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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-08-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued in the pro-
bate court during the last twenty -four
hours to-the follwing:
TfStor Hugh Jones. Manhattan. $500. n
Gladys Van Hooser, Kansas City. 10
George AdmeraI Fleger. Topeka....,.. IS
Mary Ellen Mason. Topeka. .......... 16
George Urban, Topeka. ...~........ %
Stella Martha Counts. Topeka. ......- q
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LATE MARKETS

KANSAS CITY CASH SALES.
Detailed report of cash sales at Kansas
City, Mo-, August %, 1921. Furnished by
Empire Commission Co.. 201 New Eng
land Bldg.l
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Topeka Lodge No. 40. I. o. o. F..
will meet Wednesday evening in Odd
Fellows Temple. second floor. Hall
1T West Sixth avenue, visiting Broth
err Odd Fellows cordially invited.
GUY NJ. STEVES. N. C.
WILL ]. RUSSELL, Jr., Sec'y..
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON Markell
New orleans. Aug. s2-c0TToN-Spot
steady, soc higher; middling. 1850
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TOPEKA CASH GRAIN MARKET.

Furnished by Derby Grain Co., $50 New
England Building. Topeka, Kan.)
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Watch for ''Barreled Sunlight. -
Adv.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
Failure to BE Vacinated Ended Dis
astrOusiy.

Raleigh. May 23.-Failure to Sc
cure immunity from typhoid fever b,
vaccination proved unusually disas
trous TO Duplin county family. Nine
members of the family were stricken
with the disease. Five died.
During the summer of last veal
the state board of health conducted
an anti-typhoid campaign in Duplir
county. Vaccination was made avail.
able to all the citizens of the county
without charge. None of the mem
bers of the family in question took
advantage of the opportunity.
A daughter of the family went
visiting and contracted typhoid. 9th
er members OF the family visited the
sick woman and after returning
home were stricken. The disease
spread until every one of the nine
members of the family developed
typhoid. In addition a nurse employ
ed in the stricken family also de-
veloped the disease. Five members
of the family died.
According to the state board OF
health this Is one of the most Sc
we're family epidemics" that has
been brought to the attention of state
health authorities. The pity of IL Is
that the ten cases OF illness and the
five deaths could have been very cas-
lily prevented.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
COY CATS Is OUT on BOND
Indictment Charges Misuse of Execu.
tive Power and PeOnage.

Sidney J. Cats, who served foul
years as governor of Florida, having
been elected on prohibition ticket
later a candidate for the United
States Senate. and now under in
dictments by the federal and county
grand juries on charges growing out
of alleged misuse OF his executive au-
thority and the object of joint leg
islative investigation, has furnished
bond of $4,000 to the Starke. Fla,
authorities In that. Bradford c0un.
ty. Mr.. Cats is charged with accept
ing a bribe for voting for pardon.
II is believed that Mr.. Cats will
face the federal charge first. and re-
ports from Pensacola were to the
eject that a special session OF court
would be called for the purpose.
Specifically the federal indictment
set forth that Mr.. Cats voted for
pardons In favor of two negroes, Ed
Brown and John Henry Rodgers.
serving sentences In the state peni-
tentiary. and that representatives
of the former governor met the
negroes upon their release and took
them to his Walton county farm
where they are alleged to have been
held In peonage.
Reports from Albany quoted him
as saying the negroes had been paid
$40 a month and well clothed and
fed.
One OF these negroes testified at
the hearings of the Joint legislative
committee In Tallahassee, which un-
der a joint resolution is investigating
"rumors'' that the former governor
received money to influence his deci-
sion in matters of pardons. appoint
ment OF state officers and other al
legged misconduct. The committee
has been holding Its hearings for sew
eral weeks and no indication is forth
coming as to when IL will reports its
findings.
Both houses of the legislature. now
in biennial session. have reinstated
officers relieved by the
former governor. At least $25.000
has been voted as reimbursement to
the various men for the salaries they
lost while under suspension. Mr..
Cats term of office expired January
3rd last
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
GENERAL AGENCY MANAGER
WAS MIR. GoRDoN's SELECTION
Mr. Hopkins MADE Good" and
Agents Attended His Recent Birth
day Celebration Given BY Company

Mr.. ". NJ. Gordon OF the Gordon
Insurance a Investment Company
has Just returned from a business
trip to Philadelphia.
Mr.. Gordon was invited up BY the
I home office management as he
thought TO confer on some matters
In connection with the agency. On
reaching the home office he discov-
cred that there was something In
the air. but he did not know lust
what. About ten O'Clock in the morn
ing the Pennsylvania and western
general agents began TO drop i'm. and
he naturally decided that all this
concourse OF agents We're coming in
10 pay their respects to him as he
was visitor at the request of the
home office management. 1t devel-
oped, however. that they We're COM
ing for another purpose. About a
year and a half ago the company was
seeking a man to act as superintend-
ent of agencies in the home office
and were having hard time in find
ing man suitable for this position.
Mr.. Gordon requested that they give
him permission to find this man, and
he was told to go to il. He soon To-
Gated man who had been field rep
resentative for the Reliance Life OF
Pittsburg. but who for the year prior
had been associated with the Jeffer-
scn Standard. Mr.. Gordon soon got
the home office in communication
with this gentleman. Mr.. A. NJ Hop
kins. and the home office and Mr..
Hopkins soon reached an agreement.
and Mr.. Hopkins was called to the
home office to assume the duties as
superintendent of agencies for the
company. Mr.. Hopkins proved him
self equal to the demands of this
office and has made wonderful
record in the agency work. and the
company was so pleased with Mr..
Hopkins as superintendent of the
agency forces and as a man that they
together with the Plico Club of Phil
adelphia. without Mr.. Hopkins
knowledge. was preparing grand
reception for him on his forty-eighth
birthday. and this explained the in
gathering of the general agents OIL
the company. and we might say Mr.
Gordon's visit to the home office.
This birthday celebration was an
elaborate affair. and was given as
token of appreciation and of the high !
esteem in which Mr.. Hopkin is held
by the home office and the agency
force and. furthermore. as approval
of Mr. Gordon's idea of big man for
a big job. 1t is said that Mr.. Gordon
was just as happy over this event as
Mr.. Hopkin, and should be. for we
are led to believe that the success
Of the southeastern division, which
Is managed by he and Mr.. w. b.
Brown. is due largely to their knowl-
edge and selection OF men to co-op~
rate with them in the organization
and field work.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
MARRIAGE OF MARsHyILLE MAN
Nnptical Event OF April Fifteenth Is
Just Announced.

Marshville. May 23.-Friends oI
Mrs. Harriet Marsh will be glad tC
know she is doing nicely following
an operation at the Presbyterian hos.
pital in Charlotte last week.
Miss Martha Blakeney arrived
Thursday to spend some time with
her sister, Mrs. b. c. Parker. Mrs.
Frank Ashcraft of Monroe was III
guest of Mrs. Parker one day last
week
Miss Rheta Green of Albemarle
was the guest Of Miss Otis Marsh last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. L. Biggers are
spending two weeks in Statesville
and are the guests of Mrs. Biggers'
parents.
Little Miss Niven of Peachland
was the guest last week OF her
cousin, Miss Virginia Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy A. Marsh are
spending some time In Charlotte.
Mr. Will Morgan who has been
very i'll with pneumonia. following
influenza is very much improved.
Mr. Joe Hasty and Miss Teeter Of
Oakboro were married on April Is.
The marriage was made public last
week. Mrs. Hasty arrived here Fri
day and she and Mrs. Hasty are max
ing their home with Mr.. Hasty's par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Hasty.
Mrs. s. NJ. Long and small daugh-
ter are visiting relatives at Mint Hill.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24


With these solemn words Presi
dent Harding yesterday laid wreath
on the coffin OF the first American
soldier to die on German soil at q
funeral ceremony for 5000 war dead
AZ the army piers al HobOken.
His voice husky and his eyes brim.
med with tears. the President cazed
At the rows and rows of coffins
Then he said:
"One hundred thousand sorrows
are touching my heart. II must not
be again. God grant that IL will not
be.
Il do not pretend that the milen-
NAL days have come and that there
will be no more war. would wish
nation SO powerful that none will
dare to provoke its wrath"
Then. in the great army shed on
the shores of the Hudson, with its
straw, whitewashed walls. there fell
a silence profound and deep. Mrs.
Harding could be seen weeping soft
ly as she looked upon the flag draped
coffins of those who had given their
all for their country.
Then the President continued:
"The republic will never forget
the sacrifices these men made
whether they lie in the soil of home
land or the crimsoned soil of the
battlefield"
When the President had finished
his brief address. he stepped for
ward. stopped in front of the coffin
that had been selected to symbolic
the army of dead surrounding him
and laid upon II his wreath of roses
and orchids.
There was another moment of sill
ence. 1t was as IL the great piers.
bustling with life as men went forth
to death, had been turned to a tomb
after the return of those who had
survived.
On the coffin decorated by presi-
dental hand was plate chronicling
the fact that Joseph Guyton of Evart,
Mich, a private in Company |, of the
l26th United States infantry. had
given his life for his country on May
81. 1918. in the Gildwilder sector in
Alsace.
After the ceremony President
accompanied by Mrs Hard
ing. several senators and their wives,
and army officials of high rank, re-
turned to Manhattan, where he was
scheduled to address the Academy
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
GIVES Up HIS MANSION
To LIVE IN OLD BARN
EnciiShman Takes This Action A. n
Mems of A,ertimg Revolution in
Ills Country.

HYDE. Eng. May %. Austin Hop,
kinson, member of the house OF
commons. has just given TO the local
governing council OF HYDE his man.
sion, valued at $3.50. 600. and twenty
other houses and he has gone Ia
live in an old barn on what was
once part OF his estate. He has
taken this action because he believes
that manifestation OF the spirit OF
self-sacriiiee on the part of public
servants would avert any danger OF
a revolution in England.
Mr.. Hopkinson' other deeds of
generosity include the disposal OF
his furniture TO friends and the
needy, partly by sale at bargain
prices and partly by free gift. He
gave his handsome autombile to his
chauffeur. The latter has now start
ed IN business with it. His former
employer. the donor OF the machine.
is one of his best customers.
To questioners. Mr.. Hopkinson has
said his intention was to live the life
of a simple workingman and to help
Others as much as possible. In his
own workshops. he has introduced
profit sharing system that Is with
out precedent inasmuch as the higher
the yield. the less he receives.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
THE NEWS OF MINERAL SPRINGS
Browning Literary Society Holds an
Interesting Meeting.

Mineral Springs, May %. - The
Browning literary society met last
Friday with Miss Nellie Helms. The
room was beautifully decorated with
potted plants and daisies. The meet
ing was called to order by the presi-
dent. Miss Bessie Howie, after which
the secretary. Miss Viola Polk. read
the minutes and called the roll. A
very interesting program was rend-
cred by Misses Bessie Howie. Vernice
Secrest. and Viola Polk. Besides the
members. Misses clara Krauss OF
Waxhaw who is the guest OF Miss
Nellie Helms was present. Delicious
refreshments were served by Miss
Nellie Helms. assisted by Miss Clara
Krauss.
Mr.. Wade Helms OF Lilesville and
Mr. Claude Helms OF Monroe spent
Sunday with their parents.
The Browning literary society OF
Mineral Springs will give an ice
Icream supper Friday night, May
27th. In the grove at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gordon. Every
body is cordially invited.
Miss Vivian Winchester, who was
student at Davenport college. has
returned home.
Miss Berniee Winchester has re-
turned home from hospital in Char
lotte where she went to have her
tonsils and adenoids removed.
Miss Edna Winchester of Charlotte
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Murray Winchester.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
Motion Picture Horse Insured For
Fifty Thousand Dollars.

Man-o'-War was retired from the
track as the most famous race horse.
but Black Beauty is the most famous
horse of all time. Anna Sewell' 5
wonderful work, more than forty
years after its first publication. still
stands eighth among the most popu-
lar books in the world.
The trained horse which plays the
role OF Black Beauty in Vitagraph's
all star special production Of the
Anna Sewell masterpiece in a splen-
did animal. and for ordinary uses
that such a horse is put TO is prob
ably worth a thousand dollars. II
was insured for fifty thousand. how
ever. and even this amount would
not have paid the loss to vitagraph
IL anything had happened to the ami
NAL. BLACK Beauty" will be shown
at the Strand theater on Thursday
and Friday.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
PROSPECT HEN TRIED TO
MOTHER nest OF KITTENS
Mr. Jim Belk Nouches for This Tn
usual Incident-Carrier SAYS
the Mail l. Very Light.
NEWSPAPERS NoT GETTING RICH

Mineral Springs. II. r. ID. 1. Nav
2S.-Our efficient mail-carrier tells us
that the financial stringency has hit
The mail business good and hard and
there Is a probability of mail being
carried on every other day instead
OF daily on account of the scarcity.
Many people believe that the news
papers are getting rich OFF of the sub
scriptlon price. but il is not the case.
Although the newspapers say moth
ing about II. they are in the grip OF
lot or proiiteers like everybody else,
for the white paper manufacturer,
are holding their prices as high as
the moon and like the shoe manufac-
turers are b. us. They know the
newspaper men have TO have il. Many
people are letting their subscriptions
so out and are not renewing and
thereby. denying their wives and
children some OF best reading that
can be had for the money. for most
farm women do not care for maga-
zines and daily papers. as they do
not have time 10 read them: but the
county papers contain the very things
in which they are interested and it
is certainly short-sighted policy to
deny them il. Anyway, the papers
accept thres and six-month SUBJ
scriptions
The Walkerville circuit of the
Presbyterian church comprised of
Allan. Rhebo5oth. Bethany. Walker
Vile churches have called Rev. Mr.
Hunnicut of the Columbia Seminary.
He will take charge about June 1st
Messrs. Leonard Griffin, and Eus-
tus Helms have recovered the greater
part of their accessories thai were
stolen from their cars at the Pros
pect school closing and arrests are
expected to follow.
Mr.. c. c. Small of Kershaw spent
a few days with friends and relatives
here recently.
Mr.. Jim Belk of Prospect tells Us
of right amusing incident that oc-
Cured at his home few days ago.
An old hen hatched chickens in a
shed where there was an old eat and
several kittens. Mr.. Belk heard
CONSERVATION among his chickens
and found that the old hen was try
ing to fight the mother cat away in
order to adopt the kittens which she
would hover and care for the same
as the young biddies.
Mr.. Snyder's proposition to have a
county orphanage has struck a popu-
lar chord down here. and If there Is
any reasonable way to get 1t going
1t should be done. And il is plan
that the county commissioners could
adopt as The Journal has well said
without causing single kick.
Several subscribers have recently
asked why Mrs. Edna V. Funderburk
does not give us some more of her
articles. They were GER
Iainly appreciated here.
was glad to see Mrs. Harrell's
article on Making Rural Life More
for II is a problem that
ayery section has got to meet.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
Wingate Happenings.

Wingate, May 24.-The ball game
this afternoon on the Wingate dia.
mond between the married men. and
1.-THE single men of the town promises
to be one of the most interesting
games played here this season.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ]. Perry have re-
turned from trip to Chattanooga.
Tenn. where they visited relatives,
and took in the Southern Baptist con-
Iyention.
Mrs. C. C. Lamb and children spent
the weekend with relatives in Polk
ton.
Mrs. Walter Perry. and Mrs. Red
wood Richardson of Norfolk visited
lin Wingate recently and Miss MildrSd
Perry, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs.
-. j. Perry, accompanied them home.
Rev. Y. T. Shebane supplied for
the pastor at Philadelphia church
last Sunday.
Edith, the little child of Rev. and
Mrs. A. c. Sherwood, has been real
sick for a few days. but we are glad
to report that she has about re-
covered.
The merchants of Wingate have
agreed by mutual consent to close
their stores and places of business
for the summer months at $3.50 p. m.
and we observe that they close right
on time.
Work on the new Baptist church
is progressing nicely. II the breth-
rem will furnish the wherewith II will
not be long until Meadow Branch
will be worshipping In her new and
splendid house.
Those of our number attending the
Southern Baptist convention report
one OF the best session held In recent
years.
Misses Lucille CLANCY and Ellen
Williams have returned from Mere
dith college. and Mr.. Frank outen
from Wake Forest.
Mrs. Marion Helms who has been
confined to her room for several
weeks Is improving slowly.
A number OF our citizens attended
the annual communion and foot
washing at Watson church last Sun
day.
4 nt NIlttI 10 luiOlutu tudt lutto
good deal OF whooplng cough is In
our town. much to the sorrow OF us
all.
wingate Is we'll blessed with
churches. and schools, and II all our
citizenship will just do their reason
able duty by them they will have a
telling effect upon our town and COM
munity. We have two splendid Sun
day schools. two prayer meetings
each week. and preaching almost ev-
cry Sunday. II people do not avail
themselves OF these God given op-
portunities Il will be their remorse
Of conscience in time to come.
Rev. A. C. Sherwood preached
splendid sermon at Meadow Branch
last Sunday night on the subject OF
Profanity" which was very timely.
We need more such preaching.
We shall be glad to report the
news items each week II our people
will cooperate with us and give US
the news.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
Pnliteness ReMaraled

The Boston Post sent out reporter
to find the most polite person in the
city of Boston and offered a fifty dol
lar cash prize. This prize went to
a young deaf man named Anthony
Chadwick. The reporter dropped a
handkerchief on the street which
young Chadwick picked up and not
being able to call the reporter he pur-
sued him In great haste until he over
took him and gave him his handker-
chief. He was so polite and smiled
so pleasantly that the reporter felt
sure he had found the person entitled
to the prize. So II went to the deaf
man.
Politeness is generally a peculiar
trait OF deaf people. Their bright
faces and expressive eyes not only
take the place Of words but intensity
their personality. No one can bow.
smile. shake hands. and lift his hat
like n deaf person. So we are not
surprised that this reward went where
IL did. II was only a question of a
deaf person having an opportunity to
compete. But when once found the
contest was ended.-0hio Chronicle.
The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
1T Must Not Be Again." Says
Harding at Soldiers Funeral

OF Political Science al its luncheon
IN the hotel Astor before reviewing
the old l06th United states infantry
in Brooklyn this afternoon.
President and Mrs. Harding Were
met at the pier by Colonel r. W
Galbraith. national commander OF
the American Legion.
The party motored through the
winding roads OF Central Park. down
Fifth Avenue. on which all traffic
was halted, and across Twenty fourth
street to the Hudson rivor, where
they crossed on a ferryboat to attend
a solemn ceremony at Hoboken.
This ceremony was funeral sery-
ice for more than 5000 American
war dead-representing every state in
the Union and every combat division
Of the American Expeditionary Force
whose bodies were brought home
last week on the transport Weaton.
The presidential party landed at
the great army piers in Hoboken at
1880.
Preceded by a military guard.
steel-helmeted and garbed as for the
battlefield. President and Mrs. Hard
ing entered the great hall of the
dead.
With barred head the President and
his party trod softly down the great.
white walled shed. with coffins to the
right. coffins to left and coffins in
front as far as the eye could see.
Each was draped with an American
flag. Finally the party passed into a
section holding nearly thousand
bodies. II was in this section that
the ceremony was to take place. As
the President stepped on the plat
form, a military band struck up the
Star Spangled Banner.
Before President Harding landed.
he received Mayor Hylan aboard the
Mayflower. They chatted for several
minutes during which the President
displayed interest in the marine
strike. Mr.. Harding also told the
mayor he hoped soon to come to New
York again that he might see ball
game here.
Mrs. Harding became interested in
the Inscription "P. D.55 on the bow
Of the police department launch,
which had come out to the May
flower.
'I've heard of p. D O. and its
said Mrs Harding, but
p. D. is something new.