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HE Monroe journai VOL. 19. No. 46. MONROE, N. CM TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1912. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. DEATH OF MR. ti. I). BROOM. One of the Oldest ami Best Cltiwns f I'niim County I'kkmhI Away Thursday Morning For ly Yeara a landmark in IIiIh Sec tion. Mr. Caswell D. Broom, one of the oldest and best esteemed citlxens of I'nlon county, died at his home In Monroe on December 12th. He had been confined to his home for ten months and to his bed since the first of last September. Death was due to the gradual dissolution ct old age, the deceased being a little over S3 years of age. Funeral w;:s conducted at the Methodist church Friday morning by the pastor. Dr. Weaver. The pall bearers were: Active J. It. En glish. J. D. Faulkner, H. W. Austin, Dr. J M Btlk. 11. H. Crowell and B. C. Ashcraft Honorary H. B. Adams, J. A Caldwell, G. S. Lee, Jas. MeNecley. V. H Phlfer. H. B. Shute, R. A Morrow, J. It. Simpson. J. M. Fuirley. B. A. Horn, K. B. Redwiue. W. C. Heath, and O. M. Bessley. Mr. Broom was one of the old est and best known men of the coun I). Ho was the son of Jeremiah find Nancy Broom, and was born one mile southeast of .Monroe on Septem ber 20th, 1829. He began a busi ness career early in life, locating at Wolfsvllle In Sandy Ridge town ship when twenty-one years of age, and engaging in farming and mer chandising, and keeping post, office, During this time,, as was the cus tom in this section, he bought his goods In Charleston, and made many trips there by wagon for goods, that being the only means of transporta tion at that time. Sometime after the war, Mr. Brocm moved to Monroe and spent the remainder of his life here. He was a good bookeeper and an ex rert accountant for that day and kept books successively for H. M Houston. John D. Stewart and B D. Heath. He was trusted by the public and did much business in the way of drawing papers, wills, etc find settling estates The last work that he engaged In was In the sher iff's office, where he spent sever al vears with Mr. B. A. Horn. Mr. Broom was a faithful mem ber of the Methodist church, hold' Ing various positions of trust and honor In the service of the same but his most signal work was his service as treasurer of Central Sun' day school, a position he held for 35 years. On his retirement from this post some years ago he was l resented with a gold cane ana an easy chair by the members of the school whom he had served tnrougn the years He was exact and prompt in his church duties as In all his business affars and never left piece of work unfinished or incom plete. Mr.Brcom was thrice married. His first marriage was to Mrs. Eleanor Howard Houston, a sister of Airs. G. C McLarty of Monroe His sec ond marriage was to Miss Mary P. Porter of South Carolina, and she was the mother of his two sons, Kev It. H. Broom of Washington, N C. end Mr. B. P. Broom, of Knoxvllle, Tenn. His third marriage was 14 rears ago to Miss Ida Harkey of Monroe, who survives. The only living member of Mr. Broom's father's family is Mr. Gllson Broom of Albemarle. During his long Illness he recelv' ed not only the patient care of his own family, but the tender sympa thy and solicitude of . hundreds of friends. He lived a Quiet, clean life.dlgnifled In Its bearing, sym pa thetic and considerate In its man ner, and came to the end with the peace and willingness that such a life always earns. The Journal As t'sunl. Every year some friend asks The Journal if there Will be an issue of the naDer on Christmas week. For this reason It is not out of place to say tha the paper never has taken a Christmas holiday and will not do so. A few papers do this and it rH in ho milts a eenoral custom !th th eountv weekly papers to h itnf-nH nubllcation for a week dur Ing Christmas, but as said, The Tm.mnl flfloa tint An this, ttlld itS subscribers may expect it this year a usual. It nappens mat vnnsi mas comes on Wednesday this year, the day ot the wock which the ru ral carrieM always tr.ko the Journal out, and as the carrier boys do not have a holiday, th-'y will deliver the papers ns usual that day. How ever, since they are nllowed to start n little earlier that day In order to make their rounds ns quickly as jo-slble, tho paper will go to press earlier than usual next week, and, so, those who havo advertisements or news articles will do a favor by petting them in as early as possible. Ik atli Of .ntei loan Amlianador. Hon. Whltclaw Reld, ambassador from the United States to England, riled In London on Sunday. He had filled the post since 1905. and was very popular In England, where he entertained lavishly and In great stvle. The body will be brought to New York for burial, probably on alt American warship. Mr. Reld watt a native of Ohio, but since 1868 hnd been a resident of New York, where he was chief bwner of the New York Tribune, suceedlng Horace Greeley when tho latter ran for President in 1872. He was a newspaper man by profession and was also much of a pet of big Republican politicians. He married wealthy and thus became able to cultivate extravagect tastes. President Taft will appoint Mr. Reld's succeesor. I Seme O'lKtl Hog Stork-s. Mr. Happy Hiram Trull of Goose Creek came to town Saturday to pay his taxes and buy some fiddle strings and pay another year for The Journal, three important mat ters with Mr. Trull, who believes i it it is a waste of time to go and meet trouble, since It will always find you without any partic ular welcome when it is a mind to. And since It was good, snappy, hog killing weather, Mr. Trull was re minded of some former hog killings in his experience. Once he bought a pig from a neighbor to fatten. This was the hardest Job he ever tackled, for the little pine rooter runt wouldn't fatten. He weighed 36 pounds when Mr. Trull put him In the pen and he weighed 37 when killed. Mr. Trull said that all dur ing the year he watched that pig closely and weighed him each Sun day morning to see If he was gain ing. His manner of weighing was simply to pirk the fellow up by the ear, and if his nose overbalanc ed his body, as it always did, he knew there was no gain. Some time in the fall Mr. Trull came to town and was in tho store of the late John Shute. who was fretting about the weather getting warm, as he had just killed the biggest heg in the county, weighing over 700. "That's so." said Mr. Trull, "I have kliitd that big one of mine, too. Mr. Shute hud not heard of any big hog that I had and he spoke right up to know how much it weighed. 1 told him 37 pounds. This amused him so much he punched me a tremendous shove in the ribs, and told me to come right back to the rear end of the store." Buy Sc.nic KcnN. About 300,000 Red Cross Seals have been sold in North Carolina up to the middle of December. This is already three times as many as ever been sold before in the state and the best selling time Is before us. The number sold will probably reach 450,000 or 500,000 before the close of the year. L. B. Myers of Charlotte, the state secretary for the Red Cross commission, has Just receiv ed reports from 43 cities out of 66 that are selling the seals this year. These reports Justify him in making the above statement. As all money received from the sale of these seals go to fight tuberculosis, the sale of 500,000 seals will mean $5,000 to be put Into the work But more than this, It shows that North Carolina Is taking more Interest than ever before, and Is taking a very marked step forward in the fight against this most dis tressing of all the preventable Uls eases. MAX IIIjOWX TO ATOMS. Surry County Farni r M' ts H-ini He Fate While Handling Dyna miteOnly Ftitit anil a Haial Fi und. Winston-Salem Journal. When twenty-five sticks of dyn' mite exploded in bis arms, Charles Sprinkle was literally blown to atoms last week and nothing but a foot and a piece of a hand were found to indicate that a man had been In the field where the explo sion occurred. The fragments of the human body. It is said, were found two hundred yards from the scene. The horrible explosion occurred in a field near Crutchfield, a small station on the Southern between this city and Elkln. Sprinkle was en gaged In dynamiting stumps in large field when the explosion oc curred. He had placed the dyna mite under a stump and lighted the fuse and for some' reason no ex plosion followed. After waiting a reasonable length ot time Mr. Sprinkle returned to the stump to see . why the fuse did not isr.tlte the dynamite. He had with him, und'?r his arm, 25 sticks of dynamite when ho retraced his steps to the loaded stump. Just as he reached the stump the dyna mite under the stump exploded The shock exploded the 25 sticks under Mr. Spriukle's arm with tho horrible results nlrendy related. Thero were spectators standing some 200 yards distant and these were shocked considerably by the explosion, but none were seriously Injured. When they had recovered from the shock some started In search of Mr. Sprinkle and It is said that no trace of the man could be found near the scene of the ex plosion. Searching farther out. It is related that some of the men found a foot and a piece of a hand. Threats on (iov. Wilson's Life. And already they have begun to threaten the life of President-elect Wilson. Four men were arrested Inst week In New York State for send I tin threatening letters nddres ed to Mr. Wilson, demanding the payment of five thousand dollars ns a reward that they refrain from kill lug him. The men pointed out the fact that Mr. McKlnlcy had been killed and Mr. Roosevelt wounded and Bald, "Now, Wilson, we will, get you." The letters were opened by the Governor's private secretary and turned over to the authorities who had no difficulty in finding the men. They seem to be Ignorant fel lows who have been skulking about the country and showed very little tense In their demand that the Gov ernor nddress them at a certain ru ral box. Governor Wilson, who has been resting since the election In Bermuda, was expected home today Herman Stlnberg, a youth seven teen years old, of New iork, who had been dismissed from his em ployment, declared that he was going to New Jersey to kill Govern or Wilson. He also was arrested. Station for Hookworm Treatment The campaign against the hook' worm, which has been waged success fully In more than half of the coun ties of the State, wdl be opened in this county early in January. Six weeks will be given the county and tho whole treatment la free. The dates and places where the experts will be found are as follows: At Waxhaw on Fridays. January the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 21tn, 31st and February the 7th. At Monroe on Saturdays, January the 4th. 11th. 18th, 25th, and Feb ruary the 1st and 8th. At Marshvllle on Tuesdays, Jan uary the 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, and February 4th and 11th. At I'nlonvllle on Wednesdays, January 8th. 15th, 22nd, 29th, and February 6th and 12th. At Altan on Thursdays, January the 9th, 16th, 23rd and February the 6th and 13th. England has filled her formal protest against the action of the United States In granting free pas sage through the Panama canal to American coastwise ships. We have treaty with England In which we promised to give all ships of all na tions tho same treatment. When the U. S. battleship Kan sas arrived at Galveston from New Orleans the other day, a woman stowaway, dressed In min'i garb, was found in the coal bunkers. She proved to be penniless and said she wanted to go to Philadelphia, whereupon the sailors made up e purse to send her to that city. Squire J. C. Laney says that there will be a Christmas tree at Trinity at two o'clock next Tuesday. oung Wtiinan Burned to Death. Sadie Harkey, a young girl about 17 years old, living near Monroe was burned to death last Wednes day. She lived with the family of Mr. John Watts on Mr. w. F. Mor gan's farm and the fearful tragedy took place In the morning when she went to start the fire In the kltch In stove with kerosene oil. She poured the oil from a can into the stove, which must have contained fire from the night before, when there was a terrific explosion. The girl as well as the room was envel oped In the flames that shot high above her head, saturating- her clothes with the oil that furnished quick fuel for the flames. She ran to the yard in her agony and here the members of the family succeed ed in subduing the flames only af ter severely burning themselves The suffering girl lived about sev enteen hours. She was an Indus trious, well behaved girl. Tuckei-MeMaiius. At the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Tucker, In Monroe, Inst Tuesday evening Miss Essie B. Tucker became the wife of Mr. W. B. McMnnus, con of Mr. and .Mrs. J F McMnnus, Rev. Braxton Craig officiating. The af- fair was a quiet one, only near rel atives and friends being present. The groom is In the employ of the Seaboard, and stands high in the estimation of all who know him as a most worthy young man. The bride Is an attractive and popular young lady. Austin-Sinclair. Sunday morning, Dec. 8th at 9:30 o'clock, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Annie Sinclair, of Deep Springs, Miss Lula Sinclair became the bride of Mr. Jodie Austin, the beautiful and solemn service being performed by Mr. H. M. Baucom 'ihe young couple will live at the comfortable home of the groom, in I'nlon county, where he is known as one of the best farmers in that community. He Is to be congratula ted upon securing for his help-mate one of the Deep Springs most beau tit ul and accomplished young la dies. Wadcsboro M. & I. A Siiiry Mown Say Teddy. Speaking at a gathering of Pro gressives in ChlcaKO, Col. Roosevelt declared that the Republican admin istration was spending its Inst days punishing postmasters who had join ed the Progressive cause. "Never has there been a more Ignoble end ing to a once great political party," said Colonel Roosevelt. "The admin istration is safe from everything but incurring the hearty contempt of nil good men and all good women. It couldn't get at any of the big pro- pie end bo it Is working out Its spite on the small ones." The Progressive party has select ed New York as permanent head quarters. A publicity and legisla tive bureau will be established at Washington and a committee will be sent abroad to get material and Ideas for the legislative bureau. Card of Thank. Mr. Editor: Please allow me space In your columns to express our appreciation to the good peo ple of North Monroe charge. On the evening of the 13th, we were greatly blessed when the good peo ple of North Monroe, both Metho dist and Baptist, congregated them selves together and presented to us a great gift of nice eatable things. We feel closer In touch with this people for this gift. And knowing they are thinking of us, we hope to be a blessing to them this year. May God's blessings rest upon both people and pastor. R. H. KENN1XGTON, THi: ttlTTtlX IJF.I-ORT. rnim-nt's estimate i.f LMiiO,- nhi Halts 1.72.MM !UI.w the Final, Total Ijist Year. Wall Street Journal. Government's estimate of the cot ton crop by the crop reporting board of the Department of Agriculture, placing the yield this year at 13. 820,000 bules.is 1,872.000 bales be low the final total of the Census Bureau last year, excluding linters. Last year's figures plus linters brought the crop to r.n outside to tal of 16.250,276 bales of 500 pounds each. Allowing 430.0O0 bales for linters this season, the fi nal season's yield would be 14.270. 000 bales. The Wall Street Journ al's estimate including linters was 14.237,000 bales, or 33.000 bales, or 33,000 bales less than the Govern ment's total estimate. Probably the most signal disap pointments in the returns for the current year is that Georgia should produce 1.067,000 bales less than a year ago and 66,000 bales less than in the short crop of 1910, proving that that State has had the poor est crop in several yenrs. Texas has never produced so large a yield beroro as 4,850,000 bales in this year's crop. That Is nearly 600, 000 bales greater lu 1911 and 1, 800.000 balos lurter than lu 19 10. Taking the four states west of tho Mississippi river ns a whole, their production this year, excluding .Mis souri, amounts to 7,178,000 bales making 52 per cent of the crcp. Latt jear's production west of the Missis sippi river was 6,601,000 bales, making an Increase of 477,000 In four states, comprised 42 per cent of the crop. All other States ex cepting Texas produced less this year than in 1911 west of the river, leaving to that State wholly the bur den not only of making up the de ficiency of other States, but also providing for an Increase. States which show progress over the two years prior to 1911 are Al abama, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Caroli na and Texas. Regarding 1911 as an exceptional year, practically every State with the exception of Georgia and Mississippi made substantial gains this season over the crops of 1910 and 1909. Now that the Government's re port on production of cotton Is a thing of the past, the trade turns dl rectly to consider the possibilities of consumption and the probabllltes of produotion.for the year of growth of 1913 Existing crop estimates point to about a 20,000,000 bale yield for the world's chief produc Ing countries. Theodore H. Price, in reviewing this phrase of the situ ation says: '"The cotton trade will shortly have to prepare Itself for the probability of a large production In 1913. Tho prosperity of Texas and Oklahoma, as a result of the high prices obtalued for a large crop, will find expression in an enormoiiB in crease in acreage. Tight money throiirthout the world makes any- further expansion of trade unlikely. I'nder such conditions it is highly probable that the cotton trade ts pbout to commence tho more or less orderly quldation of a speculation that hnd for ayear or more permeat ed every department from the plant er to the consumer of the goods." Local and Personal HereireU r's Court, Leah Kiser, colored, removing crops; nol. pros, and prosecutor tax ed with costs. W. llamp Helms, false pretenses; bound over to Superior Court. Sid Alsobrooks, colored, assault and battery; nol. pros, and prosecu tro taxed with costs. Tom Redfearn, colored, gambling; $10 and costs. Sam Hunnicutt, colored, gambling not guilty. Cleve Peach, carrying concealed weapon, 60 days; violating ordlance 80, 30 days. George Trull and Lave Shuman. forcible trespass; not guilty. Robert Trull, assault and battery. $10 and costs; carrying concealed weapon, $20 and costs. N. W. Price, violating ordlance 80 $5 and costs. John Baker, colored, removing crops; costs. Bud Poore, colored, selling whis key; $25 and costs. Troy Lovett, violating ordinnce 80 osts. John West, violating ordlance 80; costs. George Carolock. colored, selling whiskey; two cases; $50 and cos;s or 6 months. John Brooks, colored, assault and battery; costs. Mary Fuller, colored, assault und battery; costs. , James H. Carter, disposing of mor aged property; nol. pros, and pro secutor taxed with costs. In Mlagi-a Hut Spread lUipidly l'n I ted States in Nix Year. Washington. Dec. 13. Pellagra Is spreading in the I'nlted States and In the six years It has been known to medical authorities has claimed not lefs than 30,000 victims with a Utnlity rate in excess of 40 per cent., according to a report of the public health service today. "It has reached, the report con tends, "the dignity of a public health question of national Import ance." The flgues show pellapra either prevalent or sporadic In the great er part of the United States, but particularly serious In the south. Clerk of the Court Lemmond has received the pensions for the old soldiers and widows and nil may get their warrants In time for Christmas by calling cn him. The county teachers meeting here was one of the most successful ever held, more than a hundred teachers being present last Saturday. Mr. J. B. Nash has just moved to tho new house he has just com pleted on his lot In the county home addition. Mr. J. C. Fletcher, whose serious illness was told of last week, is get ting better and hopes to be cut before very long. The Shiloh school will give an en tertainment Friday night. Dec. 20th for the benefit of a Library. Ad mission 10 i nd 15 cents. Public Is cordially invited. Mr. Herbert Hinson has bought the Coan restaurant In the Heath Morrow Co's old building end will give his personal attention to it hereafter. Mr. Rosser Wolfe lost another horse from blind staggers last Frl day. This Is the second one to die from this disease and the third one Mr. Wolfe has lost in the past year. Prof. C. J. Scott, principal of Wcddington Academy, says that th school will not have any special program for Christmas, but will have a Christmas tree for the chil dren next Friday afternoon. Tho Journal is requested to an nounc; that there will be a family reunion at the homo cf Mr. Fred Hayes In Buford townsh:p on Janu fry 4th, to which all are invited and to be present with baskets. The Ladies Aid Society cf Wed- dington will serve o ysters, choco late and other refreshments at the school house on the night of Dec 31st. For benefit of the parsonage fund. Immediately after there will be a watch party at the church. Mr. I. D. Boyd and family have moved from Indian Trail to Lee county, where they have purchased land. Mr. Boyd has been a good citizen of this county for about 12 j ears, coming here from Mecklen burg county. The friends of Miss Lynne Mahone will be glad to learn that she lead the class in music at the Presbyte rian College, where she is a stu dent, for the first quarter, making a grade of 99. She is a Junior in music and a former pupil of Mrs John Fullen wider and Miss Scully Mrs. D. A. Snider of Wlngate has ceased housekeeping and has gone to live with her son, Mr. E. D. Biv ens, who Is prospering at Salisbury. Mrs. Snlder's daughters, Miss Esth er Blvens and Miss Verdle Snider are teaching school, the former in Lanes Creek, and the latter at In dlan Trail. Dr. W. B. Houston has offered a prize to the best speller In any grade In the- county schools. Superlnten dent Nesbit has decided to have the match nt the county commence ment which he is to have next year, A township content will be held tach school sending its best spell er to this, and the three best will bo selected to represent the town ship in the general ninicli on com mencciuent day. In the matter of the Injunction temporarily granted in behalf of the Shute Sewerage Company, restrain ing the city of Monroe from laying sewer lines In the territory occu pied by the Shute system, Jud Peebles In chambers continued the temporary If junction till the coming session of the Superior Court, then to be heard. The Board of Alder men have Instructed their attorneys to carry the case directly to the Su preme Court for a final decision ns to the question of Inw Involved Mrs. Maggie Davis Brown, wife of Mr. W. McD. Brown, died last Tuesday night at her home In Lan caster. S. C, after a long Illness. Mrs. Brown was n daughter of the late Mr. John N. Davis of Jackson townt.hip and was a sister of the late Mr. 11. P. Davis of Monroe. Her mother d'.ed when Mrs. Brown was an Infant, find she was reared in the home of the late Col. William . Walkup. .Mrs. Brown was a tender and taught at Waxhaw and Rchobeth a long time. The Ladles' Aid Society of the First Baptist church will have a bazaar In tho new Belk-Bundy build In?, on the second floor, between Dr. Green's office and picture gal iTy, beginning Thursday mornlrg. tho 19th, and lasting until goods pre sold. They will hnve tome doll-' dressed by hand at a very reasona ble price, also will sell cakes, can dy, toilet articles, extracts, fancy work. etc. In connc-ctnn with this they will serve oysters stewed and fried, chicken salad, p'.chles, etc. All articles donated can be sent th? day. A share of your patronage is solicited. Gov-rnor Kitchen has set January 17th as the day for th- execution of Sam Thompson of this county who was convicted of the murder of Gus Alsobrooks. at his home three n'lles north of Monroe. The ense cf Thompson was appealed to the Su premo Court, which confirmed th? decision. The evidence against Thempfcn-was circumstantial, and wh!l there has been no crltlclms of the jury which tried the case, a great many people feel that there was so much doubt about the con clus'venees of the man's guilt that the matter ought to be placed be fore tho Governor for review and a commutation to Imprisonment ask ed for. This feeling Is shared by several level headed men who heard the evidence and are wholly disin terested In the case, and a petition has been drawn and Is being cir culated In Thompson's behalf. KILLED A CHILD HIT WAIT. D1DXT Oixupants if Aut::iu:ilii!e lu iiin-u-villc Itun Over Ministtr' Little !, and Aft rwartls Ik-come Ki-Crt-tet'ul and Hark and Coif Mi. A hc-artlcss party of people in an automobile on Saturday ran over and killed the ten year old sou of Kev. J. W. Wrenn of Greenville. S. C. For a long time combined efforts of the officers and people were un able to find out who the party was. "I wonder if we have killed him'" one of the women passengers is said to have exclaimed r.s the machine passed over the ooy, but they did not stop to eatisly her curiosity. She and the. driver of the car, it is claimed, were sc-e-n to lock back at the bleeding form lying on the street, but that was all tne notice taken of the Incident by them. A merchant ran into the street and picked the little fellow up and called for physicians. The lad was pmccd in a machine and rusind to the hospital, but died on the way. His father h::d gone Into the coun try where he had io fill an engage-rj-.'nt at one of Lis churches. When the lifeless body of the child was carried into the home. where its mother and three younger children were nlcne. it was the first newB thye had of the tragic event. The mother swooned at the sipht of her dead boy end nt dark was in a critical condition from the effects of the shock. The child's skull was frightfully broken and torn by the blow- from the automobile. The surrender of the man respon sible for the deed on the following day Is thus told by a press dispatch: After a long and sleepless night of reflection on the fact that the life of an Innocent child had been ground out beneath the wheels of his speeding automobile, and that he bad not paused to lend succor to the dying boy, or speak a word of regret to he heartbroken parents, D. B. Jenkins, a well to do farmer of the lower section of the coun ty, and his 16-year-old son, Clyde, came to the city this morning and surrendered to the sheriff, as the parties guilty ot the death of little Irvin Wreenn, who was fatally in jured on Augusta street Saturday by their automobile. Jenkins stated that he had his wife, two daughters and son in the machine at the time of the accident. The son was driving the car, and stated that be realized he had run over the boy and probably fatally injured him. When questioned why they did not stop after running over tho child the boy stated that he wanted to stop but the women be came frightened and insisted on his speeding on. After arriving at home, it Is said that the family went over to a neighbor's house and talked the matter over and the fath er and son were advised to come to city Sunday morning und surrend er. The two drove to town this morn ing und went to the homo of tho lead child. I'pon finding that the family had gone to bury the. child. Jenkins and his eon started back to tho city where they were met by the she-rill ami the chief of police and taken Into custody. A Female Coxiy's Army Will Htm in Xcw Ycik's Capitol. New York, D.-t. 15. "Votes for women, votes for women, votes for women. Albany, Albany! Suizer!" This is the slogan adopted today by the sufi'rage-Ues who will tomor row begin a two veeks walk to the State capitol to deliver to Govern or Suizer on his inauguration day a message for the cause cf women suf frage. About 25 women answered the call of the suffragette leaders to rally at the headquarters of the New York State Women Suffragette Association this afternoon and gave final answers ns to whether they would undertake the 40-mile Decem ber pllgrlmano. Each wcnu.n r.-Cimd a knapsack and n bitch staff and was advised to start with "light marching equipment." Tho knap sack will be UKcd for carrins suf fragette literature to be distributed on the v.-ay, for in every town e1!1- loute a vigorous demonstration in favor of votes for v.t nu n is planned. MARTIAL INSrilC.V; ION. Martial inspiration for the m.irc It ers will be furnished it was stid, by cue of the number, who will carry o drum, while the pangs of hunger will be relieved by supplies of pea nuts, sweet chocolates, and sand wiches to be carried in nn automo bile which will hIso carry baggage and medical supplier. Tho spirit of the expiduion how ever, is not militant, ns .Mrs. O lver Schulz?, riding in another automo bile, will act as "peace scout" and releasing doves will herald the-approach of the pllsrams as they near each town. Miss Rosaline Gardner Jones, a wealthy Long Island woman, will act as commander-in-chief of the expe dition and with at lenst six other women will march the entire dis tance. The message, which Is scroll ed on parchment, will bo signed by suffragette leaders In the various towns. The Episcopal church of the dls- rict of Nevada has gone on rec ord as endorsing the movement to prevent marriages when one or both of the parties are physically unfit and Its clergymen are Instructed to demand an health certificate before they marry any couple; and the church will ask the legislature to tr.ke leral action.