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Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES

The friendly church. We greet
you with a hearty cheer. Come
and test our welcome.
Church school meets at 10 o'clock.
We are having the largest attendance
in the history of the Sunday school.
We know the teachers will please
the scholars because they are inter
ested in them. Come next Sunday
and sample the school.
Junior church meets at IL o'clock
Our children are being carefully
taught how to take their places in
the church when we have to be put
on the shelf. All children are in
vited to attend.
Sunday morning the services al
II o'clock will be a Mothers Day
service. The choir will render spe
cial music. Mrs. McFadden will
sing an appropriate solo The ser
mon will be on the theme, "The Besi
Mother In The World"
Epworth League will meet at
o'clock. All young folks are in
vited to come and take part in tn,
League service.
Evening worship at s o'clock. The
Epworth League will give a fins
Mothers Day" program. Come
early and insure a good seat.
Prayer meeting service "Wednesday
evening at o'clock. we urge al
members to remember the mid.weel
hour OF prayer.
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
BAPTIST cHuRcH NOTES

Sunday. May 1ith is Mothers Day
and will be observed with appropri-
ate services In the morning.
Morning theme at II o'clock. "A
Mothers Faith"
Next Sunday has also been appoint
ed as Denominational Day by the
Northern Baptist convention.
In the evening service at 3 o'clock
the pastor viii speak on Great Tasks
and Their Accomplishment. or What
Baptists Stand For and Have Ac-
hleved."
Prayer meeting Wednesday at $
p m.
A codrial welcome to all.
r. II. Doleman Minister.
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
HYPERIAN CLUB
AT BOX SUPPER

Mr.. and Mrs, R. G. Amack enter
tanned the Hyperian club at delight
full box supper last Thursday eve
ming. The club members brought
well-filled boxes which were auction
ed off to the men and the money do
mated to the library fund.
After the guests had done justice
to the boxes and the homemade ice
cream furnished by Mr.. and Mrs.
Amack, cards were played during the
remainder fthe evening. Each OF
the guests We're presented with uni
que little favor and at late hour
all departed voting the Amacks as
royal entertainers.
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
NUMBER OF NEW BOOKS
ADDED TO PUBLIC LIBRARY

A number of new books have been
presented to the library by the var
ious clubs. The SwastilSa club has
donated "The Call of The Canyon
by Zane Greg, and The Dream" by
II. G. Wells. The Delphians have
made contribution of "The Covered
Wagon" by Emerson Hough, and a
mvenile book, Leaders in Making
America" by William Fiske Gordy.
The Sorosis club has also given four
new books, all of which are on late
fiction and are at the disposal of the
patrons of the library.
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Mothers Day will be tittingly obser-
we'd Sunday morning at the Christian
church. At the Bible School each
person present will receive token
in remembrance of Mother" and
the oldest mother, the, mother of the
largest family, and the mother of the
youngest child present, will be es-
pecially honored.
After Bible School is the morning
worship, There will be special mus
ic, also sermon Christ Children,
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The annual cleanup day for the
high school was held Thursday af.
ternoon when all the students were
assigned jobs on and around the
campus. The girls busted them.
selves digging dandelions out of the
lawn while the boys built fences.
painted aud chopped down weeds.
The campaign added greatly to the
appearance of the school and campus
The dormitory boys challenged the
rest fthe school to game Of base.
bali following the cleanup campaign.
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08

entertained at the home of Miss Edna
Vollmer last Thursday.
Charles Ford took dinner with his
niece, Mrs. Esta Boyd, Tuesday.
Lee Boyd and family were dinner
guests at the home of John Boyd and
family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f, ]. Turvey and ATM
lily spent Sunday visiting with Mr.
and Mrs. n. D Williams and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder and family
motored to Holyoke Saturday after,
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hartwell, Of
Haxtun. visited at the l. j. Taylor
home Sunday evening.
Mrs. Margaret Cheney made a bust
ness visit to Holyoke, Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Butte and fam
lily. Mr.. and Mrs II. Jones and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gale and family
and Lawrence Clark spent Sunday at
the reservoir near sedgwick
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Butte autoed to
Haxtun, Saturday to do some shop
poing.
Mr.. and MBrs. ]. f. Humphrey au-
toed to Sterling, Monday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Wells visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Albers
Sunday,
The Amherst high school base ball
team defeated the Paoli school team
last Friday afternoon at Paoli The
score was 12 to l. Hurrah for Am
herst.
Mrs. I. J. Taylor was a visitor at
teh PaoIi schools Monday afternoon.
Mrs. vollmer is on the sick list this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Boyd were diner
guests at the parental Boyd home
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs, Kelly and Mrs. Hill
singer visited at the Rudder home las !
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs, George Mann were
dinner guests at the Crowner home
last Sunday.
The Paoli High School will give a
play. Voice of Authority" Friday ev-
ening. May 10th, Following are the
cast of characters:
Jean Campbell, stenographer, en-
gagged to Brent-Margaret O'Mara.
Priscilla Carter, newspaper woman,
engaged to Ralph-Thelma Crawford.
Martha Stearns. cooking teacher,
engaged to Max-Ruth Marcum.
( Gladys Cushing, butterfly. engaged
to Charlie-lrene Ganseme-.
gagged TO Billy-Birdie Porter.
Margery Whitney. bride-to-be. en-
Elizabeth Kennedy. independent, not
engaged at ali-Gladys Gansemer
DR. e T simpson. the physician,
and the Voice of Authority, unseen,
but all.powerful.
Time-present
Synopsis-All three acts take place
in the interior OF camp.
Act IA Friday afternoon in late
August
Act Saturday forenoon.
Act Sunday forenoon
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
ANOTHER FALSE ALARM

In last weeks Haxtun Herald, DR..
I, P. Detamore, Of Haxtun, in one OF
his usual literary handsprings, ac-
cuses The Phillips County Herald of
taking a pot shot at the Phillips Coun-
~ Taxpayers Association in our edl-
torial Forming Taxpayers Leagues
viii Not Serve Tax Problems pub
ltshed in our issue OF April Gath.
We will not take the space TO
reprint Mr.. Detamore's spasm, for we
do not think it is worthy of it. In
fact we must plead guilty to being un-
able to understand just what he is
getting at-and we believe that he
doesn't quite know either.
We will not be so bold as to say
that Mr.. Detamore lies, even though
we might think so, but we will say
that he either misunderstood the
meaning of our editorial or has know
ingly misquoted us.
In his very first paragraph, Mr..
Detamore makes a false statement
when he states that The Herald was
casting reflections upon the Phillips
County Tax Payers Association. The
balance OF his tirage is just as IN
reasonable and untrue. We don't
know Mr.. Detamore in fact we have
never heard of him, but from what
we can learn of him, he is one of
those chronic kickers who infest
most every community, who is never
satisfied with the way our government;
city, state or national, is being con-
Quoted, and who. in spite of his Gis
NAL yapping, never can offer any
reasonable plans for betterment. At
first, the Herald was inclined to think
that perhaps the editorial Mr., Deta-
more referred 10 had been misunder-
stood generally, but since learning
just who this critic is, we take his
criticism for what it is worth-just
an opportunity for Mr. Detamore to do
more of his howling-and we know
that any fair-minded person who will
read our editorial closely. cannot but
know that it was not knock on any
tax organization. but an appeal to
them TO investigate the taxation sys-
TEN and then make an intelligent ef-
fort to better it-not Just sit back,
like this aforementioned bowler, and
decry the unfairness of the tax sys-
tenn in general.
We all know that taxes are high
and hard to pay, and ii is the opinion
OF the writer that the farm land Is
taxed too high for IT'S producing val.
ue. Il may be the case that II Is
valued too high and It may be that
the local levies, school. county, and
township. are at fault. That is a mat.
ter that can only be settled by thoro
study and united effort. Intermittent
spasms by some false alarm Of Mr.
Detamore's type can never better con
di,lons, for by making false and mis-
leading statements those who are in
charge OF the tax system are lead to
believe that the conditions are not
as bad as stated and naturally they
doubt the sincerity of the effort
II Mr.. Detamore is really sincere
In his efforts TO lower taxes. We sng.
gest that he attend to his optical bus.
mess, n he has any. and devote less
time to bowling and finding fault, for
his arguments are far from being
convincing 10 any one who will take
fair minded view Of the tax situa.
tion, and can only be detriment
TO the tax reducing cause
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
COLBY HERE THIS WEEK

Frank E. Colby, Optometrist, will
be at the Sears Hotel from $3.50
D. NJ, Friday until 2 p. M, Saturday
this week, May 9th and 10th. Eyes
examined-glasses fitted. Childrens,
eyes a specially.
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08

Mothers for this occasion. Every
person in the community not obligat
ed elsewhere is invited to attend.
There is the evening services, the
Christian Endeavor at Z o'clock and
the evening worship at 5 o'clock.
Phillips County herald., 1924-05-08
NOTICE

The final election for the 1924 dir
ectors of the Colorado Wheats Grow
ers Association will be held Monday,
May 18th. at 1880 p. m, at the Court
House. There will also be a regular
meeting.
FRANK KLEVE. Chairman.
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Editors Letter Box
Secret of the Atom
A Revelation?
The Kennebec journal:


the following news dispatch from
Easton, Pa. under date of oct. II.
appeared in the Boston Herald:
DIR. Gerald l.. Wendt. head of the
department of physics and chemistry
at Pennsylvania State college. said
here today that experiments he had
promise" that he would discover the
secret Of atomic energy and succeed
in releasing it for the benefit of man
kind.
This would mean the virtual re-
construction of civilization through u
new and unreasonable source Of en-
ergy. which would make the world
independent of coal and oil deposited,
hydro electric and every other form
or power known at present. ii was
said by DIR. Wendt and by other
leading scientists who are here for
the intersectipnal meeting of the Le-
high valley, Philadelphia and south
ern New Jersey sections OF the
American Chemical society at La
Fayette college
Does this appear to he too good
to be true, that this marvellous pow er
is to be revealed and entrusted to
men"
We're not the wonders that have
been revealed to men just as impos-
sible. seemingly. at one time, as this
new power?
How about electrical power. steam
power, the telephone radio, phono-
graph, airplanes. submarines. radjum,
N-ray and many other wonders man
claims TO have discovered. whereas.
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RAILROAD DATA

Railway employees contend for
higher wages saying they need an
increase to meet the decreasing
power of a dollar 1t is pointed out
to them that the holder of rail-
read securities il fortunate enough
to receive a dividend on the dollars
he has invested. must take those
dividends in deprecated dollars, too.
In other words if a workman be
worthy his hire a dollar isn't.
The statistics compiled by the
Interstate Commission. as pointed
out by the Railway Age, show that
while there was an increase of
1922 in earnings per mile the in
crease in net return for paying in
terest and dividends was only $3.50
per mile. There was an increase of
$10,1S0 per mile in operating ex-
penses, 20 per cent of which was
paid out in increased wages.
The increase per mile in invest
ment was from $65,700 to 1861
but while the increase in net
capitalization was but $3.50 per
mile the increase in property invest
ment was s20,447, the difference
representing investment from earn
ings.
The increase in number of en-
ployes per mile was 5 per cent while
the increase in wages was l25 per
cent. THE most striking increase OF
all, however. was that in taxes
which amounted to 1915 per mile"
How much of the increase in
earnings was left. after these in
creases in wages. other operating en-
penSes and taxes had been met. to
pay return to the owners of rail-
way securities? The increase in net
operating income was $3.50 per
mile. This was less than 3 per
cent-or about one-thirty fifth-of
the increase in total earnings. 1t
was only between five and six per
Cent-or about one eighteenth-aS
great rs the increase in wages paid,
1t was less than half as great as
the increase in taxes paid. The in
crease in net operating income was
much less in proportion than the in
crease in property investment. In
consequence the net return earned
upon the property investment in
1913 was sos per cent, while in 1923
it was only 4.29 per cent
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the angels speak of revealing them
to men. Both are correct from their
different viewpoints.
speaking of the angels: are they
not all ministering spirits. minister
ing to those, who are to be heirs of
salvation""
In Revelation, 1--WE are in) Jesus
says: Il have sent mine angels to
testify unto YOU these things"
The loftineSS of man is to he
brought low" When this takes place
mot far distant we shall be able to
discern truths and facts we have no
conception of now. Eye hath not
seen nor ear heard, neither hath
entered into the heart of man. the
things, God hath prepared" How
great is thy goodness which, thou
hast laid up" 20 that men would
praise the Lord for His goodness
and for His wonderful works to the
children of men, Do you? AS time
goes on. we shall know more about
this ministry of the angels" The
day shall declare it.''-Jesse.
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months visit in Ireland, the greater
part OF which was spent in Cork county
where he was born and lived for many
Years. 1t was his first visit to Ire
land IN Al Years and during that time
there have been SO many changes seem
icaliy and geographically. not to mem
t1on the personal side. that it seemed
almost like a strange country to the
doctor. There has been a marked
change in the style of architecture of
the buildings and i'll the mode of living,
since DR.. Calvin left Ireland In many
ways conditions have improved Won
derfullT. Although in the wake Of
years of conflict and troublouS times,
there is much of ruin and desolation
ana II Is apparent on every hand that
the proud people of that land have en-
dured hardships almost beyond the
imagination of those who have been
out of touch with the actual situation
there. But the people are full of cour-
age, apparently happy and the younger
set seem to be keeping pace with the
times as we see them. so far as pleas
ure seeking and adoption of modern
ideas are concerned. THE Young,
women and girls are wearing ytheir
hair bobbed and 7 am sorry to say
many of them smoke cigarettes. cigars
and pipes and seem destined to a life
OF frivolity' said the doctor "Thcy
arc fond of dancing and the later steps
seem to have taken the place of the
sld-tmc Tfisli reels and jigs Tho doc
tor said there are no prohibitory liquor
laws in Ireland and as result all
kinds OF beers. wines and hard liauor
are available if one has the appetite
and price. A drink of good whiskev
! costs about 10 cents and pint of beer
16 cents. There was practically no
drunkenness although there are not
many tcetotalcrs. Every commodity is
| high-much higher than in this coun-
try. This not only applies To food
stuffs but to shoes and clothing An
ordinary pair of shoes in Ireland costs
about $3.50 and they would not COM
pare in style and quality to the shoes
in this country selling at that price
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HOW 10 BRING UP CHILDREN

An undertaking not as yet properly
carried through is that of requir-
ing those who drive automobiles to
know how to drive. Nothing
daunted, however, college profess
sor announces it to be his con-
clusion that people should not be
permitted to become parents be-
fore they have learned how to care
for children.
Having made the suggestion per-
haps the learned man thinks he
should be appointed chairman on q
commission of instruction. 1t would
serve him right. Rum row and boot
Logging on the border wouldn't be a
circumstance compared with such
an undertaking.
The proposition reminds US that
once on a time. we heard a dis
tinguished lecturer remark that the
rudest lot of young people Ire ever
addressed was one all of whom
drove to the hall in limousines or
expensive cars; that the worst
feature of it all was that they didn't
appear to know they were rude.
Evidently these young people came
from homes that might be expected
to exert considerable influence on
the appointment OF commission to
instruct prospective parents in
bringing UP children. With such an
object lesson of Inability to bring up
children in mind. one we'll might
hesitate about adopting the profess
sor's views in toto. although there
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Publishers
birmingham Massachusetts
October 16, 1924.
Kennebec Journal
augusta, Me.
Book Review Dept.
Gentlemen:
We have your excellent review OF
Maine Beautiful by Wallace Nutting.
There is one point that probably we
failed to get to you; namely. that Mr..
Nutting was not only a Maine boy,
but an Augusta boy and spent three
years in the high school there. and Is
well known to many Of the old fami-
lies.
We do not know whether you will
be interested in using the photograp oh
which we will mail you herewith The
enterprises In which Mr.. Nutting is
engaged are OF pretty broad charac-
ter. and as he was reared among you
it may be of a personal interest.
Broadsides have appeared in the
Boston Transcript and two columns
ut a time in the Boston Herald, In re-
lation to the books on furniture. and
the States Beautiful, by him. He
makes the Wallace Nutting pictures
which are well known through the
country. and is engaged I'm this great
enterprise of bringing out the States
Beautiful Series. in which at least a
million dollars will be required. He
also has worked In foreign lands ex-
tensively. He has lectured a great
dea on old homes and their furnish
ings, and on. the beauties Of New
England roads, streams and orchards.
He has recently bought a large
plant in Framingham. where his eng
ferprfses are to be carried on, which.
do not stop short of the planning and
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Deb3 vs.. Coolidue

=, '->eN lorK Commercially
Eugene V. Debs. who is WORKING
ti "a oiiette, says: Il am a revolI-
1T. nave no respect for capi-
~ ope'ty laws. nor the least
Scruples about violating then,
am law-abid,ng under pro,cy.
from scruples-and abide NV t;,,a y,
60, PRESIDENT Calvin Coolidge saw.
II we wish to maintain wbat our
oi cid tners here established we sbaI,
w Wen 10 leave the people in Tho
uNheisiiip or their properly and in
me control Oh their Government AVID
''ret me protection of their co1rts !"
ro,, 10 progressive" He is a
ioiioWer of La Toilette. lie has h.o,
IN prison Tor disloyalty. He yainad
us freedom on his promise re n,,t.
lying TO overthrow the f;overn,.
~, ~, mana IS against every ernnln,nr
re would enact here tho nati",a
,ndeeoy that has ruined Russia IL
peneFes that the Government, Nc
ana which gives so much ~
~ e liV'voo,Ooo people of this co,,n,ry,
,hou " pe destroyed and in it's nIacs
~ &c should be put a Dictatorship
Gre pioietartat. enslaving work
ci,i. ionpihS the thrifty, running
49, ahu bringing people to the
All the things we have en,,,
Mouid follow in the wake of snn,.
lu,e as Debs favors. They have To-
owed It in Russia. Debs bebo,d. =.
"a, "a foIiette the man to bring aho,',
i- re conditions he desires here in tho
PRESIDENT Coolidge would cb.,.;s.
ano Keep intact the form of Gowarn
Inent that we have inherited frn,r
Out ioreIathers. Under that form nf
Government we have become ~, =.
sLeatest nation in the world. peonIad
wiz. WIN individuals who own more ~
. .he wealth. OF the earth than do all
gether. put 10
president Coolidge believes that ~
you nave a bank account Won are
priviieged to keep it. He believes
that this Government belongs to and
serves all the inhabitants of the
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Railroads and Steamhs
MAINE CENTRAL RAM
Eastern STANDARD Tims
TRAINS lEAvE augusta al

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OMITTED FROM A. r. OF L.
PROPAGANDA

The publicity service of the
American Federation of Labor con-
tinues to send out propaganda
| charging both the Republican and
| the Democratic parties with being
''reactionary."
This gives as to understand they
consider the I.aFollette party as not
reactionary. But it's platform calls
| for procedure to destroy the rela-
tons Of the court to the executive
and representative branches Of the
government, thus reacting back to
conditions existing when the found
ers of the government. after long
| and able consideration. found a way
to improve upon it. If such step
as that be not reactionary, what is
it,
This propaganda has much to say
about the oil scandal. but we do not
find where 1t has had anything to
say about conditions under the
Democratic party when the Republi-
cans took over the biggest peace
time job. any administration ever
took over; nothing about aircraft
scandals and riotous extravaganza.
Mr.. Gompers did not get excited
when the evidence brought out the
fact that where In 1913 there were
but 420,f52 employees on the public
payroll there were on the public
payroll fifteen months after the war
ended 100000 and no protest from
Mr.. Gompers.
Two years and a half after the
war ended the Democratic admins
tration asked for more than six and
quarter billion dollars and a Re-
publican congress cut that down
nearly a billion and half. In
1919, without any audible protest
from the A. L. of L. Democratic
secretary of war was paying fifty
dollars per day to IL different men.
$7o day to one man and $40 a day
to several others. They took no
heed when McAdoo put IS men at
work on big salaries under him.
those salaries ranging from $4,000
to $4,000 per year; they would like
a return of those days without
doubt. Perhaps Gompers thinks
mud singing will restore them.
There are some who think otherwise.
He evidently has a preference be-
tween the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties. even yet.