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Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
HONOR SCHOLARSHIP
SOCIETY IS
FORMED

An Honor Scholarship society has
been organized by members of the four
classes at the high school. Cornelia
Clark was chosen president; Katherine
Allen, secretary; Joe Franken, vice
president; Hoyt Strickler, treasurer.
The purpose of the organization ac-
cordingly is to promote better scholar
ship among the students and to foster
a high standard of conduct during the
four, year course. The eligibility rule
specifies that the student must possess
seven honor points before he is entitled
to entrance. A grade of one counts two
points and two grade counts as one
honor point, according to the rules of
the society. No student can have a
grade less than two.
If the seven honor points are made
each quarter, the student is eligible
tor permanent membership during his
high school career. Unexcused alb
aences or hardness from classes will
disqualify the members from the or
ganizatiOn, it is announced by Officers
Forty-two students are eligible for
the new semester according to the
quarterly scholastic report compiled by
Principal House. Of this number II
are freshmen, five sophomores, six
Juniors and 16 seniors. Faculty mem
bers are highly enthused, they state
over the remarkable record of the first
year students.
The Honor Scholarship society was
FIRST organized five years ago at the
Long Beach high school. Since that
time its popularity spread to many
coast schools where the societies have
been pronounced successes. FL Centre
is the first institution in Imperial Val
ley to have this organization.
The honors and privilege, assembly
and entertainment committees will be
appointed by Miss Clark in few DAYS
It has been decided to have one pie
mic party each quarter and business
meetings as often as necessary.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
BAPTISTS MINISTER'S ARE
IJrNCH EON CHESTS

The Baptist ministers of the valley
churches accompanied by their wives
were guests for iunch yesterday noon
at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. G..
+. Flanagan on He'll avenue. Those
present were Rev. and Mrs. n. +. Nc
Courtney of Brawley, Rev. and Mrs. j.
f. Maley of Holtville, Rev. Marsten
of Calexico, Rev. j. b. Foskett of Los
Angeles, and Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Elan
agin.
After lunch a conference was held
dealing with missionary and revival
work.
Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, the
quarterly business meeting of the Bap-
tist church will be held. A "Pot Luck
Supper" will be served at $50. After
the supper hour Rev. Marstens of Ca
lexicc will speak telling the story OF
his life and conversion. Rev. Marstens
was n sailor and has an intensely in
teresting story to tell This will b
followed by the business session wit
reports from the departments of til
church work.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
APPRECIATION OF
LECTURE GIVEN

Mrs. George Turner brought to the
members of the Riverside Woman s
club happy departure from everyday
topics, and gave them a charming
glimpse into nature, when she inter
preted for them bird life as she has
seen it. Mrs. Turner's unusual knowl-
edge of her subject made her very cap
able of giving it it's true Interpretation.
This combined with her ability as a
public speaker, furnished most de-
lightful and instructive afternoon for
her hearers. Mrs. Turner is to give
this same lecture ut the Thursday
meeting of the Ten Thousand Club. All
women of the city are invited to enjoy
the afternoon with the club, the execu-
tive board having announced an open
meeting for the day.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
Good Job for Right Man

l want man to work on my farm.
/ don t give dancing lessons, / have 20
piano and | can't serve plank stock
three times day. | do give IL zee
square meals, a real bed and fair wees.
1T any man who knows COW fr, q
talking machine and can hear an a arm
clock and get up about 5 clock v ,nts
the Job 1 ii agree not to treat hi,. like
one OF the family but darn light
better Apply at the Steve Wirgins
place, Intervale road.-Adverti, nent
in the Rome (Kansas) Recordt..
1T 8 wise cow that knows p own
milk after it s delivered to t. city,
gargles Amos Tash.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
SIX O'CLOCK SUPPER AT

z. q. IT. =.
The Girl Reserves of Central Union
High will be hostesses tonight to the
business girls of the city at a six
o'clock supper to be followed by a
Fashion show. Every business girl in
the city is cordially invited to share
the fun with the high school reserves.
The affair will be given at the school
house.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04
MEssENaER RoHBED

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April Alive BAN
dts today held up and robbed mes
senger of the Water Tower Bank on a
crowded street car and escaped with
So 900 in cash.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-04

Only reason they wear cotton is be-
cause they are saving the silk ones for
a rainy day.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

machinery $4,000; on the stock of
grain, -four and feeds, $21 900. This
will probably cover the loss on the
grain and flour, but the loss to the
company on the building and machin-
cry is far from covered. The build
ing consisted of three stories and a
basement and two storage rooms.
The company has under way large
brick structure near the railroad at
the overhead bridge. 1t had been
planned to have this new enlarged
mill in operation by Julo first, and
this plan will probably not be inter-
fered with by the fire. Some ma
chinery had already been bought for
the new mill and it was planned to
take the machinery over from the old
mill. The old mill was hundred
barrel mill and the new one will be a
two hundred and fifty barrel one.
Mr.. j. E. Henderson is president of
the company, Mr.. Fred Huntley is
vice president, and Mr.. Walter Hen
derson is secretary and treasurer. The
directors are j. E. Henderson, F. G.
Henderson, w. A. Henderson, d. B.
Snyder and Fred Huntley, and these
gentlemen own all the stock. The
mill has always been under the active
management of Mr.. j. +. Henderson
who founded It, and has always been
prosperous and Of great benefit to the
community.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
Henderson Roller Mill WentUp
in Smoke Wednesday Night
Fire OF Unknown Origin at Midnight Entails Loss of Fifty Thou
sand Dollars Partly Covered by Insurance But Will
Not Retard Building of New Mill

A little before twelve o'clock We'd
ncsday night the Henderson Roller
Mill, in the eastern part of town,
was burned to the ground, nothing
whatever being saved. The origin of
the fire is unknown. 1t probably came
from an electric wire.
The world was wrapped in snow and
rain at the time and so nobody saw
the fire till it had been far advanced,
and once the large frame building got
engulfed with the flames it burned
rapidly. The fire company was on the
scene Immediately the call was turn
ed in but nothing could stop it. The
fire was first discovered from the rail
road roundhouse.
The original building was put up in
1901 and had been added to from
time to time. There was considerable
flour on hand, the bad weather having
cut off trade for several days. Bad
weather also figured in saving car
of wheat that was on the siding, some
two thousand dollars worth of grain.
This car would have been unloaded
Wednesday except for the rain, and
hence it was saved. A car load of
lumber belong to Mr.. G. N. Tucker
which was on the siding also, was
saved.
The loss is estimated around fifty
thousand dollars. On the building
there was $4,000 insurance; on the
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
"SHINE" TO BE LEFT OFF
THE NAME OF WILL MOON
Charged With Bringing "Moonshine
from Georgia and Acquitted
Under Trial by jury

VIII Moon, F. r. Springs and Wal
ter Moseley. all colored citizens OF
Monroe. were before Recorder Lem
mond on a charge OF violating pro-
hibition laws.
II will be recalled that The Jour-
nal a few weeks ago carried a story
telling how Moon, colored train
porter. was charged with bringing
the booze in On his run from Atlanta
in Georgia syrup cans and delivering
II to Springs. who conducts an un-
dertaking establishment here.
Before Recorder Lemmond yester-
day Moon was tried by jury and ac-
Quilted OF the charge. and his name
therefore is tc remain Just plain
Moon with the "shlne" left OFF.
Springs was found guilty of receN-
ing and keeping liquor for sale but
Judgment was withheld until later
date. while the case against Moseley
was continued until another time.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
Monroe, N. c., Friday, February IL, 1922.
Chas. Iceman, Jr., Was Killed
i'm Auto Wreck This Morning
Three Other Young Men Instantly Killed When Car Returning to
Chapel Hill From Raleigh Colided With Switch
Engine-Mrs. Iceman Way to Durham

Charles Iceman, Jr., Of Monroe, was
killed in an automobile wreck at four
o'clock this morning in East Durham.
Three other young men were killed
instantly but young lceman did not
die till one ten today.
The terrible news came early this
morning and as soon as possible, Mrs.
Icemal, the mother of the young
man being desperately wounded and
mobile. The information then was
that Charles was in dangerous con-
dition at the Watts Hospital in Dur
ham, with his skull crushed above the
right eye and his leg broken, but that
there was hope OF saving his life.
With this information his mother
started and possibly knew nothing
more till she arrived in Durham.
At one twenty today the superin-
tendent of the Watts Hospital phoned
DR.. H. d. Stweart that Mr.. Iceman
had died at one ten. That was the
terrible news which would meet the
distressed mother at the end Of her
long and hard drive over muddy roads
from Monroe to Durham.
Five young students Of the Uni
versity, including Mr.. Iceman, had
been to Raleigh to attend dance last
night. They were taken by one OF
the Chapel Hill service cars, driven
by F. II. Bryant, who was instantly
killed when the wreck occurred, along
with two Of the young men, Mr.. Ice.
man being desperately wounded and
unconscious. The latter was taken
to the Watts Hospital with two 9TH
ers Of the boys, not so severely
ed.
The car was overrun by a switch
| engine in the suburbs Of the city.
The road from Chapel Hill to Raleigh
leads directly through the main part
of Durham with tracks to cross on
both sides Of the civ.
None Of the other men were from
this section of the state. The dead
besides Mr.. Iceman are: George Had
ley of MIR. Airy; George Peoples of
Vance County; and +. II. Bryant, the
driver. The wounded are T. Boney of
Goldsboro and ]. c. Spach of Winston
| Salem.
Durham is about thirty-eight miles
from Raleigh. Twelve milesoft theroad
is hard surface but the remainder is
mostly old road in bad condition not
having been kept up because hard
surface is contemplated. 1t would
therefore appear that the drive would
have been about two hours and the
boys must have left Raleigh immedi-
ately after the dance. II is supposed
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

that the young men Were asleep in
the car when it was hit.
The scene of the accident was at
the eastern side of the city. Here
the Oxford branch of the Southern
crosses the main line at right angles
near the plant Of the Virginia Caro-
lima Chemical plant. Engineer Cart
er, who was operating the locomotive,
says that he was not running over
nine miles an hour and says that the
automobile was running very fast
and without lights. The machine be-
longed to Joe Durham, auto livery
man Of Chapel Hill, and the driver,
Mr.. Bryant, was from Alabama.
The locomotive, says Engineer Car
ter, who turned in the emergency call,
stopped within its own length. The
machine hit the locomotive and ran
under the tank and became wedged.
All the bodies were thrown clear Of
the track and were not mangled.
Mrs. Charles Iceman, mother of the
young man, left at eight o'clock this
morning by automobile for Durham.
She was accompanied by her daught-
er, Mrs. Carr Bowie, and Mrs. R. B.
Redwine, and was driven by Mr.. Rob-
ert Lee. The drive is one from five
70 eight hours depending upon the
condition Of the roads, and possibly
even longer than that.
Mr.. Charles Iceman, the father of
the young man, is in a sanatorium at
Battle Creek, Michigan, having re-
Gently gone there for treatment for
rheumatism, from which he is a fire.
quent sufferer.
Early this morning DR.. E. A.
Abcrnethy Of Chapel Hill, at whose
house Charles Iceman, John and
Worth Redwine, and Ogburn Yates
roomed, phoned Mrs. j. w. Yates to
reassure her about the other Monroe
boys. 1t seems that none Of them
were in the party.
Charles Iceman was a little over
seventeen years Of age, having beer
born October IL, 1904. He graduated
at the Monroe High School in the
spring of 1920 and in September en-
tered the freshman class Of the Uni
versity Of North Carolina. He was
in the sophomore class this year. N
Monroe the young man was very
popular. He was bright and quick
Of mind and kindly in manner and
had many friends. His death is q
terrible shock, not only to his parents
and friends, but to the whole town
He is the only son of his parents.
While no information has yet beer
received on this point, the presump.
tion is that the body will arrive here
in the morning on train No. 5.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
GRIFFITH'S CAR WAS ALSO
IN DANVILLE, VIRGINIA
Sheriff Fowler Tipped Him on and
He Found the Car All Right
Will Bring Car Back

Another stolen car has been re-
covered from the bunch OF Virginia
crooks that have been operating In
North Carolina for the past several
months.
A few days ago Mr.. r. E. Griffith
Of Pageland was informed by Sheriff
Fowler that he believed that Mr..
Griffth's car that was stolen In De-
cember was In Danville. Va. where
Sheriff Fowler found McCorkle's
Ford that was stolen on the night OF
the Foch celebration in Monroe.
Mr.. Griffith went to Danville and
found his car and learned that IL
had been carried there by member
OF the same band to which Frazier,
who stole the McCorkle car. belong
ed.
An arrest was made and Mr.. Grif-
Tin will bring his car back with him
when the necessary arrangements
have been made.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
FARMERSHOLDT THE
POWER OF PRICES.
There Will Be Plenty of Demand
for Cotton and Amount Now
in Farmers Hands
HAVE THE WHIP IN HAND
All the Bearish Arguments Cannot
Curtail the Estimated Consump-
tion of l2,500,000 Bales
BY Mai. w. c. Heath

Cotton Is lnueeu uahsSa AVo.
Since my little article Of about two
weeks ago advising the holding OF
cotton. the futures market has ad-
' vanced one and a half cents per
pound and if this advance holds, the
spot market will do likewise, has al
ready stiffened considerably. Unless
compelled to sell in order to liquidate
Indebtedness, | still advise holding.
The following letter from Rose and
Son, cotton brokrs, of New York,
speaks for itself and when properly
analyzed is very bullish:
The following figures seem worthy
of serious consideration:
Ginning to January 16 ....... 7,9l3,OOO
with virtually nothing more 10 come
Into sight to date ................ .7,970,00O
therefore the crop has come into
sight
Spinners takings Of Ameri-
cans to date .................. o,llo,VVo
The next question is how much
cotton do mills still need and where
is it to come from?
If consumption for the season be
placed at the very conservation hgure,
of 12,500,00 bales, spinners will need
another 4,3S2,000 bales or an average
spinners takings of 10000 week
for the remaining 20 weeks OF the
season.
The present visible supply Of Amer
lean is 1855, 900 bales.
Farmers hold the balance Of the
big carry-over. ooo
They will have to supply the 5O0,OoO
bales needed above the present visible
supply, and inasmuch asa technical
position without visible supply - un-
thinkable, farmers will have to sup.
ply another 100000 bales so tina!
The visible supply here and abroad
shall be a normal of 100000 bales
end Of the season.
At what price will the farmer lei
the world have these 3,5O0,00O bales
of cotton, which he was able to hold
from the time it was 40c a pound
which he was able to hold after II
had declined to 10c, which he was
able to hold all through 1921. one Of
the hardest financial years he ever
went through
II is true that the dry goods mar
kets are dull at the moment, 1t is an
uncertainty as to whether strikes wall
later ON cause some mills in the world
to stay idle for a while, it is i'm
possible to forecast the size OF the
next crop. But all Of these bearish
arguments cannot materially curtai
the consumption so conservatively es'
tinated at r2,500,000 bales, in view
of the fact that mills have taken ovei
5000 900 bales in less than 6 months
Some Of the trade have predicted
a cotton famine for this summer, but
there will be no such thing this year
for the necessary number Of bales are
in existance. The question is: "Wht
has the whip in hand?"
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
A MOTHER BACKS UP REV.
MIR. HUGGINS ON TOBACCO
Wants the Schools to emphasize Its
Evils and the Officers to Look
Out for Cigare tc Sales

To the Editor of The Journal
We wish to commend Bro. Higgins
for his piece in Tuesdays paper about
tobacco and smoking. Please say to
him that we agree with every woed
he said and hope it will have some
influence in checking the almost uni
yersal habit in boys and [shall | say
it'll the growing tendency in women
and girls. II our school taught less
science in the abstract and more
about how to have healthy bodies,
alert minds and strong, christian char
acter; less physics and more spelling,
reading and writing, we would have
more fully educated people than at
the present. Don't misunderstood me,
| am not opposed to "higher educa-
tion," but do we not neglect the
weightier matters" the real founda-
tion, in our present school curriculum
II was the dean Of Wellesley Col
lege, | believe, who said she didn't
care anything about teaching her
students the anatomy Of cat or how
to dissect white rabbit. but teach
them the chemistry Of foods, hygiene,
how to be good housekeepers, and the
worthy mothers of men.
The harmful effect Of nicotine is
taught or rather touched upon in
one or two grades in our schools, but
it is not driven home, stressed as il
should be. | understand there is a
campaign put on in China and Japan
by the big American tobacco trusts
to teach the boys and girls of those
coun RES how to use the filthy weed,
And this from christian America! We
have some evidence that cigarettes
are being sold to miners in our town.
Cannot cur officers ferret this out
end stou Il or prosecute without the
women having to take a hand in it?
A MOTHER
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

Jones's hospitality were: Misses
Mary Gaddy. Selma CLANCY, Sallie
Griffin, Annie Bracket; Mrs. Wichell;
Messrs. Norman Wentz, Leo Griffin.
William Redfern. Clyde Jones, Cliff
Williams; Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Burris,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Zeb Jones.
Mr.. ]. j. Perry is planning to erect
a garage on the lot back Of his store
building.
Mrs. b. d. Austin has been suffer-
ing from the effect of a broken arm
for the past week.
Mrs. Flonnle Helms and her
daughter, Blanche. have been con-
fined to their beds with sickness for
the past week.
Mrs. Y. M. Began has been con-
fined TO her bedside several days with
colds. but at this writing she is i'm
proving.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17
Pleasant Social Event at wingate

Pleasant Social Event at Wingate
Wingate. Feb. 16.-Miss Annie
Jones delightfully."- entertained a num-
Der Of young people Tuesday might
from 1880 to 1000 o'clock at a Val
entine party. The hall and parlor
were artistically- decorated with
hearts and cupids. On entering the
parlor each guest was given a half
of a heart with Valentine quota
tion written on II. They were to
find the one who held the other half
of the heart, the holder to be his
partner in the game OF progressive
hearts. which was played at three
tables. Miss Selma CLANCY. making
the highest score, won the prize
two cupids" In keeping With the oc-
caslon. This was followed by con-
test. Musical Memory" Miss Annie
Bracket winning The prize, dainty
Valentine. Other amusements were
enjoyed by the guests throughout
the evening. Delicious fruit Falad,
sandwiches. waters. and cocol yere
served. Attractive Valentine cups
filled with heart-shaped mints. were
given as favors. Those enjoying Miss
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

Mr.. Hargrove Bowles is not bear
ing the fine egg market as an ad in
the business locals of the last issue
of the paper would indicate. He is
selling his Anconas at two dollars
per setting instead of one dollar as
the paper made him say.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

Mr.. Ben Outen OF Psgeland is In
the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital suffer-
ing with an infected hand. DR.. ]. w,
Neal opened the injected place yes
terday and Mr.. outen Is resting bet
ter today.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

There will be preaching al New
Hope Methodist Protestant church
neyt Sr-da-- at 3 y. n. b. ne i.a-.cr.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

Mr.. w. ]. Holloway went to Ashe-
vile yesterday where Mrs. Holloway
has been for the past several days at
the bedside OF her mother, who is
very Ill.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

DR.. J. M. Belk has as guests his
daughter, Mrs. Frank Stevens, and
her children, Johnnie and Sarah, OF
Winston Salem.
The Monroe journal., 1922-02-17

Miss Mary Hazel Long Is visiting
her brother, DR.. Roy Long, who is a
physician In the State Hospital at
Morganton.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-08-17
Bates County Teachers at
Warrensburg.

The following Bates count,
teachers were among those wht
received diplomas from the Mis-
souri, State Teachers Trainins
College at the commencement ex.
crcises held last week:
B. S. in Education: Rex A.
Rich Hill.
Ninety hour diplomas Edna
Mier, Butler; Ruth Wayland,
Butler; Adeline Pettus, Rich Hill.
Sixty hour diplomas: Carl
Nelson Chapman, Ruth Rockhold
and Gladys Wright, Adrian !;
Frances Crabb, Ellen Rider Mrs.
Laura E. Splitter, Rich Hill !;
Bertha Ellen Dawson, Hume.
Regents certificates: Russell
J. Akrigg, Ruth r. Baker, Mabel
Everett, Mary Louisa Wheatley,
Rich Hill; Iva Faubion, Butler.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-08-17
Herman 2eelinger Dead.

Word was received here Tues
day evening that Herman Selling
er. a prominent resident of Sum-
NIT township, had died in a Kan
sas City hospital Monday even
ing. Mr.. Seelinger went to Kan
sas City several days ago and un-
derwent an operation for what
the surgeons thought to be ulcer
ated stomach; but the operation
disclosed that he was sstttf fffet fer tag
from cancer and no hope was
held out for his recovery.
The body was brought to But
Ter Tuesday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-08-17
Millionaire Oil Man q Native of
Bates County.

! Captain Burk Burnett, who
died a few days ago in Texas
leaving an estate Of almost 20
million dollars, was native of
this county, having been born in
New Home township, 1849, upon
the farm which was afterwards
owned by the late Major R. N.
Allen. Burnett's creek in that
township being named in honor
of his father.
The Burnett family left Bates
county when Burk Burnett was
quite young and finally went to
Texas. where he became typical
cowboy and ranchman and final
ly accumulated vast tracts of
Texas lands. He was one of the
most extensive cattle raisers in
that country of big cattle ranches
and cattle barons and began
branching out in various ways,
one of which was to build big Of
flee buildings in Texas towns. A
few years ago oil was found in
large quantities on his lands and
many more million were added to
his riches. By his will he left the
bulk of his fortune, or fifteen
million dollars to his daughter,
Annie Burnett. He had one son,
John Burnett. from whom he was
estranged OH account of the wild
ways of the young man. TO him
he left $4,000 per year for life,
believing that if he left large
sum outright it would soon be
squandered.
The late Mrs. Jason Woodfin
VAS sister of Captain Burnett
and Mrs. James Sacre, who died
short time ago, was Il niece.