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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08
GAIN IN CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
Fifty Denominations Report Crafty
ing Increase Made During 1921
Baptist Figures Unavailable.

New York.-An increase Of 761, ,727
church members in 1921 is reported
from 90 denominations, in survey
made by DR.. HI. X. Carroll, who several
years ago compiled the first official CEN
sus of religions for the United States
government The reports from which
the survey was made were obtained
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08
Use for the squeal.

In packing house hearing recently
an attorney who had cross-examined
member Of the butchers union on
about every other subject, finally
asked him what the packers did with
the squeal. "They give it TO the EN-.
ployees when they ask for q raise IN
wages" the man replied
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08
There's a Reason,

"Is your new maid prompt in an
swering the dOorbell?"
"Yes, indeed. She has a sweetheart
somewhere who sends her a special
delivery letter every day."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

A S PASSED by the house, the army
\ bill apprOpriates about $288,0OO,-
600 for the expenses of the War de-
partment, but the representatives
made their claim for genuine ecOno-
my look decidedly foolish by the adOp-
ton Of an amendment increasing by
$15,000,000 the amount carried as a
lump sum toward continuation of
work the coming fiscal year on river
and harbor projects.
The budget bureau and the appro-
priations committee of the house had
recommended an appropriation of $27,-
100000 for this purpose, but the
pork barrel" forces, under the gen.
eralship of Mann of Illinois, insisted
upon the larger sum, and had their
way despite the earnest efforts of
Mondell Of Wyoming, Burton of Ohio
and others. President Harding was
somewhat disturbed by this open def
ance of the budget system, for he be-
lieves in the budget and intends that
it shall be given fair trial.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

OPTIMISTIC folk base renewed
~ hope for unified Ireland on 6
peace agreement signed by represent
atives of the Free State and Ulster
governments. 1t is not apparent how
this will operate to pacify the repub
licans, whose latest exploit was the de
struction of the plant Of the Freeman,
Journal In Dublin.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08
cv,Icura Comforts esby,s Skin

OUtICUFd NUHIOTt5 bdDyS okIh
When red, rough and itching, by hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then Of that exquisitely scented
busting powder, Cutlcura Talcum, one
of the indispensable Cuticura Toilet
Trin.=AdyertiSemen
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

I'm afraid dad will md out that
we disobeyed him last night"
"The best way to keep him from
finding out is to tell him. He never
remembers anything. g."-Nashville Ten
nesseean.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Every department of housekeeping
needs Red Bross Ball Blue. Equally
good for kitchen towels, table linen,
sheets and pillowcases, etc.-Adver.
tiSement.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Possibly men are no longer slaves
to drink; and they never were slaves
to fashion.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

a fish supply as great as that Of our
American coast opposite. or greater
Frederick Mccormick in the Los An
geles Times.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

An optlmlst is a man who still be-
Iieves he married for better or for
worse.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

It's proud man who feels that he
will be among the family's favorable
remembered ancestors.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

a PPRECIATING the dangerous
a state of angry unrest throughout
the Mohammedan world, the failure Of
the Greeks to defeat the Kemalists in
Asia Minor and other conditions, the
allies Near East conference in Paris
decided that the Turkish empire
should be restored, with restrictions.
According to the plan adopted, the
Turks obtain Constantinopie, a sover-
eighty throughout Asia Minor, includ-
ing Smyrna and Thrace with Rodosto.
The Greeks retain AdrianOple and a
buffer corridor reaching to the Black
sea, fencing off the Bulgarians from
the Turks. Abandonment of the inter
allied regime of the Golden Horn and
the restoration of the sultan's power
is safeguarded through the British In
sistence that Gallipoli be left to the
Greeks, Dardanelles demilitarized and
the allied military inspectors oversee
the razing of all Notifications.
While the Greeks are not at all sat.
isfied with this arrangement, all fac
tions except the Venizelists are sup.
porting the Gounaris cabinet in &C.
cepting it. The Turks, however, are
far from pleased and have not yet
agreed to the proposals. Nor have
they accepted the recommendation OF
the allied foreign ministers for a set
tlement of their differences with the
Greeks. For this latter the French
are blamed by British officials. They
are warning the Greeks much as did
Lord Byron long ago when he wrote
"* Turkish force and Latin fraHd
would break your shield, however
broad"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Laziness is often of the liver, and
not of the spirit.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Very properly a girl has little faith
In a mirror that tells her she Is
hOmely.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Fortunately for the average man,
brains are not on exhibition.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

The wise man keeps his temper
even when he is getting the worst Of it.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

It's a fine morning, but, as Sandy
said: "Eh, mon, think O. the national
debt"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Pride is said to go before a fall.
Anyway, woman's pride usually gives
way before her tears fall.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Might may make right, but 1t doesn't
always make good.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

A really dangerous man is hardly
ever suspected.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

number necessary according to the es-
Inmates of the departments experts,
and which would force out of commits
sion many craft that are positively
needed. 1t is not likely, however, that
this crippling program will succeed,
because the "big navy" men of the
house are prepared to combat it, the
majority leaders in the senate declare
they will not stand for it, and Presi-
dent Harding probably would veto the
appropriation bill if it came up to him
in that shape. When the bill Is re-
ported to the house this week, accord
ing to the plan, Rogers Of Massachu-
setts will offer an amendment placing
the minimum strength at $4,000. If
this fails, as it likely will, Macarthur
of Oregon will propose $4,000 as the
minimum.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Agree with people readily and usu-
ally tile conversation will stop.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Perhaps fiattery. is better than no
comment at all.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

A swell affair makes d misfit of
mans hat.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

A smokers idea of cozy room is
one with six ash trays in 1t.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Half of genius is the desire to ex-
eel.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

The Allegheny river is navigable for
$50 miles above Pittsburgh.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

DREMIER LLOYD GEORGES pol.
icy concerning the Genoa confer
ence was to be submitted to the house
of commons this week for approval or
rejection, and on the result depends
his retention of Office. Moreover, it
was said that the small majority that
was assured him on a vote of conf
dence would not satisfy him. Unless
he was given a majority of at least
800, asserted his friends, he would re-
sign. The resolution prepared for the
house to act upon read:
Resolved, That this house ap.
proves the resolutions passed by the
supreme council at Cannes as a basis
for the Genoa conference and will sup
port his majesty's government in en-
deavOring to give effect to them"
Already Mr.. Lloyd George had quiet
ed the opposition in his cabinet by the
assurance that he does not intend an
immediate or unconditional recogni.
tion of the soviet government of Rus
sia.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Compliment yourself and few others
will.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

A little learning often saves a man
from jury duty.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

MO LESS than the navy men, the
army men are exercised over the
tendency toward what they believe to
be false and dangerous economy
shown by many members of congress.
The house passed an army appropria-
tion bill which limits the army to 49,
600 enlisted men and 10000 officers.
General Pershing, chief of staff, and
General Harbord, deputy chief, assert
ed such a reduction "wOuld introduce
an unwarranted element of danger in
our plan of national defense" and that
an army of 10000 men and $4,000
officers is absolutely essential to the
nations needs at this time. At first
the bill carried a provision limiting
the Presidents right to determine the
size of garrisons in the Hawaiian is
lands and the Panama Canal Zone.
This was eliminated when Anthony of
Kansas said he had the promise of
the War department to reduce those
garrisOns, but Secretary Weeks indig-
nantly declared that he not only had
made no such promise but had no in
tentiOn of making the reductions.
General Pershing says the Hawaii and
Panama garrisOns cannot be cut down
without violating the soundest princi-
Piles of security,
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

NGLNG with abundant energy appetites hearty
strong and steady and their faces radiant with the glow
of perfect health the entire family of Louis Gngras Ha
rson Ave. Providence, R. L. eloquent tribute to the
powers of Tana the greatest family medicine the world has
ever known
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

Good humor is a good habit.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

NIKOLAI LENIN, premier Of soviet
Russia, is again dead, according
to reports. but, as on previous occa-
sions, it is believed that the rumor is
greatly exaggerated" Probably it Is
true that he is quite i'll, and it is not
likely that he will be able to attend
the Genoa conference. However, the
soviet delegates to that confab are
luxuriously on their way to Italy by
way Of Riga and Berlin, rejoicing In
the fact that at last their government
is to have measure of recognition
from the capitalistic and bourgeois
governments they hate so intensely.
They are hopeful of obtaining finan-
cial and commercial assistance for the
task Of definitely establishing the
communist regime in Russia, but Lenin
recently declared communism there
had reached the limit of yielding to
capitalism and was now in a position
again to advance. But he told the
communists they must cease their
dreaming and get to work.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-04-08

al. The Illinois mines cannot be op-
Grated by pickup labor because of a
state law which requires that no coal
digger may be employed unless he can
show at least two years experience
under ground. What Governor Allen
and the Industrial court will do in
Kansas is arousing general interest.
If the promises of the union heads
are kept, there will be no violence in
connection with the strike. Nor will
the mines suffer physically, for enough
men will be permitted to stay in them
to keep them from being flooded and
otherwise damaged.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19
WHY NOT SOMETHING NEW?

What forms of amusement will
we adopt in Rankin County during
the coming winter months?
Why not something new?
The usual round of socials and
parties is much the same. People
go and perform the same old thread
bare stunts simply because they must
have some form of recreation and
amusement.
The same diet if partaken of con-
tinually becomes nauSeating. The
stomach Graves a change.
1t is so with the mind. Without
a change of mental stimulant the
mind becomes stale and clogged and
does not function to best advantage.
Something new is what we need,
something that will induce each Of
us to look forward to the good times
coming.
Why not form local committees,
whose duty it will be to provide
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19
AS THE EDITOR SEES 1T.

Has the United States Govern
ment been duped and tricked into
committing an act of folly?
Our government was prompt in the
disbanding of its great army and
the scrapping of its navy. This was
in accordance with the provisions
of the Washington conference agree
ment.
The army has vanished, and but a
shell remains.
The navy is sadly depleted and
most of its teeth have been drawn.
Munitions have disappeared, and
the spirit of patriotism has waned.
Our means of adequate defense
against sudden attack no longer eX-
lists.
Now comes the startling informa-
tion that Washington has abruptly
called halt in the wrecking Of our
Sighting ships. We are also told
that other nations have ignored their
agreements and have done no real
scrapping Of ships at all.
At the time of the Washington
conference many writer's and Others
warned the government against
placing implicit faith in the pacific
intentions of governments across the
water.
Present facts would indicate that
their warning was well timed, but
quite in vain.
What next?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19
UP TO THE PRESS

1.-THE newspapers ought to quit
publishing SO much scandal.
You can hear such remarks any
day in the year, and from highly In
telligeht people.
But we disagree. They do not
stop to think.
unfortunately, we have reached
the point in this country where but
little respect is shown for our laws,
because the laws are indifferently
enforced, or not enforced ut all.
Certain people can evade them
with ease. Others, less fortunate.
must zap the penalty.
Occasionally there is notable ex-
ception to this rule, but only oc-
casiOnally. 1t Is for this reason we
are losing our respect for law and
it's manner of enforcement.
But 1t is different with the great
newspapers Of the country-and also
with the smaller ones. They tell the
truth as they find it. The man of
great wealth who forgets his man.
hood is as pitilessly exposed as the
one without dollar-perhaps more
| so.
This pitiless publicity Of the press
is the one safeguard that stands be-
tween responsibility and reign of
debauchery that would rival the days
of SOdom and GomOrrah.
There are millions of pure and
high minded people in this country,
but there are other millions who reek
| with clandestine infamy.
Some agency must keep this de-
| bauched element in check for the
welfare of society in general.
The press, through it's publicity,
| is meeting with q reasonable degree
| of success, where the law is but a
dismal failure.
| Think before you criticise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19
WHY HOLD HIM BACKp

Every young man is entitled to a
fair opportunity in the business and
social world.
He is entitled to be judged by his
own mental and moral qualifications,
and not by the standard of the pa
rents who brought him into the
world.
Such is sometimes, but not often,
the case.
Many a young man of great
promise is seriously hampered by the
reputation of one or both of his
parents. The sins of the father are
visited upon the son, and the limo
cent youth suffers for the acts of
the guilty adult.
This is true because as a civilized
people we are not yet entirely civil
lied. A polished veneer covers the
surface, but often fails to penetrate
to the heart.
Give the young man fair chance,
and let his own acts make or break
him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

plenty and has nothing to do but
enjoy life.
1t may be true, but most farmers
would be willing to trade jobs with
the merchant, or the banker, or the
doctor, or lawyer, or most any of
the other fellows who work eight
hours day and then quit.
Farmers are leading an indepen-
dent life, but they pay for all OF
their independence in grit. and sweat,
and hard work, many more than
eight hours a day.
Who is willing to trade places with
any of the farmers hereabouts, pros
porous and happy as they are?
Imagination carries us long way
but it drops us back with a thud.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

forms of public amusement that have
never been thought of or tried be-
fore.
When half dozen .brainy heads
get together an original stunt Is gen
orally the result.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

Who owns those half dozen heads
in your community?
Why not winter Of real enjoy
ment instead of one of mere ex-
istence?
What do you say?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

Entered as second class mail
matter in the postoffice at Brandon,
Mississippi.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

Is your eyesight good? Make use
of tread everything in this paper.
Just skimming through it is like
snatching the husks and overlooking
the kernels of corn Rushing through
its pages as you do through life will
cause you to miss many items of
news that are of value to you:
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

An editor was severely criticized
by many of his subscribers for print
ing the plain truth in his paper.
Stung to the quick, he announced
that on given date he would omit
from his columns every class or
news to which any objection was
made by any person.
When the paper was issued every
page was blank.
To what class of news do you OBJ
ject?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

1t is to be hoped that peace of the
lasting kind will eventually be re-
stored in the far east. But should we
be disappointed in this, in the event
of a resort to arms the government
should clearly understand that it is
no affair of ours and that we want
no hand I'm it.
1t is mandatory that American
citizens in the troubled area be pro-
tected. and removed if advisable, and
the entire navy should be employed
for this purpose if necessary. But
right there our activity should cease.
America for native born or natural
lied Americans. and no foreign en-
tanglementS.
That is good enough for us.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

MINERS WHO WERE ENTOMBED IN ARGONAUT MINE
exclusive photograph of the miners who
at Jackson, Cal, they
were trapped
fire they furnishing atmosphere for motion
company pictures trapped
of which shown here enlarged from little
strips of motion picture film.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

May riches come to you-if we
get q part of them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

Some people spend a lot of time in
bemOaning their fate and damning
their luck
The same amount of time and
energy, if spent in some useful pur
suit or in endeavoring to locate a
profitable occupation, would pre-
clude the possibility of even think
ing of luck or fate.
Think of the bright side of life
or don't think.
Perhaps you have noticed the fell
low who is continually making a
noise with his mouth.
He rambles along for an hour and
at the end of that time nobody even
remembers what he has said.
Wise men talk to purpose.
Others should not talk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

The farmer who has to go ten
miles for q trace chain finds it an
expensive purchase.
If the town man had to go to the
nearest city for pencil, or his
wife had to journey hence for spool
of thread, both would be peeved be-
yond endurance.
1t pays to spend your money with
our local dealers, for the more they
sell the greater variety of stock they
can afford to carry for your con-
venience.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

When you hear fellow continual
ly knocking this country, ask. him
where he came from.
Ask him why he left his own
country.
Ask him why he doesn't go back
there.
If he says he is a native of this
country, tell him he is not credit
to his nativity.
If he admits that he came from
another country, tell him our country
would not miss him.
If he is just a chronic kicker, tell
him the devil is waiting for him.
There are many other things you
might tell him, but it would be use
less. Wholesome truths seldom sink
into tough hide.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

Yes, managing a wife is easy, up:
til you get one.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19

1t requires years of correct living
to build up an unblemmished repu-
tation.
Often it takes but a whispered
innuendo to destroy it.
Yet people who otherwise live an
exemplary life will indulge in gossip
that starts stories that grow into
mountains of scandal that envelOp
and crush many an innocent person.
People who can not curb their
tongues should become hermits.
They would be missed, but not
mOurned
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1922-10-19
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in any dishonest"
"We'n let that matter stand over |
for discussion until another time said
the commissioner dryly. As Stanord
King came into the room he turned TO
him. "You might show the colonel the
way to the street. Otherwise ne wiz
be getting himself entangled In some
of our detention rooms. Good morning,
Colonel Boundary. Don't forget
"1'm not likely to-" said the colonel.
He recovered his poise quickly
enough, and by the time he was In the
street he was back in his old mood. But
he had had a shock. That sunny after
noon was filled with shadows. The
booming bells OF Big Ben tolled Jack
O. Judgment; the very wheels OF the
taxi droned the words. And Colonel
boundary went back to Abermarle
Place for the first time In his life with
his confidence in Colonel boundary
shaken.
There was nobody in save the one
man servant he kept by the day, ana
he IN ssed into the dining room over
looking the street. lie had work to do,
, and 1t had to be done quickly. In one
! Of the walls was set stout safe, and
this he opened, taking from il a steel
box, which he carried to the table:
There was a fire laid on the hearth, and
to this,he put a match, though the day
was warm enough. Then he proceeded
to unlock the box. Apparently 1t was
empty, but, taking out his scarfpin, he
inserted the point In tiny hole which
would have escaped casual observation,
and pressed.
Half the steel bottom Of the box
leaped up, disclosing a shallow cavity
beneath. The colonel stared. There
had been two letters put in there. let
ters which he had secretcd until such
time ns il might bc necessary to bring "A
rccalcitrant ngont to heel. They were
gone. He slid his fingers beneath the
half of the bottom which he had not
opened. and felt card.
He drew this out and looked at It
licking his lips the while.
For the space Of q minute he staret
and stared at the knave Of clubs HI
held in his hand, a knnve of clubs signet
with q flourish across It's face: "Jacl
O. Judgment" Then he flung the cart
: into the fire. and. walking to the side
: board. splashed whisky into tumble
with hand that shook.
!. To be continued tomorrow
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