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Farmers Give-a-Bushel Fund
Originated in Arkansas
Given Enthusiastic Support by Vice-President
Maaahdll and Other Men of National
Prjminence.
“A Gift fanm the Hearts of the
Reople tei the Disabled Soldiers and
Sailor* of Dtwcnef," i* the mission
«f a new naiion-wide -perhaps inter
national- movement that originated
April ih the mind of n patriotic
■man ol Rison. Cleveland county,
Arkansas. The very existence of the
taovemam is now for the first time
>**ti4 known outside of the county in
ariuch il originated, except for the
aRkiai knowledjre that has been n?e*s
!*ary to provide for an impetus from
ike Very bepinninp that will Kuariui
tee tits success as one of the greatest
popular pk'v, ments prowinp out of
tl* akisfencies of the war
The Farmers’ Give-a-Bushel War
Fund is an accomplished fact, and is
tjrouirht to the attention of the people
*f the Nation in a practically com
pleted form. It has the sanction of
Government officials, from President
Wilson dawn, and the Arkansas State
help the soldier “make the world safe
for democracy,” and help the civilian
‘ make democracy safe for the world.”
The movement is to continue not only
during the war, but for perhaps five
years afterward, for there will be tre
mendous tasks after peace has been
declared.
' The plan provides that every farm
er or other person shall be solicited to
give a bushel at harvest time of the
most abundant crop in his county, or
the value thereof. For the most
abundant crop there is always a ready !
local market. The farmers will haul:
their gift bushels to market «r>d sell J
them, together with thhe rest of their,
• j>, receiving for them receipts or j
due-biils which are to be turned over
to a designated person in each county,'
pari«h or community. The funds thus
oiWted will be deposited in local
b-»nk« to he forwarded by them to the
official who may be designated by the
\ r, K ELLIOTT, Risen, Ark.,
f < ' .»ior of Farmers’ Give-a-Ru ?hel i und
Council of D tens- is sandhi? solid
ly back of i; »s oil' of the ur-ntest
enterprise* conceived f y identify ini:
♦very man, . .man and child v. itli <.ho
«ar in a pra tiefti way. i he suit* or
fanissti- n i- in prcces.* of of forma
thin. and oft. r this is dot;.* the pita is
%> be *urriod nto the alii**,I countries.
The possibdities ore so -taqp’reri ?
tfcat they can hardly be ermsped.
Conservative estimate have p’nceb th*
prtx eds .a be c’lcri-<. 1 from it at
tlOO,000.000 a year. Wh n it was pre
vented to President V ilson in June,
•e was bo deeply impressed with it
Shrt h said, enthusiastically, “t have
vision enouarh to *e" its wond *rful
possibilities " Civ m’ Hon liollar. for
Arkansas ts the :r a! that has been set
and wb»n the results a’resdy attained
m Cleveland coun‘:y ar» cons' lor »d,
that estimate is r-on? too higrh.
The Farmer •’ Gi e-a-Bushel War
Fund wri ori rinated by Mrs. 0. K.
Elliott, wife of n f irm :r. stockman
.National trustees. The gift bushels
'n ill l>e sold at the highest market
l>rki prevailing, or even at a premi
um and it is expected that the local
dealer will handle them without cost.
V to rage and transportation costs be
ing diminated, ar.d there being no ex
penses of administration, the pro
ceed- will I13 net, and the giver can
be assured that every cent of his gift
vili go to the cause for which it is
intended.
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott called to their
assistance a small group of patriotic
citizens, including Mrs. Ethel Sumrow,
I E Moore J. IV Searcy, H. B. Dixon,
N\ A. McKinney and R. B. Strain,
■•nd they agreed to put on the move
ment in Cleveland county tirst, before
u‘ nrtting it to the State Council of
D finso. Pledge cards were sent to
all the r ’"ol directors j>f the county
u the midst of a Red Cross drive,
dr ' ig a hot political campaign, and
r* 'he farmers’ busiest planting time.
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jj uvi lumberman at Risun, who hag
tfceti one of her most enthusiastic
H Ssatesants in its promotion. It is an
estiepc ndent movement, and yet sym
pathetically allied with every other
i campaign and organization designed
' to help win the war. The purpose of
ff the movement is to raise funds with
which to aid wounded American and
Allied soldiers, sailors and their fam
ilies. and assist returning soldiers
and sailors to re-establish themselves
satisfactorily in civil life; to induce
the civilian population to support the
men in the trenches by injecting the
same quality of self-sacrifice and pa- j
triotUm into their work at home that j
jj! the soldiers are putting into their!
ftghting abroad; to make America,
when she welcomes home her return-j
[i mg sons, as worthv of love and affec
» iaO*» m1* mr tltunc urtiiit-m; d l red uctwt*
who are daring all in her defense; to
A letter explaining the pign accom
panied the cards, and the directors
were requested to solicit donations
of bushels of cotton seed and com.
Within ten days 4.000 bushels had
been pledged, altho there are only
2,700 taxpayers in the county, of
whom 350 have gone to war. The
pledge* have now reached 5,000 bush
els and by harvest time this is ex
|>ected to be increased to 6,000. The
county’s quota in the last Red Cross
drive was $3,000. and the bushels al
ready given exceed $6,000 in value.
The cost of obtaining these pledges
was only $10, for printing. Not a man
cr woman, white or black, has refused
to give, and hundreds of children have
caught the spirit. Each donor be
comes a member of the organisation,
and in many instances each member
of a family has given. The farmers
are enthusiastic, and, if overlooked,
go to headquarter* and ask to be en- in perfecting and expanding the or
rolled. gunization.
The success of the campaign in Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and H. L.
Cleveland county was due largely to Remmel, of the State Council, went to
the patriotic service of the school di- Washington and laid the matter be
rcctors, who loyally supported it from fore the highest authorities, who re
the first, and presented the cause ceived it with such strong approval
most effectively to the people in the that it was agreed to make it national
various districts. It is the opinion of in its scope after Arkansas has been
the pomotors that the movement will given the honor of demonstrating to
be given a similar impetus by the the Nation the practicability and pop
school directors of Arkansas and thru- ularity of the plan. Arkansas has
out the Nation, who are the closest to gone “over the top” in every cam
the people, and, who are engaged in paign yet, and is confidently expected
an educational and co-operative cam- to duplicate its record in this The
paign as essential, in its way, as the idea of sharing and sacrifice is being
valliant service of the men in the instilled deep into every heart, and in
trenches. this movement every farmer and hia
The funds thus raised come very wife and children, every tenant, white1
largely from untouched sources. In and black, are expected to enroll. Al-;
cities and towns the people have tho it is -primarily a farmers’ move- j
many opportunities of doing war ment, others may give the value of a j
work of various kinds, but in the bushel so that none will be overlooked. I
country, sewing circles, knitting so- While the amount of money to be
cieties end daily meetings for making derived from the contributions of the
t United States Food Administration
MAHF WILLIAMS
Federal Food administrator for Arkansas
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refer to^fll#
’
gre ■ Luoy Elliott,
Eicon, Irk.
Xy tear Madam:
orrmo i b raw el MD7xiEr:?t
1 have your good letter of July 2rd
telling us of ''he wonderful eucoeo . you have had
In getting notables of *hla country lfi unanlmon*
ly Joining in, "diving a buahel, " movomaat.
1 know this campaign Is going to pro
duce grant an* patriotic good. It haa bean g-j raa
more recognition In a short time by the people
who know how to Judge auoh things than any sidIIm
«■ movement 1 aver hear* of.
Ion o«ui depwid upon me to do everything
in our powee to put the Food Adminlatretlon behind
you In thin ms'ter.
With beet withes*, I aa#
Sincerely voura,
/! rt.^ IX) kJl.XtaLA.AM ^
I^DSRAl ■00D ADKIH1STRATOR•
surgical dressings are impracticable
because of the distances between
farms. This provides a means for the
farmers to relate themselves definite
ly to the support of the war, in a
manner best suited to the exigencies
' of their farm life.
| The next step is to organize the
, work thruout Arkansas, and the Na
j tional authorities at Washington are
: waiting on the results in this State
I to launch it definitely in every state
! in the Union. There will be a State
i Manager, who will devote his entire
1 time to the work. He will appoint a
i county manager in each county, se
i lecting some patriotic citizen who
i may be deemed best, fitted to manage
the collection of the proceeds from the
sale of the gift bushels in each coun
ty, parish or community.
The Arkansas State organization
has been completed. The chairman of
toe county councils of defense, Food
Administration, and War Savings
Stamp organizations have been re
quested to select the county managers,
who have been called to meet in Little
Rock on Monday, July 22. The furth
er details of the plan will then be
worked out, and each man will return
to his county and call meetings of
their school directors on the ensuing
Sunday, July 28. Pledge cards will
be povided, and the campaigns are to
be carried on simultaneously over
the state. All cards should be in the
hands of the managers by August 7,
and not later than August 10. By
working rapidly, Arkansas is expect
ed to demonstrate to the Nation what
can be clone, and later, the movement
will be made Nation-wide.
The citizenship of Arkansas is solid
ly behind the boys in the trench and
camp who are fighting for our homes
and firesides; we have seen the boys
depart %for the front, and as their
trains have disappeared into the mys
teries of the East, with all its throb
bing uncertainties, we have bidden
them God-speed. This is an opportu
nity for all to give a definite, prac
tical evidence of that patriotic sup
port we have promised them, that up
on their return we may look them in
the eye, unshrinking and say. “We
promised to stand back of you and we
did our best.”
The National Board of Trustees is
now being selected, and among those
who have accepted are Vice President
T. K. Marshall, Speaker Champ Clark,
Carl Vrooman, Assistant Secretary cf
Agriculture, H. C. Stuart, chairman
of the National Agricultural Advisory
Committee, and Williams Kent of the
United States Tariff Commission.
'I here will l»e a chairman, a secretary
and treasurer, and an Advisory Coun
cil of leading agriculturists and pa
triotic Americans .of Nation-wide
prominence. The national headquar
ters will he in Washington, where the
managing director will be installed,
who, like the state manager, will de
vote his entire time to the work.
After the practicability of the plan
liau been demonstrated in Cleveland
county, a delegation of citizens ap
peared befort the State Council of
Defense at a special meeting one
Sunda yaftemoon, and laid the pian
before them. The possibilities of the
scheme at once appealed U» the Coun
cil, and it was decided to co-operate
with the Cleveland county promoters
[ people to this movement will be very
1 great, the psychological effect upon
| the givers will be even greater and
| productive of more far-reaching re
sults. It will enable every donor to
r say, “This is MY war, and it is my
■ duty and my privilege to assist in its
I prosecution in every possible way.”
One of the most enthusiastic en
' dorsements come from Carl Vrooman,
First Assistant Secretary of Afrieul
ture, who writes Mr. Elliott:
“Arkansas is to be congratulated
| upon having this idea started within
her borders, and the farmers of Amer
ica are to be congratulated upon hav
1 ing a simple, practical method offered
1 them of giving tangible expression to
the patriotism of the men, women and
children so widely scattered on the
1 farms thruout this great Nation.
“The actual results of the plan car
I rifid into operation in your home
county give promise of equally satis
factory results in other counties of
your state and of the other states of
. the Union. I see no reason why this
patriotic movement among farmers,
when properly safeguarded and organ
ized on a national scale, should not
I be productive of magnificent results
thruout the country. If there is any
thing I can do to assist you in this
patriotic endeavor, you have only to
let me know.”
After numerous conferences in Lit
tle Rock with the State Council of De
, fense, the State organization has been
; completed by the selection of the fol
lowing oflfiers:
Chairman, Charles H. Brough.
Vice Chairman, Colonel H. L. Rem
mol
Secretary, J. S. Speed.
Treasurer. General Lloyd England.
Director, C. K. Elliott.
Trustees, (By Congressional Dis
tricts):
1st—J. D. Block, Paragould.
2nd—J. S. Smith, Beebe.
3rd—J. V. Walker, Fayetteville.
4th—Judge Frank Youmans.
5th—E. E. Mitchell, Morrillton.
Gth—Frank Tomlinson, Pine Bluff.
7th —W. Y. Foster, Hope. i
At Large—Mrs. C. K Elliott. Gov.
C. H. Brough, Col. H. L. Remmel,
Adjutant Genera! Lloyd Egland, As
sociate Justice Frank Smith, State
Food Administrator Ilamp Williams,
J. S. Speed ad Joe Fruuenthal.
The following Advisory Committee
has been selected from among the
farmers and agriculturists of the
state:
E. J. Bodman. W. C. Lasseter, Little
Rock; J. E. Rogers. Magnolia;I. E.
Moore, Rison; Stuart Wilson, Tex
arkana, John J. Yancy, Bert Johnson,
Highland; J R. Alexander, Scott; W.
H. Cooper, Malvern; D. Hopson, Corn
ing: O. Young, Stuttgart; Ed House
hold*!-. Fairmount; A L. Erwin. Des
Art; E. N. Plank. Decature; W. J.
Driver. Osceola; Lee M Andrews,
Pine Bluff; Art Lewis, Fayetteville;
P. D. Scott, Van Buran; J. T. Magru
der, Mena; W. C. Beasley, Garland
t’ity; Louis Barton. Marion; Love
Ranks, Smithdale; V. C. Kays, Jones
boro: J. S. Wilimans. Diaz; G. E.
Snell. Lake Village; Carl Hollis, War
ren; Edgar Tayh r, Forest City; W. B.
Man, Marianna; C. L. Polk, Helena;
J. R. Gibbons. Bauxite; W. C. McKin
ney, El Dorado; W. E. Miller, Smith
ton; W. N Gregory, Augusta; M. M.
Rutherford. Sulphur Rock; John S.
Sanford, Searcy.
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USE MOLASSES SWEETENING
Dallas Restaurants Serve Sorghum to
Coffee and Tea Drinkers.
Dallas, July 17.—Many restaurants
here have resorted to the use of sor
ghum and cane molasses for sweet
ening cofTee and tea. Tho the practice
is confined to only a few places, it is
believed it will eventually spread to
all the restaurants and public eating
houses, unless the apparent acute
sugar shortage is relieved.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
IT. of A. Definitely Located.
Little Rock. July 18.—The constitu
tional convention yesterday afternoon
refused to amend the prohibition
amendment already submitted by the
committee. It also adopted an amend-1
ment locating the University of Ar-1
kansas permanently at Fayetteville,
there beinp only fourteen votes
npainst it
Strayed or Stolen ->-From Eapleton.
Ark . on April 16. one bay horse.
7 years old, about t4ls hands hiph.
weisrht 800 pounds Branded “C. H."
on ripht shoulder Liberal reward will
be paid for return or information as
to vdiiisaiwiiti' S. B. Miiiar, Esjjiw’
ton, Ark. Adv. 20-tf
UluUMUD
LAWS PENALIZED
In Fourteen Counties Sixty-Six Con
victions Are Reported to Hamp
Williams—No Violations in
Thirty-Three Counties.
(By Walter M. Ebel).
Little Rock, July 20.—No more con
vincing evidence of the power of the
United States Food Administration to
enforce its rules and regulations, and
the determination of County Food Ad
ministrators to penalize those who
fail to comply with such regulations,
has been offered than that submit
ted in reports to Hamp Williams, fed
eral food administrator for Arkansas,
from forty-seven of tiie seventy-five
counties in the state.
About two weeks ago a question- j
naire was sent to County Food Ad-;
ministrators, at the request of offi
cials at Washington, for information
concerning the number of violations
in their district from January 1 to
June 15. The replies prove beyond
doubt that, generally speaking, all
who come under the rules and regula
tions are making a sincere effort to
comply with the same, but there have
been numerous violations, however,
which have received prompt attention
from County Food Administrators
and their executive committees.
Sixty-Six Convictions.
Out of the forty-seven counties that
thus far reported, thirty-three Coun
ty Food Admnistrators state there
have been no violations of the rules
and regulations. Fourteen others, tho,
renort a total of sixtv-six convictions.
In all, there were sixty-eight hearings j
given in these counties where viola
tions were reported.
The majority of violators were pro- j
prictors or managers of retail stores (
selling flour and sugar. In all thirty-1
five such places have been penalized
for illegal sales of those products,
closing orders against such stores be
ing as follows:
Six for two days; 1, ten days; 4,
three days; 4, two days, A thirty
days; 1, ninety days; 2, seven days.
These nineteen stores were closed for
a total period of 148 days.
Twenty-five other stores, all of
them located in Lee county, for violat
ing the rule governing the sale of
sugar and flour, were denied the right
to sell flour until September 1 and
paid an aggregate fine of $400.00 to
the Lee county chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
One other store, located in Phillips
county, has been closed for the period
of the war, the proprietor being
charged with refusing to issue re
ce r>ts for the sale of sugar and flour.
Five for Hoarding.
Five charges for hoarding resulted
in conviciton. Of this number three
defendants gave the Red Cross an ag
gregate of over 400 pounds of flour,
one was fined $100, which was paid
to the Red Cross, while the case
against the other defendant is still
pending with the Enforcement Divis
ion of the United States Food Admin
istration, Washington.
Five restaurants violated the rules
and were penalized. One was closed
for three days; one for two days; two
for one day and one proprietor repri
manded.
One merchant wfas convicted of sell
ng short weight flour and paid $100
to the Red Cross. A druggist in Wash
ington county, after swearing to his
statement for sugar, changed that
document. His sugar certificate was
very promptly confiscated. He is now
in danger of being denied sugar for
the remainder of the year.
The Red Cross was the beneficiary
of fines levied by County Food Ad
ministrators and their committees.
An aggregate of $840 was paid to
that organization in that manner.
GRADUATED LAND TAX
GETS STIFF BACKSET
One Proposed to Postpone Such to
1929—Friends of Measure
in Conference
Specie! to The Star
Little Rock, July 17.- One of the
most interesting contests in the con
stitutional convention was started on
Saturday morning and is not yet dis
posed of. That is the proposition for
a graduated land tax., as provided by
an amendment offered by Delegate R.
S. Warnock of Columbia County. It
was adopted Monday evening by a
vote of ayes 45, noes 39. Tuesday
forenoon the vote by which this
amendment was adopted was recon
sidered by a vote of ayes 56, noes 29.
Tuesday afternoon a paragraph.con
taining the provision for u graduated
land tax was stricken out upon mo
tion of Delegate T. C. McRae by a
vote of ayes 53, noes 41, after an
amendment by Delegate John T. Sif
ford that no such tax should be im
posed prior to 1929.
Amendments were voted down in
short order, and a prposition by Judge
Evans, providing for the assessment
of property at its actual value, equal
and uniform thruout the state, was
adopted by vote of ayes 55, noes 40.
Possibilities cf further complications
were provided by the action of the
convention in refusing by a vote of
46 ayes to 49 noes, to adopt a mo
tion by Judge Evans to reconsider
the votf by which the amendment was
adopted and lay that motion on the
table.
The friends of the graduated land'
tax held a conference last night to1
decide on their next steps, and it is
announced that they will make anoth
er effort to secure the passage of a
provision for such a tax;
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