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The Missouri herald., 1922-11-17

cake was eaten it was discovered
that it was made of corn meal. All
took the joke with laugh, but left
the remainder for Miss Chism. The
hostess served the guests with fruit.
Games were played and at late
hour each departed declaring Miss
Chism charming hostess. Those
present were: Misses Lena Spencer
Viola Hornback, Nellie Stephens,
The Missouri herald., 1922-11-17

can ocaldom in this county, which greatly aided the voters
in arriving at the just verdict they rendered.
My desire to give expression of thanks and need of
praise where praise is justly mpes violate
long adhered to by in making this public statement
Sincerely yours
EVERETT REEVES
Chairman Pemscot County Democratic Committee
Charlottesville, Mo-, November ID, 1922
Mrs c. s. York.
Hayti Mo.
Dear Mrs. York:
1t is indeed pleasure to acknowledge with thanks and
appreciation the splendid and invaluable services rendered in
the recent campaign by and the Womans Democratic
Committee of this county under leadership The results
of the election show that be depended to
ere has been stirred by effective leadership organization
work.
With appreciation and thanks 1 beg to remain
Faithfully yours
EVERETT REEVES
Ch'm'n Pemiscot County Democratic Committee
Caruthersvile, Mo-. Nov ID, 1922.
Mr.. A. o. Allen
Hayt, Mo.
Dear Friend Allen:
take much pleasure in expressing to you behalf of
myself and the Democratic candidates appreciation
thanks for the important you took rolling up
biggest Democratic majority in the history of Pemiscot
county, While deserved to wn victory could
been so overwhelming without effective militant organiza
on OF which you have proved yourself efficient member
Again thanking you beg to remain,
Faithfully your friend,
EVERETT REEVES,
Ch'm'n Pemscot County Democratic Committee.
The Missouri herald., 1922-11-17
"TACKY PARTY"

Miss Gladys Chism entertained a
number of young people at her home
Thursday evening with 'tacky
party A cake was given to the
tackiest one there, same being won
by Miss Mayme Hearn. The cake
was passed around and everyone
willingly helped themselves,bu after
the chocolate which decorated the
The Missouri herald., 1922-11-17
FOR SALE

Eight registered Duroc-Jersey
sows, at $50 and up; 20 spring gifts
at $40 to S25, weighing from $50 to
200 pounds; 80 fall pigs. $50 trio
no akin. w. A. Joplin, phone No.
1928, Hayti, Mo. 52-3
The Missouri herald., 1922-11-17

Lady Grace Rowe, Agnes Portlock,
Eva Gardner, Mayme Hearn and
Rachel Spencer; ~Messrs. Scott Wal
lis, Earl Rudy, ]. w. Thompson,
Clarence Greer, Glenn Cook, Mar
shall Cameron. Harrison Culbertson
Alfred Rudy and Bill Culbertson.
The Missouri herald., 1922-11-17

Miss May Dowd is a new clerk in
the local pOstoffice.
The Missouri herald., 1922-11-17

ROSEBUD matches. il you want
the best, at Buckleys'.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Sun s Eclipse
in China

~UN YAT-SEN, Chinese revo-
lutionist, idealist and patriot,
~ is eliminated from Chinese
politics. Strange as it may seem,
the cause of liberty and union in
China will rise with Suns eclipse.
In 1913 Yuan Shih Kai, President
of the new Chinese Republic, dis
missed the Peking Parliament and
prepared to make himself Emperor.
The democratic Parliament mem
bers fled to Canton, in South China,
and there Sun Yat-Sen, as Presi-
dent of the South China Govern
ment, kept alive the spirit of de-
mocracy and of opposition to Japan
all these years.
But Sun was dreamer. China
needed a doer, strong man to
cleanse the Peking Government of
. its Japanese influences, which since
1921 have centered in the Premier.
Liang. ~. 4.
The strong man arose in WI Pei
fu. He has just driven Liang from
China after defeating in battle
Chang Tso Lin, the Manchurian ex-
bandit, who, with Japanese sup
port, fought to keep Liang in
power. Sun foolishly chose to sup
port Chang.
WI has induced LII Yuan Hung,
Vice President of the original Pc
king republic, to return to power
and reconvene the original Parlia-
ment. 1t is now sitting in Peking.
LII has offered the Premiership to
Tang, Suns chief associate in the
Southern Government,
1t is time for the South to unite
with WI and the liberal North,
so Suns best advisers have told
him, including General Chen, who
broke with Sun on the policy Of
supporting Chang. Chen has driven
Sun out of Canton. Dispatches now
tell us that Suns last forces have
been beaten by Chen.
Sun, like some other idealists,
made the mistake Of thinking that
ideals alone could prevail in
forceful world. Like some other
Idealists he was incapable of CO.
operating with others.
Leadership has passed to WI and
Ii, who know how to combine
power with ideals and political sa.
gacity. Not since 1913 has the
future for China looked so bright.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
The d. C. s
Great Record
BY BILL PRICE.

vTyHE District of Columbia is lead
ing the United States in build
a ing construction. The figures
are wonderfully inspiring to those
Washingtonians who believe in the
great future of their city. This
includes the home builder, the con-
tractor, the speculator, and the
whole body of live-wire realtors.
The Engineering News Record
of August furnishes figures for
building work for most of the coun-
try for the month of July. By
States and cities it supplies the
various interests concerned with
useful data. .,.."f
The volume of work contracted
for in the District of Columbia in
the month of July, according to Of
fetal figures in the office of the
building Inspector, is $6,536, ,757.
This includes apartments, homes,
construction work of all kinds.
This total is 30 per cent more
than the total for all the New Eng
land States put together, SO per
cent more than all the Southern
States, and IS per cent more than
the amount west of the Mississippi
river, as given by the News Record.
This amazing record for the Dis
trict speaks volumes. Through all
the adverse conditions of recent
years the optimists on Washington
have never been discouraged. They
merely awaited something like
normal conditions to put their faith
into realistic action.
This splendid growth will con-
tinue through other years. 1t will
provide for our increasing popu-
lation and quickly solve the housing
problems of the past. An inspiring
part of it all, as oHee before shown
in figures in this paper, is that mil
lions of de,lars being spent here
this year are going into private
homes. where will live contented
Washrngtonians who are patriotic
Americans, even though not treated
d is such at times.
All of us can afford to be bullish
on Washington. AS we believe in
the nation--its power, strength, and
greatness-so can we believe in its
Federal Capital-its future, its
grandeur, its progress. AS the ma
tion prospers, so will it's Capital
City. Conservative, wise investment
in Washington real estate is the
best buy III the world today.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
President Stands Firm,
NRESIDENT HARDING evil
, IDENTIFY means not to be STAN


IDENTIFY means not to be STAN
4 peded. He is not yielding
either to partisan pressure or to
the opportunities of railroad own
ers or workers.
His firm stand maintains the
dignity of the Government and
the duly constituted authority of
the Labor Board.
The Presidents summons to the
House to reconvene on August Is,
coupled with his conference with
Senator Underwood, minority lead
er of the Senate, is further evil
dence of his intention in this crisis
TO be President of the Whole Peo-
pie, and to use all requisite CO.
operation, Congressional and mill
tary, if unfortunately necessary to
assure this nation continuance of
transportation.
This practical return to war
methods in a time of peace ought
to convince the most case-hard-
ened that it is time to face squarely
the proposition of permanent pub
lie ownership and operation of the
railways.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. is2:J
S. E. Kiser
A BROKEN RHAPSODY.

WE studied Nature, she and l,
w One lovely, balmy afternoon;
The hill from which we gazed wasGaigh,
Wild blooms at our feet were strewn;
The scene that fell beneath our gaze
Was such as poets see in dreams
The far heights doomed against the haze.
Below US, fields and winding streams.
7 POINTED at the grazing herds,
And called attention to the flocks;
We heard the songs of mated birds,
And watched small creatures on the
rocks;
On peaceful farmsteads, here and there,
We let our glances fondly rest;
The world. Il seemed, was free from care;
We studied Nature at her best.
GLJOw wonderful II is," said,
III "How far removed from stress and
strife:
No jealous crowding. and no dread.
No follies that endanger life:
The beauty everywhere below,
The fleecy clouds that float above.
The fragrance of the winds that blow
And all the rich result Of Lowell
''FoR love .,..a.s the fair fields have been
Love animates the peaceful kline:
For love the woolly flocks are shcared,
!, Love lives In every tree and vine
T do not care to linger here
&. She irterrupted me to say,
Loves striking In on YOU. fear;
Come, let us toddle on our way"
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
The FiUe-Cent Cigar
THE state of mind Of the ordi-
nary male American is more
i cheerful than it was a short

"HE state of mind Of the ordi-
nary male American is more
i cheerful than it was a short
time ago; he can buy a cigar for
five cents. That seems, perhaps,
like a trivial thing, but it is only
trivial to the stern moralist and the
high-minded idealist.
1t is, nevertheless, wise to recog-
nize the universal range of human
weakness, and it is the part of a
human philosophy willingly to allow
for it's satisfaction.
Some of our most satisfying
pleasures are those connected with
the lowly senses. When we smoke
or eat together a subtle, additional
meaning is given to our talk; we
are more intelligent, certainly more
genial, and our love for one an
other, at least our tolerance, is
greatly enhanced.
At meal times and after-dinner
smokes much of the kindness and
much Of the wisdom of the world
have been expressed, and sociable-
ness-the quality that most dis
tinguishes the civilized man from
the savage-greatly increased. And
the cheaper the cigar, the more may
folk in moderate circumstances in
dulge in that genial pleasure and
that aid to civilization.
So here is to the five-cent cigar.
1t is as important as the five-cent
fare, but for a different reason.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Paid With Plugged Dimes

radio fans-wers about four
hundred letters srd In those
letters WAS sssrnblsd the most
miscellaneous nlsss OF trinksts.
foreign exchange. COLLAR but.
tons, shoe strings. chsohs ana
coins that n man ever was
privileged 10 case upon,
One conscientious radio fan
sent csSck for Il cents.
adding In postscript that iss
extra ccu, wss fot way tar
Ane'herJ youth. rrekIns nth
hun'er. srat n heck fer D
rrn,s and tho latter With II
,eld h,ddiN tha, "a. had only
hecn abls ,e hear halt Of his
songs and that th-rsfors hs
felr that Cs,nlsr was en,y en-
titled To half OF the AmeuHt
tha, he hsh In jesl. suggested
ihnI the fans scud. Every
penny that cnms IN thls way
through Eddi.'s Jes; was sen;
a. the Red Cros-.. -
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

OTHER times we are cranky
" and gium. think the conn.
try Is going to the dogs and
don't answer when the stenos-
rapher tells us it's a fine day.
All due to an ancestor who gave
them the pure milk Of the word
in the days Of Praise God Bare.
bones or as q pioneer preacher
in Peter Cartwright's time held
sinners hair-hung and breeze.
shaken over the pit. ~. ~
Still, as long as we know moth
ing definite about II, we think
we shall continue attributing ali
our commendable qualities 10
our own will power and good.
ness, and all our disagreeabie
traits to the various rascaily
ancestors that from time to time
may have blotted the evolution.
AIRY escutcheon. ..,
we>iove to sit in the cleaning
and. o swe mediate upon our
shortcomings, pass the buck TO
our philoprosenitors. It's the
least we can do to get even
with them for all they did to IA,
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

TlHB night that Eddie Cantor
= spoke over the radio tsle-
phone, in the early days Of
broadcasting, the rsdie audi.
enes laughed iens and loud.
More than that, they sent him
a unique collection Of seuve.
Mrs the next day, This fact has
just been revealed for the first
time by II N. Lee, writing
Ia the Wireless Age ~
DO you renernba' ho"
Eddie, after he had esud-d
a few choice senas. ruuinated
ints the miarephena; "lsts
see new. there mus, h. sous-
thing like a hundred Thousand
persons listening io me-. IL
EACH enc OF them would send
me a dime -"
In tho next days insil wh'ch
the star received at his home
In At. Vernon Tot he gave
his real hons address to- tn.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
The Right to KnOU.

WHETHER travel by rail at
w present is safe or unsafe by
w reason of defective equip
ment should be known to the Inter
state Commerce Commission, which
employs trained inspectors.
When partisans say it is or it
isn't, they speak as advocates-the
Interstate Commerce Commission
is prcsumptivcly impartial.
One clear word from it, based on
facts, would be appreciated by a
public which has the right to know.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
SAP and SALT
BY Bert Moses

copy, light, Isa'. by Premier sSndieat. Incl
One good way to increase your happiness
Is to reduce your wants. -.
Faith Is the only thing that keeps up the
demand for hairrestorers.
If one doctor figures In your WILL get your
medicine from another = n.t .
Common sense is something you can't buy:
II Just has to be pounded into you a little
ut time. ... ..,t , s... ,.,'
People with halfportlon brains are sure to
denounce everything that is beyond their
mentai range. -. ..' ..
No one Is very ignorant who has sense
enough to make living, and no. one is
learned who can't. iii
liez Heck says: THE kiss or ariivln ia
sweeter thar the kiss on deportin'."
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
The American Way

nRECKINRIDGE LONG, Sem
ator Reeds opponent in the
- Missouri primaries, wisely ac-
cepts their result. AS Josh Bill
lings used to say, there is no gain
in "argifying agin a conclusion. !"
What, since its birth, has kept
this nation great, has been the fine
spirit in which registered decisions
have been acquiesced in by minori-
ties.
We like the man who can meet
defeat with a smile. He usually
has a future.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
S TICK IN G.
T TOG E T II E r
By BUGS" BAER

A FTER ten years of selfish de.
"A termination, Cuba is uff"r.
ing from financial poisoning
GENERAL CROWDER went
~ down there as chairman of
Committee of One. You all re-
member General Crowder in 1918.
He was man who decided that
relatives with fiat feet were no
claim to exemption.
GENERAL went around Cuba
" like cooper around barrel.
and discovered there wasn't
enough money in Cuban wallet TO
purchase teething ring for flea's
child.
GOVERNMENT budget is so
~ full of expenses that there Is
no room for money.
BEGINNING to look like ma
~ tional banner of all republics
should be red auC ,ioneer's flag.
CHINA. Portugal, Russia. Ger
~ many are all taking their
fling at this form or national
extravaganza and are having
more trouble than village lamp
lighter on windy day.
TN 1925 we will celebrate our
- Af f1-Nn to
political ISLANDERS and independ-
ent taX-dodging. We have pulled
and tugRed together since 1875
through thick and thin, lean ana
fat. vet and dry.
WE are oldest republic on
w earth. and IL you don't be.
heve II, look al dates on our
foreign loans.
NOW we've got to step In and
~ lombard Cuba with high
voltage currency in order that
our tourists can 60 abroad for
their headaches, and buy their
bromo settlers at home.
FOREIGN drinking season will
i start again this winter and
Cuban treasury will get on It's
feet by knocking American tour
lists off theirs.
DRoVING that liquid FORM OF
i government 10 superior in
winter. but that nations must
exist on their merits in hot
weather.
THERMOMETERS has been up
i around stove heat all week,
but This nation sails along with
plenty of glue on its back.
While other nations fall apart,
everything in U. s. sticks to-
gether better.
EVEN stamps in your vest
~ pocket are Clinging to one
another in patriotic frenzy of
mucilage enthusiasm.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
THE SPECTATOR
The Creased Palm

thunder stories. and though We
enjoy them AZ we sit on our
shoulder. blades, doubtless 1,ir
ancestors somewhere in the iins
enjoyed them ambulsndo .ss
brixands or sailing AZ pirates on
the Spanish Maip.
We are fond Of cheese. cream
and nuts: hence our forebears
somewhere up in the family
tree included q cat. q rat and
squirrel. 80 t.s.
A squirrel once followed us In
the psrk-probabiy our seven.
hundredth removed grandfather
was a hickory-nut.
Sometimes we are good to our
folks. fail 70 snap at our wife
and say thank You to the hired
girl when q meal is on time.
Ages ago there must have been
a gentleman somewhere in the
connection. E h.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
do YOU KNOW

Spanish is the usual language
In Latin America except Brazil,
where Portuguese Is spoken, and
Haiti. where French In the Ian.
guage OF a majority Of the in.
habitants.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

; its name from the fact that the money
for Il was dug out of fathers pocketbook.
A union formed in Kentucky last week
by moonshiners and bootleggers Is the
univ one I'm America that can go on strike
without fear OF official Intervention.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

lSuiNlNS-fNobS arc Beh'
- orally constructed OF iron,
which has fifty times the re-
sistance of copper. In other
words, were they constructed OF
copper, with copper connection
rod to the earth. they would be
fifty times more efficient. They
are generally but q few. feet
above the roof Of the building.
Now compare the average
radio antenna. To serve its
purpose Of radio reception salts
factoriiy II must be constructed
Of copper or phosphof bronze,
both of far greater conduotivity
than iron. It must also be raised
ten or more feet above the build
Ing or other objects which II
crosses In other words, II
should be the highest object
within several hundred feet
when possible. Isn't II reason.
able to assume. then. that Il
would serve . great deal more
efficiently than . lightning rod
IN draining the atmosphere Of
Its electrical activity 1t does.
N has been proven. and q well.
constructed antenna which 10
properly grounded during \
thunderstorm 10 . far greater
lightning protection 70 tho prop.
erty in its immediate neighbcr.
hood than any number Of light.
ming rods ns usaaIiy installed. -
II. 8. Pyle in wireless Age."
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

The history Of China goes back At least
1000 years The Middle Ages knew u as ths
Emplrs- OF Cathay OF the Land OF Ceres. Tho
f,Ipt European accoun's OF China are those
given by Marco po'o abo,Il 1860 \ l..
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

The suns diameter is nearly
one hundred and ten times that
Of the earth and its volume in
almost 100000 times that Of
the earth.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
BAD FOR HARD JOBS.
., By Star Company.
X. G. B.

n men could always be doing the thinEs
they prefer to do, hardly any OF the nSoes'
saYv things would be done.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Stars and Stripes

A minister In New York is building an
apartment house for his congregation.
Now they will have no excuse for sleep.
ing in his church.
The new "dugout' hat probsb,y takes
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

ND now comes Professor
Jastrow. Of the University
Of Wisconsin. In q lecture 1T
Gouchcr College. Baltimore. and
boards up another of the attic
windows through which sor,e OF
US have been peeping over the
foliage Of contemporaneity and
spying out the future.
For he asserts that the lines
on the hands. which palmiets
claim to be 80 significant of
coming events. have nothing to
do with the future. but q great
deal to do with the extreme past.
They were caused by our mon.
key ancestors hanging from tree
limbs. he said.
WELL. well. well! Little by
w little they are divestlng
US Of our dear credulities. and
soon we shall stand naked he
fore the pitiiess winds Of fact.
We met a man the other day
that actually did not believe In
the devil. Think Of that! And
the devil 10 by far the most pic
turesque figure in theology!
But, speaking Of the past and
future, how much more rational
they are in China than here! .
Here II a man does a noble
deed or heaps up a huge for.
tune, we ennoble and endow his
posterity.
In China they ennoble his an.
cestors.
And what, as Mrs. Partington
says, has our posterity ever
done for US?
Whereas much, II not all, OF
our traits are due to our fore
fathers.
WE understand. since Pro,
w fessor Jastrow spoke. many
things about ourselves that
puzzled us.
There are our tastes, depraved
and refined. We like blood-an
The Washington times., 1922-08-12
Radio Lightning Protection

In certain sections Of the
= country. during the period
when thunder storms are COM
mon. many radio enthusiasts
appear to have fears that their
antenna system will attract
lightning and cause property
and possibly personal damage.
Such 10 not the case; in fact,
entirely the opposite is true.
A custom which was common
not 90 many years ago was the
installation Of lightning rods on
homes, barns, cts. in the belief
that, should lightning strike the
building so protected. It would
run down" the lightning rod.
directly into the ground. When
1t Is considered that the force of
lightning 10 30 great as to shat.
ter large trees, and even entire
buildings, II will be realized that
mere metallic rod would
hardly pass such monstrous cur
rents to the ground without
d damage. Investigation has
proved that where the protec-
tive value OF lightning rods Is
concerned. It IL not with the
passing Of the actual lightning
bolt to ground. but acts in an
entirely different way.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

7 IGHTNING viii be at
II tracted to the vicinity In
which the atmosphere is most
heavily charged with electricity.
Naturally. then. II the atmos-
pherc surrounding a building
contains considerable atmos-
phsric electricity. It offers q
better point for the lightning
bolt to free its energy by n dis
charge to ground. Again. should
one building within tho charged
zone be tail and the other short,
almost invariably the taller
building will receive tho effects
OF the lightning discharge. But
1; we provide soma means OF
draining the atmospheric elcc-
tricity from the atmosphere we
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

render the surrounding atmos-
phere more immune to the re.
ception Of a lightning discharge,
due to its greater Insulating
qualities, and consequent more
difficult path to the ground for
the lightning discharge. which
will then seek an easier path.
This is the way in which the
lightning rod serves; Il provides
q leakage path to ground for the
atmospheric electricity, and
serves to keep the air free from
such electrical activity in it's inn
mediate locality.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

EVEN stamps in your vest
~ pocket are clinging to one
another in patriotic frenzy of
mucilage enthusiasm.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

NOW we've got to step in and
~ lombard Cuba with high
voltage currency In order that
our tourists can go abroad for
their headaches, and buy their
bromo settlers at home.
The Washington times., 1922-08-12

WE are oldest republic on
w earth, and II you don't be.
heve It, look al dates on our
foreign loans.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-07
THE DIGEST STRAW VOTE.
THE Literary Digest of las

THE Literary Digest of last
l. week gives the third INSTALL
ment of their ten million straw
vote on the wet and dry issue and
on the soldiers bonus. They have
now received and counted 4S0,043
ballots and the percentages remain
very much the same as was the ase
in the first hundred thousand re-
ceived. Those who favor strict
enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead act
number 1871, 704. Those who want
the Volstead act amended so as to
permit the sale of light wines and
beer number l9o,864. Those who
favor the repeal of the prohibition
amendment to the constitution
number l01,475. Thus those who
want some change in the present
cry regime number 29s.239 as
as against 1s1,704 who desire no
change in the constitution or en-
forcement act.
The Literary Digest announces
that it has now mailed two million