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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-07-15
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HAD NEWS CT IMPORTANCE
But TompkIns, HabItuaIIy Polite, Hest-
tated to Address Anyone but =
the Head Of the Firm.

Tomkins was Of a nervous DISPOSE
tion he was somewhat slow and hesi-
tating in time Of emergency.
When he entered an Office n day
and found a stranger there, instead Of
the man he wanted, he somewhat lost
himself.
"Oh, I beg your pardon! !" he began
"but-but n you Mr.. Brown, the
head Of this frmT
mo; I regret to say I'm not"
"I'm sorry, very sorry indeed" went
on Tomkins. II had something l rath-
er wanted to tell him. Do you think
he'll be in sOon?"
I'm afraid not. Is there anything
I can do for your"
"Er-yes, perhaps er perhaps
you'll do as well as Mr.. Brown. May
I ask your name?"
Certainly" And the stranger gave
Delighted to meet you," said Tom
kins.
sand now. what can I do for you
sir?" asked the new-found friend.
"Oh, it's q very small matter-no'
of the slightest consequence-er, tina
is, / came to tell the head Of the fri
that the building Ia on fire !"-LC
Angeles Times.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-07-15
FACTORS IN PLANNING ROAD
Location, Construction and Malnte-
nance Must Be Taken Into
Serious Consideration.

The three principal divisions Of &C
tual road making are location, con-
struction and maintenance. In plan
ming a road it is necessary that we
take into consideration all three of
these steps, since proper location at
fects the cost Of construction and
may materially reduce cost Of main
tenance.
Some Of the things to be considered
In locating a road are easy grades,
good drainage, exposure to sunshine,
elimination Of culverts and bridges by
avoiding unnecessary creek crossings.
directness and the number of farms
to be served for q given length Of
road. Whenever possible to avoid 1t,
4 good location should not be rejected
merely because a certain roadway has
been in use for some time.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-07-15
GOOD
FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS
President Harding Insists That States
and Communities Keep Roads
in Repair.

President Harding has touched up
he will develop in his communications
to congress-, and that is the subject OF
federal participation in the building
of good roads. The government Ia
committed to the policy of cO-Operat.
ing with the states In road construc.
ton, and there is no disposition to
depart from it, but the President is
emphatic In his insistence that the
states and communities shall assume
the responsibility Of keeping their
roads In repair, which is only a just
and fair proposition. says Washington
Post. If the government is to pay
out millions of the taxpayers money
to help pay for the construction OF
roads, only to see within a few years
these highways deteriorate into dis
use and decay, that money is wasted.
The value Of good roads is now gen.
orally recognized and the larger and
more progressive states have proved
that they are good investments. I'M
proved highways mean not only good
automobile roads, they mean cheaper
and better food, greater values In the
land, better opportunities for the
rural population. And they also pay
good dividends In the huge sums COL
lected In license fees for, motor We
hicles, enough In most instances to
pay the cost of repairs and improve
ments.
The policy Of the government Co
operating with the states in the cost
Of road building has been q great In
centive in the construction Of better
highways and there is n doubt that
many thousands of miles Of roads have
been built under this plan, which
otherwise would not have been under
taken. 1t should and doubtless will
be continued, but there should be an
expressed guarantee that roads built
under this cooperative plan are to be
maintained and kept In good repair.
This prominently is the duty of the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-07-15

IOgetner tney went Ddck 10 the
cabin. John Moreland and his wife
and their son Luke were standing at
the weatherbeaten front gate, with
their eyes turned a~nxiously toward the
river. Caleb was coming up through
the meadow, and he carried his hat In
his hand.
"Who fired that shot?" asked Dale.
"Ben Littleford," John MOreland an
swered readily.
Two minutes later Caleb leaped the
road and approached them hastily. He
was breathing rapidly and his strong
young face was drawn and pale-with
the old hate.
"WelI,' said his iron father, what
Is itY"
Caleb held up his broad-rimmed
black hat and ran a finger through a
hole in the upper part Of the crowns
peak.
HE didn't miss!" snapped John
Moreland. e.. ,
NO" quickly replied Caleb. "he
didn't miss. He don't never miss. You
know that, pap, as well as We know
God made We. he done it jest to show
me he meal what he said. He told
me to 90 and tell you to gether up
yore set O. rabbit-hearted heatherns
and come, down to the river TO a lead
and-pOwder picnic, onless We was a
skeered to come! He said to tell We
the w~immenfOlks had hid our guns,
and we'd find 'em Onder the house
tiOOrs.'
John Moreland took it with utter
calmneSS, though his face was q little
pale behind his thick brown beard.
He turned to his wife, who looked at
him squarely.
"Addie, honey" said he, I'm mighty
sorry"
'"Ef-ef you was much sorry, John"
Mrs. MOreland half sObbed, I'VE
wouldn't go down thar to. the river"
me a cOwardY" MOreland appeared
to grow an inch in stature. ME let a
Littleford send me news like this here
which Gale brings, and not do nOthin'
III dll uDout IL! L tIOuSut yOu hIOWCu
me better'n that, Addie."
He faced his two stalwart sons. AL
ways he was the general, the leader
Of his clan. He SEN Caleb In one d.
recuon and Luke in another, to arouse
his kinsmen.
Then he beckOned to Dale, who had
been trying hard but vainly to think
Of something to do or say that would
be of aid to the cause of the women.
II don't want you in this here mix
up" he said d~ecisively. You must
stay clean out OF 1t. You amt used
to this way O. tightin'. Asides, you're
our hope. More'n that, mebbe, you
owe yore life to Babe L%ittleford; you
CANT get around that, Bill Dale"
He went on, after a moment, "Ef l
git my light put Out today, l want We
to do the best We can with the coal.
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WHO HID EMF"

Synopsis.-Young Carlyle Wilbur
ton Dale, or bill Dale" as he
elects to be known, son of a wealthy
coal operator, John X. Dale. ar
rives at the Halfway Switch, In
eastern Tennessee. abandoning a
life of idle ease-and incidentally a
bride, Patricia Clavering, at the al
Undetermined to make his w
way in life. He meets Babe Lit
tleford, typical mountaineer girl.
BY Heck, a character OF h
hills, takes him to John More
lands home. Moreland Is chief OF
his Clan" which has an old feud
with the Littlefords. He tells Dale
of the killing OF his brother. David
Moreland, years ago. owner of rich
coal deposits, by a man named
Carlyle. Moreland's description OF
Carlyle causes Dale to believe
the man was hfs father. Dale ar
ranges to make his home with the
Moreland family. Talking with
Babe" Littleford next day, Dale
is ordered by BLACK Adam" Ball.
bully of the district. to leave Ibis
girl alone. Dale replies spiritedly.
and they fight. Dale whips the
bully, though badly used up. He
with John Moreland to
develop David's coal deposits. Ben
IAttleford sends a challenge to John
Moreland to meet him with his fol-
lowers next day, in battle. More
and agrees. During the night all
the guns belonging TO h Little
fords and the MOrelands mysteri-
ously disappear. Dale arranges TO
90 to Cincinnati to secure money
for the mining of the coal. The
two clans find their weapons. which,
the women had hidden, and line up
for battle.
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inc IAii 3TaS8eS, tUe ITOn"eeo anu
the Meadow Clover.
But O. course We will. l want We to
do me two favOrs, Bill Dale, eff l have
my light put out today. Will We do
'em TO me, my friend?'
Certainly" Dale promised.
Much obliged to We, shore. The
fust Is this: l want We to take good
pay out O. what the coal brings, pay
TO- yore work. The second is this: l
want We to 60 to Ben LittlefOrd after
I'm done-pervided he is yet alive
and tell him about the end O. my bed
time prayer; l want him to know l
went him one better, at i was a big
ger man inside AN him. Remember,
Bill, you've done promised me. Now
you go ahead to C%incinnaty, and do
Jest like We didn't know the least thing
about this trouble we're a-gOin' to
have. So long to We, an good luck I"
II don't like the idea"-Dale began.
when the big hillman interrupted
sharply:
go on! You CANT do no good
here"
e Heck started. Dale turned and fol-
lowed the lanky mOOnshiner; there
seemed to be nothing else to do.
When they had reached a point a
little way above the foot Of David
Moreland's mountain, the pair halted
and looked back. They saw the Little
fords and the Morelands, every one OF
them armed, going toward the river.
1t had q strange and subtle fascina-
ton for Bill Dale, a fascination that
he did not then try to understand.
AS the fighters reached dangerous
ground they dropped to their hands
and knees and began to crawl through
the tall grasses, the irOnweed and the
meadow clover. They were intent
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CHAPTER lV-Continued.

ITO disarm the Morelands so that
when the enemy m they will have
nothing with which to defend them
~selves?" Dale didn't know much
about these hill feuds. mo. Miss Lit
tleford, l can't say that l think 1t was
a kind thing to do"
Miss Littieford arose and faced
Dale. Her cheeks were flushed.
Has the inemy come?' she de-
manded icily.
All right" the young woman broke
in sharply. IF the inemy hain't come,
what're o a-kickin' abOut?'
Her brown eyes were full OF fire.
They detied, and they withered, and
Bill Dale suddenly felt that he was
smaller and of less account In the
scheme of things than that uneducat-
ed, wildly superb creature that stood
before him.
II beg pardon" Dale said evenly. Il
didn't mean to offend, y'knOw."
His quick contrition struck the girl.
Her mouth quivered. She dropped
lleI uSlllISI III UCSoh W " a.
sently with the end Of her long, thick
plait of brown hair.
I've seed so much q this fightin','
she murmured TREMENDOUSLY, that II
makes me GO to pieces. l ought to beg
yore pardon, mebbe, and DIDO. . {.
I've seed a good many fine. strong
men brought home dead or a-dyin'
from the Moreland bullets. And the
Littlefords has killed MOrelands, too.
One side about as many as t'other. l
reckon. I'd be glad to give my life
to stop it,"
III help you, If 1 can," Dale told
her. perhaps we can make friends
of the Morelands and your people"
"You don't know what a hard thing
it'd be-" she replied tearfully. 1.-The
two sets has hated each other ever
sence l can rickollect. And you won't
be here very long. l reckon" e.
II may be here for the rest Of my
life" said Dale.
"Is it the coal?" inquired Babe.
"Partly-yes, it's the coal. I'm go
ing to develop it for the Morelands."
Babe looked at him with a tiny her.
aid Of hope In her eyes. Before she
could speak again there came from
somewhere back in the meadow the
sound of her fathers voice
Babe! Ooh, Babel"
Comm! !" cried the girl, half turn
Ing. "We1l try to make EN- friends /;
we'll try. Old Major Bradley, he'll be
up here afOre long to spend the sum-
mer, and he'll help us. He's q mighty
good man; you're shore to like him.
He gen'ally stays with us when he's
here. You go easy with John More
land! But when We git him, yell have
'em all. I'll work on pap. The amt
no danger o. trouble right now, any
ways. Goodby, Bill Dale"
"One moment, Miss Littleford," and
he took a step after her. Are you
sure there's no danger right nOw?"
Babe halted, faced about nervously,
and smiled a little.
Don't call me Miss no more" said
she. 1T makes me feel old. CAN me
what everybody else calls me, eft We
don't mind. Why, every one O. the
LittlefOrds lost their rifles last night
the same as the Morelands did! Meet
me here at shutdown, and I'll tell We
about it. GOOdby, Bill DaieI"
"Goodby, Babe !" he smiled.
CHAPTER ".
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-07-15
BIG TRUCKS ARE EXPENSIVE
Damage to Highways and Bridges 10
Costly Item-New York Plans
Tax on Tonnaae.

Because big trucks are tearing up
he highways and making the repair
# bridges a costly item, legislative
eaders in New York state are plan.
ling to pass a bill that will tax mo-
or trucks. weighing five tons and
vel 500 a ton every, year. 1t is -
mated that this will yield $35O.0N
, year to the state.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-07-15

state and not Of the general govern
ment, and it should be understood
that no state will receive an apprO-
priation from the federal government
for road building except under the
stipulation that it will make provision
for upkeep.
This is good policy and good busi-
ness and President Harding is con-
serving the public interest in bringing
1t to the attention Of the country.
States like Pennsylvania, New York,
Ohio and Maryland, which have ex-
pended millions Of their own money
on a system Of improved highways.
willingly would give guarantees along
this line, and If any state is not ready
to make such an agreement 1t should
not participate in the federal apprO-
pr1ation.
Evening star., 1921-06-30
MYSTERIOUS "FLYLNG DUTCHMAN'
FLITS THROUGH SILESIAN LINES

the insurgents salute it respect
fully. :,
The Hollander is usually exhil-
arated by sampling wayside wine:
and is particularly disdainful OF
no mans land after a raid upon
British canteen. Just why he dares
to cross the lines every other day
no one knows. He never asks
money from his passengers. at
least after canteen visit. once
he wept upon my shoulder while
denying reports that he had ac-
cepted pay. His record exploit
was running the lines with German
propaEandiStS disguised in the
regulation beard and goggles.
He has left consignmentS. OF
drinks and cigarettes destined for
stranded soldiers. Naturally the
Poles and Germans both suspect
him of being a spy for the other
side. perhaps he is." say the al
lies, and a Scotchman adds. Il
don't care who he is so long as he
brings my whisky"
Evening star., 1921-06-30
BY A. X. DECKER.
BY Cable TO The Star and Chicago Daily
: News Conyright, 1921. =

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. l92l.
OrPELIN, Upper Silesia, June 80.
They call him the Flying Dutch
man." He is mysterious per-
son cruising about Upper Silesia
with a fleet of automobiles. never
remaining more than three days in
the same town and never being
seen twice with the same travelling
eompanions He always drives
RAPIDLY and traverses all parts of
the front. including the German
insursent and allied lines. He has
all necessary passports. but how
he obtained them no one knows.
In his automobiles are Germans
or Poles, and sometimes both, but
none of them asking questions. AL
are satisfied if the Flying DUTCH
man" brings them through. as ne
usually does. He will hint that he
is travelling for the American
Quaker relief or an allied railroad.
He waves huge red sealed papers
before the insurgents posts. leans
out of his car. cups his mouth with
his hands and shouts. "1nteraliied
commission" The magic words
satisfy, and the dangerous-lookin
armed civilians car dashes along.
hardly slowing down.
The Flying Dutchman" is Hol-
lander or has a Dutch passport. He
flies Dutch flags on either side OF
his car with horizontal colored
stripes in contrast with the French
horizontal stripping. Even British
officers often mistake the flag. and
Evening star., 1921-06-30
Every Pair
White Trousers $O.85
Of A1l-woo Flannel and English Cricket Cloth ~
That Sold up $500
4 A.. se;S;sl %.1.l lot e s!.:.. $ll.5o
twopece suts-nade of popular hot weather materials


Bts about The Fashion
twmakl
Evening star., 1921-06-30
VIC. T. U. HOLDS Meeting

s. Z. Nicholson Of the Anti-Saloon
League addressed the June meeting
of the North Capitol w. c. T. u.
which was held Tuesday night at the
Rhode Island Avenue NJ. p. Church.
NNs T. Il. Moore. the president, pre-
sided.
Mrs. Hallic StranE, recording sec
retary, gave report and the rum
mage committee reported $50 had
been secured from a recent sale. The
union adjourned to meet again in
September.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Indians Built of Stone

Ruins which are held by archaeolo-
gists to be the forerunners of the
Pueblo cliff dwellings have been exca-
waited and explored in the Texas Pan
handle by w. w. K. Moorehead, di-
rector of an expedition sent out by
the University of Pennsylvania. Pro
fessor MoOrehead believes that the In
dams in the Canadian and CimarrOn
valleys were the first to desert the
buffalo tepee for stone construction.
Later these housing pioneers, in his
opinion, moved west, and built their
famous cliff dwellings in the Colorado
River valley and other parts of the
Rocky mountains.
The expedition has worked through
four counties in northwest Texas and
several counties in Oklahoma, and
has observed about one hundred stone
foundations, usually in groups of a
dozen or more, but situated in almost
inaccessible canyons and wild places.
The foundations range from three to
five feet deep and apparently support
ed structures very much like the Mex
lean adObes of tOday.-Detroit News
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Largest English Walnut Tree.

What is declared to be the largest
English walnut tree in California is
boasted of by Sonora. Measurements
showed the tree to be 70 feet tall.
having a branch spread of SO feet,
and nine feet from the ground it was
found to be three and One-half feet
in circumference. It's age is unknown
to residents there, but the oldest in
habitant declares it to be as old as
himself.
This is only one of a series of cele-
brated trees. On William Lewis
ranch is a cherry tree over so years
old which is still producing we'll. An
enormous Bleinheim apricot tree on
the D. w. Scofield place, aged over
60 years, still bears some fruit. On
the Abbot ranch Is an apple orchard
past the century mark, which in 1919
according to the ranch owner, yielded
approximately one ton to the tree.
A winesap, also over the 6O-year
mark, produced 1920 pounds of ap-
pies in the same year. A Bartlett
pear tree, half a century old, bore
nearly a ton of good pears in 1919
To cap the senile producers, one vine
yardist declared he has some 6O-year-
old vineyards producing over 10 tons
to an acre.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Other Lands, Other Ways.

Mother and l were travelling abroad
and as we had a compartment to our
selves one day, we put our bags in the
seats. At one stop a man boarded
the train and stood in the doorway of
our compartment, gazing at us and
then at our luggage. l removed it. He
entered, seated himself, and glued his
gaze to me, making me most uncom-
Portable. In the course of fifteen min
utes his head rested ON my shoulder.
l jumped up. l couldn't demonstrate
as / didn't speak his language, so 1
went out into the passageway and
found the guard, who assured me that
the man would be removed. / have
been informed since, by people who
know more about the customs abroad
than / do, that by removing my bags
from the seat / gave the man a direct
invitation to flirt. Chicago Tribune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
GYPSlES FEEL WARS EFFECTS
In Rumania They Are Said to Be
Starving-SIaves to Ancient
Superstitions.

OF the dozens Of different races in
Rumania, none is more picturesque
than the gypsies. Like their prototypes
in other lands they rove the country
in great caravans, earning stray pen
MES by begging, dancing, playing and
telling fortunes
In the cities they sometimes earn
their bread and onions by shining
shoes, peddling lemonade or acting as
porters.
The high cost of living, which has
drawn tight the strings of every purse,
has brought double hardships to
these wanderers. No matter how well
they play their viOlins, no matter
what good fortunes they see in the
stars for those about them, they find
it hard to coax pennies from the
Rumanian people. Many of them
have starved to death.
Among the gypsy women and girls
are TO be found some striking types
of beauty. Dark of complexion and
hair, with shining, long-lashed black
eyes, they are delight TO look upon.
They have not yet acquired the art
of using cosmetic as their sisters in
other countries do.
Superstition plays a large part In
the life of the gypsy. One of the
many ancient customs which will sur
vive among the women is to beat them
selves frightfully if one of their chill
dren dies. They believe that the death
has been caused by an evil spirit
having entered the body of the child
as well as the mother, and that if
they chastise themselves the spirit
will depart.
One Rumanian gypsy woman whom
relief worker visited was apparent
ly about to die from pneumonia. The
doctor found numerous bruises all
over her chest. and these had
seriously aggravated her condition. On
questioning her he learned her bruises
were due to beating she had given
herself because one of her eight chill
dren had died.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Delhi Capital of India,

Because of its rich history as the
fountain-head of power in India, Delhi
not Calcutta, which was then the
capital-was chosen in 1877 as the
site of the durbar, or gathering of
native kings and princes, at which
Queen Victoria was proclaimed en-
press of India. Again in 1908 Delhi
was chosen when a durbar was held
to crown King Edward VII emperor,
and once more in 1911 when George V
assumed that title On the latter oc-
casion the new emperor announced
that this ancient city of emperors
would be restored as the capital of
India and it's 25O,OOO,OOO subjects
National Geographic Society Bulletin.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-06-25
Art of Conversation.

Conversation reaches its best when
1t leaves wells and convention behind
it, when people speak face to face. 1t
may be impossible to attain this with
many; in this perfect sense there are
only few with whom we really talk,
and we cannot always talk even with
them. 1t is, of course, always easy
to exchange words. but many words
may be uttered and yet nothing have
been said.
There are moments when the wells
are thrust aside and the closest in
tercOurSe becomes for a brief time
possible. 1t is then that people talk
of the one thing they know best, of
their own self, and the self's relation
to life's mysteries 1t is then, and then
only, that we approach the absolute,
the true, though still it may be only
at distance.
The last reserve between soul and
soul is rarely surrendered; and there
Is always the reserve, the limitation,
that lies in the nature of spoken
wOrds.-Arthur L. Salmon in Chicago
Daily News.