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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-06
1 DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Of Relief Corps. Wednesday, with
Many Out tow, Visitors. i'i

The annual District convention of the
Relief Corps was held, "Wednesday att
ternoon, at the Odd Fellows hall. This
district embraces the Relief Corps OF
Pittsfield Skowhegan, OaN.and, "a CLINTON
and Fairfield. The guests were the memr
bers of the Sidney Relief Corps At T.
F. NJ, a Chicken Pie dinner was served
by the local lodge, in charge. of Mrs
Mary Gilman, Mrs. Catharine Johnson,
Mrs May Narney, Mrs. ora Waidron. "A
number of the local members met the
guests and out-of-town members at the
various trains and conducted them e
the lodge rooms In the forenoon. TIL
hall was opened to the visitors and a
pleasant time was eajpyed in renewing
old acquaintancos and making new ones.
The work was begun, at l.3o i. NJ: H. J..
Pratt Corps, No Il, peiforping it. Mrs.
Elizabeth Savage, Junior department vice
president, of bangor, was the Inspect
ing officer and several other department
officers were present The convention
proved to be very profitable for all pres
ent. About 50 Reiief Corps members
were present.
The Gentlemen's night of the Younger
Set has been postponed from Wednes-
day evening to Thursday evening.
Ernest Campbell of Albion. Howard
Watson and Captain William Fields
both of Milbridge have been guests
this week, of Judge Harvey lI.-~Brazzell
Mrs. Florence rlHmmer Dove of Au
gusta is Il guest of her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs Albert Plummer, at West Benton.
Rev. Lester l.. lewis has il eturnec
, from a short business trip to Pittsfeld
The Helping Hand Society will hole
/ its annual sale, supper and entertain
ment, Thursday, at the Benton Tow
hail In the afternoon, Il Baby show vii
| be held. \ fruit table. candy table ant
! apron table will be displayed in the hall
| A fine supper will he served In the eve
ming. the playlette, The Rural Rule,
! will be presented Those who will tax,
| part in the farce are: Violet Boston. lie
ma Lyon, Elvin Grant and Clifton Alex
ander a social hour Will follow.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-31

Washington, Jan. 31.-Inside
dope on the kind Of oppression in
force at the Rankin and Braddock
plants in Pittsburgh was given
the American Federation of
Labor today By two foFnier ent
ployes ofthe American Steel and
Wire Co
The information in the hands
Of the federation as to conditions
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-31

Ul1I0NfsM rs MADE TIE
STRIKE ISSUE
Pittsburgh Jan. 31.-The RAM
kin-Braddok strike issue is union
ism A'shift from day rate to tom
mage rate started the strike, but
recognition Of the union is now
the issue.
The steel trust today announc-
ed what is approximately a gen
eral advance of 10 per cent in
wages in Allegheny county.
But along with the announce
ment of the raise came another
distinct refusal to recognize the
union.
And what the workmen want is
not only raise, but recognition
Of their industrial freedom, and so
the offered raise is not certain to
end the strike.
ne OffeT OF a raise IS really
the come-baek of the trust at the
American Federation Of Labor
an attempt to draw the workers
from allegiance to the federation
and to make it seem to the outside
world that the workers are IN the
wrong.
II anyone can bring this strike.
toa close with honor to the work
ers I shall be pleased" said Or
ganizer Flynn today.
Washington, Jan. 31-Inside
dope on the kind Of oppression in
force at the Rankin and BrdddOck
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-31

among SIeeli WORKERS ls an so
to the Stanley committee of tie
House.
THE REASON WHY
He was a hardenedslook'19
rufian, and, in the opinion of tre
spectators in the courtroom dlen
stand much Of a chance.
His counsel, his voice husky
with emotion, was addressing ae
jury
Gentlemen, said he, my
ent is a very poor man He w
driven by hunger and Wan 70
take the small sum OF money
that he wanted was sufhciest
money to buy food for his little
ones. Evidence OF. this lies ia the
face thatshe did not take a pocket
book containing fifty dollars that
was lying on the table"
The counsel paused for a mo-
ment to make has appeal more
dramatic, but the silence that en-
sued was INTERRUPTED by the sobs
of the prisoner
Why do you weep asked the
judge.
Because / didn't see the Pocz-
etbook there, " replied the prison
er in heart-broken accents
-O--O
How would you classify 81
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-31
10 loud 20 80

WEATHER FC
Fair tonight and Saturday e.
Chicago and vicinity cold Wa
tonight, with zero temperat
brisk northwest winds,
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28

A mission press decides Ia
PRINT a calendar in the Chinese
language and spread it broadcast
over China. The leaven works
until an imperial mandate goes
forth proclaiming the Lords Day
a universal day of rest. Weary
millions fnd surcease from toll.
Confncianism, Buddhism an d
Taoism are rdiscredIted and the
cross of Jesus Christ is raised
over the most popuIous nation
of the world.
When Kang Yu Wei, the splen.
did leader of the reform move
ment of 1898, was interviewed at
Hongkong, the editor OF the Chi
nese Mail said to him: "China
has not had patriot in a hun
dred years, and bow you sudden
ly appear, the embodiment of
the highest patriotism and the
wisest craftsmanship. l don't
understand it. Where did you
get you information and your
inspiration?" The reply was:
"From two men-Timothy Rich
ards. an English Baptist mission.
airy and Young j. Allen, a Meth
odist missionary from America. |"
Which of the great reforms 10
China that have startled the
world within the last twenty-five
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28

The tack of evaugelizing the
world is one of gigantic proper
tions. To furnish one mission
AIRY to every IS, 900 heathens the
American churches must increase
their force from 1000 to 10000
missionaries and their gifts from
80, 500, 900 to $40, 900, 900 annual
ly. This is assuming that the
Christians of America are respon-
sible for 500. 900. 900 of the un-
evangelical. This, large as it
seems, is less than one fifth of
what is spent on the churches at
home, less than a street car fare
a week per church member.
Ofthese unevangelized millions
assigned to one denomination
alone, 100000 are in China,
within that Gibraltar of missions
atwhose unyielding front mis-.
sionaries have been pounding for
more than half a century.
In an appeal to the people of
this denomination, one of the
secretaries says:
Sin the Sunrise Kingdom of
Japan there are 1000. 900; in
Korea, that la1d of spiritual mar
wells, where the revival fires new
er wane, there are 1000, 900
broken hearted people; in Bra
nil. the rich aud wonderful land
of the Southern Gross. there are
5000, 900; Mexico presents the
problem aud privilege of evange.
lizing 100000 of her popula
ton; Cuba, the Pearl Of the An
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28

to the puny effort of a feeble
man there NAV be added the in
finite power that swings solar
systems A half dozen good wo-
men in the city of Annoy, heart
burdened with the thought OF
Chiua's childhood suffering the
tortures of foot binding, met IN
the home of humble missionary
and decide to organize an anti.
foot binding society. A few de-
cades later an imperial edict abol-
ished the custom aud fifty million
helpless babies were saved from
intolerable anguish and crippled
lives.
A Presbyterian missionary and
a Methodist missionary doctor in
the city of Soochow discuss the
a wful evil OF a hundred and nifty
million people debauched by OPT
um and decide to organize an
anti-opium society. A few years
later petition is presented to
the throne signed by one thous-
and three hundred and thirty
three missionaries. A month
later, in almost the identical
language of the petition, an i'm
perial edict is promulgated, pro-
hiditing the habitual use of OPT
um and making provision for the
abolition of the traffic.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28

titles, nestles close to our shores
and there 1000, 900 people await
the glad tidings."
This constitutes an army equal
to one-half the whole population
of the United States. AS one
writer has said: They come
from the East and the West, all
open and friendly to us, yexed
with vague unrest and full of un-
voiced questionings. We are
their hope, we hold their destiny
in our hands. Shall we fail
them?"
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28
Great Work Completed

The Congo Reform Association
formed nearly ten years ago. hav-
ing flushed the task for which il
was created, recently disbanded.
1t was through this organization
that startling charges were
brought against King Leopold of
Belgium for his campaign of cru
city In connection with the gath
ering of crude rubber by the ma
tives of the Congo basin. The
association focused the attention
of the civilized world upon an
intolerable, situation and brought
to bear upon it all the forces of
righteous public indignation.
The association had five OBJ.
jects, each of which has been at
tanned. They were: The abol-
Ition of atrocities; the abolition
of the main features upon which
the slave system reposed; tine
separation of the administrative
from the commercial element :;
direct taxation in place of irreg
ular demands for rubber; free
dom of trade.
The civilized world owes a
great debt to the Englishmen who
formed this association. For 25
years the Congo country was the
scene OF some of the most ruth
less savagery ever practiced by
white men upon a dependent
people.
1t rs said on good authority
that during the Leopold regime
the Congo population was reduc-
ed from 0,000, 900 to 5000, 900.
The Magic Teueh
How often do we forget that
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28
by SOUTHERN MISSIONARY NEWS BUREAU
Ida Clyde Clarke-Editor

The emergency of Japan as
a world force, the awakening
of China, the ,ferment of SOC
ial and political ideas In India,
the quickening of national
CONSCIOUSNESS in Persia and the
remarkable political and re:
ligious reimbursement taking
place in Moslem lands, from
the island Sumatra on the east
to Constantinople on the west,
are conditions which will tax
to the utmost the Weldon and
faith of the Christian states
man who prays and plans for
the extention of the kingdom
of God in all the earth.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28
years cannot be directly or indi-
rectlv traced TO the touch of
Christ upon the nation2
DIR. @. +. REID.
Great sunday school Army

The Protestant Sunday School
Army of the world now numbers
2S, 70i ,4S9, or equal to one-third
of the population of the United
States. This is a gain over three
years ago of 690,295 members.
The most notable gains are in
Asia where reports show S,113
new schools, with 316, S1S more
pupils enrolled than there we're
enrolled three years ago.
Student Work in Japan
There are 100000 students
above the primary grade in ia
pan. A committee of mission.
aries has been formed to reach
these young men and women
with Christian literature and
little sheet called "The Morning
Light" is being widely distribu-
ted. One of the Committee
says: "We believe we can reach
100000 students and that we can
influence three times that many.
We will soon be distributing TO-
600 papers,"
Fourteen student hotels in Ja-
pan have been made possible by
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28
The Cost Of Rslig ion

Sometimes one hears the COM
plant that religion is too costly.
Going TO church we are told costs
too much nowadays, and men
say that the gospel should be
preached without money and
without price. "The Lutheran
makes this reply: Last year
about $250,000 was spent to keep
the work of 142, 900 churches in
America going-an average of
about ~ 90 per COMMUNICATE
member. One would think that if
religion is really worth much it
should make much heavier de-
mands on the purse than that.
Confectionery and soft drinks,
however, seem to be worth more
to the American people than re-
ligion, for $500, 100000 is spent
for these articles. The automo-
bile bill is double what it costs
to run the churches, and the jew
elry bill exceeds 1t more than
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28

an American gift Of $4,000.
When Secretary Kim entered on
his Office two years ago there
were but two Korean Christians
in this student community and
now there are eighty.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1913-10-28

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-21
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELECTION.

Notice Is hereby given, that In accordance
with Chapter |, Article 5, Section 4O2. an cleo
ton will be held on the 9Th day OF July.
1913, at Davenport, to determine whether the
territory described herein shall be constituted
a special tax school district to be known as
the Davenport Special Tax School District, and
to elect three trustees to serve two years and
determine the number Of mills to be assessed
for each OF the ensuing two years. The ter
ritory TO be embraced In the District as fol
lows:
Beginning at the N. e. corner Of Sec. %,
Township &c, South Of Range 81 East, and rum
ming East to the county line, thence following
the county line to the center line OF Town
ship ~, South Of Range % East, thence run
ming west to the Southwest corner OF Sec. Is
Township 81. South Of Range 20 East. thence
! running North to the Northwest corner Of Sec.
| ton 49, Township 20, South OF Range "a
East, thence running East to the northeast
corner OF Section IL, Township &c, South OF
Range 81 East. and thence running South tt
| the Northeast corner Of Section %. TOWNSHIP
! 20, South of Range q East, which Is The
point Of beginning.
V. D. Adair {. c. Young. and J. l.. Smith
are hereby appointed inspectors Of said cleo
ton, and Chas Parrish. clerk.
BY order Of the Board Of Public Instruction
| c. A. PARKER,
| Sl0-Sat. County Superintendent
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-21
A CONFESSION
Hopes Her Statement, Made Public
will Help Other Women.

Hines, Ala.-''l must confess, says
Mrs. Eula Mae Reid, Of this place, thai
Cardui, the woman's tonic, has done me
a great deal Of good.
Before | commenced using Cardui.
would spit up everything | ate. had q
tired, sleepy feeling all the time, and was
irregular. could hardly drag around,
and would have severe headaches con-
tinuously.
Since taking Cardui. l have entirely
quit splitting up what eat. Everything
seems to digest all right, and ! have
gained 10 pounds in weight"
II you are a victim of any Of the numer-
Gus ills so common to your sex, it Is
wrong to suffer.
For half a century, Cardui has been re-
lieving just such ills, as is proven by the
thousands Of letters, similar to the above,
which pour into our office, year by year.
Cardui is successful because it is COM
posed ofingredients which actspecifically
on the wolnanly constitution, and helps
build the weakened organs back to health
and strength.
Cardui has helped others, and win help
you, too. Get a bottle today. YOU
won't regretit. Your druggist sells 1t.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Lad!e.' A.
yisory Dept, Chattanooga. Tenn. for Specsl! IN
strlctiOns on your case and 6A-page book. 1omc
Treatment fos Women. sent In plain wrapper. Nc "a
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-21
Changes Name-Inherits $4,000 600.

Seattle. Wash.-Judge French's de-
cision in the suit brought by Henry
Wharton Shoemaker. millionaire poet.
against his former wife, Mrs. Beatrice
Shoemaker Perry. to annul the adop-
ton of his fve-year.cld son, Henry.
enables the boy to change his last
name from Perry 10 Shoema and
thereby inherit 100000 OF 80 estate
Of his grandfather, Henry L. Shoe.
maker. who lived in New York.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-21
Wanted No "s..y Fiat" AZ Death

New York; want no pageantry
or discourse from paid sky pilots"
So reads the will OF Philip S. Stats.
an actor and cong writer. for probate
here. The will ended with an iteration
OF a curse upon anyone attempting 20
break the document
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-06-21
Ma cood fhjna 10 Ever Lost.


Remember that truth. tho most In
portant and encouraging Of all truths
Your life may not seem worth WHILE
the sacrifices that you make for 9TH
ers may not seem worth while. But
no good thing Is ever lost. And he
who does his duty contributes for
ever to the sum total of that which
Is good In the universe.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
MRS. J. B. HODGES IS
 CALLED BY DEATH
Mother of Secretary of State Hodges Expires at Her Home in
 Mammoth Sprln0.

Little Rock, Dec. 2O.-News was received in Little Rock Friday of the death at 9:l5 o'clock that morn ing of Mrs. J. B. Hodges, mother of Secretary of State Earle w. Hodges, at her home in Mammoth Spring. Mr. Hodges was at the bedside of his mother when death came, hav- ing gone to Mammoth Spring Thurs day, when he was notified that she was critically ill. Funeral services were held today, Mrs. Hodges is survived by four sons, Earle, Ed ward, Roy and Clyde.
 Immediately after learning of the death of Mrs. Hodges, Governor George w. Hays issued a procla- mation declaring that all state of fees shall be closed and all state business suspended during today.
 Officials at the capitol yesterday donated liberally toward the pur- chase of a floral offering to be sent 10 Mammoth Springs for the fu- neral.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
MENA FISH HATCHERY BILL.
Measure Introduced by Mr. WingO
 ApprOpriates S25,000.

As stated some days ago Tn spe- cial message to this paper, Mena IS going to have a fish hatchery If the efforts of our congressman. Otis ' Wineo. are successful. Copies oi the bin have been received in Mena and reads as follows.
 In the House of Representatives December ,. 1913. Mr. Wingo in- lroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and ordered to be printed.
 A BILL
 For the establishmtne of a fish cultural station for the propaga- ton of fish at or near Mena, Ar kansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled,
 That for the establishment ot a fish-culturaI station for the propa- sation of fish at or near Mena, Polk County. Arkansas, the purchase ol site. construction of buildings and ponds, and other equipment S25,oOu is hereby appropriated.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
Fl DORADO YOUTH
 WINS CLUB PRIZE
Smead Primm Raises 3,745 Pounds of Cotton on Two Acres
 Wins $150 Scholar t ship.

Little Rock, Dec. 2i.LSmead Primm of Fl Dorado, Union county, wins the first of the state prizes in the Boys Cotton Club, according to an announcement of w. J. Jerni- gan, assistant state agent in charge of the boys demonstration club work.
 Young Primm made on his two acres 3,7i5 pounds, or i,872h pounds an arce. The average yield of similar land under ordinary culti- vation was about 1000 pounds. He made this yield on land that had been farmed six years. The cotton was planted April 8 in rows four and a half ftet apart and eighteen inches in drill. Bank Account va riety was used. He used $50 pounds of low grade fertilizer an acre. He cultivated his crop about nine times with a spring tooth harrow and cul- tivators. His net profit an acre is $56.76 He wins the $i50 scholar ship to an agricultural school in this state, offered by the bankers association.
 The second state prize was won by Jeff Rogers of Three Creeks Ark, Union county, by growing i,- TAP pounds of seed cotton an acre net profit of S54.67
 The third state prize was won by p. C. Galloway, Jr., of Moscow, Jer- ferson county. Young Galloway made a yield of 2,275 pounds of Im- proved Triumph cotton on an acre with a net profit of $76.47.
 The fourth state prize was won by Edward Hamilton of Levy, Pu- laski county. He made a yield of i 1895 pounds, with a net profit of Si225 an acre.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
GOOD ROADS MAGAZINE OUT.
New Periodical, Edited by A. V
 Smith, Devoted to Highways.

Little Rock Dec. 22.-The Good Roads Magazine devoted wholly 10 the cause of better and more nu- merous highways in Arkansas, made it's initial bow to Arkansas readers last week. Edited by Representa- tive Andrew V. Smith, author of the present highway act, and can- didate for office of commissioner for the Department of State Lands, Highways and Improvements, the sixteen pages of the infant" con- tain many valuable articles upon the subject of good roads.
 Contributed articles by E. A. Kingsley state highway engineer; c. W. Highfill, member of the State Highway Commission; A. s. KilgOre, member of the State Highway Con- mission; a strong editorial on road legislation, and the program of the twelfth annual convention of Ar kansas Good Roads and Drainage Association in Little Rock January if and l5, are prominently featured in the first issue, with pictures of the writers, Governor George w. Hays and others.
 The magazine will be devoted entirely to the advancement of good roads in Arkansas, and has no po- litical connection of any kind, said Mr. Smith last night.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
MADE JOURNEY ALONE.
Four Little Children Travel to Mena
 From WeatherfOrd, Okla

Four little children, ranging Ill ages from two to nine years, arrived in Mena Tuesday afternoon on Mo-. 3 and told sympathetic listeners that they were going to their mamma" but did not know where she was. Two travelling men who came in on the same train became interested in them and took the lit tle ones to a boarding house and maid for their supper. and lodging. The children appeared bewildered and could not give a coherent ac- count of themselves, but stated that they were put on the train at Weatherford, Ok, to go to their mother.
 It developed Wednesday that their mother was the daughter ot pr. s. c. Bates, who recently died at his home at Waters, and was ill at her fathers home.
 Parties from the neighborhood came in Wednesday and took the children to their new home, It is said that the woman's husband died in Oklahoma several months ago and that she had been called to Waters on account of the illness of her father.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
SISTERS TOGETHER AFTER
 \ 45-YEAR SEPARATION

Mrs. H. Young of Mena and her sister, Mrs. Mary c. Beam, whose home is in South Dakota, saw each other for the first time in forty-live years last week. FOrty-tiVe years ago Mrs. Beam and her husband, who had been married only a short time walked down to the river bank at Dardanelle and boarded a steam boat. That was the last day that she saw her parents and her sister until she came to Mena Thursday for a visit w tiheishr shrdlu shr for a visit with her sister. Since then she has lived as far west as Wyoming, but was at nearly all time in communication with Mrs. Young. until about ten years ago. About a year ago Mr. Beam died and Mrs. Beam started on a hunt for her kinfolks. After mailing many let ters to the various places where Mir. and Mrs. Young had lived, a letter was finally forwarded to Mena. In this way the two sisters located each other, and the reunion was the result Mrs. Beam will be here few weeks before returning home.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-12-25
SHAVE FACTORY SOON
NJ. C. Trumbull Has Bought the Canning Factory Building and
 Site for the Industry.

M. c. Trumbull of Womhle has closed a deal pending for several months, by which he becomes own CT of the old canning factory build ing and site, located on the railroad yards a quarter of a mile below the station. He already has large yards there on which are stored great quantities of slaves in unfin- ished form.
 MT. Trumbull plans, it is under stood, are to put in large plant on his new property and concen- trate all his large interests at Mena. He will purchase all the timber in this vicinity that is suitable for slaves and barrel material, as well as shipping timber from both north and south by the railroad, all to be manufactured and finished at the factory here. All in all, he will em- ploy a large force of men and very perceptibly increase the payroll and income at Mena.
 Dennis, Kelly & Stratton, through which the deal was made. have been working for several months to bring it to a termination and feel they have done their city good turn.