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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
The Herrin Verdict

The verdict of 3cQuittal in the first
OF the trials Of the men indicted for the
murders at the Lester strip mine in
Williamson county, Illinois, last June,
has been warmly denounced by most OF
the newspapers Of the country. 1t is
accepted that inasmuch as the state
placed its strongest cases on trial first
there can be little doubt that no one will
ever be punished for tie mob outrages.
OF course "Herrin acquits herself,
argues the New York World in char
acterizing the verdict as "a defeat for
civilized government in the United
States. There is no doubt that the muir.
der was committed. There can be no
doubt that there are plenty of wit
nesses who could have placed the guilt
where it belonged. The Ku Klux Khan
at Mer Rouge, and the lynch-law gov
eminent of Harrison, will both derive
comfort from this verdict. 1t is the
most extraordinary modern example OF
the power of a local group to commit
crimes of violence and then clear it.
self technically in the courts. Yet this
may not be the end of the story. The
alibis of the Mer Rouge Khan have al
ready begun to crack at the seams. AT
1errln the WHO'S TOWN. CdTElts lIle DuI-
den of a guilty conscience which should
bring further revelations before the case
is forgotten" To which the Socialistic
New York Call replies that the Jury
was representative of Williamson coun-
ty where the facts are best known. The
Herrin acquittal is more than a vindi-
cation of the traditional American right
of self defense. 1t is a crushing con-
demnation of the practice Of protecting
property with privately employed gun
men, who usurp the police power of the
state and in nine out of ten cases de-
liberately provoke violence to prolong
their jobs. The real responsibility for
the deaths at Herrin rests squarely
upon the shoulders of w. J. Lester and
those behind him who imported armed
thugs into a peaceful community. And
Lester and his associates are the men
who should be in the criminal dock
not the five miners just acquitted"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
THE UNSUNG PICKLE.

The lowly pickle has come into its
own. 1t has at last been recognized
as beautifier. Little difference does
IL make that the person who recognized
It happens to be president of the Pickle
hackers Association; the important
thing is that it is discovered. More
than that, it is claimed by the same
gentleman that it was constant nibblinp
OF this cucumberish delicacy that gave
Catherine of Aragon the beauty that
won the heart of Henry the Eighth.
AS was TO be expected, traducers
nave already arisen to ask WHY the
pickles failed to keep her beautiful
enough to retain Henry's love. This
u.s. perhaps, natural question. but
1t has a natural answer. When Henry
put Catherine away he did il in a
most gentle manner, just as do our
modern persons who take trim to
Keno or Paris when the love fire grows
cold Her non-pickle eating successor,
anne Boleyn, was treated with no
such consideration when her brief day
ended. 1t consequently appears that
the very objection raised to an arpTI.
ment for the pickle as a beautifier in
Gicates that it may be not oniv that
but life saver as well.-SpringfieId
Union. P''HsAieiu
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
Round World by Telephony

The success of the wireless talk acrossa
the Atlantic by the heads Of the A. T.
and Z. Company is acclaimed by editorsn
generally as a step toward completed
globe girdling experiment in the neari
future. However, most of them voice az
warning against too-confident assump-lr
ton that the day when wired communi-is
cations will be abandoned is in sight,
There are many experiments yet to be,t
completed before wireless talking METH
DDS will be an advace over the present.
plan they insist.
Three thousand four hundred miles
OF sea and land were bridged, Without
wires" pointed out the Elmira Star. I
Gazette, land the voice on Broadwayn
carried as effectively across the Atlantic,a
as it would across a city street. Sa,.
rapidly are Improvements being made inn,
this new branch of mechanical scieRcess
that it is hard for the layman to Keeps
the progress fined in his mind. Nor.
sooner is one great achievement report-lt
ed than another greater one follows onis
its heels. And much of this remarkable
success is due to the small boy, the \
youths who have rugged up radio appa-,a
ratus with such bits of wire and TENN
cent store knobs, etc, as their limitedH
means would provide. Failing to makelu
their improvised apparatus work witb,s]
one "hook-up,' they have tried others'5
and some of their more or less crude andra
sometime aimless experimenting has re1d
suited in discovering methods that ha6a
merit. Skilled electricians and radios
experts have taken the boys ideas and,
worked them out scientifically, but il
was the boys who did much of the pioId
ncering in radio telephonvo IA
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
MAKE MUSIC A MUST

Music has been described as the
universal language and yet it has strug-
gled for years TO receive recognition
in the schools of our country. 1t has
not appeared in the curriculum. It
has been an extraneous part of every
school room, required but receiving no
recognition. Now its champions are
coming forward and demanding thas it
be given a place in the curriculum and
credited as any other academic study.
The demand is heard ell over the
country.
A recent convention of Southern
Music Supervisors, neld in Atlanta,
discussed the best methods Of teaching
music in the public schools. No more
than a generation ago, the ordinary
study of music for a child meant only
learning to read and perform a few
exercises and pieces" which were exc
cuted in parrot-like manner.
Today music is beirg studied from
theoretic and congressional stand
point. Children of eight and ten
learn to construct music as they learn
to compose English. They are being
taught music not as superficial ac-
complishment, but as a normal means
Of expression.
Music can go step further in our
schools. 1t can instill a depth of char
acter, love for the beautiful, ar
understanding which no other study
can quite reach. Music is a great
moral, spiritual and social teacher. it
belongs in our schools: It should ave
credited place in every curriculum.
Music and knowledge of the best in
music will one day be required # every
pupil in every school room.-Jackson-
vile Journal.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
GHOSTS OF THE GREAT WAR

And now it is Constantine who is
dead. One by one the actors who strut
ted upon the stage during the drama of
the great war are passing from view.
Constantine the Indispensable has
Joined the growing band of the de-
parted.
Nicholas of Russia did not live to
see the wars end. He paid the price
of long established despotism.
Old Francis Josef of Austria dropped
off while the conflict was still raging
and ere the dismembership of his ram
shackle empire had taken place. His
successor. Karl, outlived the war, only
TO die in exile after unsuccessful at
tempts to regain his throne.
Nicholas of Montenegro also dies In
banishment--a traitor who had betrayed
his allies
Won Bethmann-H ollweg has gone, too
the chancellor who described a solemn
treaty as a scrap of paper.
And now Constantine.
One by one they are passing from the
scene. But the world is still sick from
the great war in which they played
their several parts; and long viii be-
aorUIlo Star.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
WHO WROTE THE BIBLEs

To The Editor:
I read in the morning paper a preach
ment OF DIR. Gates and was somewhat
confused on something he said about
the Bible, therefore, would feel CRATE
ful to the doctor If he would clarity
the situation so that l could feel safe
In following his prescribed route to
the eternal life of which the doctor
speaks so carelessly.
/ have read the Bible through and
through and fail to find any passages
therein prescribing the teaching OF
languages other than English, but after
reading the sermon as published l con-
cluded that a better knowledge of that
language is necessary. And just read
in the Journal of Educational Psyche
logy that the most grammatical speak
ers are those who study other Ian
guages.
, The doctor also said he didn't know
who founded the Bible, but thought it
was the Masons. i discussed the mat
ter with a neighbor who was at the
meeting and she says her husbands
mother told her that she had a first
cousin who belonged to the brick-layers
union and that the organization was
the first to lay the Bible open to the
people. While my groceryman claims
King Tutkanhamen to be the original
Bible guy, and maintains they are now
searching his tomb for the first copy.
Between all the assertions a doubt
has crept into my mind and ] ask my
self is the Bible the word of God? DR..
Gates says he doesn't know who found
ed 1t. My neighbor claims 1t was the
bricklayers union and my groceryman
says it was King Tutankhamen. The
butcher says he wrote TO the San An
tonic senator at Austin who is sponsor
ing Bible reading in the schools, and
received an answer stating: alt is i'm
material, but it is popular politics"
An ice man dropped in on the con-
versation and said: "The school his
tories are all wrong; they assert Column
bus discovered America. but DR.. Gates
claims he did not and proves II by
the Bible"
Now / would like the doctor TO set
me right as / thirst for salvation-at
least the means Of salvation. In the
Bible 1 find the following: God wills
all men 10 come 10 the knowledge Of
the truth but the Saviour never wrote
word Of the Bible, in fact il was
years after His being on earth before
the Bible was translated into English
and its being taken from a jargon of
tongues causes another doubt.
II the Bible is the word Of God sure
" there must be some proof Of the fact.
That's what I'm after, so / can get
square with the butcher, the grocery
man and ny neighbor.
MRS. COLLINS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
TRADITIONS OF THE WEST.

"Some day, Somebody Russian
Jew from Hester street, perhaps, who
never heard of the Wild West and
its traditions-will go to the Rockies
and write a novel of the West as it
really is-nobody has done it yet"
Thus writes a critic in the Argonaut.
And isn't it the truth? No one has
yet written of the West as it really
is. Certainly the author of Main Street
didn't do it. Assuredly the scenario
writers haven't done it. And the
Harold Bell Wrights and the Zane
Grays and the Rex Beaches haven't
hit the mark.
The trouble is that western. tradi-
tons and the West no longer fit. Per-
haps they never did, in the real sense.
For many years Montana was the
greatest range state in the Union, not
excepting Texas, and yet the ordinary
American conception of the cowboy
was never. realized here. We had our
cowmen and our range riders, to be
sure, and they were picturesque enough,
but they hardly lived up to the popu-
lar ideas of what they should be.
The Nick Carter series, the Beadle
books the wild and vivid tales of the
days when daring trappers rescued
lovely maidens from outlaws and bloody
sayages, all had their share in estab-
fishing standards supposed to belong
alone to the West.
As the writer in the Argonaut sug-
gests, it may well be that some one
not handicapped with a knowledge of
the traditions of the West will write
of 1t as it really is. A story like that
would be an important contribution
to iterature.-Butte Post.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
A UNION OF HUSBANDS.

A Chicago man is out with the de-
mand for another union. He sets
forth his reasons in answering his
wife's suit for divorce.
He asserts that he earned $3.50 a
month. but that his wife allowed him
only 80 cents a day, keeping the re-
mainder. Thus he is permitted TO
squander $50 every 30 days on car
fare, tobacco, etc, while she appropri-
ates S135.
So the aggrieved husband has formu-
lated plan for a union of husbands,
with a definite wage scale and the
strike as a weapon against oppres-
sion.
Probably out Of the $135 retained by
the wife all is "velvet" after the house
hold expenses have been paid. Little
things like house rent, grocer's bills,
laundry, etc, taken in the aggregate,
however, might cost as much as S12O a
month. leaving her only SIS.
II the wife, complainant in this di.
vorce suit, has been making ends meet
on her husbands salary. after allow.
ing him 30 cents a day. the court prob.
ably will learn that she is an eff.
cheney expert. We are not told on wha,
she bases her complaint. but it's pos.
sible that it is predicated on the Al.
legation that her husband expects her
to perform the impossible.
Before the defendant husband or.
ganizes a union Of dissatisfied Bene.
diets, il. might be we'll for him to take
few lessons in domestic thrift from
his wife and ascertain just how far
he can make the monthly incomt
stretch. We believe that If he had ST.
left for spending money at the end o.
the month. he would feel qualified tC
write a text book on economy.
Amy person who has knowledge o.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
DR.. Grant Should Resign

Bishop Manning is almost unani-
mously supported by the nations edi-
tors in the position he has assumed re-
garding the public utterances OF Dr;
Percy Stickney Grant. 1t is agreed
that the rector of the Church OF the As
cension has a perfect right to any per-
sonal views he desires 10 entertain. But
unless he can preach the doctrines
which the Episcopal church endorses it
is argued he has no right to occupy q
pulpit of that faith. And il likewise ia
pointed out that il be insists on trial
for heresy, instead Of resigning. he will
precipitate a situation that will be dis
tasteful to "the great mass of Episcopal
ians who accept without question the
creed and the dogmas of their faith"
That Bishop Manning's advice TO re-
sign was warranted is the view of the
Pittsburg Leader, which points out that
"the intention Of Dr. Grant cannot re-
lieve him from the responsibility OF the
effects Of his language. When he comes
to think it over DIR. Grant, no doubt,
will agree with Bishop Manning that,
if the popular impression of last Sun
days sermon is dependable expression
Of the opinions expressed, the pulpit is
is no place for him. Boring from with.
in is not popular in many places, bd,s
in the church of any denomination it
has always been declared not only in
tolerable, but impossible" The Bishop
fully realizes that Dr.. Grant will have
following if he goes, the Jersey Jour-
nal says, but this has been discounted
by DR.. Manning in taking his decisive
step. The world is in chaos. Never
was there time Of such unrest. Opin-
ions, beliefs, customs and policies are
being revised by many. That, however,
does not alter the fact that church or
denomination still has the right to in
sist that those who preach under its
banners should either preach what those
banners stand for or quit preaching"
These sentiments have the endorsement
of the New York World, which asserts
that "the question involved is less one Of
theology than of good faith. DR.. Grant
would be a picturesque and influential
figure on any platform but, as an Epis-
copal rector, it is not his privilege to-
formulate new creed. His pulpit is
not his personal vehicle, but is one OF
the mouthpieces of the church for de-
claring its accepted faith"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
Hughes Foreign Policy

The denial by Secretary Hughes that
he has any intention of resigning his
post again has concentrated attention
on the strained relations between the
State Department and an element of the
Senate. Editors quite naturally d.
vide along party lines in their comment
although there is also very distinct
element entertaining independent views
which feels that criticism at this time
may be dangerous and expresses the
hope that the administration shortly
will make its position and plans clear.
"a third alternative of possible
American policy is looming up out of
the general fogginess" as the Newark
News, CInd.), sers it. This is "close
association with Great Britain, and on
the whole its prophet is Harvey" The
News points cut that Secretary Hughes
having been compelled to "ayoid raising
the issue of foreign policy" accepting
drifting" as a middle course and "as
another way out there now suggests
itself the Harvey inclination to cut
loose from Europe and the continent
and become an associate with Great
Britain in international affairs" 1t
is the opinion of the Brooklyn Eagle,
lind. DEM, that president Harding
and Secretary Hughes have only them.
selves to blame for the embarrassing
position to their foreign policy that has
developed in the Senate. The President
and Mr.. Hughes must either surrender
their prerogatives % the Hiram John
sons or make a determined fight for
some policy that is understandable to
the people. II they have no policy il
might be just as well to let the Senate
run things. Mr.. Borah, at least, has a
clear idea of what is needed md has
the courage to fight for it." Sugges-
tons, however, that Mr.. Hughes may
resign are unworthy of any attention. s.
the Albany Knickerboeker Press. lind.
Rep.l says. it holding that he has well
defined policies but it feels that at this
particular moment at would be useful
and advantageous If the President
would. at his early convenience, restate
&is slew of world conditions and of the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04

% in the same chapter; now, what use
was there in saying, because there was
much water there, if just to put little
water on top of the head would answer
the purpose?
Read what Christ says in st. John,
chapter ), verses 80, and 81. Here is
proof that the disciples should have evil
dence from the sayings Of Christ TO back
them up in what they say to the peo-
pie, and not be bearing witness of them
selves.
Read st. John chapter Is, verses
to IL inclusive, now, there are very few
disciples who do what Christ has done,
and do what Christ has told his dis
ciples they ought TO do, and has given
them an example so they can do what
he has done; Christ says "lf ye know
these things happy are We if ye do
them"
l agree with what st. Paul says in
the first Corinthians chapter /, verses
10, IL. II, 10. l claim that Christ is
one, and is not divided up into so many
different church denominations II all
the disciples would comply with the say
ings of Christ, there would not be but
one church denomination.
If we will turn back and read what
Christ says in st. Matthew, chapter Z,
verses 13 to % inclusive, we will see
that by far the majority Of the people
including many disciples will not get to
Heaven, and it is because they do not
strive as they should to keep the say
ings of Christ.
F. G. CRAWFORD.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
SMALL TOWN REyERIES.

There Is no institution now that
quite resembles the old-fashioned church
supper.
The announcement Of church sup
per in our small town in the old days
meant that every good eater in the
town reserved that gdate. Other dates
were not allowed to interfere-nothing
short Of death, and that the death Of
the eater himself. And what a night
it was!
First came the meats-there were
choices of boiled pork and baked or
boiled chicken, and stewed beef. There
were heaping dishes of Irish potatoes
and sweet, baked and mashed There
were soft rolls and hard rolls, buns
and biscuits, hot and cold. There
were jams and jellies and preserves
a-plenty-you were forced to choose.
There were pickles of assorted shapes
and sizes to choose from-and you took
three kinds and let those choose only
one who felt their stomachs were I'M
able to stand more. There were peach
buffers and apple buffers and plum
buffers. There was dressing and four
kinds of cheese. There were two or
three dishes Of baked beans on each
table, and two or three plates of olives
and celery. There were dishes of stew
ed corn and peas and string beans,
and plenty Of real cream and butter,
and the aroma of coffee that wove its
way to your olfactories until you won
dercd when those pretty country
mattresses would come to you to in
quire sweetly if you wanted them to
fill your cup. There were chocolate
cakes and marble cakaS uyh;tn ooLag
cup. cakes, devils food and angels
food. There were cookies representa-
tive OF a dozen homes in the commun-
lty, and there were apple pies, mince
pies, pumkin pies, chocolate pies and
cream pies. And all of these were
served in unstinting measure-as much
as you wanted.
What mattered it, IL from these old
fashioned suppers men walked their
weary paths home and swore they'd
never eat another meal its equal? 1t
took but another days hard work to
restore keen appetite. That was the
day OF goold old meals and stomachs
that were tried and true; the day when
real eating was done by real eaters
the day when latter-day pains were not
invented and when substantial cooking
was at its peak. 1t was the day when
people were wise enough to understand
that the best written book is n recipe
for pottage, and that the discovery
OF new dish does more for the hap
piness of man than the discovery of
a star.
Eheu fugaces.
Just look at US now Omaha World
Herald.