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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-11-16
Order to Provide Charity Ward in
Pearl River County Hospital

Whereas, Chapter 141 of the Acts
of the Legislature of 1916, author
ICES and empowers the Board of
Supervisors of any county of the
State to donate a sum not exceeding
$4,000 per month to maintain a char
ity ward, or wards, in any hospital
located in the county:
1t is, therefore, ordered by the
Board of Supervisors of Pearl River
County, Mississippi, that the sum
of $4,000 per month from Septem-
Der LIST, 1922, be and the same is
hereby donated to the Pearl River
County Hospital, located at Poplar
vile, Miss, for the purpose of main
tanning a charity ward, or wards,
in the said hospital; and the Clerk
of this Board is hereby directed and
authorized to issue a warrant in
favor of the said hospital, for the
months of September and October
1922, for said amount of $4,000 pei
month, payable out of the genera,
fund in the County Treasury
! Report of Committee
Poplarville, Miss, Nov. 7, 1922
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-11-16


Gentlemen:
We. your committee, appointed
at a former meeting of this Board
to inspect and approve the property
of Rufus B. Smith, on his appli-
cation to borrow the sum of $780,
90 of 10th Section funds, beg to re-
port that we have inspected the
said property, being the f IL OF
NV 1-4so of SW Ia of Section ID
Township South, Range Is West
and find it improved real estate and
have appraised the same at the sum
of $4,000. We, therefore recon-
mend that the said applicant be
loaned the sum of $250.00 when he
shall have complied with the laws
governing such loans.
Respectfully submitted
G. w. Amacker, Hamp S. Stew
art, Committee.
Order Making Loan to Rufus Smith
1t is ordered by the Board that a
loan of $250.00 of 10th Section funds
be and the same is hereby made to
Rufus B. Smith, on the property Of
fered by him as security, being the
f 1-2 of NV IA of SW Ia of
Section IA, Township South, Range
IS West, when he shall have COM
Piled with the law governing such
loans.
Order in Land Case
Helen E. White ct ais.
VS.
Southern Lumber & Timber Com
pany, Edward Hines Yellow Pine
Trustees, J. S. Moody, President of
the Board of Supervisors of Pearl
River County, Mississippi.
1t is ordered that Parker & Shiv-
ers, Attorneys for this Board, be
and they are hereby authorized and
to enter into an agree
ment for the trial of this case in
vacation for the purpose of test
ing the validity and ownership of
the unexpired term of the ninety
nine-year lease to Section IS, Town
ship 1, South, Range 16 West, upon
the pleadings now on file and to be
filed and any amendments thereto.
Allowance to N. F. & E. E. Clark
Whereas, heretofore, this Board
has retained the sum of $708.11-
from the several estimates allowed
to N. F & E. E. Clark on their
contract to hard-surface the Poplar
ille-Steep Hollow Public road; and,
Whereas, the said contractors have
completed the grading on
the said contract;
1t is, therefore, ordered that the
sum of Five Hundred Dollars $780,
0O) be allowed to N. F. Clark &
E. E. Clark, contractors, out of the
Is per cent heretofore retained by
this Board from the several esti-
mates filed by the Highway Enei-
IbGl, anu IlIc SlSIh VI Iiilo )Odld 10
hereby authorized to issue to the
said contractors warrant in their
favor, payable out of the Road Fund
allotted to Beat No. 8.
County Treasurer's Quarterly Report
The Board examined the Quarter
ly report of j. E. Stewart, County
Treasurer, and cancelled all the war
rants returned by him, and find the
said report to be correct, showing
a total balance in the Treasury on
the LIST day of October, 1922, to
the credit of all the several accounts
amounting to $200,83S.11. The
report is approved and ordered to
be recorded as the law requires.
Allowances
Roads aud PridUac
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-11-16
Sixth Annual Fair at Sandy Hook,
Mississippi Nov. %, 30, and Dec. !, 1923

by M. E. Graham, Poet Laureate
and H. W. Coburn, the Micheal An
CELLO of Sandy Hook.
700 P. MA general concert,
"The Dreadful Twins, by community.
Quartet contest. Any quartet in
vited. Winners $500.
$50 P. MA Lunch Sociable.
FRIDAY DECEMBER l.
1000 A. M.-Basket Ball.
HOO A. M.--Potato Race, Sack
Race, Wheelbarrow Find, Tug Of
War, and etc.
12:00-Lunch.
12:O0-Negro base ball game. The
east side Of river against west side,
Winners $500.
100 P. M.-Address by several
candidates for Governor. Names
will be announced later.
400 P. M.-The Surprise.
The negroes will have a sep
arate department.
Everybody from Walthall, Pearl
River, Marion Counties and Washing
H. Dox,el, iryitod fo narticinata
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-11-16
Wednesday, Nov. %, 7
P. NJ, General Concert

Write for catalogue.
Sandy Hook Progressive Associa-
ton.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1922-11-16
Proceedings of the Pearl River County
Board of Supervisors for November

annually, and the said bonds have
been issued in accordance with the
said orders:
Now, therefore, the said board OF
supervisors hereby covenants and
agrees that it will levy annually, I'M
til the final payment of said bonds,
both principal and interest, as they
respectively become due, special
tax upon all taxable property OF
the Carriere Consolidated School
District sufficient for said purpose;
the said tax to be used exclusively
in paying the interest of said bonds
and providing sinking fund for
their redemption as they fall due.
Order Awarding Contract for Bridge
Lumber & Timbers to Great
Southern Lumber Company
1t is ordered by the Board that
the bid of the Great Southern Lunl-
Der Company proposing to sell the
county for Pearl River Swamp
Bridges, on the Bogalusa road,
35,640 feet BM No. Short Leaf
creosoted lumber, y pound treat
ment, miscellaneous sizes, at $780,
rs per thousand feet, be accepted;
also 1884 lineal feet creosoted pill
ing 16 feet to Sc feet length, 8
in. tip and - in. butt, at $38.75
per lineal foot, be accepted; said
prices being F. o. B. Bogalusa, La,
and being the lowest bids filed for
said contract.
Order Awarding Contract for Bridge
Lumber to Travis Boone
1t is ordered by the Board that
the bid of Travis Boone, proposing
to sell the county any quantity of
lumber that may be needed for
bridges during the next three
miscellaneous sizes, at $685.
90 per thousand feet, F. o. B. mill,
be, and the same is hereby accepted;
said lumber to be all heart and to
be delivered as needed by the
County; PROVIDED, however, that
the said contract shall not be con-
strued to cover the requirements of
the Board in other parts of the
county remote from the mill of the
said Travis Boone, where the cost
of delivery would be so great that
the contract price herein mentioned
would not compete with prices in
the locality where the lumber might
be needed.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
GERMANY GRAAIED4DELkY
IN PREPARATION PAYMENTS
Berlin Answer to uitimstum Receives
Approval; Moratorium for
1922 Granted

pariszThe %reparations commission
has fully approved the German reply
TO It's ultlmatum and definitely decided
TO grant Germany a provisional mora
torium for the year 1922.
The decision WAS unanimous.
The action taken by the German gov
eminent TO put It's finances on q sound
basis and eliminate as much as possible
the wholesale printing of paper money
constitutes a serious effort TO meet
the commission's requirements" the
decision says. In IT'S letter 10 Chaneel-
Tor Wirth, the Commission states that
in view OF the importance OF any de-
cision on the question OF -postponement
of payments. the commission felt justi-
fled In taking prompt action notwfth-
standing the fact that on several points
answer requires further
4
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
AMBUSHED PARTY FIRES
ON UTAH MINE WORKERS
Bullets Strike Cars Used by Miners;
Sheriff Orders Men to
Disperse

Price. Utah.-Persons ambushed I'm
the hills above the Kenilworth mine of
the Independent Coal & Coke company,
where a strike Is In progress, fired be-
tween so and 100 shots at miners en-
ployed by the company while the men
were travelling from the mine TO the
town of Renllworth. None OF the min
ers were struck. but the cars used by
the men In coming from the mine on
the man "trip" were hit in many
places.
Sheriff Keller Immediately sem a
posse of II deputies TO the scene Al
most coincidently with the arrival Of
the deputy sheriffs, approximately $50
striking miners from Helper reached
KeHiiweFth In automobiles and these
men were ordered by deputy sheriffs
to dispense Immediately and keep away
from the property line Of the coal com
pany.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
MINERS REJECT
OPERATORS PLAN
DECLARE OWNERS PLAN TO SEEK
PRESIDENT HARDiNo's AID
OBJECTIONABLE
OPERATORS FOR ARBITRATION
spurn Proposal That Both Sides In
wife President to Appoint Tribunal
To Settle Anthracite Coal
Strike

New .York.-A proposal that Presl-
dent Harding be asked TO appoint q
tribunal to settle the anthracite coal
strike. submitted by the operators be
fore the joint subcommittee on wage
contract negotiations, has been re
iected by the miners.
Philip Murray. vice-presldent of the
United Mine Workers. declined TO state
on what grounds the proposition was
turned down. except to declare 1t Job
jectionable."
The Invitation TO President Harding
to which the miners refused TO sub
scribe, asked him to appoint a COM
mission to find a practical method by
which prompt operation of the mines
may be resumed pending Its ultimate
decision. and also TO seek and recon-
mend a method by which further sus-
pensions or strikes. may be avoided
AT the miners headquarters. the OPP
orators proffered solution of the strike
was looked upon as nothing more than
a counter proposal to that which strik-
ers' delegates submitted a short time
ago. aad=whieh- the employers refused
to Sign. namely that Mr.. Harding en-
power the federal trade commission
and the interstate, commerce commits
sion TO begin at one a complete inves-
tigation of the industry from wages to
prices of the product.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
presents 0. 5. Medal 70 vsrdun

yerdun.- In the name Of the Ameri-
can congress and the American people,
Myron T.. Herrick. the ambassador. re
Gently presented 10 the city Of yerdun
the first and only medal ever given by
the United States TO any community
In the world.
The Ambassador and Premier P0In-
care together visited the ground where
are buried thousands Of French whose
vsIor the medal commentaries, and
both spoke under the emotion aroused
by the thought OF the dead and the
sight Of the "red zone" 80 devastated
that II NAV never again be 1T for hui
man habitatIon.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
GOMPERS HEADS BODY
OPPOSING CHILD LABOR
Many National Associations Join In
Move to Obtain Constitutional
Amendment

Washington.-A permanent organiza-
ton 10 absolutely abolish child labor
In the United States has been formed
here by representatives Of a number
OF national associations called into
conference on the subject by Samuel
Gompers. president Of the American
Federation of Labor. The meeting fol-
lowed the recent decision of the United
States supreme court holding that
special excise taxes on the product OF
minor labor were invalid.
The organization formed to Institute
n campaign for such an amendment
Will be known as THE permanent con-
ference for the abolition OF child la
Mr.. Gompers accepted the post
OF permanent chairman
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
Brio. Cen. ssoe suceumbs

Omahs.-Brig. Gen. William Fl. Sage,
81. commanding officer If Fort-B.A.
Russell, Wyoming. died AT n hospital
here.
General Sage had stopped at Fort
Crook enroute 10 Walter Reed hospit-
al. Washington. and Eas taken serious
1y Ill. The body was shipped 10 Wash
ington for interment at Arlington GENE
terry. General Sage VAS decorated with
the medal of honor for conspicuous ser
vice in the Philippines during the
Spanish-Americsn war He YVES TO
hare been retired next month
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
Love Heads Sugar Manufacturers

Salt Lake city, utah.--stephen III
Love. OF Salt Lake CITY. sales manager
and member of the executive commit
tee of the Utnh.Idaho Sugar company
WAS elected president OF the United
States Sugar Manufacturers associa.
lion at the concluding session of their
annual convention at the Hotel Utah,
Mr. Love succeeds Judge III. III. Rolaph,
president and general manager OF the
Amaigamated Sugar company Of 0g-
den. - s~~fvtr 4 49,
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
ARREST IS ORDERED
IN FRAUD INQUIRY
warrant Issued for Georgia Political
Chairman Charging Mishxndiin4
Of Lumber Contract

Wsshington.-A warrant has been is-
sued by United States Commissioner
Hit for the arrest Of J. l. Phillips,
chairman of the Republican state coul-
mittee for Georgia. charging fraud ia
the execution OF war contracts
Held Disposal Contract
Phillips. as n member of the firm OF
Phillips and Stevens. obtained a con-
tract soon after the armlstice from the
government to dispose of surplus lum-
Der left from cantonment and camp
constructions and other war building
developments, the firm having been
designated by q conference OF lumber
dealers TO act as their agent.
Representative Woodruff, Repubii-
can Michigan. In a speech recently in
the house. asserted that official reports
had been filed by government auditors
In September. 1921, showing that
Phillips and Stevens still owed the
government under this contract
than sl.S60.tN0 and that so far as he
could learn. mo proceedings whatever
had been instituted In this connection"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
CLAYTON WELL SPOUTING 500
important Strike Made In Cat Creek
Field at 1000 Feet

Great Faiis.-The most important
strike Of the Cat Greek oil fields was
made recently In the Clayton we'll No.
2 OF the MId-Northern OF company,
oil being struck In the second sands at
1000 feet and gushing out ove the
top so that bikes had to be hurrledIy
built across couleees to saw the out
put. The output is estimated at 800
barrels a day. The unusual importance
OF the strike lies In the fact that II was
made I'm the second sands all other
wells OF the Cat Greek district being in
the first sands.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
Growers plan Flag Pool

Fargo. n. D.-The United States
Grain Growers, Inc. OF North Dakota,
and the Northwest Wheat Growers or
ganization will unite In an effort 10
organize a flax pool In North Dak0tn
and Montana soon, U. l.. Burdlck,
former director of the United States
Grain Growers, Inc, who Is working
on contracts 90 be used. announces.
The W. states produce about 90 per
cent of The salnble flax output of the
country according 10 Mr.. BurdIck.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Sho~honi. Wyo.-Robbers who blew
here secured $500 In currency and es-
capped leaving no clue to identity.
Damage to the safe and interior of the
bank will amount 10 5000. +,
One package Of money taken con-
tanned $1,000 in new Wyoming National
bank (Casper) bills. which can be
Identified. II is said.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
AMUNDSEN,S PARTY
SAILS FOR ALASKA
wiz Attempt 20 Pass North Pole by
Drifting With Polar Ice
Pack

Seattle. The auxiliary powe r
schooner Maud. bearing the Amund-
sen polar basin scientific expedition.
has sailed from Seattle for Nome. Alas
ks, on the first leg OF a five-yesr voy-
age through the Arctic Ice pack.
Captain Oscar Visiting. sailing mas
ter OF the Maud. commanded the es-
sci. Raold Amundsen. chief Of the ex-
pedition decided to proceed TO Nome
by steamer.
The United States navy tug Mahopac
and a flotilla of cruisers from the
fleets OF the Seattle and Queen City
Yacht clubs escorted the Maud up the
Puget Sound.
The expedition is a resumption OF
the effort begun by Captain Amund-
sen In 1918 under the auspices of the
Norwegian government 10 drift past
the north pole with the Ice floes. mi
nutely studying phenomena of a vast
area never before visited by white men
and to secure data which the explorer
expects may revolutionize present day
meteorological and oceanographical
knowledge In the northern hemisphere.
The first effort met with delay In 1920
when the Maud lost a propeller. In the
Ice off the northeastern Siberian coast
and WAS forced to put into Seattle for
repairs Recently the vessel hasAun
dergone complete over-hauling and adj
ditional equipment including two air
planes. a long range wireless outfit and
many precise scientific instruments
heen added to the complement.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
SENATE COMMITTEE
FAV0RS VET BONUS
NccuMBER TO UR0E SENATE TO
GIVE BILL RIGHT or WAY
OVER TARIFF
BANK LOAN CLAUSE RETAINED
important Changes In Housc Plan by
Senate include Abandonment Of
Reclamation Program; Date
Advanced 10 January. 1928

Washington. The house soldiers
bonus bill. amended Ia several impor-
tant particulars. but with the much
discussed bank loan provision retained.
was approved by the senate finance
committee by a vote OF q TO 4. Chair
man McCumber proposes to report the
measure 10 the senate within a few
days and said he hoped to get action
on IL before the passage OF the tariff
hin.
The nor Important attentions
made In the house measure were:
Changing the effective date Of the
legislation from next October l to Jan
nary I. 1924.
Removal OF the time limitation on
filing of applications by world war
veterans for adjusted service compen-
satIon.
Abandonment of the reclamation
plan and substitution OF n provision
under which veterans would he given
preference In making entry on public
ar Indian lands when opened to entry.
Elimination Of the forfeiture pro-
.visinn-underA whichIveteransL falling
to repay loans made by hanks OF the
government on adjusted service GER
tificafes would have forfeited their
certificates.
Under the amended bill such veter-
ans could reclaim their certificates nj
any time before their maturity. 20
years from the date of Issue. on pay
ment OF the sum they were in default.
plus interest at AZ per cent compound
ed annually.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
s4aa. 600 Farmer Loans

neutrality-suspicious. of %
advances FOR agricultural and livestock
purposes. a~ggregating $4,000, Is an
nounccd BY the War Finance Corpora
ton. Distribution of the loans In
cluded
Colorado, $1,000: Montana. $1,000; ;
North Dakota. s71. 900 South Dakota,
$4,000; Texas. Sal. 900. and Utah, $780,
OoO
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
sell. t4mooo sushela

spokane.-SIishtly more than a.
zoe. 600 bushels II Washington, Oxs&uu,
Idaho and Montana wheat valued at
more than $20.000.O00 wem sold
through the offices OF The NorthweN
Wheat Growers. associated. during the
fIscni year ending May 81, Waftsr Rob
inson. manager of the Washington
Tdsho Wheat Grower. anneuncesL
Only a small part of the 1871 wheat
pooI nsnairx unnnfd- Tu1stesa Of me
association vim meet In portlaAd scon
70 ost1ine policies for haadasas ~ -
Greg of its mcsuberx
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Walla .Walla. Wash.-The New
United States Veterans hospital at
Fort Walla Walla. has been opened.
Old buildings have been reconstructed
and new ones erected at y cost of
about $4,000. About 80 patients suf-
feriag from tuberculosis are at the In
stitutlon. The capacity of the hos
pital Is about $50. A staff Of sever
doctors is needed TO care for the e
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Carson City, Nev-Mary Plckford's
divorce from Owen Moore was sus-
tanned when the Nevada supreme court
affirmed the order OF District Judge
Frank r. Langan quashlng service OF
summons In the action brought by At
torney General Fowler to set aside the
decree granted the movie star.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
FIXES ARMY AT $4,000 MEN
Senate Boosts House Figure $4,000 In
Record Time

Washington. Carrying an appro;
priation OF s341. 10000, the annual
army appropriation bill was passed by
the senate. 1t fixes the size of the
army for the next year at an average
Of 1880 officers and $4,000 men.
Passage of the bill. which was with
out a record vote. followed quickly af-
ter a test vote by which the senats
accepted. 40 to II, It's committees sc-
ton In increasing the house figure on
the size Of the army from $4,000 TO
$4,000 enlisted men. The strength Of
1880 officers compares with 1000
as voted by the house.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Washington.-InyestIgation Of the
~so-called war fraud cases began before
a special grand jury when United
States Attorney Peytnn Gordon pre-
sented, as the first Of the governments
series OF cases dealing with wartime
contracts, that involving disposal OF
surplus lumber by the quartermaster
corps Of the United States army.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Buenos Aires.-The STEAMER vIIIa
Franco. sank off Hofsnou. Paraguay.
following an explosion and 80 persons
perish~d. - said the vessel ssuk so
quickly that the passengers had not
time 10 dress or scek life belts. ~
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

New York.-For the first time since
the date of Issue, all liberty bonds re
Gently sold at par or better. Heavy
trading In liberty bonds at highest
prices and transactions embracing sew
epl lots OF 100000 are the out
standing features OF the bond market
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
5000 Ro.a centrset !. AWARDED

Cheyenne. The Wyoming State
Highway commission has let to the
Utah Construction company on a bid
OF $4,000. the contract for building
a 14-rniIe highway through the canyon
of the Big Horn river south Of Their
mopolis. The work u 10 be completed
by next March first.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08
Packers OFFER Price Premium

Chicago.-The big five" Chicago
packers-Swift. Morris. Wilson, Ar
mour and Cudahy-and many small
packers have agreed to pay 10 cents a
hundred above the market price on all
hogs shipped TO the Chicago livestock
market providing they are free from
tuberculosis and come from a farm
where neither cattle nor hogs are In
fected with this disease.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Washington. - The deadlock yer
federal good roads between the senate
and house was broken when n esfBPFo-
mise by which s50,000.OO0 will be avail
able during the next fiscal year for
continuing federal and state co-0pera-
ton Ia road development was reached.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Gle Elum wash5seyen members Of
a crew working on a city pipe line ON
h Gle Eum river we're
when n rowboatAn- which they we're
attempting to cross the river was over
turned
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-08

Malta has enrolled ID new mem-
bers n 4.227 acres In sunmeF I'll
laga clubs.
The Society OF Montana Pioneers viii
hold It's annual convention August ~
"a and 25 at Missoula this year.
The Grand Army OF the Republic
will hold a three-day convention at
KalispeH this year beginning June 20
Half of the $1,000 necessary to n
nance the eight conventions TO be held
In Missoula this year has been raised
The American Legion OF Glendivs
will Stage a rodeo at the fair grounds
OF the Eastern Montana fair July 3
and 4.
Thomas Keen. aged 20. an old-timer
In eastern Montana and sheriff In the
early days In Dawson county. died at
bis home In Glendive.
A picnic at the state Eiks' camp on
Flathead lake Is to be n OF the big
features of the 1922 Eiks' convention.
to be held at Kslispen July IT. Is
and 10.
o o
Mrs. Ida Nepper OF Butte and Sister
Mary Charitins Of st. Johns hospital
In Helena have been appointed men,
bers OF the state board for examining
nurses.
o D
j. G. Alexander Of Kaiispell has filed
with the secretary of state his declar-
alton. of Intention to be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for the U.
s. senate.