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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-09
TAX RATES FOR
1921 INCREASE
81 CENTS HERE
County and State Figures Jump
Moline and East Moline to
Pay More.

Tax rates for 1921, announced to-
day by County Clerk Henry BNHub-
bard. show increases for Rock Is
land. Moline and East Moline.
Rock Island will pay 1914 on
500 assessed value, an increase of
"a cents.
Moline viii pay H.71. an increase
of $131.
East Moline will pay 1914. an In
crease of 81 cents.
That portion OF the city OF Rock
Island in South Rock Island town
ship viii pay $7.21, an increase OF
60 cents.
The state tax OF As cents In an
increase of cents. The county
rate OF e5 cents includes so cents
general administration, Is cents for
state aid road and 20 cents for tu-
berculosis sanitarium.
Moline's increase is accounted for
principally by higher school rates,
voted by the people, while Rock
Islands is largely due to the. in
creased county rate. This is true
also of East Moline, although an in
crease of As cents for school pur-
poses is shown. The 81 school tax
authorized by the people of Rock
Island will not figure in the tax
rates until 1922 rates are prepared.
Some Decreases.
In addition to increase in county
and state taxes. Rock Islands rates
are raised 4 cents for municipal
purposes, cents for education, de-
creased 2 gents for town and de-
creased cents for street and bridge
purposes.
Moline's school increase is II
cents and the municipal rate is Is
cents higher. Street and bridge is
4 cents less, while the town rate is
j cent higher.
East Moline will pay As cents
more for education, 6 cents for mu-
nicipal and cents for the town
ship high school, but will pay
cents less for street and bridge
purposes.
The highest tax rate in the county
IS $3.50, against that portion of
the city of East Moline in Hampton
township.
The itemized rates for the three
cities follows:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
To CLOSE
WAREHOUSES;
CooleeratiYes to Wind Up
Season Next Friday

Darlington, Oct. 3G.-The co-or-
erative tobaeco warehouses an-5
nounce that after most success.
full season they will close for this
year o., Friday. November 5. a
steady stream OF tobacco has pour
ed in daily, and the results have
greatly surpassed all expectations,
Il is stated.
The marketing was done under,
entirely changed conditions. and
these had to be what is known as
'+radical.s The most conservative
member OF the producers assecia-
ton will probably eheerfally adj
nit that the more radical the
changes. the greater the depar-s
ture from oia-tin,e methods of:
selling the crop, the better for the
tobacco growers.
1t is scarcely possible for q
business OF such magnitude to an
dergo such complete changes with
SO little friction, and with such
Overwhelming measure Of satisfae-
tion. it is stated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04

commercial opportunity for all ma
tions is recognized at the outset.
The United States has no inten-
ton of seeking for itself or its ma
tionals position of special privl-
lege but it desires to protect its
rights and to assure the open door.
Finally it wishes to afford protec-
ton to its citizens who wish to con-
tinue the Humanitarian work which
has been carried on for generations
in the Near East and is rendered
more essential than ever by the
present conditions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
Nothing tickles a stay-at-home
more than seeing tourists broke.

without which the Democratic
party would not function, and he
says: There are doubtless Unequal
tiles and determinations in the
law recently enacted-to think 9th
erwise would be to assume hu-
man infallibility-but we have come
as Southerners. the representa-
,ives OF industry in loyal and
tremendously important section OF
our common country. to say TO you
that in our judgment the Fordney-
Mccumber tariff measure is as a
whole just measure and capable
of promoting thrift throughout the
land and the contentment and hap
piness of our people everywhere. ;
He adds that when the emergency
tariff act was passed under the
present administration the provis-
ions of that law put their indus
tries upon their feet in the sense
that they were able to survive. and
in the passage Of the final ac. the
door of hope has been opened for
which these leading Democrats eS-
pressed their grateful acknowledge
ment to the president and the con-
greSS.
The most important point. how
ever. rs l view it, not beirS an eN-
pert in tariff subjects, is that pro-
vision has been made for needed
elasticity so that without the de-
lays and uncertainties inciden. to a
new tariff measure an expert body
constantly giving the most intelli-
gent attention to the problems can
advise the president of changes IN
conditions and by appropriate eS.
ecutive action these can appro-
priately be met by changes in
rates.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
TOURIST DIES
IN COLUMBIA
Michigan Man Was Victim of
Grade Crossing

Columbia. Oct. 31.-The re-
mains of Henry F. Kluttz, Benton
Harbor, Mich. tourist, who died
from injuries received in collis-
ion between his automobile and a
train on the Columbia-Augusta line
of the Southern Railway Saturday
morning. near Monetta, in Saiuda
county, We're shipped back to
Michigan from here today. Mr..
Kluttz died in a Columbia hospital.
after an operation had been per-
formed. His skull was fractured.
Several members of the Kiutz fam
lily suffered bruises. The family
was travelling from Florida, where
they had been for several weeks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
Hursey Bull ding
Destroyed By Fire
Business Section of Florence
is Endangered .s

Florence, Oct. 3o-The business
section Of Florence was endanger-
ed when the third hoor Of the
Hurser building was burned out
and The two floors below flooded
with water at an early hour chs.
corning. Luke Rect who con-
!. ccts a dancing studio On the
,-.-rd floor and sleeps in the rear
soi the halt told fsreraen he barely
{ escaped By jumping from the
window onto, a roof below. The
ire is said to have been caused by
IT, explosion OF an oil stove The:
building is owned by S. Goodste5n.
His losses, as well as those OF the
other occupants Of the building are
covered Insurance,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
AMERICAN
COTTON IN
WORLD TRADE
Continued Supremacy
in Markets Depends
Upon High Quality
and Low Price

w VII oV.-SoEllIuSu
supremacy Of American cotton in
world trade is dependent upon the
production of cotton of high quail
ity at relatively low cost, according
20 the United States department OF
agriculture in its 1921 year book
just published
Production of high quality can b.
continued or restored through the.
adoption of proved varieties. an6
the establishment Of a single varie-i
ty in communities where superior
varieties of cotton can be KEEP:
pure, it is said. The custom among
growers Of planting many differe.
varieties in the same locality. the
practice of using ordinary "gin
run seed for planting and the
popular idea that cotton varietie.
run out" are also touched upon:
The fact, is the writers assert, that
many times locally selected seed
of good varieties has proved bette.
than the new stock and that som.
Of the best known varieties have
been grown continuously in ths
same districts for many years witL
no indication of running OUT a.:
long as isolation. selection anG
clean ginning were maintained.
Concerning the boil weevil, it
said that a profitable crop of cot
ton may be raised by adopting
certain measures which will con-
troll the pest under ordinary cir
crmstances. The use Of calcium
arsena.e in dry dust form, which
has proved fairly successful. is rec
commended. Other protective meas
ures are the fall destruction of the
cotton plants, either by burning
or by ploWing under. the use o;
early maturing varieties of cotton
planting early. in the spring to get
the crop well along before The
weeyils have become numerous
enough to be. destructive.
Regarding cost of production the
department says that the gTowei
who knows his own actual cost OF
production and has average stand
ard figures. to compare with his
own is in a fair way to stop small
leaks in his expenses and to rein.
force those features Of his practice
lin which he has an advantage i,
planning cropping systems, farmer
are urged not only to provide &c
sufficient acreage Of corn, sr.ai
grains, hay and other feed crop;
to feed pigs, chickens, the fas....
stock, and the family COWS, va.
also to build up and maintain soil
fertilizer to get the best return:
from the LAID used and the capi-
.aI and labor expended.
The article is the most COM
plete economic discussion Of the
cotton crop ever attempted by the
department of agriculture. 1t has
been prepared by a group of the
nations leading agronomists and
agricultural economists connected
with the department..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
CATHOLICS AND
MEMBERS OF
KHAN FLAYED
Says Both A T e to
Blame for Religious
) Bigotry and Com
munity Hatred in
Kansas Town

q Great Bend, Kansas, Oct. 81
governor Henry J. Allen, of Kan
ssEas in an election campaign ad-
dress continued his attacks on the
sKu Klux Klan here last night with
81 plea of tranquility and tolerance
8o that the state might be spared
athe. horrors. Of a civil war"
q His speech was a scathing de-
nuncia.ion of religious bigotry and
community hatred, and denounced
certain types of Catholics and
memhers OF the Klan in the same
breath.
You are both to blame he as
4erted. You Catholics who go out
and say 4 don't vote for a man
i kho is not a Catholic am going
TO pu. my political activity behind
hy religion.
Il you ought to be ashamed of
Yourselves. And you men who join
this Klan and say there is an or
der which exists for the preserva-
f4on of white supremacy and to
save us from the Catholic church
fYou ought to be ashamed, honest
,.ly. you ought to be ashamed .
lG 81 appear here in this beautiful
town, which is the best exhibition
Of the courage of Americans that
you could find anywhere, and I
lin Omen hating one another, this
man being hated because he is a
iCatholic and that man because he
is ciansman, and -FOUR commune
ity is torn with the things our
fathers gave their lives to get rid
iof SO religious bigotry, togeth-
.er with the quarrels about religious
activities.
Now as u fellow American hav-
ing the same impulses that you
have, am opposed to the Klan be-
cause it suggests terrorism and
outlawry. I am not against your
organization because you do not
like the Catholic Church
He explained that he did not like
the Klan's attitude toward some
I scormur1.y questions, nor che man.
'.ner IN which its activities were
said to be carried out. 1t was net
la personal matter, he said. I am
not a Catholic. i m a Methodist 2
he said. .....el53 .ss.-,.
/. After drawing a comparison be-
tween conditions in; Kansas and
Ireland and telling OF. requests his
office has received from men that
they be allowed to arm themselves,
s"because they were frightened ~. ~.
governor asked, do. you want
turned loose in this state the hor-
; rors OF civil war?'
God forbid such war. And
yet what can you suggest to the
negroes Of the s.ate. in some COM
munities Of which there are thou
sands, when the old Ku Klux Klan
that terrified them fifty years ago
! is again riding at night? Can you
expect them not to protect them
selves?
; ..Irelar1 is fighting over a quar-
rel that is 800 years old. but We
curbed it in America when we
wrote into the constitution thas all
men should have the right to wor-
ship God according to their own
ideas.
You Catholics should quit say
ing no man may hold Office by
! your suffrage until he is a Cath
Ole. It isn't worthy Of you. It
isn't worthy Of an American or the
American history. Let's get on the
basis of honor, love and decency."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04

Cleveland, Oct. 31-The identi-
fcation Of the mud-crusted re-
volver found last night at the
marshy grave, near Plainsville. in
which the mutiliated body Of Mrs.
Hazel Burns was found recently, as
the gun owned by Burns. was made
from photography by Mrs. Michael
DaMato, friend of the dead wo-
man, and the finding Of a blood
stained raincoat near the scene
were the developments in the mur-
der mystery today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
SIBERIAN
RAILROAD
CHANGES HANDS
Foreign Represents
tive, Relinquish the
Control to Old Di-.
rectors When A Allied
Governments With
draw

Washington. Oct. ss0.-With-
drawal of allied troops from sIherse
has been followed by reliaauished
control of the Chinese Eas.ern
railway on the. part Of the Amer
lean. British, French. Italian ant
japanese governments tilro1gh
.he:r representatives on the. inter
allied committee at yladIvestois
and the .echnieal board at Harbin.
Each OF the five governments IL
vas, announced today at the state
department, mas instructed its rep
resentatives on the two connTis
sions to conclude their affairs and
Immediately terminate further ac
sivities, leaving future manage
rent of the railway in tire hands
II its board of directors.
It was recalled IN connection
nth the announcement that .con
liberation had been given the GhI-
,ese Eastern raiissway Question dHr-
ng the Washing ION conference Ind
1t that time suggestions had been
.ade to the Chinese goNernfnenf
hat it would be- advisable for IL 10
avite the continued cooperation ot
The five nations in maintaining and
opera ling the railway rs "a tr.:st.
ending the reestabiish shment OF;
recognized government III Russia
and a final disposition of the rail-
ways affairs Failure OF the Chi
,ese government to extend: the ms
itation IN accordance with there
;nggest:ons 1T was indicated OFT.
:..ally. had been followed hy theas
Led action as announced today:
Formal nc: :ifieaIion Of ffhe de
s.ision of Ihis country to rsanquish
i olfrol of the railway m company
9th the four other governnseTs
vas contained IN a note made pub
I lie BY the state sdspar.naent and
| sabled by Inia.syer Schur man sor
fTleliNery to the Chinese foreign ot4
ice at Peking: The note made =.
.,Iaiu Washing
on government rea ffirmeds its com
scern in sfites pressrsafiyn OF the
s5hInese Eastern railway Msss
lew to ITS ultimate return to,
hose viii erests without inpasrs
ing any existing rights, as weM as.
It's continued interest in the en-
cient operation OF the railway and
its maintsnanee as a free avenue
Of colnmercesopen to the citizens os;;
all countries without favor or daisrs
criminat atiof.a.' ,sss..sss
Twas also pointed out that the:
Americas geVernment. sWin not fail
20 continue 10 boserve carefully the
administration and operation Of
3he railway and the manner IN
which the government OF China dis
charges the obligations which it has
assumed -
The note also assured the Chi
nese government that the Un1ted
.tates was ready to assist or CO.
operate with the Chinese govern
snent and the other powers at any
lime in, any practical way with
yiew TO coaserving the railway
and assuring it's efficient opera
ion
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
SALESMAN
is UPHELD
Judge Rules Against License
Fees for Outside Firms


Columbia, Oct. 31.-License fees
can not be collected by the city OF
Columbia from persons soliciting
business for firms outside the state.
Judge NJ. S. Whaley, of the Rich
land county court, held in decid-
ing today in favor of J. r. Kirk
land, in a suit against the city
Judge Whalcy declared that inter-
state laws apply to trade between
this state and others and as a
consequence, a license fee can not
be legally collected. Kirkland
claimed he was taking orders for
an article shipped from Chicago by
parcel post to the purchasers, and
that the So cash payment he re-
ceived with the order was in the
form of a guarantee Of good faith.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04

Cleveland, Nov. Fifteen men,
women and children left here to-
day on special train for New
York TO be deported. In the party
were two men convicted Of viola
ton of the Mann act. and another
who had completed sentence for
Staying his wife.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04

Rome, Oct. 31.-The Fascist
high command has ordered demob-
ilization of the Fascist troops in
Rome and they will leave after a
patriotic demonstration tonight.
The situation is regarded as nor
NAL again
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
GIGANTIC
COAL DEAL
Ford Involved in Fifteen
Million Dollar Transaction

Pittsburgh, Nov. More than
thirty thousand acres of land con-
tanning a hundred and eighty. mil
lion tons Of bituminous coal is In
voIved in a deal which is repor ed
in process of negotiation between
Henry Ford and the Wayne Coal
Company of Pittsburgh. The price
is unofficially estimated at fifteen
million dollars.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04

Constantinople, Oct. 31-The
abdication Of the sultan is tempor-
arily out Of the question under the
truce with the nationalists where
by his status is held in abeyance
pending the conclusion of the Near
East peace conference, according to
the chief of staff Of the national
ist governor of Thrace.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04

We can't decide if it is better to
be as wise as an owl by staying out
all night or happy as lark by get
ting up at daylight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04
AMERICA HAS
WARNED kEMAL..
REPEATEDLY
Z h e United States,
Says ecre t ary
Hughes, Will De-
fend G hris tt an
Rights in Near East

Lowell. Mass, Oct 30.-secre-
{ tary Of State Hughes, in letter
TO Chairman John Jacob Rogers OF
this city, made public tonight, am
plifsed recent statements by his de.
partment as to the governments =
attitude toward the situation Of
the Christian Tninorities in Turkey.
The letter dated October q, was
IN reply to one from Representa-
tive Rogers en- this subject.
This government. the secretary
wrote, has taken such action as in
the rapidly shifting circumstances
/ has been appropriate or feasible
bosh in aid Of the Christian MI
norities and to make clear to the
Turkish authorities the strong
feeling of the people of this coun-
try in regard to acts of cruelty and
oppression
After referring to an announce
nent by his department on July
27, that the government had
agreed to a proposal for an inves-
8 tigation by q neutral commission
~ canf7;tions IN anafalia. he con
timed
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-11-04

McAlester, Okla, Oct. s1.-Hall
Stephenson, miner was killed in
an explosion at the McAlester-Ed-
wards company mine at Pittsburgh
near here yesterday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-19
SeasonAp.s zr-oz.

Throughout Italy Ssh forms most
important item Of the Christmas menu.
In the belief of the Russian peasantry
a Christmas Eve dream IS sure to come
true.
In Denmark, 20 insure good luck for the
wear the salt-celar is left on the table
throughout the Christmas season.
The people of Sweden do not trim
their churches and houses with ever
green at Christmas time as that IS an
emblem of mourning with them.
Among the people OF the Balkans it is
believed that to die on Christmas day is
Of i'll omen as regards ones place in the
after-death life.
Twelfth day, so called from its beins
the twelfth after Christmas, was instl
tinted as a festival of the Christian
/ church in the fourth century.
Among Russians the universal Christ
mas salutation is Greetings for thu
Lords birth" TO which the one ad
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-19

dressed replies, God be with you.
In France it is custom to give the
cat all it can eat on Christmas Eve Tor
if. by any chance, ii news bad luck for
the household is sure to follow.
The French peasantry always preserve
some of the ashes of the Yule log, in the
belief that the ashes will afford q protec-
ton against lightning and misfortune
In nearly all nations of ancient or
modern times the period Of what Is pop
ularly called the winter solstiee appears
TO have been observed as 4 season OF re-
joicing.
Christmas was observed as carly as
the year SO \. D., the celebrations then
taking place in May and June. Not
until the fifth century was Dec. 70 liked
as tho date.
In olden times a superstition prevailed
that for every house in which a mince-
pie shall be eaten at the Christmas sea
son the eater shall enjoy happy month
| in the coming year
Among Tosges peasants, children born
on Christmas Eve are supposed to be en-
| dowed with what is popularity termed "a
| good gift Of the CAB" while those born
on Christmas day are supposed to have
! less tongue and better reasoning powers
The conception of ST. Nicholas as the
/ protector Of maidens and the provlder
of husbands still prevails in some parts
! In the English mining districts, Tor IN
| stance, il is still the custom 10 collect
''maidens' purses, or marriage portions
| for POOR girls. on Christmas Eve.
| At Christmas social gatherings II
Spain 4 popular feature is the Urn o.
Fate From the urn are drawn slips Of
| paper bearing the names of those pres
| ent. The young men and women who's
| names are drawn together are believes
| to be ordained BY fate TO be devoted
friends during the year.