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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
m,vor Quit When Salary Was Cut

Oxford Junction, icwa.--When the
city council cut hts salary from $40
a month to 81, May>r f. l.. Magrun-
der resigned. Council explained that
the reduction was "in keeping with the
general movement Of wage reduction"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Inevitable Leisure.

Nobody ought to enjoy the bread
of idleness."
"And yet you can't expect man
who sells bread these days TO avoid
getting rich enough to quit work"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
This Is Mean.

"Why don't married men kiss their
wives oftenerT
II dunno. have noticed, however,
that the mouse in the trap seems to
lose all taste for cheese
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
S,w His Mouth.

Belle-Did his face express any emo
tons while / was singing?
Beulah-Really, | don't know.
why. couldn't you see bis fece
from where you satf"
No; he was yawning."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Will Probe Dragging Of Children.

WeStiield. MaSS.-Cases Of school
children. apparently under the intiu-
ence of ether, which is said to have
been given them by their parents to
lessen their appetites, will be investi-
gated by state officials.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Hammer Blow Caused Death.

Irwin. Pa.-Hitting finger instead
OF nail he was driving resulted In
death for T. +. Painter sixty years
old. The bruised finger became in
fected and blood poisoning developed.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Iiuht-Hea AIDED.

The lights were very low, and still
ness reigned in the back parlor. Pres
entity a female voice was heard:
"Freddic. dcarw
"Yes, angel
Does my head seem heavy on your
shoulder?'
mo. darling. 1t is very light, in
deed :"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Why Holland Grows Willows

Holland i covered with willow
trees, and the great dikes of the
country are made stronger by the
network formed by the roots.-BrOob-
Ign Eagle
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
A Cynical Woman

Mrs. Green-My husband seems to
enjoy life thoroughly.
Mrs. Wyse-What a lot Of bad hab-
its he must have-BoStOn Transcript
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
AN IMPOSSIBLE UNDERTAKING.

ct hear that you have been laid
up with nervous prostration. What's
the cause, overwork or worry?"
Both / tried to have a photo
rraph taken that suited my wife"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
A Touch Of Authority.

"You claim to be an OPTIMISM
81 do" replied the photographer.
"When | tell man to smile, he in
variably does his best"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Best Way Out.

When Bracer hints that he is short
And starts the same old song.
Don't wait to hear how short he Is,
But Just remark. so long,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Was Not Afraid.

No one except the child knows
through what adventures and dangers
he passed that night for he is too
young To give connected account of
his exploit and has Sl,rHI almost con
tiHHally ever since he was found. He
declares he did not sleep ut all during
the night, hut insists that he was not
afraid. and would like 10 spend II
night in the mountains again.
All the men aud women who could
be spared from their homes sucar the
TammicH farm started cut in search
OF little Henry that night after his
father and mother had made frantic
attempts to learn by telephone il any
one had seen the child. The search
was conducted In a thorough and sys-
tematic fashion and the mountainside
was assigned to party composed Of
the youngest and most active men.
Such men rs had good dogs took them
along.
They spent all night in the woods
which line the mOuntainsidc, built
several fires to show the child where
they were. and from time TO time
called his name with meCaphoneS.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Phi;osophy.

If live another couple Of years l
ought TO be able to hold out for the
rest Of my life.-Christiania Tyrihans.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
She Caught Him.

"Popw
"Yes my son"
Are you busy Just n0wT
mo, my boy. Why?"
scot time to answer me a question:
"Oh, | think So"
We'll. pop. how are Holsters
ooh, go ask your mother"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
Some Never Unmask

Unfortunately our blessings in dis
guise are painfully slow In unmask.
ing.-BOStOn Transcript.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14
DOG HUNTS COAT
finds LOST BOY
Collie 0utCImbS ScarChCrS on
Mountain Side and His
Banks Summon Help.
WENT UP 1000 FEET
Little Fellow Happy After Night In
the Woods, but Unable to Tell Of
Adventures and Hardships
He Underwent

WinSied, Conn Henry Tammicn,
years old, and the son of farmer
living in the town of COlcbrook. dis
appeared from his home one night
just before sunset. He was found
next morning two miles away from
his home, standing at the edge of Il
"liff 100 feet high.
The Child'S recovery alive is due
Immediately TO collie, which was
out with searching party and WIS
detected from his duty by a Wild goat
which crossed his path. In following
the goat half way up n mountain side
he saw the boy and his furious bark
ing was answered by the searching
ngrty
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-05-14

ooh, go ask your mother"
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07

" u .
for disarmament we should be on
our guard lest disarmament be put
over on us while we are not look
ing. He would invite the guests
with seeming cordiality and then treat
them as suspects plainly before their
faces.
There are those who have never
had much confidence in the confer
ence. They believe that nothing will
come of any disarmament conference
that does not include all the nations.
There are those who believe that this
conference was not called for dis
armament. Thus the Toxic correspon-
dent of the, London Times cables:
.tThe newspaper which said that the
conference would be nothing less than
an international court to try Japan
just about hits off the general senti-
ment on this subject"
But sensible men will come as dele
gates, and they cannot in the present
world situation talk together day af-
ter day, as they will, and not come
to the main question, which is, shall
the world get ready for war be-
tween America and Japan in the
Pacific Register and Leader.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
MANCHESTER GIRL WEDS WEST
UNION MAN.
Cedar Rapids Republic

(Ceuar RapluS flepuDilcdHt
A marriage of statewide interest
because of the popularity of the con-
tracing parties took place at the
home of the brides parents, in Man
chester, Thursday at noon, when Miss
Jessie Blanche Higman, youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Hig-
man and Erwin Morrison, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Morrison of West
Union, plighted their troth.
The ceremony was read at noon
by the Rev, j. Frank Moore, pastor
of the Congregational church of Man
chester in the presence of the inn
mediate relatives. The bride was
gowned in white satin with corsage
bouquet of roses.
Immediately following the cere-
mony three course dinner was ser
we'd. The table and rooms were in
yellow and white. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor.
rison left in the afternoon for Garner,
their future home, where Mr.. Morri-
son is manual training instructor and
athletic coach in the high school,
The bride has many acquaintance
in Cedar Rapids and Marion, where
she has frequently visited her sisters,
Mrs. F. D. Roy, and Mrs. F. s. Keith.
She was graduated from the Manches-
ter high school and received ber
Bachelor Of Arts degree from Upper
Iowa university, Fayette, Iowa. For
the past two years she has been do
-metsic science instructor in the Ran
dalia Consolidated schools.
Mr.. Morrison is also an Upper Iowa
graduate, and there it was that the
friendship which eliminated in their
marriage, was formed. During the
past summer he has been engaged in
chautauqua works
Out of town guests at the wedding
included Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morri-
son, parents of the bridegroom; Cecil
and Leona Morrison all of West Union;
Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Keith, Marion; Mr.
and Mrs. F. d. Roy, and daughters,
Ruby and Violet, Cedar Rapids.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
HOW THE PUBLIC PAYS

The statement made by President
Markham of the Illinois Central Rail
road which appeared in this news
paper Thursday illustrates the points
that have been made against the tax
exempted securities. In 1914 the road
sold bonds on basis yielding less
than 5 per cent of the investors That
was before the tremendous initiation
of the tax-exempt bonds of the gov
ernment and lesser political units. The
road recently sold sS,0O0,000 of bonds
running for fifteen years and the best
terms it was able to secure yielded a
return OF more than z percent. to the
investors.
Who has to pay this seven per cent
and a lot of other seven per cent
charged against other railroads. You
pay them Whether or not you are
a shipper or a passenger on this rail-
road you have to pay because this
seven per cent has to be accounted
for in the freight rates and allowed
for by the interstate commerce COM
mission. And in addition to that you
also have to pay the transportation
tax which, as President Markham
pointed out amounted to $5,33S,329.-
Al last year. This sum was collected
by the road and remitted directly to
the government.
Congress- is going to repeal the
transportation tax, and start proceed
ings for putting an end to tax exemp-
ted securities. Then the railroads and
other industries will be able to borrow
at less rate of interest. They
will not have to collect SO much in
fares or freight rates. That will give
the railroads more business and that
in turn will tend to make rates still
lower. That is the way it works. For
the past few years it has been work
ing the other way, but we have now
just passed the turn Of the long hard
road Republican.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
DISCUSS THE DYE TRADE
Several Hundred British and American
Chemists Open New York
Convention

New York, Sept. THE American
Chemical society began a convention
here which is expected to develop into
one of the greatest international con-
ferences in the history of the science
and industry. Several hundred lead
ing chemists of Great Britain and Can
ada who have been attending the con-
vention of the Society of the Chemical
Industry of Great Britain at Montreal,
are expected TO arrive Wednesday to
join with the Americans in a discus
sion of postwar chemistry, with par
ticular emphasis OH he dye industry
and chemical warfare. Important res
-olutions on these subjects are to be
offered.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
THE GERMAN TREATY AND THE
PEACE RESOLUTION
(ChicagO Daily Journal

y
In July, 1918, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge wrote in the Forum magazine: !:
We can not make peace except
in company with our allies. 1t
would brand us with everlasting
dishonor and bring ruin to us
also if we endeavored to make
a separate peace
Yet Washington dispatches yester-
day say that Senator Lodge was well
pleased with the separate treaty just
negotiated with Germany, and will be
the chief champion of that instrument
when it comes before the senate for
ratification. >
Taking him at his own words, he is
willing to brand his country with
everlasting dishonor" and menace it
with ruin likewise for the sake Of
gratifying his personal and political
spites. A rather strange attitude, this,
for one who likes to be called states
man.
But, passing the question of Mr..
Lodges frequent changes of front,
consider the plight in which this new
treaty leaves the great "peace resolu-
ton" The republican party in general
and Mr.. Harding in person promised
during the late campaign to make
an immediate and formal peace with
Germany as soon as congress could
pass the resolution for the republican
president to sign. The resolution was
passed, not so soon as it might have
been; and then was pocketed or
pigeon-holed or otherwise put out of
the way, and commissioners were sent
to make peace by treaty-which is
the only way peace can be made, as
the democrats have contended from the
first.
Obviously, that peace resolution was
just a cheap political gesture, play
to the gallery bit of "buncombe"
or, as the word usually is abbreviated
nowadays, of bunk. 1t amounted to
nothing-and could amount to nothing
save to be more or less of a nuis-
ance in negotiating a treaty. Forum
ately, Germany was in no condition to
take advantage of the opening.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
SALVATION ARMY ASKS AID

A representative of state headquar-
ters of the Salvation Army was in
Manchester Tuesday and met with the
County Committee to make the nee
cessary plans for the raising of about
$1,000, to be used in Salvation Army
work throughout the state of Iowa
The dates set for the raising of this
fund are October 3rd to Sth. The Sal
vation Army is doing magnificent work
in Iowa, and always has had the united
support Of every one and will have
that same support at this time. More OF
the details in connection with the rails
ing of this very nominal sum will be
published from time to time.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07

The demonstration made brilliant
spectacle, with the varicolored uni
forms, the fluttering flags, the clank-
ing swords and the silver, gold and
black helmets of the officers, but the
only enthusiasm shown during the
day was brought forth by the APP
pearance of Gen. Ludendorff, and the
outburst on that occasion was but
slight,
"BoOes'' from the Bleachers
The band which played was attired
in long-tailed coats, citizens trousers
and silk hats, instead of uniforms.
The young sons and daughters OF the
soldiers, nurses and nationalistic labor
organizations followed the veterans as
they geese-stepped around the great
inclosure, and later formed double
line through which the fighters march
ed. The only incidents that threatened
trouble were few booes from the
bleachers, which were disregarded by
the police.
The government had forbidden Of
ficers and soldiers in the government
service to participate and had scat
tered scores of security police through
out the crowd in anticipation of dis
orders. Army chaplains led the mem
orial services for the fallen. Field
Marshal Hindenburg, who sponsored
the demonstration. telegraphed his re-
grets that he could not attend.
Ludendorff Praises Prussianism
Gen. Ludendorff, in his address, said
the will to victory must again arise
in the German people, and that now
was the time for the Germans to turn
their thoughts to Prussianism, in
which their strength was embodied.
Gen. Goltz denounced ''the traitors
who declared the supreme war lord
had been deposed,' and said the old
soldiers from the trenches were ready
at any time to defend the fatherland
from the Poles and bolsheviki.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
.REyENGE' TALK OF WAR LORDS
fC,bioapo Daily JournaD


BERLIN, Aug. 25.-"There will come
again a day when we will stand to-
eether for the kaiser and the father
land. Hatred will stand guard IN Ger
MANY. We must train our children
to use the rifle and sword. SO long
as Germans suffer under foreign
yoke and the French stand guard on
the Rhine we must prepare for re-
venge"
So declared Count Waldersee, who
was the principal speaker at the dem
onstration in the old Berlin stadium,
which was characterized by radicals
as a "monarchist attempt to revive
the dying war spirit" His whole ad-
dress was fiery in character.
Great crowds looked coldly on while
thousands Of soldiers who fought dur
ing the great war marched before Gen.
Ludendorff, Prince Eitel Friedrich,
Count Waldersee and Gen. Goltz The
lack of enthusiasm among the spec
tators was notable, only few per-
sons uncovering when "Die Wacht am
Rhein" was played by veteran band.
Ex.Kaiser Sends Message.
A message from former Emperor
William was read. with proud and
warm gratitude think today of my
brave comrades, never vanquished in
the field" 1t said. with true Ger
man loyalty they achieved against a
world of enemies deeds such as his
tory never has known before. The
heroism of the dead will live on un-
forgotten to the honorable memory of
the dead and for the imitation of the
living and future generations. May the
halo of the great days of the past
be the beacon for the victorious IL
still in the dark future.
God protect the fatherland and its
people,
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07

In another column of this issue may
be found the press dispatch report,
Of a meeting recently held by the
Royalists in Germany. This report
shows that German autocracy still
hopes for return to power, stii,
hopes for revenge. The policy OF
"frightfullness," adopted by the Ger
man Royalists, was what beat the
Gremans in the great world war. That
policy was frightful enough to turn
the public opinion of the world against
Germany, and public opinion is the
greatest of world forces. The masses
OF the people of Germany were not
generally blamed for the inhuman con-
duct of the Royalists who commanded
their armies, but if those barbarians
are permitted to again return to
power, the public opinion of the world
will include in its condemnation the
entire German people.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
"GYPsy" SMITH FIGHTS FIRE.
War Veteran and Evangelist Helps
Conquer Blaze in Philadel-
phia Suburb.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. Capt.
Pat (Gypsy) Smith, World war vet
eran and evangelist, Joined suburban
fire fighters and volunteers and
worked for three hours in conquerins
a blaze which caused $4,000 damage
at Hartsville, Montgomery county.
Ten volunteer companies We're called
from various towns. The fire, which
originated In a garage owned by w.
ii. Dare, Philadelphia business man,
spread rapidly to the stables. The
live stock was saved.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
FORD ASSETS TOTAL OVER $500,
100000; so MILLIONS In CASH

Lansing Mich, Sept. Total as
sets of the Ford Motor company at
the close of business June 80 were,
$263,368, 1878, according to a state
ment filed by the company with the
department of state here. The as.
sets included s54,S44,53S in cash on
hand and in the banks, plants, in
cluding land, buildings and improve
ments valued at $21,1S3,990, and
good will valued at s20,517,985.
Property in Michigan was listed a,
$133,025,079. Total capital and sur
plus was given as $175,951,172.
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER !, 1921
JAPAN AT THE CONFERENCE

When President Harding proposed
the conference on disarmament it was
faite generally accepted in this coun-
try that the scope of, the discussion
would include the problems of the
Pacific and the far East. 1t is no
secret that the United States wants a
rehearing on the zap mandate and
Shantung and matters pertaining to
the open door in China That the Unit
ed States aims if possible to maneuver
Japan out OF some of the advantages
acquired through the treaty OF Yer
sailles is we'll understood here and
also fully appreciated by Japan. On
the face Of things we are the dis
satisfied ones and Japan is contented
with the present arrangement We are
taking the initiative and Japan is on
the defensive. Japan does not intend
to give>in on what she considers set
tied issues and she is at present pro-
securing sort of propaganda in this.
country. There are now appearing
daily in the newspapers and maga-
zines of this country, articles pur-
porting to give the position and the
arguments in its support which Japan
will take on these questions at the
conference.
1t is plain to the Japanese what
they stand to lose by opening these
questions again and she, is no doubt
conducting this campaign of educa-
tion in this country in an effort to
mould public opinion in America in
her favor, to some degree at least, in
advance Of the conference.
Marquis Okuma, former Premier of
Japan, in a recent article sums up
the position of that country very
clearly in the following words:
"The delegates to the conference
will do we'll to avoid discussion of
problems that have already been
settled If Shantung and Yap ques-
tions already disposed of by the peace
conference and the league of nationsy
are brought up again, where shall
we place the statute of limitations
covering changes of sovereignty? I
Suppose we go back further. as some
say we should, and reopen the mat
ter of the South Manchuria railway
and the lease Of Dairen and Port Ar
thur. Should we not then also take
mp the matter of the British in Wei
Haiwei? Or go back further and ask
Britain to relinquish Hongkong and [
Kowloon and France to get out of
Indo-China? With equal justice could
we not demand that the United States
restore to Mexico California, New
Mexico and the rest of the great
southwest? No. These things are set
tied. So is Yap and so is Shantung.
So are the issues settled by the treaty
we made with China in 1915 when I
was prime minister So also are the
questions of the South Manchuria rail-
way and Dairen and Port Arthur. We
cannot let International questions of
this sort remain open indefinitely"
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
IN WHAT SPIRIT?

With Senator Lodge the only mem
ber of the disarmament commission
yet named to serve with Secretary
Hughes it becomes extremely impor-
tant to know in just what spirit the
senator is likely TO meet with the
visiting envoys.
1t would be easy to go back to the
senator's speeches, but they were de-
livered some months ago, and the sena-
tor has proved in these later years
very much of a Lord Thurlow. Lord
Thurlow was credited with saying
that he would like to see the admin
istration that could change quicker
than he could
The Boston Transcript, as we have
observed before has been voicing the
senator's sentiments pretty accurate
ly and we may read the following
paragraph from a recent Transcript
editorial with interest, even if we do
not take it as conclusive The Trans
script indicates the terms on which
those of its way of thinking will stand
for disarmament:
The plain people Of the land of
Harding. Hughes, Lodge and Borah
will insist not only that the agree
ment to disarm must be international
and that the act of disarming must
be simultaneous among the several
signatories, but that the Anglo-Japan-
ese alliance, which menaces the peace
OF the Pacific today, must be dissolved
forthwith, that the navy of Great
Britain must be reduced until it is
the equal of the American navy, and
that the navy of Japan must remain
considerably smaller than either.
These are preliminary conditions to
any agreement to Americas disarma-
ment."
Now, nobody possessed Of ray
of intelligence in such matters will
look for results from conference
approached in any such spirit. No
matter how just every claim Of the
Transcript may be, the mere man.
ner of stating would make it i'm
possible for other peoples to make
the concession. Does anybody be-
lieve that Great Britain will come
to Washington to be told peremptor-
lily that the alliance with Japan must
be broken, that the British navy must
be reduced forthwith? Has Japan given
the slightest hint of being ready to
submit to arbitrary dictation from us?
If this is to be the stand of Sem
ator Lodge it will be fatal to the |
avowed purpose of the conference,
and the United States at least, hav-
ing invited the nations to come,
ought to put a serious face on the
business. The senator would have
1t appear that instead of leading off |
Manchester Democrat., 1921-09-07
ELDER AKERS RESIGNS PASTOR
ATE

Elder NJ. w. Akers, who has served
the local Baptist church for more
than year, rendered his resignation
recently, and will leave Manchester
early in November. He breaches his
farewell SERMON to his congregation
here on the last Sunday in October.
Elder Aker has not definitely DETER
mined upon a new field of work. He
contemplates going to the west coast
for a time at least. He and his good
wife has made a host of friends dur
ing their brief stay in Manchester,
and all wish for them the best where
ever they may locate.