 granted To the undersigned hy JOHN
A. TYSON Chancery Clerk Of said county
of NNNQuee. o.,
An persons having claims against rad
estate are required to have same prooattl
and registered by said Clerk wNsn slN
months from this date date Of first pahn'
cation Of this nitice 70 credtorsD
failure for SIX months. to probate aud
reei-t,r amy claim win bar the same
This 2sth day OF Sent 1921.
S. e COLE
Administrator OF gaid Estate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-09-30
ZOE RENT

The Grigg old stable proper
tv and bottIing work,
L. F. HOLBERG
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-13
AN INSULT TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE

A monstrous insult to the American
people, cynical sneer at American l.
deals, a brutal contempt for justice
and decency. is exhibited in the ac-
ton Of President Wilson in issuing
Christmas pardons to two murderers
and lawless trafficker in poisonous
drugs, while leaving Eugene v. Debs
in prison. With the application of the
Socialist Party for a pardon for Debs
lying on his desk, President Wilson
deliberately preferred to grant liberty
to three common criminals. President
Wilson, by this act. proclaims his of
fetal opinion that Debs is guilty of a
worse crime than the takinglof human
life or destroyink the minds and bod
les of men through the dispensing Of
deadly dope. Debs is guilty Of hav-
ing defended the weak and oppressed,
of having denounced the crazy perse-
cution that ran riot in wartime. Debs
is guilty Of having declared that So
cialists were opposed not only to the
Prussianism of war-mad Germany, but
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-01-13
NEW CONSTITUTION
FOR STATE THIS YEAR

In an attempt to provide sentiment
in favor Of new state charter and
constitution for Louisiana, the ascot
ated Chamber of Commerce of New
Orleans has published a folder giving
reasons why Louisiana should revise
her old constitution.
Speaking Of the handicap under
which our state is operating, the PAM
phlet says:
Louisiana present constitution
was drafted by men who had suffer-
ed from the Civil War and who at that
time were suffering the cruelties of
harsh reconstruction. The economy
of all their enterprises had been de-
stroyed. The basis of their wealth
creation had been taken away from
them. Race problems, incident to the
sudden and unprepared enfranchise-
ment Of the black man, doomed large
and required solution. In the pre-
sence Of general depression, the re-
finements of commercial, industrial,
and civic economy had little if any
place in anybody's thoughts. But the
fear Of carpet-bag state legislatures
and their pewer for evil did engage
everybody's thoughts and energy.
And so the Louisiana State Consti-
tuition was born. Almost every arti-
Gle reflected intent Of the master
minds to limit the power Of the Leg
islature, to restrict its scope. to reduce
the harm it might do. In effect, it
was both basic law and a series Of
legislative acts. Under it, the people
Of Louisiana during many years pro-
baby suffered less from unwise and
harmful laws than they would have
suffered had carpet-bag legislatures
been free to do as they pleased. But
under it they also suffered loss Of OPP
portunity because their legislatures
could not keep abreast Of the times.
Years passed, and many amend
ments to the original document were
adopted. Some were wise and CON
structive. Some Of them were unwise,
poorly drawn. and harmful. Mean
while new era Of industrial and com
mercial economy has come into being.
bringing new opportunity in large
measure. the full benefit Of which the
people Of Louisiana cannot gain until
this rigid and basic law be abandoned.
and new constitution. broad, liberal,
capable and constructive be framed
and adopted.
Next spring the State Constitutional
Convention will assemble and endeav-