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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
BLUEGRASS LEAGUE.
MORE. SIGN UP FOR POOL.

Lexington, KY, May Is. - Tobacco
Of the 1922 crop to the amount OF half
a million pounds was added to the
Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative
Associations holdings to be marketed
this fall the past week by the 1876 bur-
ley growers who signed contracts
making a total Of 1,431 growers who
have signed since March 1 and total
addition Of 100000 pounds since that
time to the pool, according to Assist
ant Chief Of the Field Service Division
William Collins.
Ninety-six Of the 1876 turned in the
past week we're turned in by Albert
T. Day, of Maysville, one Of the dis
trict graders Of the association. who
has been aiding in organization work
since the close of the association re-
ceiving plants. = !
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
MARKED DECREASE IN
IluTERACY IS SHOWN
Federal Hugres Show Much Decrease
OF Illlteracy Among
Negroes.

Washington, May Is. Public
schools Of the south are making
progress in eliminating illiteracy
among the negroes. The 1920 census
showed about 100000 less negro illit-
crates than that Of 1910. In 1920 the
percentage in the south was 1873. In
1920 it had dropped to 26.S. This leaves
1,753,O0O negroes who cannot write.
Georgia has the greatest number Of
these illiterates. 261,115, percentage
Of 29.1. Louisiana, with 2O6,730, had
the highest percentage Of illiteracy,
1876. Other states which still have
great masses of colored illiteretes are
Alabama, with 21O.69O. or BIG per
cent; Mississippi, with 2O5,Sl3, or 29.S
per cent: and South Carolina with
131.422, or 293 per cent.
Every southern state shows
marked reduction in illiteracy be-
tween 1910 and 1920. Every northern
state also showed a decrease.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
CARDINALS SHUT
OUT PARIS IN THE
FIRST CONFLICT
Winning Streak Of Maysyille Cafd
inals Could Not Be Broken BY
Paris Aggregation in Sun.
day Afternoons Game.

The game Sunday between the Paris
Mammoths and the Cardinals after
going five rounds of perfect baseball
ended up as a massacre when the To-
calls won by the score of II to 0.
Up until the sixth McCord had held
the Cards to one hit with no one
reaching third when three hits Melted
four runs and the balloon went up
each inning thereafter 1t was hard
dose for the proud pitcher who had Of
ten boosted of what he would do to
Maysville but he took his medicine
gamely until the finish Eineman's box
work was superb with one hit and be-
came more invincible as the game
progressed. Glass did some wonderful
fielding at the third corner and con-
tinued his bang-up game at the bat
driving in the first run of the fracas.
FORMER and Boskins each got home
runs the Manager putting his over the
right field wall.
One of the largest crowds yet wit
messed a game in the Bluegrass
League was in attendance. 1t is esti-
mated that about one hundred and fif-
ty Mason county machines were at the
game with sentiment about evenly d.
vided, the Mayslick and surrounding
section rooted hard for their former
idol and enjoyed themselves at the
expense of local fans when McCord
had yielded but one hit in the first
five innings but they were made to
suffer the last half. A section Of the
grand stand in which were seated
many Maysville people soon emptied
itself after much cracking had told
them that it was unsafe to remain
seated
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
Ledger Service-Emciency.
ANNOUNCEMENTS

we are authorized to announce W.
J. FIELDS as a candidate for Con-
gress, subject to the action Of the
Democratic party. In the primary to b.
held on Saturday. August 9Th, 1929
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
AMERICAN LEGION MEN
WILL BE TRAFFIC COPS

Members Of the Leslie Fl. Arthur
Post American Legion will assist tho
local police department In handling
trafiic in Maysville during the Knights
Templar conclave. The Legion men,
bers on duty will have the authority
OF special policemen and will receive
their instructions from Chief Mackey
Monday evening.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
(2BRI|P'lI
A;,N(yIES

The Sunday School Attendance Sec
rotary Mrs. ]. II. Wells reports the at
tendance on May IA as follows:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
WINCHESTER WINS.

Winchester, KY, May 14.-Winches-
ter defeated Mt. Sterling to l here
today. Fugate, pitching for the visit
ors. blew up in the sixth inning and
the Dodgers scored all of their runs n
this frame. Tavener pitched good ball
for Winchester, allowing only three
hits and was given errorless support.
Score:
Innings 1884 667 ~ X III Il.
Mt. Sterling. OOOO1OOOo-1 3
winchester 0OOOO4OO'-4 5 o
Batteries - Fugate, Morton Town
send and Lackey; Tavener and Fra
zier.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15

Two base hits, Eineman, Margerum.
Home runs, Boskins, Fortner. Bast on
balls, off McCord, 1; of Eineman, 3.
Struck out, by McCord 10; by Fine
man Z. Passed ball, Maxey Wild pitch.
Eineman. Hit by pitched ball, Good
man by Eineman. Stolen bases. Brew
saugh, Glass 2, Connolly 2. Double
plays, Class to Slayback, Kresses to
Slayback to Boskins. Time, two hours.
Umpire, Goetz.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
LEXINGTON is VICTOR
OVER CYTHY TEAM.

Lexington, KY, May .1S.-Good base
running on the part OF Lexington al
lowed the local team to defat the Gym
thiana nine by the score of 4 to 3
here today Monhollen, local portsider,
held the visitors to six hits. but two OF
there were home runs by Biancke and
Rorer and three were doubles. Cynthi-
ana used three pitchers, the winning
run coming in the fourth of Padgett
when Devereaux singled, stole second
and SCORED IN Hurst's single, Score:
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
STREET DECORATIONS
ARE GOING Up.

Expert decorators Of the William
Beck Sons Company are Monday put
ting in place the street decorations.
These draped flags and Knights Tenn
plar banners will reach from the c. &
o. to the l.. & n. depot.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15

Ledger Service-Emciency.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15

Women, BetneI bdPtIot
The Murphysville M. E. Schools re-
mort OF 10 in attendance on "Go-to-
Enthusiastically was omitted much
to the regret of the writer who is SO
very careful to see that every schooi
ia renorted. This is one Of the first to
report on every Sunday. Mr.. c. H.
Henson is the faithful reporter.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
FOR SALE

FOf SALE - at Public Auction,
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Saturday. May Is. at 2 p. IN. No. 22s
East Fifth street. 10May3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15

LOST - Package Of mail in grand
stand OF ball park. Finder please
return to L. r. Steel Co., and re-
ceive reward. 12May3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TO
BE CONCLAyE COURIERS.

There will be no school in Maysville
on Wednesday Of this week because of
the big Conclave celebration Many of
the High School boys will serve the
local conclave committee as couriers
at headquarters in the Masonic Tenn
pie.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15

LOST - Small link gold watch chain
on Sunday, between Christian
church and Lower Sutton street.
Please return to Ledger ONCE and
receive reward. 15May3t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-15

Call rs II you are looking for Fire
Insurance. Call US II you are looking
for any assistance In Real Estate. We
both Buy and Sell. N. F. b d. B.
COUGHLIN, Phone No. 40. No. 20s
Market Street
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
RussO-Gern,dn 7redtu

WE the beginning of immense flood of propa-
wv ganda IN the newspapers against Germany andI
" Russia because they dared to sign a treaty of
peace mutually wping out all claims against each other
and agreeing to be friends to recognize each other
rights, to respect each other to trade with each other
and to have all those proper relations which beft civilized
nations in world where peace regns.
Not word in the treaty by the remotest implication
suggests alliance, either offensive defensive Not
word in the treaty gives the slightest ntmaton that
there from the beginning of the world
or that is expected till Gabriel blows his
trumpet.
1t is not charged that this treaty is alliance
defensive alliance, but it is only intmated vaguely in
the newspapers and inspired articles for the purpose of
deceiving people who do not think for themselves.
Why shouldn't rejoice at the treaty between Russia
and Germany7 Germany needs Russia's material.
Russia needs Germany's educated men, which the dark
tyranny of the old Cars regime prevented Russia from
having
All Russia's educated men today absorbed in the
problems of government and Russia needs technicians
and scholars and executives to make useful to the world
the immense untouched of the vast empire of
Russia, the largest continuous empire of the world
Germany, the most highly skilled nation in the world,
whose have been absolutely destroyed by the
benefit of the world the things which the world wants
If mans prejudices have contracted his heart
that it isn't big enough to find pleasure in this trade
agreement between Russia and Germany, which means
much for the people not only of those countries, but
Of the world then he at least ought to be ashamed to
denounce the treaty.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
More Truth Than Poetry
A LURE WITH A
SERIOUS LACK
Ry s. T.. KISER.


7 AM longing for the open, for the peaceful
countryside,
Where no traffic cops are stationed, and nj
crowded cars collide;
am yearning for the freedom OF the bound
less out-of-doors,
Where no ambulances hurry and no ceaseless
traffic roars,
Where no mobs are congregated, and no smoke
pollutes the air,
But I've often heard it stated that there are
no flappers there.
7 AM eager to be gazing over meadows that
are broad,
Where no bandit may retard me or deprive
me of my wad,
Where no gunmen shoot in daytime and no
burglars prowl at night,
Where the breeze is filled with fragrance,
where they paint the churches white;
am longing to be strolling where the world
looks wide and fair,
And no dismal bells are tolling; but there
are no flappers there.
T AM weary of the crowding and the rush
l. ing and the smells
That are present where the victim OF the
landlord works and dwells;
I am yearning for the spaces tnat are peace
full clean and STILL
Where the orchard trees lean upward on the
green slope of the hill,
Where no come-onS and no cappers cause
vexation or despair,
But they tell me that no fiappers make things
interesting there.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
Tact.

4 T the meeting of citizens in
"a the Engineering Society's
. q Building to hear the Russell
Sage Foundation plans for future
growth of New York City recent
ly, Robert w. de Forest in his
Introductory remarks spoke of
the ENvirons of New York.
Charles D. Norton said he was
going to have his first difference
with Mr.. de Forest and pro-
nounce it enVIrons. Subsequent
speakers tended to follow Mr..
Norton.
Elihu Root spoke last. He
jestingly said that the conference
threatened to break up over a
disagreement over the pronuncia-
tion of the French word envi-
RONS. The situation, he said,
recalled the story of an American
lady, who reported:
The English pronounce their
words so strangely. What is
spelled C-H-O-L-M-O-N-D-E- =.
LEY is pronounced Chumley!
On the same principle, said Mr..
Root, let's take the word spelled
E-N-V-IR-O-N-S and pronounce
it SURROUNDINGS!
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
CAREERS WHILE YOU WAIT.

One has recently heard accounts of the
development of entirely new industry,
which has been exploited under the captivating
title Of Selling Psychology" Being interpreted
this means that group Of experts In the
methods Of experimental psychology have
arranged, as commercial venture, to test
native capacities in order to advise the in
dividuals tested or their woudbe employers
as to their fitness for this that vocation.
1t is hoped in this way to facilitate selection
of square pegs for square holes-elimtnatng
the misfits now not uncommon.
Such tests have kinship with Mr.. Edi.
sons famous questionnaires, and similar Chal-
lenges of individuals acquired knowledge
The new tests have to do not with knowledge
but innate capacity. They aim to de-
termine not what you have learned, but what
you might learn in more practical terms
what manner of things you are likely to be
able to do with at least average facility.
The project is admirable one, but II will
meet opposition II for other reason than
because 1t is the fashion of the moment to
bettle heredty and put the lmelight
vironment. The popular thesis is that all
normal" children born equal, and that
only opportunity and Individual effort are
needed to permit each and every one to scale
the heights and acquire wisdom.
1t Is an absurd thesis, but II happens to be
popular; and any business that is founded on
the assumption that there are great inequali.
ties Inherent in the very bran.text OF
different individuals must fight its way against
opposition based on that strongest of retard-
Ing forces-prejudice.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
The NeU
Diplomacy
\ REVOLUTIONARY Russia's
4 contribution to economic

n EVOLUTIONARY Russi s
X contribution to economic
~ progress seems more val
liable as a warning than as an
example.
But to the successors of Keren-
sky the world owes its first great
advance toward open diplomacy.
When they exposed the secret
treaties they kirdled under the
old order of international rela-
tions a fire that cannot be
quenched.
Hereafter increasingly public
opinion will require to be ad-
mitted behind the scenes where
the fate of nations and the lives
and welfare of men are being de,
termined.
Secretary Hughes evidently
had this truth in view when he
told the United States Chamber
of Commerce that the magnitude
of our financial power and of the
international interests we have
suddenly accumulated requires
readjustment of the attitude of
the public mind, adding:
This can largely be met by a
constant effort to make known
to the public the general lines
of policy, to give adequate in
formation as to particular aims
and to take the public into con-
fidence to the utmost practi-
cable extent with respect to par
ticular measures.
There should be no reticence
for its own sake, or as a mere
continuance of perverse habit;
there should be directness,
promptness, candor-in short,
efficiency.
To make all the processes of
democracy efficient should be
America proud aim.
Candor between Governments
and peoples is first step.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
"EASY MONEY"

Not unlikely you feel, often, that because
some other men Of your age whom you
know have made a good start toward old
age independence that it is too late for
you to attempt to improve your financial
condition.
with bit Of self pity and a sort OF
resignation to your lot you dismiss the
thought and keep plugging along in your
small way.
But has this not been your course from
the beginning?
Getting down to solid facts, isn't your
condition more the result Of your being
unwilling to undertake hard jobs, to work
long hours for small remuneration, to
deny yourself pleasure. than it is of
lack of opportunity?
You have figured that some day. some
way, something will drop easy money" at
your door, and you would grab 1t; yes,
you would be ready to scramble IL you
thought the job meant easy money"
But easy money has eluded you. You
have never put yourself out to get It IL
it skipped your door, and you have never
seen easy money" riding up hill, except
for the other fellow.
And you have envied the other one who
seemed to be picking the plums while you
moped and watched out OF the corner OF
a sleepy eye.
Now you blame your relatives, your wife,
your friends. your children, and hard
times for your III luck. All the time II In
you YOURSELF who 10 TO BLAME.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
Graded Theaters.
A THEATER whose purpose is
~ the entertainment of children

IN Iue ehIeIIdllluleuI Ol CulluIeU
exclusively is nearing com
pletion in New York. It is for
all classes of that city's children.
No admission will be charged.
The advent of the motion pic
ture has made this a generation
of child theatergoers. A chill
dren s theater was inevitable. It
will benefit both adult and child.
"Our children" has been the
reformer's powerful weapon, for
getting that censorship, like char
ity, should begin at home. The
entire populace has been graded
according to the mentality of
adolescence because children are
permitted to patronize adult en-
tertainment. Progress of a great
industry and a greater art has
been halted because parents use
the picture theater as a nursery
and demand that the standard
of picture production shall be
suitable for infantile minds.
A theater for children is a
move in the right direction.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
Heavy Penalties for
Speedsters I
By BILL PRICE.

The action of the Police Court Judges of the Dis
trict in heavily increasing the penalties imposed
upon auto drivers convicted of speeding and reck-
lessness-particularly aggravated cases-will have
the unanimous support of the people of Washington.
The traffic policemen of this city may work
hard to protect the public but if the judges
of the court overly lenient fail to that the
basis of the daily loss of life and destruction Of
property is the speedster particularly when he is
loaded with bootleg whiskey, there can be no i'm
provement.
Fatal accidents may, and do, happen, when autos
are under control and when driven by experienced
and thoughtful men and women. Many pedestrians
not only habitually careless, but some of them
pigheadedly obstinate in refusing to concede the
autoist rights which belong to him. There are even
people who seemingly invite accident. The real
wonder is that of these are hot hurt than the
records show.
When machines under control, however, the
accidents not likely to be fatal The majority of
drivers considerate and mindful of human care
essness They go out of their way to avoid collision.
There can be no dispute, though, that the city is
we'll filled with reckless autoists who disregard all
probabilities and are willing to 'take chances
under any and all conditions This sort of reckless
property 1t never be broken up by arrests,
followed by the deposit of collateral at police sta
tons and forfeiture by offenders without going to
court.
The steady offenders in this direction, as near as
the police department locate them, should be
compelled to appear in court The prosecuting Off
cias should keep close tab of the records of these
people and lay the facts before the Judges and the
judges should, they doing, increase the
penalties until vioators come to regard the traffic
laws as something to obey and not to defy
If the police court judges will continue to increase
the fines and then add Imprisonment where the evi-
dence shows that violator has been repeated Of
fender in reckless fast driving there will be
awakening in this city, and the public will not be
daily shocked with newspaper headlines telling Of
the killing of one victims of reckless driving
The police department is on the right line in apply
ing its energies to reckless drivers and speedsters.
Until CHIEF SULLIVAN came into office entirely
too much stress was laid petty violations Of park
ing and other regulations which in way en-
dangered human life. With traffic policemen and
police judges cooperating to wipe out deliberate and
dangerous vioators of the law the outlook for human
life in the District grows brighter.
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The Washington times., 1922-05-24
SMILES

Actor, thrice in Jail, ar
rested for stealing again
News item. Here's one
ham that can't be cured.
Rip Van Wrinkle took one
drink and then slept for
twenty years. That's moth
ing. Nowadays some people
take one drink and never
wake up! e.. .
In most cases the game
is not worth the scandal.
Maybe the reason a den.
tist always seems a sad per.
son In because he is always
looking down In the mouth.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
EPITAPH.

Here lies Alexander McNulty-
The daisies are growing around him.
He smoked a cigar
While filling his car
with gas. And they partially found him.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
Lloyd George
. Advises Well
THERE can be no safe resump-
ton of the orderly progress

of the rest of the race, and
even of America, until Russia
again achieves relative stability.
In his mastery summary of the
meaning and the results of the
Genoa Conference, Lloyd George
philosophical to the effect that
no goal worth reaching is so near
as it appears to the hopeful nor
so remote as it seems to the timid.
That holds equally true of in
dividual aspiration and of social
striving. 1t is especially ap-
plicable to this days universal
ferment and more particularly to
the Russian turmoil. Such philoso-
ply alone can give us the neces-
sary patience in the face of
Trotzky's most recent utterance.
He is reported to have said to
Communist cadets:
Trust only in your bayonets
and your batteries. Conferences
will not give us what we need.
In contrast with this menacing
statement we must note the COM
forting fact that Tchitcherin,
Russia's mouthpiece at Genoa,
joined all the other delegates in
the solemn non-aggression COM
pact.
Whether Trotzky or Tchitcherin
in this specific instance represents
the Russian spirit and purpose,
there is no doubt that a deep
seated social conflict between
Eastern and Western Europe still
remains to be conciliated through
The Hague and other forthcom-
ing conferences.
Business, i. e., the economic
needs and relations of Russia and
the rest of the world, will prob
ably prove the best means toward
the reconciliation of these seeming
opposites.
To that end Lloyd George in
his closing address at Genoa gave
some excellent advice to the Rus
sian delegates. He assured them
that, if she wants commerce with
other nations, Russia must &C
cept the common commercial code
of honor. If she wants credits,
she cannot get them through re-
pudiation of debts. If she wants
to borrow, she must at least make
convincing promises to pay.
Herein Lloyd George speaks as
the recognizable friend of Russia,
and certainly as the voice of the
sturdy, hardworking, honest west
ern world.
The Washington times., 1922-05-24
WORLD R0WB0AT
WAR
BY BUGS" BAER.
Copyright. lez2. by Star COMPANY.

RE SIDENT HARDING
l. steps out flat-footed for
fatter mercantile marine.
MERCANTILE marine
AVA means business boats.
Without boats there can be
no business. Without busi-
ness there can lie no
failures. without failures
people won't have to take
boats.
WE started to bridge the
w Atlantic with boats in
1918. II war had lasted
another year. we would have
been establishing boulev1rds
to Mars and confisc ating Au-
rora Borealis. But now that
fever has faded from natrl.
otic malaria an1 left us
with nothing but chilla, we
must dance forth and grab
control of entire Atlantic.
A TLANTIC must be con.
"A trolled by Americans.
Each citizen will please pick
out his wave.
WI must also bulldoze
w Pacific. Samples OF
each ocean will be distrib-
uted among patriots as rec
ognition of their services.
KAISER tried to put these
"A two big adult oceans
under his thumb and got
spunters under his thumb.
nail. But now that we have
started out to worship water.
why not play whole hog or
none?
FNCIRCLE entire world
- with brightly painted
belt Of swanboats, command.
ed by tourists with paper
hats. Let US spangle world
with greasy picnic plates,
peanut shells and flivver
accessories and carry our
civilization wherever canoes
can travel without turning
turtle.
MARINE cowardice must
AVA cease. There were war
slackers. Now we are peace
slackers.
NEXT time you take your
~ wife out for holiday in
Rock Creek Park, show that
you fear nobody within radio
distance. Make her row.
MO matter how many times
~ park guard yodels his
tin whistle, assert your ma.
tional enthusiasm hy stand
ing up in boat.
n RID ER your Oldtown
" canoe now. Catch fish
and paint them red, white
and blue. Jump off wharf.
World is three-tourths water.
Bottle Of milk is map OF
world.