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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1921-08-10

club. Mr.. Carr is now prosperous
druggist Of fazoo City, He was so
much impressed with Rotary that he
stated he expected to 20 back and en-
deavor to organize Rotary Club in
Yazoo City.
Rev. Mr.. Tull spoke for several
minutes relating his pleasure at be-
ing again in Greenwood. He told a
couple of good jokes with Robert
Herman as the butt of one and DR..
IT, W. Storer as the "goap in the
other.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1921-08-10
Missing Banker Has
Not Been Arrested

Ell PASO, Aug, 10.-A telegram
from the chief of police of Chihauhau
City denied that Warren c. Spurgin,
the missing Chicago banker, was und-
er arrest there. The telegram stated
that Spurgin was near Chihuahua
City but had not been arrested.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1921-08-10

FORD MOTOR CLERK
SAVES THE MONEY

Associated Press

MEMPHIS, August I0.-Polk f
Carraway, policeman, and Howard /.
Gamble, special agent EMPLOYED bv
Ford Motor Company were killed. and
W, c. Harrison, another policeman.
was wounded in a running fight today
with four masked men who attempt.
ed to rob L. Z. McHcnry, a clerk, and
Gamble Of bag containing S85 900 as
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1921-08-10

add Memphis A deck - u0
A few people live for self alone
and the public is quite willing to let
it go at that.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1921-08-10

The wisest man is the one who has
the least to say--when there is not
anything TO say.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Takes Little to Stir up Things.

How two successive requests for
certain kind Of glove resulted in the
manufacture of hundreds of dozens of
this particular style was disclosed in
New York recently. A woman buyer
asked for glove which the manufac-
turer did not make. She went away,
and within few hours another made
n similar request She also had to
leave without placing her order, and
both presumably made the rounds OF
others in the glove business. The next
day several manufacturers CHANGED to
meet and one asked: do you see
demand for so and SOP" The others
agreed they had requests for them.
So each instructed his factories to
make up the gloves. AS far as could
be learned, there have been no more
requests for the same article.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
PRODUCTION OF ALL MATERIALS
INCREASES STEADILY AND Ex-
PORTS ARE GROWING.
CURRENCY VALUE HELPS
HOOVER ADDRESSES SESSION OF
MANUFACTURERS AT AN
NUAL DINNER
western Ner.p.p.r Union N... s.rls..l

New York-National industry is in
ing entered the period Of easier cred
its, Secretary of Commerce Hoover
told members of the American Manu-
facturers' Export Association ut their
annual dinner here. This was marked,
hes aid, by the rise in the price Of
bonds and the fall in federal reserve
and interest rates generally. He EN-
phnsized that he did not wish to be
understood as saying that the country
is on the threshold of Il boom.
1--WE have long way to 90 to get
back to economic stability" he said.
1--WE have yet to go through with much
reimbursement in price levels, but we
are definitely on the road."
Citing other evidence of recovery
Secretary Hoover said there had been
very definite increase during the last
two months in the production of tex
tiles, coal. iron, steel, shoes, building
materials and building construction.
There is in the construction indus
tries" he continued, "even II larger ac-
tivity than at this time II year ago.
our exports of fOodStuffs have not on
ly been increasing but they are also
larger in volume than that Of Il year
ago, and this indeed. without any
forced measures of foreign govern
ment credits
The destructive effect of violent
fluctuations in foreign exchange, he
said, was the first obstruction to
American foreign trade, and until some
measure of stability could be secured
from month to month, there was little
hope that the foreign trade of this or
any other country would recover to
normal.
There can be no hope of stability
in any of the worlds exchanges" he
added. 80 long as initiation continues
in SO considerable Il part Of the world.
Il am perfectly well aware that we
should not interest ourselves as Il gov
ernment in stabiizing the budgets and
establishing sound currencies in for
eign countries, but unless our CONNER
cial community is willing i'll some way
TO interest itself in the countries struS-
Cling with fiscal and commercial prob
lens, we must expect to pay many
thousand fold in the loss of export
markets and in the employment of our
people. 1t should not be beyond the
intelligence of the human race to Sc
cure solution of this matter as would
result in some stabilization of the Ger
man mark Better arrangement of this
matter must take priority if we are to
see stability in any Of the European
currcncies"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Prophecy In a Fake Story.

1t is hard to know when to laugh.
What was obviously a hoax yester-
day, because of its utter impossibility,
becomes commonplace reality of to-
day. 1t was a glorious hoax in 1874.
when a New York daily announced:
Astounding News by Express From
Norfolk!
"The Atlantic Crossed in Three
Days!!
"Slgnal Triumph of Mr.. Monck Ma
sons Flying Machine !! !! !"
Breathless New Yorkers were in
formed that eight men had accom-
plished transatlantic flight and were
given full particulars of the machin-
cry and the voyage, all imaginary. But
did anyone dream Of hoax when the
airplanes of the United States navy
crossed the ocean a little while ago?
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
NOT ALL AFRAID
AirpIane Has Odd Effect On
Denizens OF Jungle.
Many Animals Fled From Strange
Sight but Others Showed Neither
Fear Nor Curiosity.

Jason Humphreys, the twelve-yenr-
old English boy who flew with his
father, the pilot, a camera man and
scientist from Cairo to Cape Town,
enjoyed a more novel experience than
most boys of his age will ever know.
The sudden change from bush TO
civilization as represented by clear
ings for small villages and farms and
back again impressed young Hum
phreys very much. He was more in
terested, however. in the behavior OF
the wild beasts and birds over which
he was flying. These took the pass.
ing OF the airplane variously. Birds
showed almost no curiosity except in
the remotest regions. "They just
flew along with us or left u.s. says
Jason. This, II is said, is because
birds fly far, and during the years Of
the war, African birds undoubtedly
saw flying machines and became more
or less used to them.
Wild beasts showed individual tenn
peraments. Lions and leopards could
be seen stalking along, oblivious to
the giant purring overhead. If the ma
chine came so low that the noise of
the engine could not help reaching
them, they sidled under protecting
underbrush, but they never looked up.
The naturalist has offered no explana-
tion for this. 1t is a new phenome-
non and must be studied.
Usually lions and leopards are in
terror OF strange noises, and know
from infancy, by instinct, that gun
fire bodies them no good. During the
late war there was a general exodus
of wild beasts from every quarter OF
Africa where any fighting was going
on. They crashed through the jun
giles for miles, trying to get away from
the sound of the guns; they Travelled
far from their real homes. and natural
enemies Travelled together in their
fright without molesting one another.
Since the close of the war bushmen and
hunters have found them all back
home again or travelling back. Their
Indifference to the sounds of the air
plane, therefore, is surprising.
Apes and monkeys made wild efforts
to reach the topmOst branches of the
highest trees in order to get better
view, and they could be sometimes
heard screaming to one another above
the noise of the engine, more in ex-
citement and curiosity, presumably.
than in fear.
Hippopotami were Indifferent, neith-
er Fastening their numbering steps nor
glancing up: they did not seek am
bush. as did the cats. But rhinoceri
were panic-stricken. They rushed off
headlong TO cover. Crocodiles sprang
from the banks of streams and hid
beneath the surface of the water un-
til the flying machine had passed.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Mrs. BeradolI Wants Property.

Washington.-NIrs. Emma c. Berg
doll and Charles A. Braun, mother and
brother of Grover C. Bergdoll, draft
evader, have filed suit in the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia
against Thomas w. Miller. alien prop
erty custodian, and Frank White.
treasurer of the United States, for the
return of property valued ut S176,-
904.25, seized as belonging TO Grover
Bergdoll. The property included bank
deposits and mortgages which Mrs.
Bergdoll claimed Us her property.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
A Master Mind.

"a remarkable detective"
what did he do?"
"He chased criminal through thir-
ty-seven states and arrested him just
rs he was boarding a transatlantic
liner"
Good work. but why so extraordi-
nary?"
"He refrained from giving out an in
terview to the press until after he
had caught his an."-Birmingha
Age Herald.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Bernard Shaw Aged 254.

'I am fairly familiar with Mr..
Shaw's plays and prefaces," writes
Gilbert Seldes in The Dial, "but re-
call no emphatic acknowledgment any
where of his debt to Gulliver's
Travels, and II 1t mattered very much
I should accuse Mr.. Shaw of fiinging
Samuel Butler and the mysterious
Captain Wilson like pepper in our
eyes for fear of seeing the great dean
too clearly On a hundred topics,
from doctors to diet, they have sim
liar IDEAS"
Perhaps Mr.. Shaw is like one Of
those characters in his new play who
live to be 300 years old, under various
names. If Bernard Shaw Is Dean
Swift, he is 254 years old.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Schools Returned to Private Control

Riga.-The decentralization of Rus
slas schools and standardization of
the theaters and moving picture houses
was announced by NJ. Lunacharsky,
former Russian minister of education,
who has reached Riga and is trying to
proceed TO Italy to represent the Third
Internationale at the Italian Socialist
conference. "The central government
has decided to turn over the manage
ment of the schools TO the local gov
ernments, which will maintain them
by taxation"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
ArbuckIe,s lawyer Resigns.

Los Angeles, Calif-Frank e. Do
minguez announced here that he mad
withdrawn as member of counsel for
Roscoe c. (Fatty) Arbucile in his
trial on charge of manslaughter in
connection with the death of Miss Vir-
ginia Rappe. Dominguez, in letter
to Arbuckle, which he later gave out
for publication, declared he could not
spend the necessary time in San Fran
cisco to carry on Arbuckle's defense
in the courts there.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Major Gen Dickman Retires.

Washington.-Ma Gen. Joseph L.
Dickman, commander of the Eighth
corps area, with headquarters ut Fort
Sam Houston, Texas. and former chief
of the army of occupation in Germany,
retired from active service in the army,
ending a continuous record of more
than forty-five years in the military
establishment In announcing his re-
tirement Secretary Weeks said the va
cancy in the grade of major general
would be filled by Mai Gen. Samuel
D. Sturgis.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
n.d pirect Communication.

Before the war, Germany was In
direct cable communication with the
United States. In the spring of 1900
tbe cable of the Observation-Disclosures
Telegraphen-G -Gesellschaft was laid
from Borkum to Fayal and in the
summer extended to New York, so
that on August 81, President Mckin-
lev and the former William of Ger
many were able to exchange messages.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Watson May Be Senate Leader.

During the vacation time the Re
publican senators who remained In
washington Interested themselves In
ouIet discussions as to who should
be the temporary leader of the party
In the sennte while Senator Lodge
is serving in the room or the
conference on the Limitation OF armn-
sscs.s and Far East problems. There Is.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
A Personal Matter.

Senator Snortsworthy seems dis
couraged over the party's prospects,
"That's only temporary"
"Yes?"
"He was scheduled to address a
concourse of sovereign voters yester-
day, and only three sovereign voters
showed up, including the chairman"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Discriminating.

Hostess-"very bad form. I call 1t,
to ring one up during church hours" ="
Guest-"Probnbly she knows you don't
20 to church." Hostess-"Very likely ;
but she might nave the decency to
assume that l do"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-08
Aerosa the Room.

He-What would you say If I were
to throw a kiss at your
She'd say you were the LATEST
man I ever met.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
AGITATION FOR
 THE UNION OF fIVEREPlBLICS
Mexico Stirred Over Pros poets of the Amalgama- ton of Several Central American Countries.

Mexico City, Oct. 23.~-Wide in terest was stirred here by tue re- ported agitation far the union of five Republics in the new Central American Federation with Mexico. Mexican officials were unwilling to discuss the matter, but their de meanor left no doubt that they were pleased with the report.
 At the National Palace it was said that President Obregon read tho report with interest But it was denied that the idea had taken seri- ous form.
 The report reached here in dis patch from Havana, which stated that Rafael Cardenas Jirnine2, the new Costa Rican Consul il Mexico City, had strongly advocated the union of Central America and MeXi- co and had announced his deter mination to agitate for such q un- ion
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
APARTMENT RENT roo
 HIGH. MOVES INTO CAVE

Honolulu. Filipino resident Of
 Honolulu has succeeded In solvpig
 one phase of the F. C. L. problem land in beating profiteering land lords out of potential gains at the
 same time.
 A year ago he citizen in qhes- ton, who may be desisuatod by the Filipino version Of John Doe, <" which is Juan de Ia Cruz. returned
 from work enc day to find that his wife had left tue family rooftree. Taking a philosophical attitude, Juan saw in this occurrence Il chance to reduce living costs: so, in com pany with his five-year-old son, he moved into cave left by work men under paved road i'll the |Iwilei district of Honolulu Here he was found recently. serene In the knowledge of growing bank |account and apparently perfectly happy in his somewhat crarnped quarters. The apartment measures ten feet by six and is comfortably | if not s,lmptuougiy furnished. Juan says that he intends to stay if not ordered to move.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
OF PRIEST
 FOUND NOT GUILTY

Birmingham, Ala, oct 22.--A Yoraict of not guilty was returned by inc jury shortly after 10 o'clock fast night in the case of the Rev. Edwin k Stephenson. tried for the killing Of Father James E. Coylc.
 After day of arguments by stata ard defense attornets and an hoUr and 16 minutes charge by Judge William F. Fort, the case of .Rey. Stephenson was given to the .jury at exactly $ o'clock last night
 The Rev. Mr. Stephenson, a Meth odist minister, had been on trial since Mopdav morning, charged with .second degree murder in connection with the shooting 10 death of Fatber ICoyie on the porch of the Catholic .rcctory at St. Paul's church hex August II.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
KY. EXECUTIVES AND UNIONS TO
 MEET BOARD
Union Chiefs and Heads of Railroads Summoned to Appear Before U. s. La bor Board Oct. 2G.
tE, The United Press)

Chicago, Oct. 21.-Railroad eXecu- tives and union chiefs have been ordered to appear before the United States Railroad Labor Board next Wednesday in an efforh to avoid Q railroad strike which has been call- cd for October 30 The order was issued by the Labor Board. The Board announced that if took the step under the transportation act an the grounds that the threatened walkout threatened 10 tie up con- merce The Board stated that the strike orders issued by brotherhood chiefs was ill violation of it's rnl. ing of July l which cut wages 12 per cent. The Board said the chiefs would have to explain why they should not be held in viola tion Of the Boards decree in call Ing strike
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
BRIDGE OVER WHITE
 RIVER APPROVED

Washington. Oct. 21.---The House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce yesterday reported favor ably, a blll introduced by Repre- sentative Oldfield of Arkansas, grant ing the consent of congress for the construction of d bridge across
 White river at DeEall's Bluff. liar
 Try |. Dovay of Stuttgart appeared
 before the committee in behalf ot
 the bill.
 The House yesterday passed q bill introduced last June by Represon- |tative Driver of Arkansas granting to certain claimants the preference fright to purchase unappropriated public lands in Arkansas. The bill authorizes the secretary of interior 90 cell any of the public lands in Arkansag that were originally CT |ropeously meanderei and shown Ep- lon the official plats as watec-cov led areas and which are not lawfully appropriated by qualified settler Tor entrymen claiming them under 'the public land laws \ preferred fright would be given 70 any citizen 'of the United States who in good fAi3h or claiming as a repariaa own Ter has placed valuable improvements lou the land or reduced it to cul- itivatiou.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
AUTO OWNERS TERR0RIzED
 BY RAIDERS
Tales of Gang of Robbers on Road Near Springfield, H., Disclosed by Police Department.

(By International News &crvlco)
 Springfield, IT., Oct. 2l.--Tales of
 gang of midnight robbers, work ing on 6 country road eouth of this city, holding ID aUtoists at the no,nt of revoivers and threattuinG
 their victims with de&th if they ro' port to the police, are being Re- creuy disclosed by numerous partles
 to the local Police Department. With thc disclosure Of A recent ,hold-ur, other cases weT't reported which had been withheld for many days. Rnmots are being spread thai victims are getting together to organize a ssarGsirg party 10 eS- rlore thQ road at night Co catch ithe tasdtt8 al their vock Ac-
 cordins to one os the victims, a large inumber have volunteered to join the eearehers hand,
 Police are Workins actively to
 run down the supposea midpighJ raiders, but SO Tar have foupd nc Ieyidenees Of m organized tand oi ,highwaymen. They are inclined -tc discount some Of ,be wild tales told aud declare that if the robbers had been working in such nIanneI the hold-up victims would have re ported, disregarding the threats ol iviolence.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
POET MARRIES HIS
 FRENCH SOUL. MATE

San ,Agiouio, Tex, Oct. 2l -- Lee Shippey, Kansas City newspaper man and poet. and Mile. Madeline Ba- bin of Paris, France, were married at Mexico City few days ago, ac- cording to dispatch received ycster- day.
 The wedding was tho end Of q tfi- angle which has received much pub iicity throughout the United States, Involving a divorce action in Kan sas City by Mrs, Mary Blake Wood sos Shippey. wife O. Lee Sbippcy following the return from France of Shippey. Mile. Babin later came to the United States. An effort to exclude the French woman from America failed. Shippey later went to Mexico and Mile Babin and her mother established themselves al Monterey, Shippey living al Tampi- co, A Kansas City court granted Mrs Sbippoy divorce, and the mar rlage at Mexico City followed.
 After the wedding at Mexico City, Shippey said il really was their sec ond marriage, as they had been mar ried iu church in Paris more than two years ago by q ritual of their own
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
WILL: NOT
 DISCUSS JAP
 IMMIGRATION
U. s. Also to Bar California Land Laws From Discus sion at Conference-Both Domestic Issues.

Washington, Oct. 21.--Any at tempt to inject the Japanese immi' grafton ana7 land holding question Into the international conference or 'the limitation of armaments will be thwarted as a move to divert the iconclave from its purpose by the 'fntroduction of irrelevant discus 'sion.
 This was made clear by the Hard 'ing administration yesterday in nc uncertain manner. Positive utter lance on the subject assumed ever greater importance by virtue O .the foregone conclusion that the latitude of the United States vii lbe supported by Great Britain ant ithe British overseas dominions. Administration views were elicit io0 following renewed cable reports i from Tokio that the Japanese woulf ibring before the conference th' i imm igration and California land lholding controversy, presumably or itAe ground that racial diserimina }fion Is one of the causes of th'
 tinteruationaI friction in the Pacific
 which the confeTence will endoavo
 sc remove in order to make feasi
 thlc the reduction CT armaments. 1 v If this move should rnetortaiize
 ,3apan will be informed that i'm
 Itnigration being q domestic, not al
 tarnationai question, is outssd
 Ini1e illEtSdintinn of the onfarencn
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
EMBASSY WILL
 BE GUARDED
 BY POLICE
Attempt Will Be Made to Prevent Contemplated Marc&, by Communists on Consulate at Paris.
fBy The United psossy

Paris, Oct. 2l.-~One thousand ro- l3camen will guard the American
 embassy and resident of the Unit |c4i States ambassador tonight to
 prevent q threatehod march by |communists and demonstration 'against the United States for the
 relesse of Sacco and Vanzetti, Com
 munists convicted of murder in
 Massa hnsetts. Steel blinds will be ldrawn at tho embassy and at Her yick's home and armed guards will
 prevent Communists. who are tc bold mass meeting. from approa ch-
 Ing either building.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
CONVICT RETURNS
 TO TUCKER FARM

Tucker. Oct. 22.~-R. o. Rolocher, convict who escaped from he Tuck .c farm on December 26. 1920, sur wondered 10 Warden Dee Horton at
 the farm yesterday morning. Ro-
 decker said that he had been in
 Wyoming practically every since his escape, Yates Sundfidge, Joe Lindsey and nine others escaped with Rodecker, by saving a hole through the stockade floor. Ro- decker was sent to the penitentiary from Benton county for robbery, his senhncc being 10 years ne was made trgsty yesterday,
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
REPORT FROM
 CINNERS HITS
 MARKET A JOLT
Now Estimated That Total Yield Will Go We'll
 Above Seven Million Bales--Buyers Corged.

The giuneG's report just issued and received here this morning gave the cotton market g. nervous rigor that shook the price of the staple down considerably. The local mar ket dropped to { cents for seed cot ton and the price for lint tumbled down to from i3c 10 15c per pound, December quotation slumpod to 1S;- 30 but Is showing an inclination 10 cllmb back up to the quotation of yestreday.
 The report of tue ginner's states :hat 5.G0O,0s0 bales of cotton has been giphed to date, representing ii per cent, Of the total production. The percentage of production set out In the report indicates that toe yietd Will total greater than was ahticIpated, placing the number Of bales at 7,700.o0o. With 5.7oo.ooo sales already ginned and with the est,mate that 26 per cent of the crop is yet out places the estimate Iwell above 100000 bales over the highest estimate thet has previously been made for the years production. The government report that will be Issued next week likely will defin- isely establish the figures represent- ing the total production.
 Demand for the staple is yet very light. Tho inactirisy of buying by consumers is causing unusual dis ,tresa among local dealers every where, due to the fact they are be coming so hsavily burdened with their purchases. Not much perma- nent relief is anticipated until de nand for the sfaple becomes more general than at present.
Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-24
MOTHER CAT BRAVES
 FLAMES FOR KITTENS

Marysviue. Cal.--This town has Ia cat heroine.
 Fire reoently destroyed the John .Carstenbrock barn. Knowing her kittens were in the barn fine Maltese eat rushed madly into the burning building, and succeeded in resouing two of her litter In try ling to save the lives of her little Ionos she had an eye aud an ear, burned and tho claws on her feet were burned oti and her fur badly singed.
 She was q sorry-looking spectacle running around while the fl~mon were fighting 1he blaze.