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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-03-11
LEXINGTON WITNESSES.
The Names of Lexington Persons Fa-
miliar To All.
Who are the witnesses?

Who are the witnesses?
They are Lexington People
Residents of Lexington who have
had kidney backache, kidney ills,
bladder ills; who have used Doan's
Kidney Pills. These witnesses en-
dorse Doan's.
One Lexington resident who speaks
is j. F. Winslow. He says: my kid
neys were weak for years as a result
of an attack of fever. Often my back
got so bad l could hardly get up or
down and several pains would seize
me in my loins. My kidneys acted
irregularly, too. / tried different
medicines, but got no relief whatever,
until / began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. They were just what | needed
and rid me of the ailments in a short
time. hope that my endorsement
win be the means of helping other
kidney sufferers"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Winslow had. Foster Milburn CO,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-03-11
BEECH RIVER ITEMS.
Halle Byrd, Reporter.

Mrs. Bell Mccall visited her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jim Gibson last week.
Tom Stanfill, Of Cedar Grove,
spent one night last week with Geo.
Byrd.
Miss Lizzie Ringgold was the
guest of Miss Evelyn Smith one night
last week.
Mrs. Jim Byrd spent one day last
week with Mrs. Johnnie White.
Mrs. Ruby Page is spending a week
in town with relatives.
Mrs. T. G. Hardin has been real
sick but is reported better at this
time.
Lucille and Jessie White were the
guests of Ruby and AWE Smith last
Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Fesmire visited our
school Saturday.
Mrs. Augusta Byrd visited her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Hardin one
day last week.
The men in our midst have been
very busy attending court.
Mrs. Curry Mccall had a quilting
last week and reported nice time.
Mrs. Cora Garner has returned
home during the vacation of school.
Mrs. Ben Golf was in your city last
week
Mr.. and Mrs. John White were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George Byrd
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Evelyn Smith was the guest
of your scribe Saturday afternoon.
Guy Ward was here last Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Clara Gibson who is in school
at Lexington visited her parents and
friends last weekend.
Curry Mccall and wife entertained
several friends Sunday afternoon.
James Parker Gibson is sick at this
time.
Our two short months of school
closed last Friday. The pupils enter
tanned the patrons for an hour or
more by giving some readings and Sc
lections from their language and
readers. We greatly enjoyed every
one Of them but was sorry our school
was closing for we feel like we were
just starting good. We can certainly
thank our Teacher, Mrs. Cora Gar
ner for being so kind and good to us.
She took so much interest in the pu-
pills. We hope to have her for teach
err this summer and sure hope she will
have longer school.
Louise Byrd was the guest of Ruby
and AWE Smith last Saturday.
Mrs. Sam Ringgold, Sudie Byrd,
LESSEE White and jessie Hardin Wis.,
tied our school Saturday.
Mrs. George Byrd was the guest
of Mrs. Sam Ringgold one day last
week.
George Byrd was in Lexington on
business Saturday.
Roy Gibson spent last weekend at
home.
Mrs. Bill Fesmire visited her
daughter Mrs. o. c. Dyer, last week.
John Ringgold has been attending
court in Lexington.
Miss Josie and Leila Doyle were the
guests of Miss Clara Gibson Saturday
and Sunday.
Jim Byrd, wife and son, Ray, were
the guests of George Byrd and family
last Sunday.
Johnnie White and wife and Mrs.
Sam Ringgold visited John White
and wife Sunday.
Tray Dyer and John Ringgold were
the guests Of Roy Gibson last Sunday.
Miss Evelyn Smith visited Mrs.
Will Ringgold Sunday.
Jess Doyle and Phil Foster were
the guest of Ray Gibson Saturday af-
ternoon.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-03-11
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REM.
EDY.

This is a pleasant, safe and reliable
medicine for coughs and colds. 1t has
been in use for many years and IS
held in high esteem in those house
holds where its good qualities are
best known. Il is a favorite with
mothers Of young children, as il con-
taifis no opium or other harmful
drug. Try it when you have need Of
such a reme5y.-All druggists.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-03-11

PLEATING-Acordian, knife or
box pleating-Skirts, $1.25, postpaid.
Children's 75c. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Ruffles' promptly picoted and
pleated. Cloth covered buttons. Mail
material to Mrs. ]. NJ. Meloan's Shop,
Murray, Ky.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-03-11

G. E. Attaway, Of Luray, was In
the big crowd Monday and paid this
office a call.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

10000 of mortgages and other securi-
ties belonging to the Fleet Corporation.
Plez states that 'at the very peak of our
activities the combined imprest and con-
trolled funds never exceeded $51, ,000,-
000." Piez maintains that ships cannot
be sold and the Government got out of
the shipping business unless reasonable
reductions are made from the war prices
of vessels He ADDS:
''The indirect advantages of our large
merchant fleet in keeping ocean rates
within bounds and In providing the
transportation facilities that made our
phenomenal overseas business possible
are incalculable but will form a ma
terial offset to the shrinkage In value
to which they must be subjected"
Regarding the purpose of his state
ment Mr. Piez states:
1T Is not offered as a vindication of
either the Shipping Board or tie Fleet
Corporation, but it does, / hope, pre-
sent matters in a fairer perspective; It
does, / believe. absolutely refute the
false and irresponsible statements Of
one of your principal witnesses. state
ments that have been the cause of much
adverse public opinion; and II contains
some observations and suggestions that
may prove of value to your committee
and to the cause of the merchant
marine"
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

proper actions on his part should have
been made at this time.
THE services of Mr. Schwab were in
valuable because of his faculty for or
ganizing and putting enthusiasm into
men with whom he is associated. Mr..
Schwab became the head of the Fleet
Corporation with the greatest reluctance
as his own companies then had con-
tracts involving many millions. He ac-
cepted after days of persuasion by Ed
ward N. Hurley former chairman Of
the Shipping Board and myself only
after strong personal plea had been
made by President Wilson.
"In every instance where the Fleet
Corporation had occasion to do business
with any of Mr. Schwab's companies,
he declined to act himself. and deci-
sions We're made and contracts formed
by the board of directors"
Admits Petty Graft.
Mr.. Piez contends that while there
was some payroll padding and some
petty dishonesty. there was no more than
there would have been in yards under
private control. The report made to the
select committee by Martin ]. Gillen
is denounced as wrong in every vital
particular. and Mr.. Gillen is accused of
gross misstatement of facts"
The former director-general makes
the point that ships were built to meet
the necessities of war and not to es-
tablish a merchant marine. and in this
connection he defends the building of
wooden ships. saying they were neces-
sary to meet the demands for more
ships made by the War Department.
He states that not voice was raised
against their construction either in Con-
gress or out of it early in 1918. And he
maintains that these ships were built
even in the knowledge that they would
have to be scrapped eventually. Mr..
Piez contends that their cost was part
of the legitimate expense of the war
and should be so reckoned off.
Thereupon Mr. Piez challenges the
truth of Mr.. Gillen's statements to the
committee, saying:
This inference on the part of the
public Is In large measure the result Of
the wild statements made by Mr. Gillen
concerning the methods of the Fleet
Corporation, and to the general state
ments of graft and corruption contained
in the Fisher Richardson report. The
public does not differentiate the division
of construction from that of operation
and concludes that because there was
petty graft among minor ships officers
in the victualling and repairing of ships
in operation, that the entire structure of
the corporation, from top to bottom, was
honeycombed by a like condition
Graft In ship operations has from
time immemorial been considered one of
the perquisites of petty officers and is a
difficult disease to eradicate. 1t has no
place in the operations of an American
fleet and should be treated with an iron
hand
But It is to be regretted that the
charges are couched
in such general terms that they have be-
smeared the whole structure of the
Shipping Board and Fleet Corporation
with the slime of suspicion. Many of
the charges should have been made in
the police courts rather than in report
of such Importance"
Mr.. Denman." said Mr.. Piez, "in
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
S1IPBUILDINC CHAOS
LAID TO PIEZ BY CILLEN
Asks Four Questions About
Bookkeeping.

The following statement was issued
last night by Martin J. Gillen:
"At last the public has the name Of
a man responsible for the chaos exist
ing in the records OF the Fleet Corpora
ton. Mr.. Charles Piez admits the re-
sponsibility for the control over the
bookkeeping records and accounting of
the Fleet Corporation. He has endeav-
ored through his testimony to camou-
flage the situation as the skilful at
torney for the defence. Let him answer
to the public. since he admits the re-
the following questions:
"1-Why did he not set up proper
bookkeeping records of the materials
furnished to ship contractors by the
Fleet Corporation? The fact is that as
late as october /, 1919. there were ma
terial and supplies in value exceeding
s5so. 900 900 furnished ty the Government
TO ship contractors that we're not
charged to those contractors in the
books of the Fleet Corporation.
"2-why did he not provide standard
inventory records that would cover ma
terials in the yards and owned by con-
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
PEZ SAYS SCHWAB
PAID ALL0WN SHIP
BOARD EXPENSES
Never Accepted Cent or Al
lowed Government to
Settle Bill.
ABADIE is ANSWERED
Former Director General
Calls Voucher Charge Most
Unfortunate.
DEFENDS HIS OWN RULE
Admits Petty Graft and As
sails Gross Misstatements
by Gillen.
ABADIE IS ANSWERED
DEFENDS HIS OWN RULE
Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.

Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Jan. 22.
Charges made before the Walsh
Shipping Board Committee in New
York by Col E. II. Abadie that Charles
NJ Schwab drew voucher of S260,000
for expenses while serving as director
of the Shipping Boards division of
construction were denied emphatically
before the committee here to-day by
Charles Piez, former director general
Of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Mr.. Piez appeared before the COM
mittee to deny charges of waste and
extravaganza in the board as made
recently by Martin j. Gillen, former
assistant to the chairman of the board,
and was asked by Chairman Walsh If
he knew anything about the charges
against Mr. Schwab.
81 know that he never accepted
cent from the Government for his SER
vices or allowed the Government to
pay any of his expenses" Mr.. Piez
replied.
Every cent of the great expense to
which Mr.. Schwab was subjected was
paid out of his own pocket 1t is most
unfortunate that suggestions of i'm
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Submarine Evil.

The statement then takes up the SUBJ
marine evil. 1t says:
"The submarine sinkings were matched
each month against the output of Eng
lish and American shipyards, and the
public impatience grew to a fever heat
at the appalling difference. Two success
sive administrations in the construction
division succumbed to public clamor be-
fore the end OF 1917.
Construction work did not begin in
earnest until July. 1917, for the emer-
gency shipping fund bill was not passed
until June IS, 1917. and the Executive
order delegating authority to the Fleet
Corporation and Shipping Board was not
issued until July IL. 1917.
Submarine sinkings averaged 100000
tons per month, English output 100000
tons per month, and the output of Amer
lean yards from July ! to December 81.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

tractors when the Government shipped
It's material into these yards, and why
did he not maintain the continuing in
ventory In the yards of contractors and
the Transcribed records thereof in the
main office of the Fleet Corporation
The fact is that the Government ma
terial shipped into contractors yards
was commingled with the contractors
inventory and at the close of contracts
there have been but few cases where
division of rights could be obtained.
AS late as Octiber l. 1919. there We're
materials belonging to the Fleet Cor
poration In contracts of ship contractors
exceeding 5000. 100000. of which no in
ventory records were in existence.
"3. Why did he not require an in
ventory taken at the time that the partly
constructed 451 ships were requisitioned
by the Government and why did he not
have a record made for the Fleet Cor
poration of progress payments made by
former owners to ship yards on these
ship acquisitions? The failure to have
these records made is in a large awy
responsible for the over payment of
s22, 10000 on Norwegian CLAIMS This
error in bookkeeping records was not
discovered until November. 1919.
"a He stated that the $240000,000 of
securities belonging to the Fleet Corpo-
ration were ordered to be placed in the
control of custodian at Philadelphia
and that record of these securities was
made by the custodian. Will he tell the
American business men why he did not
have the bookkeeping records of the
treasurer of the Fleet Corporation show
the transactions surrounding each Sc
curity so that the treasurer of the cor
poration could watch the collection of
principal and interest on the securities
when due? The fact is. the treasurer of
the Fleet Corporation had no record or
control OF the s24o.000.o00 worth of Sc
curities until Mr.. Tweedale took them
over in the summer of 1919.
He has made this bookkeeping de-
partment like so many large lighthouses,
just far enough apart so the reflections
and light In one did not reach the other
In word. bands Of darkness existed be-
tween the divisions of the accounting
department so that no one could get a
record Of transaction"
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

the reported agreement under the terms
Of which his company was to do nothing
inimical to British interests and British
shipping.
The Shipping, Board passed unani-
mously to-day a resolution expressing
the intent of the board to get to the
bottom of the entire affair, and the Sec
retary was instructed to notify Mr..
Franklin ard other parties at interest.
Two statements were issued by tho
board. One of them gave the resolution
and the other outlined the motives that
actuated the board.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
1917. was but forty-nine vessels o

1917. was but forty-nine vessels OF
301. 900 tons.
'2n the first six months of 1918 our
production rose to 1853 vessels OF 1885,
900 tons. and in the two months before
the armistice we delivered 14S ships of
7sa 600 tons. or at the rate OF 100000
tons per year. eight times the output OF
tho preceding year. And we had to
create our own yards and facilities to
do It,"
Mr.. Piez puts the estimated cost Of
tho whole shipbuilding programme at
about $500, 100000. OF which $2.575.-
TOO. 900 represents the net cost of 1886
ships of II, $50. 900 deadweisht tons.
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
SHIPPING BOARD ASKS
FRANKLIN TO EXPLAIN
Wants Facts About FaUors to
British Interests.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. g.. Jan. 22.
p. A. S. Franklin. president of the In
ternational Mercantile Marine. is to be
asked to explain to the Shipping Board
The New York herald., 1921-01-23
Large Engines Scarce.

very few engines of a size large
enough for even a 5000 ton cargo ship
had up to that time been built: that no
ships in the United States were pre-
pared to deliver any thing over $50
II. p. at that time, and that we could
neither wait nor take the chances in
volved. Mr.. Hurley bought two Bur
meister and Vain engines Immediately
after the armistice for installation in
Fleet Corporation ship.
''Mr. Denman's criticisms as reported
in the press of the complexion of the
ship control committee is unfounded.
England has made enormous purchases
on this side OF war materials. Her ships
at that time carried the major part of
the tonnage, and she was nightly in
terested in expediting the turn around
of vessels and relieving congestions at
our ports. Merchandise for export was
backed up for many miles behind our
chief ports, and Mr. Hurley's appoint
ment of Messrs. Frank Raymond and
Sir Cannop Guthrie worked order out
of chaos and reduced the turn around of
both cargo and troop ships by forty per
cent. in very few months Sir Can
nop's presence on the committee added
strength through his experience and by
insuring cordial cooperation in pooling
all tonnage that arrived at our principal
ports
1.-THE ship control committee achieved
wonders during the blacklist hours of the
war in getting our boys and their sup
plies to the front and in bringing essen
tial raw materials to our shores.
what If the accounting of some of
the voyages were not promptly or COM
pletely reported?"
Mr. Piez accuses Mr.. Gillen of making
a gross misstatement of fact when Gill
len said there was no record of S240.-
The New York herald., 1921-01-23

some recent utterances has dwelt on the
advantages of the Diesel engine. need
only say that Mr.. Hurley. Mr.. Schwah.
Mr.. Rossiter and all OF the men in our
technical department were as conscious
of that as Mr.. Denman.
Mr.. Schwab's plants were completing
a very large two-cycle engine about the
time of the armistice and expected to
try it out in one of the Bethlehem ore
ships.
Evening star., 1921-10-24
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. October 24.-+Unsettled
political conditions abroad were re-
fiected in relatively weak Liverpool
cables and the cotton market here
|opened steady at a decline of IL to
16 points. December sold off to 1919
and January to 1894 after the call,
but there was buying on the more
hopeful view of the railroad labor
storm was threatening the belt.
Rallies of some 8 to 1: points were
checked by continued Wall street.
local or southern selling, however.
and the market was irregular during
the first hour.
Futures opened steady-December,
1915: January. 1900; March, 1885;
May, 1850; July. 1904.
The reassuring statement Of the
Railroad Labor Board gave the
market a firmer tone later. The buy
ing was probably encouraged by the
which had a tendency to minimize
anxiety over political conditions
abroad. and the active months
worked some six to eight points above
last weeks closing quotations. There
was trade and local buying on the
rally. but general business was not
active.
LIVERPOOL. October 2f.-Cotton
spot. fair inquiry: prices weak. Good
middling. 1883: fully middling, 1909:
middling, 1853; low middling, 1919.
good ordinary. 9.19; ordinary. S.44
Sales. 5000 bales. including $500
American. Receipts, 10000 bales. in
cluding 2.100 American. Futur res
closed steady-October. 11.S7; Decen-
Der. 11.53; January, 11.4S; March.
1872; May, 11.21: July. 11.04.
NEW ORLEANS, October 24-The
unfavorable European political news
and q much lower Liverpool market
than due put cotton lower today. the
trading months losing 19 to 20 points
in the first ilalf-hour of business
The hurricane near Cuba aroused the
fear that the storm might sweep the
fairly steady undertone.
Futures opened steady; October
17.45; December, 1850; January
1857; March. 1888; May. 1886.
Evening star., 1921-10-24
Probably Az Per Cent.
PULLMAN IN BIG MERGER.

CHICAGO. October 24-Negotiations
for Car Company by the Pullman Com
pany are in progress. Such a merger
will unite two of the largest railway
equipment concerns in the country
making a corporation with assets of
approximately s1S3,00O.O00. An ex-
change of Pullman stock for the Has
kel-Barker shares will be one of the
features. This prospective CONSOLE
dation has been one of the reasons
for the sharp advance of shares of
both companies in the stock market
in the last few days.
Haskell & Barker has outstanding
100000 shares of capital stock of no
par value, which is carried at $11,-
O0O, 900, or $50 share.
The Pullman Company's outstand-
ing capitalization is $120,000,O00. 1t
has $20,199,255 surplus. Total assets
and liabilities as of July 81 last were
$163,24S,9S9. The annual dividend
rate is IS.
Evening star., 1921-10-24
U, $. TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
FOUND FORTUNE IN BEES.

WINNIPEG. Canada, October a.
G. E. Bissonette, farmer at st. Jean.
Manitoba, was tinkering in his wood
shed when a swarm Of bees settled
on a cottonwood tree in his yard.
This was six years ago. From what
spot beyond the horizonsthe bees had
come Bissonette had no idea. But he
hurriedIy :mprovised hive out Of a
soap box and made the bees at home.
The swarm from nowhere prospered.
Bissonette now has seventy-six coll
onies that are the descendants of the
nomad ancestors of six years ago.
Last year he sold two tons of honey
$1.400.
Fortune" said -Bissonette, ."new to
me over my front yard fence"
Evening star., 1921-10-24
DAIRY MARKETS.

BALTIMORE. October "a Especially.
|-Chickens. alive, springers. pound.
24a25; poor and white leghorns, 20;
old hens. 23a26; small and white leg
horns, 20a21; old roosters, 15a16;
ducks. 2oa27; geese. 2saso; turkeys.
fowl. each, 40aso.
Eggs-Loss off, native and nearby,
firsts, dozen. so: southern. 47a4S
Butter-Creamery.f fancy. pound, ~:
prints, 49a51; nearby creamery. 45;
ladies. 30a32: rolls. 26a30: store pack
butter, 35a37.
changed; creamery extras, 441a; ffrsts,
35a43; seconds, 31a34; standards, 80.
Eggs-Unchanged: receipts. 3.517
cases; firsts, 45a46; ordinary firsts.
40a42; miscellaneous. 43a45; refriger-
aeo.. a.or extras; eStr as, s2hasa; refrigerator
PoultryEAiive. higher; fowls, 1sa
2s1a: springs. 81; turkeys. %;
NEW YORK. October 24:-Butter-
Steadier;. receipts. 6.s14 tubs: cream
cry higher than extras. 4sa4sh; f;
creamery sEstr extras sss tss !, sscors1: 47M y:
4sM; pssckinng stock. current make
Eggs-Firm: receipts, $3.50 cases:
fresh gathered flrsts. 54a58: New Jer.
sey hennery whites. extra fancy,
candled, selections. s5; nearby and
nearby western hennery whites.
browns, extras. .66a7o; nearby gath
cred browns and mixed colors. frste
to extras. b5as5; refrigerator. special
marks, fancy. aSaas; do. firsts asa37.
state, whole milk, flats. fresh specials.
22k a23; do, average run, 21ka22:
state. whole milk twins, specials. 22a
22h; do. average run, q has2
Dressed poultry = Steady: western
chickens, 26a3S; fowls. 20a3S; old
roosters. 18a23: turkeys. 25a46.
Evening star., 1921-10-24
DEFICIT FOR HAWAII SUGAR.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 24.-Not
more than $4,000 tons of sugar remain
in the Hawaiian Islands to be ship
ped here. Although this is an i'm
provement compared with what was
expected, conditions on the islands
are for from satisfactory. It is learn
ed dividends paid this year by the
plantations have come out of accum-
ulated reserves. Current operations
show a substantial deficit on each
plantation is reported. Honolulu Plan
tation Company's output will be $500
tons less than the estimate of $4,000.
Regular dividend for first time in
many years is passed. Waimanlo
Sugar Company has authorized a bid
of 100000 year rental for the 2,572
acres of government cane land on
which the plantation is located.
Evening star., 1921-10-24
LIVE STOCK OUTLOOK BETTER

ST. PAUL. October 24.-Live stock
producers of the middle west. for the
first time in many months, see en-
couraging signs. The supply reaching
the central markets is more nearly in
line with demand than for six months
The choicest grade of beef steers is so
scarce that prices have reached
higher levels than heretofore this
year. So far this year there has been
decrease of 100000 in cattle re-
ceipts at the twenty main markets.
compared to 1920, while II per cent
fewer cattle have been shipped back
to the country for fattening, as COM
pared with last year. Shortage in
sheep and mutton also impends.