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The Adair County news., 1922-12-19
San Antonio. Texas.
Dec. g.. '22.


fear 1 never will catch up. We
have been here now 8 weeks last
Saturday. and have only received
one copy of the Adair County
News, dated the 14th of Novem.
be have been so disappoirH-
ed that feel l have lost connee-
tion with the home people. On-
ly two letters from Columbia
friends during this time, one
from Mrs. Bert Epperson and
one from Bro. Wheeler, which
we enjoyed very much. l hote
we will not miss the News long
er, as am sending the right ad-
dress.
The weather has been very
pleasant most all the time since
we have been here. Only one
northerner and that occurred the
next day after we arrived.
While it has been cloudy most Of
the time, the temperature has
been fine, ranging from about 81
Ito 70. l noticed 10 the city pa
per that there had been only6
clear days in November. Not
much rain. Flowers are in full
bloom like midsummer at home.
Chrysanthemums and pcinsettas
are fine here and all kinds Of
roses in front of most every
house give the city a very cheer
full appearance, and the air is
filled with sweet fragance, and
we are glad to be here. San
Antonio is a great city, and Is
growing rapidly. Population
now from 100000 to 10000.
Hundreds of new buildings are
going up dayly. A one million
dollar Hotel is being built in the
heart of the city. We have
been on the go most every day.
and we have not seen yet but
few of the places of interest.
The Alamo Mission is perhaps
one of the most important and
interesting places in San An
tonic. 1t was here Santa Anna
with An army of Mexican soldiers
on Feb. %, 1886, made an at
tack on the Alamo, where only
18O Texan heroes were ready to
give battle to the sacrifice Of
their lives, for the Freedom Of
their Republic. So stubbornlY
did Col. Travis and his men re-
sist the furious onslaught of the
Mexicans that not until Sunday
morning, March 6, did the fail
of the Alamo occur. Before the
battle was on Col. Travis made a
line in front of the Alamo and
asked all his men that would
sacrifice their lives rather than
surrender to step over the line
Every man did so but one. The
! brave Col. James Bowie, who
was ill at the time and on his
, bed in the chapel, requested to
be taken across the line. So al
) these 180 Texan brave heroes
were killed by the Santa Anna
!. army. Major David Crockett
. James Travis, James Bowie
$ James B. Bonham and many 9th
; ers, men of renown sacrificed
d their lives here, for the Liberty
and Freedom of Texas. The
bodies of most all the Texans
were found in the building
where a hand to hand struggle
had taken place. The body o.
The Adair County news., 1922-12-19
FEDERAL BUDGET CALLS
FOR $3,078,940,33
Appropriations for 1924 Are Submitted
to Congress by President
Harding.

Washington. Dec. g. ApprOpria-
tiOns aggregating $3,O7S, ,331 for the
fiscal year beginning uext July 1 were
proposed to congress by President
Harding in the second annual federal
budget. This is exclusive of the l'Os-
tai service and compared with actual
appropriations for this fiscal year to-
falling 1921, ,23S69U.
Following are the budget bureaus
figures on estimated government re-
ceipts and appropriations for the tis,
Cal year 1924 as compared with esti-
mated receipts and actual apprOpria
dons for the present fiscal year q.
1923:
The Adair County news., 1922-12-19

'Including $125. 5.OOO, 900 discount accruaIs
OF war savings stamps. series Of 1918, due
Jan. /, 1923.
The Keota news., 1922-03-03
IMPORTANT SESSION
1887 ON INSURANCE TAXES AND
CASE AFFECTING AUTOS
WILL CONE UP.
,s~sss Nss,sses tss.s Nsss aspsai

wsshihsson.-Th- Supreme Court
sss r-ooav~n-,i. having been in recess
s,ner Jan. ~, A numb-r Of Important
s@s~s await decision.
Among tho r.ses IN which d.ei.ioss
ria. - ~xp~ctcd In th- near future
sfe the United sh.- Machinery Cor
DessIioa and the Standard Fashion
Company ess~s. both under the Clay.
too act. charging the former. through.
l~ssrs based ON patent rights. and tho
latter BY contracts on copyrighted ar
tIei~s with enforcing arrangements
lag competition
Title Ia valuable all lands it thc b~-i
of He'd stsr-. Oklahoma. eiaisnr-, by
tkr states. The federal government and
Individuals. 10 involved in another
.ait. whiiv either. will determine the
tfsk- sus~admcaf. stale and municipal
e"nifoi over public service corpora
lions. the authority Of the federal gov
~sam~at. By the exercise OF il. tasias
p"~ss. to regulate grain exchanges
Gna~f The -futurv trading aes.~ anil
whether ssorkynrd dealers and tsaacs>
ss~ ~axrevd In Interstate commerce
shd ssa ~ regulated hy shr ~.t@eks
fsfas act
The peutrss Of Wsonaias against the
diversion .f the Laramie river by
Colombo. and Of Colorado against the
dIsessioa by the ri.nccr isrfsatica
Company nf water into NsbrasAs. and
The boundary dispute between Mime.
.oss snd Wisruasia. in which the
states hare agreed to se-vps survey
Il commission nsins the line from
loser ~. Louis bsy Ia the falls in the
~. Louis river. sfv si.n considered to
be sppeuaehiae final decision by the
cpuft.
Tbe obligation. .t the government
arising out of the rrHui.itionine OF
coal and other acts during the war
sre ut issue In .cveral cases now In
The hands NJ the court and the spv.
-rnascet II seeking a final determine
ton of The status of the emergency
feet corporation. as to whether gov
eminent establishment is free from
suits.
State statutes. imposing taxes reg.
uIstin1 insurance companies and Tor
The enforcement of prohibition laws
ere involved In q number "f cases.
Automobile owners will hc inter
ested In q decision the sovernmrns
seeks which would prohibit oil com.
ranics from loanine the equipment
t-sed ut the various gasoline fiiins
stations throughout the country on the
condition that tho products OF COM
pesi,ors Will not he handled.
The Keota news., 1922-03-03
Sisssv,i Legion Sounds Congressman

Kansas City-Sta,cnsnss by the
two United States senator's from Mis-.
souri and ten out cf sixteen Missouri,
members Of the national House "'
Representative. ~. to their stand os
an adjusted compensation act Tor sor
diess hare been made public by '''e
Missour, department of the American
Legion. The statements given out IN
ticste approval os adjusted ccmpensa'
ton In most instances.
The Keota news., 1922-03-03
The 0ssS Way.

What IL tho best way TO sr~ni
i~s.y- Make s9snc other person
spcnd nisrr.--tuas~.
The Keota news., 1922-03-03
According 10 nsr cssksees.

AIRS. unsbsid.-Nefey That pic
il burning aud I can't take it out fes
ten minutes yet
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
SEX DIRECTORS RIDIcULED
Department Of Agriculture Says In.
strument Won't Do What 10
Claimed for H.

Washington, -. C.-Beware of the
sex detecter, says the Department Of
Agriculture. II is widely advertised as
one of the greatest ''marvels" Of the
age, but there is nothing to II, the de-
partment asserts, In formal state
ment.
According to its manufacturers and
publicity agents, the detector is a
small instrument that will unfailingly
Indicate the sex and fertility OF eggs,
the department says, adding that
poultry raisers were promised phe-
nomenal matches and as high per-
centage OF females as they might de-
sire by Its use.
"But this was only part OF what
might be expected Of this simple but
potent little device" declares the de.
partment In IA recent circular. ut was
said TO tell the sex OF oysters, butter
flies. caterpillars. beetles. worms and
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
power or TABOO
Inventor Worthy Of High Rank
Among Statesmen.
Simplest and Most Effective Form Of
Government Ever Devised, Though
Now Somewhat Shaken.

One of the most ancient and simple
methods of exploitation and oppression
OH record was In full working order In
the Sandwich islands In ITS.
That method was the power Of taboo.
The name of the man who first uttered
the word taboo In an authoritative
tone and put the fear Of 1t into the
served In the memory OF the race. But
he ranks high among statesmen Of
the old school.
Under this direct and unanswerable
system Of government, all that the
chief, or old man. or boss hunter had
to do when he wanted his tribesmen to
refrain from consuming. touching or
apprOpriating an article or u commod-
ity was to point to 1t and say taboo"
That meant that nobody could con-
sumo, touch or appropriate the article
thus designated For instance, II the
coconut crop was ruined and there
were only few c0cOnut trees on the
island yielding fruit. all the chief had
To do to conserve the limited yield for
himself was to announce that cOcOnuts
were taboo.
Or, II the game had vanished and
there were only few wild things left
on the hunting grounds, and the chief
or old man wanted them all for himself
and his household, he could make the
requisite provision for himself by put
ting the taboo on game.
Or, II the stream that ran by the VII
lage was drying up and there was dan
ger that the chiefs household might
run short of water, he could fOrtify
himself against future contingencies by
the same method-a method so simple
that Its very simplicity gives II an air
of supreme ingenuity.
And the savages obeyed. They
obeyed because the chief or the old
man or the boss hunter told them that
IL they did not obey something un-
speakably terrible would happen to
them. In the hereafter. If not in the
here.
For many generations-nobody has
even tried t. estimate how many-thls
Obedience 10 the power OF tabOo WIS
maintained, and no savage in any Of
the Pacific islands where II obtained
ever dreamed of running the risk Of
breaking the taboo.
Finally, In quite modern tImes-pos.
sibly since the Declaration Of indie
pendence was signed In Philadelphia
some savage of incredible courage or
ignorance risked his happiness In both
the here and the hereafter by breaking
the taboo. We can imagine the aston
ishment OF this primitive man. and Of
all his fellows. when none of the ter
rors with which the inventor Of the
taboo had invested II came TO pass.
That astounding discovery ended the
power Of taboo rs an individual
weapon.-Atlanta Constitution.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
"AIR TAXl' SERVICE PLANNED
Il Will Be Available to Passengers
Landing at Ports In Great
Britain.

London.-In connection with the
"air taxi" service Ia he run this year
to connect with the arrival and de-
parture of steamships at Southampton
and Liverpool. arrangements are being
made to order these taxiplanes by
wireless while the liners are still far
out ut sea. These wireless orders will
he picked up direct by the wireless
operators at the London air station.
and will he in the hands of the air taxi
pilots within a minute or two of being
dispatched from the liner.
In this way passenger arriving In
Britain from overseas who wishes To
he NJ his destination at the earliest
possible moment can he sure that there
is an air taxi waiting for him when
his liner berths.
New mir taxis, to cope with the
greatly Increased demand expected this
year. are now being built. They in
clude two. three and four seaters. and
fares will he as low as 20 cents mile
for each passenger.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13

c"c3 :hc sex 80 The animal from which
were obtained such products as leather
and cheese, although there would
seem to be little difficulty in the case
of dairy products.
Even the criminologist was offered
assistance. for II was claimed that the
unfailing little detective would tell
the sex of the person who shed the
blood found on clothing or elsewhere.
one manufacturer said that by attach
Ing wire to his apparatus and run
ming II through keyhole he could
determine the sex of any person hold
ing the loose end OF the WIRE"
At the suggestion of the Post0ffice
department the bureau OF chemistry Of
the Agricultural department made tests
ot several such nstruments-witht the
result that all manufacturers have now
gone out of business.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
Fish Meal New Cattle Food.

Experiments with fish meal as a food
for domestic animals have been made
abroad and II has been found that pigs
and cattle eat 1t with relish.
In Norway the meal Is made from
cod and herring. The Goldfish are dried
first In the air and then In an oven.
and afterward ground into meal. They
make a highly nutritious food. Her
ring are boiled and placed under pres
sure before being ground.
In England and Scotland fish meal Is
made from the waste parts of all kinds
of fish, FIRST steamed and then dried
and ground. This meal usually con-
taIns from 80 10 Is per cent OF albu-
minoids. 3 to 6 per cent Of fats and
from II to Is per cent of calcium
phOsphate.--New York Herald.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
knowledge Leads to Success.

Two men. with a little money saved.
see the same opportunity for invest
ment. one vi them limits Uui about i;
and discovers that II Is not as good as
IL looks. He leaves It alone. The other,
unwilling to find out, takes chance
and loses his money.
II Is so all through life. Extra effort
Is needed TO find out about matters
only Indirectly connected with your
business. Finding them out is what
makes mental growth and develops the
resources.
II takes trouble and II takes time.
but II Is not the sort of trouble that
keeps you up nights. and the time can
not be better spent.
II Is he man who finds out who gets
along. II Is the healthy curious man
plus the energy TO look things up and
be sure about them on which most sue
cess Is founded.-John Blake. In Chi
cago Daily News.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
MARINE

Preston West spent the week end
with Heston Carmean.
Mr.. j. p. Dickerson entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Matthews, of
Salisbury, and Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Carmean and daughters, Thelma and
Eunice, and Mr.. r. NJ. West last Sun
day evening.
Quite a few of the people in this
neighborhood attended the meeting
at the Old School Baptist Church in
Snow Hill last Sunday.
Miss Beatrice Sirman spent Satur-
day and Sunday with her brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Sirman, near
Newark.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. S. Carmean and
daughter, Eunice, and Mr.. Fred Mari
ner and daughter, Agnes, spent Fri
day evening of last week with Mr..
and Mrs. William Parks in Snow Hill.
Mr.. Fred Mariner and daughters,
Agnes and Hazel. spent Sunday with
his father, Mr.. A. f.. Mariner.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Shockley visited
Mr.. and Mrs. George Phillips at
Nazareth, last Sunday.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
BEYE
POCOMOKE CITY, MD.

NOTICE. will sell my Charles NJ.
Stieff Piano to the person making me
the best offer before May Goth. This
is comparatively new upright piano,
late style case, dull rubbed mahogany
finish, and recently overhauled and
tuned Can be seen at the Pocomoke
Piano Rebuilding Shop, PA Laurel
Street. | have no place to put the
piano since the recent fire. Can be
bought on part payment plan. Now
is the right time to tune your piano.
am at your service. All work at
pre-war prices. All work guaranteed.
Twenty years with the best houses in
America.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
LAYING Record.

Reading. Pa.-Mrs. Ella Yoder OF
Obey has reported to u local poultry
association remarkable record for
egg laying by II hens. Matched last
April In the past 12i days. They be
gan laying In October. and In the
period named. four months. they laid
5Ti eggs All the hens are Plymouth
i;.cks. Mrs. y"der fed them boiled
poiaIo parings grain. oyster shells
ground up. and vegetables chopped
fine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
Relied His Name.

Our reference to faithful and dis
tingnlshed soldier Of the C0nfederacy
who was named Coward and to whom
his parents had given name the first
letter OF which was A brings com,
ment from a reader In South Carolina.
who supplies the further information
that A. Coward during his service be-
came q colonel and after the war for
many years conducted II military
school in that state.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
Gold and Silver In shale.

The association between Colorado
and gold and Colorado and shale Is
well understood. says the Scientific
American. hui the idea that gold and
silver may be found In shale Us well
as oil Is new one The shale Is dis
;llled for It's oil con.ent. and then the
nrhonlzed product IL put through the
cyanide process for rs gold. silver and
,iatlnum content.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
Gives Beating to Vile
Who Wouldn't doll Up"

Ralph Magazine. twenty-five
years old. mOtornan OF Brook
Ign. \. Y, Is different from most
husbands. for he not only does
not object TO his wife using cos
metics. but he Insists she do so.
Because Helen. his spouse, re-
fused To use rouge and powder,
Magazine, according to the
charge, beat her. When Magis-
trate Llota heard Of the unusual
cause for Magazines alleged
heating of his wife. he ordered
the motorman placed on proba.
tion, pending further investiga-
ton.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-13

since 1918 can be made just as well in
Europe as over here.
Reorganization Hoped For
IF, however, Germany has a friend
ly reorganization of her finance it
would mean much and boom American
business. Such a reorganization would
reputation which keeps all our for
eign transactions in a muddle. 1t
would do away with the uncertainty of
the situation and if arranged to the
mutual satisfaction Of all parties con-
cerned it would give the whole world
the confidence it needs at this particu-
lar time. It would strengthen bust
ness everywhere. The greatest part
of the benefit would be felt in Ameri-
ca. l certainly hope that this will be
the outcome.
'In the meantime" concluded Mr..
Babson. I'VE must remember m thing
more, there is a distinct difference
between Germany's governmental fl
nances and the finances of German
firms and corporations. The credit
of Germany's government is almost nil
because of the tons of paper marks
which it is obliged to redeem. The
banks are also in a rather uncertain
POollIOA DcCduSc lUtlI Cocu dSSClS are
of very uncertain value. The private
firms of Germany, however, hold real
property, factories, machinery, land
and merchandise. Most of
them are in a sound condition because
these things are Of actual and perma-
nent value. The reorganization of
Germany's finance would upset the
German governments financial bureau
and might call for considerable read
justment in Germany's banking circles.
1t need have little effect on the real
credit of private firms"
General business is maintaining its
recent improvement in spite of unfav-
orable sentiment created by coal and
rail strikes. The index of the Babson-
shart shows that business is but 8 per
cent below normal. No change since
week.
(All publication and radio rights
reserved.)
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-13
Bross Is Acquitted
of Assault Charge
in Sheppard Court

George Bross, arrested several days
ago on a police court warrant on the
charge that he had taken part in an
assault on James Geonoulis in the back
of the Mint Cigar store, was exonerated
of the charge at a hearing before Police
Magistrate II. A. Sheppard in police
court Friday evening.
Witnesses testified at the hearing
that Bross had no part in the assault.
1t was brought out during the hearing
that three men assaulted Geonoulis
and warrants were issued for the ar
rest of Billy Quilter and Bob Town
send for having an alleged part in tho
attack. Harry ~Leffingwell, arrested
in connection with the same case. was
fined 500 in police court and is now
confined in the city jail, serving out
his sentence.
Witnesses in the Bross hearing told
the our that Quilter and Townsend
had taken part in the scrap with LET
fingwell.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-13
GERMAN FINANCE REORGANIZATION
WOULD HELP AMERICAN BUSINESS
MEN CONSIDERABLY. BABSON SAYS

Wellesley Hills, Mass, Aug. 12.-
The German question was discussed
Saturday by Roger w. Babson, statis-
%tician, who has been entaneline the
international and financial situation.
Germany has failed to meet her
obligation on the indemnity payments"
says Mr.. Babson, land like any other
concern is judged bankrupt. We face
the same situation that we find when
a business can not pay it's debts. We
either have a reorganization and try
to get it back on to its feet or we call
in the referee and Judge it bankrupt
and sell its assets and put it out of
business.
Creditors Now Meeting
The world is now having a cred
itors' meeting to decide what is to be
done with Germany. Up to the pres
ent time France, the largest creditor,
has been taking the pound of flesh.
1t is only within the past few days
that she has offered any other propo-
sition. Now, however, France sees
England will let France off. 1t is I'M
derstood that a French ambassador ia
dealing with the United States govern
ment at this time, in the hope that
the republic may be released from
some Of the debts she owes to us.
These later developments are favorable
indeed, and strongly suggest that a
friendly reorganization Of German
finance is possible.
IF France on the other hand were
to march an army to Berlin, and to
collect the pound of flesh by force,
it is quite possible that this might align
Russia, Italy and even possibly Eng
land with Germany and bring about
another war. This, Of course, would
be an undesirable situation from ev-
cry point of view. Such action would
undoubtedly cause a panic in our stock
market. and would seriously embarrass
our big banks. 1t would upset bust
ness generally. We would not ever
experience the business boom that we
had at the beginning of the last Euro
pean war. The new gases and chem
ical weapons of warfare developed
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-13
Car Stolen Here;
Is Found Deserted
IS Miles to North

Fast action was taken by thieves
who stole a new Studebaker Special
Six touring car from the residence
garage Of J. n. WeIiens, 1908 Gen.
trail avenue, president Of WelIens
Motors. In making a getaway with
the a and by Sheriff Bob Gordon
Saturday morning in locating the
stolen car.
The car was reported stolen early
Saturday morning and the car was
located In a ditch seven miles west
of Chester. rs miles north of Great
Falls, before noon by Sheriff Bob
Gordon. Shortly after Sheriff Cor
don has broadcasted a few kilograms
relative to the stolen car, Sheriff
John n. Morgan of Liberty county
telephone6 that the big Studebaker
IA turned over and abandoned In
a ditch off the road near Chester.
The a was reported to be not
badly damaged. Mo trace of the
thieves vas made Saturday. The
car will be returned to Great Falls
today, the sheriff said.