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The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
TRAMP PRINTER A MEMORY.
Linotype Has Displaced the knight
of the Road"

81 tell you, mates, the day will
come when they'll set type by ma
chine" Jim Laidlaw, tramp printer,
made this statement more than fifty
years ago while sticking type on a
small sheet in the middle west. Jim
mad penchant for prophecy, and
few paid any attention to him. He
even had the temerity to forecast that
man would eventually conquer the
air and fly like a bird.
1t was the genius of Otto Mergen-
thaler that made good for Jim, revo-
lutionized newspaper printing with the
linotype machine and eliminated the
tourist" printer. While the Mergen-
thaler was by no means the first type
setting machine, it was the first sue
cessful substitute for hand compost
ton.
The year of the Worlds fair in
Chicago, in 1898, saw the '1ino" COM
ing into general use and marked the
beginning of the end of the old time
comp" and hand composition on
newspapers.
Printers the country over looked
upon Tie LtdCIllllc do NdAdAilby anu
the ruination of their trade.
But while the typesetting machine
proved itself the friend of both boss
and men and great benefit to the
trade generally, it did sound the death
knell of that picturesque species Of
the craft, variously known as tour
ist," knights of the road" "itinerant
of the stick and rule" or tramp
printer"
Only d few years ago every news
paper composing room was a con-
slant kaleidoscope of faces. A good
printer in those days didn't care to
hold frame" or "sit" He seldom
stayed long in one place, much pre-
ferring the care-free life Of "subbing"
to holding cases" in any office.
The tramp printer" roamed over
the country from thelakes to the gulf
and from Maine to the Pacific coast,
rarely riding in trains, much prefer
ring to hit the ties" on his journeys,
where he had plenty of time for re-
Election. On reaching a town out Of
work and funds he usually made the
public library his headquarters. Many
of these men in this way picked up a
wealth Of knowledge that few print
ers Of this day possess.
AS a rule the Knight of the road
was generous to fault. When a
stranger "struck town" the first
question asked him was: did you
eat YETI" or "Have you got room 2"
These courtesies were given and ac-
cepted without comment or thanks.
Indeed these men were often knights
in very truth. If they had their
vices, they had their virtues, too. Gem
crosby and good fellowship were not
the least of them.--Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
ENGLAND WILL SPEND
FORTUNE ON COTTON
Million Pounds Sterling Is Pledged by
Churchill to Foster Growing in
British Empire.

Manchester, Eng, June Swim
ston Spencer Churchill, colonial sec
rotary, addressing the British cotton
growing association, announced Tues
day that it was the governments in
tention to devote a million pounds
sterling to foster cotton growing in
the British empire instead of $4,000
pounds yearly for five years, as for
merly promised.
The million sterling would be pro-
vided, he said, out of the British half
of the 100000 pounds profits arising
out of the cooperation of Egypt and
Great Britain in marketing Egyptian
cotton during the war, the other mill
lion being employed to compensate the
Egyptians for the forced labor they
underwent at that time. Mr.. Chur-
chill said that altho much had been
achieved in cotton growing in the en-
pire, it is little compared with what
might be done. Referring to Egyp-
tian cotton, he declared it to be super
Tor in quality and only second in guam
tity to that obtained in the United
States.
Dealing with the political situation
in Egypt, the colonial secretary said
Egypt must undergo change in char
acter.
eve must do all in our power" he
declared, "to secure for the Egyptians
the honorable status which will rem
der cooperation with the British en-
pire easy and agreeable to them. But
the time has not yet arrived when the
British armies can withdraw and al
low mobs in Cairo and Alexandria to
make short work of the European
population and the great conservative
achievements which forty years of
British administration have secured
for the Egyptians"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
sun IS NOT CENTER
OF THE UNIVERSE
DIR. Harlow Shapley, California As
tronomer, Announces Startling
New Observation-Disclosures of
Earth and Our Solar System.
(By International News Service }

(By International News Service.)
Cambridge, Mass, June s.-0ur
universe is thousand times larger
than has been believed, and the earth,
far from being the center Of things,
is $50 quintillion miles from the cen
ter of the universe, according to dis
coveries discussed recently by DIR.
Harlow Shapley, noted astronomer,
who recently came to Harvard from
the Mount Willard Observatory in
California.
DR.. Shapely is comparatively
young astronomer, yet he has won a
high place in his professional field. He
is a graduate Of the Missouri State
University and of Princeton. He was
identified with the Mount Wilson OBJ
servatory seven years.
Finds Super Milky Way.
By taking the distance between sun
and earth as base for triangulation
measurements, vast distances in the
past have been recorded until such
lines have been extended hundreds of
light years and even to the border of
measurements, the Pleiades.
Light travels at the rate of 10000
miles second and light year is the
distance a ray of light will travel in
one year.
The Pleiades are hardly in the
front yard of DIR. Shapley's galaxy,
which he has measured and found to
be in length about 100000 light years.
1t is a super-milky way.
A light year, the distance beam of
light will travel in one year, is 6,000,-
000,000,000 miles. 1t takes but eight
minutes for light to come to the earth
from the sun, 93,000,000 miles away.
Insignificance of the Earth.
The young astronomer has proved
by calculations that the sun--the lit
tie speck of light around which a tiny
shadow called the earth, revolves-is
not by any means the center Of the
universe, but is 10000 light years off
the center. He has caused our proud
solar system to take q long sideral
sidestep into insignifcance.
Personally l am glad to see man
sink into such physical nothingness,
said the scientist, "and it is whole
some for human beings to realize of
what small importance they are in
comparison with the universe.
sink into such physical nothingness,
In fact, DIR. Shapley appeared en-
thusiastic over the fact that he has
reduced the size of the earth thou
sand times.
At the Mount Wilson Observatory
DR.. Shapley spent a great deal of
time studying globular clusters of
stars, and principally one called
"Messier 49," which is $4,000 light
years from the earth. Small stars in
this group are 100 times as large as
our sun, while the larger and more
brilliant he described as a thousand
times as big as Old Sol.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
'sMena- phobia. Is the AifIiction.

Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Richardson
and two sons arrived in Mena Tues
day evening on an overland auto trip
from Shreveport, with the intention
Of spending the remainder of the
summer in Mena. They are at home
with Mrs. Amanda Sharpe, corner Of
Church aveue and Mena street Mr..
Richardson is conducting and adver-
Using agency at Shreveport, and also
publishes the Commercial Review
monthly magazine for the Chamber
of Commerce of Shreveport. Mr..
Richardson became interested in
Mena thru the efforts Of NJ. w. Lind
say and j. F.. Sweesy, both of whom
are continuously praising the climate,
the water and the scenic conditions
in and about Mena, to the point
where Mr.. Richardson has diagnosed
their case as "Mena-Phobia."
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
PUBLICITY A CRIME CHECK.
SociOlOgist Says Newspapers Make
Life Hard for Swindlers.

"Blame the newspapers for making
the role of the criminal harder today
than it was twenty or thirty years
ago." said M. G. Elmer of the sociol-
ogy department, University of Mime
sofa.
1.-THE swindlers of few years back
had downy feather bed to lie on COM
pared to followers Of his footsteps to-
day." he continued. TN those days,
the same gang could work skin game
in one town a week, and then move to
the next stop and do the same thing
the following week. Not now, how
ever. The newspaper is the barrier.
If a clever swindle is worked in Mex
leo or Honolulu the news is one the
wires at once, and the whole world
knows it in a couple of hours, and the
little game is killed"
Contrary to general opinion, crime
Is not any greater in proportion to
population today than twenty years
ago, according to Mr.. Elmer. 1t is
just that the number of criminals has
increased with the growth of popula-
ton, he said.
Mr.. Elmer exploded another fancy
when he said that he believes that
criminals are not any holder today
than in years past.
at is the newspapers again." he
said. "The big jobs are given wide
publicity and seem larger in the pub
lie mind than those of the past. But
it not so. The James boys, the Young
ers, and the Daltons had just as much
nerve and put over jobs in their day
just as big as anything you read about
in the papers today. Minneapolis
News.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

eby international News Service.l
Togus, Maine, June ia hollow
in his wooden leg was used by Ernest
B. Williams, Spanish war veteran
confined at the National Soldiers
Home here, as the hiding place from
which he whipped out revolver and
shot dead Lieutenant Melamid Oridiv,
first assistant surgeon.
1t is believed that Williams mind
is deranged. He was a member Of a
cavalry regiment in the Spanish war.
0ridiv, Rumanian by birth, was
considered a exceptionally capable
surgeon.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
HOLD UP DANCE AND
ESCAPE WITH $4,000
Merrymakers, Suspecting Joke, Sur
prised: Woman Hides Diamonds
in Cup of Coffee.

Chicago, June 8.-Four bandits
lined up dancers in an inn north Of
Evanston early today and escaped
with jewelry and cash estimated at
nearly $4,000.
The dancers at first thought it was
a joke, when young man with cap
pulled low over his eyes and pistol
in each hand stepped out on the dance
floor and commanded them to line
up, but the guests quickly complied
when three other robbers entered and
fired several shots into the ceiling.
One woman saved diamonds valued
at $4,000 by dropping them into her
cup of coffee.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
. SUBSTITUTE FOR EGG PLANT.

Gardeners, particularly in the more
northern states often find eggplants
a disappointing crop, as they have 1
plant so many plants to secure rea.
sonable crop. If an eggplant pro.
duces three or four good-sized eggs
in a season, it is about all that car
be expected Of it, but often with the
average gardener it does not do ever
that well.
A rival Of the eggplant will be
found in the vegetable marrows wher
they become better known. Cooked
in precisely the same way as friec
eggplant, they are delicious, and many
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
UPRISING WAS PLANNED.
Mexican Officials Believe Nationwide
Plot Nipped in Bud.

Mexico City, June 9.-Investigation
Of the revolutionary plot in the state
of Oaxada, which terminated with the
death of General Fernandino Vizeaino
and General Gonzales. C. E. Mel,
the aged leader, indicates that it
had ramifications in all parts of the
republic.
The date of the uprising had been
set for last Monday.
The plans, it was said by the war
Office, had been well laid for stimuli
taneous outbreaks that day in Guada-
lajara. Morelos, Menterry, Saltillo,
Torreon, Chihuahua, and several
other smaller cities, but the arrest of
most of the leaders in the city of
Oaxaca last Saturday made attempts
to carry out the program impossible.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
NO PACT WITH SIM FEM.
Reds Mission Denies British ..Ex-
pose" Of Treaty.

London, June l3.-The Russian mis-
sion in London today declared on be.
half Of the soviet government that
the alleged treaty which the British
government claimed last THURSDAY
nad oeen drawn up for signature by
ehe RUSSIAN government and the Re
puplic OF Ireland" was pure inven-
NO treaty or agreement, either with
rhe Sim Fem or any other party IA
Ireland, the mission said, ever was
made by the Russian republic or bv
any of its isolated institutions.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
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To Teach Baseball Science.
(By International News serx1na !

tby Ihternatfonaf News ServIce,l
Pueblo, Colo, June 13.-School
boys between the ages of twelve and
sixteen years will be given every op-
portunity TO learn the rudiments of
baseball. Thru the generosity Of pub
nc spirited citizens a free school for
the instruction of boys In the nation
al pastime has been established here,
The school opened with an enrolment
OF loo pupils. Batting and base run
ming will be given special attention
by the instructor, Sig Moore, an old.
time player Of Denver.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
Double Bottom Pushcart Peddler,

BY International News Service.l
Boston,, June 8.-Max Steigman,
of the West End, is the owner of a
double bottom pushcart and suitcase
capable of holding five GALLONS of
moonshine, the police declare, and
they produced twentv-four gallons %
alcohol IN Municipal court. Steig-
man was fined 500 for keeping and
liquor for sale.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
Az BLAMED FOR
GIRLS LEAVING HOME

Boston, June 13.-The lure Of jazz
music was explained and condemned
before girls conference of women
workers at the Twentieth Century
Club by Miss Maude e. Miner, secre-
larry Of the New York Probation and
protective Association.
The speaker outlined dangers to
Young girls from dark galleries in
moving picture shows and promiscu-
put automobile riding.
I'm treating some of the Boston run
away girls | always sympathize with
them," she said MANY of them have
4 dull, inactive life at their work and
nave no recreation"
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
Baptize IL State Convicts.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 13.--Four-
|teen convicts, three of them serving
|life terms for murder, were baptized
by immersion today in the ornamental
|fish pond in the main yard of the Mis-
|souri penitentiary by the Rev. R. R.
.callison, chaplain. Several hundred
ronvicts and visitors witnessed the
Services. Only six convicts have been
Baptized before in the eighty-six years
since the establishment of the peniten-
|fiary, 1t was said today by prison off,
kials.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
WARNS COAL OPERATORS.
Cooperate or Compete With Govern
ment, Secretary Fall Tells Them.

Washington, June 8.--Opposition by
coal operators TO what was character
lied as further governmental devel-
oped Tuesday at conference at the
interior department and was met by
Secretary Fall with warning to the
coal men that sooner or later you
must find yourselves in cooperation
or competition with the government. "
The conference was called to con-
slider the pending bill of Senator
Freylinghuysen, Republican, New Jer-
sey, providing for publication thru
the Department Of Commerce of sta
tistics of the coal industry.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

1870 >e&fa ~ 'etitdhtA w OtAt man
with team.
Employees of the Ozark Poultry
Yards worked until almost midnight
Tuesday night in loading out car Of
live chickens consigned to the New
York City market. This was the 1ath
car shipped from Mena this year.
Suit has been filed in the chancery
court by Mrs. Mary A. Bratcher, ask
ing that her husband. Ambrose Bratch-
er, be required to provide for her sup
port. The suit will be heard at the
next term Of court.
Miss Willie Ward "a young woman
arrested at Heavener and returned to
Mena on suspicion Of having taken a
sum of money from the home Of John
James, was freed from blame when an
investigation was held at Justice S. III.
Smiths court.
Miss Irene Thornton on Wednesday
completed the task Of writing out the
certificates Of purchase for those who
bought land for the taxes at Mondays
sale. There were more than 200 certi-
ficates required, so much Of the
land being listed in small tracts.
w. F. d. Batter of Rogers, who de-
livered the Flag Day address at the
Elks Home Tuesday night. visited
while in Mena, Mr.. and Mrs. w. L.
Abney, the families having been
neighbors while residents Of the Lone
Star state. Mr.. Batter left on No. 2
for his home.
Miss Eufa Choice. here from
Gainesville, Tex, to spend the sum-
mer at the home of her sister Mrs.
II. F. Fields at the corner Of Port
Arthur aveue and Seventh street. is
the principal of one of the ward
schools in Gainesville, and while IN
Arkansas she will make some study of
the educational conditions in this
state.
Mrs. Luther Holman, daughters
Misses Charlotte and Hazel, and son.
Master Luther. Jr., here from Hope.
Ark for the summer, have rooms at
the home of Mrs. ]. Ed Leeper, 1915
Port Arthur avenue. Mr.. HOLMAN
and DR.. Don Smith who accompanied
Mrs. Holman and son and daughters
to Mena, left Wednesday afternoon
for their home, tho they will likely
make frequent week end visits to
Mena.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

In the Northern New Hebrides a
bride who is unhappy embraces the
earliest opportunity to run away from
her husband and seek new home
with some other man Of her choice.
If her parents cannot induce her TO
return. they usually send the injured
husband pig to soothe his wounded
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

Mrs. J. Roy Ivey left Tuesday for d
visit with friends and relatives at
Salisaw and Muldrow, Ok.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Kelly Of Won
bic we're shopping in Mena Tuesday.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

Shorts, $1.55; Bran, $1.35. Thack-
er's Grocery. pl. rs
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

Mrs. Idus Beaver of Heavener is Wis
ting Mena friends.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16
PERSONAL NOTES

Shorts, $1.55; Bran, $1.35. Thack-
er's Grocery. pl. 25
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

Short-sighted people are said to be
the most intelligent section Of the
community.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

Judge Finger has received the new
road patrol which will be used in
keeping Polk county's roads in shape.
The new machine is form Of drag,
which can be handled by one man
with a team.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

German dyes produced last year
equalled $4,000 tons, the largest
quantity ever manufactured in one
year.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

Tn Ceylon property descends from
mother to daughter, rather than from
father to son.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1921-06-16

ChiIdren's Bingham Dresses.
Only "a left. Best Styles.
Ages 2 to 10 years. Regular
$3.50. Close-out Price -. soc
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-30
SUGGESTS DUAL CYCLE
ENGINE FOR CHEAPER FUEL

Ee experts say the pro-
Obtaining direct power
fuel cheaper than gasoline is
reaching solution.
he latest idea comes from Dr.. G
gmann Of Germany. It is the
animation Of the high pressure
bsel engine with tho present type
automobile power plant. BY link
Of these two engine designs in
some form of dual compression
kle," this German engineer be-
yes lower kinds Of fuel could be
d to furnish as efficient service
As obtained now from gasoline.
n tho gasoline engine the mix
he OF gasoline and air is COM
kssed. In the high pressure en-
he the fuel is injected into the
Under after air alone has been
Impressed to a deslA Id degree.
EMPOWERING the compression OF
Diesel type, combustion tenn
Fature would be lowered, al
pagh It could be maintained high
|pugh.t to burn kerosene and other
grade fuels. The high rate of
|mbustiou in gasoline engines and
comparatively slow combustion
the Diesel type could be linked
gether into some form Of dual
Gle says Bergman,
Such an engine could be regulat-
50 Us to run on several kinds OF
el within certain limits.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-30
lort Represented
In This Territory

Il. Hunsaker mas taken the
hey for the well known and
kuch liked bort automobiles for
he Fairmont territory and is able
make very quick deliveries to
bose who place their orders with
i the next few weeks.
The sDort," very popular be-
|ause Of It's simple and enduring
ieehanical qualities and its low
|pkeep: offers a size and model for
VERY family and at a price very
pw considering its many superior
iualities. Mr.. Hunsaker will glad
We you a demonstration at any
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-30
Cleveland Car New
Price Is Wonder

The Libery Garage announces
that the price OF the new Cleveland
Is now down to a place that sets
It apart from all other SIX cylinder
cars. The price F. o. B. factory
Is only 1925.
Felix r. Meighen, says that he Is
able to make immediate deliveries
to those who place their orders
within the next two or three weeks.
Several new cars have Just been
received and 1t will be worth while
to go to the Liberty Garage and lot
them show you the many qualities
OF tho new Cleveland.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-30
sPEclALN NOTICES
To Ell satteatield:

Hen
You will take notice that d
satterfield, the purchaser 81 tie.
following real estate. Ia acreas 10.
Gated on Valley river; Union DIS.
trict, Marion county, West Vifrinia.
which was sold By the Sheriff 81
Marion county at the sale iof do,
ltnquent taxes made on the SIN div
Of December, 1890, and & deed ha
been required as provided s iaw.
which deed will be made 10 tho
said g. L. s%attertield on of after
the goth day Of September, 1871.
unless you againstithat day redeem
the said real estate from the sad
sale. The amount necessary 10 *.
deem is as follows:
Amount paid sheriff at said
sale .........s s 3s7n
Amount paid surveyor fof
survey and report, 67s
Amount paid for notice and
service thereof. tt25
Interest ........,.... a.
-
Given under my hand this fSth
day Of July, 1921.
LEE n. SATTERFiELp
Clerk Of the County Court 81 M
r!on county, West Virginia.
7-16-2S.30 Sc
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-30

Fofeign countries paid more than
100000 q day last year for Amer
lean motor cars and accessories.
The first practical American elec
tric automobile was built by Fred
Kimball Of Boston in 1888.
Only two Of every 1000 accidents
are unavoidable say statisticlans.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-30
spARK PUG TEerER

tsss n spark plug roll oiled
riting paper TO four thIcknesses
around the center eloctrode. This
would about quail tho resistance Of
me compressed air in the cylinder
he spark plug is good the cur
will go through the paper or
II. Otherwise no spark will
Sseen.