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The Washington herald., 1921-07-31

yITHO was Frank n. Meyer?
w On thousands of tags accompanying
plsnts sent all over the country by the United
ssstes Government is the inscription,
Frank n. Meyer, diseoverer."
David Fairchild, agricultural explorer for
the Department Of Agriculture, says that
letters come from all over the country asking
for information concerning this mysterious
discoverer, Frank N.SMeyer. In an article
in the January issue Of Asia, Mr.. Fairchild
answers this question most eIhaustively.
Mr.. Meyer was born in Holland. He first
commended himself to the Department Of
Agriculture for the work it cut out for him
by his wonderful endurance as a walker. He
had walked through Cuba, through a thou
sand miles Of Mexico and through California,
when be was invited by the department to
walk about in China in an effort to find
plants indigenous to that country and not
yet growing in the United States.
To know what was what in the plant king
dom and to be able to designate just what
ve didn't have in the United States that
tb. Chinese did have and what would stand
q chance Of becoming acclii1asiza1 hers re-
quired an extraordinary knowledge Of pant
HE 1nls NaS poSSessco W oAeJe@ Il -
eminent degree.
Mentally as well as physically Meyer
was equipped to be an explorer for plants"
.ays Mr.. Fairchild. He was extremely
sensitive to the world around him, noticing
with the eager interest of a child phenomena
that most men do not observe. He wanted
to touch and smell and taste things. He
could not imagine learning about anything
without subjecting it to the test of all his
..,ses. 1t was characteristic of Meyer
quickly to break OF fragment of q plant
and chew it or smell it in order to bring to
bear upon it all the powers of his remarkable
memory.
and used to spend entire nights in the
temples of China and on mountain tops, i'm
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mersed in self communion and in rommunio,
with nature. Plants to him seemed .ndued
with a consciousness Of their own and one
often was tempted to believe that he ac-
tuaiiy understood their language, he seemed
so happy and contented in their presence.
In the company Of man he was not so much
at home and was rather inclined to sbun Il.
His first trip to China was in the autumn
of 1905.
he began his work" says Mr., Fair
child. "by following back to their orchards
in the Ming Tombs Valley the basket car
riers who bring the great Tamopan Der
simmon to the markets of Peking. From
its valley home he sent to America scions
OF that delicious nonastringent and seedless
perslmmon, which have by now produced
large orchards in this country Unlike our
native wild 'simmon,' the Tamopan per-
simmon is eaten when it is hard like an
apple. 1t is a curious fact that in some
regions in this country, such as the Caro-
'linas, the Tamopan comes true and is seed
less and nonsstringent, but in others 1t is
neither. 1t is large and rather fat, as its
ninc Tamopar. which means big mill
ste1cc' in Chinese, suggests, and n has a
curious groove or crease around it.
Wherever Meyer went he made friends
with the missionaries. He helped them
with their gardens and was in the habit of
asking the department to send them seeds
and plants from America. For, although
China, because Of its hardy wild and cult
Gated plants, is a Klondike of plant gold
to American horticulturists, there are no
such apples as ours in China, and our pears
and berries and grapes are more delicious
and of finer color than the Chinese
Though Meyer rarely had any difficulty
in getting the things he wanted, the Fei
peach was an exception. The little village
of Fei in the province of Shantung had
become famous throughout eastern China
for certain large peach. Otter weighing
pound, and there was, naturally enough, q
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will remember. hope. that Frank y. Meyer
brought in the plants from China"
Many others Of the hundreds Of varieties
of plants which owe to Meyer their introduc-
ton into this country are described BY Mr..
Fairchild. and one cannot but feel grateful
to the extraordinary man to whose knowl-
edge, indetstisable industry and love Of his
work our country owes so much.
Mr.. Meyer, in his thirteenth year of his
labors in China, on the night of June 2,
1918. disappeared. tracelessly. from a
steamboat on the>Yangtze Kiang He had
suffered a nervous breakdown and is sup
posed to have fallen overheard during a spell
Of vertigo and been drowned.
Meyers field work is done" says Mr..
Fairchild, but his light has by no means
gone out"
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fear in the minds Of the owners of the Fei
peach lest this foreigner would take away
their monopoly in the growing of it. Meyer
had to make several trips on foot to this
region, and finally be was obliged to buy a
small orchard in order to get the trees he
wanted; The Fei peach promises much as
a late fruit for our southwest.
Meyer did not confine his early eIplors-
tions to China. From northern Korea.
Manchuria and eastern Siberia he sent US
$50 different kinds of plants, the majority
Of which, naturally enough, have made lit
tie impression our agriculture. But il
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i, nroduces masses Of pale yelo" nowers
in May, up into the coldest parts OF tne
Dakotas, where even in the bitterest winters
it is uninjured. Any gardener who ules
to g-ow roses on the Great Plains knows
the value of a vigorous, free Towering. per
fectly hardy yellow rose. II is, Furthermore.
being crossed by the great rose breeder. Dr
". Van Fleet, with our best nonhardS
roses Without doubt. it will help to pro-
duce a race Of hardy roses that may some
day be as widely known and appreciated
as the Rosa rugcsa. which Is now almost the
only rose that can be successfully grown In
parts of Capads and oTr own Northwest.
Mr.. FairchiId says thas WIN he VS. in
China in 1902 he enjoyed id eEseiy some
candied fruit which was c&l,nd Chinese
date" Futile attempts had tsen made 10
transplant these dates" which in realty
were jujubes, in America.
But it was Meyers good fortune" he
says, ito be the first TO land in America
what is undoubtedly the largest collection of
jujube trees in the world. gujube cultiva-
tion is sure to develop into al important
industry, for 1T 10 q delicious fruit when
candied, and Il 'au se successfully grown In
the hottest sections u our Southwest IN
like almost every one of our ordinary fruits.
il flowers b Lite il the spring that it, 5.'s-
soms are never injured by spring frosts. In
consequence it is . sure bearer; not once
since il first began 10 fruit in this country
has 1t Jailed to produce q crop. IL those
parts OF Texas where one never knows
whether to prepare for q drought or flood
and where fruit growing is a most preca l.
rious business, the Chinese jujube fruits well.
In the Imperial Valley. where the tenpers-
ture often scars To 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
it bears abundsntly, and in the interior
vaIlys Of northern California II Is 10 much
at home that It fruits when only two years
old. When its delicate csndied fruits have
found their way to our tables and are ss
much sriasc a. dates and almonds. some
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Due Notice

TT WAS little Roger who came to his
L mother hot long since with the question
Ma, what would you do if some o,s
should break the large vase in the hau?'
II wosld whip him." said mother, with
q tightening Of the lips.
Whereupon, with a grin, Roger added:
''Th... ma, you'd better get ready, for
dad has done r'
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for every Sunday get all the Fold
AWAY Coortoys You give regular show with
them
NEXT SUNDAY PASHA, THE ARABIAN HORSE.
BEN ALLAH, THE CAMEL.
BEN ALLAH mighty SHIP. of the
OF merchandise. such and
the SAHARA DESERT. Color him
light brown; the blanket trappings about his
real oriental color reds, and blues The
has a brown skin and his clothes simple; blue
nts red ash and a about his
sttue his costume Get extra paper today so as to
have camels for the big parade; besides il will be
fun to watch FuNNTNoSE ugge balloons on their backs
can't be done, You watch FUNNYNOSE he can do it,
NEXT SUNDAY THE TRICK PONY.
sANCHO-THE TRICK DONKEY.
look him buck! Just his fat master, Mr..
STEW PID, trotted SANCIiO to do tricks for
he jump and kick Isn't that just like a
donkey? Color Sancho a light brown The wagon
red with yellow wheels and yellow shafts. STEW PID
his red his shirt blue and his stock
ngs yellow. Also give him a yellow hat. Make plume
which Sancho wearing a bright red and his harness
Stripe the ball and the tub like best
the CIRCUS people careless about leaving
these things around Just suppose STEW PID fell of
the wagon!
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No Jest
A RE you an optimist ?"

U RE you an optimism
n "Why, er, wel-there's % many q
these new ideas
''Oh. nothing like that 1t just means
are you bright, cheerful, confident Of the
future, hopeful, thinking that everything
il for the best?"
Jaw, what's the use Of usin' hard wo--s
when you can ask just a simple question
that anybody can understsnd?"
"wen. you understand that now. A-s
you:''
"Say. quit your kiddin' before the old
girl hears you askip' an q single man. %
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MR.. AND MRS. sPRAT.

MIR. AND MRS SPRAT
or course, remember Mr.. Sprat, who could eat
NO fat" and his wife who could lean" Here
hnncky." / rather thought they would wind up in
CIRCUS The gentleman alongside of Mr.. Sprat is the
" wild Man from BorneoEthe only one in captivity This
what else is coming 1t certainly will be worth at least
pins the show will able O
CJlor MRS SPRATs dress blue if like. hair yell
low and her arms pink. MR. SPRAT is mostly pink and
NEXT sUNDAY-sPoTs THE LEOPARD
LEO-THE PERFORMING LION
Leo the Royal African LION is a yellow color
dark yellow The trainers tights pink
mantle and belt The big he
to get LEO to take in his mouth bright red The tubs
are also red with blue stripes. The all
Away TOYS should be alike-a light tan.
NEXT SUNDAY THE BOXING KANGAROOS.
BUSTER THE BABY ELEPHANT.
Color him dark gray. The blanket will look nne II
bright oriental coors used s
green. Leave the tusks white II you will get
will have elephants,
them side by side and Funnynose could
meanwhile doing his juggling stunt" their
Great fun in store for running this CIRCUS
tell father mother this
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for Sunday. all the Fold
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16

Sterling Vaugen, son of G. W.
Vaughn was born Oct, q 1885
died Oct. 1e 1918
Sterling was draftep into the
service of the United States army
in war and left his home March
18th. 1918. EIe went to Camp
Gordon and from there to Camp
Upton, N. Y. and stayed there
week and went to France, land
ing there about the first Of May
1918, he was sent at once on the
firing line and was wounded in
action and died on above date
Stealing was a coed boy and
loved by all who knew him. He
was supposed to have embraced
a hope in his 18th, year but lived
rather in doubt. He was a great
lover of Sunday School and serv-
ed as a teacher, also as Secretary
of same. He also wrote encour-
aging letters home concerning
the future.
He leaves a father and an in
vailed mother, three brothers
and seven sisters to mourn their
loss. His remains were sent
home and kurried in the family
graveyard inthe first District
of Hancock Co., Tenn, the 9Th
day of Sept 1921. Funeral ser
vices were held by Revs. Wiley
Cook and Tip Levisay.
He was BARRED by the sellers
of his community while the
singing quire of Rock Bridge
made melody to God in sweet
singing. it was an honorable and
imreasive service which will for
ever remain in the midds Of his
schooi-mates and his comrades
and friends
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16
LUTHER, TENN.

Farmers are very busy pull
ing fodder this week.
Eva V. Sellers the little daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Sellers
died Monday evening of whoop'
ing cough. And was buried
Wednesday in the family cemete-
ry.
The remains of Sterling Vau.
GIN, son of Mr.. 81 Mrs. G. w. Vau.
GIN, arrived home from Francs
Sunday night, was buried n
Rock Bridgesby-isthe soidiaS
Tuesday.
Miss Maude Ferguson return
ed to her school Sunday after a
few days visit with home folk.
Messrs. Lanbon Mills, Ryle
Campbell, Leonard Bray and
Mrs. Ester Clement. motored to
Beech Grove in Granger Co.. to
IN lee Cream Supper Saturday
night.
Mrs. Birdie Cantwell. of Nor
ristown has returned home after
visiting friends in this County.
Mr.. Frrnk Hileman and Sister
Annie Hileman spent Tuesday
night at the home of ]. M. Jack
son.
Mr.. w. p, Becker was seri-
ously hurt having been thrown
from a mule is improving.
May, the little daughter Of
Mrs. Mary Mccoy is seriously i'll
with typhoid fever.
Miss Della Greene spent from
Friday till Sunday with Miss Le-
ona Brewer.
Miss Mertie Wolfe spent Sat-
urday night with Miss Tina Nc
Coy.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16

$415, and now to 1855. making
total reductions in this type of
1920. OF SO per cent. The same
proportionate reductions have
been made in all other types.
One year ago the price of the
Ford sedan was 1915: today it
lists at $500 with the same equip
ment.
We are taking advantage of
every known economy in the
/, manufacture Of our products In
order that we may give them to
the public at the lowest possible
price. and by doing that we feel
that we ore doing the one big
thing that will help this country
into more prosperous times. Pc
ople are interested in prices. and
are buving when prices are right.
The production of Ford cars
and trucks for August again broke
all previous high records with
the total reaching III. 696. This
is the fourth consecutive month
in which OAR output has gone
overthe hundred thousand mark,
the total for the four months
being 463,074. which has gone a
long way in making POSSIBLE the
present reductions. June this
year, with an output Of lit. 247
was the previous recrod month.
One note worthy feature of
our sales is the increased demand
for Ford trucks and cars for sale
sman. This class Of commerce
ial business has been gradually
increasing the past sixty days
and we interpret it as a very
good sighn of improvement in
general business.
No reduction has been made in
the price of the Fordson tractor.
and none is contemplated. /
Go over these new prices! See I
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16
TLIvER KING TURNS
RAILROAD WHARF.

Henry Ford went on record as
the top-notch igneramus OF biz
business. lately he also ven.
on record as the best little rail-
road doctor ia these United Sta
ties.
in the six dull months Of THIS
Bluenosed year Ford yanHed the
Detroit & Tole do Railroad out of
yawning deficit and gave it a
flying start with $l,261. $50 sur
plus and net operating income Of
1857, 618. Where the road be-
fore hanIed zoo cars in "a hoars
Ford steamed up to l, 200 cars in
IL hours. Besides. he ordered
tAef operating officials sout of
their private cars and made them
take regular service OF walk.
And on top of all these mnova-
lions he managed to reduce the
train schedule fully two hours!
Did the Flivver King do these
things by reducing wages and
laying off men? He did not,
Clumsy, oldfashioned subterfnge
of this stripe only appeals to de-
gular railroad men.
Did he accept the wage scale
Of the labor unions? He did not.
He did better than that. He
raised his wages over the union
scale, and not only disposed of all
labor troubles and chickering's by
this bold stroke hut secured for
his road a gang of men who went
TO work with a gleam in the eye.
Hen Ford is a rotten scolar,
but he is a whale of a business
man. And business manage
ment is what the roads need now
rather than sitting tight on an
61exl rail experience. Henry |
Ford's achievement should be an
inspiration to the pessimists who
seem to thsnk that there is no
thing doing in dull times. Lots
of things are actually easier now
than in boom times if you'd only
study your problem as Ford stu
died his. There are no dnll days
FOR the man who can't observes
Sugarman's Indicator.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16

Congressman Carroll Reecs
who was called back to Washing-
ton yesterday on busiuess con-
ferred with interstate CONNER
ce Commissioners E,ch. and urg-
ed a general reduction In freight
and passenger rates.
Business shows signs OF reviv-
ing. Mr.. Reece said and IL given
futner encouragement by a re-
duction In railraod rates we may
expect to see it continue 10 i'm
prove. There should be a reduc-
ton of about SO Is per cent in
lumber rates, and a general de-
crease equSk. to the Increase
which went into effect in 1890.
with the genera rate increase.
High and in nrny cases al
most prohibitive freight rates
are largely responsible for The
present stagnation In business
II would be to the interest Of the
railrosds themselves to reduce
rates. because the increased vol
nme Of busipess due to a redoc-
ton would also be reflected in
their income. Furthermore the
July earnings viii show that the
return for the railroads viii be
at the rate of about 5 per cent
per year. or approximately S76
300, 900. 90. according TO reports
20 far made.
RI. Reece says in his opinion .
will soon be made
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16
HON. 3. CARROLL REECE
Visits SneedvilIe.

On Thursday Sept, 18th,
Sneedville, was honored with
thr presence Of Hon. B. Carrol
Reece. ih- present. U. S. Congress
man from the first Compression.
al District.
AIS 30 A. NJ He and Mr.. NJ.
E, FISHERMAN Of Rogersville and
quite a number of citizens visit
ed the High School where Messrs
Reece and FISHERMAN made ex-
cellent addresses to the student
body.
Mr.. Reece has many friends in
this community who were pleas
ed toknow that he is a strong sup
porter Of the Fordney Adjusted
Compensation Bill. While here
he expressed enthusiasm in the
work of the American Legion.
and promised Messrs p. T. Live
say Adj. an,s Gov L. Hopkins
Com. his support in making the
oronization outstanding in the
County.
MIR. Reecc left at IL o'clock via.
of Kyles Ford for Roge-sville.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16
A N N o u N c E N ( Mt .

Mr.. Edsel b. Ford, President
of the Ford Motor Company.
makes the following annonce-
ment;
We are making another reduc-
ton in the prices of Ford cars
and the Ford truck, effective to-
day. The new prices average
so. 90 under fomer prices. and
are the lowest at which Ford
cars and trucks have ever been
sold. List prices. F. o. B. De-
trvit are now as follows.
Amount Of
New Pric Old Price Reduction
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16

how little it costs to become the
owner of a Ford car or a Ford
truck. Can you really afford to
do with out one any longer?
Let US tell you more about L.
and advise you regarding the do
livery of the particular type Of
car in which you are interested.
SNEEDVILLE MOTOR CO.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16

Tms is the third price cut dur
ing the past twelvs months. On
Sept, 22nd. 1920, the price Of
the Ford touring car was reduced
from s575 TO $40; June 7th to
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16
TO SOLDIER BOYS.

To all ex- soldiers of Hancock,
Claiborne, Granger and Union
counties. who have not applied
for free dental service. will please
send their names and postcffice
address to DR.. Z. J. Mcdaniel,
Tazewell. Tenn. at once. before
il is too late.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16
IN MEMORY.

Sterling Vaugen, son Of G. w,
Vaughn was born Oct, q 1885,
died Oct. 16 1918
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-09-16

New Pic Old Price Reduction
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-02
AID MEN FROLIC
AT FUNNIEST
All Sorts of Amusements in
Outing at Turner
Park.

Headquarters OF the Indianapolis Ad-
vertising Club, IN the Chamber OF Com
merce building, was an exceptionally
busy place this morning-package after
package. until they seemed fairly endless,
was being carried out and sent to Tur-
ner park.
But in the afternoon the scene Of ac-
tivities shifted-moyed to Turner Park,
for there the annual fun carnival and
basket picnic of the Advertising Club was
being held.
The packages? They were prizes-gen-
erous in numbers and in value. There
we're ], SSs Of them and the value was set
at $780,
The program was varied, including a
5o-yard dash for girls and women, from
Is to q years; baseball, horse shoes, I
30 yard dash for women over 81, a coun-
try store, buried treasure. football kick
ing for women, sack race for boys under
10, potato race for women, a ''crazy
cat" contest, baseball throwing for wom-
en-, sack race for girls under 18, a
clothes pin contest, and dancing.
At 9 o'clock, everybody was expected
to eat.
The program for the evening included
a notwithstanding contest, q motion
picture. q concert by the indianapolis
News Newsboys band, a movie imperson-
stion contest, and dancing.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-02
INDIANA DAILY ZINES, FRIDAY, September . 1gz1.

Building permits are not safe index to
the building business. Permits may be
obtained and pigeon -holed. But when
Luilder buys plumbing and other fix
lures they are for use. The Crane Com
pany of Chicago is the largest supplier
in this line in the world. 1t has sixty
branches in this country. Twenty-three
Of these branches show an increase for
this year thus far as against the av-
erage for the last ten years. Six others
are about per cent below the tenyear
average. The increases in GONE Of the
agencies are quite substantial. The
whole business Of the company thus far
this year Is up to the ten year average.
The cities that show best are Sacramento,
Oklahoma City, indianapolis, Los An
geles, Davenport Qowa), and Minneapo-
lis.
HOPE OF SETTLEMENT
FOR LABOR STRIFE.
What an expansion there would be in
construction If the labor difficulty was
settled In Chicago there is hope of ad-
justment. A very large amount of work
has been hampered by labor strife. Some
Of the trouble has been what is termed
jurisdiction-that Is, owing to disputes
between unions Jealous OF each other.
Some Of It has Leen owing to attempt to
lower costs. On some of the work here
union men have received s1.25 an hour
$40 a day-and attempt is being made to
bring wages down.
The bosses are not without sin. They
have resorted to practices vile If not I'M
lawful and Judge lands has been con-
Quoting an inquiry into the whole at
fair. He has laid bare the facts In every
relation and has been no moro sparin g
of the bosses than the men. 1t is the
confident belief that much good will re-
suit He may not bring the wage scale
down 80 low as Is hoped Tin some in
stances men who got $1.25 an hour are
now eager to work at 90 cents), Tut
he Is likely to force the unions to do
away with rules restrictive of produc-
ton. Whatever the verdict OF this UNI
pire. the situation unquestionably Is
better
The wrongs ate being laid bare and
the feeling Is that they win not be con-
tinued. Undoubtedly there win be more
of sanity and common sense in the trade
at large.
LUMBER QUESTION
ALSO PERTINENT.
In this connection the lumber question
is pertinent. Lumber men are not san
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-02
LEGION POST AT YAIPARAIsn-

VALPARAISO, Ind. Sept. 2-An
American Legion post, to be known as
the Valparaiso University Post, is to be
organized here. Several hund,eI univer-
sity men are attending the university.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-02

trade until the exchange situation IL adj
justed and the part Of wisdom is for
the American to fashion his production
on domestic requirements until things
clear up abroad for otherwise he will
be loaded with a surplus without a mar
ket. How long it will take for the ex-
changes to recover to permit European
purchases without too heavy a handicap
he ventures no opinion. What he knows
is that misjudgment Of the foreign mar
ket cost America billions of dollars d.
rectly and woe that cannot be meas
ured in money. He does not intend to
make the same mistake again.
AS to the general outlook perhaps the