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TMB MBNA WBBKLT STAR
Incorporating
The Polk C ounty Democrat.
Established as The Pioneer, 18S4.
Established as The Star, 1896.
Published each Thursday at the of
■flB, 601-3 Mena St.. Mena. Arkansas.
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transmission thru the mails as second
class matter.
T. W. ST. JOHN, Owner and Editor.
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THE STAR. MENA. ARK.
HAZARDS THE FARMER TAKES.
Jjost anyone should feel that the
wheat farmer of all others holds a po
sition this year to be envied,we call
attention to what has happened in
Kansas (he past mouth. Late in June
the wheat, crop of that state was es-1
timated at $89,000,000 bushels. Today
on the same acreage the estimate is |
reduced to 159,000,000 bushels. No
•elfish aim can be gained by any at
tempt to manipulate the figures on
ylold. There is no public market for
wheat on the grain exchanges, the
price being fixed and distribution
made by the government’s grant cor
poration. The deterioration is due to
Insert pests and the failure of the grain
to head out because of unfavorable
weather. This is one of tho hazards
the farmer takes.
But reflect a monmeut upon what
this means to the Kansas wheat
farmer alone. In one month his an
ticipated harvest has fallen 10,000,000
bushels. At the guaranteed price this
miuum that his income from the cron
thin year will bo about $157,000,000
smaller than average conditions Just
a month ago foreshadowed. He has
absolutely no control over the causes
of the loss. He plowed and harrowed
the ground, acquired and planted the
seed, completed his labors, and per
force left the rest to nature.
Compare this loss with the results
of other Industries. Suppose, for in
stance, that In a single month the
Steel corporation should suffer a cor
responding loss in its finished prod
net through no fault of Its manage
ment. In the past live years, the
most prosperous ever experienced, the
average earnings of the Steel corpora
tion applicable for dividends and other
corporate purposes were $146,000,000
a year. The loss of the Kansas wheat
farmers in a single month Is greater
than the average annual income of the
Steel corporation during Its five most
prosperous years. If the Steel corpor
ation should suffer a similar loss it
would be considered as a national cal
amity and the economic effect would
be startling. By contrast the figures
of the Kansas wheat report are tuck
ed away In a little Item In the papers
and scarcely provokes comment.
Why speak harshly of Russia and
Hungary when we have Washington
and Chicago?
Austria’s per capita war debt Is
$1,600. By the time this is paid the
Austrians may be fully fed up on war
as an amusement.
THE TIGER.”
It is well-nigh impossible for people
outside of France to understand why
then? should be an serious opposition
in that so recently rescued nation to
her chief savior. For that “Tiger”
Clemenceau undoubtedly is. When
hesitating premiers who faltered be
fore “defeatism” were exposing the
Republic in their care to final destruc
tion the French turned as one man to
the one leader who could save them.
They called Clemenceau from his cri
tic’s seat and demanded that he turn
his vitriolic powers against me nun—
and against the coward or traitor
Frenchmen who were doing the Hun’s
work behind the French lines.
Clemenceau came. “Veni, vidi, vici."
He struck two-fisted at the enemies of
France, one fist for the Germans and
the other for the Bolo Pashas and the
Cailiaux who were stabbing her in the
back. He saved France if ever a
statesman saved a nation. And now
that peace has come and Clemenceau
has guided his nation most success
fully thru the difficult and trying
times of treaty-making, enemies arise
against him in the Chamber; and his
fate, in spite of his preliminary suc
cess, is stiy in doubt
Why? In the first place, gratitude i
plays about as large a part in politics
as elsewhere. No nation chooses its
rulers for what they have done, but
for what they will do. And intensely
democratic, industrial working France
is by no means certain that it likes the
tort of civil government which Clem
enceau represents. Clemenceau was
not a very popular officeholder in the
pacific days before the war. He was
a far better slayer than leader of
cabinets. A "tiger” may be a fine en
emy to let loose on one’s enemies but
less attractive as a domestic pet.
The Socialists are irreconcilably op
posed to Clemenceau because of his
drastic measures toward them when in
office. His “tiger” springs have made
a lot of enemies thru the years, and
peace has once again released their
enemity. Then he is an old man. That
counts minus in politics so largely
personal as the French. Rising young
politicians will not rally heartily and
steadfastly to a sinking sun, be it ever
so brilliant. The Allied world, outside
of France, would today elect Clemen
conu unanimously to the highest posi
tion— in France. But it is not so
certain that it would keep him in hig
office at home.
Richard Croker’s children now as
sert that “the dark-eyed beauty” whom
he married after their mother’s death
was not a Cherokee princess, as was
alleged, but a cabaret singer. But that
will make her none the less a dark
eyed beauty.
Skirts are likely to be tighter this
fall because of the scarcity of materi
als. With trains delayed now on ac
count of the time required by hobbled
women for boarding them, the railroad
men might as well prepare to revise
their schedules.
FICTION—AND FAC TS.
While the great war was on the peo
ple of the United States were “fed up”
on the wonders of the great Liberty
motor and the Liberty acroplunes, and
the wonders they would perform when
they reached the European battlefields.
The war now is over, and, knowing
our government spent millions on this
enterprise, the following is great
stuff:
*
“From every side Fokkers were
piquing upon the clumsy Liberty ma
chines, which, with their criminally
constructed fuel tanks, offered so easy
a target to the incendiary bullets of
the enemy that their unfortunate
pilots called this boasted achievement
of our aviation department their
“flaming coffins.” During that one
brief fight over Grand Pre I saw three
of these crude machines go down in
flames, and American pilot and an
American gunner in each “flaming
coffin” dying this frightful and need
less death."
The above are not the words of some
disgruntled politician, but. are bv Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s pre
mier ace—the greatest air fighter
produced by our country.
President Wilson has written his
address on the “high cost of living,”
and will ask Congress to furnish re
lief to the public. This is expected to
be a death blow to the “profiteer,” and
it is to be hoped that when the address
is delivered it will be made so cleai
as to just what constitutes a profiteer
that all may recognize one on sight.
After this is done tfie way is made
easy, provided the message also pre
scribes the proper treatment for the
evil. It’s perfectly easy—when you
know how.
Prohibition in Colorado has turned
a former jail Into a cowshed. Yet the
place has held In confinement some
famous trigger men. “The old order
changetli."
If the “deah pwince” stops only in
New York and Washington, as now
announced, he will not see the United
States at £ll.
Why Didn't They Think About It?
Prom ihe Southwest American.
In view of the many complaints of
the people of the Central empires that
they cannot meet the requirements of
the allies in the matter of reparations,
one wonders why they did not thintc
about it when the war was being
waged. Here is a late complaini from
a delegation of Germans that it will
enslave the whole empire to make
good the losses caused by their sub
marines. Why didn’t they think about
enslavement when they were sinking
the ships?
It was as certain as anything could
be that if Germany lost the war she
would have to replace every ship she
sank during the struggle. “Ton for
ton!” That was the warning of Great
Britain to the Germans every time
there was a ship unlawfully sent to
the bottom. But the Germans heeded
nothing; they went right ahead sulk
ing ships illegally as if there were no
such thing as judgment day. A sim
ple minded child ought to have known
that there is in this old world such a
thing as retributive justive.
Little Norway alone lost more than
a million tons of shipping at the hands
of the Germans during the war, prac
tically all of it destroyed contrary to
the usages of international law. Medi
tating upon the figures, the Germans
cry out, “we can not replace it; it will
enslave us!” And yet these same peo
ple had four years in which to think
about it. We could have more sympa
thy for the people of the Central em
pires if once during the war they hal
manifested any evidence of human'ty
or sympathy; or had stoppl'd to think
about the consequences of their evil
deeds.
... *o -■ ■■ —
Two Brands of Looters.
The secret of the trouble in Mexico |
is loot—loot by force of arms. And, i
by the way, the Mexican bandit is a j
gentleman compared with the grafter
in foods, feedstuffs and clothing in the
United States. We think the same
remedy should be applied in both
rases—the firing squad. If congress i
lid its duty it would pass a law that
would enable the courts to convict a
few millionaire profiteers and stand
them in front of a machine gun with a
rouple of doughboy veterans of the
Argonne in charge. We believe alter
the second or third execution prices
would begin to waiver and by the
fourth or fifth execution they would
[\gain reach normal. That is our plan
for the extermination of looters—Mex
ican or otherwise.—Mansfield Messen
ger.
Beyond Comparisons.
“A homely bride and six lovely
bridesmaids.”
“What about it?”
“The bridegroom might make some
invidious comparisons.”
“Never fear. In the present .date
>f his mind you could marry him to a
Hottentot and he wouldn't know the
lifference.”—Birmingham Age-Hcr
ild. 1
YUM IHi
TEACHINGKINDNESS
“A great chance deed may sway our
minds,
But soon the impress fades away;
One life-long influence we find
In little deeds from day to day.”
The following maxims offer a fine
background for oil our moral work:
“As a man thinketh in his heart, so
is he.”—Proverbs.
“Whatsoever things are true, what
soever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are
pure, whatsoever things are of good
report, think on these things.”—Colos
sians.
“What you look at longest you grow
to look like.”—Ilenry Van Dyke.
When you go to help a child solve
a problem in mathematics you do~not
say a word to the child about the
many wrong ways he could use, for
you realize that just as long as the
pupil thinks about the wrong way, he
cannot think about the right way. All
teachers recognize this as a self evi
dent principle, but few teachers real
ize the principle applies to the child’s
moral as well as intellectual training.
You can no more teach a child to be
good by continually telling him of
evil than you- can teach him to be a
mathematician by continually plac
ingg misstatements before him. If
you wish a child to be a musician you
cannot have him study discord, but
harmony. So in the great school of
life we cannot afford to waste our
time studying life’s discords if we
wish to learn life’s concords.
A very successful teacher told me
that she never dwelt upon evil when
talking to children. Her one aim was
to keep their minds filled with
thoughts of the good, the true and the
beautiful. Thought is the great cre
ative force, and our acts, whether
good or bad, are the products of our
thoughts. All great, good, heroic
acts, all deeds of cruelty and crime
snrintrs from t.ViA Hnv Amhrvn nf
thought. It is not what a child has,
or wears, or knows, or says, or does,
but what he thinks as he works, as he
plans or as he plays, that is moulding
his character, that is shaping his life.
If we want the buildirrg to be beauti
ful we must see that nothing but
good stones are used in its construc
tion. If we wish to make the child’s
life better we must make his thoughts
better. If the thought of good pre
dominates, nothing can harm or
contaminate him. When a child is
thinking of good it is impossible for
him to think of evil. If his mind is
filled with thoughts of love, of purity
and peace, there is no place for
thoughts of hate, obscenity and djs
cord. You cannot fill vessels al
ready full. The only thing that con
cerns the teacher is to see that the
vessels are filled with the right qual
ity of thought.
We are told that “Variety is the
spice of life,” and nowhere is this
spice in greater demand than in the
schoolroom. Many teachers fail be
cause they never learned that monot
ony is stagnation. To benefit the child
you must have his interest and his co
operation. These cannot be secured
by following in the old beaten paths.
A teacher’s success not only rests
upon her ability to recognize a good
method, but upon her knowledge of
the proper time to change the method.
A certain method may be the very
best of its kind, producing most grati
fying results, yet if used to satiety it
is a failure. For this reason teachers
must change their methods of pre
senting the points of a lesson, using
various individual, palatable ways of
presenting the same thought. Sup
pose it is desired to present the
thought of kindness upon the minds of
the children. You might proceed this
way. First write the word “kind” on
the board, then have two or three
children give the meaning of the word.
After obtaining their primitive ideas,
ask the children to find the word in
their dictionaries—have one of them
read this definition to the entire class,
next explain to them, provided they
are not advanced sufficiently to ex
plain it to you, how, by the addition of
the suffix “ness” we get the word
“kindness,” that “ness” means state or
condition of being kind. After talk
ing with the children long enough to
arouse their interest in the suhiect of
kindness, write on the board: “Be
ye kind and affectionate one to an
other.” Some of the children instant
ly recognize the lines, hands go up.
and I am told, “Jesus said that,” and
“It is in the Bible.” “Yes, Jesus said
that, and here is something else that
he said,” and I write, “If ye love me,
ye will keep my commandments.” I
then say, “Children, many people
think, or act as if they think the Bible
was written just for the people who
lived at the time it was written. That
is not the exact truth, for while it was
written for them, it was also written
for you, for men, for everybody, so
when Jesus said. ‘Be ye kind and af
fectionate one to another,’ l^e spoke
to you, to me, just as much as He
spoke to Peter or to John. ‘If ye love
me ye will keep my commandments,’ is
what Christ is this morning saying
to every little boy and girl in Mena,
in Arkansas, in the United States,
yes, in the whole big round world to
day. Jesus knew it was impossible
for us to 16ve people and never do
anything to please them. It is so
easy to say we love God, or our
friends, or our parents, but merely
saying the words amounts to nothing
unless we prove the truth of our j
words by our deeds. Now all this week
we are going to prove our love by be
ing kind. We are going to be kind
to each other at our homes and when
school opens, kind to all our school
mates, our teachers, kind and obedi
ent to our parents, kind and loving to j
our sister and brothers, kind to the
dumb brutes, kind to every living
thing. Think what an easy way that is
to show our love. Just being kind.”
GEORGE B. COOK.
Superintendent of Mena Schools.
Have you a picture you want copied
»r enlarged, or a Kodak film you want
enlarged? If so, take it to Hilte
brand, the Leading Photographer, at
Mena.-—Adv. 33-3t
raken Up—One bay mare, no rtiarks;
white spot in forehead, white right
bind foot. A. S. 11 am iter, 1 mi. north
jf Vandervoort.—Adv. 33-lt
KKI, Y STAR, MBNA, Am.
ONLY A DOG.
Greeley Col.'—Despairing of ever
again seeing their little house dog,
which had been missing for sever
al days. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bowers
drove out to Linn Grove Cemetery
to place flowers on the grave of
their baby, who died a few months
ago. There on the tiny mound they
found the dog asleep and almost
exhausted from grief and hunger.
—'News Dispatch.
Yet, it was "only a dog" keeping the
love vigil under the stars in Unn
Grove Cemetery.
The Bowers family, no doubt, had
been criticised for keeping it around
the house. Indignant highbrows,
quite possibly, had written letters to
the Greeley papers to protest that
there were "too many worthless curs
in this town." There was nothing in
viting about it, perhaps, to look at.
It harked at the milkman, and made
life a burden for the Iceman. Occa
sionally it chased the neighbor’s cat
up a tree, and when it found nobody
to annoy, and the baby was asleep, It
amused Itself by scratching Us ears—
in public. Members of the women's
clubs wondered “what the Bowers
family meant" by lavishing such af
fection on such a dog.
But the Bowers baby and the Bow
ers dog didn’t mind what the high
brows said or what the club women
thought. They rolled on the floor to
gether, and the baby roughed the dog’s
wool, pulled its ears and twisted Its
tail. If the iceman or the inilkmnn
had tried that familiarity there would
have been trouble. But the Iceman
and the milkman and the club women
and the highbrows, who hate dogs,
couldn’t understand the loyalty that
bound the 'Bovvers dog to the'IlowerB
baby. It was “only a dog” to them.
And when the Bowers baby died
there was sympathy for all the family.
Neighbors called to offer condolence
and to do all they could to heal the
sorely wounded hearts. Nobody, how
ever, thought of the baby’s playfellow,
the Bowers dog. No one gave a
thought to him as he wandered
through the house alone looking for
the companion that had roughed his
wool and pulled his ears; listening
f/\i* 4 Via irrvi on 4hof liorl r*nmmnnHOfl
him to obedience, even though it bad
talked In baby prattle. No one paid
attention to the wistful, wondering
look in the eyes of the Bowers dog as
he went from one to another, seeking
in dumb, dog fashion an explanation
of the mystery of mysteries that had
robbed him of his playmate. Ho was
only a dog.
When the Bowers baby was taken
from the house by strange hands—
they never would have touched the
baby in other days, with the dog
standing guard— and the silent, solemn
procession left the Bowers home for
that sad journey to Linn Grove Ceme
tery, nobody bestowed so much as a
look or a care upon the Bowers dog.
Why should they? He was only a
dog.
And the procession from Linn
Grove Cemetery wended home again.
The Bowers family and the relatives
and the sympathizing friends and the
minister. The little Bowers baby was
left there in a new made grave—but
not alone. When the last human
friend had left the little mound there
came a watchman to keep vigil, a
watchman prompted by a love and
loyalty that passes human ken. It
was the Rowers dog.
In his way the dog- had solved the
mystery. They found him there,
three days later, exhausted, the dis
patch reads, '•from grief and hunger,”
but faithful still, keeping watch over
the dead.
Let the scientists tell us that, being
only a dog, the watchman at the grave
knew no such sensation as grief.
Being a dog he could not have
been moved by a sense of affection
-—and let scientists go hang.
For there Is the Bowers dog.
WfiAT CAUSES THE h7c. L.?
Here Are an Even Dozen Theories;
What's Yours?
Washington, Aug. 11.—An even
dozen of widely varying theories as
to the cause of the high cost of liv
ing have been advanced at the Capitol
since the search for causes and reme
dies was revived with such enthusiasm
last week. Here they are:
President Wilson—The Senate’s de
lay in ratifying the Peace Treaty.
Senator Myers, Montana—inflation
of the currency.
Senator Thomas, Colorado—High
taxes levied by the f! billion dollar
revenue bill.
■senator omooi, uian—Heavy, ex
portation of necessities, nearly 900
million dollars going abroad last
month, breaking all records.
Senator McCormick, Illinois—Gov
ernmental extravagance as in the bil
lions wasted in aircraft and shipping.
Senator Sherman, Illinois—Retail
profiteering.
Senator McKellar, Tennessee—Cold
storage.
Senator Kenyon, Iowa—The packers.
Senator Smith, South Carolina—
Movies and flivvers.
Senator Gronna, North Dakota—
Too much wages for the few hours of
service.
Republican Leader Mondell—The
Democratic party.
Champ Clark—The Republican party.
HOME AT 'AUCTION.
Saturday, Aug. 16, at 2 p. m.—
4-room house, barn 12x20, wood house
for 10 ricks of wood, fine well of wat
er, good garden, and a quantity of
bearing fruit; lot 50x140, located on
Second street; house No. 1005, ea3t
front. A good little home, good neigh
borhood. This property is free and
clear of all incumbrances. Abstract
of title up to date. What is it worth
to you ? Let us know Saturday at
2 p. m. Sold at auction without re
serve. Terms: Vi cash, balance 1 and
2 years. Col. C. M. Latimer, Auct.
Adv. 191-4t 33-lt
Some Spuds!
G. B. Smith, who tossed his hat in
to the ring last week as the champion
potato raiser, says that folks have
been kicking his chapeau around, and
have been questioning his statement
that he raised four potatoes the ag
gregate weight of which was 4%
pounds. To substantiate his claim he
brought the tubers to The Star Office,
and they still pull the scales down to
that figure. Telling his story a lit
tle further, he avers that out of eleven
rows about 60 feet long, he dug 25
bushels, and then asks if any one can
beat it.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls
to cure I tching, Bund. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you ran get
restful sleep after the first application. Price 6Uc
I
(For week ending August 8.)
Miss Hazel McKee reports the addi
tion of improvements at Old Potter
which makes them a Class B schoo
now.
Amos Musgrave makes a remark
able monthly report of the work at
Two-Mile. His per cent of attendance
shows that the girls are perfect and
the boys 89G. His enrollment is 43.
The County Library Association is
growing rapidly and the books are be
ing used to excellent advantage. The
following persons have become mem
bers during the past week: Lmmett
E. Harrison, Ode McMillan, L. M.
Blan, Mabel Anderson, John Harper,
Fern McKee Parr, and T. Delod Mul
"&i Cove was the first school visited
last week. Misses Georgia and
Blanche Hamby are handling this
schltol nicely. The district has built
an addition to the main building, pro
I viding two rooms. They have some
excellent equipment but need light
colored paint inside. They also need
blackboards.
Emmett Lindsey is teaching his
first term at Overturf. His school is
not large but they are all interested.
This is the first school which has
made 100% in all grades in the spell
ing tests. The school house is new but
they need desks and small equipment.
Holly Grove has had very little
school during the past two years. Miss
Regina Barnes has thirty pupils en
rolled in her first grade and one in
the seventh. She has 54 pupils en
rolled. The school is without equip
ment of any kind. The benches are
very poor. It is to be hoped that this
district will remodel and furnish its
school building.
Miss Annie Billue is doing well with
her first school at Center. She is
systematic in her work and very thoro.
The greatest need of this school is
(lesKs. me district pians uu icuiu»c
the school building and remodel it.
Sunflower is a new consolidated
school. Transportation of pupils was
impossible so the people placed the
new house in the geographical center
of the district for the convenience of
the pupils. The building is almost
hidden away from the world. They
have a neat hoilse but the walls are
entirely too dark on the interior. They
need a well and some desks. Miss
| Eunice Sargent, a member of the
j fifth grade of this school made the
best record in the arithmetic tests
yet made in the couny. Miss Belle
Billue has charge of this school.
Womac Spur is taught by Miss Ella
Felts this term. This school has the
advantage of plenty of equipment and
Miss Felts knows how to use it. Her
school is doing good work. They will
have a creditable display at the coun
ty fair. Miss Elsie McDonald exceed
ed the standard in the arithmetic tests
for the eighth grade.
Prof. E. W. Hamby is teaching the
Mt. Pleasant school. He has twelve
first grade pupils which is proof of
the fact that this school has not been
in session for some time. The paint
on the interior of the house is slate
for the walls and green for the ceil
ing. It would be a good investment
for this district to change that paint,
buy desks and blackboards.
Bunch is another well equipt little
school hidden away in the hills. The
house is quite modem. It has a neat
cloakroom, patent desks, good black
boards and sufficient small equipment.
They need a fence around the grounds
and light paint on the interior. Miss
Ruth Hamby has a good school.
J. M. Sapp is a new teacher in Polk
county and he is making good at Bog
Springs. ‘His enrollment is not large
but the grades are all represented. He
has ordered a number of aids for his
school work and will have pie suppers
to raise additional funds with which
to purchase equipment.
Hatton is to be congratulated for
getting the services of Emmett E.
Harrison of Sevier cnnnt.v fnr
principal this term. He and Miss
Madge Bonner are both doing splen
did work in this school. The directors
are doing their part also. They have
recently painted the house inside and
out, putting white where dark blue
was before, built new outhouses, and
repaired the main building. Hatton
is taking real interest in her school
this year.
Oscar Wilkins, Miss Lela Nichols,
and Miss Mae Miller are in charge of
the Vandervoort schools this year
They are all interested in building up
the standard of their school. The su
perintendent is expecting a creditable
display from this school at the county
tair. This school needs new desks
lighter paint, some dictionaries, globes’
and blackboards, and the directors
seem inclined to provide the things
necessary for their school this year
TOM J. WILBANKS,
_County Superintendent.
BLOOD POISONING IS FATAL.
Master M. wHinger, Jr., Passes
Away at Home on Gann Street.
Friday afternoon at the home of
hi.'i parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
1 Koger, on Gann street, occurred the
death of Master M. W. Koger ir a
manly little fellow better known’to
his associates as “Buddy." The oass
ing of the lad was due to blbod pois
on mg from which he had suffered ;he
past ten days. Despite all that the
. best medical and surgical help avail
able could do the grim reaper once
again mowed the flowers that grow
between. It is believed that thein
i wtarted thru a stone bruise
which Master "Buddy” had w his
'.eel, and which at the time caused no
fear of serious results. The lad was
H I0",?’ ,S°n °f Mr and Mrs. Koger
! f « i!few dKay8 of bein*9 y«ars
!0f age. He was born in Sevier coun
ty, from which place the family came
six years ago. In addition to the
parents, two sister survive. Funeral
services were held Saturdav
noon at the home on Gann street and
burial was at Owens Chapel, near
tsr -
The Old Reliable-Hi!tehr*nd the
Leading Photographer.—Adv. :i3-3t
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H4TFIELD'S annual fair
CLOSED LAST SATURDAY
(Continued from Page One.)
the visitor that there are more than
mere samples grown.
The premium awards follow:
Livestock Department.
Sow, any breed—First, F. bounce;
second, same.
Boar, any breed—First, F. Younce.
Pig, any breed—First, F. Younce.
Best Jack—E. H. Cox.
Pair of mules—First, J. M. Lam
bert; second, Jack Williams.
Brood mare—First, Opal Johnson;
second, H. W. Scott,
Mule colt—First, Riner Hughes;
second, H. W. Scott.
Horse colt—First, John Hays; sec
ond, Lester Sims.
Bull, any breed—First Joe Dunne
gan; second, same.
Heifer, any breed—First, Joe Dun
negan; second, J. A. Cobb.
( Best calf—Elmer Dover,
i Milch cow, any breed—First, W. J.
Davis; second, S. P. Quisenberry.
I Best ewe—J. H. Ashton.
Poultry Department.
Cornish Indian Games—First, Lew
is Johnson.
Barred Plymouth Rocks—Fipst
William Let Terry; second, M. L
Holder.
j Best pen, any breed—Mrs. D. H
McCook; second, Mrs. W. T. Myers.
Best pair bronze turkeys—L. H
Bandy.
Ladies' Department.
, Best tatting—Mrs. Clifton Oran
ford. %
i Best drawn work—Mrs. S. R. Hines
Crochet work—First, Mrs. S. R
1 Hines; second, Mr. S. S. Wise.
Three-piece collection of fancj
1 work—First; Miss Mary Williams
second, Mrs. S. S. Wise.
Embroidery—First, Miss Loverr
! Fortner; second, Mrs. S. S. Wise.
Best homemade cake—Mrs. S. R
1 Hines.
Best cake by girl under 12 years—
Elizabeth Rorik.
j Best Arkansas map—Emma Pal
Best Polk county map—PSul O’Neil
Best quilt—Mrs. W. F. Garrison.
Agricultural Department.
Best Velvet beans—J. C. Evans.
I Farm display—First, J. C. Crump
s'econd, J. B. Myers,
j Stalk cotton—First, G. G. Hear; sec
ond, C. E. Smedley.
| Ten ears corn—First, Ted Casteel
second, J. B. Myers. '
Six stalks corn—First, J. C. Evans
second, Geo. Rear.
Stalk with most ears—J. M. Lam
bert.
Longest stalk corn—-J. C. Crum;
(nearly 17 feet).
Best wheat—S. R. Hines.
Best oats—S. R. Hines.
Best pea hay—Mrs. T. Myers.
I Best 6 stalks Kaffir—S. S. Wise.
Best bundle millet—M. L. Holder.
| Best 6 stalks cane—J. M. Davis.
I Best bundle peanuts—W. J. Davis.
Best red top—S. R. Hines.
Best bale hay—Cyril W. Slote.
Horticultural Department. *
Watermelon—First, G. W. McDon
'aid; second, S. R. Hines.
Best dozen cantaloupes—Cyril W
j Slote.
Peck sweet potatoes—First, S. R
! Hines; second, Mrs. T. Myers.
| Peck Irish potatoes—First, J. S
Holden; second, W. J. Wheat.
Best dozen tomatoes—Ebb Moore.
Peck Onions—First, S. R. Hines
second, G. W. McDonald.
Best head cabbage—J. T. White
head.
Best bunch celery—Jas. A. Slote.
Best gallon beans—Ted Casteel.
I Best sunflower—Willis Johnson.
Best beets—Mrs. C. II. Pletzkow.
j Plate peaches—First, Mrs. R. W
Johnson; second, John Griffin.
| Plate apples—First, Jas. A. Slote
second, W. J. Davis.
Grapes—First, Mrs. Clayton; sec
j ond, Jas. A. Slote.
Best plate pears—Mrs. A. Hiaumet
I Display dried fruit—First, Mrs. Ebl
i Moore; second, Mrs. R. W. Johnson.
n i. • • i> .. _
j«i jcuy—Jirirs. metOOK.
Assortment jellies—First, Mrs. Me
Cook; second, Mrs. C. H. Pletzkow.
Jar peaches—First, Mrs. Wm. Dov
er; second, Mrs. T. Myers.
Best jar plums—Mrs. Alex. Carper
NOTES OF HATFIELD FAIR.
Amos $lusgrave, tho new in thi
j work, was a wheelhorse of a secre
tary.
The Pines Plantation made its usu
al fine exhibit of canned goods_bu
not for premiums.
I Six stalks of corn with 24 perfectli
filled ears was an exhibit worth i
special place of honor.
A stock show without D. E. Myers
or a horticultural exhibit without Jin
• there ain’t no such thin;
in Hatfield.
Typifying the spirit of the Hatfieli
business men, they closed their storei
and put behind them all idea of mak
mg money during the fair.
The managers of the fair requestet
1 he Star to express their appreciatioi
to u. L. Henderson and others win
gave then- best efforts as judges ii
|the different departments.
The exhibit of a rare plate of apple!
waa made by thp pjnps plantatioll
t u> were the Stark’s Delicious, an.
were grown on a tree produced from t
scion from the original tree of thi
variety.
| About the only commercial exhibi
!was made by the Watkins Hard
, ware Company of Mena—a splendii
f *a«?n harness, with man'
saddles, bridles and general hors,
jaqnipment, all in charge of Georgi
The Ladies’ Department at Hatfieli
was invaded by a mere man, S. S
ise, who not only exhibited severa
pieces of fancy work, but took a pre
mium on crochet work. And it took ,
lot of watching by the editor to ge
the fact properly recorded, all handi
j nR on *ivinK the credit to Mrs
Habitual Constipation Cured
in 14 to 21 Days
Wrr» PEPSIN" is a specially
SiM»?r,P^0n'C',LaXalive for H“hitua
should? L II relieve8 promptly bu
should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 dayi
U‘i!j'>n 11 SVm"lates am
OWblxtle Vefy Vasant *°T),ke- «<k
\
Widespread Revolutionary j>r
Formed by Labor. It Is Clain^*
Attempt Expected in Fall Whe»
Coal Is Most Needed. **
From The Kansas City Star
Washington, Aug. 9.-The demand
of organized labor for nationally
of the railroads, which has been befiT
Congress the last week and ban **
ceived a very chilly'reception j. n!T
the first step in the revolutionary n
gram which has been formed by ti£
radical elements in labor. The n ^
demand will be that the coal mim*u
taken over by the government Z
following that the labor programed,
for government banks. Authority f„!
' that statement is Senator King ♦
j Utah, Senator Borah of Idaho and
Senator Pomerene of Ohio, all f
j whom have discussed with |ru!
' leaders here just what they have i,
! mind as a governmental program.
Miners to Ask in the Fall.
It is stated that as soon as fall an
proaches and the demand for coal in
! creases the miners will ask Congrew
j to make provision for the purchase of
the coal mines of the country and
[ place them under a tri-partite man
agement similar to the plan urged for
; taking over the railroads. Frank
Morrison, secretary of the American
, Federation of Labor, in his testimony
bafore the House committee on inter.
, state and foreign commerce on the
Plumb plan, said that the minern had
expressed their *desire to have the
government own the mines if they
were permitted to have a voice in the
management which would insure pro
tection to their interests.
Bill Similar to Brotherhoods.
Evidently the plan has been well
considered by the miners’ union and
they are prepared to submit their
proposition in the form of a bill, as
the railroad brotherhoods have done.
There are about % million men em
ployed in the coal mines of the United
States, anthracite and bituminoui.
While a detailed plan has not been
, brought forward, it is understood that
■ the men will ask that the mines be
placed under a directorate, upon
| which the government, the managers
and the employes will be represented
| equally, giving the government, the
i real owners, only one-third of the
i votes.
Following the nationalization of the
mines will come the demand for plac
ing all the banks under some such
system, altho the details of the bank
proposals are somewhat hazy.
Won’t Overlook Steel Industry.
How much further the nationalia
j tion idea proposes to go is problemat
ical. Jt is not expected that the steel
I industry will be overlooked, and there
are many other lines of activity which
■ it is expected will come within the
i purview of the plans of organized la
bor. Carried to its logical conclusion
' | the scheme is staggering in the
amount of capital required and the
radicalism with which it is surround
ed.
Senator King said todhy that the
plan was outlined to him in all ear
, nestness and Senator Borah said the
same. Senator Pomerene said that a
j fellow senator had been approached
with the same proposal, but had re
1 jected it with the declaration that if
I it was attempted “some parties would
, find themselves swinging from lan
1 posts, as the American people gener
! ally would not stand for it.’’
The Senate Is Hostile. 1]
Sentiment in the Senate respecting
I the Plumb plan for the nationaliza
tion of the railroads, upon which those
other plans depend, is very hostile to
. the project. It won’t even get to first
i base. Senators have been studying H
the situation and very generally I
ready to go on record as opposed to 1
■ * the idea, whatever may be the political I
consequences.
The Senate is nearly unanimous m I
the belief that the public is not pre- I
. pared for any such radical idea atia I
will support them in their opposition- I
but they are ready to take the const- I
, quences of voting against it.
WOULD NATIONALIZE^
INTERSTATE CORPORATIONS I
Lewis E. Sawyer of Hot Springs M<! I
Try for Congress—Has a Scheme
of His Own.
1 Special to The Star. I
Little Rock, Aug. 7.—Lewis E. »*• I
• yer of Hot Springs, speaker of I
1 house in 1916, was in Little Rock
week, and advised his friends ttet I
. is seriously considering making I
race for Congress from the Suctn I
' , u. I
Should he do so and be elected, I
, says the first thing he would underua ■
would b(f to nationalize corpora I
1 engaged in interstate business. H
’ He would introduce a bill H
{ for the incorporation of such co Bj
, nie3 by the government, just as • ■
are now incorporated ami anc*®'
[ vision of the states where they I
domiciled. ,. the 8
1 Mr. Sawyer insists that thl®; I
only method by which the £°ve ^ I
will ever be able to secure an a
control of such corporations. ^ H
; “It would be easy to banme , > B
r packing companies, if we ha
, law now,” he said. _
' | Fine line of fine Folders j<“jj 33 I
lived. Hiltebrand’s Studio.
HEARTBURN I
Of heaviness after rneal*^ |
1 most annoying marines
> of acid-dyspepoia- _ ^
I Ks-ssesnS I
1 plea- ant to take', *ore S
1 acidity and help I
normal digestion.
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