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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
BEARING THE CROSS
BY THOMAS ARkLE CLARK

"IF THOU cast away one cross"
4 wrote Thomas attempts, with
out doubt thou shalt find another, and
that, perhaps. more heavy"
IF anyone would come after Me-"
said the Savior of men, 'let him take
up his cross and follow Me-"
| Everyone has some cross to, bear,
and to him who bears it, often 1t
seems very heavy. The back grows
weary, and the heart aches, and the
sharp edges cut into the tender flesh.
1t seems, sometimes, that any other
burden would be easier to carry than
the one that has been laid upon our
shoulders, and we would fain try an
other.
Susan McCord thought so. Her lot
in life was not an easy one. She was
left alone when she was young girl.
She earned her living by teaching, and
the salary was small, and the cost
of living high. She barely made
enough to live decently, to dress re-
specially, and to take two weeks va
cation in the summer. The future
looked pretty uncertain, for she could
save almost nothing, and, she had no
relatives from whom to expect leg
acy to make her old age comfortable.
Then Sam Walton came along, and
he found Susan pleasant to look
upon. 1t was true he was thirty years
her senior, and he had few personal
charms, but he had good house and
comfortable income, and when he
asked her to marry him, 1t seemed as
If good fortune and freedom from
worry had come to Susan at last, so
she married him and moved into the
house.
He proved a rather niggardly and
exacting companion, and she became
at once little more than his slave who
toiled all day for mere living. Old
age came upon Sam pretty rapidly,
and Susan was his nurse. Over and
over again she lOnged for her former
life of freedom. The cross she had
taken up was heavier and more gall
ing than the one she had discarded,
and there was no love on either side
to help her to carry it.
She looked like an old haggard
woman when Sam finally went. All
the joy and youth had gone out of
her. The cross she had been carry
ing had crushed her. and she could go
little further. She would have been
better off if she had kept on carry
ing the old one.
Sometimes as we look back upon
our lives that are going fast, we long
to 60 back to the crossroads where
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

nothing of diversified crops and the
boil weevil had destroyed King Cotton.
Writes Carl w. Dipman in Good Hard
ware New York;:
But the city officials and the business
men got together. They decided some
thing must be done and done quickly
They saw farmers leaving the farms
and the young men f1ocking to the
cities. They saw dying Enterprise
So they began preaching diversified
tion-for the first time in the history
Of that section. Within one year Cof-
fee county broke the worlds record in
the yield Of peanuts. for a similar area,
and also In the return in dollars and
cents for hogs and cattle shipped. The
farmers raised their own hay, corn,
potatoes and other produce for home
consumption, which they bought pre-
viously, when they raised only cotton.
Coffee county has now become -four
fishing cattle and hog market. as we'll
as a peanut market. Alabama now
sells to the Middle West. Before. II
bought only.
BY 1918 and 1919, this entire section
had learned the lesson of diversified
ton. As a result, the whole county
was rolling in prosperity. 1t was not
until after the coming of the bug that
Enterprise saw paved streets and side
walks-paved at a cost of many thou
sands of dollars. The hardware stores
did flourishing business and the same
was true of other stores. Several small
factories came to the city and the post
office rose from fourth class to second
class. Handsome school buildings and
fine churches, hospitals and beautiful
homes were erected. All because the
farmers learned to raise something be-
sides cotton. Is 1t surprising. then,
that on one of the principal streets of
this little city was erected. in Deem
Der of 1919, monumental fountain to
the memory of the Mexican boil wee
vii? This monument stands today as
the only monument ever erected to the
memory of a pest, on the American
continent. The much dreaded boil
weevil proved to be a blessing in dis
guise.
When it was discovered that calcium
arsenate was just about the best COM
bative against the boil weevil, thou
sands of remedies" were taken into
the South. Some of them were worse
than the boil weevil. Uncle Sans in
secticide board was kept busy RENE
dying the remedies. Now they have
been pretty well regulated. So all the
cotton planters are. busy these days
busting their fields by man power,
mule power, and even by airplane. \
It's a fair guess that the boil weeyil
will come to violent end before long
land by poison. Maj. Gen. Amos A.
Fries, head Of the chemical warfare
service of the army, has established a
research laboratory at the Georgia ex-
pertinent station at Griffin. He has
cotton plants. He is paying a cent
apiece for live, vigorous boil weevils
in lots Of thousand or more. He has
at his command a mysterious lot of
deadly poisons and gases developed in
the World war. And he is out to get
the boil weevil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
Dean Ssuift Learned
Thrift From Monarch

liking William III taught ME the
Dutch way of eating asparagus" wrote
Dean Swift in his journal to Stella"
What Dutch Williams method was we
may guess from the following story:
1t wars about the time of certain
year that Dean Swift was acting host
to his Dublin publisher, George Faux
ener. Asparagus was served and the
guests asked for a second helping.
Swift, however, pointed to the others
plate, and said. ."Sir, first finish what is
before you." "What" exclaimed
Faulkener, "eat my stalks| AYE,
sir" replied Swift, in his most i'm
perious manner; 'eat your stalks. or
you will have no more. King William
III always eats his stalks" When
relating this story Faulkener was asked
If he really did eat the stalks. To
which he replied: "Yes, certainly;
and If you had dined with Dean Swift
tete-a-tete you would have been obliged
to eat your stalks, too !"-London Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

service survey shows the cotton fields
of North Carolina to be more heavily
infested this year than last, in some
cases as high as so per cent.
Another tells Of the discovery of a
germicide that will rid the South Of
the pest by prisoner in the Atlanta
Federal penitentiary who had been a
Baltimore scientist Of note.
A third is that the chemical warfare
service Of the United States army has
been turned loose on the boil weevil
with orders to find some poison that
will put it out Of business for all time
Probably one reason for the persist
ent throwing of the limelight on the
boil weevil is the fact that cotton is
one Of our big crops. Some years it
equals in value the corn crop. The
cotton belt extends from the Atlantic
to Texas and Oklahoma; probably it
will be extended clear to the Pacific.
And this American belt grows 81 per
cent Of the worlds cotton. Our ex-
ports of cotton are about twice those
of the rest Of the world and we use
80 per cent Of the worlds production.
The boil weevil (Anthonornus gran
dis) is a gray insect about the size Of
housefly. Both adults and grubs in
jure the cotton--the former by feed
ing, puncturing, and laying eggs; the
latter by feeding on the contents of
the bolls. The boil weevil first entered
the United States from Mexico in 1892,
getting foothold in southwestern
Texas. Infestation spread slowly but
surely. Climatic conditions made 1915
year of catastrophe in the matter
of infestation; no less than S6,84O
square miles of cotton-raising territory
were reported in bad shape. All told,
the boil weevil has caused the loss Of
many million bales of cotton; also 1t
has largely reduced at times the area
devoted to cotton.
And yet the Mexican boil weevil, in
its own way top-notcher as a crop
destroyer, has not proved an unmixed
evil to all of the cotton-raising South.
OA thO SoAIAotJ, OAG dAdDdlHd LOWn Is
actually grateful to it and has shown
that gratitude by erecting in the pub
lie square a monument in its honor.
This town is Enterprise and the in
scription on the monument reads:
In Profound Appreciation of
THE BOIL WEEvIL
And What 1t Has Done as the
Herald of Prosperity
This Monument Is Erected
BY the Citizens of Enterprise,
Coffee County. Alabama
Back in 1915 sCotton Was King" in
Coffee county. Then came the boil
weevil and cut down the yield 60 per
cent. In 1916 the whole countryside
was wrecked and ruined. The wolf
was at the door. for planters knew
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
Merely a Phrase

The fourth dimension" is only a
mathematical phrase and has no real
existence. A straight line is said TO
have one dimension; surface is said
to have two dimensions and solid is
said to have three. In working out
complicated mathematical equations
sometimes 1t is necessary to- assume
another dimension of space. the fourth
dimension. No physical object has four
dimensions. The fourth dimension
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

we stood in youth and made our
choice, and make new choice. try
another path with the hope that life
might prove easier, the road we travel
be smoother, and the burdens we have
had to carry be lighter. should hest
tate to try it, If I had the chance,
however. for fear that the new cross
be heavier and the new path less
pleasant. We might not do so well
II we had another chance.
q. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

Myopia. or short-sightedness, is a
condition in which the rays from a dis
tance are focused in front of the retina
OF the eyes, which results in the image
being blurred. Such an eye is per-
manently focused for near objects. but
may be corrected by the wearing of
concave lenses which diverge the rays
and in this way prevent their coming
to focus too soon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
no BE ThankfuI For

Counting up our mercies and our
everyday reasons for gratitude. look
ing at the hundred little things and
large things, gentle words, loving
smiles, flowers sent to cheer us, chill
dren to greet us, old friends to ad-
wise, and middle-aged friends to up
hold US, good books to read, dear songs
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
Strange People

A wealthy woman in Liverpool, Eng
land, and a great lover of dogs, was
so attached to her pet that when It
died she had the skin mounted and
set up In case. This curious load
is her constant companion when she
travels. Another woman. when she
travels, carries the ashes of her dead
husband in a small box.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

Wis anu OliiST pests VI TIC
insect world threaten to eat us out Of
house and home and starve us to
death. They hold that the insect world
is mans most dangerous enemy-so
dangerous that only by eternal .vigi-
lance and unceasing warfare will the
human race be able to survive.
In the meantime Uncle Sam, Ento-
mologist, is authority for the official
statement that billion-dollar annual
loss is inflicted upon our gardens.
fields, orchards and, forests by hum
dred or more imported insect pests.
Mind you, Uncle Sam says, import
ed pests" Offhand one would say that
the earliest Of these imported pests
was the Hessian fly, which was
brought over in the Revolution by the
mercenaries hired by George III from
a German prince. We treated the He's
slams rough-you remember what
George Washington did to them at
Trenton-and the fly they brought in
their straw packing has since de-
stroyed enough of our wheat to pay
the German war QeDt.
There has been q succession of these
imported pests ever since. So now
adays Uncle Sam has small army at
work fighting them. In the Agricul-
tural department, for example, he has
established the bureaus of plant indus
try and entomology and the insecticide
and fungicide board. Through them
he watches the ports to keep new
pests out. He scours the earth for
pest-resisting plants and for insects
that prey on pests that prey upon us.
He experiments with insect poisons.
A 23-acre farm which includes insect
pests among Its chief crops is operated
at Vienna, Va. The American people
pay some $4,000, OOOra year for insec-
ticides and fungicides with which to
combat crop pests, fungous growths
and household vernlin. At the Vienna
farm the pests are permitted to reach
their full measure of destructiveness,;
whereupon they are subjected to treat
ment with commercial insecticides and
ftlngicides to determine the effective
ness of such preparations.
Right now there is big controversy
going IN over the importation of mar
cissus bulbs. Uncle Sam says that
after January Importation will be
, restricted. Why? Because these
bulbs are frequent and abundant car
riers of two pests: bulb-flies and the
European eel-worm. The former eats
onions and the latter onions, clover.
rye, oats and potatoes. Both have al
ready gained foothold here.
OF all these imported pests the one
to get most frequently under the lime
light is the Mexican cotton boil weevil.
Scarcely newspaper but has news Of
fits doings or what is being done to
it. For example, an item Of current
news is that an agricultural extension
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

to sing, meetings in gladness, even
,partings In hope for the better life,
we do not know where to end the list.
Fhe only thing to do is to live always
in an atmosphere sweet and vital with
thanksgiving.-M Margaret e. Sangster.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
Only Took Them OUT

Patient-Good morning. called to
see If the doctor couldn't give me
something for my tonsils.
New Maid-Pm sorry. sir, but the
doctor never buys tonsils.-Good Hard.
ware.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

may be regarded merely as a hypo-
thetical conception to- explain certain
equations in geometry.-Pathfnder
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

A mirror for oarsnen similar to that
used by automobiles has been per-
fected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

Horizontal.
1-Crustaeeans
GA domestic animal
l2-An Individual particle
lS-soon (Eng.) 15-Large
l7-To lubricate
10-To inflfct with ennui
e1-A kind of Indian
R2-To glide upon the Ice
e4-TO marry
g5--Tantalum (sym.)
Pea sufix used in forming the names
of engines (chem.)
IA unit of work
Ca man's name shortened
8O-One who shaves
B2-Hum0rOusly
s4-That is (abbr.)
B5-A negative 86-Kept out
4O-BoiIed slowly
A-Railroad (abbr.)
G5-A thick, black substance
l6-A rocky pinnacle E
E-Virginia (nbbr.)
lS-Assistance
SOTO send money as I'm payment
52-Masculine beings
S8-Happy
S5-Own (Scotch) 66-Naked
B7-A group of players
B0--A river duck
B1-Awaits 82-T0 declare
Vertical.
2-Fury @COnsumed
fan exclamation used to brighten
5-A car for smoking
6-Stopped Upon
S-To take feloniOusly
0-Something connected with winter
l1-ClOses
l4-Name of a plaything
l6-A western state
lS-I0wa (nbbr.)
RO-TO move round and round
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30
P1MSAZz2TG EzE NzEEZS
ey JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

OME udy' Tie Jugs VIII See
us-if we don't watch out.
So say the entomologists.
And other scientists say
the bug. men are quite
right. What they mean Is
that the locusts, grasshop-
pers, beetles, borers, wee
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

PA point of the compass
23-TO do wrong
20-TO turn aside
2S-One that is past recovery (slang)
31-To ventilate
3S-Not high 36-Blustera
37-A covering of seeds
3S-An organ of hearing
S0--VfsfOns 4O-Restrnins
41-A small child 42-Always
43-Inhabitants Of Denmark
49-TO note the time of writing
51-A note in the dfatonic scale
ga material used in brewing beer
54-A lair
56-Noise made by a sheep
5S-An advertisement (abbro
Ca Latin and French conjunction
The solution will appear i'm next issue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-10-30

Annapolis.-That the project for a
100000 waterfront hotel near An
napolis will be carried through to con-
summation was given strong impetus
here, when it became known that bids
are now in the hand of John Russell
Pope, New York architect, and that
definite announcement Of all details
will be forthcoming within the next
week or two. Mr.. Pope is the designer
Of the Roosevelt Memorial to be
erected in Washington.
Annapolis. = State Secretary E.
Brooke Lee will resign as soon as
Governor Richie is ready to announce
a successor. Heavy business duties
in connection with his realty develop
ments near Silver Spring are said to
be responsible. Salary of the office is
$4,000 year.
Hagerstown.-Regretfully most of
The Western Maryland Railroad strik,
ars are preparing to go back to work.
Action by their international officials
at Chicago now puts it up to Presi-
dent Byers of the Western Maryland
II he wants to end the strike.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
Hand-Cut Water Sets
$1.OO

A tall tankard pitcher and
six tall glasses with a grace
ful grape spray \ mod
erately priced gift that
makes a splendid showing
and is as practical as any
thing YOU could choose.
Evening star., 1925-12-02
PyreX Oven Glassware

These prettiy shaped glass pots and pans are more
than Just cooking vesSeso attractive that they used
tor serving as Well-and dshwashing becomes less of
problem.
Pie plates o0c; bread pan oOc quart casserole $5O
and other pieces priced in proportion
4 BRo
Evening star., 1925-12-02
Why Not a New Rug?

Can you think Of anything that would delight
the home-maker more than rug? There is
always one roon-or one vacant spot-for which
she's been wanting sort of new floor cover
ing. Why not make Christmas the opportunity for
giving it to her?
Evening star., 1925-12-02
The Useful Gift

Wizard Dust MopS. chemical
ly. treated. Will pick up the
dust without scattering 1t.
Usual s10O mop. Spe- 90,
cia at. ..........
Wizard Polish may he used
successfully wherever polish
ing oil Is called for. I 12-ounce
bottle. which usually
te sells for SOC special for 44c
Evening star., 1925-12-02
A demonstration of Universal
Electric Appliances

Come il and have waffles and coffee with
Coffee perco.lted by electricity, and an electric
iron substituted for the greasy smoky ld-fash
Evening star., 1925-12-02
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On the Sixth Floor

Pottery from Bavaria, Bohemian glass
ware, French china, Italian pottery, Chinese
and Japanese wares, lamps and electrical
goods made in America-there is scarcely a
nook or corner of the world that has not
made its contribution to your gift list this
Christmas.
Evening star., 1925-12-02

Cheese and Cracker Dish.
Very good looking. Z he cracker
dish of good grade of nickel.
the cheese dish of glass. OO
and the price is but .. NV
Round Nickel Serving Tray.
beautifully embossed. Will give
long service. Marked down for
tomorrow from the usual 40
price of 69c TO only. f/S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-03
C0NY HIGH CLASSES CAMPAIGNING
FOR HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT
STUDENT PUBLICATION, THE GUE'

The annual drive for the Cony Cue
is now on and if the spirit shown
at assembly hall Monday morning is
any barometer the results of the
efforts of the Cue staff this year will
be bigger and better than ever. Ev-
cry class and every individual filled,
for the present at least, with en-
thusiasm and determined to be one
of the honored guests at the Cony
Cue dance, is putting forth his best
efforts to be a member of the class
that is first credited with one hun
dred per cent paid subscription to
the Cony Cue.
The Cony Cue is, in a sense, the
Cony High school that the outside
world knows about. Four times
each year. filed with the well writ
ten accounts of the many and vari-
Gus school activities, the paper is
put forth for the approval of its
many readers and united effort is
made each year and each issue to
eclipse the standard set by the pre-
vious number.
Ida Drapkin, editor in chief of the
staff, was in charge of the assembly
exercises and briefly outlined the
plans for the appearance of the first
number. She said that not one of
the four classes should be satisfied
with anything less than one hum
dred per cent subscription list in
view of the fact that the price of
the Cue, one dollar for the four is
sues and Is cents for students, was
by no means prohibitive.
Elwood Lapham of the finance
committee next spoke and stated
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-03

Sunday, visited their brother. Nor
man Erving, who is in the Augusta
hospital in a very serious condition
as the result of an automobile acci-
dent which occurred in Augusta,
Friday. Another brother Theodore,
who was slightly injured at the same
time returned to his home in Somer-
vile, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Plummer are
the proud parents of a little son
which arrived October %. He
weighed S% pounds and has been
named Leslie Coolidge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Rowe and
sons, Andrew and Forrest of South
Gardiner were guests last week OF
Mrs. Emma Allen.
The Help Some One Club will hold
it's next meeting with Miss Doris
Cunningham, November 4. All mem
bers are requested to be present as
the quilt is to be given away at this
meeting.
A post card shower is planned by
the friends of Mrs. o. F. Cooper on
Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Mrs. Emma Allen returned from
South China, Thursday, where she
has been for several days.
Clinton Cunningham has purchased
"a touring car.
Mrs. Dana Wilkins and Mrs. Ralph
Cooper were calling last week on
Mr.. Wilkins and MIR. Cooper who are
employed on the State road.
Grover Cooper has rented his house
at the corner to several men who are
employed on the State road.
William Cunningham has been
drawn to serve on the jury at Water
vile during the next term Of court.
Edward Jones purchased a new
Ford truck last week. 8 -
Mrs. Fred Shaw and children of
Augusta called recently on Mrs. Will
liam Cunningham.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-11-03

we are engaged in a crisis Of its his
tory: we are metei in the assembly
hall of that school; we have come
here to arouse portion of that
school spirit to subscribe to the Cony
cue. the paper by which the school
is known. 1t is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this, but, in
a true sense, we cannot make you.
we cannot compel you, we cannot
force you to subscribe. The good
students, living and dead, who have
graduate from here have built this
paper and it is our duty to add, not
detract. You students will little note,
nor long remember what we say here
but you should never forget what
they did here 1t is for us, the pres
ent students rather to be dedicated
here to the unfinished work which
they who have been here have so
nobly advanced. 1t is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task
remaining before US. That from
these honored grads we take .increas-
ed spirit to that cause to which they
gave their every bit of spirit. That
we here highly resolve that this
school paper has not been founded
in vain; that this school, with our
support, shall have new burst Of
spirit; that the Cony Cue, of the
students, by the students, for the
students shall not perish from the
school,"
Fellow students, there are, two
kinds of spirit; the spirit which you
showed last Saturday when you met
in your classrooms, formed q line
headed by the school band, marched
to the athletic field and cheered your
team to victory. That is the spirit Of
athletics.
1.-THE second kind Is that which
you show at school dances and all
school activities and in backing the
Cony Cue. After this assembly you
will gather in your classrooms. You
will form line and headed by this
band, the Cony Cue staff, you will
cheer the Cony Cue to the greatest
success that it has ever seen."
After the assembly the classes
went to their home rooms where ap-
plication blanks were given out and
over 400 of the students have already
signified their intentions of taking
the Cue. With such results the first
day and the rest of the week in which
to approach the, deliflquents, BAN
ner year is forecast for the first issue
of the Cue.