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The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
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. HALF GALLON MOoN>HINE
SECRErED N COON STOVE
Officci>. la Searching Home at
tolure,l Moman. Came Across
: niuue Hiding Place.

In the past police officers have
found liquor hidden In out-of
way places. such as ia church
cellars and beds. but Minnie
Helms. colored. who lives near
the cemetery. had the most
unique hiding place on record
She kept her whiskey Ia the oy-
en- OF her c0ok-stove. where Il
was found the other night by
Officer Helms. OF the local police
force.
The officers had been suspi-
cioning Minnie OF selling liquor
for some time, and decided 20
raid her home On entering the
house. they were met hy Minnie.
who gave them a cordial invita-
tion 70 make a search of her
permises. The officers. after
locking In almost every con
oeiyable hiding place. were about
20 give up the search when Mr
Helms pulled open the stove
door There sat a hali-gallon OF
mouushine.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
MONROE MINISTER AIDS
THOSE DOWN And OUT
l.cN. MIR. Snyder Keeps Young Men
On the Count, Iioad> by Pay
ing Their Fines.
STORY or CHESTER YOUNG MEN


Two cotton mill operatives
"sWung" q train al Chester. intend
ing 10 drop or ut the mill. snort
distance down the line. where they
were employed The train. however.
happened 10 be through freight,
aud instead OF making the customary
stop al the mill village. came on 10
Monroe without SO much as slowing
down. Unfortunately for the Two
Young men. the local officers were
unusually yigilaut that day. and they
cspied them as the train came TO
halt They spent the night in jail.
In the Recorders court the next
morning they. 10 an appearances told
q straight" story and the Recorder
saw fit 10 suspend judgment upon the
payment 81. costs.
The Record may have Thought he
was very lolient towards the defend
ANTS. The cost amounted 10 but
S4S0: but even a dollar is a large
sum TO two penniless men In strange
community They faced a road sem
,ence unless the cost" bill was paid;
bat fortunately for them sympathetic
spectators in the court room paid
them cont. and sent them home
ward
But sympathetic spectators are not
present at all sessions of the Record
cr's court. aa more than one youth
lafil.ttel wi lll Wanderlust would
be serving cad sentence If 70 were
not for Rev. Is g. snyder, 4 Union
county Baptist minister Whenever
Ia youth With soMe refinement OF pos
sdesed with an honest face, happens
I 10 bee caught in The police drasnet,
Z Rev Mr. snyder is notified Without
Im8kiue uvastisaiiou of the lads ease
, he trusts to the innate sense OF hon
Iesty OF The defendant, and proceeds
I To pay" him out II The yonns man
| lives not far-away. Rev Mr. Snyder
sends him home; and Invariably he
receives a check compensatlng him
/ for what money he expended In court
costs and railroad fare. Others he
sends out into the country, where
they work until they earn money suf-
/ iicient 10 discharge their obligation
to their benefactor. and a little sur
plus TO supply them with warmth and
food until they secure steady work.
The Monroe minister is doing
grea, work owing 10 the distress OF
The country. thousands and thousands
OF men are thrown out of work, and
they roam over the railroads seeking
for work: and the number who are
daily picked up by the officers in
creases daily The indications are.
unless the police and Recorders
court are more lenient with the float
ling laborers that the most of Rev.
Mr.. Snyder's time will be occupied
! in this work.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
"CpAL OIL JOHNNY" ONCE
~ a GREAT SPENDER, DEAD
john ". Steele, Who Once Gave Il
Negro Singer 5000, Dies a Rail-
road station Agent,


John w. Steele, known widely in
the east half century ago as Coal
oh Johnny" reputed then TO have
spent fortune when oil was disco,
erred on his Pennsylvania land. died
of pneumonia yesterday, aged -
years. at Fort Crook Neu. where he
was station agent for the Burling-
ton railroad, having beer in The
roads employ thirty-seyen years.
Little more than a mythical name
nowadays. back in the sixties Coal
oil johnny set records for scatter
ing coin along great white ways hat
have never been surpassed. He was
the adopted child OF a farmer named
McClintock at Oil Creek, Franklin
county. Pa who took hi put of a
poorhouse as a child. He inherited
the apparently worthless farm and
when a fortune in oil was discovered
on it he set out TO squanIcr the gains
in every form of wild excess.
He handed $4,000 to a negro who
pleased him with song, he bought
horses and carriages for short
drive and then gave them to the
driver, champagne he always ordered
BY the basket, Luckily he one day
found his coat so stuffed with green
backs that it was uncomfortable. lie
ran into bank, threw II 20 the nay-
ing teller, and never came back
again. Years later. when ha was
.penniless, the bank directors found
him and sent him the coats contents.
some $4,000 lie bought farm
and he and his wife settled dowl rear
Ashland, Neb.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
Falling Prices Due To Propaganda

Six months ago ninety-nine out Of
every one hundred Of our population
not living on farms were "rootinC." !"
as they say at the baseball games. for
the prices OF farm products to cone
down. Prices have come down and
so have the business and profits of
those short-sighted merchants. man
uGacturers, and laborers who were
hollering for lower prices for We
other fellows products. Business
can never be good. nor can me non
farming population BE- prosperous
when the farmer is producing al lit-
tie or no profit. and certainly uD#
when he must sell at loss The
reason is plain The farmers are our
largest producers They produced
S25,000.G00.00O III 1919. and thet
constitute in numbers about i0 pp
cent Of The buyers: therefore. t
ought TO be evident TO any mcrhaut
or laborer that when the farmer pro
dnces at loss. the buying power nf
the country is crippled and merchan-
dlsing cannot be profitable. Ii Hc
present price OF cotton. for instance.
were the result Of the free and uH-
hampered influences Of supply ana
demand. no one would have reason
to complain, but il is not. II is al-
most entirely due TO the propaganda
for lower prices and its consequent
effect on those who control the credit
and finances OF the country. There
is not more cotton nor less demand
than last year. but less money avail
able for handling il and an organized
effort to force prices down. The
Progressive Farmer.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
WATSON WOULD MAKE ". ). :.
AND BONDS LEGAL. TENDER
Georgia senator Tells of Remedy He
VIII Propose When He Takes His

Thomas +. Watson. United States
senator-elect from Georgia. announc-
ed in copyrighted statement pub
lished in the Atlanta Constitution
sunday that at the extra session OF
The 9th congress he will introduce a
-bill 10 make Liberty and Victory
bonds and other government war pa
per legal tender
Mr.. Watson has announced plans
for Introducing bills TO force the fed
.elal reserve and farm loan banks 60
lend money directly 10 individuals ana
to require the secretary OF the treas
ury to issue the unused greenbacks
authorized by bill signed by Presi-
dent Lincoln. The total of these au-
thorized but unissued greenbacks, ac-
Icordmg 10 the senator-elect, Is Sl02,-
600, ,00O.
Discussing his plan TO make legal
tender of Liberty and Victory bonds,
credit certificates, war saving stamps
and all government obligation paper
issued during and siuce the world war
as remedy for what he claims is an
existing domestic crisis" Mr. Wat
son declared such action would have
an eleetrifying effect upon Americap
business life.
On passs sc of such legislation Mr.
lWalson declared 'all apprehension OF
a panic would quickly disappear"
Regarding the nations financial
system. Mr.. Watson said he would in
troduce bills to make 1t mandatory
under penalty for the regional banks
to lend direct to farmers on ap-
proved securities at an interest rate
not over per cent, TO repeal that
section of the farm loan act requir-
ing group of ten sisnatorles TO a
loan and insertion of a man latoiy
clause compelling such banks to lend
an individual applicart upon approy-
ed securities without the requirement
of additional Cbligat!r.s.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
UNION COUNTY COUPLE
MARRIED IN CHARLOTTE
Miss Zrline McAllister is the Bride of
Mr.. J. Mack Clark. OF the Union
Community.

hANN ftaiiii' 'tA4hii'Ntfl - iitN bAitlt VI
Mr.. j Mack clark. OF the Union
Community.
Ar J Mack Clark .of the Union
community in Union county aud Miss
Zume McAllister, OF Middleburg.
were married Thursday afternoon at
o'clock by Rev. II G. Hardin, al
the Tryon Street Methodist parson-
age, says the Charlotte Observer.
The young couple motored MP from
Union county, accompanied by Miss
Flossie Moore and w. d. Clark.
There had been no announcement of
The plans OF the young people and
most Of their friends will be given a
pleasant surprise
The bride is a daughter of the late
Dr William McAllister and Mrs.
Maude Zediker McAllister OF Middle
burg and has many friends both in
the eastern part of the state. where
She was reared, and in this section
where many of her relatives live. For
the past two or three years she has
been teaching school in Georgia. but
more recently has been teaching at
Wesley Chapel
The groom is a prominent young
farmer and business man, and is a
brother OF Messrs. II. b. and Murray
Clark OF Monroe His bride is a
niece OF Mrs w r. shannon. Thcy
will make their home in the Union
community
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
WEST VIRGINIA CAPITOL
II DESTROYED by FLAMES
One lahOrer Is Killed aud Several
Fircmtn injured When Roof Caves

hbAhth " tHftifh W hfn nun \ AVIS
Ia.
Charleston. W. va. Jan. The
cap.o ldug of West Virginia was
destroy 3, lre late today one la
burer was killed q fireman seriously
injured ana eyerel other fire fehters
hr1i which socJic of The roof. under
which theH were tandiBg. caved in
The spe,acula nature Of the ire
was enhanced when much ammuni.
ton sl0led The third floor Of the
hui'diug 81 'aIe1.
Within laa hours after the fire
was discovered me capitol building.
containing The governors office. state
departments and priceless records"
was nothing but a mass of smoking
ruins
state officials made no attempt to
estimate the loss but they said that
the records destroyed upon which no
insurance was carried. could not be
replaced and that II was impossible
to estimate their value Some state
records were saved by clerks. officials
and. fremen.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
las ON v YEARS DAY
/ A SIC JF SUPERSTITION
~ Unk.i County People Can Af-
ford 90 Laugh AT the Supersti-
tions of Colored People.
FsIoM MAY BE LOCAL ORIGIN

l,id you have peas for dinner New
.ar's day? Most Union county
ks did, and II you were among The
mber you can no longer laugh at
.se darkey who dodges cemetery on
lark night, or who carries in his
.cket the left hind-foot of a grave
= d rabbit as his "lady-luek" piece
drive away "hants." misfortune
:. hunger. Like him. you are su-
'stitious.
The origin of this superstition is
known. II is deep-rooted one
this section, and there were few
oles in Union county minus a dish
. peas on saturday. Their presence
a,phesied all sorts of good fortune
the family that dined on the hum
dish. Some claim one will save
iollar during the year for every
one ate: while others say the
lis that dined on them the first
" OF the year will know no hunger
twelve months.
Dr.. E. W. Skies. president Of Coker
iege inclines TO the view that this
erstition is purely local, as he has
.ver encountered il in other Sec
rs. Nor has The Joornal been able
.a discover any mention OF il in folk
81, tales OF the South.
.hsre are. however, many super
oas said to purely Of local origin,
]. M. Blair believes the custom
~ people have OF putting pan Of
ct under he bed 10 prevent
l3t-sweat" is peculiar TO Union
1uty.
lown on Rocky river, where he
born and reared. Mayor john C..
5 learned from the darkies that
screech of an owl could be stop
by thrusting shovel In the fire.
has never heard mention oil this
erstition from any other source.
negroes around Rocky river also
leye. he says. that large 'possum,
reason unknown, will climb moth
but small trees. They always ex-
ted a small 'possum when they
md the dogs baying under a large
7. Blair, who Is interested in I'm
county folklore, believes in only
superstition. He always turns
* ii a black cat crosses his path
= day.
acr sugcas.iilons tail 10 se pare
cal include; Placing of a FIN
or toe nail under the door step
Is good luck: also, the hiding of
iaall tip off the tale of dog will
~ him from straying from home
q squirrel to cross the road in
of buggy is considered a good
pu
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
.
> PRICE TURNS ANTI" On
; THE RE.tALUATION ACT
senator Now Wants 10 Hold Con-
ference Co Discuss Means oI
Reducing TAKES.

Senator j. y. Price, who voted
for revaluation while a member
OF the General Assembly in 1919,
has turned anti" and now
wants TO hold a conference At
Monroe for the purpose OF forln-
ulating ways and means of re-
ducing the tax rate. He went 10
settle with the Sherifi the other
day. and discovered that his tax
es had increased considerably
over the previous year. Now he
has blood in his eyes for some
body.
Besides taxes. good roads
would be discussed At this con-
ference which Mr.. Price, along
with a number of others, wants
to stage. Should II be held.
joint discussion on revaluation
between Mr.. ]. z. Green aud Mr..
Price is advocated. Mr.. Green
has been strong for reyaluation
all the while.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
From Two ba.cs to Tea ith Ter
races.

\ few years ago | bou leXt to
my home, Gfty-three aet,s land
that were in vtry poor fal con-
ditiou. Later bought a dred
acres adjoining the above ~ ned
tract that was in worse co. ion
than the first tract clearel wn
the hedge rows, hauled straw in md
plowed down the gu,iies. The NEGROES
who had owned II ran the rows down
the hill nearly rui. ing the tract of
land.
The first operation in cultivating
the land was disking, and then the
breaking of it, Afterward | planted
much of the field to corn and peas
for hay. The remaining twenty acres.
laid off in straight rows, made two
bales of cotton, for. due TO the fact
that the rows were straight and the
soil loose. the fields washed badly.
The second year | ran the rows the
same way with the one water ditch
in the twenty acres The field al
most washed away, the drifts eaus-
ing a hundred and fifty yards of
fence to be washed down. But, i'm
spite of all the washes and guilies |
made six bales of cotton, and enough
corn for use, with a surplus to sell.
In December, saw ditcher ad-
vertised i'm The Progressive Farmer
so | tlat-broke the twenty acres, and
by the first of January was through
breaking the land, The iitcher was
now on hand and had the machine
to make a width of from twenty to
twenty-four incres and a depth Of not
less than three feet at the terraces.
hui no level TO lay them off I'm order
TO overcome this obstacle. made one
using 4 spirit level Seven terraces
were laid off in this twenty acre plat
Il ground each one having a little
fall They were thrown up with q
two-horse plow, six burrows to the
Terrace Then put four good mules
TO the ditcher and went -four times
to the terrace. laid off the rows
with the terraces so that the short
rows would come in tho center be-
the field was planted 10 corn and
peas and the remainder to cotton. |
made fine crop of corn and ten
bales of cotton, So naturally | am
very much pleased with my terraces.
give the credit TO the Lord for max
ing me able and wise enough 10 build
these terraces. which know have
saved my crops and my land. Il. II.
Mccoy, in The Progressive Farmer,
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04

doubt. IL some Of those fellows
want more pay for less work
been on the job Creating week,
would have quit the third day
axe speeches from the fourth to
eVenth.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04
LEE WHaTE ACCEPTS
CALL To kINSTON CHURCH
i ai;f;'cr Monroe Minister to BECOME
Hastor of One of Largest Charges
Eastern Carolina.

". Leo NJ. White, for several
pastor of the First Baptist
'4eh of Monroe. now pastor OF the
Baptist church OF Chester. has
sied a call to the pastorate Of
First Baptist church at Kinston.
rjing to a Chester dispatch to
Charlotte Discover II Is Rev.
Whites intention TO include his
f, az Chester about February Is.
First Baptist church Of Che
las enjoyed an cra of great pros
along all lines during Roy Mr..
tc's leadership; and there Is deep
re- that be will leave Chester.
gh his friends and members are
g that his talents have found rec
ion ~ call 10 a larger field.
Hey. Mr. White. who went to Ches-
from shelby. IN June 1917. is n
did speaker. a good organizer,
las his work well in hand.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04

The cost of living has been re-
duced one-fourth in some lines. That
only leaves seven-fourths still to be
Topped off before we descend to some
thing approaching normal.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04

you suspect that your wife has
| you out. tell her before she
ell YOU. She'll be so mad she'll
I half she wanted to say.
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04

Mr. J. z. Green will spend Wednes-
day and Thursday in Charlotte at
tending the meeting of newspaper
men. Mr.. Green is on the program
for a speech.-Marshville correspond
ence
The Monroe journal., 1921-01-04

II Christmas is not kept with mirth
and love. 1t is merely December 25th.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-09
NATIONAL COMMAN.
DER OF LEGION KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Automobile Goes Over Embankment
Near indianapolis killing Colonel
+. W. Galbralth, Of Cincinnati,
and Injuring Others.

Colonel Frederick W. Galbralth. of
Cincinnati, Commander-in-Ch Chief of the
American Legion, prominent Cincin-
natl business man and veteran of the
World War, was killed in an automo-
bile accident near indianapolis, Ind,
at 1880 o'clock Thursday morning.
With two companions, he was hurl-
ed from an automobile at a sharp
curve. Col. Galbraith suffered a skull
fracture when the machine leaped a
2O-foot embankment and overturned.
He died en- route to a hospital.
Henry j. Ryan, of Indianapolis, ma
tional director of the Legion's Ameri-
canism commission, and Milton J..
Foreman Of Chicago, national commit
teeman of the Legion from Illinois,
the other occupants of the car, were
injured. The three men were return
ing to Indianapolis from the County
club in Mr.. Ryan's car. The car failed
to make a sharp turn in the road and
ran over the curbing across the side
walk and turned over several times,
landing at the foot of the embankment.
All three men were thrown clear of
the car as 1t went down.
Mr.. Ryan, who was driving the car,
declared he believed a defect in the
steering apparatus caused him to lose
control Of the machine. He and Mr..
Foreman were only slightly injured.
Coroner Paul f. Robinson, who
made an investigation Immediately
after the accident, said an examination
OF the wrecked machine showed a
broken connection of the steering
wheel
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-09
". \. RODD MADE CONFED.
crate BRIGADlER GENERAL
Mason County Man Elected Command.
or Of First Brigade Confederate
Veterans.

Four Brigadier Generals were elect
ed Wednesday by the Kentucky Divi-
sion Of Confederate Veterans, meeting
at Pewee Valley. The new command
ers are: First brigade, William H..
Robb, Maysville; second brigade, C. F.
Jarratt, Hopkinsvllle: third brigade,
Thomas D. Osborne, LOUISVILLE and
fourth brigade, N. B. Deatherage,
Richmond. Gen. w. b. Halderman Is
the life commander Of the fifth bri-
gade, known as the Orphan Brigade.
Col. W. ]. Stone, Frankfort was elect
ed division commander
Plans were discussed for the COM
pletion Of the Jefferson Davis monu-
ment at Fairchild, KY, which was be-
gun fourteen years ago. The Daugh-
ters of Confederacy have pledged their
aid in helping to obtain the necessary
funds. The monument, as it now
stands, Is 10 feet high. When COM
pleted 1t will be $50 feet high.
General Haldeman introduced a res
olution, voting an expression of SYM
pathy to Mrs. A. T. Hert at the loss OF
her husband. The resolution was
unanimously approved
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-09
MAYSV|LLE MAN IS
made DOCTOR OF
LAWS BY Center
Honorary Degree Is Conferred Upon
William d. Mathews, Of Los Angeles,
Calf, Former Maysvillian.

The annual commencement exercis-
es OF Center College were held We'd
nesday at Danville, the Rev. Leonard
Barrett, OF Ann Arbor, Mich, deliver
ing the commencement address. Six
teen students received the degree OF
Bachelor of Arts and four received the
degree Of Bachelor Of Science.
Honorary degrees were conferred
on three former graduates Of Centre
at this commencement, one Of the
three being William B. Mathews, of
Los Angeles, California, native Mays
william, who received the degree Of
Doctor Of Laws ILL. d. Mr.. Mathews
is practicing attorney in the Cali
fornia city. For many years he was
City Attorney Of Los Angeles. He is
brother Of Editor Clarence Mathews
Of the Public Ledger and a brother
in-law of Mr.. ]. Foster Barbour.
Mr.. Mathews, who with his family is
! now in Danville, will visit in Mays
vile before his return to California.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-09
Three KILLED, TWO HURT As
FREIGHT TRAIN LEAVES TRACK
b. u D. Freight Train Wrecked Near
Seymour, Ind, Wednesday,
Seventeen Cars Derailed.

Seymour, Ind, June 9.-Three were
killed and two seriously injured when
two engines pulling fast eastbound
freight train on the B. & o. railroad
turned over at Medora, seventeen
miles west of here Wednesday.
1t is reported that the train ran into
an open switch, but officials of the
company said that the cause OF the
wreck had not been determined.
The dead are; Hugo Seifker, engi.
neer, 40 years old; Thomas ]. Hill
fireman; Harry McCulley, brakeman
all Of Seymour.
The injured: NJ. Il Downey, engi,
necr, severely scalded; C. r. Harding
fireman, seriously burned and scald,
ed, both Of Seymour
The trainmen killed were riding on
the first locomotive. The injured were
on the second engine. The train was
composed of fifty-nine loaded cars ant
an empty freight car 1t Is one of the
fastest freight trains on the Indiana
division and was en- route from st
Louis to Cincinnati.
Seventeen cars were piled up on tn,
track. Seven Of the wrecked cars were
loaded with livestock consigned tC
Cincinnati, eight of them were filled
with quick dispatch freight and two
with perishable produce. Nearly al
Of the cars which left the track wer,
splintered.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-06-09
WOMAN IS ELECTED HEAD
OF BANKERS OF GROUP 8
Russell Woman Banker Heads Group
Nine and Burlington Banker Chosen
to Head Group Six for Year.

The election Of officers Of Groups
Nine and Six Of the Kentucky Bank
ers' Association which was held late
Wednesday afternoon resulted as fol-
lows:
Group Nine.
Mrs. Sallie B. Kinman, Cashier,
First National Bank, Russell, was
elected President.
Henry M. Potts, Cashier, Deposit
Bank Of Carlisle, President
A. H. Stone, Assistant Cashier, Ma
tional Bank of Cynthiana, Secretary.
Executive Committee-T. II. Talbot
Ewing; Alex Hargis, Jackson, and
Miss Bertha L. King, Olive Hill.
Group Six.
A. B. Renaker, Cashier, Peoples De-
posit Bank and Trust Co., Burlington
President.
]. B. Woolrey, Cashier, Citizens
Bank, Falmouth, Vice President.
B. ]. Minnemab, Cashier, Citizens
National Bank, Covington, Secretary.
Executive Committee - f. M. Witt
President. Central Savings Bank and
Trust Co., Newport; Frank Evans
Covington; Howard Stephens, Presi,
dent Bank of Independence.