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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-09-28
.fhE' AMERICAN LEGION Z
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER

Sixteen world wr veterans from ono
post of the American Legion in Tul-
Sa, Okla, have settled upon govern.
ment homestead land in Scott County,
Southern Arkansas. By cold wealth
~, it is estimated that 100 ex-service
men will have taken claims on the
land.
The territory which will become a
settlement of world war service men,
the first in America, stretches over
$500 acres, composed of adjoining in
dividual tracts Of 160 acres each. The
men have to live on tho land but seven
months bcf"re it becomes their proper
ty as Arkansas gives residence credit
to soldiers up to two years Of army or
navy service.
Part of the men will spend the win
ter on their land, clearing timber,
building, hunting and trapping, for
the tracts abound in deer, fox and
lynx. The sixteen who have already
settled are preparing to establish a
central trading point and town which
they will name "Lcgionnaire." -Four
of the pioneers are married and all
have had farming experience, Home
stcading is now possible in the follow.
ing other states: Washington, Michi-
gan, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico,
Wyoming, Louisiana, Alabama, Colo-
RADIO, Idaho and Oregon,
A family which in itself is thriv-
: ing war veterans society has come 60
the notice of the American Legion in
independence, Kas., Thirty-three able
| bodied men and women call the Civil
; War veteran, Mamma g. Burner, by
the familiar papa" Of the lot, the
father, soldier Of the Union in '61, is
! pfoducst of his even dozen sons who
served overseas with the American
forces in the world war. Of the re-
malnder, 20 are girls and one son was
too young to fight. The oldest is az.
| The Pershing estate in Tangipahoa
Parish, La, owned jointly by heirs of
John j. Pershing, father of the gen.
eral OF the armies, has been advertis
ca FOR sale for taxes, according to a
letter sent the general by the editor
OF an American Legion magazine pub
llshcd in Amite, La. The editor post
ed sufficient funds with the parish
sheriff to prevent the sale and re-
quested General Pcrshing to make the
estate available for colonization by his
comrades who are being rchabiltated
after war wounds, for agricultural
pursuits. The Pcrshing tract con-
talns 100 acres of the parish's best
land.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-09-28

The number of civilian employees in
the Panama canal zone has been re-
duced 40 per cent since March 4, 1921,
and more than 700 former soldiers will
be forced out of employment if there
Is not let-up, an appeal from the
canal zone to the American Legion's
representatives in Washington de-
clares. Two army officers and three
civilians appointed by Secretary of
War Weeks recommended the sweep
ing reductions in personnel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-09-28

ing reductions in personnel.
Milady's fashionable corsagc bou-
quet may have started life as a hand
ful OF ragweed, for disabled soldiers
in Kansas City hospitals are doing a
thriving business in making artificial
and lifclikc posies out of ordinary
weeds. War Mothers of the CITY are
teaching the wounded men to color the
weeds with dyes and the American
Legion is helping them place the flow
ers with florists and gift shops.
For the return of a tattcred old
army rain-cape, almost worth its
weight in gold because of sentiment
attached to it, liberal rewards have
been posted by American Legion SER
vice men of Toledo, O. The cape, pro-
perty of Rev. II. f. MacL,ane, Chap
lam OF an infantry regiment in
France, was used by him to cover the
faces of dead soldiers lying in the
Flanders mud and rain while their
graves were being dug. 1t had been
torn III many encounters with barbed
wire while the chaplain followed his
troops, but an undiscrimnatingt thief
stole it from the minister's automo-
bile.
Out of work, arrested on a charpc
or Vagrancy and placed in conpict
gang at Glenn; Springs, N. j., Thomas
NJ keelan, world. war veteran, was
logged to death by his guards, accord.
ing to the American Legion post Of
Spartanbure, S. c., near the scene of
the outrage. A federal Investigation
mas been demanded and two men are
being held.
The body of the unknown American
soldier to be brought home from
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
Fight !
On in HOuseOver
Duty on Hides
Opposition Claims Increase in
Price of Shoes and Harness
Will Offset Advantages
To Farmers.
BY E. c. SNYDER.

Washington Correspondent Omaha Bee.
Washington, May 2.-(Special
Telegram. "A spirited contest has
been going on in the ways and means
committee over the duty on hides.
Upwards of l40 members of the
house signed a petition for duty
and the subcommittee on the agri-
cultural schedule, of which Mr.. Haw-
ley of Oregon is chairman, is under
stood to be divided upon it, but like
ly to report against a duty.
Those on the committee who are
opposed to the duty state that while
originally i'll favor of it, an exam-
nation into the subject has con-
vinced them that it will do the
farmer no good. They state that
the addition to the price of boots
and shoes, harness and other leather
goods would cost the farmer more
that he would gain if he received
the full amount of the duty. The
claim is also made that the duty
would benefit no one but the pack
ers, who pay for cattle according to
the value of the beef, regardless of
the hides and it would enable the
packers to drive out of business the
tanners and give the
tanning establishments of the pack
ers a monopoly. 1t is expected that
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28

If hides are put on the free list,
ordinary leather boots, shoes and
harness also will be put on the free
list.
Hides were free under both the
Underwood and the Payne bills, but
as the Payne bill gave duty on
leather. boots, shoes and harness,
the omission of hides from the pro-
tective list gave rise to a lively
fight when that bill was reported to
the house. The measure is likely
to be repealed if hides are put on
the free list in the pending bill.
Those favoring a duty insist that
the boot and shoe manufacturers
have taken advantage of free hides
without making any corresponding
reductions to the consumer and that
prices of goods in which leather
enters would not necessarily be
raised by a reasonable duty on
hides.
Congressman Green of Iowa,
ranking member of the ways and
means committee, is committed to
the proposition that the permanent
tariff bill upon which the committee
is laboriously at work, must raise
S500,000,000 through revenues, other
wise the bill, if the revenue feature
is not written into it, will not raise
ST 100000 more than the Underwood
law now in force.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
ADVERTISEMENT.
ADVERTISEMENT.
SHE HAS GAINED
THIRTY POUNDS
TAKING TANLAC
Mrs. Atwell Says She Feels
Like a New Woman and
Never Has an Ache
or Pain.

"When | started taking Tanlac !
only weighed 95 pounds, but the
medicine has actually built me up to
Us pounds and made me feel like a
new woman was the remarkable
statement made the other day by
Mrs. Pearl Atwell of l6l8 Washing
ton street, Kansas City, Mo.
My stomach was so disordered
that everything seemed to disagree
with me. After every meal my food
would sour, and | suffered terribly
from indigestion and bloating. My
heart palpitated SO frightfully at
times it alarmed me, and | often be-
came so dizzy | could hardly stay on
my feet. My head ached terribly
and was so nervous and restless |
could scarcely sleep at night | final
ly got so weak and rundown |
couldn't attend to my work, and !
simply felt miserable.
"Tanlac was recommended to me
SO highly by several OF my friends
who had taken it, that | decided to
try it myself, and the very first bot
tie helped me wonderfully. Eight
bottles have ended my troubles and
built me up to my full health and
strength, and | can work all day now
without getting tired out. Everything
agrees with me perfectly, | never
have an ache or pain, and feel fine
in every way. I'm just in splendid
health, and wouldn't be without Tan
lac in the house. | will be glad to
verify this statement for anyone"
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
T. H. Matters Is
Now No. 1888
In Federal Prison

Thomas II, Matters, wealthy
Omaha attorney, became Prisoner
No. lo,53S in the federal peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth, Kan.
lie will be assigned to clerical
work Monday.
I'VE are in need OF this kind OF
help" said Warden A. {. Anderson.
Matters took his confinement as
matter OF course.
'He appeared to be very quiet
man and made no comment while
he was being enrolled" according to
the warden.
Matters appeared at the prison
Thursday, but was refused admit
tance until his commitment papers
arrived.
Matters was sentenced to a five
year term for alleged violation ii
national banking laws i'll connection
with Sutton, Neb., bank
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
Road Condition Bulletin
Il n.,...,.

Omaha, Lincoln and Denver-Good.
Lincoln Highway--Good east end West
OF Gibbon detour one mile south to kear-
|ney. East of Gibbon detour half mile
south out of Shelton. New bridge six
miles east of schuyler; no detour neces-
sary.
Golden Rod Highway--G ood. North Of
county line some newly worked road.
Washington Memorial Highway-Good.
King of Trails-Fair to north end,
Omaha Topeka Higkway--Fair.
Cornhusler Highway-Fair
Meridian Road-Good.
Black Hills Sioux Trail-Good.
Black Hills. Loup River and Omaha
Fair. Bad near Stuart.
Blue Pole Road--Good west end, Fair
east end. Detour at Battle Creek. 80 two
miles east. then north on Blue Pole
Grading east from Battle Creek on Blue
Pole toward Norfolk.
Highland Cutoff-Good.
Alfalfa Trail-F'air
Central Nebraska and Loup River High
way-Heavy rains in vicinity of Loup
Sunflower Trail-Fine. Bridges being re-
paired and replaced
Burlington Way-Good.
North Platte Valley Highway-Far
west end.
Chadron to Sdney-Fine
Granland Highway--Muddy.
North and South Highway-Fair north
end
S. Y. A. HigEway--Fair.
Potash Highway-Good.
Grand Island and Black Hills--Good.
Omaha to Spirit Lake-Fair.
Omaha to Chicago via River-to-River
Road-Rough from recent rains. .-
Omaha to Chicago via Lincoln Highway
Muddy to fair through Iowa.
Omaha to Minneapolis and st. Paul
Fair to Good. Crawling west and north
OF Fort Dodge. New bridge under con-
between Fort Dodge and Rock
well City.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
NV Ie7
Downtown Programs.

Downtown Programs.
Rialto-Douglas MacLean in The
Home Stretch"
Sun-Bert Lytell in a Message
From Mars"
Strand-Mae Murray in The
Gilded Lily"
Moon-Dorald:na in Passion
Fruit"
Empress The Road OF .Ambi-
ton"
Muse-"The Roundup"
Neighborhood Houses.
Grand-"The Mutiny Of the Elsi-
more"
Hamilton-Tcm Mix in "A Rough
Riding Romance.
Lillian Gish is TO play on the
stage in the fall, co-starring with
s-rc'.. I,Ely in his repertoire COM
pany at the Greenwich Village
theater.
Lillian had several picture offers,
but rejected them
Her sister, Dorothy, who has
ItNCI UCSii On titS Stage, VIII Try Out
play in Canada this summer with
her husband, James Rennic.
Viola Dana, Bert Lytell, Gareth
Hughes and Alice Lake have all re-
newed their contracts with Metro.
Gladys Brockwell, former Fox
star but absent from the screen for
nearly a year. is to return in new
play now being made at Mayer
studios.
Dore's "Crucihxion," Da Vinci's
Last Supper" Titian's Sacred and
Profane Love-" Raphaers "Ma-
donna" Michael Angeles Daniel"
Dorc's "The Nativity" and other IA
nous paintings are being reproduced
for use in the Embodiment" being
produced by George H. Kern.
Doug" Fairbanks is about mid
way in his perturbation of "The
Three Musketccrs," from the ia
nous book OF the sape name.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
L. P. Asks Authority of |.
C.. C.. to Guarantee Bonds

Washington, May 27,-Thc Union
Pacific Railroad company asked au-
thority of the Interstate Commerce
commission today to guarantee Sl4,-
755,500 of the first reiunding mort
gage bonds of the Oregon-Wash-
ington Railroad and Navigation conf
pany, which it now owns and which
are to be exchat ged as part payment
to w. A. Clarke for his share of the
Los Angeles &. Salt Lake railroad
which the Oree Washington has
ARRANGED to nurchaSe.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28

$1.OO Lard Specials
9 pounds Cone Leaf Lard. i. .$1.OO
pounds Pure Rendered Lard $1.O0
9 cans large size Carnation Milk
1OT =. 9l.Vu
8 cans large size Pet Milk. $1.OO
24-lb. sack best High-Grade Flour
for .$1.00
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
Memorial Services to Be
Held SUNDAY fer F. X. Lane

Washington, May H.-Memorial
services for the late Franklin X.
Lane will be held here Sunday in St.
Johns church, conducted by Rev.
Cotton Smith, who was close friend
of the former secretary of the in
terror. Mrs. Lane has returned to
Washington and it is expected her
husbands ashes will find their rest
ing place here.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
Oldest Californian Dies
AT ITO i'm County Poor Farm

Los Angeles, Cal, May 27,-Mrs.
Myrem S. Kline, said to have been
the Oldest person in California, died
at the county hospital here today,
aged 1l0 years, according to the
county authorities. Mrs. Kline had
been an inmate OF the county farm
for several years.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-28
Ban on Wheat Importation
Raised by French Chamber

Paris, May 27-The French cab
met today decided to authorize the
immediate and unrestricted importa-
ton of wheat into France.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19

man lodged and went nway. and did
II so quick that didn't see which
way he went or what became Of him.
Durgin must have run after he left
the corner. for didn't see anything
more of him until / got to the Office
'He wns there when you came in?"
It was Mr.. Norcross who wanted to
know.
"Yes. He had his coat of and was
at work on the train sheet. l don't
think Durgin left his chair, or said
anything to anybody until he jumped
up and began to walk the floor. taking
on and saying that he'd put Four and
Five together on the single track"
There was silence for a little time.
and when tho boss said. "Do you
think you would recognize the man
In the snuff-coiored overcoat. If you
should see him again?"
"Yes. might; II he had on the
same coat and hat"
"That will do then. Keep this thing
to yourself and IL tile newspaper peo-
Pile come after you. send them to Mr..
Van Britt or to me-"
After Morris had gone. Mr.. Van Britt
shook his head sort of savagely.
ITS hi. Graham ~ he ripped out,
bouncing to his feet and beginning to
tramp up and down the room. ITO
think that these devils would take the
chance of numbering lot of totally
Innocent people TO gain their endl
What are you going TO DO about it?1
81 don't know yet, Upton; but /
am going to do something. This state
of affairs can't go on. The simplest
thing is for me to throw up the job
and let the Short Line drop back into
the old rut. I'm not sure that it
wouldn't save good many lives in
the end if / should do it. And yet it
seems such cowardly thing to do
to resign under fire."
Mr.. Van Britt had his hand on the
door-knob, and what lie said made
me warm to my finger-tips.
"We're all standing by you, Gra-
ham; all, you understanding the last
man and the last ditch. And you're
not going to pitch 1t up; you're 60
ing to stay until you have thrown the
harpoon into these high-binders. clear
up to the hitchings. That's my pro-
phecy. The troubles over for tonight,
and you'd better go up to the hotel
and turn In. There is another day
coming, or If there isn't, 1t won't make
any difference to any of us. Good.
night"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19

crazy. Yet couldn't get rid of the
idea that he was MISUNDERSTANDING
as if all of his sealed-up senses had
turned in to intensity the one of hear.
ing.
Just about the time when the sus-
pense had grown so keen that it
seemed as If it couldn't be borne a
second longer, Morris, who was sit
ting In at the office phone, called out
sharply: "Long-distance says she has
Grow Gulch lumber campl'
Mr.. Van Britt jumped to take the
phone, and we got one side of the
talk-our side-in shot-like sentences !:
"That you. Bertram? All right; this
Is Van Britt, at Portal City. Take one
of the mules and ride for your life
down the gulch to the stationl Get
that? Stop Number Five and make
her take siding quick. Report over
your own wire what you do. Hurry ~
BY the time Mr.. Van Britt got back
to the train desk, the boss had his
pencil out and was figuring on Ber-
trans time margin. 1t was now ten
twelve, and Five's time at Grow Gulch
WIS ttn-elSnlctu. 4hC NIoW
operator had Just six minutes in which
to get his mule and cover the rough
mile down the gulch.
There was nothing to do but wait,
and the waiting was savage. Tarbell
had a nerve of iron, but l could see
his hand shake as it lay on the glass
topped table. The boss was cool
enough outwardly, but knew that In
his brain there was heart-breaking
picture of those two fast passenger
trains rushing together In the night
among the hills with no hint of warn.
ing to help them save themselves. Mr..
Van Britt couldn't keep STILL He had
his hands jammed in the side pockets
of his coat and was pacing back and
forth in the little space between the
train desk and the counter railing.
At the different tables in the room
the saunders were clicking away as
IL nothing were happening or due TO
happen. and above the spattering din
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19

right to he given all the facts in a
railroad disaster. Mr.. Norcross was
just telling me TO call up the Noun
taineer office. when Tarbell. calmly
linking time reports upon the train
sheet. flung down his pen and snatched
ut his key to break" the chattering
sounder.
Mr.. Van Britt had come upstairs
again. and he and the boss were both
standing over Tarbell when the "G-S''
break cleared the wire. Instantly there
came quick call. "G-S'' "G-S" fol
lowed by the signature. "B-.J" for
Bauxite Junction. Tarbell answered
and then we. nil heard what Bauxife
had to say:
"Pusher overlook Number Four three
miles west of. Sand Creek and has
brought. her back here. What orders
for her?'
Somebody groaned. "Oh, thank God -
and Mr.. Van Britt dropped info n
chair MS II he had been hit by n can
non ball. Only the boss kept his head.
calling out sharply to Disbrow to break
of on the doctors list and to hurry
una StOp NIrsan Irom SetinS AWAY
with the wrecking train.
: When II was all over. and Tarbell
had been given charge of the dis
patching while hurry call was sem
out for the night relief man. Donolue.
TO come down and take the train desk,
there was little committee meeting
in the general managers office, with
the boss in lie chair, and Mr.. Van
Britt sitting in for the other member.
"Of course. you've drawn your own
conclusions, Upton" the boss began,
when he had asked me to shut the
door.
II guess So" was the grave re-
joinder. "I'm afraid it is only too
plain that Durgin was hired to do 1t.
What became of the money!"
81 have it here" said the boss. and
he took the blood-money bank-roll
from his pocket and removed the rub
Der band. Count it, Jimmie" lie Or
dered, passing it to me.
I ran through the bunch. 1t was
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19

in twenties and fifties and there was
an even thousand dollars.
THAT is the price Of mans life
said Mr.. Van Britt, soberly, and then
Mr.. Norcross said. "Who knows any
thing about Durgin? Was he a mar
ried MANI"
Mr.. Van Britt shook his head.
He had been married, but he and
his wife didn't live together. He had
no relatives here. l knew him in the
southwest two years ago He'd had
domestic trouble of some kind, and
didn't mix or mingle much with the
other men. But he was a good dis
patcher. and two months ago. when
we had an opening here, l sent for
him."
you think there is no doubt but
that he was bribed to put those trains
together tonight?'
"None in the least-only I wish we
had little better proof of it,
where did he live?"
HE boarded at Mrs Chandler's, out
on Cross street Morris boards there.
too. I believe"
ihS boSS .tuiHcu " llie.
Jimmie. go and get Norris
carried the call and brought Nor
ris back with me. He was a cheerful.
red-headed fellow, and everybody liked
him.
1T isn't a 'sweat-box' session. Nor
ris," said the boss. quietly. when we
came in and the relief operator sat
down. sort of half scared. on the edge
of a chair. I'VE want to know some
thing more about Durgin. He roomed
at your place. didn't hep
Morris admitted it, but said he'd
never been very chummy with the dis
patcher; that Durgin wasn't chummy
with anybody Then the boss. went
straight TO the point. as he usually
did.
You were present and saw all that
happened in the other room. Can you
tell US anything about that money!"
pointing to the pile of bills on my
desk
Billy Morris wriggled himself into
little better chair-hold. Nothing
that would be worth telling. II things
hadn't turned out just as they have"
he returned. But now guess know.
I left Mrs. Chandler's this evening
about eleven o'clock to come on duty.
and Durgin was just ahead of me.
Some fellow-a man in snuff-colored
overcoat and with soft hat pulled
down so that couldn't see his face
stopped DurgIn on the sidewalk, and
they talked together.
~ didn't hear what was said, but saw
Durgin and saw Durgln put whatever 1t
was into his pocket. Then the other
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-05-19
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-Graham Norcross, rail.
road manager. and his secretary, Jimmie
Dodds. are marooned at Sand Creek sid
Ing with young lady. sheila Macrae.
ness a peculiar train holdup, In which
= special car Is carried on.
CHAPTER II-Norcross recognizes the
car stolen as John Chadwick's, financial
magnate. whom he was to meet at Portal
city. He and Dodds rescue Chadwick.
The latter offers Norcross the manager
In the hands of eastern spectators.
headed by Breckenridge Dunton, presi-
dent OF the line. Norcross. learning that
accepts.
CHAPTER III.-Dodds overhears con-
yersation between Rufus Hatch and GUS
which they admit completely in Chadwick
kidnapping, their object being to keep
S1na Ghadwick from attending M a ,I. meeting of Of
Line, which would jeopardize their inter-
ests.
CHAPTER Iv.-To curb the monopoly
controlled by Hatch and Henckel. the Red
Tower corporation, Norcross forms the
Citizens Storage and Warehouse COM
terest in in sseiIa % Maerae. NJ ef podds sesp learns ms
that Sheila Is married, but living apart
from her husband Norcross does not
AAOW ILLS.
CHAPTER ". : Hatch. aware that
Dodds has knowledge of his and Henck-
els participation in the Chadwick kid
naping. offers him inducements to leave
Norcross. Dodds refuses. Leaving the
office, he is knocked senseless. Recov-
ering consciousness. he learns that Nor
have resigned and gone east
CHAPTER yI.-Dodds connects Nor
cross disappearance with Vaccinations
ing strength sets out to solve the mys-
terry.
CHAPTER VII. : With Kirgan. the
line on Norcross' disappearance. They
follow a clue given them ehrough a
missing locomotive.
CHAPTER vIII.-The rescue party finds
and releases Norcross from captivity to
which he had been lured. Norcross re-
sumes control Of the Pioneer Short Line.
hss ss .sn sHe sl. tc
CHAPTER N.-Dodds follows an ennis
sary of the Red Tower people. spying on
hears a plot to put Norcross out Of
trates It
CHAPTER Kat the home of sheila
Macrae Dodds IL witness Of strange
actions Of a man he believes has de-
signs on the life Of his friend and boss.
He prepares to defend him.
CHAPTER xL-The sudden return of
6heila's uncle drives the intruder away.
Later Dodds recognizes him ~ Howard
Collingwood, nephew OF President Dun
ton Of the Pioneer Short Line. A series
Of wrecks on the line. impossible to ex-
plain. cause alarm to the management