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WMmnk o\v | Closing Out S To close out our stock of Straw Hats We offer ^ New stock Straw Hats, were 6 5c now only ~ Ladies Hats which for ) merly sold for $2.00 and S $1.75, we now offer for . va Men’s New Style Hats ^ which sold for $2.00 and $1.75, we will close out at .... 1.25 i r IfrZ.UO and t 1.00! i s cantile Co. a y/Aimso K GENERAL DIRECTORY COURTS Northern District—Circuit Court 3rd Monday in February and August. Chancery Court 1st. Monday in December and May. County Court 1st. Monday in January, April, July and October. P;obate Court 4th. Monday in January, April, Ju'y and October. SouthemDistrict—Circuit Court 1st. Monday in March and September. Chancery Court 2nd. Monday in February and Septembe’. County Court 2nd. Monday in January, April. July and October. Probate Court first Monday follwinjr that of the Northern District. By Peter Radford. When you enter the agricultural de partment ot the county fair, you feel your soul uplifted and your life takes on a new power—that is the inspira tion of the soil Yot. are overpowered by the grandeur and magnificence of the scene—that is the spirit of the harvest. You can hear the voice of nature calling you hack to the soil— that is opportunity knocking at your door, it is a good chance to spend a quiet hour in contact with the purity and perfection of nature and to sweet en your life with its fragrance, elevate your ideals with its beauty and expand your imagination with its powrer. These products as food are fit for the gods, and as an article of com merce they ought to bring tip-top prices on any market in the world. The products of the soil are teachers and preachers as well. Their beauty gives human life its first entertain ment, their perfection stirs the genius in artists; their purity furnishes mod els for growth of character and their ory Piano & Realty Co., Factory Lines marvelous achievements excite our curiosity and we inquire into the won derful process of nature. Before leaving the parlor of agricul ture where nature is parading in her most graceful attire and science is climbing the giddy heights of perfec tion, let us pause and take a retro spective view. How many of you know that after these wonderful prod ucts are raised, they can seldom be marketed at a profit? Take the blush ing Elberta, for example—they were fed to the hogs by the carload last year. The onion—the nation’s favorite vegetable—every year rots by j the acre in the Southwest for want of a market and as a result hundreds of farmers have lost their homes. Cot ton—nature’s capitalist—often goes begging on the market at less than cost of production. It is great to wander through the exhibits while the band is playing “Dixie” and boast of the marvelous fertility of the soil and pride ourselves on our ability to master science, but it is also well to remember that there is a market side to agriculture that does not reflect its hardships in the exhibits at a county fair. UNIVERSAL PEACE This nation is now in the midst of a controversy as to how best to pro mote universal peace. That question we will leave for diplomats to dis cuss, but peace within nations is no less important than peace between nations and it is heavily laden with prosperity for every citizen within our commonwealth. . Many leading politicians and ofttimes political 'platforms have declared war upon business and no cabinet crisis ever resulted. Many men have stood | in high places and hurled “gas bombs” i at industry; thrust bayonets into bus iness enterprises and bombarded ag riculture with indifference. Party leaders have many times broken dip lomatic relations with industry; sent i political aviators sp;> ing through the j affairs of business and political sub ; marines have sent torpedoes crushing into the destiny of commerce. Dur ing the past quarter of a century we have fought many a duel with prog ress, permitted many politicians to carry on a guerrilla warfare against civilization and point a pistol at the ; heart of honest enterprise No man should be permitted to cry out for universal peace until his rec ord has been searched for explosives, for no vessel armed or laden with munitions of war should be given a clearance to sail for the port of Uni versal Peace. Let us by all means have peace, but peace, like charity, ! ’lid begin at home. GRASPING AT THE SHADOW j i I No man—especially if he is mar ried—would deny woman any right she demands. Take the earth and i give us peace, hut why does woman long for the ballot? When all is said and done, is not the selection of the butcher more im portant to the home than the election of a mayor; is not the employment of the dairyman a far more important event in the life of the children than the appointment of a postmaster; is not the selection of books for the family library more important than voting bonds for jail and court house? Why does woman lay aside the im portant things in life? Why leave the substance and grasp at the shadow? Be it said to the credit of woman hood that it is not, as a rule, the woman who rocks the cradle that wants to cast the .ballot; it is not the mother who teaches her children to say “Now I lay me down to sleep” that harangues the populace, it is not the daughter who hopes to reign as queen over a happy home that longs for the uniform of the suffragette. It is, as a rule, the woman who despises her home, neglects her children and scorns motherhood that leads parades and smashes windows. POUTICAL GOSSIPS When one class of people has any thine to say, It has beoome largely the custom to make a political issu< out of It Instead of a friendly discus sion, to print it in a law book insteal Of a newspaper and to argue it be tore a Jury Instead of to settle it ii the higher courts of Common Sense As a result, political agitators, polit tool lawyers, political preachers anc masculine women are powerful ii politics and dissension, selfishness, in tolerance and hysterics run rampam in public affairs, for when the low damp, murky atmosphere of mlsun derstandlng envelops public though it breeds political reptiles, vermin bugs and lice which the pure air ol truth and the sunshine of understand ing will choke to death. We have too many self-appointee interpreters of industry who are in capable of grasping the fundamental principles of business and who at besl can only translate gossip and add color to sensational stories. No busi ness can stand upon error and might rules—right or wrong. No industry can thrive upon misunderstanding for public opinion is more powerful than a King’s sword. When prejudice, suspicion and class hatred prevail, power gravitates into the hands of the w^eak, for dema gogues thrive upon dissension and statesmen sicken upon strife. The remedy lies in eliminating the middleman—the political gossip—and this result can be accomplished by the managers of business sitting around the table of industry and talk ing it over with the people. Inter change of information between indus tries and the people is as necessary to success in business. as interchange in commodities, for the people can only rule when the public under stands Away with political interpret ers who summon evil spirits from their prison cells and loose them to prey upon the welfare of the people in the name of “My Country.” Best grade shingles for sale b> II T. Raney. Fr Too Late! You’ll never miss a train if you carry one of our watches. Why carry a poor timepiece when you can get a good one for so little? We carry a complete line at very moderate prices, as well as a full line of jewelry of all kinds. Diamond Rings La Vallieres Bracelets Necklaces Cuff Buttons Belt Pins, etc. When you purchase of us you are secure in the know ledge that the quality is right. W. D. HINSON Jeweler and Optician McCRORY, ARK. Subscribe now, TODAY for your HOME paper. I Keeping Up With Uncle Sam TN the last thirty-seven years of national progress, the Bell Telephone has played an important part. Out of the public’s demand f6r universal service has grown the Bell system, covering the entire country with one great inter communicating system. Today there are more than 9,000,000 telephones connected by 21,000,000 miles of wire in the Bell system, and every day the service is extended to meet the ever increasing needs of the people. Every Bell 'Telephone Is a Long Distance Station The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company