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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
NE|GHBOR KICKED
HIS DOG AROUND; He
HAS HIM ARRESTED
NATIONAL PLATE RESIDENTS
QUARREL OVER CANNES - TO
THRESH OUT DIFFERENCES IN
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT.

Mike Sueke was arrested at a. m.
today and lodged in the city Jail
on a warrant sworn out by Julius
Protsch. Both reside in the National
Plate settlement. According to Mr.
Protsch the other man has kicked his
dog on several occasions and yester
day Mr.. Sueke is accused of having
hit the dog with a club. Kate Sueke,
wife of Mike, declares that PrGtSCh
has two big hounds and that last week
one of the dogs bit her girl Mary on
the arm. Yesterday she claims that
the dog had entered her house on two
different occasions and the second
time her husband chased the canine
out with a stick, Protsch IT is alleg-
ed, then came over to the Sueke home
and called Sueke vile names and tried
to pick fight. Sueke is said to have
declared he would kill Protsch's
dogs. When he obtained the warrant
Protsch stated he only had one dog
but investigation by the police show
ed him to have two of them.
Sueke will be arraigned before
Judge Koenig at the police station la
ter today
Prove Car Theirs.
Frank Parker and NJ. n Cole two
young men claiming their home to
be Monmouth, ILL.,. were arrested at
2: 80 Sunday morning by officers Lea
son and Duckworth on suspicion.
When arrested the young men were
driving a Ford touring car but had no
method of proving it to be theirs.
They were taken to police headquar-
ters and the Monmouth police depart
ment was phoned The Monmouth
police reported the young men to
be all right and they were allowed to
go their fay.
Ex-Jaler in Cell.
Otto Armstrong, ex-jailer at the
county Jail today, said he would
serve sentence after a near riot
occurring yesterday afternoon about
1890 o'clock.
Armstrong started the trouble yes
terday morning. Otto and a brother,
Doomey the police claim, had a
fight In the fight Doomey hit Otto
in the head with brick. Otto was
stunned for a minute and Doomey
phoned the police to come and take
charge of Otto. But Otto then walk
ed away from the coal yard.
In his fight Armstrong brought an
iron bolt with him which would serve
as hammer He entrenched him
self in the home Of a relative and re-
fused to leave. The police soon ar
rived and attempted to arrest him,
but he threatened to hit the first man
who approached him with the iron
bolt he had Words We're parried
back back and forth and a police of
flCer produced gun ordering Arm
strong to submit to arrest. He refus-
I'd to do 50 and ran for the house.
He locked himself in the house and
would not come out nor let anyone
come in.
1t. was then decided by the police
to let Armstrong go as Deputy Fra
zier of the sheriff's Office guaranteed
his appearance in court this morning,
Earl this morning Armstrong came to
the office of Judge Koenig and plead
guilty to a charge of disorderly con
duct. He was fined 5000 and costs
which he did not pay He had not
started serving his sentence this af-
tCrnoOn.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
KILLS SELF AND WIFE'S
KIN AS ACT OF MERCY

Rockford, Oct 23-Leaving a note
telling that he had committed the
crime as an act of mercy" Thomas
Cornwall, 81, of Genoa, beat and
strangled to death his wife's uncle,
Curtis Smith, 50, and then killed him
self with chloroform. Cornwall beat
Smith with the pendulum of cuckoo
clock.
The bodies were found in Corn
wallis bedroom Sunday morning by
his son, Edwin, Ia.
II am doing this as an act of mercy,
text of the note left by Cornwall.
as neither of us is any use" was the
Worry over business affairs had made
him despondent, it is said. Smith
made his home with the Cornwalis.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
HOSPITAL RUNAWAY
FOUND TO BE INSANE

so much excitement last week when
he ran away from the Ryburn hospital
in the middle of the night, was found
insane by a commission Of physicians
in the County Court today and was
committed to the insane asylum 1T
Kankakee by Judge Reck Mr.. Harper
has been living at Twin Bluffs since
h ran away. The commission was
composed Of Dr. +. Z. Palmer and Dr.
A. J. Roberts.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
TAKE DEAD MANS BODY
FROM ENGINE PILOT

Chicago, Oct. 23.-Believed to have
been carried for more than three
quarters of an hour on the pilot of a
Rock Island train the body of a man
believed to be Simon Carter of Pop
lar Bluffs, Mo, was found when the
train pulled into the Englewood sta
ton here last night The watch the
man carried stopped at 5:27 o'clock.
The train was northeast of Joliet
at that time, the trainmen said.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
WELSH Miners
ISSUE GENERAL
ORDER TO STRIKE
London, Oct. 23.-England today had its
first conservative prime minister in seventeen
years in the person of Andrew Bonar Law, who.
altho asked by the king
last week to form a
cabinet, deferred h j s

last week to form a
cabinet, deferred h i s
acceptance Of the premiership until
today when the unIonists went thru
the formaIity of eIectinc him It's
leader.
me conservative meeting, held at
the Hotel Cecil was attended by 439
members of the party including Lord
Derby, Earl Gray, Lord Carson, and
many other famous British states
men. The new prime minister was
elected unanimously
Absent from the meeting were
prominent unionists such as Austin
Chamberlain, Lord Brkhead and
the Earl or Balfour, all three of
whom revolted last week from the
decision of their party to return to
party independence and quit Mr..
Lloyd George. Bonard Law held out
the olive branch to the revolving
Ucmhers expressing the hepe they
would return to the fold.
Announcement of the composition
OF the new ministry and declaration
If the governments program may, ac-
cording to late information, be de-
ferred until Thursday, when also the
of parliament is likely to
be announced.
There is much perturbation in -ev-
eral quarters over the report thar -
elections are to be held on theffour-
teenth of November, insted of the
which falls upon Satur-
Dissatisfaction on this point IS
particularly strong in labor circles,
ln it is maintained that II the
polling is held on any day but Satur-
day many labor voters will be pre-
vented from exercising their fran
chise II. Thomas head of the rail
way men in a speech yesterday said
fixing the election for midweek would
be contemplate trick" and this
view is apparently universal among
The laborites, who see a plot to reuoe
he laborite vote.
Welsh Miners Call Strike.
London, Oct 23.-The union min
,rs have posted notices thruout the
South of Wales mining district that
1 general strike of the miners Will
occur a fortnight hence unless the
non-union miners Join the federation
and a 100 per cent membership is OBJ
aimed meanwhile.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
COMMUNITY HIGH
SCHOOLS UPHELD

Springfield, Oct 23-Community
high school districts throughout the
state are safe for the time being, ac-
cording to Assistant Attorney General
Boord. following an opinion of the
supreme court in a Stark county case
which holds organization of such dis
tricts cannot be prevented once the
bonds are sold to build a school.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
PERJURY HELPED FREE
SLAYER OF GEORG

Chicago, Oct 25-Grand jury inves-
tigatiou was promised today Of the al
legged conspiracy of perjury which the
states attorneys office declares freed
Thomas Walsh. labor leader, on the
charge of killing Adolph Georg Jr. IN
the latter's saloon last December.
Three men, two OF whom confess I'd
perjury. according to Assistant States
Attorneys Stewart and Smith. were
held by the police who were ordered
to make other arrests.
Prosecutor Stewart said he would
request cancellation of the $4,000
bond of Walsh, who is awaiting trial
Nov. 50 on a charge of numbering
George CAST. a waiter. in the same
fusillade of shots that killed Georg.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
FORMER RESIDENT
OF SENECA EXPIRES

Louis Dvoretski, who until a month
ago was a resident of Seneca, died at
Michael Reese hospital yesterday
morning of pneumonia. He had been
i'll for three weeks.
He was Senecas only junk man.
Mr.. Dvoretski was AZ years old. He
was a member of the WOodmen and
Odd Fellow lodges of Seneca.
The Odd Fellows of Seneca will send
delegation to the funeral which will
be held in Chicago.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
SUBMARINE R-4 ON
FIRE: CREW ESCAPES

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.-Fire broke
out in the submarine R-4 at the San
Pedro submarine base at midnight
and was still out of control at 10 a.
m. today. The boat has been sealed.
Three men were aboard when the
flames were discovered. No one was
injured. The loss will exceed $4,000
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
MRS. HARRIS H0NORED
BY KINGS DAUGHTERS

Mrs. l.. L. Harris. formerly Of Otta-
wa, was elected president of the Rock
Island city union Kings Daughters.
There are ten cities in the union and
it is the leading charitable religious
organization in Rock Island.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
VICTORIOUS YANKS
REFUSE TO RACE AGAIN

Gloucester, Mass, Oct 23.-(A P0
The crew of the Gloucester schoon-
or Henry Ford. in protest against
the ruling which deprived them of
their victory Saturday over the Blue
nose of Canada, champion of the in
ternatiOnal fishers. refused to race
today Captain Clayton Morrissey of
the Ford said it was likely that he
would be fishing again within day
or two.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
Visits sick Relative.

Mrs. Edward Fox, of Denver, Colo,
who was very sick a few days ago
has taken a change for the better. ac-
cording to reports received from Mrs.
Thomas Fox. of Ottawa, who went TO
Colorado to see the sick woman
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-10-23
w EATHER.

Fair tonight and Tues
day; colder tonight;
warmer Tuesday.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12
Has Fresh Watermelons.

Ripley, Tenn, D c. SIC. f.
) 'niord Yesterday presented few Of
his friends with fresh wa.ermelons
which he grew in his garden. He
put away about 40 last season and
ne says he has kept his family IN.
ripe watermelons up TO this time
md has few left.
Joe N Scott, planter of this place
Sanford says, also has several Of The
same variety in his cellar. The
havor is as fine as when the melons
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12

committee it my propose ce Ia n
limitations on aerial warfare. VIII CHI
would prevent repetition OF son OF
the German tactics employed in
the last war.
This may be a ban on the bomb.
ing OF cities, with the consequent
killing OF innocent women and
children lin other. words, some in
ternationaI declaration tina would
make impossible again long-dis-
lance q 'ppelin raids, such as were
made on London and Paris by the
kaiser's air forces,
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12
cardinal point of the International

cardinal point of the International
law.
The acceptance CT the poison gas
ban was the second triumph for
the Urited States within the last
few days in its suddenly developed
campaign to abolish some of the
vipcrs of war" Realizing that
public opinion in the country ia
red action to take the Tenton
tinge from war, the American dele
CATION, through Roo, proposed a
iaan on the use of U-boats.
Ii was promptly adopted, with a
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12
Cat Mothers Fox Pups.

An Ontario reader writes that her
cat fostered three fox pups since they
were two weeks old. The pups were
taken from the mother because 1t was
feared they might chill. The cat had
five kittens which were disposed Of.
and the foxes were promptly adopted
in their place. The foxes are now,
over three months old and although
larger than their foster mother, are
still fond of her. They are kept now
in wire pen and kitty is quite con-
tent to remain with them all day long,
enjoying an occasional frolic.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12
Simple Wireless Msssaaes.

The waves Of wireless stations are
increasingly passing through our
houses and our bodies and we neither
see, hear nor feel them. Yet If there
be interposed a few strands Of wire. a
metal plate and tiny glowlamp and
II these accessories be ranged In order,
the wireless messengers will carry
the sound of voice speaking thou
sands Of miles away.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12
Poison Gas Banned AS A
Wear on of Modern
Warfare.


The arms conference by unani-
NOUS vote Of the five great poxers
has banned the use of poison gas as
a weapon Of modern warfare. All
he nations OF the world will be
ssiskeds. to subscribe to this principle
ana thus definitely establish as a
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12

The Dial Eircann las ratified
p I Irish ! care treaty, vhich brings
eed I'M for ri nd rof which uch
bond -ha' been shed Us.dpr til
treaty lrs'lana gains same status q
Canada and Australia.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12
AtonementY

When William Butler Yeats was I
boy, his family moved from Dublin 70
Bedford Park, as he relates In the
Dial. Yeats says. incidentally, that he
was not much of churchgoer. but
that he must have gone few times
because he remembers very clearly
wooden sign which hung In the church
porch: 1.-THE congregation hre re-
quested to kneel during prayers; the
kneelers are Afterwards to be hung
upon pegs provided for the purpose
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12

penalty providing that any U-bo t
commander guilty OF violating the
new submarire rules shall be treat
ed as a pirate. Then the United
States suddenly roposed to abolish
poison gas, and in "a hours it was
adopted.
Still Another Move
From reliable sources it was
learned tonight that the American
delegation is contemplating still an
'ther move to make any future war
less horrible.
At the meeting of4he Eminent
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-01-12

were first plucked-D ersburg7Ga
zette.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Manning Jail
0yercrowded
Special Term Of Court Being
Held in Clarendon County

Manning. Jan "a SPECIAL term
OF court convened in Manning this
morning with Judge S. Nv. G. Shipp
presiding. The inmates of the jail
are so numerous as to make it
necessary TO have Il special term
Of court to relieve the congestion.
For the first time in the history Of
Clarendon county mas it been
necessary TO make a special cafl
for trials. The greater number Of
the prisoners viii plead guilty, con-
sequently the term of !court may
complete its work in one week. The
following grand jurors viii serve:
c. r. Sprott Manning; j. D.
Gerald, Manning; d. n; Buddin.
Turbeville: G.. H. Collette, Silver;
j. w. Evans. Aicolu; f. K. Rich
burg. Summerton; Leon Weinberg,
Manning; ]. D. Gibbons. Turbeyi1le;
J. Fl. Geddings, PaXyille; c. 2.
Aycock, Rimini; c. K. Gibbons,
Turbeville:: W X. Hudson. New
Zion; O. J. Abrams. Sumnerton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Helping Him Out.

Whiir visiting friends in Clrve-
land Il Young Detroit"r wax present
ed with :; quart OF rye whiskty.
He decided to take il home in his
suitcase.
AS The steamship ncarcd the
dock he became more and more
ncrvous. Finally III desperation he
confessed his icars TO 4 fellow
voyaa-r This kindly Individual
offered 10 l.:,dr Suitca&cs and as
sumo possibility. The Young
man WAS vastly relieved and tn"
change was made.
The lngsagr was not searched
aad a few minutes later the Two
met on :.tror" The young man
was c,c.."din&ly grateful.
- the way. he observed. as
tley exchanged again. you iilus:
have :; lot OF things in Your suit
c.,se LIS ;tuiully heavy.
'lcs.' aid the stranger. .!
haze ;"cive quarts IN mine. -
iialper's Magazine
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Not His Job.

I'm not supposed to do that"
said he.
When an extra task he CHANGED to
That's rot my job, and it's not
my care,
So I'll pass 1t by and leave it
there. -
and the boss who gave him. his
weekly pay
Lost more than his wages On him
that day.
I'm not supposed to do that.' he
said,
"That duty belongs to jim or Fred
So a little task that was in his
way
Thar he could have handled with
out delay
Vas left unfinished; the way was
paved
For heavy loss that he could have
saved.
The time went on and he kept his
place,
But he never altered his easy pace.
And folks remarked on how we'll
he knew
The line of tasks he was hired to
to do.
For never once was he Known to
turn
His hand to things not Of his CON
Germ.
But there in his foolish rut he
stayed.
And for all he did he was fairly
paid.
But he never was worth a dollar
Than he got for his toll when the
work was Ger.
For he knew too we'll when his
work was through.
And he'd done all he was hired
II you want 20 grow in this world,
Eouns man,
You must do every day all the
work YOU can.
If you find :: task tho it's not your
bit.
And il should be done, take care Of
it
And you'll never conquer or rise
If You
DO only the things you're supposed
to do.
-The Hibnrnia Rabbit
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
December Po-
d lice Report
Eifty-Three Arrests Made and
a 1858 in Cash Fines Collect
ed During Month

Five hundred and fifty-elsat
dollars nj cash fines and for forfeit
ure OF bonds was collected IN the
recorders court during the month
os, December. Fifty three arrests
were made during the month and
this number arrested, sixteen eases
Were dismissed from the court, one
suspended and two cases sent 10
higher court fei trial. Only two
speeders were arrested this month
as over the six arrested for this Of
Tense during the month of No
vember
The causes of arrest were as fol-
lows:
speeders, q; Disorderly conduct,
5 90; Petty larceny, s; Violation pro-
hiBifion law, 5; House breaking and
larceny. 2: Turning in false. alarm,
Violation traffic ordinance, 8;
Drunk and disorderly conduct. g.;
Fagraaey, .: Receiving stolen
goods. 4; Larceny Of bicycle. l. To-
tai number OF cases, So.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Bright Outlook
Seen For Year
Improvement Predicted in
Country's Business

Washington, Jan. 2.-lndlcationS
that the turn Of the year is being
marked by a striking improvement
in the business and economic out
look" OF the country and the world
generally We're discussed tonight by
Comptroller Of the Currency Girls
singer in q forecast for 1922.
There can be no doubt, Mr. Girls
singer said, that both the political
and economic index. figures" are
registering Improvement at this
time when political and economic:
conditions SO intimately interact.7
Taking the wider view he add
in regarding the outlook as al
together rsasurrins and that the
new year IS coming TO US with
guarantees that justify the more
optimistic forecasts
In the political domain Mr..
Crissinger described as nredomina-
ting favorable factors the limita-
ton Of armament conference and
the apparently insured settlement
of the age-long controversy in
volving the relations Of Ireland to
the United Kingdom Already, he
declared, q betterment in the con-
ditions OF international exchange
has taken place, adding that no
better index OF Widespread business
conditions exists.
l;cI,-
nnnts," he continued, we may an
ticipate confidently that the year
1922 viii take its place in history
as one of the landmarks in the
record Of human progress. Men
have tarned their faces definitely
in the right direction: they have
set their feet in the paths to- re-
store security and prosperity; they
have fixed their minds on the
higher and better things.
ALREADY we begin to find evil
dence Of the far reaching i'm
portance OF these accomplishments.
Every indication OF a favorable
outcome in these great underlying
considerations has been practically
simultaneous with distinct turn
for the better in the affairs Of
business and industry. The very
promptness with which the COM
mercial community has thus re-
sponded is the most emphatic
testimony to the readiness and the
eagerness of the business world t.
shape its course toward restored
prosperity and resumption Of the
great peaceful activities Of civili-
11ti0D :"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-07
Cotton Market
ing Association
Active Campaign to Be Start
ed in Every County in South

Columbia. Jan. 2.-Bacllcd by
the endorsement of the executive
council and agricultural commit
tee OF the South Carolina Bankers
A Association and four Of the district
groups of the association. and by
leading farmers and business men
in every county. a very active cam
paign for signatures to the cot
ton growing county in the state.
The campaign VIII continue until
contracts representing 100000
bales are signed up. The organ
ization committee has until May
IN which 10 sign the necessary
number hut hopes TO be able tc get
the number long before that date.
Harry G.. kaminer. president
of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association.
said Saturday that Col. Clarence
Cusfey Of Texas, formerly assistant
secretary Of. agriculture. DR.. Brad
ford Knapp, of arkansas, and
Clarence Poe Of North Carolina
would probably speak in the state
sC:ne time in January o. February
and other well known authorities
on cooperative marketing Of cotton
will also lie invited TO speak TO the
people OF the state.
Reports from Texas, Mr.. Kanai-
ner. said, tell OF the continued salts
faction Of the farmers of that
state with the results being obtain
ed through the Texas association
which is handling this years crop
IN that state.