The Semi-Weekly Leader.
PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
PAUL M. HOBBS, I __
MRS.’S. T. HOBBS, fEd,tor,>
Offidad Jonma] of Lincoln Connty
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WEDNESDAY, APR. 26, 1922
WOMEN SHOULD BE A FACTOR
FOR CITY’S GOOD.
Lloyd George is reported to have
said in the British House of Com
mons recently
"Perhaps I may have the privilege
of a dying minister to give my last
words of advice. I do not know who
will succeed me. but I would like to
utter a word of kindly warning.
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possible in the present state of Eu
rope to go on without conferences.
The world is so battered, bruised
and crushed that the cure will be a
slow one and will need many con
sultations of its leading physicians.”
Brookhaven is a part of this
world—“battered, bruised and crush
ed”—and so the above suggests
something for our city.
The writer likes,, the group idea
among plants or people. To be ef
fective two heads, whether cabbage
heads or not are better than one and
augmented by another one or two
cover still more ground.
Groups of individuals go to form
the body politic and may become
more effective in their service to
town, county or state through fre
quent “conferences.”
However these get together meet
ings no matter how small should be
characterized by calm- consideration
for the public good.
Rancor, personal differences
and inharmony generally emanate
from a selflish, self - centered
— state of mind and will not help—
these things hinder and do not be
long anywhere. They should be
gotten out of the system before
“conference” is attempted.
Brookhaven citizens are displaying
commendable interest in the city’s
affairs and are consulting and form
ing groups; but it “looks like” they
need something else—perhaps some
of the new blood to be injected by
the woman vote to give strength and
virility to future city government as
it should be.
We make no reference to what has
been and honor the men who have
tried in the face of the tangled I
threads knotted and twisted beyond
redemption by years and years of
"custom” and habit, until the law
has become obsolete in some particu
lars, but we are earnestly hoping
that out of the present situation
there will develop such a spirit of
fellowship of wise statesmanship and
unselfish service as will enable ev
ery officer to do his duty in fine spir
it and as conscientiously as the a
bounding influence, created by a loy
al citizenship about him, impels
him.
Let us have conferences and "con
sultations” as Lloyd George suggests
and not only among men but among
women who expect to vote and who
will hold office, to the end that the
standards of citizenship and of elec
tions be elevated as becomes our
Christian civilization — especially
that part of it represented by Brook
haven's City Board.
WORDS OF A WISE MAN.
Dr. Royal S. Copeland, health
commissioner of New Ydrk, whose
“health hints” appear daily in sev
eral newspapers, is without doubt
the best known physician in Ameri
ca today. He is wise along other
lines, and for the benefit of all who
may look upon advertising as a lia
bility instead of an asset, we want
to offer these few words from Dr.
Copeland’s pen.
"I have never urged that the in
dividual physician should advertise.
I don’t care to see in-the j)aper that
Dr. Smith is the best doctor on
Broadway or anything of that kind,
but I want to see medical men use
the engine of publicity to enlighten
the public and combat dfseases
which kill hundreds of thousands
because there is not the contact be
tween the medical man and the pub
lic that there should'be, and because
so manjr, through fear of ignorance,
fail to obtain treatment in the ini
tial stages of a disease which might
be cured if taken early and cannot
be cured later. The newspaper Is
the most powerful engine of publi
city in the world. Use it—use It
often.”
THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS.
One of the best services rendered
by the modern Chamber of Commerce
movement, Is to get people in the
saijie line of trade or production to
gether to exchange ideas. No one
man can know-'It all. If men in the
same line just get together and talk
over their problems and experiences,
they often learn more than could be
gained by years of study or individ
ual effort.
For instance, the Rochester, N. Y.
Chamber of Commerce has one group
of men studying production prob
lems, another studying employment
and service questions, another work
ing on superintendent’s problems,
another discussing cost accounting
In this manner it could be arranged
so as to give every business man a
chance to perfect himself in his spe
cialty.
In smaller cities the same idea can
be worked out by having groups of
- men from near by communities gath
er to swap experiences. The ex
change of ideas is one of the best
ways for promoting gains in business
efficiency.
Attorney General Frank Roberson
left yesterday for Washington to be
present at a meeting of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, when
the question of an order calling for
the grouping of a number of railway
lines will be introduced. H. Cassedy
*. Holden, who has been looking after
the litigation in Lauderdale county,
regarding the proposed merger of the
M. ft 0. and . the Southern Railway
left last night to join Mr. Roberson
ja Washington.Clarion-Lodger, j
WHY SHOULD PUBLISHERS BE
MADE TO PAY DOUBLE TAX?
No country can live and grow
without information highways. In
many ways it is more important to
provide the means for the dissemin
ation of intelligence than for the
transportation of material commodi
ties.
For this reason the government
has always recognized the necessity
for low postal rates on newspapers
and periodicals. During tfie war,
however, the publications of the
country were loaded with increases
on the Carrying charges in the mails.
These increases were provided for by
the Revenue Bill of 1917 and now
amount to four times the pre-war
charges.
While paying this excessive special
tax, the publishers have been paying
all- other taxes of what ever kind,
levied upon industry as a whole, and
have to stand and are still suffering
under high costs for labor, paper and
other essentials.
It is significant, too, that this spe
cial tax on the circulation of publi
patinnc 1a a tov nn n nrnPASR nf t.hG
industry. It is a recognized princi
ple of taxation that taxes should be
levied on the products of industry
and not on the processes. Publish^
ers have been paying on both pro
cesses and products.
The case is not. dissimilar to taxa
tion of traveling salesmen or labor
saving machinery. Indeed the adver
tising pages of publications may be
likened to traveling salesmen. How
foolish and futile to make it diffi
cult to get the orders which are the
life-blood of industry.
Every interchange of commodities
must be preceded by an interchange
of ideas, of information, of proposals
and acceptances, and this important
function of our publications needs
support and encouragement at this
time to build up and restore national
prosperity.
We would abhor the idea of taxing
schools, yet but 7 per cent of our
boys and girls go beyond the gram
mar grades. The rest of their educa
tion must come from reading, and
yet the present law is in effect a
tax on this source of education which
is depended upon by 93 per cent of
the people to take the place of high
er education.
As a result of these exorbitant
postal charges publishers have had
to increase subscription rates great
ly or have ceased soliciting subscrip
tions from sections of the country
where the high piostal rates would
make it unprofitable. In still other
cases publishers have tried to absorb
the additional costs and numbers of
them have fallen by the wayside in
the attempt.
In 1918, the Federal government
collected from the publishers $11,
712,068.18 and in *the last year this
had grown to $25,496,719.94. Dur
ing the current year it is estimated
that the publishers will pay the gov
ernment for carrying their papers
the huge sum of $33,000,000.00.
This too, notwithstanding the fact
that the high rates have forced out of
the mails an enormous tonnage of
newspapers and magazines which
now go by express, baggage, motor
truck, freight or by water t<fi less
than Uncle Sam will carry them.
Unfortunately some of the most
necessary publications cannot be
shipped in bulk lots and cannot es
cape the baok-breaking postal charg
es. Among this class of papers are
the business and technical papers go
ing to retailers, factories, and pro
fessional men; the farm papers which
are raising the standards of agricul
ture; the religious papers which pro
mote the spiritual life of the coun
try; the fraternal publications which
bind together groups of men and
women for their comomn good; the
educational papers which carry the
light of new knowledge into the
humblest homes, and many others of
similar kind.
The burden falls heaviest upon the
smaller papers of the country. The
big papers with a million or more of
readers can afford to develop their
own systems of transportation. It
falte heavily, too, upon the readers
who most need the enlightening force
of good reading.
In spite of all this the publishers
are most modest and moderate in
their appeal. All that is asked is the
repeal of the last two increases, those
which went into effect in 1920 and
1921, retaining the rates in effect
just prior to these increases.
This will not affect the zone sys
tem in the [east, neither will it ef
fect the present free-in-country pri
vilege enjoyed by the smaller week
lies and dailies. --f- _
The rates asked for in the bill now
proposed in Congress, would still
give the government approximately
175 per cent more than the pre-war
rates, and would not relieve the pub
lishing industry- of one cent of the
other Federal Taxes now paid by oth
er Industries.
Here is another very important
consideration—the special or super
taxes with the War Revenue bill im
posed upon some ten other industries
have .either been taken off or mater
ially reduced.. Is it fair that the
publishing industry of all industries,
should be singled out as the sole ex
ception and compelled to stagger
along under special war taxes to
defray war expenses?
This seems all the more unfair,
when it is remembered that the
newspapers and-Periodicals of the
country did not gd over the top foj
pay, during the war; that they did
noi y*unleer, iiiai iucj
sense a war Industry. On* the con
trary they volunteered space jind ser
vice to the value of millions of dol
lars. * !?
In a word what the publishers are
asking, would amount in dollars and
sents to a gross'reduction in rates
of about 18,000,000 as against tot&l
post office receipts of about ?500,
000,000.
Furthermore, the effect of lower
ing the rates would attract back in
to the mails enough tonnage to large
ly compensate for the apparent or
book-keeping loss.—Yazoo Herald.
Four Trains Required for Berries.
When a berry crop, in a single day
causes the Illinois Central t* operate
four trains to haul the fruit,* it
makes the most pessimistic fellow in
the parish gasd for breath. That’s
what happened this week when on
Tuesday 77 cars were shipped from
the berry belt. The old Eye See
was equal to the emergency and
gave the berry people four of their
highest-stepping passenger engines.
—Hammopd Vindicator.
Southwest Mississippi Field Meet
Friday — don't forget, -
WHITWORTH ARTIST COURSE, MONDAY, MAY 1ST.
. LAMPTONAUDITORIUM.
. RICCaRDQ martin
The great American Tenor. Hear him oh May ist when he sings some of
his famous opera roles. “The greatest tenor voice, save Caruso’s” says a
famous New York critic.
TRAFFIC RIGHTS.
Says a citizen who drives a car,
and who has never had any trouble
with the police:
”If automobilists drove as care
lessly as pedestrians walk, and with
as little regard for other people’s
rights, the jails would be full of
them.”
Where is the moving mass of pe
destrians, he wants to know, that
makes a proper stream of traffic a
long the sidewalk? The law requires
that they, like the vehicles in the
street, should keep to the right. Yet
there are always .flocks of pedes
trians walking on the wrong side of
the walk, stopping to talk right in
the middle of the walk, weaving in
and out regardless of law or common
sense, and otherwise obstructing foot
traffic.
In so doing the pedestrians only
interfere with each other. In cross
ing the street, this citizen insists,
they interfere with vehicle traffic in
a way that they would consider in
tolerable if automobile drivers per
formed the same pranks. They cut
across the block, instead of at the
crossings provided. They disregard
traffic signals in a way that a mo
torist seldom dares to. They compel
the motorist to look out for their
lives, instead of doing their own
share of looking out. They nearly
scare drivers to death by darting a
head of cars unexpectedly, and of
ten hv eettine in the wav when
they have no business there, they de
prive automobiles of their turn at
the crossing and slow down the
whole stream of vehicle traffic.
This is a side of the everlasting
feud that is not often heard. There
is undoubtedly something in it. Pe
destrians will never succeed in win
ning adequate recognition of their
own rights until they are more re
gardful of the other fellow’s.— Hat
tiesburg American.
A thoughtful citizen remarked
Saturday in the midst of_jwhat was
really a transportation puzzle near
the Brookhaven depot “We’ll have to
have traffic policemen before long.”
As the American suggests it is
easier for a traveller a-foot to stop
than for a car or team upon whom
the responsibility is shifted. But
as far as our city is concerned and
the suggestion mentioned, it seems
to us if qur present policemen wobld
pay a little more attention to the
disregard of laws and of the common
amenities of life along the way by
courteous direction of people Una
ware of law or the proprieties of
life, it would help and obviate ac
cidents pending.
TTF.T.P YOUR STOCK — THEY’RE
YOUR “STOCK IN TRADE.”
No matter what the situation is
with respect to stock just jiov/ the
wise man or woman will pot “sell
off” at a low price, when butter
brings forty cents and there are
children, chickens, and pigs to drink
the milk. As long as the creameries
and business houses tetter fair prices
Animr nfA/lunio' lrnon vmir pnwe ’
and if remuneration is not sufficient
turn your cows out- to graze until
prices are better.
Selling off cows now is reducing
your stock in trade; destroying youi
capital; removing the bridge that
will tide you over an uncertain
stream.
Think for yourself before you lis
ten to the siren voice of the enter
prising stock man who makes a pro
fit off of your stock, while you “sell
cheap” because He tells you “Now’s
the time to sell.” •
He means simply it’s time for him
to make the money he wants to make
out of thfe deal.
The creamery and dairy business
has been the salvation of Lincoln
County. Keep on keeping on with
it and keep the stock that is worth
while.. A few men get disgruntled
now and then and a few fall in their
expectations of profits; but what bus
iness is it that prospers every time
and all the time with everybody that
.tries it? r '
Think it out yourself before you
follow the lead of someone else and
don’t sacrifice a good business prin-,
ciple gou have adopted in a stable,
enterprise for a Bhrewd business pol
icy some one else presents in his
own interest altho it may be tempo
rarily profitable to you.
—Cttiwn.
Books on the Shelves of the Brookhaven
Public Library.
(The Leader will rrom time to time
run lists of the books at the library.
When completed tMK list will be val
uable to members and we suggest tha^
you watch for ft and clip out the lists
when published and paste them in some
convenient place.)
HOTCHKISS, C. C.—The Missis
sippi Bubble; The Girl at the Half
way House; 54*40 or Fight; The La
dy and the Pirate; John Rawn;
Magnificent Adventure; The Broken
Gate; The Way Out; Sagebushers.
HOWARD, JOE B. — God’s Man.
HUSTON, ETHEL — Prudence of
the Parsonage.
HUGHES, RUPERT — The Gift
Wife; Prudence Says So; Miss 318;
The Old Nest; Exouse Me; Clipped
Wings; What Will People Say?;
Empty Pockets; The Thirteenth Com
mandment; We Can’t Have Every
thing; The Unpardonable Sin; The
cup or Fury.
HUGO, VICTOR — Toilers of the
Sea; Notre Dame; Ninety Three;
The Laughing Man.
HUMPHREYS — Miss Desmond;
Diana of the Ephesians.
HYATT, STANLEY P. — The Lit
tle Brown Sister.
HUNEKER, JAMES — Steeple
Tack (autobiography.)
HUTCHINSON, A. S. M. — If Win
ter Comes. ■"
IBANEZ, VINCENTE B. — The
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse;
The Dead Command; - The Woman
Triumphant.
INNES, NORMAN — My Lady’s
Kiss.
IRWIN, WILL — The House of
Mystery. ‘ .
ISHAM, FREDERIC S. — Black
Friday; Under the Rose; The Social
Bucanneer.
JENKINS, T. J. — Tales of Good
Fortune.
JEPSON, EDGAR — The Admir
able Tinker; Alice Devine.
JOHNSTON, MARY — Sir Morti
mer; Audrey; To Have aVid to Hold;
The Long Roll; Cease Firing; The
Witch; Hagar; Michael Forth.
Flagman Killed in Fall from Train.
Columbus, Miss., April 21. — Wm,
Clyde 'Austin, 27 years old, flagman
in the_ yards of the Mobile & Ohio
railway was instantly killed this
afternoon when he felf from a mov
ing train just inside the city limits.
JThe wheels of the train passed over
his chest and neck almost decapita
ting him.
The yfung man got off the train
which «was moving slowly to drive
cows off,the track. He missed foot
ing in getting back on the bars he
fell under the moving train? Auqjtiil
was a well-known young railroad
man and had been employed as road
flagman up to three months before
his death when he was transferred to
the yard service. He was thereon of
vv. -a- AU8UU, wuu uvea across me
line in Alabama. One brother and
three sisters also survive. The. fam
ily came to this section from South
Carolina eighteen years ago.
STOMACH TROUBLES
Indian* Lady Had Something Like
Indigestion Until She Took
Black-Draaght, Then
Got An R&hL
Seymour, Ind.—“Some time ago I
had a sick spell, something like Indi
gestion,” writes Mrs. Clara Peacock, of
Rente «, this place. “I would get very
sick at the stomach, and spit or vomit,
especially in the mornings.
"Then I began the use of Thedford’s
Black-Draught, after I had tried other
medicines. The Black-Draught re
lieved me more than anything that 1
took, and I got all right
"I haven’t found anything better
than Black-Draught when suffering
from trouble caused by constipation.
It la easy and sure. Can be taken In
small doses or large as the case calls
tor." «•>
When you have sick stomach. Indi
gestion, headache, constipation, or
ether disagreeable symptoms, take
Black-Draught to help keep your
system free from poison.
Thedford's Black-Draught Is made
from purely vegetable ingredients,
acts in a gentle, natural way, and has
no bad aftereffects, ft may be safely
taken by young or old.
flat a package of BlaefeDraaght to
fay. Insist on the genuine, Thedford’s
M mr arms!*ft NOIU
Montgomery—Denbo Brilliant Nup
tial Event.
The Methodist Church was filled
with gue3te this morning when at
10:30 o’clock Miss Mary ElLabeth
''enbo, daughter of Ml', and Mrs. A. ]
1. Denbo, and one of Lafayette's
test popular young ladles became
he bride of C. T. Montgomery, of
irookhaven, Mississippi, the impres
lve ceremony being performed by
lev. Loon I. McCain, Methodist pas- '
or in this city. -
Following the cqremony a recep
tion which was'also largely attend-1
'd, took place at the Denbo home on j
jafayette Street.
The church was beautifully decor
ated with artistic arrangements of
flowers and long pink and white
paper streamers suspended above
the auditorium. Pink and white
shades over the light fixtures also
contributed a most pleasing touch.
The arch under which the bridal
pair stood during the ceremony was
arranged at the front of the church,
and was formed of sweet peas, smil
ax, and asparagus ferns, against a
background of pink„ and white
streamers composing a lattice work.
Suspended from the top of the arch
was a large paper bell of white.
Banked behind the arch was a
profusion of floral decorations, in
cluding cut flowers, potted plants
and bouquet arranged in baskets
—roses, sweet peas, begonias, and
jessamine were included.
The floral and other decorations
at the church were arranged under
the direction of L. A. Broussard, as
sisted by Mesdames L. D. Nickerson,
0. B. Hopkins,, Chas. Parkerson and
Albert Weil. —
Several local young ladies, dress
ed in pink and white, served as
ushers.
Before the ceremony, there were
solos by Miss Ruth Stodghlll, and
Lottie Mielly. Miss Mielly accom
panied by Miss Maxine Mouton on
the violin sang “Oh, Promise Me”.
The Mendelssohn wedding march was
played by Mrs. R.. C. Cunningham,
as the bride entered on the arm of
her father, who gave her in mar
riage. Following the ceremony, as
the bridal pair were leaving the
church, Mrs. Paul Waltt sang “Be
cause I Love You.”
The mother of the bride was Ma
tron of Honor. The groom was at
tended by Edwin Barron, of Brook
haven, as best man. Misses Dorothy
Davis and Linda Catherine Durlo
were bldesmaids. Little Miss Bella
Nickerson was flower girl, and was
dressed in a real Parisian dres3 re
ceived from Paris. The bride’e gown
was of Harding blue, trimmed with
silver beads, and she also wore a
picture hat to~ match, and silver
brocaded slippers with rhinestone
buckles.
For the reception which followed
the ceremony the Denbo home was
beautifully decorated with pink and
white roses, sweet peas, and ferns.
In the dining room was the large
wedding cake, on which was artisti
cally arranged a miniature bridal
couple. Pink and white tulle, caught
with pink and white sweet peas and
ferns y^as gracefully arranged over
the table.
The bridal couple were stationed
under a bower of smilax as they re-'
ceived the congratulations H the
many guests.
Toasts were made by several, in
cluding Rev. Leon I. McCain, Dr. E.
L. Stephens and were responded to
by the bride and groom. Mrs. Har
old Demanade was toastmlstress.
The bride was the recipient of
many beautiful and useful gifts, so
numerous as to require the use of
practically oqe entire room for their
display. Cut glass, silver ware, arti
cles of hammered gold, and many
other varied gifts were Included In
the list. The gift from' the bride’s
parents was a chest of silver. Gifts
occupying an entire barrel were re
ceived from members of the Sorority
Club of Chicago, where the bride
attended school.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery left this
afternoon for New- Orleans. After
a brief honeymoon, they will go to
Brookhaven, Miss., where they will
make their home.—Lafayette Adver
tiser.
New Orleans Race Track Broke. *
Think of it! The B. M. R. A. of
New Orleans went broke this week.
Heart-rendering, isn’t it?. Just think
the great pony gamble of the south
ern metropolis going absoutlely
broke.
Well, if reports are correct, they
haven plenty of company. Me, too,
can be. heard in many places in New
Orleans, following in the wake of
the recent merry-go-round.
When enterprises go broke, or on
the verge of dissolution, capital us
ually goes to the rescue, if the un
fortunate is worthy. We wonder how
many banks will put up the cash to
sustain the pony gamble? Probably,
not a single one.
The bookmakers are said to have
declared before leaving New Orleans
after the race meet, that the bunch
of suckers this season outnumbered
Barn urn’s famous aphorism 1000 to
1. In other \yords, while handling
$23,000,000 with a profit of $6,000,
000, the bookies not only
a fortune, but broke
and hundreds
sional men,
Can yau beat
mond Vindicator.
asurlng tides aloi
Is now possible
the approach of hurricanes 12 hours
after they enter the Gulf of Mexico,
and from 24 to 48 hours before they
become dangerous to coastal cities or
-- -Tl, - -
As I View the Situation.
• Lots of men would get along bet
ter If their wives didn’t have such
worthless husbands.
Trying at the same time to drink
in the' dotails of ^the hats of two wo
men who are walking In opposite di
rections has made many a woman
crosseyed for life.
Even If we are not taxed for the
bonds they will still hone us for the
taxes.
Times have changed. A half cen
tury ago. you could buy ten quarts
of whiskey with one bushel of corn.
Now it takes ten bushels of corn to
buy one quart of whiskey.
Yes, the world is flat—exactly as
flat as you make it. For many peo
ple it is nothing but a dull desolate
waste but for others it is a prom
ised land of plenty and happiness.
Each individual human being has the
power to choose for himself whether
the world in which he lives is a hell
or a heaven. All the elements of
both places are here.
Tfie recent rains have gotten the
gravel roads almost Impassable in
places. The good roads appropria
tion I suppose, are practically dis
bursed. To issue more bonds at this
time would be like stealing from
ones sett ana to let tne roads go
back would be worse. Putting It
poetically it is something like this:
Horde3 of autos now remind us
We should make our roads to stay
And departing leave behind us
Hoads that rain won’t wash away.
When our children pay the mort
gage 4
Fathers made to haul their loads
They will have to ask the question
Here’re the bonds but where’re the
roads?
People are asking for more credit
for the farmer. They want the Fed
eral Reserve to furnish the farmer
with money. To my mind the kind
of credit the farmer needs is not the
Federal Reserve loan, nor the com
mercial banks assistance so much as
he needs a market for the produce
he raises on the farm. If a farmer
has corn, cotton, potatoes, syrup, live
stock, etc., and can get a market for
it in proportion to what he has to
pay for the merchandise he has to
buy, he will live withqut the Federal
or any other loan.
Solomon said:- “He that loveth
pleasure shall be a poor man. He
that loveth wine and oil shall not
be rich.” Perhaps the wisest man
did not have in mind our present day
bootleggers, and fake oil stock agents
and our corrupt politicians who are
growing rich thru crookedness.
I agree with Crab Apple as to his
views on the candidates. Let each
candidate run upon his own merits
and keep his mouth shut about the
other fellow. Let him have a plat
form and see that he lives up to it.
If he fails and should run <he second
time scratch his name. Too many
candidates buy the office with pro
mises and sell it lor less than Judas
sold bis maker. If they can’t get
thirty pieces of silver they would ac
cept their pay in German jnarks or
Russian ruBles.
The loftiest aim of one’s life to my
mind is devotion to duty, self-sac
rifice, patience and self-denial. The
spendthrift has been pictured as a
thoughtless chaser of bubbles and but
ter-flies unmindful and needless of
the consequences.
If we, as a people, are not self
sustaining we are not a free and con
tented people. We do not have our
liberty. Liberty was no trivial af
fair in the minds of Jefferson and his
companions. They knew Puritans
and Quakers who bad left their na
tive England because they hud not
liberty and in the Carolinas were
Hugenots who had left sunny
France for the same reason. Self
denial is our efficient method of win
ning and increasing happiness and
prosperity. The Christian martyrs of
old whose blood was spilled in the
Roman arena. The Anchorites who
lived in the deserts on roots and
herbs were in reality seeking liberty.
Judas betrayed Christ for thirty
pieces of silver but remorse so far
out weighed the gratification of his
cupidity that death wa3 preferable to
life. Benedict Arnold lived to rue
the moment he decided to gratify his
passion for revenge by betraying bis
country. Every spend-thrift, every
debauchee and every would-be pro
gressive has the same experience.
The progressives are the soldiers on
parade. The economists are the sol
diers in the battle. Freedom from
bonded indebtedness should be the
beautiful goal which mankind should
strive to reach. Too often we follow
will-o-the-wisps and wander from
the right direction. Frequently we
pursue the wrong course. But we
learn later from our own and othors
mistakes and we hand our discover
ies on to our followers.
—Woodson E. East.
Bryan Can’t Speak at S. S. Meeting.
Columbus, Ohio., AprH 21. -—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan will not be ask
ed to speak before the International
Sunday School Association conven
tion at Kansas City June 21-27, not
because of his theologfl!hl views, but
because "he, ir not a practical Sun
day school man,” it was asserted
here today by Professor Walter R.
Athern, dean *of the school of relig
ious education of Boston University.
Haan A thorn ia #»V»o irmo n nf tVio r>nni_
mittee on. education of the Interna
tional Sunday School Council of Re
ligious Education, which meets here
tomorrow. He also is a member of
the program committee for the con
tention which is to meetr here Tues
day.
This committee, according to Dean
A.thern, has decided that Mr. Bryan
will not be asked to speak. He said
be would give out a statement later
telling why. He added this state
ment probably would set forth that
arrangements for Mr. Bryan's ap
pearance had been made by a sub
mmmittee which did not have power
:o decide definitely. jr.
Other men of equal public impor
tance nad been booked as speakers,
be said, with the idea that they
would draw large crowds, but when
‘he committee made its report it was
lecided to arrange for "Sunday
school experts and educators rather
;han prominent men" to talk.
The committee on education dur
ing the meeting here wlll>draft a
four year program, Dean Athern said
for all Protestant Sunday Schools
md day schools of religion of the
Christian faith in North America.,
Colonel Jas. A. Moody, 91 years
>ld. a Confederate veteran died at
iis home near -Waynesboro from in
firmities due to old age. The body
was laid to rest in Big Rock Ceme
tery, the services having been con
tacted by the Rev. Massey.
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Noel West Thursday night, upon
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The boys up to this morning were
unaware that their victim was dead.
West, but 17 years old, .was killed
by Willie Ballard, who himself is
but 16, following a quarrel over a
girl, 14 years old, berry picker on
a farm eighteen miles southwest of
Amite, near the Livingston parish
line, the authorities say. Young
Ballard struck West in the head with
a heavy pine-knot and while West
was lying unconscious on the breast
of Mrs. Jesse Shelton, Finley Ballard
Willie’s elder brother, urged Willie
to "hit him again!” West's skull was
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