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The Jasper news., 1921-12-22

the Lord, His way isn't grievous
to me, for am watching and wait
ing and ready for that day to come.
Brother Wood, the pastor atGran-
by, was faithful worker with us.
Oh, that the Lord will multiply
grace and peace with all who read
this.-J. F. Fries, Jasper, Mo-, in
the Holiness Banner.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22
MR.. FRIES WRITES HIS CHURCH
PAPER.

Dear Brother j. D. Cook: In
Jesus name, will write you a few
lines,by the way of the Banner to
let you know that l got home all
right from Cranky, Mo-, on the
10Th. ] enjoyed the pleasure of
worshipping God the four days |
was with you at the Hebron school
house, two miles east of CRANKY.
| also enjoyed the talk that your
companion and Brother George
Johnson gave the little children.
You and your wife and l are al
most up to the Jordan, where it is
only one step across, but thank
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22
!! Eo44nen o. Q(sss,Nf NlsAe6IS;s,]s N]'.s4e6 J.
American Chemists Have Accomplished the Wonders
Which Ancient Chemists Strived for by the
Utilization of Coal Tar By-Products
No. w
(Told In Eight sketehss)
ny JOHN RAYMOND
THE ALcHEM1sTs DREAM

Through the literature Of the an
clients runs the absorbing story OF the
alchemist's patient search for the
touchstone which would transform all
base metals into pure gold, and the
never-ending quest for the elixir which
would restore youth to the aged and
would cure all human ills. The alehe-
mist, driven from cellar to garnet and
often put to death, had an elemental
knowledge OF chemistry and vaguely
dreamed that it could be made to per-
form wonders.
1t was Ben Jonsons alchemist,
Subtle, back in the early seventeenth
century who planned ito change all
that is in my house to gold, and early
in the morning to send to all the
plumbers and pewterers and buy their
Gin and lead up; and to Lothbrfy for
all the copper" And more than that,
by means. of this magic elixir, IN eight
and twenty days he planned to trans
form an old man of four score into a
prattling child.
! Certainly, chemistry has not sue
ceeded in performing these Inarvels
The philosophers stone still is an I'M
known quantity to science, buried, per-
haps, with the pot of gold at the rain
bows end. and the elixir of youth is as
deeply hidden as on that far-off day
when De Soto set forth so bravely
from Spain to find it in the new world
But chemistry has accomplished won
ders by the utilization OF coal tar by
products which contribute to every
phase of our daily life. Take thc
fairy glass OF the chemist and look I'M
to this rather uninteresting substance
coal
We put a kettle of it over FIRE anC
we see leaving at various times wha
1.-THE chemist calls the Crudes-benzone
toluene, xylene, napthalene. phenol
anthracene. carbazol, and some others
But these. are the most important
Sof1e are. clear liquids, some ar,
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22

calls, and either heat
or cool as the case
may be, and we get
a host of other COM
pounds described
as interme di ate $.
Although some of
the crude es and
many Of the in
ter m e d iates saya
Il S c full as such.
the real develop
ment begins wiM
the chemical treat
ment of the interfne-
dates. With many
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22
RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS.

The News wants to place a
handsome map of Missouri and
1922 calendar in every country
school in this section of Jasper
and Barton counties. If teachers
or patrons will drop in we will be
glad to hand you map and calen-
dar. l4tf
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22
SCHOOL VACATION.

The Jasper Schools will close
Friday night for the holidays,
opening January 2. The schools
are quite free now from contagious
disease, only two or three rural
pupils being quarantined by scarlet
fever.
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22

beautiful crystals,
but all are brought
out OF the black
coal tar by the
nagician's W a n d,
which is sim p / y
fractional distilla-
ton; that is. catch
ing and condensing
the vapors given off
at various tempera-
tures.
Now. what of the
crudes? Add nitric
acid, or any ono of
hundreds of cheni-
The Jasper news., 1921-12-22

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The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07
PLAN CENTRAL
 BANK SYSTEM
Senator Glass Notes Move and Sounds Warning NOte-Cur- tis' NOte-Change of System Dangerous.

Washington Jan. 6-Senator Car ter Glass of Virginia, former secre- tary of the treasury, succeeding Wm. G. McAdoo, sees the developing out lines of a Republican attack on the federal reserve act, supplying in place of the present regional banks a central bank. Senator Glass, who is one of the authors of the federal re- serve act, claims that this vision has been made clearer by the statement made by Senator Curtis of Kansas, Republican ''whip" in the Senate, who, after his visit to Marion, said that he had no intention at this time of offering a central bank amendment to the reserve act. Senator Glass, however, is of the opinion that the Republicans in the Senate will at tempt to break down the federal re- serve system during the Harding ad- ministration.
 Senator Curtis explained that while discussing in Marion the plight of the cattlemen, he said that the re- gional banks of the federal system have been trying to make money and have been competing with each other If that goes on, he added, the time may come when central bank, with branches in different sections of the country, will be necessary in order to assure cooperation through out the system. But he thought it possible there will be a change in the policy of the heads of the system, so that such a change will not be necessary.
 During the campaign" Senator Glass said, in commenting on the story from Marion, "I made 15 or 16 speeches, in which I warned those I talked to of the danger that in the event of Republican victory there would be an attempt to change the federal reserve system to provide Q central bank in accordance with the idea of the late Senator Aldrich."
 "You regard the possibility of the Republicans trying to make the change as a real one, then?"
 q do," replied Senator Glass. q expect the move to be made. If it
The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07
ATTORNEYS | ARGUE CASE
Base of Miles Downs Probably
 Will Be in Hands of Jury By
 Night Hundred Witnesses Were Examined.

After about eight hours of hearing the testimony of about a hundred Witnesses in the Miles Downs murder ease which was opened at the con vening of the court yesterday morn ing, the attorneys began pleading their case with the jury this after noon at 1:30, the testimony having been completed at 11:15 this morn 5ng and all the witnesses discharged. Among the last witnesses to take the Stand were Alfred Stockton, father Eof the late Roy Stockton, for whose murder Miles Downs is now being tried, w. R. Barham, justice of the peace of this township, and Dr. c. VA. Buchanan, county coroner at the time of the killing of Stockton.
 N Stockton's testimony was very
 brief. He stated in answer to a huestion by Attorney Carrigan for the defense, that he was so drunk at the time of the difficulty near Bough- ton in which Downs shot Roy and Josh Stockton after they are alleged to have threatened his (Downs) life, that he could not say as to what he did or what really took place. Asked If he recognized either of the two
 revolvers used as exhibits in the case as being Roy's, said that one
 assembled Roy's revolver, but he was
 lot sure. He denied that Roy owned
 more than one revolver.
 w. R. Barham testified that he
 made a personal call upon Miles
 Downs at some time following the Shooting near Boughton, with pro- lposal that he, Downs and the Stock fons make peace with each other, (which offer was refused with state ment from Downs at the time that 3'he wanted the law to take it's course lin the matter" This statement was verified by Downs himself when on Nhe stand, but when asked if it was Bot for the purpose of defeating the Prosecution of the Stocktons for Eheir attack upon him near Bough- abn, Downs said that it was. Dr. testified as to the direction the bullet from Downs revolver en- Hred the door in H. A. Hamilton &
The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07

is made, and if it succeeds, it will subvert the entire system and will destroy it. A central bank would be located, of course, in New York. It would be under the control of bank CTS, and would be used for special class. And it would be used not only for purposes of trade and industry, but for political ends. That is the truth about the matter.
 "The present system, with it's se- ries of regional banks, contemplates holding supplies of currency and credit in each district, where they will be under the control of men who know the business conditions and needs. A central bank, with its con- centration of authority and power over the nations currency and credit would be destructive of a basic prin- ciple of the present system. A move to change the system to provide a central bank would be a menace"
 Do you believe such move would have much chance of succeeding?
 ''I am not sure that it would not. The victory for reaction in November was so stupendous that it is impos- sible to say what will be done, or how far those who have won the vic tory will go."
The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB

Tuesday afternoon Mrs Mary M. Smyth entertained the Fortnightly Club. So many parties during the holidays caused this meeting to be a little out of the regular date.
 Mrs. Smyth made the occasion doubly pleasant by including num- Der of friends outside the club in her guest list. Mrs. Henry Moore, Mrs. Lynn Harrell and Mrs. Elba Doris assisted Mrs. Smyth.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07

Company's store at the time Roy was killed.
 A number of witnesses testified that they had heard Roy Stockton make threats against the life of the defendant, Miles Downs. One wit ness said that Roy told him while both were in Prescott that he would "get" Miles Downs for swearing a lie against him in the trial of Roy, which resulted in a twenty year pen itentiary sentence for the killing of his father-in-law, Elmore Britt.
 The defense endeavored to show that a conspiracy was formed be- tween the Stocktons for the murder of Miles Downs for certain testimony made by him in Roy's trial. The states contention was that Miles and Jim Downs began shooting at Stock ton at the time he was killed, as soon as Stockton appeared on the street near Hamilton's store. Stock ton was in a car at the time. The prosecution tried to show further that after Roy abandoned his car and fled down an alley, that the Downs brothers followed him, shooting at him until he fell dead in the Hamil- ton store.
 The arguments of the attorneys will probably be completed this af- ternoon late, and the case may be in the hands of the jury tonight.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07
GRAND JURY
 FINDS 47 BILLS
Recommendations is Erection of New Jail and the Bringing of Nevada to the Front in Good Roads,"

In the Nevada County Circuit Court, January, 1921, Term, Jan. Eth, 1921. To the Honorable George R. Haynie,
 Circuit Judge:-
 We the grand jury empaneled for the January 1921 term of Nevada county circuit court, report as fol- lows:
 We have examined 59 witnesses and returned 42 indictments; we have carefully investigated all violations of the law, which has been brought to our attention, and have found in dictments in all cases where we were satisfied that the evidence justified
 The committee appointed to inves- tigate the condition of the poor farm, report that the premises are we'll kept, and that there are now three inmates of this institution.
 The grand jury finds that many of the roads over the county are in very poor condition, but we find that there has been in some sections, some ex- traordinary good work done on the roads, and we recommend and urge that the officers and citizens come together and bring Nevada to the front on the good roads proposition.
 We the grand jury have investi- gated the conditions of the county the county jail, and we find that the prisoners are we'll cared for; we find that the jail is insufficient to keep the prisoners separate, which is best to do sometimes; in view of this fact, and that the jail house is in very poor condition, we recommend that steps be taken to build new jail.
 We find that the records of the county are we'll and neatly kept.
 We have relied upon the report of the commissioners of accounts as to the correctness of the various collect Ing othcerS of the county.
 We find that 22 justices of the peace have filed their reports, con- stables have filed their reports.
 We recommend that the commits sioners of accounts investigate this matter.
 We wish to thank the court, the prosecuting attorney, the deputy prosecuting attorney, the sheriff and his deputies for their courteous treat ment, and we especially appreciate the efficiency and promptness with which the sheriff and his deputies have served the grand jury in getting witnesses before them.
 The grand jury respectfully asks that it now be discharged.
 w. L. Britt, Foreman. J. T. Adams, Geo. w. Duke, Clerks.
The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07
70 o o o o o O oOo o oO o FAVORS M'RAE POLICIES

o Magnolia, Jan. 6--The Board o of Governors of the Chamber 0 of Commerce Tuesday adopt
 0 ed resolutions endorsing the 0 policies of Governor-elect Me o Rae, as outlined by him dur 0 ing the campaign. The reso- o lutions emphasized. the cham o ber's desire for the abolish
 O ment of unnecessary offices
 o and commissions, more espec- o tally the Corporation Commits o sion."
 o 0 o o o o o O 70 o O 0
The Prescott daily news., 1921-01-07

In the Nevada County Circuit Court, January, 1921, Term, Jan. Eth, 1921. To the Honorable George R. Haynie,
 Cirn,,i4 I,,I..o.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-19

I have a friend who owneth a
large hotel. And he wrote an epistle
unto me, saying. When thou CONTEST
unto this burg, let no man begun
thee of thy wealth. Come thou 10
Lime hotel, and eat that which is
good, and it shall not cost thee n
red cent.
Now | had occasion to visit that
city, and he met me with an auto
mobile, and took me to his hotel,
and gave unto me a swell room with
a bath, and fed me with feasting'
And we had a fine breakfast, and a
lunch that was some lunch.
But when we came to dinner De-
hold. he was weary. And we looked
over the bill of fare, and nothing
looked good unto him.
And | said, 1 will have a planked
whitefish.
And he said, Nay; l have been
trying to get a chef who could plank
an whitefsh as 1t should be done;
try something else.
And / said, L will have anvas-
back duck.
And he said, / saw those ducks
when they came in, and they ooked
none too good to me; they were the
best l could get, but l would try
something else.
And thus he spake of everything
| proposed.
And then he said, Come, let us get
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-19
TAX 4

Perth Amboy has every reason to ieel b'"'i-
.,hs+artial reduction in the tax rate
for this city as announced yesterday 1t ls'""
excellent showing compared with a great ma
iority of the places in the county, Oh our :
dsnends on how much the valuations have Deeh
raised whether the taxpayers are gong u w
perience any saving over last years tax pi' u
NOT. but even if valuations have oeen sehefais
raised. there is bound to be some that Will ~
main the same. In fact, there is reason 70 y
,ieve that the individual property owner-'he
man who owns his own home-wil be greati!
benefited.
The tax rate here last year was $3.50 per sloo
,..,,o, This wear it will be s4.02 per 800
valuation. This is a decrease OF t~ehty-eis"'
cents. While the tax rates for poth Guy u
county show a decrease. the biggest drop IN
the rate for city purposes exclusively. last ye"i
he amount needed by the city for local expehs-
O.. including the schools. amounted 10 SSi' Pei
.too valuation while this year the city requires
nut s2.s5 on each 500 valuation. without !"
the least overlooking the fact that tax rates can
always be reduced by raising the valuation such
. decrease as Is shown here is decidedly creoi-
table and speaks well for the present city al
,,inistration under which the decrease is brought
about.
Perth Amboy's reduction is all the more COM
nendable when the new rate is contrasted with
the rate in other parts of the county. 1t VIII
be ~membe that last year Perth Ampoys
tar rate was exceeded only by the rate IN James
burg where they paid s4.52 per 500 valuation
last wear. New Brunswick paid only S4.lo
against $3.50; South Amboy paid only sS'so'
Roosevelt, 1915, while Woodbridge was but one
point behind us. her rate last year being s4'29.
This year all Of these places show an increase
and. with the exception of Roosevelt all OF
them now have a tax rate higher than this city
New R~runswick's new rate is $3.50 this year as
AGAINST Perth Amboy's new rate of S4.02; south
Amboy's new rate is $4.27; Roosevelt VIII pay
1880 while woodbridge has gone up to $4.5o
per 500 valuation. In view of this showing
perth Amboy has every reason to be satisfied.
In connection with the local tax it is inter-
esting to note that of the s2.S5 on every Sloo
~xapsation required for local expenses sl.O4 Is
for schools alone. In other words, it costs nearly
as much to run our public schools as 1t does
all the rest of the city put together.
With the creditable financial showing for the
city at the beginning of the year. a marked de-
crease in the city debt being noted, and now a
decrease in the tax rate, Perth Amboy. as FAR
as finances go, may be said to be in good shape
1t is evident that the present administration
while accomplishing much for the city, is not
unmindful of the duty that public officials owe
o the taxpayers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-19
PARALLELS OF
SAFED THE SAGE

out of this mob. ! know a nice littis
chop-house. Let US run over there
and get a good beefsteak.
And l said, Not on thy life. There
is no chop-house that can put UP
such eats as / have here. 1 intend
to eat this whole bill of fare.
And he blessed me, and he said.
Our food is good, and this is the best
hotel within a circle of five hundred
miles, and l know 1t. But l get SO
weary knowing what goes into
everything, and the process by
which things are done, that ! get
tired.
And l said unto him. o, my frienG
thou are not the only pebble on II
beach. What thou sayest is true OF
all men when they come to know
the seamy side of their own job.
And he said, 1t cannot be so with
thee.
And / said. 1t is even so. ! know
too well what goeth into my homi-
letic soup-kettle. And ] know that
when 1 roast people from the pulpit
it is often overdone and scorched.
And / said, Come, let us eat this
food, for it seemeth me this Is one
good square meal.
And he said. You can just bet
that meal you are eating is all wool
and a yard wide.
And it was some meal.
| WILLIAM u. BARTON.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-19
SOUTH AMBOY

The Woman's Auxiliary of the
American Legion are holding a
home made cake sale in the Trust
Company building today.
There will be a special meeting OF
the Woman's Auxiliary of the Amer
lean Legion in the rooms or the
post Monday night.
Go and Get It," a newspaper
story. will be presented by the boys
Of the American Legion Thursday
March 81.
There will be special services in
all the churches of the city tomor-
row in celebration OF PAIN sun
day"
Miss Lillian Behn. who has been
superintendent of the South Ampoy
hospital has resigned.
The old chapel standing in the
Christ church cemetery is being Oh
fered for sale. IL is known as Doane
Memorial chapel and is one of the
oldest buildings in the city.
Special vespers will be held to-
morrow afternoon at the Y. NJ. Z. A
e. Aurice Nell will be in charge. =,
"AEril Fools Day" Friday, April
I. there will be a big dance in the
high school auditorium under the
auspices of the Kum-Rite-lnn Cluo
Inasmuch as this is their first socla'
| event ever held the promoters have
left nothing undone to make 1t one
of the gayest affairs of the season;
RAYMOND Fleming is chairman OF
the floor committee and will be as
sisted by Messrs. Timmons, EN-
mons. Cohen, Connors. Quinlan,
Holton, Sfalloy. Mahoney, OLeary'
Mcdonnell, Busky and Lyons. The
Peerless Harmony quintet of New
ark have been secured to furnish
the music.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-19

@. How many people are employ
cd by the Postoffice Department.
ID. +.
A. Postmaster General Hays says
there are 500, 900 employees.
@. | am DESTROYS of removing d
willow tree stump from my lawn.
Will salt applied at the roots accom-
rlish this?-J. d. II.
A. The Bureau of Forestry says
that salt might kill the stump of a
tree, but it would be a long and te-
dious process. The best method is
to pull the stump up by the use of u
team of horses.
Q. Has salt ever been used as
money!. b. G..
A. Cakes of salt have been used
as a medium of exchange in Africa,
in Tibet and adjoining parts of Asia.
Q. How can an old ham be pre-
pared and cooked to improve the
flavor ?-i. NJ. c.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says that in such Il case you
should soak the ham several hours,
remove all mold and loose pieces
and rinse well. Cover with cold
water, add two tablespoonfuls of
vinegar, one-half cup brown sugar,
four cloves. and one bay leaf, and
heat to boiling. The amount of
cloves and bay leaf may be increas-
ed if desired, especially for larger
hams. Reduce the heat to a con
slant simmer and allow to cook at
this temperature at the rate of 20
minutes for each pound weight.
Remove from fire. but keep the ham
in the liquor in which it was cooked
until cold then remove from o
I .o;nnr o,A a1IAYr IN drain ITO In off
the skin. score the fat in inch
blocks, and cover with a coating of
brown sugar and crumbs. Stick
with cloves one inch apart. Bake
in a slow oven until nicely Drowned,
basting at intervals, with one-half
cup of water and IN Tablespoonful
Of vinegar.
@. I wish to join the army. Where
is the nearest recruiting station
z. L. Nick.
A. 1t is impossible for one to en-
list in any branch of the Army or
Navy service at the present time.
Q. What is the insignia of a war
rant oficer?-M. A. r.
A. The new collar and cap iuslg-
MIA to be worn by Army warrant
officers has been approved by the
| War Department. The design shows
an American eagle in the position
known in heraldy as rising" whict
is to typify the rising of the enlisted
mar 10 the rank of warrant Officer
The eagle stands on three arrow:
and is encircled by a laurel wreath
It will be two or three months be
fore these dies are ready.
@. What is the fastest time al
airplane has ever made?-W. v. Z
A. ON November 4, 1920, 4 new
sreed record was made for airplane
the speed attained was 1913 mile
per hour and was made by Captain
DeRomanet in France.
Q. Have CLANS eyes?-E. c. d.
| A. The Bureau of Fisheries say
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-19
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason.
Spring

Spring
Now comes the end, my fellow
men, of winter. stern and bitter; the
spring is coming once again, and
merry birds will twitter, and joy will
permeate each hen and COW and hu-
man critter. The, winter has been
mild and kind, no tempests ragged
severely. the elements all seemed in
clined to treat us fair, or nearly: the
frost king and his frigid kind were
kept in limits. clearly. And so we
have no kick to make about the e
son going. but oh, III buzzums fair
ly ache to see the green things
growing, to skirmish with a spade
or rake. or do some fancy hoingl The
winter makes us feel our years, and
fills our hearts with sorrow, and.
though a balmy day appears, small
comfort can we borrow, for we are
always filed with fears of what may
come tomorrow. THE northern sky
grows grim and grey" We sigh, with
grim foreboding, 'and though the
suns on deck today. we have a fear
corroding that Boreas will come cur
way, his tinhorn goods unloading"
To all such fears spring gives release
the fears hat used to bore us: we
do not summon the police when
clouds assemble DER us; spring fills
our Jaded souls with peace, and
places hope before us.
Copyright. George Matthew Adams.