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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09
AUGUSTA LOCALS

preliminary meeting Of all who
2' 90 participate in the Americana =
r,'iun pageant will he held at 80
t.. Friday evening at City hall. Miss
Auyll fitzpatrick of liallowell. author
80 The Colby pageant. Will speak
FLY on the object and purposes of
tuo pageant ana the proper way to
lrrg out the meaning of the theme.
Lle pageant will then be read, the
l.r's assigned and the lines given.
All who have been asked to take part
u the pageant, are requested to be
present. II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09

Miss Carrie Bradford; Thursday sf-
ternoon, Mrs. I. B. Peters. Miss Anna
C. Beale; Thursday evening. Mrs.
Dennis Donovan, Mrs. Bradford.
Transportation committee, Mrs.
George Gay, chairman. Publicity
committee, Donald Bulleich, t1rs.
Garside. Public Schools, Miss Mabel
Common. Solicitations, Mrs. .. e
Frost, Mrs. Myron Davis, c. Z. Quinn
by
A committee from TTallowcll also
did very effective work for the cause.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09

gamation" of railroad men was pro-
posed at the recent convention Of the
railway employees department of the
federation and he asserted that this
idea of one big union" was only
brought before the convention to
spread propaganda for the one big
union idea"
C. f Grow Of the Machinists' Union
declared amalgamation was the nat
ural growth" If the trade union move
ment, and the subject was dropped
without any action.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09
MIR. and Mrs. MacOmber !
Entertain at Brilliant
Party Thursday Evening

\ charming social occasion was the
c'rd and dancing party given by
Hon. and Mrs. George r. Macomber
A. the Augusta Country club Thurs
dly evening There were about $50
sucsts and all passed a delightful
evening. Music for the dancing was
furnished by Douglas Orchestra OF
six pieces Dainty and delicious re-
ireshments were served.
This was the first private dancing
and card party given at the Country
Club this season. The interior of the
clubhouse was beautifully and tast-
i.v decorated with cut flowers for the
occasion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09

of four electric lights on a pole. These
will serve their purpose very effiec-
lively to guide a person to the nearest
fire alarm box in case Of fire. This
plan has been put into effect under
the direction of Chief Roy X. Small of
the Augusta Fire department.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09
Red Lights Show Fire
Alarm Boxes on Water st.

Red light globes have been placed
on electric light poles nearest to fire
alarm boxes on Water street and in
other parts of the city where the cleo
trio lights are supported by iron
poles. There are eight of these red
lights,each being placed in a cluster
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09

Sacadura and Coutinho arrived here
safely at 1.15 o'clock this afternoon,
having flown in their hydro-airplane
today from Pernambuso where they
completed their transatlantic fight
from Lisbon on Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09
Steamer Virginia

Leaves Augusta daily, including
Sunday, 1t 7.o6 4. H., for Booth-
bay Harbor ana the Islands.
Returning leaves Boothbay Hax.
Dor at $50 p. n.
Round Trip S1.e5 good for
"Take q cool boat ride to the
seashore."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09

DIR. Lewis s. Johnson announces
the opening of his Office for the prac-
tce of dentistry. oral surgery and
dental photography at the office for
merly occupied by DIR. L. c. Bryant.
80 Water street. jun3d6t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09

Bahia, Brazil. June Soy A. P.)
The Portuguese aviators. Captains
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09
LOCAL NOTICE

Auto service day or night. Long
trps preferred. A. II. Sylvester.
Tel. 1922. may26eod1mo
Rummage sale at Salvation Army
Vail, $50 Water street, Saturday,
Jlne9d2t
Novelty dance at North Augusta
Grange hall, Friday evening, June 3.
Music by Smiths orchestra.
lun1d3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-06-09
BIG PROGRAM IS
MAPPED OUT FOR
4TH CELEBRATION

Many Big Features Decided Up.
on at Meeting of General
Committee Thursday Eve
ning-Committees Appointed
and Vote Passed to Raise
Fund of $1,000 to Meet Ex-
penses of the Day - Great
Enthusiasm for Monster
Celebration on July 4
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23
ESTABLISH NEW PAPER
KEETON ARNETT AND CLAYTON RAND START
PAPER AT BtkALB; MISS

keeton Arnett, son Of the Rever-
end and Mrs. J. G.. Arnett OF Phila-
delphia and Clayton Rand. editor of
the Neshoba Democrat, have estab-
lished new paper at Dekalb, Miss.
DeKalb was without a paper, and
through the encouragement given
the undertaking by DeKalb business
men, and the support promised by
many Kemper Countians, plans have
been consumated for the publication
OF new weekly. The paper will be
and provided new equipment can be
delivered, the first issue will leave
the press about the 7th of April.
DeKalb promises to be an excel
lent location for u country weekly.
Under the capable management of G
Gewin the kenlper star Herald
prospered for nearly quarter of a
century. The plant was recently sold
and moved to Scuoba. DrKalb is IL
"
Il much better one. 1t is well located
for the publication of a weekly. De-
Kalb is the county seat, and Meridi-
an merchants have patronized the
paper there for many years Electric
Mills and Scooha are both good
business towns, and the population
of the county being nearly 10000 u
good subscription list can be devel-
oped.
Mr.. Arnett left last week for his
new location and will be in immedi-
ate charge OF the work there. An of
flee has already been rented and par
italy equipped. In the new under.
taking the publishers have had splen-
| did cooperation from the business
men of DeKalb.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23
DIXON

Fine weather the past week
for gardening and field "clean
up'. Not much farm work here
in this section going on.
Rev. j O. Arnett delivered a
very plainpractica and business
like sermon at the Presbyterian
Church last Sunday. His subject
was "The Way of Salvation
Rev. Thames who is pastor OF
Carolina Church outon Route l
preached interestingly at the
Presbyterian church last Sunday
night.
We are sorry to note the
death of Mrs, j. G. Turner, oi
Route one last wednesday. She
Was well known and highly re.
spected and will be greatly miss.
ed by all who weIe fortunate to
know her. We extend to the
bereaved our sympathy.
DR.. A. l.. Mature visited Me.
ridian last week and reports
every thing over there moving
on fairly well.
Annie Lewis who is attending
school at Union visited home
folks last Saturday We note
that she has been on the honor
roll every month.
w, D, Nicholson visited New
Orleans La, last with a car ol
cows
Quite a number of citizent
assembled at Dixon Shool build
ing last Friday to discuss the
feasibility Of consolidating sew
leral schools. 1t seems that W.
have got something up a tree
>
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23
TUCKER ITEMS

Miss Flora Guthrie left last week
for an extended visit to her brothers
Smith Guthrie who lives in Wnynes-
borro, La. She was accompanied
v Miss Maggie Haney.
Brick IL being put on the ground
Tor Father Philips $4,000 dwelling
Camille Haney made u business
trip to Meridian last week.
Andrew Gipson is back home to
make II crop.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed McGovern are
the proud parents Of ~ bnby girl
Janson Duncan In on the sick list.
Father Phillip made II flying trip
to Meridian this week.
Miss Alice Daily OF Meridian visit
ed relatives here last week.
Several from here attended the
marriage pf Miss Sadie smith and
ollie Hardy of Bethsadia last Sun
day. We wish them long aud
prosperous life.
Our school closed last week with
u delightful program Saturday
night.
Little Francis Cook of Philndel-
phia visited in the home of Mrs. f.
B. Daily last week.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23
A Wise Appropriation

The Mississippi legislature appropriated
the next TWO to S5te Agricultural
College The College asked for S8o000 institution in the
State doing for the people Mississippi eca-
y her farmers The that the
phed for the farmer the fifteen
estimated but the given dverscaon
yielded thousand fold 1t argued freouen
that the College accompshe Titles graduate from
that institution the farm producers This
because those who speak unfamiliar the develop
Mississippi along educational and agricultural lines With in the
last fifteen the agricultural high school the
have into existence The demand agrcuturts
these fields has called from that away from
profitable Neshoba Oountys agent graduate of A. NJ and
the first in Mississippi established M many
and butter building industry all Mississippi
school, working farm demonstrators and many the
average taxpayer thinks are farming.
Then too, the of farmers graduate institution
and 60 out into the world seeking opportunity
fayoaby with the of other Because they Msss
spp cannot argued that the College accomplishing nothing
Because opportunity lures them profitable undertakings
other states does not that College does
the and wherever their go they
tied to education home. 1t Neshoba County
his son to A. M and after graduation his sons activities
fields aar that father has neverhees performed duty
and done his bit for his sons future.
Men at M have spent their lives teaching with
seldom any college They toed with little
ton that the OF Mssissippans might be equipped for M
battles Many legislatures have tied their hands Often legislatures
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23

have generous but help they
done enough Backward ndustray agrcntnray ed
ucatonay Mississippi has hard But her A.
NJ has strength usefulness aud in if service
thing she has the State Her spirit
gigantic eagle has sprea its wings from Hill to hill and
Thousand homes hundred lands
and lifted heights and standards
visions The average appreciate A.
M until he it, We have known visit The
stution and anything but a
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23
A Moral Question

few OF have misunderstood They
spicy paragraphs Governor Russell propaganda.
Why the airing of the activities of Governor partisan
question all it moral question. It question whether
respectable citizens going tolerate who
has robbed little children by making possible charge for pub
lie school books two and three times great paid for the
books Alabama 1t question
hold children the glory of public service with
holding Office charged with seduction and aboron with
evidence before the people know that at
charges true is whether going to counnance the
official of who empty headed enough and black
hearted enough pardon father guilty seiucing his be
and blood 1t question whether Lee NJ Russell
don every criminal the pentenary who has enough friends
petition enough money make interesting
1t that mudere and robbers the penalty for their Ii
question whether going to have law and justice
vte anarchy and chaos crimes have been committed the
of partanshp and often Mississippi the
is used official of administration Today
it is question of moras is the burning question
the dying question of justice Russell says
is all partanshp, of course however guilty he
may be of the ch rges that daily multiply against him. know
that do dge the when that he the
ergiverator of the He has shown himself
be shifting shufhng master of uberuge Unfortunate the
condition in Mississippi when cannot cse the activities
his governor without someone crying partlsanshp How long
Oh how long, will this greneyed crush its repan
coils and bech into public office political mistakes like
falsely advertises Mississippi the world
How long will stand idly by and mother
sake the paths of political virtue for those the political
Mississippi, Mississippi that George Lamar Prenss
and Davis?
No, my reader it question partisan politics. is
moral question: it is question of state pride Can
that former editor of this distant
head and when they whence he came answers
ma?"
1t used to something TO be Mississippian We
leave home the Mississippi
the Roman spoke of his nativity Today Mississippi standing
joke her sister states, dab her
cracking ugly jokes about he
ship? No. it question of dcency ability; il
al question, Aud der swallow IF the stuff tina
has been uthtuly said about yernor IT,
ing take will poison you To the you
withstand editorials.
An editor either ought to speak his honest convictions
out of the business and should
unspeakabe skunk to withhold pen while the political
nncompoo that occupies the governors chair
morals of our young and destroys those older much
good that schools churches the
years.
Sometime going to preach in ts umn
we shall choose text from Romans 2 "When the
govern the people rejoice but when the wicked bareh
people mourn"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23

but don't know just exactly
what it is.
n. E Harrington of Nesaoha
Route visited Mr.. and MIS- ]
W Watkins Jr last SATURDAY.
Mr.. Herrington's family of boys
and girls are scatt red over
the country from ocean to ocean
and filling positions of honor
and trust.
Our school coses this week
and we are proud to state that
excellent work has been done by
the five teachers.
The only hope for this country
is for better schools and better
preaching. So much talk about
better or consolidated schools
We never hear anything said
about consolidated churches.
Minor differences of no value
should be buried SO deep that
it could never peep again and
cause a disturbance.
Program 10Th Century Club.
March 80 1922.
Answer Roll Call with Musical
Quotations.
| billie OF Beethoven
Mrs Tom Coghlan
Piano solo.
Mrs. E. s. Cole
Discuss Life and History of Ger
aldine Farrar.
Mrs. D. w. Bridges
Reading.
Mrs. H. b. Turner
Vocal Solo.
Contest
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23
piles Cured In s to Il DAYS

Oruaeists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT falls
10 cure Itching Blind, Bleeding or Proudina Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can Get
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23
SPRING HILL DOTS

w. f Williamson, and family
are all on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs D j. Bates visit
ed Walter Smith and wife of
Mcdonald Sunday.
A. j. McCarter and family are
on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. John and EN-
ma Roberts spent the week -end
with their daughter Mrs Ollie
Posey.
To Messers A. J. Lowery, J. Will
hanson, j, J. Lowry managers,
*. p. Fitzpatrick Bailif.
You are hereby appointed to hold
a special election ut Shady Grove
school house to vote on bond is.
sue in the sum OF $4,000 O0 with which
to build and equip IA school building
at Shady Grove. Said elec tion To be
held March 31st 1922.
L. N. Crockett 8. HI. Stribling
Election Commissioners
Philadelphia Miss. March 20, 1921
TO Messrs t. W. Walker, Green
Ingram, w. H. Walker, managers,
A. A. Darby Bailff you are hereby
appointed to hold special election
at the Darby School house Oh
March 31st 1922 to vote OH a bond
issue In the sum of 5000 with which
to build and equip a consolidated
school buildidg at Bardale In eaid
consolidated school dist.
| Il. N. Crockett 8. H. Stribling
Election Commissioner
The Neshoba Democrat., 1922-03-23

post Office Philadelphia Miss second mail
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-11

summon the undertaken. 1t is 'Hark
from the tomb Inournful sound and
We ought to Danish it or else set it in a
different key. This doesn't mean, we
cancel the cross or deny the value. much
less the reality of physical suffering, or
exclude God from this whole area of
His universe.
ITO pray 'Sanctify this thy fatherly
correction over some child with infatile
paralysis is cruelty unreal: to pray or
else give her grace so to take Thy vista
ton that after this painful life ended is
4 cherries prayer to offer for a woman
undergoing pains after an operation and
it is nothing less than cowardice TO hit a
man WIN he's down by solemly eXhorting
him to take in good part the chastisement
Of say a high fever and a splitting head
ache because Whom the Lord loveth
He chasteneth and scourgeth my son
Whom he receiveth.'
Then there are those recurring words
over which our fathers loved to Hnger
with mournful intonati0n in luxurious
righteousness. How dolefully the
changes are rung upon them as the Of
Tense is solemnly tolled. Fraud, NAL
ice. .distemper', correction, visitation
adversely, wrath, 'decayed'. 'decayeth' ,
dissolution, the grave thus the dirge
is sounded in prayers and exhortations
until the unhappy sufferer, if he were tor
tured with it. would feel land who could
blame him) that the heaviest of the visi-
tatiOns of an angry God was this vista
ton of the sick.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-11
LITTLE RED SCHOOLS
ARE CONDEMNED
Columbia Experts Would Reduce Num-
Der 200. 900 to 40,OO0-Reeommend
Revolutionary Changes.

NEW YORK, Aug. ll.-Add to the
list of idols smashed to smithereens by
the efficiency of modern science that
quaint institution of American rural
life-the little red schoolhouse
denounced by educational experts OF
Columbia university as "A danger to
national progress"
Experiments conducted for the past
year in tiny school IN Warren county,
y j. have proved to DR.. Fannie Dunn,
of Teachers College. Columbia, that the
problems attending the evils of the
"cult of the little red schoolhOuse," as
DIR. Dunn calls it, can be solved by the
same methods that have brought prog
ress in teaching the Young of the cities
chow to shoot"
Forty-four pupils attended the typical
school house in Warren county, which
was seven miles from a trunk line rail
road. two miles from a postotfice. and
out in the omen country. A single
teacher was forced to instruct eight
grades There are still 100000 similar
schools in the United States. lust 100000
too many. Columbia educators say. They
hope to cut the number TO 10000.
Changes that seem appallinglv revolt
tionary to Americans who remembers
the rigid. plaster-cast demeanOr that
was exacted of every country schoolbov
who was forced to attend the little red
schOolhOuSe of years ago, are recon-
mended for those one-teacher institu-
tions that will remain. Unrestricted
movement about the room. the installa-
ton of puniI helpers for the teacher. a
more chubby" spirit among the young
sters. and the application of the auto
mat" idea in teaching the children to
gain large part of the education them
solves from tho school library. are mart
of the new plan evolved from the War
rev county tests.
Despite Whittipr's legend Of the fam
ous schn1lhcv Of tho 'l'iI red buildiuU.' "
whose "fnet of tar' bcfOke"ed enlnndjd
boalfb Professor Thomas ". Wood of
the Eve Sfqht Conservation Fouacil -
Nmo~;Ca. who is i"t"r"stc1 ]" the "'-narI-
r77ruts saws tha+ 81 r"~ cont If tho DIy-
nils H. rrral srbeels IN New Yo~}< sta+o
have health defects as cppased to Z.
Y-or co,7t or u,,hrstttv citv ch'Idren. In
the whole United Statar Dr Wood sav rs
- 600 GOO e 10 "'GnG 900 school chill
dren have bodily defects.
So expressing are the faults of coun
try schools. tae experts say: that mucf
Of the crnaesf ON of the cities results
from the inability If the schools TO make
cnu9trv life attractive. Efforts are now
being made through MEETINGS ut Column
bio Cf such educators rs Miss Charl c.
Williams. recent president or the IA
tianal E9ucation association, Mrs
Katherine Cook Of the federal bureau oi
CttutttltbH ana III NFitH WI -. -'bttFt i't't
president of Massachusetts Agricultural
college. to bring about the changes in
rnral education that viii end the plant
Of the modern scho0lbOv:
TN getting oh so sick.
OF reading and arithmetic
That's why we gave the teacher th'
sack.
And we're never gonna come back.
If she doesn't like it she can sit on {
tack
We've got the schoolhouse blues"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-11

camera and have every snapshotter
agree to make a certain number of pic
lures. Assemble the fruits of the week
and distribute the prints-cast the
bread upon the waters
The distribution plan may be worked
out in many ways but one of the easiest
ways to get pictures into the hands of
those one would have become interested
in Vermont would be to elect the names
of prominent persons mentioned In the
newspapers of large cities. The society
columns of newspapers generally contain
tie names of persons likely to have the
means and the inclination to travel and
few Vermont pictures might do much
to cause such pleasure seekers to head
their motor cars toward this land OF
mountains and lakes which beckons to
those surfeited with the noise and CRIME
Il tie city.
The expense of taking a dozen snap
hots and making one print from each
negative would not be heavy and the
lime required TO Indicate in pencil or
ink on the picture where the picture was
taken would be only few minutes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-11
Say 1t with Pictures.
(Rutland Herald. J

Get out your camera and tell the
world" what Vermont offers to satiate
the city-wearied man and woman-to
palaphrase a striking and effective Bit
of publicity used by the flower merchant
say it with pictures. snapshot of q
boisterous throng of youngsters in a
Vermont village might tempt Mr.. City
man to fill up the gas" tank and give
Vermont a visit. The picture of Il cot
tage home beside the shore of a Yer
mont lake, a photograph of farm home
the snapshot of a stretch of ideal grave
road or a panorama of the skyline of a
section of one of Vermonts mountain
ranges is the best advertising that can
be produced.
Of course there is the problem of get
ting the picture into the hands of those
we would interest in Vermont, selling
the idea, as it were, but that's where
Eermanters can give Il striking example
Of cooperation. Here's a suggestion
Designate a period to be known as Pic
ture Week. Enroll every owner of q
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-11

each side of the roadway waiting for
people who are rapidly wearing into
broad trail the COW path that lead up
the steep hills to the spring from which
the supposedly healing waters come.
Thousands go by motor to the
Healer" and more thousands on foot.
The healing spring is about mile
from the town where the healer lives
Near the spring palm-covered pavil-
lion sheltering 400 to 500 people has
been erected There Thursdays and
FRIDAYS the healer sits in a chair on a
raised platform and receives the sick
Waters from the spring lack healing
qualities until she has blessed or mag
netized them. After being blessed the
water is carried away in bottles, buckets
oil cans anything And each person the
healer" sees is told to battle, rub the
afflicted portion of the BODY with the
water. or drink so much of it at Ger
tain times.
Frequently the 'heaIer" is aroused
from her frances with great difficulty.
Her father and brother assist her. Her
power" is sunnosed to have been passed
on to her while the spring waters for
'n0pv wears have been reputed to have
healing qualities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-11
CHEERFUL PRAYER
NEEDED FOR SICK
Episcopal Rector Attacks Churehs Or.
ders for Visitation of the Sick as
too DOIefuI.

EVANSTON, H., Aug. 10 (Associated
Press Making plea for cheerfulness
in clerical ministration of the ailing,
DIR. George Craig Stewart, rector of st.
Lukes Episcopal church of this city,
says the order for the visitation of the
sick. in the denominations Book of Com
mon Prayer. ought to be banished or
set in different key" Dr. Stewart is
Il delegate to the Episcopal general con-
vention ut Portland, Oregon in Septem-
Der
We recognize the cannons of common
sense in dealing with the sick, DIR. Stew
art said in commenting on the proposed
revision of the order. "Nho among our
clergy uses the present Order for the
Visitation of the Sick? If he did he
would soon find himself persona grata to
The patient and doctor and nurse alike,
properly SO. When Phillips Brooks
walked down the street men said the
sun is shining. What q fine day A! To
read the present order of Visitation of
the Sick would be to draw the blinds and