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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23

MS clucSJ CllIIu az OiiC NhSSS ohu ehS
dog at the other.
"'Tvas the Night
Before Christmas"
Six tasseled woolen nightcaps rose
over six pairs of pink ears, as the
little folks peered into the great
open fireplace-and listened.
The black-and-white spaniel wag.
ged its tail restlessly.
"Twas the night before Christ.
mas" began the father.
Not a sound from the youngsters
"When all through the house," he
continued
"Not a creature was stirring, not
eren mouse;
The stockings Wcre. hung By the
chimney acith care
In hopes that st. Nicholas soon
Eould be there;
The children aUere nestled all snug
IN their beds,
While visions Of sugar plun,s
danced IN their heads;
And mama in her 'kcrchief and
IN my cap,
Had Just settled our brains for a
long uintcr's nap.
When ont on the la,vn there arose
suck a clatter,
Isprang from my bed to see aUhat
tas the matter.
Away to the windoW I fetO like a
flash.
Tore open the shutters and threm
up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new
fallen snow
Care the luster of midday to ob-
jscts below,
When, ,ohat to my Wondering
eyes should appear
But q miniature sleigh, and eight
tiny reindeer.
With little old driver, so lively
and quick,
knew IN a moment it must be
St. Nick.
Mofc rdp,d than eagles has c0urs-
ers they came,
And he avhistled, and shouted,
and called them by name"
You see, DR.. Clement B. Moore,
who was speaking, lived with his
family at a large country estate
called "Chelsea," in what used to be
New York City. He had been help
ing his wife pack Christmas baskets
- Tor the poor who lived about their
place. Mrs. Moore found that she
was short Of one turkey.
Clement" she said, "go down to
tne market and get me another
turkey"
so DR.. Moore put on his heavy
coat and went down to the market
for the fowl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23
Picture Truly Depicts
Spirit of Christn,astide

Santa in the picture is everything
thar the poem would have him he: -,
And then in a iwinkiing, I heard on the
roof u
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23
THEIRS DESIRE TO ANUNE HIS CHILDREN CANE
o WORL D. "'7WLAg THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
'Dr: Clement B. Moore Inspired 100 Years
Ago To-Day to K>rite Santa Claus Poem
W|hich Has Thrilled I'LL Humanity.
Nozv ViSuaISed in Alovies to Hid "
Helpless Youngsters

m,TyAS the night before Christmas"
/ hundred years ago
hen through the house, not stirring even
mouse"
"Sh-h-h-h-h-h-h.
"Ae all the little tots in bed?
the sandman nodding drowsy little head?
You Sleep you WE'LL we'll what we can
do about that
gentleman with twinky in purple velvet
they
speaking Funny children his children: just
the night before Christmas.
iang up your stockings and called to them
Hang their stockings! Quick flash different stockinp
dangled over the fireplace. 49,
snow, I have surprise for you" he said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23

,Manamakcr, George Arliss, George w.
Wickershatn, Mrs. Gouverneur Morris,
Otto II. Kahn, Conde Mast and Judge
Franklin Hoyt. =
The scenes of the picture are first
laid in the home Of DR.. Moore, the set.
tings Of which were worked out by
descendants Of the Moore family and
by Miss Sophie Smith, of the Film Mu-
tual Benefit Bureau. '''' -. y"
The wind goes Wh-o.o.o.o.o-o over
tho hill where the old Moore house
stood. and the mouths of the little
Moores round into "O's" of bliss as
their father begins to tell them his
poem.
The children. after they have listened
for the. reindeer, and after they have
anxiously peercd into the chimney, are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23

has been translated into every language
In the world.
Every year ~ Christmastimc n holly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-23

a surprISe! O-o-o-o-O-O-H!
Very soon he was leaning back in
4 great old armchair--a grand
fathers armchair" we call such
nowadays--and was gathering into
his arms all the children that he
could hold; was placing his wife and
his eldest child at one knee, and the
dog at the other.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
BOMBERS WRECK
LANDS HOMES
Terrorism Against Contractors
Who Support Award Causes
New Bombings.

CHICAGO. April IA campaign
Of terrorism against contractors ac-
lively supporting the lands wage
award was believed today 70 have
been insugated with the bonn bling OF
the homes OF two plumbing con-
tractors. The men attacked are
two Of the Eve plumbing contractors
who are members Of the citizens
committee organized 70 enforce the
Lands award The three other
members. it is said. have received
anonymous threats.
Henry O'Cauaghan and H p.
Roger are the men whose homes
were bombed O'CaEaghan was
painfully injured. Homes or both
Roger and O'Callaghan were badly
damaged No one was injured at
the Roger home.
The Lands wage award, which
several unions in the building trades
industry are fghting. Is the decision
h .nded down by Judge X. NJ Lam
els as arbitrator OF a dispute be-
tween building contractors and the
unions. Wages of almost all class
es OF building workmen were re-
duced by the decision.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
FIRE HITS GOTHAM
TENEMENT; 3 HURT

NEW YORK, April 11.-Three
persons were injured i'm a fire which
today swept through the three story
tenement house a. IA Garden ST. in
the Williamsburg section Of Brook
lyn. All had jumped from windows.
The injured were Rubin Lilling. Mrs
Sarah Sacks and Miss Martha Sacks.
Policemen carried about dozen
persons down the fire escapes in
safety.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
WOMAN IS SLAIN,
ARREST SUSPECT
Lodgers in New York Tene-
ment House Find Body of
Stranger in Hallway.

SEw YORK. April 11-slashed
TO death by an unknown assailant
the body ~ Miss Helen Tracn. 40
years old. was found lying face
downward 81 the ground floor hall
way OF tenement house in Cuther-
l1 st. early today. A crimson trail
leading out into the street showed
that the body had been dragged IN
to the house from the outside.
The woman's clothing. consisting
~ cheap checker gfrgham dress.
black undersklrt and a pair Of
black shoes lay piled on the floor
a few feet from the body
The victims BODY was found by
dodgers Occupants az The building
were questioned by detectives but
none could recall ever having seen
the murdered woman.
Frank McGowan. 90 years old,
living In reizhh0rlnE building
Identified the body. and explained
that Miss Tracy had lived with bis
GRANDMOTHER for almost 10 years.
He was unable however 20 furnish
any information as 20 her asso-
o.ates or t7 throw any light on the
death mystery.
other residents 2r Is - HamiI-
ton So. the MCGOWAN domicile.
could add nothing further 10 the
youths =tory Then policeman
remem hered that two hours before
The BODY was discovered a man
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
WALSH BRANDS WAGE
CUT MOVE AS CRIME

CHICAGO. April ll-Reducti0n
Of the wages OF unskiued .aborers
on the railroad would be Fan act
Of wholesale infanucide." Frank p
Walsh. noted labor attorney de-
clared In an imprisoned plea be-
fore the Uni,ed states railroad labor
board today.
These men cannot support their
families now on the wages they are
receiving" he asserted.
He said they average SO a
month"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
FREE STATE-REBEL
BATTLE IS LOOMING

ATHLONE. Ireland. April IA
battle between Free state troops
the first showdown in the armed in
surrectfon against the provisional
government. was in prospect here
this afternoon.
Loyal troops last night drove an
insurgent force from the local bar
racks, which the De Naierites had
seized. The rebels returned 10 the
attack with an augmented force
and recaptured the barracks early
today.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
BRITISH TROOPS TO
EVACUATE IRELAND

LONDON, April 1.-THE evacua-
ton Of British troops from Ireland
is continuing. despite the increased
disorders and the threat Of civil
war between the Irish free state
troops and the mutinous faction of
the Irish republican army
Col Sec'y Winston Churchill
speaking in the house Of commons
this afternoon. denied that the
withdrawal Of English military
forces from Ireland had been sus-
pended for any reason.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
COOP SOCIETY WILL
ABOLISH ALL STORES

CHICAGO. April Future bus
mess ~ the Cooperative Society o.
America will be conducted by mail
Harrison Parker president Of the
society ANNOUNCED today abolish
ment Of all it's retail stores.
Lower operating expenses was
riven by Parker as the reason for
the change In the society's operating
plan Eve have purchased the
Morton mail order mouse at a cost
OF $3.50. 600" Parker said. I'VE in
tend 10 eliminate the middle man by
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12
KILL
US. VET, RESCUER
Doughboy Rushes Into Crater
of Blazing Fireworks,
Saving Comrades.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex, April IL
Johanna Benner. an enlisted man Of
Baltimore. Nd. was killed and II
were injured when a pyrotechnio
dump at Camp Bulls exploded dur.
ing a demonstration OF night firing
by the nth infantry training bat
talon.
Physicians today said nine OF the
injured were in a critical condition.
Benner a plain buck private. died
the hero of the explosion.
Into a crater OF fire he plunged
again and again. dragging out his
burned comrades. collapsing only
when there We're no more alive IN the
fiery pit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12

When the water is so hard il
scratches the bath tub. use Blue
Devil. los
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12

When you say cigars-say Dutch
Masters. 45-tf-Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12

For the production Of United States Tires
there is erected and operating the greatest
group Of tire factories IN the World.
A leadership that has recorded itself
sUith the public. The outstanding eS- 4
ample of tUhat faithful quality and 4
sound economy can do sUhen it is /HIP
bdficnt enough to prove itself to a w.
sUhole nation
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12

Mrs. Shome6rst: "O-o-oh. -
didr't know you had your walls
painted over"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12

A@-1 oCAA NOdA al w AAAAA :
neighbor his next tire. This inter
ests him but mildly.
Price arguments are thread
worn. Claims and promises have
the same old ring.
The makers ofU.S.Royal Cords
do not claim to be exempt from
the great law of competition. But
it is their firm belief that the time
is here for a ne1V kind.
Nomanufacturer and no dealer
can much longer evade the Chal.
lenge of progress.
The competition taking shape
today was forecast many years
ago in the U.S.Policy-the policy
that makes u. S. Tires, at today's
prices, the biggest moneys worth
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-12

Help, We're running out of Blue
Devil ads.-S25 for the best. So for
every one we can use 105
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
Products of India.

The principal agricultural products
Of India include wheat, rice, oil seeds,
cotton, jute, sugar, tobacco and tea.
In British India Gin 1919-192O), 255,-
100000 acres had crops growing on
them, about 81 per cent being rice
crops; 8 per cent wheat; 3s per cent
other pulse and food grains; per
cent cotton, jute and other fbers, and
5 per cent Oil seeCs. Jute cultivation
has been very profitable. The mineral
products, besides mica, rubies and
jade, include salt, the production Of
which is about 1891, 600 tons. In 1919
the output of coal in India was 22628,-
900 tons, nine-tenths of it coming from
Bengal, Orissa and Bihar; crude pc
troleum (ehiefiy from Burma), 306,0O0,-
600 gallons; manganese ore, about
$4,000 tons; saltpeter, $4,000 tons;
wolfram, 3,577 tons; monazite, 2,024
tons, and gold, which is nearly all from
MysOre, about 5O7, 900 ounces.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
Local and Personal

Even if man were right every time,
it would not be good policy for him to
talk all the time.
%**%
Mr.. A, H. ThorIa, who has been Wis
iting with his son at Fisher, La, re-
turned home last Tuesday.
1888
Mrs. Steve Allen, formerly Of Horn
beck, died in childbirth last Friday
Both mother and baby were buried on
Saturday.
Mr.. S. ]. Stokes son, Mr.. Ellie
Stokes. now living at Casper, Wyo., is
trying to sell his home and return to
Louisiana to live.
%%%%
Born to Mrs. jamie Hebert, widow of
]. c. Hebert, a girl. The infant died
the same day and the remains were
buried in the Vernon Cemetery We'd
nesday, April 10Th.
** ***
Brother Weeks, who is over 80 years
of age and lives five miles south west
of Leesville, walks all the way to town
npwith fresh vegetables from his garden
and supplies bis regular customers.
y = 3
Mrs. Elzie Stokes, SeborRe Stokes.
Mrs. Boley and W. D. Howard, the pho
tographer, went to Pinewood Saturday
to gather mayhaws. There is said to be
lots Of them there. They maks fine
jeIlies, pies and jams.
So HB
Among the Improvements on main
street this week we noticed contractor
Lyons constructing new entrance to
the Happy Hour Restaurant. Lenahan
Motor Co. is building a new brick oil
station, 24x45, in front of the old
building, which has been moved to the
rear. DR.. Philip S. Perkins is adding
new and handsome porch to his res
idence.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
Irish Landlords Get out.

Lord Cough like many another Irish
landowner, is leaving his home in the
old country. LouPh Curta castle in
County Galway has lately been dis
mantled and its fine old contents dis
posed of.
The castle, which stands overlook
ing the Lough, is wonderfully pictur-
esque. It was built for Lord Gort by
Nash himself at cost of $4,000 and
was purchased by the Coughs after
the Irish famine of 1847, when the Wis
count of his day ruined himself in
the endeavor to feed his starving ten
antry. The present home Of the GOrts
in the Isle of Wight, East Cowes cas-
tie, was built by Nash, who designed
it for his own occupation.
Another valuable property to go is
Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple's roman
tic home, Lucille, on the ruins of Tan
TALON castle, which figures in Mar
mion." The property, with fine acre
age, includes the greater part of North
Berwick. Sir Hew, it is good to hear,
is at least not selling The Bass Rock
In the Firth of Forth, which is his
London Mail.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
OBSERVE EQUALITY IN RINGS
Up-to-Date Custom Is for Bride to
Equip Man of Her Choice With
Wedding Symbol.

Custom has decreed that when a
man receives from the woman he
loves a promise that she will be his
wife, he should forthwith buy her a
ring. 1t is an excellent custom, ac-
cOrding to the jeweler.
Most ancient and modern lovers
have observed it, but modern lovers
are going one better. Instead of one
ring, two are bought. and they are
not both for the lady. Jack and Jill
together wear the sign of their en-
gagement.
Equality Of sex in voting and in
the eyes of the law is responsible for
this new idea, according to the Louis
vile Courier-Journal For, mark you,
two pockets bear the strain. No mod
ern, self-respecting Jill would allow
her Jack to cater for his own finger.
And when the plain gold circlet fol-
lows, again ring equality is carried
out.
1t is no new custom for men to
wear wedding rings. They have done
so for ages. But i is a new idea that
they should not have to pay for them.
The up-to-date bride insists on doing
her share, and buys the ring for her
groom, while he purchases the sign Of
her new estate.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
HELP sTARvINc RUssIA

Washington. - An appeal for the
Russian famine sufferers sent out By
the International Cooperative alliance,
which speaks for 30,0O0.000 co-opem-
tors in 26 countries. asks Immediate
help for the millions Of Russiana now
dying Of hunger in spite Of the partial
relief afforded by existing agencies.
The AlI-American Cooperative COM
mission cites the fact that Mexico has
sent five shiploads Of grain, that Can
ada is contributing much more, that
even Mohammedan Turkey and Persia
are assisting. and that European trade
unionists are going without necessaries
in order to give foor to their Russian
brothers. In America. on the other
hand. only a few labor and garner
groups have responded.
Contributions are asked by the
Trade Union National Committee for
Russian Relief. Al E. And ST.. New
York City.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
WITHOUT STR EET ADDRESS
YOUR MAIL is DELAYED
AT OFFICE OF DELIVERY

The Dead Letter ONCE has been In
existence ever since Ben Franklin
started our posta service. Even then
people addressed mail to Mr. Ezekiel
Smithers, Atlantic Coast" and ex-
pected Ben to kr ow just where Zeks
lived.
Perhaps they had Zeke's address in
letters up in the tarret, maybe a chest
full of 'em, but then 1t was easier to
let Ben hunt Zeke. Today people are
addressing letters to John Smith, New
York, N. Y, or Chicago, Ill, thinking
Uncle Sam can locate him, which is
just as incomplete as was Zeke's ad-
dress of yore. The Postoffice Depart
ment asks you to put the number and
street in the address. It helps you.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04

c. B. Spears has sold out to the ].
G. Carver Co. The stock will be re
G. Carver Co. The stock will be re-
B. A. Guy, secondhand furniture
dealer, will move into the place former
ly occupied by c. B. Spears, few
doors south of the old stand.
1893
The Vernon Parish Democrat can be
purchased at the Cozy Fruit ParIor.
Subscribe for the Democrat. 1t con-
tains more real reading than ever.
The E. z. SET MOUSE. TRAP gets
the game where Others fail. Two
traps for 25c, by mail. Bulls Eye Co.
Fal, La. 46t7
If we could muster an army of old
Southern black mammies to teach the
people of the country that it is possible
to make better bread out Of corn than
whiskey, the situation would be more
encouraging.
s. **
The family of Mr.. ]. A. Nichols, OF
De Quincy, have taken up their resi-
dence in Leesville. Mr.. Nichols having
acquired a partnership in the Rouss
Racket Store.
%**%
DR.. F. 7. Lewis will not be in town
from May 9th to 10th, as he is to at
tend the annual meeting of the Louis.
lana State Dental Society. which will
be held in Shreveport. The doctors
dental parlor will be re-opened on Sat
urday. May 18th.
****
If the Ku Klux Klan would get after
those who throw dead carrion on the
public highways, streets, or alleys, such
as dead dogs. hogs, or chickens, they
would be doing a public service worth
while. This is an extremely dangerous
source of disease.
The throwing Of dead carrion or
public roads. streets or alleys in towns
should be a punishable offence. L
endangers health to much larger de.
gree than many think; for this is one
| of the sources Of Typhoid. and othel
kindred diseases.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04

The king of the Belgians' automo-
bile, in which King Albert toured the
battlefront during the war, is now
doing duty as a motor hack at the
railway station in Baltimore, says the
Washington Star. 1t has a costly IL
mousine body on a long wheelbase,
and the interior, from the velvet COW
ering on the floor to. the dome in the
roof, is finished in mahogany and oak
inlaid The seats are fashioned more
like costly furniture than like the
usual automobile seat, and are COW
cred with heavy gray whipcord ma
terial. The royal colors that once deco
rated these coverings have been re-
moved.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
BULL MOOSE MOVES QUIETLY
Nature Aids Forest Monarch TO EVade
Enemles-t4unters Sometimes
Take Unfair Advantage.

Although taller than an ordinary
horse, weighing more than half ton,
and adorned with widespreading ant
lers, the bull moose stalks with ghost
" silence through the thickest forests,
where man can scarcely move without
being betrayed by the loud cracking
of dry twigs.
In summer the moose loves low-lying
swampy forests, interspread with shall
low lakes and sluggish streams. In
such places it often wades up to its
neck In a lake to feed on succulent
water plants, and when reaching to
the bottom becomes entirely sub
merged. These visits to the water are
sometimes by day, but usually by night
especially during the season when the
calves are young and the horns of the
bulls are but partly grown.
Late in the autumn, with full-grOwn
antlers, the bulls wander through the
forests looking for their mates
at times uttering far-reaching cries
and calls of defiance to their ri
walls, and occasionally clashing
their horns against the saplings in
the exuberance OF masterful vigor.
Other bulls at times accept the
challenge, and hasten to meet the
rival for a battle royal. At this sea-
son the call of the COW moose also
brings the nearest bulls quickly to her
side. Hunters take advantage of this,
and by initiating the call through a
birchbark trumpet bring the most ag-
gressive bulls down.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
What is a Creole?

Originally the word was used to de
note persons born in the West Indies
of Spanish parents to distinguish
them from immigrants direct from
Spain, aboriginals, negroes or mulat
tos. 1t is now used for the descend
ants of nOn-aboriginal races born and
settled in the West Indies, in various
parts Of the American mainland and
in Mauritius, Reunion or some Other
places colonized by Spain, Portugal
France or Tin the case of the West
Indies) by England. The use of the
word by some writer's as necessarily
implying a person of mixed blood is
entirely erroneous. In itself creole
has no distinction Of color: a creole
may be a person of European, Negro
or mixed extraction, or even a horse
French Canadians are never Creoles
brooklyn Eagle
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
TWO GOOD PAPERS FOR
THE PRICE OF ONE

There is a steady demand for the
Dearborn Independent. this is the pa
per published by Henry Ford and
which for stated reasons, cannot Be
purchased at the newsstands. It is a
paper that comes to your home each
week and is filled with interesting
news Of the world at large. Everyone
knows that our Henry stands for every
thing that is clean. good and uplifting
and we are going to give our readers
a chance to come in on this splendid
offer Of combination with the Demo
crat. We will give you, for limited
time only. BOTH the Dearborn Inde-
pendent and the Vernon Democrat for
one year each for only $500.
Remember, this offer is for a very
limited time, and is for both papers.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
HUMANIZING THE
POSTAL SERVICE

"There is no unimportant person or
part Of our service. 1t is a total Of
human units and their cooperation is
the key to It's success. In its last
analysis, postal duties are accommo-
dations performed for our neighbors
and friends and should be so regarded,
rather than as hired service per-
formed for an absentee employer. -
Postmaster General Hubert Work.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
HERE COMES A. STRANGER!

Let's make our post office look neat,
Mr.. Postmaster. Straighten- up the
rural letter box, Mr.. Farmer. Tidy
up some, Mr.. Rural Carrier. First
impressions are lasting. Maybe Mr..
Stranger, taking notice Of these i'm
provements, will come back, bringing
you benefits. Start these with pos
tai IMPROVEMENT WEEK" May
1-6.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04

How do you exp pect the Postal Clerk
to know whether you mean Trinidad,
California. or Trinidad, Colorado?
ALWAYS SPELL. OUT THE NAME
OF THE STATE IN FULL IN THE
ADDRESS.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04
"MoRE BUSINESS
/ N GOVERNMENT"

This apt phrase was used In Presi-
dent Hardlng's first message to Con-
gfess and applies particularly in postal
management where postmasters are
being impressed with the fact that
they are managers Of local branches
of the biggest business in the world.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04

Why is there so much opposition to
the governments owning the coal
mines2 Ii must be from those $700-a-
year miner plutocrats. The mines are
run for service, but it's spelled serve
us"l
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1922-05-04

We have experienced men in our
Automobile Repair Shop. They do
work that will satisfy you on any make
Of car and our prices are reasonable
Colony Garage. Stables. Ia.