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The Washington times., 1922-08-31
PRAYER BOOK REVISION
BEFORE p. z. BISHOPS

PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. Sire.
vision Of the Book of Common
Praper, including the proposal 10
eliminate the brides promise 10
obey" and the bridegroom's en-.
dowment Of the bride with his world.
ly goods from the marriage ceremony
were among the religious problems
up for consideration before the
lSs bishops OF the Episcopal Church
In the United States at informal con.
ferences OF the members OF the
House OF Bishops starting here Yea.
terday.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
r. r. EQUIPMENT IN BAD
y SHAPE SAYS JOHNSTON

Railroad locomotives and rolling
stock have so far deteriorated since
the beginning of the railroad shop
The Washington times., 1922-08-31

the result OF four explosions in the
Garfield Heights section Of the city.
Police say the. blasts were caused
by bombs and suspect labor troubles
prompted their planting, Fire
broke out and the shattered houses
were burned to their foundations.
The four houses completely de-
stroyed were two-family buildings
and were nearing completion. The
damage Is estimated at sac. 200.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
THIS BooTLEocER SELLS
HoocH IN WATERMEL LoNS

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. S1.-Po.
licemen answering call found Andy
Rodisch and Andy Klatt on the verge
OF fight to decide which would get
the last portion OF watermelon.
The policemen inspected the melon.
II smelled and tasted like moonsnine
whiskey, they said. They took
Rodisch. Klatt and the melon TO the
police station and charged the men
with intoxication.
Now the police are on the trail of
bootlegger. who. they learned to-
day, has hit upon the idea of pour
ing whiskey in a watermelon and
selling 1t all as a Georgia cocktail"
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
WILL
/. REFUSE TO PAY.
. BILL TORRANCE
Envoy at Paris Told to Notify
Commission Indemnity Must
Be Modified.
BY s. d. WEYER,
International News Service.

BERLIN, Aug. 31.-Foilowins a
night meeting Of the cabinet. Chan
cellor Wirth today notified Herr
Schroeder. the government repre-.
sentative In Paris dealing with the
Inter allied Preparations Commission
that Germany would not sign the
French conditions for an indemnity
moratorium unless they were mod!'
fled.
There were indications that some
of the officials believed that France
would make some modification.
Chancellor Wirth takes a pessi
mistic view of the situation. he
Is said to believe that the crisis
is fully as grave as that which
confronted Germany when called
upon to sign the Versailles treaty
Certain political leaders have ad'
vised the chancellor that: II he
gave up the policy Of fulfillment
and fIatly rejected Frances de-
mands, he would get the solid sup
port OF all parties from the mon
archists to the communists.
II was explained that Germany
rejects the demands OF the French
to deposit one-quarter of the gold
reserve of the Reichsbank with the
reparations commission because, as
a result of the previous demand OF
the allies, the Reichsbank has been
made autonomous and the govern
ment cannot touch its funds or
policies.
May Mean New Coalition.
Germany. Furthermore, opposed
the Belgian demand for the issu-
ance of new bonds to cover Bel.
gium priority claims ito indemnity
on the ground that Germany would
be a fraudulent debtor to sign sny
such new obligations after having
plainly stated that she could not
pay the obligations already on hand
with gold.
One of the results Of the situa-
ton was widespread discussion to-
day Of the possibility Of new
political coalition. including the
German Peoples Party.
Deep pessimism prevails In all
circles. The mark has sunk fur
ther In value and another financial
panic is feared. In the meantime
the Russian Soviet officials are
subtly trying to stiffen German re-
sistance.
The Washington times., 1922-08-31
FOUR CLEVELAND HOUSES
ARE DESTROYED BY BOMBS

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Aug. a.
-FOUR houses under construction
were destroyed. foundations of MANY
others were loosened. and windows
IN houses for an area of balf a
mile We're shattered early TODAY az
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29

A little town called Mer Rouge, in
Louisiana, or rather the vicinity Of
that small place, has had fearful ex-
ample Of the results Of taking the law
ort Of the hands of constituted au-
thority and putting the power to pun
ish-to take human life-into the
hands of masked and hooded men
Two men murdered by supposed mem
bers Of a masked and hooded organ
~ization, supposed to be the latter day
Ku Klux Khan, their bodies weighted
down and sunk in a lake, has all been
brought to light by the determination
Of Governor John Parker-and one
man has been arrested in connection
with the matter. This mar in Jail,
charged with completely in one of the
foulest of crimes, has the outspoken
of a part of the population
and that fact alone shows the very
grave danger such an organization
may bring to any community. If the
Ku Klux are necessary in the South,
then law enforcement in what we Of
ten call our fair land is one of the
greatest farces the world Of govern
ments has ever known
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
NO BACKWARD STEP.

During the primary campaign there
was a lot of dust raised about the
Tennessee school system. Mr.. Peay
bore the brunt of attacks of all sorts
took the throw in each case, and wor
The nomination by a consistent vote
throughout the state.
Within three weeks or so, the Lord
willing, he will be governor of Ten
nessee.
Mr.. Peay is a man Of ripe judgmen
and much experience. He knows thu
theory Of the public school system
Having been a poor boy he knows its
value.
Mr.. Peay is committed to a policy
of liberality towards the schools. W
are confident he will brook no opposi-
ton. But it is also to be hoped that
he will not be forced to go to the mat
on such a proposition. There are
many conditions to be corrected which
will, if gone at properly take up about
all the tine the next Legislature will
have.
There is no use tearing away at
good institutions when we have so
many bad ones.-Commercial Appeal.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
RESPONSIBILITIES MAR
RAGE.

Mr.. Sam Howard Pearson, of Lex.
ington, and Miss Elizabeth Boyd Spell.
ings, Of Hazel, KY, Ibut engaged as
teacher of expression in connection
with the Lexington High School and
City Sc..ool) were married at 200 p
M, Friday, December 20, 1922, in the
home of the groom's aunt, Mrs. Ethel
Pearson Enochs, 1877 Division Ave
nue., jackson, Tenn, Rev. Myers, OF
the First Methodist church officiat-
ing.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.,
and Mrs. Pearson boarded the train
for Nashville, and from there visit
ed the brides home at Hazel Ky, on
Wednesday of this week returned to
Lexington and here, temporarily, they
will make their home with the groom's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Pearson.
The bride is the elder of the two
young daughters of Mrs Emma Boyd
Spellings, who is well known here per-
sonally as we'll as a teacher of ex-
preston and music; and the bride
herself has made an excellent reputa-
tion as a teacher of expression. Per-
sonally, she is literally endowed
with physical attractions, mental en-
and a lovableness or dis
position which wins for her friend
ship and love wherever she goes. In
recent months she has been living un-
der the roof of the Barry home and
each and every one of that family
a testify that Elizabeth is a prize
more precious than rubies."
The groom comes from two of the
oldest and best known families of
Henderson county-the Pearsons and
Howards-being a grandson of the
late John Pearson and a great-grand
son of the late Sam Howard, and we
can say for him that he is, in reality,
and not just complimentary newspa-
per usage talk, a credit to both fam
lilies.
Sammie will now redouble his sur
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
EPWORTH LEAGUE PROGRAM.

M. E. Church, 6:15 o'clock. Sunday,
December 31st, 1922.
Leader-Mrs. Bolton Franklin.
Song by choir.
Lords Prayer by League.
Scripture reading by Leader
"What Can / Do to Make the
League More Fruitful During the
Coming Year."-Mrs. Herndon.
SONG. II. Davis.
"Jesus the Perfect MAN.. 7.
Hanna.
"Why Does the Church Need the
Young People ?"-Cecil Albin.
why Do Young People Need the
Church?"-Alberta Holmes"
Duet-Trula Franklin, Leota
Holmes.
Resolutions of 1928 by Ray Hern-
don.
Opportunity Cornelia Hunts
Opportunity Cornelia Hunts
man.
League Benediction.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
THE CHRISTMAS CARD.

One Of the greatest additions to the
burden of holiday mails is the Christ
mas cards which are sent as remem-
ORANGES by kinfolk and friends to each
other. So extensive has become the
custom that the card-making indus
try has become one in which much
capital is invested and that addition
alone would swamp the system were
it not one of the most perfect-per-
haps the most perfect-in the world
of governmental functions. Taking
our family as a sample, one no better
known. one having no more friends
and kin than millions of others, we
can begin to appreciate the enormity
of the Christmas card movement in
the United Sates-for we have re-
ceived them from New York on the
East to Santa Monica, Calf, on the
West and from the Great Lakes on
North to the Gulf of Mexico on the
South,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
LET US DO OUR BEST THIS YEAR

We are willing to go in with any
body, single-handed or otherwise and
pledge to do the very best we can
for Lexington in the year 1928.
Selfishly, disinterestedly and in
shy and all other ways we are for
Lexington and Henderson county
We are here to stay so long as we live
and to be buried when we die.
So join with us and we will join
hands with you in whatever may be
good for Henderson county and Lex
ington from the very first TO the very
last of the year 1923.
Let us have no small chickering's, no
strifes, no pulling of one individual or
one group against the other individual
or group-but let's all pull unselfish-
ly together for the betterment of our
town and county-which are both go
ing to be just as good and prosperous
as we shall work together for them
to be.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
LAST OF THE OLD BUCK
FAMILY

Mrs. Betsy Milan, in her 92nd year,
the last of the family Of Henry Buck
who came from Georgia to Henderson
county right around a hundred years
ago, died December goth, 1922, at her
home in the old 18th district. She
was the widow of the late Lewis Mi
lam, who died several years ago, and
is survived by one son and -four
daughters, one Of whom is the wife OF
Esq. S. M. Edge of this county.
Mrs Milan was a woman Of great
igor of mind and body and until
aJout a month before her death was
,shle to be up and doing, retaining to
= hside4asle extant I'll her faculties.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
COMMUNICATED.

To The Progress:-
A few days ago | had occasion to
make a trip in a wagon some seven or
eight miles and on the way had to
pass through a little railroad town,
which, by the way, is right on an old
established highway. The nice little
town consists of several nice resi-
dences, four general stores and a post
office. But this is not what | started
to tell. Within two hundred yards of
all these stores and business houses
there was a hole in the road that you
could almost bury both theam and
wagon, and people simply have to get
out of the public highway and go some
little distance through a man't field.
Of course we all know it is a public
road and the overseer and the hands
ought to fix it, and keep it fixed, still,
| could not help but wonder why a
bunch of merchants, who expect peo-
Pile to come and trade with them,
would allow such as that right under
their very noses, when for a few cents
each they could have some ON fixi it,
and dispense with at least one dis
grace that mars the otherwise good
community.
| was told by a good citizen of that
neighborhood, that a man 65 years old
took his wagon and hauled a lot of
cedor brush from his own place about
a mile distant, and then could get
neither help or shovel to cover UP the
brush and repair the road enough to
make it passable.
Now this is certainly a bad state Of
affairs, and more especially a road
over which two mail routes 60. Just
a little ginger, a little pep, a little
enterprise all mixed in with a lot of
good work will keep u roads all n
fairly good condition the year roulAt
and viii speak well for and communi'
Ity.
A. G. WINSLOW.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
FIVE TELEPHONE GIRLS RE-
MEMBERED.

On the day before Christmas Eve,
with the help of that kindly and oblig-
ing young man, Mr.. Bonnie White
Who, in fact did most of the solicit
sng-we had the privilege of present
ing to Cumberland Telephone patrons
a request to join in a cash Christmas
remembrance of the live telephone
girls who manipulate the drops and
candle the hellos of the Lexington ex-
change, with the result that we were
able to hand over to othe girls a sum
that, while not large, could not fail to
add to the total Of their Christmas
Enjoyment. The young ladies are
Kisses Bertha Wadley, Exile Joyce,
Mary Freeman, Ruby Freeman and
,Iettie Long.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29

had been inspecting government
steamboats,. Captain Winship, was a
brother-in-law Of James NJ. Head for
mer mayor Of Nashville. and spent
the early part Of bis life in Nashville.
He removed to Savannah rs years
ago, where he has made his home ever
since, He vas q member Of the Epis-
copai church and il survived BY a wife
and son. Frank H. Winship, Jr.
Burial will take place Tuesday IN the
Savannah cemetery.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
MAYOR OF SAVANNAH DIES.

Savannah, Tenn, Dec. 25.-Captain
Frank II. winship, so, mayor Of the
city Of Savannah and steamboat cap
tain on the Tennessee river, dropped
dead this afternoon while feeding
chickens in the yard Of his home He
had to come to his home to spend
Christmas holidays. after being locat-
ed at Florence. Alabama. where he
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
WILDERSVILLE
Live News Items from that progressive town furnished by
our Local Correspondent.
By C. H. LEWIS
By C. H. LEWIS

The musical recital at the schoo
building Friday night was enjoyed By
a large crowd.
John S. Lewis and family, of Yuma
were visitors here last Sunday.
s. Erice Barnett and Miss Mittie
Wall, Of Carroll county, we're married
at the home of Esq. s. J.. Alton last
Sunday
DR.. Howell made a professional trip
to Nashville last week
Your scribe was in Yuma on We'd
nesday of last week.
Frank Flake and family, of your
city were here Sunday visiting the
formers parents.
Miss Bell Anderson was in Nash
vile last week on business.
A good many of our people enjoy
ed the Christmas tree at the Metho-
dist church Saturday night.
j. ID. Tilson and Lorene Bolen who
are attending school at Henderson,
are spending the holidays with home
folks.
J. Logan Azbill, of Alberton, was
here on social business the first of the
week.
Mr.. Smith ,of Henderson, was here
Sunday on social business.
Singing at the Methodist church
last Sunday, conducted by Prof. C. M.
Vernon, of Juno, was good.
Mrs. Charlie Cogdell and children,
of your city, are here spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. j. Williams
Ernest Francisco and wife, of
Huntingdon, are here visiting Mrs.
Francisco's parents.
Ben McCann, of Henderson, is here
visiting W. r. and Miss Mary john
son.
Christmas has come and gone and
we never saw a quieter time. We be-
lieve II would be safe to say that there
has not been a quart of "white mule"
in our little town this Christmas.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29

w. N. Murren and daughters, Rob.
bic and Willie, and also Robbie Lewis
OF Alberton, was here Monday of this
week.
Grover Massey, of Buena Vista, is
here visiting Henry Burton and fam.
lily.
C. Blankenship is here from Mis-
souri, visiting L. F. and j. r. Derry
berry.
Silas and Tommie Mincey, Of Jack
son, is here visiting friends and rela-
%tivese.
Everett Scott, of this place made a
flying trip to Jackson last week.
j. M. Scott and family visited the
family of DR.. M. P. Boyd at Farm
willie, Sunday
Mrs. Marvin McCay's parents from
Missouri, are visiting here
The young people enjoyed a sing.
ing at the home of B. w. Walker Mon
day night.
Mittie Walker, of Jackson, is visit
ing friends and relatives here this
week
GlNOOd hOlilo was III OaNhoOi Jul
day and Monday on social business.
Bedford Todd. one of the rural ear
riers, of this place, has been on the
sick list this week.
George Overman, of Alberton, was
here Monday ON business.
Mary Beth and Joe Appleby, of
your city, have been here this week
visiting.
Carl Orr, of Memphis, is here
spending the holidays.
John Williams and wife, of Yuma,
were here Sunday.
Jessie Rush is working in the bar
Der shop for Mr.. Ranzie Johnson, at
Huntingdon this week.
LAST NOTICE-Those that don't
pay their telephone rent by Monday,
Jan. LIST, 1928, will be refused further
service.-Ada Lewis.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29

Notwithstanding the price of 30-odd
cents per pound for turkeys undressed.
we heard of a few persons who had
more money than brains and bought
that kind Of a fowl for Christmas eat
ing. People who have money and will
pay such prices thereby force
others to pay them-for the. fools are
never dead all at the same time.
However, giving 81 to IS for a turkey
gobbler was more sensible than buying
white mule liquor.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29
ROY DAVID BROWN COMES
SOUTH.

Roy David Brown, a Lexington boy
who went to Chicago and studied and
fought his way up in the musical
world as a pianist. has come South
to live, having accepted position 81
director of the department of music in
the Baylor University, the great Bap'
fist institution of learning at Waco
Texas. That Roy Brown is entitled tt
and is paid a handsome salary goe:
without saying-and no matter wha'
the price may be, Baylor will find hin
cheap at the figures.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29

BY the engineer on the Santa Fee
Flyer out of Chicago making a sudden
stop of the train, Christmas Day, the
train was saved-perhaps many saved
from death because Ia spikes had
been removed and the fish plates torn
aside and the whole thing saved from
being looted by a gang of robbers
who had planned to get the express
cars.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29

cessful efforts to keep the wolf from
the door" and Elizabeth will very SEN
sibly continue her work in the schools.
May they live long and prosper.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-12-29

Help us this year and we will make
The Progress a better paper than ever
before in its 3S years
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-22
World knowledge Comes With Trade
more than year of existence has built
up a paid circulation Of 1900.
-
by Frederic J. Haskin.

more than year of existence has built
up a paid circulation Of 1900.
Service 10 Newspapers.
The Bureau also distributes foreign
trade information through the news
papers. Each week the official editors
compile readable resume of the cable,
reports from the commercial attaches.
trade commissioners and American
consuls. This is sent To about 700
newspapers, many of which feature IT
for n half-pagc and even full-page
Through this channel trade information
goes before more than 7,0OO,OOO readers
The bureau also conducts worldwide
surveys of trade conditions affecting
American farm crops and sends weekly
matches of news from these surveys to-
farm Journals with combined circula
,ion of l5.OOO,OOO
The representatives of foreign govern
mcnts IN Washington take n lively
interest IN the weekly Commerce Re
ports. Every Monday, the publication
day, special messenger employed
hy the British Embassy waits at the
Department Of Commerce To get six
copies Of the journal rs soon as IT is
l~~fltAi, anu itlt t'Uti 'tila'tN~i'S CIV wv
FAR behind But our foreign competitors
arc welcome To the information they can
get from this source Nothing bu, general
information is published by the bureau
The particular information, the actual
news of contracts To he let, buyers in the
market, etc. is conveyed confdentlally
10 the exporters in this country who can
take advantage OF II.
Herein lies the value Of the new com.
modify divisions which the bureau has
established, directed as these are by mer
chosen by the various industries them
selves and who are SO familiar with thcir
several fields that they know the name
and even the telephone numbers of th'
manufacturers. The amount of trade IN
formation now sent conhdcntIally {,
exporters in this country is 81 time
what it WAS before the bureaus re
organization.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-22
Rroadcasting Infor nation.

NJ innovation wrought hv the now
Rdministration ot the bureau \ more
marked than its method ot hroadcaSilng
in the United States the information
winch lts agents gather abroad. Two
wears aro the bureau, lscsidcS lis stairs
hcnl summaries. published the daily
consular ncrorts Thcse reports con
tanned miscellaneous and unaSSoried
data nist ~ they came m through the
mails and over the cables. Today the
consular repor,s are no morc They have
hc.n succeeded by 50-psge weekly
r,ecey,ne called Commerce Reports,
.,,ractiv.ly printed and hound, in'clli-
scrtlv edited, and IN every way com
panug iavorahly with the hcst OF trade
journals
Commerce Rcports y exactly what
fs substitute calls IL" ANccNlN survey
ol rorcigp Trade once each mon'h
thr ioreien agents ~ the bureau oi
Forrian and Domestic Commerce are
r.onrcd Co send m a gcncral-condinon
rrpori answering 43 questions winch
h,,, hccn carefully formulated by cN-
r.rfs as those necessary 20 hrins out
tkr cowplctr and pertinent economic
p.riurc oi - nation or region. lhcsc ~
t,orts arr diccstcd and summarized bN
ihr editorial staff oi the magazine N
Washington The first issue OF Com
ucrcc Rrports for each month Cvc'
Tho current economic survey oi lAtlt
Amcrca. the second issue ol the monti
takes up EUROPE the third. the fa'
Inst. and tho fourth. the Near Past
Thus once a month th.cntlrc eommsrcia
world BE- examined for tho heneht q
An.rrcnn business mon.
Tins survey hss an incidental hu'
,sry rcnl value not directly connecie'
with oui foreign trade. Many Of thes
NATIONS thus surveyed arr heavy debtor
20 the United States. Il = highly I'm
n-n.,nnt that We keep watch OF thSr
condition. Just ~ n commercial credito1
watches those 20 whom he extend
credit
IN addition 70 the regular surve
fr.'u-r. the journal also contains eao
~ "a large numhcr oi general article
o, phases and developments Of iniel
nstioum trade The magazine IN htt
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-22
prppIrNG RHYMES.
ny Wal, Mason.
ANCIENT HISTORY.

TroonNlls i. DICKENS embez-
y.sd fourteen cr .n'rs from Al
SALON. g.. Grow. fvas when we
4ved f.re'her a. IurE'own-in-
ths. Heather. q IONS 'oUg time
.rn. A-d nov where were ah.d-
.nr this Dickens ger r.dlrg Lp-
or tho rrcs, - Same. and n ne
only fellow VINO knows h.s
record yellow who knows his
hen-roose Fame Sow no o.
walklur straIEh'Iy. and men ac-
miro him greatly. he's honor
cd in the town for honesty W.
bend d.nr. for virtues never end
.nr b. has a Wide rerown. Ne,
an fixed Co. shaffcr his pres
ire a. one ciat'er. by telling
of those fowls. the plaud.ts and
tho praises shat DOW arise Ike
hlagos would change 90 rihaid
howis. I'm hu, a human duffer
and ofientmos ! suffer 20 tell
'hat ancient tale. that yarn %
Brother Dickens kidnap ng
fourteen chickens would make
he town grow pale. But when
I'm primed 20 tell %, always
s,ernly quel O.. my conscience
s on deck: my conscience says
apvereiy. Your duty looms up
..parly. 80 follow it. boy heck.
fi.s spul - foul ard bitter who
would degrade the cr.tter who's
.ufrrown evil things. all past
IIstakes surviving. now dill
rontly striving 90 earn a pair
OFF wings" So ] don't toll the
~rfy that might disturb the
Story Theoph.ius has won; me
stately name Of Dickens is free
f.om faint 81 chickens. % gilt
tors iu the sun.