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Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
WHEN YOU SLEEP

Jack Brifton, former welter
weight champion, offers $4,000
70 any one who can make hin
sleep normally. He's had insom.
MIA tor 4 year. Many pugilists
nave It only In the ring.
Its nervous trouble" says
Britton. 'Training for 20 years
has proved too much. While
y haven't any particular designs on
ygSfting the title back, figure /
acan still box a lot If I can get to
sleep. II / can't, I'll be forced to
quit
jack, why don't you try read.
ing the Congressional Record?
II YOU have ever tossed at night,
unable to down this nerve stab
bing life In deep slee, you SYM
pathize with Britton.
We spend third of our lives
M bed. 7 f
And the incalculable value of
is0nnd sleep is realized only by the
rhronic victim Of insomnia.
DO you find, on the average,
that your waking life is more de-
licious than the perfect calm of
A1eep? Considering the Joy with
which we close our eyes and rest
oor weary bodies and tired brains
at night. 1t is d triAe strange how
man breads the final sleep
daafh.
Sir Basil Thomson, former
Goad Of Scotland Yard detectives,
hos solved many mysteries Of
crlme. None of them was mil
nth as mysterious sleep.
E1apered had a theory, that ma
fore makes JUS sleep to prevent us
Nom killing ourselves by exhaus-
Nm.
The Coriet school of physicians
believes that sleep Is simply re-
l4xation Of all muscles, necessary
to rid our bodies Of poison accu-
mulated while awake.
a third theory, by. DR.. Boris
0fdis, Is that monotony is the
cause Of sleep. When life no long
~ Is interesting enough to keep
Is awake, We chloroform ourselves
Nth slumbef. II so, we sleep be-
c1nse our snbconscious minds get
bored at tits rather dull life on
earth.
II i one Of the most baffling
e1iEmas OF nature, Is sleep. Also,
one of the greatest forms Of real
>sc1ifht or fortune. Dollars and
{4zne lose Aeir lure when natural
<|eep & denied chronically.
wharf would you mot give tol
know what happens to Jour real
Ae'k Hhan slumber divorces you
ron tbe material woridi
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28

The new senator from Michi-
gan, James COhzens, ought to be
able to hold his job as long as he
wants 10 and there is every rea-
sOn why he got 1t In the first
place. Back 20 years ago he put
$1,000 and later 81, 800 in Henry
EOrd's company. He drew out
$2SO,00O In dividends and later
sold out Tor $780, ,25O,OOO. His
sister put I'm 500 and sold out
{pr $375, 900 after drawing about
10, 900 In dividends. There is
nne family well Axed.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
Did you know a
Hartford policy
insured the prop
erty of guests and
servants!

1t does, if it is properly
drawn and such a policy in
the Hartford Fire Insurance
Company will cost no more,
per hundred dollars, than one
carelessly drawn in an un-
known company.
1t is difficult to place a
money value on many things
in your home. They are gifts
that were given you years
ago, valuable silverware,
jewelry and other treasures
of varying value. But fire.
when it comes, has no res
pect for value. Everything
you own, including your
most cherished possessions,
may be damaged or wholly
destroyed. Check up the to-
tai value and insure here
today.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
SAY FORDSON WASN'T NEW
Julius Staatz Sues to Recover
$406.45

Suit against the Riggs Motor
Company and 4. w. Allison has
bene filed by Julius Staatz and
Mary Staatz. The plaintiffs ask
$496.45 which they allege Is due
them on n Fordson tractor which
they purchased from the defend
ant. They state In their petition
that they purchased the tractor ut
the price Of a new machine which
1t was represented to be but later
found that 1t was tractor Of an
older model which had been re-
built.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
Peter Verckler Dead

Peter verckler, father of L. A.
verckler and well known and
respected resident Of this city for
many years, died at Topeka We'd
nesday morning. The body will
be brought here for burial. Fun
eral notice later.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28

varre and Rev. Charles Shank and
wife Of Abilene.
The bride was the recipient OF
many beautiful and useful pres
ents. They left flor the west for
an extended visit with relatives.
The brides going.away costume
was a suit Of navy blue serge and
hat to match. The bride has lived
In Navarro all her life. She Is
very promising young lady. The
groom Is an ambitious and depend
able young farmer. They will be
at home to their friends after Jan
uary on the Stott farm east Of
Navarro. Their many friends ex-
tend best wishes for happy mar
ried life.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28

IIOfnlcf-StUU
Miss Mabel Pearl Homler
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w,
Homler Of Navarro and Mr.. Earl
Raymond StOtt of Navarro were
united In marriage at high noon
Wednesday, December 20, at the
home OF the brides parents, Rev.
c. A. Shank of Abilene officiating.
The ceremony was performed In
the presence Of few relatives.
In the afternoon the bride and
groom left for Wakeeney where
they will spend their honeymoon,
returning to January / to make
their home on a farm near Navarro.
The following were present at the
wedding: Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. HON.
Ter, Herington; Mr.. and Mrs. Abby
Sheets, Mrs. Stott and Miss Irene
Stott Of Navarro and Mrs. c. A.
Shank Of Abilene.
q A&
Arents. alters
Emma Marietta Arents, Of
Leonardville, and Edward Earl
Walters, of Manhattan, were mar
ried by Probate Judge Jessie f.
Beeghly.
Meyer-Iiigdon
A marriage license has been is
sued to Raymond Adrion Hidgon,
of Talmage, and Marguerite Ger
rude Meyer, Of Chapman. They
will be married in the near future
,y Father DAILY at Chapman.
Mr.. HigdOn is the son Of ]. B.
of the Citizens State bank
II Talmage.
on Christmas day there were
bout 40 relatives and friends
,athered at the home of Mr.. and
irs. Williams southeast of Carl
on for Christmas dinner and
rec. Those present were: Mr..
nd Mrs. Williams and family,
Irandma Medley, Harry Nichols,
Ir. and Mrs. Will Medley and
amily, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Med
" and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Iedley and family. Mr., and Mrs.
lbert Medley and family, Mr..
nd Mrs. Lafe Wyckoff and
aughter, Mrs. Whaley and
iughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
ethe and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
rank Haynes and family.
The d. M. G. club was delight
lily entertained at the ehOme Of
RS. Robert Baker Wednesday 4
ecember 20. Mrs. Lyons, Mrs.
sterson and Mrs. Miller were
tests. A delicious lunch was
rved by the hostess. The ladies
the club will entertain their
and children at an even
z party at the home of Mr.. and
RS. L. e. Brown, January 10.
A family reunion which will
lg be remembered by all those
asent was held at tn home of J. Z
Stewart, 222 N. q. Seventh st. 4
ristmas day. The relatives of y!
s city and out Of town turned b
; and the Stewart family was :
II represented in the first, Sec
and third generations, num- "
ing 46 in all. The house was II
Iutifully decorated in the pre- r.
ling Christmas colors and a
Intiful cafeteria dinner was ~
ved. This gathering was q 1T Fl
3 tribute to the father Of the n.
lily, Grandpa Stewart, who =
J the guest Of honor. Those ;.
sent were: ]. M. Stewart Of A..
lene, Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. Book
family of Salina, Mr.. and L.
!. ]. p. Stewart and family
Abilene, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. =
obs and family Of Abilene, Mr.. c..
Mrs. J. r. Stewart and fam !
Of Abilene, Mr.. and Mrs. W. 4
Stewart and family of BelOit, T.
and Mrs. T. Fl. Stewart and DR.
ghter of Abilene, Mr.. and Mrs. -.
lc Book and son Of Talmage, {
and Mrs. John Book Of Tai Sta
re, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Stewart
family of Talmage, Mr.. and Lo
. Roy Stewart and family of Ma
mage, Henry Meyer and
ghter Martha Of Talmage: Hq
- E..
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28

AoeA5 uCSAuCu W uoNC "
western Kansas, l will have a
public sale on the John Fraser
farm, l mile east and " mile
south of Talmage school; Z miles
north, l mile west of Abilene
Wednesday, Jan. 10
Beginning at 1000 a. m. sharp,
the following described property !:
20 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK
9 Head of Horses and Mules
Six head of horses, team Of
gray geldings, s and s years old,
weight 2S00 lbs; team mares,
8 and 13, weight 270O; bay geld
ing, coming years old; saddle
horse smooth mouth; Jenny mule,
coming 2 years old, pair Of Jack
mules coming 1 year old.
IL HEAD OF CATTLE
-Four good milk cows, T. b.
tested; 3 stock cows; steers and
2 heifers, coming yeaTlings; 4
fall calves.
~ HOGS-SPOTTED POLANDS|
IS bred sows; tried sows, q
gifts; all to farrow in March and
first of April. 81 head Of fall
shoats, weighing 80 to 100 lbs.
FARM MACHINERY
Q 1t. Mccormick binder, good
shape; corn binder; 2 Bradley
listers; riding cuItivator, walking
cultivator; Prov John Deere
weeder. disc; IL IT. harrow; 81
tooth cultivator; corn drill; 5 IT.
Deering mower; 10 It. John Deere
rake, new; 10 IT. hay sweep,
good; 2 w,gons; new iron wheel
wagon and rack; 2 sets OF work
harness; walking plow, IA inch.
MISCELLANEOUS
Hen house, 7x16, gasoline en-
gine; washing machine; grind
stone; block ard tackle; 40 IT.
rope; wire stretcher; forks; SHOW
els; mattock; scythe; hog troughs
2 scoop endgates; log chain chick
en- wire; hog wire; buggy pole.
Some white leghorn chickens ~ 9l
young guineas; maay other grti-
cles too numerous to mention.
TERMS-Al sums Of $40 and
under cash. Above SO, Q months
time at 10 per cent interest; ifI
paid when due only s per cent will |
be charged. No property removed |
until settled for.
Lunch by the Telmage ladies.
Free coffee. Bring tin cups.
A. G. HUCKSOLLl |
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
A. c. HUCKSOLL i

GEO. SNYDER and
3. W. sTEwkRT. AuctiOneers
]. B. HIGDON. Banker
JOHN MIDDLETON, Clerk
12-2sw2t&ds
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
Brown-AusherTrsan

Mrs. w. ii. AuSnerman on Christ
mas day at 1 O'Clock when Miss
Ruth Brown and their youngest
son, Reuben, were united in holy
matrimOny in the presence Of
thirty guests. To the strains
of the wedding march composed
and played by Miss Emma Aush-
erman. the bride and groom ac-
companied by Miss Esther Aush-
erman and Mr.. Harvey Longa-
necker, took their places under an
arch Of green intertwined with
flowers and Rev. Hovgard using
the beautiful ring ceremony pro-
nounced them husband and wife.
Little Lila Ausherman carried the
ring in the heart Of a pink rose.
The bride wore a dainty gown
Of white crepe meteor trimmed In
pearl bugle beads. The bride
maids gown was Of the same ma
terial and the flower girl wore a
little dress Of white Jap silk with
pink rosebuds. Immediately after
the ceremony a delicious three
course luncheon was served.
The beautiful gifts received
showed the love and respect In
which these young people are held
by their friends and all wish them
q long, happy, prosperous life to
eethef. They win live on his
farm ak miles west Of Tslmase.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
BILLS ALLOWED

First published in Abilene Weekly
Reflector December 2S, 1929
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
CHAS. w. CANS
INSU r OR
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PUBLIC SALE

Having decided to move to
western Kansas, l will have
public sale on the John Fraser
farm, mile east and " mile
south of Talmage school; z miles
north, / mile west Of Abilene
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
Arents-Walt

Emma Marietta Arents, OF
Leonardville, and Edward Earl
Walters, Of Manhattan, were mar
ried by Probate Judge Jessie r.
Beeghly.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-28
Mcyer-Higdon

A marriage license has been is
sued to Raymond Adrion HidgOn,
OF Talmage, and Marguerite Ger
trude Meyer, Of Chapman. They
will be married In the near future
by Father DAILY at Chapman.
Mr.. HigdOn is the son Of ]. B.
Higdon, of the Citizens State bank
Of Talmage.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Mr.. Smiths Job

A large number Of politician,
would be pleased to lure Alfred f.
Smith from too rigorous attention
to his Albany job by talking to him
about the Presidency. Among these
IL Charles Francis Murphy, who
thinks it would be a fine thing to be
known as President maker. Incl
dentally, If Mr.. Murphy could dis
tract the next Governors attention
from the state administration by
fixing it upon the White House Il
might be easier for Tammany to
get what it wants in the state
capital.
A governor with Presidential am
oltions- too often becomes a pla-
cater and promiser and a pleaser.
Consideration of little groups of in
fiuential politicians seems almost
necessary to the lining up Of dele
gates. The hand that stretches to
seize the rail Of the ship of state
must necessarily let go of the tiIler
OF the smaller craft. Mr.. Smith has
number of gigantic tasks to per-
form in the next two years and he
cannot perform them well and ablv
without hurting the feelings of a
number of persons who control
blocks of convention delegates.
He cannot leave ALBANY everv
month or two for speaking tours to
promote his Presidential candidacy
or devote the time required for q
settlement of the transit and Port
Authority problems to the problen,
OF forming Cabinet two years from
the fourth Of next March. He Is an
able and an experienced state ad-
ministrator and he will do far more
Tor himself, as we'll as for the state
II he declines to listen to the song
OF the political sirens.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
A Subway Incident

To the Editor of The Tribune, q,
Sir: One reads with sympathy
the death of mans wife IN ths I,
way through their being separate
having door slammed in her iass' ,,.
little incident that / witnesses s,
morning must have caused
woman's heart to ache, also, u
This woman, trudging suit case - =.
a package, was on downtown sessss sss
Avenue subway train. After isA',,. S.
the Ninety-sixth Street station srr !. a
quired of the guard how TO get = ID
Avenue. He shouted in a fierce s''Ss' rs
"Change at Seventy s'i -.
never telling her to change ior = a
town train, but slammed the COG. rss m
disappeared into his other eai .,s
woman was in utter anazefnshs i
probably would have continued 0sss lar
Brooklyn if hadn't gone . :.
rescue and told hes TO enaHs .os
Seventy-seeond Street for . ..ss..
Avenue train and exit at l4s1a 80,
where she wished to go. ..av
Such lack of courtesy q ass
guards is inexeusable. =
New York, Nov. IT. l922'
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Unifying the FOREIGN Service

Secretary Hughes has indorsed
the Rogers bill for the reorpaniza.
tlon of the diplomatic and consular
services. This bill provides. amonp
other things, for the INTERCHANGE,
ability OF men in the consular and
diplomatic services, for increased
pay and for retirement pensions
The purpose Is to unity the two
branches OF the foreign service
which heretofore have been ken,
apart, and at the same time to offer
TO men entering either branch the
inducement of career of recoen.-
tlon and distinction. AS at present
organized men in the consular serx.-
Ice can never hope to be more than
consul general, position often of
genuine Importance but not com
parable to the rank Of minister or
ambassador in distinction or In.
huence. Men in the Diplomatic
service can rarely hope to be retained
in the higher diplomatic posts on ac-
count of the present custom of an.
pointing chiefs Of mission lareelv
for political considerations. The
rev bill aims to make it easier
to promote men from both branches
to the highest post in either.
BY increasing the pay Of consular
and diplomatic representatives =
Will be possible TO induce men OF
limited means to enter the serv;ce
In this way the field for recruit;,.p
able men viii be widened.
This proposed reorganization has
met with the opposition of numerous
persons formerly connected with tbs
diplomatic service. They saw tbaI
the nature of the work of consulates
and embassies is SO different thar
1T is impractical to make the per-
sonnel interchangeable. The con-
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
The Reward of Patience

| F'ifty-foIr years Of the late Frank
Bacon's life were spent in obscurity
and comparative poverty. He died
q distinguished actor with reputa-
tion comparable in some respects to
that of Joseph Jefferson. Bacon.
through all his struggles with the
wolf, dreamed of fame, but he hardly
dared hope for 1t. He was one Of
the few men Of great talent who had
to be discovered"
The. play which afterward as
"Lightnin'" gave him the oppor-
tunity to shine upon the stage he
had carried about with him for
many years. Now and then he
would refer to it casually to man
ager. but on the first rebuff he would
slip it timidly back into his pocket.
Not until by the merest chance he
got part that fitted him in a New
York production did anybody inag-
inc that the shrinking, diffident actor
had in him the stuff that success is
made of.
1t was Winchell Smith who saw in
Bacon possibility, and John Col
den who was willing tu bank on
Smiths judgment. Smith got Bacon
to pull the old manuscript out Of his
pocket once more, and made of it the
play that has had the record run on
the American stage. Golden sup
piled the money to produce it. But
for these two men Frank Bacon
might have lived and died a char
acter actor, with no employment
save when part could be found that
suited his unusual personality.
Bacon's success, which was in
slant and tremendous, is an inspira-
ton to men who have waited SO long
for recognition that ambition is
crushed by disappointment. Cheer
ful and light hearted through all his
years Of poverty, the actor stuck to
his belief that some day his chance
might come. And the patient train
ing he gave himself in stock COM
panies and in small parts qualified
him to use 1t when it did come.
lie had only four years Of fame.
but he found in these four years an
ample reward for a life of one
night stands and tom Shows" and
unemployment. And that reward con-
sisted chiefly in the knowledge that
he was able to give pleasure to mil
hons OF people and to work this
miracle without ever altering in the
slightest particular his own whimsi-
cal personality.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
Ships and Common Sense

Under law inherited from
Democratic Administration the
United States is to-day spending
some Atty million dollars year to
save the shipping which the war
gave to America. The effort has
not succeeded, and cannot succeed,
because it is based upon the unsound
policy of government ownership.
What is the remedy that Presi-
dent Harding is expected to propose
to-day to Congress as substitute
for this waste and failure? 1t is,
roughly, to reduce the sum expended
from fifty millions to fifteen millions
the first year and sum increasing
thereafter, but not to exceed thirty
millions q year, and to expend this
sum where it will really save Ameri-
can shipping-that is, chiefly in
payments to lines sufficient to enable
them to compete on an equal footing
WIFI Foreign lines.
There is thus a large saving to
the American people in the proposal.
There is also a reasonable prob
ability that American shipping will
thereby be saved. What is the OBJ
lection to this common-sense reform
Of a badly muddied and wasteful
policy? The Tribune yet has to
hear any clearly reasoned criticism.
The chief enemies of American ship
ping seem to think it sufficient to
call the proposed measure subsidy
and count upon the name to damn it.
Perhaps they are right in thinking
that the American people can be
thus scared by name, but The
Tribune does not think so.
Such payments to lines as are pro-
posed are nothing else than form of
protection. The bill simply applies to
American shipping exactly the same
policy that through the tariff has
made America the great manufac-
turing nation that it is. The Trib-
une is confident that President Hard
ing can make the truth clear to the
American people and that Congress
will have the courage to act upon
the common sense of the situation
regardless Of names and tags and
looking solely to the welfare and
safety of the whole nation.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21

sufar service requires q thorough
knowledge OF trade conditions aud
of the mechanics OF international
business. The diplomatic service,
on the other hand, requires n full
knowledge of international politics
and international law and a good
background Of the history, customs
and traditions of foreign nations
1t does not follow that man
trained In the diplomatic service
viii make a good consul. But the
cases are rare in which men trained
for the diplomatic service would not
be more competent If they had sew
eral years of experience in the con-
sular service, Only too often are
our diplomatic secretaries lacking
in q knowledge of business and
trade and the realities and hard
knocks of international intercourse
There was q time when such knowl-
edge was not so important. But
nowadays, when to further or TO
protect the commerce of the nation
is one Of the principal functions of
the foreign service, it is necessary
that the representatives have practi-
cal as well as theoretical knowledge.
The amalgamation of the two serv-
ices, therefore, should be beneficial
to American interests abroad.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-21
A Warning to Clansrr,er

The visit of Governor Parker ne
Louisiana to the White House turns
out to have been clarifying con.
terence rather than call for helm
before such conditions as are now
Known to exist in his state the
errand could hardly have been
otherwise. The power of the Fed
eral government to interfere in the
domestic affairs of a state is sween-
ing when it is set in motion. The
occasions on which it functions are
carefully limited by the Constitution.
Ihe main grant of authority to
1he central government In such mat
ters is contained in Section 8 Of
Article Nv: "The United States sbaII
guarantee to every state In this
Union republican form of govern
ment, and shall protect each of them
against invasion and, on application
OF the Legislature or of the execu-
tive (when the Legislature cannot
be convened), against domestic vio-
lence." Now, the activities of The
ku-klux Klan may well result in
overturnlng the republican form of
government in Louisiana or anv
other state. There is no truIv ren-
resentatlve government if terrorism
rules a state in America anv more
than when it rules Bolshevist Russia.
6ut that condition has not yet been
reached in Louisiana. AS to the viz
lence which might justify the Legis-
lature or the Governor of Louisiana
IN demanding Federal protection
shere' too' the necessity of aid is
not yet deserted. There have been
isolated attacks. 1t has vet To an
pear that state machinery has been
overwhelmed.
But the visit Of Governor Parker
may have important results none the
less. In so far as the acts of
violence were the result of nation.
wide activities the Federal author;-
ties were already concerned. More.
over, President Harding made IL
clear that the Federal government
stood ready to bring the full power
OF the United States to bear as soon
as the State of Louisiana demanded
aid. Here is definite WARNING to
the Ku-Klux Klan that it's leaders
VIII Go well to heed. There are nm.
doubted evils in American life
There is nothing sufficiently GRAVE
to justify that reyolutionary sn;rit |
OF which the Klan is unnistakablv |
an expression.
The United States needs NO d;ract |
action by red-lagged Bolshevists d, |
oiack-shirted Fascist or white rotes
ciansmen. Excellence of motives
has nothing to do with the COCO
Inc government of the United
states cannot endure IL 1t /. To ha
oefled by the threats Of violence of |
any organization. That it will NOT