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The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16
GOOD FELLOWSHIP BETWEEN
BOTH CLASSES IN THE SOUTH
Stories Told Which Illustrate This
FcClins->laVe t.eiS Position For
fii> Old Master.
By SaVoyard


tBy SaVoyardl
Some days aso the Judge of one Of
the circuit courts OF Virginia ap-
peared in 4 court oi Justice in New
York and make an urgent plea for
leniency in behalf Of a negro woman
charged with grand larceny TO which
4 plea OF guilty had been entered
The woman had long been a servant
in the family OF The Virginia jurist
and had discharged her duties faith
fully and honestly. The family was
much stieved when tidings of the
Woman's trouble came To them. and
the judge was easily prevailed on 10
hasten to New York and 10 do all pos
sible 10 mitigate the punishment Wis
tied upon The accused His mission
failed. however. and the woman was
sentenced to Two years Al hard labor
In State Prison.
Tho incident has been widely con-
mented upon and some surprise eS-
pressed that that Virginia jurist
should play the part he did in the
incident. II the South the surprise
WoutN nave come Ut int juuSt N1A
failed to 20 10 New York and make
a Plea Tor the old family servant. n
il not n all eNtravasant 70 say that
al the South daily prominent white
aen auG white women make like
pleas in like eases. There is a good
fellowship between the best classes Of
both races al the South that the
North does not understand and is ln-
capable Of understanding.
The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16

Jerry Haralson was the most pie
tnresue of all our negro solons. Tie
was a member of the Forty-fourth
Congress. and had an eNtraNagah;
admiration for Protector Knott
chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee. Knott humored him. and
il was no uncommon thing for the
Hon. JerrN 10 call al Knott's boarding
house take a seat in the kitchen and
send for Knott. The latter. his face
rs solemn as clock. though CON
vulsed with laughter TO the ups OIL
his fingers and toes, would 80 into lhe
kitchen and learnedly discourse win
the Hon. Jerry on grave matters OF
state. Jerry was a cornfield negro,
and black as the ace OF spades.
There is i'm this town colored 4oo
that is simply out of sight. IL Is
The very auintessence of caste. ana
nothing i'm Philadelphia, or old VIZ
ginia. is a marker TO it in the way
Of exclusiveness. BY some sort OF
ridiculosity the Hon. Jerry was lhNi-
ed 10 a shindig given by this SET ana
some of the upper crust resented MS
presence. But they made out TO toll
crate him for that occasion only, ana
one of the most aristocratic OF the
danes apologized for the tolerance OF
him after this fashion: Mr. Haral-
son. YOU ought 10 feel highly honoted
10 be admitted to our circle on
are the first gentleman OF your eoior
who ever was received by us TO
which the Hon Jerry responded WIN
this Parihian shaft Madam, M!
color shows that my mother was an
honcster woman than yours Then
he was kicked out,
A-n him nl ON lclnhnr. ~.
The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16

Let me relate a story that was told
in congressional circles when | first
came to this town forty wears ago.
Blanche X Bruce. a bright mulatto
man very handsome man, was a
Senator in Congress from Mississippi.
He was one of less than half dozen
Senators who We're intimate with Bos-
coe Conklng: but he vas frank TO
say that he always felt more at home
on the Democratic side than on the
Republican side l.. O. c. Lamar, a
Democrat and great man, was his
colleague.
The former master of Bruce came
on 10 Washington. and, ased in years,
broken in fortune aud in health, was
in very hard lines Bruce Went 20
President Hayes and asked for a place
i'm one of the department for "a con
stituent" II was before the era OF
the Civil Service Commission. and the
prcsidcul readily granted the request.
Bruce then Went 10 Lamar and told
him he had designed the place for
his old master. but he knew the Ola
fellow would never accept il al the
hand of his former slave, and ne
asked Lamar to allow the appoint
menl to be charged TO himself and
that he tender il to the old gentleman.
Lamar was much affected, and
holding out his hand 10 Bruce, eN-
claimed,
Bruce. YOU are a gentleman of the
most delicate and refined feelinss'
and am proud To number YOU among
my friends cordially agree TO your
proposal"
The appointment was made out, the
old gentleman got the place and held
it till his death. not great whlle
later: but he never knew to whom he
was indebted for the preferment.
The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16
=, noo IA Sto. 900 Annually.
iabitual Constipation Cured
in IL TO y DAYS

"LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a specially
prepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual
Constipation Ii relieves promptly but
should be taken regularly for IA to 81 days
to induce regular action. 1t Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. SOC
per bottle.
The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16

Col. John b Brownlow told me
the story of another negro Senator,
the first of his race to hold a seat
in either house of Congress, his name
being Hiram Il. ReyelS. When he
took his seat in the Senate, sumner,
of Massachusetts. made much Of him,
The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16
READ THIS

household do not want let op
=. mites That the of thrifty
PEOPLE l S the success.
ing little everything is sold enables
keep step from make all OF purchases
g , and roof You time.
large quantities enables sell TO YOU in return
depending entirely our large volmue
q to usu us 4 living balance.
The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16
READ RIGHT ON

YOU cold weather cohingior men, women or chill
our stock is large our buying
the advance price and we therefore
10 make very prices need
necessary apsodies this stock All
necessary the quality and workmanship
compare the prices perfectly satisfied that
three points wi be 10
The Monroe journal., 1919-12-16
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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31
Packers Favor
Continued Control.

Swift and Armour say they favor
continued government control q
regulations Of live stock prices un-
til conditions become normal, so as
to assure a staple market. They
say continued price control until
after peace has been signed would
be good thing better than fiuct-
uations in prices. They also claim
that continued control would cut
the profits of the packers, but still
they are for it. Guaranteed prices
to two packing companies which are
said to do an annual business of
TWO BILLION DOLLARS, would
Dot be bad. Armour and Swift own
the South American branch of the
packing business and. that branch
alone made TEN MILLION DOL
LARS, IN PROFITS LAST YEAR.
In any sort Of contest between the
government and the meat packers.
the latter seems to have never suf.
iered In the least anyhow, we are
betune On the packers and their SOC
10 7Oc breakfast beacon.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31
Campaign to Reduce
Cotton Acreage.

The cotton factors Of Memphis :
and tbat means practically the cot
ton business ID thrses 4 hsors'
states have gone on record % .op.'
posed the risk OF . big cotton crop
10 1919. A campaign 10 pre-.
vent this years cotton crop from
being an increased acreage and 10
reduce the acreage If possible, was
at once launched last Saturday 10
be pushed by the entire business
body Of Memphis through the Met.
chants Exchange and the Cdtton
Exchange Of that city.
Cotton growers are reminded that
crop Of ten million bales at S6
cents a pound will bring more mon-
ey that crop OF fifteen million
bales at 20 cents per pound. The
crop Of last year was planted to
make 100000 bales and would
have done so but for unprecedented
disaster.
Forme, attempts to curtail cotton
acreage have generally been failures.
but conditions have changed and
supply dealers are now demanding
that farmers who ask for credit
shall first plant corn and other food
crops sufficient to be self.sustianIne
before they are given. credit on ac.
count Of the cotton. The boil wee.
vii has been Of inestimable value u
the South by forcing divesi6csiion
Of corps
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31

ne said no, for everyone had been
lovely to him in English hospitals
and he was quite content. But he
gets hOmesick at times and | am
clad to have him to take care of for
| tell myself that he is one of
Marie's boys and Ill do an extra
lot for him, for her sake"
So you see, MIR. Barnett. your boy
is having the best care in the world.
| have been in England and / love
the English people and their coun-
try as well as America and this
young lady. Miss Reid. who is about
twenty six years old is one of the
sweetest girls | ever knew. | have
heen to her home in MADEIRA and
il is q most beautiful home and
wonderful garden. She has not
been there for three years for she,
too, gave her services to her country
until the end of the war. know
she will do all she can for your son
and wrote her to give him my ad-
dress so that he can let me know
If he is sent to Base hospital here
in New York and | will surely 60 to
see him.
| have several cousins in the war
and we are all proud Of our boys.
arnt WEI | also do a great deal Of
work for British and French soldiers
for | feel that We Americans owe
much to them for keeping the Ger
mans away from us for four years.
Sincerely yours.
MARIE JOHNSON.
Jan IA, 1919;
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31
Boys In France Continue To
Mrits HE

were in St Juvin about four weeks
and while there we lived in tents
built over shell holes which had
been practically filled up by our
corps men. l enjoyed the stay
here very much and was sorry when
we received orders 10 come into
Germany. 1t is considered quite an
honor for an organization to be sent
with the army Of occupation, but |
would have preferred to come home
witholt the honor. We have han
died about seventy thousand cases
since August |. twenty thousand Of
which were operated upon. We
have been sighted twice for our
work by General Pershing. The
work at times has been very hard
and strenuous but have enjoyed
it and was glad to do all that l
could to make the boys more COM
Portable.
We came by way Of Verdun.
Metz, Luxemberg to Thartonville.
Germany and down the beautiful
Massell Valley to Treves. This is a
most beautiful country. The Ma
selle Is only a little larger than
Beech river. with mountains on
either side. In the valley there
are beautiful farms, all in high
state Of cultivation. Here and
there one can see q beautiful stone
or brick mansion. Scarcely ever a
wooden structure.
Treves is a beautiful city Of fifty
thousand people. We were to be
stationed here but our orders were
revoked and had to wait three days
for new orders. but we enjoyed
every minute Of the time This
town Is located in Maselle Valley
from which flows the sparkling
"Maselle" wine which is familiar
all over the world. From here We
went to Coblenz. very beautiful
city Of eighty thousand people situ-
ated On the Rhine. Here we stop
ped four day. | was standing on
the bridge crossing the Rhine into
Coblenz. when the first battalion Of
dough boys marched across to take
charge Of the city. I was amused at
one who remarked there Is that
damned Rhine we have been long
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31

Before last week ended two hills
under the head Of tax reforms Lad
been passed by the Legislature
signed by Governor and become
laws Of the State. The first, Senate
Bill n, constitutes the Tennessee
Railroad Comission a State board
Of Equalization. with power .
compel equal assessments Of pruy.
erty. The second. or Senate Bill IS.
fixes the tax rate for State purpose
on q sliding scale-as the to.al
assessment in the State increases.
the tax automatically decreases
The important bill by which IL %
hoped to force corporations to pay
their just proportion Of taxes.
was just ready to be given a public
hearing last Tuesday. The Bowers
law. prohibiting capital punishment
for any crime except rape. has
doubtless been repealed ere this
in fact the repeal bill only lacked
the signature Of the governor last
Saturday.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31
Repub-
licails Have Kicks.

The Republicans members Of thu
General Assembly, feel that the,
| are entitled to Kick ssSl6st the con
ditions confronting them at the be
ginning Of this session--and they
are.
In the first place, any Democrat
in the world would "cuss out" as q
dirty Republican trick" any such
scheme as that of adding Hardeman
county to the 9Th Congressional
District, for the sole purpose of max
ing the 9th more positively DEM
ocratic in the presidential and Con.
gressionaI elections. OF course
Hardeman county is mere wart
on the body polite Of Shelby county
and they want to get loose, so that
some sweet day a Hardeman county
Democrat may aspire to Congress-
still the scheme would never have
been heard of the 9th district been
at all "shaky" or the 9Th safely
solid at all times-from Democratic
viewpoints, of course.
Next. the Republicans members
say that bill to abolish the
game and fish department Of
the State, owes its origin to the fact
that the Office is held by w
d. Howser. a Republican-which
evidently, is a fact. A former leg.
islature did its best to oust Howser
but the Supreme court came to his
rescue.
On the Railroad commission.
which has also been made the
State Equalization Board, with
greatly increased powers. the Re-
pubhcans ere refused representation
As both ;he railroad commission
and the matter of State taxations
should be non-partisan. it would be
better to give our considerable Re.
publican population representation
on at least that feature which has
to do with the property on which
they, like the Democrats. pay their
proportionate share Of the taxes
Right is right and can wrong no
honest man-and The Progress
trusts that both Senator Long and
Representative MONTGOMERY will
stand for fair treatment Of all
citizens 10 all things, regardless ol
political precedent
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31
Priim. Germany.
Dec. 10, 1918.
H. D. Barry,
Lexington, Tenn.

II. y. barry,
Lexington, Tenn.
Dear Henry:
Little did | think when wrote
you about six weeks ago that |
would spend Christmas in Germany,
but such will be my fate. After
writing you ! left Smilly with our
hospital and was located in little
town just outside of Grand Pre- and
was busy until the armistice was
signed. Since that time we have
had practically nothing to do, only
q few sick patients. | have had
quite an interesting time seeing
While was in St Jurin. | visited
Verdun. which is a very interesting
place. especially the citadel under
ground which contains railway
system. commissaries, eating places
and number of other things too
numerous to mention. The docks
and walls surrounding the city are
wonderful. | also visited the fa-
nous Dead Mans Hill and went
through a number of German dug
outs-which were well equipped
with electric lights and water works
as we'll as furniture of different
kinds such as you would find in a
modern home. This hill was she'll
ed very heavily by the Americans.
One can see shell holes large enough
to put an ordinary house in. The
Germans had occupied this hill
since 1914, bur the Ameritan argu-
ment was bit too strong for them
so they moved ont ! also visited
Mount Tancon" and stood in the
very spot where the "Kron Prince
stood and viewed the battle Of Ar
gonne Forrest and saw the yankee
boys come through. With field
glass one can see for miles all
around. as this is a particularly
high spot The American artillery
certainly did do good work in this
section. One only has to 60 to
Grand Pre- and see the wrecked con-
dition of every building in this
town and note the shell holes all
around it in checker-board fashion
and they will be convinced Of the
great work Of our artillery. We
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31
The Way Our Boys
Are Treated in Eng.

Ibe following letter to Mr. Price
EGrn(fk of Wildsrsyilles shows chat
American boys in English Hospitals
are getting the very best Of care and
attention:
Seven hundred and eighty-nine
West End Avenue
New York
Dear Mr.. Barnett:
Your two letters came and sent
your sons to him Immediately. My
friend is an English girl who lives
on the Island Of Madi era and in
1915 she volunteered to help the
nurses in English hospitals. She
has been doing wonderful work and
have received most interesting
letters from her. think your boy
was the first and only American in
her hospital, which is the Special
Military Surgical hospital North
field, in Birmingham. England. Of
ten send newspapers to her and
this is what she wrote about your
boy:
MY dear. your papers have been
q blessing to a dear little fellow.
countryman Of yours. who has
aomehow got to this hospital and
has been placed into my ward. He
Is the dearest bit Of a boy called
Barnett, from Lexington, Tenn A
bonnv lad. too. fair haired aud
blue eyes and a lovely disposition.
Poor child, be was brought to my
ward straight from the operation
and was in terrible pain. but now.
to his Joy the X-Ray plate shows
the two ends of bone Gin his leg)
exactly opposite to one another and
nearly touching. He is ever so
much better and so CHEEKY. !
have a large American flag to give
him to have on the pole on the
bottom Of his bed for Christmas
day. He hasn't heard heard from
bis people in four months and
hadn't seen an American paper for
over six months, so he has just
loved your papers and has read
every word Of them. ! know you
viii be glad to hear this. | take
special care Of little Sammy as
our British boys call him, because |
can can sympathize with him. since
We both are so far away from
home. Our boys make a lot Of him.
am glad to say. ! asked him if
be didn't wish he had landed in one
Of his own American hospitals. and
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1919-01-31

J. w. Newman, Of Sardis. was
here Monday enroute to Ma shville
as delegate to the Masonic Grand
Lodge,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-24
SHOOTS HUSBAND;
DOESN'T KNOW WHY
Dr.. Thomas Tussle Seriously
Wounded While Asleep.

DR.. Thomas Tuggle was awakened by
a revolver shot shortly before 1 o'clock
this morning in his room on the top
floor of his home in SEA West 149th
street. He looked UP to see his wife,
Mrs. Jennie Tuggle, standing over him
with a revolver. Before he could grab
her she fired again, the bullet penetrat-
ing his left temple.
The shots aroused the neighbors, who
called the police. Detectives found DR..
Tuggle and his wife sitting on the front
stoop OF their home, with the physician
almost unconscious from loss of blood.
leaning against Mrs Tuggle's shoulder.
DR. Tuggle was taken to st. Lawrence 8
Hospital. where II was said he probably
would die.
Mrs. Tugsle admitted she had shot
her husband, but said she did not know
why she did II. Neighbors said that the
physician had told them she had been
acting queerly for several months. and
that recently she had complained to him
that somebody was after her trying to
kill her. when the detectives took her
in custody she said:
Now don't murder me right away
know you're going TO murder me, but
give me q chance to fix UP my papers.
The Tusgles have been married twenty
years. They have no children. but re-
Gently adopted baby boy IA months
old
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-24
BURGLARS CRACK
ANOTHER BRONX SAFE
News Is Diuulged Despite
Secret Police Order.

Although new secret order Issued
from Police Headquarters directed the
Bronx police to withhold news of a
burglary at the Beck-Hazzard shoe store,
226 Willis avenue, that borough, 1t be-
came known yesterday that the estab-
lishmen was robbed OF S793 some time
between midnight Saturday and Z O'Clock
Monday morning. The thieves trundled
a small safe from the front Of the estab-
lishment to a back room and opened 1t
leisurely. A. A. Brown, vice-president OF
the company, told reporters the police
had instructed him not to talk and he
obeyed their injunction.
Policemen assert that the large num-
Der Of burglaries yesterday has caused
perturbation at Police Headquarters and
that the new secret order Is a result 1t
practically announces that one first grade
detective will be reduced in rank and
one second grade sleuth will be reduced
TO the grade Of patrolman for every safe
that Is opened where the offenders are
not arrested within forty-eight hours.
The order was issued last week directly
following the robbery in Fourth avenue
In which $4,000 worth of jewelry and
$4,000 worth of Liberty bonds were
taken.
The shoe store robbed during the week
end Is around the corner from a police
station. It was admitted by Mr.. Brown
that $1,000 had also been taken from a
safe in the company's store at 981 South
ern Boulevard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-24
"CAVE MAN" FAILS
TO ANSWER CHARGE
Carey's' Bail in Abduction
Case Forfeited.

A bench warrant was issued In Brook
lyn yesterday for the arrest OF John r.
Carey. who. on the night OF May 9 last
carried Mrs Helen c. Waterman bodily
from her apartment at 234 Sterling
street, Brooklyn. into a taxicab and
over TO his Manhattan home at II Liv-
ingston place.
Carey's primitive methods of pro-
cet;ure resulted In his arrest and indict-
nent on charges of assault. abduction
and burglary. He pleaded not guilty
and the trial was set for yesterday, He
was relea sed in 5000 bail.
When the case was called yesterday
morning he did not appear. although his
lawyer. George r. Brennan, did. Mr.
Brennan said that Carey went to At
laItIc City on Sunday searching for wit
nesses and said he would be back yes.
tcrday. for his trial. County Judge
McDermott directed that his ball be for.
<niled and issued the warrant for his
srrest.
Assistant District Attorney Caldwell
who was ready to prosecute the charges
against Carey, declared that the manu-,
facturer of surgical instruments had
twice during the last week entered Mrs
Watermans home in her absence, had
slept there, used the telephone and told
Mrs. Waterman's sister that he intended
TO ieave the State.
Carey's place OF business Is az 32I
Second avenue. Manhattan. He is Al
and married. Mrs. Waterman is in hel
twenties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-24
WILLED $4,000
TO NEGRO SERVANT
Stamford Woman RecIuses
Estate Has Disappeared.

A court action which developed the
fact that Miss Charlotte Wardlow of
Stamford, Conn. who inherited the
$500, 900 estate OF her brother -in-law, DR..
Arnold c. Halves. had willed everything
she possessed to a negro servant, WILL
lam Thomas Harris, was begun yester-
day in the Probate Court at Stamford.
The town OF Darien petitioned the court
to appoint an administrator Of the estate,
but at the same time set forth the fact
that the estate seems to have disap-
peared. with the exception of a mortgage
for $500 which Miss Wardlow assigned
TO the negro in 1913.
Miss Wardlow was a sister of Mrs.
Halves. ana came into the Halves estate
upon the death OF Mrs. Halves The ne
gro Harris, had been n servant to DR.
Halves and remained in the employ OF
Miss Wardlow. Before long Miss Ward
low became n recluse at her Darien
home, with Harris as her only compan-
ion. On July g. 1918. she executed a
will naming Harris as her sole beneflci-
airy. and on the same day made an as
signment OF the mortgage to him.
In August of that year Miss Wardlow
was taken to the Stamford Hospital. and
a few months later she was removed to
the state Hospital for the Insane. where
she died in December During the time
she was in the hospitals she called con-
tinuously for the negro, and pleaded to
be sent back TO him, saying he would
take care OF her. The Home Bank and
Trust Company OF Darien was appointed
conservator of her property. and started
suit against Harris to have the assign
ment OF mortgage set aside. This action
is now pending'