The courier-index., August 17, 1917, FIRST SECTION., Image 1

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Lee County Men Who Will
Serve in Army Under the
New Selective Draft Law
Lee county’s quota of 293 men for
military service under the selective
draft act was secured out of the first
466 names drawn in the big lottery
at Washington. While practically 85
per cent of those in the first draft
claimed exemption, the board grant
ed exemptions in only 32 cases.
Fully half of these were only tempo
rary, the men being ordered to re
port to the boara again on November
1, for further consideration of their
cases. One hundred and thirty-three
men out of the 466 were physically
disqualified. Thirty-one failed to
show up for examination. Under
orders from the war department
these thirty-one are certified to the
adjutant general for military service.
Of this thirty-one, however, it has
been learned that one man, Benjamin
Bowden, had already enlisted in the
army; Clyde Church of Council has
been reported to the board as totally
blind. Ben Farr of Marianna, who had
failed to report, has since responded,
has been pronounced physically fit,
and was ordered to hold himself in
readiness for military duty; Oscar
Vaughn f Marianna, another who
failed to report, is said to be sick
with acute tuberculosis; Willie Cole
man of Ebling, who failed to appear
for examination, has since reported
to the board. The other names on
the “pink” list are J. P. Foster of
Askew, Virgil Lovelace of Brickeys,
Henry Strong of Marianna, Rider
Gooden of Marianna, Sylvester Plyers
of Marianna. Sam Blakelv of Council.
Ira Johnson of La Grange, Alex Wil
son of Aubrey, Willie Farris of Hick
man, Ky., Ruben J. Franklin of Mari
anna who was transferred to Birm
ingham, Ala., Will Davis of Haynes,
Wm. Robt. Hill of Marianna, Van
Smith of Askew, Henry B. White of
Aubrey, Scott Spencer of Marianna,
Geo. Robinson of Council, Leon Sharp
of Marianna, Will Jones of Rondo,
Freelen Roy Roberts of Brickeys,
Chas. Collins of Brickeys, Louis Per
ry of Mrianna and Willie Franklin
of Moro.
Government agents will apprehend
these men and place them in the
army, if physically fit, and if unfit
they will probably be punished for
failing to respond to the order for
physical examination.
Those who were granted exempt
ions, either permanent or temporary,
are as follows:
Gladney Johnson of Palestine, Ed
King of Council, Bert Clifford Dodd
of Marianna, Lacey Kennedy of Mari
anna, Ben Banks of Marianna, Rt. 3,
Neele H. Bickerstaff of Moro, Neal
Holden of Haynes, Greene W. Farm
er of Aubrey, John Stephenson of
Brickeys, Ben Frank Wolfe of Hay
nes, Earl Jose Wyeth of Helena,
Robert Taylor of Council, Eagle
Price of Haynes, Nathaniel Conner
•of Marianna Rt. 1, Wiley JJogan of
Moro. Jesse Sneed of Marianna Rt. 1,
William Garrett of Haynes, William
Cooke Boone of Marianna. Marvin
Samuel Jones of Marianna. Mat J.
Smith of Marianna Rt. 3, H. B. Piper
of Rrickeys, Oscar Apple of Little
Rock, Ivan Swindle of Marianna,
Henry Baird Cobb, Marianna, Ausie
Griffin of Goodwin, Jim Miller of Ma
rianna Rt. 1, John Lockhart of Moro,
Hillory Trash of Wheatley, Geo. W.
Howard of Haynes, Ernest V. Nor
ment of Thomasville, James Graham
nf Uovnno D^L* TTl.D/V.i/Inn
Under orders from the war de
partment the local board will have
complete charge of the drafted men
until they are delivered to the mobi
lization point designated by the de
partment. The men will be sent to
the camp in four contingents, thirty
Per cent being called to service on
September 5. thirty per cent on Sep
tember 15, thirty per cent on Septem
ber 30, and the remaining ten per
cent at a time yet to be designated.
The men will be called in the order
which they were drawn. They
Must report to Marianna not earlier
than twenty-four hours and not less
than twelve hours from the hour
they are scheduled to entrain. The
local board will serve proper notice
°n the men, advising them when they
Must report to local headquarters in
Marianna.
The list of 270, which with the 31
Men on the “pink” list, constitute a
total of 301, who will constitute Lee
county’s contribution to the new
apMy, is as follows:
Henry Cheers, Marianna; Willie
Ed McDowell, Marianna; Dewitt Bow
on, Marianna; George Sterling, Coun
C>1; John Parker, Clifton; Wade
Montgomery, Marianna; James Long,
Soudan; Robert Jones, Rondo; Tim
f'nrk, Jr.,1 Moro.
Harold Brewer, Marianna; Alfred
6 Bavis, Marville; Emmett Wood
ard, Aubrey; Richard Taylor, Brick
^8; Tollie Arnold Copeland, Rondo;
°Mor Graham, Marianna.
Moses Washington, Brickeys; Wil
* foviijigton, Marianna; George Rob
Ht&. i .
Re i
inson, Marianna; Phill Shephard. Chi
cago, 2908 State St.; Nelson Scott,
Lexa; Julius Cole, Moro; James Wal
ter Patton, Dansby; James William
Moore, Marianna; Olrich Jackson,
Brickeys; Leon Bethell, Moro.
Robert Gamble, Council; Fred
SCott, Brickeys; Cal Bolden, Council;
John DeMcDaniel, Koscuisco, Miss.;
Calvin Stokes, Moro; Haywood Hick
man, Marianna; Charley Jackson,
Brickeys; James Collins, Thomas
ville; Wade Polk, Marianna; Henry
Edmonds, Council; Opera Moore,
Marianna Rt. 3; Preston Williams,
Marianna.
Charley Sims, Marianna; Ed Wil
liams, Marianna; John Franklin Se
crist, La Grange; Aaron Lane, Brick
eys; Will Murdock, Marianna; Sam
Edwards, Marianna; Luther Lofton,
Moro; President Smith, Marianna;
William Parker, Askew; Tom Wright
Brickeys; Walter Robinson, Aubrey;
Squire G. Cary, Thomasville; Walter
Glenn, Soudan; Walter Patrick, Hay
nes; Charley Hughes, Marville Rt. 2.
Henry Day Jones, Marianna; Govan
Taylor, Aubrey; Leonard Albert Gil
len water. Moro; Joe Nelson, Mari
anna; Carl Kilgor, Clifton; Nathan
iel Whitten, Marianna Rt. 1; Phil
Moore, Marianna; Ernest Green, Mo
ro; Boyd Hughes, Palestine; Charlie
Hoskins, Council; W. Lansford, Jr.,
La Grange; Nelson Williams, Clifton;
Frank Spraggin, Brickeys; Jesse
Hamilton, Palestine; Sandy Bobo,
Moro; William Otto Britt, Marianna;
Colby Cooke, Marianna; Eddie Smith
Clifton.
Harvey Clay Brock, Moro; Thomas
Murrah, Soudan; Emmett Emerson,
Haynes; Marion Wilson, Moro; Rich
ard Springer, Marianna; Guy Coth
Marianna. Rt. 1; Milton Lott, Sou
dan; Ed Freeman, Phillips Bayou;
Charley McClendon, Dansby; Will
Washington, Brickeys; Sam Mattox,
Marianna: Lee Chesser, Marianna;
Fount Level Holland, Clifton; Joe
Willie Cannon, Aubrey; Ben Franklin
Thompson, Aubrey.
Clarence Dallas, Marianna; Will
iam L. Forrester, Haynes; Henry
Hutson, Moro: Less McCain, Mari
anna tR. 1; Every Jordan, Marianna
Rt. 1; Robert Taylor, Council; De
Witt Patton, Haynes; Martin Fuller,
Marianna" Alfred Miller, Moro; Ed
Sims, Aubrey; Robert Pope; Mari
anna; Alfred Whitaker, Council;
Moses Hawkins, Moro.
Theopolis Gilbert, Marianna; Jaimes
Johnson, La Grange; Clinton Polk,
Palestine; James Moss, Haynes; Van
Compton, Marianna; Rayfield Bush,
La Grange; Bud Robinson, Moro.
Thomas Saxton, Haynes; Will Fair,
Aubrey; Richard Field, Haynes;
Mack Boyd. Brickeys; Sandy Smith,
Goodwin, Rt.; Frederick Love, Tho
masville; George Thomas, Haynes;
Clarence Edward Davis, Council.
Mack Benford, Oak Forest; Ben
jamin Davis, Marianna; Harry Casy
Simmons, Rondo; Burnis Payton Lo
max, Marianna; Alfonzo Hale, Mari
anna; Jesse Patterson, Marianna;
Fred Grant. Marianna Rt. 3; John
Price, Jr., Souuan.
George White, Haynes; Boss Wade,
Marianna; Benford Shackelford, La
Grange; Clarence Blankenship, Ma
rianna: Carl Thomas, Marianna; M.
C. Mathis, Moro; George Redding,
Clifton; Ed Rose. Marianna; Lee Ba
ker, Aubrey; Joe Hill, Goodwin;
Robert Hall, Marianna; John Ball
und Marianna Rt. 2; Eddie Dolton,
Hughes; John William Edwards,
Thomasville; Amos Dowd, Goodwin;
James Wiley, Brickeys; Calvin Lu
ther Clark, Marianna Rt. 4; Virgil
Bullard, Peters.
James Rogers, Rondo; Jim Leach,
Marianna; Preston Lynn, Aubrej,
John Everett Motsinger, Aubrey;
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Council; Thoman Bennett Freeman,
Marianna; Bartholomew Daniels, Mo
ro; Jeff Davis May, Palestine; Geo.
W. Hodges, Hughes; Sinel Hurst,
Marianna; George Wilson, Aubrey;
Sherman Austin, Haynes; George W.
Rasberry, Marianna; Ewell Warren,
Soudan; Ben Hall, Aubrey; Ernest
Jackson, Brickeys; Newton Brooks,
Council.
Julius Crter, Soudan; Jesse Law
son Hughes, Haynes; Harry Emmett
Draper, Haynes; Elija Brooks, Rondo
Tom Woodson, Marianna; Samuel
Welborn, Marianna; James Sherrer,
Thomasville; Tim Collier, C. lifton,
James Williams, Marianna Rt. 1;
Sam Jackson, Moro; John Turner,
Marianna, Rt. 1; Ed McFadden,
Brickeys; Nelson Bradey. Aubrey.
Jim Parker, Haynes; Andrew Har
din, Marvell Rt. 2; Andy Govan, Ma
rianna; James Stevens, Aubrey; Har
vey Brown, Haynes; James Arthur
Webber, Aubrey; William A. Austin,
Caruthersville, Mo.; Henry Hall, Ma
rianna; Earl Harris, Marianna; Geo.
Hodges, Brickeys; George May, Good
Continued on Page 4
VANGTJA RI) OF AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRA..CE
A scene in the American camp in the Aisne district. These men are the first to get into active service
with the transport division. They h ave adopted the French helmet.
THE FEDERAL COURT
SUSTAINS RAILROADS
GRANTS INJUNCTION RESTRAIN
ING COMMISSION FROM IN
TERFERING WITH R. R.
On Saturday of last week Federal
Judge Youmans at Fort Smith grant
ed a restraining order to the Missouri
Pacific railroad company against the
Arkansas railroad commission, for
bidding the commission to interfere
with the railroad in Its determina
tion to annul trains Nos. 304 and 307,
running from Helena to Knoble. The
railroad announced several weeks ago
it would take off the passenger trains
in Arkansas in order that men and
equipment might be available for
transportation of troops. The Arkan
sas railroad commission, upon the fil
ing of protests by representative citA-,
zens of Helena and other points, is
sued an order prohibiting the railroad
from carrying out its purpose to take
off the train on the Helena and Kno
ble run. At the hearing before the
commission it is stated the railroad
attorney failed to produce any evi
dence to show the immediate needs of
the government demanded this action
on the part of the railroad. The
officials of the road immediately
took the matter to the federal court
with the result that the order of the
commission was overruled. On Sun
day the Helena and Knobel trains
made their last runs. Marianna now
has but one passenger train each
way from Helena to Wynne. It goes
south from here at 9:20 a. m., and
north ai 6:25 p. m. Passengers de
siring to go north in the morning can
leave here at seven o’clock on the
local freight. This train reaches For
rest City in ample time to enable pas
sengers to make connections east
and west with the Rock Island trains.
The local leaves Forrest City at 8:50
and arrives at Wynne at 10:15, in
time to make connections with Mis
souri Pacific trains east and west.
The local leaves Wynne at 12:30 on
the return trip and reaches Mari
anna at 3:15 p. m. The service on
the Marianna Cut-Off is not affected
by the change in schedules.
Chairman Thos. E. Wood of the
Arkansas railroad commission, in a
personal letter to the editor of the
Courier-Index, has the following to
say with reference to the action of
the federal court in overruling the
commission:
“I suppose you saw where Judge
Youmans issued the restraining order
[preventing the commission from inter
fering with the removal of traind 304
and 307. From the decision of the
Judge and his assignment of reason
for the faith that he held I am sure
vkni v«a nonontoH aa ahanliitA truth thfl
allegation of the railroad relative to
the needs by the government for the
use of cars in the transportation of
troops and munitions of war. Inas
much as the petition for an interlocu
tory injunction would have to be
heard before the same judge, sitting
with two others, I believe it best to
get from under right now by rescind
ing the order. This would enable
the commission to at least retain
jurisdiction of the trains to be as
serted, if necessary, after the war.
It is possible that if the case goes i
to a permanent injunction, the rail
road might endeavor to keep the
trains off even after the war.
“I regret the inconvenience that
will be caused the people of Mari
anna. but I am sure under the cir
cumstances, all will realize that Fed
eral Court has tied the hands of the
Commission.”
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NO MORMON.
She_“You’re a waster! Very few
girls would marry yen.”
He.—‘ Well, very few would be
enough."—Columbia Jester.
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
THE MARIANNA BAND
■MUSICIANS WHO WILL PLAY AT
t MERCHANTS’ ASSN. TO STOP
AT MEMPHIS Y. M. C. A.
C. C. Mitchener, one of the leading
spirits of the Marianna Commercial
| Club band, has received a letter front
D. C. Harmon, vice president of the
O. K. Houck Piano Company, to the
I effect that the members of the band
who will go to Memphis next Mon
day to furnish music for the Cotton
Statts Merchants’ Association will be
given quarters at the Memphis Y. M.
C. A., and will take their meals at
Floyd's restaurant. The letter fol
lows:
“We have made arrangemtnts for
lodging for your men at the Y. M. C.
A. You will take your meals at
I Floyd’s restaurant. Arrangements
! have been completed at each of these
places for you. ,
“Herein we hand you an order
which will be honored by thfe Y. M.
C. A., also one on Floyd s restaurant
which will likewise entitle your men
to their meals as already explained.
At the Y. M. C. A. you will have the
privilege of the pool, baths, etc., with
out charge.
‘ I have carefully noted your pro
gram and it is a good one. Trust
that your men will be in good prac
1 tice and that you will make a good
j showing here. This because we have
very extensively advertised your
band and we are naturally very de
sirous that you make a splendid
showing.”
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! MARIANNA BOYS TO BE IN
OFFICERS’ TRAINING CAMP
Six young men from Marianna
i were chosen last week to be mem
| bers of the second officers’ training
I camp at Leon Springs, Texas. They
I are Ewing McClintock. Bob Foreman,
Philip Hassell, Geo. Norris, Harry
Houck and Love D. Banks. Will
Hughes, son of J. L. Hughes of Hay
nes, was also chosen a member of
the camp. The name of R. B. Willis,
who was drowned on Tuesday of last
week in the St. Francis river at Cody
also appeared in the list of those se
lected for training at Leon Springs.
The student-officers expect to report
at Fort Roots on August 28, and
later they will be sent to Leon
Springs.
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BANK INSTALLS MODERN
LEDGER POSTING MACHINE
Due to the enormous increase in
the business of the institution, the
Bank of Marianna has just installed
a machine that is the last word in
efficiency and accuracy. It is a new
D.iae/viiorka 1 trCkr nnStillPr
chine, electrically operated. By ita
use the cumbersome and necessarily
expensive method of posting ledgers
in long hand is reduced to a scien
tifically and mathematically correct
result. The only part the human
plays in the operation of the machine
is the working of the keyboard. The
machine adds, multiplies, subtracts,
lists checks and deposits, and carries
forward the balance in every trans
action
ANOTHER TANK OF OIL
The city authorities have received
another tank of oil, consisting of
8,000 gallons, which is being applied
to the streets of Marianna where
property iwners have made up funds
to pay the expense of purchasing and
applying the oil, which aggregates
five cents per lineal foot. The peo
ple of Marianna have become con
vinced this is the most satisfactory
and economical way to eliminate the
dust and mud evil. This is the third
tank of iil that has been put on
the streets this summer.
FINED FOR REFUSING
TO DIP HIS CATTLE
TIM DINNY, NEGRO FARMER, EN
TERS PLEA OF GUILTY AND
IS FINED IN SUM OF $31
A negro farmer named Tim Dinny
entered a plea of guilty in the court
of Esq. Blount Wednesday on a
charge of failing to comply with the
cattle dipping law. Dinny was ar
rested on a warrant sworn out by W.
H. James, inspector. The fine and
costs amounted to $31.
According to a statement made by
Mr. James, Dinny resisted the orders
of the inspector to have his cattle
dipped. Finally he brought fqur or
five head to the vat and claimed this
was all he had. The inspector found |
ten or twelve more head in Dinny’s
pasture. He denied they belonged to
him, but the inspector notified him
the law required him to dip all cattle
in his care and keeping. Subsequent
ly a relative of Dianv brought the
other cattle in and had them dipped.
In the meantime, however, a warrant
had been issued for his arrest, the
officers claiming the action of the
relative in bringing the other cattle
to the vat being a subterfuge to
clear Dinny of the charge. R. D.
Smith, representing Dinny, made a
statement to the court contending
his client was ignorant of the law. A
compromise was finally agreed to by
the terms of which the negro enter
ed a plea of guilty and paid a small
fine and costs.
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CONTRACTORS BEGIN WORK
ON THE NEW WATER SUPPLY
Layne & Bowler of Memphis, who
were awarded a contract for the
sinking of a 600-foot well, to be ten
inches in diameter, have begun work
on the project. The well is being
sunk on the city property near the
present deep wells at the water
works plant.
The installation of this new well
was made imperative by the failure
of the two old wells to furnish an
adequate water supply. It is not
thought the flow in the old wells is
short, but the corrosion in the pipes
has so choked them that it is diffi
cult to pump the water out of the
wells. When the new well is finish
ed and put in commission the old
wells will be thoroughly cleaned. The
work is being done by the city
authorities, who agreed to advance
the funds to the waterworks improve
ment district. The latter will reim
burse the city out of the proceeds of
a bond issue that will be floated
when the water district is reorgan
ized and enlarged.
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SPLENDID NEW SETTING
FOR CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
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The hundreds of people who daily
pass through Marianna’s beautiful
city park have observed that the
imposing statue of Gen. Robt. E. Lee,
adorning the center of the park, is now
surrounded by a luxuriant fringe of
natures best product of weeds. The
base was originally filled with rich
soil in which flowers of all knds
once grew, but during recent weeks,
due to neglect, the flowers have with
ered and passed to the happy hunting
ground, while the more stalwart pro
ducts of nature have taken posses
sion of the premises and are reveling
in the glory of the city’s beauty spot.
Of course, the weeds help some.
They at least show nature is not loaf
ing on the job, even if somebody
else is. However, dog fennel, Cana
dian thistles and rag weeds some
how don’t comport very well with
the sentiment that surrounds the
inspiring life and the glorious deeds
of the southern soldier in commemo
ration of whose valor the monument
was erected.
URGENT CALL IS MADE
FOR WOOLEN ARTICLES
RED CROSS DIRECTOR FOR THIS
DIVISION SENDS LOCAL CHAP
TER LIST GARMENTS NEEDED
W. S. McClintock. president of the
loci Red Cross chapter, yesterday re
ceived the following telegram from
W. J. Leppert if New Orleans, di
rector of the Gulf Division of the
Red Cross:
“The Red Cross has urgent call
from General Grayson Murphy for
enormous quantity of knitted woolen
articles. Here is a cablegram from
Major Murphy: ‘Last winter broke
records for cold misery among people
here. Inexpressibly dread coming
winter finding us without supplies to
meet situation. Urge you on behalf
of our soldiers and those of your
allies who will suffer in their fro
zen trenches and also thousands of
French and Belgian refugees and re
patriates being returned through
Switzerland to France. Everyone
here looks to America. Begin ship
ping at once one million five hundred
thousand each of warm woolen knit
ted articles already requested. They
must come before cold weather and
in view of shortage of fuel and other
discomforts they will be of incalcu
lable value in both military and civil
ian worK.’
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vv V/ non j wui cuui iu tut uiou «
definite number of these require
ments. Your allotment is one hundred
sweaters, one hundred mufflers, one
hundred pairs if wristlets and one
hundred pairs of sox. Full instruc
tions will follow within two days.
Ask your members to finish all knit
ting work now on hand and clear
decks for acton. We want every
chapter to have a chance to do Its
part in making good on this call for
help from France. You are urged to
place foregoing copy of this message,
including cablegram from Major Mur
phy, in the hands of all newspapers
with request to give full publicity
to this first call. Then get knitting
committee together and have them
lined up for rush job.”
NOTICE TO LOCAL MEMBERS
The ladies will begin the knitting
of sox, sweaters, gloves, wristlets and
caps next week. Mrs. W. F. Harris
is chairman of this department, and
on every Wednesday morning from
nine-thirty to twelve she will instruct
the ladies who wish to take up this
work, at the headquarters at the city
hall. MRS. J. I. MORRIS.
REDEEM YOUR PLEDGES
The ladles of Marianna who pled,
ged contributions to the Red Cross
fund during the recent campaign and
who have not yet redeemed their
pledges are notified that the amount
of their subscriptions may be paid
to Mrs. J. I. Morris, who will receipt
them for such payments.
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NEW MANAGER FOR THE
LIGHT AND POWER CO.
C. M. Harris, for three and a halt
years manager of the electric light
and power plant at Piggott, has beeh
made manager of the plant here. Mr.
Harris arrived in the city on Friday
of last week and immediately as
sumed charge of the company's busi
ness here. He succeeded J. F. Mul
lins of Morrilton, who came here
| two months ago to temporarily take
[ the management, following the resig
nation of S. S. McGill.
Mr. Harris expects to bring his
wife and son to Marianna in the
near future. In a talk with the edi
tor of the Courier-Index Tuesday Mr.
Harris said it was his purpose to
eliminate any cause for complaint
by building the service up to a high,
state of efficiency. He has not yet
had time to familiarize himself with
the physical condition of the plant.
but naturally expects in the near
future to find some defects that have
proved the basis for complaints in
the past. He is a practical man,
thoroughly understands the plant end
of the service and gives the positive
assurance he will do all within his
power to give the patrons of the
company the best service. Mr. Harris
is a public spirited man and expects
to identify himself with the forces
that are worki ig for the upbuilding
of the community and to contribute
his bit towards making Marianna the
best city in the state.
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COTTON FRUITING WELL
John Warr, a substantial cltixen
residing in Lee county, on route 1
out of Palestine, was a business vis
itor in the city Tuesday. He said
crop conditions in his section are
good, that .cotton is fruiting splendid
ly the first five or six feet, but that
the fruitage is not so heavy on the
next eight or ten feet
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NOT SO LOUD
“I couldn’t serve as juror, judge;
one look at that fellow convinces me
he’s guilty.’’
“Sh-h—that’s the attorney for the
State.”—Passing Show. ,