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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-01

10 escape from me, ne'u go W
hell;
But, st. Peter, | need him here,
And hope you can see your way
clear,
On earth / bore a heavy cross;
Give me in heaven still Jiggs to
boss.
I've brought my rolling-pin,
plates and jars,
To keep him lodging among the
stars.
"But say, St. Peter, it seems to
J me
This gate isn't kept as it ought
to be,
You ought to stand right by the
opening there,
And never sit down in that easy
chair.
And say, St. Peter, my sight is
dimmed,
But ! don't like the way your
| whiskers are trimmed.
They're cut too wide with an
outward toss.
They'd look better narrow and
straight across"
St. Peter sat quite and stroked
his staff,
But in spite Of his Office chad
to laugh;
Then said with q fiery CLEAN in
his eye;
who's tending this gate, Mag.
gle, you or r."
Then he rose in his statue tall,
And pressed a button upon tb'
! wall,
And said to the imp who an
: swered the bell,
Escort this female around t
! hell"
Slowly Jiggs turned by habi
4 bent,
To follow wherever Maggie went
st. Peter standing on duty there
Ie Saw that the top of his hea
was bear.
II He called to the Old Man an
said:
ID "Jiggs, how long hast thou bee
wed?"
le Thirty years" what a wear
sigh)
q And then he thoughtfully added
! Thirty years with that tongt
so sharp
- Ho! Angel Gabriel! Give him
I harp,
10 A jeweled harp with a golde
string,
Good sir, pass in where Il
"a angels sing,
|
And, Gabriel, give him q Sc
- alone,
IL One with a cushion, up near Il
throne.
or Call up some angels to pli
their best;
For Jiggs has surely earned
he rest.
We "See that on finest ambrosia
feeds;
I'll He's had about all the he'll
needs;
a. It isn't just hardly the thing
do,
To roast him on earth and
the future, too. /"
,rs They gave him a harp wi
golden strings,
lty A glittering robe and 2 pair
wings;
ng And Jiggs, boxing down frc
his high level,
!; Thought Of Maggie and +
me sorry for the devil.
81. = George Bradshaw IN Pc
Marquette Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-01
Maggie and Jiggs at the Golden
Gate

St Peter stood guard at the
Golden Gate,
With a solemn mien and an air
sedate;
When up to the top of the gold
en- stair,
Maggie and Jiggs, assembled
there,
Applied for admission; they
came and stood
Before st. Peter. so great and
good;
In hope the city of peace to win,
And asked st. Peter to let them
in.
Maggie was tall and dark and
thin,
With scraggly beardlet on her
chin.
Jiggs was short and thick and
stout,
And his stomach was built so it
rounded out.
His face was pleasant and all
the while
He wore a kind genial smile.
The choir in the distance the
echoes woke.
And Jiggs kept still while Mag
gle spoke.
20 thou, who guardest the gate
said she,
1--WE two come hither beseech
ing thee
To let us enter the heavenl.
land,
And play our harps with tn
angel band.
Of me, St. Peter, there is n
doubt,
There's nothing in heaven to ba
me out.
I've been to meeting three time
a week,
And almost always I'd rise an
speak.
"I've told the sinners about tn
day
When they'd repent Of their ev
way;
I've told my neighbors--Tve tol
'em all
Bout Adam and Eve and Il
Primal fall;
I've shown them what they
have to do
II they'd pass in with the chose
few;
I've marked their path of dut
clear
Laid out the plan of their who
career.
I've talked and talked to e
loud and long,
For my lungs are good and n
voice is strong.
So, good st. Peter, you'll clear
see
The gate Of heaven is open +
me.
But Jiggs here, Iregret to say
Hasn't walked in exactly t
narrow way,
He smokes and swears and gra
faults he's got,
So | don't know whether he
pass or not.
He never would pray with
earnest vim,
Or go to a revival, or join in
hymn,
While | the sin Of my neigbbC
bore,
He gadded about with that Dir
Moore.
He made a practice Of stayi
out late,
Which is q sin all women hate
But at last when be did col
home,
1he rolling pin went straight
his dome.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-09-01

to apply for a change in their
class, will have to make a new
application, and file same with
the Chancery Clerk on or before
the above date. Any new Pen
siohers who desire to get their
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names. on the roll win also have
to make application as above
stated.
Respectfully
]. G. Williams
Clerk.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01

TOUR United States vocational uni
versities situated advantageously
In the East, Middle West, South,
and on the Pacific coast are to be op-
Grated in the near future for the bene-
fit of former service men, who are vo-
cationally handicapped.
Announcement of this plan was
made by Charles R. Forbes, director of
the veteran relief bureau, who con-
templates using cantonment sites for
the schools as suggested by President
Harding. The courses in the govern
ment universities are to consist of ag-
riculture, elementary and academic SCI
ence and trades.
"These great vocational universi-
ties" said Colonel Forbes, twill re-
habilitate the vocationally handicapped
service man In the proper manner
The proposed training will make him
a real useful, citizen, and upon compile
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01

other amusement places built in these
cities during the year, at cost Of S40,-
522, ,240, or considerably more than the
cost of churches and hospitals com
bined; and while these cities con-
structed 547 schoolhouses, their cost
$50,023, 140, was but little more than
half the money spent on garages.
"The Importance of these figures
from a social point of view is that they
show that building construction for
the purpose of housing families lags
far behind the current increase in the
demand for houses. If we apply the
marriage rate that obtained in 1915
to the population of these 1876 cities,
we find that in 1920 362, ,7S5 marriages
took place in the cities considered. If
only half of the married couples seek
homes to themselves, we are building
not more than half of the accommoda-
tions required"
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
Think More of Garages Than of Homes

CECRETARY of Labor Davis said
y that an investigation by his de-
partment showed that there were
more homes built for automobiles than
for families in 1920. Mr.. Davis was
bit surprised at this discovery, but
when a check was put on the figures
they were found correct. 1t also was
discovered that more moving-picture
houses were built than churches and
schools combined.
at would seem to me-" said Mr..
Davis, "that we are more interested
in housing automobiles than in hous-
ing ourselves. 1 am Informed by Eth
ebert Stewart, commissioner of labor
statistics, that In 1876 cities with over
$4,000 population from which returns
were received, $1,204, ,490,764 was ex-
pended in building construction for
1920.
1.-The population of these 1876 cities
was 34,572,90 or 1927 per cent of the
total population of the United States.
There were 6S,637 one-family houses
constructed at a cost of S296, 124 ,665,
or 24.6 per cent of the total amount of
money spent in all kinds of building.
There were only 5,402 two-family
houses built, but while in all the one
and two-families provided for 74,O39
homes there were 9S,121 garages built.
"There were 246 moving picture and
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
MUST WED TO SLICE $426,OoO
New York Girl Kept Out of Fortune by
Fathers Queer Will-Got
Insurance.

New York-Miss Mary Miller, who
is just twenty-one, must get married
If she wants to get more money out of
her share In a $4,000 estate left by
her father, julius Miller, manufactur-
er, who died March 81, 1918.
That was disclosed when the execu-
tors filed an accounting in response to
an order obtained In the girls behalf
from Surrogate Foley. Miss Miller
complained she Is greatly In need of
funds and in the three years has re-
ceived only $1,000.
The executors say Miss Miller got
the proceeds of $1,000 life insurance
policy after her fathers death. She
is not eligible for further payments,
they assert, until she Is twenty-five,
when she Is to receive her entire share
as one of the principal beneficiaries.
or unless she marries. If she marries
before she is twenty-five the executors
are directed to pay her $1,000 as
wedding present. The accounting
showed the present value Of the estate
Is S426,254.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
SENATOR LODGE HAS REASON
ABLE HOPE OF AGREEMENTS
BEING REACHED.
MAKE NEGOTIATIONS
RElcHSTAG HAS GIVEN AP
PRoVAL AND WILL RATlFY
TREATY WITH v. S.
,wsstcru Newspaper Union News ssuicsJ

Washlngton.-Ra by the
Senate In fortnight of the peace
treaties with Germany, Austria ano
Hungary loomed as II prospect aftei
Republican and Democratic leaders
had discussed proposed unanimous
consent agreement drafted by Senator
Lodge, Republican leader, to take the
final votes Oct. ii or 10. Both eX.
pressed hopes of obtaining formal
order of the Senate providing for such
a program.
Announcement of the negotiations
was made in the Senate by Senator
Lodge and with the discussions show
ing evidences of success, the Repub'
llcans dropped their plan for night
session.
Senator Lodge said he had every
reasonable hope" of reaching an agree
ment and Senator Underwood, Demo
cratic. leader, also said an agreement
had been practically reached" ano
was ready for consummation at once
Involved in the program Is pro
posnl that should any senator desire
to debate the treaties the tax revision
bill would be laid aside temporarily
1t is expected, however, that the tax
measure will be before the Senate
most of next week, with the follow
ing week largely devoted to the trea
ties.
The movement for a voting agree
ment developed in u conference oil
Democratic senators who declared
unanimously against the Republican
plan for night sessions and authorized
overtures by Senator Underwood to
the Republicans for voting agreement
The Democrats left each senator free
to vote as he shall determine.
The only address on the treaties
was made by Senator Watson, Demo
crat, Georgia, who opposed ratification
because he said, he believed they
would drag the United States into the
League of Nations and European en-
tanglements. Ever since President
Harding's inauguration, he declared,
the nation has been drifting irreslst
IDLY" into the league.
Berlin.-The foreign affairs com
mission of the Reichstag gave its ap-
proval to the ratification of the peace
treaty with the United States.
The commission adopted a resoiu'
ton recommending that the Reichstag
ratify the treaty.
The explanatory note supplied mem
bers of the Reichstag defends the gov
ernment's action in signing an indefl'
mite, but comprehensive agreement on
the ground that Germany was re-
stricted by the contents of the Porter
Knox peace resolution, but lays stress
on the Importance which may be at
tached to the future negotiations
through which definite relations must
be established.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01

"7ASHINGTON.-Washingtona and
w the nation are promised an en-
tirely new experience when the
great international conference on limi-
tation Of armaments and the-problems
of the Pacific meets here in November.
A spectacle, irrespective Of the results
of the conference, will be unfolded
here such as has. never before been
witnessed In the New World.
The representatives of five great ma
tions, Great Britain, France, Italy,
Japan and China, not to mention the
representatives of the United States,
will be assembled here to discuss
topics of vital interest not alone to
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
1Universities" to Aid Service Men
Men

tion of his course ne will be able to
go out into the world and command a
living wage.
''It is my plan to establish four vo-
cational universities. These universi-
ties will properly house the men, prop
erly provide them with the right kind
of subsistence and permit men with
families to have their families at the
university.
Cottages will be built to care for
them. They will be put in training,
which will be beneficial not only to
their health, but to their mind as well,
and upon completion of their course
they will be useful"
Colonel Forbes plans to start the
first university within ninety days, and
start its work with about 1000 men In
training.
At the present time there are ap-
proximately $4,000 men taking voca-
tional training OF this number more
than 10000 are engaged in the training
of some of the trades. The present
plan calls for the establishment of
classes in. masonry, architecture,
plumbing, printing, engraving, book
binding, electrical work, carpentry and
steamfitting, as well as courses along
agricultural lines, such as horticulture,
animal husbandry, dairying, cheese
and cream making, forestry and sim
liar lines.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
Two U. S. Employees Held.

WashIngton.-E. G. Rickmeir, as
sistant chief of the personal audit sec
ton of the Internal Revenue Bureaus
Income tax unit, and Garnett Under
wood were taken into custody by
agents of the bureau on charges of at
tempting to obtain bribes, revealing
confidential information and thefts OF
office records. In a formal state
ment the revenue bureau alleged the
two men had attempted to enter into
negotiations with Duluth, Minn., tax
payer,
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
G. A. r. Elect Officers.

anapolis.-After bidding fare
well to their comrades, veterans of the
Grand Army of the Republic closed the
fifty-flfth annunal encampment. The
encampment ended with the election
of L. S. Pitcher of Brooklyn, N. Y, as
commander in chief and the choice of
Des Moines, Iowa, for the next meet
ing. Other national officers elected
were: r. w. Mcbride, indianapolis,
senior vice commander; III. A. Johnson,
Washington, d. c., junior vice COM
mander; NJ. w. Wood, Boise, Idaho,
surgeon general, and G. b. Smith, Min
neapolis, chaplain in chief.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
Government Country's Biggest Renter
HtD ONT be renter; own your
own homel


own homel"
Don't be q tenant farmer; !;
get farm of your own"
Meanwhile, the biggest renter In the
United States is the United States
government
In almost every city, village and
hamlet in the United States, and In
many places abroad, the government
is pouring streams Of taxpayers money
into landlords pockets.
The Department Of Agriculture IT.
self is renting scores Of substations'
experimental stations and inspections
headquarters.
The Postoffice department Is renting
postofflces and postal substations. =
The War and Navy departments
maintain rented recruiting stations IN
every city of Importance.
The Department Of Labor rents ONCE
space in the larger cities.
Other confirmed renters are the
Treasury department, the Public
Health department and the bureau of
Indian affairs.
In New York city, where the govern
ment owns a federal building. separate
government department offices are
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
WEALTH FROM
STROKE OF PICK
Three Prospectors in South Afrl-
ca Gain Fortune by Finding
Huge Diamond.
WEIGHS 381 CARATS
illness, Hunger and Death Bits OF
Romantic Struggle Which cul-
minated In Trio Digging Up
Wonderful Stone.

New York.-Details that read like
chapter of romance have reached
America of the finding of an uncut
diamond in South Africa Weighing
3S1 carats.
Several weeks ago three men, Scheep-
ers, Kaltenbrun and Smith, set out
from the Transvaal dlggings In South
Africa, for Mosinberg. where new
field was to be opened. Smiths wife
and little boy became Ill and the party
was forced to cease Its trek and camp
at Gonggong while the mother was
nursing her child.
Found IL by Mere Chance.
The men, to fill In their idle time,
went to work digging In the vague
hope of picking up some trifie. Mat
ters went from bad to worse, the dig
gers having no luck, and finally the
party were reduced to living on maize
meal and little else.
The sick child grew steadily worse,
and died. After the funeral there
was no reason for staying in the un-
lucky and apparently Improbable
camp, but a chance visitor had pointed
out a bit of ground and strongly ad-
vised the diggers to give 1t trial.
They decided to follow his advice, and
at the end of two days were into
pot clay soil in which diamonds usually
are found.
Then fortune came to them. At one
stroke of Kaltenbrun's pick he turned
piece of crystal, something SO big
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01

the nations, but to the entire world.
The representatives of the sovereign
governments, accustomed to the pomp
and ceremony OF the Old World, VIII
naturally regard with interest the for
NAL arrangements for the conference
In the great capital of the New World.
When each delegation reaches this
country It will be met at the port or
entry by the accredited representatives
of this government, who will escort the
delegates to Washington and see to 1t
that the way is made easy for them.
Upon arrival at the Union station here
each foreign delegation will be re-
ceived In the presidential reception
room at the station. Secretary OF
State Hughes, corresponding to the
prime minister of the foreign govern
ments, 1t Is expected, will be present to
welcome the delegates, particularly II
the visiting delegations Include the
prime ministers of their various gov
ernments. Lloyd George, premier of
Great Britain, and BRAND, the French
premier, are expected to attend as
delegates, and 1t is not unlikely that
other nations will be similarly repre-
sented.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
offered Fabulous Amounts.

After the news became known dig
gers crowded round, the stone was ex-
.amined and re-eXamined, and finally
was pronounced, amid wild excite
ment, to be the genuine thing and
worth a fortune.
The diamond was weighed and bids
began to be made to the lucky dig
gers-bids that to them appeared fabu-
lous. They kept their heads, however,
and refused to sell until they could
get their find properly valued. 1t
was bought Mt last by three men
named Allens Russell. and Crudgin-
ton 1t was christened the Arc"
from the initials of three men who
combined to purchase it, and already
has taken Its place among the worlds
great gems.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01

maintained in rented quarters In no
less than twenty different buildings!
On every rented building or section
of building the government has to
pay rent averaging every year about 10
per cent of the value of the building or
section.
Economy experts are planning to ask
the government why 1t does not prac-
tice what it breaches and "own its
own"
The government can issue building
bonds with a maximum interest of
per cent and find plenty Of financiers
eager to take them up.
Within a few years the necessary
issue could be retired with the saving
on rents.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
Women Held as Booze Runners.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Three women,
alleged to be booze runners, were ar
rested here by city detectives. The
women gave their names as Mrs. Mat
tie Manka, 80; her daughter, Marga-
ret, aged II, and Jennie Davis, aged
"a. They said they lived in Sioux City,
Iowa. They are said to have driven
here from Sioux City with an ANTONIO
bile filled with liquor.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01
Parents Held for Murder.

Albany, Ga.-Glenmore Hudson and
his wife, Mrs. Bennie Hudson, have
been indicted for the murder of Mrs.
Hudsons two sons, 10 and years
old, July H. After the finding of the
bodies by the stepfather, the mother
accused Hudson of shooting them In
anger because they had cut n water
melon after having been forbidden to
do so. Later Hudson accused his wife
of killing the boys.
The Colorado statesman., 1921-10-01

that it seemed ridiculous to suppose
It could be a diamond. Scheepers
was called in to examine it, and he
pronounced it a real stone.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-06-25
II You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfill
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says Take for
example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has SO large a
sale"
According to sworn statements al11
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact,
so many people claim, that it fulfills al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri-
nary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
and enclose ten cents; also mention this
paper. Large and medium size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-06-25

d EGINNING at two years old, to
- wear amusing little boomers, the
modern maid progresses through her
froicsome years. up to her fifteenth
birthday, in clothes that invite her to
vie with her brothers in strenuous
play. Until she is five at least
waists, with peg top or other bloom
ers buttoned to them. made of strong
materials, give her all the freedom she
needs. Frocks to be worn over the
boomers need not be reckoned with
before her sixth year, unless they are
a matter Of personal preference on
the part of her mother.
Frolic suits are made of plain cham
bray, satin and of heavier cottons, of
small plaid and checked ginghams and
of sturdy white cottons. Medium and
dark blues-including navy-me-
dunn and dark green's, light purple,
browns and yellows in the plain
weaves, and the popular colors. In
checked ginghams color with white
are favored and In small plaids sew
eral light colOrs are combined. The
boomers are plain, full and knee
length, the frocks usually cut with
kjmono sleeves. Nothing is so popu
lar for tia spassngly-used decorations
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-06-25

as the very simplest needework, as
cross-StitcheS, running-Stitches or
few embroidered polka dots. Button
hole stitches serve to finish edges, but
bindings of braid or other fabrics are
sometimes substituted for stitchings,
as in the little suit pictured. In this
suit the bands on the blOomer legs are
buttonholed, the neck sleeves and
pockets finished with binding. Small
stars and dots embroidered In mercer
lied cotton floss provide little or
nament for the sleeve bands and
shoulders. ,Stitchery is in a color that
contrasts with the material usually.
In some suits ginghams and cham
hrays are combined, the boomers of
chambray and the frock of gingham,
or the reverse. In checked ginghams
the cotton floss used for cross-stitch
or other decoration is selected to
match the colored check in color al.
though it is often in darker or
lighter shade.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-06-25
ASPIRING YOUTH FLIES HIGH
But His Educational Qualifications for
the Secret Service Were Not
Revealed in Letter.

Capt. Thomas e. Halls of the Uni
ted States secret service receives
many applications for positions in the
department, Here is one of the choic-
est and it came from Missouri:
Dear sir l am righting you this
letter in the regards of Job / Wood
like to have a Job as united States
Detective ] often thought that I Wood
like to have a Job like that So
thought i Wood right to you and see
What Good be done About it if you
can give me a Job will do good hon
est work will guarantee that VIII
do square business Wood like for
you all to help Me out about it Win
help the force out in eny way can
will close hoping to hear from you
please right and let Me Know What
you think about it and tell me What
the terms and Salary is."-Indianap-
oils News.