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South Texas has merely found its stride in devel
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progress and development to c greater degree than
has been alfaincd is obvious, providing South Texas
continues to co-opcrate harmoniously In the solu
tion of regional problems r.nd maintains a well
financed regional orraivzaticn which can serve as
the medium through which co-operation can be ex
tended.
The South Texes Chamber of Commerce has to
force extent born hampered in Its act’vities by lack
cf finances. This condition should be remedied with
out delav. and the organization provided with the
means wrhrrrbv it can carry to a successful conclu
sion the program that has be«n mapped out in behalf
of the region it serves.
Co-operatives in tlie South
Vast Improvement in *h® orcanizat'on and opera
tion of co-operative markotine association?, in th®
aotPhern jtates. j»s rompar®d with earlier attempts at
grrnp a®t’on In marketing crop-;, was reported by J.
F Wells, Jr . of the Bureau of Agricultural Econom
ics. Untied States Department of Agriculture, ad
dressinc th® meeting of Southern Agricultural Work
ers at Houston.
“The need for permanent farmer organizations
with flexible set-ups.” Mr. Wells said, “is b-'enmin?
mere widc-y appreciated and is being adopted by the.
most successful associations. Southern growers and
fsnn leaders have b®eome more discriminating and
Insistent upon helpful services from the marketing
associations, end from state and government edu
cational agencies.
“Both short-term operating and longer-time stor
age credit have become more readily available for
present associations. The development of the use of
acceptances by the federal reserve banks and mem
ber banks, and of marketing credit through original
advances to co-operatives by th® federal interme
diate credit banks, have been nf the utmost, assist
ance to Southern marketing groups."
*Tr Wells reported a stendv increase in the pro
portion of ciir"i-to-mill sales of cotton by the cotton
ro-one-atives . \ recent survey showed that direct
to-m’tl sale* " ;*h on® association increased from 53
per cent of total sales made in 1921-22 to 92 per cent
of total ma^® during 1924-25 The association sells
cu h’ryers’ ra’l when necessary, as contrasted with
earlier effort? to d'-oose of practically all cotton on
sellers’ call. The futures market is used, and sub
sidiary sales corporations have been formed to han
dle these transactions.
“All the rotton associations.” he declared, 'have
mad® important progress in understanding better the
growers' problems and service requirements. Several
of th® as*oci?tions ore successfully operating finance
subsidiaries to provide growers with production
credit.
“The inclusion of optional price fixation pools in
addition to the seasonal pools, and an annual with
drawal privilege, have been outstanding steps toward
making the associations more flexible. These changes
have been made to meet growers’ economic condi
tions as they actually exist. In contrast to some of the
original inflexibl® provisions which w®re included to
match situations as one might like them to be. A
large percentag® of the cotton received the past year
by all associations has been placed in short-time
rather than seasonal pools."
Senator Reed says the British could destroy the
panama Canal in five hours. A country always gets
more vulnerable when a navy bill is pending—Peoria
Star.
It would seem that modem cities and modem
youth are much alike: they both need more home
rule.—Vlrgiiuan -PiloU
Gftkeir Papers
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KANSAS OrrERS AN OBJECT LESSON
(Wichita Times).
Kansas, one of the very fifet states to adopt state
wide prohibition, and long a major stronghold of dry
traditional dryness, it must take the matter into its
own hands and not depend upon Washington for en
sentimcnt. has discovered that if it is to maintain its
forcement.
It was discovered recently that Kansans were
drinking far more than they ever had before national
prohibition went into effect. Their favorite tipple
is near beer mixed with alcohol, the latter readily ob
tainable; the result is described as a very authorita
tive drink. In the days when prohibition enforce
ment was a matter for local officers. Kansas was
nearly dry as a state can be. It was decidedly dis
concerting, therefore, to find that It had become so
wet
The Kansas legislature has created a special en
forcement fund of $50,000 which Is at the governor's
disposal. It will be used to stimulate local officers
in making enforcement mean something.
Local sentiment, aroused and organized, with en
forcement in- charge of men who know- the ground to
be covered, will probably restore Kansas to its old
time status as a dry state. It should afford an ob
ject lesson to those states and communities that
really want prohibition, but which have fallen com
fortably into the habit of letting the federal govern
ment do the work.
An astronomer soys he believes Mars is working
in closer to Jupiter and away from the earth. And
the Kellogg treaty not a year old!—Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
I*AN-AMERICAN CO-OPERATION DISCUSSED
By DR. L. S. ROWE
Director General Pan-American Union.
• Leo S. Rowe was bom at McGregor. Iowa.
Sept. 17. 1871. He is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania and the University of Halle.
Admitted to the bar in 1895 he taught political
science at the University of Pennsylvania for sev
eral years. He has been identified with numer
ous federal commissions sent to South America
end served as assistant secretary of the treasury
from 1917 to 1919. He has been director general
of the Pan-American union since 1920. He is
the author of numerous reports and books on po
litical science subjects, especially pertaining to
South American countries'.
The Pan-American Trade Mark conference held
recently marks another forward step in the impor
tant movement for Pan-American co-operation. An
agreement, on the protection of trade marks through
out the American continent will mean much to inter
Amcrican commerce and will tend to eliminate the
irritation that is aroused from time to time by rea- !
son of inadeoua»e protection of such (rarie marks.
These specialized conferences represent a
most important adjunct to the general Pan-Ameri
can conferences which assemble every five years. To
such conferences are delegated the more technical
questions which can only h" solved through the in
terchange of opinion of experts.
The adequate protection of trade marks is a mat
ter of deep Interest to every consumer throughout the i
continent. Thousands of persons in the republics of ,
Amerce have suffered real loss hv reasons of the
unauthorized and at times, fraudulent use of wc’l
known and long established trade marks. The whole
situation must he viewed primarily from the point
of th rinterest of the consumer.
recommendations or resolutions approved, hy the
conference will he submitted immediately, through
the Pan-American Union, to the participating gov
ernments for their approval and ratification, and In
case of any government not a signatory to the origi
nal convention, for its adhesion. Under the tentative
draft the convention would hecome effective after
ratification by seven of the signatory states.
TIh© WorM smsflAH !
By Charles F. Prieroll
COMPETING WITH THE M TOMOBILE
The antom^hilr has tak*»n precedence over other '
vehicles. The very keen competition In the field of
automobile manufacturing has resulted in the pro
duction of handsome and useful motor vehicles at
asounding low prices.
Every vear the cars are more beautiful and more
Useful. They run silently. They are visions of love
ly mechanism. They are works of modern art in
their designing and coloring. They are marvels of
convenience. The engines are more and more effi
cient.
P.oads are being built wider and smoother and
more durable, and permanent road construction is
only just beginning.
The automobile is coming into its own. This is
its greatest year, and next year will be even a greater
automobile year.
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The railroads, just now coming out of a period of
slothful despondency that had its beginning when the
, railroads broke down utterly under the strain of war
I transportation, are taking notice of the triumphant
competitor that runs on rubber tires.
Electrification must be the first answer of the
railroads to the automobile.
Alreadv the New York Central has announced its
intention to electrify its lines between New York City
and Buffalo. This improvement will take years of
work, and fabulous sums of money. The Pennsylva
nia will electrify its lines between New York and
Philadelphia.
For many years all ]>assenger lines entering New
York City have been electrified within the city, and
for some miles without.
Electric power is much smoother than steam, and
makes for the comfort of passengers. Especially, it
eliminates the noise and dirt of the steam locomotive.
Many Americans can be tempted back into the
railway cars if they can be assured a fast ride in
comfort without cinders to fill up their eyes and soot
to choke their pores.
* * * •
In Europe some serious effort already has been
made to lure travelers away from the automobile and
into the railway car.
The fastest trains in the world now- run between
Paris and Calais.
From Bordeaux to the Spanish frontier the lines
have been electrified, and the trains are marvelous
creations for passenger comfort. The cars are di
vided Into ten compartments each, with plenty of
room and much luxury for each passenger.
The artist who decorated the great steamship Tie
de France has decorated these passenger cars. The
French are doing their utmost to make their nil
roads attractive, for they know that passengers do
not have to ride on them.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
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BACHELOR BEN BURLY VISITED
THE FORTUNE TELLER WHO .
HAS BEEN HOLDING FORTVl
IN THE OLD CARNEY BLOCK
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/THE STORY OF
A CIRLWHO MADE
MEN LIKE HER
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By ROE FULKERSON * © 1929 by Central Preas Association. Inc. |
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READ THIS FIRST:
Betty Brown tries to make her
living dancing, as this is the only
thing she knows when the death of
her parents leaves her destitute.
She attracts several men, only to be
insulted by them. Her oldest friend,
Georgs Harris, asks her to stay
away from his place of business aft
er it is published that two men
fought over her outside of a night
club where she danced. Andy
Adair. Harry Ford and a few others
think the affair a joke, although it
cost her her position. She attends
a petting party and drinks for the
second time in her life. Andy takes
her home from the parly, and then
out in his car the nrvt.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
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‘ What you suggest will never
happen, Andy,” said Betty, not un
kindly. She was surprised she
could discuss such a thing with a
man
I am not sure!” Andy returned,
doggedly. "We are entitled to our
happiness. Wo*# business is it that
you do? You have been a good girl
ever since you have been dancing,
and what has it gotten you? One
cheap theatrical manager dropped
you off his list of attractions be
cause you were good. A vaudeville
comedian broke an arrangement to
take you as a dancing partner be
cause you were too particular You
lost your job at the Iron Door be
cause you wouldn’t take that Dau
berr as a sugar daddv!
"'What's it gettin you?” he de
manded. fiercely. "You know me
and you like me. You have known
me cv er since I was a boy. You know
darned well I wouldn't ditch you
in time of trouble. You aren't to
blame because you have no other
v.ay of making a living except by
dancing. I’m not to blame because
my people never let me work
"That three thousand a vear I can
have as long as I live if I don’t
give the governor anv troubl®
Mother takes care of the car she
gave me.
’ I d be a lot better off. and hap
pier, and drink less, if I had you
to spend my time with. You d be a
lot better off if you had me to play
around with and all that What’s
the difference between spending
ten dollars sitting around a rotten
night club with you. and sopping up
a lot of booze, and giving vou the
ten dollars to pay rent on a nice
little flat, where we can sit around
evenings and lay off the booze!”
"But, Andy—”
“Now. wait a minute! You love
me, don't you?" He held her close
to him and kissed the wrinkles
which had come into her brow. "You
know I love you like the very devil.
I’m never so happy as when I'm
with you. Couldn't wFe have won
derful times, spending every day
just like we have spent today? Just
drive around in the car and enjoy
the breeze. Slip off into quiet lit
He places to go bathing or fishing.
Pack a lunch and picnic! You’ll
have lots of time to practice your
dancing, and then you'll show me
all the new steps when I come.
“Plenty of dresses and plenty of
kisses. A nice little place of your
own, with a world of love shut in
and a worjd of strife shut out!
Why, honey, it would be just heav
en! The reason I didn’t want you
to drink tonight was because I
wanted you to decide when you
were yourself.”
"Oh, Andy. I mustn’t!”
"Who is there to say you mustn’t? 1
Who cares a darn whether you do
or not. but me? Who cares a darn
whether you starve or freeze, but
me? It is just an old-fashioned
inhibition you inherited from some
of your ancestors who would have
been equally shocked if they had
seen you in dancing costume.
"Things are changing. Betty. We
are living in a new world, with new
standards. Let’s snatch our happi
ness w hile we can. little sweetheart.”
"But. Andy, it is wrong!”
“Is it any more wrong than for
three men to demand everything
you had in exchange for giving you
a chance to make a living?"
"But. Andy. I’m not that kind of
a girl!” she exclaimed. "Oh. I
know how that sounds, but I Just
can’t say anything else. There arc
that kind of girls, and other girls
who aren’t that kind! I couldn't
live like that!”
"Don’t decide too hastily.” He
spoke a bit coldly. "You haven't
got enough friends to afford to lose
any.”
"But. Andy, don't you see that
is the price you put on your friend
ship. you put yourself in the same
class with those other men?”
4Tm not a bit like them, or I
rould have got you drunk last
night." he cried, repeatedly. "I
won't have you putting me in the
Ahead of her jhe saw the headlights of a car
class nit hihose cheap libertines!".
“Oh. Andy, please don't ret mad!
I hardly know what I'm wiping. Ot '
courp you arcn t* a hit like them !
I love you!” She put her arms
around ins peck end kiv^d him
“That's the girl! I knew you ’
didn't mean that And you haven't j
meant one-haK the things you said
before. I in going with you tomor- I
row and lind a nice little apart- ;
menf. all furnished real cute You
arc goinc to move t.h°re and live*
like a little darling and-let me car
ry one of the keys.
“If you want to pretend proprie
ty, you can get some kind of part
time job. or one assisting some danc
ing tee chcr. We will be happy as
two bugs in the same rug.”
He did trot wait for her answer,
but put his arms around her and
kissed her wildly. She struggled a
bit, and tried to protest, but each
time he kissed her. At last, he sat
with his Ups an inch from hers,
and each time her lips parted for
a word here silenced her with kisses.
He sat thus until the tension was
broken by both of them laughing at
the absurdity. Betty had not con
sented to his plan. She had been
smothered with words and kloses
until she was too confused to know
her own mind. This man had been
kinder to her than any man she had
ever met, except possibly George
Harris, who liad asked her not to
come to his restaurant again. She
had bem ordered out of her room.
The whole world seemed to oe con
spiring to make her unhappy, except
this one man.
Had he asked her to marry him.
Betty would have consented in an
instant; but this was different. Yet
she loved him so much she alter
nately clutched at what setmed to
promise happiness, and then drew
hastily away from it.
Andy broke in on her meditations.
“I promised not to take another
drink tonight, and I don't if you
insist, but I think we are entitled to
celebrate! Let’s have another!”
"Oh, I don't care what happens!"
exclaimed Betty, desperately.
“That's the ticket! That’s my
sweetheart!” He kissed her and
poured a drink into the cup whicn
formed the lower part of his flask.
“Now drink it all at one swallow.
When It’s down, breathe through
your nose for a moment, and it
won't choke you!”
Betty followed his directions. A
moment later she opened her mouth
and the fiery liquor burned her
throat and mouth. She sputtered
and shuddered, but Andy did not
notice, as he drank his own.
“Hurray for the new family!
Hurray for happiness for two lone
some people!” He held her close,
and covered her lips and face with
kisses.
"But. Andy. I haven t consented!”
protested Betty, feebly.
•But you have!” he insisted.
“Oh. what difference does It
n>ak»!” cried Bettv. “Who care*
what I do? Who has any interest
in me. anyway?” I
"I do!” Andy kissed her again
Now. let's c^t home, and tomorrow
those two birds will start hunting a
nest.”
Betty realized he war. hurrying
dome lest she gnr him a positive
refusal. Shp h?d hnll-gyav committed
herself to his plan, but she was
reckless. She could decide alter she
*as safely at home, and tell him in
he morning! She did not give her
->wn consent to his plan, by any
means, but did not want to start the
irgument ell over again. Andy
wmed so boyishly happy that she
»as loath to disappoint him.
hotnt him.
They turned toward the main
highway again, and were soon speed
ng down it. The hour was so late
.hat there was almost no traffic,
ind the wind sang in their ears till
ten versa t ion was impossible.
Betty rested her head on his
shoulder and watched the road
ihead. From time to time she
dropped her eyes to the quivering
scale of the speedometer as it rose
to thirty-five, forty, forty-five and.
after dancing a moment, reached
fifty. Ahead of her she saw the
headlights of a car. Andy did not
slacken h*s nace. as the road was
nmnlv wide for the two cars to pass
at high speed.
She saw the driver of the other
car throw up his hand to protect his
eves from the glare of Andy's head
lights. For an instant she thought
the two cars would crash, as the
other man took much more than his
half of the road.
Andy had seen the danger, how
ever. She raised her head quickly
to free his shoulder. He turned the
wheel, and for an instant she heard
the rain of gravel against the fen
ders. and felt the sickening sliding
sensation of skidding.
Then the car was back on the ce
ment. and she breathed a sigh of
relief, only to choke it in her throat
as the rear of the car swung wide
toward the other side of the road.
In twisting the wheel to regain the
road, Andy had not been able to
right the car. It lurched madly to
ward a roadside tree, striking with
the impact of three thousand pounds
moving at the rate of fifty miles an
hour.
Betty was conscious that the door
on her side of the car had opened,
and that she was flying through the
air. Her dancing stood her in good
stead, as she remembered her acro
batic leesons and relaxed every
muscle and tried to draw her hodv
end lees into a round ba’l. and then
—nothing!
(TO BE CONTINUED)
NO C HANGE
Has marriage made any great
difference in you1- life?"
“Not a bit. Before I was mar
ried I had to sit up till the early
hours ol the morning lor Leon to go
home and now I have to sit up till
the early hours of the morning for
him to come home.”
- a
^V&shington
PavbooK
By CHARLES P. STEAVART
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. — The
Arabian Nights fisherman who ac
commodatingly let a huge genie
out of a bottle .only to have the big
brute threaten to kill him. out of
pure meanness, was lucky in having
an exceptionally bone-headed genie
to deal with.
As all must recall he flim-flam
med the poor sap into returning to
his container, ostensibly to prove
that a 50.000.000 gallon genie could
deflate himself inside a one-quart
receptacle, and then corked him up
again until he'd made terms to the
fisherman's everlasting financial
advantage.
Fisherman Herbert Hoover has no
assurance that the congressional
genie will be so gullible when he
pulls the stopper and the genie
comes bouncing out for his sched
uled extra session beginning in
April or thereabouts. From all In
dications. he Is liable to develop in
to a darned unmanageable genie.
• • •
Everybody knows what Mr Hoo
ver wants congress to do at the ex
tra session—as follows:
1. Hass a farm relief bill.
2. Maybe increase the tariff1
somewhat—not to excess—for the
benefit of a very, very few indus
tries.
3. Adjourn and go home until
next December.
The evidence is overwhelming
that Mr. Hoover and his most trust
ed advisers have scrutinized every
precedent in American history in
the hope of hitting on some plan
by which the president can end an
extra session of congress when he
w'ould like to have it end.
Hardiv necessary to say, none has
been hit on.
A special session of congress Is
the easiest thing in the world for
a president to start No power on I
earth can stop it—until it gets
ready.
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This next congress—the new one.
i which will assemble when Mr. H
' ver issues, as he must, his caP
I it to meet In extra session -
I good deal of an enigma.
On paper Mr. Hoover will
nice majorities in both hot
The hitherto recognized gro
progressives will no longer ho»
j balance of power In the senat
j progressives lost their seats Iasi
vembcr. but so many democrats
I beaten by republicans that the CK,
' "regulars” unquestionably are i|
' top—if they all stay regular." *? 4
In the lower house the margin Is
; ample.
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However, it all depends consid
erably on Mr. Hoover s own politics.
Be it remembered, during tne pre
convention period his rivals com
plained bitterly that there was ne
knowing what party he really did
belong to. During the campaign,
as loyal republicans, they hush,
hushed with equal vigor, but that
didn’t mean that they had changed
their minds any.
There are progressives, not of the
"ultra” bloc, who believe Mr. Hoo
ver Is going to make a pretty lib
eral president. If he disappoints
them, they may flop out of align
ment with him.
Yet if he shows himself a little
bit too liberal there are apt to be
ultra-conservatives who will flop
out of alignment with him the oth
er way.
The Smith democrats and the
Hoover-crates also are an uncertain
clement—or two elements. At pres
ent they are viciously divided.
Should they remain so. It is hard
to tell how they will assort them
selves.
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The genie is difficult to psycho
analyze
A dangerous genie for Fisherman
Hoover to let out of his bottle!
Still, he must do it. He may well
worry about ways and means of
sretting him bark <nstde the thing. ‘
He doesn’t want so rambunctious a
genie loose all summer.
.HP? About
'***'' ft Newark
NEW YORK. Feb. 21—William A.
Grew's new comedy. "My Girl Fri
day" deals with chorus girls and
angels who rush in where even fools
fear to tread. Mr. Grew also re
veals (besides directing, authoriz- j
ing and acting in it how business ;
men get tired, and moralizes that |
All Chorines Are Not to be Petted |
Nor Censored, as someonce once'
remarked. The first audience, one
suspected, was recruited from Le- I
blang's cut rate list, and it appear
ed quite satisfied after the first
episode, responding with robust
laughter at intervals.
The comedy, however, is crude
ami shoddy entertainment, pre
pared with little skill. The feminine
division whs most agreeable, both
via the orb and ear routes, and lit
tle wonder, for the chorus girl types
were selected from the better re
rusicals. and with little effort they
contributed artful performances.
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A FORM OF CRITICISM
They say that when Captain
Fried attended the premiere of a
new show recently he quipped
"God help us sailors on a first
night like this!"
SOME FI N. HI II?
" • * • after having had a touch '
of the brigh* lights, they are in no |
particular hurry to get back to
Venice In fact, they are endcav- ,
oring to become acclimatized to1
our ways, bnt it is difficult. To i
acquaint them more quickly with
Broadway, they were rerently told
to read Master Wine hell's column.
After puzzling over a copy of it
for some time. Bagby said: "But
this isn't English, is it? This man
writes in Pic Latin!' "—Prom the
N. Y. Sunday Tim^s.
Weil, I'll be amnedey!
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ALWAYS THE CRITIC
An actress of little ability was
burned up and knocked cold because
a dramatic critic wrote of her that
she had no rex appeal
' I haven't?" sb*» telecraphed him.
“well, come up some time and I'll
provo that I have."
"No. thanks/' replied the plavtas
ter. "I have given up sex and gone
in for dramatic criticism/’
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BAD BUSINESS
Ole. the night porter, was testify
ing before the jury after the big
bank robbery.
“You say." thundered the attor
ney. “that at midnight you were
cleaning out the office, and eight
masked men brushed past you and
went on into the vault room with
revolvers drawn?*’
“Yah." said Ole.
“And a moment later a terrific
explosion blew the vault door off
and the same men went out past
you rarrving currenry and bonds?"
"Yah." said Ole.
“Well, what did you do then?"
“Aye nut down my mop.”
“Yes. but then what did you do?"
“Vol. aye say to myself. *Dis bane
1 nretty poor way to run a bank ."
NICE GENTLEMAN
Meetinp his pe* enemy on Main
street one day, Jim observed affa
bly; **I was savin' some pood thinps
about you to a man this momin’.”
•'You was?” “Ya as. I said you had
the best cattle an’ sheep of any
farmer I knowed. An’ what was
more. I said that pair o’ hosses o’
youm was the finest in Franklin ,
countv—with at yeast $800.” 'Who'd
you sav it to?" queried the flattered
foe. "The tax assessor."_
IN THIS TOWN OF OURS
Fox has spent 200 G's screen
sound testing 600 people just to
get 22 capable players. This Is con
sidered a swell average, because
as a rule only 25 out of every 1.000 l
click • • • Cecil Beaton, the visit- I
ing British hocus-focuser. totes a
vanity case He ACTually does!
Arthur Kober's smile: As incongru- .
ous as Louis Wolhetm eating lady
fingers • • • Nat N. Dor!man epi- ,
grams: "Once a newspaperman, al
ar ys In debt."
• • •
Owen Davis is guaranteed 28
grand for each ulay he pens for
Paramount sight unseen * * * Phif
teen Philly millionaires operate
their own wringing wet night club,
but phive minutes' ankllng from
their city hall * * * Since he became
managing ed of the Evepost, Pop
Byers has a bowler, stick and spats
• • - Bobby Jones is now ass t ed
o fthe American Golfer • * * An
artist is hastening a painting of
one of Otto H. Kahn's pet dogs,
which is dying.
Who am I? Of what state am X
governor? Whom did I succeed?
What is the salary of a member
of the house of representatives?
How high is the Woolworth build
ing? _ f
When a ship's mil strikes once,
what time is it?
“Trust ve in the Lord forever: for
in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting
strength" Where is this passage
found in the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this day, in IMS. the Wash.
ing>on monument, at Washington
D. C , was dedicated.
Today's Horoscope
Persons born on this day are able
lo take much from others without
losing their patience, but when they
do pet riled they break the trace*
suddenly.
Answer* to Foregoing Questions
1. Dan Moody; Texas; Mrs. Mi*
riam Ferguson.
2. Ten thousand dollars a year. (
3. Seven hundred and ninety.
two feet.
4. Either 12:30. 4:30 or 8:30.
5. Isaiah, xxvi. 4.
Doctor* f°r^ '“"^SSITJ for Ticket 1
and prescribed *». ^ fromdop* 1
and safer wc'a T.e«*»«^1
and made JjWfL the immedw'* I
1 ess, PER7^e* the cou|* by *M,,**D' 1
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