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Naples Jltonitor.
NAPLES, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 221925
NUMREK8
THE SECOND SURRENDER
OF CONFEDERACY NEAR
WHEELER CONFIDENT
OF HIS ACQUITTAL
Defense Plans Await Consultation
With Counsel.
Government have proceeded along
the line of waiting for debtor na-
tions to make proposals for debt
settlement, but now have conclud-
ed that the time for waiting for
foreign initiative has passed.
Ranks Being Rapidly Diminished. Time
the Conquerer. Propose Depart-
mental Reunions.
Dallas, May 20.—Veterans of
the Confederacy prepared today to
surrender to their final foe—time.
A proposal to discontinue the an-
nual reunions because of the ad-
vanced age Of the survivors and to
bold departmental reunions in-
stead was made at the trirty-fifth
reunion opening here today. The
plan wiU be considered in detail
tomorrow.
A resolution offered by Colonel
J. B. Lewis of Anderson, S. C., and
General W. H. Cely of Greenville,
S. C., indicated that the veteran?
themselves recognized that the in-
evitable dissolution is at hand and
that they cannot long continue the
general gatherings that have
brought them together for the last
35 years to recount the batt'es
which they fought for the lost
cause.
The plan is to have reunions in
three departments, each depail-
ment then to send delegates to an
annual convention to be held in
New Orleans, La., the headquarters
of the Veterans association.
Each of the seventeen divisions
of the organization would be re-
piesented at the annual convent cn
by one delegate. The inability of
the veterans longer to stand the
wear of long travel, as well as the
expense of the annual reunion, are
among the reasons given for the
proposal to discontinue the general
gatherings.
"The time is drawing near, it
not already at hand, when we
should put our house in order, to
meet the changes that are nece.—
scry at this time," reads the reso
lution.
“Our ranks are being rapidly
diminished by the passing away of
cur comrads. Each year adds to
the infirmities of our members,
who are left with us. The ex-
penses of transportation are bur
densome, and the distance to
be traveled in order to attend our
annual reunions are too great, and
the strain of the long trips from
the extremes of our territory are
toQ exacting to be borne by the
majority of those who would other
wise make the effort."
The dues from the camps, and
contributions from the officers of
the camps, brigades and divisions
are not sufficient to cover the nec-
essary expenses at headquarters in
New Orleans.
The resolutions provides that a
committee of one from each of the
seventeen divisions be appointed
to meet in their respective depart-
ment headquarters to consider this
plan and report at the jisxt annual
reunion, A constitusonal amend-
ment would be necessary to make
the plan effective.
Colonel Lewis, co-author of the
resolution, said he liad discussed
the plan with many leaders of the
veterans and that they favored it.
“Unless this is adopted, 1 think
we can say the reunion will not
again be held west of the Mississ-
ippi," he said.
Another resolution presented
asks thatjjie federal government
pay th&tri^aions of the Confeder-
ate vetewns, relieving the South-
ern states of this ourden and also
bury the Cofederate dead. This
resolution was offered by T. C.
Humphrey, of Hugo, Okla.
Mr. Humphrey declared that
many of the Confederate veterans
have sons sleeping in federal com-
eteries, who died for the United
Country. He said his own son
sleeps in a soldier’s grave in a
federal cemetery.
A third resolution asks that $68,-
000,000 said to have been collected
in taxes from southern states by
the national government immedi-
ately following the war, be used to
pay Confederate pensions.
These resolutions are under
consideration by the resolutions
committee.
The reunion formally opened
this morning with addresses of
welcome and singing of southern
songs. This afternoon Bonnie
Blue Flag Chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy of Dallas, un-
veiled and presented to the vet-
erans a bust of Jefferson Davis,
sculptured by Cleo Nellie of Rome,
Italy.
The veterans attended a dance to
night given by the Sons of V'eter-
ans for the sponsors and the maids
and in honor of the old soldier.
Many of the old boys, still with a
spirit of youth, attempted some of
the modern dances.
Election of officers and selection
of the 1926 convention city are on
the program for tomorrow after-
noon.
Washington, May 19.—Senator
Wheeler, who recently was ac-
quitted in Montana of the alleged
violation of a Federal statute pro-
hibiting members of Congress
from accepting fees for appearing
before the Federal executive de-
partments, will decide upon his
course with regard to the indict-
ment brought against him here,
charging him with conspiracy to
defraud the Government, after con-
sultation with his counsel, includ-
ing Senator Walsh of Montana, he
said. Senator Walsh is expected
to return to Washington from
Montana about June 1.
Senator Wheeler has no fear of
the outcome of the case brought
against him in Washington. In the
ordinary course of events, his case
would be reached the latter part
of the Summer by the Supreme
Court of the District. Steps might
be taken by Senator Wheeler or
the Government or both to advance
the case, however.
Having been exonerated by a
committee of the Senate and ac-
quitted by a jury in Montana of
any wrong-doing, the Montana
Senator expressed confidence that
a trial of the case in Washington
would only reult in a reiteration
of his innocence.
NINE NATIONS ASKED TO
ACT ON DEBTS TO U. S.
PIONEER CITIZEN TO
LAST RESTING PUCE
S. A. Robison Passed Away Last
Last Friday Night.
A BILL TO AMEND TAX
UW BEING PREPARED
Corporations Charged With
ing Mulcted U. S.
Hav-
This Government Thinks Time
Has Come for Foreign Gov-
ernment to Settle.
NO IMMEDIATE
PUBLICITY OF
BORDER PARTY
tions cover smuggling, narcotics,
public health fishing, hunting, ex-
tradition, international proceedure
and migration.
Washington, May 19.—Nine of
the foreign Governments which
borrowed from the United States
during the World War and subse-
quent to the armistice have re-
ceived suggestions from this (Gov-
ernment that the time seems to
have arrived when concrete nego-
tiations looking to debt adjust-
ment are in order.
Great Britian, Hungary, Fin-
land, Lithuania and Poland have
completed funding arrangements
with the Debt Commission, a body
created by act of Congress.
The nine nations which in effect
are now being called upon to fol-
low the example of these five na-
tions are France, Italy, Belgium,
Greece, Rumania, Czechoslovakia,
the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes, otherwise Yugosla-
via; Esthonia and Latvia.
Russia, Armenia and Liberia,
the other wartime debtor nations,
do not figure in the present effort
to produce an adjustment of in-
debtedness.
In confirming the fact that steps
have been taken toward debt set-
Washington, May 19.—Senator
King of Utah, Democrat, member
ot the Senate finance committee
and of the Couzens committee
which has been investigating the
Internal Revenue Bureau, is pre-
paring a bill reducing taxes and
amending the present tax law in
important particulars. He will
introduce the measure when Con-
gress reassembles.
His bill would result in reducing
the annual tax collected by the
Federal Government by some $75,-
000,006. It would cut the income
tax rates, including surtaxes and
would eliminate the so-called mis-
cellaneous taxes. It would de-
crease slightly the corporation tax,
but would make the administrative
features of the coporation tax
much more stringent.
As a member of the Couzens
committee, Senator Kijlg has look-
ed carefully into the operation of
the tax law, and has become con-
vinced, he said that the Govern-
ment has been mulcted out of
hundreds of millions of dollars,
probably half a billion, by reason
of allowances granted corporation
which never should have been
granted, including particularly
depreciation allowances.
For this reason, Senator King
will advocate in his bill the elimi-
nation of allowances for deprecia-
tion to a very large extent.
With regard to the surtaxes,
Senator King’s bill probably will
go as far as the Mellon plan in
such reductions, making the high-
est bracket 25 per cent.
MRS. A. B. GALLAWAY
ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE
Home Beautifully Decorated With
Flowers and Ferns.
El Paso, May
______ 20.—All agree-
ments reached by the United States
Mexican border commission may
not be made public following the
dose of the conference this week,
William R. Vallance, spokesman
for the commission, said today.
“Reports of committees may not
be published even when appro' J
by the general conference, es-
pecially if treaty action is involv-
ed,” he said. “It took approxi-
mately nine months from begin-
ning of negotiations with Canada
in Ottawa, 1923, to complete and
publish the treaty.
But two committees, migration
smuggling, have been working on
border problems so far.
The smuggling committee will
probably finish its program Wed-
nesday, Mr. Vallance said, but
many wait for the migration com-
mittee to complete its work before
submitting a report to the general
conference.
No session of the conference was
held today.
Most important of the issue be-
fore the conference is that con-
cerning smuggling, on which an
agreement is sought which will re-
sult in the extraction of smug-
lers and exchange between officers
of both countries of information
which will lead to arrests of per-
sons engaged in smuggling.
Proposals made by both delega-
SOUTH MAKES GREAT
GAINS IN INDUSTRY
Manufacturing Has Outstripped
Growing of Cotton.
One of the prettiest parties of
the spring season was that given
by Mrs. A. B. (Callaway when she
entertained honoring the Wednes-
day Bridge Club, at her home on
Daingerfield street.
Mrs. Callaway was assisted in
receiving by Mrs. J. W. Martin and
Miss Fay Martin who poured
jpunch in the Solorium.
Ping geraniums, pink roses and
pink Cosmos with ferns were used
in the decoration of the reception
rooms. To the delight of everyone
on receiving their
i
score cards
, a,. . , !found that they were to be a spring
t ements, Administration officials >
Flower throughout the atternoon.
New York, April 28yine„y ltffy
The South in 60 years has learn-
ed to compete with the modern
world of industry on its own
ground, says the National Bank of
Commerce in New York in a sur-
vey of Southern progress since
1860, published in the May issue
of Commerce Monthly.
Continuing the bank says that
in this time an entire social system
has been made over and from an
agricultural empire there has
evolved a region of balanced de-
velopment. Cotton now serves
both factory and farm.
The industry system has been
created practically anew, different
in method, aim and scope from
ante helium industry. Manufac-
turing has overtaken and far out-
stripped cotton growing in finan-
cial importance. The cotton crop
of 1860 almost equaled the value of
all manufactured goods at that
time. Today the tables are turn-
ed. The total value of products
of Southern industries in 1921 was
almost six times the value of the
average cotton crop from 1919 to
1923.
were careful to point out that there
has been no move having the color
or suggestion of a peremptory
demand.
In what has been said by our
Ambassadors and Ministers under
their intructions there is no sug-
gestion that the Government de-
sires to force payment. Every
consideration is being shown for
the financial and economic distress
of the debtor countries affected,
and the debtor nations have been
so given to understand in an in-
formal way.
At the same time it is clear that,
however informally the Govern-
ment is proceeding, it is
to impress upon the allied debtors
The tables arranged for the 24
guests had covers of pink organdie
with miniature silver baskets of
pink roses and handles tied with
bows of pink organdie, each table
cut for the basket of flowers, and
the winners, by pulling a rose
found a prize concealed in the
foliage.
The color scheme of pink and
silver was carried out in the salad
and ice course. Favors were pink
Butterflies.
High score favor going to Mrs.
F. M. Holt, consolation to Mrs. W.
F Smith. The guest list included
seeking other than the hostess Mesdames
ill. D. Moore, E. J. Leeves, J. B.
About 9 o’clock Friday night.
May 15, S. A. Robison drew his last
breath and his spirit left the mor-
tal body for its celestial home.
In the death of Mr. Robison one
of the pioneer citizens of this sec-
tion has passed on.
Linde Alex was born in Macon
County, Alabama, Jan. 8, 1848, and
came to Texas when he was 7 years
old, the family settling in Cass
County, where Mr. Robison grew
to manhood and lived until 1888,
when he moved to Naples and lived
the remainder of his life.
At the age of 21—Dec. 15, 18G9—
he married Miss Fannie Elizabeth
Palmore. To this union was born
children—one girl and seven
boys. His wife and all the sons
survive him, the girl having died
when only about one year old.
Mr. Robison, with his wife, rais-
ed the boys to all be good and use-
ful men. S. I. Robison is County
Judge of Bowie County; W. W.
is connected with the firm of But-
ler & Robison; Sam is member of
the firm of N. M. Roberts & Co.;
George and Zetus are substantial
farmers near Naples; C. A.
is owner of the Naples Telephone
Co.; J. T. is a practicing physician
in Texarkana. Besides the sons
there are living 14 grandchildren
and one great grand child.
Mr. Robison’s life was a life of
usefulness to his family and to his
neighbor. He never conidered self
when he could be of assistance to
others.
Mr. Robison had been a consist-
ent member of the Methodist
church for 47 years.
In Mr. Robison’s death one of
the old settlers has passed and
though hearts are sad, all know he
has gone where there will be no
more sorrow and suffering for him.
He bore his afflictions patiently
and fought life’s battles valiantly
and when it came time for him to
lay down his armor he did so
peacefully and willingly.
Mr. Robison was highly esteem-
ed by all who knew him and a
large concourse of people gathered
to pay the last respect to his body,
and his last rating place did not
resemble a grave, but a bed of
lovely flowers. The mound being
completely covered with beautiful
floral offerings.
People for many miles around,
embracing Morris, Cass, Bowie and
Titus Counties attended the
funeral on Saturday.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. W. A. T*.iomas, pastor of the
Methodist church here, Rev. E. 11.
McKenzie, pastor of the Methodist
church at Omaha, and Rev. W. A.
Thomas ,Jr„ of Shelbyville, at the |
Methodist church Saturday after
noon at 4:30 o’clock, burial fol-
lowing in Naples cemetery.
The pall bearers were W. F.
Smith, A. B. Childs, J. B. Watts, R.
O. McMichael, F. M. Holt, C. C.
Davis, J. M. Mathews, J. O. Butler
and A. Lewis.
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The Morris County National Bank.
Naples, Texas
“THE OLD RELIABLE”
A. B. Callaway, President
M. N. Heard, Vice Pres.
W. W. Robison, Vice Pres.
11. B. Moore,
11. B. Stevens,
W. O. Bryan,
M. J. Mathews
Directors.
A. B. Childs, Cashier
C. F. Floyd, A. Cashier
Mrs Winnie Walls, Bookkeeper
NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES During the recent dry spell sev-
_ eial plans were tried for bringing
The final exercises of the Naples]rain. One community secured the
services of a professional rain
maker; another held a mass meet-
ing with prayer; still another kill-
ed several snakes and turned them
belly up; but the merchants of
Cureo took a full page ad in their
paper—and there was a rain that
relieved the situation within forty-
eight hours.—Paris News.
The News should play the game
fair, which is to say, It should give
all the facts. It was at Austin
that the mass meeting was held to
pray for rain, and it’s a fact that
there was a light rain next morn-
ing. It was at Cureo that the
merchants inserted a page ad in
the local paper for rain, and a fine
ruin fell—just about what was
needed. It was down in the Red
river country that an old negro
killed two snakes and hung them
on the fence, belly-side up. Next
day there was a flood that destroy-
ed many crops. So it has been
demonstrated that either plan will
bring rain, but in different q\an
tities. Plans should be adopted
according to the amount of rain
needed. In this particular section
close watch should be kept for a
few weeks to see that some fool
negro does not hang a snake on
the fence belly-side up.—Honey
Grove Signal.
school were rendered Monday
night in the new Methodist church,
when the graduating exercises of
the 7th grade were witnessed by a
large crowd.
The following was the program:
Short play.
Aildress—Elizubeth Thomus.
Class History—Lawrence Berry.
Class Will—Nathan Hervey.
Giftorian—Merial Bryan.
Address—Mary Kennedy.
Presentation Diph)nas—H. T.
Morris.
Class Song.
Thus closes one of the best
year’s school ever in Naples. There
were 318 enrolled, and the average
daily attendance was about 275.
Very few students hud to stop
school before expiration to work.
Several who had missed one to
four sessions returned to school
and express their determination to
continue until they finish high
school.
The school board anticipates a
larger school enrollment next
year. Those who huve taken the
10th grade, which has been the
highest grade in the school, will
remain in Naples for the 11th
grade. There have been received
already about 35 applications for
transfers.
The new building is expected to
be ready for next term.
PERMANENT LIP ROUGE
IS LATEST BEAUTY FAD
METHODIST REVIVAL
that it expects some exchanges j vvatts, J. D. Rollings, A. M. Hen-
with relVience debt adjustment derson, F. M. Holt, R. L. Whitener
to take a definite turn.
Revival services at Methodist
church, Naples, Texas are still in
progress. The preaching is being
done by W. A. Thomas Jr. which is
of a purely evangelical type.
Rev. Cleveland is choir leader
and director of young people’s
Bro. Cleveland is a specialist in
this work. Come out and hear
these two young men. Can say
with emphasis that we are fortu-
nate to have with us two such
young consencrated lives.
We are waging this fight gaainst
Ruby lips that don’t come off.
That’s tlu* latest wrinkle of beauty
specialists who are complying with
the demand flappers have made for
a permanent lip rouge.
'I'he process is not without hard-
ships. The lips are peeled, sev-
eral layers of cuticle are removed
and a permanent dye tattoed. For
the first twenty four hours the
patient suffers a swelling of the
lips and a smarting sensation—
but after that the glow is there to
remain.
KISSING NO CRIME
Previous information has been
interpreted as meaning that, the
tentative effort at debt adjustment
has been directed largely or ex-
clusively to France. It now ap-
pears from what was disclosed
that all the debtor countries, with
the exception of Russia, Armenia,
whose national status is not well
defined, and Liberty, are included
ii>. the new policy of the Coolidge
Administration to seek a concrete
arrangement aimed to insure an
ultimate refund of borrowed
moneys.
An important aspect of the
policy lies in the fact that hereto-
fore the Debt Commission and the
Jr., J. W. Martin, W. F. Smith, J- ,jhe Devil, who is the enemy of God
Whitecotton, C. Black, W. O. Bryan |and the human soul.
Sam Heath, C. C. Davis, S. W.
Robison, A. A. Hummel of Shreve-
port La., J. P. Bedell, T. F.
Mathews, C. A. Rogers, L. I).
Floyd, C. E. Coker, R. C. Wynkoop
of Benton Harbor Mich., Misses
Bess Prewitt, Delise Stewart and
Fay Martin.
Among the out of town attend-
ants at the funeral of S. A. Robi-
son Saturday were Harvey Simms
of Simms, T. C. Ashford of Carbon-
dale, H, M. Farrier of Omaha and
Daniel Wright of Rocky Branch.
There are only two forces at
work in Naples: The forces of God
and of the Devil. Which side are
you on? “He that is not for me
is against me.” There is no mu-
tual ground.
Come out and join us, We are
in the fight to win by God’s help.
Services will continue indefina-
tel*
Reporter.
Lady (wishing to get rid of un-
desirable traveling company be-
fore train starts.) "I hope you
don’t mind, but my little girl is
just getting over scarlet fever.”
Facetious F’red (solemnly.) “It
don’t matter to me, mum. I’m go-
ing to commit suicide as soon as
we gets past the suburbs.”
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THE NAPLES MONITOR
Many girls emulate the cling-
ing vine” type, but it is dangerous
to the public of Naples when they
wind their tendrils about the
automobile driver.
In Pottsville, Pa., recently an
Alderman decided that there was
no crime in a married man kissing
a woman other than his wife so
long as the woman he kissed did
not seriously object. The case
under judgement was of a man
accused by his wife of having
kissed another woman jp her pre- j
sence. The wife insisted that her
husband be arrested. But the I
Alderman demurred.
“That is no crime,” he said un-
less the recipient of the kiss ob-
jects. If she fights back, trikes or
shouts for help then there is a real
crime.”
What crime would it be?” an
attending lawyer aked.
“It would be assault and bat-
tery,’’ was the answer.
1;
Distasteful medicines may be
administered through the skin by
use of a newly perfected electrical
apparatus.
NOTICE
TO MERCHANTS
The
Home Bakery
of Pittsburg
will Lave a
Bread Truck
through
this town
every day
We Bake
Good Bread
and
are agents for
“Hostess Cakes”
made by
U. -B. C.
Home Bakery
J. F. Boyd, Mgr.
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