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THE IENA WEEKLY STAR
Incorporating
The Polk County llcmocrat
Established as The rionesr. 18*4
Established as The Star. 1*9*
Published esch Thursday at the offlct
at *02 Mena St., Mena Arkansas.
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transmission through ths malls as
•acond class mail matter.
the STAR PI BUSHING COMPANY
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THE STAR, MENA. ARK.
BE THANK FIT.!
As the year 1916 draws to a dose
certainly the people of our city and
our county feel and know that the
season has for them been ft good
one; that they have been blessed by
the rich share of good things they
have enjoyed, and by the bad tilings
that have passed them by.
Mother Nature has been most
TmUntiful in all her favors.
The sunshine and the rain have
united with the soil and the efforts
of the husbandman to bring about a
HIM* yield. lilt* wwwin lias utscu
temperate, it lias been pleasant for
man and for beast, and the health
of the people has been good.
Conditions have favored the pro
ducers of this section to a wonderful
degree in that they have returned
wonderful prices for the products.
They have brought a prosperity be
yond expectations, and all these
things .mean better and more health
ful living and more happiness.
Harmful storms have not come
our way, and no calamity has over
taken our people in any walk of life.
Our city and our county are im
proved in their financial standing,
and are preparing the way to reach
out for better and greater things.
The Ship of State of our nation,
guided toy love of humanity, has
passed safely toy dangerous shoals,
and bids fair to pass thru the troub
led waters unscathed by the de
struction that is rampant upon the
face of the earth.
Looking forward with strength
and hope, let us be thankful, O so
thankful, to the Lord of All for the
things that we have, and for the
things that we have not.
A COMBINATION”THAT WINS.
The Star is in receipt of a copy
of The Rogers Democrat which com
prises 16 pages and is devoted es
pecially to putting forth attractively
the points of vantage of Rogers and
Benton county. It also carries page
after page of advertising write-ups
of the enterprising men and insti
tutions of its community, together
with attractive illustrations. On the
whole, the issue is a splendid pro
duction of an enterprising news
paper hacked by a community im
pregnated with the spirit of self
help. a combination sure to win.
An interesting feature, to pub
lishers, is printed in bold type in
two places in The Democrat. It is:
“One year, 91.50. Strictly Cash in
Advance.”
The Star congratulates Messrs. E.
M. and Erwin Funk, the publishers.
—s— -.. .
When a man attempts to kill an
other and fails thru no lack of pur
pose on his part, it seems strange
that the penalty should so often toe
so trifling in comparison to the real
gravity of the offense. According
to the court decree, the mayor of
Hot Springs tried to kill another
man. ms attempt miieo. ana De
cause it did. his punishment was
one hour in jail and a 150 line. If
he had succeeded in his attempt at
murder the punishment probably
would have been death in the elec
tric chair. It is time such a condi
tion was changed,_
The Democrats now claim they
will contest the reorganization of
the House of Representatives by a
\ majority of one vote, without re
gard to political bias, this is as it
should be. The Democratic admin
istration is in power and should
and will he held responsible for the
work done for the country at large.
If they lacked a working majority
in either the House or the Senate,
it would be too easy, when things
went wrong, to shift the blame to
the “other fellow.”
—..
Many persons in Polk county have
become more or less interested in
the prospect of finding oil or gas.
and much time has been spent in re
cent years in searching for indica
tions. One of the most comprehen
sive and easily understood treatises
on the subject that has come to the
notice of The Star is given in this
issue. It should clear up a number
of questions in the minds of inter
ested readers.
Every little wrhilf someone puts
out a peace rumor, but every day
Rp&u. Vi -v ■
tgtbc Cbanbs
For all lhal God. in mercy s'-nds;
For health and children, home and
friends;
For comfort in the time of need.
For every kindly word ami deed,
For happy thoughts and holy lajk,
For guidance in our daily vyalk—
For everything give thanks!
For beauty in this world of ours,
For verdant crass and lo\ely (lowers.
For song* of birds, for hums of bees,
For the refreshing summer breeze,
For hill ami plain, for stream and
wood,
For the great ocean’s mighty ilood—
For everything give thanks!
F'or the sweet sleep which comes
with night,
For the returning morning's light.
For the bright sun that shines on
tiigh.
For the stars glittering in the sky—
For these, and everything we see,
O Lord! our hearts we lift to Thee—
F’or everything give thanks!
_ —Anonymous.
news comes of more battles, more
bloodshed and suffering—man’s in
humanity to man. And the greatest
product of this greatest, of wars
promises to be some sort of a world
league that will stand in the same
relation to wars between nations
that a police force does to lighting
between individuals. This and this
only can lead to disarmament and
a cessation of the waste that now is
e\ cry where.
of course Mr. Wilson is glad to
be re-elected, but he’s got a job
that few men with their eyes open
would care to tackle. It is not
enough that he must hold the lid
on Mexico and keep on speaking
inline mit K nil I lin nni lAliu rtf tt’OT*
craty Europe. He lias evep a big
ger job in keeping things straight
between the railroads and their em
ployes—keeping them from tearing
the business of the country to
pieces in seeking their several ends.
With a majority of 51,633 against
Act No. 2, it seems that prohibition
in Arkansas is an established fact
despite all notions to the contrary.
At last—yes, at last—Judge Hughes
has extended congratulations to
his successful opponent. Come on
in, Phil.
fi! INKSGIVING.
Choppin* sin*t in de kitchen,
stonin' raisins in de hall.
Beef a- aokin' fu' de mince meat,
Spices groun’—I smell ’em all.
I.oOk hveah, Tu’key, stop dat gob
blin'.
You a in’ luned de sense of feali.
You oV fool, yo' naik’s in dangah.
Do’ you know Thanksgibbin’s
hyeah?
—Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Don't Want to Miss a Paper.
The Star Publishing Co.,
Mena, Ark.,
Gentlemen:-Find enclosed $1.00
for subscription to The Star. Please
don't fail to send The Star for I
don’t want to miss a paper. Just
notify me when I get behind and I
will send the price. Wishing The
Star success and its proprietors a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year, l am, yours truly,
G. A. Kennett.
Cove, Ark., Nov. 25, 1916.
Can't Do Without The Star.
To The Mena Weekly Star:
Enclosed you will find money or
der for $1.00 for which you will give
me credit and send me The Star, as
I rin vviimmf i( Tf uivoc tr.o
pleasure to read of the old neigh
bors and of Mena and Polk county.
Hoping to receive The Star
promptly. I remain, Yours truly,
G. P. Cagle
Mt. Ida. Ark., Nov. 25. 1916.
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Prices Hit Honesty.
\Ye claim to be just as honest as
anybody, but right at this time. if
a neighbor's hen were laying in our
barn, we'd be the last person in the
world to tell the neighbor about, it.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
AFTERTHtUJGIITS.
—
Efficiency produces strength, but I
not all strength is efficiency.
Gospel truth is a good thing to
hang onto, whether it is gospel or
not.
With everything going up and
nothing coining down we may all
soon be in heaven.
Every time we see a pretty face
we feel just like seeing it again—if
our wife is not along.
When a wise man makes a fool of
himself we all take a poke at him.
but the fool slides by without notice.
Besting up is a popular pastime
w ith defeated candidates. But. then,
there is nothing else for them to do.
if the European combatants con
tinue scrapping back and forth the
grass will soon be in danger of ex
tinction.
Men who make a practice of in
terfering with the business of oth
ers seldom have any business of
their own.
The price of sausage meat still
remains up. which incidentally, is
positive proof that the horse has
not been supplanted by the auto
mobile.
With England growling, Germany
prowling and Mexico snapping at
the American heels, Uncle Sammy
occupies anything but an enviable
position in the society of nations.
And again we remind you that
this is a good town to live, in, a good
place to trade in, and a good one to
keep your money in. But in time
it will cease to be either unless you
are as loyal to the town as it is to
you.
THE FOLLY OF FIGHTING FIRE.
America's Favorite Outdoor Sport Ls
Subject of Heartless Attack.
Now that the lid is going on Dem
in Hum all over the country and in
.veil regulated communities gentD
iiien no longer tight cocks and en
tourage manly pugs to hatter each
•ther's faces for prize money, an
ilher favorite outdoor sport of the
American people is coming under
the ban, says the Southern Con
struction News, of Little Hock.
There are those who are now de
■laring that we must put the lid on
loo much lire-lighting. They say
hut the indulgence in this exciting
pastime which never fails to at
tract everybody in town to the
«;ene, including the dogs, is becom
ing a menace to prosperity, is boost
ug the high cost of living and giv
ing the poor man an awful jolt in
the pocket hook. They even go so
far as to tlx in dollars and cents the
average per capita tax devoted to
feeding the flames.
Everybody loves to go to the lire,
so what’s the use to imitate Ananias.
And what is more thrilling than to
see a half dozen motor trucks dash
ing thru a crowded street going 10
miles an hour and the firemen not
knowing whether a $100,000 build
ing is burning down, or whether
someone has delicately dropped a
festive cigarette into an awning, or
perchance a youth of more imagana
tion than intelligence has turned in
a false alarm.
We spend millions in fighting fire
an next to nothing to prevent them.
The nation will learn the lesson in
time that we can economize greatly
by spending freely in preventing
fires.
A SUFFRAGE BEAUTY DEAD.
End Lame to Inez Milholland Bois
seiuin in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, Nov. 27.—Mrs Inez
Milholland Boissevain, widely known
woman sulTragist and welfare work
er, died in a hospital here shortly
before midnight Saturday after an
illness of ten weeks. She was 30
years old.
Mrs. Boissevain was stricken sud
denly while addressing an audience
here in the recent political cam
paign and fainted on the platform of
the meeting. She was removed to
the hospital and her husband and
parents rushed from New York to
join her here. Miss Vida Milhol
land, her sister, was with her when
she was stricken and had been in
constant attendance since that time.
Mrs. Boisscvain's illness was di
agnosed as aplastic anaemia and
blood transfusion was resorted to in
attempts to improve her condition.
Inez Milholland-Boissevain was
widely known for her activity as a
woman sulTragist, a social welfare
worker, an advocate of Socialism
and as a practicing lawyer. As a
student in Vassar College, 1905-9, al
tho known as a college beauty, and
possessed of wealth and position,
she shunned society as such, and
shocked the more conservative col
lege opinion by her radical social
views. She also made a name for
herself as an athlete, being captain
of her class hockey team, which won
the college championship, and a
member of the 1909 track team, at
which time she established a new
record for the college in the 8-pound
shot, put at 31 feet, 8% inches.
NOTED INVENTOR HEAD.
Hiram Maxim Originated Automatic
Guns and Powerful Explosives.
London, Nov. 24.—Sir Hiram Max
im, inventor of cordite and the auto
niutio flrmopinQ riirwt luirn a# 9-^A
day.
Sir Hiram was reported seriously
ill at his home in London, several
days ago. He was ~t* years old. His
career reads like a romance. Born
at Sangerville, Maine, of poor par
entage. he received only a common
school education, and for four years
worked as an apprentice in the
Catholic building. His tierce desire
for a knowledge of science mastered
him and between work in the iron
master's shop, lie studied and at
tended lectures. Sir Hiram's scien
tillic inventions included the im
provement of ineadescent lamps, re
gister machines and the like. Then
came the Maxim automatic gun. the
first harnessing of the recoil powers.
A score of other war inventions fol
lowed, including cordite, for a time
the most powerful smokeless powder
known. Lately he lias been inter
ested in aviation.
Maxim was knighted in 1901. His
son, Hiram Search Maxim, is presi
dent of the Maxim Silencer com
pany and lives in the United States.
He also is an inventor. Hudson
Maxim is a brother of Sir Hiram.
MEXICANS THINK ALL IDO IT.
Newspaper Tells Headers Roosevelt
Heads Revolution Against Wilson.
El Paso, Nov. 23.—Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt lias started a revo
lution against President Wilson, ac
cording to a dispatch printed in El
Demoerata, the leading newspaper
of Chihuahua City, which, however,
qualified the report by printing a
question mark in the heading.
The dispatch, which appears in
the issue of the 22nd of this month,
is placed under a Mexico City date.
H reads as follows:
"Alarming rumors have been cir
culating in this city which say that
Col. Theodore Roosevelt heads a re
volution that lias broken out in sev
eral states of the American union,
with the object of overthrowing
President Wilson, who Roosevelt
claimed authorized several electoral
frauds in order to triumph in the
past election.
"High officials in this city and
some of the diplomats state with
confidence that this rumor is a can
ard of the American yellow press
which is hostile to Wilson. The
American ambassador has already
telegraphed to Washington to in
form himself of the truth of the re
port'*
PAP IP 55 PER
I NIT MI11S
llulle Advance in Cost Is Expected
to Force Many Publirdltns to
Suspend—Small Papers Pay ing
IfOO Per Cent Over Old Prices.
New York, Nov. 28,—'The Interna
tional Paper Company, which makes
one-fourth of all the white paper
used by newspapers in this coun
try, has notified publishers that the
price for 1917 will he $02 a ton at
the mill, customers to pay freight
charges, cartage, insurance and the
storage charges.
H ill Cost Newspapers Millions.
This is an adv ance of 55 per cent
over tin1 old price of $40 a ton. it
is an advance that will hamper
every newspaper publisher in the
United States.
It will be especially hard on the
weekly newspapers in small towns,
which cannot increase their in
comes nor curtail the size of their
papers to meet the added outgo.
A. <;. McIntyre, paper expert of
the American Newspaper Publishers’
Association, asserts the mills will
make and excessive profit from the
advance in price, and that trade
conditions do not warrant, it. Mr.
McIntyre says in an interview in the
Editor and Publisher that two
thousand papers, not all small ones,
either will be forced out of business
by the advance. He says:
“It is a dark day for publishers,
who fare ruin and disappointment,
with no quarter offered."
The above figures apply only to
the large city papers that use paper
in great rolls of 500 to 600 pounds
each and consume a car or more
each day. The prices quoted at this
time to papers in the class of The
Star is *7VL> cents per pound, or $150
per ton. To this must ibe added
freight and drayage. This is an
advance of more than 200 per rent
over the normal price of a year ago,
which was 2.4 cents per pound, or
$*8 per ton.
W hen wholesale prices of cloth
ing, shoes, cloth or groceries go up.
the merchant merely increases his
price to frtV customers—-passes the
raise on. The average country
newspaper cannot do that.
But the condition is such that
some action is mandatory, and The
Star proposes to stop all papers, aft
er January. 1917. when the sub
scriptions expire, believing it is a
better plan than raising the sub
scription price and continuing on
the old system of pay when con
venient.
The Star w glad to say the idea
receives hearty approval of a great
percentage of the readers.
SIGNALS DISREG ARDED,
FATAL CRASH FOLLOWS
Fort Worth, Tex., Not. 27.—Two
persons are dead and four others
severely injured as the result of a
rear-end collision near Strawn, 81
miles west of Fort Worth Sunday
afternoon, between Texas it Pacific
passenger train No. 4 from Sweet
water and the Sunshine special from
El Paso.
The dead:
U . W. Givens, engineer, Mingus.
E. E. McGrew, fireman, .Mingus.
The injured:
J. A. Taylor, brakeman, Gig
Springs, cut about head.
H. W. Brown, Enola, Ark., cut on
head and right arm bruised.
Ed Wotherspoon, Fort Worth, in
ternal injuries.
Mrs. H. W. Brown, Enola, Ark.,
back injured.
I'he Sunshine Special had stopped
at a water tank. Knowing that No.
i was Coming, Brakeman Taylor of
the special went hack a quarter of
a mile and placed two torpedoes on
t III* tl'fll'k 'Ph**!! ppfnrnnJ fn hie
own train.
Several passengers were on (he
rear platform of the Sunshine Spe
cial. They heard No. 4 go over the
torpedoes, but to their consterna
tion the train did not stop.
Both the engineer and fireman on
No. 4 must have died almost instant
ly in their cabs.
TROUBLE FOR THE “EGO KIM."
Must Sell llis 2 Million Before Jan
uary 21, Official Says. 4
Chicago, Nov. 25.—War against the
high cost of living became militant
here today with simultaneous raids
on three of the largest cold storage
warehouses in the city. The raids
were based on a city ordinance long
ignored, which places a restriction
ou the time foods may be kept in
cold storage, and were due partly,
it was said, to the attitude of James
iE. W’etz. a wholesaler, “Egg King,”
who is said to be holding more than
72 million eggs.
'Tve got them. What, are you go
ing to do about it?” was the an
swer to investigators.
The ordinance prohibits the stor
age of t‘ggs for more than 10 months.
Examination by fifty investigators,
who conducted the raids, revealed
only two or three questionable eggs,
but showed that many millions
were put away in March and April.
“Wet* will be obliged to throw
these on the market by Janary 21,”
said Dr. John Dill Robertson, health
commissioner, “and my advice to the
public is to stop using eggs until
he begins to market them. I will
see that they are not held in cold
storage a minute more than ten
months and that they do not go on
the market unless they are fit for
consumption.”
. .»"
Ho You Have Sour Stomach?
If you a re troubled with sour
stomach you should eat slowly and
masticate your food thoroughly,
then take one of Chamberlain's Tab
lets immediately after supper. Ob
tainable everywhere.—Adv.
Ill llll'll AS1IKS OF JACK LONDON
The Author’s Last Resting Place Is
a Hillside on His Farm.
Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 26.—The
ashes nf Him late .lack London, the
author, who died Wednesday night,
were buried today on a hillside of
hi* (ilen Ellen ranch. The original
intention was to scatter them over
the land he loved, but by Mrs. Lon
don's direction a concrete recepta
cle was prepared in the hillside, and
there, without ceremony, in the
presence of Mrs. London, a few
neiglrtiors and the employes of the
ranch, the urn containing the ashes
was placed and the receptacle
s^akd.
---- —*
ABOUT ARKANSAS
PEOPLE m POMS
By Clio Harper, Special Little Kock
Correspondent.
Little Rock, Nov. 28.—Little Rock
is in the throes of a municipal pri
mary. which is to he held on 'lues
day, December 4. There are seven
aldermen to be nominated, but they
are overshadowed by the contest for
mayor. There are two candidates,
the present executive, Charles E.
Taylor, and Dan Daniel, a member
of the city council. Virulent per
sonalities have been injected into
the campaign, especially by the op
position to Mayor Taylor, under
whose administration of five and
a half years greater progress has
been made in a material and moral
way than ever before in the his
tory of the city. Ward meetings are
being held in all the thirteen pre
cincts of the city, and thoro organ
izations are being formed that will
get out the full vote of the city.
Mayor Taylor openly charges that
I the onlv issue is whether the city
shall continue as it is, or whether
it shall become a wide-open town
where various things shall be toler
ated that have been outlawed by this
administration. Mayor Taylor has
had to make a fight for every nomi
nation, and it is the same old ring
of malcontents for the most part
that constitutes the opposition.
Taylor’s friends point to his record
of the things accomplished, and to
the fact that Little Rock is a clean,
moral city, in support of his candi
dacy.
As the time for the changes to be
made in state offices approaches,
those who are about to retire are
making other arrangements for the
the future.
It is announced that Dr. M. F.
Dickinson, who retires as State Au
ditor, will return to Greene county
and resume the practice of medi
cine.
Earle W. Hodges, who will retire
a< Secretary of state, has formed a
partnership with W. Hix Mallory in
the life insurance business.
Governor Hays has not definitely
announced his plans, but it is un
derstood that lie will remain in
Little Rock and engage in the prac
tice of law.
George B. Cook, who retires from
the office of Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, after six years serv
ice, will remain in Little Rock, but
his plans for the future have not
been announced.
VIOLATED BLUE SKY LAW.
Xtlent for White Itiver Oil and Gas
Company Fined S200.
Special to The Star.
Little Hock, Nov. 25.—Prosecuting
Attorney Barnett at Sarle, Critten
den county, lias reported to the
Blue Sky Department of the Bank
Commission, the arrest and con
viction of the agent of an unau
thorized stock concern that had been
selling stork in that locality.
Mr. Barnett had made inquiry of
the office if the White River' Oil
and Gas Company, js authorized to
Sell stock, and hint heen infnnm.,1
that is is not. Hi* then proceeded to
cause the arrest of the agent, and
lie was tined *200 for violation of
Act 242, of 1915, and required to re
imburse, those to whom stock had
been sold.
DENY THE BELGIAN “HORRORS.”
Stories of Deportations \re Charac
terized as Fantastic by Berlin.
Berlin, \o\. 25.—Reports of xari
ous untoward incidents in connec
tion with the deportation of Belgian
workmen, reported in foreign news
papers are denied in a statement is
sued by the semi-official Overseas
News Agency today. It character
izes as "fantastic,'’ for instance, as
sertions that at one place hysterical
women relatives of men under de
portation had thrown themselves in
front of a train to prevent its de
parture and had to be forcibly' re
moved hv German soldiers.
PHILLIPS Itl'ILDS ROADS.
Concrete Highway Between Helena
and Lamb's Crossing Complete.
Helena, Nov. 25.— Helena and
Lamb's Crossing are now connected
by an lH-foot concrete road. The
highway was opened this week.
The, distance is a fraction over two
miles and the cost is placed at more
that *30,000.
Plans are being made for addition
al road work in Phillips county, it
is likely that, a similar road will
soon connect Helena and Marvell.
NEW EMPEROR FOR WAR.
Announces Inflexible Decision That,
It Shull Go the Limit.
London, Nov. 23.—The new Em
peror Charles, has issued a procla
mation to the Ah stro- Hungarians
declaring his inflexible decision to
maintain the war until “Peace, as
suring the existence and develop
ment of the dual monarchy is made,’’
according to a Vienna dispatch to
Reuters, by wif of Amsterdam
lontiiifl From Three Sides, the Im
mediate Threat to Rumanian Cap
ital Is Greatest From Southwest
—Russian Advance Fails,
London. Nov. 27.—The Teutonic
campaign against Rumania is de
veloping rapidly with a converging
drive on Bucharest in three direc
tions. The immediate threat to the
capital seems to be greatest on the
southwest, where the invaders have
approached to within lift' miles,
after von Maekensen had forced the
passage of the Danube at two points
and effected a junction with the
armies of General von Talkenhayn,
which are pressing rapidly eastw ard,
after having broken the Rumanian
resistance on the lower Alt.
The rapid Teutonic advance to the
southeast of Craiova turned the
Hank of the Alt position, as on the
Danube crossings. These factors,
together with the continued pres
sure on the northern end of the
line, also theoretically outflanked,
have now resulted in Rumanian
abandonment of the Alt line. Bu
charest announced this Monday, re
porting also a Rumanian retirement
a little to the east of the Topolog
river, a tributary of the Alt on the
east. The retreat apparently places
the important town of Rimnik, on
the railroad from Craiove to Her
mannst&dt, in General von I-alken
liayn's hands.
Russ Send Reinforcements.
The threat on the north and north
west from the border passes east of
the Alt is still being held in check
by the Russ-Rumanian troops, and
entente military writers assume
that the Russians are sending fur
ther forces to help out the ftuman
ians defending the more immediate
menace farther south.
In Dobrudja, north of the Con
stanza-Tchernavoda line, the Rus
sian advance appears to have come
lo a halt.
Italians Progress in Macedonia.
Fighting on the Macedonian front
ha* been less general on account of
had weather, but continued progress
(or the Italians, who are driving
northward, west of Monastic, is re
ported by Paris.
Seemingly there is no disposition
on the part of either the British or
the French (o attack in force in the
Sonnne region. Extremely bad
weather lias been reported and such
attacks as Berlin has recorded ap
parently have been local.
ARK ANSAN FIGHTS ROBBER.
IS WOI NDED IN B ATTLE
Fort Smith Youth Attached While
Counting Railroad Ticket Of
fice Cash in Oklahoma.
Pryor Creek, Ok., Nov. 26.—In a
tierce battle with a highwayman
who sought to take him unawares,
Audrey Lane, 23 years old, son of
Joseph Lane, chief deputy sheriff of
that city, was shot and badly wound
ed early yesterday in the Missouri
Kansas A Texas railway ticket of
fice. While Lane was counting his
cash, with a revolver by his side, the
highwayman slipped up behind and
seized the revolver. Lane seized the
gun at the same time, a tierce
scuffle followed. Lane become ex
hausted and the highwayman wrest
ed the gun from him. Fie shot'Lane
thru the left shoulder just above
the heart, and tired a second time,
but missed, as Lane collapsed. Seiz
ing sins the highwayman fled. Lane
was taken to a hospital at Muskogee.
Audrey Lane is a nephew of J. A.
I hornfon of this city, his mother
being Mr Thornton’s sister.
ALLIES YIELD NOTHING.
Peace Must (.hr What They Fight
For, Says Lord Derby.
London, Nov. 23.—“Any peace pro
posal* from Germany will receive
(he consideration they deserve,”
*aid the Earl of Derby, under-sec
retary of war, yesterday, in re
sponse to an inquiry regarding the
attitude of the allies.
“The allies,” said Lord Derby,
cannot entertain any idea of peace
vwjirn ,ii.es ikh. give wll!lt
lliey are fighting for. The allies
have not modified their position in
this respect."
^ hen asked his opinion as to the
probable duration of (he war Lord
Derby said: “Only a fool would
prophesy.”
TO START CAMPAIGN
FOR “DRY” PLATFORMS
Washington, Nov. 27. The Bryan
piohibilion drive on the Democratic
party in congress expected to be
formally initiated here on December!
0, when the Commoner will be guest
"1 honor at a dinner tendered by
Democratic members of congress.
I he phesident will be invited.
Senators arranging the dinner
>ai.l they CXpert Bryan to make a
nig oratorical effort toward forcing
noth big parties to include a drv
plank in the 1920 platforms.
LONG term FOR WALTON.
S<. oii.l Plea of Guilty Draws Sen
tence of From 12 to 25 Years.
Detroit, Nov. 23—James Walton.
I* adcr of the bandits who robbed the
Burroughs Adding Machine Com
JDny s pay car of $32,000 last surn
™„r’ Pleaflcd guilty in the Circuit
ourt yesterday afternoon and was
tn Jackson prison for from
i*: to 25 years.
educators TO hot SPRINGS
Nate Superintendents and Princi
pals Will Assemble.
Little Rock. Nov. 23,-The RUper
Intendent and Principals,section of
Injured Man Laughed Ul
pie Treatment Was SnZL8*'
B”< »•< ThaSeTfiH
Comrade Later.
Oin-e upon a time Wor'. „
Henry A. VSshl. of PlainiliH^ k
l hat a close friend |iac| been-51,
and full of anxiety he
afflicted man. who wag Mte** ^
from a sprained ankle su"er®t
"It was so had that th»
turned black." said Mr yuph,s N
lating the story. I told himu*
have him out in a week iJNl
laughed at. me. But I tonifv ■*
bottle of Sloan's Liniment ,Lhl®>
be put some on and i ,>nti!Lttia|!
ankle felt better. | told hSj1*
d every day. and in three
ankle practically well >»“>»
days he was working. He L.|L,f%
nuts that Sloan's Liniment**??
on his feet." P’thu
Sloan's Liniment ran he „k. i
andhlrug stores.r,Qr,, Jg
REPORT OF THE CONDITION (If
Bank of Hatfield
llatlleld, Polk County, htkmm.«
the Close of Business^ '
November 17, 1916.
Resources.
Loans and Discounts. .HiRtt'
Loans on Real Estate.'
Overdrafts, Secured and ’ *
Unsecured . W
Other Ronds and Securi
ties, Including State War
rants, County and City
^rip . I*.
Furniture and Fixtures... 1^
Banking house . IDOODU
Items in Transit on Sundry ’
Banks .
• '.ash and Due from Reserve
,tenk» .;.,.. 54MJ
Total .1104.569
Liabilities.
Capital Stock, Paid Up....9 S.OOOJM
Surplus Fund, Certified... 5,000,(1
Undivided Profits. Net. 4ii§
Individual Deposits, Includ
ing Public Funds.81,4508
Demand Certificates of De
posit . 6.586,5
Cashier’s Checks . 2,9908
Total ..1104.45591
State of Arkansas, County ot Poii,
—ss.
We, T. M. Dover, President, and
J. C. Allen, Cashier, of the show
named bank, do solemnly swear lint
the above statement is true to tb
best of our knowledge and belief.
T. M. Dover, President
J. C. Allen. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 27th day of Nov., 1916.
My commission expires July (9,1919.
Lewis H. Johnson.
Notary Pubis.
Attest:—T. M. Dover, G. B. John-!
son. R. F,. Daly, W. J. Davis, Dim-,
tor*
■Preparednessi
If we had not believed I
in PREPAREDNESS
we would not have 11
equipped our Garage ■
and Machine Shop with I
the up-to-datejmachin- fl
ery we have.
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MINOR PIPKIN
Lawyer „ I
Office 7I2M. Mena St ,’h«ne I
Residence 610 Tenth = • ■
Phone 63
Practice In All
ALEX. PATON J
UNDERTAKER. >■
Res. Phone 181.
the. State Teachers’Associat^J
meet this year in Hot P (,a|iir^B
comber 1 and 2. One til
of the program will be t
tion of a paper on Healorv*VjB
of Teachers and Class i*i!l
prepared in collaboration . pB
members of the faculty
School of Education m
yersity of Arkansas. . !•