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IERICAN SECTOR
FAR FROM QUIET
ILLERY DUELS AND PATROL
DRK CONTINUE ON BOTH
5ES—INFANTRY NOT YET IN
I ENGAGEMENT.
tli the American Army in France
av, Nov. 18. Artillery fighting
patrol activities continue on the
rican sector. The infantry has
taken part in any engagements
for the past few nights the
ians have not been coming near
American lines, apparently hav
iearned that it is dangerous to
e experience of an American
•ant in a support trench has
nstrated that a shell can go
n a few inches of a man and
mrt him. Recently the sergeant
standing back of the lines,
ng his rifle out of the mud by
sling. Suddenly there wap a
of air and the rifle was almost
1 from his hand, followed by an
8ion in the mud twenty yards
e rear.
e sergeant was knock 1 down
"hen he scrambled to his feet
liscovered that the shell had
;d off the rifle stock, leaving
the barrel in his hand,
s site for the American militarv
n school has been selected and
lions there will begin soon with
taloons from the United States
some taken over from France,
course of instruction will be
leted and will be speeded up so
"hen the American army takes
its own battle front American
nation baloons will co-operate
he operation. Several baloon
I
officers already have been up at
the front in French baloons, observ
ing the methods and tricks of the
game with which the French are
familiar.
Preparing for winter has been be
gun actively by the American troops.
Various units have been ordered to j
cease drills temporarily on account
of this work. The principle tasks
are found in the towns where the
soldiers are billeted in buildings
which are draughty and in some
cases damp. The weather has been
cold and wet for the last few weeks
and the troops welcome the oppor
tunity to provide for their own com
fort.
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PAVING TAX NOTICE
All partise owning property in
Street Improvement District No. 1,
are hereby notified that the street
paving tax is now due and payable
at the Bank of Marianna. Please do
not overlook this matter. Delay will
make your tax cost you more money.
17 J. E. ALLEN, Collector.
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WOMAN 106 KNITS FOR SOLDIERS
Pine Bluff. Nov. 19.—Geo. Worley
of this city has just received an in
vitation to attend the birthday of
Mrs. Mira Worley, his mother, who
will be 106 years old on Thursday
Mrs. Worley lives at Dalton. Ga.,
and was the mother of 11 childr'n,
only two of whom are still living,
but seven generations will be rep
resented at the celebration. Mrs.
Worley has knitted forty pairs of sox
for the soldiers since the present war
and the wool was from sheep she
raised.
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Negro farmers of Darysaw. Grant
county, are organizing to erect a
flour mill. They will plant a con
siderable acreage of wheat this year.
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AMERICANS WARNED
TO QUIT PETROGRAD
CONDITION STILL CHAOTIC, MES
SAGE TO STATE DEPARTMENT
SAYS—KAISER REFUSES TO NE
GOTIATE FOR PEACE.
Washington, Nov. 19.—Messages
from Ambassador Francis at Petro
grad and Consul General Summers at
Moscow dated last Friday and Sat
urday and received by the State De
partment today, said all Americans
in the principle Russian cities are
safe. Conditions in both places were
represented as quieter.
Ambassador Francis reported that
he had obtained transportation from
Petrograd to Harbin over the trans
Siberian railroad for Americans who
wished to leave the capital. He rec
ommended that all unattached women
and men accompanied by women and
children leave. There were about
200. Americans in Petrograd.
No suggestion was made of moving
the Americans from Moscow although
the fighting in that city seems to
have been more general and sangui
nary. than that in Petrograd. During
the fiercest of the street battling
many Americans gathered in the
Hotel Metropole.
Ambassador Francis’ dispatch said
the Petrograd City Duma had not
recognized the Lenine-Trotzky fac
tion and that many of the govern
ment departments were closed, while
others were operating under subordi
nate officials. A few Boshlevlkt
hau'urifliioru uprp nnnPiirin? nt intpr.
vals with frequent changes of names
and banks were open part of the
time.
Conditions in Moscow, Consul Gen
eral Summers’ dispatch under date
of November 13. said, had somewhat
improved after a week of fighting.
The Maximalists have taken over
the government.
While the Bolshevik! elements in
Russia are threatening to make ft
peace on their own terms and thence
forth remain neutral in the war, dis
patches from. Petrograd are to the
effect that the German emperor has
announced that he will negotiate for
peace only with the successor to the
Imperial Russian government or with
the Russian constituent assembly.
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PLACING THE BLAME
“What is the matter. Henry?”
questioned Mrs. Joslin. anxiously.
“Oh. matter enough! That preci
ous son of ours is In financial diffi
culties again.”
‘Well, it’s just as I expected: and
it's your own fault for starting him
in business. Algv always did all
right as long as he did nothing.”
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ALONE
“Alone.” murmured the poor man.
At least it sounded like that. Yet
the man was not alone. Unfortu
nately, his wife was with him.
’Alone.” he continued to mutter.
His wife laughed a harsh, brutess
laugh
In dulcet tones she hissed, “Nix!”
“Alone!”
This time there was pleading in
his voice.
And his wife laughed harshly and
shook her head.
"Not a sou. you poor fish," she
ejaculated.
He was asking for a loan.
MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
wilt make or get for jroa what th«y
laven’t
RAILROAD STRIKE
POSSIBLY ENDED
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RAILROADS decide to PUT LIN
ES INTO WILSON’S HANDS IN
CRISIS—WILL GIVE THE PRESI
DENT A FREE HAND.
Washington. Nov. 19.—President
Wilson oday was given a free hand
by Mi* railroads in his effort to'
avert u strike for higher wages by j
engineers, conductors, firemen and j
brake men with whose representatives
he will confer here Tuesday.
If whs announced by the Railroad ;
War Board that the railroads are |
ready, should any crisis arise, to
place teir Interests unreservedly in*l
the hards of the president for such
dispotkiin as he may determine is j
necessary in the public nterest. This J
Is exp, ied to clear away misunder-,
standings of the four brotherhoods
over tin- attitude of the roads which
had rmsed the unions to refuse to
arbitrate the dispute.
I «Msiuility of a strike, thereby par
alysing the nation's war prepara
tions i believed to have passed.
It Is expected that an agreement to
leave ilie wage question to an im
i partial tribunal would result from
. Thursday's conference Suggestions
arc being considered for means to
; forestall any further agitation con
cerning wages and conditions of
w..rl< during the war, which at the
sum* rime would protect the workers
ic mail raining their standards of life
in llie ciidst of war prices.
Some form of continuing arbitra
tion is iclieved will result from the
president's conference and succeed
ing negotiations. The railroads have
indicated that they may ask for some
form t> control wages and rates
similar to that to regulate coal
wages and prices.
Hrot! orhood officials have dis
( closed i serious situation in their
discussions with Judge William L.
Chambers, chairman of the United
States Board of Mediation and Con
ciliation They said increased wages
are necessary to maintain the operat
ing forces of the road against higher
wages paid in other industries which
have government contracts.
Recruiting of railroad regiments j
iur service m r ranee, ennsimenr in
tbe army and the operation of the
draft law also have aided in deplet
ing the number of highly trained
railroad men.
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MISS WILSON SINGS
Texarkana, Nov. 19.—Mies Margar
et Woodrow Wilson, daughter of Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson, was present
ed lu a vocal concert tonight at the
Grand opera house before a crowd
which 'axed the building to its
capacity. Miss Wilsin has a beauti
ful voice and her singing pleased the
hundreds gathered to hear her. The
accompaniments were played bv her
traveling companion, Mrs. David.
Miss Wilson and Mrs. David were
tendered an informal reception at
the conclusion of the concert. They
dep.irte.d for Houston, Texas, where
i fliMv# will give a concert tomorrow
| night.
EASY FOR HIM
After iitrchasing a palatial llmou
; sine. of course Newlyrich was In
: search of a chauffeur.
Among the first applicants was a
breezy looking young man of wide;
experience. Newlyrich scrutinized I
him closely for a moment, then said ]
abruptly: “Ah, your face impresses
me that you are a hard drinker.
That I could not tolerate: I don’t
want my hard drinkers driving me
about, running me over some pic
turesque stuff.”
"You are wrong, mister,” answered
(he driver. “I am not a hard drink
er. It comes very easy to me.”
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What has become of the old fash
ioned woman who used to think she
could never get a gown out of less
than sixteen yards of cloth.
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MANY MEN
When they think of LIFE INSURANCE
think of DEATH.
Life Insurance
is not necessarily
Death Insurance
Henry Smith has a wife and three children. He also i
has $10,000.00 of Life Insurance.
Henry was 38 years old when he took this Insurance, i
He is now 58 and what is he doing?
His t hildren are grown and have families of their own. J
Henry and his good wife are living in comfort on the i
proceeds of that $10,000.00 Life Insurance. i
Life Insurance
is not
Death Insurance
k unless you die
An Investment NOT An Expense
HOME LIFE AND ACCIDENT COMPANY
CHAS. McKEE, Resident Agent, Marianna, Ark.
O. F. LACEY, Resident Agent, Moro, Ark.
BANK of HAYNES, Resident Agts., Haynes, Ark.
GOODE RENFROE, Special Agent, Fordyce, Ark.
• A. B. BANKS & COMPANY, Managers
! Executive Offices, Fordyce, Arkansas
A. B. Banks, President Jno. R. Hampton, Sec.
ARK. TO BE FREE
FROM CATTLE TICK
Washington, Not. 20.—Arkansas
will be one of the three states gain
ing largely from an order signed by
Secretary of Agriculture D. F. Hous
ton, and releasing December 1st,
from the federal cattle quarantine
65,520 square miles <n nine southern
states.
The December first releases
throughout the south will reach the
largest total ever freed at one time
since the federal quarantine was
placed in 1906. With 5,234 square
miles liberated in March and Sep
tember of this year they boost the
1917 total to 70,754 square miles, by
far the greatest mark attained in
any year since the tick fight began.
The Arkansas counties to be freed
December 1st by the Department of
Agriculture order are Columbia, Lo
noke, CrawTord, Monroe. Nevada.
Ouachita, Pope, Prairie, Union, White
and Veil; the remainders of Baxter, j
Independence. Izard. Jackson. Lee,
Phillips. St. Francis and Sebastian. |
and parts of Conway, Desha. Faulk
ner, Jefferson, Pulaski and Van
Buren. The freed area in Arkansas
comprises 13,305 square miles.
Progress in Arkansas has been
fairly steady and reached its greatest
momentum this year when the legis
lature passed three bills enabling
effective eradication work. These
measures were a state wide tick
eradication law. & bill appropriating
$50,000 for tick eradication work and
an act to permit the counties to
appropriate money for tick eradi
cation. Up to a few weeks ago tha
last named measure had resulted id
the appropriation of $60,000 by coun
ties for next year’s work.
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THE CAUSE
Now that Mrs. Wilder has gone
to the country for an extended per
iod Mr. Wilder has decided to lead
a wild and merry life for a time.
Some few weeks later, however,
he becomes generally out of sort*
and decides to consult a physician.
“Doc.” said he of the sporty In
clinations, Tm all In Nothing looks
good to me. I'm a sick man.”
“Well, you look it. Bill.” said his
friend, the doc. ‘But I’m not going
to prescribe drugs for a man in your
condition. No. sir. what I’m going
to prescribe for you is gardening.”
“Gardening,” reiterated the pa
tient in blank dismay. “But, doc,
gardening is the cause of all my
trouble.”
“H’m!” ejaculated the doctor.
‘What kind of gardening did you
go in for?”
“Roof,” came the audible murmur.
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WHAT HE WANTED
His one ambition was to become
an aviator. After studying with a
persistency that convinced one of
the airmen that h* would make a
good assistant he was allowed to
make his initial flight. They had
just ascended and were making fine
headway when the assistant evinced
extreme nervousness.
“Well, what do you want now?*
questioned the aviator.
“I want the earth." howled the
assistant.
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