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With fifteen million Chinese starv-
ing today, there are probably two
hundred million of their fellow-coun-
trymen who have not even heard of
their distress. Nor could they reach
them if they knew. Probably they
could not even make themselve un-
derstood if they did reach the strick-
en districts, so utterly separated i.
dialect as well as in province are
SCOTTISH RITE
SPRING REUNION
SET FOR APRIL
for the southern jurisdic-
tion, valley of south
Mcalester.
w. j. old, Editor and Manager
less cotton or disaster.
| The drouth that sealed the doom of i The dates for the spring reunion
| fifteen million human beings must Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
J have been to them the curse of their! Freemasonry are set for April 25 to
j gods. Yet, we are told, underneath j 28, inclusive. The meeting of this
! vast areas of the famine-vexed reg- august body will be held in the Scot
KOREAN FOOTBALL 2697 B. C.
ion there is to be found, within twen-j tish Rite Temple, McAlester, Oklaho-
  | ty feet of the surface, the water that j ma.
P. L. Downs, chairman of the Ag- i would make such another famine im-1 There is a considerable number of
ricultural Committee of the Texas | possible. If there be anthing more Masons of high degree in McCurtain
Bankers' Association, has sent the fol-! tragic than unavoidable starvation, county and the majority of them are
lowing letter to the County Agricul- j surely it is found in the death of so | planning to be present at least one
Sural Chairmen of that organization- j vast a number while they are within day during the convocation.
in ever cotton growing county in the 1 reach of potential plenty. j The Scottish Rite reunion em-
State, which applies, as well, t() fur- The response to the cry for help j braces Albert Pike Lodge of Perfec-
mers' organizations in Oklahoma aid has been quick, and it will not be j tion, No. 2; South McAlester Chap-
in other states where cotton is grown ; niggardly. But unless that response ter of Knights of Rose Croix No. 2;
extensively: - embraces the larger beneficence of | Tuskahoma Council of Knights of
"As Chairman of the Agricultural • aiding an untutored people to aid ; Kadosh, No. 2; Indian Territory Con-
Committee of the Texas Bankers' j themselves against the repetition of i sistry, No. 2, .Ancient and Accepted
Association. I wish t0 remind you of, the present horror it will not have j Scottish Rite Freemasonry for the
the urgent importance of giving your J met the greater need of which the ex- J Southern Jurisdiction, United States
close personal attention, as County isting calamity is but an expression.! of America, Valley of South McAles-
Agricultural Chairman, to the abso- j - ter, Orient of Indian Territory.
Jute necessity for a marked decrease j his best friend—himself, j Welcome Home.
in the cotton acreage in your section.;   , From the neatly printed catalogue
"The records show that we are go- The Hugo Daily New received a j of entertainments to be staged during
ing to have a carry-over of ten mil- j letter Monday from a prominent far- the convocation we quote:
Jion bales of cotton, or more. Should ; mer in Choctaw county appealing for I "We want every member of the
our growers plan to market even a newspaper support to the farmers in I Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of
normal crop of twelve million bales j their present struggle for organiza- South McAlester, Orient of Indian
this year, from all evidences now be- j tion and independence. He asks that' Territory, to feel that the Temple in
fore us, the country will have to car- j his name not be used. j McAlester is their Masonic home, and
ry over into the following year anoth-1 In his letter he declares that "I re-: that when any entertainment is being
er ten million bales or more. In such l gret to take the attitude 0f many of j carried out their presence is neces-
ease, what is to become of it? What j our daily papers. These papers are sary to make it successful.
is to become of the farming, mercan-1 trying to make the public believe "For a number of years the Spring
tile and banking interests of the ! there is nothing the matter with the I Reunion has been designated as the
South, It would simply be a suicidal: farmer only hisiown improvidence, reunion in which we entertain our
policy to produce even another nor-, that he has a square deal: and that he ; ladies. Our increase in attendance at
mal crop in the face of the present: is holding his products off the market these reunions is an evidence of the
conditions. The mills in this coun- for speculative purposes, all of which fact that our membership appreciates
try, and the spinners abroad cannot any man with sense enough to write these social affairs in connection with
use it, and have not the money to an editorial knows to be untrue; beJ our degree work, and we hope to
buy it. cause the farmer is not getting a make them more popular as the
"Instead of planting so much cot- square deal, as is easily proven by ! years go by.
ton, the safe and sane thing to do is j comparing the prices he gets for his "We want our member
to encourage and urge each and ev-1 products, with the prices, he is com-
ery farmer in your section to plant pelled to pay for his necessities. And
more food and feedstuff for both man as to holding for speculation, it is
and beast, and plant only such I ridiculous to charge him with a mar- er better and to feel more directly
amount of cotton as he or his family
can successfully
ing to hire high-priced labor.
Instead of planting the usual acre-
age in cotton, if we will increase the
production of foodstuffs and feed states where those cities are located
crops—say corn, potatoes, ribbon cane it costs more to ship farm products
the grain sorghums, cowpeas, beans, across the state of New York to New
peanuts, hay, along with all kinds of York City than it costs to ship the
same kind of products from Europe
to New York, and that is true of all
our large coast markets, our greatest
consumers. Unless this condition is
remedied, agriculture is doomed, as
the greatest burden of transporta-
tion falls upon farm products."
What this farmer says is absolutely
true, and while he does not get to the
root of all the evils besetting farmers,
he does hold up one of the reasons
why farmers need to work out their
own salvation. The Daily News has
taken • the position all along, and
sees no
to make
arrangements to bring their ladies
with them. We want our members
and their families to know each oth
ket for them; he is unable to com- interested in each other's welfare,
pete on our American markets with; Ma son 17 should be one great family
who can deliver and if Indian Territory Consistry
foreign farmers,
their products to our large coast
could get every member to come home
ties cheaper than the farmers in the for a visit in April, well it would be
too big and too good to write about
poultry and especially turkeys— and
plan to market them 'on the hoof,' by
increasing the number of hogs, dairy
cows and beef cattle it is believed that
the financial situation will be more
readily stabilized and we may avert
the threatened ruin of the one-crop
system."
The importance of this matter can-
not be exaggerated. Bankers through-
out the State should co-operate in the
work to which Mr. Downs calls at-
tention and farmers should co-oper-
ate with the bankers to make the cot-
ton acreage reduction movement ef-
fective. Our choice is between less
cotton and disaster.
The big concerns of the country
have commenced to cut expenses.
Now comes Ringling-Barnum circus
and dispenses with the street parade.
Of course this is to save money.
WIFE AVENGES
HER HUSBAND,
SLAYS COUSIN
Duncan, Okla., April 2.—Mrs.
Hobbs Conklin shot and killed Roy
Garvin at Marlow to avenge the death I
of her husband, she killed her first
cousin.
Garvin was killed by Mrs. 
on Marlow's main street, thirty min-
utes after he had alighted from a
southbound train. He was under in-
'eason to change it. that dictment for th aileKed killi of
while farmers may solicit and do de- Mrs. Conklin's husband east of Mar-
serve support of every class, that low ]ast August The
must need present
Players Wore Silk Stockings and Used
Fans, According to Account
Found in Old Book.
"Yz'uk kuk."
That's just Korean for football.
Antiquarians digging around the dusty
tomes of old Japan came across n
document which seems to he the Po-
lice Gazette of B. C. 2C97. The mole-
skiDS of the day were made of silk.
It was not uncommon to find a huge
pansy across the back of a stalwart
tackle. Stockings were silk, too, and
of variegated colors.
The Big Bill Edwards of those days
was Emperor Ch'eng TI of the Han
dynasty. History relates that he
hacked his team to the limit. Whether
he showed the devotion of the modern
college student who sells his furniture
to bet on the game is not known. Wal-
ter Camp was represented by (Jen.
Asukal Masutsune. He got out the
original rule book and guide. Whether
he also picked his own crowd for the
All-Mongolian or not, history does not
say. At any event he was the original
coach and probably won his share of
moral victories while the other teams
got the touchdowns.
Football I11 those days was like
yachting now. Only those In whose
veins flowed the bluest blood could
make the team.
Nothing is known about the forma-
tions of that day, but we have a de-
scription of the ball. It was round
and stuffed with hair. "C.oat's hair"
gave it resiliency. The game seems
to have been all kicking. Stage waits
were as prevalent as in a corner lots
ball game of today. So long winded
were the protests that the attendants
DR. ANDREWS IS CONVENTION OF
STARTING A GREAT MUSIC MASTERS
WORK IN IDABEL HELD SUNDAY
revival at methodist church crowded to full ca-
church starts off well pacity and dinner pre-
pared for all.
-hindered by rain.
The revival meeting being conduct-
ed at the Methodist church in this
city is having a good beginning, de-
spite the rain of yesterday and last
night.
Large congregations are attending
the services. The Sunday evening
crowds taxed the capacity of the
house and the ushers were hard wor-
ked to seat all of those coming. Since j
The District Singing Convention
was held Sunday with the Methodist
Protestant church, of which the Rev.
M. L. Mathews is pastor.
Haworth, Pollard, Redland, Cisco,
Rock Hill and Honey Grove communi-
ties were represented by delegates,
and several distinguished visitors
were present.
H. N. Lincoln, a music writer and
publisher of Dallas, who is the au-
thor of several works on music and
voice culture was present and added
interest to the occasion. The other
visitors of note were Miss Rogers, of
Meeker, Okla.; H. J. Medford, Ha-
worth; Isaac M. Slaton, Valliant;
Clarence Holloway, Golden; Albert
Dollarhide, Odell; Arthur Westbrook,
Garvin, E. N. Rockett and W. B. Hop-
kins, Idabel. N. H. Bridges, of Oak
Hill, was the convention chairman,
of Pollard,
that service more seats have been
provided and every foot of floor space
is peing utilized.
The evangelist in charge of the
services, and church officials advise
that you come early if you have any
choice as to location in the auditor-
ium.
Dr. Andrews, who comes here from
Siloam Springs, Ark., is doing some
great preaching. His messages are
intensely practical, yet truly pro-
found. He uses the direct method of 1 and J. H. Hockensmith,
dealing with sin in the church or out1 served as secretary.
of the church, but manifests a gen- The convention met at an early
uine love for the sinner, and manifests j hour and continued through the day,
a sincere desire to be the instrument 1 dinner being served for all in attend-
in the hands of God to lead him to j ance. The church was crowded to
safety. I its capacity and the proceedings were
Old and young alike appreciate his | of great interest to musicians, sing-
used to serve tea to the players while j w°rds and are helped by his mes- j ers and music lovers. Miss Shirey
a decision was being given. J sages, which measure up to a very! presided at the piano. There were
high standard of real gospel preach- j special songs, solos, duetts, quar-
ing. Lovers of music take note: The j tettes. Miss Shirey was assisted at
Misses Andrews are doing very effi- j the piano by Mrs. Tommy Clark.
cient service in leading the choir and | The next convention will be held at
congregation in song. Miss Ruby ! Pollard on Saturday before the first
Jane is at home at the piano. Miss Sunday in October.
Annie directs the choir most effective-! Prof. Lincoln announced the Nor-
ly. And her solos are great; they ! mal Music School, beginning in Ida-
are soul-stirring because they come j bel pn next July 25th.
from an inspired soul and will inspire The date for the County Singing
the soul 0f any who hear with an at-; Convention was set for July 22. This
«.a«v*a V HH'5 a UICIIJ ucc anu Ul I IIC I 1 1 • « , I
other end an apple tree, which served if, ear for the message she brings j convention will meet with the Oak
as goals. The apple tree was the more n t let a little rain or some Petty Hill church, 5 miles west of Broken
popular, as a tally was signalized by excuse cheat you out of attending a
a shower of fruit, at which the game I single service. Armed with umbrel-
la, raincoat and rubbers, join the
"Rainy-day Brigade' 'and go right
along.
Unnecessary roughness was fre-
quent, and when the game was played
in the army as a military exercise, a
famous general protested that it was
too strenuous, and the contestants were
forthwith equipped with fans. A fan
In the hands of the umpire replaced
the whistle of today, and we can im-
agine him nearly waving his wrist off
when things went wrong.
No goal posts as we know them to-
day existed. At one end of the field
there was a cherry tree and at the
was suspended while all contestants
ate an apple. Once early in the spring
when the goals were in bloom a half-
back of the Lu province team mistook
the apple tree for the cherry and shot
the ball past his own goal, thereby
losing the game for his team. He was
"cussed out" quite heartily by the spec-
tators In true Yankee style.—New York
Mall.
Bow.
G. W. Bumpurs headed the com-
mittee on dinner, and each member of
the committee worked faithfully to
make the affair a success and each
TRAGEDY BEHIND A TRAG-
EDY
they themselves
such a solid front that they "ask and
receive, seek and find, knock and it
will be opened unto them."
All the political patronage in the
world isn't going to rescue the farm-
er from the
woman
not seen him since the tragedy.
According to witnesses, she fired
the first shot into the back of his
head as he was seated on the curb.
As he fell backward she stood over
him and emptied the revolver in his
Under the above caption the Dal-
las News recites a pitiful story of
suffering and death by starvation in
China.
The stories of suffering that come
out of China are as terrible as they
are true. That millions should be
eyeing afresh each day the nearer
approach of death by starvation ap-
peals more readily to our sympathy
and generosity than to our compre-
hension. We know nothing in this !
country about living on grass and ;
roots or about selling little children ;
into slavery and even into vice in or- j
der to save them from death from
want of food. Happy are we that we
lough of despond. The face. The woman then became hys-
farmer through his own agencies is terical. She was given medical aid
brothers keeper.-Hugo and now js at Duncan awaiting trial
Her eight children are alone on the
Trees for Future Generations.
Sometimes It is said that lu certain
European countries the law compels
the planting of a tree for every tree
cut down, aud it is urged that such a
law should be enacted in different
provinces of Canada. The expression,
however, is only metaphorical. What
European countries do provide, is that
for every acre of forest cut down, in
certain ureas unsuitable for agricul-
ture, another crop of trees must be
started by either natural or artificial
methods of regeneration on that area.
Conklin j When forest trees are planted, the
trees are set, say 2,000 to the acre,
and when they are harvested, 60 or
70 years later, they stand from 150 to
to 200 to the acre. If they had been
planted 200 to the acre they would
have grown short and full of limbs
from the ground up, and would be
useless for lumber. Planted thickly
they reach upward for the light, mak-
ing long, cleau trunks. The trees
which never reach maturity are
thinned out either naturally or with j
the ax, after they have served their
purpose— Montreal Herald.
The evangelist expresses gratifica-1 visitor was made to feel at home, and
tion at the spirit of co-operation which j all praised Idabel's hospitality in
has so far marked the meeting. Mon-1 caring for the convention.
day night every resident pastor was |   
on the platform. He hopes that the
spirit may grow until the entire com-
munity is reached and saved.
Dr. Andrews and his co-workers j
wish to impress upon the minds of all 1
that this is not a Methodist revival, j
though it happens to be conducted in j
a Methodist church, but is a revival j
for the good of Idabel and surround-,
ing country, and for the srlory of
God.
After a long winter the system be-
comes filled with impurities caused
by dry, strong diet. In hot weather
these impurities cause sickness. Get
rid of them now by taking Prickly
Ash Bitters. It is the remedy that
men use for purifying the blood, liver
and bowels and putting the body in
shape for summer work. Price $1.25
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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New*s
HARDWARE STOCK
SOLD TO HIGHEST
BIDDER SATURDAY
farm east of Marlow,
is only tw0 years old.
The youngest
; WEBUY CREAM AND POULTRY j
j Hides and Eggs at the Price Old Wagon \
' Yard. Call and see us. j
| Choctaw Hide and Produce Co. j
J J. R. COUNTS, Manager Phone 355 j
GRIFFITH & GOOLSBY BUY IN
ROWLAND STOCK — BUSI-
NESS TO CONTINUE.
PAINFUL WOUND
RECEIVED WHILE
TRIMMING TREES
The Rowland hardware stock was
sold last Saturday to the highest bid-
der. It was bought by Griffith &
do not know, and happier, that, out, Goolsby, of this city, who will con-
of our abundance, we are able to con- tinue the business at the same old
tribute as we are doing and have stand> The ga,e consisted of
been doing to relieve the destitute. , , ,
But, terrible as the present condi-1 stock of hardware' furmture and the
tion is, it seems even more terrible ! warehouse in the rear of the
that, with the passing of the present I building. This is one of the most
famine, the possiblity of another fa- j complete stocks of hardware and fur-
mine like this or worse than this one j niture stores in this part of the state
will not have passed. The grandchil- j and will again open in a few days for
dren, or perhaps even the children of j business. Messrs. Griffith & Gools-
J. R. Whitthorne met with a pecu-
liar and painful accident Tuesday,
which might have resulted seriously.
Mr. Whitthorne was trimming the
branches from a tree. His knife slip-
ped and inflicted an ugly wound in
his arm from which the blood flowed
freely. The wound was dressed and
the it is not thought that he will suffer
serious trouble from it.
Magnesium in Alloys.
Magnesium In massive form, as
sticks or rods, is used to deoxidize
•ther metals In foundries and is a con-
stituent of alloys. More magnesium
| Is now used as a deoxidlzer or scav-
enger in metallurgy than for any oth-
er purpose, but Its employment in al-
loys Is increasing and may eventually
become the largest one. An alloy of
magnesium and aluminum Is used in
making castings for aircraft engines
and parts of airplanes. The skeleton
of the British airship R-34, the first
dirigible to cross the Atlantic, is an
alloy of aluminum and magnesium,
and the yacht Resolute, the defender
of the America's cup in the races In
July, 1920, as well as the alternative
defender the Vanlte, carried gaffs
made of this alloy.
Safety First . .
The next things on the program
are Tornadoes and wind storms.
INSURE WITH
MUELLER & RONE
GARDEN PLANTS.
Can send prepaid, on return mail:
Cabbage, Ga. Collard, Tomato and
Big Boston Lettuce Plants, for 25c
the survivors of this starving time, i by are among our best business men eac^ ^er money with or-
may have t0 face another. Such is and it is predicted they will build up r!5 to GARDEN DEPARTMENT of
the history of China, and such it is j one of the best hardware and furni- "AIRIE VIEW STATE COLLEGE,
likely to be. If one looks back over i ture stores in this section of the; ' Wheeler, Manager, Prairie
the vista of a thousand years or so state. They are both clever, accom- Iew' Texas-
and imagines, though but dimly, the ' modating gentlemen, and stand high 1 (Ht'^"APril)  
long succession of famines that this j wtih all classes of our citizenship. PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE
people has suffered, the realization The Gazette is glad to see them in DURING REVIVAL MEETING
grows that the giving of money, im- i possession of the buflness. The Row-  
perative as it is, will not solve the | land hardware store is known to near- Dr. S. Addison McElroy announces
Ca^m!ty' , | \y every clt,zen in this county and the that services will be held at the
Back of the want that saps the life j fact of it opening for business again , church on Sunday morning but none
of whole provinces is the isolation that j will be good news to many of the peo-; at night during the revival at the
comes from lack of communication. | pie in every section of the county. ' Methodist church.
Billions Go to Waste.
Three billion dollars waste a y£ar j
due to smoke! This is one of the
tributes America pays to the economic i
vice of thrlftlessness, at least this
prodigious sum Is so specified by a
leading statistician who states that the
benzol, tar, ammonia and gas which j
yearly float away In the air Is con- 1
Bervatlvely worth SI,000,000,000, while
the consequent damage to property, j
health and comfort Is placed at twice I
that amount.—Boston Transcript
Ambulance for Sheep.
A motor ambulance especially de-
signed for the care of sheep, and con-
taining ten pens, five on each side, l 
an unusual but highly valuable ad-
junct to an enormous sheep ranch In
Alberta, Canada. During the past
season Rome 7.000 lambs were born
on the ranch and the busy ambulance
was the means of saving the lives of
hundreds of them.—Popular Mecbau-
lea Magazine.
U/ie
Acme Barber Shop
is especially equipped for doing
ladies' work, such as shampoo-
ing and massaging and we in-
vite the ladies to call and give
us a trial.
we also look after the men
and can take the best of care
of their tender faces.
LAMB & SMITH