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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-13

New Haven, May 13-Americanlza. tion workers of the various cities of the state are holding a conference tos day at the Hotel Garde with Amer1" canization Director Demming of Hart- ford presiding. Plans for the sum- mer activities are being discussed.
 New Haven May 13-Fifty towns and cities of Connecticut have gone over the top in the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Drive.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-13
NoN-sUPPORT ALLEGED.

Vincent Runyon, 19S South avenuea was arraigned in the City court this morning charged with failing to supp port his wife and four minor childrens The case was continued for one week for further investigation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-13

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, District of Connecticut.
 In the Matter of: SAMUEL LEVY
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
WHAT is THE FARMERS BLOC?

Inc papers lately have had good
deal to say about the agricultural, or
farmers "bloc" in congress, the sig
nificance of which is not generally
understood. The word means
''block" and might as we'll have been
spelled that way, but evidently some
one thought they would do better by
going outside the English language
for name.
The farmers bloc is composed of
Democrats and Republicans in Con-
gress who have combined to support
that legislation designed to give the
farmer square deal.
An exchange commenting upon this
organization of congressman says:
For a time the cry of distress that
went up from agricultural sections
was like the cry in the wilderness.
In the wild scramble business men
overlooked the historic analogy-that
agricultural prosperity and business
prosperity and agricultural depression
and business depression have always
gone together in pairs.
= "Real prosperity will not return
until the purchasing power of the
farmer returns. The purchasing
power of the farmer will return
when his product can pay transporta-
tion charges and marketing charges
and leave him. enough to supply the
humble wants of his family. In its
final analysis the problem is simple
one. The lessons for the "agricul-
tural bloc" are sound and we rope it
will have all the power it needs until
the abuses that called it into existence
have been abolished"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23

Therefore we developed the pea
nut growing also to a science; and
last year, instead of buying meat, rs
in the old days, we shipped TOO car
loads OF pigs-as well as hundreds of
carloads of corn, oats, hay and other
products, dairy products, being among
the leaders. And We made in 1921
around 10000 bales of cotton purely
as money crop, there not being in
this country a sure-enough farmer
who does not grow everything he eats
and feeds to his stock.
"In spite of the boil weevil, we are
averaging our old-time cotton produc-
ton to the acre, and in many in
stances, more than ever made before,
and it is done by winning the race
from the weevil by. small cotton acre
age and intense cultivation along the
lines l have set out"
This concise, simply expressed and
wholly illuminating statement is here
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
YAP AND JAP

zap is little word and it is the
name of a little island in the Pacific,
bat enough words have been said
about it to fill a book. The long
controversy is over now and Yap may
rest. The treaty which defines the
rights Of the United States in Yap
and other islands inundated to Japan
under the treaty of Versailles, was
signed by Secretary Hughes, for the
United States and Baron Kijuro
Shidehara, for Japan.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
A STRONGER STAPLE

In every county of the State of
South Carolina where meetings have
been held to organize the cotton farm
ers kilograms have been received by
local cotton buyers telling them that
good middling cotton can be bought
in Mississippi from the Co-Operative
Marketing Association of that State
for less money than the same grads
can be bought in South Carolina il
the open market.
That is true, and it is also true tina,
the farmer member of the Mississippi
Cooperative Association is receiving
SIS. 90 more per bale than the non
member.
Why is this?
Grades of cotton are supposed tC
be uniform everywhere, and they al,
as to color and length of staple. Bu
there is one respect in which mucf
of the South Carolina Cotton IS tn,
best in the world. That is the
strength Of the staple.
That is why South Carolina cottor
sells for more in the open market
than does Mississippi cotton whcr
marketed to the best advantage.
When South Carolina cotton is
sold properly and no longer dumped
on the market regardless of market
conditions, it will indeed bring a good
price
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23

made by one Of the largest dirt
farmers Of southwest Alabama, 1t
speaks for itself, and conveys a1esson
that ought to sink deep into the hearts
and minds of every farmer in the
southeast who has heretofore depend
ed entirely upon cotton not only with
which to pay dbts, but buy the neces-
stiles of life.
1t is also encouraging to the boil
weevil victim who will profit by the
experiences of those who have fallen
and then lifted themselves up IN his
path, that NOR need los courag, or
weaken in the faith.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
A REVIVAL OF COURTESY

The Christian Index, a good Bap.
tist paper, has this very good sug-
gestion and practical sermon in a few
words:
There ought to be preached in
the pulpits and taught in the schools
and above all, lived in the homes, a
revival of the old-fashioned courtesy
and modesty of the old south. If our
boys and our girls are not to be
modest any more, then most of the
hope and the happiness of life are
gone"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
STUPID AND IDIOTIC

Senator Jim Red, of Missouri, new
er used his sarcastic tongue to better
purpose than when he made in the
United States Senate this true state
ment:
"The Senate resolution seating
Newberry and at the same time de-
nouncing the methods by which he
reached the Senate was miserable,
stupid, idiotic thing"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
SCOrlcS OF By Einso
Great Scouts wss'a. s~
@. Western Newspaper Union.
LEWIS WETZEL, death WIND
OF THE DELAWARES"

Many Of the great scouts did not
become Indian fighters until they were
men. but Lewis Wetzel started early.
He killed his drst Indian when he was
only thirteen years old. Wetzel was
born In Virginia In 1852. His father
moved to the present site Of Wheeling,
w. va, and was killed there by the
Indians before the eyes Of his sons
Lewis swore eternal enmity against all
redskins.
One day while he and his brother
were roaming In the woods they were
attacked by Indians. Lewis killed one
OF the savages and the next instant
was hit by bullet which carried away
piece Of his breast bone. Both boys
were taken captive. That night while
the Indians slept, Wetzel worked
loose the thongs which bound bin and
then unfastsned his brother.
After the boys had ned for about
mile they discovered that their moe
casins were torn to shreds. Leaving
his brother in hiding, Lewis returned
TO the indian camp and. updetected by
the sleeping savages. robbed them Of
two pairs Of naoccasins as well a. q
gun and some powder and lead.
The next morning the Indians were
hot on their trail and soon were close
upon them As the Indians ap-
preached, the boys stepped out Of the
trail into a clump Of bushes. allowing
their pursuers to speed past. and then
they followed. Soon they heard the
Indians coming. back and again they
stepped into the bushes and hid. The
Wetzel boys played this dangerous
game OF hids-and-seek several times
before they finally eludsd the savages
and returned In safety to their home.
When Lewis Wetzel grew older he
crossed over into Ohio and soon be-
came one Of the best known scouts In
the country.
Wetzel WAS called 1.-THE Death
Wind" by the Delawares whom he
hated particularly. More than once q
Delaware warrior trembled with fear
as he heard shrill, moaning cry echo
ing through the forest. for It usually
was followed soon afterward by a shot
from the scouts deadly weapon which
ended the redskins life.
In his later years Wetzel lost the
respect Of many people because he be.
gan killing all Indians he met, whether
hostile or friendly. and several times
he was imprisoned for shooting mem.
bers Of peaceable tribes. In his last
days he became a lonely, bitter old
man until death came to him in 1908.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
ows through which they could see no
CLEAN of light.


gleam Of light.
"At first we made nothing. On 81
acres that I personally considered the
best cotton land in any of my farms,
took off four bales. Other farmers
large and small, had the same general
experience. We had as a whole made
but little feed or food stuff, and it
does not take an imaginative mind to
picture the conditions we were in.
eve tried cotton again, however,
but necessity forced reduction in
acreage, of course. We made no more
general Roadway, the weevils literally
eating us up. Then necessity forced
furfther reduction of acreage in the
third year of weevil infestation, aid
from dire necessity also-from the
absolute lacking of money with which
to buy meat and bread, many of the
farmers began correspondingly in
crease their heretofore negligible
acreage in grain and hay. And some
put in peanuts with the only idea Of
raising the meat they were not able
to buy.
"Atthis stage many Of us realized
that cotton acreage would have to be
permanently and radically cut, and
that the farmers would be compelled
to make other crops for home con-
sumption and for market. With the
idea, therefore, Of making cotton only
surplus money crop, committee
OF us went out to- Texas and to tho
Mississippi delta and studied closely
the methods used by tho farmers who
had been through the same ordeal and
had mastered 1t,
Lesson Learned From Texas Farmers
There we learned the lessons-
Radically reduced cotton acreage,
early planting Of early varieties rota-
ton, perfect drainage, better and
more liberal fertilizing, and intense
cultivation, plowing every week until
month after the laying by time to
which We had been accustomed since
/ boyhood-the late plowing of course,
being shallow, usually with heel
sweeps with short scpoters in front
to hold them steady,
ALSO We learned that big, open
fields, separated from woodland, and
from stump areas, and natural hiber.
nation haunts for the weevil, meant
great deal in running the weevil in
festation race.
"Of course we realized that these
rules, while simple, could only be fol-
lowed by reducing the cotton acreage
to the lowest possible amount
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
Taking the Fun Out Of r.

He--"I see this. hotel has adopted
rule permitting women to smoke
she-"I snoDoss now I'll have 70
suif ,Ssa 49,
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23

THE QUEEN WHO. BECAME A
"klNG."
WE THINK Of little Sweden today
w as one Of the vest-pocket ma
tions. But the close Of the Sixteenth
and the beginning OF the Seventeenth
centuries saw Sweden one Of the first
powers Of Europe Several kings. es-
pecially Gustavus Adolphus, had over
run the Baltic mainland and penetrat-
ed far into Poland. Then Gustavus
died In 1882 and his six-year-old
daughter Christina became queen.
She was a strange ch.ld. She rode,
hunted, swore and fought better than
any girl and most boys In Sweden. At
eighteen she took over control of the
kingdom and broke OF q match which
had been arranged for her. She an
nounced that she would never wed.
and that instead Of queen she must be
called "king."
To her other accomplishments Chris
tina now added those Of q heavy
drinker and ruler Of light affections.
Her choice fell on several diplomats
Of her court, but was Just as likely to
Hnger upon a handsome trooper or a
strapping coachman. She liked big
men, the rougher the better, and could
carry on drinking bout with any
army sergeant
She slept Ave hours q. day, stayed
In the saddle ten hours at time and
delighted In drilling her troops. She
bad military capacity. was well read
with tho politics Of Europe ut her I'm
ger tips. Christina excelled In athlet
les, won the reputation Of q crack
shot and could handle q sword with
the best Of her officers.
Although 1t would have taken a
brave man to become Christmas con-
sort, she received many offers Of mar
riage which might have linked her
throne with that Of the first In Europe.
But she declined all offers and persist.
ed In her resolution to remain single.
At first her rule had been wise, even
brilliant. but by degrees she became
involved In difficulties and the power
Of Sweden began to wane. Christina
found herself unable to stem the tide,
She was king In name only. lacking
the mental balance or the true perse-
veraDce to overcome Obstacles. Her
nature inclined to the impetuous and
not the devious ways of statecraft.
Stricken by remOrse and the diff
culties Of her country, Christina quit
the throne. And. although she was no
longer 'King," her mode Of life contin-
ued to be series Of truly royal rev.
els.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
Easy seIlir,

:. Easy Selling.
- he gets along admirably with HE
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA MORE
PROSPEROUS THAN BEFORE
BOIL WEEVL CAME
restriction of cotton acreage and the
intense cultivation of ths growing
plant.
Farmer With 100 Plows Toll. of
:, Weovil Mastery

ef WIN NV EioWs loln OF
:. Weevil Mastery
Perhsps there is no larger or more
representative farmer in these parts
than w: B. Folmer, of Troy. In ad-
dition to his large plantation interests
which he personally superintends, Mr..
Folmer and his sons, who have been
brought up in their fathers business
and farming interests, conduct large
bank and other city interests, For
years Mr., Folmsr was q supply mer-
chant in Troy, and no man has a bet
ter knowledge Of the evolution OF
Pike county from buying to sell
ing basis-from debtor to a creditor
| status.
"When cotton was the main prod
uct of the county," said Mr.! Felmer
! to me, 81 supplied hundreds of car.
loads of western meat each year to
the farmers of this county. The
same thing is true Of corn and oats
and hay for the stock, We bought
meal and flour by the carloadj even
imported our syrup, lard-practically
everything that we ate and fed.
Then we were making from $4,000
to $4,000 bales Of cotton a year, &C
cording to seasons. Everything was
cotton. If bad season came and
the crop was materially curtailed To-
cally, having no effect, of course,
upon the general market, then our
farmers couldn't pay out. And at
best when the supply bills were paid
they were behind--or at best, among
the more progressive, it was merely
break even with hard work and a
/ bare living.
"Then came the boil weevil, about
seven or eight years ago, 1t at first
threw us into panic. We didn't
know what had happened. 1t was as
if great calamity, a great scourge
had swallowed US up. Farmers looked
at each other, years would frequently
come in their eyes, and they would
shake their heads and move off in
utter depression-buried in the shad-
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
MASONIC MEETING

Special Communication of Chester
ED odge No. 220 A. F. M. will be held
Monday evening, Febraury 20, at
7:3O O'Clock for the purpose of cop-
fering F. c. and M. M. Degrees.
By order of B. F. Teal, w. M.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-23
Observation-Disclosures -S1o-e-o1oo6o61oVbo0ob
"VAMPS" WHO
MADE HISTORY
By JAMES c. YOUNG.

(@ by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
THE QUEEN WHO. BECAME A
"klNG."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-19

Delta Gamma rush week: Miss Edith
Harrington of Kansas City, Kan, Miss
Ortha June Miller. Osborne: Miss
Beatrice Luthye. Silver Lake; Miss
Cecilia Regnier, Wamego: Miss Ellen
Brett, Ponca City, Okla; Miss Esther
Young, Alexandria.
Mrs. Arthur L. Nichols is spending
a few days in Excelsior Springs. Mo.
Mrs. p. F. Bressler, of Wamego,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Guthrie.
Mrs. James B. Collinson of Hous-
ton, TEX, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs W.
B. Collinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Price Spencer
are the parents of a son, born Satur-
day at Stormont hospital. Mrs. Spen-
ceF was Miss Hazel Nelson before her
marriage.
DR.. P. P. Womer has been called to
Pennsylvania by the serious illness of
his mother.
Fur .remodeled- Baer's Hat shop.
ADV.
Mrs. Lois Chamber Nohe OF Law
renee is attending Washburn college.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Jones and
daughter Zola May who have been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dean Way and
who attended the State fair have re-
turned to their home in Cherokee,
Okla.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Schwarzkopf
are the guests of Mrs Frank Foster.
Mr.. and Mrs. SchwarZkopf have been
touring the west. They left today for
their home in Greenville, Miss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-19
How to Have Pretty
Natural Looking Curls

Straight, lank hair is becoming to but
few women and there's no excuse now for
anyone looking homely and unkempt on
that account. Those who have foresworn
the curling iron because of the damage
it does by drying and breaking the hair.
will be glad to hear that the simple
silmerine method will produce n far better
and prettier effect, without any injurious
result whatever. If just small quantity
of liquid snmerine be applied with a clean
,loyeliest natural looking curls and waves
will be in evidence in three hours, and
greasy about It.
A few ounces of liquid silmerine OBJ
tainable at any drug store. will prove a
1t is best applied by dividing the hair into
strands and moistening each of them sep
time, whether the hair be long or bobbed-
Advertisement. .e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-19
Combing Won't Rid
Hair of DandruH

- The only sure way to get rid of dan
druff is to dissolve it, then you de-
strey it entirely. To do this, get about
four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon;
apply it at night when retiring; use
enough to moisten the scalp and rub
It In gently with the finger tips.
Do this tonight, and by morning.
most il not all, of your dandTuff will
be gone and three or four more appli-
cations will completely dissolve and
entirely destroy every single sign and
trace of it, no matter how much dan
druff you may have.
You will find. too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop at
once, and your hair will be fluffy,
lustrous, glossy, silky and soft. and
look and feel hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. 1t is inexpensive and
never fails to do the work.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-19
sure WAY TO GET
RID OF BLAckHEADS

There is one simple, safe and sure way
that never fails to get rid of biackheads,
that is to dissolve them.
To do this get two ounces Of calonite
powder from any drug store-sprinkle a
little a hot, wet sponge-rub over the
blackheads briskly-wash the parts and
you will be surprised how the blackheads
have disappeared. Big blackheads, little
blackheads, no matter where they are,
simply dissolve and disappear, leaving the
parts without any mark whatever. Black
heads are simply a mixture of dust and
dirt and secretions from the body that
form in the pores of the skin-pinching
and squeezing only cause irritation, make
large pores, and do not get them out after
they become hard. The calonite powder
and the water simply dissolve the black
heads so they wash right out. leaving the
pores free and clean and In their natural
condition. Anybody troubled with these
uns.ghtly biemishes should certainly try
this simple method.--Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-19

Mrs. c. w. Seeley house j.
MRS l. 4 s sea%sn Mrs Mrs & Y n H Horn
Mrs. P. D. Russell Mrs. c. H Jasperson
Mrs. Mrs II n Masfin MIS- X 1 Isensr
Mrs Mrs s T. Mcclure c Mrs Mrs. r. 4. ILe Lee
Mrs. F. A. Anton, :,
Mrs. John Harmon zof eAltadena,
Cal, was the guest of honor at
luncheon given this noon at the
Chocolate shop by Mrs Henry F.
Mason. s,s-
The guests, there were fifteen,
played cards at Mrs. Mason's home,
following luncheon; ~
Mrs Herbert Guild will entertain
the members of her sewing club We'd
nesday with a 1 o'clock luncheon at
her home. There will be places for
fourteen,
The Delta Gamma sorority Will give
their informal rushing party Wednes-
day afternoon at the house from 2:30
until $50 O'Clock. The girls have
planned a cabaret. dinner as the for.
be held at the house Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. c. Want of Silver
Lake announce the engagement of
their daughter, Mabel, to Mr.. Law
renee johnson. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
wedding will take place soon.
r - = -
The Ladies' Aid society of the First
United Brethren church will meet
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
in the church parlors. AS election of
officers will be held. all the members
have; been asked to be present.
X - =
The picnic to have been held by the
members of the Flower Lovers club
at Gage Park has been postponed and
will be held instead at the home of
nue.. A basket lunch will be served
at noon The topic of the afternoons
discussion will be Bulbs for Fall
Planting and Spring Blooming" Re-
Spouse 70 roll call will be made by
Flowers in Red N !, Ny Z Garden" \
Mrs. F. P. Elmore, 1903 West Tenth
avenue. will entertain the members of
the Day Nursery club Thursday after
noon at her home. The assisting
hostesses will include: Mrs. J. L.
Caiihan, Mrs. ]. E. warnock and Mrs.
C. d. Myers.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. C. Kitchener of St
Marys announce the engagement of
their daughter, Margaret Mary. and
The marriage will u;ke place in
October.
y $. =
The members of Mrs. F. w. Com
forts Bible school class. the Phi
llathea Matrons. of Trinity NJ f. Sum
day school. will be entertained Thurs
| day afternoon. September 81, at the
home of Mrs. c. H. Quinche, 1886
Fillmore Assisting hostcsses will be:
| Mrs. Claude Marling. Mrs. John C.
Richardson and Mrs. Harry Wright.
The Woman's Alliance of the First
| Unitarian church VIII meet Wednes-
day afternoon at ESQ o'clock at the
church.
All women of the Central Congre-
gationai church win be guests at a
sicial afternoon to be held Wednes-
day at the church. A program of
SPECIAL music is being planned for the
occasion. The guests will include all
members of all the groups of the
women'S society of the church.
- = =
A reunion of the Stah1 family will
be held Sunday at the Stahi picnic
grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs Wilbur stahI of New
York City arrived Sunday and are
guests of Mrs. A. NJ. Stahl and will
also attend the reunion. Mrs H. c.
Green Will arrive Wednesday to at
| tend the reunion. Mr.. and Mrs Green
have spent the past two years at
Coblentz Germany. in z. NJ. c. A
work. Mr.. Green will spend several