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branches of the service, will hold
meetings in Washington in October,
beginning on the eleventh of the
month Two postmasters' associations,
that of the supervisory employees and
of the rural carriers, will meet. Dur
ing the sessions joint meetings and a
big banquet, to be attended by no.
tables. will be held
With the entrance into the senate of
General Coleman Du Pont as a repre-
sentative of Delaware, famous name
is added to the list of those already
in that body, and good roads legisla-
zion has secured another champion.
General Du Point, like many Of his
fellow senators, started in life numb
~, as worker in Muhlenberg coun-
ty coal mine.
President harding, pronounced
baseball fan, was one of the rooters ON
the sidelines at game played in
Washington between teams made IN
OF Washington Masons, on one side.
and veterans of the Marine Corps on
the other. As the President is both a
Mason and the Commander-in-C Chief
of the military forces of the country.
he was impartial in his roofing, but he
managed to enjoy the game immense
".
New world war hinges on Chinese
problem, says Chinese ruler. That
big empire may arouse herself from
her long sleep and demand to be treat
ed white
That Attorney General Harry Daugh-
erty contemplates resigning from Pres
ident Harding's cabinet is reported in
a special Washington dispatch to the
New York Herald. The dispatch
says that official announcement is ex-
pected soon aud that it is reported
that Daugherty intends to be candi-
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date for the United States senate from
Ohio long cherished desire. If elect
ed he would become administration
leader of the upper branch of con-
gress.
President Harding has appointed
Hughes, Root, Lodge and Underwood
as the American delegation to the
Disa rnament Conference. He gave
Borah and Johnson the marble heart
OF course Hughes and Johnson could
hardly serve together on any AMIGA.
Bile board as Hughes has not for
gotten how Johnson threw him down
in California in 1916. Perhaps Mr..
Harding will have cause to regret
the slight given the Californian in
years TO come.
The overflow ef the river at San
Antonio, Texas, caused the death of
perhaps five hundred persons and
damage to property amounting to ten
millions.
One of the most spectacular drug
raids New York eyer knew occurred
last Friday with the mysterious sui
eide of the chief raider. Fitzpatrick,
head narcotic investigator, led thir-
teen agents in a gallant charge up the
gangplak of the Greek steamship
King Alexander and engaged in a
hand to hand fight in which volleys
OF shots were fired, five seamen wound
ed, 100000 worth Of drugs and whis-
key seized and nearly 325 men aboard
the vessel rounded up for examina-
ton. The raid over. Fitzpatrick step
ped into wash room on the Brooklyn
pier where the King Alexander was
tied up. Two shots rang out. Fitz-
patrick was found dead. both bullets
IN his heart. The suicide completely
mystirfied the raiding party. Their
only theory was that their chief, who
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-16
STATE NEWS


The states building boom is una
bated. 1t is something phenomenal
Sarasota promises to provide a
camp site for the tin can tourists.
< t*s
In an automobile crash in Miami on
Saturday FIVE persons were injured.
DIR. T. L. Lamb has been named for
game warden of Duval county.
Location of new experiment sta
tion is undecided.
The Hillsboro schools opened Mon
day.
NJ. p Geiger, of Homestead, Dade
county, has been named by Gov. Har-
dee to be rural school inspector.
Phosphate shipments from the port
of Tampa for August totalled S3,2sS
tons.
Mr.. G. d. Moses, was instantly kill
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-16
News Of the Week ::
Told in Paragraphs With Notes and Comments

ed in an automobile accident at Day
tona on September 10th.
The County Record of Blountstown
is offering a prize for the best 5OO,-
word history of the founding and de-
gelopment of Calhoun county.
$3.50
Many prominent women from differ
ent parts of the country are expect
ed to attend the Prison Congress to
he held in Jacksonville from October
2S to November 8.
The University of Florida at Gain
esville and the Woman's College at
Tallahassee announce the largest at
tendance ever enrolled
Duval county commissioners have
adopted budget with tax levy of
42la mills.
The decomposed body of Eugene
Haskell, a farmer of Moore Haven
was found in ditch Saturday. His
pockets had been rifled and rings
taken from his fingers.
Martin and Ponsell who murdered
John Tuggle, their benefactor, near
Crestview in West Florida, must go
to the gallows. They made full
confession of their crome. The date
of the hanging is next Friday.
The latter part of last week light
ening struck Leon McQuarrie, four
teen years old. of st. Petersburg and
killed him.
! The Florida State Hotel Associa-
ton is to spend $4,000 in a nation
wide advertising campaign this whit
er.
John H. Pope, prominent lawyer of
! Jacksonville, son of Colonel Frank
Pope, one of the ablest lawyers in the
state, is implicated in the Hickman
murder.
DR.. |. c. Belcher, of Tarpon Springs,
charged with manslaughter in connec-
ton with the death of Virginia Turn
er, has waived preliminary investiga-
tion. and his case goes before the grand
+ jury.
State Pardoning Board convened
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they said had been worrying o'r
health. suddenly had become aen'
in the excitement of the hsns
A special from Los AIlge's'
that District Attorney Brady en-
ed that despite efforts to in'in'as
witness. money. power and inf'
no effort would be spared =
the guilty in which Fat1 8
is accused of murdr Of the ~.
movie star. Mrs. Maude be'n
Stunning the role Of prosecu'In
lieved to have told the grapa
same story she told the police
buckle dragging tn girl 'n.o = 81
the girl screaming, and then
the door, and that upon the -. s.
ing opened, Arbuckle was
his paiamas, with the girl =
conscious state, and the
disheveled.
( snecial from Belfast, I'sls' 81
that warning TO the bll''s -
ment against circumscribins :,
ers Of the new Ulster parl's'e 's,,
given by Hugh o'Nelll + b
the parliament, in an address iii
men county Antrim. a. ING
ton Of the rights and p'''s
the new Ulster parliament bsIs
Of the projected negotiations 's,s,l
members Of the British G. -
the Sim FEM he dee'a' J. lrs1
lead to bitter civil war .. z
aThe war would become ,ss,s
be be i in ireland Re, a war which = 81 b
broil Great Britain and ssr,s'
States, and would spfea'
the earth"
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-16

In one day sams0n' ..,'Is'
raised $500 for the e
church. Evidently 'ns's ), ST.
fishing poles and autos
Apalachicola Times.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-16

Wednesday. There were one hundred
and nineteen cases before the board
and number of lawyers to present
the claims of the several applicants.
The sheriff of Pinellas county told
the people if he was given SIS for
every conviction of bootlegging he
could soon break up the traffic. and
someone took him at his word and
has put up the $25 for as many con-
victiens as the sheriff is pleased to
obtain, It is now up to him to make
good
An Indictment has been found
against John H. Pape, prominent lawy-
er of Jacksonville, implicated in the
murder of Geo. H. Hickman.
/ 1t is estimated that forty-fve auto
mobiles from distant states coming
in this direction pass a given point in
Live Oak every day. At that rate this
section is filling up quite rapidly
| Hon. H. H. McCreary of Gainesville,
| is in a hospital at Jacksonville, where
he has gone to get relief from car
bunkle on the hip with which he has
been suffering for several months
Mr.. McCreary was for many years
editor and owner of the Gainesville
Sun and for number of years repre-
sented Alachua county in the state SEN
ate. His friends hope that he will
soon recover.
Mary Magdalene Pagan, negro wo-
man, was found dead in house in
the vicinity of Plant City following
the shooting and killing of Isaiah Leon
ard, also colored, by her husband,
Charlie Anderson, Tuesday.
i $50
The orange growers on the east
coast have pledged not to ship any
green fruit. A good pledge if lived
up to.
GENERAL NEWS
Ten thousand square miles of Texas
was affected by the recent food
Franklin ID. Roosevelt is i'll. Is suf-
fering partial paralysis of both
! legs.
Perhaps as many as 80 persons were
Edrowned or crushed teS.death by the
collapse of bridge at Chester, Pa,
on Saturday last.
Labor is planning nationwide de-
monstration on Armistice Day.
The railroads, seeking sympathy
and wanting large government appro-
priations. when owing the government
large sums, made net earning in
July of $6s,4S5,OOo.
Fatty Arbuckle formally arraign-
ed for murder. Up to Wednesday he
refused to make any statement.
The International Court of Justice
is the paramount question discussed
by the League of Nations in session
at Geneva, Switzerland.
Minimum total tax of $3,200,0O0, 900
is aim of Republicans in revising tax
bill.
The body of Bernard j. Dougherty.
who was chosen by Walter Camp when
he played on Harvard football team
some years ago, was found day or
two ago in the Desplanes river near
Chicago all mangled.
Roscoe Arbuckle, of movie star
fame, is booked on a charge of MUIR
der in connection with the death of
Virginia Raphe, who died few hours
after being with a party in Arbuckle's
suite in New York hotel after
round of drinks.
Movie picture houses all over the
country are cancelling pictures in
which FATTY Arbuckles is featured.
Suits, amounting to millions, have
been filed against the New York World
by members of the K K ks for the
Worlds exposures which it is claim
ed are libelous.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-09-16

T Haze just brought to
4 this city a carload
Of best grade jersey and
Guernsey Jersey mich
cOlUs, all Leon county
raised and tick proof.
These cOUs are all good
mixers and perfectly
gentle. Some are fresh
nOIU or IUiLL be soon. Call
at the stable of Laurence
and Good and select your
choice at price that lOiU
satisfy you.
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State Pardoning Board convened
Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
PULL DOWN THE BLINDS
BY DR. FRANK CRANE tCopyright. 1921, by Frank Crane)

The newspapers for the past weeks, since the war, the boshevk and the strikers have had their turn and quit paused for breath have been saturated WlaY scandal in high life.
 Far be 1t from to pass arbiter morum upon the guilt rectitude of any of these parties. That we shall leave to their God their conscience and their female friends The Public has nothing to do with Morals, and everything to do with our Decency.
 Wrong may be most foul and rllnous to the sou put it remains matter for the judication of higher col4 than any earth until it is found out
 Hence, against the cupabity of these various con- estants public opinion has nothing to say but against their airing all manner of indiscretions it has thing to say.
 Responsibility is not bad sort of thing. It has its It enables people to get along It is not necessar fly hypocrisy
 It may cover multitude of sins, but as most of that have reached the of temptation have more or less things do not to discuss in loud voice Tn the street car, responsibility comes quite handy as modus vivendi.
 It means indeed, the rules of the game. And unless you keep the rules there be game.
 If gentleman persists in moving the knight diagon- ally as he should the bishop you simply cannot play chess with him.
 expected live close together and carry complicated activities Without the responsibilities could have no city,
 There are wrongs better bear in silence than redress in public
 Particularly is this the case when one is high in society For social rank has it's responsibilities and among them is duty not to offend by doing the family wash in the front yard
 Society not moral It is not immoral It IS respect able It is fabric of decencies not of righteousness And who kicks that fabric to pieces automatically s kicks himself out. . You may beat your wife, and it may be none of the ubcs business but it becomes the publics business $ when you don't pull down the blinds
Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
Questions And
 AnSUerS

a How was the smoke made that was used for smoke screens by our vessels during the war? G. |. X.
 A The chemical warfare service saws that the most promising mixture evolved for this purpose was known as B. M.," as the original iornala for it came from the bureau or mines, the service perfecting it. The loiio" ing formula is representative ana was varied according to the method and form of device in which the smoke was used: Zinc. 35.4 parts carbon tetrachloride. 41.6 parts; so- dium chlorate, 9.3 parts; ammonium chloride, 5.4 parts; magnesium car bonate, s.S parts.
 O. Was the tone of the Liberty bell changed when 1t was recastE 0. M. w.
 A. The original Liberty bell was considered too high in tone. The bell cracked when being tested, so It was recast and copper was added to lower in etone of the bell. The result was not satisfactory. the tone being too low. Another recasting produced satisfactory tone and the bell was hung.
 o. Is the ship, "The Golden Hind'" still in existence? G. w.
 A Sir 1A - SAAAiF' den Hind" at the command Of Queen EHzabe was placed in Deptford dockyard. This is located in sup urb of London. The vessel has long been an object of historical interest to visitors to that city. O. When was the White House destroyed and rebuilt? J. w. A. The original executive mansion was burned by the British in 1874 Ii was rebuilt in ISIS, painted White and called the White House. ! o. Do you know of any way to ! petrify wood? l. T.
 A. The bureau of forestry says that there is no way to petrify wood It takes 500.000 years for the natura 1 phenomenon to take place. o. What causes trench foot" | c. A. H..
 A. Trench foot is traceable to eX- posture (cold, mud slush), but more
 particularly to muscular inactivity
 due to the confined trench quarters especially in the long sustained sit
 ting positions in which the pressure
 Under the knees slows the circ ulation
 Q. What city was known as thu
 Mother of Russians? A. A. w. A. Moscow. the former capital O
Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
The Breaking Up of the South

Of the fifteen democrats of the house who voted Frda,- for the emergency tariff bill all but were from the South, representing five states of that section These fifteen thereby embraced the doctrine protection. Six republicans voted against the bill. not however in opposition to the principle of protection but to the emergency char acter of the measure, and some of them represent ing the extreme east because of what they held to be discrimination against manufacturers. The sptes these may be counted upon in support or general protection tariff legislation
 !. The changing attitude of the South toward the tariff is indicative of the breaking of that roek-rbbed section than the result of the Mo- ve1nber election in Tennessee and Oklahoma. This tendency first manifested itself with clearness in the Eebruary tariff congress Atanta-in the speeches o leading southerners; and again in the call for the Mississippi congress in which it was declared that the South must abandon traditional policies which handicap its material interests
 For many years. since the civil the democratic party has stood for tariff for only It was assumed that if there other way raise the revenue than by that, the most inequtable of all methods, it imposes the tax alike on the rich and the poor. the democrats would traders
 The produced by the tariff with the republicans only secondary incidental matter. protection being the first object.
 In recent years. there has been other visible permanent mark of difference between republicans and their respective attitudes toward the tariff democratic leaders have sought to this line of demarcation unobscured. They have maintain it a party principle. With the re- pubncans tariff has not been considered prin- cipe. but a party and a public policy. The demo- crats have attacked the morality of the protective tariff. The republicans have cung to the material advantages of and have justified their posi- uon-
 Departures from the policy have always been followed by periods of depression, and invariably these periods have been ended by the readopton of the party policy. The country had begun to feel n depression following the enactment of the Under wood when the world intervened and erected a trade barrier the United States more mpass- able than any tariff law could have been. But already before the broke out, following demo- cratic tariff legislation in 1913 smoke from factory stacks had begun thinning kitchens were being thronged and bread lines being formed
 Agriculture the last of our industries to feel the need of protection, though long it could to its advantage have been given protection. But in lection. The South with its great cotton crops has particularly suffered. It perceiyes that it has suffered from too much party politics we'll as from little protection.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
NEWS ITEMS oa,ea STATE NORMAL | TEMPE AlRlt8O(NkA
The Pageant

The Pageant
 The pageant to be given April % will be the most pretentious display ever put on at the Normal Over 500 performers in costume. will be in line. The scenes and characters will depict the triumph of Spring over King Winter. Scenes from the Saint George plays, the Robin Hood ballads, Dighy mysteries, and pastoral spec tacles will be given.
 Assembly
 An interesting program, conducted by 1dr. Fairbanks, was given in the assembly Monday. April H. The first number of the program was a male quartet by Mir Hiott, Mir Felton. Mir. Fairbanks and Brown Capps. Ken meth Rube1 duplicated famous trick played by professional magicians that of pouring grapejuice and water from the same pitcher
 Y. w. C. A. Notes
 The Four Square Girls club had charge of a very interesting meeting Thursday, April 14. Irene Griffith gave talk on Girl Reserves" An interesting play 'On Dress ParadAs~ was given There was special music Miss Ella A Bonnet. the T. ". c. A. secretary, has gone to the U. of A. where she will help in Y. W. work there for a week
Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
Miss Wood Publishes Songs

Miss Wood Publishes Songs
 Two very beautiful songs, recently published by Miss Veronica Wood or the class of 1899. have come to our attention. One of them is put out with full orchestral accompaniment. The Normal is proud 10 have an as bring composer among it's graduates.
 Grades Out
 The grades for the third quarter were distributed last week The present close marking causes us to believe that the normal faculty IS aiming to provide teachers Of higner scholarship.
 Pictures of the campus. the athletic teams. tennis players and courts have been taken this week. They will De used in feature articles for the Slu- dent and for the next catalogue.
 Senior Hike
 The senior turned out In run Iorce Monday evening for hike across the river A huge campfire was klnoie1 on the hills across the divide Round this the party gathered and partcok of a four course lunch. No mere nicnic spread. but delicious viands, carefully prepared and dealt out in large portions The senior speclai domestic science students looked after this. Then came the songs and stories about the roaring fire, ana the hike home
Arizona republican., 1921-04-17
This Ia the Bunk

congress is about to investigate an alleged movement backed by a large fund to secure leeisa 'on In the shape of sales tax which it is charged "ouid snove the tax along from rich man to the poor man. That is bunk pure and simple the in troductlon of the words rich and poor
 What is meant by showing the tax a,ong is transferring 1t to the man in the line rich or lie pays the tariff tax property tax if be is !. iessee- He pays the excess profits tax. The ulti- mate consumer is the goat and no legislation can aa prive him of that role
 The tax lies where it falls only when there is no uirecuon Tn which 1t be pushed The income 'aA' Ill most cases, cannot be transferred But when the income tax payer is engaged in some busi ness 10 which he turn to recoup himself he is very apt to do so
 we nave ln this state sales tax on gasoline NO one Is fool enough suppose that it win he pau Dy me people who gasoline. There was never a pretense that the oil companies would rest unoer H. or that the retailers would pay it. Ii was expected that the automobile owners would nav if IL was desired and intended that they should d ~ TOT the tax was intended road fund to which 1e was the theory of the legislature the automo- pie owners should be made to contribute
 general sales tax cannot of course he defe,dad on the same grounds. is necessarily an ,nius+ ea@ Tn that 1t IS not approximately distributed
 iong the rich and the poor In that respect though ~ is as nearly just as any indirect tax may be.
Arizona republican., 1921-04-17

of them make claim to be republican, This list of the American Economist includes the Tribune Sun and Herald of New York the Minneapolis Tribune and Journal Kansas City Star, the Ohio State Journal the Indianapolis Star the Cincinnati Times Star, the Hartford Courant, the Baltimore Ameri- can, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Los Angeles Times and others in different parts of the country
 All these newspapers while urging tariff revision are advocates of protective tariff but all of them regard tax revision immediate problem. to be solved.
 The list compiled by the American Economist for It's criticism, reminds again that the party organ mas become rarity There comparatively few newspapers of standing bound by party leaders who as rule are not forward looking. They see only inmeoiate advantages to be gained They are for ehe most part only party machinery tinkers They try 10 patch here and there without comprehensive recognition Of defects Then the machinery gives way Tn some unexpected place. That accounts for party breakdowns and political overturns
 The Republican is not hidebound nor has it become muscle-bound by its perform ing stunts at the crack of party whips or by doing heaVy work about party machinery
 IL believes that the republican party is generality put not always right that its policies through sixty years have proved to be the for the country but IL recognizes that sometimes it's policies are wrong ana that often the wrong kind of men to oireot It's policies are put forward; that it or any other party is wrong when it puts the public in second place.
 The American Economist. is neither democratic nor republican. It has but one policy good one the protective tariff but that one blinds it to every other need the country