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OCTOBER 28, 1920.
GREAT MORAL FORGES
STIRRED, TURN 10
Church and Mission Workers
tive For League—Peace and
Progress Will Win.
The accretions to the ranks
are fighting for Democratic
in November are becoming
every day. As the issue becomes
clearly defined, as the Covenant
the League is itself seen and
and opinions are formed from
document itself and not from
sertions of “bitter-enders" and
tisan interpreters of, the
of the Nation seems to be aroused.
Not less striking than the
who have come over to
support is the character,
and the affiliations of these
and their announced reasons
their support of Cox.
The Des Moines speech of
Harding, which was a complete
render to Borah, Johnson and
other “bitter-enders,” has
the situation in the minds of
of Americans. No longer, it
can their old associations blind
to the fact that the League of
tions is a great moral issue to be
cided by the American
and that by supporting Harding
the hope of his finally favoring
League is paltering with the
and breaking faith with our
who fought and died in France.
Expressive of the almost
sentiment among foreign
aries and mission boards, W.
Pinson, General Secretary of
Board of Missions of the
Episcopal Church, South, writes
der date of August 20:
“I have just returned from a
to Belgium, Poland and
vakia. Many times I was compelled
bow in shame in the midst of
trials through which those
republics are passmg.
cause of the absence of my
country from the counsels and
fluences working to shape or
the national life of these people.
returned with the determination
do whatever might be possible to
our flag and our name back in
place of honor that it occupied
only resigned a few months
Frankly I do not believe the
States ever faced a greater peril
she is facing at this moment. The
sue so far from being a partisan
is fundamental. It is nothing
than the choice between reaction and
progress, isolation of the past
international fellowship of the fu¬
ture. You may, therefore, command
me and such channels as Influence
in this matter. * •
Along the same line is the state¬
ment of Rev. A. W. Smith, Executive
Secretary of the Executive Commit¬
tee of Foreign Missions of the Pres¬
byterian Church, who says:
“I have read the platforms of the
two great parties and the acceptance
speeches of the two nominees for the
presidency. I am also familiar, in
view of my position as Executive
Secretary of the Foreign Mission
Board of the Presbyterian Church in
the United States, with the interna¬
tional situation. I am satisfied that
our country should enter the League
of Nation; as advocated by Governor
Cox and the Democratic platform,
and that only in this way can our
people rise to their full stature as a
Christian nation. it
At the Universalist State Conven¬
tion of Indiana, Rev. John Clifford,
President of the Convention, said
that the League o# Nations is a great
moral issue worthy of the support of
the American Nation, and that the
whole system of religion is based on
the principles it embodies—namely,
the brotherhood of man and the fa¬
therhood of God.
Other minister^ on the program
supported the world-union idea, and
a missionary asserted that there is
general recognition of the fact that
there must be universal co-operation
and if the people of the United
States fail to do their part the nation
is disgraced.
Herbert Parsons, of New York,
long a power in the Republican party
and representative of the very best
element of that party, has resigned
his office in the Republican organi¬
zation and announced his support of
Governor Cox. In his letter or resig¬
nation he says:
.» It is my intention to vote for
Cox. I am for the League of Nations.
Cox is for ‘going in’; Harding is for
‘not going in’, thought in the Senate
he voted for going in.
“The League of Nations offers
the one practical opportunity for this
generation to unite the nations in an
effort to prevent war and effect dis¬
armament. To me it is monstrously
immoral not to go into the League at
all and let slip this one opportunity
to join in a great effort to prevent
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future wars.
Hamilton Holt, editor of The In
dependent, long one of the national
leaders of the Progressives,
ced his support of Governor Cox
says, “The League of Nations is
greatest moral issue since slavery. »»
Another and perhaps the most
suasive force in the nation that
aiding the Democratic candidate
the mothers of the land, especially
those whose sons now sleep in
soil. Their support of Governor
is inspired by the holiest feeling
w'hieh partisanship or
have no part. They are for the
gue of Nations because they
that the League will prevent
wars and that they and other
will never again have to suffer and
make the sacrifices they have made.
And being for the League of
they do no palter with the situation;
they do not propose to vote for a
candidate who palters with it. They
are supporting Cox for the sake of
their sons; for the sake of our heroic
head in France.
No Separate Peace!
The mines of Peru contain vast re¬
sources of nearly all known minerals,
and the stores of copper, silver, gold,
vanadium, coal, and tungsten have
been especially developed. Ex.
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A MOTHER S PRAYER.
Accompanying a check for the
Democratic Campaign fund was this
letter:
“Elizabeth, New Jersey.
“George White, Esq.,
“Chairman Democratic Nat. Com.
“Care of New York Times,
'New York City, N. Y.
“Dear Sir:
“Please accept the enclosed small
contribution to the fund for dissem¬
ination of truth about the League of
Nations. It is literally a “widow’s
mite,” but it comes from a mother
who sent four greatly needed sons to
the World War. Two of those sons,
with almost unlimited possibilities
for future usefulness, were killed;
a third was ill in hospitals in France
for five months, due to gassing in
action, and is still classified as “un¬
fit,” and a fourth risked his precious
young life in the air. When an honest
and concerted effort is being made
by the nations of the earth to save,
if possible, future mothers and sons
from these sacrifices, it is hard to
realize there are those who oppose an
effort. I feel sure that among those
who paid for the war there can be
but one opinion, and that is to try
the League of Nations, even if it is
not perfect. It is the best that has
been proposed, and, all objections
being weighed, is manifestly the most
feasible. Please God it will not fail.
“Very truly yours,
“MARIE A. DAVIDSON,
(Mrs. Edward Crawford Davidson)’
“October 6, 1920.”
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THOSE WE LOVE THE BEST
They say the world is round, and yet
I often think it square,
So many little hurts we get
From corners here and there.
But one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying to the West:
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
The choicest garb and sweetest grace
Are oft to strangers shown;
The careless mien, the frowning face
Are given to our own.
We flatter those we scarcely know;
We please the fleeting guest;
And deal many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.
Love does not grow on every tree,
Nor true hearts yearly bloom;
Alas! for those who only see
This truth across the tomb.
But soon or late the fact grows plain
To all through sorrow’s test:
The only ones who gives us pain
Are those we love the best.
-—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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AREAS BELOW SEA LEVEL.
All the continents possibly, except
South America, include areas of dry
land that lie below sea level. Accord
mg to the United States Geological
Survey, Department of the Interior,
the lowest point in North America is
one in Death Valley, Calif., that lies
276 feet below sea level, but this de
pression is slight compared to the
basin of the Dead Sea, in Palestine,
Asia, where the lowest point on dry
land is 1,200 feet below sea level.
The lowest point in Africa is one in
the Desert of Sahara that lies about
150 feet below sea level. The Sahara
as a whole stands above sea level,
although until recently the greater
part of it was supposed to lie below
sea level. The lowest point in Europe
at present known is one on the shores
of the Caspian Sea that lies 86 feet
below sea level. The lowest point in
Australia is one at Lake T , Torrens _ that .*
lies about 25 feet below sea level.
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Members of Amundsen’s arctic ex
ploration party, returning to Den
mark, reported they found the Amer
ican flag planted by Rear Admiral
Peary 400 miles from the North
Pole still flying and in good condi
tion.—Ex.
' THE LEADER-TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY,
GEORGIA
THE GROWLING FISH
A fish that growls and meows
a cat is found in certain parts
South America, Africa and
and this is considered by
to be in many respects the fnost
derful fish in the world. It
much more like a snake than a
It has lungs and is obliged to put
head out of water frequently
breathe. Lung fish, as these
are called, are a link between
and fishes—the nearest kin to
original stock from which snakes
fishes both sprang and in the
period these ancestors of theirs
scattered over the entire world.
reason these strange fish have
preserved thousands and
of year after their pre-historic
tors were extinct is because they
live easily through long droughts.
ligators and their African
the crocodiles, are almost the
enemies they have to fear
man.
Their rich salmon flesh is
prized by the Indians who go
them with spears.
In a natural state, the African
lung fish is about eighteen
long, but when kept in
and fed the year round, instead
lying dormant for lack of water, thtjy
grew to be two feet and a half
and weigh six pounds or more.
It is a fact that there are fish
which cannot swim. A Brazilian fish,
called the maltha, can only crawl,
walk or hop. It has long, upturned
snout, and resembles to some extent
a toad. The anterior fins of the mal¬
tha are quite small and are not
:o get on the water. They are in
ity thin paws which are of no
for swimming.—The Dearborn In¬
dependent.
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Unusually heavy rains in Southern
California have changed the appear¬
ance of the Chocolate Mountains, so
called because of their color, from
brown to green.—Ex.
WHERE CANDLES ARE USED
A minute news item to the effect
that a firm of soap manufacturers
had purchased more than 100 acres
of land in the southwest of England
for the establishment of a candle
factory to employ about 5,000 hands,
suggested a forgotten and little
known industry.
It appeared, on further investiga¬
tion, that the British candle suprem¬
acy was being endangered by Conti¬
nental competition, and the new
move is an effort to insist that
Britain rule the wicks.
Not having used a candle for so
long that one doesn’t remember what
it looks like, it comes, therefore, with
profound astonishment to learn that
Britain, in 1919, exported no less
than 26,400,000 pounds of candles,
of a total value of $6,000,(500 or
about 25 cents a pound.
Where, you ask, is there any use
for 26,400,000 pounds of candles?
Well, France took great quantities,
in fact France took British candles
except when Belgium or Holland slip¬
ped in and grabbed an order away
from the British soap people. Great
cargoes came across the water to
North America, and over other seas
to Africa. The candle business is
quite a thing.
What impresses the authorities
most is that during November and
December of last year the monthly
exports were 5,000,000 or at the rate
of 60,000,000 pounds a year, a
monthly value of more than $1,000
000. Now the candlemakers have
visions of a 1920 production of 240,
000,000 pounds. No home, say the
candle manufacturers, shall be with¬
out a candle.
Britain has held this industry for
a half century. In 1905 her export
was 40,000,000 pounds, a total
never since reached, although, as
stated, it is expected to surpass it
five or six times this year. But in
those days candles only brought 8
cents a pound, and the total value of
the exports was only $3,000,000.
Even the candle has gone up.—The
Dearborn Independent.
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Census reports show that Hawaii
already is Japanized as to population
with 110,000 Japanese out of a total
population of 256,000.—Ex.
GET THAT WOLF-TERSE ORDER
AGAINST $25,000 MARAUDER
<< Get that wolf,” is the sole order
under which H. P. Williams, of Cus¬
ter, one of the most experienced
hunters in South Dakota, is working
for the Biological Survey of the
United States Department of Agri¬
culture.
u That wolf” is a-wicked veteran
with the cunning of a criminal human
and with an account of $25,000
charged against him for cattle and
sheep destroyed in six or seven years
of his depredations.
This big cattle thief has defied all
efforts of the local hunters. One of
the tactics credited to him is that
after making a kill of a fat calf or
steer and eating his fill he makes a
long trail from his kill and back
tracks i
on a parallel line a few rods |
away. He then lies in wait at a point
convenient to the sheltering timber,
When the hunters trail him with
dogs he watches them from his .cover
safely to leeward to avoid his scent i
being carried. As the pack passes on
the scent he quietly slips into the
woodland and makes his getaway.
Stock raisers had about decided
that it would be necessary to board
the old “varmint” for the rest of his
natural life, or until he died from
overeating; but the Biological Sur
vey is determined not lo be defeated
by a wolf, and Williams promises to
bring in the marauder before another
season is ended,
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j Corn is never stationary in quality,
It either improves or retrogrades,
says a United Staes Department of
Agriculture specialist. There is no
more excuse for farmers raising
scrub corn than scrub cattle,
FIGHTING THE BOLL WEEVIL
SHOWN BY MOTION PICTURES
Help for southern cotton growers
in the fight against the boll weevil is
being prepared by the United States
Department of Agriculture in the
form of a motion picture, showing
the methods used in controlling the
weevil by means of calcium arsenate
poisons applied by dusting machines.
The views, which will not be avail¬
able for use utnil the first part of
January, will show the apparatus
used, which covers a large area in a
day, and the detailed parts and
methods of operation, together with
fields of cotton and individual cotton
plants, bolls, and ginned cotton
where the poison has been applied
and where it has not. By the persis¬
tent and intelligent use of this in¬
secticide department specialists hope
to keep the loss by boll weevils down
to 10 per cent. Unchecked, it has run
as high as 50 per cent in some fields.
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In eradicating the cocklebur, re¬
member that it carries a double-bar¬
reled gun. Every bur carries two
seeds, only one of which sprouts the
first year. Even when the product of
that seed has been killed the other
i trouble the
will be in shape to make
next season, l'he United btates De¬
partment of Agriculture has a circu¬
lar on the cocklebur—how to get rid
of it.
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