davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1921-04-22
IN begin to ship bananas. The crop

can begin to ship bananas. The crop
is constnat
zone hundred acres already plant
ed and bearing will cost $50 an acre
or $1,000.
Such a farm will produce 40
punches of bananas a month per
acre the year round.
That means an annual gross in
come at present prices OF S21.600.
The costs OF operations will not
be two-thirds of that.
After the first year profits on such
farm should be 40 per cent"
Evening journal., 1921-04-22
NEWS ODDITIES.

Lyons. France. has the only uni
versity that offers a course in per-
fumery making.
Ninety per cent. OF the worlds
total output OF real lavender oil
comes from the vicinity of Lyons,
France.
The principle OF the electric mo-
tor was discovered in 1924 by Peter
Barlow. an Englishman.
Millard Fillmore was the only
President who made no inaugural
address.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20
CHAPTER VII
The Lost 1915

ne LOST lUIo
When Kirgan told me he was
shy a whole locomotive, l began to
see all sorts of fireworks. OF course,
there was nothing on earth to connect
the boss disappearance with that Of
the engine which had been left stand
ing below the coal chutes, but the two
things snapped themselves together
for me like the halves of an auto
matte coupling, and l couldn't wedge
them apart.
IAN engine-eyen little old ATTAIN
tlc-type-is pretty big thing to lose
isn't 1t, KirganY I asked.
Klrgan righted his chair with a
crash.
Jimmie, I've sifted this blamed out
fit through en- elghty-mesh screen 7"
he growled. with all the devil-tO-pay
that's goin' on over at the head
quarters, ! didn't want to bother Mr..
Van Britt, and l haven't been ad.
vertlsin' In the newspapers. But It's
holy fact, Jimmie. The 'Sixteen's
goneW
was trying to pry myself loose
from the notion that the loss Of the
engine and the boss disappearance
at about the same time were in some
way connected with each other. 1t
was no use; the idea refused to let 60.
Look here, Kirgan," l showed in;
"can you think of any possible reason
why Mr.. Norcross should write Mr..
Van Britt letter saying that he had
quit and was going east on the mid
night train and then should change
his mind and come down here and go
somewhere on that engine2"
After had said 1t, 1t sounded so
foolish that / wanted to take 1t back.
But Kirgan didn't seem to look at 1t
that way.
swell, I'll be shotw he exclaimed.
II never once thought Of that! But
where the devil would he go? And
now would he get there without some
body finding out? And why in Sam
Hill would he do a thing like that
anyway? Why, sufferin' Moses If
he wanted to go anywhere, all he had
to do was to order out his car and
tell the dispatcher. and go.
Il can't figure it out any better than
you can" l confessed. "Mr. Norcross
is gone, and the Ten-Sixteen is gone,
and they both dropped out between
ten and twelve o'clock on the same
night. Mart, l don't believe Mr. Nor
cross went east at all / believe,
when we find that engine, we'll find
him.
Kirgan got out of his chair and be-
gan to walk up and down In the little
space between his desk and the draw
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20

stenographer on some errand or other,
and made me sit down and tell him
all ! knew. When l got through he
was pulling at his long mustache and
wrinkling his nose as I've seen bull
dog do when he was getting ready to
bite something.
"You haven't got all the drop-out
business cornered over yonder in the
general office, Jimmie" he said slow
ly, fitting back In his swlng-chair and
glowering at me with those sultry eyes
of his. ION that same night that you're
talkin' about, / stand to lose one per-
fectly good Atlantlc-type locomotive.
At ten o'clock she was set In on the
spur below the coal chutes. At twelve
o'clock, when the round-house watch
man went down there to see If her
fire was banked all right, she was
gone"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20

showed up on the map. The ten-mile
siding might have served for the pass
Ing point, but In that case the crew
Of the Fast Mail would surely have
seen the 1915 waiting on the siding as
they came by. And they hadn't seen
It Kirgan said they had been ques-
toned promptly the following morn
ing.
Though | had been over the road
with Mr.. Norcross in his private car
any number Of times since we had
taken hold, l didn't recall the detail
biographies very clearly, and !
couldn't seem TO remember anything
about this siding ten miles west of
Banta. So ! asked Kirgan.
"That siding isn't in any such shape
that the Fast Mail could get by with
out seeing a meet train on the side
track, is it?'
The big master-mechanic shook his
head.
Hardly, you'd think. Ireckon we are
up stump, Jimmie. That siding is
Fart of an old " at the mouth of a
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20

gulch that runs back into the noun
tains for maybe a dozen miles or so.
They tell me the ~ was put in for
the Timber Mountain Lumber outfit
when they used the gulch mouth for
their shipping point. They had one
of their saw-mills up in the gulch
somewhere, but the business died out
when they got the timber all cut off. !"
Tell me this, Mart" put in quick
ly. "The Timber Mountain company
is one of the Red Tower monopolles:
did 1t have a railroad track up that
gulch connecting with our 'Y'Y
'Why, yes; l reckon 50. I'm not
right sure that there amt one there
yet. But If there is, it's been dis
connected from the ~ I'm sure of
that, because / went in on that ~
one day with the wrecker."
You'd think this would have settled
it. But l hung on like a dog to
root.
SAY, Mart" I insisted, "this ~
siding we're talking about is just
around where the Ten-Sixteen ought
to have met the Mail; so far as we
can tell by this map it's the only place
where it could have met it. And the
old gulch track would have been a
mighty good hiding-place for the stolen
epgine"
There amt any track there" said
Kirgan, shaking his head; "or, least
wise, If there is, 1t hasn't any rail con-
nection with our siding, just as I'm
tellln' you. Wen have to look far
Their along"
Somehow, I couldn't get 1t out of
my head but that l was right. Our
guesses all went as straight as a
string to that " siding ten miles west
of Banta, and was sure that if / had
been talking to Mr.. Van Britt could
have convinced him. But Kirgan was
awfully hard-headed.
Its supper time," he said, after
we had mulled a while longer over
the map. Tomorrow, If you like,
we'll take an engine and run down
there. But we amt goin' to find any
thing. 1 can tell you that, right now"
Yes, and tomorrow we may have
the new general manager, and then
you and | and all the others will be
hunting for some other railroad to
work on" | retorted.
| pretty nearly had him over the
edge, but | couldn't push him the
rest of the way to save my life.
IF there was the least little scrap-a
reason even to imagine that Mr.. Nor
cross had gone off on that stolen
elght-wheeler, it would be different
Jimmie" he protested. "But there
aint; and you know doggoned wen
there amt. Let's go uptown and
hunt up something to eat You'll feel
a heap clearer in your mind when you
get good square meal inside o. your
clothes.a
We left the shop offices together,
and got shut out, crossing the yard,
by freight that was pulling in from
the west. There was a yard crew
shifting on the other side Of the in
coming train, and rather than wait
for the double obstruction TO clear itself,
we walked down the shop track, mean
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20
Enter Mr.. Dismuke, "gen-
eral manager"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Totterino for 600 Years.

The famous Leaning tower Of Pisa
Is of pure white Carrara marble in the.
Gothic style. Its departure from the
perpendicular has been variously in
terpreted, but there is little doubt that
it rises from the softness of the soil
on which It stands and which has
given way. Notwithstanding it's
threatening appearance, it has now
stood for more than six hundred years
without rent or decay.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20
Losr-oNE PERFECTLY GOOD ENGINE.

synopsGraham railroad
Dodds
and her small Maise Ann Unseen witness
which
OF John Chadwick financial magae whom he Portal City
Dods Chadwick
Of the Pioneer Short Line which h the hands spectators
Breckenridge
they keep
Chadwick
troed
Citizens to
east
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20

ing-board. Besides being the best boss
mechanic in the West, he was a first
class fighting man, with a clear head
and nerve to burn. When he had got
as far as he could 60 alone he turned
on me.
Jimmie, do you reckon this Red
Tower outfit was far enough along in
its scrap with the boss to put up job
to pass him out of the gamer he de-
manded.
/ told him 1t didn't seem to fit into
any twentieth-century scheme of
things and past that / mentioned the
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20
And be pld.

Blossom-Did you pay for this cleo
trio battery?" His Valet-"No, sir;
you told me to have it chargedp
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1921-05-20

he who is unable to collect his wits
or his bills is In tough luck.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
HUMANlsMs n
William AthertOn Du Puy

How would you like to be a club secretary
who had made this sort OF mistake not more than
a year or two ago?
1t happened at the Congressional Club, In
Washington, an organisation made up Of the
wives of members Mrs. Warren q. Harding be-
longed, but did not attend the meetings of the
organization very often.
The secretary was very particular about ad
mittIng women who were not members. 3d. one
day when Mrs Harding dropped in, she was thus
catechised:
eyes. I am the wife OF Senator Harding of
Ohio"
as there anybody here who can identify your"
Mrs. Harding looked around the room and 1t
just happened that she did not see anybody with
whom she was acquainted.
"I am afraid not" she said.
II am sorry" said the secretary. and raised
her eyebrows in that forbiddns fnalty that h
oh, SO cold!
Two men met on a street car one day in john
City. New York. and one OF them bought
a dairy farm from the other. With that trans
action was realized a life ambition of Congress
man william H. Hill. who had had his eyes
II was model dairy farm with full blood Hol-
stein cows on 1t, and Hills ambition to own 1t
ran all the way back to the time when the Meth
odist conference sent his father, who was
preacher. to the suburb of Bnghamton. which
afterward became Johnson City. on q salary Of
$720 year.
There was a shoe factory in johnson City,
but 1t went into bankruptcy and was closed
down. One of the shoemakers, George r. Johnson.
by name, convinced the creditors that, IL they
would put him in charge he would make the fac
tory pay. They did so, a great industry wac
born, the town was named after the shoemaker
and the Hill family prospered
That the femme to whom is married is
ever equal to the emergency OF debating the
balloon of his conoeit is evidenced now and again
in those circles where names are household
words known throughout the nation. as well IS
in the truck drivers cot where the canAry-bird
wife Is czar.
In the cloakroom of the Senate. at Washing
ton, for instance, there has of late been much
chueklng over a certain reverse met by Senator
william r. Borah, irreconcilable. unyieldng,
sledghammer fighter of the upper house.
Senator Borah is rather disregardful Of such
matters as getting his hair cut, his trousers
pressed, his hat blocked, and It Is taken for
granted that the quiet and brown little woman
who presides over his household upbraids him
upon occasion.
SO. not long ago. the Senator went homo with
his thumbs in the armholes of his vest and he
said to her:
Listen to this. Mrs. B.: member Of the
United States Senate said to me today that
was the best dressed man in that august body"
"well, I'll declare" said Mrs Borah. 1T must
have been Senator Gore"
Copyright 1921. By Public Ledger co)
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
The Experiment
With GermunH.

-HE news from Europe today is
that the allies seized three Ger
man cities. Whether last-moment
delay be grantedS what fresh COM
promise will be offered by Germany,
late news will tell.
Can you take thousands of mil.
lions of gold by force-when the
gold does not exist and must be
taken gradually out Of the work of
sixty or seventy million human
beingsi How can you apply FORCES
You can easily make them STOP
working, but can you make them
worki
discourage our workers, make
life not worth while for them," say
the German leaders, "and neither
you nor the German nation will get
anything from them.''
The news from Russia tells of
threatening chaos and complete an
archy there. VIII it be healthy
thing for Europe to have the Rus
sian situation spread into Germanyi
Lloyd George undoubtedly believes
that more in the way of an offer
will come from the Germans.
The Germans offered to double the
indemnity they first suggested,
which would make the total fifteen
thousand millions in gold, and to
pay a tax Of 30 per cent on their
exports. The offer was not salts
factory.
The tax on exports is the most
interesting part Of The experiment
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
American Labor Movement
Needs NeU Set of Leaders

THE leaders Of the American
labor organizations met here re-
Gently to take counsel concern
ing the general condition of labor in
America.
They did not find the prospect
pleasing. The more intelligent
among them recognize the truth al
ready and many have known it for
long time. The truth is that the
American labor movement has been
driven from the advanced positions
which it had gained during the war
back over the ground which
marked its progress for twenty years
and more.
BY permitting itself to lose the
general sympathy of the unorganized
middle classes it has suffered defeats
greater than those which appear
upon the surface. The isolation of
organized labor from the sympathy
of the unorganized elements of the
country, whose economic interests
correspond with their own, has en-
boldened the politicians to attack
labor in positions in which it has
for years been considered impreg-
nable. 1t has emboldened the
courts by construction of statutes
and interpretations of the State and
national constitutions to destroy the
progress which organized labor has
made in its legal status during the
last generation.
1t is not too much to say that in
no white civilized country, with the
possible exception of France, is or
ganized labor so uninfluential, so
negligible and so defenseless. In
England, Germany, Italy, Czecho-
slovakia and Russia, labor, during
the last five years, has progressed
as fast as the American labor move
ment has retrogressed.
The causes for these disasters
since the armistice are various, but
in the last analysis they all boil
down to bad leadership, and particu-
larly to the bad leadership, the in
consistencies of Mr.. Samuel Comp
ers, the president of the American
Federation of Labor, who has been
as much a dupe of President Will
son as President Wilson was the
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

Standing In this presence
and cosniZant Of the solem-
nifty Of the occasion, feel
ing the great weight OF re-
sponsibility upon my sus-
pendcr buttons, wish to
state that personal liberty
Is much more personal IL
you put In the yeast first
and the raisins afterward.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08


I was standing on the corner
when a big machine drove up and
a nifty Jane asked me IL knew
where the Second National Bank
was. Poor boob that I am,
didn't even know where the frst
one is. VIM. u. B., Jr.
He said. TT 10 plain a. A n c."
As he looked her In the /.
but I am ID 70 r. u c."
She naivsly did reply.
EXPLODING A THEORY.
Judging from what the bootleg
gers accomplish at the Canadian
border, IL Is evident that a man
can get more into q suitcase thaA
q woman can.
EAMoN o sUILLEABHATN.
God bless the girls,
We mustn't soold EN-,
IL matters not
How low they roll 'em.
"Why Is the isthmus OF Suez like
the first u In cucumber
Because IL 10 between two ssas.-
IONA CORN
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
Mr.. B. Baer
A GREAT SPEECH.

Friends, I am about to
take over the reins OF Gov
ernment and steer the fiiv-
yer by the tail. We have
seen civilization shaken by
fury and my nrst act will
be to give every citizen .
two-weeks card in the near
est drug store.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

I'm a girl from Newark. N. j.,
now living in fayetteville, Nd.
They have no spot OF sunshine in
the Newark papers like old H
and s. 1 clip II and send to my
New Jersey friends and they're
always asking for more. So you
see how popular the @. o. c. is.
EMALINE V.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
What Are ''CiUic Bodies
In Washington?
By BILL PRICE

w. B. WESTLAKE, president Of the Federation OF
Citizens Associations of the District objects to inclusion
of the trade bodies Of Washington in the term "cvic
organizations"
In letter to the editor some time ago he referred to
appeal in these columns for merger OF all leading
civic organizations through which combination there may
be accomplished many things in and out OF Congress that
fail of because there is division Of view and
lack of unanmty. The editorial partly in praise Of
the sensible utterances of Miss MABEL BOARDMAN,
former Commissioner that the most important need IN
the District is civic clearing house which, before Con-
gress and everywhere else will unanimously speak Wash
ngtons wishes when these wishes have been properly
ascertaned from the member bodies Mr. Weslake COM
ments in this fashion,
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
Once-Overs
0pyrfBnt, ISkI' fHterHNuuHHI eSVur
YOUR HOME Towl
By J. ]. MUNDY.

BY j. j. mUNDY.
Work in the cities is not plentiful as II was,
you are not able to jump from one Job to another,
perhaps your wages have been cut-more than
likely your working hours have ben reduced.
Your thoughts go back to the old home town,
and you are considering whether or not you
should return to II.
You balance the good times you have in
the city against the limited opportunities in your
old town, back from the busy centers, and you
are undecided what to do about It,
Your good time in the city has cut into your
bank account, so that IL Is a safe bet that your
friends back home have more money, because
they have kept IL.
What have you got7
A few dollars enough to met q months sx-
pense. maybe, your position 10 insecure. and you
have not built up enough reputation to assist YOU
materially In any financial undertakInG-
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
MORE ON THE 4HIGH sIGN.v

MORE ON THE sHIGH SIGN.
Regarding the high sign proposed
by "ATHLETE' for April 1-rolling
the eyes and wiggling the ears--how
will the girl fans give the sign, when
their ears a.s all covered up?
w. f. HUGHES.
CHOCOLATE and VANILLA" say
they will wear peanuts April 1 deco
rated with black ribbon, and SAYS
WHICH, declares he will wear the
largest peanut to be found in wash
ington.
PEANUTS" will wear q bouquet
OF peanuts on her hat April j, she
says.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
JUST CRACK 3.

Out in President Harding's
home town all tho single folks
are running around Marion.
Appoint an electrician to censor
the movies. He's used to shock
ing things.
A Minnesota man has dog
that chews tobacco, hut has too
much sense to drink liquor ped
died these days.
They won't let Eczema into any
OF the unions. He's too much OF a
scab. BRINGEMIN YOUNG.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

We recognize the develop
ing menace. we are keen to
the humanisins influence Of
international ambisuousness
and desire to state that no
foreign oligarchy shall ever
succeed in Wrestling from us
the glorious right OF being
thrown out on the sidewalk
by our inevitable landlords.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
THAT OLD SEVENTH ST. SIGN.

Anyone ever notice the signs
In the pavement" on the east
side of Seventh street, near
Masss chusetts avenue2 They've
been there since the pavements
were first put down. nearly three
decades ago. The words are,
VICTOR ADLER'S 10 Per Cent
Clothing House."
JULES BACKENHEIMER.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

According to a newspaper, the
new Secretary Of Labor must be q
wonder. 1t says 'he began life as a
tin plate worker" I've heard Of
people being born with "silver
spoons" in their mouths, but never
starting out as tinplate workers.
JOHN r. S.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
SEE 1T DIFFERENTLY.

Mother-Jimmy, when that boy
threw stones at you. why didn't you
come and tell me. instead Of throwing
stones back at him7
Jimmy-Tell youl why you couldn't
hit q barn AooK. lGkATk
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

This n tho mistaken tenn
pie Of representative democ-
racy. the home office OF ref
erendum and recall, and my
frst act will be to turn the
Statue of Liberty around
and give the bronze sala-
mander a look at the right
country.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

The sparrow shall never
occupy the eagles nest. No
European nation will ever
again Sell us a raffle ticket
In . world war, and no re-
former shall ever take away
our ice cream sodas. our
marbles or our hoops. This
seems like q lot to promise.
But from the bottom Of my
heart. I assure you that It
IA.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08
II. AND 8. IN LATIN.

UNCLE BOB" says that "AUDITA
VISAQUE" is the right Latin for
Heard and Seen IL you desire femi-
nine gender. but the masculine is
"AUDITUs EFT v1SUs." not "AUD1TUS
ET vIDITUS." as given by SWEET
SIXTEEN"
ETHEL X. Of Central High. Is In
accord with the above, remarking that
when CICERO EFT VIRGIL" sent In
their statement they were evidently
thinking of their best girls.
Miss /. B.. of Eastern High, says
that audita Hsaque and auditus ct
yiditus both mean II. and 9.
Miss ETHEL X. says that no matter
what the Latin IL for II. and s., ITS
the greatest old column In the
world"
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

Seys Henry Ford, seys he.
when winding up his "Lizzy,'
1T takes two 'cranks' to start
my car"
Oh well, let's give Hen. credit
for having one bully" idea
that was when he put .he
low" In Fords.
HARPER'S FERRY.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

Did you ever go to a twelve
course dinner and then beat IL
to. a one-armed lunch Joint for
a plate OF hash to still your
hunger? CHEERUPADIST
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

Il predict that every man
here will have paid his last
income tax In coal. In one
short century We guarantee
that our present inhabitants
will enjoy peace, equality and
be free from the high cost OF
living.
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

As the future guardian OF
American destiny, what more
can i do to further the
progress Of fellowship and
cooperation than to promise
you the independent privi-
lege of smoking tobacco,
provided you smoke your
own?
The Washington times., 1921-03-08

in enslaving one nation for the bene-
fit of others.
History makes it clear that you
may go too far in the process of
slavery. If you do, the men won't
work, and you can't drive them to
work, as slaves were forced to build
the pyramids under the lash. If
the allies scheme goes through and
Germany is able to survive and pay,
her seventy or eighty million people,
a few years from now, will make
competition hard for other workers.
Europe is excited by another re-
port Of Bolshevik collapse and the
driving out of Lenin. 1t may be
true this time, it may not. 1t sounds
serious. Something has happened.
You see building leaning far over
and expect it to- fall every minute.
You see an enormous rock balancing
on one end and think it cannot re-
main balanced.
But the Tower of Pisa has been
leaning for a long time. In the
Western country are balancing rocks
that look as though a child might
push them over, but they don't fall.
The miracle may happen in Rus
sia, the thing that has never hap
pened before in the world "A revolu-
ton overthrowing tyrannical govern
ment may establish itself without
first going back to tyranny.
Mr.. G. K, writing from the Ma
tional Welfare Catholic Council,
calls attention to the fact that King
George, who spoke of "our" en-
pire, "our" army, etc., during the
war, has gone back to "my" minis
try, "my" army, etc. 1t is, as Mr..
G.. K. says, an interesting reversion.
However, sailors are always more
prayerful and we'll behaved IN
storm than in fine weather, and
kings are more democratic in war
than when the war is over.