The Oklahoma County News (Jones City, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1921 Page: 9 of 12
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THE OKLAHOMA COU NT Y NEWS
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(LFBED ALEXANDER
TAYLOR was t lnuugu-
rated governor of Ten-
nessee ' the other day at
Nashville He’s a Re-
publican — nfhybe you’ll
remember' that the Re-
publicans broke the
Solid South at the No-
vember election How-
ever that’s another
story This one is about the War of
the ltoses — at last the Red Rose wins
In- Tennessee
Tennessee's War of the Roses began
a century ago ' Its beginning brings
back a dramatic scene away back'ln
1886 Picture a four-poster mahog-
any bed with a colonial console table
on either side ' On one table la a
vase of blood-red roses on the other
a vase of roses of snowy white In
the bed is a stately old lady On
either side is a kneeling man each
In the prime of life The lady takes
a red rose from its vase and pins It
' on the lapel of one of the kneeling
men On the other kneeling man she
' pins a white rose and then she makes
' the two men on their knees swear to
her that there shall be no strife be-
tween them
' The woman was Mrs Nathaniel G
Taylor wife of a Republican congress-
man from Tennessee during the Civil
war The red rose man was Alfred
Alexander Taylor her son The white
rose man was Robert Love Taylor her
son — -
Really you know the campaign
which thereupon became known as the
War of the Roses had been on for
some little time Rob and Alf were
running against each other for gov-
ernSr the former on the Democratic
ticket and the latter on the Repub-
lican Tennessee in those days was
dyed-ln-tlie-wool Democratic There
' was little chance for Alf His mother
advised him not to accept the nomina-
tion ngnlnst his brother fearing bad
blood between the two When he dis-
regarded her advice she took to her
led The brothers hearing of her
“Illness" dropped their electioneering
nnd hastened to her bedside After
she had pledged them to “no strife”
she got tip
Alfred and Bob went hnck to their
- campaigning — and kept their promises
to their mother The brothers mado
the most stinging partisan speeches
on the platform and attacked each
other with every sort of jibe and ridi-
cule both being ready at repartee hut
out of the public eye they were al-
ways affectionate devoted comrades
laughing at the wordy tilts In which
they had Just Indulged
The War of the ltoses was one of-
the unique political buttles of the na-
tion Way back In 1886 there was not
even a thought of woman suffrage In
Tennessee for the women were as
bitterly partisan as the men The
women at social gatherings and sew-
ing circles sat making doth and pa-
lter roses white and red ones argu-
ing with vehemence about the com-
parative merits of the two candidates
Tall white candles were set in Demo-
cratic windows ond red tissue paper
shades were mnde for Republican can-
dles while nightly torch pnrndes and
rallies were held In the streets If the
parades passed an Illumined house
BURIED FACING EAST
Jinportnnt discoveries Sf neolithic
arms urns and utensils have been re-
ported from Jumtlln near Valencia
where a storehouse of prehistoric re-
main's was found 'Ate Inst ycnr ac-
cording ttf a dispatch from Madrid
Further Investigations conducted un-
der the nusplces of tho Academy of
History proved that the discovery was
of h far- reaching tint ure comprising
stone knives - admirably ornamented
they would go In and demand Almt the
politics be declared by the candles
Alfa mother was right Alf didn’t
have a chance as a Republican in Ten-
nessee The White Rose triumphed
Bob was elected What’s more Bob
was elected three times “governor of
his state (1887-01 and '1897-99)
Later he was elected to the -United
States senate (1907-13) he died In of-
fice In 1912 Bob married young Ills
first wife was Itss Sarah L Baird
niece of Senator Zeb Vance of North
Carolina and to them were born five
children His second wife was his
cousin Miss Mamie Love St John
who survives him and Is now living
In Washington D C - -
The Red Rose however did not al-
ways go down to defeat Alf Taylor
represented his district twice In con-
gress — the Fifty-first and the Fifty-
third congresses' It Is delated of him
that when he went to Washington he
took along tw’o or three fine cows and
a lof of corn meal be wasn’t going to
be deprived of his favorite evening
dish — cornmeni mush and cream
Alf also married -young At twenty
he married Miss Jennie Anderson
daughter of a neighboring farmer nd
to her Fwas born seven sturdy sons
After his second term ln congress Gov-
ernor Tuylor went back to his Happy
Valley farm on the banks of the Wau-
tagn where he raised watermelons
wrote poetry and studied philosophy
He’s now seventy-tw-o keen-brained
and vigorous -
Mrs Taylor mother of Alf and Bob
was the worthy mother of two such
sons She was Emma Haynes sister
of Landon Carter Haynes a member
of Jefferson Davis' cabinet and an
orator of note She was a tall woman
of striking appearance' and In her
latter years made one think of Sara
Bernhardt After the Civil war It be-
came necessary to secure from the fed-
eral government ' a pardon for
Haynes who had been active In the af-
fairs of the Confederacy Mrs Tay-
lor undertook the taskvof getting her
brother pardoned going all the way
from east Tennessee to Washington
by stnge with six 'of her small chil-
dren Many times during her declin-
ing years she would rehearse this
scene Tor the delectation of her ador-
ing grandchildren and greatnleces
“Before I went to the White House
I dressed myself In a tlght-flttlpg
black velvet gown with a long train”
she would say "I wore pendent cameo
earrings and a big cameo brooch The
best hairdresser In Washington had
done my hair All dressed up in their
frilled white cambric waists and little
black velvet trousers trooping at my
heels came Jim Nat Bob -and Alf
and following them my twin girls —
Uhodn ns fair and blue-eyed as a
Saxon princess and Eva with raven
hair nnd eyes ns flashing anil black as
Pocahontas’ President Johnsonii rose
to receive me and drew a magnlftcept
chair for me to sit beside him but In-
stead of that I fell on my knees nnd
Implored my brother’s purdon nnd nn
r knelt great tears splashed from my
eyes on the White House floor”
When Mrs Taylor would tell this
part of her story she would always
laugh deliciously and would con-
tinue: “Knowing full well that I would not
hatchets nnd other' Instruments
Bones of early Inhabitants were also
found Their position Indicated they
had bpen burled facing toward the
east ITof Rafael AHntiilra of Oxford
unlveralty- has expressed the belief
that the spot marks the site of a vil-
lage which stood at the border of a
lake that also disappeared — Brooklyn
Eagle
Beware of Trifling
Character that has once descended
to trifling Is hard to rulso to honorable
weep alone I soon henrd Bob and Alf
sill tiling behind me then Jim and Nat
a little older swelled the chorus and
iny'two little girls mere Infants see-
ing tlielr mother weeping In this
strange big house broke Into nn au-
dible wall” :
Needless to say that Landon C
Havnes was pardoned with alacrity
Alf and Bob were Initiated into the
mysteries of - politics and statecraft
early in life When they were small
hoys during the Civil war they lived
for a time with their maternal grand-
father David Haynes known as King
Duvld from his vast acres and imperi-
ous manner King David was also a
politician and saved his kingdom In
Happy Valley Carter county Ten-
nessee front the ravages of foraging
bands of soldiers by his diplomatic
measures
“Many a time” Bob Taylor used to
say "I have seen my grandfather stand
as straight and stately as a tall pine
between the pillars of his colonial
mansion on the banks of the beautiful
Watauga river and scan with his eagle
eye the river road up and down like
a sentry If he saw a band of Con
federate cavalry dashing up the road
he would rush out overwhelm them
with his hospitality saying :
“’Boys my son Landon C Haynes
Is working with Jeff Davis to try to
save the country from the d—
Yankees’ And so the hungry Johnny
Rebs took what he gave them and left
his sniokehohse ' and ' granary unmo-
lested -
“If he would spy out a troop of fed-
eral men coming down the road he
would meet them with the utmost cor-
diality and Invite them In to dine as
he told them:
“ ‘My son-ln-lifw Nathaniel G Tay-
lor Who married my favorite daugh-
ter Emmy Is now In Washington
working side by side with Abe Lincoln
to foil secession and uphold the unity
of the nation’ and the Yanks fell for
11 and Ills flocks and herds were un-
touched “But If he saw a nondescript com-
pany of soldiers straggling up whose
uniforms were so tattered and travel-
stnlned he could not determine to
which army they belonged he wpuld
dash out with even more Impetuous
hospitality and exclaim :
‘Brothers welcome I welcome to
my hornet I’m for free salvation free
navigation and by Moses I’m a h — I
shunter I’ And he would tell them
so many funny stories they would for-get-to
steal his sheep”
Alfs victory in the election for gov-
ernor was clean cut He got a vote
of 229143 ngnlnst 185890 for his Dem-
ocratic opponent Gov' A H Roberts
In the same election Harding's plural-
ity over Cox was 13271 So as the
election experts say Alf ran about
30000 abend of his ticket
Mental- Depression Common
Comparatively few persons If the
feeble minded and a large number nf
the Insane are excepted are entirely
free from the tendency to bouts of
more or less mental depression The
more Intellectual portion of mankind
Is ’indeed more prone to this klhd of
mental malaise or spiritual equivalent
of sen sickness than the less “brainy”
majority
levels Each'' step Is downward nnd
the tangles of wrongdoing are Imrd to
undo No one vnnts pity nnd fetv are
Just candidates for sympathy ' Ench
round of society forms Its own circles
nnd It’s hard to breuk through the
hounds of Imblt The downward road
Is easy The upgrade demnnds energy
and qn elevated vision Few folks can
stand the strain of constant struggle
with oppression 8o the enslest thing
to do Is to follow tho line of least re-
sistance nnd Just drift It’s so easy to
trifle— Grit
BEST FOWLS FOB BACK YARD
American Breeds 8uch as Plymouth
Rocks Wyandottes and Orping -tons
Are Recommended
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
' Hens of the medium-sized breeds—
Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Rhode
Island Reds and Orpingtons — are' best
suited to back-yard conditions Large
hens kept In close confinement are
likely to get too fat to lay well Small
nervous hens are apt to develop such
vices as egg eating and feu t her eating
The bad tendencies mentioned do not
prohibit the keeping of large and sinnll
breeds In small back yards but make
It necessary for the kepeer to use ex-
traordinary care to keep them in good
condition and productive White and
Uglit-colored varieties are not desirable
for small back yards because their
plumage soils too easily
As a rule It Is most satisfactory to
buy hens of a local poultry keeper or
dealer in live poultry Desirable small
flocks ae frequently offered by people
who are obliged by change of work
of residence to sell their poultry
Dealers In live poultry everywhere sort
out from their general receipts the
hens that show good breeding nnd
quality to sell to hack-yard poultry
keepers When satisfactory stock can-
not be obtained locally the advertising
columns of poultry papers agricultural
papers or newspapers that carry poul-
try advertising should be consulted
and the hens bought from the nearesi
breeder who can supply what is want-
ed at a reasonable price
For the back-yard flock kept to pro-
duce eggs only It is not necessary to
have hens of extra good standard qual-
ity What breeders of standnrd pout
try call choice utility hens are-as good
as any for egg production and cost
but little mgre than ordinary mongrels
Hens of this grad$ in the medium-
sized breeds are usually a little under
standard weights and have superficial
faults — as unsoundn'ess of color or ir-
regularity of markings or of the shape
of the comb — which In no' way affect
thlr luvine cwniioltv hut nnke thorn
Dual-Purpose Hens Are Beet 8uited for
Back Yard Conditlone
unfit for exhibition And Undesirable
for breeding purposes
When buying hens in person partic-
ular attention should be given to gen-
eral condition — whether the bird seems
vigorous and lively — and to the appear-
ance of the comb and the condition of
the feet Healthy hens have bright red
combs and bright eyes say poultry
specialists of the United 'States Depart-
ment of Agriculture A slight pale-
ness il the comb Is simply an Indica-
tion that the Jien Is not laying at the
time but a bird whose comb has either
a yellowish or a bluish cast should be
rejected for these are symptoms of In-
ternal disorders The skin and scales
of legs and toes should be smooth and
the soles of the feet soft and free frojn
corns '
BETTER SIRES FOR BANTAMS
Culpeper County (Virginia) Farmer
Raisee Purebrsds From Chickens
' to Dairy Cattla
From bantam chickens to Holstein
cattle is the range of live stock on the
farm of Sam Sullivan & Sons who re-
cently enrolled In the “Better Sires—
Better Stock" movement that Is being
directed by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture This farm
which Is located In Culpeper county
Virginia raises Holstein cattle Duroc-
Jersey swine Rhode Island JVhlte
chickens White Holland turkeys
white guinea fowls Cochin bantams
and Muscovy ducks
Purebred horses also are kept on
this farm but no stallion Is main-
tained In accordance with the re-
quirements of the better-sires move-
ment which Is aimed Jo Improve the
average quality of farm live stock
all of the stock listed Is bred to pure-
bred sires
EGGS FROM GEESE IN WINTER
Good Plan to Arranga So That
Goalinga Will Bs Hatched by Time
There la Good Paature
Geese are fed a ration to produce
eggs during the lntter part of the win-
ter 49m that the goslings will pe
hatched by either hens or geese Some
breeders prefer to raise all the gos-
lings under hens as geese sometimes
beeome difficult to manage when al-
lowed to hatch and rear their young
The period of incubation of goose
eggs varies from 28 to SO days
MARY GRAHAM BONDER
mi i torment v vbtmm m mnu unkm
THE CARELESS CAMELS
“It’s very careless of you Cousin
Camel Very careless of you Indeed
Pd be surprised at such carelessness
only I know you haven’t any brains or
much brain power or a great many
sensible ideas In your head And so
long as you’re not so very clever 1 sup-
pose one shouldn’t scold you for being
rare less”
“Some careless people are clever
nmd clever people are careless” said
Cousin Camel moving his mouth from
side to side and round and round in a
funny circle '
"Some careless people are ritupld
too some stupid people are careless
also” he added “But Cousin Drome-
dary I have a reason for my careless-
aeRs” '
“Indeed?” asked Cousin Dromedary
“Pray tell it to me”
“Well" said Cousin Camel as he
rontlnued to chew and move his mouth
“perhaps it’s not much of a reason
but It is a reason
“That Is somejhlng Not much — but
something" And then Cousin Camel
began to say In a sing-song voice :
To have a reason is something fine
I need say no mdle but can end this
line
Tet 1 might add that I chew all ' the
time
And that that Is the end of tills my
rhyme
Cousin Came) smiled at Cousin
Dromedary and said winking an eye:
“Well sir wliat do you think of the
camel poet?" '
“I don’t believe I’d better tell you"
said Cousin Dromedary “After all we
still want to be friends"
“True true” grinned Cousin Camel
who saw nothing -to object to In what
Cousin Dromedary had Just said
“You aren't as big as I am” Cousin
Came! went on “and you ore not so
heavy In weight You can get along
more quickly it is true But you have
two sorrows In life One Is that you
only have one hump and the other Is
that you have no beautiful long hair
as I hove”
“That all (lepends on the point of
view” said Cousin Dromedary "I pre-
fer having only one hump ond I don’t
want to be bothered with long hair
My family like to be this way We all
are and we all do alike In our country
which by the way Is the country of
Africa”
“True” said Cousin Camel “Just as
we all do alike- In my country which
Cousin Carnal Smiled
is that of Asia We have two humps
apiece Ah yes I I have two bumps
and such superb beautiful magnifi-
cent lovely camel humps as they are"
“I never heard any one else speak
of them In Just such glowing terms"
said' Cousin Dromedary
“What are glowing terms?” asked
CouRln Camel
“They are terms or sayings which
glow with fine high-sounding expres-
siveness” “Oh well" said Cousin Camel "you
see I can talk finely after all”
“But It Is not well to boast about
yourself”
“I am kind enough to do It” said
Cousin Camel "so as to save others
the trouble They might be busy you
know I suppose Cousin Dromedary
that you are aware of the fact that my
family name Is that of Bactrlan A’nmel
Members of our family often are found
In a circus tent But here I am and
two other members of my family In
this fine zoo”
"To be sure" said Cousin Drome-
dary “and that was Just what I was
speaking about In the first place Dur-
ing the summer you took people for
rides and many visitors came to the
zoo You didn’t care then about your
long hair at all You didn’t mind It In
the least because you looked far from
beautiful and quite shorn In fact
“But now that winter has come you
let your beautiful hair grow fine and
long ond very few will see you"
“Ah 1" said Cousin Camel "You think
we are careless because we do this
way But I must tell you the reason
for It It Is because we want to save
our beauty for those who will brave
the winter weather to come ond call on
ue Now Isn't that a fine noble rea-
son? Of course" he added with the
biggest nnd broadest of grins covering
his entire face “It's a funilly hublt nnd
we don't outgrow a family hnblt like
that never — It's quite impossible"
“Impossible for you perhaps” salif
Cousin Dromedary “but still I can’t
help saying ’Careless Cninels’”
“Sny It 'all you like" ended Cousin
Camel “I’d rutlior chew than Argue"
Timber for Air Caetlee
What Is the right kind of timber
for castles in the air? A sunbeam
nraoTEV mnn mnMraut
SfilMSOIOOL
Lesson
(By-REV P B FITZWATBR D D
- Teacher of English Blblo la the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
(© 1320 -Western Newspaper Ualen)
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 20
TJHE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS
LESSON TEXT— Matt 25:1-13
GOLDEN TEXT— Watch therefore for
ye know neither the day nor tho hour
wherein the Son of Man cometh— Matt
25:13
REFERENCE MATERIAL — Matt
7:24-2? 24:1-61 Eph 4:10-20 1 Tim 1:17-11
PRIMARY TOPIC— Being Ready
JUNIOR TOPIC— Being Ready
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP10
—Prepared for Emergencies
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
—Christian Watchfulness
This lesson Is -a part of the well
known Olivet discourse giving a pro-
phetic view of the coarse of time from
its utterance just before the cruel-
flxloth to the second advent of Christ
T (
The order of events In that time are
roughly speaking as follows:
L The moral condition of the world
during Christ’s absence (24:1-14) This
vls the period covered by the parable
of chapter 13 - ' I ' :
2 The appearance of the Antichrist
(24:15-26)
8 The great advent (24:27-31) In
which there will be mighty convulsions
of nature the mourning of the earth’s
tribes and the gathering of the elect
4 Warnings to God’s people In view
of the great advent (24:32-51) tha
time of advent unknown and unex-
pected 5 Instructions to saints In view of
the unexpectedness of His coming (25 :
1-86)
6 The Judgment of the nations (25 :
81-46)
The present lesson is one of tha
two parables designed for the instruc-
tion of the saints in view of the com-
ing of the Christ It has a contlnu-
ous application In the present time (1
Thess 4:16-18 Titus 2:11-13)
I The Foolish Virgin Took Lamps
But No Oil With Them (v 8)
1 Lamps signify Christian profes
sion (Matt 5:16) and oil the Holy
Spirit (Zech 4) Having the lamps
and no oil shows that they were pror
lessors of religion without possessing
Its reality As soon as a man Is re-
generated the Holy Spirit takes up His
abode with Him The proof that one
is a child of God Is that he has tha
Holy Spirit dwelling within him “If
any man have not the Spirit of Christ
he Is none of His" (Rom 8 :9) The
foolish virgins may have been of good
moral character but they were un-
regenerated 2 The wise virgins possessed both
lamps and oil (v 4) They made a
profession and backed It with a real
life of righteousness' These are tha
true believers Both the wise and the
foolish virgins slumbered and slept
Their eyes had grown heavy and they '
fell under the spell of sleep (v 5)
This shows that as the Christian ago
lengthened the real and professing
church would cease looking for tha
coming of the Lord It is unspeakably
sad that so many even of God’s -saints
wise virgins should give up the ex-
pectancy of the return of the Lord
II The Coming Bridegroom (w 6-
12) 1 The midnight cry (v 6) In the
midst of the night when all were asleep
the cry was made “Behold the bride-
groom cometh go ye out to meet him" ’
How sad It is that the church has
lost her hope Is not waking and
watching for the return of her Lord I
2 Activity of the virgins (v 7)'
They all arose and trimmed their
lamps There will be great activity
when the Lord comes on the part of
both the real Christians and those
who only make a profession The pro-
fessing Christians will then realize
that they lack that which Is essential
to entrance to the marriage feast
3 The foolish request the wise to
share their oil (vv 8 9) The revel a-
tlon of Christ will make manifest the
genuineness of our religion and ex-
pose the folly of mere profession- -When
the Lord comes It will be too
late to mend one’s ways
4 The wise enter to the marriage 1
(v 10) While the foolish were seek-
ing to amend their ways trying to buy
oil the bridegroom came and those
who were ready were admitted to the
marriage
5 The pitiful position of the foolish
(v 11) They begged the Lord to
open the door that they might enter
to the marriage feast No one can
open that door but the Lord
6 The awful judgment (v 12) The
Lord declares “I know you not" Those
who put off the personal contact with
Jesus until that day shall be shut out
from the presence of Christ
III The Solemn Obligation (v 13)
"Watch for ye know not tho day nor
the hour wherein the Son of man com-
eth’’ No One Absolute
God has made no one absolute The
rich depend on the poor n well us
the poor on the rich The world is
but a magnificent building all the
stones are gradually cemented to-
gether No one subsists by himself
alone — Felthnm
Must Deal With 8ln
We may forget or Ignore -nim or
keep our minds from dwelling on the
thought of Him we cannot he entering
Into peace with Him while sin Is kept
undealt with cherished In our hearts
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