e KEYSTONE PRINTING SERVICE, Publishers Entered as matter October 18, 19 was rediculously inconsistent to wit--| approved by 98 per cent of the ness Billy Simith demanding the | people, none of whom imitate it. newspapers be restrained from pub-- # /# lishing accounts of proveedings in THE DIFFERENCE between sa-- his trial. Billy, sitting in the dock,| tan and the road department is that whispered to Jim Welch, his lawyer. | the former makes his detours more Jim nodded and forthwith asked the | enticing. AND IT WAS just as funny as it was rediculously inconsistent to wit-- accomplishment or political prefer-- ment wrested by treachery so despic-- Robert Jeske, suing the Waukegan Sun for libel, was proffered so much m"u-monu- and so little practica hl set to wondering. He tell me most everybody in Waukegan is afraid of the Smith brothers, didn't --dare openly assert the good will and hope of y extended him l-_t"fi:SE;"r@'tbm.hm words-- persecute them by means of vicious publicity. He don't think the attitude he en-- counters is inspired so much by ac-- tual skeletons in the closets of the fearful which the Smiths might rattle by means of retaliation, as by Tear of being subjected to subtle mis-- representation and innuendo without the least provocation. -- It's a funny situation, but I've sensed the same feeling as regards the Smiths even among red blooded citizens, fellows courageous in every other encounter, yet fearful of the that suffered by young Jeske. How often have you heard this: "I don't wunt that pair of birds riding me. They're the limit." -- Maybe protection and success of akind is facilitated by packing a threat of blackmail, but what decent There was a time, and older citizens of Libertyville can remember: it, when fhe poor almost leaped into the ditch to escape being run down by the fine horses owned and driven by the rich. Now decrepit flivers pass the millionaires' twin--six auto on a hill and think nothing about it. Nor is it impossible nowadays for a poor man to leave an estate for his loved ones. When death finds him without either lands or houses or cash when everything we call culture seemed to belong to the rico--they alone found joy in living, and the poor were like so many cattle. There were books in those wisdom may be had for a few pennies. Yesterday only the rich could afford pictures on their walls;today every home in America is hung with beautiful ones, and in our cities big art galleries are maintained by the poor. The singers and musicmakers of yesterday sang and played only for the rich. 'Today almost every home can boast of a phonograph, a piano, a radio set, or all three AUDITORIUM Poverty isn't what it used to be. There was a time You kmow the booke * Vou've langhed yourrelt hoarse at %fi_wfwm&mh%ms BAD _____Added Attraction: "Kidding Kate" _ Thursday and Friday, Jan. 22nd and 23rd It'll Twist You Into . Sailors' Knots of Laughter! The Jolliest Comedy Ever Screened ___._ _ ~JOSEPH M. SCHENCEK Presents Jackie Coogan in "PECK'S BAD BOY" Benefit of Parent Teacher's Association. ALONG THE CURBSTONES Observations By °© A MAN ABOUT TOWN Jean Havez, Clyde Bruckman and Joseph Mitchell FRANK H. JUST, Editor. d Barthelmess in BUSTER KEATON Also Short Subjects. Sleep on the Deep ! who wan use more words now than their friends care to hear. vocabulary will be enlarged by cross-- word puzzles, but there are many The SUN editor has been merci-- less in his persecution of this or that citizen from time to time in the col-- umns of his paper, but when he be-- comes a legitimate target he pleads @@W@m&dflMnfl WHEN SOME MEN talk of be-- ing self--made you can't tell whether it's a boast or a confession. judge to ask the newspapers not to say much about what was said in court during Billy's trial. The judge did suggest it --would be ts well if the papers said nothing during the trial likely to prejudice the jury. But Billy Smith, of all people, to decry publicity. What do you know about that ? iz were getting all the "breaks." Then after seven hours of heated dispute the jury verified my conclusion, and there you are. That's a streak of yellow I didn't know Billy Smith possessed. However, I heard enough of the trial proceedings to convince me the verdict would hardly be satisfactory to Jeske. I thought (expressed in Directed by IT IS CLAIMED that the popular and The McQueeny agency is largely responsible for the successful proecution of crime in Lake county. It's oponflvumfldentudnlhbhndflum& joys t:y reputation for integrity second to none in the 'Doubtless the jury that temmered its findin=s wl 'Doubtleutbejnrythatwmflflhnv!& menybeqmithlwthcsmndimhd"lumd hi-louon"rudthctthckonlr.lflwmtd:y with surprise and chagrin, ltunlylnhjud'edtha defendant, V&tmyhomflmjnrywmm v lesson," and would not again resort to slanderous at--| NOT ONE of the many places in tacks of persons it happened to suit his purpose or Waukegan, North Chicago, or Lake whim to injure. 4 ©_ J county . by Judge Edwards, But the next day after the jury returned its chari-- | is dispensing booze. Not one of the table verdict Smith viciously libeled Mr. | places perpetually offending 05'3 of the agency: employingRobert Jeske, ; at-- | unenjoined but is selling booze tempting to discredit him and his work in Lake county, will sell booze until enjoined. The in-- udnmunghuamybomfunhcmm'by }ue&pmui-mwm'p; attorneys or the State's Attorney, | _ j 'with which the States AMM': m_{fQumyAgpnqhgmlnyorulthMmsmmmb Editor Smith of the Waukegan SUN had a narrow escape from conviction for libeling Robert Jeske of the McQueeny Investigating Agency. It seemed the conclusion of the jury that "Smith had learned his lesson," and would not again resort to slanderous at-- broken, a disability clause in the same insurance policy | or less uncertainty provides for him. . . 4 b 5e o# % Poverty isn't enjoyable, but civilization has taken A LOF oF FoI away the sting of it. The poor of today are righe® | thov wanld ho hann than the rich were fifty years ago. in bank, his survivers only have to sign a receiy fil.m " but honest ? w.fmfgmmwm"a hhag: h .g;'#' is one thing a poor man can buy at the same price a| THE MARRI who rich man has to pay. If old age finds him spent and | in his sleep must lead a life of HE DIDN'T "LEARN HIS LESSON." Stiif 'Jail sentences are the only sort of restraint that impress in the an axe, least such as Matt Jarc. ing: moonshine booze in"l.ibu;vl-rl:. despite repeated raids and -- fines, plead guilty--on his last appearance in court. Judge Persons sentenced Matt to 60 days in jail, which is more consideration than Matt is en-- titled to considering his offenses and the kind of bird be is.-- Six months would be too little for him. Matt's the chap who sold Domini¢ Enrico. awaiting trial for Amurder, the vile poison which infuriated and inspired him. to kill Joe Sabizar with Stiff MATT JARC, who persists in sell fools who will buy the poison from consciousless dispensers, cease to use their influence in protection of men who persist in the nefarious traffic. . But vile and poisonous boaze can be eliminated if injunctions can be secured. ~States Attorney Smith and erating in the slow but sure process. And finally, there isn't: much hope of stopping altogether the sile of dangerous booze until certain law-- yers who profit at the expense of the the property from interfering land-- lords or "stand in" with certain offi-- cials who should be enforcing the law rather than conniving with the violators. There isn't much hope of stopping the sale of liquor in Market street or North Chicago until the States Attorney secures injunctions against the places whose provrietors rent There isn't much hope of stopping the sale of vile and poisonous liquor in Waukegan until the States Attor-- ney secures injunctions against the places the-- proprietors of which "kicked in" to buy the diamond studded star that adorns our police sees A hears about the pessimism, they would be happier if the cost of living could be cut in two and their incomes doubled. i « acids. These are the caoses of un-- natural action of. the bladder at night. _ Lithiated Buchu (Keller Formula) is not a cheap medi¢ine. 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