CHURCH DIRECTORY. S. PAUL’S CHURCH EPISCOPAL Second Sunday of each month Hob Communion at 8:30 a. m. Vesper! and sermon 8 p. m. Tuesday after fourth Sunday ves pers and sermon 8 p. m. Rev. W. A. Render, Pastor. st.patrick7schurch catholic - Sunday Services: First Mass 8 a m., Second Mass 9 a. m., High Mass at 10.30 a. m. Vespers 7:30 p. m. Daily Mass 8 a. m. Catechetical Instruction for Firsl Communicants 3 p. m. Tuesdays anc Thursdays. * Confession, Saturday from 3 p. n. to 6 p. m. and from 7 p. m. to 9:3C p. m. Children’s Confession, Firsl Thursday every month at 1:30 p. m. Very Rev. M. F. Cassidy, Pastor. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday morning service 10:30 a. m., Sunday School 11:30 a. m., Christian Endeavor 7 p. m., Evening Service S p, m. Midweek Service, Wednesday 8 p. m, Choir Rehearsal Saturday, 8 p. m. Rev. George Longstaff, Pastor. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH. Sunday Morning Service, 10:30 a, m., Sunday School, 11:30 a. m., Young People’s Service 7 p. m., Evening Service, 8 p. m. Midweek Services: Tuesday, 7:30 p. m.; Young People’s Prayer Service Wednesday, 8 p. m.; Regular Prayer Meeting, Thursday, 8 p. m., Choir Practice, Young People’s Choir, Fri day, 8 p. m., Morning Choir Saturday, 7:30 p. m. Rev. C. F. Steiner, Pastor. PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS. The Public Library will be open each day except Monday from this time on until further notice: Afternoons, 2:00 to 5:30. Evenings, 7:00 to 9:00. Sundays, 2:00 to 5:30 p. m. MARY McLAUGHLIN, Librarian. O’NEILL CONCERT BAND. Meets for practice every Monday and Friday night at K. C. Hall at 8 p. m. Jess G. Mills, President; Elmer E. Davey, Librarian, E. D. Henry, Sec retary-Treasurer. Jess G. Mills, Leader. PROTECTIVE TARIFF WINNING SUPPORT IN “SOLID SOUTH” Predicted Southern Democracy Will Split Over Tariff Schedules. Washington, Aug. 8.—An analysis of the votes of the House upon the Fordney Tariff bill justifies the belief of political observers that the “solid South” is on the verge of disintegra tion. In fact, the record shows the process of dissolution have already started. On the test vote for a protective tariff on cotton, 21 Democrats voted for the tariff, 18 of whom are from the “solid South.” The record vote shows these Democrats to have been, Aswell, La.; Blanton, Texas; Buchan an, Texas; Dupre, La.; Favrqt, La.; Gardner, Texas; Hayden, Arizona; Humphreys, Miss.; Lankford, Ga;. Larsen, Ga.; Lazaro, La.; Lea,Cal.;Lee, Ga.: Martin, La.; Overstreet, Ga.; Par rish, Texas; Raker, Calif.; Sandlin, la.; Smithwick, Florida; Wilson, La. - Of these 21 it will be seen that Louisiana contributed seven votes, Georgia, five; Texas, four; Mississippi and Florida, one vote each. In other words, the solid Democratic Louisiana delegation, with the exception of one, voted for this protective schedule. One-fourth of the members from Tex as voted for it and five out of the Georgia delegation of twelve. (m tne test vote ior protective auty on hides, 25 Democrats were recorded in favor of a proective tariff, as fol lows: Asiwell, La.; Bell, Ga.; Blanton, Texas; Buchanan, Texas; Deal, Va.; Dupre, La.; Favrot, La.; Garner, Tex as;* Hayden, Ariz.; Humphreys, Miss.; Jones, Texas; Lankford, Ga.; Laxaro, La.; Lea, Calif.; Lee, Ga.; Mansfield, Texas; Martin, La.; Moore, Va.; Pad gett, Tenn.; Park, Ga.; Parrish, Texas; Raker, Calif.; Sandlin, La.; Smithwick, Fla.; Wilson, La. Louisiana again came within one of casting her solid vote for this protective schedule. Tex as increased its Democratis support to six which, added to the Republican vote of Congressman Wurbach, made seven Texas votes out of the total 17. Georgia cast one-third of its total vote for the schedule. Mississippi, Florida and tennessee each contributed one, and Virginia contributed two Demo cratic votes. This makes a total of 22 Democrats from the “solid South” who supported the hide schedule. Congressmn Wurzbch (Rep.) repre senting the San Antonio, Tex., district is convinced that the Republican party will, in the near future, challenge Democratic control in a very largt part of the South. “It may seem ar exaggerated statement,” says Con gressman Wurzbach, “but I believe il expresses the exact truth that 80 pei cent of Texas people firmly believe ir a protective tariff. In the last few years the Southern people have be come convinced to the Republicar tariff policy. Southern farmers, stock men and business men who understam ti e tariff are today almost to a mat in favor of its cardinal doctrine of Re pnblicanism.” Judge Wurzbach say: the Democrats who voted against < protective tariff on cotton and hide, are going to have a very serious timi explaining their vote to their constit uents. He calls attention to the fac that the Fordney Tariff bill protect practically every product in the Soutl as, for example, rice, onions, citrou fruits, cattle on hoof, and all varietiei of meat products and all vegetabl oils such as cotton seed oil, peanut oi and soy bean oil. Had a few mor Democrats in the House really repre sented their constituency and voted fo the welfare of their interests th list would have been complete by in elusive of a. tariff on cotton and hides The Married Man dropped in at hi club after a late supper, et cetera. By design or chance, it matters no which, he looked at himself in a mil ror. First thing he saw was a braze streak of white on his coat lapel. “Good Lord!” he exclaime: “There’d be the devil to pay if the wif saw that! Here! Boy! Get you broom and brush me off!” N, HEROES TREATED BADLY SAYS SENATE REPORT Wilson Admnistration Responsible For the Conditions of Those Disabled Overseas. Wasfvinton, August 8.—The Wilson Administration’s carelessness in deal ing with the disabled soldiers is re vealed by the report of the Senate in vestigation! committee, of which the Reupblican members are Senators Sutherland, of West Virginia; Calder, of New York, and Weller, of Mary land. The report says: "In. the opinion of the committee the conditions srrounding this relief work have reached a point where it 'would be unpardonable for Congress to tolerate a further continuation of the cumbersome, overlapping, hap hazard methods under which this prob lem is being handlc<|, with the con sequent neglect and vacillation which has and will inevitably follow from much unwieldly and unscientific or ganizations as were set up to take care of this work. Considering the amount of good tliat has been accom plished, we believe the cost has been extravagant, indeed profligate. "The committee believes that a fur ther continuation of the present sys tem of separate bureaus handling the problems which are so closely inter related would be not only unfavorable from the viewpoint cf our incapaci tated Iwar veterans, but would be a pitiable reflection on congressional in ability to bring about quick beneficial changes in the present laws. "We are further convinced that un explainable delays, confusion, red tape, complications, and intricate, slow moving machinery have combined to increase the difficulties of the inca pacitated ex-service men to the high est possible point in securing compen sation or aid to which they are en titled. There have been many in stances before us of soldiers who have legitimate claims waiting for judg ment. Men have testified to waiting weeks and months without a settle ment or decision, some of them maimed beyond hope of supporting themselves or their families; others, sick or badly disabled, unfit for re suming their old occupations, have been forced to wait indefinitely while their claims were pending. “In addition, your committee finds that the hospitalization arrangements have been utterly inadequate, some times insanitary and unwholesome, al ways laden with red tape and lumber ing methodicity. Especially we are convinced that there are no sufficient hospital facilities for attending to the two special classes of disease result ing from this war, neuropsychiatric and plumonary tuberculosis, and where cared for they are overcrowded. “The bureaus examining, rating, and hospitalizing the men, we find, have not been working in conjunction with the bureaus compensating and training them. For example, the Bu reau of War Risk Insurance and the Federal Board for Vocational Educa tion both are calling upon the Adju tant General for the military history of the same man and are conducting separate physical examinations in each case. Neither of them accept the vocational board has often ruled a medical findings of the other. The vocational board has often ruled a man’s disease to be connected with the service, whereas the War Risk De partment has taken the opposite view and denied compensatioin, and vice versa. Oftimes a man has been granted vocational training, which im plies at least 10 per cent disability by the Federal board, and denied a simi lar rating by the War Risk Bureau. Neither of the two bureaus has ade quate control over the details of the hospitalization program. $300,000,000 NEEDED IN SHIPPING BOARD LEAK Much More Thrown Away By Ex travagance Shown During Wilson Administration. ► Washington, August 8.—Disclosure of systematic misrepresentation of Shipping Board waste and extrava gance in the Wilson Administration, necessitating the appropriation of an other $300,000,000 to make up the de ficit, is made by Chairman Lasker of the new Harding Board. Chairman Lasker -of the board said he was prepared to appear before Congressional committees to explain the condition of the board’s finances and ask for a relief appropriation of approximately $300,000,000 for the current fiscal year. In announcing the new estimate of the deficit incurred in operation of the government fleet, Chairman Lasker declared the books cf the Shipping Board were in a “de plorable condition” and that they “could not have been kept in much different shape had they been kept with a view to cheating and deceiving Congress and the country.” “I know and want to explain the chairman added, “that Admiral Ben son (former chairman of the board) and Auditor Tweedale had not the re motest thing to do with such gross misrepresentations.” The accounting systems, he said, “were started in the stress of war and continued in the stress of incompe i tency,” and though outside auditors had produced the figures given out, “I i don’t guarantee them even now.” i “When I showed the President the s figures he was shocked and dismayed ! that such a condition could exist,” ■ Chairman Lasker continued. “The : $300,000,000 received from operations s when deducted from the $680,000,000 i received by the board from all sources i shows net expenditures of $380,000, i 000, although the public records show s $100,000,000 to be all that had been 1 appropriated by Congress for the year. 5 This is an astounding case of absolute - deception of the country and of Con r gress. It will be a shock to Congress, ' as it was to the President, to hear that - the net expense of this enterprise paid • out of public funds last year was $380,000,000.” 5 Chairman Lasker explained that the extra funds to keep the establishments t going were obtained chiefly from the - sale of $200,000,000 of capital assets, i ships and supplies, plus $80,000,000 of a balance from funds left from last year. s “Approximately $200,000,000 repre r sents the absolute loss on operations in the fleet,” he continiued, “and then there was $160,000,000 spent on ship construction. What these newly ac quired assets are worth is highly ques tionable. “The plans for the steamer Amer ican Legion, which starts on its first trip in a few days, were redrawn seven times, and it is easy to see how that would run up the cost. First the American Legion was an Army trans port, then a Navy transport, than n hospital ship, then it was determined to make her a cattle boat, and after spending money on all these blue prints, it was deciided to transform her into a passenger ship—and she is a beautiful and fine passenger ship. But she cost between $6,000,000 and $7,000, 000 before she sailed her first miles. Her real worth is probably half her cost. So you can see the as sets are pretty sick assets. But, after all, there is a fleet. So that our task is to make what was a liability into an asset.” POWDER MARKS. The Unfledged Youth met his Pals at the Customary Meeting Place. “Ah, ha!” said One of Them. “Where’d ya get your poweder marks?” “What d’ya mean, powder marks?” he asked, searchingly. There was a general haw haw’ among the Pals. “Take a look at your coat lapel,” said One of Them. He looked. Then he rose to his full height and expanded his chest. “She’s a peach, fellers,” and boast fully he told of his flirtations con quest and its climatic consequences, of which the powder on his coat was a conceit-inspiring reminder. — Albert H. Laidlaw. The Bachelor stopped in the Cor ner Cafe at 1 a. m. to partake of an excuse for a contemplative cigar in the dark of his lonely bedroom before retiring. As he was about to depart therefrom thereto, after paying his check to the pretty night cashier whose grin was not, though it might have been mistaken for, flirtations ness, an incoming Bachelor Friend narrowly escaped colliding with him. They shook hands, and then the Bach elor Friend surveyed him astutely, a twinkle in his eye. r . _ _____ “I say, George,” said the Bacheloi Friend, “what have you been doing this evening?” “Oh, why,—er,—not much of any thing in particular, that I can think of,” the Bachelor stammered “Why?” “Come off!” laughed the Bacheloi Friend. “Don’t try to act so con founded innocent about things. What’s that on your coat?” “My coat? Where? What’s the matter with it?” “You’ve been up against some thing, George. Your coat lapel.” The Bachelor looked. His face flushed with virtuous consciousness of guilt. He dashed out at the Corner Cafe, his Bachelor Friend’s mocking laughter pounding his ears, his taste for contemplative cigars tinctured with wormwood.—Albert H. I^idlaw. THREE DAYS GRACE. American Legion Weekly: Mag gie’s sweetheart, a proverbial tight fisted Scot, had taken her out for the afternoon, and that was about all. They rode some distance on the trolley, turned around and rode home again. Never was mentioned made of food or entertainment. Back within her own gateway, Mag gie, who had keenly felt the neglect, sarcastically proffered Sandy a dime. “For the carfare you spent on me,” she said meaningly. “Hoots, toots, woman,” returned Sandy, pocketing the coin. “There was nae hurry, i Saturday wad hae been time enough.” TOO LATE THEN. Birmingham Age-Herald: “All through my trial you kept saying, ‘Your honor, I object,’ ” snarled the convicted crook. “So 1 did, so I did,” replied his lawyer, soothingly. When the judge sent me up for 10 years, why in Sam Hill didn’t you ob ject to that?” OBEYING THE SIGN. Boston Globe: “Did you deliver my message to Mr. Smith, Tommy?” asked the manager of the new office bey. “No sir,” replied Tommy. “He was out and his office was locked up.” ..- i .—— ■ —-——— ■» ■ “Why didn't you wait for him as 1 told you to do?” “There was a notice on the door, sir, saying, ‘Return immediately.’ ao l came bock here as quickly as I could sir” . ' Loo\ for the Water Mar\ Ever, pick up a sheet of writing paper so invitingly beautiful to the eye and the touch, that it seemed to say to your fingers, "You must write on me! ”? Symphony Lawn is just such a paper. It comes in three exquisite finishes and several smart tints. Sheets and envelopes in the newest shapes. Also correspondence cards to match. May we show you Symphony Lawn? Charles E. 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