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The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
WAR Shat.
1TERS KING (,OTTON'S
THRONE
FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN.
SOM INTO THE GOLFERS OF
WAR.
Nation Rings With Cries Of Stricken
Industry.
Bv Peter Radford
ny F00EI FteU1UTU
Lecturer National Farmers Unto

Lecturer National Farmers Union.
King Cotton has suffered more from
the European war than any other ag-
ricultural product ON the American
continent. The shells of the belliger-
ents have bursted over his throne,
frightening his subjects and shatter-
ing his markets, and, panic-stricken,
the nation cries out God save the
king!"
People from every walk of life have
contributed their mite toward rescue
work. Society has danced before the
king; milady has decreed that the
family wardrobe shall contain only
cotton goods; the press has plead
with the public to "buy BALE;
bankers have been formulating hold
ing plans; congress and legislative
bodies have deliberated over relief
measures; statesmen and writer's
have grown eloquent expounding the
inalienable rights Of ellis Majesty"
and presenting schemes for. preserv-
ing the financial integrity of the
stricken staple, but the sword of Eu-
rope has proved mightier than the pen
of America in fixing value upon this
product Of the sunny south. Prices
have been bayoneted, values riddled
and markets decimated by the battling
hosts of the eastern hemisphere until
the American farmer has suffered a
war loss of $400,000,000, and bale
of cotton brave enough to enter
European port must pay ransom of
half its value or go to prison until the
war is over.
Hope of the Future Lies in Co-opera-
zion.
The Farmers Union, through the
columns of the press, wants to thank
the American people for the friend
ship, sympathy and assistance given
the cotton farmers in the hour of dis
tress and to direct attention to CO.
operative methods necessary to per-
manently assist the marketing of all
farm products.
The present emergency presents as
grave situation as ever confronted
the American farmer and from the
viewpoint of the producer, would seem
to justify extraordinary relief meas
uzes, even to the point Of bending the
constitution and straining business
rules in order to lift a portion of the
burden off the backs Of the farmer,
for unless something is done 20 check
the invasion of the war forces upon
the cotton fields, the pathway of the
European pestilence on this continent
will be strewn with mortgaged homes
and famine and poverty will stalk over
the southland, filling the highways Of
industry with refugees and the bank
Tuptcy court with prisoners.
All calamities teach us lessons and
the present crisis serves to illuminate
the frailties of our marketing meth
DDS and the weakness of our credit
system, and out Of the financial an
guish and travail of the cotton farmer
will come O. volume Of discussion and
a mass of suggestions and finally a
solution of this, the biggest problem
in the economic life Of America, if,
indeed, we have not already laid the
foundation for at least temporary re-
lief,
More Pharaohs Needed IN Agriculture.
Farm products have. no credit and
Iiorh Ms ran 71ovar have on . Norma.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
NOTICE
To Whom It NAV Concern:

Notice is hereby given to any and all intends
ing purchasers of the N. i. ID OF the S. E. n Of
Section 10 or the N. w. n of the 9. w u. of Sec
II OF Township II South, Range 20 East Gila
and Salt River Meridian, in Cochise countys
State of Arizona. That the sale and transfer Of
all or any part of said property is restricted by
and must be made in accordance with an agree
ment and option entered into between JUAN
Cruz and j. Nj. Castaneda on the 18TH day of
March, 1900; which said instrument is of record
in the Office of the County Recorder Of Coohise
county, State OF Arizona
Dated Benson, October 25th, 1912
M. f. CASTANEDA,
Administrator of Estate Of j. M. Castareda,
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
NOTICE ron PUBLICATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office. 81 phonrniv. riuo,,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona,
October l3, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that John S. Mcclure,
OF Benson, Arizona, who, on September %, 1912,
made Homestead Entry No. O193O9, for Lots l.
2; s. n. r. "a, Section 2, Township II S..
Range 20 E., G. IL S. r.. B. q NJ. has filed notice
of intention to make Three Year Proof. to
establish claim TO the land above described.
before William Shilliam, y. S. Commissioner,
at Benson, Arizona, on the 9th day of Deem
Der, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses: Harlo Carlton,
M. Powell Cosby, Elisha Thomas, and Niclac
LofGreen, all of Benson, Arizona.
~a THOMAS f. WEEDIN, Register.
First Publication October 49, 1915
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
Presbyterian Church Services

Tomorrow the usual services will
be held, Rev. Purves to occupy the
4pulpit.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Preaching service at II a. m.
Young peoples meeting, 7 p. m.
Preaching service at 7:3o p. m.
You are cordially invited to at
tend these services.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
Free Land

20 Acres finest land, 3 miles from
Benson, under Benson Canal, and
has ample water from canal. Res
ponslble party can have land and
water free for one year. South
west Lumber Co. s4tf
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
Social Needs imperative.

The average country boy and girl
nave very little opportunity for real
enjoyment, and have, as a rule, a
vague conception of the meaning Of
pleasure and recreation, 1t is to fill
this void in the lives of country youth
that the rural church has risen to
the necessity Of providing entertain
ment, as well as instruction, to it's
membership among the young. The
children and young people of the
church should meet when religion is
not even mentioned 1t has been
found safest for them to meet FREE
fduently under the direction and care
of the church To send them into the
world with no social training exposes
y them to grave perils and to try to
Keep them out of the world with no
Social privileges is sheer folly. There
Is a social nature to both old and
young, but the social requirements of
The young are imperative. The church
must provide directly or indirectly
some modern equivalent for the husk-
ling bee, the quilting bee and the sing
ing schools of the old days, In one
4 way or another the social instincts
Of our young people must have oppor-
tunity for expression, which may
take the form of clubs, parties, pic
MICS or other forms of amusement,
One thing is certain, and that is that
the church cannot take away. the
dance, the card party and the theatre
unless it can offer in it's place a sat
iisfying substitute in the form of more
pleasing recreation.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30

Home pride is mighty valuable as
set, and the farmer who has none is
carrying a heavy handicap on the
road to success.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
Services at M. E. Church

Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Preaching services at II o'clock
a. m. and s p. m.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all to attend these services.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30

FOR SALE CHEAP-Second
hand 81 Bane wagon in good con-
dition. Southwest Lumber Co.
Call on me tor your gasoline, dis
tillate and lubricating oils. c. F.
Moss.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
VII. Hon. Elihu Root
On Woman's Sphere

The question of Woman Suffrage an issue before
the American people Twelve states have adopted it,
four more states vote this fall strongly
urged that become platform demand of the national
political parties 1t is therefore the privilege and the
duty OF every voter to study carefully this subject Hon
Elhu Root in discussing this question before the Cons
tutlona Convention of New York, recently said in part
Il am opposed to the granting of suffrage women
because believe that it would be loss to women to all
women and to every woman; and because believe 1t
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30

In every field Of human activity the
demand for more competent men and
women is growing every day. Espe-
cially so in agriculture.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
Universal Instinct for Play.


4 In providing for enjoyment the
church uses one of the greatest meth
pds by which human society has de-
.vekoped. Association is never secure
until it is pleasurable; in play the in
stinctive aversion Of one person for
another is overcome and the social
mood is fostered Play is the chief
educational agency in rural commun-
tiles and in the play-day Of human
childhood social sympathy and social
habits are evolved. AS individuals
come together in social gatherings,
their viewpoint is broadened. their
ideals are lifted and finally they con-
stitute cultured and refined society.
It is plain, therefore, that the
church which aims at perfected So
ciety must use in refined and ex-
allied way the essential factors in
social evolution and must avail itself
Of the universal instinct for play.
I Il the church surrounds itself with
social functions which appeal to the
young among its membership, it will
I'LL a large part of the lamentable
gap in rural pleasures and will reap
the richest reward by promoting .
higher and better type of manhood
and womanho0d.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30

Work is the salve that heals the
wounded heart.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
For. Sale

No. 4 OVENS Bean Thresher,
slightly used.
Secondhand Hay Baler, on easy
terms.
Secondhand Single Disc Plow,
reversible; cheap.
New two burner, self generating
Gasoline Stove; less than cost.
Southwest Lumber Co. s4tf
Remember can save you money
on gasoline, distillate and lubri-
eating oils, both wholesale and re-
tail. CT. Moss.
I am selling a fine lot of ladies'
and mems shoes below cost. Come
and see them. M. Meiia.
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30
Articles of Corporation
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MAJ
TIONAL MARBLE CORPORATION

Know All Men By These PRESENTS: That we.
whose names are hereunto affixed do hereby
associate ourselves together for the purpose of
forming corporation under the laws of the
State OF Arizona, and to that end adopt the
following articles of incorporation:
The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30

Administrator Of Estate Of J. NJ Castareda
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
INFORMATION WANTED

The Evening Telegram would be
glad to learn of the whereabouts Of
Mr.. C. G.. Mckinley, who for some
weeks past has been doing some spe-
cial work for this paper, soliciting
business for a Special Edition we
have in preparation. Mr.. Mckinley
left cur office two weeks ago today
and has not been seen since. His
work was unfinished, and there was
no reason, so far as we know, that
he should leave without letting us
know of his intention. He had been
under physicians care. although
outwardly a man of robust health,
and IL is feared he may have been
overtaken by sickness or accident.
He was a man of good habits and
gentlemanly department. He gave
no notice of intention to leave his
boarding house, and some of his be-
longings are still there. He will
probably turn up at some newspa-
per office. and. should he do so, We
would appreciate being informed as
to his whereabouts.
LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Tennessee Ave. and Orange 81

Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Tennessee Ave. and Orange ST.
w. E. Pugh, pastor.
Third Sunday in Advent.
Bible school at 10 a. m.
Morning and evening worship at
II and Z o'clock respectively. The
text for the morning sermon is Matt.
3:3, and the pastor will speak or
Goods Great Highway" The build
ing of permanent highways is sub
ject of great interest in every place.
Gods great highway is one OF inn
mite cost, and one in which every
one is more or less interested. 1t is
not broad, but narrow, and those
who travel thereon must have GER
tain qualifications It's destination is
city not built with hands.
prisoners of Hope" Zecharlah
9:1l, is the subject of the evening
sermon Glasses in the catechism
Saturday afternoons at o'clock
Friends and strangers are cordially
invited to attend all services.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
News Notes Of The
Lakeland Public
Schools

Rev. Pugh gave thirty minutes
address on Tuesday filed with sound
advice and logical deductions, to
which the school rave perfect at
tentlon
DR.. Wilson Of the Florida Chris
tian Advocate gave q talk on the
artists Chautauqua idea, preceded
by a forcible, splendid array of
ideas presented in guise new to
the pupils.
He was followed by Mr.. Youngs,
who chose Brevity as his motto but
spoke much to the point and inter-
estingly.
dc not believe any school in the
Union has any better If as good
chapel exercises. All of us remem-
Der the tediousness o. the same sort
Of chapel exercises, presented day
after day here, sometimes the school,
sometimes just one class conducts
the devotions. 1t Is fine thing to
have one small section of the school
recite the Bible verses, singly or in
concert, next the hymn, the prayer
and presently the song. Nor do I
believe any school can excel this
one In it's beautiful morning order.
Click, clack go nearly 1900 tongues
presto! with just look from the
superintendent and the silence of
perfect attention is there.
Occasionally the faculty conduct
the exercises. Then we have visitors
who address US; sometimes the dear
little folks come up and sing and
last year THE Corn Dance" given
by the Camp Fire Girls, was much
enjoyed.
Supt. Jones spoke at length on
Monday on the real spirit of Christ
mas, which is giving, not receiving.
He advised that instead of the gifts
the students give their teachers,
they pass the money on to the poor
children Of the school. He asked for
clothing and already the gifts have
begun In speaking CT one poor fam
lily he gave the Seniors the chance
to look after one little girl. Now
we all crave an individual object!
Also he will ask, as has been done
before, that each pupil will bring
food Of some sort. To ask for two
potatoes or little of this or that
means in the aggregate Christmas
cheer for many families. Say each
child brings but one orange, one po-
tato, ETC., with 35 or 40 pupils
1 (some classes have 4S) you can see
how much 1t will be.
The finest thing about it. however,
is that man lives not to himself
alone, but can help others.
REPORTER.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

VIII Hetherington is making a
fine success of his first venture In
journalism on his own account with
the Dade City Banner and that pa
per gets better with each issue. He
has recently installed new Bah
cock press and the Banner is now a
typographical beauty. The follow
ing from the Brooksville Argus is
well said of the conscientious work
of young man who is winning sue
cess because he deserves it:
THE Dade City Banner is still i'm
proving. 1t has increased the num-
Der Ct pages each week to eight. 1t
gets better and better with every is
sue. Editor Hetherington is showing
his ability as newspaper man with
the Banner and the people of that
thriving little city should feel justly
proud Of having gained him as cit
izep and business man."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

Here's a little thumb-nail sketch
OF Governor Trammell from the Or
lands Citizen, which is so true that
we are glad to help shove it along.
Our governor is Just that kind of a
man and the oftener we see him and
hear him as he mikes in a perfectly
unaffected way with his friends and
acquaintance, the more we are i'm
pressed with those personal traits
the Citizen refers TO. Says that pa
per:
Governor Park Trammell looked in
upon us Saturday in his usual un-
affected, cordial way The personal
thing we have always liked in the
governor is that though big man
physically he doesn't make small
man physically feel like thirty cents,
and though holding the highest Of
fee of State he never assumes a pat
ronizins air. The governor feels
hopeful concerning his candidacy,
hoes his own row and avoids criti-
cism of his competitors. His ene-
mics greatest charge is that he is a
politician. which means he has come
from the ground up end has a firm
foundation and that he Is polite
enough to attend strictly TO state
business and incidentally TO Park
business and lets the field take care
Of itself. :"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

There should be no party lines
drawn in Congress on the question
of military preparedness, as it is in
no sense party question and con-
Germs only a wise precaution to pro-
vide for the safety of the country.
Senator Gallinger, Republican lead
er OF the Senate, says his party in
that body will make no such issue
unless the Democratic caucus pre-
sents party measure on the sub
ject, and to this President Wilson is
opposed. But we are doubtful of
Jim Mann, in the House. His idea
is to hit a Democratic head wher-
ever he sees it, no matter what the
question.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

ALI Saints
Rev. R. Bolton, rector. Phone
318 Black.
Holy Eucharist, 7:30 a. m.
Morning Prayer. Sermon II a. m.
Evening Prayer. Sermon 1880.
Sunday school every Sunday 1O-11
a. m. :.
Mems Bible Class 1O-11 a. m.
Young Women's' Glass 1O-11 a. m.
The public is cordially invited to
church and Sunday school services.
Prayer books and hymn books are
provided. All seats are free. This
church is maintained by voluntary
contributions.
The rector may be consulted at
any time. Appointment can be made
by telephone or otherwise by those
who may need the services of a min
lister irrespective Of any church af-
filiation If SO desired.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

Doc. Porter, of the State board Of
health, who furnishes so much good
sanitary advice gratis to the people
through the press, may sometimes
drop into the obvious and the need
less in what he says, but all prolific
writer's do that and no man is wise
enough to be wise ell the time. But
we have been impressed with the
fact that DR.. Porter Is giving much
sound and timely advice to the peo-
pie of Florida and we would all be
healthier if we took it. Keep up your
lick, Doc. You are handing out good
stuff and most of US need it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

That court house fire In Clearwa-
ter came along at the psychological
moment, so to speak, as there will be
an election in that county next week
to determine the question of build
ing a new court house. The county
without a modern court building,
classic and ornate, is mot in it," and
if the quality of modern justice cor
responded with the beauty of the
average modern temple in which it
is administered we would have al
most heavenly conditions here in the
U. s. A. But the ratio is the other
way.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

The Orange County Citizen is kill
ing OF Englishmen in the European
war a good deal faster than the Ger
mans, Austrians and Turks do. 1t
says that over a million British SOL
diers have been killed in battle. The
latest figures we saw placed the to-
tai Of the killed, wounded and cap
tured Britishers as something over
100000. Probably 100000 would
include all the killed. 1t takes a
mans weight in lead TO Xii HIM in
battle says the old proverb. and
when we think Of the enormous
waste in shell fire going on almost
constantly, with few casualties, 1t is
probable that it takes several times
mans weight in metal over there to
put him out of action. The fact is
that the European slaughter, after
the first six months OF the war, has
not been up to the mark as predict
ed by those who saw in modern kill
ing inventions whole armies de-
stroyeG In comparatively short
time and war made SC terrible that
both sides would be glad to quit af-
ter brief indulgence in the game.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

Handling the annual winter beg
gar problem in Florida is difficult
one, but it seems clear that no COM
munity has a moral right to solve
the problem. by shipping these I'M
desirables to some other community.
That is quite popular method with
some of them, but as it is double
edged and cuts both ways, it is no
solution at all and simply begs the
question by a selfish temporary ex-
pedient, wrong per Sc. The ap-
preaching convention of mayors in
Jacksonville will have for one of its
chief purposes the disposition of the
question in some fair and practical
way.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

That mushroom city OF Hopewell,
in Virginia, which was destroyed by
fire the other night, leaving $4,000
people homeless, was as western
mining camp in an eastern setting.
1t was huge aggregation of wood
en- shacks and shanties, built in q
night, as it were, and their money
value was not great. The big new
plant Of the DUPONT Company to
manufacture explosives for the al
lies was the influence that grew this
Jonah gourd of town, and outside
of the company there was doubtless
but little capital invested there :.
The fire has cleared the way for q
better town of better buildings.
And from all accounts of the huge
aggregation of floating population
doing business there, it was sadly
in need of better morals, too.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
THE LAKELAND NEWS,
4 weekly Newspaper giving q resume
nj local matters, crop conditions,
county affairs, etc. Sent anywhere
for $3.50 per year.

President Wilson's Columbus
speech was another instance of his
fine,. inspiriting. optimism. with
good strong reasons given for his
cheerful outlook on the future. Call
him scholar, schoolmaster, pedant
and phrasemaker as much as you
will but the vision of deep, clear,
practical thinker on present vital is
sues is his dominating characteris-
tic, and if he can wrap up a good,
strong thought in better phrase,
with the fine touch of the scholar on
it than others, that thought is all
the more acceptable to all his coun-
trymen except the llliterates.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
Cumberland Presbyterian

Rev. F. H. Callahan, pastor
Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Fl. b.
Morse, superintendent.
There will be preaching at both
hours, II a. m. and Z p. m. by
the pastor.
Morning subject The True Vine. :
Evening subject Seeking the
Lost"
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at o'clock.
THE Lord is not slack concerning
his promises as some men count
slackness !"
If you would feel right on Mon
day then attend church on Sunday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11
NOTICE

Regular annual meeting of the
shareholders of the First National
banking house on the second Tues
day ri January. between the hours
of 10 a. m. and p. M, Jan. 18th,
1916. All shareholders are request
ed to be present either in person or
by proxy,
C. NJ CLAYTON,
4S35 Cashier.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-11

All signs point to falling barom-
eter with symptoms Of typhoon and
possible seismic disturbances in Tai
lahassee journalism Tom Appleyard
is stripped for action. with Clarkson
as his trainer, and VIC all know what
that means. Brother Milton Smith is
in the other corner, with Herbert
Felkel wising him up to the fine
points in the game, and as it will
be a bare-knuckle affair, with no
limit to the rounds, we may expect
very pretty little contest. And all
because one paper wants Knott and
the other paper does not want
Knott. A Knotty problem, indeed!