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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-09-20

4 Clark, has returned
,din9 the summer with
sbtsr in North Carolina.
8 accompanied home oy neI I
~. Mrs, T. 9. Sinclair ana
sop, T. g, y
sAlENy home in Poplar
=. R. B. Boyett'
u r. Walker and children Of
'srs' Mr.. and Mrs. 2 2. Ward
'S Wiufred Collins Of Lucedale, !,
u" we're weekend guests Of
\ = nd Ms. A. A. McGshee.
a.. sanford Of Hattiesburg,
t Hawkins Hardware Co..
~ an business Thursday.
!. and Mrs. Embery Lanier from
s.on La, visited relatives mere
CIV and Wednesday.
!. and Mrs. Warren Windham
7 I.ckyon, passed through our
tuesday afternoon on their
. Honey Island for . few days
md fishing
7 4. and Mrs. Lamar Smith are
I, = .,oud parents Of : fine baby
\ "a to them last week.
!, and Mrs. sam seidler spent
u1sssday and Thursday In New
hisans.
=, j C. Burt, travelling auditor
!, the Mississippi Southern Ry.
! Lumberton, was in Poplarviile
uesdsy afternoon.
Mas Joyce Mitchell left Tuesday
y Hattiesburg, where she will at
md the Normal.
FOR SALE
No 80 acre farm, within three
miles of Poplarville, on gravel
ad Near Oak Grove Church and
Ak Hill Consolidated School.
B. Boyett, Poplarville, Miss.
Miss Pauline Rich left Friday for
ew Orleans, where she goes to at
nd the Soule Business College.
Mrs. A. B. eagle and Misses Bes-
Scargorough and Louise eagle
re Thursday visitors to New
leans.
Miss Mamie Bilbo was a New
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-09-20
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catasrh 4 Z Local d.ssss conSdi esse
H1Ts.s cATARNH M i.s Siys. Quick v:i
sists q a olntmenr r,' Mc,S lion. and The
Ee.ies , 3 Medicine, Tonic. which a -.
ttn nsssnn ths Blood on the Mucous . sSrs
t 49, "a Sssista = Kidding your Sss
Of C2terrn1; A., rr,sts Tor over 70 Years.
4 selq " hsnsy 8 Co. Toledo. Q.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-09-20

WANTED-Salesm to sell fruits,
produce and vegetables to retail
groers. markets, hotels, restaurants
and general stores. Main or side line.
Commission basis. Castigliola Pro-
duce Co., Inc. P. o. Box 1876. New
Orleans, La. st
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-09-20

.ppiy AZ once the wonderful old reliable D.;
PORTRR.S ANTISRPrTC HEALINC OIL q SUI
gical dressing that relieves pain ard Sssls a
4 sane time. Not linimeuk &c. SOC. Nm
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-09-20
GOOD CULF GASOLINE

Takes you there and gets you
back. Porlarville Hardware Co.
, 1923-01-21

business in some sections report smaller profits on
the volume OF business, while others report a wide
margin of profit. All are agreed, however, that
the year 19Z2 was far ahead OF the year 1921 as a
profitable business year.
With but two or three exceptions, the key in
dustrIes of the country report vast improvement
over the year 1921. Iron and steel, non-ferrous
metals, motor vehicles, textiles, lumber, leather,
rubber and building material increased their out
put ~ to 90 per cent over 1921. The year 1922 was
the largest year in building construction and in the
activity of building construction material that has
ever been known III the United States, while the
prospects justify the prediction that the year 1923
will exceed even the record made in 1922.
The only industry in which all is not well is
that of agriculture. Although the farmer raised Il
tremendous crop in 1922 and received on an aver,
age II per cent more for his products than he did in
1921, agriculture as Il whole did not keep pace
with the improvement of other lines of business.
rms Is because the purchasing power of the. money
he received was not as great as the purchasing
power of the income of other industries. The dit
ference is not so great as a year ago, but it still is
great enough to handicap the purchasing power
OF the agricultural sections. TO offset TINS, how
ever, the farmer is able to MAINTAIN practically
unlimited credits to carry MIN over, and there Is
not the least doubt but that there Will be add
tlonal legislation, both in the halls of Congress
ana IN various state legislatures, looking 10 the
easement OF conditions Ill agricultural sections.
BY and large, however, tine year 1913 Is usnereu
in under very optimistic conditions. In this con-
nectlon, it is impossible to retarIn from calling at
tenton TO the uIreIuI ana doletul statements made
by democratic opponents OF the administration
during the last campaign, to tile effect that the
hepuDlcan party hau Idued to BRING about gOOL
tunes; that II was no longer the party OF pros
perlty, tnat this administrator ana TINS Congress
mad uOne nothing to assist industry, labor, pusr
ness, finance ana agriculture, toward n return 10
normal, prosperous times. the universal reports
OF all lines OF business and industry, as set lortA
in the columns OF the press OF the country and Ill
the trade journals at the close of the year, com
pietely re1ute the small partisan charges made
against the administration during the recent cam
palgn. No one can soDerly contemplate the con
dltIon OF all kinds of business and industry toda!
in comparison with what it was when the RepuO-
Ican administration came into power, and not
know within his own mind that there has been
a tremendous change for the better. The best and
most effective answer to the Democratic argu
ments of the recent campaign are the economic
facts set forth above.
, 1923-01-21
East Approves MondeH

THE PRESS of the east appears to be vieing
with that of the west in its favorable support
of Congressman Mndell as Secretary Falls sue.
cessor. With scarcely an exception, eastern papers
are highly complimentary and all conccde his SUI
perior fitness Tor the place. AS one of the large
eastern papers puts it: "Mondeu would only need
to walk into the Secretary's office, take off his hat.
and go to work He knows every phase of it."
The Philadelphia Public Ledger, commencing
Mr.. Mondell Tor the place, recently said: "SAould
Mr.. Mondell require references outside his own
party, he would nave to refer only to Il letter sent
to HIM by Franklin Il. Lane when the latter re-
signed from the Wilson cabinet. Mr.. Lane was es-
pecially cordial to MIR. Mondell in expressions of
gratitude for helpful cooperation in TIE matter of
oil and water power legIslatIon-he closed with the
words: Il trust your career may be one of still
greater usefulness and expanding opportunity"
In n long article, the heading OF which sets forth
that "Mondell May Succeed Him." the New York
Times says in part: Representative Frank w.
Mondell of Wyoming, Republican House leader,
seriously considered as his successor, is particular.
ly well qualified for the cabinet past, it is pointed
out by his friends, as he halls from the west and
from n section that comes into intimate touch with
the interior department.
"Mr. Mondell has spent his entire life in deal
ing with the problems of the west-he has helped
frame much of the legislation dealing with irrIga-
ton, forest reserves and the development of coal,
oil and gas on the public lands.
at is understood that Mr.. Mondell will have the
active support of the Republican leaders of the
House, and that he is DESTROYS of the appointment
chiefly for the reason that he believes he can be of
great assistance TO the people of the west, and do
valuable work for the administration
, 1923-01-21
Paying the Penalty

DOUBT has existed in many American minds of
~ the truth of reports of living conditions in
Germany and the reality of the hardship the PEG.
people there are undergoing. There should be
none, however, in regard to the classes that come
between the manual workers on the one hand and
the group who in one way or another-most of the
ways dark-haye managed to prosper in spite of
the war and what followed it.
How hard times are for the salaried and profes.
siOnal folk. and for those who once lived comfort.
ably on pensions or income from Investments of one
kind or another, is well illustrated in n letter just
received from n woman who all her life, until the
downfall of the monarchy had been a member of
a family of large resources, moving in the very
highest of couSt and army circles.
Most significant perhaps of all she writes is
her expression of evidently sincere gratitude for an
American dollar that recently reached her by mail.
abled her to buy what was desperately needed,
though the amount of the purchases must have
been desperately small in a market where, as she
says, n loaf of bread costs 800 marks, n pound Of
butter 1,4O0 marks, a litre of milk 40 marks, n
pair of shoes for a child of eight years 1900
marks, "the simplest chemise' from 5000 to 1000
marks, tea or coffee 5000 to 5000 marks, and one
egg from So to 100 marks.
She tells of old people, friends of hers sitting in
cold rooms wrapped in blankets because they could
not buy fuel, and with no food except potatoes and
salt. "All tho years since 1914" she adds, ."have
been nothing in comparison with this winter" and
she rejoices that her mother died before the family
was reduced TO it's present extremities.
So the letter goes on from one terrible eXiguity
to another. It is a truly pathetic picture of fallen
fortunes, but, strangely enough, there is in it not
one hint of remembrance of what reduced Germany
and the Germans to their present state. 1t is all
treated as n misfortune--as one of those 'acts of
providence" oftener mentioned in other days than
now for which there is no human responsibility
PIt also the letter contains no denunciations of the
l2ngllsh-nO putting of tho blame IN foreign en-.
cmics.
That makes it easier TO see in it only the Ia.
mcntablc picture of a woman enduring unaccus.
toned deprivations with courage and something Of
resignation.
, 1923-01-21
The President's Opportu-
nifty.

'IHe United states ought never 10
.. e..a~Ona4 CO4.yDCa.UHs except
ugOu sIOuAu L..aL % C.C,sEIJ anu es-
seu.a-4y Her Own, says Gao DOs.On
Transcript. 4n~Io - Oav sIouAu
upUn wn.CA We can enter 4ntO Ine al
IssIaI4Ju Oh Luryyss las LOuLy-
namely, u re4aI.Un as creuI.Or 10
our european ueDtOrs. Iney owe US
uHpIONuIateiy Twelve DIInon uOIIars.
nat are we wiling TO do IN regard
10 tuaL ueDI! Cer.A.nIy We are not
wNi.nS 10 cancel II. Certainly It's
Ca-nce-4LI4Un wOu4u nos a.tay europe $
roF EurUye . ueoL 20 amer
.ca 10 tne great ueseErenl asu4IisI an
Utner war. 10 cancel That
IeDL wouIu Ne " isavo every one OF
the ueotoFs Iree 10 DiG ~ new cred
ats. the proceeds o. waIcn coulI be
expenaeu IN new wars.
''Sow IS the time, as we believe,
for the pres-aent to c from con-
gress the authority. II he does not
already possess II. 10 say 10 eacn OF
the debtor nations that the United
States Is prepared, by reason OF their
TO Iorego the coLectIon OF
all interest on the debs they W us,
say until 1895; that thereafter until
the debt Is paid the interest snall
not exceed a certain very moderate
per cent: and nat the Indebtedness
snail then BE- funded over a period OF
years that you'd enab.e the debtor
nations by wofE.nG and saving to
pay and at the same time recuperate
from the war.
But this offer should be made
contingent upon tho settlement OF
the r]eparations question within the
next six months by the nations d.
rectly involved. II six months is too
short a time to bring about such q
settlement an extension for another
period of six months might well be
granted. Meantime. II h Interested
nations involved in the dispute unani-
mously requested, President Harding
might well assure them Of the readi-
ness of the United States to give
freely of its Information and advice
concerning the mount of repara-
tons that can be collected from Ger
many. b.
.Such a course entered upon at
his critical time would at least o.d
omen to the world 'the door of hope
and demonstrate to tho world the
disposltion of the United states 10
deal with Europe's Ills upon n round
md in n way trpdiuonally because
truly American. By some such gen.
erous act as this America might well
roise for the world "A standard to
which the wise and the honest can
repair In America the world might
well seek a firm and impartial leader
and an honest and a lenicnt credl'
tor"
, 1923-01-21
We Want No Blood
Suckers.

In oru.r 10 meet me alleged de.
maui 4OE CO.nnFOA IaOOI, "a alsaI a..
Proposes Tie a-ADas.ou OF
-o~Io-sASrs OI sucn 4oH gIade as
could not be aauIItIeG 10 cll.-
--..a4-p, says IAe -AnIorIcan Econo-
mist. 'rne Iuea - LnaI mes wa.
.eo'Ie al anu Iheet tIe temporary de-
mani n then return to Lue.r own
CuuInrIes.
WIN such a proposition We have
no sythpa.ny. We a4rsaIy nave 100
many undesirable Iore4sAers an I-lis
country, so many or LneIn mat the
Sountry IS s.cA In consequence. 4Ie
presence OF so many of foreign birth
Iesu4seu Al Lac u L.e pIes-
ent stringent immigration law, be-
cause It was reaIized that We could
not ass.mLate tnem as rapidly as
they were coming into the country.
nny IiIvqI 'InporI' more that can
evor be assimIated? With a great
Influx Of sucn unC esirables We would
become suck unto deatn.''
but there IL a great economic
reason why we SHOULD not admit tran.
sIent immigrant workers. Each and
every one would take his earnings
with HIM back to the old country
upon mis- return there. AT the pres
cht time we are bleeding ourselves
white and enrichlnE the blood of
Italy by the emigration of Italians
from this country back to their for
mer home. Every outgoing Italian
takes back to ltaIy what Is to him Q
fortune n h n country. The same
is true of some oCner .nationaIIt.es.
They come to this country to com.
pete with American workmen, they
1--we on n loaf of black bread ana a
bottle of near beer a day, they
sleep twenty or thirty in a room
and they ave 30 per sent OF what
they earn. Their savings go back
homo with them and the United States
loses practically al the wages paid
to these aliens.
1T is not sc long ago that the II.
nanciers were dreatinG the effects
on the finances of this country of the
vast withdrawals of gold which would
follow the departure Of the thous.
ands Of the citizens of the southern
nations OF Europe who were daily
lined up in the New York Customs
House and the avenues leading there.
to, awaiting their turn to make APP
plicatlon for passports to cave the
country. II we remember rightly,
It was estimated that the average
of such Withdrawals was estimated
ut 50 900 per man Do we want to
deliberately pan for O return of such
conditions?
ION the contrary. It seems to us
that the only proper thing to do is
to admit only such al will make de-
sirable American citizens, and those
that come with the declared intention
of becoming such as speedily as our
laws permit. We want no vampires
which fit in. suck the gold which
is the life.blood of our economic ar
%terles. and fit out again leaving
those arteries empty. Why should
we submit to a TRANSMISSION of our
economic llfe-blood into the arteries
OF Ita,y and Greece7"
, 1923-01-21
The Change for Better.

NEWSPAPERS and trade journals at the close of
the old year were filled with reviews of the
business and industrial conditions of 1922 and fore
casts of what may be expected in the next twelve
months. Without exception, they set forth that all
lines of business and industry had materially
improved during the calendar year 1922, and that
prospects were excellent for further improvement
during the coming year.
Every source of information bearing upon bust
ness and industrial conditions contributed the same
optimistic testimony. Deposits in national and
savings banks increased during the year. Postal
savings increased. -
In industry the Improvement was most marked.
Notwithstanding great strikes in three basic in
Understanding transportation and textiles-un.
employment practically disappeared during the
year 1922. 1t is not an exaggerated statement to
assert that no man honestly in search of work at n
living wage but can obtain the same today. The
United States Labor Bureau, the reports from la
Dor union organizations, the reports from the Ma
tional Industrial Conference Board, and reports
from the clearing houses of the various industries
all bear witness TO the same end. There is an
abundance of profitable employment for all labor.
According to the reports of the Census Bureau,
the average wage for common labor is 63 cents
higher today than it was in 1916.
Reports of retail business throughout the conn
try are to the effect that the amount of business
transacted in 1922 exceeded the volume Of business
done in 1921 by 10 to 30 per cent. Some lines of
, 1923-01-21
Too Drastic

HONORABLE Stephen Sibley of Laramie county
IL q senator in the Wyoming legislature has in
troduced a child labor bill, which for drastic regu'
lation Of employment Of children sixteen years OF
age or under exceeds anything SO far advanced by
any law maker who has sought to pass a law upon
the subject.
That the proposed measure was drawn after
the ideas of extremists of a child labor association
seeking to enlarge the powers of some national
lenda-hand society and engraft upon the govern
ment additional bureaucracy from which it is al
ready suffering and sick unto death, is a oontri-
buting factor to the undesirability of the measure
becoming the law of Wyoming.
No sensible and wellmeaning citizen desires
childhood exploited. No good citizen will stand for
it, But no intelligent citizen wants to see upon
the statutes of Wyoming n law which places in
the hands of any appointee of the governor, any
board, commission or bureau more power than that
delegated to the governor. No one desires more pat
ernalism in the state than we already have. 1t Is
SO much regulation of the daily lives of the peo-
pie by nation and state, that we want ended, not
increased.
The Sibley bill places in the hands of the, state
labor commissioner the power to declare at any
time, any occupation, trade, employment process
or place, dangerous, injurious, hazardous, or pre-
judicial to life, limb, health, safety, welfare or
morals of any child sixteen or under. This is too
much power for a labor commissioner or for any
body else, regardless of however well-intentioned
the official may be.
1t is quite right and proper that children Of six
teen should be employed, at no sacrifice to their
education, at work which they are competent to
perform. Work is a part of their general educa-
ton. Public opinion in Wyoming is strictly oP'
posed to exploiting socalled child labor, and there
is no occasion for SO drastic n law as Senator Sib'
ley proposes.
The national senate is Just now considering a
constitutional amendment on this subject and
doubtless a proposal to the states will be evolved
and be accepted and then we vii have a permanent
and uniform regulation of the whole matter, Much
better than a law that is subject to change every
two years should the sibley bill ever reach the
dignity of law.
A constitutional amendment to the national
basic law is preferable to an act on the subject in
the Wyoming statutes.
, 1923-01-21
Should Reform From
Within.

Some idea of what is the matter
with Europe is furnished by informa.
ton contained in Associated Press
dispatches regarding conditions in
Austria, which is ono of the coun-
tries putting up a pitiful plea of pow.
erty and claiming its inability to feed
its women and children.
The Austrian government is furn.
ishing FREQ wood and other fuel to
hundreds of individuals and institu.
lions. This graft dates back several
generations.
Tho records of the government
show that Austria is maintaining u
tremendous military establishment.
Debates in the Parliament recently
disclosed the fact that there nre two
officers in tho Austrian army for
each private soldier, and II was ad.
mitted by tho NJ mister OF War that
he could reduce the cost Of the army
q 600 600 600 rowns q year without
iHjuTing its effectiveness.
Tho Ministry Of Railway also was
forced to admit that under tho pres.
state ownership and control OF
the railways, there are 1914 employees
, 1923-01-21
The Worlds Treasure.

Where did 1 come from, where did
you pick mo up7" tho baby asked its
mother.
She answered. half crying. half
laughing, and clasping the baby to
her breast
You were hidden in my heart as
its desire. my darling.
You were in the dolls of my child
hoods games; n when with clay I
made the image OF my god every
morning, I made and unmade you
then.
You were enshrined with IL
household deity in his worship I wor.
SHIPPED you.
In all my hopes and my loves. in
my life, in tho life OF my mother
you have lived.
'In the lap Of the deathless spirit,
who rules nj home, you have been
nursed for ages.
when, in glrlhood, my heart was
opening its petals. you hovereo as a
fragrance about It.
Your tender softness bloomed in
my youthful limbs like a glow in the
sky before sunrise.
Heavens first darling. twin porn
with the morning light, you have
floated down the stream of the
worlds life, and at last you have
stranded on my heart.
"As ] gaze on your face mystery
overwhelms me: you who be.ong 10
all who have become mine.
For fear OF losing you l hold you
tight to my breast. What magic has
SHARED the worlds treasure in these
slender arms of mlne?"-Radindra.
Tagore.
, 1923-01-21
AMOS IEG FREAKS .
The Bearded Lady-"Ifs nice living down here. One isn't noticed 70 much"

for every kilometer of railroads in
Austr a. A kilometer is fIve-eighths
of Il mie.
Another scandal disclosed was in
connection with the pruning of the
government. The head OF tie Aus.
LrIan map ana l~thograpn4ng bureau
- Inc owner OF six such establish
Iuents. He has c.osed down all OF his
WORKS and Is having ms private con
tract work done in the government
bureau with government labor, and
out or the money taken from the pub
lie treasury.
This is typical of conditions
throughout Europe. Nearly every
country IS reeking with graft ana cor.
rupAon, tremendous overhead Elk.
penses due to p~rotligacy, and padded
payrolls. Americas entering INTO
EUROPEAN conferences could have no
effect upon sue conditions, NC
are wholly matters OF domestic policy
to be settled from within not by In.
ternauonaI pow-wows.
, 1923-01-21
The Bayou Road

When you drive out from N'oLenz
town
Along the Bayou Road
As the sun drops down,
The rich perfumes
of Magnolia blooms,
l!k mems from n golden censor,
float through the air.
In the soft swee breeze
grey-whlskered trees
nod as you pass
Ike sleepy old men;
A roustabout sings
of Heavenly things
as he trudges along:
You hear a banjo ring
as the Payers fingers swing,
twang, twang,. tw ng, twanE, twing,
twang, twing:
Pickanninnys shout
as they play about
before the cabin door;
With the fading Light "
birds whisper goodnight
as one by one the stars peep out
and over all
The rich perfumes
of Magnolia blooms
like incense from n golden censor
float through the air
as the sun drops down
when o drive out from N-O'Lenz
town
along the Bayou Road.
e. Richard Sh.pp in New Orleans
Item.