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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26
The Wife Of Congressman Quin Defend
of the People.

In the seventh Congressional District
there are about thirty thousand quail
ified electors, and this district being
largely engaged in agriculture and
the number of persons SO engaged
being largely in excess of the thirty
thousand electors, the correspondence
of the Congressman handling agri-
cultural matters alone would amount
TO enough work for two or more
clerks experienced and trained in
handling such matters. The Govern
ment allows all Congressman to en-
ploy as such clerks any person he
thinks competent to do the work.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26
Meeting of the County Election
Commissioners.

The Lincoln County Election Com
missioners met in the office of the
Circuit Clerk, Monday. July II, 1922
same being the 9rd Monday of July,
and, in compliance with the law, pro-
ceeded to revise the poll books of
Lincoln County, marking delin-
quents, the dead and those who had
moved away as well as transferring
voters from the old precincts to the
new according to law and the rulings
of the Attorney Generals since 1890.
The Commissioners remained in ses-
sion Monday, Tuesday, adjourned
Tuesday until Thursday and finished
their work Thursday and finally ad-
journed.
The registered vote at each pre-
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26

Among such clerks SO employed by
Mr.. Quin during part of the time
was his secretary was his wife,.
Mrs. Aylette B. Quin, who served as
assistant clerk in the office and re-
ceived as compensation for such SER
vice $4,000. My salary as Mr..
Quin's secretary was partly supple
mented out of this allowance.
Mrs. Quin is thoroughly efficient
and competent, and the work of the
office was always kept up to date.
Mrs. Quin has great interest in the
performance of Nr. Quin's work. and
was perhaps more interested in MAX
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26

It was ordered by the Commits
sioners that the Clerk transfer all
voters who reside in new precinct
to their proper precinct.
Respectfully,
j. H. Rawls,
Ben P. Smith,
L. F. Noble.
County Election Commissioners.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26
First Open Cotton Boil

Mr.. Henry Smith. five and a quar-
ter miles west of Brookhaven, r. 6.
Box 15a. presented the Leader with
one of his open cotton bolls yester-
day. The cotton, which is Of the
Hastings Bank Account variety be-
gan to open on Sunday the 2Srd,
without any respect whatever to the
BLUE Laws Mr.. Smith has been
planting this seed for three years
and is pleased with it. ut is the
earliest yet,' he says. Mr.. Smith
has sold over three hundred bushels
of the seed and will have more to
sell.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26
Sunday School Convention Post
poned.

The Sunday School Convention
which was announced for next Sun
day at Nola has been postponed on
account of the protracted meeting
being held there. The Sunday School
Convention will be held at Nola the
next fifth Sunday instead of the
coming Sunday.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26

The street force Of the city
viii keep the street clean of
grass and weeds down TO the
cutters outside Of the cutters
IS the property owners problem
Go to it next week.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-07-26
Affidavit of R. Lee Stamps, Former
Private Secretary of Hon.
Percy E. Quin.

State of Mississippi,
Lincoln County.
The undersigned, r. Lee Stamps,
makes affidavit that he was appoint
ed Private Secretary to Percy E. Quin
December 1st, 1915 and served as
such until the 18th day of April,
1922. From my experience as Sec
retary l learned the duties of the
office of Congressman required a
very great amoupt-of clerical work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27

! high. the Woolworth bnilding in New
York;
Now where's the railroad track
I've heard so much about? o, that?
but the rails are so far apart! What's
that funny 'du-funny "a travelling
crane? I thought crane was
bird! There's two of them, isn't
there?"
but. Mr.. Spencer, you haven't told
me what you use 'em for yet-Lifting
stones to where you want them on the
wall? o! Forty horsepower and it
lifts six tons at a time? Impossible!
80. no-I'n take your word for it
wouldn't get near enough to the
edge to look over for a farm!''
And does one of the bosses ride in
that little car on the other track?
No one?-6,000 lbs. of sand for a bal
ance 20, I see it's attached to the
crane thing, kinda like the other end
of a teeter-totter-And this crane on
this side uses this track and the other
one the other? Don't you think I'm
of quite a mechanical turn of mind ?''
What are the dimensions ?-140 by
2O8? MY, it all reminds me of the
story of the building of King Solo
mons TempIe-only they didn't have
machinery like this-did they
Goodness, but dread going down.
It's awful nice after you get up here,
tho-Be finished in two years, you
Eyes, I'm ready-Are you absolute
ly sure that funny elevator won't fall
too fast? If We were only down!
I'm So glad it's only 100 feet high!
I'll just shut my eyes till we get most
down."
80 thank goodness-it's over and
got my story-I know now how
Pearl White must feel when she per-
forms a thriller!-I wonder if I
couldn't get in the movies after this
experienced"
down on terra firma again! Make
US truly thankful for our many
merciesi''
Are most folks as sSNSred as I was
when you take them up for the first
time?''
I'm the first woman to eyer go
Up? Why-why-I'm so glad you didn't
tell me before-for if I had known,
fear / wouldn't have been able to
qualify for that Distinction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
BY LOIS RoBINETTE.


st can't walk that gang plank
absolutely can'ti can hardly climb
a ladder, and this board has nothing
to hold onto" exclaimed Angelina.
who had been sent on an assign
ment'' to the top of the new Masonic
Temple.
Isn't there any other way to get
into the building?"
There isn't? o dear-wen il I
must, I must. I spose I'll never get
to the top and down again alive any
way. so what's the difference? You
can't die but once anyway! Maybe if
I hold my breath and go real fast ana
don't look down, 1 will be able to
make it! Are you sure the boards
strong enough to hold me?-Well,
here goesI"
20 my. and this is just the first
floor, and 1 don't see how we're going
to get to the top floor! I hope there's
no more gang planksi know now
a pirate shipI"
IAN elevator but don't see any
elevator cage-just a big hole"
30, but you don't ride clear to the
top of this high building on just that
board without any sides You do?
% how terribleI I just know Pll
get dizzy and fall off-and there's
nothing to hold on to. Please, I'd
much rather take the stairway! There
isn't any stairway YETI"
Scared why er- er-er-, of course
not-who said anything about being
scared? OF course I must go to the
top-for tho forfeit my life. must
get that assignment! Well, I'm ready
tho do wish I had made some sort
of a last will and testament before
starting!"
100, I'm $3.50 what if it should
break never know what hurt US?
How very conafortingi'
Fun ?-Why-why-e r-er yes-yes-
sure it's gobs of fun! But really, do
you think I'll live to tell the story? ~
why. GLORY BE! we're up all
right. I'm most afraid they'll start
down before get clear of this board!''
MY, but it's a tall building, How
high is it? One hundred feet! Really
I thought it was most a thousand.
just know it's as high as the Wash
ington monument or if not quite that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
SHOULD KNOW PUBLIC LIFE.
Readiness and Ability to Hold Public
Office Called a Duty.

Emporia, Kan, May 27.-Readiness
and ability to hold office are part of
the duty of good citizenship. said c.
NJ. Fassett, of the University Of KAN
sas, speaking tonight at a joint meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce, the
Rotary club and women's clubs of
Emporia.
Education in municipal govern
ment may have two principal pur-
poses: preparation for holding city Of
flee and preparation for intelligent
Professor Fassett de-
clared- Both these purposes must
lie within the latter proposal. for in
telligent and devoted citizenship re-
quires readiness and ability to under
take office holding as part of the duty
of the citizen. Honor and capacity
are not less essential to the private
citizen than to the PUBLIC Official .
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| iron players, or poor drivers and good
iron players, or pretty good at both
and weak in their short games. My
advice to each golfer, good or bad
is to make closer study of his own
game
Check up carefully after each round
and find out where most Of the lost
strokes are going. From the tee, the
mashie pitch. inability to get out of
bunkers, weak. approaching around
the greens. poor putting? The golfer
should then begin to work upon his
weakest stroke. He s.louId get ad-
vice. to begin with, to find out where
he is off, and then take a certain
amount of time off for practice. I
know how few ever want to practice.
But it means almost everything in
building up \ sound game. Constant
four-ball play isn't going to correct
any weakness. and this is largely why
so many golfers stay fixed in one
place.
The Greatest Fault.
I believe the greatest rault with the
average golfer between 80 and 90
who is unable to get down to 80 or
lower is weakness in iron play. 1 in
clude in this the range from midiron
to Inashie-
Any golfer who can play a full iron
to the green or can get his mashie
shots reasonably close to the pin
should drop quickly to the low sos or
the late 70s.
The mashie and the mashie niblick
especially are important, for they in
clude control of beth distance and d.
Iection.
In this respect believe one of the
greatest faults is playing the ball too
far away mean by that too far out,
where one has to reach for the stroke
in place of keeping it compact.
1 would suggest that golfers at
every chance practice short pitches.
gradually extending the range.
There are practice tees around al
most every course, and practice put
ting green, where one can work on
the short pitch and the chip shot, re-
if the stroke isn't work
ing. to bring the feet nearer to the
ball. with the arms in closer to the
body.
Remembering also in these practice
tests to develop the habit of thinking
thru the stroke and not quitting at
any stage of the down swing.
I'd like to have a dollar for every
mashie shot I have seen missed where
the player quit on the down stroke.
generally because he had swung back
too FAR and was trying to check the
swing.
Most of the players in the SOS drive
fairly well. A Chick Evans or a |
Bobby Jones or Walker Hagen could
axe his drives and still get around |
n 76 or possibly better. But on their
second shot they either don't make the !
green at all or else get so far they
axe puts, and then blame their |
solf on bad putting. 1t isn't bad put |
ing to take 3 puts from 40 to 60 feet |
-way-it's bad approaching
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
NORTON is SHOWING WE'LL.
Kansas University Freshman Making
Name in Track Conteuts.

Lawrence, Kan, May Eff Elmer
son Norton, the star freshman of the
K. U. track team, performs next year
as he has this year, the Jayhawkers
will be able to win meets with few
other contestants than Norton. The
Kansas City star showed his colors in
the Missouri valley freshman tele-
graphic meets. results of which were
announced last week by counting
enough points to win the entire meet.
Norton counted % q points. while the
school having the closest to this num-
Der was Grinnell. with 261z points.
Norton won first in the shot put,
pole vault, high jump and discus
throw, and second in the broad jump.
He won third or tied in two hurdle
races, the 10O-yard dash and the jave-
lin. He broke the K. U. and valley
freshman records in the pole vault
and high jump.
Kansas freshmen easily won the
meet with So points. The scores of
the other schools were: Grinnell,
% X; Drake. 25; Nebraska, % Z
Kansas Aggies, -; Oklahoma, 10 y
Ames, 10, and Washington, 8 q. Mis-
souri, was not entered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
TAGGING THE BASES

The vagaries of baseball the Brooklyn
Dodgers, after being in a slump and los
ing six or seven straight games. suddenly
turned about and are now the possessors OF
a winning streak of seven straight.
They again humbled the Pills in a dou-
BILE bill yesterday TO and to 0.
Roger Hornsby advanced his claim as
the champ homerun hitter in the National
league with another four-base clout in
the Pittsburgh-Card game, making his to-
tai for the year eleven st. Louis won
to ..
The Ruthless Yankees were doubled
played out of d win over the Senator's )
to 1. The New Workers had numerous op-
portunities to score but a double killing at
the right moment sent their chances
ablooie.
Home atmosphere acted as a tonic to the
Giants Winning only one game in their
last six starts in the west, the worlds
cha pions came back to the Polo grounds
and promptly gave the Boston Braves
drubbinE IN a double header to . and 10
to ..
Ferdie Schupp won his first game since
re entry into the big leagues. not only
holding ST Louis to six hits and one run. |
but batting in the winning tally himself.
Final score: Chicago, 2; St Louis, !.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
5000, 600 FORDS BUILT
OF This Number 5,517,s5 Have Been
Delivered in United States.

The six miilionth Model '"F'' Ford
motor was produced May IS, in the
Ford factory at Detroit In other
words, from the time back in 1908
when the Ford Motor company began
marketing the now famous Model '',T''
motor car until May IS, 1922, a total
of six million Ford cars and trucks
have been produced Out of this total
5,517,956 were delivered to purchasers
in the United States alone, and ac-
cording to the latest statistics. 4.47S-
24S of these Ford cars and trucks are
still in daily service
Thus, it will be seen that out of
every five Ford cars and trucks sold
to retail purchasers in the United
States alone during the past fourteen
years, four are still in actual daily
use, which is really remarkable when
the hard service of commercial cars is
taken into consideration. This seems
to forc1bly confirm the popular know
ledge of the longevity of Ford cars.
That Ford products have been quite
evenly distributed turnout the United
States IS borne out by the fact that
thru the sparsely settled communities
in the west to the densely populated
cities in the east, practically the same
ratio of Ford cars and trucks to popu-
lation exists.
Ohio leads with a total of 29O.7ee
Ford cars and trucks in daily use:
Illinois comes second; Pennsylvania,
fifth, with a total of 234,Os1. New
Y ork, Iowa and California follow in
the order named. each having more
than 200 900
An idea of the important part /
played by Ford cars and trucks in the
daily transportation of goods and per-
sons in the United States can be /
by realization of the fact that |
with the Ford cars now in operation.
averaging a minimum of 5000 miles
per year, each. they would pile up a.
total of twenty-five billion TRANSPORT
tation equivalent to more than
q million trips around the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
EszSZPU5de5S

Oklahoma City, May 27.-Champion Wei
terweight Jack Britton and Ray Long
challenger, fought IL rounds to a draw
Mickey Riley Of San Antonio and Sailor
Owenby of Shawnee. fought ten to a draw.
Jack Jones Of Oklahoma City, knocked out
Lewis Seibert of Houston, Tex in the
fifth Of a 10round bout
Detroit. May 2T.-Gene Larue of Montreal
registered his sixth straight knockout at
Phil o'DOwd beat Kid Black OF Battle
Denver. May 2T--Pal Moore had 8 wide
margin over Babe Asher, A E. F. bantam
in II rounds.
Tommy Comiskey, Denver won over
Johnny Cline, Los Angeles in ten rounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
MERCHANTS MEET TO PLAN.
Secretaries of As Associations I'm Kan
sas at Emporia Monday.

Emporia, Kan, May 27.-Secre-
taries of forty-five retail merchants
associations, in as many cities of Kan
sas, will gather here Monday for the
annual meeting. The secretaries claim
this distinction: that they are the
only association in the state that has
eliminated oratory entirely from It's
convention program. Set speeches
are taboo.
OF course the secretaries will have
a lot of things to talk about, but they
intend to do all the talking Among
the more important subjects to be dis
cussed will be:
Local association charity chest or
community chest from which to make
all contributions for local charities,
thus discouraging drives and promis-
cuous soliciting of funds, trade extern
sion, advertising. billboards, demand
for new no fund check law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
FAULTS IN THE PRETTY GOOD"
CLASS

/ In the series which I ran for some
time under the heading From 120 to
SO' letters have been received COM
planning that gave most of the space
{ to those playing over 100. but very
little to that large class between IS
and 80.
why is it," one of them writes.
that there are so many golfers who
seem to be stuck between IS and 90?
Thev are not good enough to go below
So often. and yet they are steady
enough to rarely take more than 80
strokes? Some Of these are good Ions
hitters. Why can't they work their
way to so or under2"
There is more excuse for the short
er hitters. to remain stuck between 50
and 80.
Unless the courses are fast, they
have to depend too much upon their
short game to hold even this pace, for
when they come to good tWo-shot
holes the best they can do is to get
The other Half
So am going to devote most of
nv space to the other half-to those
who have the length. but not the con-
sistency; to those who play many holes
well but who usually manage to work
in enough bad holes to keep from
breaking so or So.
I played with a golfer of this type
not long ago. He had the distance
and he played four or five of the hard
holes as well as any amateur cham
piOn.
But he had one bad mental fault
that so many golfers have. He started
we'll. possibly too well, and then in
place of continuing to play boldly for
the pin he began TO try to protect that
good start.
Don't make the mistake of trying !
to protect a good start or make up for /
a bad start.
Each hole in golf stands alone and !
must be played for its worth. If you /
have a good tee shot play your next 1
one for the pin without thinking of 4
what has gone before or what is to \
come after.
I always have believed that one of
the greatest faults in golf is not think
ing thru the stroke.
It is not a bad idea to say to your
self over and over Think thru the
stroke
This is one of the secrets of success
,ul golf. The SIS to 90 golfers rarely
10 this consistently. They are too
busy thinking of z for which they
must make up or a 8 which they must
protect. Never mind about the score.
pin, and the score will take care of
tselt
Other Faults.
You will find also that most Of these
IS to so golfers are good with certain
.lubs and poor with others.
They may be good drivers and poor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
END RELAYS NOW
Trial to Set New Valley Records
on at Lawrence.
Bradley and Hamilton Are Ex-
pected to Set Marks.

Lawrence. Kan; May 27-The con-
! GLIDING events of the annual Missouri
valley track and field meet here this
afternoon will conclude the confer
1 ence activities of two OF. the valley s
most brilliant track stars-Everett
Bradley, Kansas captain and Olympic
| star, and Brutus Hamilton, who holds
I similar honors at Missouri The two
| stars will meet for the last time in a
| conference event today, after contest
| ing against each other for the last
! three years.
During the early history of the two
star athletes in the Missouri valley,
Hamilton showed slight superiority
over the Kansan. During the past
| two years, however Bradley has con-
tinued TO increase in speed and eff
cheney in the events he entered and
| this year has shown superiority over
the Missourian-
At least one valley record is ex-
pected to be broken by Bradley today.
in the broad jump He has exceeded
the valley record number of times
this year already. Rathburn, of
Ames will try to exceed the valley
he set last year, and G. Smith OF
Pittsburg, Kan, Normal will try for a
better record in the iaveiIn. which he
now holds.
follows:
esouri. 1915
10o-yaGd dash-s% seconds. scholz, Mis-
= 44o-yard runs 2-5 seconds. Cowman,
Mile run minutes, ~ % seconds. Far
quhar, Iowa State, and Watson, X s. A
Two-mile run-9 minutes, 40 So seconds,
Rathburn. Iowa State, 1921.
120-yard high hurdles-14 3-5 seconds,
Simpson, Missouri, 1916.
220-yard low hurdles-23 3-5 seconds.
simpson, Missouri, 1916.
Shot puts feet, 51a inches, Dale, Ne
braska, 1920
Discus-1ss feet, IL inches. Kremer,
Washington. 1921.
High jump-6 feet y inch, Rice Kansas,
Jayelfn-1es feet. inches. G. Smith,
Pittsburg, Kan. Normal, 1921
Broad jump-23 feet. inches, Boyd, Chi
Pole vault-12 feet, I inch, wi1kin, Iowa
State.
Half-nile relay minute. 20 2-5 sec
ondS, Missouri. 1920
Mile relays minutes, 10 So seconds. |
Illinois.
Kansas City, May 27.-Match play |
in the singles and doubles was on to- |
days program here at the annual Mis- |
souri, Valley tennis tournament, part |
of the Missouri Valley athletic meet |
in progress at Lawrence, Kan. The |
tournament was transferred here late |
yesterday after players had found the |
Lawrence courts too wet to use
The preliminary matches in the |
singles and doubles were played and |
part of the first round singles matches
of before darkness stopped
the contestants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
BABE RUTH FINED $500
Home Run King No Longer Is Cap
tain of Team, Either.

Chicago, May 27.-Babe Ruth was
fined 5000 and removed from the cap
taincy of the New York American club
by San johnson, president of the
American league, late yesterday.
President johnson gave his ruling
after considering the reports of the
uInpireS officiating in yesterday
game at New York, when Ruth dis
puted a decision of Umpire Hide
brand and later climbed into the stand
after 2 fan had made a remark to
which he took exception.
President Johnson's finding auto
matically removes the ruling that
Ruth was ineligible to play, which was
promulgated by the American league
head pending an investigation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
&sGYESTER-
y DAYS
2RESULTS

National League.
Boston, .: New York. 10.
Pittsburgh, .; st. Louis, g.
Chicago, ), 1; Cincinnati. ,. ?
Brooklyn, 2, Z; Philadelphia, ., o.
American League.
New York, 1; Washington, 3.
Philadelphia, 6 Boston, Z.
Sc. Louis, 1 Chicago, >.
Cleveland, S; Detroit, 3.
American Association.
Kansas City, 6; Minneapolis, 4.
Milwaukee, 3; st. Paul, 4.
Louisville, o; Toledo, ..
Independence, 2; Columbus, o.
Western League.
wichita, II; Oklahoma City, II.
St Joseph, 3: Tulsa, 3.
Des Moi1es, Z; Omaha, 4.
Denver, /; Sioux City, f.
Southwestern League.
Topeka, 3; Salina, 4.
Muskogee. 4; Sapulpa, 4
Hutchinson, 9; Independence, 2.
Coffeyyille, 2; Bartlesville, 0.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-27
West W. Last Matches Are On.
(By the Associated Press.)

Cambridge Mass. May z7-It was
still the west against the east today
in the alignment OF athletic forces for
the final events of the inter-collegiat
A A A a, forTy-sixth annual track
and field championships. Thousands
OF enthusiasts went TO the Harvard
stadium to see the youth of thirty of
the country's colleges in action with
a general agreement that California
would win the meet.