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The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27

prophecy as 10 the probable damage
TO BE- expected i'm Chesterfield county
in l9aU." he said should the winter
continue mild. and be followed b. a
rainy summer. he thought serious in
jnry might be looked for this year.
A committee prepared q program
for 1890. The recommendations,
which urge diversification OF crops.
we're adopted BY those attending the
meeting. many Of whom expressed the
determination to carry them out lit
orally. The committee would have
each farmer plant 10 the plow eight 10
ten acres OF cotton: eight acres corn.
beans and peas: three acres oats and
peas: one half acre Of sweet potatoes.
and three acres OF peanuts. In case
peanuts are not planted II Is optional
with the farmer whether he use the
ground allotted for Irish potatoes. TO-
hacco. sorghum oy SOY beans, Each
farmer will also ~ urged TO keep one
sow 10 the plow and COW for each
family: and to eliminate all scrub
sires in livestock production
Union county would do well 10
a similar conference Many hg
the weevil appeared in Jackson toy. h-
ship this summer. and il Is known
for faet thai Chesterfield and Ian
easter counties are slightly infested,
Il is not unreasonable 10 expect the
pest to cause untold destruction IN
his county during the coming sum
ner. and some measure OF prepared
ness should ha undertaken County
Agent r. ] " Broom is very familiar
with the history Of the weeNil. and
he. assisted hv an expert from the
department. OF agriculture, could out
ine course Of procedure for the
armers for l9s0 AZ such a meeting.
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27
srrnenian-s,rian Relief Camnairp

Beginning Feb. l. and ending Feb
-. The United States is putting on a
nationwide campaign for funds 10 be
used in the relief of starving. dying
thousands in Armenia. Syria and the
wind-swept Caucasus. where the Turk
has had his cruel will
The plight of the people OF Armenia
presents a tragedy ineonceiyable.
Hundreds OF thousands OF the descen-
dents of the earlier Christian race are
now undergoing sufferings beyond the
Imagination OF civilized America.
During the war il is estimated that
one million Armenians. third OF the
total population. were massacred. No
harharity in human history exceeds
the gross cruelty of that destruction.
Thousands were driven out upon the
desert there 10 die from hunger and
thirst. under the pitlless rays of a
tropical sun. Such was the price the
Armenian people paid for their Chris
tlanity and their LOYALTY TO the cause
nf democracy during the world war.
Hundreds OF thousands OF refugees
u the Caucasus. clad only in torn YER
minous rags. without shelter and
without food. can exist only u Ameri-
"a has compassion upon them.
America OF al the nations has the
resources and the spirit g succor this
people. Armenia looks 70 America.
In their simple piety Armenians say
America is the hand oi God stretched
our for their relief Shall We iail
thena Not ii konw my country, or
our plenty We will give 10 Gods poor.
Union eounty's quota IN this cam
paign is thirty-three orphans, the
OF sl9s0.0o. II takes So
a month or $50 a year 10 feed one
child. Ten dollars month feeds and
clothes one child, SIS a month feeds,
clothes aud educates one enid. Sew
eral Sunday school classes have taken
4 child 10 feed. and some individuals
How many more Will respond 10 this
most worthy cause Those IN the
PRESBYTERIAN church will please report +
ID Mr.. James Morrow; Baptist church,
d Mr. Frank Ashcraft. Methodist. TO
Mr.. Wriston Lee; Episcopal, TO Mr. 4
Herndon Hasty; Lutheran, TO Mr.. T. f
/. Crowell Mrs. j. Frank Laney, +
County Chairman.
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27
ILL TREATED IN MEXICO.

Virginia Lady, Testifying Before
senate Committee Reveals Cruelty
of Mexicans.
Mrs. Cora Lee Sturgis, a Virginian.
witness before Senate committee
investigating the Mexican situation.
tells of her experiences as prisoner
in a Mexican bandit camp.
Mrs. Sturgis told how her old
mother. worn out by long suffering
and humiliation, died of starvation,
by the bandits, and how she had
been forced to go into the hhls to
cut wood and of long tramp to an
other camp with a secret message.
Americans were perfectly safe un-
der Diaz." she said. I'VE had no
trouble with Huerta and folks in my
part OF the country---Chiapas--hard-
ly knew of him. Our first trouble
was in 1916 when Carranza sent
troops 10 our section TO drive away
the help. As result we lost big
crops right on the eve OF the harvest"
II was nearly two years later that
the home Of the Sturgis family, COM
prising DR. Sturgis. a dentist, his
wife. the witness and her mother. was
raided by Federal soldiers who charg-
ed them with giving refuge to rebels.
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27

knew how bad conditions were. Why.
things were awful Once when 1
went to Mexico City they blew up a
train In front OF me and one behind
me-"
The most thrilling chapter of the
experience followed capture of the
family by Zapata bandits, who took
everything movable from the planta-
tion, including twenty-three thousand
dollars in cash. They were sent forty
miles across country 10 a prison camp.
Mrs. Sturgis and her husband afoot
and the formers mother on a mule.
Some months later Mrs. Sturgis
was ordered to proceed on foot to
another camp with a secret message
and warned that unless she returned
In two months other members of the
family would be killed.
Returning TO the camp, Mrs. Stur-
gis found her mother dead and her
husband dying of starvation. Some
months later she was released and
more dead than alive" walked with
DR.. Sturgis over the hills to their old
plantation TO find il bare as bone.
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27
1 Movement Without Logic

The activity OF the World prohi
bitiou and Law Enforcement League
which is seeking TO raise thousands
OF dollars 10 carry on i,s propaganda
was denounced Saturday by the Bibh
county, Georgia. grand jury in the
following words;
We believe the rigid enforcement
of the existing prohibition laws will
conserve the best interests OF the ma
tion. and therefore We call upon all
our people to cooperate with the au-
thorities toward the suppression of
the manufacture aud sale OF
spirituous liquors We are not IN
sympathy with the movement 10 col
lect large sum OF money in this
county 10 assist in enforcing the pro-
hibltiea laws. In oar opiaian the
power that created this idw has the
power 10 enforce i.
The Bihb county grand jury is eN-
actly right A government thdl can
NOT enforce it's laws without the aid
Of a League on the order OF the one
in question Is Fundamentally weak;
and there is the same logic IN an ap-
peal lor fuuds to help the police en-
force local laws rs Is In the appeal Of
the Law Enforcement and World
Prohibition Leaeue.
One wonders how either Chief OF
Police c. II Griffin or Shcri8 John
Grit6th would feel if handed one hun
dred dollars 10 help enforce The
laws,
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27
heath of Miss Melissa Parker

Miss Melissa Parker. a resident OF
Chesterfield. county. ; c., but ma
Tive of this county died Al the home
OF Miss Rebecca Davis IN Buford
township January Goth after suffer
ing several days with pneumonia
Her body was peacefully laid TO rest
hy the side of her father and mother
in the cemetery Al Philadelphia Bap-
tist church the writer conducting the
service. In early life she was con
verted and joined the Nj. Olive Bap-
tist church. Many of the three score
and ten years that she had almost
lived out were spent going about do
ing good. When there were any in
addiction In her community, there she
could be found administering as best
the could. In fact. she was on such
mission when oyertaken by the
that finally terminated in her
death. She will be greatly missed
VI. p. L. preslar.
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27
Chesteriicld's Boil Wec,il Conference.

Chesterfield county farmers are
fully alive 10 the menace the coming
OF the boil weeyil presents to their
future prosperity and welfare, judg-
Ing by the large attendance at the
boil weevil conference. which was
held in the Chesterfield court house
Tuesday morning County Agent w
]. Tiller. who called the meeting.
stated it was not the intention of the
promoters of the conference to fright
en- anyone. but 10 look a serious sit
uation squarely in the face and to
calmly prepare TO meet it, Mr. Till
er." says the Chesterfield Advertiser,
told of finding evidences of the pres
ence of the weeyil in the county. and
emphasized the absolute necessity of
taking steps while there is yet time
TO combat II.
District Demonstration Agent A. 4.
McGowan told of the erection of The
monument at Enterprise. Alabama, in
honor of the boil weevil. but said the
monument was in honor of diversi-
fled farming. which the invasion of
the weeyil had brought about and that
II was diversified farming that had
brought prosperity to Enterprise and
many other places that had never
known prosperity under the one crop
system.
The pest having been found in
Chesterfield county in 1919. the COM
ing summer would witness its second
season, stated State Entomologist Nc
Connell. who also declared the weeyil
usually does serious injury TO the
crops in the year Of its infestation.
THE development of the weeyil de-
rends so largely on weather condi-
tions that IL would be hard TO
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27

Two of Carranza's captains and a
lot of soldiers came to our home and
beat US with guns" Mrs. Sturgis tes-
tilted. When my husband protested
and reminded the bandits that we
were Americans, they pushed him
aside and laughed. saying. Your old
government is only a bluff They
found no rebels, but they were not
satisfied and wanted TO search the
roof, insisting that | go up with them.
told them | was an American, not
a roof climber. but they struck me
on the shoulder with a gun"
Dr. Sturgis reported the raid TO
the American consul at Frontero. who
advised the family to remain at the
plantation, the witness said.
Mrs. Sturgis said rebel and Car
rama forces frequently worked to-
gether, and that both factions dis
seminated anti-American propaganda,
including a charge that Henry p.
Fletcher. American ambassador TO
Mexico, had accepted one million dol
lars to uphold the Carranza govern
ment. Mrs. Sturgis said she told the
bandit who made this charge that iii
was lie."
Zone of the bandits told me that
Ambassador Fletcher could not re-
turn to that country" Mrs. Sturgis
said. Il don't think Mr. Fletcher
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27
TUESDAY. JANUARY -. 1920.
The sin oil Omission

AA sAA1 N1AAAtsAAAsAAs sAAHNAAF NfH-ta@tN- -
another page. Mr. Green asks;
In the interest OF simple justice
and fair PLAY for taxpayers. including
at least half the citizens Of the county
who make Marshs lie. Wngale, Wax
haw and Indian Trail their market
towns and whose good money viii 90
to pay Il least half the fiye-handred
thousand .dollar bond issue. maN | ask
WHY no arrangements have been made
fof work lo start simultaneously on
some ct the arteries OF travel that
lead into these other trade centerS
The journal, in fairness 70 the road
commission. must assume. in this in
stance. responsibility for isleading
the esteemed editor of the Home
Community zeal led us 10 say that
work will start almost simultaneous
~ on ali the arteries leading out from
Monroe. whereas we should have
mentioned some of the work contem-
plated in Marshville and Jackson
townships Mr.. Henderson, in giving
out the information on which the
foregoing assertion was based, stated
that work would start on the follow
ing roads in Marshyille township.
along with operations on the roads
leading cut from Monroe; Marshville
to Euto road. The road running from
Marshytlle by Ghboa church 10 the
Anson county line. the Marshyille to
Pageland road and the Wilmington
10 Charlotte highway through Marsh
willie township.
In fact. some work Is already be
ins done ON the road from Marsh
vile to the Auson county line. and
the Marshville 70 Pageland road. The
contract has also been let ior the
construction Of the highway through
Marshyile township, and probably as
much work. in due time, viii be- in
progress i'm that township as Will be
III Monroe township.
Neither Is Jackson township being
overlooked \ contractor Is now At
werk on the Jackson highway having
begun at the Jackson monument He
will be met at Waxhaw b. eoutrae-
tors. who will begin on the Monroe
end OF the road. The Providence
road. in that township. will also be
worked along about the time the CON
tractors begin operations in earnest.
Not having knowledge of these
facts, Mr.. Green cannot be censured
for concluding that Marshyille
township had been the victim OF
gross discrimination Now having
them. The Journal, knowing his repu-
tatien fer fair-mindedness, believes
Mr.. Green will admit the error of his .
conclusions
Marshville township, according 10
Mr.. F. G. Henderson, chairman of the .
road commission, will receive more
OF the 100000 road fund. in proper
tion TO taxes paid, than will Monroe
township All Of the other town
ships, on the same basis. will obtain .
more road work than Monroe town
ship. This equitable distribution of
the fund is made possible by the grad
ing done by Monroe township within
the past fifteen or twenty years
Whatever else may be said of the
road commission It cannot be charg
ed with fayoritism. Monroe, In pro-
portion to the taxes II pays. will bene-
fit no more from the road fund than
the poorest township. whichever that
may Dc. in the county.
The Monroe journal., 1920-01-27

Ben Franklin's famous saying
modernized:
Early to bed, and early 10 rise,
Work like h., and advertise"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
NEW SOURCE OF TURPENTINE
Tree in Central India to Be Looked
To for Supply of Really
Good Quality.

Turpentine oil and rOSin are already
being produced on a commercial scale
in India by the distiuation of pine
rosin. A new source of aupply which.
though comparatively small, may be
valuable, especially for Indian use. has
now been found in frankincense or
olibanum. This material is obtained
by the natives by making missions in
the stems of Bosweilia serrata, tree
widely distributed throughout the dry
zone forests of Central India. The
resinous substance which exudes from
the cuts contains a kind of turpentine,
a rOsin and gum
Investigations OF the methods of sep
arating these constituents in a market
able form have been conducted since
1912 by the forest authorities in India
in cooperation with the Imperial in
stitute, and the results have been pub
Iished recently in a paper by r. S.
Pearson, forest economist, and Puran
Singh, chemical adviser. at the Forest
Research institute, Dehra Dun. The
general conclusion reached, based on
the results of numerous trials, is that
the turpentine oil is equal to good
quality American turpentine oil.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12

Irene's attractiveness, hut he had no
deep attachment for her. He was not
aware that he had ever had an abid-
ing attachment for any woman. At
tachments were things which he put
on and off as readily as a change of
clothes. He planned to hit Dave
through Irene, but he planned that
when he struck it should be a death
blow. Their engagement would lend
a sharper edge to his shaft.
1t may as we'll be set down that for
Mrs. Hardy Coward had no regard
whatever. Even while he shaped soft
words for her ear he held her in con-
tempt To him she was merely silly
old woman.
From the day he had first seen Mrs
Hardy his attitude toward her had
been one of subtle f1attery, partly be-
cause it pleased his within and partly
on that same day he had seen Irene,
and he was shrewd enough to know
that his approach to the girls affec-
tons must be made by way of the ac-
Quaintanceship which he would eStab-
lish under the guise of friendship for
her mother. Since his trouble with
Dave Coward had a double purpose
in developing that acquaintanceship.
He had NO computations as to his
method of attack. While Dave was
manfuIIy. laying siege to the front
gate Coward proposed to burglarize
the home through the back door of
family intimacy. And now that Dave
seemed to have won the prize Con-
ward realized that his own position
was more secure than ever. Had he
not been called in consultation by the
girls mother? Were not the inner af-
fairs of the family now laid open be-
her mothers adviser permit him to
assume steward Irene an attitude
which, in a sense, was more intimate
than even Dawes could be- He turned
these matters over quickly in his mind
and congratulated himself upon the
wisdom of his tactics.
Its very dreadful Mrs. Hardy was
saying. between dabbings of her per-
fumed handkerchief On eyes that bore
witness to the genuineness of her dis
tress. Irene is not an ordinary girl.
She has in her qualities that justified
me in hoping that-that she would do
very different from this Need ]
conceal from you, Mr.. Conward-from
you. Of all men-what have been my
hopes for Irene?'
Conward's heart 1eaped at the con
fession. He had secretly entertained
some doubt as to Mrs. Hardy's pur-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
Words.

land now" concluded the super ora
tor, as he bowed TO the frenzied ap-
plause OF the common people. eff /
have made any point clear TO this in
teliigent audience l Will feel that l
have failed of my purpose. However.
the greatest of mCrtals is prone to err,
so, IN Justice TO the great issue at
stake. I trust thar anyone who under
stands what the League of Nations
really is will ask such questions as
will enable me to obscure such parts
of it as may be clear to you now"
Silence. More 81
lerce And then some
"Ahi Your silence IS f1aJteripg. in
deed. If you will Tow dispense with
shaking my hand. will bid you adieu,
as l must save my energy for the
speech l am to deliver tomorrow be-
fore the former munitiOn makers on
How TO Combat the High Cost Of
Living Life.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12

It has been stated that people are as
ignorant of the size Of the sea as they
are OF matters dealing with astronomy.
Few are aware. for instance, that
the Pacific ocean covers 6S.OO0,OO0
miles; the Atlantic 30.OOo.O 900 miles.
and the Indian ocean, Arctic. and
Antarctic 100000.
To stow away the contents OF the
Pacific it would be necessary To- I'LL
a tank one mile long. one mile wide.
and one mile deep. every day for 40
years. Put In figures. the Pacific holds
IN weight es4. 0O0. OO0. coo O0O. 00O. 900
tons.
The Atlantic averages a depth OF not
quite three miles Its waters weigh
go. 600, 600. OOO, 600. 100000 tons. and a
tank to contain It would have each
of its sides 40 miles long.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12

for COW puncher when there are men
like Mr.. Coward"
Coward - interrupted Dave
HE has the manners of a gentle
man. she, said. in a tone intended to
be crushing.
"And the morals of a coyote" Dave
returned holly.
''O-O-o-h - said Mrs. Hardy. in low.
shocked cry. That Eden should speak
of Coward with such disdain seemed
to her little less than sacriIege. Then.
gathering herself together with some
dignity: IF you cannot speak re
spectfuIly of Mr.. Coward you will
please leave the house. 1 shall not
forbid you to see Irene; I know that
would be useless. But please do not
trouble me with your presence"
When Dave had gone Mrs. Hardy
rang up COnward's number.
'Oh, Mr.. Conward!'' she said. You
know who is speaking? Yes.
You must come up tonight. 1 do want
to talk with you. I've been insult
ed-in my own house. BY that-that
Eden. It's all very terrible. 1 can't
tell you over the telephone"
Coward called early in the evening.
Mrs. Hardy had heard the bell and
hustled into the room. She had not
yet recovered from her agitation, and
made no effort to conceal it.
Come into my sitting room. Mr..
Coward. 1 am so glad you have come.
Really, am so upset. 1t is such a
comfort, to have some one you can de-
pend On-sOme one whose advice one
can seek, on occasions like this. I
never thought
There, there he said You must
control yourself. Tell me. 1t will re-
lieve you, and perhaps 1 can help"
''Oh, I'm sure you cam she re-
turned. ITS all over Irene and that
that will say it-that COW puncher.
To think it should have come to thisi
Mr.. Coward, you are not a mother, so
you can't understand. Ungrateful grill
But 1 blame him. And the doctor.
never wanted him to come West. 1t
was that fool trip, in that fool mo-
tor
Coward smiled to himself over her
unaccuStOmed violence. Mrs. Hardy
must be deeply moved when she for
got to be correct. He had readily sur
missed the occasion of her distress. It
needed no words from Mrs. Hardy to
tell him that Irene and Dave were en-
gagged. He had expected it for some
time, and the information was not al
together diStastefuI TO him. He had
come somewhat under the spell of
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
MAKING HASTE SLOWLY.

There Is something extremely fas-
cinating in quickness; and most men
are DESTROYS Of appearing quick. The
great rule for becoming so IS az not
attempting to appear quicker than
you really are; By resolving TO under
stand yourself and others. and 10 know
what you mean. and what they mean
before you speak or answer. Every
man must submit TO be slow before he
Is quick and Insignificant before he f.
mportant.-Sydney Smith
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP NOSTRILS
Tells How to Get Quick Relief
from Head-Coids. It's Splendid!


In one minute your clOgged nostrils
will open. the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more hawking. .snufling,
blowing. headache, dryness. No strug-
Cling for breath at night; your cold
or catarrh will be gone.
Get small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little Of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. It pen
ertates through every air passage OF
the head. Soothes the inf1amed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with a cold or nasty catarrh-Relief
ZONES so quickly.-Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-02-12
ALBINoS.

The term "a1bino" was originally
applied by the Portuguese to negroes
found on the coast Of Aries, who were
notified with white spots. Now an
aIbino Il defined as person having
cOngenital deficiency Of pigments OF
the skin. hair and eyes. Albinos occur
among ali races Of men; in extreme
cases they have . skin Of milky
color. extremely light hair, and eyes
with a deep red pupil with pink o.
blue iris.