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of wintering is of interest. When full
grown the larvae work their way into
the ground to depth ranging from
quarter of an inch to an inch and
quarter. In the spring the worms APP
pear, work their havoc and, after a
brief while, re-enter the earth. They
remain in the cocoon state for several
weeks, at the conclusion of which they
emerge as moths, which, in their turn,
lay eggs and start again the evolu-
tional life of the army worm. In the
period of it's active career the army
worm can do deal of damage, and to
eradicate the pest it is essential to kill
the parent moths as well as to destroy
the worms themselves.
Luckily, the army worm. has some
natural enemies, and among these the
sparrow is probably the most effective
because of its numbers. The bluejay
comes next, and then follow the tachina
fly and certain variety of beetle.
These foes will not suffice to keep the
army worm within bounds when their
name is legion, and it is needful then
to resort to man-made eXpedients.
Trenching the fields, generous use
of kerosene and ample spreading of
arsenical powders will aid in crisis.
but clean cultural methods will do
much more toward eradicating the
alternating or slumbering pests This
is to say, keep the edges of the fields
and the hedges of the gardens free
from long grass and weeds, where the
larvae Turk; fall blowing will kill
those that have already entered the
ground for wintering. OF course these
efforts will not avail If the parent
moths come from the South in the
springtime. We cannot expect to de-
tect the eggs and to destroy them be-
fore the worms are Matched out.
Just when the spindles of the world
are preparing to resume their prewar
activities, just when so many of the
nations are anxious to obtain more cot
ton fabrics, comes the unWelcome news
that the cotton boil weevil is up and
doing with increased energy. Again
we have the past mild winter to thank
in large part for this disturbing state
of affairs, a very considerable per-
centage of the alternating weevis
having survived when with colder
weather they would have been in great
measure exterminated.
The experts tell us that the boil
weevil in a single year may occasion
cotton loss of more than 100000
bales, and at prewar prices this would
represent money sacrifice of quite
$25, 100000 Today, at the present
price of cotton, the toll levied by these
insects would be equivalent to fully
S7O,0O0,000 No wonder the United
States department of agriculture has
pronounced the boil weevil to be the
worst cotton pest in this country and,
probably, the most destructive cotton
insect in the world. This ravaging
creature apparently will not feed upon
any other plant-it just insists upon
eating the precious cotton boil
Like many others of the conspicu-
Ously injurious insects present in this
country, the cotton boil weevl is not
native of the United States. Its
! place of origin, so the entomologists
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-13

another. AS fast as he hung them,
summer guests bought them up for
it of Judson's patience was reached
when the last woman came In and
asked for lantern.
81 amt gOin' to order no MORE" he
said decidedly.
"Why?" asked the woman.
There amt no sense in 1t. Can't
keep burned one of 'em in stock. AS
fast as l get 'em in some blamed fool
woman comes in and buys m."-Dal-
las News,
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-13
MOnOtOnOuS

Judson had run general store for
20 years. The same old dust was on
the shelves. and much of the original
stock. When the place became sum-
mer resort Judson hung a red lantern
OF the Chinese variety in the middle
of his ceiling as concession to the
summer trade. The second day the
lantern was up woman spied 1t and
bought 1t.
Judson put up another lantern, and
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-13
Many Have Wished That.

His big brother had just been dis
charged from service ana Tom was
especially interested in the treatment
the soldiers received to keep them well.
He listened while his brother told him
how the doctor had inOculated him
against typhoid fever.
Gee" he exclaimed suddenly, re-
membering the little trip to the sum-
mer cottage, from which ne had Just
returned. where the mosquitoes had
been especially active, II wish could
get 'noculated against mosquito bites"
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1919-09-13

u NDREDS or m1lllOnS Oh
dollars of tribute are to
be levied by enemies
within our midst. Just
when we looked conf
IDENTIFY forward to the
restoration of peace it
is brought home to us
that we have got to do
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13
Salvation DOughnutS
Cooked With Dollars
Contributed By ELkS

the Elks knew that, and were glad.
But-they wanted to do more.
They did! No one knows just how
the association between the Elks and
the Salvation Army began But it
grew into one Of the big things Of
the war.
The Salvation Army went to work,
quietly and without talk, as soon a.
we began mobilizing our new armies.
The Salvation Army isn't rich. It
hasn't any machinery for collecting
money. And still IL succeeded in car
rying on its work for q year without
making an appeal to the country for
money. Haven't you wondered some
times how THAT was accomplished?
How 1t was that the Salvation Army,
alone Of all the big war-relief bodies
that were working with the troops in
France, didn't come dunning you?
Well, the Elks are responsible. in
q great measure. Elks seemed to
hear more about the Salvatl h Army
and its work from the first than the
general public did. One reason was,
I imagine. that the war crowded the
Elks out Of house and home so thor
oughly. They gave up their club
house rooms to the Red Cross all over
the country, you know.
''They Saw Us ThrOugh.7
Then the time came, in the sprins
of 1918, when the Salvation Army
needed 5000. 900 and simply had to
make a drive for it. BY that time the
tie between the Elks and the Saliva
tionistS was pretty well esIa blished.
Reports had been coming in to SAL
walton Army headquarters about the
he rfr
leaders OF the drive were nervous
They didn't know much about raising
money on a wholesale basis. They'd
always managed to paddle their own
canoe. They didn't have a great pub
licity department They didn't have
any of the machinery the Red Cross
and the Y. n. c. A. had.
So they went to the Grand Lodge
of the Elks. And the Elks, who had
been hearing from their local lodges,
greeted them with enthusiasm. In
more than fifty cities the Elks took
complete charge OF that drive-not-
ably in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Kan
sas City, and st. Louis.
They paraded the streets; they got
up circuses. They left the Salvation
Army people, who really had enough
to do with their regular work, free.
and guaranteed the money.
They saw US through" says Col
W. A. Mcintyre, who is at the head
Of the army's New York office. "We're
still q little dazed by all they did for
US. We never could have got the
money we did without them We
couldn't ask them for anything they
didn't give US. Usually we didn't have
a chance to ask. They took hold of
our drive maKnificently, There aren't
words strong enough in praise Of the
Elks.
They're q wonderful lot It's not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13

Following are some of the things
that William Alnon Wolf had to say
about the EIks in a recent issue o.
Golfers Weekly.
When America declared war on
Germany, in April, 1917. all sorts of
organizations were seized with the
desire to do their part. Your CLUB
was one Of them. wasn't 1t? And
your church-and about every organ
ization that helped to keep you In
touch with your fellow men and
women. There has probably never
been such a manifestation OF eager
ness to serve and be OF use as Amer
lea made in the first weeks OF the
war. The sum of the ehort that
grew out OF that impulse of service
was tremendous-incalcu Much
of it was finely and usefully direct
ed much of it was not. This is the
brief and unadorned tale of one col
lective effort that got results.
On Parker Hill, in Boston, there
stands today the Elks U. s. A. Re-
construction Hospital-the frst re-
construction hospital planned after
America went to war. 1t has three
hundred and fifty beds, and no more
perfect institution OF its type can ne
found anywhere in the world. The
Elks have nothing to do with its
operation. They simply built and
equipped the hospital. They worked.
themselves, and they worked with the
medical department OF the army, in
finding out just. what was needed.
And they furnished every cent OF
the cost-nearly 100000.
These were the big, centralized
contributions OF the EIks to the win
ming Of the war. There were others,
Of somewhat similar character. At
Camp Sherman, near Chillicothe, Ohio,
for example, a bad situation de-
veloped because the little town
couldn't take care of the relatives
and friends who came to visit men
and officers in the camp. The local
lodge OF the Elks did its best, and
finally asked the Grand Lodge-the
central governing body OF the order
for help. The answer was the
erection Of q building where COM
Portable rooms and good food were
at the disposal of visitors at cost
price.
Cinderella, the Salvation Army.
But this sort of activity didn't
satisfy the EIks-the half million or
more individual EIks, scattered all
over the country in their local
lodges. They knew the part their
order was playing. They were proud
OF that. But the two base hospitals,
the big reconstruction hospital In
Boston, all the other things the
Grand Lodge had done and was
doing. didn't give the individual Elk
much chance to feel that he him
self was helping. After all. what
did paying an assessment of a dollar
or so amount to? 1t amounted to q
lot in the aggregate, OF course, and
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quite a new thing for them to help
us. 1 remember, once, years ago. they
held their grand lodge in Buffalo.
And at the same time we were having
a festival, and trying to raise some
money. We had a hurdygurdy,
among other things. Well, a lot those
EIlxs iust took that hurdy-gurdy away
from us. They kept II going for three
days-and nights! They charged a
dollar a ride. and every Elk must
have ridden q dozen times. They went
all over town in IL. Wed never seen
as much money as they handed over
to u.s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13
RETRIBuTIoN AT HOME.

RETRIBUTION AT HOME.
While his mother was away on a
visit Johnny didn't say his prayers.
Upon his mothers return there was
a reckoning.
why didn't you say your prayers,
john"
We'll, you see, it was this way. ma
1 forgot to say them the first night
an nothin' happened. N then 1 didn't
say them the next night an nothin'
happened. n so I decided 1 wouldn't
ever say 'em again if nothin' never
happened"
And then something happened
Scranton Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13

sonable to expect me to place myself
in your hands when you are DEALING
out sentences OF imprisonment for
life to people whose only oRsnse. 50
far as we understand on this side. n
that they read my books and agree
with my opinions. But 10 the United
states ever returns to the principles
Of the Declaration OF Independence.
and when can make q pilgrimage to
Lineoln's tomb without being arrest
ed. 1 shall venture to remind you OF
your Invitation, which--notWithstand
ing the consideration I have Just mem
toned value very highly"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
TAKES SHOT U. S. LAWS

SPRINGFIELD. Ill. May 13-George-
Bernard shaw, famous English play
wright and author. would make q pill
grimage to Springfield II he did not
fear arrest. So he informed the Mid
day Luncheon Club in reply to an In
vitation to visit Abraham Lineoln's
old home.
my visiting your country" he wrote.
You must admit that It 10 not rea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13
C0L0RED VOTERS. DEMAND
PLACE ON N. Y. TICKET

ALBANY, May 13.-Representatives
Of the negroes in New York state, In
session here lately, framed a request
that the colored race be recognized by
the Republican State organization to
the extent OF having a representative
Of the negro race on the State ticket
Leaders in the movement contend
there are 100000 negroes in New York
State enrolled in the Republican party
ana that they should be recognized.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13

In 1854 a colored man residing in
Rochester was elected a presidential
electOr and last year a New York
coIored man was elected to the State
assembly on the Republican ticket
This year another New York colored
man was elected to the assembly by
the Democrats. These are the only
three negroes elected to any State
office since the organization of the
State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-05-13

aBeware Of small expenses; q small
leak will sink q great shlp."-CBen-
jamin FrankIin.) Wise buying will
keep the savings ship a1Oat. Buy
w. 8. 8,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-09
Printed by Special Arrangement with
lIoughton, Mifilin Co.
Copyright, 1919. by Leroy Scott
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Jenny Malone, the daughter of
criminal, becomes involved with
Slim Jackson, II habitue of her
fathers place, in II check, forgery,
and is sought by the, police, To
for better life, her father, Black
Jerry, connives with friend known
~ Uncle George to have her placed
in high class school where she nc
quires culture aud cultured friends,
She is on the upgrade, but the old
life is strangely coming forward and
,,,,,s;,,r ;t,,lr N,;th tbn nn,y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-09

stayed wide open, and he never took
them off the three visitors.
Don't STIR" whispered Billy to the
others. When he goes to sleep we
will creep away"
But Pinkey didn't go to sleep. In
stead he lay quietly until he heard his
father S first gentle snore and then he
slipped out of bed and hoped over TO the
children. When he got good look. his
eyes nearly popped out of his head in
astonishment.
Toys - he squealed loudly. "Oh,
see the beautiful toys"
Hey Hey! What's the matter
now|' cried Father Rabbit jumping up
Toys Toys like human children
have! Come, look at them!"
Pretend you really are toys" whis-
How in the world could toys get
here?" grumbled Father Rabbit, as The
Rabbit family piled out of bed.
Perhaps Santa Claus brought
them" suggested Bunny.
Santa Claus doesn't give presents
to Rabbits" declared Johnny Rabbit,
"They fell into our hoie," said
perhaps Santa Claus dropped them
here by mistake. thinking our hole a
chimney" added Bunny eagerly,
"Oh, can we keep them and play
with them?" asked Pinkey.
Rabbits don't play with toys" an
swered Father Rabbit grufiiy. but when
he saw the look of disappointment on
the faces of the young rabbits he went
on kindly. But keep them IL you
like. There's no harm in that, although
it's a lot more fun playing with car
rots in the garden. -
"Oh Goody Goody ~ squealed the
young rabbits. and they rushed for
Peggy, Billy and Judge Owl. But just
then there came another kind Of a
squeal ard then squeak. It was
Gnawer and his band on the trail OF
the three who had fooled them.
''Eeee- eek Hey, you rabbits, have
you seen three strange creatures come
! this way?"
{romorrow viii be tola how Gnawes
| gets shock and tiir rabbits have fam
With thtir toya.l key
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-09

Tomorrow viii be tola how Gnawer
gets \ shock and siie rabbits have isln
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The Living Toys


Doggy, Billy and Judge Owl crouched
y at one side of the rabbit nest. They
had been thrown there so suddenly by
the smash up of the Gopher Express
that they didn't know what to do. And
not knowing what to do they didn't do
anything, which was the best thing they
could have done right then.
'What was that?" asked Father
Rabbit, sitting up in bed as the three
tumbled into the nest.
johnny Rabbit kicked me, an
swered Mother Rabbit, aud she gave
Johnny Rabbit little cuff with her
paw
cav, it wasn't me; it was Bunny
Rabbit and she kicked me, too" said
Johnny Rabbit, passing the blame on
to his sister.
'I don't kick in my sleep like you
do" snapped Bunny Rabbit. "You
kicked and so did Pinkey Rabbit, be-
cause / felt two kicks"
Pinkey Rabbit didn't answer at once
and Peggy and Billy, whose eyes had
now grown so used to the dark that they
could see in the gloom of the nest, be-
came aware that he was looking straight
at them. =.
"Sh n n h 1t WASH I KICKS you
felt 1t was something dropping into
our nest. There it is in the corner,
whispered Pinkey.
The whole Rabbit family turned their
hyes toward the corner. Peggy, Billy
and Judge Owl stood as still as they
could.
''Humph! Only n couple Of pebbles
that fell down our hole" grumbled
Father Rabbit. and he snuggled info bed
Again.
You'll have 10 fix the roof IN I'll,
morning. You've put II OF too long,
snumbled Mother Rabbit snugglinl
sIown, too. Only Pinkey bright eyel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-09
DREAMLAND ADVENTURES
BY DADDY
"THE RABBITS TOYS"

(Peggy, Billy aud Judge O,ot made
tiny By going through nlegaphOne,
arc escaping on the Gopher Erpress
from GnGlcer and the other mice When
the train is tprecked aud the three
are hurled doWH a hole into nest of
eCild rabbits.
Oxford eagle., 1919-01-30
Oxford Lafayette County. Miss Thursday, January 3d. 1919.

wall, listless and torpid. Indifferent
even to food, waiting quietly for
death"
There are more dead than buried in
Armenia. Men and women once IN
good circumstances and self-respect-
ing, now hungry, helpless. fiiendless.
crawl away, like animaIs. out of sight
die unseen, and lie unburied.
There is no joy Of victory in these
distraught lands. No sons. no fathers
no brothers are returning victorious 10
their homes in Armenia and Syria. Tor
their villages and their cities have
been razed and ruined and lie in dust
and ashes, and the men by the thou
sands and hundred Of thousands have
been pitilessly murdered or barbously
deported.
DepoTted? Yes. Deportation means
the loss of home, business property.
and every personal possession. 1t
means being driven into desert places.
forced to march at the point OF the
bayonet until strength is exhausted;
ii means being refused shelter, food,
drink; II means being subjected To
outrage and calculated cruelty.
Many such scenes Of terrible ard
tragic suffering are in the very lands
where Jesus walked with his disciples
Many of these awful sights are even
in the very shadow of the Mount Of
Olives, where Christ said suffer little
children and forbid them not to come
unto me: for of such is the kingdom
of heaven" Millions Of "the least Of
these my brethren" are hungry and
naked and sick and in terrible prisons
without walls. In them and through
them the King of pity and of love is
calling to you to minister to them just
as you would do if you saw Him lying
al your feet
II Is Americas God-given privilege
to feed the hungry from her great
bounty and from her unlimited stores.
IL Is her blessed duty to lift the head
Of fallen Armenia and put the cup Of
cold water to her lips and the morsel
of bread to her hands. and SO prove
herself indeed the protector and
liberator Of the oppressed and subject
races.
Now IS your opportunity To show
these lands made luminous by the
footprints Of Christ and the Apostles
what our Christianity Of the West
means to-day.
Oxford eagle., 1919-01-30
BAN TO Be RAISED
SATURDAY NIGHT
Sunday School Work To Be Resumed
Sunday Mt All the Churches-The-
atre and School Opens Monday.

DR.. A A. Young, City and County
Health Officer, was in Our office thus
morning and asked Us TO make known
the fact that the ban which has been
on good and strong in Oxford for the
past three weeks on account of the
FLU" epidemic, would be lifted al
midnight Saturday night, Feb. /.
The influenza condition in Oxford Is
somewhat improved, and it is thought
by the health authorities that il viii
be safe TO permit the Sunday Schools
and churches TO open for services Sun
day, and the theatre and public school
to resume Monday. The influenza has
swept the town from side to side, and
while there are a number OF cases vet
in the city, only few cases Of pneu-
monia developed and all the victims
are reported as doing nicely.
Oxford eagle., 1919-01-30
ARMEN|A-SYR|A RELIEF DRIVE
FROM MONDAY, FEB. $40

He will save them from starvation.
from death, and from the horrows
worse than death.
Four million AImenians. Svrians.
and other war-suffers in western Asia
are practically without food. clothing
or shelter, the vas majority helpless
women and children. More than a
million and half have been deported.
Nearly a million have been murdered
and massacred. Four hundred thous-
and children are orphaned. II can be
said that practically no more children
left under the age of five, all having
perished from exposure and disease
For every hundred bi-ths there are
from two to three hundred deaths.
The newly born children die almost
Immediately, their mothers having
nothing to give them but tears.
Deaths from dysentery, typhus. tuber-
eulosis and famin are increasing from
day to day with appalling rapidity.
The homeless pitiful stream of wo-
men and childrcn-wander aimleSsly
through the streets Of their wrecked
villages. If you stop a child toward
evening and ask him where he is GO
ing he viii tell you, 4 am searching
for. a piacp To slpen ("
All winter long they nave slept in
nooks and corners, in alleys and by
the roadsides, with no blankets, no
covering whatever, their clothing the
me-cst rags.
The scene in these lands of grief
and suffering are beyond words to
describe or the power Of imagination
to conceive. Throughout the length
and breadth of these countries there
Is no food save bread, the dry cIusts
of bread that they receive at the hands
Of charity. No meats, no vegetables,
no sugar, less than a pound Of bread
daily. and even this poor morsel has
often TO be shared with others.
"Wheresoever / go, a missionary
reports, = see men or women fallen
on the street dead or dying, and little
emaciated children stretching out their
wasted hands for Just one ~shahie"
for bread, tears running down their
checks. and still more awful are the
little one sitting propped against a
Oxford eagle., 1919-01-30
FEDERAL LOAN BODY
MEET. ELECT OFFICERS
Interesting and Important Meeting
Held in Oxford Tuesday When
Ofbcers for the Year We're Elected

The annual meeting O. the Federal
Lean Association Of Lafayette county
was held Tuesday and the following
officers for the year 1919 were elect
ed.
A f. Russell, president; Louis
Stephens, secretary.
After the election cf officers the
following bOard Ct directors were
elected
A. +. Russell. J. {. Eslzridge, Il. /.
Nicholson, ". J. Beard, J. N. Parvis-
Appraisers were elected as follows.
Fount Galloway, J. NJ Saunders,
J. Z. Young.
The association as ia a healthy state
and viii be the means OF several
thousand dollars being expended IN
the county this year Tor improving
farms, buying fine stock. etc. Nearly
one hundred thousand has been se-
cured through the and Of this associa-
tion for improving farms in the coun-
ty. already. and the association
promises to aid many more farmers
who are unable to secure money for
this purpose al the same low rate Of
interest. The association has been q
great factor in developing the live
stock and farm interests Of Lafayette
county. and all parties desiring
money at a low rate Ct interest, with
from twenty 10 forty years 70 pay
back. should consult the officers Of the
association.