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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-10

kinds seeking TO relieve the Ills 81 the
world and make the burdens Of mgn and
women lighter There was never In tho
history Of the world greater effort TO.
wards moral reform than there Ia today.
The thousands II mems and women's
clubs and political and civic organizn.
tons are cndeavorlng to set before men
md women correct standards of con.
iuct ana Ia no, them o. higher planes
81 living physically. mentally and NOR.
ally. but. IN spite Of All these efforts.
statistics tell us that crime and immor.
ality ARE on the Increase among men.
women and children; that there arr
more people In the world suffering from
rhine. poverty and low ideals than ever
before.
Thus. II would seem. that men and
women are unable to MT themselves by
any mere system ~ education or moral.
rs. Mere education cannot make them
better because II the natural perverse.
ness ~ their hearts and their resulting
inability to do M well aH they know
The l,sllmist snid BEHOLD. was
ihnpcn In inlquity and In sin did my
mother conceive me-" and as a result
v ,hls tendency toward eyil'born In all
men. "The good that | would de- not:
but the evil which ! would not. that
do" The only remedy for the evil
tendencies IN the hearts Of men and
women Ia n change NJ heart or natural
ncllnations that VIII give them power
20 do good rather than evil. This rem.
'dy * offered In the blood Of Jesus
'hrlst. and Il In the only remedy that
iag ever been offered that viii do whit
= claimed Tor H. The gospel of Christ IL
he only power unto salvation that has
'ver been offered. and the near.
'haotic condition IL the world today 10
tue to the fact that men and women
nave rejected this divine remedy and
have turned 90 remedies of their own.
rhis world Will never fulfill the dreams
u philosophers aud rcformors and be.
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GOOD NAME WORTH
MORE THAN RICHES
AFTER BEING ARRESTED FIFTY
TIMES WOMAN BEGINS
LIFE ANEW.

DETROIT. April S.--"'once thief
always a thief ia the blacklist lie ever
haichod."
No Saya Sophia Lyons. 30 years an
International crook, 10 years more q
SUCCESSFUL huslucas woman.
Good name II the thing TO be guard
81. once lost. itn loser IL banlshcd
beyond the pale shut off from IN,
condition IN which Il lies the only de
slderatum- -contcntmcn,."
Sophia Lyons environment led her
Into the world ~ crookdom.
Before was q years Old my step
mother used 10 throw me down stairs
" ! came hcme with Icsa than three
poctctboOks a day.' she nya. 'In
that hard school learned every trick
q the 'dips trade before I was ten,
although ! couldn't rccltc the alphehet
NTH I was 49,"
Late In her s0'g. following her de.
termination ~ scek big game'' she
Travelled through Europe. acquiring
the learning that enabled her later
later e. move In thu hazy edge Of the
best circlca" uf America and Europe.
Armed with this culture" she preyed
upon society to her hearts content.
hut sophln Lyon'e didn't escapo the
law Arrested 100 times IN thu 90
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Ily VI. u. DINCAN

There arr two evils In the world caus.
og all It's troubles. Cnc Of these il tx.
'orancc; the other IL srlfshness. There
ms never been war In the world.
Va a crime. nor u disease. nor pain.
or n headache that wns not caused
lthcr by ignorance or srlflshncss.
There are two institutions whose bus.
MSS II N to remove these evils. One
Z these Is the school: the other the
hurch. The purpose 81 the school IL
% rcmovo ignorance; that of the church
10 remove selfishnoss. Selfishness.
owovcr. IL 80 fundamental In the mn.
urc of men that II Is really the cause
much ~ the ignorance. and the point
want o. mako here H. that the school
an never succeed IN It's task without
he aid of the church.
There ,many people who believe
hat ignorance IL the fundamental evil
md that IT, through the schools. we
ould remove ignorance, the troubles of
'orld would he ended.
II II true that many 81 the worlds
rocs are due 10 ignorance. The prophet
lid. My people are destroyed for lack
II knowledge" aui there are thousands
{ people IN the world being literally
destroyed every day because they are
gnonnt of the things they should
tnow. There are thousands being de.
irnyod because they do not know the
Gods they should eat There are thou.
nnds destroyed because they do not
;now the laws OF community and per.
nnal hygiene. There are thousands Of
'thcrs destroyed because thcy do not
gnow how to earn the means 70 provide
themselves with adequate foods. clc'h
nE and shelter There are thourlr1s
4 people living below their possihili,i,s
'ccausc they do not know the laws OF
orrcct mental and spiritual growth.
nd thousands are living with low ideals
nd low aims because they do not have
ne knowledge that would III them to
higher planes
hut when all this has been said. there
are still many ot the troubles ~ the
world not traccahlc 60 Ignorance. There
". still many that can b. traced 10 no
ther source than mans innate selfish.
1css--a sclfishness that cannot b. cured
" education alone. II Il were possible
q give men and women all the knowl.
dye of physical. mental and spiritual
ne there would still be In the world
wars, strlfcs. disease. poverty and crime
for the simple reason that men aud
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come q place Of righteousness and good
win untli men ana women accept the
remedy for the worlds Ills that God
has offered them. acknowledge their
own weakness ana hclpnow. ana bow nj
Ills feet for instruction ana guidance.
IN other words there Ia no hope for
the world apart from revival u the
,ld.tlme religion. and Tor such a revival
70 bring relief II must come soon, and
With power
The only way Ia settle the difficulties
II the world IN ODDS way National and
international difficulties cannot be set.
tied by any plans that men and women
may devise. and 10 continue TO resort
~ such plans means that chaos win
become more chnoiic The only source
~ relief Tor international disputes and
International sttif"s ~ a return t. the
fundnms ntnl teachings # the Blble
about Tin AN mans need Of savior.
We must get back 10 thu oldtlme doe.
trinea ~ man az n lost sinner. ~ the
,toning blood 81 Jesus Christ shed for
Ills relief ana cfficacious Ter al who
viii repent aud believe. aud the equally
IMPORTANT doctrines 90 Heaven Tor the
faithful aud righteous and he'll that
burns with fire and birthstone Zen the
rnrlghtecuT and disbellevlng, When the
world rejected the doctrine ~ hell as
place ~ eternal punishment and the
related doctrines q the Bible, II became
M ship without a ruddcr, floating
helploasly on stormy sen. When the
world cast aside these Fundamental
doctrines II gave up the only standard
~ conduct u ever had that men and
women we're willing 10 accept. ana the
nCnr.chaotir condition 81 today In due
- the fact that there In no STANDARD
npon which They will agree, The only
hope Of the world. even In a social and
commercial way In that men end
women think somewhat alike. that they
rave somewhat similar habits and attl
'ude. and =, fneNhat similar standard 81
conduct. That such ways Of thinking.
such habits. attitudes and standards 81
cnduct are not inherent IN the natures
y mon ~ evidenced by the almost 10.
~ immunity ~ uIt'i"nt Thtfh 10 uh'
dafatnnd each other. These things come
~ result of education In common
reed. Tint common creed heretofore
among civilized people hna becn the doc.
iilncs Of the iiiblc. and u Ia not am.
cult 10 see that when these doctrines
IRE cnsl aside. there Will be- no common
creed. no basis for a common under.
'tandlnr. among people. ma chaos viii
rclgn supreme. Who can fail 10 zee
tina, We ARE approaching such cohdi.
ilon7 our only hope IL relief IL 10 ac.
ccn, Gods why of solving the worlds
prolAcms. 10 make His word our guide
md His Son our Savior.
NJ. II. DUNCAN.
Superintendent Of Schools.
Amarillo. Texas
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How You Can Cnt ri. G. l..

These dos" and "dont's" are issued
by the division II womcn's activities
Of the Department 81 Justice NJ Wash
ingIon Ter the bcncii, ~ women who
are Interested In the conservation uf
food TO bring down the cost of living
DOS
Eat only three meals q day.
Have only three course meals.
Eat simple. nutritious food
Plan your meals ahead.
Buy for more than one meal at a
time.
Realize that cheaper cults often have
MS much tcdo value as expensive ones.
/. Plan ahead % save delivery.
Buy seasonahly abundant foods.
Watch your garbage pail.
Use all left.oyers.
Practice the gospel 81 the clean plate
Check up your weights and measures.
DoS"rS
Eat between meals.
Eat 20 excess
Eat rich. indigosiihlc connections.
Buy ut the last minute.
Buy In small lots II cheaper to buy in
quantity.
Overlook nutriive values in food.
Have small quantities delivered sew.
eral times daily.
Buy dollhouse spcclalties.
Have your eyes bigger than your
stomach.
Waste anything.
Throw away even n crust Of bread.
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THE CHURCH AND THE SCHOOL

women haven't the ability 90 do az well
go they know. They are fundamentally
porvcrsc. and all the education In the
world cannot make them otherwise. In
fact, mere education seems only o. re-.
fine their pcrNorsencss and a. make II
more subtle ana dangerous. As evidence
NJ this there was never In the history
~ the world more general Intelligence
among the people than now. They know
mere about nature. more about man.
and more about the laws that govern
their relationship than ever before. But
On spite OF this the world was never
further from a settlement II its dlf.
'icultioH than Il Is today. There was
never time when there was greater
unrest among the people. greater dissat
isfactlon. n marc dangerous hostility ~
class towards class than now. There
was never time when there was ns
Great . class prejudice or when class
Ines were drawn more distinctly than
now. There WIS never a time when each
'lnfs was srlfIshly bent on arrogntinr
iu Itself all II can get. regardless of
he welfare uf others. This is inspiic
~ our excellent system OF public and
private Schools, our colleges and uni
ycrsitlcs. which are admittedly better
than ever before. which would Indicate
hot mere education a. helpless In the
face of the worlds evils and that
while Il ~ n powerful agency Tor good.
We cannot afford to put al confidence
In H.
There WAS never In the history n the
world more general welfare work being
done amoug the people than now. There
uro more y. VI. 6. As. more y W. c.
temperance societies. more
are societies more humani,a.
ties. and more societies of all
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STRIKES LESS POPLAR.

Naturally. the move by the railroads
and numerous hg industries To reduce
wages is bringing storm Of protest
from the wage carncrs. Although mos,
ot them must have known that event
unlly a dcflation of wages would have
20 accompany the deflntlon In prices.
few seem Go believe that the stage has
Yet been reached when wages can bc
justly reduced much.
Tut despite the vigorous protests that
are being made IL II notable that the
sentiment FOR striking Is not strong. Tn.
III n few moniha ago wage earners In
many lines were ready o. strike at the
least provocntlon. and frequently walk
al out without provocation. ms far az
the public could learn. Production was
hindcrcd by the frequent strikes
throughout the country. and the qucs.
ton Of right To strike became acute.
The labor interests doubtless have not
yielded 90 their views as to the right
Of labor TO strike. but II IL apparent
that the strike remedy for their grlcv.
ances IN much less popular now than
II was last year. Throughout the coun.
try sentiment among the wage carncrs
appears a. b. favorable o. continuing M
work. while representatives ~ capita
aud labor seek 10 find an agreeable Ia.
sis Tor future operations. a few strikes
are In progress Ut the present time, but
there seems Ia h. no danger Of n gen.
cral walkout, pending new wage settle.
ments.
This changed attitude IN doubtless due
"a twO main causes one IA the doml.
nance In the ranks 81 labor today of
the moro conservative element, which
appears Ia have definitely oyorthrown
the radical leadership that became POW.
erful shortly after the war. The other
In that the frequent use OF the strike
proved tn bc M futile as n remedy. and
so costly and unsatisfactory 60 the work.
crs themselves. that they are reluctant
60 rush into any moro strikes. except
ns a last resort.
with thousands OF men forced into
idleness by a curtailmcnt Of production
In the country Il II easy for the aver.
age mind tO forcscc that by deliberately
adding 10 the unemployed the Industrial
situation would bc aggravated instead
OF helped. Labor rcallzca today. as well
as do other groups 81 citizens. that
what the country needs In increased
activity, no, further curtailment.
The fact that strike sentiment In com.
paratlveiy negligible IN one OF the most
encouraging factors In the present sit.
uation. The inevitable rcadiusimcnis
can bc made with much less loss and
Inconvenience to labor. TO capital and 20
the public n everybody who can pos
aIhIy do 10 remains AT work.-Hous'
ton Post.
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years n her criminal life abe has btsr
IN 50 Jalls.

years q her criminal life abe bas ben
IN 50 Jails.
Goes STRAIGHT"
Forty years ago after her release
from the Houn Of Correction here,
the determined 20 go straight"
"rhe first employer 10 whom I ap.
plcld had me thrown out bodily" she
ays. Finally after a long seafch I
found a si0.a.week JOB In real 81.
tate office. When I left the office a
Few yeora later was mailing ssoo a
week" "a
Since that time independent real en-
tate dealings have nettsd her almost
81 900. 900. With u the ss.ycar-oid NO.
man has established homes for way.
ward girls Ia many parts % the coun.
NY and carried on prison reforin WORT
In large degree az her own expense.
out ~ her total Income each year
she refs aside $1,000 Ter her own 81.
penRea and devotsa the remainder 20
harity.
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Insure Aralnlt CIR seizure.

Decisions Of the federal courts that
automobiles carrying liquor or drugs
'ould he seized and sold. which for .
lime threstencd tho contract SALES bus
ness OF the motor car industry. have
Ieen met BY Insurance companies. Now
When a car II sold on tho insiailInsnt
plan In Los Angeles. Cal. the dealsr
making the sale requires Insurance
gainrt fire. theft and carrying of drums
" liquor. The rate Of premium u said
20 h. very small ~ .
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WARNS AGAINST
TRADE WITH REDS
AMERICA MUST NOT Sane.
TON TRADE RELATIONS
WITH RUssIA--TAPT

NEW YORK, April S.--"Amcrlca can,
not and must not sanction rcsump,
ton OF trade relations with the soviet
government ~ Russia"
This Is the message which Henry W.
Taft, a brother II the * .prcslden, VIII
carry through the country In a series
81 lecturvs during the next two months.
Taft IN a lawyer. member nf the firm
of wIckorshnm ana Taft. which ls well
known IN Wall Street. lie looks much
like the cx.presldcni.
'BolSbcyism has burned itself 10y
practical demonstration. says Taft
Its bite and its sting are gone. as ~
ih"idrcad Q; Europe from itE scourgc
Viewed today communism. aH
preached In Russia, II left with but two
fundamentals. One In the prcachmont
advocating the overthrow ~ all organ.
izod government; the other. the silent
hosii against every milton
Russia In reality has declared war
On all nations hy the very reason ~
the IolshcyIst principles to which II nd
hcrcH.
Soon there viii come a new order Of
things in, l,uSsla. l, II presaged by the
tenbcness 81 the roscntful masses II
Russin.
. Peasant Decides
In the stolidity uf the Russian peas.
ant rests the conntry's liberation. lie
has taken HE belongings cut of the cit.
i"n and has gone buck 20 the farms.
BolshoviSm offers no appeal 20 him. lie
has food, land. crops an', bed 10 sleep
on. with these wants satisfied h. ~
fuses 10 cinbroil himself In communion
aud Bolshcyisn.
Another reason Tor the downfall of
Holshovism IN that Bolslhvism has nc
sopaa Of, humor.
THE government that supplants Il
following III. great revolt to come. will
b. q representative form II government
patterned after a democracy.
Probably We viii bc able 90 open
trade with this supphntlng government
but II Ia sure that We cannot oven think
~ resumlng negotiations with "a govern
ment. such aB now controls Russia. and
which breaches our overthrow az u fun.
damcntal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-21
REPUBLICAN DEMOCRACY


Probably nothing has occurred 20 set
into such strong relief The d~iitereH-
Ies between presidc1t-clcst Hard
INK and President Wilson as the 10Y
mcr's request that his Inauguration
be conducted ia the simplest man
net with an avoidance Of al nance
essary expense. Mr.. Wilson saw no
thing Inappropriate IN the elaborate
ceremonies that sIEDallyd the begin
mng Of his second term on March
4, 1912. The German Ambassador had
been sem home ard the President
knew that the United States would
BE- plunged into d terrible foreign
Nal within a few weeks demanding
the strairiuC Of every nerve and the
NEST rigid economy II success was
to attend our arms Nevertheless he
Witnessed with perfect ComplaCsnce
TIE eNtrasaFaut preparations tAat
N.re being made fer his second in
suction into office
An iuI.,aCe stand was erected at
the east ir.rf - the Capitol. - q
COS. o.. upwards III $1,000 ner y
fer tic occupancy IF himself
las zdHig,r. v..'t BE- delivered As
Glf.r. 10, .i.,t .Fs,a 'p.r
h Am. nav. -. ~. .Ir- ).
could ..,~ Tie great Uara.r 4rrea.-
ef - s'fwsF 70. tEe r.r,mon- ~,
49, -.st Il. i'd. F.#.r.I G...ru-
il,pt. fhs ct.l,.s 81 N..H..fln
and tie reonIs Who .fterd. #fe
.y,nt from al nsrts Of tie country
am INTO a., hundreds If thousands
q. #.aars. hrl. ~. fHls. 5r. the midst
of Iris administration as Pr,..afTE-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-21
h EX-SOLDiER


AC|nItIlDutcQ DJ UntJ
There is considerable discussion To-
ally as well as nationally. IS to
some means of expressing gratitude
10 the men who served during the
late war. Practically every solution
50 far put forward has carried the
faint OF charity and Gems 10 be i
greater burden upon the taxpayers
than IS commensurate With the am
cunt of benefit to be derived there
from by the service men for whom
i IS promulgated.
There IS a proposition which &C.
ours 10 ny mind and winch seems
Beneficial 70 the government, the
taxpayers and the ex-seryice men
without being a particular burden up
on any Of them. Il IS in the nature
OF a building and loaa and a farm
loan proposition.
IN IS much as the state can. Dor
ROW money Al . lower rate than the
private Individual can borrow money
wEy Is il not possible Tor rhc state
10 raise money by a bond is'rc Tor
Ia purpose Of aiding eE-sery.-e men
and use this money in such > way
that the tT-scryiCc man who receives
tis benefit thereof pays The ].
back and pays the interest and al
necessary operating expenses incur
red in the carrying ont 81 tac purpo-
sos OK said bond issue. Where an CA-
service man las as much as one
t,uIth or one third Of the purchase
ur.., of an equipped farm one
fourth or one third OF the necessary
money 10 buy himself a building site
and erect himself n home thereon,
70 hou,d be possible fer the State
a.t Of the bond issue above refer
red 20, to lend the balance ucces-
sary for the purchase If said farm
o. for the building Of SAID home and
fam off IN easy amortiziug pay
mtuts, pay enough additional inter
est over that paid by tie state on
said bonds to take care of the op-
Grating expense OF the commission Or
department which would be EeCes-
sary TO the carrying out OF this pre-
sect Land bought under the provis-
ion II loafs Of this sort would first
10 be appraised as 10 their &C
teal value aud where LeUs.s are tie
be built uudcr .aid provision, an es-
Of the cost of sad houscs
and Of the value Of the farm after
they had been erected should be sub
mitted 10 a competant board for APP
grovsl and when these things had
been done and the initial payment
made by an ex-scrVico man a first
mortgage TO the state should be
good security for the lean.
A proposition OF this kind wall be
= real benefit 10 eX-scTyice men and
by the increase in valuation OF tax
able property throughout the state
and by reason Of the further fact
that the state in this mauner is adj
ding TO IT'S industrious citizenship,
Il IS clear that in this manner the
will be offering real substan-
tai aid to eX-scrviCe men, build up
d, own natural resources, enhancing
the taxable value OF property throu-
slout the state and securing a good
substantial and intelligent citizenship
and without the leas, faint Of charity.
This is only a tentative outline and
is made only for the purpose Of get
ting this proposition before the peo-
PIE Of tie State OF New Mexico that
heir legislators may know the viii ~
h.ir C. l]itucucics should q prupo.
' on Of ihi, Kind be presented.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-21
MORA

m. annual meeting ofibe sfockIol-
.r,,e oil Inc Ne,a Co-Dpcratiye Com
r.nv va. hold last TUESDAY morning
.t 10 O'Clock Al the Row Theatre.
ntfforpb II was a stormy morning
H., a-t,rdaor, MA. exr,IIsrr which
socats u,rl far the interest manifest
ID in IN, work nj fbi, .nrcrdid or
.~4riz,fior
The meeting was called TO order
bv President ~. Rrck with every
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-21
LEST WE FORGET

n IS well 70 keep in mind for pur-
poses Of future discussion that the
decline in values and the depression
im business in tie year 1920 BEGAN
in November. 1919, a year before
tie election OF A Republican admin
is;ration, and IS months before The
Inauguration Of tie Republican Pre-
sideut. Two years and four years
from now the Democrats viii be Oh
arging the depression Of 1920 70 the
Republicans. They cannot succeed
IN thi. il the fact IS kept IN mind
that the slump began while demo-
cratic policies had practically two
yesu yet to run and when it was
uncertzin whether the Republicans
would win the election. Don't let the
Democrats fool you by misreDresen-
ting the facts in 1922 and 1924.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-21
S0C0RR0

J. D. Eakin, of Albuquerque a he
ANY stakeholder in the Copper Belt
Silver and Copper Mining company
was a recent visitor in Magdalena.
After going out to the mine and look
ing over the work that has and is
being done he seems to be very much
pleased with the outlook for the Cop
per Belt Company.
lie took some good samples Of ore
back TO Albuquerque with him to
show to his friends.
He believes it will only be a few
months until the company will be
fuliy financed and the ore drilling
well under way and that after they
aie through drilling, that they will
have one of the biggest propositions
in the southwest.-Aagdalena News.