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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
bARBERRY BUSHES
PLANTED IN SQUARE
New Shrubbery Is Being Set
In Place Under Direction
of c. of c. Committee

Two hundred and fifty barberry
Of the Public Square through the To-
cal agency of George Spearman, were
delivered today. This afternoon the
planting of the bushes was started by
a force of workmen under the super
vision of a large volunteer commit.
tee.
After the shrubbery has become es.
tablished and growing nicely it is the
belief of the Chamber of Commerce
committee of which Mr.. II. G. Mardis
is the chairman the appearance and
beauty of the Public Square will be
greatly improved.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
BR|NKHAvEN

Preaching Sunday evening at the M
r. church, consisting OF Mothers
Day sermon. All are invited.
Mrs. George Browney of Columbus
visited Mrs. Sarah House Wednesday
Mr.. Carl Strouse of Columbus was
calling on relatives and friends here
Tuesday.
MIR. Walter Critchfeld, while work
ing in the timber for Mr.. William
Grow, had his nose broken by the fall
ing OF tree.
School will close May 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Pipes moved
in their new home in South Vernon
this week. Mr. Pipes and family have
lived here for 80 years and will be
missed by the community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Dewitt spent
Sunday at Mt. Vernon at the home OF
Mrs. Shultz.
Mrs. George Strouse was taken to
q Columbus hospital for treatment.
MIS-. lId icie 'c'
her home IN Elsie, Mich.
Miss Jennie HIibbits OF Columbus
spent Sunday at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Winslow are
moving from Tiverton Center to Brink
Haven.
Mrs. George Berry and son Roy, of
Cleveland, are visiting at the home of
Mr.. Edward Horton.
The Brotherhood class entertained
the NJ Il. Sunday school. Ice cream
cookies and coffee were served. All
had hilarious time.
Miss Martha Parsons Is spending
the weekend at Mt. Vernon.
Brink Haven high school team play
ed Centerburg high school team at
Centerburg and won II to 2.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
Greatest Well In Brink Haven
Field Drilled In Friday
Afternoon
800 BARRELS PER DAY
IS WELLS CAPACITY
Well Will Be Shot Next Mon
day; Another Well To Be
Put Down

An oil we'll, which will produce 300
barrels a day, was drilled In late rri.
day afternoon by the Forbing Bros
drilling company on the Earl shuman
farm, one and a half miles northeast
Of Brink Haven.
The capacity of this we'll surpasses
any drilled in the Brink Haven field,
according to statement by Mr.. Guy
Forbing on Saturday morning.
/ During the first "a hours we will
easily put in the pipe line 300 barrels
of OIL" said Mr.. Forbing this morning
Heretofore the Barnes well was the
greatest producer in the Brink Haven
field. This well had capacity of 240
barrels per day. Mr.. Forbing stated
that the capacity of the Shuman well
would be much greater than the
Barnes well.
The gusher on the Shuman farm
was started by the Forbing Drilling
company just 80 days ago. The drill.
err struck the sand at 1886 It. and went
through the sand and drilled in the
well at 1890 IT,
The well will be shot next Monday
morning and then the oil will be
pumped into the pipe line.
Mr.. Forbing stated Saturday morn.
ing that the Forbing Drilling com.
pany had made number of new loca.
tions in the vicinity of the Shuman
farm and that another well would be
started within short time.
Mr.. Irving II. Forbing, senior mem
ber of the firm of Forbing Bros, who
has been in Arizona all winter, arriv.
ed in Brink Haven Thursday Just in
time to see the Shuman well drilled
IN Friday.
AS result of the drilling in of the
Shuman well with such capacity there
was much excitement about Brink
Haven Saturday morning. OIL men
came in from a number of places to
view the new gusher and to congrat.
ulate Forbing Bros. on their excellent
strike.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
PROXIES NOW ARE
GREATLY IN DEMAND
Rival Interests Seek To
Control Affairs OF Knox
T. & R. Co.

There have been no new develop
ments today in the matter of the
Knox Tire & Rubber Co. beyond a
manifest disposition on the part of
the-officers and directors of the com.
pany to say nothing.
President E. Il. Frantz and Direct
or A. S. Hetaell were in Columbus on
Friday. Today, commenting upon the
authority Of the state commissioner
of securities, Director Hetzell said he
could do no more than to direct the
company as whole to do certain
things which he has done.
1t was intimated that there iB now
being started a campaign to secure
the proxies of the stockholders in the
Knox Tire & Rubber Co. to be voted
at the annual meeting that is to be
held on June IA. Strenuous efforts
may be looked for on the part of the
two elements seeking to control the
affairs of the company and success
or failure will depend upon the re.
suit of the annual meeting next
| month.
Mr.. Hetzell said today he is con.
templating the preparation Of state
ment showing his association with
the company as an employe and as a
| director. He has been a member of
the board only since March 2S, and he
| holds that he cannot properly pc
charged with responsibility with any
acts Of the board pr.or to that time.
1t is his purpose to remain here un.
til such time as the affairs of the
Knox Tire & Rubber Co. are settled.
He regards it as extremely unfortu-
nate that the trouble should have de.
veloped at this time, when the COM
pany should be getting into produc-
| tion and marketing its output.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
MARKETING PROBLEM
UNDER DISCUSSION
Live Stock Men and Wool
Growers Hold Meeting at
Bladensburg

Marketing of wool and live stock
were the subjects of an interesting
discussion at a meeting held Thurs
day evening at Bladensburg. There
was a large attendance at the meeting
which was held in thS Grange hall.
The discussion was quite informal
in its character many of those pres
ent reciting their experience and prof
1t they had had through cooperative
marketing. A number of wool grow
ers announced their purpose to con
sign their wool through the bureau.
Among those attending the meeting
were 5, l. Anderson OF Mt. Vernon
and j, r.. 'ison of Fredericktown.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
.R|FLEMEN FALL OFF
IN WORK ON RANGE
But Three Members Of Rifle
& Revolver Club Shoot
Better Than 100

Members of the Mt. Vernon Rifle &
Revolver club held their weekly shoot
at their range In the G. of C. building
on Friday evening. While some good
shooting was done the work OF the
greater number of the rflemen was
slightly below standard.
The records posted at the range
show three who shot better than 100
ut the range. AT the competition of
the week before there were six who
shot better than 100 Some very good
and satisfactory alibis can be secured
by whoever may be interested by per.
sonal conferences with those gentle.
men whose craftsmanship showed a
slight deterioration or falling under
the best they are able to do.
The shooting last evening was not
able for three ties for last place. The
honor OF holding the cellar champion
ship in the club was won by Mr.. Car
Pipes, although he was pushed close
ly by A. b. Clark and Ed Quidor. All
three gentlemen put up scores of $50
These on being scrutinized showed
Mr.. Clark had made eight bullseyes
Mr.. Quldor seven while but five coulc
be set down to Mr.. Pipes record. Hs
was accordingly made the custodian
OF the cellar for the coming week.
The records as posted at the clul
are:
ID. McMllen, 19S.
ii. l.. Russell, 1876.
+. j. Vanvoorhis. 1914.
G. VanVoorhis, 1S9.
w. VanIIorn. 1877.
G. Stoughton, 1856,
G. NJ Gray, 1872.
II. X, Warner, ISL.
A. d. Clark, $50,
| Il. Quidor, iS0.
c. Pipes, 1870.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10

Those who are gone you have
Those who departed loving you love
you still; and you love them always
They are not really gone--those dear
hearts and true-they are only gons
into the next room; and you Will pres.
emily get mp and follow them. and
yonder door will be closed upon you,
and you will be no more seen.-W. NJ.
Thnckeray.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
Smells Like Onion.

The kullm Of the Philippines and
Malay Peninsula gives forth Il strong
nroma OF onions. says the American
Forestry Magazine, while the pa0
d'alho of Brazil is properly known as
garlic wood.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
Poorly Arranged.

Some things seem poorly Arrunged
A man Is generally able TO pocket his
pride, hut q woman who has more
pride hns few pocl;ets.--Boston Trahs
script. .-
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
The woman's Way.
II the shoe Ats, get size smaller.--
Cartoons Magazine.


The ipiI and tin'lalo Of the Philip.
pines hve in.'nllnr oily odor resem.
bling that nf raw peanuts. says the
Anierlrmn Forestry magazine.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
s.xen Quart. Of Wnter Fatal.

Some years ago three Engiishinert
on n wager decided to test their water
drinking powers. The winner swal'
lowed twelve quarts. the second drank
nine qunrts, and the third consumed
seven quarts. Soon after their remark"
able fent. however. they ench died.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
Derived Name From oceup..lon.

Hunting with falcon was the CHIEF
sport OF medieval England. and those
who trained the birds or handled
them were known as falconers, from
which is derived our modern Faulk-
ner with its variations
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10

Mr. and Mrs. o. G, Schaad OF Pitts.
burgh. Pa. are the guests OF DR.. and
Mrs. John r. Claypool, North Main
street.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
coul4;na a Widow.

Don't imagine that you can avoid q
courting stunt by paying attention, to
a widow. She'll expect as much fuss
and "ootsy-wootsy" slush as a sixteen"
yenr-old maiden. ENQUIRER.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
A Case In Point.

FROM n literary understanding Is
so suggestive Of n faulty education
thnu lack ., gra,nmar. boston Tran
script.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10

Kenyon yells for the entertainment OF
the visitors, ell of which we're great
ly enjoyed.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
And How Many There Arsi

An old fool IL one who thinks that
when pretty girl smiles at him she's
flirting instead Of laughing At him..
Toledo hlsds.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-05-10
Got a Bargain.

The great colony Of Newfoundland
was bought by the British FOR $50,
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
Bow Scouts at the South Pole.

The two Scotch Boy Scouts who
have been selected by Sir ERNEST
SHAoKLEToN to go with the Antarctic
expedition will be the envy Of mill
ions of lads in whose hearts burns the
flame Of adventure. For MARI and
MOONEY the dime novels of American
youth may be coming true. All that
HARRY CAsTLEMoN and MAYNE REID
conjured up in their stories seems to
be ahead, and in reality, for these
youngsters.
True, the Scotch Scouts are a bit
older than romance would have its
prodigies. One is 10, one II. The
student OF American sea history can
not help thinking of FARRAGUT, who
entered the navy at 8, discovered and
frustrated a mutiny at IL, and, In
1913, when he was IL years old, was
prizemaster of vessel captured off
the South American coast. And
there was STEPHEN DECATUR, who
went on his first voyage in a man-o'-
war at the age of 8.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
A Safer Air Mail Service.

Making the air mail service smaller
and trying to make 1t better has met
with good results.
In the year which ended on June
80 the percentage Of performance in
the service was only sc. During eight
months Of the twelve the service was
under the direction of Mr.. BURLEsoN.
Last month, after Postmaster-Gen-
eral HAYS had cut the service down
to the transcontinental route, the per-
centage Of performance was between
98 and 100.
All that the experience of the air
mail can contribute to the science
OF aviation can be learned on the
transcontinental route. Later, when
greater perfection in planes has been
attained. the service may be safely
increased.
1t is relief to have had an end put
to the CHASTITY procession of air mail
crashes that occurred while the Post
Office Department was trying ineffi-
ciently to do spectacular thing.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
Former Chief Flynn.

Some of the best detective work
ever done for the United States Gov
ernmcnt has been achieved by WILL
LAM ]. FLYNN, whom WILLIAM ].
BURNS now succeeds as chief of the
secret service and principal Fed
eral investigator. Mr.. FLYNN has
served the Government faithfully and
unostentatiously for nearly a quarter
Of a century, IL we reckon in an in
terval of a few months about ten
years ago when he reorganized the
detective bureau of the New York
Police Department.
The record Of so great factor In
the prevention as well as in the de.
lection and punishment Of crime in
this country deserves general recog.
milton when a change is made In the
personnel Of the Federal service.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
The Ship Chambers.

Where looms the shadow OF the mast
and spars
mark the chambers Turing open
doors;
Longshoremen crowd the pavement with
the tar,
Tanned seamen fresh from tossing
ocean floors.
/ see ships bells to ring off alien leas.
or swoon across some listless lotus
tide;
Bright lanterns that may CLEAN on mid
night seas
And light and hope for derelicts pro-
vide.
odors Of oakum sweep my thoughts
away
To steaming ships on misty ocean
lanes:
or vessels riding in some tidal bay.
Where splash the intermittent tropic
rains.
The river whistles drift in haunting
calls.
Here where the SAVIOR OF the sea per-
sists,
And always shall my dreams fee city
walls
For dim horizon where some black
hull lists.
THOMAS ]. MURRAY.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
Peas and Oats Hay.
Canada Offers 1t In Opposition to
CaIifornia's Grain Hay.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD The Cali
fornia combination of oats. barley and
wheat. known as grain hay. will never
surpass Canada peas and oats, cut In
the dough, or just beyond the milk stage
of growth. and cured similarly to choice
red clover and either stored in the NOW
or baled.
For many years this has been a main
crop with me for roughage in winter.
particularly for feeding milch cattle.
horses and sheep, scarcely any other
grain being used.
The great value Of nitrogen In the
pea vine, together with the grain. makes
1t even superior to clover. resulting In
more and richer milk. cream and but
ter; 1t strengthens the muscles, tones
the system and imparts an oily, glossy
coat to COW and horse.
Good farming will produce from three
and one-half to five tons to the acre. and
i may be successfully grown In the East
from Canada to Virginia. / have never
been able to understand why this crop
has not become a general crop for
roughage with all farmers. It's value
is far ahead of the best timothy that
can be grown. G. Y.
New YORK, August 10.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
Proposed to Miss Coutts.
Young Men OF Good English Families
Did SO mt Least Once.
From the Manchester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian.
Baroness Burdett-Coutts had been at
fianced many times by rumor before she
married Mr.. Ashmead-Bartlett.
Once 1t was announced that Prince
Leopold, afterward the first King of the
Relgians, was about to lead her to the
altar. In 1S47 London newspaper re-
ported her engagement to the Iron Duke,
who had long been a widower, and ex-
pressed hearty approval OF the match.
"wellington Is as undeniably the great
est of living men as Miss Burdett-Coutts
is the richest of living ladies. In giving
her hand to the Duke she will unite her
fortune 70 name that is familiar to
ali the world and will render the bright
est of English coronets one of the
wealthiest too"
Lord Houghton, writing to friend
IN 1871, tells him: Miss Coutts likes
me because never proposed to her AL
most eli young men of good family did I;
those who did their duty by their fam
lily always did Mrs. Browne (Mlss
Coutts's oompanion) used to see II COM
ing and took herself out of the way for
ten minutes; but she only went into the
next room and left the door open. Then
the proposal took place, and Immediately
It was done Miss Coutts coughed and
Mrs. Browne came In again
The New York herald., 1921-08-20

and turning it to government uses.
There is fairly general agreement as
to the cause of exchange fluctuations,
but there is no agreement on prac-
tical plan to eliminate this handicap
tc trade.
Private owners of capital must be
relied upon in any event to give ef-
feet to any scheme to stabilize ex-
change rates. These investors will
be reluctant in the future, as they
have been In the past, to lend their
support unless the governments of the
nations concerned not only agree on
the need for stabilization but def
ritely pledge forbearance from the
financial policies which render sta
bilization impossible.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
Ingersoll as Debater.
Two Challenges Which He Is Said to
Have Declined.

TO THE NEW YoRK HERALD: In his
letter about Colonel Ingersoll w. T.
Hicks mentions with glee a discussion
between Ingersoll and jeremiah Black.
but makes no allusion to the better
known tearing to pieces of Ingersoll by
Nym Crinkle CA. C. Wheeler). editor.
author and wit, and carefully refrains
from making any reference to Mr..
Wheeler's challenge to Ingersoll to meet
him on the public platform In debate
and the gallant Colonels lodging and
strategic retreat.
Colonel Ingersoll brought TO the aid
of the sceptics OF hts day his inirnitable
gift OF humor. His lecture on the Mis-
takes of Moses" set his audiences into
roars OF laughter People went 10 hear
Bob Ingersoll when he spoke on Bible
topics the same as they would so to
hear Mark Twain or Bill Nye, for fun.
and always got their moneys worth.
Colonel Ingersoll did not have a
trained or logical mind and was COM
plete failure as s lawyer. He could
make a brilliant speech to people who
already agreed with him; but put him
up against Lincoln or Douglas or
even Nym Crinkle and his fowery
metaphors and shallow witticisns be-
came as sounding brass and tinkling
cymbal." GEORGE III. McADAM.
NEW York, August 10.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
Vitrioic.

Our neighbor the World is inexcus-
ably vitriolic In its attitude toward
Chairman LAsKER of the Shipping
Board. In a brief editorial article
yesterday morning that newspaper
was both offensive and unfair to the
chairman of the Shipping Board.
Such expressions of bitterness and
sarcasm have a reason.
We take sharp issue with the
World with regard to Mr.. LAsKER's
ability. The World says he Is self
advertiser with the methods Of a
mountebank and in a backhanded
way intimates that he is without ex-
ecutive ability.
We have known Mr.. LAsKER many
years and are quite sure we have not
deceived ourselves in the more than
favorable opinion we have OF him.
He is man of vision, Of initiative,
OF exceptional force. His very great
success in his own business well dem
onstrates his fine executive ability.
The unfairness and unsoundness OF
the World editorial article are shown
In its implied statement that the Gov.
ernment ships should be put to work
This sounds very well, but considered
in the light of the fact that there
Is now so little work for ships
that they lose more money at work
than when idle, 1t reflects unpleas
antly on the yitriolic criticism.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20

ated in Leavenworth, Kansas. He
was a gallant man.
1t may be that DR.. DEPEw is too
loyal Yale man to help send stu
dent to Hamilton; if he isn't he may
find time to hunt up one of the fam
lily of ELIAS WARNER LEAvENwoRTH,
Yale, 1924, who studied law with
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT and practised
in Syracuse, of which town he was
Mayor in 1S49 and 1859. He sat in
the Assembly in 1850 and 1857, was
Secretary of the State of New York,
1S54-1S55, president OF the Board OF
Quarantine Commissioners in 1860.
President LINCOLN made him a Com
missioner under the convention with
New Granada. Mr.. LEAvENwoRTH
was president of the commission to
locate the State asylum for the blind,
and trustee OF the State asylum for
idiots for twenty years. He went to
Congress in 1875 and served until
March 3, 1877. Two years after he
quit Congress he Joined DR.. DEPEw
and HENRY r. PIERsoN on commits
sion to establish and define the boun-
daries between New York and New
Jersey and between New York and
Pennsylvania.
The work was so admirably done
that the lines DR.. DEPEw and his col
leagues laid down have provoked no
war, or serious threat of war, to this
day. Mr.. LEAvENwoRTH wrote the
history of his family with rare elab-
| orateness.
Maybe there is Leavenworth who
wants learning and can use Hamil-
toms $500. If there is not it may be
possible for Smith to bat for the
missing heir; and in a pinch, of
course, the trustees might condone
the deed of gift to cover alumni of
the famous public institution in Kan
sas which bears the name of Leaven-
worth and has been the scene of nu-
merous experiments in sociology.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20

Fire did a million dollars damage
when II destroyed three factories
devoted to the peanut industry at
Smithfield. on Pagan River, Virginia.
In census reports and compendiums of
world trade the goober is an impor-
tant factor. having part in balances
of trade, rates OF exchange and other
serious matters, but outside of those
interested In the trade II Is remem-
bered principally as a circus treat or
a somewhat vulgar excursion indul-
gence. Even the most heedless can
understand a million dollar fire loss,
however. and through 1t form some
notion OF the essential dignity of the
peanut.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
Perhaps DR.. Depew Can Help.

Hamilton College, tn, educational
institution which, like a perfect gem
artfully set, lends lustre to Clinton,
New York. has o fund producing
$500 year to be given annually to
n boy named Leavenworth attending
It's classes. Seven years have passed
without an applicant for this sub
stantial assistance appearing. Pros
perity or inattention on the part of
the Leavenworths has thwarted the
generous purpose OF HARRIET l.. LEAv.
ENwoRTH. who established the fund.
Leavenworths are not frequently
found. Two of that ilk are in the
current Manhattan and Bronx tele-
phone directory, none in the Long
Island lists, and one only in the West
chester and Rockland county terri
tory. The Rev. ABNER j., born in
waterbury. Connecticut, July g. 1909,
who died February 12, 1869, in Peters.
burg, Virginia, where he had been
Congregational preacher and con-
Quoted the Leavenworth Academy for
young ladies and served as CORE
spending secretary Of the Virginia
Educational Association, was a useful
citizen. DO none of his blood sur.
vive, craving instruction and needing
help? Perhaps they are all too pros.
porous to need $500 We hope 50.
Another notable Leavenworth was
the soldier HENRY, born in New
Haven. Connecticut, whose fame was
won in the war Of 1912 and in Indian
wars, and whose name Is perpctu.