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The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
Jury Awards Boy $4,000 for Foot.

George Clark, 13 year old boy of
Jackson was awarded judgment for
SO, ,000 in a damage suit against the
Illinois Central Railroad last night
by jury of the federal court. The
case was heard all day yesterday and
went to the jury at six o'clock, At
ter two hours of deliberation ver-
dict for the plaintiff was returned,
This was the first and only civil case
which had hearing.
Young Clarke lost his right foot
under an Illionis Central train at a
crossing in Jackson March %, 1921.
He is Boy Scout and his mother is
a widow.
The case was ably argued by
counsel on both sides. Q. B. Whit
field assisted by Julian Alexander,
represented the plaintiff; Anse Nc
Laurin was the attorney for the rail-
road. PLAINTIFFS counsel asked for
$40, 900 damages. 1t is understood
that the verdict is compromise one;
several jurors after being discharged
state that the votes were for dam
ages of $4,000 down to nothing.
But for the one juror. they said,
who held out for verdict of no dam
ages the amount would have been
$500.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
WEAK; RUNDOWN
Carolina Lady Got So She Could
Just Drag. "Cardui Built Me
Up" She Declares.

Kernersville, N. C.-In an interest
ing statement regarding Cardui, the
Woman's Tonic, Mrs. Wesley Mabe, Of
near here, recently said: II have
known. Cardui for years. but never
knew It's worth until year or so ago.
/ was In q weakened, rundown con-
dition. became draggy-didn't eat Or
sleep to do any good; couldn't do any
thing without q great effort / tried
different remedies and medicines yet
continued to drag.
II decided to give Cardui O trial,
and found 1t was just what really
needed. It made me feel much strong
er soon after began to use It. ] be-
gan TO eat more, and the nervous,
weak feeling began to leave. Soon /
was sleeping good.
'Cardui built me up as no other
tonic ever did.
II used Cardui with one daughter
who was puny, felt bad and tired out
all the time. Il brought her right out,
and soon she was as well as q girl
could be. We think there "a nothing
like Cardui."
DO not allow yourself 70 become
weak and rundown from Womanly
troubles. Take Cardui. You may find
Il just what you really need. For
more than 40 years 1t has been used ~
thousands and thousands, and found
Just as Mrs. Mabe describes.
AZ your dyuggist'a Nu1a2
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14

bridge. $500; E. L. Boyte. lumber
Dist. 8, $63S.21; Marion Walker, la
Dor on bridge, $500.
Minutes of the last meeting and
adjourned meeting read and unani-
mously adopted and approved.
Transfer to repay funds.-It is or
dered by the Board that the Clerk OF
this Board be and he is hereby au-
thorized and instructed to issue war
rants for the transfer to the School
Fund from the General County Fund
$6.0O0.00; from the Road Fund to
School Fund. $6.500.00; from Cen
eral County Fund to Dist. Bond
Fund, $2.000.Oe; from Dist. / Good
Road Maintenance Fund to General
County Fund. $5.100.O0: from Dist
2 Good Road Maintenance Fund to
General County Fund, s1.20o.00. All
Of the above transfers to be made as
soon as there has been sufficient
money collected BY the Tax Collec-
tor.
It Is ordered that the Board do
now adjourn until court In course.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
Lincoln Man Kills A
Big Bear-Also Deer

Parties interested in hunting will
be interested in tn following account
sent us by Mr. p. C. Mullen of Glen
nora, La, formerly of Fair Aiver and
taken from the local paper, the Pa
triot:-
"a hunting party consisting of
Messrs. w. P. Bethume, D. ]. Miner,
E. P. Ferguson, E. L. Mullen. of this
place, T. Millen, of Liberty, Miss,
DR.. ]. P. and Tom Durham, of Jones'
vile, have just finished a most sue
cessful eight day hunt in the wilds
of Concordia Parish.
'tThe party had with them Mr..
Octave Morace of Montreal and Mr..
Lively of French Fork, two exper-
ienced bear and deer hunters, with
a pack of seven we'll trained hounds,
which kept the party supplied with
plenty of excitement.
1.-The hunters left Glenmora on
Nov. 2Sth, going by rail to Jones'
vile, thence by truck about forty
miles south of Jonesville in Concor-
dia Parish where they struck camp.
Seven deer and big 500 pound
black bear were the big game killed !;
Mr.. E. L. Mullen bringing "Bruin"
down after having pumped eight
bullets from high powered rife in
to him.
''The party had all the bear meat
they could eat, but owing to the
warm weather they could not get
back home with any, however they
did get home with fine supply of
venison, and ye editor is very much
indebted to the gentlemen for fine
steak"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
"Things Don't They Are
Brought About"

The above quotation is one of the
favorite political maxims of Post
master General Hays Applicable for
politics, it is equally fitting for bus
mess. The commercial organization
or the business man that employs a
selling force whose efforts are sup
plemented by an inteIligently direct
ed advertising campaign can secure
vast amount Of business through
newspaper advertisements
Business men that is the sue
cessful ones know advertising
pays big in returns. Unsuccessful
men don't advertise because they are
unsuccessful That's the answer.
Look over your town right now and
pick out the big firms. They're the
advertisers Advertising is the tonic
that puts dividends In the banks
Everybody reads advertisements
today. Mr.. Merchant. Is your ad-
vertisement IN this paper2
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Catarrhal Deafness requires constitu.
tional treatment. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and when It is entire
iy closed, Deafness is the result. Unless
the Inflammation can be reduced, your
hearing may be destroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the blood on the mucous sur.
faces of the system, thus reducing the in.
flammation and restoring normal condi.
tons.
Circulars free. All Druggists.
=. J. Cheney q Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
Legislature Requested to Curb Su-
psrvisors and Cut Paw.

Grenada. Miss, Dec. 1O.-Resolu-
tions requesting the Legislature to
amend the law so that the board OF
supervisors of each county cannot
contract for public work to be done
the county treasurery offered funds
in the county treasury offered by ].
P. Perry. president OF the Grenada
Mills. were adopted at a mass meet
ing Of citizens and taxpayers Of Gre
nada county today.
other resolutions requesting the
Legislature to investigate the school
book adoption Of 1920 and the price
paid for books as compared with
other states also were adopted.
The resolutions charged extrava-
gance on the part OF officials and
demanded a decrease in the tax rate
and assessments. Repeal Of salary
raising law and trimming or appro-
priations by the state Legislature
we're favored.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
WEDNESDAY, DEC. IA, 1921
OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.

The following opinion Of the At
torney General replying to an inter-
rogation presented by the Sherff of
Jones County, Mr.. Welch, establish
es beyond a doubt woman's political
status. l hope the women of Missis-
sippi may read this opinion and quail
ify by paying their taxes before the
1st of February and register. The
foolish notion that the women Of the
country will not be expected to pay
any tax is settled by the Attorney
General in a clear and emphatic
statement in this opinion.
Mississippi Department Of Justice =
Jackson.
Frank Robertson,
Attorney General.
Hon. w. E. Welch, Sheriff and Tax
Collector, Laurel, Mississippi.
My Dear SIR
Replying to your letter of the 26th
1. Are women required to pay
poll taxes regardless of whether they
register, or expect to register, as vo-
ters?
2. "Will 1t be the duty of the
Sheriff to mark the women who do
not pay their poll taxes before Feb
ruary first as delinquent and publish
their names on the list along with
all other delinquent tax payers?
8. "In the event that women dc
not pay their poll taxes before Feb
ruary the first, will it be the sher-
ifs duty to collect damages from
such delinquents?"
OPINION
l am of the opinion
1. Women are required to pay
poll tax, regardless of whether they
register or expect to vote.
2. All persons, whether male or
female should be marked delinquent
in the same way.
8. Damages should be collected
from females who are delinquent for
poll taxes just as in the case Of male
delinquents.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Frank Robertson,
Attorney General.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
CONFERENCE FOR DISARMA-
MENT.

The conference on the reduction
of armament found little difficulty
in reaching an agreement upon the
principles of an acceptable policy
and programme of procedure. But
with the passing of time the obsta-
cles of practical get together plan
crop out. So far they are mainly
confined to questions in which the
Chinese and the japanese object
Fortunately it may be also while the
yellow men are fertile in objections
they do not seem to be inspired by
a spirit of resistance to the policy
Hence with unity and trust in the
hrm belief in the truism that the
conference will yet work out to the
attainment of great work. ."-Vicks'
burg Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
CROP IS ESTIMATED
AT 5, AZ, 900 BALES
Crop Suffered Many Vicissitudes
Of Which Boil WeeviI Was
Chief.

The Commercial Appears final es-
innate places the 1922 cotton crop
1T S,147 900 running bales, exclusive
OF i,nters and repacks.
Reports from correspondents indi-
cate that the crop, in quantity, av-
erages an unusually high percentage
as to grade, but to the favorable
picking season, and prompt harvest
ing The staple was unfavorably af-
fected by drouth in Texas and some
portions of Oklahoma and by boil
weevil depredations over many other
sections of the belt.
The picking season was the most
favorable within recent years, which
accounts in part for the early gin
ming of the crop. The relative small
ness of the crop, together with abun-
dant labor supply and eagerness to
take advantage of prices which pre-
vailed from time to time after pick
ing was started, contributed to the
quick harvest.
The amount of cotton now remain
ing to be picked is unimportant. A
little remains in the northern and in
the western fringe of the belt, and in
scattered localities some "scrapping"
may yet be done.
Within generation at least the
fields were never before so bare of
cotton at Dec. /, and it is to be
doubted that any crop was ever so
closely picked. The crop of bollies
and snaps will be negligible.
While there was anxiety to sell
at 20 cents pound basis, and above
the disposition has been, and is, to
refuse to follow declines below that
figure. Many have found themselves
unable to hold, however, and the
crop has moved rapidly away from
the farms, although little banking
pressure has been exerted.
VERY LITTLE TOP CROP.
Parts of the belt which were free
or comparatively free from boil wee
wills. including portions of Texas
which escaped serious damage from
drouth, relative small area COM
pared with the belt as whole, made
fair to good top crops. Eleswehere
there was no top crop, and frequent
ly not even middle crop, with very
late cotton yielding only very mea-
ger bottom crop. Late cotton was
chiefly the result of the necessity for
one or more replantings. The top
crop was confined to sections which
did not suffer from boil weevil in
festation and which were not un-
favorably affected by weather con-
ditions, particularly drouth.
On the whole the crop got away
to rather poor start, but recovered
in response to a favorable turn of
the weather, and at one time was Of
distinctly brilliant promise except in
the Carolinas and Georgia, where
scanty use of fertilizer was a handi-
cap from the very start. Boil Wee
vii became active and very destruc-
tive when the crop reached a stage
where it was susceptible to boil vice.
vii damage.
The estimated yield by states, with
U. S. Census ginning report for 1920
1921 for comparison, is as follows:.-
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
Total U. s.--S,147,OOO 1920, ,97O

Total U. SIS, ,147,000 13,270,970
Every state in the belt. reduced
acreage compared with that was
planted in 1920. The governments
preliminary estimate placed the area
planted at 26,519,OOO acres; The
Commercial Appeal estimated the
planting at 26,757,0 900 acres. The
planting in 1920 according to the
governments revised estimate was
S7,043,0O0 acres. and the yield 1884
pounds of lint to the acre. The
1920-21 crop not counting linters,
was 13,270,970 running bales, or
1S,4S9,605 bales in equivalents of
500 pounds each.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14

A petition praying for the success
of the disarmament conference and
expressing gratitude for it's being
called was signed by 199,5S1 women
in the name of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union. The work
was done in one month. Of these
signatures of 31S were from Missis-
sippi, New York had $4,000 and Penn
sylvania over $1,000. But be it re-
membered Mississippi has the small
est population of any southern state,
except possibly, Florida.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
Says Radium Fails.

Auckland, N. o., Dec.> IL. - Sir
Thomas Parkinson, eminent sur
geon, has declared radium failure
"Radium, I" he says "is not only an
ineffective remedy. but positively
dangerous"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14
Governor a Loser in Greenwood Fire.

Governor Russell was one of the
losers in the fire that destroyed the
compress plant at Greenwood on
Sunday.
The governor had 107 bales of
cotton in storage in the plant, and it
was total loss. He is the owner
of a plantation about 35 miles from
Greenwood and his cotton had been
on storage at the latter place for
several weeks. The cotton was of
the long staple variety and the gov
ernor was holding it for higher pri-
ces. He carried some insurance.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14

Phone The Leader II you are in a
hurry for your printing.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-14

eee quickly relieves a cold.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03

preferred issues that will net good re-
turn. I recently purchased some American
Bank Note common stock at near par DO
you consider this a high-grade invest
msnt ~ +.
Answer-We consider the American
Bank Note common stock good bust
ness mans investment. The earning
power of the company, in our opinion,
iustifes this classification. The
American Locomotive Company re-
Gently issued its scmi-annual state
ment and its balance sheet position
in our opinion, was strong. 1t had
liquidated its inventories, and, while
there were comparatively few orders
on the books, the preferred dividend
appeared to be safe for an indefinite
time even were there to be long
continued period wherein the railroads
could not place orders for locomotives.
We think that Corn Products pre-
ferrcd and American Car g. Foundry
preferred are also good investments.
We might add to this list Standard
Oil OF New Jersey preferred, which is
amply protected by earning power.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03

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200 Conlev Tin = II ~ 19iL 1SN
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New-York tribune., 1921-10-03
Would Invest. $500 Periodically

Question: have followed with interest
'nsy n,any OF YOUR questions and answers pub
l!shed In The Tribune. but have not a g yet
,"uhd one which exactly fits my case,
nehse am writing to ask YOUR advice
Tooul an Investment wish to make.
nave 5000 now which l wish to invest in Z;
sooi pond Yielding as high interest as is
consistent with reasonable securitv 4 bout
every four months in the future expecf
20 nave 5000 more to invest in a Hike man
ner, The interest from this money viii
supplement my income now. and wish it
A.. pe Ge, at as htgh a rate as Is reasonable.
MY ldea or this Is from Z to per cent on
actual money invested. Please STATE If vou
thlnk this is too high and what bonds Gin
nv fbeq %ou would recommend
vlloush 10 tell me If interest on foreign
bonds, such as Great Britain. France. Bcl-
siiu,"' tsria' esc., - subject to tax in those
,'Ies' or are the coupona attached to the
bonds, SO that they may be clipped ana
cashed s at a bank? friend told me he
bought an Argentine bond and found thai
ine interest was taxed SO Is per cent in
London before he received it, Naturally I
aont want bond of this sort The rea-
son mention this is because notice you
TscoInSnend quite highly in your column
Jhe I purchase of some of the bonds OF
Gre&l o,,'Ga bri'ain. France. etc Please in
ciuoe in your recommendation mostly
American bonds With possibly one or two
foreign ones.-B. e. r. '"o
Answer.-You are asking rather
nigh rate of interest, and we would
suggest that you buy 5000 bend of the
Colorado & Southern refunding 41ls,
due 1884, With the first $500 and Paci-
nc Gas & Electric per cent bond. due
is4o, with the second $780, After that
IL would be a good plan to write to
US IN regard to further investments.
Have we not made it plain about the
bonds Of Great Britain? The bonds
which are payable in sterling are sub
lect to the discount at which sterling
Is now selling, whereas the external
bonds which bear 512 per cent interest
and on which interest and principal is
payable in New York in United States
gold arc not subject to English taxes
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03
For High Grade Rails

Qucstion-Would you name ten first lien
ciosed mortgage. longtime. seasoned aud
sllt,edse. gold bonds of the stronger rail
roads eligible for Investment by savings
banks ant for trust funds in New York
an an OF Mhlch are quoted on tho New York
STOCK Exchange? | own and am consider
lnG switch from $4,000 United States
certificates Of indebtedness due December
10, 1871. to like amount Of I per cent
,nIooklyr , Edison general mortgage series
- general gold bonds due January J. 1q30
Would my investment position be weak
ened were to make good my threat ?-T.
Answer United States certificates
of Indebtedness have this ADVANTAGE
over currency-that they draw inter
est; otherwise they have much the
seme safety, but they are not cur
rency. Of course, your investment
position would not be the same with
Brooklyn Edison Is, but on the other
hand we think that the Brooklyn Edi-
son Is are sound, high grade invest
ment, The following are first mortgage
railroad bonds. in each case secured
by mortgage on railroad at rais
per mile which we think is conserva-
and for trust funds in New York:
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe general
as, due 1895; Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy general as, due 1885; Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Consolidated 4s. due
1913; Union Pacific first and refunding
as due 20QS; Southern Pacific first re-
funding 4s, due 1855; Louisville &
Nashville first SIS, due 1887; Lake Shore
d MlcFiga Southern first 3las, due
1897; Illinois Central first 4s, due 1857;
Chicago & Northwestern general 3las s.
due 1887; Delaware & Hudson irst and
refunding Is, due 1913.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03

principal and the possibility years
hence of something in the way Of
marketability. We take your last re-
quirement to mean that you do not
want bond which is selling at a
premium-that is, you do not want to
pay l04 for something that will be paid
only at 100 at maturity. We suggest
Western Union ffteen-year 61s per
cent bonds, due 1886, recently selling
at 99s But you must not lose sight
Of the fact that you are getting a
lower degree of safety of principal
and interest. Northern Pacitic-Great
at around 102, while they do NOT ex-
actly meet your last requirement. have
in our opinion, a high degree of safety
of principal, ready marketability, and
g higher coupon rate thar your Atchi-
son AS.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03

CO.PARTNERSHIP NOTICE

STATE or NEw YORK. COUNTY OF
cARDNEK q coMpANY~ro WHOM IT
"a, y coES SEisN; He Il known that tho
"ndFFslSnfd haze formed Il limited CO.
psTtnesHnip % be conducted unoer the nr,n
name q r4KD>EK z. COMPANY WITH It's
5.r1nc pal place OF businoSa in Sew York
.-ountJ, tnaf tho general ratnre OF tho
ntT.neas IN % be tn&l of dealing In bonds
~n1 other nigh claza securities for their
Own account or on eonm.eslon: that the
p~s tnffs are all or :0ii aye and heir NAMES
sr9 fydcFeaseS arc rs f0iiows:
hgthar J. Gardner. general oartnHr, who
fNE.cc~ At 81 EiyeFeiQe Drive Sew York
CRY, Jerome u Stein, special Dariner
rho resides - 4zo Eighth Avenue brook,
IN. Now YoG..
Iha. Jerome = Stein. special partner.
contro1ses nc sp4u of s35 feG frwcntv,
aye Thousand Doilsrs) 70 ine capital of
fhe limited DarueIsh.p aad that ls.4 susn
nas besi actually and 81 sood faith paid
~ him Ia csen to he eaid Tsni Said lin
iied paftsierahip 10 To begin or septefn ber
.. iszi. aaa Is 70 end on December 81.
Dated, september l1tt 1921
ARTHUR }. GARDNER
JEpO4fE j. STEI%
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03
THE METROPOLITAN NATIONAL BANh
or THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

New York September "sth. is2l-
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
Notice IS hereby given that spsc.sn'
Meeting OF the Shareholders of the sane
VIII be held at its banking rooms 5, ~ ~
Broadway. Borough OF Manhattan. ~ :,
and State of New York. OH the ISL DAY =.
November 1921. at 10 o'clock IN the io.s
noon of that day. for the purpose 0. "a .
eying and confirming the terms and co"s.
tons agreed upon hy Il majority ., "i a.,
board of directors OF The Chase Nations.
Bank Of the City OF New York ana o. o.',
majority OF the board of directors OF - ~,
Bank To consolidate the said tWo hAnNsss
associations into one association unoe, ~
charter OF The Chase National RanN "
she city OF New York: and for the tfa.s
action of~Such other business as may pios
erly come before the meeting.
BY order OF the Board OF Directors
FRANK W. FRAzEE. Cashisa
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03
CHASE SECURITIES coRpoRAmoS.

TO THE STOCKHOLDERS:


TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
Notice Is hereby given that spee4a'
Meeting of the Stockholders or Chass
Securities Corporation vii, be hold at IN
Office al 81 Broadway. Borough Of Man.
haitian. city OF New York Stels ot Ne.
York. on the 1st day OF November. 1871
at two o'clock In the afternoon, 10 con.
slider and vote upon proposals 20 inereass,
from 10000 TO 200. .o1o the number O.
shares. without nominal o. par value,
which the said Corporation may issue sno
the amount of its stated capital from
ss.75o, 600 20 $40 100000 The condition
under which such increase shall becoms
effective. the consideration FOR and u,
terms and conditions under which ).
authorized. said new or additional shares
shall be issued and for tho TRANSACTION
Of such other business as may proper"
come before the meeting
BY order of the Board Of Directors
L. Il. TINKER. President
HALSTEAD c. FREEMAN. Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-03
Investment
Information

Questions Of general interest to in-
oestors 1o'N be answsred in this col-
nmm, tn soh'ch case only initials wiu
De used Others toiH bc auswered bp
m,d7l. Address ali inquiries, tnclos.
tn0 Stamped, addressed envclope, to
financial Editor, The Tribune, i54
NossnN Street, Ncso York City.