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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-07-01

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seppo1 .o2ed Is<Sa'ristisn education VIII
Fbe E pa.sa
tn there irgtituLqls tho icdoml,a
ton is'luohins FOR Us tra.nod leaders
To- help carry forward nh Eork along
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there are 700 pastorless Baptist
churches and probably the same pro.
portion holds n the Other states. u Is
hoped the campaign VIII call out s COO
volunteer for ministerial a.d m. i,e.
nry work and thoe. Institutions W.lf nr
asked to crUin th"ec ynlng Her aui
women for their work
last year reports show. over 6.p.o
students in these r.ftu'ioug took vol
untary courses iu Biulo and mission
stuey: nearly 1000 OF them ?rI.Hdod
student prayer meetings: ministerial
students pasiuriuf churches rl,.,u
mofe than sNoonl for church hsp,ro.
lences and led moro ttln 10 900 palpls
to proiosa Christ Tho campaisn hope
TO rcEuit ~ enrolling $1,000 vnunr mar
and women in Baptist schools within
the next five years
Tho South wide institutions TINT viii
benefit from the rlmr1ieu Include
fruth"rn Baptist Theological Seminary
and Women innr school "a Louis.
vile. Ky, Southwestern Baptist Thro
l.riDal Seminary and Women Tuia.
ing School 20 For worth. Tav. uapi,e, .
Bible Institute New Orleans. and Ne. .
gro Theol1gical Seminary at Nashville. .
while 1if - bo ri,GH to cytr, plp. .
tist institution of learning in aU states
of N" convection territory. aud io new
Baptist colleges that win D. ,iai
Iishcd in Arkansas. FIoridl nlmola.
Louisiana and New Mayi,o. along sinh
1nc somewhere in the r.rion of the An
mountains t'f 10 be don
l.iclv located
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-07-01
A BIG COUNTING JOB.

The largest amount of gold and
gold certificater ever assembled
in one place is now being count-
ed by four of the fastest counters
in the employ of the United Stat
es. The task is to check up and
determine the amonnt Of gold
and currency in tbs United Stat
es assay office in New York City,
and was necessitated by a change
in superintendents of the Office.
The valueo OF the, .mansg-=in the
vaults is known to exceed ST.
600, 600, 600. The counting is
expected to take a month. The
gold has come from twenty diff.
eient countries 1t has been as.
sayed, melted, and recast in bars,
each melt" icing valued at
$125, 900. 1t is the duty of the
money handlers to check the
melt number, to count the num-
Der of bars, to ascertain their
weight, to test the fineness of
the gold and to sec that the wei.
ght corresponds with that on the
books of the assay office, and then
to calculate tie value of the melt
in terms of the dollar.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-07-01

lp Issuing notice for cxamina- :
tons Tor pIstmasucrs under the
tvror,lcr "a President Hard
inr the civIl service commission
states candidates will not be- re-
Glirrl - report FOR questions at
any particular place. but will he
rated on two points. education
and training. and bnsincss cxpcr-
iclcc and ftLcss.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-07-01
The Vision Of My Mother.

She stands at the home stead gate way,
Tall. slender. and thin,
Her rank in this world is mother,
Of two girls and five men.
She has fought her part Of the battle,
Her victory IL almost won,
Turning her eyes TO the sunset,
She watches the sinking sun,
She stands there as a mode.
OF women that ought To be,'
She sces the eve approaching,
She has almost crossed the sea.
In early years she launched her boat.
Fov what she did not know,
Ahl<tl1e. besIAth has been stcrmey.
~ e0G & brilliant show.
nax.f fsithfu friends are many.
ficr Sirs arr but few,
rvrrrSrrfr frfxsrhowrd her kindssss, -.
by kissing her hair with dew.
All but her face is wrinkled.
Her body looks old and worn.
For some of her loving children. :.
From her henrtstrings have been torn.
But in the Eve of all evenings,
Gods promise shall rule the past.
When her foot steps are silent
And her cyclids forever closed fast.
Wen miss the love Of this rother,
The presence of her loving form.
When silent in her tomb shes sleefing,
Forever safe from harm.
NJ. r.. A. Author.
Thanks. Come again. Ed.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-07-01

road % bettor lmalth .sgI = 80 er'i.
eiousf and usc'ur.ass yre a Nith.
- ahe Pcw y ti' 'a 's9Ht'Ft
conFanso-- r. lf7a VIA 10 III 5uri
Ropust Sagi.ars tfs 60 ,f- 81,
louis From ytrs jail 3 inv
lf idpsee wi't ie.s hn n
bedt this liz 'aft.ar .'. a.au aa
: modern ln.t'.s.ia. Ia more than
90 beds 80
Other BapG = pitals in mo son.h
Include BAPTIST l,si ipl Mn loece.
okla5 Bartist Uo litat.uimpi. okla:
Baptist Hospital, ~ hlag. Ski. nap.
list Memorial Aasp;fse Alcmp MS.
Tenn; Gee IN BgpthH Hosprsl At
lania; Otlanoma baptist sat. u,s.
pitsl. Qklahomi ITS Bapfisl tfos
pi'al, Coirmbia. = e. Texas BAPTIST
Memorial ssnlte-lgm, DAlles parust
Hospital, Houston. Tex, = Htist iIns
pitai. AlexaRirig. La: uepat Hos
pital, Jackson Nj. -. louis Baptist
Hospital. st. Louis. Mo, and the Kan.
sas City Baptist Hospita, at Kansas
city, No
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-07-01

Thanks. Come again. Ed.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1921-07-01

there are 700 pastorless Baptist
churches and probably the same pro.
portion holds n the Other states. u Is
hoped the campaign win call out coo
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
Federal Court for Rock Island.

One of these days congress will designate
the cities in which the two federal judges that
have been assigned to Illinois are TO be located.
district and the other to what is now known as
the Peoria district
Rock Island is favored by geographical
conditions and with proper interest evidenced
by the people of the city there is no reason
why the court should not be located here.
Neighboring counties are awake to the situa-
ton, and are bringing pressure to bear on their
congressional representatives with view to
securing favorable action. The other day the
Knox County Bar association, at a meeting in
Galesburg, adopted resolutions citing argu-
ments in support of Galesburg as the head
quarters of the newly created court
AS stated. Rock Island has the geographical
advantage, and in addition it is the most popu-
lous community of any in the territory where
the court is to be located. Therefore it would
seem that there should be concerted action
on the part of the bar association and other
organizations that would indicate to those in
whose hands rests the responsibility of desig-
mating the court city that Rock Island is the
logical home for the court
In this connection it might be suggested
that Rock Island has a federal building that
can offer temporary accommodations for the
court. If Rock Island expects to secure the
court, ii is up to those who will be most con-
cerned-the members of the legal profession
to get busy. and to induce others in the CITY
to do likewise
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
Gifts of Immigrants.

An exhibit now on view in New York and
given the name Americas Making" is OF
interest because it presents the contributions to
the wealth industry and art OF this country of
80 nationalities There are hand-painted china.
laces and embroideries from CZecho- Slovaks,
Bulgarians. Hungarians and -Carpathians
There are scientific farms" in miniature to
represent the contribution OF Danish imni-
grants. There are the 1ourishing cooperative
ventures, particularly stores. of the Films
There are music. mirth and sculpture from the
negroes sponges and shoe-ceaning establish
ments from the Greeks. In addition to the
exhibit. daily pageants present the coming to
these shores of the many peoples who followed
the first settlers. The whole thing makes an
excellent piece OF Americanization work. 1t is
impr essive alike to citizens OF old stock and to
more recent Americans and candidates for
naturalization. Franklin X Lane once said:
America is the land Of but one people gath
eredered from many countries. Some came for
love of money, and some came for love of free
dom. Whatever the lure that brought US, each
has his gift" There is no need to fear these
gift-bearing immigrants unless by our own
short-sighted treatment of them we turn back
the helpful gifts and receive only harmful
ones.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
The Boyhood Mind.

Years ago boy in Naples dreamed OF In
dams in the North American wilds. Wandering
through the hillside vineyards among the
ruins of Roman palaces his imagination con-
iured up pictures of tepees in pine groves, of
blanketed warriors war trails; of many a
coming ambush and many bloody fight. Gen
eral Diaz. hero of Italy, admitted much when
he was honored in Washington the other day
by being made chief of the Crow tribe and in
vested in its regalia taking the name OF
PLENTY Coups"
No American boy ever read more about In
dams than did this young Neapolitan He
devoured books the red man and his his
tory He SHARED the same longing as that of
his school boy contemporaries in Rock Island,
TO be an Indian chieftain. Italian boys dote on
the adventures of Leather Stockings, Russian
boys know Miles Standish" and "Evangelne,"
"Huckleberry Finn" and Prince and Pauper"
among the standard books in Sofia Con-
stantinople and Madrid. "Hiawatha' is almost
universal Mother Goose" There is
nothing surprising in the fact that there
Boy Scouts in Petrograd. The heart of boy
hood is much the same the world over.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
Job For Every Woman.

While the civil service board in Milwaukee
is raising the question of the right of women to
be on the public payroll the Young Women 5
Christian association in New York city has
started a campaign for "A Job for Every
Woman" and cites facts which show that in
New York at least unemployment affects
women almost much as it does men.
Most OF the girls on the associations list OF
5000 are not merely girls who want to do
something for 4 while. but girls who have taken
college or specialized training to fit themselves
for special work Many who had held the bet
ter positions have been living their savings.
but now face actual distress. They seem TO be
girls, who, like boys. are making their own
way. standing their own feet. Giving a
woman's job 10 a man under such conditions
is merely condemning to hunger some woman
who has no man to feed her This is a reyela-
tion of a change in economic conditions that
sociolosists may study for its effects on society
but for unemployment committees ii is prac-
tical question. a job for Every Woman"
seems to indicate that woman has taken per
manent place in industry
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
The Great Question.
BY BERTON RRALFY.

Z l.
All of the questions that commonly worry us
Questions Of Capital Labor and such.
questions OF business that ofteutimes furry
They are forgotten, today pretty much:
There's but one question We freely reiterata
CWaiting for food that we plan to obliterate,
when do We eat-'
Smells from the kitchen are witching and
saVory,
Odors OF turkey and dressing and pies.
What if our stomachs DO hold US in slavery.
1t is bondage We joyfully prize;
Off for today is all bantirg and dieting
We shall gorge grand;y until we're repIeta
Meanwhile We cry as our hunger grows rioting
When do we eat?"
Thankful We for the blessings that come to
Thankful for freedom and thankful for
peace;
This is the day when the Fates can't be glum
TO us,
This is the time when our troubles decrease.
So all our faces are wearing a grin on them
boy. but the smell of the cooking is SWEET
Bring on your vivands and let us start in on
them,
When do we eat7"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
Nations Pension PAYMENTS

In the year 2000. in all human probability.
there will be hundreds of individuals who
served IN the recent war still drawing COM
pensation of some kind from the government
This prediction is based upon the records of
the United States pension bureau Those rec
ords show that there are 100 survivors of the
war with Mexico, which was fought 73 years
ago, on the pension rolls of the United States
government.
In addition to these survivors, who were
actual participants in the war. the government
IS carrying on its pension rolls 2,135 widows of
Mexican war veterans. The records also show
81 widows of veterans OF the war Of 1912 are
drawing pensions, and 3.7S4 veterans of In
dian wars and 2,569 widows of Indian war
veterans are on the rolls. The Civil war pen-
sion list naturally is the largest. The records
snow 2Oo,I75 Civil war veterans. 2S1225 wild
ows and other dependents and lO2 nurses are
receiving compression from the federal govern
ment
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23

sales. In other words, il there Is anything
that you need in the way of merchandise, in
stead OF waiting until after the holiday rush,
you can go TO the Rock Island stores and get
the same bargains that in other years you
have not had the benefit Of until January
Rock Island stores have everything that is to
be had in other cities. and there is no reason
why they shouldn't be able to offer prices just
as attractive as those offered in other parts OF
the country.
The Rock Island merchants promise some
announcements that will arouse the people OF
the city to their trading possibilities. So il
you have any purchases in your mind, watch
the advertising columns OF The Argus. You're
going to be pleased and surprised, IL the
promises of the local merchants mean any
thing, and they usually do
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
Pre-Holiday Bargains.

Rock Island merchants have determinedEkp
selling program that ought to have an in
mediate appeal to their patrons in the next
two weeks In other years following the holI-
day rush, il has been a custom among local
merchants to hold January clearance sales
This year, in view of the backward trade con-
ditions, situation that is faced by merchants
generally over the country, owners of Rock
Island stores decided that they would bring
their sales dates forward so that the people
could have advantage of the same bargains
before Christmas that they ordinarily could
not get until after the first of the year Thus
customers will be given the usual clearance
sales discounts on all OF their holiday pur-
chases-a concession which doubtless will
greatly stimulate buying among the Rock Is
land stores in the next two weeks.
Cooperative sales held in Davenport and
Moline recently were successful beyond the
anticipations OF the participating merchants
The experienced merchant knows that there
are large numbers OF people who defer their
purchases until after the holiday rush in
order to get the benefit of the customary jam
AIRY reduction-the sales held in this month
being for the purpose of clearing the shelves
10 make way for spring stocks.
The Rock Island merchants are going TO
make liberal reductions, concessions that they
are confident will result in the clearing out of
tnedr stocks by Christmas. While they realize
xney would have good holiday business even
Enough they did not offer special price reduc-
tion. they feel that in keeping with the desire
OF all to contribute towards the reduction of
tne, cost OF Hsing- they should do their mart
In0e Is mo- general agreement among the
merchants seyead thezznserssandfnr that ss.h
"ake -reduco1ns that viii increase
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23

O. Did the congressional commit
tee that investigated the steel strike
of 1919 recommend an anti-strike
law? u. M. A
A The senate committee on edu-
cation and labor in its report OF its
investigation of the steel strike of
1919 did not recommend anti-strike
legislation. but did suggest the es-
adjustment of a board or commits
sion which it believed would min
imize the danger Of strikes
@. Why is the little red cap worn
by Turks called a fez? c. \. S.
A. Formerly Fee, capital OF
Morocco. was the chief place of
manufacture of the red fez cap.
The color was produced from dye
made from a berry grown nearby.
The same shade is now produced
in other localities. The manu;ac-
lure of the fez is still among the
leading Industries of Fee.
Q. Please tell how to white 765
yingtilliOns. W. E
A Seven hundred and sixty-five
vingtillions would be written 765
followed by, 65 ciphers.
@ Which is the older process in
steel making, the Bessemer or the
open hearth? r. l.. l..
a. The Bessemer process in steel
making dates from 1856. while the
open hearth process was developed
in 1864.
G. Is wool and hair the same
sort OF thing? r. E A
A. Wool is a living appendage
of the skin. produced by increased
epidermal cells. The difference be
tween wool and hair is one OF de-
gree rather than of kind
Q. Which is the best picture of
Christ? J. D.
A Art critics are almost unaGi-
nous i'll agreeing that the head OF
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
The Daily Short Story

daring idea possessed her.
Carey, would you please help
me across the fats? l cannot pos
sibiy manage this wind"
Surely! Well be all right so
long as this umbrella doesn't col
lapse. Take my arm-yoUlI slip.
Now"
She was too busily chatting to
note when Nina should board the
car. or Bentley glide past in his
roadster. Carey LavelI. declared
10 be bashful and by prediction a
bachelor, proved safeguard
against the two.
Nina complained no more-with
Dess Riches misdemeanors as her
plea. She contrived 70 secure the
attentions of The disputed Bentley
a few times more than any other.
But the close of the term found
Carey Lavell waiting for Dess.
Il am to take a desk in my faith
er's office, permanently. l mean,
when school closes next year"
And | cannot finish till year
later. Somehow. I envy Nina. She
seems to master everything SO
quickly"
Easily seen. You know have
TO laugh when she promenades
with Con Bentley. Both families
borrow heavily of my father
thousands"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Ruitermiik.

| have been drinking consider
able buttermilk, on the suggestion
Of a friend who said it was good
for constipation, and l find it is
helping me, but l am told that but
termilk is fattening and l do not
want to put on any flesh. (R- c. Al
Answer-Buttermi is slightly
laxative in effect Buttermilk is
about half as nourishing as fresh
p;ilk, and you'd have to drink it
wholesale to put on flesh.
Precious Fifteen.
I'm a girl Is years of age and I
have been wondering about several
things lately I know that storks
tio not really bring babies and
why and why =? Please
answer, as my mother is quiet on
the subject AMI l hate to grow up
IL ignorance. . &C. W. W.
Answer-I'll tell you what I'll do.
If you'll ask your mother about
this, and mother approves, I'll
send you letter which answers
your questions. l know from your
letter that you're a pretty sensible
little girl with a character of your
own.
Unc0Oked Food.
Do you know of any experiments
that have been carried out to
establish the relative value Of
cooked foods 2Ed raw foods in re-
CARDS to health and longevity? l
have a theory formulated into syl-
logistic argument thus: That
which is unnatural is unhealthful.
To eat cooked foods is unnatural.
Therefore it is unheaIthfuL What
say you? (P- R.)
Answe r-As a syliogism it is
beautiful, but it isn't good sense.
Cooking makes some foods safe
which would otherwise be danger
Gus to eat. such as meat which NAV
be infested with the scarcely
visible larvae Of parasites. Cook
ing makes other foods less whole
some, milk for instance
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-11-23
FAVORS NOTES
FROM STUDENTS
FOR EDUCATION

New York.-Taking promissory
notes from poor students for the
difference between the full cost of
lnstructing them and the amount of
the tuition is advocated by Julius
H. Barnes in a statement based on
d report of college buttons and fac
ulty salaries. prepared by the in
stltute for public service. of which
he is chairman.
Mr.. Barnes pointed out that this
would be a. means OF increa sing
college revenues and recommend
ed that the plan be given a wide
trial.
Commenting on the institutes
report which stated that buttons in
no case equal the cost of giving in
strucuon, Mr.. Barnes asked:
Would expecting students eth
er 10 pay as they go or when can
ahord II. OF to promise to pay as
soon as they can afford it, gradual
ly build out of student contribu-
tons a great steady flow of sun
port for colleges and the widening
OF opportunities for coming gener-
ations?'
The report declared there was no
earthly excuse for charging a rich
man son half what he ought no
pay, and then paying a professor
half what he ought to get.
A great majority of colleges and
universities are paying members
of their faculties far less than a
growing wage" DIR. Barnes as
serted.
In IS colleges. the report states,
full professors Seceiye less than
S2,OO0' year. while in 40 the max
imum is $1,000. Maximum salaries
at Yale and Michigan are given. as
$4,000 for full professors and at
Columbia and Harvard $4,000.
The maximum for instruction is
IS 500. but eight colleges pay less
than $1,000 while in 81 the maxi
mum is $500. the amount paid
elementary public school teachers
for their first years work in New
York and several other cities.