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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
A COAL INDUSTRY SUCCESS
TON

In the current Issue OF The Worlds
Work" Mr.. Floyd W. Parsons. we'll
known writer on business and indus
trial topics, makes fuel suggestion OF
great importance. Briefly. i, Is that the
burning OF raw coal be entirely pro
hfbired. In place OF coal. he would first
substitute coke and finally gas FOR ever.
other heating agent. This. Mr.. Par
sons, says. would double the value OF
every ton OF coal. because il would mean
that all of the useful elements in raw
coal would be recovered and used.
1T will mean" he says. the produc-
ton OF sufficient tar 10 furnish enough
preservative 10 creosote every stick Of
timber that Is used for any purpose in
the United States. 1t Will also mean
an increase in our production OF sui
phate OF ammonia. which VIII greatly
Increase our production OF foodstutrs
and make us independent OF foreign pro-
ducers OF farm fertilizers" He also adj
yocates the establishment OF a bureau of
coal economics. which would he empow-
cred 20 collect and publish facts and
figures each month on coal consump-
ton, coal traffic, coal storage. miners
wages and earnings. and the cost OF
living in the various coal regions. Such
an organization he believes to be alb
solutely essential II the coal industry
Is to be stabilized
The increase In the production of am
monium sulphate. a form OF nitrogen.
\, would be a big thing. In the burning
OF every ton OF raw coal. We waste 25
pounds of this valuable fertilizer. It
Ia estimated that 100 pounds added to
an acre OF wheat land would increase
the yield from seven 10 10 bushels to
the acre and that we burn up enough
fertilizer in raw coal TO thus enrich
$4,000. 900 acres OF land. every year The
effect OF such a program on the coal
Industry would be tremendous. II could
hardly fail. also to have considerable
effect upon agricultural production. Mr..
Parsons has made a suggestion that is
we'll worth the most serious considera-
tlon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
MIR. OCDEN'S SPEECH

Hon. H. {. Ogden, Of Wheeling. on
ened his campaign for the Republican
nomination for United States Senator
in q speech at Parkersburg OH Monday
night He reviewed his record. which
he declared to have been favorable to
progressive measures I'm state and ma
ton. He supported the l904-l906 tax
reform fight one result of which was
raising the taxation value Of railroad
property. listed by the board Of public
works. from $4,000. 900 to SS0,000,000.
and the taxing OF s35.0O0.0o0 worth CT
leaschold property which had never be-
fore been on the tax books. His paper
published the first editorial favorable
TO workmens compensation In this
state He fought for the 2-cent railway
passenger rate. He opposed and wrote
into a Republican platform plank op-
posing private mine guards Speaking
OF the public service commission, he
said II ought to be a high court. not
for the purpose Of guaranteeing pronts
to public utilities. but for the purpose
Of guaranteeing efficient and economical
service TO the public, and apparently the
commission in West Virginia had failed
to realize in some respects. the intent
and purpose OF its creation. These he
declared to be indices TO what his atu.
fude would be toward new questions,
state and national He declared express.
IL for n reduction of the cost OF govern.
ment. for q protective tariff. and Tor
constitutional amendmen t so that a fed-
eral child labor law could be enacted
Weston Independent. .. a...... ... ...s..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
THE CHEVY CHASE OF COCK
FIGHTS

An epic battle was that staged at
Springfield. Mass. when state police
who had captured So game BOOSTERS. the
pick OF New England. placed the fighters
together in a chicken yard and left them
there over night. The next morning.
- OF the warriors lay dead in their own
blood and the survivors staggered
around Growing but unable 10 fight
further through sheer physical cxhaus-
ton.
Perhaps the most stirling feature OF
;hIs historic conflict was the participa-
ton Of the rooster whose home was in
taded BY the 90 games. This COURAGE
Gus fowl. who was known as John
Alden" was suddenly confronted by all
the Jack Dempseys OF the chicken world
in New England. Did he hide or run
away Not John. The chroniclcr re-
lstes that no sounded his war cry and
went joyously into battle for his home
and honor. Re was found dead in the
midst Of his dead and dying foes.
Cock fShtinE IL reprehensihle and is
properly forbidden by law Tho state
police who captured these games should
have known better than 70 put them all
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

friend. have known him For many
wears He Is clean. outstanding. Goa
fearing man, and ~ ono Of the brainlcst
men in the state. II elected 10 NV"
I.uj,cd States senate. Mr.. ogden would
ha a commemorative who would truly
and I'm all senses Of the word be repre-
sentative Of the great state or West
Virginia. He IS man whom am
proud Ia refer 10 as a West NirEinian
and whom West Virginia would be
proud OF as United States senator
I am happy to express myself publicly
rs being in hearty accord with his can
dldacy and bespeak for him the init
ence and support of all West Firginia"s
who want to see their state represented
nj Washington on u par with the repre-
sentatIon Of any other state.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
:RIPPLING RHYMES
By w ALT NJ A S @
THE PROMISE.

n Thomas who
sold
Honey. audm
from shack My
tho
the tornha wrecked
lpaidup
s'an,r
downright George
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
6S-YEAR-OLD STUDENT
IS HONOR GRADUATE

Point Pleasant. W. Va. June 2-Del
linton. IS years old. school teacher. Bap-
list preacher. prohibition stump speaker
md father Of i've children. Will he grad
uatcd as an honor student AT the loin'
Pleasant high school this month. he Is
the oldest student in any West virginia
hiph school
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

eformcrly YOU
that t s
the willy diplomats Genoa
them into ting a
stand
to "a q world
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

It's all right to establish radio re-
ceivlnE stations on golf links, hut when
!, comes To sending stations--be care
full. boys, be careful.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

Rudolph Valentines real name. Il de-
The Irish are yindica'ed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

"He-men" are wanted for the United
States coast guard. No sirIs IN
Knockers need apply.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

II In the art OF the actor that causes
tho applause. says a critic And the
good looks Of the actress?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

Don't criticise the man who lodges
the BIN collector. He is merely taking
part in the campaign for safety first.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

Fabricated steel orders almost equal
either.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

about the middle OF Monday afternoon.
When Government says II is await
ing developments in tho coal strike. 1t
means that 1t doesn't know what in Sam
Hill TO do.
Man becomes doc!le with age. At
twenty he Is sowing his wild oats: at
forty he is married and sewing on his
pants buttons.
The most noticeable effect Of Vol
.tna nj Ia thnt frnuucntlN YOU are
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

An alleged blackhander a Wcllshurg
matters ought to get.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

\ new ;riumvira'e is endeaV"riuE TO
share tariff lcGislation--th" foreign
producer the in"rr;Or. amy tn" Demo-
cratic leader. The American producer
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

Seventy per cent OF the soldiers en-
lisetd during the world war by tho
United States had been earning less thAn
SIS a week.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

ireland seems To believe In the sur
oval OF the tlttes,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

Matthew March. l0-year-Cld boy OF
California, reads 500 books in year.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
BABY FALLS INTO
PAIL AND BROWNS

Youngstown. Ohio. June = Joseph
Fleshner. II months old. was drowned
Yesterday before aid could, reach MIN
when he .ell head first into gallon OF
water in bucket.
Ether is put in much ~ the iihcitIy
made vhiskey TO dissolve the fusil oil.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03
What Other
Editors Say

Au;i.administrati"n politicians who
started out with the late business de-
rression as their chief campaign "thun-
der" are having n Nigh old time of 1t
now trying 10 chase up something new
whilst factories and mills are reSu"-
Ing al over the country and un"mpI"%-
mrnt is being rapidly wiped out
Clarksburg Telegram.
Mr.. Rockefellcr's remarks that II ID
hard TO give million dollars Is only
one-half ur the paradox. TIE other -
that Il Is perfectly ca, ." nnd men
willing to take a million dollars - HUM
Ington Herald Dispatch.
When Margaret Fuller exclaimed IN
her soulful way that she accepted tae
universe Or Oliver Wendell Holmes re-
marked that she'd better and we soc
that Elmer Dover has decided 10 acdu'-
esce In what Secretary Mellon recently
did To couple Of political gentlemen
showed into offices of great trust and
re y ~ ;ih!lItv FIR the good Of the SER
vlce.-OhIo State Journal
We wonder now what the ladies' OF
Charles Town. who were such regular
attendants AT the trial "C william BIZ
zard which ended saturday. will do
for interests iust as the men who Wis
ted Charles Town during the period OF
the trial wondered how all III" house
holds represented ny th"$" ladies went
on while they were r. ruurt--Mart'ns-
burg Journal.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

VIII Hays may hpv~ Thought MINI
sclm a busy man IN tho pOsiotnc" de-
partment but he didn't hay" 70 bother
about dates Of marriages and divorces
hen--WiChita Eagle.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

We ind ours"lf In agreement with
the observation "f III" Detroit Free
rress that ny trans will never I've
complete success until somebody In
vents one 10 rrscmhle n bald head
New Orleans Stntes
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

II Is Of COURSE too had 10 learn that
some states spend NOR" money each
year for chewing gum than they spend
for education hu' the value Of "ducH-
ton Is not measured in dollars More
over wadS of chewing gum disappear
mystcriously. bu; few dollars worth
Of education ia a lasting and shining
aSset-KansaS CITY Star.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

Evelyn NeShit has been named as
correspondent in another divorce suit
Evelyn IL one Of the most experienced
and constantly employed correspondents
Of all that corresponding ti<he in New
York -Houston Post.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

As the seniors ster out the juniors
step in. Like the brook, the senior
class goes on forever. --Char,reton NAL
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

Tho Rabc Ruth episode tends - make
one think more kindly Of the Romans
with their thumbs d"wn.-ta!rmont
Times.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

IL up against strong combination. hut
tho "utl""k is good for An American VIC
tory Parker s3urG News
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

$ For Heavens
e me-
church gives the organization
soec
congressman the boss sho~s
hemon n
ma
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-03

naCeU INC HtCh5 'fTIU '"S'eu q IFltIt "
cause there was no one to sell the
motion picture rights to.
Now If England has celebrity who
can tell us how to make tho ghost walk.
let her send him over.
Patriotism probably never will de-
velop to the point OF parading in honor
az the unknown taXpaYer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30
RIVER HELDINBY
GREAT LEVEES
Floods In Mississippi Fail To
Rouse Fears They Once
Caused

MEMPHIS, March %. = Flood
warnings that unusually high water
would send the Mississippi river be-
yond the flood stage in its lower
reaches gave the people of the lower
Mississippi Valley comparatively lit
tie concern this spring. Ten years
ago such a warning by the weather
bureau would have caused immediate
preparations for an inevitable gen
eral overflow over an area of hun
dreds of square miles. The absence
of fear this year is due to the great
levee or embankment system which
has been completed in the last few
years to hold the Mississippi to it's
floodway.
River engineers say that the
levees along both sides of the Mis-
sissippi from the mouth of the Ohio
to the Gulf of Mexico are now con-
structed to such dimensions that they
will hold the river even should it go
four or five feet higher than it ever
has gone.
They say there is but one point
in the entire system toward which
the least anxiety is felt and this
section Of the entertainments will hold
p. flood stage this year equalling
the record high water of 1913. Near
Helena, Ark, some SO miles down
stream from Memphis, short link
has not been completed to standard
dimensions. Elsewhere, even at
places where construction is COM
paratively new, the huge embank-
ments have settled and are strong
enough to withstand far more pres
sure than the Mississippi in her most
tprrifica rampages, ever has display
ed.
Only seven times since river sta
tistics have been complied dating
back to 1872, has the Mississippi
gone over the 40-foot mark on the
Memphis guage. The. flood or bank
full stage is 35 feet. The levees,
engineers say, will resist SO foot
stage.
The last serious overflow, when d
wide area was inundated and much
damage done by flood water, was in
1913 when the river climbed to the
unprecedented height of 46.5 feet,
Memphis guage. At that time, how
ever, the levee system had not been
built to the standard that govern
ment engineers had mapped out as
necessary for all time. In the spring
of 1920 the river reached a stage
of 40.3 feet, Memphis guage, but
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30

there was no overflow. The levee
construction between 1918 and 1920,
due largely to aid in the form of
$50,000,000 appropriation by con-
gress in 1917, gave the people of
the lower valley full confidence that
the levee system would forever end
the disastrous floods.
For more than 200 years, or since
the city of New Orleans was laid
out by French engineers in 1717,
entertainments have been built along
the river banks to hold the river to ITS
channel.
Prior to the Civil War considerable
Roadway had been made to protect
the lowest and best agricultural lands
but the series of entertainments were
NOT connected upon and the over
flows, where there wegsa no restrain
ing walls, always tssSAened those
sections which had o.dJNcal protec-
zion. The cost of buildTg the en-
oankment was tremendous, so much
so that it could not be done with
desired rapidity either by local dis
tlicts, by the counties or by the
states. Long effort was made to get
Federal help but it was not until
1917 that funds in sufficient proper
tions were forthcoming. Since that
time, however, the work has progress
ed very rapidly.
The Mississippi river now is hem
med in by a chain of leveeS from
Missouri and Tennessee to below the
city Of New Orleans, entertainments
that are continuous and that total
more than / 500 miles in length. At
some places they tower more than
so feet high and their crown is as
wide as an average street with the
base often more than 300 feet wide.
Before the levees were built, the
area of land subject to overflow was
in excess of 100000 acres, or an
area greater than the combined
area of Delamare, Connecticut, New
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30
G. M. G. MOPS UP WITH
Triton AGGIES 1872

Triton, March 3O.-The Triton
Aggies did not interfere with the
Georgia Military College baseball
teams triumphal tour of South Geor-
gia. 1t lost to the visitors on the
Triton athletic field yesterday after
noon 1872. The Aggies We're out
classed in everything except pitching
and assisted the visitors by twenty
two errors. G. NJ. c. scored in every
inning, except the first, second and
seventh, the Aggies scoring in the
first and fifth. G. NJ. c. got thirteen
hits and made three errors, while the
Aggies got eight hits. Batteries: G..
M. c., Shaw and Gum; Triton, Rain
ey and Burnett.
The Milledgeville team is travelling
in truck with bus body and there
are sixteen men in the party, includ-
ing Coach Hardage and the driver.
They defeat d McRae Monday, 7 to 2,
and Douglas Aggies Tuesday, Is to
l. They went from Triton to Nor
man Park, where they play Norman
today and will finish the week at Al
bany, playing Albany High Friday
and Saturday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30

NEW YORK, March 3O.-Farmers
will blow their fields by radio, if E. D.
Glavin, radio fan, perfects his inven-
ton.
Glavin has succeeded in operating
an automobile by wireless. Now he
wants to make it possible for the
farmer to sit comfortably at home
while operating his tractor in the
field.
"Tve been working on the project
since 1911" says GlaVin. Bet ]
haven't completed it yet.
.- ~~- Steers by Radio -.-
''The idea is not to propel the
machine by wireless, but to direct
its course.
when an electric auto stops, its
power is disconnected. Close the
switch completing the circuit, and
the car will continue on its way.
an my model l control this switch
by radio"
GlaVin's model is a small boatlikc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30
IT'D
WHOLESALE GROCERS
PRAISE JAMES A. PERRY

ATLANTA, March 3O.-Outgoing
trains today were filled with whole
sale grocers leaving Atlanta for their
various homes following the close of
their annual convention here. Many
of the grocers were visitors at the
Southern Food show.
Officers elected by the association
for the next year were: A. J. Long,
of Macon and Atlanta, president; B..
Y. Wallace, of Triton, retiring presi-
dent, first president; A. Med.
Wilson, Jr., Of ATLANTA, second vice.
president The executive commit
tee includes. George j. Galloway, of
Albany; NJ. L. Mays, of cambridge /;
r N. Gibson, of Rome; H. L. Sing
er, of Atlanta, and D. S. Brandon,
of Dublin.
The grocers gave high praise to one
Of Georgia's best known state house
officials in adopting resolutions
thanking State Railroad Commission
er James A. Perry, for the great
service he rendered to the shipping
interests Of the country as the lead
er i'm the fight being waged for the
restoration OF state rights in matters
affecting rates and control of rail
roads, and for his instrumentality in
securing much-needed relief in mat
tiers of rates and facilities on farm
products in Georgia. "
The service referred to in the
fight for state rights, was rendered
by Mr.. Perry as president of the Ma
tional Association of Railway and
Utilities commissioners.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30
NAVAL LIMITATION AS
GAS TREATIES RATIFIED

WASHINGTON, March 30.-ThS
two arms conference treaties limiting
the navies of the great powers and
restricting the use of submarines and
poison gas were ratified in landslide
of appreciation Wednesday by the
senate.
To the naval limitation covenant,
declaring naval building holiday
and fixing a ratio of capital ship
strength for the United States, Great
Britain, Japan, France and Italy, the
senate gave its final assent by a vote
of IA to 1, and then almost without
debate 1T accepted II to 0 the past
designed to prevent submarine oper-
ations against merchantmen and to
outlaw chemical warfare altogether.
No amendments or reservations were
proposed to either.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30
Ei$d(zzzf0) % Z 1filSS
F ARMER MAY PLOW
BY RADIO
This is the last of a series of ar
ticles by Frank George, wireless
expert, on radiophone.
BY FRANK GEORGE

! Checked and Approved by Radio
Section, u. S. Bureau of Standards.)
What is the wave length? How is
the meditation?
Farm boys and girls have new
language nowadays; and new inter
est. The radio has intrigued them.
The pig club and the calf club is be
ing supplemented by the radio club.
Everywhere the farm sky is
woven with wireless antennae.
Wherever farm boys and girls get
together will be found both sending
and receiving instruments. The ether
is huge lake filled with music
and news, and the fishing is fine.
The first Farmrad club to be Of
gained was in Ocean County, N. J.
Here group of boys interested in
wireless pooled their radio knowledge
and resources for the purpose of re-
ceiving news reports on agriculture
and general tories and relaying the
messages by telephone and messen-
ger to farmers and others in rural
districts.
This organization, known as the
Ocean County Radio club, has be-
come extremely popular.
The success of the organization
has given impetus to the formation
OF Farmrad clubs in other sections
Of the country and many state agri-
cultural colleges have become inter
ested in the work.
The method of organization is to
get the boys and girls first to read
all available literature on wireless.
Simple radio equipment for receiving
messages on short wave lengths is
installed and gradually the members
of the club take up the more difficult
phases of the art.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30

Jersey and Massachusetts,. Since
the levees have afforded more ana
more protection, the region has been
reclaimed rapidly and put into cultI-
walton so that it now ranks as one of
the most productive areas in the en-
tire country. Nearly 100000 peo-
pie, dependent mostly on agriculture,
live in the region. Where there was
but one banking institution in the
area in 1880-that at Helena, ARK ;,
there now are more than 500 flour
ishing banks. Where there were no
railroads whatever in the territory
prior to the sos, the mileage now Il
in excess of 1920.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-30
B()Y SCOUTS

Troop of the Americas Boy
Scouts got off at flying start when
they won the first baseball game of
the season Wednesday at the Aggie
diamond, defeating 2-B of the Amer
icus High school by a score of 1876.
They put up a good game, although
four of the players were not present
on account of going to Vienna with
the Aggie team.
Although Allen, the pitcher, was
not present, B. w. Rouse pitched a
good game, tanning a number of
men.
As Troop 2 is receiving the support
of the Lions club, with Dan Chap
pell as scoutmaster, they feel that
they will win many more victories this
season.
'The lineup was as follows: