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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-09
hiins Sufficient to Judge
|he Sentiment of the
Country
d. ?. LEADERS LOSE
! Word From Harding
on Result of the
Landslide

New York, Nov. 9.-Returns
FVm an but three congressional
arirts where the results are
Fill undetermined at noon today
ReW 22l republicans, 205 demo-
Fats, one socialist, one independ-
ht and one farm labor repre-
Fhatiye elected TO the new
puse.
The latest figures show that
e next senate will have 50 re-
Fbicans, Al democrats and one
fm.labOrite, with the results in
% senatorial contests, one in
ashingtOn and one in North
aEOta still undecided.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-09

London, Nov. 9-London morning
newspapers failed to receive their
usual quotas of news from Constan-
tinople today. because of the cutting
of the Eastern Telegraph Compa-
ny's cable On the Kemalist side of
the Chanak zone by the Turks and
their refusal to permit the compa-
ny to repair it. so far as was
known here this morning, no overt
or hostile act has yet been taken at
Constantinople either by the allies
or the Kemalists, but the situation
is known to be extremely tense.
The Daily Express carries a re-
port that Earl Beatty, first sea lord
of the admiralty has been summoned
home from the continent because OF
the seriousness of the crisis In the
near east. This report, however,
has not been confirmed.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-09
ENLISTMENT HEADQUARTERS

Enlistment headquarters for A.
Company, Florida national guards
have been established in the Law
Exchange building where all who
wish to enlist in the engineering
company which is being formed in
Palatka will be given full informa-
ton. Any citizen from Is to as
years of age IS eligible for enlist
ment.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-09
TILGHMAN A DELEGATE TO
LEAGUE AGAINST ALCOHOL

w. G.. Tilghman has received in
formation that he has been named
delegate from Florida to the World
League Against Alcoholism which
will meet at Toronto, Canada, from
November "a 10 20. He has not yet
decided whether or not he will go.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-09

FEW York, Nov, 9.-Continued re-
fsn control of congress, but with
fnate majority cut in two and a
majority of 100 slashed to a
handful, appeared today as the
fe'uIt Of last Tuesdays congress
elections with returns almost
Pete' Tight races in the few un-
III districts not affecting the
"a result and delays in count
however, threatened to postpone
nnal figures until tomorrow.
general picture of Tuesdays
Of ballots was virtually fin
early this morning when belat-
'0A'ana returns sent the repub-
UVer the top in the house con-
h'eetlon of R. Scott Leavitt, re-
san IN Montana, gave the re-
'aaS the 2lS votes necessary to
ue next house, but even
republican tidings were cou-
WITH news of defeat of Repre-
Ne Mccormick, republican,
] r'' n = Oy his democratic opponent,
Standing Early Today.
seven congressional districts
n SIa'es-Kansas, North Da-
@Snlngton and West Virginia
n n'l'epOrted at Z o'clock today.
Y IN the next house stood: Re-
'4s EzO' democrats 2O5, social
H'ef-labOr M l, and independ-
ius republican margin prom
H., V increased slightly in the
s contests. In the returns
.n,l', lS'e'enty-Six places now held
''ans had been captured
Slnpla 49,.
'atic loss. ''''''e
W., Ie'urns did not add to the
WV cut in the senate repub-
I'M; 'i'y sustained in the ear
!, au'es. They brought word,
D,t. u the definite reelection
Nlng, democrat, of Utah.
D,ta, s'' Bamberger, republican;
", Jones, democrat, of New
S slp another democratic vic
|, u'sna where Burton X.
"aS elected over Carl w.
mr. ,'spuOlican, t osueeeed Sen.
- MS democrat. Only two
bt. q tp,''ests remained greatly
fo,na,y sy are in Washington,
lat ,sr Representative Dill,
r,,,,t,. Was Leading Senator Poin-
she,a ,ican' !, and in North Da-
oc. 'Ae democratic candidate,
b - onn0r' was with a waning
aos d. more rural returns came
"rmer Governor Lynn j.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-09
Three Bus Lines
Merge for Travel
:, to Three Cities

Announcement is made of the mer-
ger of three passenger bus lines that
have been operating out of Palatka
recently, one of them for many
years. The Miller REQ Bus Line,
Palatka to st. Augustine, the w. A.
Goethe New Star bus line, operat-
ing to Gainesville and the C. P. Pill
lans REQ Bus line from Palatka tC
Ocala are the firms concerned il
the deal Schedules will be founs
on another page. e -
Central offices for the ccu
will be located between t5s
and Martin hotels, and
are so arranged that )
tons can be made by&
who wish to patrOnii s.
nection is also madS -
tine with Jacksons
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-09

l shall not allow anyone to be
idle who lives at my expense,
though he has come from far
Homer.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19
MR.. WILSON'S JUDGMENT

Whether YOU be REPUBLICAN,. democrat OF
mugwanp. YOU probably noticed the statement
from Washington to the effect that MIR. Wilson
declined to comment on the work OF his successor
in the white house
In this instance Mr. Wilson displays, wisdom
and good senSc-as usual
He made mistakes while III Office. as all other
presidents have made theirs, and Mr. Harding
will make his.
We are all human enough to err in judgment
but one OF the greatest OF all iolles to stand alooi
and cri,icisc the one who succeeds us in Office
T., is not an American trait and particularly /,
is not Wsonian
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19
THE CHOICE IS YOURS

Their some people who 50 through lie with
q smooth serenity that is seldom ruiilcd. 1t is not
because they do not trouble 10 70 deeply into al
fairs and conditions around them. They do no harm
III the world, and sometimes exert themselves To
the extent OF doing 4 little good. We like them
There is another class aud they are III the ma
loriy who are not aNcrsc to speaking their minds.
Generally they are lair students OF men and condl-
tions, dig down alter facts. make up their minds al
ter careful analysis, and then stand by their con
Nlcuons lhey give praise where II IS due. but
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19

do not hesitate TO censsurc when it becomes neces-
sary They are the constructive citizens OF this
country.
kickers-the chronic ones--and their happiest mo-
ments are when they arc kicking at something, or
somcbody-or both. They come into the world
kicking go through life with kick and kick like
the devil because they have to shuttle of They
are destructive to society. but more destructive to
themselves.
The choice is yours.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19
GLYNN IN FILM
famous Novelist Seen in De
Miles The AiFairs Of Anatol"

Every rcder oil novels knows
Nine. lllinor Glynn. author OF
Three Weeks" and other novels
OF international lame. She wrote
the story OF The Great Mo
ment,' in which Gloria Swanson
stars and during the filming OF
Cecil B. DeAIille's Paramount
production Of The Affairs OF
.Anator which viii be shown at
the Amuzu Theatre tomorrow
Mine. Giyn was induced to per-
nit herself to be screened with
others in society scene OF which
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19
STONEGA NEWS

Mrs. Nellie LAWN and Miss Ma
ry Paige, OF this place, nd AIr.and
Mrs. II. B. Felts and son, Her
man, OF Big Stone Gap, motored
to keokee Sunday and spent the
day with homefolks.
Miss Mae Tilley spent Satur-
day and Sunday with her parents
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19
AMERICAS POET LAUREATE

America has poet laureate. John G. Nci-
hardt John G. made national reputation as
singer OF words but having lived in Nebraska most
OF his liic-athough born in lnois-'hc egisla-
,urc OF Nebraska only recently declared him the
states poet laureate by official resolution.
This new star in our bright iirmamcnt OF nation
al genius is praises bc--not one 9th { blank verse
tribe that sqneaking and shriekng its way
through our present history Read this verse from
Nchardi poem Battle Cry
More than half beaten, but fearless.
Facing the and the night;
Breathless and Keeling. but fearless
Here in the hull OF the fight,
would bow not but before Thee,
God OF the lighting clan,
Lifting my fists limplore Thee
Give me the heart of n man.
y vivid picture strong sense tina, thrills the very
soul. q mighty ltaycr-a in eight lines, less
than fifty words. Compare that with the cheap
drvel OF the blank verse bolshcyiks who are trying
to dump our love 81 poetry among the sewage.
Neihard is forty aud conner lie is the product
Of the small town Sharpsbug. III. and Bancroft
Ncb He will do greater and greater work and
our best wish him is that he shun the prccinis d
the big city and all that means to the literary
genius.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19
THE DIFFERENCE

In all due courtesy We are inclined % liken a
school teacher hen with large brood of
little chicks.
The hen is always mothering them, protecting
them from harm and training them in the way
they should go
Ne all admire good hen mother. and are
loaih to part with her
4 conscientious school teacher is much like the
hen She mothers her little flock, keeps Jealous
eve upon each individual member trains it in The
WAYS OF truth, and honor and intelligence, and
education and LAYS the foundation upon which,
lis future success depends
But we are not always mindful OF the welfare
OF the teacher OF the hen.
That's the difference
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19
Dangerous Confusion

likely for this reason TO create
harmful confusion in the public
mind.
To say that peach trees are
blooming vigorously IS not 10
answer prediction OF short
crops in cotton or tobacco.
Nevertheless when peach bios
SONS are reduced to formidable
tabulations and cotton and to-
bacco' to dollar signs, decimal
points and percentages,the aver
age man is rather likely to eX-
periencc some difficulty in place
ing his finger on the discrepancy.
Most OF us are just little over
awed by elaborate mathematical
calculations, and when our math
ematical experts fall into seeming
disagreement our impulse is to
make gesture OF helplesness
and forget it,.
1t is highly important that
there should be no such loss OF
interest in this case. When the
State Highway Department and
the Virginia Good Roads Asso-
citation mention $4,000, or APP
proxiinatcly that sum. and the
State Auditor insists upon S l2
OO0,0O0. the apparently contend
ing calculaiors are not contend
ing at all moi answering each
| other al nj ihev are SimnlV talk
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19

at Dorchester, Va.
The Easter program given By
me Sunday school, under the
management OF Miss PENN
" oodward, was very successful.
Miss Bertha TiIler, one OF the
teachers OF this place, spent l;as
yer with honeiolks al Graham.
Mis- Margaret Carrier. who is
attending school at Corbin. Ky,
spent the Easter HOLIDAYS with
her mother at the Stonega hotel
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19

1t may be true that the long skirt has arrived
nounccd.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1922-04-19

he government explains that
me bird on the new peace dollar
IS an eagle. We are hankering
10 make its acquaintance.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
HARDING SAYS
j. s. HOSPITALS
MUST Be BUILT
Notifies Veterans Bureau
That Disabled Soldiers Must
Have Proper Care.
BY Universal Service.

President Harding has ordered
the Veterans Bureau TO expedite
plans to care for disabled soldiers
in Government owned hospitals.
Col. A. A. Sprague, OF Chicago,
head of the disqualification commit.
tee OF the American Legion: DIR. w.
F.. Lorenz, OF Madison. Wis. and
DIR. T. w. Salmon. OF New York,
experts on shell shock. held a long
conference with the President yes.
terday.
They registered formal complaint
against the practice of committing
shell-shocked veterans to private in.
stitutions. They told the President
that the men could get proper
treatment only in hospitals operated
for this special type OF Disability
Col. c. r. Forbes. director of the
Veterans Bureau, was called into
the conference.
Colonel Forbes told the President
the reason the veterans are being
cared for in private institutions Is
that there is not enough room IN
Government owned institutions. He
assured the President that the hos.
pital construction plan. already pro-
vided for by Congress, would be
rushed to completion.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
DEATHS ON RAILROADS
INCREASED SINCE APRIL

Deaths through railroad accidents
in the United States increased S.3 per
cent during April, May. and June
as compared with the corresponding
period of last year, according to
figures made public today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The number of persons injured in
creased As per cent in these months
over the figures for last years period.
Non-train fatalities during the
three months period increased -
per cent, and the number of injured
increased 2l.5 per cent. The number
killed was 1873 as against 1,26S last
year, and the number injured was
9, ,936 compared with 9,511 in the same
period a year ago.
Grade crossing accidents killed 400
persons during April. May, and June,
an increase of 2O.S per cent over the
figures for last year, while 1,262
persons were injured. an increase of
24.2 over the corresponding period of
last year.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28

he wasn't so lame on lingo. Some.
slow to speak up, have untangIed
more thrilling installments In their
time without any fuss and fluster
than half these flOurishing folks
with the gift Of CAB that can make
very little sound like a whole lot,
and whose enthusiasm Is Just ex.
aggeratiOn.
FICTION ALWAYS NEARBY.
II we all had the brain eyes OF a
Hardy or an o. Henry we wouldn't
have to look for our heroes and
heroines I'm leather bindings, we'd
discover they are living next door
and across the street.
Wed know that adventure Is not
the special companion Of a mighty
Caliph who darts about his do
mains In disguise, but Is merely a
matter Of being able to appreciate
what happens around us.
II We could read people chapter
by chapter. as we do books, we'd
get no end OF inspiration from
every plot, whether IL be a prince
In his palace or a butcher boy on
his bicycle.
All they show on the stage or
screen or I'm play or poem Is bits
Of life.
The love interest there Is no
more beautiful and appealing than
the real thing that we pay no at
'entiOn to because Sarah lives
IrOund the corner and her ardent
Young swain Is just Herbie to Us.
DIFFERENT IN REAL LIFE.
We weep. and praise the picture
hero who kisses his aged mothers
wrinkied hands for a large salary
and are too slow to applaud the
young man m real life who denies
himself to support dependent
parent.
Silence has sealed many great.
er sacrifices, devOtiOns, lOyalties
and integrities than we dream >of,
and many unassuming humble
folks are richer I'm real experience
than those who pretend parts.
Every once In while some shah.
by, littIe-known person checks out
and the world suddenly becomes
aware that they were once a big
figure In their way.
Other times the world acclaims
q great soul and his humble origin
Is revealed.
The most fascinating "stories"
in the world are the biographies
of people who have achieved.
But no life Is 50 drab but that
IL has interesting high lights.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
Tourists Yarns Differ
On Iceberg Seen
In Midocean

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-Tales
Of a phantom iceberg, which
agreed in only the most super
ficial details, were told by many
Of the 800 passengers Of the
Caronia when the steamship
, docked from Cherbourg and
Southampton.
The optical illusion. for all
agreed that in the last analysis 1t
was such, first was observed some
five miles ahead of the steamer
last Saturday. Many of the pas
sengers were emphatic in stating
that they would never forget the
sight: A towering mass OF NOV
ing whiteness with jagged peaks
which caught and reflected the
sun in a thousand facets.
There was perfect agreement
among the passengers that the
iceberg" was 100 feet in height
and faded away into nothingness
as the Caronia steamed westward.
But no one agreed as to the exact
hour of the appearance of the
phenomenon. Some said II was
noon, others mid-afternoon, and
still others that it was in the
glory Of an ocean sunset.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
DIRIGIBlE C-2 LANDS
AT SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2S.-Th"
giant United States army dirigible
CO, which recently completed a
transcontinental flight. arrived at
Criss Field here yesterday.
The airship left Ross Field, near
Los Angeles, at l a. M, and cruised
up the coast line to Monterey bay.
striking across country from here to
San Francisco.
A squadron Of planes from Crissy
Field went down the peninsula 10
meet and escort the big gas bag to
her landing field.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
O, Henry's Merely Frill Up Facts, Says
Fay King.

n flOwery flow Of words. It's the
razzle dazzle they've got on the
dictionary that turns reality into
romance.
The life battles and career 0f
any bimbO who ever buttered his
daily bread wrong side up or right
side down could spill enough snap
stuff to start a pretty good plot
rolling off a typewriter himself IL
The Washington times., 1922-09-28

ceiving one OF the most bountiful
floodings in years. -
The lake. at the present rate. will
be dry within another month. but
the waters therefrom, pouring
through purposely cut dI.ches in
the levees almost as rapidt| as the
flood waters last spring poured into
IL, have already assured another
bumper crop by getting the land
ready for the fall planting.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
LOOSE LAKE TO OBTAIN
BUMPER CROP OF GRAIN

VISALIA, Cal. Sept. 2S.-Having
frightened the grain men last spring
and summer almost into fits. when
II overflowed it's banks and flooded
some grain land. TuIare Lake is
being turned purposely upon these
same lands. which are thus re.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
Smothers in Salt Pile.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. Sept. 2s.-
Martin Plateness, sixty.five years
old, packing company enploye, was
suffocated by salt when a high pile
which hs was shoveling collapsed
and buried him. T'.- N'.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
OBERAMMERGAU MAY
GET INTO THE MOVIES

OBERAMMERGAU, Germany,
Sept. 2S.-This community Is said
to be considering an offer Of
81 900 900 from American movie in
terests for the motion picture rights
of the Passion Play.
The villagers have taken up the
matter on account of the heavy
costs cntailed in staging the pro
duCtion this wear.
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
BY FAY KING.

AnybOdy's life would make .
good yarn II not a best seller.
Fact always has had an edge on
fiction.
The guys that mill out that ma
terial that runs into ten or twelve
editions get their best dope from
the tattle OF the dailies, and all
they do Is frill the facts up with
The Washington times., 1922-09-28

leather to relieve this drain on their energy How
much of it do they really stop?
1t depends on the heel
The famous rubber compound which goes into
every O'Sullivan Heel was perfected by group
of the worlds best rubber experts. Within few
years it has changed the habits of millions of
people-enabled them to save energy, instead of
pounding it away daily on hard pavements.
Look at your heels!
Like all good things, O'Sullivan's Heels have
been widely initiated.
Are yours O'Sulivan's?
If they're not, ask your repairman for O'Sulli-
vans next tme-dnd notice the difference!
O'Sullivan's usually cost you no more than
ordinary rubber heels. But see how much freer
you are from tiredness and strain at the end of
each Gay!
You'll understand then why millions of men
and women today don't just "wear rubber heels''
they insist on O'Sulli,an;s
The Washington times., 1922-09-28
Down the curve toward exhaustion
How far do you travel every day?

Above-drawn very simpy-is what science calls
the average mans "energy curve"
At its highest each morning when you're fresh
then your energy begins to fall. How far do
you travel down each day toward exhaustion?
Till about noon you 60 slowly. Then comes
sharp drop. You're firing quickly. And by night
Have you enough energy left to enjoy your
hours of recreation? Or are you too tired for
anything but sleep?
Most people don't realize that they start out
every day with certain limited amount of en-
ergy-and no more. Every unnecessary waste means
just much less for the things that really count
1t makes no difference what your job is-your
work and your play both suffer.
Standing and walking on hard heels-this is
one of the most useless ways of using up you-
energy.
Most people think they've stopped
this 7Udste
out Of 10 people wear rubber heels instead Of
Mountain advocate., 1922-06-09
BIMBLE NEWS

Here comes the news OF Blmble
Everything is moving of nicely here
with good crops and these rains are
making the potatoes look fne.-Mrs
Sarah Kelly is still on the sick list
Miss Lula Payne has been visit
ing her brother Chester In Barbour
ville.-Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ridnour, Of
Wallins Creek, visited the latter's
mother Saturday and Sunday
Mrs. Mack Hammons and children
are visiting their grandma, Mrs.
Yeager.-Mrs. Dave Yeager is on the
sick list.--V. A. Jordan brought In a
new car last week and every one
feels sure of good roads.-Sawyer
Mills and Harrison Payne have
bought a nice home from Lee Gray.
Eggs are zoe and friers are 4Oc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dell Martin visited
Mrs. Gambrel Sunday.
Mountain advocate., 1922-06-09
NATIONAL SCOUT COUNCIL

The national council Of the Boy
Scouts Of America held its twelfth an
nual meeting at Chicago March 20
and 30. At this gathering we're as
sembled the national leaders OF scout
ing from all over the country 10 hear
the reports Of the past years work
and formulate plans and policies for
the year to come. Every state in the
Union was represented at this as
semblage which is the big event Of the
year for the organization. The re-
port OF the chief scout executive was
particularly interesting In that II
summed up the outstanding events Of
the biggest year In the history Of the
movement. biggest not only In num-
bers but In remarkable progress and
achievement National Scout Com
missioner Daniel Carter Beard re
ported for the National Court Of Hon
o.; II which he Is chairman. telling
something OF the heroic work done
by scouts In lIfe-saving. Other strik-
iagly interesting reports were those
OF L. l. Mcdonald, director OF the
department Of camping. and LOrne W.
Barclay. director Of the department Of
education. which Is specifically charged
with the development OF helpful re-
lAtionship between scouting and
churches and schools. a work which
has made great strides during the past
year.
Resolutions were adopted during the
sessions conveying greetings to scouts
Of other nations and expressing ap-
probation OF the generous co-opera-
ton Of the American Legion. Rotary.
Kwanis and other national organi-
Zations In promoting scouting.
Resolutions OF appreciation were al
So passed In recognition Of the spien-
did gratuitous service Of scoutmasters
and other volunteer leaders and Of the
faithful work done by the heads Of
departments and others at the nation
al council headquarters In New York
city.
Letters and teIegrams OF congratu-
lauon and greeting were received
from President Harding, from cabinet
members and from governors Of
large number Of states as well as
from Rotary and Kwanis clubs, the
National Catholic Welfare council. the
Federal council OF Churches and other
organizations. These messages were
read at the Twelfth Birthday Din
ner- at which Walter ". Head Of
Omaha was toastmaster and music
was furnished by a Boy Scout or
chestra of Chicago.