I NO. U.
Pter Commissioners Will
Build New Steel Reservoh
mtine Sox and
W Chicken Eaters
I Won Yesterday
(2 j „ School League Standing
■ Sunday 5cno« w L pct.
■Team 5 0 1000
■tfethodiat - 2 3 400
■resbyterian- j 2 333
-lllZl-A 4 200
rfi %? Submarines, 4
^ken-eaters, 0; Bolsheviki, 2.
3hS First Game.
-■ TIl, glue So* and Subs locked
«JnT in mortal combat yesterday
y'WI»m= determine which of the
lK. fiS the most unlucky and hon
went to the Subs easy. It
■*”ht console the Baptist Brethren
lMaZ t0 know that a submarine is
1 ,! boat h the world that e.n
‘nJt on the bottom and then rise to
I ' top- However, in order to do
ilL the monkey wrench must be!
extracted from the cogs and the!
■ ;i5 machine put in good working
■ ^They had sacked the old game
:■ wsy for keeps while the rooters
:B»ere getting out their mops to stem
■ the tide of Blue Stocking weeps
IIH . iL.framo And
II wot** >-« *,v :. : . . * . . x
with everything looking nice the
mopping commenced but the Blue
Sox nine was on the business end of
the mops and when they completed
'their job they were one run to the
pod, enough to cop although it
might not have been had not the
Submarines displayed a swell line
of ivory goods on the paths in their
half of the same inning.
Both J. Harrington and Woodall
twirled an excellent article of ball,
each giving up only six safeties and
especially was ’Woodall effective un
til the fatal seventh when he yield
ed three of the six hits made off
his delivery and vitually lost his
own game by poor fielding and
worse throwing. Jimmie was very
steady throughout the entire matinee
and had only one bad inning, that
being the third when the opposition
peeted him with three solid smacks,
one of which was good for two
bases.
Toney pried open the afternoon’s
proceedings by rolling one to Dr.
Mac at short ard he kindly messed
it up. Toney stole bag No. 2 and
continued to station number three
on McClintock's single. He scored
on C. Harrington’s grounder to
short on which McClintock was run
down. This ended the run-getting
frtr tha Ri 11 a Qay until last'
spasm and if you don’t think the
seventh was a spasm a3k the Bap
tist rooters. The Subs came right
back and knotted the count in their
half of the frame when Flippin
trippled and ambled in on Jimmie’s
only wild piten. They apparently
sewed it up In the next round.
Woodall missed three and sat down.
Strain singted. Jone3 hit one over
Toney’s head for two bases. God
win singled. Dr. Mac hit a grounder
and reached fitst on a fielder’s
cnoice. The Baptist had rung the
bell three times and their rooters
settled back to watch them exter
minate the hitler wonders and this
very thing was d me until the bloody
seventh.
A. Robertson started it by lining
one to Goodwin who sweetly dropped
it and then kicked it. J. Harring
ton bunted and beat it. McCulloch
whiffed. A Robertson was out try
ing to take third as Kim had drop
pod the ball. Jim took second on
“is. Ed Robertson hit safely. Rob
ortaon counted and Jimmie took
hiird. Ed took second on the throw
“■ Bush bunted safely and Wood
ill tried to catch E. Robertson off
third and threw the ball to Kalama
p®°- E. Robertson counted and
“ush went around to third from
where he scored the winning run,
*"*n Flippin, who had taken Wood
Tu^ac<?’ cu" *003e a pitch.
The Subs made a noble effort in
their half but it came to naught on
iccount of dumb work on the bases.
_ Second Game.
~~ r"e second fracas of the after
"°®n started off in big league style
ita both teams drawing blanks for
Pc first three frames. Both pitch
? Were handing up an assortment
sters that had the opposing
itters baffled but in the third the
• e works opened up with the C.
’ setting off the explosives. The
: me then turned into a miscella
on°vf flection of motley missing
sides combined with some
th m *ree fitting on the part of
mi" Methodist brothers. Mr. Rives
,,1 r“he top board on the fence
, way for a two-bagger.
,1 usr continued to serve up puz
°t a'l kinds all through the
0ni e,,an<* the Polsheviki garnered
•f M,flve ^^ties in all and no two
v- 03e came in the same round.
JMonday, July 4, there will
“C another twin-bill with the Chick
foiu -1? ,an<* Subs performing first
ShevWed hy the Blue Sox and Bol
Smikl- The r roceeds of these
3 will go to the new library.
Th ~~ --0
ki-i. e. r*»lroadj are learning that
y.,_ Jar* “n’t oounsking.—Norfolk
'“tmian-Pilot.
Commissioners J. E. Stevensor
M. H. Ford and M. D. Miller of th
city water district let the contrac
last week for the erection of
steel reservoir at the plant. It wi
have a capacity of one hundre
thousand felons and will be place
on a concrete tase level with th
surface of the ground. The corr
missioners decided upon a steel re
ervoir instead o’ one of concret
because of the probability of th
concrete cracking. The steel wi
last almost indefinitely if kept painl
ed. The placing of the reservoi
above the ground will make the clear
ing and flushing of it an easy mal
ter. There will be a steel cover.
When this new reservoir sha
have been completed the district wi
have a storage capacity of two hur
dred thousand gallons of water. Th
old reservoir will be repaired an
with the two new -boilers in us
that have been put in by the Pec
pies Electric Company, we need fet
no fear of a real water famine thi
summer. Our position so far a
a continuous supply of water is cor
cemed will be better than it ha
been for years.
We congratulate the commissior
ers for having made a valuable pei
manent improvement. We sincerel
hope that as soon as this improve
ment shall have been completed the
will find some way by which tVe
can in connection with the People
Electric Company, tear away th
pile of junk that now poses as
building and construct a serviceable
respectable building to be used b
the water eiistrict and the electri
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Chautauqua Opens
Next Wednesdai
Next week the big chautauqu
opens in Marianna. For severs
years the Redpath-Horner Compan
of Kansas City, has supplied th
people of Marianna with chautau
qua attractions and this year th
company promises a series of up
lifting entertainments and high
class lectures far superior to an
given here before. Fifteen or twen
ty local business and professions
men signed the guarantee to pu
the chautauqua over, and they not
have parties out disposing of ticket
So far the people of Marianna hav
supported the chautauqua most lih
erally. This year should not prov
an exception. The programs are in
spiring and uplifting and are wel
worth several times the sma!
amount charged lor a season tidcel
The cost of tickets for adults i
$2.75, while children will be ad
mitted to all the attractions fo
$1.10. The opening attraction wi!
be next Wednesday afternoon ani
will consist of a musical numbei
That evening the musical organiza
tion will render a prelude and wil
be followed by a lecture. On Sat
urday afternoon a special lectur
will be delivered for the benefit o
intprpwf-.e.l in agriculture. th
subject being “A Message for Ev
ery Farmer and Business Man,” b
Frank K. Johnson. On Friday nigh
the feature of the entire chautau
qua will be rendered. It is a pla;
entitled, “Nothing But the Truth,
and is said to be one of the mos
wholesome comfdies ever staged.
R. V. Saylor has charge of th
local arrangements.
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7 OOO PERSONS APPEAR IN 3IG
SCENES OF “DECEPTION
Remarkably Realistic Crowd* Ad
Force to Thi* Wonderful
Picture.
Presenting remarkable scenes i
which more than seven thousan
persons take part, “Deception,"
tremendous Paramount pictur
which will be shown at the Regen
Theatre for two days, July 13 an
14, next, is undeniably one of th
most massive photoplay production
ever released in this country. Th
European screen artists, Henny Pot
ten and Emil Jarnings, head one o
the largest and finest casts eve
assembled in any motion picture.
The scenes of the photodrama ar
located in England during the reig
of Henry VIII, in the first half o
the sixteenth century. They sho'
the espousal of Anne Boleyn b
Bluff King Hal, the hero of a hur
dred armours, the coronation cert
monies in Westminister Abbey, th
water carnival on the Thames,
knightly tournament, the sitting c
an ecclesiastical court, the trial an
condemnation of Anne. Every seer
was directed in a masterly manm
by Ernest Lubitsch, a Bohemian d
rector who produced “Passion."
Henry Porten as Anne Boleyn an
Emil Jannings as the king, hav
roles of great dramatic power an
they head an usually large an
capable cast of players. The stot
has deep heart interest and its a]
peal is.irresistible.
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Mr. Harvey’s Pilgrim speech shov
that he is entitled to rank not on
as a plenipotentiary extraordinar
but also as an extraordinary p>
ipotentiary. — Nashville Southei
Lumberman.
To Sweep Arkansas
Clean of Ignorance
• Lee county is to have an active
part in the work of the Forward
Education Movement which has been
launched by the Arkansas Education
J al Association. Announcement was
I1 made last Saturday of the appoint
i ment of Hugh Mixon as a member
‘ from this county of the Central
1 Committee of 100 which has been
selected from the several counties
for the purpose of directing the
e campaign. The citizens of this
county feel highly complimented by
this selection of one of our most
| distinguished citizens for this im
^ portant work.
■‘Let’s Sweep Arkansas Clean of
Ignorance,” is the slogan for the
r movement that has been suggested
by Garland Hurt, a Newport banker.
Mr. Hurt was a member of the A.
E. F. and returned from his ser
j vices in France with high ideals
1 for the educational status of his
home state. Tames J. Harrison, an
^ other veteran of the World War,
3 is director of the movement and
e these young men, fired with ambi
' tion to lift the state from its low
1 rank educationally, are undertaking
3 to enroll in the army being mobil
3 ized against the forces of Ignor
' ance, Illiteracy and Tradition, at
3 least 35,000 men and women of Ar
kansas by next fall. The Forward
' Education Movement proposes to en
- ter every county and enlist the sup
s’ port of the citizenship in. its efforts
■ to raise the standard of our public
S’ school education for every child in
S’ the state, to improve the grade of
3 the teachers and guarantee them
e adequate salaries for their work.
* It has been estimated that at least
■> 90 per cent of the districts of Ac
s’ kansas in the recent election voted
c the limit of 12 mills taxes, while
many voted for a voluntary addi
tional levy of 6 to 10 mills. Our
schools are confronting a crisis and
such men as those appointed as
. members of this Central Committee
’ of the Forward Education Move
ment must be relied upon for re
! lief.
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v BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
e As certain as the roses in time
. bloom and the birds in time sing,
a Cupid will get in his work. He
_ only wants a little time and help
. for his work. With this he seldom
f fails in his premeditated plans and
- designs. Last Saturday afternoon
1 at three o’clock in the new church
t at Oak Forest was beautifully wed
v ded Miss Zaida L. Lewis of Oak
Forest and Mr. Will Edward More
? head of Hot Springs, Ark. A large
. gathering of her many friends from
» all over the countv greeted her at
. the church. The chi ch and altar
1 were beautifully decorated with
1 ferns and emblematic blooms. At
the appointed moment the bride and
s groom, with her parents and friends
. arrived. A beautiful and appro
r priate selection was sung by Miss
1 Fannie Russell. The accompaniment
j being played by Miss Geraldine
Bunch. Then Mendelsohn’s wedding
. march, played by Miss Fannie Rus
1 sell. Now, in front of the altar,
_ the wedding ceremony was beauti
? fully and impressively pronounced
f by Rev. Walter K. Johnston of Ma
j rianna, with the ring service.
I Miss Lewis is the daughter of
j Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Lewis of Oak
t Forest. She is of fine family and
_ one of the most popular young
j ladies in the county. Mr. Morehead
• is of a splendid family and a pros
l perous planter living near Hot
Springs, Ark. We predict for them
Unnn«r -k n A r t'rte r\Jt e/Miu _
* — "-rr^ - *r-r- -
Contributed.
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STATE COMMISSION TO MEET
Little Rock, June 28.—The In
dustrial Welfare Commission will
hold its regular monthly meeting
1 the second Tuesday of July. This
commission, which succeeds the
Minimum Wage and Maximum Hour
Commission, has the administration
1 of laws regulating employment of
l women and girls in the state. Un
1 der the law the commission may
f investigate conditions under which
t women and girls are employed, and
1 may fix a minimum wage to be paid
- in any or all industries. The mem
s bers of the commission are Com
3 missioner of Labor T. A. Wilson,
• ex-officio chairman; Mrs. J. G. Spur
f geon of North Little Rock, secre
r tary; Mrs. M A. P. McCrary of
Hot Springs, F. E. Bayless of War
e ren, and 0. E. Manes of North
1 Little Rock. The commission at
f the July meeting will consider mat
v ters of general importance with ref
y erence to employment of women,
- and will take up any special peti
i- tions or matters tha.1 may be brought
e to their attention, and any person
a interested or having anything be
f fore the commission should take
d notice of the date of the meeting,
e The office of the commission is lo
r cated in room 129A, State Capital,
i- with the Bureau of Labor.
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d WEST-CARLOW
•j Last Sunday morning at eleven
® o’clock Miss Eva Carlow and Mr.
d Charles Raymond West wore united
y in marriage by Rev. C. L. Hammock
at the Baptist parsonage. The wed
ding was a very quiet one, only the
immediate friends of the bride and
rs groom being present. Immediately
y after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
» West left for Memphis, returning
il home the following Wednesday,
■n They will be at home on the W
fti Hill plantation east of Marianna.
Many Will Attend
the Forrest Memorial
Mrs. Roy W McKinney, president
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, of Paducah, Ky, will be
among a number of out-of-town vis
itors who will take part in the cel
ebration of the 100th anniversary
of the birth of General Nathan B.
Forrest, on July 13, at was announc
ed at a meeting of the general com
mittee Tuesday afternoon. General
James E. Wood of Marianna, Ark.,
who was a personal friend of the
great leader, has notified Col. W
A. Collier, chairman of the com
mittee. of his acceptance of the
invitation to appear on the program.
General Wood will give personal
reminiscences.
Mrs. Percy H. Patton, chairman
of the arrangements committee an
nounced the plans for a banquet to
be given out-of-lown guests on the
evening of the celebration in honor
of General Wood. Invitations have
been extended to Gov. Alfred A.
Taylor and his staff to attend the
celebration and the banquet.
The program will begin promptly
at 4 o’clock at Forrest Park, when
a floral wreath will be placed on
the Forrest statue in tribute to the
memory of the stalwart leader.
The entertainment features of
the program will be carried out at
the Scottish Rite cathedral, opposite
the park grounds. Mrs. Virginia
Frazer Boyle, official poet-laureate
for the Southern Confederate vet
erans, is preparing an ode appro
priate to the occasion, which she
will deliver in person. “Gen. For
rest—A Legacy to the U. D. C.,”
will be the subject of an address
by Mrs. Roy W. McKinney.
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MRS. HARRIS ENTERTAINS
On Friday afternoon of last week
Mrs. W P. Harris entertained in
compliment to her daughter, Mrs.
Dudley Peete Harris, one of the at
tractive June brides. The parlors
were bright with shaata daisies.
Those receiving with Mrs. Harris,
besides the honoree, were her moth
_. if__j. i • *
*uic». luaigaici, viam, aii'J juuici,
Mrs. T. E. Wood of Little Rock.
Those assisting Mrs. Harris in serv
ing were Mrs. Noel Burke, Mrs. E.
J. Baazley, Mrs. H M. Jackson, Mrs.
W. L Ward, Mrs. 0. C. Sutton and
Miss Pearl Mann. The guests were
received at the door by Mrs. Dudley
Clark.
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MARIANNA PUBLIC LIBRARY
The officers and committees of
the Library Association are work
ing hard in order to get ready to
open some' time next week and we
hope that all those who have not
joined will do so and enjoy this
splendid opportunity for good read
ing during the long summer days
and evenings.
We are also hoping that as many
as can who live out of town will
take advantage of this opportunity.
Please keep the library in mind and
help all you can with this worthy
enterprise.—Publicity Committee.
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THE SONGS THE NATION LOVES
The Premier Company Singi Them
at Chautauqua.
For two years the Premier Circuit
has featured a remarkably fine mu
sical organization which has been
called the Premier Artists Company.
It proved an inslant hit. First, the
makeuo of the comDinv was excel
lent; second, they sang the songs
that American people love best. This
is the best singing organization of
its kind that the Redpath-Horner
Chautauqua have ever offered on
the Sterling Circuit.
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A DISTINGUISHED PARTY
Jesse and Ebun Daggett have been
entertaining a party of very dis
tinguished legal luminaries at the
Mill Seat Fishi..g Club House this
week, among the visitors being
Judge J. V. Walker of Fayetteville;
W. H. Martin of Hot Springs; Chas.
T. Coleman of Little Rock; Judge
Allen Hughes, W. W. Hughes and
Sam O. Bates cf Memphis; Judge
A. L. Hutchins of Augusta. Among
those from Marianna who assisted
in entertaining the visitors were R.
L. Mixon, Max D. Miller, F. R. Du
puy, Claude Cotter, A. P. Smith,
M. D. Daggett, R. D. Jarratt and
D. S. Plummer.
CITY TENIS TOURNAMENT
A tennis tournament to determine
the single champion of Marianna is
starting today at the Elks Club and
also on the court belonging to Angus
i Mahan. The matches in the first
two rounds will ©onsist of the best
two out of three sets while the semi
finals and finals will consist of the
best three ^ut of five sets.
There wiH be five prizes and
after the winner of the tournament
is determined th? losers in the other
rounds will play it off for the prizes
in their rounds, thereby giving ev
erybody a chance.
All those who have entered this
tournament will please see Dod
dridge McCulloch at once and find
out when their matches can be
played, also the rules of the tourna
ment and other matters pertaining
to same.
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The Literary Digest asks: “Is
there anything wrong with the girl
of today?” Well, we haven’t seen
her ears.—Greenville (3. C.) Pied
mont.
Director Arrives To Take
Charge of Regimental Band
Below appear the names of those,
who enlisted in the National Guard, I
band section, of Lee county. Wo
feel sure that the people of Lee
county appreciate the high patriotic
motive that moved these splendid
young men to enlist in the National
Guard.
It is a well known fact that mili
tary training is a great benefit to
young men. The old veterans of
the Civil War, both Union and Con
federate, will testify to the advan
tages and benefits they derived from
military training.
The citizens of Lee county are
to be congratulated on the forma
tion of three units of the National
Guard in Lee county. For a week
or more past those interested have
been trying to enlist young men in
the National Guard who should form
the Regimental Band of the 5th
Arkansas National Guard. Major
Robertson received word that Major
E. L. Carr, of the 38th Infantry,
would be here on Friday, June 24,
to inspect the band. The committee
got busy and by 10 o’clock that
night the 20 young men whose
names appear below had enlisted in
the National Guard for the purpose
of forming the Regimental Band.
The members of the band are:
Cecil Floyd Billingsley, Henry T.
Cahoon, Lon D. Cross, Jame3 B.
Dickey, Alvin E. Goodwin, Hugh
Cecil Gray, Robert E. Hale, Charles
Harp, Albert Holland, William W.
Humphreys, Walter Johnston, Jr.,
Ira L. Keasler, Asa L. Lanham, Oliv
er Bettis Lloyd, Frank E. Lyle,
Robert P. Mills, William Pefsley
Owen, Ben Page, Larimore Robin
son, Addison Lee Wall, William L.
Willis. W B. Word.
The band is composed of the very
best, brightest and most splendid
young men of the county and when
in a few months they have learned
their notes and are able to play
"Dixie” and “The Girl I Left Be
hind Me.” the citizens of Marianna
will rejoice and be glad. The band,
with its fine personnel, new uni
forms and instruments, will be the
pride of the county and the citizens
will get more pleasure and profit
out of it than from any other one
thing.
The members of the band will
draw from the government about
one-fourth to one-third of the reg
ular pay of musicians of the regu
lar army. The uniforms and in
struments will be furnished free by
the government.
In this connection we want to say
that the citizens of Moro and
Aubrey have done themselves proud
in assisting in the organization of
these military units, but we might
say that this is the way they al
ways do. The citizens of Moro
seem to have the knack for getting
behind and pushing through to suc
cess every good movement for Lee
county.
It would be impossible to mention
in this article all those who assisted
in the organization of these military
units but we will say all honor to
the young men who enlisted and
all honor also ,po all of those who
assisted in perfecting these or
ganizations.
Mr. Klinsg, an old army band di
rector, has been sent to Marianna
to take charge of the musical or
ganization here. Mr. Klinsg served
ten years as band director in the
regular army. During the past two
ir/t.i Kao Kaon u/ith f hp Rpfl -
path-Warnoek Chautauqua company
as cornet soloist. He was in Mari
anna Wednesday and made the band
boys a short talk regarding his plans.
Mr. Klinsg will join the band at
Camp Pike where they will be is
sued their uniforms and equipment.
Off to Encampment.
The officers and non-commission
ed officers of Company L and the
headquarters company will leave for
Little Rock July 5 and the balance
of the two units will leave Marianna
on the evening <f the 10th
The revised and complete roster
of the two companies is as follows:
Roster Headquarters Company
Major, Elgan C. Robertson; First
Lieutenant, Eugene G. Smiley; Staff
i Sergeant, Eugene G. Hampton
Sergeants — Ike Panich. Elmer
Russell, Benjamm M. Vowan, James
R. Woolsey.
Corporals—Bingham C. Dozier,
Floyd S. Dozier, Phillip J. Mills,
Leonard W. Moody, William E.
Pigg
Privates First-Class—Clarence A
Black, Arnold E. Campbell, Marvin
C. Crittenden, Alvin C Crump.
Felix O. Davis, Frank J. Davis, Sam
L. Davis, William A. Davis, James
H. Guynes (messenger), Slaughter
N. Guynes (messenger), Isaac L.
Pyron.
Privates—Slaughter J. Buneh,
Eddie A. Gipson, Herbert A. Ham
mett, Benjamin W. Hudson, John
C. Hudson (operator), Edwin F..
Ligon, Fred W. Ligon, Fountain J.
Manes, Grover C. Neely. Elmer
C. Pasley, Aaron M Pulliam, Geo.
L. Quick (scout), Floyd W. Reed
(scout), David 0. Roberta, Robert
E. Smith, Lesley G. Taylar, Elmer
Townsend, Sam A. Well*. Adrian B
Wilson. Waltar W. Wilson.
Rotter Company L.
Captain, William E. McClintock;
First Lieutenant, Theodore F. Clay
well; Second Lieutenant, Oliver W.
W. Coppedge; First Sergeant, Steph
en W. Andrews; Supply Sergeant,
Thomas G. Mathews; Mess Sergeant,
Edward E. Coppedge; Sergeants,
Remmell M. Bailey, Keith S. Tain
ter; cooks, Ped»o R. Delgado, W.
G. Winter; Mechanic, Cecil L. Jones,
Corporals—Robert L. Campbell,
Rudolph Evans, William N. Hous
ton, Ned Yewell, Nathan Yoffie.
Buglers—Wm. C. Moore, John E.
Winter.
Privates, First-class—Jasper L.
Barker, Wm. H. Barker, Richard (?.
Boykin, Russell M. Hite, Creighton
H. Lyle, Edgar M. White, Frank
Kershaw, George T. Woodall, Jesse
E. Wild.
Privates—Ronald Bailey, Frank
S. Benthall, Hoirer D. Bray, Ben
Brown, Paul S. Carouth, Myron P.
Chaffin, Richard Chandler, Wm. B.
Chinault, James B. Clark, Dan
Compton, Joe Cotharon, Eugene P.
Craig. Lawrence Creel, Earl S.
Fleener, Wm. R. Flippin, Thomas «
S. Foster, Edgar L. Gideon, Wallace !
Gillenwater, Irvin I. Hardin, Twant i
Harris, Raiford C. Johnston, Mar*- .
shall B. Jones, Joy K. Leonard, Wm.
P. Leonard, Herman Lewis, Noam
B. Lewis, Clarence E. Lindsay, Em
mett B. Moore, John W O’Neal
Hugh J. Perry, Joe H. Perry, Prrt
L. Plummer, Joe Richmond, Roy O.
Richmond, Arthur M. Robinson,
Clarence W. White, Clarence T.
Williams, Alvin Wilkerson, Ajme
Hawkins, Henry W. Vaughn.
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Warns of Sweet
Potato Diseases
Little Rock, June 27.—Banker*}
merchants and farmers should mako
strenuous efforts to prevent the
spread of sweec potato diseases, ac
cording to H. M. Cottrell, agricul
turist of the Arkansas Profitable
Farming Bureau of the Little Rock
Board of Commerce. He says that
should black rot and stem rot be
come widely spread through the hill
farmer’s most profitable ctop
“Sweet potatoes will become the
most profitable cash field crop am
the sandy and sandy clay upland*
of the cotton growing part of Ar
kansas unless disease becomes gen
eral.” says Mr. Cottrell. “Should
black rot and stem rot become wide
ly spread through our hill district*,
it will be good-bye to sweet potato
growing for several years and the
hill farmers will have lost their
best paying crop.
“These diseases have already
made raising sweet potatoes un
prpfitable in a few widely scattered
districts in this state. The moat
strenuous efforts should be made
by bankers and merchants, as well
as by farmers, to keep the disease
out of the cour.tiy not yet affected.
Disease is introduced by setting
plants grown from diseased seed or
from plants from healthy seed plant
ed in beds that have diseased soil
Once disease gets scattered through,
the soil in a field, the germs that
perpetuate it !'ve in that soil five
to ten years, even when sweet
potatoes are not again planted in
that field.
“Albert Zimmerman, Carlisle, i*
one of the most successful sweet
potato gorwers in Arkansas. Laid
vear he raised 400 bushels of sweet
potatoes on an acre of rice land
and sold the crop locally for $560.
He raises 10 to 15 acres of sweet
potatoes every year and his lossea
from disease and storage are prac
tically nothing. His sweet potatoes
kept in his storage houses until the
following June in a sound sad freak
a condition as when dug.
“He uses vine cuttings to produce
all the seed he needs. Mr. Zim
merman’s plan follows:
“Vine cuttings intended to pro
duce seed should be set on land
that has not been in sweet potatoes
for several years. No part of the
vine should be used closer than 1$
inches from fh.‘ stem and from
vines grown from healthy potatoes.
Cuttings made early in July and
not closer than 18 inches from the
stem are almost certain to produce
disease-free potatoes.
“Use short length cuttings, those
having not more than two joints.
They will produce good sized pota
toes It is frequently recommended
to use cuttings 18 inches in length.
Roots from such long cuttings start
from too many joints and produce
a crop of small potatoes.
“Mr. Zimmerman recommends
planting vine cuttings up to July
15 in his district. One year he
planted them July 20 and raised
110 bushels of marketable potatoes,
but the frost was unusually Lite
that fall.”
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MAKES PYRE. SOAKS CLOTHES
IN OIL. CREMATES HIMSELF
Kalamazoo, Mich., June 25 —Mak
ing a funeral pyre of a kerosene
brush pile, Henry Papper, 70-year
old farmer, after saturating hi»
clothing with oil, crawled into the
pile and burned himself to death
today. His bouy was found tew
minutes later by his wife, Pnppe*
hod been in ill Health,