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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-05
Miss Mccormick Refuses Contract

CHICAGO. Sept. 5.-Nawanna
Micor, who in every day life is Hiss
MUriel Mccormick, has refused a
$1,000, 600 contract to appear in a
motion picture. according to close
friends.
Miss Mccormick refused to make
any comment on her plans today be-
ing busy moving from the home OF
her father, Harold +. Mccormick,
who recently married Danna Wal
ska. the Polish opera star. to an at
tic studio three flights up, where she
will pursue her operate studies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-05
Serious Charge Made

NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. S.
Earl Austin. a Camp Raritan private
arrested by County Detectives Fitz-
patrick and Collins or Saturday. has
been held to await the action of the
grand jury by Recorder Weber. A
serious charge has been made
against him. He was arrested by
The camp authorities prior to his
being taken into custody by the
county authorities.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
Ancient Folk Tales

| ANCIENT TALES FROM MANY
LANDS. BY r. NJ. Fleming. Fred
erick A Stokes Company.
l"HERE are thirty-three folk
tales In this attractive book.
There are also nine ulustra-
tons which apparently have nothing
to do with the stories, some Of which
indeed have nothing to do even with
story interest They indicate in
| themselves that the tales have been
selected for some other purpose than
mere story telling. One Is not sur
prised to discover that they have
been chosen, both tales and pictures,
to Illustrate the culture of the lands
from which they came. These ira
ditional stories are intended to sup
ply background for the teaching
of geography and history. The au-
thor explains her purpose in sim
ply written and Illuminating essay.
Nothing. is more welcome, espe-
ciaIly in America, than any attempt
in our schools to teach history on a
world basis. 1t IS exceedingly salu-
tary for the bumptious American
child to learn in so lively a way, at
so impressionable a period, that
world history shows no race or place
or epoch which can claim monop-
oily of the essentials OF civilization.
This truth Is written plain in all the
folk tales, but it Is not conSid-
cred expedient In America to tell folk
stories in that spirit to future MEM
bers OF Congress. When the little
things grow up they might forget
our glorious and God given isolation.
They might-but what's the use?
You know as well as I do that chill
dren mustn't ever be allowed to sus-
pect these things. Even Miss Fiem-
ing. English as she is. draws the line
somewhere. 1t is only on the last
page OF her essay at the back Of the
book that she ventures. in a Sug
gested Scheme of Tales. to intimate
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

to kin me before they got the pris-
oner. There was some clustering.
but they finally rode away and the
man was afterward hanged accord
ing to law"
Preserved as memento OF the
past is the gallows which was used
for hangings before Virginia adopted
the electric chair as mode OF exc
cution. 1t was a unique affair in
that the trap which plunged a man
into eternity was sprung by a huge
wooden trigger which looked like an
old wooden snOwplow. The last
hanging in that county was in 1905.
ARegro was the victim He was put
to death three months after the
commission of the crime. Tickets OF
admission to the hanging are still In
existence, treasured as mementoes of
the event 1t took three weeks to
build the gallows. and it was con-
structed right in front of. the cell
occupied by the condemned man. and
during that time he had to watch the
erection of the gibbet.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

decided to make a double day cele-
bration Of it as q warning to future
offenders, and the hanging Of the
second wretch was planned for the
following night. All day long he
covered in his cell, knowing his
DOOM
The crowd, however, had failed to
reckon with Jean Criser. upholder of
the law. Like Sheridan, though
twenty miles away, he urged his
horse to cover the distance. and
reached town several hours before
the lynching was scheduled. First
he had his-wife lock him in the Jail.
Then she took the horse and the
key TO the Jail and rode miles away
from the scene.
'@The only way they could get in
was to batter down the door," Criser
said. II told them when they came
that such was the case, and that
stood on the other side of the door
with my revolver and would use It at
the first attempt of onslaught, and
that furthermore, they would have
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

that he wasn't at all tired or sleepy
and that his destination wasn't as
far OF as he thought IT was, and
cranked up the old car and left hur-
riedly. using a discretion in that case
which was assuredly the better part
of valor.
There's nothing swashbuckling or
over romantic about the peace off,
GERS in that part OF the country.
They simply feel that the obligation
to live up b their oath OF office Is
sacred one to be kept as long as life
fingers in their bodies. This was
impressed upon me by my conversa-
tions with Sheriff Criser. He was
hero OF an attempted lynching which
he frustrated by stark nerve He is
a character which fiction writer's tell
US about and we laugh OF by saying
Nobody Ike that ever lived"
He had lived for so many years I'm
the antiquated jail which the county
provided for Its Sheriff that when It
was decided to have a modern court
house and jail he couldn't bear to see
his home destroyed SO he simply
bought it and lives in the part which
had been set aside as living quarters
for the jailer. while the other part
is empty. He says it's a good jail.
and no criminal ever escaped from it.
The attempted lynching which he
tells about took place during his
latter days in Office. Two negroes
had been arrested while Criser was
absent Feeling ran high and when
a mob descended on the Jail the
deputy in charge. rather than ar
gue passed out one of the negroes.
~h0 was promptly hanged II was
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

that the Old Testament stories take
their place with other myths Of Gre
alton and accounts of early civiliza-
ton in which legend and fact inter-
mingle. Do they know, over there
in the geographical and ethnographi-
cal sections of the British Associa-
ton. nothing of our religious bull
warks. even though they ignore the
D. A. r.?
These tales can do their part, as
Miss Fleming says, toward diminish
ing foolish and ignorant prejudices
which now enable people to blind
themselves to their common human
ity. They give us the history of the
great body of the people and show
us the sequences of world life and
thought in all their different phases
Of time and type and place: show
US. too. the things which wrought
important changes In their condi-
tons and thus became enshrined in
popular fancy. But, of course. 1t Is
bad for our bulwarks to recognize
that geographical environment has
anything to do with social systems,
and it's frightfully unsettling to
gather that we have not In every
way improved on our ancestors
codes OF conduct
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

willing to shoot first and investigate
afterward when an irquiring stran-
ger appeared.
One morning a group Of men were
standing idly on the wide veranda OF
the Bath county courthouse with me
They were going to supply the
crowd atmosphere" In their midst
was Jean Criser. who had been sher-
iff for more than thirty years
suddenly saw one OF the men
scan the m0untains In the back
ground. and noticed his eyes cieave
to a spot. like a hound scenting its
quarry. Following his line of vision.
saw a thin curl OF smoke winding
peacefully from a thicket Of trees
Somebody's having breakfast
kind Of late" I suggested indiffer-
entity.
breakfast. nothing" snorted the
scout Indignantly. There's another
stfll up there. The moonshiners are
busy again.
Z Without haste and in orderly fash
ion the crowd instantly dispersed.
dled into the sheriG-s Office and.
emerging. each man showed a ten
dency to bulge a bit at hip or belt,
where a shining steel automatic had
found its way. Needless to say. no
scene was shot that day. The mai
esty OF the law had to be upheld
Each man went up into the noun
tains TO face unknown peril Not
one OF them knew but that a stray
bullet with his name on it might
reach him before nightfalL
The Virginia mountains are
watched as intently by these officials
as are our own Adirondaelks for the
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
Happenings in Virginia

first sign OF smoke during the dry
season In New York, Of course.
they are looking for signs of fire.
Down in Virginia. it's firewater
they're after.
High up in the hills. on the beaten
paths. the moonshiners ply their
trade. They get as far away from
civilization as possible. because the
scent OF the mash Is so strong that
it can be detected for miles. There
fore. to the prohibition agents down
below. the thin curl Of smoke IL the
sign that a home distillery Is In op-
Grafton.
Ocular demonstration Of the prep
arations which the iawbreakers make
to defend themselves against en-
forcers OF the law was given me one
day in front of an old cabin several
miles from the courthouse. Com
ing down tho road we saw a de-
crepit team hauling a wagon on the
verge of collapse. On the seat were
three men who could have played
the parts Of the heaviest villains in
deepest melodrama without using a
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

Just how suspicious of strangers
the mountaineers are was proven to
Bill" Riley. our property man. who
had two bloodhounds. He took the
dogs by automobile and one night
was forced to seek lodging at prim-
tive mountain hotel He was the
object OF much attention and a num-
ber Of mountaineers appeared to be
much concerned as to why he should
be in the neighborhood with the two
dogs
He told his story easily. unaware
that just one week previous prohi-
bition enforcement agents had made
a raid in the vicinity and battle had
ensued between the moonshiners and
the officers. in which one man was
killed.
After a while. however. Riley be-
came conscious of the fact that he
was being followed menacingly
wherever he turned He didn't know,
Of course, that in that part Of the
country bloodhounds were used but
for one purpose-tracking offenders
OF the law. He suddenly realized
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
The Talking Head

NTHEN Nine Biayatsky was at
W the zenith OF her caree- as the
promulgator of the doctrine of The
osophy In this country the adopts OF
India announced that In considera-
ton OF her great services to hu-
manity they would present her with
the famous talking head OF India.
This head is described as OF wood.
heroic in size. and its utterances are
said to be Of deep. ancient wisdom.
The great Theosophist was de-
lighted for many reasons. but chiefly
because she relied on the head to re-
veal mysteries which would qualify
her to complete the treatise she had
been at work on for many years.
But one condition was that she
would have to go to India In the body
to receive the gift which was refused
TO her astral body. She had begun
preparation for the trip when, unfor-
tunately, her astral body left its
material counterpart and failed to
return In common speech the high
priestess OF Theosophy was dead.
The famous head is back in India
and no one has been able to make i.
talk since the death OF Blavatsky.
But the adopts who have charge Of
the head believe that there win yet
appear in the world a successor to
Blavatsky. to whom the head will
speak and deliver TO the world the
explanations of the prophetic phi
iosophy somewhat vaguely referred
TO as the theosophical religion
The New York herald., 1922-09-03

touch OF makeup. Two had rifles
In their hands. At the side of the
driver was another repeating rifle.
Much to our surprise and conster-
nation. the wagon stopped in front
OF cabin The most villainous OF
the group alighted and entered the
yard with his rifle.
I was positive then that instead OF
shooting the scene with camera. II
was going to be all shot up with bull
lets. AS the man came up the path.
light summer breeze caressed the
blanket which had been thrown over
the body OF the wagon. Responding
TO the caress, the blanket lifted a bit
into the air. Exposed to the broad
daylight were scores OF jugs
The negro woman who occupied
the cabin came to the door and the
man. apparently ignoring us ap-
preached her in a most friendly man
ner and handed her rs cents and a
rifle which he had borrowed from her
husband
Then disdainfully he started out.
pausing to stop before US and say
ominously:
"Youall. while youaTl are here. see
nothin', say nothin'. and youali won't
get hurt"
The rnarau,u fofd - th.t ,h~ $780,
had been in the mountains for two
weeks and had gone prepared to re-
sist all onslaught. having taken with
them rifles and sufficient arnmu-
milton to withstand any posse which
might have surrounded them The
driver had given her for her husband
about 100 rounds OF ammunition as a
present.
The New York herald., 1922-09-03
> RICHARD BARTHELMEss.

EA(AL1R1 DAN klEL<fu I'D.
The sun shines bright on my old Ken
lucky home,
But the Tnoonshine's better In vir-
ginia"-
a NY one looking for a theme
~ for a popular song with .
large element of truth in II.
u welcome to the above. I will vouch
for its accuracy. Having just re-
turned after six weeks in the Blue
Ridge Mountains. feel qualified to
make the assertion
The life of a bootlegger in this
northern country Is fraught with
danger. but it Is nothing compared
to the menace to the moonshiner. as
wen as his pursuers. the prohibition
agents. down in the Southland.
was at the hospitabie little VII
lage of Warm Springs. Va. making
. picture. / mustn't confuse the
kindly, law abiding citizens of the
village who offered US unbounded
hospitality. however. with the law
less element which was back In the
mountains armed to the teeth. and
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
COTTON GIVES WAY
UNDER PRESSURE
Prices Drop Is to 22 Points in
Late Trading-Market's
Trend Indefinite.

A noticeable lack of definite trend
futures, and after holding fairly steady
in early dealings, sometimes with a
small loss, the market gave way before
increased long pressure In the last half
points less than Thursdays closing.
Final bids were around the days low
level, or IL to 21 points less than the
markets preceding close. II was largely
a local, evening up market that Of yes
terday, Influenced only slightly by
various factors. Undoubtedly part Of
the long selling was created by the
favorable weather in the Western belt
and fears of timid holders that 1t would
continue so over the week end.
The official weather map was good as
a whole despite the fact that the East
was showery and bit unsettled. The
only precipitation in Texas was at Pales-
tine. which had nearly an inch of rain.
Gables played little or no part in in
fiuencing the course of values. They
were not worse or much better than
expected. Spot business on the other
side continued fairly active. 10000 bales
changing hands. Manchester reported
yarns I'm and the labor situation In
mills as improved to the extent that
many operatives would return on Mon
day.
The weeks statistical position was
again rather bullish. Spinners'. takings
Of American cotton in the last week were
estimated at 209.000 to $4,000 bales. in
contrast to 100000 bales In the preced-
ing week. The amount of cotton brought
into sight for the week ended with las:
night was 130.721 bales. in contrast to
e11,030 bales in the corresponding week
Of 1921
The local spot market was slightly
easier at 21.45 cents a pound for mid
ding. 20 points lower The New Orleans
spot market was steady net unchanged
at 20 cents. It's sales were of 2.S45
bales.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
N. Y. CENTRAL CUTOFF
WILL COST $50, 900, 900
Work, to Start at Once, In
cLudes Bridge Near Albany.

The New York Central Railroad Com
pany has authorized the immediate
commencement OF construction OF the
Castleton bridge and cutoff calling for
the ultimate expenditure of about $780,
100000, approximately $12,000,000, OF
which will be spent in the next two
years. According to the Rdil,ody Age
the Improvement work includes a high
level steel bridge across the Hudson
River about twelve miles south OF Al
bany, large freight classification yard
In the vicinity OF Feura Bush, N. r..
and about twenty miles of double track
connections linking the railroad with
the West Shore and the Boston and AL
bany by easy grades.
The company recently contracted for
23. 900 tons of structural steel for the
bridge. which will be double track with
provision for two additional tracks at
some future date. 1t will have one 500
foot and one 400 foot main truss span
over the channel fanked by steel via
duct approaches. the total length being
about one mile. 1t is expected that
this work will be completed early in
1924
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
BUSINESS CONTINUES
TO GAIN AND EXPAND
Many Commodities Advance
in Week, Say ReUietDs.

Business Is continuing to improve and
phases whichi usuar.y marx periods OF
its expansion stand out more clearly,
according to the weekly trade reviews
of r. G. Dun & Co. and BrGdstreet's.
People are more optimistic and prices
OF many commodities advanced In the
last week.
r. G. Dun & Co. says: Recovery
from the previous depression, proceed
ing slowly and irregularly for many
months. is steadily gathering momentum
and sentiment reflects the changed con-
ditions. Different lines that had Jagged
while buyers waited are beginning to
display renewed activity as revival of
demand develops and reversal of the
price trend has been witnessed. With
out exception each week this month has
disclosed an excess of advance In Dun's
comprehensive list of wholesale quota
tions and premiums on prompt ship
ments Of certain commodities Demon
strate that some needs are becoming
urgent"
Bradstreet's says: There is more op-
timism in trade reports, grain crop adj
vices are better and collections have
made another step forward. while In
most leading industries production Is
apparently larger, despite continuance
Of the coal strike and refusal Of New
England cotton mill hands to take re-
duced wages. Ordinary distributive
trade reports are not greatly different
from last week, but there Is certainly
improvement in surplus grain growing
regions, and a gain in mail order busi-
ness is another thing noted"
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
PRODUCE.

BEANS-Marrow. choice. domestic. 100 lbs.
$s pea. 1925: medium. $7.75; Kotenashi.
Japanese, $5@6; medium. Rumania, $69s.25;
Washington. ss's California. 81 S.25G7.5o: red Kid
ney. 1915; imperial. $3.50: white kidney. $40.
BUTTER-creaMery, higher than extras.
rs. S s4asse seconds ~ sssss
grades, 3l932c.; centralized cars. 90 score.
35a35Nc.: SO score. 3lAQs4hc.; ss score.
higher than extras, 3slsg30c.; extras. 90
score: s7hassc. firsts, s5gs7c;; seconds.
ssHasiHc lower grsdss a2@ssc ss ,s,,as state
ssm$oc. @ V: :. common ' to ''i fair a6asac.; iades.
current make, extras. pc; firsts. 23q2tc.;
sssGhn eHns stoes Current H~s MAKE No. 2ae
No. ., 21c. lower grades, 16420Ec.
CHEESE-New York State flats, fresh spe-
ciais. i7%alSc.: average run. 11Ac.; twins.
0ti7c.; flats, old, as to quality: 20a2t1c.;
Wisconsin, fresh double daisies. 1Si4c.,
single daisies. 1sA@ishc.; young Americas.
EGGS-rresh gathered. extras. dozen. 29E
@soc storage Ess Essssked; .os,,a extra firsts; 2sh9
and poorer. 2sg25c.; trade eggs, 23a25c.;
dirties, storage packed. No. !. 2!Hg2?c.:
dirties regular pacsed saS,,,IS No. l. ,. 2tg24Mc
to choice. dry. 20ao3hc.; New Jersey hen
merry whites, candled. extras, 3sc. uncandled.
extras. 3oa5ec: nearby and nearby attss.n Wss.srn
extra firsts, 3la33c. firsts, 2s93Oc.; nearby
gathered whites. firsts to extra firsts, %
@3oc; under grades. 27c.: Pacific coast.
whites, extras, 35Q36c.: extra firsts. 320
@34c.; firsts. 30a31c.; under grades, ESQ
zoe; other Western and southern. gathered
whites. o7a3ic.; nearby and nearby Western
hennery browns, extra, 314S2hc.: nearby
brown and mixed colors. gathered extras,
3Oc.; firsts to extra firsts. 26G2shc.
POTATOES-Florida, bbl., $29Q6. so: South
Carolina <cobbers. $1.25d$S.50: State and
Maine. old, $50 lbs. 81 :25qs; 1875 lbs, N.1S
Dbl. S3.25n3.75;. sweets. Jersey, basket. y: 90
@3.25: Delaware and Maryland. basket, SOC.
d$1 CO. yams. Virginia. bbl. $e509325;
Georgia, basket, 81 .5oa1.75: crate. $i@1.2J.
POULTRY, DRESSED = Chickens. fresh
broilers, 4Od70c. frozen. 2s045c.; fryers.
2sa36c.; roasters, 3Oa4ic.: stays, frozen. 2s
Q20c: fowls. fresh, Western, boxes. 2fp
23asoc. frozen. .saaIc.; old cocks. fresh.
frozen. young. 42952c.; old. 3s142c. Ducks.
Long Island. spring, 25c.; Western. frozen.
20d22c. Geese, Western. frozen. 15Q1Sc-
Squads. fresh, white. dozen, $4G10.
POULTRY, LIvE-Fowls. express, 2ed30c.;
spring broilers. freight. 55c.; express, 400
60c.: old roosters. freight, 15c. Turkeys.
freight. 25c. express. 35Gi0c. Ducks.
freight, 1Td20c.; express, 15d26c. Geese.
freight. 11G13c.; express, f09isc. Pigeons,
pair, 40c. Guineas, pair, 6Jc. Rabbits. ID,
2Og23c.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
OUTLOOK IN KANSAS
PULLS WHEAT DOWN
State Yield Likely to Be Larger
Than Expected-Export
Business Poor.

CHICAGO. May 19.-Wheat prices
closed unsettled here to-day at * @4Ac.
net lower. with May $l.39% @1.4O and
July s14% @124h. Corn finished un-
changed to Sc. down. Oats at Nc, de-
cline to 1ac. advance and provisions un-
changed to 10c. off.
Heavy selling of July wheat came
from the principal long interest in May.
Most of the activity was in the last
hour, but had been preceded by early
selling by foreign holders Of September
delivery Aside from 100000 bushels
Kansas yield. the trade seemed to be
impressed with the liberal volume Of
receipts and with the absence of inn
portant export business. To-day's ar
rivals here totaled S13 carloads, and
advices were that St. Louis alone was
loading seventy-fve cars for Chicago.
A year ago the receipts here were 101
cars. To-morrow's receipts at Kansas
City were estimated at 200 cars and
Mondays at 800. In the last hour
prices crumbled rapidly. From the low
est point reached May recovered about
21ac., but the latter months had little
rallying power.
Corn and oats sympathized a little
with wheat, although most Of the day
attention was given chiefly to reports of
wet weather hindrance to corn planting.
Provision prices sagged because of
lower quotations on hogs. A good cash
demand for meats, however, was re-
ported.
The New York herald., 1922-05-20
100000 FLORIN
LOAN CONCLUDED
Anton Jurgens's United Works
to Float Bonds Here and
Y in Holland.

group of American and Dutch
~bankers have concluded arrangements
f~r a large guilder loan to the Anton
gems United Works, the largest
producer of butter substitutes and allied
products in the world. The company
will issue bonds which will be dis
tributed to American and Dutch in
vestors.
The amount of the loan is 10000. 900
florins. 30.000,O0O of which will be Of
Afered here and 100000 in Holland.
The portion of the loan to be offered
here Is equivalent in American money
to about sl2.O0o, ,000 The issue will be
the companys only funded debt The
bonds probably will be offered to in
fvestors early next week.
lp The Jurgens works was founded in
1857 AS considerably more margarine
than butter is consumed in Europe.
the company's production has always
been very high. In addition 1t manu-
xactures candles. cattle cake. &c. The
company has plants all over the world
and has its headquarters in Holland.