gat'*-"111" '
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-ucetate. The child '•» bring aeglstted
to »ueh an rxu-nt UmL Uk time will
jsaan come tbnt ha will bo rightfully
taking tba credit far railing h-mealf.
jBaw tba Basra tog manage: “What
; Manner af Child Stall ItBe.'*
‘ The renting mbtoet: “Tba Mon
key Wrench of tba Bible." The char
acter Is placed there to shew every
.phase of Ufa. You may know where
the path lands before yog follow.
Haatr It
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tioed Malic. Good fellcerrhip. Ho.
near and peace U the linceie dwii*
of um church.
Cone ever and wonhla arilh u«.
. J. J. LANCSTON.
'dor* than 1,000 niUtnan aasenb
led in conrvntten at Near York vole-,
aw. to ratio the price of winner ha;
Th -rti. nrdi of aroint a had dee-aled the1
If fl »cl»-.Uru continued to ’it* th.
could not ratal- th* price.
- * ivi£^LM£NT AND VOLSTEAD
aCi UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT
1 < -> — i Which W»i Unnhwn, Regarded Ae Striking Death
w To Hope. Of Wata, Although firmiiiina U Created
For Filing Motion. For Rehearing.
.. a.h.ngton. June 7—The prohlb
•jo omeedmant and the cnforcemct
t verb held constitsUonal by tb
uptime court today In a unanimou
iLicn.
While attorneys for the in tercet:
.stacking the tsro anami were
Vented permission to file motion*
•»r rehearing*, the deelaiea was re
. aided generally as striking a death
i'l»w to the hopes of the wets.
The court’s opinion read*red by
us. ice Van Devanter, was sweeping,
it held Uurt the amendment net ealy
came within the amending power coo
pered by the federal constitution hot
nb lawfully propotil now vu
the law ef the land. While recognis
es that Congress has limitations hi
tespect to the enforcement of laws
rewarding beverages, the court held
iHote limits were not brahaceaded fas
the enactment of the eaforcement act
restricting alcoholic contest at lntox
I* ant* to one half of one per cent.
, „ Slate Acts Invalidated
j While New Yortt. New Jsreey and
Wisconsin nets permitting manufac
ture and sale of beverages of more
than one per cent alcoholic content
we;e not directly involved, the decis
ion was Interpreted as tedaUdsthm
thorn. Tbs court said the tint section
of the amendment of Ha own fores
"invalidates nay legislative act—
vhothar by Congress, by a state leg
islature or by a territorial assembly
which authorises or sanctions what
the section prohibits.’* ■
Concurrent power granted by the
:.tn> ndmmt of federal and stats gov
ernments to onforee Prohibition, the
court further held, "does not enable
Co tigress or the 'Several states to de
'Ml or uwart promnition hot only
toenforea it by apnroprista moans."
1 be decision of tbo coart was set
is eleven conclusion! covering
*v»« separate proceedings These
’oucccdinga included original mite
brought by the state of Rhode Island
directly attacking tha constitutionali
ty of tha amendment
While agreeing aa U the validity of
ihc amendment and enforcement act,
Juttics: McKenna and Clarke dlmant
od from the majority Interpretation
of the eoueu.rent power of federal
and stain governments to enforce pro
hibition. Chief Justice Whita Md
that the court should eat forth the
reasoning for its declaim. Ha did this
in a supplemental opinion
Justice MeRoynelds i„ a brief
uattmeat declared bo waa of the
opinion that it was Impossible to my
at this time what construction shoo id
in- given to the amendment. He added
"but ‘'because of the bewilderment
which the amendment creates" he
p.sfcrrod to remain free to consider
the mnltituda of questions which will
-bit'vitably arise and demand eola
Applies to All I Ignore
The decision set at rag contentions
previously laid before tha const that
tha amendment could not affect aleo
ho’> IV.uora manufaefered prior to
’senary t<. when the omendmeat be
came effective. The ' e*uit held that
«h« etc. *-oent. appW* i ouch liqu
or* me earns aa any produced after
that time.
Regarding arguments la the offset
‘Hat a state having constitutional ref
erendum provisions could not have
been said to have ratified the amend
ment until it had been submitted ta
‘•he voters, the court cited its opln
on. rendered lam Monday In the Ohio
referendum onset, hi which it held
Inst such referendum previsions to
apply to tha federal amendments.
Only one prohibition cam of impor
tance remain* undecided. It U an ap
peal from New Turk involving tha
coRst’tationality of portion*, or the
e-fsitsmiot act prohibiting storage
n warehouses of Intnxieattnw liquor*
IrsIgiMd for peisenal urn. This was
—
u*Md this (print, bat with the
•oart’i adjournment today for ihc
summer cannot be decided before Oc
tober at tba earliest.
TO KEEP LIME UN SLAKED
Wa often with to keep Mm* an
Uaksd lima on hand for fruit spraying
mixture, Ota. It la usually a rattier
bard job to Sad a contn'ner vVek
win not allow the liar to become air
Uahad.
. **? *."?*» car.:,
in which the fad tor our acetylene
■aapiant came, solved the problem.
Tmic cua, vkkh hiv« mo( ft:
Uag tops, will keep the lino perfectly
for a year ar store.
carbide cans bare a way at
P*Ua» upon a place where there is
‘l« Plant e«a folks asually dispose
of ftam ratbsr ckaaply. But anywny,
bo Its price cheap or dear, the enr
Mda can will prove its worth when it
S®"_ *° £••**“* unslaked Ums.- -
®- ^Jda, Jr., in The Profrte
tra Parmer.
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Trsmm ell .tyle.
HOOD*A QRAX?HAM
REIGN OF O. HENRY
OVER 10 YEARS AGO
<{J*w York Evening Post, June 4)
Wm. Sydney Potter, better known
ae 0. Henry, died in thia city ten
r" ago tomorrow. that ia, on June:
1S10. So did all tha diverse roads
01 ba destiny bring him at last to hj,
?V" hiagdosa, for “Bagdad-«a-the.
Subway belonged to him at K neve
hooto aay othar man.
., Tear* was the short span of
his Caliphate here, yet in thatUrae
ho penetrated clone to tha intangible
*“ . peefeetly recognisable thing
"*ieh the ancieata worshipped aa go
and which we leaTroverant:
»®rtal* ityie thp “anlrit of a place." i
®fton without realising ita aignifi
eaace. Not oaly did ho got cloae to the
Jpint ef thia city, bat ho Interpreted
■ta mutencaa into articulate ap&ch
5S1 ^f°rae. •P®heaman for It. and
this office of apokeaman and interoro
*?r h*» »«* boon challenged. Whether,
like a dimmed .lb_lu
■® walked the water front or dropped
into •oma itriap tttinf place on
or aa the spectator of the
hf* *f the great metropolis he occ»
pied hie ealiph'• throes in hie favor
It* restaurant, watching people
around the comer that never dis
appointed him, the city became hie
world and furnished him a rich store
af material, unfailing inepiritioB and
a revelation of that Innar Ufa which
Mamina to meat of us a sealed booh.
Mo. whatever taming bd took, what
ever fork of the road he chose, it
would not have mattered. 0. Henry
.must have Anally reached this city
that wac waiting for hiih and claimed
I him a* her own.
So much fable and legend have
grown up about the nemo of 0. Henry
tnlee of his extravagant generosity.
®f his eccentric treatment of celebrity
hunters, of his ndventures in end out
•* the way pieces and with-out-of-tbe
ordinary people, that he begins to
•••» almost a myth. It Is hard to
J®®li»® that ha was Uvlag here Wa
than a doien years ago, er t*.t his
favorite haunts knew him then as a
<*®ll7 vjWtaat and hi* circle of friend*
in hi* flashing wit and run sympathy.:
Ho it in with a alrang* Min uf tuuch
>n* flngar dpt ta a past already my
thical that ana talk* to aoaM one who
knew O. Henry during kit to Jo urn
bare, and wko can really my. "Yet.
It wnn tkua and to, at you believe, for
I know him."
A New York man, hating swallow
'd two tacka In the aoup that he waa
taring at a reataurant. hat obtained
* vvcdicl for td&.VUU daraagr* train i
the re.ilaurant pmprivtor. It is raoi*
profitable to swallow a lack than to
■it on one.
After month* of iurpeiietor of such
activity, the Prceidcr.t. vn»hou‘ o
League of Nation* covenant to uui.le
nlm, has aulociatiraUy is mined in
ternational relation* by receiving for
cin' ambassador! and rain -ten.
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IT IS TOUGH—WATXMOOT—DURABLE
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Shingles, Paints
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There is a strong market for all of the tilings we carry
for building purposes, but we are still fairly well stocked
**** cmn *upply immediate orders with little difficulty.
This is the building season. Construction and recon
structkmmre going on all over the country. There is not
nemr enough material to supply the demand that will come *
with the full opening of the season.
The goods we have in stock will be sold as cheaply as
the price we paid will permit. When we get more, the price
ts bound to be higher.
For these reasons we are advising our ,r. lends to place
orders now. Every delay will cost you m >ney. "
Give us lists of the things you will require. We will do
I t>ur best to get fo • you :-.ll t!ir,t you may need.
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The FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Condensed Report at Close of Business May 4t}i, 1920.
N.
RESOURCES
Loans.$818,509.20
Bonds... 198.800.00
Stock Federal Reserve Bank - - 1,800.00
Bonking House and Fixtures. _ 51,105.22
5 per ct. Redemption Fund_ 2,000.00
Ca'jK on hand and due from b*s. 96,790.11
Total..—$1169,004.53
LIABILITIES /
Capital stock_$ 50,000.00 i
Surplus and Undivided Profits 40*866.90
<• irculation __ 40,000.00
Federal Reserve Deferred Cr’s. 16,967.21
Rediscounts . ._ 28,750.00
Bills Payable (Liberty Bonds) 100,000.00
DEPOSITS . -_ 892,420.42
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Total... $1,169,004.53
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One reason for our growth is that no account suit the little man and the big man alike. We
is too small for us to handle. $818,509.20 base our loans on your deposits, and try to
loaned out in this community speaksJ for it- show our appreciation "of your business by
self. We take care of the Merchant, the Far- giving service,
mer, the Businessman in every business pur
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P. S. COOPER, Prtt. G. M. TILGHIIAN, V-Pm. H. B. TAYLOR, Cubitr !