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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-23
Roger Williams ACCOMPLISHMENT.

A majority of the writer's of short
hand in New England in the early
colonial days were men of distinction.
Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode
Isla..,., was very accomplished short
ha ii writer. An Indian Bible belong
ins to him In which are annotations in
shorthand is Stll preserved In one Of
the historical societies. 1t Is not, how
ever generally known that many years
before coming to this country Roger
Williams, at nineteen years Of age.
was employed by the famous lawyer,
Sir Edward Coke, to report the pro-
ceedings Of the "'or chamber In 1919
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-23
Object Lesson for Americans.

The lesson Of deforestation in China
is one that mankind should have
learned many times from what has Oc-
Cured in other places. In fact, it
may, in a lesser degree, even be
brought home to the people of Amer
lea in future years unless, through
wise forethought, care is exercised in
tie presei.Ts ion of our forests from
destruction by fire and wasteful lum-
herring.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-23
Post Mortems.

"Wasn't there something about q
promise to love, honor and obey in
that marriage ceremony" asked her
husband quietly.
my goodness, Henry" responded
Mrs Voter. "You are like those tire
some politicians who never stop talk
in" about the par Y platform. Dos
ION Transcript
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-23
'ORDER ONCE RLL-POWERFUL
Knights of the Golden Fleece, in Their
Days of Glory, Subjected Kings
to Punishment

The Manchester (Eng) Guardian
quotes some piquant details from the
archives of the Order of the Golden
Fleece, whose ownership, together
with that of other treasures of the
order, is being contested between Bel
GUM and Austria before a jury ap-
pointed by the reparations commits
sion.
During the first hundred years or
so after it's foundation the chapters
held by the Golden Fleece had a con-
fessional as well as a ceremonial side.
Each member was called upon to de-
clare whether, since the date Of the
previous chapter, he had faithfully
kept the VOWS of the order.
Erring knights were reprimanded
and punished their misdeeds and con-
sequent penalties Icing recorded in a
volume kept by the registrar. The
sovereign of the order was subject to
the same discipline as the other
knights, so at one chapter we find
Charles V doing penance for the sin
Of gluttony.
mitted that he frequently consumed
four meals a day-the best part of
chicken at q. m., the choice of 20
dishes at noon, supper at p. ~, and
a ''rear-supper' at midnight, washing
each meal down with huge draughts
of wine and beer.
At a chapter held in 1869 Philip IL
of Of
finery and spending an excessive time
over his toilet. He pleaded guilty and
promised to mend his ways.
The registrar notes the tremendous
sensation created at an earlier chap
ter of the order when an absent men,
Der, Henry VIII, described himself in
his proxy as Head of the Church In
England and Ireland" This designa-
ton so Mortified the assembled knights
that. by unanimous vote, they dis
allowed the proxy.
The oath taken by Knights of the
Golden Fleece requires them to de
fend unto death the Holy Catholic and
Apostolic Church." but nowadays this
clause is dropped when initiating mem
bers processing other religions.
The oath administered to Knights
of the Garter had to be similarly
modified in 1856, when the first Mo
hammedan knight, Abdul Medjid, was
created. The sultan could hardly I'M
dertake ito pursue the infidel to
DEATH" so he swore to observe the
statutes of the order so far as he
could do consistently with the pre-
cepts of the Koran.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-23
Queer.
Hes queer.

Hes queer"
'In what way?"
"Well, he's forever buying tick
cts to church socials and amateur
theatrical performances"
"a lot of men do that and they're
not queer"
81 know, but this fellow actually
goes to the things
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-23
Mexicans Study English.

IN compliance with q request Of MI
merous employees Of the Mexican rail
way in the City Of Mexico, the rail
way management has arranged 6
course of free instruction to railway
employees who wish 70 study the Eng
lish language after working hours.
All in Good Time.
1t was at a children's picnic, and
they were playing at farmyard, each
youngster pretending to be his or her
favorite animal. The woods echoed
with grunting, barking and growing
but one little girl sat silent.
"Why don't you play|" asked one
of the teachers.
please, miss I am playing" she re-
piled.
"What are you, then?"
please, miss, I'm a hen, and I'm
laying an egg. When I've finished /
shall caclSle!"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-06-23

Wonderful Telescope.
The excellence of the big Lick tele-
acopo, ard the steadiness Of the air
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Third Limited Fight

The fight which took place at ter sey City today was the third bout for the worlds heavyweight champ ionship under no decision rules at a limited number of rounds. The only previous title contests held under similar conditions were the Willard Moran 10-round battle at New York, March 25, 1916, and the Willard Dempsey contest at Toledo, July i, 1919. The first bout went the limit, Willard gaining the popular verdict. At Toledo, Dempsey knocked out his ponderous opponent in the third of the scheduled 12-round bout.
 Modern ring history in the heavy weight division is considered to have begun when John L. Sullivan put Paddy Ryan out in nine rounds at Mississippi City, Feb. 7. 1882 h. cluding that contest and the one in which Marvin Hart defeated Jack Root to gain the title relinquished by Jim Jeffries, there have been 2f championship bouts. The longest was that in which John L. Sullivan knocked out Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds at Richburg, Miss; the short est that in which Tommy Burns stopped Bill Squires in one round at Colma, Cal, July 4, 1907.
 By the average duration of these championship contests, which is a trif1e under 15 rounds, Dempsey and Carpenter, with limit of 12 sessions, were scheduled to go the prescribed route. The length of the Sullivan-K -Kilrain duel, however, put this average to the test, and examin- ation of the records shows that II of the 23 battles have stopped short of the twelve-round mark, while the most recent championship fight, in New York last December, ended with the knockout of Bill Brennan by Dempsey in the twelfth round.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
POWERFUL SEATTLE BANK
 FORGED TO CLOSE DOORS

SEATTLE, July 2-The Scandi- navian American Bank, of this city, closed it's doors yesterday, and the directors have turned the institution over to John P. Duke, state super visor of banks, who issued a state ment in which he attributes the failure largely to a shrinkage in values during the last year and to recent abnormal decreases in de- posits. The present management is in no way to blame"
 The directors explained that they made an unsuccessful effort to merge with three other banks in an attempt to save the institution.
 The last statement of the bank shows a capital and surplus of two and a quarter million dollars, and deposits of thirteen millions. There is no statement available of assets and liabilities.
 It was claimed at the time of the failure of the Scandinavian Ameri- can Bank, of Tacoma, that there was no connection between that in- stitution and the Seattle bank of the same name, but heavy withdrawals of deposits from the local bank would seem to indicate that the pub lie believed otherwise.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02

NEW TARIFF BILL IS FILED;
 WILL INCREASE REVENUES

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2- The administrators new tariff bill, which was introduced in the house this week will, according to Chair man Fordney, of the ways and means committee, will fix an average rate of duty ranging between IS and 20 per cent, as compared with 1855 per cent provided by the Payne-Aldrich bill, six per cent provided by the Underwood bill, and 26 per cent provided by the Ding ley bill. Fordney says that when ac- curate figures have been worked out, the average will be found to he slightly under the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.
 The new measure fixes a tariff of one and one-half cents a pound on all lead bearing ores and two and an eighth cents on lead bullion. The free list includes gold and silver bullion.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Promoter Tex" Rickard

"Tex" Rickard started his career as a promoter of championship bouts on a large scale when Joe Cans met Battling Nelson in Gold field, Nevada, in 1906. The receipts for that memorable battle were S69,715. That figure was topped when Jack Johnson fought Tommy Burns in Australia, on Christmas Day, 1908, but Rickard again es- tablished a high mark in 1910 when boxing fans from all over the country paid s27O,775 to see the Jeffries-Johnson conflict at Reno. Figures for the Willard-Dempsey bout at Toledo, July 4, 1919, SUD- planted even that large total and Rickard, in the Jersey City match today, entered the select circle of million dollar business men,"
 Figures on the leading bouts in
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02

JERSEY CITY, July 2-In the battle for the heavyweight champ ionship of the world, which took place in this city this afternoon between Georges Carpenter, title holder of Europe, and Champion Jack Dempsey, the French fighter finished fiat on his face, with legs and arms outstretched, in the fourth round. Dempsey knocked him out within a few seconds after the round opened, sending him heavily to the canvas, with a short right hook to the chin. The actual time of the fighting in the fourth round was one minute and 16 seconds. Previous to the knockout, Carpen- tier was fioored with left to the body and a right to the chin. The Frenchman took the count of nine before springing to his feet, where the grim, determined Dempsey measured him with a punch to the chin which ended the battle. 
 When Carpenter went down, the champion stood over him until the count was finished and then tender ly picked him up and carried him bleeding, to his corner.
 Dempsey gave his opponent an un- merciful beating. He opened up an old cut under the Frenchman's eye and battered him so viciously around the head with heavy rights and lefts until his face was badly swol- len and bleeding.
 Dempsey entered the ring at 2:59, with Kearns and Hayes following with towels and bucket AS he en- tered the ring he addressed Carpen- tier pleasantly with Hello, Georges" and took his corner. Carpenter was introduced as the pugilistic idol of the world and holder of the French title, and he was greeted with tre- mendous cheering. Dempsey was in troduced as the champion of the world.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
DRY CELL INVENTOR DIES

LOS ANGELES, July 2-Dr. liar " Barryinger Cox, inventor of the dry cell and noted electrical scien- tist, died here yesterday. Among the inventions to which he contributed were the submarine cable system for coast defense, the electric push but ton and the railway block safety system.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02

entier groggy and bleeding at nose. Dempsey missed right swing but beat Carpenter as they clinched. Carpenter fell through ropes try ing to avoid punishment. Flew into Dempsey when he crawled back in- to ring and landed severe blows on champions body. Dempsey had bet ter of fighting during opening round.
 SECOND ROUND-Carpentier un- able to land left and clinched. In backing off, he received light right hook to jaw. Dempsey followed him, beating his head with rights. Carpen- tier short with left hook but stag gered American with lefts to jaw. Dempsey split Frenchman's left eye with hook Both missed rights. Ex- changing body punches at bell
 In this round Carpenter landed six rights and left on Dempsey's jaw, almost tipping him over.
 THIRD ROUND-Carpentier duck ed left hook. Dempsey backed in to ropes and landed a short right to Carpenters jaw, then followed with two upper-cuts to body and chin. Carpenter missed with right swing. Dempsey clouted his jaw with left hooks in a clinch and battered him to his corner with right and lefts. The bell saved Carpenter in this round.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
CHILBERG RELEASED ON BAIL

TACOMA, July 2-J. E. Chil- berg, who is under indictment in connection with the failure of the Scandinavian American Bank of Ia coma, arrived from New York yes terday and was released under bail in the sum of $35,000. Prior to 1919, Chilberg was president of both the Scandinavian American Bank of Tacoma and the defunct in tie. Five secret indictments were returned against him by the Tacoma grand jury some time ago.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
COAL SUBSIDY APPROVED

LONDON, July 2-The house of comons has approved the plan to grant a ten million pound subsidy to coal miners, pursuant to the terms of the strike settlement. The money will be used to tide the men over during the four months period of wage reduction.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Daugherty Could Not Attend
WASHINGTON, D. C., July ?

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2- Attorney General Daugherty could not attend the fight, as much as he would like to have done so. He an nounced yesterday that he would not go to Jersey City because he had too much regard for the opinion of those people who disapproved ot the light ''and of whom 1 must be unofficial representative"
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
TAFT WILL BE JUDGE

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2- President Harding has announced the selection of former President William Howard Taft as chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, to fill the vacancy caused by the death recently, of Chief Justice White. The name of MT. Taft was sent to the senate yesterday afternoon for confirmation and it is expected that favorable action will be taken without delay.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
YOUTH SAVES TWO LIVES

ASTORIA, Ore, July 2-Chester Meats, boy of II, saved the lives of Miss Ina Capps, aged %, and Gerald Stroes, aged five, by drag ging them, unconscious, from the water, where they were drowning. The young lady and her little com- panion were revived with difficulty.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
BRITISH CABINET DECIDES
 TO RENEW JAPANESE PACT

LONDON, July 2-The Pail Mall Gazette says the British cabinet has definitely decided to renew the An glo-Japanese.
 English morning newspapers to- day feautred reports of an imperi- al conference to consider a tripartite agreement between Great Britain, America and Japan relative to the proposed Anglo-Japanese treaty.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Carp Looked Good To Him

NEW YORK, July Before leaving for the arena yesterday, Eugene Corri, famous referee who presided at the Carpentiar-G Gunboat Smith bout, declared that anybody who believes Carpenter has lost his punch doesn't know what he is talking about Carpenter is a ring general and a vindictive tighter cnce he is aroused"
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
MURDER PLOT DISCOVERED

LONDON, July 2-The Sketch Is authority for the statement that the authorities have discovered a plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers. The police are now guard ing the ministers closely, and all suspects are being shadowed. but no arrests have been made.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
The Fight By Rounds

FIRST ROUND-Fighting started at 3:18. Carpenter landed a light left and clinched. Landed right and fought at close range, followed by another clinch. Dempsey shot with left to head. Carpenter misser right and landed left hook. Demp- sey punched him unmercifully. Carp
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
HARDING TALKS ECONOMY
 AT BUDGET CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2- President Harding, peesiding at 8 budget conference of cabinet officers and other Government officials this week, pledged he administration to a new era of economy and efficiency and declared that there is no menace in the world like the tendency to- ward e'-t-avagant public expendi lures.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
PAPER MILLS TO RESUME

NEW YORK, July 2-Announce- ment has been made of the signing of an arbitration agreement be- tween union paper mill workers and all mills in the United States and Canada, with the exception of the International Paper Company. It is believed all the mills will resume operations on July 5.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
GIANT STILL IS CAPTURED

CHICAGO, July 2-Federal off, cers captured a giant still yesterday, estimated to have a value of fully s25,000 and believed to be the larg- est ir the United. States. It may be necessary to use dynamite in order to destroy the big booze maker.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
GOVERNMENT STARTS SUIT
 AGAINST CEMENT BARONS

NEW YORK, July 2-The Gov ernment has filed civil suit in the federal court against 19 corpora tions and four individuals, composing the Cement Dealers Protective As sociation, the charge being violation of the antitrust law.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
RECORD CROWD SEES CHAMP
 RETAIN TITLE IN JERSEY CITY

contest in history, stating: "i look for the battle to end before either gets warmed up. They are terrific hitters and one will drop in short order. Of course, I'm sticking to Dempsey. He looks better than when he fought Willard. He looks like a cinche'
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Record Gate Receipts

The gate receipts are reported to have been in excess of S1,750,000. More than a million and a quarter had been paid in yesterday after noon and the balance was taken in today, beginning early this morn ing with the sale of S5 seats.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
SHIPPING BOARD BOAT SINKS

LONDON, July 2-The Shipping Board freighter Mohang, bound from Constantinople to New York, IS reported to have been sunk by a mine in the Black sea. No lives were lost
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Nelson Picked The Winner

Battling Nelson, who predicted the downfall of Willard, picked an- other winner yesterday, when he predicted the defeat of Carpenter
 He also predicted that the fight would be the shortest heavyweight
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
SINN FEINERs ARE RELEASED

DUBLIN, July 2-Arthur Griffith founder of the Sim Fein, and Prof. John McNeil, president of the Gas ellie league, were releasei from Mount Joy prison yesterday.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
WILSON GAN PRACTICE

NEW YORK, July 2-Woodrow Wilson has been admitted to prac- tice in all courts in the state of New York.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Crowd Gathers In New York

NEW YORK, July Eight fans began arriving in this city early this week, with the result that all the hotels were overf1owing yes terday. It is estimated that 5000 arrived yesterday and 10000 dur ing the night and this morning.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
GENERAL FIELDING PASSES

CHICAGO, July 2-General Ed ward Fielding, vice president of the Volunteers of America, died here yesterday.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
BILL FAVORS FARMER AID
 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2

The senate agriculture committee has submitted a favorable report on the Norris bill, which provides for the creation of a hundred million dollar Government corporation to promote the exportation of agri- cultu-sl products.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02
Jurors Wouldn't Interfere

Jersey City, July 2-The Hudson
 county yesterday declined to return an indictment to prevent the fight.
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02

xenana, Where Rails and Rivers Meet
The Nenana news., 1921-07-02

M.nana. AA.sna's Inseror Fuel Depot
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-11-15
THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT.

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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-11-15
STILL POOLING THE FARMERS.

On Tuesday, October IS, the
House extended the Emergency
Tariff bill, approved May q, 1921,
until February /, 1922
This is the bill which was to bring
prosperity to the farmer By protect
ing him against the pauper raised
crcrs of Europe, which do not exist,
but which destroys the market for his
surplus crops, which he must sell
abroad to be prosperous.
On the day before the House ex-
terdsd the Emergency Tariff Act,
Senator Mckinley rep. Ill.,, said on
the floor of the Senate:
u was in Illinois ten days ago and
found that the price of new corn to
the farmers was 20 cents, and might
go to Is cents, although the corn cost
him SO cents to raise. myself
cents Of the price reduction has re-
suited from the so-called farmer
legislation Emergency Tariff Act)
we passed last summer, but the price
of the crop is fixed by the surplus we
have to sell. In normal times
Europe bought our surplus. Today
Europe is underfed and needs our
grain, but Europe has neither credit
| nor money, so they starve while we
burn our corn for fuel.
GAS to the price in Iowa have a
report from man in the town where
! / live who owns 600 acres of land in
Iowa, who stated that it would not
pay him to husk and ship his corn"
Senator Kenyon (Rep., Ia.), said
~ have a letter here from a farmer
in my state in which he says: Bids
for the 1921 crop of corn have just
been made public. 1t is Is cents g
bushel at the local elevator. The
above has cast additional gloom al
over the middle west
"0ut of that 10 cents a bushe
husking cost cents bushel, she'll
| ing 8 cents, delivery cents, leaving
about cents a bushel for producing
a bushel of corn. 1t costs the farm
ers in the Middle West from SO to 81
cents a bushel to produce it"
/ The complete answer to the Emer
gency Tariff Act is to be found il
the daily quotations of the price o.
farm products. The farmers reat
these quotations, but it would seen
Republican Congressman do not.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-11-15
STATE ROAD BUILDING PLANS. !,

The first road Improvement work
to be done in the eastern part of the
State under the 0,O00, 900 bond is
sue will be on 3.3-mile stretch in
Morgan county on the Berkeley
Springs-HancocE read, and on 4.4-
mile stretch in Grant county on the
Franklin Petersburg read, according
to announcement at the Office of Di-
vision Engineer Gray on Tuesday.
SO says the Martinsburg Journal
Bids for this work will be asked the
middle of December, it was said.
Designation of two jobs is in line
with the general policy of the COM
mission, it was explained, to ask for
bids on two contracts in each of the
five divisions this fall for immediate
work, and to defer the other links
until next spring. One million dol
lars, approximately, has been set
aside for the first years program.
Construction work on the link be-
tween Charles Town and Harpers
Ferry will not be started until the
question of the route lying between
Bolivar and Harper Ferry proper is
settled. The two routes have been
surveyed and the data forwarded to
the commission Construction work
on the link between Inwood and the
Virginia State system will not be
started until next spring, it was said.
surveyors being at work on the link
at the present time. No work on the
route between Martinsburg and
Charles Town, two adjoining county
seats, will be started until the COM
mission decides whether the road
shall pass through Shepherdtown or
take the shorter route.