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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20

Something in It.
Juliet-"What's in a name?" Romeo
swell, if you take mine you might
get a good home out of it,"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20
sneaklnn of Furniture.

Bride-"I want to buy an easy chair
for my husband" Salesman-"Mor-
ris?" Bride-"No, Clarence"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20

When a man is continually talking
about his troubles his neighbors never
trouble about his talk.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20

Pawpbrokers are able to see the sill
yer lining of your clouds.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20
Ambitious Man.

VisitOr-Rastus Johnson Is very
shiftless, isn't he?
Sambo-No, sub. Dat man am do
most ambitious wat is.
Visitor-Ambitious?
SambO-Yessuh He says he won't
be satisfied until his wife am dom all
de washin' In town.-Wroe's Writings
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-04-20
Imnorfant Id RNothera
Exnlalned al Las.

Explained at Last.
( Elsie-Why does a clock start all
I5TS pain when it gets to twelve?
BObby-'Cause thirteen's an unlucky
number, s'pOse."
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-05-09
PUBLIC TAKE NOTICE

Persons are warned not to tres
pass in the Armory except when open
to the public. Pool and card tables
are for use of the members of Com
pany CO. and honorary members.
Anyone found making use of same
will be considered trespassing and
will be dealt with accordingly.
CAPT. FRANCIS S. BREUII.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-05-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all those who
assisted Mn any way during the i'll
ness and death Of our dear mother
Mrs. Eliza Lloyd, We also thank
those that loaned automobiles and
sent floral tributes.
Ply Her Children
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-05-09
RUARK and BRAMBLE
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Trial OF Messrs William Ivy RuallS
And Lybrande Bramble Charged
With Assaulting And Robbing Capt
Frank III. Jones Ends In Prisoners
Acqliittal.

The jury before whom the case of
the State of Maryland versus William
Ivy Ruark and Lybrandt Bramble,
both of Straits district, charged with
assaulting and robbing Capt. Frank
H. Jones, also nf that district, after
hearing the evidence in the case and
the arguments d the counsel, States
Attorney A. Stenale Marine and for
mer Governor Emerson c. Harring-
ton for the State and former States
Attorney V. Calvin Trice and Elk
Congressman William n. Andrews
for the defendants, brought in a YER
dict yesterday afternoon of not
guilty.
Harness your energy with common
sense.
mistake when discovered. al
ways looks stupid.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
AMATEURS SHOULD PLAY FAIR
Radio inspector Schmidt Ursss That
They Learn the Laws and
Reoulatlens.

Nine out Of every ten radio fans are
good sports. but the tenth Is either a
fan with poor judgment or "rotter."
restrictions are not imposed upon
them. by playing fair. says Radio In
spector L. II. Schmidt Of the Ninth
district.
This can be done by observing GER
tain cautions and by becoming posted
on the radio laws and regulations. A
copy of these regulations may be OBJ
tained from the superintendent Of doc
uments. government printing once.
Washington, D. c., for 10 cents. It 10
worth while to spend Is cents In order
to be square shooter" In the radio
game.
The great trouble with amateurs u
that when they want to send . mes
sase around 4 corner they put on all
the power they have with the hope
that some one In Texas might pick up
their message. The object should be
to use the minimum amount Of power
to get the message to Its destination.
"In nll circumstances, except in case
OF blxuHtb UT TdUlOSEauxO Eciutih6 "
vessels In distress, vii stations shall
use the minimum amount Of energy
necessary to curry out any communi-
cation desired."
Amateurs should keep their wave
length to 200 meters.
They should use pure wave" or.
as the regulations state. "lf the send
ing apparatus Is of such character
that the energy Is radiated In two or
more wave lengths. more or less sharp
ly defined. as Indicated by sensitive
wave meter, the energy in no one Of
the lesser waves shall exceed 10 per
centum Of that in the greater"
The wave must be SHARP" A. to
this the regulations state: "At all sta.
ti0ns the logarithn,ic decremcnt per
complete oscillation in the wave trains
emitted by the transmitter shall not
exceed two-tenths when sending dis
tress signals or signals and messages
relating thereto"
Amateurs frequently are at fault in
calling stations too often. The law
states that they can call three times,
send I'd c" once and sign their station
call three times; but often the anna
teurs will send the calls a dozen or
more times.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
vAGARIEs OF VACUUM TUBES
Peculiar Actions That Always Astonish
and Sometimes Friohten the
Amateur Radioist.

Everybody who has had anything to
do with vacuum tubes has from time
to time had them do unexpected things
and give results that at the moment
seem beyond explanation.
The explanation of several charac.
teristics OF these miniature giants
which are met with In daily operation
Is sure TO prove Of great interest to
the amateur. In cases where the ac-
tiOns Of the tube are not understood
these peculinrities have sometimes
frightened people.
one Instance OF newborn fans
fright wns brought to attention In
letter OF inquiry. The instrument had
Just been set up and was being oper.
ated for the first time. The tubes had
been firmly adjusted and were just at
the spilling point and-oyer they went,
giving vent to the most unearthly
sounds. The embryo enthusiast who
looked upon the audion tube as m
electric light, thought it was going to
explode. He jumped away from the
instrument and out of the room, and
did not venture near It for several
hours and then only after rcnchng
round the corner of the door with n
long stick and pulling the battery
switch of.
Similar instances have come to at
tention when bulbs generate vari-col-
ored vapors In the vacuum chamber.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
NA snoar neAE
PUT TEST
A9T T'e, mere
rs r.s. r.I.pher. Cords.


h through the wall, insulatc 1t well
end inside the station use as short
nlsce Of well-insulated wire us is pos
able to make good connection with the
st.
To test the continuity OF the cir
cuit Of pair Of telephone receivers,
touch the tips Of the cord phone to the
tongue. II the receivers nre In rcnson-
ably good condition slight click will
be heard. II the response in one re-
ceiyer seems to be weaker than that
In the other, cxalni,,e the diaphragm
Of the receiver giving the weaker re-
sponse and see II It Is bent toward the
pole piece. Try tuning the diaphragm
over II such Is the case. Be cnreful
when the diaphragm of n receiver is
removed that the leads Of fine wire
from the magnet spoOls to the con-
nection blocks do not become broken
in handling.
II the continuity OF the circuit of
pair Of telephone receivers is checked
and no response is heard when the
cord tips are touched to the tongue,
ry checking each receiver Of double
head set separately.
The two receivers are connected In
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
District Court
From irst rage

From nrSt Iiage
the two former the three drew
straws to see what part OF the
robbery each was to take, and
accordingly Peoples was to go
inside. Tsylor to be on guard at
the door on the outside, and
Briggs on guard at the car.
Accordingly Peoples knocked
at the door and asked about
stray horses, and then wanted to
know if he could come in and
warm. which of course was
granted.
Shortly after sitting down
Stihler found himself looking in
to the ugly mouth of a six shoot
er, but uncaunted grabbed the
gun. In the tussel the gun was
jerked away from him and stuck
into his face tii ,is,il timi
wlen Stiff .r again graooe I'd "A :
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16

series and to check either one sep
nrately, short circuit the tips Of the
cord leading to the other receiver just
outside Of the case. Should 1t appear
that there Ii an open circuit In the
cord, short circuit both receivers
where the cord enters the case and
with buzzer or lamp connected to
the tips on the end of the cord test
Tor an open circuit.
Care should be exercised by the
operator when adjusting crystal de-
tectOr to see that his fingers do not
touch the surface Of the crystal or the
contact point Of the little spring. The
oil secretion that exists In the skin
together with the dust that 1t collects
will render crystal detector inopera-
tive by the insulating flm that 1t Will
cause TO form on the portion Of the
crystal surface that is touched. Should
the surface Of the crystal get dirty
as evidenced by the received signals
becoming weaker and weaker, try
cleaning the crystal with alcohol and
a little brush. Or II this does not seem
to remedy the trouble, chip OF old sur
face so that an entirely new surface
is presented to the spring.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
Locals

W. M. Morrison of Blaine was
a Spring field visitor on the 10Th
inst.
L. McAdams of Paradise Flats
was in town the irst of ihe
week. and talked religion and
politics. corn and cabbage and
railroads. and such like. Among
other things Mac believes the
county officers under these nor
malcy times ought to voluntarily
drop off some from their sala aries,
and that the helpers should be
paid in proportion to what they
could make elsewhere. 1t goes
without saying that salaries are
much larger than they were a
few years ago-in just the pro
portion that everything is now
cheaper.
Forest Hall and ]. w. White
of south Two Buttes were in
Spring field on the 9th inst.
Gid Thompson Of Vilas-Boston
was in town on the 10Th. Gid
declares there are too many help,
ers hanging around that court
house. and they re drawing twice
the pay that these times war
rant.
Bill Thompson was over from
Villas Saturday.
For Sale-Blach amber cane
seed, l cent a pound. SIX miles
east ane one sOu.h of Villas.
Chas. Clark.
dps Villas. Colo.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
Grand View -.-.-

John Wren, six mills south of
Richards, had the misfor tune
losing three head of horses and
the fourth one shocked bailey
by lightning last Monday. Mr..
Wren was also shocked. He
was sitting on the lister when it
happened.
Th people Of Richards witness.
ed the largest crowd Saturday
for several moons.
The Richards ball team plays
Rodley the 18th on the Rodley
diamond.
Harve Fraout spent Wednes-
day night with VIM. Danivan.
Albert Shultz. one of Elkhart's j
best BARRIERS, was visiting old
friends around Rcdley Sunday.
81 * - z-NyOEV3T
Barve Fraout. Jeg Davis, Du
rad Osteen and Billy and Dan
Dunivan attended tue ball game
at RodIey Sunday.
The green bugs are taking the
wheat in these parts.
Miss Amy McClcre IS here
from California. She is just
recovering from q long siege OF
sickness.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
HOW TO GROUND An AERIAL
II Properly Done II Really Pretsets
the Property From
Lightning.

Generally speaking, aerIals do not
attract lightning, but they do store up
atmospherical electricity, and. Of
course, this condition does create a
hazard. However, when the aerial is
properly grounded it then acts as a
lightning rod and really protects the
property from this electrical hazard.
Briefly, the FIRE underwriters require
that the aerial be grounded when not
in use by a copper wire no smaller
thnn b. 8. Gauge No. 4 or larger, and
run said wire as directly - possible
to the outside ground.
This means that water, gas or steam
pipes inside the property cannot be
used for a lightning ground, because
II ever this ground was called into
service there is a possibility that nre
and loss Of life may result. So do not
nse inside grounds for lightning pro
lection.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16

tanning the crystal OF silicon or gale
na OH the strip Of metal and allowing
the spring to make contact with the
surface Of the crystal the detectOr Is
complete md ready for operation.
A complete crystal detector can be
purchased from Is cents TO 81, de-
pending upon the type.
Two other pieces Of apparatus are
necessary that cannot be readily con-
structed-they are the telephone CON
denscr and the receivers. A tele-
phone condenser to be used In shunt-
Ing across the phones can be pur-
chased for about so cents.
For usA with radio receiver of
this type II is recommended that II
pair OF 5000 ohm. Murdoch type. No.
56 receivers. costing -, be purchased.
These nre all the necessary parts
needed for the complete receiver.
II It is desired. the three instru-
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16

just the detector by changing tho
point ut which the spring and crys-
tai of the detector make contact until,
when II nearby electric light Is snapped
on and on. click IL heard In
the head phones. The detector 10 now
adjusted on sensitive spot % the
crystal. BY changing the slider po-
sition. the transmitting statIon shssld
be picked up.
After n stntion Is once picked up
it is an easy matter to adjust the de-
tector AMI slider position until maxi
mum response Is obtnined In the tel
ephone receiver. With a simple set
of the kind described In this and pre-
ceding articles and a little practice
one soon becomes adept at picking up
given station. The entertainment
derived from listeninK-in IL usually
well worth the time spent and the
money Invested.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
TIPS TO THE RAoIoIST

Fired % caliber rife shells
make good switch points for tun.
ing coils and receiving trans.
formers.
A single wire aerial 100 to
$50 feet long is sufficient for
local and long distance reception
of broadcasting stations
Do not string aerials across
the street or across electric
wires. Keep antenna wires of
electric light and telephone
poles.
Stranded copper or solid cop
per wire should be used. Phos-
phor bronze wire II obtainable
is stronger but not superior 70
copper.
Good contact with a piece Of
mineral like galena can be had
by wrapping 1t In tinfoiI. OF
course, the top Of the crystal
Is left exposed.
The brass ends of large car
fridge shells make splendid
crystal detector cups. They
should be cleaned out thoroughly
before they are used.
The winding of cardboard
tubes from oatmeal hoxes NAV
be improved greatly If the tube
is first heated In an ovep for
about Is minutes to take out
the moisture and then wound;
or better still shellac It while
1t Is still warm and leave 1t
to soak In.
In winding tuning coiIx With
bare wire a thread should bS
wound on with the wire. This
VIII separate each turn. When
the coll Is finished the thread
can be taken OF. Shcllac should
be applied Immediately. When
the shellac is dry the copper
wire will hold Its place.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
RAdtO|
CRYSTAL DEfECTOR
EASY TO CONSTRUCT
Telephone Condenser and Re.
ceivers Can Better Be Pur-
ohassd-Mounting the Set.

The material needed to construct
simple crystal detector is MS follows:
Piece Of silicon or galena nodded
In a metal button, 25 cents.
Two binding posts, 20 cents.
A block Of shellncked or stained
wood 3 by 81 inches.
A thin strip Of sheet copper or
brass \ inches wide by two Inches
long.
Mount the two binding posts on the
block Of wood us shown. fastening un.
der one binding post n strip OF copper
or brass-see sketch-and under the
other binding post n colled up spring
Of fine springy copper or brass wire.
By placing the button Of metal con-
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16

nents, the tuner, the crystal detectoS
and the telephone condenser. can he
mounted on stained base Of wood.
'ny, eight inches square and onehalf
'nch thick. This will keep the com.
9cnent parts Of the set together. max.
ng n compact unit Of the whole and
llso be advantageous In that It will
hold the instruments while adjust
nents are being made.
The sketch shows how the instru.
nents are connected with each other
md to the ground. The condenser IN
connected to one side OF the tuner and
o the crystal detector. The ground
connected to the other side Of the
phones and the condenser and the
.uner.
Lamp cord is excellent for connect
ing up small radio sets OF this kind
It being IA good conductor, well insu.
lated and easy to handle.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
HOW TO LISTEN IN

There are two vIrinbles In our rndio
receiver that require adjustment
when 1t is desired to llsten-in; drst.
the detectOr. and second. the slide po-
sition on the tuner. Once the slider
position has been determined for any
given transmitting station. II 10 only
necessary to adjust the detectOr to
pick up that same station again.
To operate the receiver for the first
time 1t Is best to walt until some
station like KDKA is transmitting be
tween $3.50 and Q 80 p. m. Then ad.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
TIPS TO THE RAoIoIsT

The higher the aerial the
stronger the signals. An Increase
Of five to ten feet In the height
Of the fat top aerial will In
crease signals.
Addition of variable con-
denser to the secondary or to
the primary Of loose coupler
often helps to tune out the
undesired signals.
The sliders on tuning coils Of
ten make poor contacts with
the slide rod. Thus much Of the
signal strength is lost. You can
overcome this by. soldering u
flexible wire to the slider.
Increase length of spreaders
of two. three or four-wlre nerIals
from six to ten feet for best
results. Zach wire should be
from four to six feet from Its
nelghbOr. Two wires one or two
feet apart nre no better thnn
one wire. Likewise four wires
on short spreaders are no bet
ter than one wire.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
TsseIns the Tune Circuit.
S.a,c~

slide 10 moved back and forth the light
should remain lighted. II the light
goes out at times there IL an open cir
cult In the coil. II the light goes out
when the coll is Jared the slider does
not make good contact with the wind
ing.
II buxzer and battery are avail.
able they can be used In testing for
an open circuit In the same way that
the lamp can be used. Connect the
battery and buxxer In series with the
test clips Of tips and any low resist.
snce circuit Gun be tested.
The ground connections can be
tested with buxzer and battery. but
do not use the house-lighting circuit
to test for grounds because one side
Of the lighting circuit IL already
grounded and II the other side were
connected to the ground 4 short cir.
cult would exist and an excessive cur.
rent flow.
the water pips. connect one test tip to
the ground and the other to the gas
pipe. which 10 also grounded. The
buxzer should buxx II one has a good
low resistance ground.
Leakage usually exists between the
antenna and the ground. An antenna
should bo well insulated from Its sup
port. The lead-in should be brought
down to the point where II enters the
wnll Of the station In such manner
that when the wind causes 1t to
swing. It cannot touch any grounded
material, and that rain and snow can-
not cause q path along which the cur
rent can ground. In bringing the lead
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
Obituary

Rome Phifer was born IN
Bates county, Mo-. Oct. 2. 1902.
He moned with his parents to
Oklahoma November II. 1913.
then to Color ado March 2. 1918.
where he lived Nth his parents
until God called him from this
unfriendlv world to the Great
Beyond.
The summons came by death
June 2. 1922. His age 10 yrs,
5 months and 5 daye.
He has two brothers and one
sister gone on before.
He leaves to mourn his loss
three sisters and two brothers.
Bruce, Edna. Ruby, Dave and
father AMI mother. besides q
host of friends.
Rev. ]. l.. Duckum conducted
the service at the community
church in the Maxey Gem etery.
where the loved one was laid to
rest.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
FAdDf0|
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
!. TROUBLE SHOOTING
How to Detect and Remedy tho
Open Circuit, Short Circuit
and Leakage.

Radio circuits are subject to the
same ills that the ordinary power
circuits are subject to. However, to
cure them Is not such q difficult task
- might be supposed, especially II
some logical procedure 10 used.
II Z receiver 10 well put together In
the nrst place and all contacts and
other parts gone over once In 4 while.
there Is NO reason why there should
be any trouble. But the human be-
ing u prone to err. so that for the
"oncs In while" that 10 liable to hap
pom. this article will be devoted to
the explanation Of what might happen
to simple receiver and the best way
- AZ It.
he usual troubles Of the receiver
fan under one Of the following three
headings:
Ian open circuit.
PA short circuit. -
8-1.eakaga
An open circuit can most easily be
detected BY means Of series lamp.
Nearly every one has available the or.
dinary ITO volt lighting circuit. Take
an ordinary extension cord and cut
one wire at any convenient place and
use these two ends a. test clips or
tips. The extension cord 10 plugged
Into the house lighting circuit at any
convenient outlet and when the two
cut ends are held together the lamp
will light a. the circuit Is closed.
When the tips are held open the cir.
cult 70 open" and the light will 60
out.
Suppose It 10 desired to test for an
open circuit In tuning coil. Connect
one tip to one end Of the winding and
the other test clip to the slider. AZ the
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16

At this point Taylor came in
and went to punching him in
the back, at the same time or
derirg him to sit down.
Seeing he had no shos he sat
down, when the robbers took his
guns. gold watch and about 5 100
in money.
Som etime after this all three
were captured at Stonington.
Peoples and Taylor being wanted
in Rou,t county for stealing q car,
where they had their trial. Peo-
pies being sent to the pen and
Taylor to the reform school.
Briggs at that time not being
wanted WAS not held. but was
afterwards arrested on the rob-
berry charge, and held for this
term Of court.
Meantime Peoples and Taylor
agreed to plead guilty and to tes-
.ify against Briggs, and were
brought here from the pen and
the reform school for that pur.
pose. and it was on their evidence
and all the circumstances in the
case that Briggs was found guilty
as charged.
Briggs claim was he had
nothing to do with the robbery.
and was trying TO make his get
away with them at the time OF
their capture at StoninRton be-
i cause he thought the officers
wanted him for moonshining. of
which he said he was guilty.
In this suit tirst appeared w.
Penn Collins in case in Bacs
County, he being employed by
the defense.
| Attorney C>lli,s sno ID marx
, ed ability in the handling of the
case, being both a good question:
er and good pleader.
The jury was dismissed Satur-
day, and Monday the court
disposed of few civil cases and
closed shop fol this term. the
next term being set for November
is.
The following sentences were
Monday passed on the three rob-
berr: Peoples. IL to Is years.
Briggs, IL to 25 y ears and Taylor
10 to 10I years.
The time served can be shorten
ed by good behavi>r.
&C! &C!
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16
moen.hin.rs Using Radis,

Revenue officers seeking dIstlilers Of
the far-famad md hardhitting "white
lightniR'," in the mountains OF Ken
tucky say that many raids made IN
the last few months have proven un-
successful, due to the adoption OF ra-
diophone as means of cOmmuniCa-
ton among the moonshiners.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16

FARM WANTED: / want to
hear from party having farm
for sale: Give rrice description.
G. B. Loudsn, Champaign, Iii.
rois: e.
Geo. Poynee and Frsnk and J
B. Villers were a rart of Spring.
Seh on the eth.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-06-16

J. r. Ezell and e. J. Coburn
and family are here from CALI
1ornta. having driven through
In Coburn's CT. They expect
% be here . few weeks before
returning ts c.aterui.,