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South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
THOSE GOOD OLD TIMES" AGAIN

a writer in eastern magazine wants US turn
back again 1.-The good old times" but after a sur
vey OF his offerings and much may long fo-
the single life" who would welcome those times,
they to come back?
Subtract from modern life the movie; porcelain
bath-tubs; sweepers; electric lights; in
Simultaneous hot water; and telephones Take out
phonographs automobiles; electric irons and wash
machines and sanitary plumbing. Danish these
things and you have again what people like to call
good old times"
Occasionally cynic decaims against the modern
improvements. but he it. The modest
home OF the average mddle-class American is in
fnitely more comfortable than the mansion of those
other days called the good old times" The aver
age housewife. relieved of much the old drudgery
OF handwork has more time for leisure and recrea-
ton. Her family has more recreational opportuni-
ties
The new times have their faults, but they the
golden when cOntrasted with the good old
times" They cost more than the good old days
of yore, but aren't they worth the price?
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
ST. PATRICK AND SWEET PEAS.

We know of preacher and "a reporter in this
town who assert that ST. Patrick born their
birthday but if We read the books Alright, the
growing of sweet peas is a mighty important SUD-
joct too. about that time demanding more than
passing attention
In many an almanac will be found opposite the
date, March Il. this: "St. PatrcIs Daytime to
sow sweet peas" The secret of successfully growing
sweet peas is divulgcd by expert He says:
Sweet peas want root room, rich soil spaded
deep. with cool. moist condition about the
roots DIG trench y 20 is inches deep and fill
to within six inches oS the top with good mix
ture OF soil and manure and plenty OF rottcd
leaf mold or stable bedding Fill mp gradually
as the plants grow, thus keeping the roots down
deep.
'PIant tho seeds thicIly II YOU wish be
of a good stand. But do not leave more than two
plants "A foot. and if the soil is exceptionally
rich will toe enough to each foot Of space"
This treatment viii assure a great bloom. and
the more one picks the will the plants blossom
That means the more pleasure you give to your
neighbor 10y passing along the blossoms, the mo-e
blossoms there will be to give away.
Which gives to ST. PatricRs day a significance
we never knew it had beforehand far as con
Germs our preacher and reporter friends, can't
see the connection yet
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
MARCH.
By j. l.. McEVOY.

OH a. Ols
March is like a relative on a visit:
II comes in like lamb and goes out
like a lion. 1t also resembles said
relative inasmuch as your pleasure
on greeting its coming is exceeded
only by the rapture with which you
speed 1t on its way.
March has-let me see,-3O days
hath September. April June and
yes. that's right, 81 days, includ-
irC st. Patricli's cay. Thi1 Is the
occasion for celebrating the Lanish-
ment by the Saint Of all the snakes
from ireland That is, he thought
re got thu all. Iut he overlooked
Two: one black and one tan color
ed.
One os the most curious phenom-
ena conueo,eS with Mach is its
windines5. Most of this is a result
of trade winds from statesmen on
their spring trips. Another cause is
the fact Chat the aIr is n a hurry.
Whenever this is the case, the re-
suit is a wind, and winds are what
makes it windy. Windologists may
tell you differently but that's my
story and I'm going to stick TO il.
Our forefathers knew March as a
harbinger Cwhatever that may be-
OF spring, spring beautiful spring.
But with US, 1t is not so. Alas. no.
For us It IS the sad news-it is the
month in which we must file our
income tax returns and pay at least
% percent to the democrats or re-
publicans as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the indubitable
and incontrovertible fact that I, my
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
JUST FOLKS
By EDGAR a. GUEST
THE CONSTANT THINGS.

III NO-N > lFAsNI IhiNOSs
Fame and wea,.h may come ana 20.
The lights OF splendor flicker low
and sometimes die. bat TIE simpler
things.
The sitting room where the laughter
rings
And the mothers smile. and her
cheerful song. .
Are seldom swayed by the moving
tarong.
These are constant! The man may
lose
The place he holds. and the world
may choose
To flatter the skill Of a younger
But the walls Of home for him shall
stand;
And If he has builded his life for
them,
He shall still have friends. though
the world condemn.
The great may sometimes lonely be,
But he has glorious company
Who comes at night TO his dwelling
place
Where his boys and girls may romp
and race;
There, though bitter his fight and
grim.
Are loving hearts who believe in
hip.
He has friends for the night and
day,
For the mountain climb or tho level
way,
Who writes his life in the smiles OF
those
Who watch for him at the journeys
close;
Of all life's friendships these few
are
Beyond the sham OF the world to
mar.
Copyright, 1921.)
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
More Truth
Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE
LOCAL BREVITIES.

LOCAL BRENITIES.
(From the Birdville Banner.)
3. Thrush. who wintered at Belair,
Was back to town today.
He left the wife and kids down
there,
And says they're all o. *.
Bob White was shot at Sunday week
on old man Judson's farm;
Some number twelve bounced off
his beak
But didn't do much harm.
Jim Grow from Stamford, down the
Sound,
Washere for over night
lie spent the evening looking round
To find a building site.
Dame Rumor says the Widow Wren.
Whose husband died last year,
Is going TO get hooked UP again
Before the spring is here.
Our neighbor. Mrs Orlole,
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
The Tower of Babel
BY BILL ARMSTRONG

shirt and galosches.
George Dimel Dragging about
business conditions.
A man cheerfuIly paying his in
come tax.
Guy Johnson going ABOUT reading
his own gas meters.
a Z. Erskine driving a Ford
bug" around town.
John Farueman admitting that he
was ever beaten in a game Of golf.
Tom Brandon setting out for New
York on a pair Of roller skates.
Lucius Miller quietly whispering
20 you that he was wrong in regard
TO a certain matter.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
WHAT DAY Is 1T?

View OF Turkish Bath Charley
shirt and galoshes.
Of white mule" press agented as
being distilled from the choicest
fruits. II IS said the mixture was
obtained from vigorously manipulat-
ing trunk strap through a quart
of plums. Charley will be out again
IN about a week.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
\ SAD. SAD STORY. MATES.

MARTINS FERRY, o.. Feb. 27.-
Lost: Whisky! When police
went to search the homo of a Mar
tins Ferry man for whisky, he
moved several cases of bonded
goods into an alley adjoining. Po-
lice left after a fruitless search.
Now the man is making one.
Jack Johnson Says-and gets a
smile
why. I'll beat Dempsey by a
mile;
He's no real champ while I am
tough"
The Smoke can boast-he's safe
enough
To stand a blast of T. y T.;
That is. unless you have a key.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

OF just men and the opportunity. Efficiency
a relative term is one thing. but unqua-
fed "perfecdon'-used for lack OF better term
"nfallibiIity:" this regardless OF the egotsm
with which certain OF it's advocates would have It
taken
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

Informs us she has found,
That every time her eggs are stole
b. Jays been hanging round.
The singing class in Orchard Park
Will be resumed in May.
Professors Robin, Finch and Lark
Will teach there every day.
Old Oryille Owl has told We ed.
He sees no cause for gloom.
Before the snow is off, he said,
"There'll be a building BOOM"
Copyright, 1921)
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

II you have never seen a corn tickied
20 death. just apply a few drops OF
"Gets-It" 10 yours. Then watch tho
corn die-peacefully as IL IL had
gone TO sleep. Soon II is nothing
but a loose piece OF dead skin that
you can lift right of with your
fingers.
Get after them now. Your drug
gist has "Get-It." Costs but a triflc
or nothing at all II II fails. MID
by Is Lawrence Co, Chicago.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
JUVENILE NOTES.

Uncle John Harbou renewed his
subscription 70 The News-Times
yesterday. Couldn't get along with
out it, said Uncle John to Ye Editor
as he pulled out a huge roll of yell
lev backs with a garter around
them.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
Too Many For Him.

DR.. Einstein says there is a limit
TO the universe, but he doesn't make
any wisef cracks about there being
a limit to the armament program.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

There are special machines foI
testing the alertness and other abil-
tiles Of telephone operators
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
IT'S TOO BAD IL HARDING
DOESN'T GET To FEEL
HIS OATS
(From the News-TiD,es,

(From the News-Times)
II II were in France. Mr.. Hard
Ing would take his oats al what
corresponds 70 the white house
and the ceremony would conclude
when his predecessor kissed him
upon both cheeks.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

Now we know who has been
breaking our front windows. Mon
day noon We saw Bill Cass the tire
man, leaning on the corner window
trying TO sell a little short guy a
membership in the Chamber OF
Commerce.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
Ignorant Essays
BY J. P. McEVOY

self, have paid for the last war at
least twice, you will stim have TO
pay income tax this year-and next
and neXt-et nuncs ct semper, ct
in sa ecula, saculrOm, amen Which
means exactly what sam, the color
ed prisoner said when asked how
long he was in for: From now
on said Sam.
March is the month in which
Julius Caesar was bumped off. He
was warned to Beware of the Ides
of March" but he thought they were
kidding. Yes they were. They
showed him! What did they do?
III tell you what they did They
backed him up behind the public
garage and they said: you thought
we were kidding you when we told
you 10 beware Of the Ides of March,
didn't you? Take that and they
gave him that, which was the
Roman equivalent for a bowie knife.
Take this" said another. this" be-
ing another knife, only bigger.
Caesar took both Of them and a lot
more and then tipped over. Just
as he fell he said to Brutus: 'Et tn
Brute which means You big
brute" and then he said: This will
certainly zach me TO beware of the
Ides of March" 1t sure did.
That's all there is-there isn't
any more.
Copyright, 1920
GREETING CARDS.
The art Of sending greeting cards
in the old days and now. (Tomor-
rows Ignorant ESsay.) Don't miss
il.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

Hiram Johnson will help fight New York traction
bills. Golly, isn't there trouble enough the other
end of the continent to keep him busy.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

Disappointed officeseekers are sure the first hat
of the new presidents name is pronounced the way
it is spelled.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

The aerial mail carriers haul letters across the
continent in less time than post office assorts
end delivers them after their arrival.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
DEFEATING THE FARM.

Beef cattle prices have fallen to less than what
they were before this country entered the Hog
prices but trfe higher than in 1917. The
age acre crop is worth less than in February,
1917. About the low level has been reached
by every farm product.
There Is doubling the statement that the farm
er is on pre-~ar price basls-as far selling
goes lie still is buying fertilizer, machinery. gaso-
line, and other necessities at prices considerable
higher than he paid in the early months of 1917.
The American farmer cannot long continue sell
ing on Debated and buying inflated market
His selling Irices must rise, or his buying prices
must drop. lie isn't a phanthropic institution; he
isn't even in the privileged creditor class. But he
does stand between the city worker and starvation
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
"Gets-It"
TiiCkles
COrns
to Death

First stops All Pain-Tben Peel
the Corn on.
Don't try to fox trot on corn tor
tured feet. Get ~id Of your corns.
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01

The retail shoe men are going to
have an entertainment tonight. We
always imagined that entertainment
10 a retail shoe man would have
the soles of everybody's shoes drop
off simultaneously.
FUNNY THINGS YOU DON'T SEE.
A wreck Of two fast limited trains
on Tom HyneS' railroad
"Cupie" Collins jumping the rope
in the Oliver lobby.
Bill Lamport wearing a sport
South Bend news-times., 1921-03-01
Copyright, 1g2l.)
GREETING CARDS.

The art Of sending greeting cards
in the old days and now. CTomor-
rows Ignorant ESsay) Don't miss
IL
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
NINE NIGHT RID-
 FRS IN PRISON
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY MEN BEGIN SENTENCES AT STATE
 PENITENTIARY.

Nine of the men who pleaded gilil- ty to night riding charges were reeeiv- ed at the penitentiary here yesterday afternoon to begin their sentences. all nine have one year to serve.
 They are: Clarence Burrow, Harri son Duty, Virgil Coffman. Roy Morgan l.. Castleman. DeWill Garrett, L. C. Byrd. Noel Housley and Pleas Ashley
 Several more of the 31 arrested in connection with burning of houses and barns in Craighead county last year also have been sentenced. but have ob- tained stays of executions to prmit them to Straighten out business matters and make crops. Only two of the 3l arrested were dismissed. Some ot the men have had their cases postponed.
 With the nine men the officers also brought the following prisoners Charles Wheeley. criminal assault, 10 years Carl Bundy. grand larceny, one year: Van Fincher, selling whisky. one year, and Lon Ishmael, grand larceny one year.
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
Big Deficit Ahead.

Mr Mellon says that there will he deficit June 90 next of nearly Si15.- 100000 In the next fiscal year the government will eXpend about $fs0oo,- 100000 less than this year. but will have a prospective deficit of S1S,000, GOO. Disbursement this year will total S5, ,602. COG. .000. including $500, ,00000o for debt retirement Next year tlse I x bursement will be S4.500,000 ,000. in cluding .S5OO. .OO0 000 for debt retirement Internal taxes yielding Sf000, ,000. GOO next yaer and the year thereafter. com pared with $4550, 100000 this year the secretary regards imperative
 With the nations finance sound but the people staggering under the tax bur den and clamoring for relief the present rate of spending should be stopped, says the secretary. Enlarged expenditures can be financed only by increased taxes or new loans." says the letter.
 The unexpectedly heavy current eX- penditures, Mir Mellon says. have upset calcula tions as to debt retirement, and the government cannot expect to retire any of the outstanding S2,50o 0o0.ooo of floating debt i'll the next two years out of current revenues. Nor can tre com try look to any plan for funding the floating debt to reduce the burden of internal taxes during the nexr two years.
 Through the operation of the sinN- ing fund and miscellaneous debt retire ments, the treasury expects to reduce the short dated debts S1 .0o0 0o0. 0oo i'll the next two years, and the remaining SG. .000. GOO 000 will have 10 be refund ed. .'-GaZett
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
Lodge l psets Things.

The whole question of what the pres ident intends to do with respect to re- storing relations between the United States and Germany has been thrown into state of confusion by the detla- ration of Senatof Lodge in tle Nenate during the debate oil the Knox peace resolution indicating that tne Versailles neaty could not he amepded to meet the requirements of the United States and that new treaty with Germany was necessary No interpretation of this statement is ohtainabe. but ire lconcilable senators show a supreme con fidence that the Versailles treaty will never again go before the Senate in any form. Certainly the impression has been given that President Harding is in accord with his senatorial associates
 in their desire to ditch the whole Yer sailles pact and negotiate a separate
 peace with Germany
 Since President Harding delivered
 his address of April 12 not one word of
 an authoritative character has been ob-
 tainable from either the White House
 or the State Department as to the pur- noses of the administration with re
 spect to making peace with the Ger
 man government Efforts to obtain in- formation on the subject have produced no response. Informally and moffi-
 cially. however. the understanding has
 been that the president intends to re- submit the Versailles treaty ill some
 form. thus carrying out his declaration that this would be the wiser course. Gazette
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
OVERLAND TRIP THROUGH
 SEVEN STATES

c. w Hayes. wife and son, arrived here yesterday after a strenuous auto trip from New Bern, North Carolina. to Little Rock. Ark. where the machine was abandoned for the more comforta- ble conyeniences of the railroad sleep ing car.
 Leaving New Bern, they motored through North and South Carolina, Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi. Tennes- see. and Arkansas. The party encoun, tered high waters and winds all along the route and barely missed being i'll the midst of the Mississippi cyclone that killed number of people. Mir. Hayes says that while there is room for i'm provements of Arkansas roads that the general run of highways in this state are in better condition than in any one of the other six states through which he travelled.
 Mr. and Mrs. Hayes and son. Donald are guests at the home of Mrs. Hayes parents. Mr and Mrs ( E. Andrews.
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02

four or five days, Colonel Helmick said It was sent to the military printing office at Camp Grant. where POO copies will be struck off These lists will then be sent to the newspapers, post offices, draft boards. state adjutant's office, county sheriffs, United States marshals and chiefs of police.
 A reward of $50 Is offered for the capture of each man named on the list and every citizen is authorized to make an arrest according to one of the articles of war. The old guardhouse at Fort Sheridan is being repaired for the reception of the slackers Other places to which they wifi be taken are. Fort Brady at Sault Ste. Marie. Fort Smelling and St Paul. Camp Grant, Jef- ferson Barracks, Channte Field, Ran toul. H.. Rock Island Arsenal, Fort Wayne at Detroit and Camp Custer at Battle Creek.
 The War Department has compiled a list of 100000 slackers throughout the United States.-Gazette.
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02

Instead of once a woke, the Picay- une will come to you 6 times week.
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
WARNS AGAINST
 RECKLESSNESS
MUST NOT CONTINUE TO SPEND AT SHOCKING RATE" SAYS
 SECRETARY MELLON.

Washington, May 1-Assertng that "the nation cannot continue to spend at this shocking rate" Secretary of the Treasury Mellon i'll a letter to Chair on Ways and means, says that the tax burden under which the people are staggering can be reduced only by sub stantial cuts in current expenditures. :"
 At the rate the government is eXpend- ing money the secretary does not think possible any material reduction of taxes and he proposes revision program em- bodying not so much a decrease as a redistribution of taxation. excess prof it's tax and the substitution
 Mir Mellon favors repeal of the addi- tional corporation taxes. ra.Heti0h of surtaxes and other readjustment of in come taxes, retntion of the transpGrta- tion and present sales and eXciseS taxes, but repeal of the soft drink and other taxes difficult to collect, and an in- crease in stamp taxes or levy of an au- tomobile license tax. \ general sales tax he is not prepared to recommend.
 The secretary also urges restriction of the issuance of tax free securities. particularly by states and municirali- ties He also wants q measure to ena- ble a taxpayer to deduct the net losSeS of one year from the income of sue ceeding wears
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
POLICE ARREST 99
 WITHIN 10 HOURS
il OFFENDERS CHARGED WITH
 VIOLATIONS OF GAMING ORDI- NANCES-FOUR DRt NkS.

Little Rock, Ark-Saturday night at police headquarters was one of the bus fest experienced in several years. ac- cording to old members of the depart ment A total of 90 arrests were made between p m and 6 d III. yesterday, In addition 10 this several more were ordered to appear in court this morning ! to answer charges of violating traffic ordinances Sergeant Grover Adkins FxaS in charge of the keys.
 N \ total of 1.026 arrests were made During April The record was set in l920 when the police arrested HOO in kne month.
 Of the arrests Saturday night. the bmbling charge predominated. A total r fl were arrested on that charge. tree being whites and the remainder fgroes. One raid near Ninth and bines streets early yesterday morn Is netted Fl negroes.
 IThe following is list of each offens" 0arged and the number arrested on
 t charge: Holdovers. 23 drunks. 1 2,
 fklesS driving. I; refusing to move
 1; immortality, 16; soliciting, ! va
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
JOE BAILY RESIGNS
 SECRETARYSHIr

Joe Bailey has resigned as secretary of the State Highway commission, in order to give his entire time to his bus mess interests in this city The State Highway Department lost a very valu- able official when Mir Bailey severed his connection with that office. But nev- ertheless, we are glad to have him back with us at home. hoping that Guy Freeling, who was appointed to succeed him as secretary of the State Highway Department will follow the pattern or efficiency established by our compe- tent and painstaking fellow townsman.
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
SEPARATE PEACE
 SEEMS LIKELY
lRRECONCILABLES SAID TO HAVE ALMOST CONVINCED PRESI.
 DENT HARDING.

Washington. May 1.-Is there to be separate peace with Germany?
 The Senate treaty irreconcilables think there is and are elated over the prospects.
 Has President Harding yielded to the irreconlable element to the extent that lie has abandoned the common under standing of his declaration to the Sen ate and House assembled in joint ses- sion on April 12 that in making peace with Germany the wiser course would he ito engage under the existing trea ty?'
 The irreeoneilableS answer agaln in the affirmative or, rather they conten ] the president never irtonded by these wu1ds to indicate he would reSubmit the Versailles treaty to the Senate with the League of Nations covenant elimi mated and the treaty proper amended "fy such explicit reservations and mod il'ica;ionS as will secure our absolute freedom from ihadyiSahle commttnelts and safeguard all our ess 1ntial inter eSts." to quote tue presidents words in luis address to congress.
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02

srancy, 1 violating license ordinance. 1; disturbing the peace, ?; suspects, 3 :: transporting whisky, L
 Ten more negroes were arrested yes terday afternoon on gaming charges, bringing the total arrested oil that charge since Saturday to 51
 The holdoyers were soldiers merely held for military police for transfer to camp.
Daily picayune., 1921-05-02
SISTERS MEET AFTER
 45 YEARS SEPARATION

C. H. Johnson and wife of San Bar nido. California, arrived in this city this morning on No. I. and are guests at the home of Mrs. A. M Chappell who is a sister of Mrs. Johnson. It was q happy meeting of sisters who had not seen each other in 45 years. Mir. and Mrs Johnson will visit here several days before returning home, where Mir Johnson is carpenter foreman of the Santa Fe railroad