The courier-index., November 23, 1917, Image 10

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WARTIME PARTY
FROCKS NECESSARY
EVENING WRAP!
New York. Nov. 20.--Wartime an<
parties! The two things sound ver;
far apart, but. in the history of ever;
war. great stress is laid upon thi
brighter side of life. One reads o
gay parties given during our owi
Civil War. and dances and route:
played important parts in the war o
the Revolution. The frocks wen
simple ones, to be sure, but one cat
' Have just as good a time in plaii
costumes, if they are becoming.
Of course there are parties anc
■dances and teas now: great fur
i*hey are, too, for it is rare indeec
r hat one does not see a uniform 01
two among the somber attire ol
civilians. Some are given for the
Red Cross or a pet war charity:
others in honor of visiting soldiers
and sailors. Part of the “bit” of
those who have to stay at home is
light heartedness, to try to even the
balance in the world.
Women of good taste and patriot
ism everywhere seem to have joined
a, Leagues for Simple Dressing. The
only by-law seems to be Conservation
of material, and the motto ‘•Simplic
ity.” One of the most attractive of
fthe season's fads in evening dresses
is that of combining two materials.
Satin and lace, silk and net, velvet
-ann Georgette crepe, or any other
•combination is most effective if
properly used. A clever example is
illustrated here. The most unusual
feature is the tunic over the draped
skirt. The satin of the skirt is re
peated on the waist, and the tunic
and underwaist and sleeves are of
lace. The color scheme is charm
ing, orchid satin and cream lace with
a touch of blue in the crystal beads
on the waist.
Coiffures and hair ornaments are
very simple, too. this year. The hair
may be slightly waved and brushed
back, euding in a loose knot at the
nape of the neck. Another way is
to pile it up on the head in soft roll.
The French twist is favored, too.
and also one still sees the hair dress
ed so as to appear ‘bobbed." Rhine
, stone pins and combs may be used,
if they are not too large and elabo
rate. Earrings are coming to the
front this year in many unusual and
• interesting shapes. The single loop.
• ’he double loop and the triangle of
gold are very popular, and the gypsy
earrings are a fad of the moment.
The evening coat belongs to the
same class as the little girl with
the curl, “when it is good it is very, j
very good, and when it is bad ft is
horrid!” It. too. must be simple, be
coming and—warm, and it is far
wiser to choose a good material and
lining and do without trimming.
Capes are enjoying quite a vogue
this year, from the one shaped like
an Italian officer’s to the cape coat.
One novel rose-colored cape 1 saw at
the theatre the other night had a
collar, it you could call it a collar,
made entirely of rose-colored satin
roses They were placed in rows,
one abofre the other, until the affect
was a large boquet of roses with the
■center flower the lady’s head. Satin
Is beina used a great deal, satin
lined with satin, with warm inner
lining of lamb’s wool or canton flan
nel. Many of the more sumptuous
wraps have huge collars and cuffs
of fur. Some have wide collars of
lace, copied, perhaps, from the pic
tures of Vandyke. Velvets, duvetvns.
and brocades are used for the more
elaborate affairs. Simple lines are
always the best, no matter how rich
the material chosen Linings of con
trasting colors add to the picture;
sometimes a wonderful lining is the
on.v trimming used.
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ARKANSAS ATTRACTS ATTEN
TION OF THE NATION
W. C. Lassetter. director, and C.
W. Watson, state agent, with the
Extension Division of the University
of Arkansas, have Just returned from
Washington where they attended a
meeting of the Association of Agrl
•cultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations. In sp aking of the meeting
Mr. Lassetter says:
‘ A number of the specialists with
the Extension Division have been in
Washington the past week. They
were given this titr>“ from their regu
lar work so that they might get In
touch with some of the best agri
oulturists in the United States whe
attended the Washington meeting
and find out whether other states
have anything on Arkansas and
w hether they are doing things which
would furnish us with valuable sug
gestions I found that Arkansas has
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attracted the attention of the natlcr
In her response to the need for in
creased food production. Many were
apparently a little skeptical aboul
what we would actually do. They
now know, not only what we will
1 but what we can do. Our greal
) yields for the past season have
proven to them that we not only
are rapidly adopting modern methods
1 of farming but that we have large
r resources in the natural fertility of
r our soils.”
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l KEEP ARKANSAS CORN AT HOME
i Hundreds of car loads of corn
i have left the state, and in many in
! stances men living in one county are
« shipping corn when their neighbors
i in another are really looking for
i grain. This mistake could be avoid
ed if all farmers of the state would
get in touch with the marketing
agent of the Extension Division,
thus enabling him to put more men,
whether buyers or sellers, in com
munication with each other. Is it
bast to be in a hurry to sell your
eorn? It happens each year that
thousands of bushels shipped out
of the state in the early fall and
winter must be brought back in the
spring at a much higher price.
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ARKANSAS LOST 154.000 HOGS IN
THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS
Arkansas has lost 154,000 head of
hogs from disease in the past twelve
months and the world’s supply of
pork is 35 per cent short. The sit
uation is serious and something must
be done. We must raise more hogs
and protect those we have from dis
ease. Every farmer should keep
more brood sows. Only registered
boars should be used in order to
produce larger animals and better
feeders. Economic feeding should be
practiced by feeding more forage
crops and using a self feeder. Pro
Lcuuuii ammiu i/tr a£ctiii»i
cholera: ninety per cent of all the
hogs lost in Arkansas die of cholera.
The serum and virus treatment will
insure you against these losses. The
serum can be secured at cost from
the state serum plant at Little Rock.
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DRAIN THE LAND—IT PAYS
Maximum production can be se
cured in our rich farm lands only
by proper drainage. Farm drainage
is one of the best investments on the
farm because it giv s back dollars
and cents in increased yields. Well
drained land warms up more quickly
in the spring. It can be worked and
planted earlier and can be worked
more quickly after rain. Crops on
well drained land grow off more
iiuickly in the spring. They do not
drown out in case of wet weather
and do not suffer so much in dry
weather. Dainage improves the soil
by taking the water out and letting
air in. It may seem strange but it
is true that drainage makes soil
wetter in dry weather and drier in
wet weather. There are several sys
tems of drainage. If you desire in
formation write to O. G. Baxter,
drainage engineer with the Depart
ment of Agriculture, old state house,
Little Rock. His services are free.
SAN JOSE SCALE WILL KILL
YOUR ORCHARD
Hundreds of acres of orchards are
being killed in Arkansas every year
by the San Jose Scale. If the scale
is in your orchard it is sure to kill
the trees unless they are properly
sprayed. J. S. Knox, horticulturist
with the Extension Division, Uni
versity of Arkansas. Fayetteville, will
be glad to help you. Write for
spraying manual.
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ALIEN FOES ARE PLACED
UNDER STRICT REGULATIONS
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Washington, Nov. 19.—All alien en
emies are requested to register and
to obtain permits for travel under a
proclamation issued today by Presi
dent Wilson Enemies also are pro
hibited approaching within one hun
dred yards ofwater fronts, docks,
terminal or storage houses and are
forbidden to enter or reside in the
District of Columbia.
The proclamation issued as a sup
plement to one declaring a state of
war with Germany provides further
that an alien enemy shall not, ex
cept on public ferries, * be found on
any ocean, bay, river or other wat
ers” within the United States.
They are forbidden to fly in air
planes. baloons or airships, and to
enter the Panama canal zone.
I he attorney general is given ad
ditional authority to declare pro
hibited zones about other establish
ments whenever he deems it advis
able to do so.
The proclamation does not inter
fere. however, with existing regula
tions forbidding enemies to live with
in a half mile of munition plants,
shipyards and other government es
tablishments. though all previous
special jmrmits to allow aliens to ig
nore the zone restrictions are re
voked.
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$100,000 OF ARKANSAS APPLES
j Bentonville, Nov. 19.- -The biggest
1 apple purchasing firm in the north
I Arkansas field this year was >V a
Ammons. I L. Sweney and It W.
Ray, who purchased 120 cars, for
which they paid close to $100,000.
Oliver Crowder. L. H. Elam and
Mort Koons are second, having pur
chased 110 cars, for which they
paid $75,000. Ammons, Sweeney and
Ray packed 15,000 barrels of No. 1
stock from Bentonville alone, but
most of their purchases come from
Gravette. They paid an average of
75 cents per bushel, and their cars
ran from $650 to $800. Crowder, El
am and Koons paid an average of
$650 per car for their stock. They
sold 66 cars for $42,000 to one New
Orleans firm.
Gentry shipped 95 cars of apples
this year. The largest Gentry pro
ducer was the Ozark Orchard Co.,
which shipped 25 cars. About $50.
000 worth of apples were shipped
from this point. Decatur shipped a
total of 49 cars.
C. H. Curry of Centerton harvest
ed 7,000 cars of apples from his 25
acre orchard, which has 1,283 trees.
Each tree bore an average of six
bushels, which brought about $4.20,
or $4,900 for the crop.
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The average hotel or restaurant
boarder is convinced that this thing
called food conservation can be very
' easily overdone.
Wood Wanted!
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WE will pay $2.50 a cord for good 4
foot wood delivered at our plant
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in Marianna, and will take all you
can furnish. Help us conserve the limit
ed coal supply by selling us wood. Every
time we use two cords of wood we are re
leasing one ton of coal to Uncle Sam.
Every time you sell us a cord of wood you
are converting into money material that
now goes to waste.
Arkansas Light & Power Co.
BOX OF “FISH"
CONTAINED BOOZE
Pine Bluff, Nov. 19.—Jonas Porter,
a negro, was arrested at the depot
express office just after signing for
a box labeled fish, but which contain
ed 12 quarts of whiskey packed in
ice to cause one to believe that the
box really contained fish. Porter’s
case came up in Police court Satur
day and was continued to secure
more evidence. When asked why
he received whiskey he said he was
unaware of the contents of the box.
tents of the box.
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“BAD MAN" FROM ARIZONA
SHOT WITH OWN PISTOL |
Los Angeles, Niv. 19.—“Blaekfe!
from Arizona,’* alias; Harry Spencer,
an alleged ‘bad man, who never1
misses when he shoots to kill,"
was shot and probably fatally woun
ded by Patrolman W. A. Bissonette.
The shooting took place after the
officer had placed Spencer under
arrest on the charge of threatening
Myrtle Hill. The man was shot
with his own pistol, one bullet going
through the back and leaving the
body and the other finding its mark
in the arm.
Spencer, as he called himself, went
to Fifth and Wall streets to await
the appearance of Mfss Hill, who
was to meet him there, the police
learned. For two weeks, the officers
say, he had followed the young
woman and threatened her life.
The girl made the appointment
several days before, and only at the
point of a revolver, when the man;
followed her from the street car
line to her home and demanded- that [
she go with him to Arizona, so Mill
Hill told the detectives.
“ Blackie from Arizona never miss-!
es when he shoots to kiir be told j
ine as he poked the hig revolver into,
my side." Miss Hill told detectives
who were questioning her. “Afraid
to cross hiin. i tola Him f would
meet him, and he went away and
left me.” That occurred near the
home of Miss Hfli's mother, 904
West Seventy-fourth street, about a
week ago, she- saitf.
The girl telephoned Capt. Murray
at the central station and told him!
she was afraid Spencer would carry!
oat his alleged threats, ftissonetts'l
was sent out to get tne man.
Spencer was standing liack of a
telephone pole w hen Bfssonette ap-1
proached. The officer put his hand’
on Spencer s shoulder and told him
he was under arrest. The man marie i
an iitempt to draw the gun, but
the officer disarmed him and started
with him toward the patrol box
when Spencer .jerked himself loose
and ran.
‘T commanded! him to stop,’’ Bis
scmette says in his statement, “but
he kept on running. After the first j
shut I thought I missed so I fired
again, and this time also aimed at
the ground, but the man fell.” Eye
witnesses corroborated the officer’s
statement.
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Why all tins comment on the lose
of the Colonel’s eye? It should be
remernbereo that sight Is not the
Colonel's long suit anyway.
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Four sons of Mr. and Mrs. F. R.
Stratton it fflackton. Monroe county,
are now seirvng their country with
She colors.
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Feeding Cottonseed Meal
I To Horses and Mules
Read the Following from the Progressive Farmer:
|l In traveling over the south it is gratifying to hear such an in
|jj creasing number of farmers report that they are feeding two pounds
|I of cottonseed meal a dar to eac“ horse and mule. This is both econo
jjl inical and patriotic. It pays the farmer and also serves the nation by
If releasing corn for human consumption. On this point some agricul
tural organizations of the south have printed and circulated thousands
I of copies of the following statement by Dr. Tait Butler:
“There are in the eleven cotton states 6,500,000 horses and mules.
If each of these were fed two pounds of cottonseed meal per day it
would release four pounds of corn each day from the usual daily feed
of about 14 pounds, and 200 days of such feeding to all Worses and
mules would release 100,000,000 bushels of corn for human food—and 0
the mules and the horses would be benefitted by the change.
“4 pounds 'of corn at $1.55 per bushel costs 11 cents.
“2 pounds of cottonseed meal at $40 per ton costs 4 cents.
‘The feeder would thus save 7 cents per day on each head of
stock, or a saving of $14 per head in a period of 200 days.”
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Marianna Cotton Oil Mill