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I_ FIRST SECTION. SIXTEEN I AGES THIS WEEK.
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VOL. 49 MARIANNA. ARKANSAS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 1917.
77 ARE EXAMINED;
56 ARE ACCEPTED
local military board be
gins BIG TASK OF PASSING
ON FITNESS OF DRAFT
ED MEN.
The stupendous task of giving a
complete physical examination to the
i 2638 men in Lee county who recently
registered under the selective draft
plan was started at the court house
yesterday morning by Sheriff Cotter,
Dr. 0. L. Williamson and J. E. Ste
venson, the registration and exemp
tion board for Lee county. Dr. Wil
liamson is being assisted in making
the examination by Dr. W. B. Bean,
city health officer, and by Dr. E. D.
WaH j
The registration board has sent
out notices to the first 533 men
drawn in the big lottery at Washing
ton. Out of this number they hope
to get 266 men for army service. This
number is Lee county’s quota.
Yesterday seventy-seven examina
It'nnc \1/PT*P made out of which there
were only twenty-one rejections for
physical disabilities. After all the
examinations are made, the board
will give consideration to exemption
claims.
The Rev. W. C. Boone, pastor of
the First Baptist church, was the
first man examined here. He wanted
to leave Monday on his annual vaca
tion and Dr. Williamson gave him
his examination Saturday. He is
exempt from military duty on account
of his calling.
Bennett Freeman was the second
man examined. He was accepted as
physically fit for service.
P. F. Newell, county demonstrator,
was the third man examined. He,
too, was accepted.
Of the white men examined yester
day Luther Bamer. Burt Dodd and
Simon Julius Hill were rejected, and
Leonard Gillen water, Jas. Wm.
Moore and John Franklin Secrest
were accepted.
The following negroes were accep
ted: Dewitt Bowen. Leon Bethel,
Call Bolton, Julius Cole. Squire G.
Carey, Willie Covington, Henry
Cheers. Tim Clark. Jr., Alfredda
Davis, Sam Edwards, Govan Taylor,
Walter Glenn. Robert Gamble. Chas.
Jackson, Olrich Jackson, Chas.
Hughes. Henry Day Jones, Carl Kil
go. Luther Lofton. Edd King, James
Long. Opera Moore, Willie Murdock,
Joe Nelson, Wade Polk. John Parker.
Wm. Parker, Walter Robinson, Presi
dent Smith, Calvin Stokes. Charles
Sims. Nelson Scott, Fred Scott, Tim
Wright, Emmett Woodard. Preston
Williams, Ed Williams.
The rejections of negroes follows:
Walter Patrick, Jesse Phillips, Bee
Page. Nelson Rogers. Chas. Berry,
Jas. Collins, Otto Clifton, Bud Davis,
Haywood Hickman, Robt. Jones. Chas.
Kirby, Bob Murry, Sherman Pearson,
Artuh Smith, Ellis Smith. Spencer
Randall, Edgar D. Scruggs, Will
Thomas, Simon Taylor.
MISSING GIRL FOUND;
Dirnn ai ta ttd nAVn rDUD
Paragould. Aug. 2.—Miss Flossie
Trinnie Smith, who mysteriously dis
appeared from the Burroughs home
near Marmaduke, north of here, on
July 10, has been found.
It is stated by Constable Pressen
of Hurricane Township that when the
girl left the Burroughs home, she
had her hair trimmed, donned men’s
clothing and hired to a farmer in the
northern part of the county to work
>n the cotton field.
Her only explanation of her con
duct is that she wanted to do some
thing unusual.
Daniel and Clint Burroughs, who
were held here, charged with haviaff
knowledge of the girl’s whereabouts,
were released this morning.
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Prof. MacChesney Here.
Prof. Fred L. MacChesney, the new
•uperintendent of the city schools, ac
companied by Mrs. MacChesney, have
Returned from a delightful visit with
relatives at Odessa, Mo., and later to
the resorts of Colorado. They have
leased the Hutton building on Pearl
•treet, now owned by Benham &
Banks, and have begun keeping house.
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A Frenchman has invented an arti
ficial wood for matches, using spe
cinlly prepared straw as a substitute.
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Tea compressed into blocks which
resemble plug tobacco is sold by an
English firm for the convenience of i
tourists.
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A new bathroom scale with a dial
facing upward, to enable the person
•tending on it to rend his own weight
s a recent invention.
Dne of latest inventions is a
halter that keeps a sleener’s
, nth closed and thus prevents snor
SPECIAL MEETING.
There will be a meeting of the
board of directors and the entire
membership of the Marianna Com
mercial Club at the club quarters
on Monday evening, August 6.
Many matters of vital interest
will come up for consideration,
among them being a proposition
to publish a marketing bulletin
twice each month for free distri
bution among the farmers, and
the launching of a campaign for
the growing of more wheat in Lee
county. Every' wide-awake citizen
in Lee county is invited to be
present at this meeting and to take
part in the discussion of these im
I portant questions.
C. E. DAGGETT, President
MAINTAIN COUNTY
WARRANTS AT PAR
JUDGE PLUMMER MAKES GOOD
CONTRACT WITH THE SIX
BANKS IN LEE COUNTY.
County Judge J. A. Plummer has
made a contract with the six banks
in Lee county whereby the banks pay
two and a half per cent interest on
deposits of county funds and also
agree to maintain county warrants
at par. During the past year the Lee
County National Bank has been the
county depository, paying interest at
the rate of three and a half per cent
and keeping warrants at par. When
bids were recently submitted the loc
al banks did not bid more than two
and a half per cent for the county
funds, because money is now plenti
ful and cheap. Judge Plummer re
jected the bids and subsequently took
P.hp maf.fpr nn with flip fmir hanks in
Marianna, and the banks at Haynes
and Moro and made arrangements to
divide the county funds among them,
all in return agreeing to pay two and
a half per cent interest and to cash
all county warrants at one hundred
cents on the dollar.
RED CROSS WORK
SHOWING PROGRESS
MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED
GARMENTS AND SLIPPERS
WILL BE EXHIBITED TUES
DAY MORNING.
RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS
Mrs. P. D. McCulloch, Sr., one doz
en tray cloths and two dozen wash
cloths.
Mrs. H. B. Derrick, half dozen face
towels.
J. L. Isaacs, one bag of cotton to
be used for fracture pillows.
Mrs. J. I. Morris, five pairs wool
socks and half dozen face towels.
Mrs. Sallie Patton, two sheets.
On account of the extremely hot
weather, the ladies will sew at the
headquarters in the forenoon from 9
to 12 and will discontinue sewing in |
the afternoons until the weather gets J
cooler. This arrangement will be
come effective Monday.
I would be glad to have all the la
dies of Marianna and Lee county j
who are interested in this great work ;
for humanity and who feel in their i
own hearts that whetner tney nave
a son. husband or sweetheart who
must go to the front and face the
enemy and may pour out their life
blood on the battlefield and make the
supreme sacrifice, join us in this
great work. If you have no near kin
in the army, you ought to be willing
to help some other mother’s son or
some other woman s husband so they
will at least have some little comfort
while they are at the front fighting
for your country and for you. We
read in the Holy Scrpitures how the
prists placed on the right side of the
temple altar a chest with an opening
in the lid, into which was put all the
offerings that were brought to the
temple by the devout worshippers.
Ladies and gentlemen, every little
donation you make, every member
ship fee you pay in. every hour you
sew, you erect a temple altar to the |
American Red Cross, and by so doing
you help to provide at least some
small comfort and send a bright ray
of sunshine into the hearts of our j
American soldiers in perhaps their
last lonely hours, and I pray that
God’s richest blessings may ever be
with each one—blessings that bringeth
great joy and addeth no sororws.
We have more than five hundred
garments made up, as well as many
hospital slippers ready for shipment.
They will be on exhibition at the Red
Cross headquarters in the City Hall
on Tuesday morning. August 7. from :
9:30 to 12. The public and all who
are interested in this work are most :
cordially invited to come in and in-j
spect them.
MRS. J. I. MORRIS, Secretary
This Issue of
The Courier-Index
Consists of sixteen pages of six columns to the page,,
twenty inches to the column—a total of ninety-six columns
or 1,920 inches. Nineteen columns are used in the publica
tion of the government military draft. Fifteen columns are
consumed by the purely local matters—an amount of local
news far in excess of that carried by other weekly news
papers in Arkansas. The display advertising consumes 36
columns of space, or 730 inches. Legal advertising and paid
readers consume three columns. Editorial matter, general
state and foreign news and timely articles of particular in
terest to the farmers occupy twenty-three columns of space.
There is not a weekly in Arkansas that handles the vol
ume of news contained in the Courier-Index. There is not a
weekly newspaper in Arkansas that prints as many pages
every week as does the Courier-Index. Since March 9, 1917,
when the new management took charge of the consolidated
papers in Marianna, twenty-two editions have been issued. Of
this number six editions had eight pages, six contained twelve
pages and ten editions had sixteen pages. There is not a
weekly paper in Arkansas that has handled the list of names
comprising the military draft as often as has the Courier
Index. Three complete publications have been made of the
2638 names, and in addition a partial list of 1.340 was pub
lished immediately following the drawing.
There is not a newspaper in Arkansas that is printed on
No. 1 news as is the Courier-Index. The management buys
the more expensive news stock in order that the appearance
of the paper may be enhanced.
The subscribers to the Courier-Index get this big volume
of news for a cost of less than three cents a week to them,
or a total cost of $1.50 a year.
How do we do it? 1
By the splendid support of the citizenship generally and
the business institutions of Marianna in particular. The ad
vertising matter carried in the columns of the Courier-Index
makes it possible to issue a publication above the average
in the volume of news handled, the numoer of pages printed
each week and in the neat typographical appearance of the
paper. How can we make still greater improvements? By a
little more loyalty upon the part of Marianna and Lee county
people to home institutions. Get in the habit of trading with
the stores that advertise. Buy advertised goods. Don’t fail
to tell the merchant you saw his ad in the Courier-Index.
Commend him on his public spirit and his enterprise. Make
his advertising pay him in direct returns. He doesn’t ob
ject to paying for ads if he knows the people read and re
spond to them.
Lee county is famed for its wonderfully rich soil, its
progressive, public-spirited, big-brained citizens and for be
ing the situs of MARIANNA—the busiest, classiest and
fastest-growing small city in Arkansas.
Let’s add another big assart and make it noted as the
home of the best newspaper in the state.
WELTY TALKS ON '
MARKETING CROPS
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MISSOURI PACIFIC EXPERT EM
PHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF
STANDARDIZATION OF
PRODUCTS.
D. C. Welty, agricultural commis
sioner for the Missouri Pacific rail
road, delivered a most instructive ad- j
dress to a representative body of
business men and farmers at the Elks
Club last Friday evening on the sub
ject of the proper method to market
the surplus products. Mr. Welty
came here upon invitation of the mar
keting committee to assist in formu
lating a comprehensive marketing
plan that would enable the farmers
to advantageously dispose of their
grain and perishable products. Mr.
Welty has had a long and varied ex
perience in handling marketing prob
lems and in his address Friday
night he covered a wide range
of activities in this line. He
particularly emphasized the ne
cessity for standardization, for pro
per packing, for looking up prices
and marketing conditions prior to the
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action upon the part of the fanners
and for studying the science of dis
tribution. He doubted the advisabil
ity of establishing a market exchange i
in Marianna, suggesting that through
the secretary of the Commercial Club.*
the county demonstrator, acting in
conjunction with the state marketing
agent and with the agricultural de
partment of the railroad, good mar
kets could always be found for sea
sonable products.
Many of the important features of
his address will be brought up for
discussion at the next meeting of the j
Commercial Club on Monday night, 1
August 6, at which time it is hoped
a definite plan of action will be
agreed upon.
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Sneak Thieves at Work.
On Tuesday night of this week
sneak thieves broke into the ticket of
fice at the Missouri Pacific station
and stole a small amount of loose
charge that had been left overnight j
in the cash drawer.
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Director Buys Home.
E. A. Clifford, director of the Mari- I
anna Commercial Club Band has pur- ,
chased a dwelling on North Cedar
street. The property is known as the i
Steele place. It was owned by Sena
tor J. T. Robertson and the deal was !
made through the Robertson & Ben- 1
ham agency.
T. E. WOOD SLATED
FOR PLACE ON I- C. C.
CHAIRMAN OF ARKANSAS RAIL
ROAD COMMISSION MAY LAND
FINE FEDERAL APPOINT
MENT.
The Arkansas Democrat of Satur
day contains the following announce- |
ment of the candidacy of T. E. Wood '
of Marianna, chairman of the Arkan- |
sas railroad commission for appoint- ;
ment on the Interstate Commerce
Commission in view of the recent
passage of an act increasing the
membership of the commission from
seven to nine.
“Following final action on the bill
now pending in Congress to enlarge
the Interstate Commerce Commission
from seven to nine members, and to
broaden the powers of the commis
sion, it is believed that T. E. Wood,
chairman of the Arkansas Railroad
Commission, will be named by Presi- j
dent Wilson as one of the new com
missioners.
“Mr. Wood has the support of
Senators Joe T. Robinson and W. F.
Kirby, in addition to the seven Ar
kansas representatives. Petitions
signed by every State official and by
various traffic organizations over the
state urging Mr. Wood’s appointment
have been sent to the president. Mr.
Wood also was indorsed by the Ar- J
kansas Press Association, of which
he formerly was president. Prior to 1
Mr. Wood's election on the railroad ■
commission, he was a newspaper pub- ; 1
lisher at Marianna.
‘ The bill now pending in Congress ,
was introduced by S nator Robinson (
of this state. It has passed both
branches of congress and is now j
pending awaiting a conference.
‘‘The apointment will be four or (
five years.”
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Leuhrmann Presents Another Flag.
The Rev. C. C. Burke, master of ,
the local troop of Boy Scouts, an- \
nounces that Geo. E. W. Leuhrmann )
of St. Louis, who recently presented f
the Scouts with a handsome United j.
States flag has followed his first gift j i
with the presentation of another flag
—this time a troop flag, which the
members of the troop very much ap
preciate. (
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New Store to Open. <
G. F. Gambrell stated yesterday he (
would have his new store on North '
Poplar street open and ready for busi- 1
less tomorrow. Mr. Gambrell spent <
last week in the markets purchasing 11
ais stocks. | i
MARIANNA MINISTERS
GRANTED VACATIONS
REV. WOMACK IN FAULKNER
COUNTY—REV. BOONE IN PRO
TRACTED MEETING IN MIS
SISSIPPI.
The congregations of the Methodist
and Baptist Curches have granted
their pastors, Rev. Jno. A. Womack
and Rev. W. C. Boone, a month's va
cation. Rev. Womack and family left
Monday in their Overland car for
Conway where they will visit friends
and relatives. They will also visit
other points in that section of Ar
kansas, and Rev. Womack may spend
a portion of his time in revival work.
Rev. Boone, wife and baby left
Monday for Memphis where Mrs.
Boone will visit relatives. Rev. Boone
went to Leakville. Miss., where he
will spend a week or ten days in a
revival meeting. He will then return
to Memphis and spend the remainder
of his vacation with relatives.
Rev. Walter K. Johnston of the
Presbyterian church, is engaged in a
protracted meeting at De Vail's
Bluff. He will return to Marianna
Saturday and fill his regular ap
pointment Sunday morning, mere
will be no preaching at the Presby
terian church on Sunday night. On
Sunday afternoon Rev. Johnston will
begin a protracted meeting in the
arbor at Gill.
There will be no services at the
Methodist church Sunday with the
exception of the Sunday school.
At the Baptist church Rev. G. E.
Holt, associational missionary, will
preach Sunday morning.
Rev. C. C. Burke, rector of St.
Andrews Episcopal church, will hold
regular services both morning and
evening on next Sunday.
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CHANCELLOR DECIDES
AN INTERESTING SUIT
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HOLDS CONDITIONAL OPTION
ON LAND EXPIRED WHEN
DEFENDANT DISCHARGED
DEBT.
Chancellor E. D. Robertson heard
a very interesting law suit last Sat
urday in an action in which L. E.
Berard of Helena attempted to en
force the terms of an option he claim
ed to have held on a piece of land
owned by L. A. Fitzpatrick. More
than a year ago Fitzpatrick borrowed
$750 from Berard. giving a note to
mature on December 16, last, secured
by a second mortgage on his land and
by rent notes. In addition he gave
Berard an option to sell the land at
an agreed price, the option being one
of the conditions of the loan. Berard
collected his loan and interest out of
the rent notes and on December 16,
turned over to Fitzpatrick the can
celled note. Subsequent to that date
he attempted to exercise his option
on the land and Fitzpatrick refused
to recognize the validity of the op
tion. Suit was brought in chancery
:ourt by Berard to compel Fitzpatrick
to accept the purchase price for the
land and deliver a deed to Berard.
Fitzpatrick contended the option ex
pired. After listening to many de
inn »nH verv ablp arguments by
Judge J. M. Vineyard and Judge W.
D. Dinning of Helena, representing
Berard. and by Judge R. J. Williams
)f Forrest City, representing Fitz
patrick, Chancellor Robertson de
eded the option expired witht he can
cellation of the obligation and that
Berard could not force Fitzpatrick
;o sell the land after the debt was
jaid.
SEW AUTO FIRE TRUCK IS
PURCHASED BY THE CITY
The fire and water committee of
he city council, acting with Maclin
tfcClintock, of the board of public
vorks, and C. C. Mitchener, chief of
he fire department, Tuesday closed
i deal with a representative of the
nternational Harvester Company for
he purchase of a modem new auto
ire truck. The mew machine, which
vill be delivered within sixty days,
las four cylinders, is equipped with
■lectric lights, self-starter, on thous
ind feet of hose, 35-gallon chemical
ank, two hundred feet of chemical
lose and dual tires. The purchase
irice of the machine is $3,000. but
allowance made for the old truck will
,ring the net price down to $2,700.
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Dr. Boals Dead.
Dr. W. P. Boals. formerly a resi
[ent of Lee county, near Rondo, died
ast Saturday night at his home at
Summerville, Tenn., of Bright's dis
ase. His body was buried at Collier
•ille. Dr: Boals owned some fine
arms in Lee county and frequently
ame here to look after his interests.
>Jews of his death will be received
yith much regret by his many frienda
COMMERCIAL CLUB
j SECRETARY RESIGNS
G. S. BRICKEY WILL PROBABLY
GO TO KINGSVILLE, TEXAS
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CEEDS HIM.
Garland S. Brickey, for more than
two years the very efficient secretary
1 of the Marianna Commercial Club,
has tendered his resignation to the
! board of directors and Glenn H.
■ Leary, cashier for the Lesser-Gold*
man Cotton Company here, has been
elected to succeed Mr. Brickey aa.
secretary. The change became effec
^ tive on August 1.
For several months Mr. Brickey hat
i been the recipient of flattering of*
fers to become secretary of other
commercial organizations, amonj;
them being a proposition from the
* Commercial Club at Kingsville, Tex.
which Mr. Brickey will more than
likely accept. During his tenure aa
secretary of the Marianna Commer
cial Club Mr. Brickey has built up a
splendid reputation both for the club
and for himself. Through his initia
; tive and originality he has placed
! Marianna and Lee county in the lime
light as they have never been placed
before. The work that has been done
by the club here has attracted at
tention in all sections of the United
States, and its fame has even spread
fn Ua11oiw4 Me P rinlrotr Viact P ra -
quently been called upon to deliver
addresses before other commercial
and industrial organizations that
wanted to know the “Marianna way”
■ of doing things. The offers he has
i received recently are the direct re
suits of these visits to other places.
Last month he went to Kingsville,
Texas, upon invitation of the leaders
in that city, and remained there more
than a week going over the situation
with the officers of the Commercial
Club and telling them the plans th^t
had been so successfully followed
here.
Mr. Brickey has resided in Mari
anna all his life and very naturally
regrets to sever relations that have
been so pleasant and extended over
such a long period of time, but in
justice to himself he cannot afford to
ignore propositions that will call him
to larger and more remunerative
fields of activity.
At re recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Commercial Club
when his resignation was accepted, a
motion prevailed appointing a special
committee to draft suitable resolu
tions of commendation on the splendid
work Mr. Brickey has done as secre
tary of the organization. The resolu
tions have not yet been prepared and
formally presented, but will probably
be acted upon at the next meeting of
the Commercial Club on Monday eve
ning, August 6.
Mr. Leary who succeeds Mr. Brick
ey is a native of this city and is re
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gniucu mo v»»v wmv
clerical men here. For years he has
held resposible positions and in every
capacity he has acquitted himself
creditably. While he haB had no ex
perience in Commercial Club work,
outside of his activities as a loyal
member of the organization, he is
well fitted by the character of hia
previous employment and by his na
tural gifts for the position and the
members of the board of director!
feel confident he will develop into a
very efficient secretary, and that with
his knowledge of detail work, hia
splendid address and his affability he
will be able, not only to maintain the
high standard of the work done by
the club, but will find new fields of
usefulness for the organization.
COLORED COMMERCIAL CLUB
COMMENDS MR. BRICKEY.
Marianna, Aug. 1st, 1917.
We the Colored citizens of Lee
county, through the Colored Commer
cial Club, have learned to our very
great regret, the leaving of the city,
and the Marianna Commercial Club of
Mr. G. S. Brickey.
Appreciating the very valuable as
sistance given to the whole people
of Lee county by Mr. Brickey, we de
sire in this way to publicly express
our regrets of his leaving this county,
for in him and his activities we have
lost a most valuable man, who shows
interest in every thing and every man
who is progressive.
We congratulate and commend him
on his larger field, and would recom
mend him to all of the citizens of
Kingsville or wherever he may cast
his lot. both white and colored and
fell assured that he will take to them
the same spirit of progressiveness
which has so characterized his stay
among us.
Lee County Commercial Club, «
J. H. Barabin, President.
E. J. Lunon, Secretary.
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The Duchy of Lichtenstein is to is
sue two new postage stamps. They
will show the coat of arms of the coun
try. and the picture of King Johann
II. The values will be 3 to 15 heller,