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The Washington times., 1920-09-12

give me all the love he denied me centuries
ago. And after that will never come back
to this earth"
Now Sappho, as all students of Greek
history and literature know, was a Lesbar
poetess Of good family, who lived about
six centuries before the Christian era. The
chief motives Of the poems which made
her famous were love and the beauty Of
nature. They contained no profound
thoughts and few striking images, but are
marked by exquisite beauty Of diction and
liquid lapse Of rhythm. From the fragments
of her work which have come down to us
it is inferred that she practiced or taught
the art of poetry in a school of maidens
Of about her own age. She was devotedy
attached to these maidens, composing
their bridal odes when they left her to
marry.
Sappho was a contemporary Of the poet
Alcaeus and with him the chief creator
Of what Is known as the Aeolian lyric.
According to legend Acaeus was in love
with her, but she is said to have preferred
a handsome young Greek called Phaon.
Her love for him. however, was unrequited,
and in despair she killed herself.
Here is the English translation of one
Of Sapphos famous poems:
The luminous moon
Fled with the Pleiades;
The silent night soon
Falls and Nature fades;
The hour passed, all alone
On my couch restless lie,
As tears and anguished moan
Those words decry.
For the love that in my breast,
Which doth continuously agitate,
Is sweet. but robs me OF rest,
And fain would seek its mate
And here are some OF little Juanita
Clivotte's poems on which the theory OF
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Sappho has really reappeared in this little
twentieth century child II we can account
for her own idea-that she is the reborn
Sappho-in simpler way?
The same treatment must be given the
case of Juanita. We are apt to under.
estimate the intellectual power OF chill
dren, and she is evidently highly gifted
child, or, as her mother says, different
from other children
"She is unquestionably a case OF 'disso-
ciated personality such as was made
famous by DR.. Morton Prince in his notable
case Of Miss Beauchamp, who was pos.
sessed, not Of two, but OF four distinct
personalities, each one OF which might
have been claimed TO be the transmigrated
soul Of three or more long-defunct men or
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
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Here Is what one
Of the foremost ply
sicians and psychol-
ogists Of New York
has to say upon
sciences viewpoint
of the matter:
Science finds this
a rare but not q
unique case by any
means. or course,
the idea of soul
transmigration is not
accepted by any
scientist. Until such
time as science can
prove the existence
of a soul 1t accounts
for cases like this of
little Juanita in a
very natural, though
unusual, way. We
must not forget one
automatic saying of
the scientist: We
must not posit any
explanation OF a
phenomenon greater
than would account
for it, In other
words, why suppose
that the soul OF
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A PRAYER
written at the age OF ten)

written at the Of ten)
Aphrodite, the mother Of me in spirit,
/ pray to you this morn,
That you will answer to me in the voice
Of the wind
Will you give to me the power over hearts?
That may lie on the cool, clinging sods
this night,
And singing up to my throne
OF my sacrifice to love.
] am pure through pilgrimages Of hells.
/ suffered my bodily sins so long ago.
Grant me the gift of pure love
For now | understand.
Is this little girl actually the vessel that
holds the reincarnated soul OF the Sappho
of over two milleniums ago, and are her
verses the echoes Of that poetic genius
which delighted poetic Greece six centuries
before the Christian era? Or is her case
one Of those upon the dim borderland Of
psychology which science is only begin.
ming to penetrate?
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The significance Of the last four lines
gave a decided shock. For Sappho, the
legend says, in despair over the hopeless
ness Of her love for the Grecian Phaon
flung herself into the sea from a high
cliff on one Of the Ionian Islands, and this
cliff is known to this day as "Sappho's
Leap"
They asked her where she had read the
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verses that she had writ
ten. She said that they
were her own, and went
on calmly:
II was a great poetess.
/ was Sappho. And what
l write now is what l re.
member of that time. l
saw my body beneath the
sea where l had leaped be-
cause Phaon did not love
me! And l wrote Of It,"
Again the parents tried
to reason with her, but
they could not get past
that strange conviction in
the little maids mind. That
it made the mother un-
happy, and that she is still
unhappy, is undeniable.
when she was eight"
says the mother, Il had a
crying spell over her. 1t
troubled me, and it trou-
bles me now, because she
is so unlike other girls. /
said to her, 'Juanita, try
as l will, l cannot make
you out And her answer
made me weep the more.
She said, Don't try, moth
er. l came back here to
work another reincarna-
tion and spiritual redemp-
tion, and chose you for my
mother because you had a
clean body and your mind
was bright enough to make
you companionable, but
you will never really un-
derstand me. You never
can; so please don't try!'"
A month ago Juanita an
nounced that she is des-
tined to live on this earth
only twelve years longer!
"By the time am twen-
ty-four," she said, 81 will
be- united to Phaon. But
not here. 1t will be in an
other world he will
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MISTS OF JEWELS
written at the age OF seven)

Mists of jewels rise into the air,
Amethysts of sin lost souls laid bare;
Emeralds of purity with fire Of astral light;
Rubies dark and rich
With flames of night.
PASSIONS diamond shining clear though
false,
Sapphire cleaning with heartaches blue,
Mists of jewels form their love in you.
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WITHOUT POWER
written at the age Of eight

written at the Of eigbt)
ran along the lakes smooth waters,
| few across the sky,
| breathed the perfume from loves bower,
l am passion without power.
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The Little River news., 1920-08-21
TO KElP FARMERS
 TO LARGER YIELDS
Warren Bank Will Put Into Use Use Lessons Gained on
 Recent Tour.

Little Rock, Aug 19.-The Mer- chants end Planters Bank of Warren is going to lose no time but is going to at once encourage the farmers of Bradley county to experiment with commercial fertilizers, according to ACarI Hollis, cashier of the bank and a former president of the Arkansas Bankers Association.
 MT. Hollis was a member of the party which recently toured Georgia and the Carolinas under auspices of the Arkansas Profitable Farming Blu reaU Of the Little Rock Board of Com- mv@ce. He was greatly impressed by the fact that while the soils in Brad ley county are much better than those visited on the tour, Bradley county's eotgon yield averages less than oae- fourth of the yields in the sections of Georgia and the Carolinas. Many yields are six and seven times as great.
 My bank plans to arrange with at least one good farmer in each com munity in Bradley county to try fer tilizers on five acres of cotton, five acres of corn, following the advice of the most competent fertilizer experts
The Little River news., 1920-08-21

the price for cotton because higher priced goods can be made from it'
 MT Hollis said that he was pro- foundly impressed by the high yields of farms that were inspected on the tour. He declared that he was con- vinced that it is practical to secure these high yields and to make equally
 large profits throughout the cotton growing districts of Arkansas and
 especially his home county of Bradley autos in the districts surrounding Florence, Darlington and Hartsville, is. G." said MT. Hollis "The soil in
 this territory is sandy, piney, cut over land. One lumber company in
 Warren has 100000 acres of idle cut over land similar to that we saw around these three South Carolina
 towns, but the Bradley county soil possesses more natural fertility This
 district in South Caroline last year
 averaged 340 pounds of lint cotton to the acre with 50 per cent of the crop long staple. A la.ge number of the farms visited have averaged a bale to the acre for several years. One farm bus. for five consecutive years, made three bales to the acre on part of the land
The Little River news., 1920-08-21

lis. "At the end of 1921 the farmers who make these experiments and their neighbors can have a definite idea of what fertilizers and of the quantity that their soils need. One years trial will not settle so large a prob lem but it will indicate the way. The second year the farmers who have made tests of the five-acre tracts can continue their trials on larger fields and their neighbors will be encourag- sed to try fertilizers on five-acre tracts.
 After a few years of careful work along these lines the farmers of Brad ley county will know how to use com mercial fertilizers and how to manage their lands to get the greatest re- turns. Then the average yield in Bradley county should be not less than a bale of cotton and 50 to 75 bushels of corn to the acre.
 Pure-Bred Seed Essential.
 "In every county we visited we were impressed with the absolute necessity of planting seed that has been bred to produce nigh yields. The use Of seed from yields that produce lew yields is one of the weakest points in raising cotton and corn in Arkansas. A visit to the big cotton mill at Greenville, s. C., convinced us that every community should raise one variety of cotton, that a mill can ferent lengths in the same bale and that the longer the lint, the higher
The Little River news., 1920-08-21
MARKETING LIME CONTENT
Much Fertilizer New Being Prepared
 For Market at White Cliffs.

TeXarkana, Aug 19.-H. w Holmes, prominent member of the Lime Pro- ducts Co.,, Fertilizer manufacturers of White Cliffs, Ark, was the guest for a few hours today of w. A. Mccartney
 The Lime Products Company is mak ing all preparations to meet the enor- nous demand for soil fertilizers, using the practically unlimited lime content of the cliffs in the manufacture of the active year with the increased awak- ening among state farmers for ferti- lizer in boosting the crop resources of the state.
The Little River news., 1920-08-21
LARGE ENROLMENT
1000 Men, Women and Children
 tend Farmers Short Course.

Fayetteville, Aug. 19.-Approxima ly 1000 men, women and childr were present at the opening of Farmers Short Course at the TJniv, sity of Arkansas Tuesday, and ma more are expected to register duri the week. The University dormitorj the city hotels and many priva homes have been opened to accom- date the farmers.
 The enrolment for the Short Com is representative of those engaged practically every phase of agricultul life in Arkansas. General farmp1 cotton farmers, orchardists, ponlt j men, dairymen, live stock breede| farmers wives, hom- demonstratiI agents, members of the boys agricl tural clubs, and the girls canning as cooking clubs, are among those prg ent.
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in my race for representative. I wi
 do all in my power to merit the trus reposed in me using my best iudgd
 ment in promoting the best interel
 of the people in this county and stat F. K. Davis.
The Little River news., 1920-08-21
Card of Thanks.

I wish to express my gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the voters of Little River county who gave me such a splendid vote and the nomination
The Little River news., 1920-08-21

Select your tires ac- oordin6 to the roads they have to travel:
 In sandy CT hilly coun- try, wherever the going is apt to be heavy-The U. s. Hobby.
 For ordinary country eoads-The U. S. Chain or Usco.
 For front wheels- The U. s. Plain.
 For best results- everywh here-U. s. Royal Cords.
The Little River news., 1920-08-21

WANTED-I want to rent a house to , rooms.-C. A. Mahon.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-26
Are You From Missouri?

Missouri is known as the "Show Me"
state, and congressman from there will
probably have to be shown before they
will support the Kcttner bill. If I'M
perial Valley is to|get its all-American
canal and soldier settlement, it will be
necessary to secure all of the support
possible in congress.
Missouri representatives are proud of
their state, and having a clannish spirit,
they will be particularly susceptible to
influence by former Missourians. Every
resident of Imperial valley who comes
I from Missouri should write his former
congressman in the interest of the Kett-
ner bill Fl Fl 1853. Several of the con-
in Washington. They have served many
terms in congress, and one of them,
Champ Clark was former speaker of
the house and a presidential possibility.
No stone should be left unturned to
secure the support of Missouri repre-
sentatives for the Valley measure, and
as many letters as possible should be
written to them.
If in doubt as to just what to say,
consult Secretary McIver at the Irriga-
ton district office in El Centre, and he
will assist you in writing your letters,
or, in any other way you ask. Not only
should you write to congressman but to
your friends in Missouri asking them
to use their influence with their repre-
sentatives. Letters to the representa-
tives should be addressed in care of the
House Office Building, Washington, d.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-26
l07 ARRESTED.
HERE'S LIST
OF THOSE
| \ J 4 L
CalexicO Furnishes Greater
Number in Wholesale Raid
New Raid at Calipatria
Nets IL; Someone Tipped
Ell Centro is Charge.

The following We're arrested in Satur-
day nights raids and are from FL Cen
tro: Matte Sheppard. Jack Williams,
Francis Ellis, and c. II. Brooks.
Those taken at Imperial We're: Homer
Jones, James f. Roberts. C. r. Web
ster j. A. kenner, j. r. Arce, A.
Valdez, and Earl Sallas, Lesther Andre
Maggie Brown, Hattie Davis, Ella VIII
let, May Perwitt, Edna Smith,, Ora
Deane, Nora Brown, Pauline Root. AL
len Smith, NJ. r. Davis, Leon Edwards.
Ingram Cox, Sylvester Steward.
: The following were nabbed in Braw-
ley: NJ. v Parysch, Fred Hass, Chas.
Mitchell, l.. Lane and J. c. Bow.
The largest number were taken in
CaleXico, they are: Julian Smith, Lola
Belle, Shirley Davenport, Donna Brown
Daisy Mcdonald, Pauline Clements, FL
brie Woods, Dolores Anderson, Nellie
Porter, Louella johnson. Iona McNade,
Mrs E. II. Render, Nathaniel Jones, j.
TeberGhien, ID. b. Brooner Louis c.
Marble, sylvester Johnson, Othello Har-
ris, G. Buchanan, John Lott Il. II.
l.,
b. II. Render Marquette Burns, Westley
Killer, Clarence Winston, l.. S. Tuey, II.
c. Burns. NJ Koseka, Henry Thompson.
r. Ida, James Taylor, A. Legispy, Vic
torana Warner, Jesus Guadorana, Cruz
Munl, V. c. Ferguson, r. Huerta. Mon
roe Norris, Wier Macklin, Eli Nicker-
son, w. d. Battle, II. NJ. Ramsey, Willie
Logan, Lee Tydelle, George Settle, c. r.
Knight, A. Sanders, j. x. Murphy, c. H.
Meier, X. w. Marwitz, f. A. Gossett
Lernezo Garrado, Mitchell Roquemore
Earl Hayes, William Hicks, Martinez
Flores, John Mason, Jesus Martinez
Thomas Morales, Manuel Reys, Ruvina
Marques, c. Weatherall,' Charles Blake
Jim Boyd, Abe Swink, Frank Johnson,
Morris Harrison and Nellie Vincent
Those taken in Calipatria during the
raid last night, and held charged with
evading the Red Light Abatement Law
are: Dovie Adams +. Smith Embree,
Pauline Hall, Edith Walker, Mammie
Campbell, Pearl Williams, Mammie
Gumerin, Nellie Mason, j. Cans. and f.
r. Montgomery.
"Chief" Cummings and Undersheriff
Harry Barker were in charge of the
officers that raided the houses in CaleX-
leo. A half dozen regular officers ac-
companied them and a number of spe-
cial deputies were sworn in to take part
in the roundup.
Dave Matlock was in charge of the
men that took part in the raid on I'm
perial Saturday night and also on Cal
ipatria last night.
Sheriff Applestille took personal
charge of the raid conducted in FL Cen
tro, and chose his own men for the job.
The general opinion at the county
Jail is that someone tipped off the
local houses and that accounts for the
failure in rounding in any of the men
known to be conducting gambling
houses in this town.
1t is declared at the office of the dis
trict attorney that the parties guilty
Of protecting the houses will be punish
ed and if any of the officials in the city
are responsible for it they will be re-
moved from office.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-26

about it tOand would be glad to know l
thanked the man after questioning him
and called Hyde to me and said Go up
and get your money He replied, We'll,
| was going to quit anyway He didn't
tell me where he was going but told
some of the boys he was going to Los
Angeles. l see where they caught him
in Phoenix. l am sure the sheriff's de-
putty will bear me out in these state
ments."
The warrant for Hyde's arrest was
sworn to by Mayor George Watkins af-
ter it is said he had stood in the rain
for two hours more than week ago
to secure the evidence.
Thirty Released
One hundred and forty-five arrests
were made Saturday night and about 80
were released before Sunday morning.
In explaining the releases, District At
torney Simon said today:
I'm CaleXico and in Imperial we
found two places where there was
gambling going on in one part of the
room and where dancing was going on
in another. In CaleXico there was a
place where a lunch counter was in one
corner When the raids were made and
the officers approached from all the en-
frances the persons inside naturally
huddled together. After the raids We're
made the officers picked out those who
are alleged to have been gambling and
we released the rst for w cannot con-
vict a person who was drinking a cup
of coffee Of gambling. No one was re-
nj thn pa org
had questioned him."
This morning there were 107 names
on the county Jail register and it was
stated there We're rs persons being
held
Raids Successful
With the exception of Ell Centre
where it is charged the gamblers We're
tipped off the raid was carried out in a
perfect manner. Not a shot was fired
as place after place in Calexico and I'm
perial were raided and the occupants
loaded into huge trucks. All were
brought to the county Jail.
In all 35 painted women were in the
tolls Of the law.
There were Mexicans, negroes and
whites of both sexes, mixed with a
Dope fiends, booze victims, all hard
looking characters mixed with painted
women, some bold and some frightened
In Imperial it was found that a row
of small houses had been built near the
tracks for immoral purposes. Rec
lights were hung above the doors
while the girls Haunted their trade un
der the guise of cabaret dancers.
| The King Cotton hotel was Bol
Davis headquarters. A full layout OF
|
Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-26
COMM | 7 7 EE
SAYS ROSE
FIGHTING
BILL
Demands $4,000 for Himself
and $65,OOO as Expenses;
Telegram to District Ex-
plain Attitude of Second
Delegation.

That Mark Rose is going to fight o.
delay the Kettner bill was the state
ment made in a telegram received a
the district offices today from the sec
ond delegation in Washington.
The telegram says Rose is demandin.
$4,000 for himself out of the $500 h
is asking to withdraw his claims.
The telegram follows;
Imperial Irrigation District, Ell
Centro, California.
Mark Rose claims 20 prominent
business men of the Valley have
wired him requesting that he be al
lowed to carry out his contract.
We think these kilograms must be
old ones but he will use them with
the committee
We have offered to submit the
question as to whether Rose should
be compensated and if so as to the
amount to any fair person on the
board bIt he insists on 5000. S65,-
600 claims as expenses and $4,000
for himself, payable at once or a
preferential right to purchase 1O,-
600 acres.
We feel convinced congress will
not under any circumstances grant
private interests such a privilege
and Rose intends to delay or defeat
the bill if possible.
Yaeger. of Coachella Valley has
caused the introduction of a bill
providing soldiers be given prefer
cnce at public auction of lands
Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-26
WIDE EXPOSE
Of ROTTEN
CONDITION
PROMISED
DIR. w. o. Johnson, Chair
man of Committee and
Mayor Geo. Watkins lead
List of Hundred Pledged
to Clean Up Community.

An Indignation meeting called by
the Committee of 100, at which it
is promised the truth about alleg-
ed rotten vice conditions in Imper-
ial valley will be placed before the
! public. will be held tomorrow eve
ming at Central high school audi
t0rium. The meeting is called for
o'clock.
DIR. w. o. Johnson, chairman of the
committee and Mayor Geo. Watkins, a
leading director are expected to head a
list of speakers numbering among them
some of the most widely known and
prominent men of the Valley.
In a page advertisement printed in
the Press tsday the committee makes
some of the most startling charges
made in years about vice conditions
existing in the Imperial valley at this
time, and the meeting coming after the
highly sensational raids of Saturday
night, will doubtless draw an immense
audience.
At the meeting tomorrow evening the
promises to lay before Ell
Centre citizens facts which will arouse
to immediate action the law abiding cit.
izens of the community
A warning is sounded that opposing
elements will endeavor to pack the aud
torium and this fact coupled with the
startling charges are expected to pack
the auditorium.
That the vice problem has by no
means ended and has in fact only be-
gun was strongly intimated today by a
OF members of the committee
who state they are determined to con-
tinue the Investigations until all law
breakers are either behind the bars or
hav fed the country.
Not in years has the Valley been
aroused by the revolving facts of crime
as it has since the vice conditions
which have been proven to exist by the
night raids.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-01-26

Il make no charges against any Off
GERS in the three cities" he continued,
but the investigation is being continued
and mass of evidence will be laid be-
fore the grand jury, which convened to.
day"
Bribery Charged
RumorS that charges of bribery
would be laid against certain members
of the police force in the three cities
We're neither confirmed or denied by the
district attorney, who also declined to
comment on charges that the gambling
houses in Ell Centro were tipped off by
members of the Ell Centro police force
late Saturday, and it was for this reas-
on that the raids We're partially unsuc.
cessful.
''How could we have tipped anyone
off," was the reply of Chief of Police c.
II. Hill to the insinuations being made,
1--WE We're totally unaware that the raids
were to take place. The first thing l
knew about it was when / came down
town Sunday morning. To my knowl-
edge only one member of the force
knew anything about the proposed
raids and this member did not know
until after midnight Saturday"
Knew About Gambling
Questioned as to whether he knew
that gambling was going on in Ell Cen
tro the chief replied:
Eyes we knew that gambling was
going on. 1t is impossible to prevent
some of the residents of the Eastside
from gambling. We have raided games
on the eastside time and time again as
the police records will show but that
does not stop all gambling"
In replying to a question about gamb
ling going on at points other than the
eastside. Chief Hill said:
"We knew there was gambling going
on in the downtown section. In fact we
were all ready to make a raid late
Thursday when rush call came to the
another section of the city, and wher
we had returned from that, it was toe
late to make the raid
Sensational charges of bribery and
attempted bribery together with graf
charges We're frequent today. One OF
the chief centers of storm was Il. c
Hyde, former deputy city marshall
who was arrested in Phoenix late Sat
urday afternoon on charge of solicit
ing and receiving bribe of $3.50 from
a girl in El Centre.
Story of Bribe
Chief of Police Hill to q Press repres
entative said today:
Nov that Hyde has been arrested
can tell the facts of the case as W.
know them. Last Thursday a deput,
Sbariff caroe IN ma aud said Chief on,
of your men is shaking down a little
girl out here for more than she cal
stand. l was sure you didn't know